Novels like A Love Story with the Cool-Headed Mr. Lu, My Childhood Friend
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- 1 The Shen Garden, Like a Dream: Is There Hope for the Years Ahead? 沈园如梦,余年可期否? Shen Garden feels like a dream. Will the years ahead bring hope? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Young Master, Let's Not 少爷,我们不约 Young Master, Let’s Not Make Plans 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Curse Across a Thousand Years 千年时空的诅咒 Shen Yinyin, 23, is a graduate student in the archaeology department at Jiangcheng University. Cool and aloof on the surface but resilient at heart, she has an extraordinary gift for empathizing with ancient artifacts. She has long suffered from insomnia, and night after night, she dreams of a mysterious figure whose face is blurred. While restoring a broken bronze sword, she meets Huo Qiuze, and from then on, their fates become tightly intertwined. By chance, she catches a glimpse of the twin-f 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Mr. Fu, Your Ex-Wife Is Reborn 傅少,你前妻重生了 Lin Nian died. Her cousin pushed her from the 30th floor, her first love stole her fortune, and she died without a complete body. When she opened her eyes again, she was reborn on the third day after marrying Fu Sihan. This time, fate gave her a wonderful gift: mind reading. Her cousin wept like a flower in the rain, but inside she was cursing, “How did she survive?” Her first love was gentle and attentive, but in his mind he was plotting, “I’ll trick her one more time and squeeze out the last o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 She Marries a Lawyer, and the Capital’s Devout Gentleman Turns Clingy 闪婚律师太太京圈佛子成了粘人精 [Marriage First, Love Later + A Contrastingly Tender Tycoon of Beijing’s Elite Circles + Clear-Headed, Career-Driven Lawyer + Pure Sweetness, No Angst] Everyone says Yan Jibai is the Buddhist type: detached, desireless, and indifferent to everything. Only Xi Lingzhao knows that in private, he’s an clingy pest she can’t shake off. He had a crush on her for three whole years. Their impulsive marriage was what finally let him get his wish. Their wedding rings are engraved with their names inside. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Reborn at My Engagement Banquet: I Dumped the Jerk and Married His Brother 重生订婚宴,我踹了渣男嫁他哥 In her previous life, a scumbag and his first love deceived her until her family was ruined, and she died full of hatred. Only as she lay dying did she learn that the scumbag's older brother, Jiang Yi, had risked everything and turned against his own family to save her, before ultimately taking his own life for love! Reborn at her engagement party, she sees the scumbag putting on an act and fawning over her. She slaps him hard, then turns to Jiang Yi and declares, her clear voice ringing through —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Algorithm of Love 爱的求解算法 After a car accident, Liang Jingchuan loses five years of his memory. He remembers his first love, but forgets that she exists. Algorithm professor Yu Xiangwan designed her own “marriage of convenience” for the sake of resources. Step by step, she adjusts the “parameters” of his memories, hoping to make his heart “converge” on her again. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 My All-Purpose Firefighter Boyfriend 我的万能消防员男友 My All-Purpose Firefighter Boyfriend —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Across the Dream: Drifting Snow 跨越梦境之飘雪 Piaoxue has countless dreams. The worlds within them are strange and wondrous. No dream comes without a reason, so let’s find the source of these dreams together! Piaoxue is an ordinary human. Step with her into another world... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Across the Dream: Yu Er 跨越梦境之雨儿 Two souls + twists + fantasy + subverting expectations Zhao Mengyao has been haunted by dreams since childhood, growing up alongside the people in them... She meets the people from her dreams, just as expected. But that’s only the beginning of the twists... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Who Made Me Fall in Love with You? 谁让我爱你 Qu Wenzhu: In my heart, you are Dongfang Bubai. Shen Xingzhi: If the bamboo raft is going to sink, I'd rather sink to the bottom with you and sleep there together than leave you alone in this world to suffer the ache of longing. I'm afraid you'll forget me, but I don't want you to remember me either. When you fall for someone at first sight, how can you stop yourself from turning around and walking away? Qu Wenzhu lived happily with the Qu family for sixteen years, only to discover that the pare —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 On the Brink of Entropy 熵增之际 My new work is out! Welcome to read my work on Tomato Novels. I hope you will enjoy it. Your support is my motivation for writing, and I will strive to tell every story well! —Reads—Score13614d adds
- 13 Falling into Light and Shadow 光影陷落 [School Life | Two Top Students | Healing | Mutual Pining] [One-on-One Romance | Both Pure | Sweet Romance] [Chuunibyou Girl & Sharp-Tongued Top Student] During military training, Yuan Ziyu, known as a “crack shot,” became the dream guy of countless girls thanks to his striking looks and top grades. That is, until he pulled a cheeky stunt by stuffing love letters into the teacher’s desk, then pulling another by taking anyone who confessed to him straight outside the director’s office. But there 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Stars Beneath the Sunset 落日下的繁星 A brilliant girl who shines like the stars vs. a cold, possessive campus heartthrob [Secret campus crush + mutual healing + childhood healing] * At sixteen, Kong Qingqing was “abandoned” by her parents. By a twist of fate, she moved into Fang Ye's home. At first, she thought the plot of the TV series It Started with a Kiss would come true in her own life. She went to and from school every day with the boy everyone idolized, and took part in every aspect of his life. She worked hard to become pre —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 I Want to Date a Male Model 想和男模恋爱啦 [Instead of making Guan Yiyi and Su Qing fall in love in a parallel universe, I’ve decided to give them a happy ending] Brooding, possessive male host + women’s magazine editor + scheming, wealthy young heir who runs a live-streaming room The second male lead gets the girl + ensemble cast + healing + livestreaming Su Qing: QAQ, why won’t anyone let me spend money? She runs, they chase. She runs again, so let’s see who makes the first move this time~ They say male models toy with their bosses’ f 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Divorced and Unemployed, I Fell for a Cat 失婚失业,和一只猫看对眼了 Divorced and Unemployed, I Hit It Off with a Cat —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Wind Across the Dreamscape: Qing 跨越梦境之风清 A thousand-year-old obsession + two timelines + a love that goes both ways Feng Qing is a woman of marriageable age, pressured to wed, but she refuses to settle for someone beneath her or reach for someone out of her league. She keeps having strange dreams and wandering through strange dreamscapes, where she becomes a princess sent away to marry and forms a bond with Ling Yun, a cultivator... Feng Qing eventually returns to the modern world. Her grandmaster once said that Ling Yun would face a g 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Come Home 来归兮 In a distant star system, a higher-dimensional civilization, bored with its existence, occasionally visited the three-dimensional world and created a barren, primitive Earth. By chance, some of its higher-dimensional energy spilled out and seeped into the land, mountains, oceans, and rock formations, completely rewriting the planet’s evolutionary path. The higher-dimensional energy accelerated the evolution of life on Earth. Microorganisms, plants, birds, beasts, and other living creatures emer —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 After the Stand-In Awakens, She’s Done Playing Along 替身觉醒后她不奉陪了 On the very first day after being transmigrated into the role of the stand-in for his one true love, she decided to leave without crying, making a scene, or begging him to stay. But she hadn't accounted for one thing: when she stopped looking back, he suddenly refused to let her go. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Guarding the Early Summer Breeze 守护初夏的风 The first time Qin Feng saw Shen Chuxia, she was onstage delivering a poised, composed, and insightful speech. One brief, dazzling glimpse and one hurried night stayed in his memory for five whole years. But he and she also spent those five years missing each other. When he saw her again five years later, she had collapsed by the roadside. He saved her, and the wheels of fate began to turn. He thought, This time, I won’t let her slip away! Qin Feng and Shen Chuxia’s fate began five years ago, bu 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Marriage Hunter: The Hunting Ground 金牌婚姻猎手:猎场 My name is Gu Shengnan. In the industry, they call me the “Marriage-Breaking Hunter”; my enemies call me the “Courtroom She-Devil.” My rules have always been simple and ruthless: I don’t care about justice. I care about winning. I’ve spent ten years specializing in divorce cases, and I’ve never lost. A housewife has been manipulated by her husband for eight years and left with nothing? I turn the tables for her and make the faithless man kneel as he signs away every last asset. A naive woman bel 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Lord Demon Marshal, Your Face Is Covered in Spots Again 妖帅大人,您脸又花了 In an eerie age, the foremost Demon Marshal commands the respect of countless ghosts, but his face has a habit of splitting open. Lin Luxi, an undertaker, simply touched up a client's makeup. Demon Marshal: "You touched my face, so now you belong to me." Lin Luxi: "...That'll cost extra." 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 An Apocalypse Grandma Returns to the Modern World: One Song Makes Her a Legend and Supports the Whole Family 末世老太回现代,一曲封神养全家 [Two Worlds + An Older Woman’s Comeback + Modern Entertainment Industry Fame + Stockpiling Supplies to Support Her Family in the Apocalypse] After struggling to survive in the wasteland for half her life, 62-year-old Su Wanniang is on the brink of death when she unexpectedly transmigrates back to a peaceful modern world. Penniless, she keeps a low profile as a cleaner at an influencer agency, hoping only to stockpile supplies and send them to her family, who are barely hanging on in the apocalyp —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Everyone's Headed for the Fire Pit, and the Villainess Has Crashed and Burned 全员火葬场,坏女人她翻车了 [Stunning Beauty + Everyone's Gone Mad + Love Rival Showdown + Coercive Love + The Ultimate Villainess] Yu Yao's life motto: As long as I have no heart, no one can break it. Money is the only thing that makes me feel safe. An orphan with extraordinary looks, she knows that her beauty is her only weapon. Her three-year high school romance with her first love was bought out for five million. To make money, she hooked the most powerful men in the capital into becoming her “backups.” When she needed 56Reads—Score11014d adds
- 25 Abundant Joy 繁悦 No guarantees there won’t be angst. School life in the early chapters; after that… (no spoilers for now) Youth slipped away amid countless goodbyes, but I waited until I found you. What lies at the end of philosophy? A madman standing above everyone else. Zhou Mufan × Yu Yueze Wei Feng, Not Crazy 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 You Reach for a Higher Branch, So Why Are You Crying When I Marry a Capital Big Shot? 你攀高枝,我嫁京圈大佬你哭什么 [Powerful, high-ranking, devoted daddy-type love-brained mogul VS clear-headed beauty] [Marriage first, love later; age gap] Shu Yao's family had just gone bankrupt, and then her fiancé cheated on her. People mocked her, saying a phoenix had turned into a barnyard chicken. But instead of becoming a barnyard chicken, Shu Yao married the rising star of the capital, the third son of the Jiang family. Shu Yao and Jiang Tingzhou's marriage was a contractual one, and only the two of them knew. But o 778Reads8.3Score10214d adds
- 27 I Really Can't Date 我真的不能谈恋爱 On Yu Yu's eighteenth birthday, she received a text from a stranger. [If you want to stay alive, don't fall in love.] Yu Yu: ??? She thought it was spam and didn't pay it any mind. The next day, Li Shi'an, the famous top student at her school, confessed his feelings to her. Yu Yu had a rebellious streak. Remembering the text from the day before, and noticing that the boy in front of her was pretty good-looking, she agreed to go out with him. They dated for a month, and that month was full of mis 1Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 28 For the Story, Before It’s Too Late 为叙未晚 [Super-Sweet 1v1 + Older Woman/Younger Man Romance + Hilarious Shenanigans + Sharp-Tongued Feel-Good Romance] Chi Feiwan is a dentist in her thirties. Cool-headed and professional, with steady hands and a sharp tongue. But she believes that in her past life, the God of Love strangled her with a red thread. She has a condition: she's allergic to romance. That is, until a 23-year-old graduate student in psychology reclines in her dental chair, happens to become her brother in name, and even moves 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 After Getting Played, I Met My True Love 被钓后,我遇上了真命天女 [Single Heroine] + [True Love] + [No System] + [Relaxed Everyday Life] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] + [Youthful Campus Romance] One lovestruck fool is going to lose badly. What about two? Happy puppy x sweet, adorably clueless girl "She's different from everyone else!" "Bai Rui? He's just looking to have some fun." After hearing what she really thought, the happy puppy drooped his ears. Then Lin Shiyao entered his life, like a beam of light shining into his heart. "Lin Shiyao, I've always 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Scheming My Way to Love 筹谋心动 In the murky world of venture capital, Jiang Xin's reputation is steeped in controversy. Everyone says she works the investors, climbing the ladder through her looks, and is a scheming green tea. Then, after drinking, she loses control and kisses Pei Chou, a cautious, top-tier investor who built his success from nothing. As rumors sweep in from all sides and their relationship teeters on the brink, a mystery buried for many years is suddenly revealed... On one side are the hard realities and co 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Has the God of Slaughter CEO Done Any Good Deeds Today? 杀神总裁今天积德了吗? Qi Siye, 27, CEO of the Qi Group. His ancestors were butchers, and all that killing brought a heavy karmic burden. A fortune-teller told him to do more good deeds and build up good karma, so the "God of Slaughter" was forced to begin his road to "redemption." He thought it was just a way to boost his KPIs, but he never expected that... He would be captivated by her "hand-cleansing ritual" the very first time they met; Then he would fall for the way she presided over funerals. She turned down his 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Are You Calling Off the Engagement? 你退婚吗 Aloof, solitary, innocent younger man in the early days × calculating, possessive CEO in the later days VS Cheerful, soft-hearted heiress in the early days × clear-headed, self-possessed heir to the company in the later days Mu Jialin first met Xu Yanshen at her cousin’s wedding. Her father had drunk too much. Pointing at the quiet, withdrawn boy, he said, “Call him big brother.” She called out brightly, “Brother Yanshen.” The boy’s ears turned red, and he lowered his eyes, too shy to look at he 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 33 Knocking on the Green Window 叩青窗 [Sickly, scheming beauty × gifted young man + love at first sight + healing + BE] For the more than ten years Ji Xingwan was made to live someone else’s life, she curled up alone in a dark room where no light could reach. She often glimpsed a boy in the long alley outside her window, wearing a shirt washed pale and hurrying past with an ice cream and two or three friends. Later, she wore the same school uniform shirt as him, and the two of them stood smiling beneath a locust tree in the old alle 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Daddy, Mommy Says You’re Just Friends 爸爸,妈妈说跟你只是朋友 She was quiet and unremarkable; he was dazzling, surrounded by admirers. She didn't dare say she loved him. All she could do was stay by his side as his best friend, from their youth into adulthood. One reckless accident shattered the balance between them. So she vanished without a sound. No goodbye, no explanation. She left for a distant place alone. And she stayed away for six years. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 And Just Like That, We Went Our Separate Ways 我们就这样,各奔东西 When I was sixteen, I thought my youth would last forever. Later, I learned it was only long enough to remember a few people. This book begins at Jinhe No. 2 High School and follows us through college and into the days after graduation, when everyone goes their separate ways. Some people we never saw again; some are still by our side. Some stories never got an ending, and some questions still have no answers. But so what? We each grew up and became adults in our own way. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Lost in Scarlet Passion 沉溺绯色 At fourteen, Shen Jinfei moved into the Cheng family home when her mother remarried. Everyone in Jingbei knew the Cheng family's stepdaughter was unloved and could be bullied by anyone. But she had a face capable of captivating the world, and she caught the eye of a powerful, untouchable business tycoon. Everyone thought she was trying to climb the social ladder and become a phoenix among the branches. Until, at a banquet, behind a closed door, she heard the man give a casual, scornful laugh: “S 1.9kReads7.1Score20414d adds
- 37 The Actress Strikes Back: Redeeming the Yandere Male Lead! 影后逆袭:病娇男配的救赎! At the height of her dazzling career, award-winning actress Su Wan was deliberately run down by a car driven by a hater. At death's door, System 001 suddenly bound itself to her and offered an enticing deal: complete redemption missions and return to one hour before the crash, changing her fate against all odds. Mission objective: travel between worlds and save the tragic male supporting characters who grovel for love, love someone they cannot have, and meet miserable endings. She planned to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Listen, the Wind Has a Shape 你听,风有形状 She couldn’t see his face, but she heard his entire soul. Face-blind girl Su Nian × insomniac architect Gu Shen Ten years ago, one sentence from her saved his life. Ten years later, he found her, but she had forgotten everything. He gave her bone-conduction headphones, and she taught him to walk with his eyes closed. When rumors about him spread on the forum, she stood up for him in the cafeteria. A cup of hot cocoa, and a sweetness adjusted from “too sweet” to “half the sugar,” held all the car —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Who Are You? Who Says Anyone Has to Remember You After Meeting You? 你谁?谁说见了你就得记住你 Paranoid painter x face-blind designer When Xie Mingzhen ran into Chi Yuexin yet again, he became even more certain that this woman was up to something. He was a renowned painter, and the second young master of the Xie Group. Plenty of people would resort to tricks to get to him or to the Xie family behind him. In his eyes, Chi Yuexin was especially suspicious. She kept drawing his attention, yet always pretended they’d never met. He was determined to uncover her true colors. At first, he though —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 A Promise Beneath the Stars 星辰之下的诺言 “Your face is bare of makeup, yet I’ve fallen madly in love.” A summer romance and a winter romance, a love that takes both smooth and rocky roads, and promises made beneath the stars at night. Su Chen is an ordinary high school boy with slightly above-average looks. He likes to joke around, is polite, and usually ranks somewhere in the middle of his class. He meets Lin Meng, a strikingly beautiful girl, at the school sports meet. With her glamorous appearance and fair skin, Lin Meng is the go —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 She Fell in Love with Another Me 她爱上了另一个我 Older man + 1v2 + love triangle showdown + size difference + sweet romance Two sweet-but-devious, flirtatious, Dom-vibe fox spirits x a cute, hedgehog-like girl Meet your dream guy, get one free. 1 Lin Yi met her dream guy on a blind date, and before long, they became a couple. Her boyfriend was older, mature and dependable, worked out regularly, and knew exactly what he was doing. He was everything Lin Yi had ever dreamed of in a lover. Except he was so rich and powerful that Lin Yi couldn’t 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 After Pretending We Barely Know Each Other, the Foxlike Top Student Has Been Plotting This for Ages 装不熟后,狐狸学霸他预谋已久 Lu Zhiyuan, the person who had beaten her on the report card for three years, was now her classmate. She thought high school would be nothing more than another long, quiet contest, until Zhou Muye, her childhood friend, transferred back. Lu Zhiyuan was a coolheaded rival and ally. Zhou Muye was the childhood friend who had returned with all their shared memories and his warm devotion. Amid exams, competitions, and the flow of everyday life, something began to change. For the first time, Xu Zhao’ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 His Mint-Scented Breath 他的薄荷味呼吸 His Mint-Scented Breath 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A Must-Read for Women: Premarital AI 女性必看之:婚前试ai Super sweet and full of tension, two strong leads flirt with each other, a trial romance before marriage, and high-octane excitement with no angst from start to finish! A love story that begins with a chance meeting on a train, then unfolds into campus romance at the same school. Although a third party gets involved, and Ouyang Yuan wavers between the two women many times, in the end, faced with the temptations of a promising future, career success, and money, he resolutely chooses his official 128Reads—Score14914d adds
- 45 After Swapping Bodies, I Became the Top-Tier Star's Secret 换身后,我成了顶流的秘密 Li Tang spends 300,000 yuan on a seat at a dinner party near top-tier star Shen Lingzhou. When she wakes up, she's become Shen Lingzhou. The entire internet is waiting for the top star to explain his scandal on livestream. She looks into the camera and smiles: “Is my face real or fake?” “When you like it, it's real.” The hashtag explodes. Meanwhile, Shen Lingzhou wakes up in Li Tang's body. She's Mr. Gu's sharpest con artist, specializing in swindling the rich and striking just when peopl 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Forbidden Entanglement 禁忌勾缠 [A fake gentleman, a real scoundrel VS a wicked black-lotus beauty; a powerful capitalist lawyer VS an ambitious woman he helps shape; a fatherly, controlling husband who punishes disobedience; wild, sensual, and charged with chemistry; both leads are inexperienced] She tempts this abstinent man, then takes the initiative to draw a clear line between them. He loosens his tie and traps her with it. “You started this game. You don’t get to end it whenever you want.” Qiao Wan was adopted but nev 118Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 47 Author, Your Secret Identity Is Showing! 作者大大,你的马甲掉了! A brilliant female writer, burdened by a false accusation, disguises herself as a timid editor and infiltrates the company that caused her father’s death to exact revenge. By chance, she ends up living with a sharp-tongued literary star investigating the same case. As they test each other and their true identities come to light, they join forces to expose the dark truth. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Her Game of Power 她的权利游戏 (Male rivals competing for her + revenge + strong heroine + one woman and many men + bad woman) Don't believe a bad woman's words. A bad woman even lies to herself. So when reading a novel, don't take everything the heroine says at face value! She stakes everything on herself, making a high-stakes gamble on the edge between power and emotion. Shen Qingyue, a business queen who rose from an orphanage, founded the tech empire Qiongxing. She moves among men who couldn't be more different: Gu Yanz 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 I'll Be a Normal Person Tomorrow 明天再做正常人 “If you were given a second chance at life, what kind of life would you live?” The real world has developed brain-death reversal technology, but not everyone can afford an expensive second life. A holographic game, born by chance and built on a range of technologies that collect information from human brains to create fully immersive worlds of consciousness, has become the destination for most people who die unexpectedly. In the virtual world, anything is possible. Hundreds and thousands of worl 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Three Years a Widow, Now the Capital's Big Shot Won't Let Go of My Waist 丧夫三年,被京圈大佬黏断腰 [Forced love + sizzling chemistry and an addictive “Stockholm romance” + one-on-one, both leads devoted only to each other, sweet pampering] (Fictional setting) Hero: A ruthless mercenary boss in a suit, the uncrowned king of the Middle East, and a malignant narcissist with NPD. After engineering their reunion, he and the heroine go on a blind date, marry in a whirlwind, divorce, then remarry. Heroine: A gentle but resilient girl, like a little white flower. The child is the hero’s. On her 501 29Reads8.2Score—14d adds

















































