Novels like Xi'an, I Gave You My Youth
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Xi'an, I Gave You My Youth, best match first.
- 1 Night Rain on the Mountain’s Second Book 夜闻山雨的第2本书 [Urban farming + rural life + romance + everyday city life] In his previous life, he was a lovesick doormat. Reborn, he becomes a hunter. After rescuing a mother and daughter who travel from village to village in the mountains selling porcelain, he incurs the wrath of their enemies’ family. Hoping to escape their harassment and change his impoverished fate, Lin Jun boards a southbound train to Guangdong with the young woman, who is willing to give herself to him, her mother, and his good friend 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 I Deliver Takeout to the Cemetery, Where the Female Ghosts Are Sweet and Adorable 我往墓地送外卖，女鬼温柔又可爱 [Mystery and the Supernatural + Everyday Urban Life] This book is also known as "After My Girlfriend Cheated, I Joined the Fugitive Pursuit Unit" Chen Qingyun, a Gen Z college graduate with no job prospects, reluctantly becomes a delivery rider in Shencheng. His girlfriend breaks up with him, too. Just as he’s hit rock bottom, he catches the eye of a young female ghost who was murdered. She gets her sister, a police officer, to find him a job at the police station. After joining the force, his f 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Love, Almost There 爱，似有非有 "In 1995, at the station in the airport," a familiar melody began to play softly. Through the window, I caught sight of her at the bus stop. My heart clenched, as if it had suddenly skipped a beat. She was as cool and ethereal as a moonlit fairy. It wasn't until she boarded and quietly sat beside me that I came back to my senses. Ten Years, Your Backpack, Under the Fuji Mountain: Love Is Destined —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Love Too Deep to Cross, Hatred and Passion Become a Prison 情深不渡，爱恨成囚 When love runs too deep yet has no way forward, a person cannot be redeemed. And when love and hate become intertwined, they make people prisoners of their emotions, unable to find freedom in body or mind. Every story deserves to be told well. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I Want to Be a Bad Man 我想做个坏男人 A playboy bar owner suddenly runs into a beautiful female CEO who takes over his bar without a word. An ex-girlfriend he hasn't seen in three years reappears and hands him a wedding invitation. Then a sweet, innocent student meets me, and we instantly feel like we've known each other forever, sharing a passionate night. See how I navigate these tangled romances with ease, work hard to achieve something extraordinary, and let the fragrance of youth fill my years. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Day I Won the Lottery, the Doctor Said I Was Dying! 中奖那天，医生说我快死了！ Shi Ming always thought the best thing about the lottery was the time before the numbers were drawn. Before the draw, anyone could be the owner of five million. Afterward, most people would get the same notice from fate: Sorry, you’re still as poor as ever. But this time, it seemed fate had played the wrong joke. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 After Meeting My Online Date in Person, the Goddess Fell for Me 网友奔现后，女神对我动情了 A true story about youth, love, friendship, deception, money, and striving. In this city, perhaps a man has to be with several women before he can mature; Under this night sky, perhaps a woman has to experience more men before she can find a place to call home. 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I Took a Part-Time Designated Driver Job and Met a Stunning Beauty 兼职跑代驾遇到极品美女 I work part-time as a designated driver at a nightclub. I never expected my very first customer to be my hot female boss, and in the end, she even…? 371Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 When the Wind Dies, Evening Falls 风停夕落 Also known as: “My Hangzhou Girlfriend” and “When the Wind Dies Down at Dusk” [Double Success in Love and Career] + [Playboy Turns Over a New Leaf] + [Mutual Pursuit] + [Multiple Female Leads] + [Secret Crush] + [Healing] After Qi Feng is laid off and fired, he can no longer put up with his family pressuring him to marry. He leaves Nanchang for Hangzhou to make a living. On the highway in the middle of the night, a luxury car suddenly swerves in beside him, instantly jolting him awake. After a l 2.4kReads8.1Score22914d adds
- 10 My Beloved Girl from Changsha 我心爱的长沙姑娘 People feel happiest when they're drawing close to happiness, yet when they get close, they start worrying about losing it... So, what is love? Perhaps love is like a prism, refracting different colors from different angles. It can be the anchor of a life, or a lesson in growing up. Maybe what matters isn't how we define it, but how, through our collisions with another soul, we come to understand ourselves and the world. (This is not a wish-fulfillment story. If you find it heartbreaking, please 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Person I Rescued in the No-Man's-Land Turned Out to Be a Cool, Aloof CEO 无人区救下的人，竟是清冷女总裁 [Detailed everyday life] + [female CEO] + [heiress] + [first love] (A slow-burn story focused on everyone's growth, with even the supporting characters given distinct personalities) With 500,000 yuan in debt, a father who gambles, and a mother in the hospital, I fled to a remote wilderness area, where I unexpectedly rescued a cool, aloof woman driving a luxury car worth over a million yuan. After returning to the city, I started paying off my debts by setting up a street stall. I turned my lif 12.5kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 12 Adrift in the City: I Don’t Want to Just Deliver Food 都市漂泊：我不想只送外卖 My startup in Shenzhen failed spectacularly, leaving me buried in debt and working as a food delivery rider. At a roadside fruit stall, I run into a girl who drives a Mercedes G-Class. One unexpected incident sparks an uproar across the internet. The gulf between our social standings, the feelings neither of us can let go of, and a tug-of-war between love and hate: in this city, it all begins quietly… 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 My Miss Tulip: The Rise of Two Illusionary Gods 我的郁金香小姐之双幻神鼎立 If time could turn back, and I’d found the recording of Chen Yi on her old phone that night, would things between us have turned out differently? The fire at the music shop, Xiao Ai’s escape, my Miss Sunflower: why didn’t you believe in your place in my heart? And that familiar little alley: you will always be my one and only Miss Tulip. What kind of sparks would fly if I crossed paths again with Le Yao, Jian Wei, and Zhao Yang, along with my 26-year-old landlady? 521Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 14 Lives Left Behind in Nanjing 那些离开南京的生活 Truthfully, I never thought of leaving this city. Those moments of unspeakable loneliness, the people who left, the girl with the high ponytail, all the memories have kept me trapped here. Perhaps I should live a different way. Hello, Nanjing. Goodbye, Nanjing. 1.3kReads8.4Score10014d adds
- 15 Mysteries of the Deserted Island: Final Judgment 诡秘荒岛：终焉审判 [No System + Deserted Island + Age Gap + Survival + Power Struggles + Romance + Suspense + Science Fiction] For special reasons, Lin Yunshen, a special forces soldier discharged from the military, catches the eye of Bai Yushuang, a beautiful, older businesswoman from Shencheng. She hires him as her personal assistant, though his real job is to be her bodyguard. During the May Day holiday, the beautiful boss asks him to accompany her on an international cruise abroad. But that night, deep in the 1kReads6.7Score10114d adds
- 16 After the Divorce, They Help Me Reach for the Sky 离婚后，她们扶我青云志 [Urban Slice of Life + Working-Class Life + Love and Family + Hands-On Dad + Underdog’s Rise] Love is like a game of chess: once you make a move, there’s no turning back. Life is unpredictable, and partings and reunions are left to fate. Cherish true love, for once you part, you may never meet again! When the glamour fades, who will still hold your hand? Amid the endless stream of passersby, who will remain unforgettable? I was just one of countless migrant workers in Shenzhen. After years of wo 9.1kReads8.7Score71514d adds
- 17 Transmigrate to the Republican Era, Marry a Beautiful Wife, and from the Start, a Beauty Becomes My Undoing 穿越民国娶美妻，开局红颜成祸水 [Transmigration + Alternate History + Farming + Republican Era + Power Struggles + Political Intrigue + Romance] Ding Muyang, a college student tired of working himself to the bone, returns to his mountain hometown. After dying in a car accident, he transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes a fearsome general with the same name. But before he can celebrate, his beautiful wife comes home in tears. It turns out his superior, Tang Jiyao, the Yunnan warlord, has long coveted her. That day, he 1kReads—Score10214d adds
- 18 Yang and Caimei's Married Life 阳哥彩妹婚后日常 Stay true to your original intentions, and you’ll see things through. Ten years later, I’m bringing everyone back to see these people again and hear what happened to them. To make up for all the regrets in this book, the married life of Yang Ge and Cai Mei is finally here. 291Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 19 Jiangzuo Has a Utopia 江左有个乌托邦 [Roommate-style romance] + [Heartwarming] + [Everyday urban life] + [Later twists] A young man returns home after military service, only to find a pampered young lady with a powerful background by the side of the road? His ex-girlfriend, who went overseas, returns at just this moment? Will he have to say goodbye to the exotic beauty he met by chance on the western Sichuan plateau? From the mountain city to western Sichuan, what words could possibly describe all the upheavals along the way? “I’m 858Reads7.2Score11014d adds
- 20 Luo Ergou: A Wife Beyond Reach 罗二狗，遥不可妻 Luo Ergou, originally named Luo Xiaofei. Surrounded by--- A sister-in-law who is the reincarnation of a spirit fox, A young lady secretary parachuted in from Yanjing, and a beautiful doctoral student accompanying them on an archaeological expedition... They feel both distant and familiar. Distant, because no one would dare love them, let alone marry them. But that familiar scent and feeling, like the milk of his sister-in-law, a thousand-year-old spirit fox, nourishes his heart with such tender 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Half-Foolish Immortal Doctor 半傻医仙 Half sober and half drunk, half fool and half immortal, he roams the mortal world. He punishes the wicked, helps the weak, and saves all living beings. The world laughs at me for being mad, while I laugh at the world for failing to see. Beautiful women are as lovely as flowers, and youth is full of promise. With his God of War brothers and passionate women, he lives freely and follows his heart, making the most of his time in this world. Jiang Fan, a young man from Mount Shu, was beaten into a m 20Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 22 The Alluring Scent of Flowers 花香诱人 Qin Yue, a young man with no family or support, lives in the mountains. By chance, he acquires extraordinary medical and martial arts skills, and is no longer weak and frail. I won't spare a single person who ever bullied me! And I won't let down anyone who has ever shown me kindness, either. Fenglin Village may be poor, but it's a mountain village full of beautiful women. Qin Yue had hoped to live peacefully in the mountains, using his medical skills and staying out of the world's affairs! But 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Through the Roaring Crowd 穿过人声鼎沸 After breaking up with the girlfriend he’d been entangled with for six years, he went on to let down the woman who loved him deeply. Then, in one drunken, reckless moment, he mistakenly took her for his ex? After deciding to leave her world, he unexpectedly meets a direct female superior who gets under his skin like no one ever has before... This is the story of a scumbag’s romantic entanglements... and a journey of growth as he learns to face his own heart. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 My Days Living with the Nightclub Goddess 我和夜店女神同居的日子 [Not reborn]+ [Not a wish-fulfillment story]+ [No System]+ [Urban romance]+ [Multiple heroines] I just graduated this year. Before graduation, my girlfriend dumped me, so I went to a bar to drown my sorrows. But when a friend acted on impulse, I got dragged into a dispute, setting off a chain of events. How is a fresh-faced college graduate like me supposed to handle all this? I met a beautiful girl at the bar. What might happen between us? The first problem after graduation is finding a place t 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 My Five Loves 我的五种爱情 A story about a tenant, one female lead, a tragic romance, and regrets. Ever since Mu Cheng took in a down-on-her-luck heiress, his life, once as still as dead water, began to burn with passion. A mature beauty, a domineering female CEO, a sweet little bunny, and a crazy girl all make their entrances one after another. In short, how could life get any more exhilarating? 925Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 26 My 27-Year-Old Landlady 我的27岁女租客 Jiang Xun, a documentary filmmaker, lost everything overnight: His girlfriend married someone else, his brother ran off, his grandfather passed away, and he was left with a debt of over a million yuan. His only remaining asset was an old Western-style house in Hangzhou inherited from his grandfather, but it came with a tenant who refused to leave. Chu Ran was 27, proud, stubborn, and exceptionally skilled at her work. She was a rich heiress, but refused to take over the family business, choosin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I'll Wait for You in Xi'an 我在西安等你 When the male lead, Ling Fei, had nothing to his name, he met two women who made him their whole world. With their help, Ling Fei rose to the pinnacle of the business world. Yet he failed to cherish them, becoming entangled with several other women around him. After all the hardships, will happiness or regret be what awaits him...? That, too, is his own choice. 10.1kReads8.8Score94014d adds
- 28 I Was Putty in the Hands of a Stunning, Seven-Years-Older Tour Guide in Black Stockings 我被大七岁极品黑丝女导游拿捏了 (I ended this book early because it wasn't very popular, and I felt the writing wasn't very good and was too idealistic and unrealistic. I'm getting ready to write a new book. Please consider supporting it, thank you!) After Lu Yuan developed tuberculous pleurisy, the school worried it might be contagious and didn't let him take part in the senior-year internship it had arranged. He stayed at home for over half a year, barely going out at all. Finally, encouraged by his family, Lu Yuan decided t 6Reads—Score314d adds
- 29 My Beijing Girl 我的北京姑娘 If you love someone, take them to Beijing. It is the heart of the country, where they can see all the splendor the world has to offer... If you hate someone, leave them in Beijing. That city is cold enough for them to hide every burden in their heart… I reveled in the city's splendor at night, never understanding why anyone would stay in Beijing. After seven years, my relationship fell apart, and only then did I begin to see that I had nothing. Her arrival saved me. She was the kindest girl 524Reads7.7Score10114d adds
- 30 My 26-Year-Old Tenant: Le Yao 我的26岁女房客之乐瑶 [Reborn] [Tenant] [Le Yao] [Mi Cai] [Jian Wei] My name is Zhao Yang. There's a silly girl by my side who dreams of becoming a star. She keeps shouting things like, “When I become a big star, you'll be the only one I love!” At first, I didn't take her seriously. I thought it was just a joke, until the moment I put a ring on her finger. Only then did I understand the weight of those words. And that silly girl was Le Yao. I kept calling her a silly girl, but the one who'd been kept in the dark all 1.6kReads7.1Score13714d adds
- 31 A Lone Hero in the World of Love 爱界孤勇者 I used to be a rich second-generation playboy who changed girlfriends every few days. Then a sudden accident turned me into a dirt-poor loser forced to beg on my knees to survive. While I was begging for a living, a childhood friend fell for me. As we partied together day and night, I discovered she was the heiress to a wealthy family. I thought my life had finally reached its peak, but disaster struck again. After that, the blows of reality left me unable to speak, with no emotions or expressio 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 My Beijing Girl 我的北京女孩 A young man with nothing going for him can't move on after a breakup. When he accompanies a friend to Beijing, he encounters new things and new people... His life quietly changes course. What kind of love story will he find as he sets out to reclaim his dream? 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 A Fragrant Journey Through Medicine 医路芬芳 The women of Apricot Blossom Village, tucked away in the mountains, are beautiful, but strange things happen there too. After his father dies in a car accident, Qin Chunshan returns from the army, only to learn that his childhood sweetheart, the girl from Apricot Blossom Village, is about to be married. Her father insists on following an ancient custom, and Qin Chunshan is determined to put an end to this backward tradition. Can he do it? He is no ordinary man. His medicine can bring the dead ba 77Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 34 The Women Who Walked Beside Me Through the Years 那些陪我走过红尘岁月的女人 This book is also known as My Twenty-Six-Year-Old Boss. How does a country boy rise up from the very bottom as a wage laborer? Step by step, he makes his way through Guangdong, battles it out in Shanghai, and heads to northern Myanmar. The road is perilous, the struggles fierce, but beauty blooms along the way. With charming women by his side, he ultimately reaches the pinnacle of life! That day, in that year, as my young self boarded the train south with the girl I loved, I knew that an unknown 952Reads8.7Score12014d adds
- 35 My 26-Year-Old Landlady: Dancing Again, Mochou 我的26岁女房客之再舞莫愁 My name is Mi Cai, and this is my story. In the first half of my life, I stood atop the high tower my father had built, wearing the dazzling yet heavy crown he left me as he lay dying. In the storms of life, that crown eventually lost its shine, swept away by one unseen chill wind after another. I could not forgive myself, and that turned into an almost pathological obsession in my heart. In the years that followed, I entered a broken city filled with stories. Many people had once stopped her 318Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 36 The Best Le Yao 最好的乐瑶 “Zhaoyang~ I can't walk anymore. Carry me~” “Zhaoyang, promise me that Zhaoyang and Le Yao will be together forever.” “Husband~ I'm sorry, okay?” The lonely railway tracks stretch toward the island. This time, I don't want to let down the girl I once wronged. “Zhaoyang, I'm pregnant.” As history repeats itself, Zhaoyang, now aware of his own feelings, will no longer hide them. 1.9kReads8.8Score21214d adds
- 37 The Tenant: The Simple Pleasures of Life 房客：人间有味是清欢 (Everything at the beginning is original content about university life. There will also be plenty of characters before the story in the book begins. As for whether there'll be a female lead, I'll decide later.) Reborn and transmigrated: the good news is that countless opportunities and success await. The bad news is that this is a tearjerker about love in the modern world. Love? No thanks, romance is for suckers. As someone from the future, Su Qinghuan knows exactly how things will unfold. He pl 440Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 38 A Book That Continues the Spring and Autumn Annals 续写春秋的一本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 10.7kReads9.2Score90214d adds
- 39 Chongqing, the Youth I Left Behind 重庆，我留下的青春 Five years of love shattered like porcelain, and my career plummeted along with it. Just when my life was at its darkest, a ray of light shone in, dazzling beyond belief. In this harsh, realistic world, can I still stay true to myself?… 1.7kReads8.7Score12014d adds
- 40 Ladies, Please Leave Me Alone! 女人们，放过我吧！ In a single day, I lost my job, got scammed, and went through a breakup. I was also kicked out of my home. At rock bottom, I was too ashamed to return to my hometown, so I could only look for a cheap place to rent. I tried to get back on my feet in this city. But I never expected to run into three women again. 1.5kReads8.4Score11514d adds
- 41 Marriage Partners 婚姻合伙人 I have a very beautiful wife. In the eyes of everyone around us, she’s the perfect wife, a dutiful daughter-in-law, and my ideal match. Her career is even going better than mine. By all conventional wisdom, anyone would be more than content with a wife like her, but I can’t stop thinking about divorcing her… 3kReads8.7Score25014d adds
- 42 Love Affairs in the Big City 大城情事 After my girlfriend and my best friend gave me a spectacular set of horns, I gritted my teeth and left my small town to make it in the big city. But as soon as I arrived at my new company, my coworkers started ostracizing me and setting me up... The big city is no paradise! It's a world of its own, full of all kinds of people and endless deception! As a nobody, I had to start out as a lowly network administrator, stumbling along until I finally built a small business of my own! But she was an ex 1.4kReads8.3Score13314d adds
- 43 From Bar Singer to Godfather of Music! 从酒吧驻唱，我成了音乐教父！ [Heartbreaking + Comeback + Super Sweet + Entertainment Industry + Rich Beauty + Face-Slapping] A beautiful CEO who returned from overseas and a famous singer fall for me, a bar singer in Lanzhou? I write a legend with my music, creating music with “roots,” and eventually become the ultimate godfather of the music scene. See how I make my comeback, all in "From Bar Singer to Godfather of Music!" 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Tibet: I Fell in Love with the Wind of Namcha Barwa 西藏：我爱上了南迦巴瓦的风 [Roommate-style story] + [Childhood Friends] + [Heiress] + [Beautiful Ex-Girlfriend] + [Love Rival Showdown] Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented "Wang Dong, clear out your desk and go take care of your resignation paperwork." After working for five years, Wang Dong was fired by his unscrupulous boss. He had been praised by everyone to the highest heights, only to be hurled down hard. That night, he came across a video of Tibet. "Screw this company, I'm going to Tibet!" In Tibet, his chil 2.1kReads—Score23614d adds
- 45 Wudu, You Embraced My Youth 雾都，你拥抱过我的青春 After ten years of drifting through life, a young man with nothing to his name reunites with his first love and resolves to work hard and turn his life around. But with empty pockets, he can barely scrape by, until the day he meets her… 3.9kReads8.4Score41114d adds
- 46 Let’s Get Married Right After Graduation 毕业就结婚吧 I was still a sophomore in college when, out of nowhere, I ended up with a twenty-year-old fiancée. When she came to my house for the first time, my father asked me to show her around. But as soon as we were alone, she insisted on seeing my bedroom... (This novel is complete at over a million characters, so you can read with confidence.) 1.8kReads7.2Score18914d adds
- 47 A Love Story in Bincheng 滨城的爱情故事 (Urban) + (romance) + (multiple male leads) + (a little sweet) + (one heroine)... “Let's break up!” Ling Lei was already numb. Cheng Wenxi's figure slumped as he disappeared into the sunset. Through tear-blurred eyes, she remembered the past, then turned to see her sleeping child and her ordinary husband, Wang Keyan, scrolling through short videos. She put on her headphones in the dark. In the window's reflection, she smiled. A forty-year-old woman listening to music really is beautiful. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Unrequited Love Is a Poem That Never Ends 暗恋是一首写不尽的诗 Shen Qianqian is a new first-year high school student, gentle and lovely, youthful and beautiful, and an undisputed top student and goddess of the school. She befriends Meng Xiaotian, a girl with a strong artistic streak who is quirky, lively, and warmhearted. One chance encounter brings her face-to-face with the handsome, sunny Fu Su, and she begins a long journey of secret admiration. Like cherry blossoms drifting through the school, her feelings reach every corner of campus. A secret crush is —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 My 26-Year-Old Landlady: A Brilliant Romance 我的26岁女房客之昭彩斑斓 So sweet it'll make your head explode!!! Fans of Jian Wei and Le Yao, proceed with caution!!!! Making up for some of the characters' regrets in the original story. In the end, I hope Mi Cai can live happily forever!… 27Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 50 I Want So Badly to Love This World 好想爱这个世界 (The style of The Tenants + urban tragic romance + realism + multiple female love interests + ensemble cast + bad ending + open ending) Life and death to the left, parting to the right. Gu Bei met several girls in his life. One clutched a marble for eight years, then crouched by a barbecue stall and grinned at him. “I was afraid you’d be lonely.” One left him a book before the train pulled away and said, “If one day you don’t want to wait anymore, you can come find me.” One stayed by his sid 30Reads—Score—14d adds
