Novels like The Story of Haitang, the Beautiful Widow
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- 1 Tales of Rural Life in Republican-Era China 民国乡村往事 Every story told in this book is based on events that really happened in real life. After young Heye loses her mother, she draws on her indomitable will to keep her impoverished family going. The farther the story goes, the more exciting it gets… 1.2kReads8.6Score11514d adds
- 2 A Chance Encounter: The Commander’s Wife Has Been Plotting for a Long Time 狭路相逢：督军妻谋已久 The man she loves offers her to Shen Tingxuan, the warlord of Jiangbei, in exchange for power. To her, marriage is just a game. Whoever can control the whole board is the winner. He presses her at every turn, so she plans her every move. But which of them will lose their heart in the end? When he sees through her true nature, he flies into a rage. “An Muyan, you actually tried to kill me for him!” Only later does she understand: the one who falls in love first is doomed to lose everything. 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Agarwood's Hidden Fragrance Through the Glitz of the Years 暗隐沉香浮华年 In the early years of the Republic of China, the Pei family’s signature incense, First-Grade Fragrance, was renowned throughout Jiangnan and beloved by people from all walks of life. Thanks to a century of sincerity and trustworthiness, the family’s business continued to flourish, earning the envy of unscrupulous rivals. A long-planned conspiracy dragged the Pei family, once famed for its century-old good name, into the abyss. The Pei family had a daughter. To clear her family’s name and vindica 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: I Become a God Through Composition 穿越民国：我靠编曲封神 A top student in the theory and composition department of a modern music conservatory, someone who made a living by ear, had somehow transmigrated into... a tone-deaf person? And in the Republican era, no less? In a failing, rundown opera troupe? A modern music whiz versus a good-for-nothing opera apprentice. “Three days! I'm giving you three final days! If you still can't find your voice and sing like a proper person, pack your things and get out of the Qingyun Troupe!” “Sing, or I'll throw yo 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Golden Flower Fragrance 金花香 This is the story of the Zhao and Liu families, makers of Jingyang Fu tea during the Republic of China era. Warlords brutally extort protection money, while the Zhao and Liu families scheme against each other. Zhiqiang and Yasi go through countless hardships as they transport Fu tea to Dihua, encountering one exciting adventure after another. Later, when the Japanese arrive, they donate money and supplies to support the war of resistance. 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Love in Old Shanghai 情陷旧上海 When I was old enough to remember things, all I knew was that Mom was beautiful. She wore elegant qipaos and pretty makeup, and went everywhere with those refined, scholarly uncles. A different uncle took Mom out every day. Sometimes she brought them back to the little house to spend the night. I hated them, because when they stayed over, I couldn't sleep with Mom. Those uncles were always forcing me to call them Dad. When I refused, Mom would fly into a rage. She would hit me while crying, then 102Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 7 Smash the Soy Sauce Shop, Burn the Recipes, Send the Scumbag and His Father to the Execution Ground 砸酱园烧配方，送渣男渣爹上刑场 Also known as: “Died Miserably in Her Past Life, Now Her Ex-Husband and Scumbag Father Get Their Comeuppance!” [Alternate-history Republican era x rebirth and revenge x tender secret love x domineering warlord x the ex-husband’s whole family gets their comeuppance] In her previous life, Ruan Yilin thought she was the happiest woman in the world. She single-handedly shouldered the burden of the Ruan family’s soy sauce shop, paid off her father’s gambling debts, bought flowers and jewelry for her —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After My Husband Gave Me to the Warlord, He Regretted It and Begged for Mercy 夫君把我送督军后，疯狂后悔求饶 [From Little Sidekick to Powerful Warlord X The Young Lady of His Own Family] Wen Wan was born into a distinguished family and had everything going for her, but after giving her heart to the wrong man, she met a tragic end. To curry favor with a warlord, her husband bundled her up and sent her to Governor Shen Yizhi. To preserve her dignity, she left him nothing but a corpse that very night. She was reborn in the governor's bed. The moment the man walked into the room, she made up her mind… It 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn in Republican-Era China: This Big Shot Plays a Little Too Wild! 重生民国：大佬她的路子有点野！ After transmigrating by accident, Qin Xiaoyan had hoped to become the pampered daughter of a warlord’s family, decked out in jewelry and wearing Western dresses. Instead, she was “reborn” in a poor mountain village! Her parents were both dead, and she struggled to survive while raising her little brother! History took a different turn, and the world was overrun by zombies and mutants. Murder and chaos spread, families were destroyed, and nations fell… - In the wilderness, a crowd of people who h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Like a Dream, Ling 如梦泠 An alternate-history story set in the early Republican era, when warlords carved up the land and chaos reigned. There is little concern for the greater good of the nation, only love and hate, romance, and transmigration. A woman, raised in comfort by her parents, is swept helplessly into the turmoil of her era. How can she turn her fate around? 410Reads8.2Score10714d adds
- 11 In Search of Treasures 寻臻记 In the early Republican era, an idealistic woman with a doctorate from overseas returns to China, only to encounter a forced wedding orchestrated by the military governor's residence. Against her will, she is dragged into a conspiracy that has been in the works for a long time. The governor's adopted son is cruel by nature and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. A seemingly amiable scion of a distinguished but declining family is also a wolf in sheep's clothing. Even her biological brothe 127Reads9.1Score1914d adds
- 12 The Blossoms and Falling Petals of Those Years 那些年的花开花落 This is not a wish-fulfillment story or a sweet romance. There are no twists or face-slapping. It simply recounts the joys and sorrows of young men and women in a time of war and upheaval. As Mr. Ouyang says in the story: “In these chaotic times, old friends cannot stay together for long. To meet even once is a blessing earned in a past life.” Through Li Qingtian and Yang Yuchun’s journey from meeting to parting, meeting again, and falling in love, this story tells of two lovers who find each 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Sunset on the Green Bricks 青砖落照 Novel Synopsis Through the years of endless war, three generations of the Huangfu family never managed to share a single complete family reunion dinner. The turmoil of the Republic of China era destroyed their ancestral hall, and the flames of war burned their land deeds to ash. Some fell beneath the invaders' bayonets; others vanished into the winds of a chaotic age. In the end, only a mother remained, struggling to keep her children alive. She was the backbone of the Huangfu family. The uph —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Whirlwind of Shanghai Kisses My Cheongsam 上海滩的漩涡吻过我的旗袍 The Republic of China is in turmoil, shrouded in storms and darkness. Han Yuge, once a daughter of the Aisin Gioro imperial clan, steps into the dazzling yet perilous world of Shanghai, dressed in a qipao. There, she meets three people whose fates intertwine with hers: Xia Yan, a ruthless, hard-edged business tycoon who rose from nothing at the docks, yet gives her all his tenderness; Lin Yifeng, a passionate revolutionary devoted to his country, sincere and pure-hearted, ready to risk his life 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Ghost Lord’s Old Dreams of the Mortal World 鬼爷的红尘旧梦 "Love Begins in the Mortal World" "The Ghost Lord Falls for the Mortal World" "The Ghost Lord’s Old Dreams of the Mortal World" Welcome to bookmark and follow! (Fictional Republic of China era) The young sovereign of the underworld descends into the human world to find her beloved, now living through the final life of his tribulation. With her godhood at its peak, she sweeps across the turmoil of the Republican era, begins a love with the frail last-generation Beile that is heartbreakingly sweet 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Poppy Has No Tears 虞美人没有眼泪 A young lady in Republican-era China: no CP, no golden finger, no transmigration, but plenty of money and brains. The heroine is the daughter of a Huizhou merchant, a mental arithmetic prodigy fluent in four languages. She excels at lightning-fast connections across fields (smell perfume → chemical formula → business conspiracy), has a gift for languages (six dialects and four foreign languages), and possesses keen powers of observation (she can tell someone's profession from the wear on their 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Golden Light, It’s Flickering, Flickering, Flickering Its Way Here 金光，它一闪一闪一闪地来啦 No wish-fulfillment fantasy + slower pacing + warm and healing + devoted male lead + one-on-one romance. The heroine has a golden finger, but her abilities develop slowly over time as she accumulates good fortune. It doesn’t appear often in the early chapters. The romance sweetens in the middle and later parts, with all the sweetness found in the little details. In the turmoil of the Republican era, when human lives were worth less than grass, she was determined to make flowers bloom amid the r 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 A Warlord's Tenderness: Second Master, Your Wife's Causing Trouble Again 军阀柔情：二爷，你夫人又闯祸了 [Marriage First, Love Later + Republican-Era Romance + Fast-Paced + No Idiotic Decisions + Young Marshal’s Devoted Love + Pitfalls at Every Turn + No Golden Finger + No Pocket Dimension] The heroine, skilled in several outdoor pursuits, transmigrates into the body of Shen Qianqian amid a warlord-ravaged era. She is sent in someone else’s place to marry the cold-blooded, violent Young Marshal Gu, in hopes of bringing him good fortune. As they search for the truth, one pretends to be insane while 68Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 19 Where Are the Green Hills? This Is My Home 何处青山【此心安处是吾乡】 Shanghai, 1930. Song Zechuan, a rising star in diplomacy, meets the outspoken journalist Xu Jingyi at a banquet. He is a gentleman from a distinguished family who has returned from studying abroad, carrying the family mission of becoming a good statesman and physician. She is the daughter of a prominent family in Jiangbei, using her pen as a weapon to expose society’s ills. Their ideas clash, but admiration quietly takes root. As Japan invades China and Shanghai falls, they join forces to establ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Warfires Across the Land 烽火映山河 [This story is entirely fictional. Please do not take it as fact.] Also known as Iron Horses and Frozen Rivers in My Dreams or Strange Cases: 1931 At night I lie awake, listening to the wind and rain; iron horses and frozen rivers come to me in dreams. In the twentieth year of the Republic, strange entities began to stir under cover of darkness in Shenyang. To solve a string of bizarre cases, Bai Yelan, commander of the Night Watch, personally took into custody Ning Tinghe, an antique shop appre 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Zijin’s Longing, My Heart Yearns for You 子衿引思，悠悠我心 “Your blue collar, my thoughts so deep. Though I do not go to you, why do you not send word?” I’ve always wanted to see you, but now I never can... [Heroine: Gu Changyou × Hero: He Ziqin / Sweet at first, then heart-wrenching / Republic of China romance between an older woman and a younger man] A young heiress back from studying abroad and her handsome young marshal husband, six years her junior... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 I Transmigrated to Republican-Era China and Changed the Fate of the Untouchable Beauty 穿越民国，我为高岭之花逆天改命 When the Seven Stars aligned, Liang Jinxia clutched her compass and plunged into the flames of war in Licheng in 1944. In her moment of despair, geologist Gu Qingwu held out a hand. “Come with me, or stay here and wait to die.” To survive, she became his assistant. Her uncanny “predictions” repeatedly saved him from danger, but also made him increasingly suspicious of her. “Who are you, really?” As artillery fire tore through the night, should she follow the course of history and save hersel 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Bullet Comments Live: Did the Ninth Concubine Run Away Today? 弹幕直播：九姨太今天跑路了吗 [Comment System + Sweet Romance + Warlord + Alternate Republic of China + Lottery Comeback] (Aloof Marshal VS Sweet Beauty) After being reborn, Ninth Concubine Ruan Xingyao gains a Comment System, and countless viewers tune in to watch her daily rise from captive songbird to independent woman. The comments become her think tank, not only helping her devise plans but also revealing lottery numbers that make her rich overnight! With money to burn, Yaoyao kicks open her cage! On one side, she spend 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Sickly Big Bad Fell in Love? 病秧子大反派还动心了？ Fu Yechen, the crown prince of the capital, is a sickly man everyone thinks will die before thirty. One cough from him is enough to make the entire business world tremble. No one knows that the bones crushed beneath his wheelchair outnumber the contracts he has signed. Three years ago, he found and took in a mute country girl at the scene of a massacre that wiped out her entire family... Then, on a night of torrential rain, Fu Yechen pinned her against the wall. “Baby, haven’t you grown tired —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Night Lotus 夜芙蓉 Like a fragment from a past life, all the splendor had faded away. They met in a breathtaking encounter and lingered amid fragrant breezes and shifting shadows. They forgot the passage of time, forgot to leave, forgot their painful dreams. What came sharply into view was the endless future they would share. Those few short steps were a river neither wanted to cross: she stood on this bank, he on the other. He saw her tears; she saw his smile. In that fleeting moment, this was a lifetime. Ye Furo 133Reads9.1Score1214d adds
- 26 As If There Were a Glimmer of Light 仿佛，若有光 Gao Yu, a young curator and painter, accidentally transmigrates to a women's university in 1947. He becomes its youngest male teacher and a clandestine Party member with a special identity. Amid the shifting interplay of light and shadow, he meets Shen Weiying, a beautiful, aloof university student. One love across a lifetime, two meetings: it turns out that love is the light that never fades. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Fleeting Life Before the Snow Falls 浮生未雪 On a rainy plum-blossom night in the Jiangnan region in 1924, Lin Xuetang, daughter of the Su family, first meets Shen Yanzhou, son of the commander of Beiping, by the lotus pond at a country estate. A family heirloom jade pendant engraved with a dragon brings them together, sparking a romance that spans the north and south. She is graceful and poetic; he is bold and spirited like a soldier. From protecting each other at school to exploring an ancient temple, from fishing lights on a night lake 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Pillow of Mountains and Rivers: The Young Marshal’s Rose 山河枕：少帅的玫瑰 In an age of chaos when “power comes from the barrel of a gun” and violence has become the only language, how can civilization and integrity endure? Shen Zhiwei, a young journalist from Beiping who believes “journalism can save the nation,” and Gu Linyuan, a young warlord with a powerful army who believes “might makes right,” are about to find out. My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 After He Divorced Her, She Married His Younger Brother, and He Panicked 被休后，她转身嫁小叔子，他急了 Yang Qiqi is set up by her scheming cousin. On her wedding night, she is kidnapped and given an aphrodisiac, then spends the night with the eldest young master in a cabin in the mountains. She was originally the eldest young master's child bride, but he insists on ruining everything. After returning from studying abroad, the first thing he does is divorce Yang Qiqi. Yang Qiqi turns around and marries the second young master. But on their wedding night, her scheming cousin drugs her and hires thu 8Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 30 I'm Dating a Future High-Ranking Government Official 我和未来国府高官谈恋爱 She had thought she had simply transmigrated to the Republic of China era. It was only after she met Chu Cai that she realized she had stepped into an ending that had already been written. He was the man behind the Central Bureau of Investigation, a blade of power, a shadow cast by his time. In the fate originally laid out for him, he died a martyr. But in this life, she was determined to make sure he survived. From studying in America to navigating the turbulent waters of Nanjing; from the 4.1kReads7.5Score35314d adds
- 31 Has Mr. Cheng Started Pursuing His Wife Again Today? 程先生今天追妻了吗 Cheng Yanhuai has had a bit of a headache lately. His father, who already has six concubines, is taking a new wife, and this time he’s making her his legal wife. Cheng Yanhuai watched his shameless old father shower his new stepmother, a woman younger than him, with money and houses. His father even gave her the home his own mother had left him. Cheng Yanhuai was not happy. No, she’s young enough to be your daughter-in-law. Ning Yunshu just wants to study hard and take care of her family. She 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 One Second, the Richest Heiress; the Next, Transmigrated into a Book as a Villainess 上秒成首富千金，下秒穿书成恶女 [She flirts recklessly at first, then he forces her to love him] [The hidden guard takes a wrong turn straight into the male lead's heart] Su Yu, an overworked wage slave, never dreamed that she was actually the daughter of the richest man in the country! On the very day she was reunited with her family, a car sent her flying. Su Yu was furious. If she had to die, she might as well have some fun first! When Su Yu woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated into a novel set in an alternate-rea 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 She Is the Light 她自是灯火 How did women a hundred years ago view marriage and life? This is the story of a woman with an extraordinary upbringing. A government official's daughter in the late Qing Dynasty, she was left alone as her family declined amid the upheaval of a changing era. But she had grown up in an orphanage with missionaries and learned medicine. By treating the sick and saving lives, she found her place in the world and came to understand life's impermanence. Faced with family ties, an arranged marriage mea 420Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 34 Spring Ashes on the Jade Steps 玉阶春烬 [Warlord’s young marshal X beautiful aristocratic heiress, equally strong couple, love grows over time] He is a newly appointed young marshal, cold-blooded and ruthless. She is a charming, delicate beauty with a cool and distant air. The two had nothing to do with each other, until a wedding brought them together and bound them in love. At their first meeting, he mistakes her for Marshal Yang’s seventh concubine. The next time they meet, she witnesses his cruel side. One day, a little maid comes 266Reads—Score10914d adds
- 35 From the Start, All I Had Was a Cage: A Lone Star Shining Over the Wildfire 开局一口笼孤星照野火 [Hardcore survival in Republican-era China: From the start, she’s in a bamboo cage, a white lotus on the surface and a bulldozer at heart!] Top materials scientist Shen Xinglan opens her eyes to find herself trapped in a bamboo cage, about to be drowned in a pond! Her crimes: being an ill-fated star and committing adultery. On the surface, she’s a weak, helpless, teary-eyed drama queen. Inside, she’s a cool-headed, ruthless modern mind with overwhelming intelligence. After escaping the beginner 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Farewell, Immortal Sword: May We Meet Again as We Did at First 再见仙剑，此生只如初见 Synopsis: [Republican-era setting + Sword and Fairy fanfiction + Three-thousand-year vigil + Reincarnated, but strangers + A nation engulfed in war + Heart-wrenching romance] Li Xiaoyao waited for Zhao Ling'er for three thousand years. She was reincarnated in one life after another. Each time, he found her, only to watch her die just beyond his reach. The laws of Heaven allowed him to seek her out and protect her, but forbade him from telling her who she was, or who he was. In the second yea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Tumultuous Republic of China 民国沉浮 Chen Dafu was an ordinary man living through the turbulent Republic of China era. He weathered famine and war, struggling to keep his family alive. He had no golden finger, no cheat, and no lofty ambition to save the nation and its people. Most of this book is about everyday life. It does not discuss politics, nor is it history or a legend. Please don’t connect it to actual history; any resemblance is purely coincidental. —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 38 Tales of Jincheng 晋城往事 Tales of Jincheng 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Love in the Turmoil of the Republic, a Red-Haired Beauty's Tribulation in the Thousand Gates 民国乱世情，千门红颜劫 (The rating has only just opened and will rise. If you like it, leave a review; if you don't, please don't flame me.) [New-style Republican-era setting + Tortured Romance + Revenge + Suspense + Qianmen's Eight Roles + Schemes + Gangs + Espionage + War of Resistance] (Not a power fantasy, not mindless, no rebirth, no transmigration, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Volume One: Heroines (1929–1932), tortured romance/revenge/b 22Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 40 Pear Blossoms in Bloom 一树棠梨花开 For seven years of war, she kept watch over a flowering tree, waiting for someone who would never return. Across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, he passed through smoke and death to honor a promise left unfulfilled. That spring, “the flowering pear tree bloomed, its beauty captivating the city; willow fluff danced in the spring breeze.” Beneath blossoms white as snow, their eyes met, and each was struck by the other’s beauty. The beauty of mountains and rivers could not rival the gen 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Reborn as a Warlord's Fifth Concubine, I Conquered Republican-Era China with My Writing 穿成军阀五姨太，靠写文杀穿民国 When Shen Yanqing wakes up, she’s become the least remarkable of the governor’s five concubines in the Republic of China era. The original owner was timid and bullied, her family was destitute, and the governor’s residence was rife with hidden schemes. Everyone expected her to meet an untimely end. From the start, she’s bound to a cross-time love System and given permission to copy any text on the internet. With words flowing from her pen, she bursts onto the scene under the pen name Qing Yan! 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Spring Runs Deep in the Old Days 旧故春深 [Love grows over time + mutual devotion + premium novel + period setting + 1v1 + equally matched leads] [Cool and aloof Peking opera star Meng Fengchuan vs. forthright and passionate heiress Jiang Qing] Meng Fengchuan, a rising star of the opera world, and Jiang Qing, the fourth daughter of the Jiang family, met through the theater. As they spent time together, they fell for each other, but the difference in their social standing meant the Jiang family never approved of their relationship. Jiang 185Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 43 War of Resistance: Two Long-Term Laborers 抗战之两个长工 In the war-torn years in Sui County, Shangqiu, Henan, this story does not dwell on the worst of human nature. Instead, it focuses on the lives of ordinary people in an extraordinary period of history. Every ordinary person’s life is a book in its own right. 73Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 44 A Grand Feast in Shanghai 沪江盛宴 Shanghai is a city where fortunes can change in the blink of an eye. Who will rule the roost today? A slow-burn gang story, not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy! A Green Gang boss × a cool, aloof doctor. Love and hate, passion and heartbreak, twists and turns. He is a notorious Green Gang boss, unruly and impossible to tame. He says, “I’m a devil who crawled out of hell. I’ve never cared whether anyone lives or dies. Crushing you would be as easy as crushing an ant!” To him, human life is the c 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Wild Heiress of the Republican Era: I Am That Wicked Woman 民国娇狂：我就是这般恶女 Also known as "The Villainous Heiress Made Two Hundred Billion Silver Dollars in Republican-Era China" [Alternate-History Republican Era + Villainess Reborn + Powerful Tycoon Family + Love of Country and Family] [Rival Suitors + Golden Finger + Full Story from the Villainess’s Perspective + Master Manipulator] After dying, the villainess Weng Zi awakened to the truth. It turned out she was living inside an alternate-history novel set in Republican-era China. Her entire life had been controlled b 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Reborn in the Republic of China: The Years We Fought for a Better Life 民国重生之奋斗的那些年 Zhou Ya was born in a peaceful era. She grew up beneath the red flag and in the warmth of spring breezes, witnessing her country’s strength and prosperity. Yet, without warning, she was reborn a hundred years in the past, amid the turmoil of the Republic of China era. Faced with a changing world, warlord battles, diseases ravaging the land, and a ruined old world, Zhou Ya couldn’t help wondering: What could she do? Adrift in this life, her fate rising and falling, would she sink into darkness or 19Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 47 Transmigrated to the Republican Era to Make My Way 穿到民国去奋斗 Xiang Xin never expected to transmigrate and find herself orphaned, with wolves circling all around her. What is she supposed to do? When she meets them during the hardest time of her life, which one will turn out to be her destined love? 121Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 48 A Romance in the Northwest 西北恋 In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China (1937), Japanese invaders trampled China beneath their boots, leaving the land shattered. Tianshui, a strategic city in the northwest, was also overshadowed by both the threat of war and a severe drought. Newlywed peasant girl Qiuping tearfully bids farewell to her husband Mang'er, whose full name is Chen Tiemang, as he is drafted into the army. On a hill above the dry Wei River and parched land stretching for miles, her “brown tears” become the 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Knowing You in the North 北地知意 [Alternate-history Republic of China setting + marriage first, love later] [Local warlord × heiress returned from overseas + renowned anti-Japanese general × agent for the cause] Lin Zhiyi, newly returned from studying abroad, marries Gu Shijun, a warlord of the northern lands, at her father’s behest, all to find conclusive proof that he is a traitor to his country. After several brushes with death, she sees not a man selling out his country for wealth and glory, but one secretly working behind 293Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Snow Falls in the Republican Era, but No One Returns 民国落雪，不见归人 Snow Falls in the Republic of China Era, but No One Returns 16Reads—Score—14d adds
