Novels like A Woman Can Only Rely on Herself
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- 51 The War Lord’s Beloved Is Sweet and Adorable 战爷的掌心宠又甜又娇 In her previous life, Mu Ruoqing was blind to the truth and deaf to reason. She ignored her parents' pleas, refused to marry Lord Zhan, and insisted on marrying Tang Qianhao. In the end, she and her daughter met a tragic death. Reborn, she tore Lord Zhan's clothes, bit him, and declared arrogantly, “You already bear my mark, so I’ll take responsibility for you! Either you marry me, or I marry you!” 56Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 52 My Redemption by My Chinese Teacher 语文老师对我的救赎 My Chinese Teacher's Redemption —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 I Held My Teacher’s Umbrella, So Now I Want to Hold One for My Students 打过老师的伞，所以想帮学生撑伞 Because my teacher once held an umbrella over me, I want to hold one over my students —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Film and TV Crossover: A World of Beauty and Endless Joy 影综：美女环绕的世界欢乐无比 After an accident, Ye Zhaohu returns to the Red Era, in a world of movies and TV shows. From "Glory Days" to "A Lifelong Journey", and then to the courtyard house compound. From a penniless orphan to a tycoon worth billions. Watch Ye Zhaohu make his way in this era and write his own legendary life. 1.1kReads6.0Score—Shelves
- 55 I Got Hitched to a Rich Heir on the Day We Met 相亲当天我闪婚了豪门继承人 [Sweet Romance + Married First, Love Later + Male Lead Plays the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Devoted Couple] On the day of her blind date, Lin Yuanyi was pressured by her family into a whirlwind marriage with Sheng Xiao, a “construction worker.” She thought they didn’t know each other well and could simply live together respectfully after marrying. She never expected the man with the cold, celibate face to turn into a clingy puppy around her… The most unbelievable part was that after getting married, 336Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 56 Honey, If You Don’t Love Me, Let Me Go 老公，不爱请放手 After twenty years of sharing life’s joys and hardships with her husband, a wife is betrayed and left to struggle with heartache. For the sake of her child, she focuses on her studies while bearing humiliation and resentment alone. Time and again, she resolves to leave, only to waver when her husband begs her to stay and her own love for him, built over more than twenty years, pulls her back. It is like a drowning person struggling in the water, ready to give up from exhaustion, only for her hus 17.6kReads9.1Score848Shelves
- 57 Rival Beauties Vie to Outshine Each Other in the Martial World 江湖：红颜争香斗艳 The jianghu is not just about fighting and killing, but also about the battles of the heart. After getting out of prison, Chen Yuan moves into a shared apartment with several beautiful women. He only meant to lend a hand, but never expected to get caught up in a world-shaking game of intrigue... 41.6kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
- 58 Peerless War God 绝世战神 Three thousand years ago, Chen Xiao, who stood at the pinnacle of martial arts, was betrayed by a close friend and died. Three thousand years later, carrying the vast memories and hatred of his past life, he is reborn! In this life, Chen Xiao vows to reclaim everything he lost! Anyone who bullies me, I’ll crush beneath my feet! Anyone who tries to kill me, I’ll kill! Beautiful women, wealth, and rare treasures are all mine! With a sword in hand and geniuses underfoot, I’ll ask just one thing: wh 2kReads7.4Score210Shelves
- 59 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: Wang Yuyan Conquers the Martial World 天龙八部之王语嫣称霸武林 I love traditional wuxia, so I decided to write a traditional wuxia story of my own. This story borrows the setting of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. Some characters overlap, but their personalities are completely different. After Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, bound by convention, Wang Yuyan and Duan Yu ultimately had no chance to be together. Taking advantage of the Central Plains martial artists leaving to rescue Qiao Feng, Ding Chunqiu escaped from Shaolin Temple, learned the Northern Dark Divine Sk 4.4kReads7.7Score234Shelves
- 60 Jin Tong Returns to Court: Defying Fate and Destroying Hearts 锦彤归朝：逆命诛心 Hai Tong marries the poor scholar Zhan Yin and helps him pass the imperial exams, only to be abandoned, tortured, and killed. Reborn on her wedding day, she keeps revenge in her heart. Just as all her plans are underway, everything takes an unexpected turn: Zhan Yin has also been reborn. When danger strikes, he comes to Hai Tong’s aid, leaving her confused. After learning that she is the princess of the realm, Hai Tong realizes that her rebirth has entangled her in the feud between two generatio 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 This Is a Terrible Book 这是本破书 For ten thousand years, in the Age of Declining Dharma, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has withered away like deadwood. Witchcraft has fallen into ruin, the Dao has been severed, and the once-glorious golden age of cultivation has long since faded into a dusty legend. Only the supernatural tales scattered among the people still remind the world that another kind of person once lived here: mortals who pursued power beyond the ordinary. And the story I want to tell is about an old fox. I 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 My Celibate Husband Broke His Vows Again Tonight 禁欲老公今晚又破戒了 [Top-tier wealthy family + marriage first, love later + overflowing sweetness and affection + both leads have only been with each other. The female lead is cool and stunning; the male lead is flirtatious and adores her.] They were childhood friends. Twenty years ago, her family was nearly wiped out, and she was taken away and given to another family. Twenty years later, they meet again by chance in a distant land. She is now the renowned Master Shen of the traditional Chinese medicine world, ke 2.1kReads9.2Score384Shelves
- 63 On Our Wedding Night, I Revived My Husband from His Coma 新婚夜，我救活了植物人老公 A conspiracy forced her to take another woman’s place and marry the powerful young master of the Gu family, supposedly to bring him good luck. On their wedding night, she revived her comatose husband with a single acupuncture needle. After waking, he was cold and arrogant. “Divorce me. I don’t want to see you for even one more second!” She retorted helplessly, “Gu Xingyuan, I saved your life.” He scoffed disdainfully. “If superstition could save people, what would we need doctors for?” Some time 13.9kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
- 64 Get Lost, Disciple! A Beauty Down the Mountain Is Urging You to Marry Her 徒儿快滚，山下有美女催你上门 Lin Xiao spent ten years as a Daoist on a mountain. Then one day, his master suddenly told him to go down the mountain, and his senior brothers gave him a pile of valuable things. It turns out the world-class assassin organization Shadow Hall was founded by one of his senior brothers! The world’s leading investment company belongs to his eldest senior brother!? And this tiger tally commanding a million troops… isn’t that a bit much! His senior brothers also reminded him to help the Daoist temple 375Reads8.7Score103Shelves
- 65 New My Fair Princess: Fairy Swallow Descends to the Mortal Realm 新还珠格格之仙燕入凡间 New My Fair Princess: Xian Yan Enters the Mortal Realm, by Mozhi Y. Reproduction prohibited. The demons launched a surprise attack, and the war against the celestial race raged for days. The Demon Lord secretly learned forbidden arts, and just as the celestial race stood on the brink of destruction, the Flower Goddess Yan Xi descended from the Ninth Heaven and sealed the Demon Lord with her own soul. Her soul was damaged, but she saved both the celestial race and the mortal world. The Celestial 466Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 66 You Hired Me as Your Secretary, So How Did I Become the CEO’s Wife? 让你当秘书，你却变成了总裁夫人 Both had been cheated on. They met at a hotel and spent the night together! Certain they would never cross paths again, they suddenly met at work. To her dismay, Yun Jin became Mu Lingfeng’s personal secretary. The person she’d had a one-night stand with was suddenly her boss. Yun Jin thought she was going to lose her mind. In perfect unspoken agreement, neither of them said a word about that night. When Mu Lingfeng announced in grand fashion that he was getting married, everyone discovered 409Reads8.2Score199Shelves
- 67 New My Fair Princess: Yan and Yong Rule the Realm, Bound Together Forever 新还珠【燕定乾坤，永结同心】 [Devoted love + both leads are each other’s only one + Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi endgame + father-daughter bond between Qianlong and Xiaoyanzi + the entire Ten Perfect team together] [No plagiarism or borrowing plot ideas. I’m a stickler for details, so I hope you’ll be patient with my slow pacing and leave ratings and reviews!] A shocking upheaval sweeps through the vermilion walls of the Forbidden City. Under Consort Yu’s threat to take her own life, Fifth Prince Yongqi has no choice but to marry 1.1kReads8.1Score103Shelves
- 68 After Our Whirlwind Wedding, My Poor Husband Gave Me a Hundred Million 闪婚后，穷老公竟然给了我一个亿 [Sweet Romance + Married First, Love Later + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Both Leads Are Chaste + One-on-One Romance] When Shen Qing returned from a business trip, she discovered that her boyfriend had cheated on her with her best friend. Filled with anger, she drove away. Distracted, she nearly hit Yan Bei, who had just been disowned by the Yan family, Kyoto’s wealthiest family. That was how the two of them met. Under pressure from their parents, they both went and registered their marriage. 53.7kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves
- 69 My Husband Has No Car or House, Yet He’s Actually a Tycoon CEO 无车无房老公，居然是豪门总裁 [Marriage Before Love] + [Sweet romance, devoted to one another] + [Strong, principled leads] Nan Xi thought she had married an ordinary man. But one day she discovers that the “ordinary man” she impulsively married is actually the CEO of a wealthy family... After marriage: Gu Zhinian [devoted puppy of a husband]: My wife is too kind. I have to protect her and never let anyone hurt her. Qiu Xueying [the heroine’s mother-in-law]: My daughter-in-law is too gentle. If she argues with someone, 6.4kReads9.2Score735Shelves
- 70 Kicked Out by My Sister-in-Law, I Flash-Married a Billionaire CEO 被嫂子赶走，我闪婚了百亿总裁 To keep her older brother, who was the only family she had, from being put in a difficult position, Guan Yue followed her sister-in-law's arrangement and agreed to a blind date. She married an ordinary executive in a whirlwind wedding. From their first meeting to getting their marriage certificate, it took less than half a day. But after the wedding, she discovered his astonishing secret. Her sister-in-law asked for a bride price of 100,000 yuan, and he paid without hesitation. She wanted to buy 4kReads8.5Score797Shelves
- 71 Jiang Shijun, the Blood-Handed Butcher 血手人屠蒋士军 Blood-Handed Butcher Jiang Shijun This is a grand, full-length classic wuxia novel in the new-school tradition. The complete work runs to a thousand chapters and two million words, with every word steeped in blood. Jiang Shijun, young master of the Blood Hand Sect, defeats Huashan in three moves and shatters Qingcheng with one palm. At just twenty-seven, he rises to the supreme position in the martial world. Yet each use of the Blood Hand Seal Divine Art costs him three years of life. His countl —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 The Age of Declining Dharma: Truth System 末法时代之真理系统 A low-ranking wizard carrying a “Truth System” begins with the wizard-pattern murals carved by ancient wizards. As he hunts for treasures and cultivates across the continent, he uncovers the truth behind the decline of witchcraft and rewrites its laws. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 The Young Master of War Has a Wild Wife 战少的老婆有点野 “I’m pregnant with your child.” Shen Yue only meant to let him know, but Young Master Zhan took her straight to register their marriage. She thought it was a fake marriage for the baby’s sake. Who knew Young Master Zhan would spoil her rotten? She thought she was just a pitiful girl kicked out of her home, but it turned out she was a powerful big shot… “Wife, how many identities do you have?” “Then what about you, dear?” 502Reads7.7Score103Shelves
- 74 My Fair Princess: A Love That Lasts Forever in Heaven and on Earth 还珠格格，天上人间之永燕情绵绵 A new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 625Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 75 My Flash Marriage Husband Turns Out to Be a Billionaire CEO 闪婚老公竟是亿万总裁 My husband, whom I married on a whim, turns out to be a billionaire CEO! 3.6kReads7.7Score319Shelves
- 76 The Auspicious Princess in My Fair Princess 祥瑞公主在还珠 He Xi was one of countless modern-day candidates cramming for civil service exams. After studying late into the night, she croaked. The good news was that she wasn't dead. The bad news was that she had transmigrated to the Qing dynasty. The good news was that she had become a princess. The bad news was, what was up with that crazy swallow? And why were Bai Yinshuang and Princess Xinyue here too? Later generations recorded that Qianlong's most beloved daughter was Princess Gurun Hexi, his fifth p 606Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 77 The New My Fair Princess: One Longing, Two Places of Sorrow 新还珠格格：一种相思，两处闲愁 [Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi are each other’s one and only + sweet romance with heartbreak + father-daughter bond between Qianlong and Xiaoyanzi + a dream-fulfilling Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi ending + no character bashing + faithful characterization] In the twenty-sixth year of the Qianlong reign, Fifth Prince Yongqi and Princess Huanzhu, Xiaoyanzi, fell deeply in love. But their passionate romance was like walking through a thicket of thorns, beset by hardship at every turn. Yongqi’s mother resorted to th 1.2kReads8.8Score101Shelves
- 78 My Foolish Husband Is Actually a Tycoon 我的傻子老公竟是财阀大佬 To save her adoptive father, Qin Shi agrees to take her stepsister’s place as a bride. Everyone says Qin Shi has two burdens in tow and has married a fool, so her future is ruined. But who could have guessed that Qin Shi would soon appear in Haicheng’s social circles of wealthy young ladies? Haicheng’s four most eligible bachelors, whom its socialites can only dream of, are all at her beck and call: one drives her, one carries her train, and the other two serve as her bodyguards. The socialites 375Reads9.0Score101Shelves
- 79 Help! I Accidentally Married the Richest Man in Beijing 救命！我误打误撞嫁给了京圈首富 [Short drama and animated comic now available] [Marriage First, Love Later + Both Pure + The Husband's Long Road to Winning Her Back + She Runs Away While Pregnant] [Fashion Designer with a Mysterious Past] vs. [Scheming, Abstinent Heir of a Powerful Capital Family] Original title: Young Master Lu, Your Flash-Married Wife Has Run Off Again Her first love suddenly breaks up with her and disappears. Her biological father becomes her adoptive father, and there is more to her mother's death than mee 7kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 80 I Transmigrated Into My Fair Princess as the Empress's Daughter 穿越还珠我是皇后的女儿 Eighteen-year-old modern girl He Jing was a die-hard fan of My Fair Princess. She transmigrated into the series and became the empress’s daughter, Princess Gurun Heping, a character who never existed in the show. What new twists and turns will unfold? 216Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 81 The CEO’s Seduction: Irresistible Desire 霸总撩妹，欲罢不能 Li Mingzhe loved Lin Xiaoxuan. They ended up sleeping together by accident, and when she became pregnant, she fled overseas. Li Mingzhe mistook Lin Xiaoya for Lin Xiaoxuan and bullied Lin Xiaoxuan in every way imaginable. Lin Xiaoxuan suffered greatly because of it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Peppa Pig: Am I Peppa? 小猪佩奇之我是佩奇？ Cheng Mingming, a miserable anime-obsessed college student, fell asleep from boredom while watching Peppa Pig with her five-year-old cousin. When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated into the world of Peppa Pig and become Peppa herself! But things weren’t quite as she’d imagined. Someone asked Cheng Mingming, “Was Peppa always this pretty?” Who was this lovely girl in the mirror, with pink hair, dark eyes, rosy lips, pearly white teeth, and a clear, healthy complexion?! Cheng Mingmi 349Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Ten Years: From Lost to Awakened 十年：我从茫然到觉醒 This book recounts, in chronological order, the author's real-life experiences over the decade or so after graduating from university and entering the working world. Through the many big and small events in his life, he hopes to find common ground with readers, and help them discover a direction of their own amid the confusion and cutthroat competition of today's society! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 We Moved In Together on the Day We Got Our Marriage Licenses 领证当天，我和闪婚老公同居了 Leng Ruoyan has been single for twenty-four years. By chance, she meets a woman whose life she once saved. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect to end up in a whirlwind marriage because of it. Before the wedding, the two of them hadn’t even met face-to-face. After getting married, she assumed they’d simply share a home and get by. But on the very day they married, her new husband invited her to move into his house... Leng Ruoyan grew up in a family that favored sons over daughters, but af 7.6kReads9.0Score621Shelves
- 85 A Tycoon CEO Pulls Me Off the Street to Get Our Marriage License 大马路上，豪门总裁拉我去领证 Devoted couple + married first, love later + doting husband + male lead plays the pig to eat the tiger On the main road, Jiang Yan accidentally damaged a luxury car. She thought she’d be saddled with a huge debt, but the owner instead dragged her off to get married and register their marriage. Jiang Yan thought their impulsive marriage would be a brief arrangement. But her new husband, who seemed cold and aloof on the surface, turned out to be clingy. What surprised her even more was that whenev 9.1kReads9.1Score799Shelves
- 86 Why Doesn't Mom Love Me? 妈妈为什么不爱我 Mai Huabei was adopted by Fu Qing and Zhang Man. The couple had been married for seven or eight years without having children. Someone told them that adopting a child might bring them one of their own, so they adopted Mai Huabei. Sure enough, it worked: in the third year, Zhang Man gave birth to twins. Mai Huabei’s suffering began, and she was blamed for everything. They denied her food and wouldn’t let her go to school. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 The Boss Couple Infringes on Their Own Employee's Rights 霸总夫妇侵权自家员工 After the second issue of the monthly magazine came out, Yu Xue realized someone had set her up. The piece she submitted was rejected by the company magazine's editor, while an article full of veiled attacks targeting her and her fellow townsman, Wan Yanxin, took up the entire issue. On top of the magazine, there were also personnel transfers meant to suppress them. They were being surrounded and pressured from every angle, with both threats and inducements. The situation left her deeply unsettl 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 The Funny Taoist Priest 搞笑道长 Two Taoist masters and disciples with a knack for being ridiculous live in seclusion in the mountains. Every day, their temple is the scene of one farce after another. Now the two are about to descend the mountain. What bizarre adventures await them...? 1.3kReads—Score102Shelves
- 89 My New My Fair Princess Life: Exposing the Plot and Wrecking the Main Cast 新还珠之吃瓜生活，搞崩主角团 Reborn into the Qing dynasty as the only daughter of Qianlong's younger brother, Wen Xian was named a princess on her very first day. A closer look revealed that she'd landed in the plot of New My Fair Princess. Before she knew it, she had become the apple of the Empress Dowager's and the emperor's eyes. Thinking of the trouble the main characters could cause, Wen Xian shook her head. Better stay away! All she wanted was to cuddle up with her darling Qing'er. Wen Xian x No Ertai Qing'er x No Xia 1.2kReads8.5Score102Shelves
- 90 Loving You Is Fate 爱你是天意 Mo Lanxi was an orphan. On the eve of the college entrance exam, her adoptive mother died. After the exam, she had nowhere to go, so she took her big black dog and moved into a cave. On the night she arrived, Gu Yunche, badly injured, collapsed outside the cave. Mo Lanxi saved him, and he came to regard her as his lifesaver. Later, after Mo Lanxi was bullied by the Gu family’s father and son and narrowly escaped with her life, she went to study in Nancheng. Gu Yunche wasn’t from an ordinary fami 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Lord Huo, Your Wife Has Offered a Hundred Billion for a Divorce! 霍爷，夫人出价一千亿要离婚！ After three years of marriage to Huo Yunting, Chi Muzhen thought she could warm his heart. But what she got in the end was a photo of him in bed with her twin sister! At last, Chi Muzhen’s heart went cold. She decided to let him go, and let herself go, too. But when she handed him the divorce papers, he tore them to pieces right in front of her and cornered her against the wall. “Chi Muzhen, the only way we’re getting divorced is over my dead body!” Looking at his furious expression, Chi Muzhen’ 1.9kReads7.7Score733Shelves
- 92 Transmigrated into a Parallel World as the Male Lead's Stepmother 穿进平行世界做男二小妈 [High-maintenance young lady VS cool CEO] (The low rating is only because it was just rated.) [Marriage first, love later; both are each other’s first.] Just after Zhan Yusui died, System 013 detected a 99% compatibility match and brought her into the book She Was Targeted by a Yandere. The original owner in the book was another version of herself from a parallel world. The System told her that to stay, she had to complete the mission of saving the male supporting character and his son. To compl 1.5kReads7.8Score189Shelves
- 93 The Bridge of Souls Beneath the Return Tower 望归塔下的心灵桥 The Bridge of Hearts Beneath Wanggui Tower 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 A Flash Marriage to a Sweetheart: The War God Spoils Her Without Restraint 闪婚萌妻：战少放肆宠 (Whirlwind Marriage + Overprotective Romance + Sweet Love + Domineering CEO + The Leads Are Each Other's One and Only) After a wild night, a beautiful young woman mistook the powerful Young Master Zhan for a handsome gigolo... The cold and aloof Young Master Zhan clung to his adorable little wife from then on, for one simple reason: after sleeping together, he had to take responsibility for her! She had a miserable life, thrown out of her home by her scumbag father and stepmother. He was ruthles 1.4kReads9.1Score268Shelves
- 95 From Abandoned Baby to CEO 从弃婴到总裁 [Inspirational] [Youth] [Contemporary romance grounded in reality] [Modern urban fiction] Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths, but Sun Xue was abandoned by her parents at birth. Heaven showed her no mercy because of the circumstances of her birth. Her relatives died one after another. Poverty, bullying, injustice, career setbacks, and betrayal by her lover... One blow after another overwhelmed her. Desperate, dejected, and depressed, she even thought about ending her life. A 14.7kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
- 96 Dragon Ascendant, Seven Apertures 龙腾七窍 No one could have expected that the sudden accident on the banks of the Yellow River would set people on entirely different paths through life. Fate loves to spring unexpected collisions on us. What comes out of them are vastly different fortunes and hardships. And the people we meet along the way, each encounter quietly nudges us toward a completely different future and destination. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 On the Day of Our Blind Date, the Trillionaire Heir Begged Me to Marry Him 相亲当天，千亿继承人求着我领证 Xu Yuqing is so focused on making money that her parents' constant pressure to get married is driving her crazy. So she can focus on her career, she decides to marry the construction worker she's been set up with, on the spur of the moment. Her husband is squeaky clean, but comes with two kids in tow. No matter. She's only getting married for the sake of getting married, and doesn't mind being a stepmother. But after the wedding, her orchard grows bigger, her business thrives, and her wallet get 139Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 98 I Transmigrated into My Fair Princess: I’m the Beloved Legitimate Princess 穿越进新还珠：我是团宠嫡公主 The protagonist is not Wei Yan! There are original elements! There’s an age gap! The female lead is a little genius! She started making plans for herself at age two. Please stop bringing these things up in the comments. If you don’t like it, please don’t bother, comment, or leave a rating. Thank you! The male lead is Fucha Fulong'an, and the female lead is the daughter of Empress Ula. Le Yun, a wealthy young woman from the twenty-first century, died in a car accident. When she opened her 737Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 99 I Married the Wrong Man, and My Stuttering Husband Is Actually a Tycoon 领证认错人，口吃老公竟是豪门 [Sweet romance + marriage first, love later + love grows over time + male lead marries her at once and wins her heart + second male lead regrets it too late] After her mother is hospitalized, Qin Nian's boyfriend quickly finds an excuse to break up with her. Only then does she see how unreliable the man she'd been about to marry really is. She stops pining for him, blocks and deletes him, focuses on helping her mother recover and leave the hospital, and works hard to save money. Just when Qin Ni 568Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 100 My Wife’s Lies 妻子的谎言 I had a happy family. From that day on, it was gone forever... 3kReads8.5Score271Shelves
