Novels like A Woman Can Only Rely on Herself
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- 101 Ten Babies at Once: The CEO Dotes on His Wife Without Restraint 一胎十宝：总裁老公放肆宠 Six years ago, she swallowed her pride to save her marriage, only to get a divorce agreement from Huo Hanting in return. Ye Sa was furious! One moment, she signed the divorce papers. The next, she drugged the bastard and slept with him. The morning after, she left some cash as payment and walked away without looking back. Six years later, she returned home with her adorable little-kid entourage. The moment her plane landed, Mr. Huo caught her red-handed. Ye Sa: Good thing I’m in full disguise. Y 546Reads8.9Score250Shelves
- 102 The Silent Battlefield Between Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law 婆媳没有硝烟的战场 The conflict between Lin Xiao and her mother-in-law, Zhang Cuilan, keeps escalating. Then Lin Xiao undergoes a dramatic transformation, becoming independent and self-reliant. She lives life on her own terms and rewrites her future, until the road ahead finally opens up... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 My Fair Princess: The Sequel 新还珠格格续篇 That year, the Perfect Family stopped being together as a group. Some returned to the capital, while others went to Dali. Yongqi kept his promise and came to Dali to meet Xiaoyanzi. With Banjiao gone, Ziwei and Qing'er were no longer young girls either: they had both just become mothers. After all the hardships and wandering they had endured, their journey deserved a spectacular ending. This story continues the TV adaptation of My Fair Princess, bringing closure to the regrets in our hearts and 509Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 104 The Young People of Chemen Courtyard 车门院里的年轻人 This is a symphony of destinies spanning generations. In a small courtyard in northern China in the 1970s, several families struggle and drift with the tides of the times. Lei Shaxiao, an orphan whose parents died young, falls in love with Aiai, another orphan from the neighboring courtyard. They were an ordinary couple, but amid the raging currents of the era, Shaxiao rises to become a renowned lawyer who commands the room. Money, power, and desire come one after another. He loses himself in th 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Shut Up! Am I Your Personal Wish-Granting Well? 快闭嘴！你是我的人形许愿池吗？ Chen Mo discovers that his foul mouth has become uncannily powerful, but in reverse. He wishes his company “boundless wealth,” and the next day the tax authorities come and tear the place apart. He wishes the jerk who stole his parking spot “a smooth journey,” and the guy immediately crashes into a police car on the roadside. The whole internet hails him as a “causality weapon,” and wherever he goes, trouble vanishes. Then he corners Su Xiaowan, the goddess he's had a crush on for years, his eye 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 The Fragrance of Books, Nurtured by Spirit: A Hopeful Promise Between a Thousand-Year-Old Ginkgo and Kindred Souls in a Time of Chaos 灵韵润书香：千年银杏与乱世知己的希望之约 The Spirit of Books, Nurtured by Poetry: A Promise of Hope Between a Millennium-Old Ginkgo and Kindred Spirits in a Time of Chaos 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 The Case of My Wife’s Disappearance Shakes the United Nations 爱妻失踪案，惊动联合国 Humor, absurdity, comedy, wit, nonsense, parallel worlds, extraterrestrial life. Spacefaring civilizations, humans cataloging alien species, and historical figures on a mysterious planet: This is a humorous novel. If you’re stressed, feeling down, simmering with anger, or just painfully bored, give it a read or a listen. Don’t get hung up on whether the events are realistic. What matters is that the story gives your imagination endless room to roam, as if you were sitting inside a spacecraft, v 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Report, Third Master: Madam Is Off Fighting Again 报告三爷，夫人又去打架了 At seventeen, Jiang Qingyue was kidnapped, then rescued by the twenty-four-year-old Ji Yunzhou. Years later, a twist of fate brought the two together again, and they ended up registering their marriage. But after an accident, Ji Yunzhou lost his memory and forgot his new bride. So Jiang Qingyue went around defeating rivals, exposing scheming women, and putting mistresses in their place, while Ji Yunzhou cheered her on from the sidelines... Ji Yunzhou dotes on his wife without limit... 16.7kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
- 109 New My Fair Princess: Your Heart Is Like Mine 新还珠格格之君心似我心 [A continuation after the drama adaptation’s finale!] [Sweet romance / Young emperor and empress / Devoted love / Happy endings for love, friendship, and family / Everyone stays in character, no one is villainized] [No plagiarism or borrowing from other works] [I’m a detail-oriented, slow-paced writer, so please bear with me. Those who’ve read it, please leave reviews, and help me fly the flag for the canon couple, Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi!] He is Aisin-Gioro Yongqi, the fifth prince of the Great Qi 1.9kReads8.9Score103Shelves
- 110 The Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside as a Live-In Son-in-Law 下乡知青做赘婿 Shen Weidong answered the call to go to the countryside and married into a widow’s family. He thought they could support each other and make a life together. Little did he know she would treat me this way, do something so unforgivable, and even try to... 18.2kReads8.2Score1.6kShelves
- 111 Baihu A Yao 白狐阿瑶 A Yao the White Fox —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 A Blind Date, a Whirlwind Wedding, and a Billionaire Heir 相亲当天，闪婚了豪门继承人 Redeeming the heroine + sweet romance + faithful couple + devoted husband This story features a heroine who grows over time. Driven to desperation by her parasitic family, Li Mo decides to go on a blind date. She never expected to get married at first sight. One day, Li Mo hands him a divorce agreement. To her surprise, no matter what they do, they just can’t get divorced. In the end, he even manages to trick her into staying. The media outlets all report: “The Lu family heir is to marry for 2.6kReads9.2Score373Shelves
- 113 Eerie Revival: The Mirror Ghost, Come Find Me! 诡异复苏：镜中诡，快来找我！ [Gender Swap] + [Transmigration] + [No System] + [Eerie Revival] This is a bedroom in an ancient style. Lan Mu wakes up in bed, only to discover that he has become a woman. A strange environment, and eerie things that have suddenly appeared. The reflection in the mirror smiles at her. Heh heh heh... This is an age of Eerie Revival. Everything... seems... [This book has no System and no levels for the eerie entities, but it isn’t a collection of eerie tales either. The entities still differ in st 1.2kReads6.3Score171Shelves
- 114 Black Earth, Stolen Shadows 黑土盗影 Black Soil, Stolen Shadows 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Reborn: Little Swallow Tears Apart the Two-Faced Schemer and Becomes Empress 重生后小燕子手撕绿茶当皇后 Rebirth + revenge + strong heroine + System + princess consort [A derivative story based on the My Fair Princess TV series. The canon couples remain intact, and Xiao Yanzi still loves Yongqi. Some parts of the original plot will be changed. Please be kind if I don't write it well.] All her life, Xiao Yanzi gave up her freedom for Yongqi, married him, and believed she would be happy forever. She never imagined that Zhihua had loved Yongqi since childhood. To enter the palace, Zhihua willingly bec 427Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 New My Fair Princess: Everyone but Me Is Reborn 新还珠之除了我全员重生了 Xiao Yanzi thinks the people around her are acting strange! Yongqi, Ziwei, even Emperor Ama and Qing’er are all acting strange! Why have they suddenly become so nice to her? And why do they sometimes look at her as if they haven’t seen her in ages? Xiao Yanzi’s head is full of questions! Their past lives were full of regrets, but now they’ve been given another chance. Their old regrets can finally be put right, and the people they once lost can be held safely in their arms again. Everyone in the 4.2kReads8.9Score178Shelves
- 117 Those Acts of Kindness That Were Never Forgotten 那些没被遗忘的善意 Those Acts of Kindness That Were Never Forgotten 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 The Golden Leaf Chronicle: Three Thousand Years of Fate, Fulfilled in One Lifetime 金叶记：三千年缘，一世圆满 The Golden Leaf Chronicles: A Three-Thousand-Year Fate, Fulfilled in One Lifetime 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 My Fair Princess: Giving Up Yongqi for Ertai 还珠，放弃永琪选择尔泰 Xiao Yanzi is reborn. Because she loves the Fifth Prince, she gave up her self-respect and her freedom, and even let her own brother suffer in his place. But all she got in return was the Fifth Prince marrying someone else. In that moment, she was heartbroken. In this life, she is reborn with her memories intact. She no longer wants a love that weighs so heavily on her, so she chooses Er Tai. The Fifth Prince is blindsided by their sudden breakup, and his heart grows even more sensitive. He want 10.1kReads7.9Score354Shelves
- 120 The 'Heartless One' from My Village 俺屯子的“没良心” The “Heartless” One in Our Village 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 The Dead Rose from the Grave 诈尸了 The Corpse Has Come Back to Life 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Every Alpha at School Is Sweet on Me to the Point of Losing Control, Yet the Abstinent Campus Heartthrob Kissed Me 全校Alpha都被我甜到失控，禁欲校草却吻了上来 I've got every Alpha in school so worked up they're out of control, but the abstinent campus heartthrob kissed me first. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 I'm a Bag of Chips, and Today I Got Squeezed into Picasso 我，薯片袋，今天被捏成毕加索 I, a Bag of Chips, Got Squeezed into a Picasso Today! A supermarket fever dream × an office worker's wicked guide to revenge After a bag of chips gets crushed, it reincarnates as 999 different things, all to mess with the supermarket manager! [The Comedy Highlights] When supermarket products awaken: ✔️ Shopping carts: Turn left as a group and crash into the promotional display ✔️ Price tags: Label expired luncheon meat as “alien military rations” ✔️ Toilet paper: When the manager has diarrhea, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 The Women Left Behind in a Mountain Village 小山村里的留守女人们 [Rural Life + Period Setting + Strong Female Lead + Comeback + Modern Romance] The beautiful village belle married another man, only to suffer bullying and cold indifference after the wedding. The nights alone in the mountain village are so hard to bear. A cold-faced, rugged man comes to her rescue. Is this a blessing or a doomed romance? 52.6kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves
- 125 Longing for You: Xiang Liu, This Time Let Me Protect You 长相思：相柳，这次换我守护你 [Happy ending], written to give the Yaoliu fans a satisfying conclusion. Five hundred years after Xiang Liu died in battle, Xiao Yao encounters Mao Qiu in human form and learns the whole truth. Overcome with unbearable grief, she chooses to end her life inside the seashell where she and Xiang Liu spent 37 years together. When she opens her eyes again, she is Wen Xiaoliu in Qingshui Town. Everything starts over. This time, she wants no peaceful life in the present. All she wants is that sharp-t 4.1kReads8.9Score211Shelves
- 126 My Fair Princess: The Princess Is Leaving the Palace, Everyone Make Way 还珠之格格要出宫通通闪开 [Heartbroken, she leaves the palace] + [Falls for a bandit in the mountains] + [Opens a restaurant and gets rich] + [Nearly becomes a princess] A story about Xiaoyanzi becoming more and more poised and beautiful, then continuing to flee with her son and General Xiao Yang. I’m not just going to steal your son! I’m also going to make him call someone else Dad! And I’ll send you a substitute to play doll games with! Husband, you’re far too domineering! A noblewoman came to ask for tips on managing 366Reads—Score102Shelves
- 127 My Werewolf Fiancé Sacrificed Me, Not Knowing I’m the Blood Moon Queen 狼人未婚夫把我献祭，却不知我是血月女王 My Werewolf Fiancé Sacrificed Me, Unaware That I Am the Blood Moon Queen 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 Mirrorheart Town and the Pawnshop of Lost Memories 心镜小镇与遗忘当铺 Heartmirror Town and the Pawnshop of Forgotten Things 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Old Zhou’s Beacon of Hope 老周的心头灯 Old Zhou’s Heart Lamp 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 While I'm Pregnant, My Husband Wants to Support His True Love. Divorce! 孕期，老公要养白月光，离婚 Seven months pregnant, she finds her husband bringing home his first love and her two daughters. She moved far from home to marry him, cared for her in-laws and his younger siblings, and used her dowry to support his family. Now, seven months pregnant, she’s met with her returning husband’s demand to repay a debt of gratitude by bringing his first love and her two daughters home to live with them. Fang Weiguo sneers, “Kan Qingqing, you’re the daughter of a capitalist. If I hadn’t married you bac 4.8kReads8.1Score544Shelves
- 131 Big Sister Hua, the Dog Stationmaster 狗站长花大姐 The Dog Stationmaster, Sister Hua 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Wu Xiuli, the Village Girl 村女吴秀丽 Twenty-year-old village girl Xiuli lost her virginity to her boyfriend Gangzi the day before he entered university. She followed him to the city to work, but one thing after another happened after she arrived, leaving her utterly disillusioned. Xiuli decided to reassess her relationship with Gangzi. As her love life went awry, Xiuli's own life also fell into difficulty. Then university teacher Xu Yunfeng entered her life, and the two gradually fell in love. 70.4kReads8.2Score3kShelves
- 133 The Empress Dowager Reborn in My Fair Princess, Ready to Give Up 还珠之太后重生摆烂了 [Original title: My Fair Princess: The Empress Dowager Reborn] The Empress Dowager is reborn just before Xiao Yanzi enters the palace. In her previous life, her own stubbornness led Qing'er to elope with Xiao Jian during the southern inspection tour. Qing'er later gave up her title as a princess and went to live in Yunnan. In this life, Xiao Yanzi does not pass herself off as Ziwei and claim to be a princess. Both the Empress and Consort Ling are kind people who sincerely care for Xiao Yanzi and 4.6kReads8.8Score225Shelves
- 134 Film and TV Crossover: From the Start in My Fair Princess 综影视从还珠格格开局 [Quick transmigration + System] Qi Yue is a little-known actress. After dying unexpectedly, she gets hit by a System that falls from the heavens and officially begins an endless journey through the worlds of television dramas: My Fair Princess, Empresses in the Palace, A Dream of Splendor, The Knockout, Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace... 5.1kReads8.7Score257Shelves
- 135 The Traveler in the Faint Light: Turning Ordinary Days into a Blazing River of Stars 微光赶路人：把普通日子，活成滚烫星河 A Wayfarer in the Faint Light: Turning Ordinary Days into a Blaze of Stars 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 My Fair Princess: The Empress Has Been Reborn 还珠格格之皇后娘娘重生啦 [Rebirth + feel-good story + sweet romance + humor] When the empress woke up, she realized she had been reborn. Since she had been given another chance at life, she swore she would treat Little Swallow like her own daughter. She would never treat her like an enemy and oppose her at every turn as she had in her previous life. She would avoid the mistakes she had made before and live this new life to the fullest. 2.3kReads8.4Score130Shelves
- 137 New My Fair Princess: Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi Together 新还珠格格之永燕相伴 [Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi Only + Both Pure + Sweet Romance + Angsty Love + A Perfect Family Reunion + Consort Yu as the Ideal Mother-in-Law + Happiness] [Strictly no borrowing plotlines or plagiarism] [If you’ve read and enjoyed this, please leave ratings and reviews, and support the canon couple, Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi] Starting from the moment Consort Yu is rescued from hanging herself in the show, I’m rewriting the story. Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi will remain faithful to each other and live happily ever 2.2kReads8.9Score154Shelves
- 138 Good Fortune Must Be Guarded With Wisdom; A Righteous Heart Brings Lasting Blessings 福厚需智守，心正福绵长 Great Fortune Must Be Guarded with Wisdom; A Righteous Heart Brings Lasting Blessings 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Legend of the Immortal Sword: Sword Bones and a Healer's Heart 仙剑奇缘：剑骨药心 In the Canglan City of the Jiuzhou Continent, Zhan Yi appears to be at the Void Shattering Realm, but secretly possesses the Chaos Cauldron. At an auction, he draws the attention of the Blood Soul Cult. Haitong, a young woman from a clinic, meets him while trying to save her mother. After working together to escape, the two infiltrate Lingxian Sect. They face attacks from the Blood Soul Cult and upheavals in spiritual energy before ascending together to the Spirit Realm. There, they are separate 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 A Heart Like Bamboo, A World as Vast as Mountains and Rivers 竹心自修，山河自阔 A Bamboo Heart Cultivates Itself; the Mountains and Rivers Stretch Far and Wide 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 My Life of 'Reverse Cheating' Somehow Turned Into a Comedy 我那“反向开挂”的人生，硬是被我玩成了喜剧 My life, with its “reverse cheat abilities,” somehow turned into a comedy thanks to me. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Reborn as a Farming Widow, She Stockpiles Grain with Her Daughter and Rises to the Top 穿成农门寡妇，带女儿囤粮登巅峰 Farming + Raising Kids + Everyday Life + Power Fantasy + Making a Fortune + Female Lead Has No Romance + Family Drama + Alternate Setting (The heroine grows stronger step by step, rather than becoming powerful all at once, since she lives in a backward feudal society.) Yang Xiuying, a modern agricultural scientist, transmigrated, but not as a princess or a noblewoman. She became a widow with seven daughters. Eldest sister-in-law: “Second sister-in-law, if I hadn’t been kind enough to raise those 1.5kReads8.5Score262Shelves
- 143 We Got Married at First Sight, and My Husband Is from a Prestigious Family 刚见面就闪婚，我的老公是豪门 [Marriage first, love later + domineering CEO + everyday urban life] Gu Shutong, who was treated unfairly at home, was forced to go on a blind date. Unexpectedly, she wound up marrying a stranger on a whim. After the wedding, they moved in together. She hadn’t expected the aloof, cold Jiang Yunting to be such a devoted husband who doted on his wife. Whenever she ran into trouble, Jiang Yunting would swoop in like a god and take care of everything for her. Then one day, she accidentally discovere 4.2kReads8.9Score533Shelves
- 144 After Our Flash Marriage, Uncle Spoils Me Every Day 闪婚后大叔每天狂宠我 [Dotingly spoiled + older man/younger woman romance + secret identities + satisfying read + devoted couple] To get rid of an overconfident man her family set her up with, Gu Xinxin grabbed a handsome older man and kissed him. To her surprise, he offered himself to her in marriage! Gu Xinxin: “Uncle, one kiss and you’re offering yourself to me? What if I kiss you twice?” The man looked at the mischievous young woman before him. “Try it and find out!” Gu Xinxin: “Then close your eyes!” Huo Xiangyi 9.1kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
- 145 The Live-in Son-in-Law 上门姑爷 The pivotal moments in life aren't actually caused by a lack of money. They're caused by what's going on in your head. Once someone gains the backing of a mysterious power, they'll inevitably soar to success. Come on, everyone, let's charge! 22.4kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
- 146 Young Master Zhan, Your Wife's Climbing the Wall Again 战少，你媳妇又爬墙了 At her wedding, her brother stole the bride-to-be from him. She approached him of her own accord and said, “The wedding can go ahead. I’ll marry you.” He was the man she’d secretly loved for years, so after they married, she began a “subtle” campaign to win him over. After countless failures and more failures, she finally understood that she couldn’t warm this cold, stubborn stone. She had always done everything he said, but one day she finally told him, “I want a divorce.” “What’s wrong?” “Lovi 2.8kReads9.0Score348Shelves
- 147 Transmigrated into My Fair Princess: The Carefree Princess Gulun 穿越新还珠之固伦公主清欢 In the 21st century, Qinghuan was an utterly ordinary college student. In the bloom of her youth, all it took was one nap. When she woke up, she found herself in the Hall of the King of Hell. What the heck is going on??? … Feeling guilty, the King of Hell gave Qinghuan two choices: transmigrate to the modern world as an animal, though he couldn't say exactly what kind, or transmigrate to ancient times. As a young woman with ambition, Qinghuan naturally chose the ancient world without hesitatio 1.5kReads8.5Score104Shelves
- 148 After Reading the Aloof School Hunk’s Mind, He Couldn’t Keep Up the Act 读心禁欲校草后，他装不下去了 After Reading the Aloof School Heartthrob's Mind, He Can't Keep Up the Act 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 At Fifty, After a Lifetime of Toil, I’m Done Serving Everyone 人到五十，操劳半生后我不伺候了 [Silver hair, a middle-aged woman awakens] Originally titled “At Fifty, After a Lifetime of Toil, I'm Done Serving Everyone” After marrying Fu Guoping, Lin Yuelian spends more than ten years caring for her paralyzed mother-in-law. She won't even buy herself a nice outfit, yet one day she sees her husband going around with his mistress, decked out in Chanel and carrying a Hermès crocodile-skin bag worth hundreds of thousands. And the mistress isn't alone: she has a son out of wedlock, about ten y 17kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
- 150 Reborn in a Desperate World, I Save Lives with Medicine! 胎穿绝境求生，我靠医术济苍生！ [Reborn in the womb] [Master physician] [Ancient setting] [Slow burn] In his previous life, Tang Wenxu was an unfulfilled veteran of traditional Chinese medicine. Handsome and talented, with superb medical skills, he refused to curry favor with the powerful and was always generous to others, yet lived in poverty all his life. His mother and younger brother died of tuberculosis. Though he had the medical skills to help them, he was powerless to save them. At the age of eighty-six, he closed his e 275Reads9.1Score148Shelves
