Novels like Red Leaves in the Wind
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Red Leaves in the Wind, best match first.
- 1 Artificial Intelligence: Three Eras 人工智能：三个纪元 Artificial Intelligence: Three Eras 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Prism Space 棱镜空间 Life is like a prism, and so is human nature. If you could start over, what would you choose? Would you bring your loved ones back to life? Have a loving mother and devoted children? Or return as a top student? Achieve financial freedom and thrive in your career? Everyone thinks differently at every moment... So let's begin from the start, as a way to look back on the past and perhaps inspire others... 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 No Way Out of the Sea of Sand 沙海无门 In the first year of Jingyou under the Northern Song, east of the Kumtag Desert and west of Dunhuang lay a vast stretch of desert and Gobi known since the Tang Dynasty as the Great Calamity Ghost Mire. Zhang San, a Song soldier, flees westward. All he wants is to earn enough money to go home, buy five mu of poor farmland, and live an ordinary life with his wife and children. But fate brings him face-to-face with Li Yuanhao, the fallen founder of Western Xia. Two men, one horse, a waterskin, and 635Reads9.5Score11714d adds
- 4 Matters of the Soul 灵魂的事 If this life has left you with too many regrets, then when your luck is at its worst, especially once the feelings that follow a run of bad luck have gradually settled or gone numb, spend some time alone and smoke a cigarette. You might as well think about your next life. Feel free to imagine it as you please, or even design it for yourself. At times of misfortune, I at least think it's a good remedy: first it calms your mind, then it lifts your spirits. If, as an adult, you can't look back fond 540Reads9.4Score16914d adds
- 5 Blank List 空白名单 Wuhan is occupied, and the situation is treacherous and unpredictable. A mysterious list has drawn intense attention from all sides. It came from a Chinese Communist Party member who vanished eleven years ago, and now every faction is locked in a fierce struggle over it. To obtain the list, our organization sends a top student to infiltrate the upper ranks of the puppet regime in Wuhan. His name is Xiao Muyang. He has received no training and has never carried out a mission. His spotless record 1.4kReads8.2Score19314d adds
- 6 Shadow War 2: Phantom Storm, the Spy Demon Returns 暗斗2：魅影风云之谍魔再世 Sequel to Dark Struggle: espionage, mind games, suspense, spies, and intellectual battles. Enemy agents are everywhere. Almost everyone around us has the enemy's shadow lurking nearby. The terrifying part isn't the secret agents lying low. Even more shocking is how the Japanese have infiltrated and corrupted us for a thousand years. Our elite agents stop at nothing to root them out completely, only to discover that the real enemy is the band of traitors who've been bought off! Little do they kno 2.5kReads9.3Score25314d adds
- 7 Night Hawk: Espionage in Shanghai from Five Factions 夜鹰，五方谍战上海滩 He is the manager of a trading company in the foreign concessions, a smooth and well-connected socialite, a codebreaking expert courted by the Military Statistics Bureau, a welcome guest at No. 76, and even a sworn brother to a Green Gang boss. Beneath all those layers of disguise, he has only one true identity: an underground Communist Party operative, codenamed “Night Hawk.” Shanghai in 1941 is an isolated island, but it's also a living hell. The Japanese collaborators, the Special Higher Poli 6.3kReads7.2Score49214d adds
- 8 The Hidden Sentry 暗哨 On the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign, a sleeper agent who had been silent for years awakens inside the Kuomintang's Northeastern secret service. Surrounded by treacherous Military Statistics Bureau agents, gang leaders straddling the line between respectable and criminal, and prominent Shengjing women whose loyalties are hard to read, he must maneuver alone through threats from every side, hidden in the shadows as he shines a bloodstained beam of light on the city's liberation... 4.6kReads8.9Score32514d adds
- 9 The Savvy Little Soldier 小兵油子 Beacon Bones Beyond the Great Wall: Twenty-Five Years of Fighting Japanese Invaders on the Grasslands [Warlords, War of Resistance, Searching for Family, No Overpowered Cheats, Spy Warfare, Logic and Intelligence, Ruthless] 1921–1945: The land is in turmoil, and China is engulfed in endless flames of war. Adopted as a child by a top undercover spy, the young man is meticulously trained for over a decade to become his other hand. There is no System and no mindless overpowered cheat. Every struggl 238Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Fuzhou: Blades and Bloodshed in 1949 福州：刀光血影一九四九 A few words in a local dialect, as indistinguishable as the wind. Once their eyes meet, the hunt and counterhunt begin. Messages whispered on the wind, blood and chaos, a fight to the death... At the end of February 1949, the Huacha secret team, entrusted with a vital mission, encountered an accident on its way to Rong. Team leader Hu Dayi vanished without a trace, and his guard, Wu Erzhu, was captured. At the same time, the Kuomintang's Secrecy Bureau System was carrying out its covert Thunder 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Glory in the Dust 尘埃里的荣耀 Anti-Japanese War spy intrigue + espionage, history + agents, powerful figures + power struggles, face-slapping Late autumn, 1948. The operations room of the Xuzhou Suppression Headquarters. Just as Section Chief Guo Zhun, a major general, reaches for the gun in his desk drawer, Shen Xingzhi, a special agent from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, walks in. He says he’s there for a cup of tea, but his eyes are fixed on Guo Zhun’s shoes. Hidden in the heel is a roll of microfilm that co 4.1kReads8.0Score31714d adds
- 12 Undercover at No. 76: My Female Boss Wants to Marry Me 在76号当卧底：女上司想嫁我 Shanghai, 76 Jisifei'er Road, 1943. I am Shen Tingbai, the youngest interrogation section chief at the Wang Jingwei regime’s secret service headquarters, codename Judge. No anti-Japanese agent in my hands can hold out for more than seventy-two hours. They say I’m a loyal dog of the Japanese, a traitor among traitors. No one knows that every time I pry open someone’s mouth, I’m gambling with my own life: extracting the enemy’s intelligence while protecting comrades who haven’t yet been exposed 258Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Cracking Codes and Capturing Spies: From Prisoner to the Military Intelligence Bureau's Seventh Brother 破密码擒间谍，从囚犯到军统七哥 Ye Mingyuan, a modern criminal investigation graduate, wakes up to find himself a murder suspect in the Republic of China era. In a Military Statistics Bureau prison, a whip is dipped in water and a branding iron glows red. His interrogators have only one demand: "Sign the confession." Someone else might have caved. But Ye Mingyuan has read thousands of case files in his previous life, and forensic science, forensic medicine, and criminal psychology all come naturally to him. In just one night, 720Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 14 The Lotus Spy 芙蓉谍 The moment the silver scissors pried open the dragon’s vulnerable scales, the fuse began to sputter and spark. Jiang Ruobing stared at the red words on the “Torch Dragon Project” map: “Level Rongcheng on the sixth day of the winter month.” Suddenly, her fingertip brushed half an embroidered hibiscus on the back! As the Military Statistics Bureau’s most ruthless ace, she could kill with a steel needle. But no one knew that inside her Shu embroidery frame, she was using three shades of blue threa 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Undercover Diary: Bureau 76 76号卧底日记 He has ears that can hear death in the radio waves. She can't read, but she can memorize anyone's face with a single glance. Nanjing, 1943. Chen Ze'an, deputy head of the communications office at No. 76, is a Wang Jingwei regime agent on the surface and an undercover Communist operative in secret. His only weapon is his extraordinary hearing: he can anticipate death from the static in radio transmissions and detect lies from the sound of a heartbeat. The organization assigns him a “wife”: Cuipin 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Secrets of the Spy War: The Japanese Translator 谍海秘事之鬼子翻译官 From the start, Liu Dongyang worked as an interpreter for the Japanese army, matching wits with the enemy and treading carefully at every turn. He also faced constant threats from collaborators and traitors, with danger lurking everywhere. Yet he always managed to escape trouble and obtain vital intelligence for his side. 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 17 Espionage: I Have a Double Possession, and You Want Me to Be an Informant? 谍战：我双重附体，让我做线人？ [Humorous and funny] [No romance, no do-gooder heroine] [Self-interest above all] [Feel free to dive in] Gou Dadan is timid and afraid of trouble. The chaos of wartime turns him into a fastidious egoist. From the start, he transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, just before the nationwide resistance against Japan begins, and becomes an ordinary soldier. [Early story] Forced to become a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, he brings along his blind younger sister. Military Statistics Burea 36Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 18 Espionage: Daybreak 谍战：破晓 When night falls over the newly born land, two fated adversaries are forced to join forces. The brilliant Lin Nan is a forgotten gem from the old era, versed in criminal psychology and codebreaking. The battle-hardened Zheng Feng is the blade of the new order, devoted to discipline and absolute loyalty. This is a war that begins with conspiracy and ends in faith. When the enemy holds the city’s pulse in its grasp, and humanity’s fate hangs by a thread, they wield their wits as spears and their c 150Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Reading and Conduct: The Twofold Discipline of Life 读书与做人，人生的双重修炼 My 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! 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Laizhou Stone Array 莱州石阵 On the eve of liberation, the Jiaodong Peninsula lies under dark, stormy skies. A deadly struggle between the underground Communist Party and the Bureau of Secrecy quietly unfolds: some operatives have spent years undercover, hiding their true selves; danger lurks at every turn in the dead of night; and every clash of wits is a matter of life and death. These anonymous fighters, each known by a codename beginning with “Stone,” carry the torch of their faith and eventually find the dawn in the da 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 True to Myself 本心 No one can live solely for others, but neither can we completely cast aside our responsibilities. In real life, we often waver between “living for others” and “living for ourselves,” all the while judged by moral standards. Family relationships are not static; they change over time. Families that endure hardship may fall apart, rebuild themselves, or eventually go their separate ways, living along parallel paths of their own. As we struggle to survive, how do we come to understand ourselves and 693Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Espionage: Every Female Agent Is My Informant 谍战：女特务都是我的内线 [Espionage + Multiple Heroines + System + Hearing Their Inner Thoughts] Whenever he comes into contact with a beautiful woman, he learns her memories, experiences, inner thoughts, schemes, and secrets, giving him leverage over her. Handsome and devilishly charming, he lies low in enemy territory and finds himself surrounded by one romantic encounter after another, as if he were strolling through a land of women. He cons and deceives, spinning one outrageous tale after another until the enemy's f 2.3kReads7.2Score17514d adds
- 23 A Class of 54 Playing Cards 54张扑克牌就是一个班 A deck of 54 playing cards is a class. The class monitor is the Big Joker, the famous Chinese rural dog. The deputy class monitor is the Tibetan Mastiff, the Little Joker. ♠️2 is the Rottweiler. ♥️2 is the German Shepherd. ♣️2 is the Belgian Malinois. ♦️2 is the Kunming Wolfdog. Fun stories unfold in the class. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Faceless Man of Republican China 行走在民国的无面人 Yao Zhendong transmigrated. He didn't have the System that others had, but he brought with him a gift from his previous life: the Fool pathway of a mysterious potion series. He arrived in a world where the line between black and white was impossible to discern. The protagonist is suspicious by nature, quick to swing between joy and anger, neurotic, and somewhat selfish. 82Reads7.8Score1714d adds
- 25 The Poor Become Rich Through Their Own Reversal 穷人逆转才是富 After retiring from the special forces, Ye Tianxuan takes on espionage networks and creates the Veterans Group. Working with his partner Xiao Yue, he turns it into a world-class corporation. Together, they tackle social tensions and cutthroat business competition while resisting interference from foreign forces. He also fights criminal organizations through corporate espionage in the modern business world. This story is entirely fictional, yet reality lies hidden within its fiction. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Secret War in the Republic of China: The Judge of the Underworld 民国暗战之阎罗判官 In a turbulent era of national crisis, there are traitors and lackeys, but even more people of conscience. Faced with hardship, some profit from the nation’s suffering, while others accept things as they are. Yet there are still people with unwavering faith who disregard their own gain and loss. For the first glimmer of dawn in the darkness, they willingly step into the shadows, becoming judges of the underworld whom their enemies fear at the mere mention. The protagonist works undercover at fir 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Long River, Nameless 长河，无名 In 1928, in Jinan, he lost his entire family. In 1931, at the 23rd Special Mental Research Institute in Kazan, his emotions were stripped away. In 1934, in Nanjing, he buried his past. From then on, he walked the razor's edge, turning the gears of history from the shadows. Except for the highest-ranking figures in a handful of intelligence agencies, no one knew his real name or what he had done. On May 17, 1961, he died on the execution grounds in Seoul, South Korea. His gravestone bore neither 308Reads6.4Score11414d adds
- 28 Lost in the Spy Game 谍海迷踪 The turbulent age is rife with calamity! A young man with some martial arts and medical skills finds himself working as a doctor for a gang. When the nation faces a crisis, he secretly joins the underground Communist Party. Keeping a low profile, biding his time, and acting decisively and ruthlessly, he endures one trial after another, becomes a member of the Military Statistics Bureau and the 76th Bureau, and begins a ghostlike career as a spy! 257Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 29 Espionage: It Begins with Kite 谍战：从风筝开始 Li Baoguo transmigrated into a sprawling world of treacherous spy dramas, where the stories of Kite, The Disguiser, The Rebel, and others all converged... As Boss Dai's trusted confidant, his first mission was to keep an eye on Zheng Yaoxian, the sixth brother of the Military Statistics Bureau! To hold fast to his red ideals and save the country by working from within, Li Baoguo resolutely ventured along the blade's edge, even to the brink of a cliff! From then on, an ace agent codenamed “Abyss” 224Reads7.9Score3814d adds
- 30 The Fourth Cipher 第四套密码 The Fourth Cipher 27Reads—Score314d adds
- 31 The Cowardly Agent 鼠胆特工 Lin Jie transmigrated into the body of a cowardly traitor. Then Juntong used a honey trap on him, and he became an undercover agent for the organization. To hide his identity, he pretended to be greedy and lecherous, embarking on a very different path. 865Reads7.0Score10314d adds
- 32 Endless Shadows of Espionage 谍影无涯 Back in an age torn apart by war, he must keep himself alive by navigating between powerful factions. Little by little, he becomes a capable soldier, hiding deep in the enemy’s heartland and turning into a sharp blade driven behind enemy lines. 1.5kReads6.9Score10514d adds
- 33 Republican-Era Espionage: The Secret Agents All Call Me Chief 民国谍战：特务都叫我处座 A righteous soul transmigrates to the twenty-second year of the Republic of China. By then, the Japanese were already preparing to invade China. Lu Yang, a Chinese student studying abroad, is recruited into their spy organization. A transmigrator takes advantage of the situation and embarks on a thrilling mission worthy of Mission: Impossible. He starts out as a low-ranking police officer in the Nationalist government, then gets recruited by both the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and th 1.4kReads6.9Score10014d adds
- 34 Espionage: Code Name Big Dipper 谍战：红色特工代号北斗星 In 1936, an era of turbulent waves! There was a group of people feeling their way through the darkness, using the flame of their faith to light up the pitch-black night sky. Jiang Huo, code-named Polaris, went undercover in the Special Service Office, walking on thin ice and teetering on the edge of a cliff! In the narrowest of spaces, the struggle was cruel and merciless! In the dark of night, it was a tale of hardship and greatness! Their names may have been forgotten amid the years of raging 550Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 35 Screen Worlds: I Can See Your Name 影综：我能看到你的名 Li Weigong, Wu Jingzhong, Zheng Yaoxian, Wang Tianfeng, and Tan Zhongshu are my colleagues. Yu Zecheng, Li Ya, Lu Qiaoshan, Xu Zhongyi, Ming Lou, Gong Shu, Lin Nansheng, Chi Tiecheng... are my students. How could I lose? Watch Gao Feng write his own legend in the world of master spies. We stand at the beginning of the story, watching them head toward their inevitable deaths. 3.2kReads7.4Score15014d adds
- 36 Cliffhanger: The Butterfly at Dawn 【悬崖】续集破晓之蝶 The sequel to the spy classic The Brink! Hard-hitting espionage · historical mystery · a new chapter in the Ice City spy war In 1946, Harbin was liberated. Gu Qiuyan came back, carrying the echo of the gunshot that condemned her six years ago, and an obsession she could tell no one about. A rusted button was waiting for her in a crack in the wall of her old home. It was a deadly signal only she could understand. Was he still alive? Gao Bin, who once controlled everything, now wore a badge bear 3.4kReads8.8Score43014d adds
- 37 The Spy Hunter 猎谍 Espionage is an ancient profession. Ever since wars first began, spies have been the only way for opposing sides to obtain each other's intelligence. Some say that spy warfare is the only kind of battle in the world without gunpowder smoke. But the truth is that almost no battle in this world is free of it. Even covert struggles are full of bloodshed and sacrifice. My surname is Tang. My name is Tang Cheng, though you can also call me Tang Wulang. My father was with the Juntong, the organization 2kReads8.6Score19014d adds
- 38 A Spy in the Shadows, Starting with The Rebel 谍战从叛逆者开始的特工 This is purely for my own amusement. I’m sorry if it makes you unhappy. At first, I wanted to take things slowly, but then I got criticized, so I changed it. I changed it. Then people said the characters weren’t written well. That part I’m not changing. Later, I messed up the golden finger, so I gave up. Anyway, I’m having a great time writing it now. If it’s stressing you out, sorry. I didn’t mean to. 1.5kReads8.1Score10814d adds
- 39 The Military Statistics Bureau's Iron Wall: The Japanese High Command's Lament 军统之铁壁：日军大本营的哀叹 Rebirth and transmigration + military intelligence + golden finger: Churchill: We’re broke. Fine, give him two million pounds’ worth of weapons for those two pieces of intelligence. He can pick them up himself; no delivery. Hitler: How did he find out that our Japanese allies are holding secret talks with the Soviets? Fine, let’s buy the meeting notes. Roosevelt: He can get us a Zero fighter? Write him a check, and ask if he’d like to switch sides while we’re at it. The Japanese: Who on earth le 1.5kReads7.8Score10114d adds
- 40 The Secret History of Manchuria, Part Two 满洲秘史（中部） [Bandits + Northeast China + War + Japanese spies + Manchukuo + Republican era + Romance + Collaborators] A woman's turbulent journey through a chaotic age, a blood-soaked epic of Northeast China. From bandit chieftain's wife to a secret pawn of the Japanese, she witnesses every secret behind Manchuria's birth, caught between love and hate, home and country… Manchurian Secret History, Part Two continues the first volume. Set against the real historical background of Northeast China from late 193 3.1kReads9.5Score44914d adds
- 41 I Just Want to Retire on Time, but the Dean Is Making Me a Big Shot 只想按时退休，院长逼我当大佬 With a slacker's attitude, the protagonist takes down every task that stands in the way of his retirement! He turns a laid-back life into a path to greatness. Reborn at forty-five as a finance department head, his only goal is to coast until retirement, but the workaholic dean forces him to become a power behind the scenes. Watch him grumble to himself while wielding Excel to devastating effect. The thrills and laughs are off the charts! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Art of the Perfect Reply: Win People Over with Every Word 高情商回话术开口就让人喜欢 High-EQ responses are an art of communication centered on wisdom and empathy. They are not simply a pile of clever lines, but a way of reading someone’s emotions and needs, then conveying sincerity with tactful words to ease awkwardness and foster understanding. Respond to praise with humility to bring people closer; face criticism with self-reflection to show perspective; handle disagreements with empathetic words to find common ground. High-EQ responses respect others’ feelings while expressin 60Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 43 A Sea of Spycraft and Mystery 谍雾谜海 When faced with known history, some follow it faithfully, while others want to change it! This is a war between two transmigrators! A contest between light and shadow! But who will emerge victorious in the end...? 3.8kReads8.9Score37614d adds
- 44 Espionage: From the Start, I Could Hear People's Thoughts, Code Name: Shadow 谍战：开局偷听心声，代号影子 Su Chen woke up one morning transmigrated to Shanghai in 1939, where he had become a low-ranking member of the Green Gang. He accidentally awakened the ability to read minds, saw through the Japanese invaders’ arrest plan, and successfully rescued members of the Lixing Society. With the country in turmoil, he also caught the eye of the Green Gang boss and went undercover in the police station, distinguishing himself time and again. Through one life-or-death crisis after another, he rose steadily 5.8kReads7.2Score26614d adds
- 45 Lord Lin Chong 林冲君 There have been heroes who were not sages, but never sages who were not heroes! One who can rouse himself may be called a hero. To rouse oneself is for one’s nature to arise from one’s vital energy. Dragging one’s feet and simply going along with the world, accepting what is and rejecting what is not, working all day yet never rising above a life of rank, land, house, and family, counting every grain of rice and every bundle of firewood until one’s spirit is worn down day by day, looking up at t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Espionage: Infiltrating the South Manchuria Railway as a Junior Train Conductor 谍战从潜入满铁当小乘警开始 Synopsis One: A train is a world of its own. What is espionage? To borrow an old saying from Zhang: espionage isn’t about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and worldly affairs... This is the story of a family of three who transmigrate into a world of spy dramas and films... Synopsis Two: A HUAWEI Mate 50 and a 22-month-old orphan appear in Dalian, under Japanese control in 1912… 1.3kReads8.4Score10214d adds
- 47 Two Heroes of the Apocalypse: The Half-Inhuman Awakens 末世双雄：半异人觉醒 Doomsday Duo: The Half-Human Awakens 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Espionage: Slaying Enemies Gets Me Gear, and I’ve Gone on a Killing Spree 谍战：杀敌爆装备我真杀疯了 (For fans of Spy Shadow Storm, from a platinum-level author on another site, feel-good fiction, multiple heroines, and readers who love spy-war masterminds: add this to your bookshelf) The System grants me lofty ambitions, and my wife helps me reach the summit After passing the civil service exam three times, he was so excited that he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and transmigrated into the Republic of China in 1939, becoming an abandoned pawn of the Military Statistics Bureau. Just after Gao H 235Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 49 Undercover in the Shadows 潜伏暗渡 Yu Zecheng is coerced by Wu and trapped in an isolated stronghold under the shadow of the White Terror. Wan∽ sheds her timid facade and legally enters the island as a manager for Hong Kong’s Mu family, making a perilous contact with Yu Zecheng. Acting on orders, they pose as husband and wife to carry out their undercover mission. In Taipei, surrounded by secret agents and caught in factional strife, the pair use the bustle of everyday life as cover to pass on intelligence in secret. From awkward 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Without Delusion 無妄 Xu Jue is the crown prince of the Vermilion Bird Dynasty on Resonance Continent, in the super cultivation world of Tanxing, which lies 50 billion light-years from Earth. He studies under Master Wanyi, a cosmic powerhouse and the Imperial Preceptor. Xu Jue stole an Eight-Plum Diagram from his master, allowing him to travel instantly to different eras on Earth. He is a formidable martial artist, skilled in both literature and combat, but poor at political maneuvering. To escape the harassment and 10Reads—Score214d adds
