Novels like The 13th Book by Gu Jianfeng
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- 51 He Watches You from the Shadows 他在背后凝视你 Chi Wan, a female detective, had seen more than enough corpses, but never one with roses offered after death. A famous woman painter was brutally murdered in her studio. There was a small wound between her brows and a thornless rose by her side. Every piece of evidence pointed to her abusive husband, and Chi Wan was ready to close the case, until a man appeared. “My name is Wenren Jing. I’m the victim’s defense attorney.” Gentle and refined, he nevertheless brought the case crashing down with a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Ten Years of Marriage: Only Now Do I Understand My Wife 结婚十年：才明白妻子那点事 Zhang Xixi works late into the night and comes home drunk. Ye Feng discovers that she is wearing… Was she cheating, or was there another reason? As Ye Feng investigates, he discovers something astonishing about his wife during their ten years of marriage…! 1.9kReads—Score11514d adds
- 53 Xia Hua, the Village Girl 村女夏花 [Realistic rural life + slow burn + heroine’s growth + family and everyday life + face-slapping the scoundrels] Lin Xiahua’s husband is dead. With two children and a dimwitted older brother to support, she has become the most tempting target in Hama Gou Village. Burdened with her family, without a single plot of land, and with her mother-in-law threatening to sell her by the pound to an old widower and his son! To survive, Xiahua learns to navigate all kinds of men and women. She smiles and char 81Reads7.0Score10514d adds
- 54 The Pinnacle of Country Life 乡野巅峰人生 Guaranteed to hook you from the very first page! [Miracle Doctor + Beauties + Farming + Getting Rich] After Lin Xiaofei was left paralyzed in an accident, his kind-hearted neighbor often came to look after him. He thought he would spend the rest of his life in quiet simplicity, but unexpectedly gained a cultivation inheritance. Not only did he recover, he also gained extraordinary abilities. From then on, he beat up villains, made a fortune, and leaped from rags to riches! 26.7kReads8.9Score3.4k14d adds
- 55 A Deadly Romance 致命情缘 In the 1990s, a stream of villagers headed south to find work on construction sites. The pain of leaving home, the hardship of being alone in a strange place, and the tangled ways of the human heart were all crammed into tiny workers’ sheds. Li Guixiang escaped after her husband used her to pay off a debt, while Chen Jianjun left his family and everything he owned behind to earn a living. Two people, each burdened by their own troubles, met and kept each other company, thinking they were only of 2.6kReads—Score18414d adds
- 56 The Moon Deep in the Cornfield 玉米地深处的月亮 That summer, her new husband publicly insulted her, saying she “looked like an eggplant.” She grabbed her bundle and ran away in the middle of the night. Su Caiying sat on the edge of the kang until well past midnight. Instead of a wedding night, all she got was humiliation. By morning, the whole village knew that the new bride of the Liu family was “bad luck for her husband.” Her man had run off on their wedding night. When the family split up, she was given half a sack of dried sweet potatoes, 8.3kReads6.4Score55614d adds
- 57 The Half-Closed Door 半掩门 The Half-Open Door 3.1kReads—Score10014d adds
- 58 On My Wedding Day, My Fiancé Eloped Overnight with My Sister-in-Law, So I Chose Someone Better 大婚之日，未婚夫和嫂嫂连夜私奔，我另择良人 On my wedding day, my fiancé eloped with my sister-in-law in the middle of the night, so I chose someone else 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 I Thought I Was Here to Pick Up Girls, So How Did I End Up Cultivating Immortality? 说好泡妞，怎么修了仙 [Wish fulfillment + multiple female leads + dual cultivation + System + urban cultivation + no mindless decisions] (The rating just came out and will rise.) The last female Emperor of the Immortal Realm perishes. Her remnant soul drifts for thirteen thousand years before transforming into the “Love-and-Wealth Tycoon System” and binding itself to the destitute Lin Xu. The System alternately pressures and persuades him to approach one beautiful woman after another, tempering his cultivation throu 16.3kReads7.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 60 The Husband Rules 老公最大 The campus belle, the top student, and the domineering CEO. This is the love story of Li Luoluo and He Kuang. Li Luoluo runs into He Kuang at her best friend's home, where a drunk He Kuang forcibly steals her first kiss. That unexpected encounter brings them together, taking them from bickering enemies to lovers. Their relationship begins by chance, caught between society's prejudice and the relentless advances of rivals, while danger and intrigue swirl through the business world. Li Luoluo does 775Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 61 Nunu 奴奴 The inner palace was hushed, while Zhaoyang Hall was warm. She was a little cat from Spirit Cat Mountain, who wandered innocently into the world of a human emperor. He gave her boundless affection, but also a gilded cage she could never escape. He was an emperor, with all the ruthlessness and cunning that came with the title. His love for her was real, and so was his use of her. He told her she was his slave, his alone. 59Reads—Score12514d adds
- 62 The City’s Divine Doctor: My Older Sisters All Have a System 都市神医之合租的姐姐们都有系统 (Divine Healer) (Multiple Heroines) (Original System) This novel features an original System. The protagonist is a college student who has just graduated from medical school, and is determined to become a divine healer devoted to the health of countless ordinary people. 3.8kReads—Score17214d adds
- 63 I’m Just a Nobody, but They Insist I’m a Miracle Doctor 我就一小吊丝，她们非说我是神医 Divine Doctor + Multiple Heroines + Reverse System + Feel-Good Power Fantasy I’m just a massage therapist. My girlfriend had only just dumped me when a businesswoman showed up and insisted I was a miracle doctor. 1.1kReads—Score10214d adds
- 64 The Woman with Five Marriages 五婚女人 Among contemporary Chinese literature's portrayals of rural women's lives, Zheng Guozhen's story grips readers with its astonishing realism and tragic depth. Through an ordinary rural woman's five failed marriages, this novel sketches the hardships of rural women's lives and inner worlds during China's social transformation in the 1990s. From an arranged marriage imposed by her parents to a self-serving union built on dependence on power, from an emotional wasteland scarred by violence to a brie 1.9kReads7.9Score24514d adds
- 65 You're Poor. What Does That Have to Do with Me? 你穷，关我屁事 You’re broke. What’s that got to do with me? 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 After My Junior Sister Was Murdered, the Demon Lord's Blood Within Me Awakened 师妹被害后，我体内魔尊的血觉醒了 After My Junior Sister Was Killed, the Blood of the Demon Lord Within Me Awakened 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 At the Source of the Peach Blossom Spring 桃花源头 As Old Zhou Nian lay dying, he took Zhou Liye by the hand and told him, “Xiaoye, it's up to you to carry on the Zhou family line. If you trace our family back far enough, we go all the way to the Zhou dynasty, to King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, Ji Chang, and Ji Fa. Our ancestors were once members of the imperial family, and our original surname was Ji. It was only after the dynasties changed that our family took the surname Zhou! Here's our ancestral genealogy and the family heirloom, this ja 103.5kReads7.8Score9.4k14d adds
- 68 After Accidentally Sending an Embarrassing Message, My Boss Cornered Me in the Conference Room 社死发错消息后，老板把我堵在会议室 After I Accidentally Sent the Wrong Message and Died of Embarrassment, My Boss Cornered Me in the Conference Room 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Dream King of the Divine Fantasy Universe, Written by Meng Wang Luchuang 神幻宇宙梦王橹窗著 The universe is vast and boundless, with no distinction between male- and female-oriented fiction, or between gods, immortals, demons, and monsters. Multiple heroines and heroes, both delicate and bold, overwhelmingly sweet or brutally cruel, unconventional and diverse in style: this fantasy epic has it all, a singular work in the literary world. Cloud Dream Celestial Gate + Dreadful Snow Dai + The Unknown Beginning + A Fall into Ten Thousand Calamities + Crouching Dragon Divine Tree + The Realm 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Venerable Lord of Acacia 合欢尊主 Hedonistic Lord 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Bride’s Personal Maid 伴嫁丫鬟 In the silent depths of a grand household, fate drifts like a wisp of silk. From a maid who came with the bride to a maidservant in the study, she treads carefully at every turn, caught between schemes and growing affection. Beneath his cold exterior lies tenderness; beneath her caution, a heart beginning to stir. In the deep halls of a marquis’s household, an unspoken love quietly takes root. Love runs deep in the marquis’s manor, where schemes stretch as far as the sea. Where will she ultimate 2.6kReads7.3Score17914d adds
- 72 My Best Friend Became My Daughter-in-Law... How Thrilling 闺蜜成儿媳妇…太刺激了 My Best Friend Became My Daughter-in-Law... This Is Too Thrilling —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Day We Divorced, the Other Woman Came to See Me 离婚那天，小三来找我 The Day We Divorced, My Husband’s Mistress Came Looking for Me 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 After Losing My Job, I Took Odd Jobs in Xiaoqi 失业后，在小气打零工 His wife betrays him, and his career hits a dead end. Ye Feng becomes a part-time massage therapist. After his first client arrives, Ye Feng's life takes a strange and unpredictable turn. There is no System in this book...! 8.1kReads6.8Score49414d adds
- 75 The Joys of a Woman Left Behind 留守妇女的快乐 In 1984, Li Guifang was left behind in a mountain village, raising two children on her own. The hardships of life had nearly crushed her. Just as she was sinking into despair, she started a new family with Lin Kun, the rough-hewn man next door. To her surprise, This older, burly man spoiled me rotten, and our life grew happier by the day. 4.1kReads7.1Score29614d adds
- 76 After I Took Her to Court, She Finally Dropped the Act 被我告上法庭后，她彻底不装了 After I took her to court, she stopped pretending altogether 160Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹 This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that 3.5kReads8.8Score41414d adds
- 78 The Lingering Warmth of the Earthen Bed 土炕上的余温 The quarry in the hills behind Laojing Village buried the men from half the village. All that remained were a village full of widows and children crying from hunger. Thirty migrant miners moved into the workers' barracks, all strapping bachelors. The widows cursed men to their faces, then dug out their floral jackets at night and deliberately walked past the barracks. Each of the three widows had her own reasons: one wanted a protector to help raise her child, one hoped to get some rice and flou 12.7kReads8.9Score78814d adds
- 79 Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风 [Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn. 3kReads8.0Score12714d adds
- 80 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Get By in the Imperial Harem 穿到古代混后宫 Modern-day Huang Ye transmigrates into the ancient Great Xia Dynasty as the pampered darling of the Minister's household, where a daughter is born only once every ten generations. To repay her loving family, she starts learning martial arts at a nunnery while still a little girl. She wants to master everything: inner strength, hand-to-hand combat, swordsmanship, medicine, and poisons. Only by learning real skills can she better protect her family. At last, she grows up, only to be told she must 1.9kReads7.6Score17514d adds
- 81 My Wife's Secret Past 妻子的秘密往事 Zhang Xixi, the wife of Chen Sijie, worked late into the night, then came home drunk with a hickey on her back. Was she cheating, or was there another explanation? As Chen Sijie investigated, he uncovered a shocking secret… 5.1kReads8.6Score30614d adds
- 82 Back-Kitchen Affairs 后厨韵事 Her ambition was not to become the queen of the kitchen, but to turn from Cinderella into a swan... Ye Rujiao was just an ordinary pastry chef at Fumanlou, working nonstop every day, until she stumbled upon the destination that could shatter every dream she had ever held: aboard the yacht of Han Zhenyu, the group’s second young master. A carefully staged “chance encounter” She put on a red bikini and her most striking lipstick, then “ran into” Han Zhenyu on the yacht’s deck. Champagne, sea breez 2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Heaven's Way: Acacia 天道：合欢 The pure rises to join the heavens; the turbid sinks to endure the trials of the mortal world. When purity and turbidity unite, chaos is born; step beyond the Five Phases and transcendence begins. The Great Dao of the Five Phases is the foundation of the world. The Great Dao of Dual Cultivation leads to the summit together. The Great Dao of Forgetting Emotion can free one from the sea of suffering. All things are bound by cause and effect. Of all things, love is the hardest to bear. No on 7.7kReads8.9Score70614d adds
- 84 The Lustful Physician Consort's Guide to Taming Her Husband 好色医妃训夫季 The Lustful Physician Consort's Husband-Training Season 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Useless Husband I’ve Raised for Eight Years 我养了八年的废物老公 My Useless Husband, Whom I’ve Raised for Eight Years 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Guo Xiaoqi’s Love Story 郭小七的爱情 Guo Xiaoqi was born into a rural family obsessed with having sons. She had little schooling, but was very beautiful. As an adult, she was pursued by a married man. The two did everything they could to finally get married, but married life was not as wonderful as they had imagined, and she endured all kinds of hardship. After many twists and turns, she finally understood that she could rely on no one but herself. 526Reads8.9Score11114d adds
- 87 A Thousand Years in an Instant, White Hair Like the Moon 千年一瞬白发如月 An unexpected transmigration, a love spanning a thousand years, and a modern man’s romantic adventure in the High Tang: a millennium unfolds in a single instant. Li Zhe, a history student, is playing a game when a phone leak shocks him into the Tianbao era of the Tang dynasty. The moment he opens his eyes, he meets Li Ye, one of the Four Great Tang Dynasty Poets: her white hair shines like the moon, her beauty is bold, and her spirit is free and uninhibited. She assumes Li Zhe is a drunken, pas 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Year of the Wolf and Tiger 狼虎之年 A panoramic survey of the raw emotional lives of people from different age groups and social classes in China today, vividly depicting the good and evil, beauty and ugliness of human nature amid the country’s rapid social transformation. It lays bare the conflicts and friction between people’s emotions and reality. 10.9kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 89 On My Wedding Day, He Came to Drink One Last Cup of Farewell Tea 婚礼那天，他来喝了最后一杯伯牙绝弦 On his wedding day, he came to drink one last cup of Boya Juexian. 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 After We Married, I Turned the CEO into the Top Producer 婚后，我把霸总卷成第一生产力 After We Got Married, I Turned My CEO Husband into the Ultimate Productivity Machine 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Charming Village Girl Doesn't Give Her Heart Away 俏村花她不走心 People say that a widow’s doorstep invites trouble, but Chunfang isn’t afraid. She goes out of her way to surround herself with men. After years of struggling in the dirt, she’s seen through it all: you can’t rely on a man’s heart, but you can rely on his money and connections. So she smiles as she plays several men against one another. One helps her come up with the cash, another finds her a market for her goods. The villagers call her shameless. Chunfang sneers. “How much is a reputation worth 21.1kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 92 Xia Guangnuan's First Book 霞光暖暖的第1本书 [Period Setting + Realistic Rural Life + Family Matters + Adultery + Beloved by Everyone + A Woman’s Growth] Hong Xing is a village doctor, twenty-three years old, and the mother of two daughters. Only after her husband dies unexpectedly does she discover that the man who always seemed so honest and quiet, a man who could hardly get a word out even if you beat him with three sticks, had betrayed her. Her whole world collapses. She had always followed the rules of a virtuous wife, respected her p 1.3kReads7.9Score13114d adds
- 93 The Beautiful First Half of Her Life 美艳的前半生 The story takes place in a rural village in Hebei in 1999. Meiyan has been sweet, beautiful, and clever since childhood, and everyone in the village agrees she's the local beauty. After failing her university entrance exams on her second attempt, she has no choice but to face the path fate has laid out for her. Swept up by Li Gangqiang's relentless pursuit, she gives him everything. But on the very day he steps through the gates of college, he gets together with another woman. Betrayed, Meiyan s 8.9kReads7.1Score18314d adds
- 94 Village Uproar 村闹 Synopsis: [Rural Life + Miracle Doctor + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Betrayed by someone, Jiang Xiaochuan went to their home for revenge, only to be beaten half to death. By a twist of fate, he gained a mysterious inheritance! From then on, he defied fate, put every doubter in their place, and steadily climbed to the top... 2.8kReads9.0Score40314d adds
- 95 On Our Wedding Night, He Accused Me of Killing His Brother 替嫁当晚，他说我是杀弟仇人 “On our wedding night, my husband pressed a gun to my forehead. ‘You killed my younger brother.’ But what he doesn't know is that the ‘enemy’ he wants to kill and the woman he has yearned for over fifteen years are one and the same.” What you think is hell is only the entrance to the abyss. The demon you imagine has merely changed faces. The ending you expect is only the beginning of something else. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 King of Peach Blossom Island 桃花岛上我称王 Orphan Cao Jianping, a retired Marine, accidentally arrives on a deserted island while traveling. It is practically a paradise! From then on, his life is on easy mode, bringing him wealth and luxury! 13.5kReads7.9Score51814d adds
- 97 The Code Immortal Realm: I Am the Heavenly Dao 代码仙域，我即是天道 My name is Tian Yingxue, and this is the tenth time I've been reborn. The Heavenly Dao played a cruel joke on me. On one hand, it granted me a golden finger of an opportunity, giving me a natural fire spirit root, letting me establish my Foundation at ten, form my Golden Core and keep my youthful appearance at nineteen, and reach the threshold of ascension at a hundred. On the other hand, it made me perish in the tribulation lightning as I ascended, then sent me back to the day before I was to j 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Chaos! Utter Chaos! The More Chaos, the Better! 乱！都乱！乱点好啊！ [A wild, passionate power fantasy for adult readers] Chu Tian finally scraped together enough for the bride price and prepared to get married, never dreaming that it was all a scheme. The so-called marriage was nothing more than a plot to get their hands on his bride price. Through a twist of fate, Chu Tian acquired the Disease-Devouring System. When a beautiful CEO learned that Chu Tian possessed peerless medical skills, she publicly confessed her love for him at the hospital, becoming his stea 22kReads7.6Score1.8k14d adds
- 99 After My Husband Cheated, The 老公出轨后，我和小三的“爸爸”成了连襟 After My Husband Cheated, I Became Family by Marriage with My Mistress's "Dad" 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 A Geisha’s Dream 瑰夏之梦 One midsummer day in my second year of high school, I glimpsed Xiao Ruohua at the library, bent over her books by the window. She became the Guixia rose I kept hidden in my heart. For twelve long years, I watched her from afar. I saw her shine as she sang onstage and dazzle everyone in debate competitions. I also saw her hide beneath the protection of the Chu family, suppress all her talents, and become an obedient, almost invisible stepdaughter. I watched in silence and quietly made my way towa 39Reads—Score—14d adds
