Novels like A Desire Dyed in Ripples
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- 1 The Genius Sword Cultivator Says He Only Likes Villainesses 天才剑修说他就喜欢恶毒女配 Yu Qingqing was vicious and arrogant, relying on her exceptional talent and beauty to get away with anything. Everyone around her wanted her dead. Those who knew her thought so, and so did those who had never met her but had heard her name. She stole her junior sect sister’s opportunities and bullied her. Given the chance, she never passed up an opportunity to put her down. Luckily, her junior sister was gentle and kind, and never held it against her. In the end, Yu Qingqing got what she deserve 9.4kReads6.2Score89314d adds
- 2 The Evening Breeze Kisses My Childhood Friend 晚风吻过旧青梅 The Evening Breeze Kisses an Old Childhood Friend 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Boyfriend Doesn’t Have a Split Personality 男友他不是双重人格 My Boyfriend Doesn’t Have a Split Personality 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Back to the 1980s: The On-Screen Comments Teach Me How to Raise a Child 来到八零：弹幕教我养娃 Back to the 1980s: The On-Screen Comments Teach Me How to Raise a Child —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Heartbeat Overload: My Childhood Friend Is a Possessive Tycoon 心跳过载：我的竹马是偏执大佬 Heart Overload: My Childhood Friend Is a Possessive Big Shot —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Two Archenemies Are Reborn and Become Best Friends 两位死对头重生后，成了好闺蜜 After Being Reborn, Two Archenemies Become Best Friends —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Hey, Childhood Friend, We Agreed to Study, Not Flirt 小青梅，说好只学不撩的 Little Childhood Friend, We Agreed to Study, Not Flirt —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Truth Behind the Secret 秘密的真相背后 Behind the Truth of the Secret —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 What Boyfriend? He’s My Study Buddy! 什么男朋友？那是学习搭子！ [One-on-one romance, happy ending, slice of life, two top students] A rational but impulsive, straightforward girl × a cool but swoon-worthy, secretly passionate guy In the dreary final stretch of senior-year exam prep, Zhu Xin meets someone through a twist of fate. After an unexpected turn of events, she becomes friends with the top student in their year. One day, someone asks, “Is he your boyfriend?” Zhu Xin feigns composure. “No, he’s my study buddy.” Chen Yican raises an eyebrow in silence, 8.6kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 10 The Nation's Great General Is Reborn as an Adorable Little Cutie 镇国大将军穿成软萌小可爱 The Nation-Guarding Great General Is Reborn as an Adorably Sweet Little Cutie —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Sleeping Beneath the Stars Tonight 今夜与星共眠 Su Xingmian gave Xiao Jinyan everything he asked for, both her body and her heart. Xiao Jinyan was just as willing to take whatever he wanted from Su Xingmian, except for love. His heart already belonged to someone else. After they had lived together for a few months, everyone thought Su Xingmian was Xiao Jinyan's girlfriend. She thought so too. But Xiao Jinyan said, “I need to think carefully about our relationship. I’ll give you an answer when I get back from my business trip.” Su Xingmian agr 385Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 12 I Brought a Corner Shop to Ancient Times, and My Live-In Son-in-Law Is a Black-Hearted Schemer 带小卖部穿古代，赘婿竟是黑心莲 I Brought a Convenience Store to Ancient Times, and My Live-In Son-in-Law Is a Two-Faced Schemer —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 A Food Streamer Travels to Ancient Times and Opens a Restaurant 美食主播穿到古代开酒楼 A Food Streamer Travels to Ancient Times and Opens a Tavern —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Spring Tide Surges 春潮涌动 A down-to-earth heroine who’s half-dead inside VS an abnormal, arrogant hero (Both are virgins, 1v1, the hero is a little bit of a freak, updates daily at 6:00 a.m.) (Sweet romance, sweet romance, sweet romance, no angst for the heroine, the hero behaves himself) Chen Shu has done it all: washing dishes, cleaning, collecting bottles, waiting tables, sorting parcels… None of it bothered her. When she was little, she even fought dogs over food. As long as she could stay alive, that was enough. Per 1.5kReads8.1Score29014d adds
- 15 After Reincarnating as a Cannon Fodder, I Turned the Tables on the Big Shot 穿成炮灰后被大佬反攻略了 [quick transmigration + one-on-one, devoted couple + love at first sight + getting revenge on scumbags + System] The only thing the bamboo spirit Sui Ning has ever wanted is to cultivate diligently and ascend to immortality. Just as she suffers a cultivation deviation, she gets bound to a System. In exchange for being brought back to life, she must travel to various small worlds, soothe the resentment of the sacrificial characters, and change their originally tragic fates. But at some point, a l 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Never Expected to Be My Own White Moonlight Substitute! 白月光替身没想到竟是我自己！ I Never Expected to Be My Own White Moonlight’s Stand-In! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Quick Transmigration: My Boyfriend Is a Powerful Being from Another World 快穿之男友是异世大佬 [Quick transmigration / strong heroine / one boyfriend per life / romance / boyfriend space / missions / becoming the Heavenly Dao] [Would you like to complete missions while dating a boyfriend? Would you like to live in a different world, complete missions, then switch to another boyfriend? When you're weak, he helps you. When you're strong, you help him. This quick-transmigration novel has every kind of world imaginable.] World One: The 1960s: Boyfriend is a merman from another world ✓ Two: Zo 26Reads—Score214d adds
- 18 I Flirted with the Wrong Brooding, Rough-Hewn SWAT Officer, and He Teased Me Until I Cried 错撩闷骚糙汉特警，把我欺负哭了 [Stoic, smoldering, rugged special police officer × trauma-stricken psychologist with amnesia | Sugary sweet | Lovers who help each other heal | He pursues her relentlessly | Mutual salvation | Bickering enemies turned lovers] “Call me big sister. I want to hear it.” The most audacious thing Jiang Yu’an ever did was mistake the special police chief for a model and flirt with him. Cheng Feng. Chief of the country’s elite special police unit, Sharp Edge, and a living hellhound feared throughout th 5.1kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 19 Saving the Lovelorn 拯救恋爱困难户 [Avoidant Attachment + Secret Crush + Personal Growth] Han Lingyuan was always called a “heartbreaker” and a “man-eater.” Her relationships never lasted longer than three months, and she never shed a tear over a breakup. She thought she had everything figured out, until Xu Yunyi hit the nail on the head: “You're not a flirt. You have an avoidant attachment style. You're simply afraid to love anyone.” By chance, she took a part-time job as a relationship counselor. But she soon discovered that ev —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Love Triangle Showdown! My Long-Lost Brother Insists on Fighting My Childhood Friend for Me 修罗场！天降哥哥非和竹马疯抢我 [Childhood Sweethearts Can't Compete with a New Arrival / Second Male Lead Chases His Wife to the Crematorium] [Both Untouched + Powerful Man Bows His Head + Guiding Lover] [Spoiled, Bold Princess vs. Handsome Jerk] Su Yu and Jiang Jinyan grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Even though he treated her like a sister and never crossed the line, their bond was enough for both families to take advantage of the situation and arrange a business marriage. But on the eve of the engagement, Jiang J 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 After I Died, I Was Laid on My Forensic Pathologist Husband's Autopsy Table, and He Went Mad 死后我被送上法医老公的验尸台，他疯了 After I Died, I Was Laid on My Forensic Pathologist Husband’s Autopsy Table. He Went Mad. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Reborn: The Lin Family’s Young Lady Goes on a Rampage 重生归来，林家小姐杀疯了 Reborn with the memories and business empire of her previous life, Lin Wanqing becomes a financial genius with countless secret identities as she investigates the truth behind her mother's disappearance. She makes a name for herself in the futures market, drawing the intense attention of the powerful Gu Ciqing. He falls for her at first sight and vows to devote his life to her alone. She advances step by step, while he protects her with his life. Their story of rebirth and triumph is a bitterswe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Little Brother, Take It Easy 弟弟，轻点撩 Little Brother, Take It Easy When You Flirt 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 My High-Maintenance Little Wife, Don’t Think You Can Run 作精小娇妻，别想逃 [Two powerful families + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + 1v1, both leads are virgins] Content warning: No secret crushes. They genuinely have no feelings for each other at first, but things will heat up later on. A domineering, restrained husband with a fatherly streak; a soft, coquettish, high-maintenance wife; a ten-year age gap. What happens when a giant python, long lonely in the depths of the jungle, meets a timid, delicate little turtle… * Tang Jialuo, the little princes 465Reads7.4Score10514d adds
- 25 Life Is Only Thirty Thousand Days. Starting Over, I'll Finally Be True to Myself 人生区区三万天，重来一次活出真正的自己 Life is only thirty thousand days. Given another chance, live as your true self. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 After Our Divorce, the Male Lead Keeps Trying to Uncover My Secret Identity 和离后，男主总想扒我马甲 After Our Divorce, the Male Lead Keeps Trying to Uncover My Secret Identity —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 After Becoming the Male Lead’s High-Maintenance Ex-Girlfriend 穿成男主的作精前女友后 [A quick-witted, theatrical survivor vs. an amnesiac, sweet yet scheming male lead] Su Nuo was dying of terminal cancer, lying flat and waiting for death. Then she made fun of a cannon-fodder character in a campus novel who shared her name, and was immediately bound to a book-transmigration System. Now she was inside that lousy book! The moment she opened her eyes, a countdown to her death began. [Host’s current survival score is 0. If you don’t complete the mission within 72 hours, you will 107Reads—Score10014d adds
- 28 After My Roommate Used My Photos to Online-Date, the Male Leads Started Competing for Me 室友偷我照片网恋后，男主雄竞了 [Mutual devotion + love rivals in a pressure cooker + one woman, two men + transmigrate into a book] Transmigrated academic comeback queen x CEO whose online romance falls apart x lovesick, teary-eyed puppy of a guy | Fake girlfriend x real nephew's wife x secret and not-so-secret husbands | Cong Xia had forgotten how she died. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a cannon-fodder female character in a book. Cong Xia refused to be a stepping stone for the male and female leads. She face 399Reads—Score10514d adds
- 29 The Third Piano Room 第三琴房 The Third Music Room 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 A Materialist’s Ninety-Sixth Crisis of Faith 唯物主义者第九十六次动摇 A Materialist's 96th Moment of Doubt 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Falling Star 落下星 Ji Qiao goes to great lengths to get close to Zhu Qiuting. In truth, she isn't trying to win him over; she came to his side because of her late father. Both of them are hiding things from each other. Everything points to Zhu Qiuting having deep ties to the accident that happened years ago. The longer Ji Qiao stays by his side, the harder it becomes for her to leave. Only when the truth of that year gradually unfolds before her does she discover that Zhu Qiuting, too, is burdened with an extremel 219Reads9.4Score4014d adds
- 32 Night Rain Over Tide Harbor 潮港夜雨 [Soft, sweet, resilient Jiangnan girl × sharp-tongued, soft-hearted, cocky Hong Kong bad boy / self-deluding pure-love warrior] [Both inexperienced, 1v1, happy ending, cohabitation and everyday romance, male lead is from Hong Kong and speaks Cantonese, leopard-and-cat duo] On her first day as an exchange student at the University of Hong Kong, Li Jiamin dragged an impossibly heavy suitcase into the luxurious Mid-Levels home of her mother's best friend. Everything about the mansion was lovely, ex 12.9kReads8.8Score2.2k14d adds
- 33 Unfinished 未了 That night, I really did get a taste for it. Five years apart, and our long-running story still isn't over... 1.4kReads8.5Score11514d adds
- 34 My Sweet, Obedient Girl: Her Brooding Childhood Friend Closes In with a Cunning Plan 妹宝乖软，阴湿竹马逼近很有心机 [Transmigrate into a book + mutual devotion + mind-reading + mutual salvation + forced love + true heiress] Transmigrated supporting actress | brooding childhood friend | fake mission x real hunt | he even dares to deceive the System On the first day Shen Mian entered the game, the System told her: “Jiang Yuzhi, the boy who’s been raised in your home since childhood, is your biggest obstacle. He hates being touched by others. Make him hate you, and you’ll earn the rescue points your mother needs 193Reads—Score11814d adds
- 35 The Sky Is Falling! The Eunuch I Flirted With Is a Mad Tyrant 天塌了！我撩的小太监是疯批暴君 [One-on-one romance, both leads have only been with each other + sweet transmigrate-into-a-book romance + tyrant who can hear thoughts] On her first day after transmigrating to another world, Kong Yue is sold into the palace as a young palace maid. There, she meets the handsome young man she nearly killed by dropping something on him. He’s a young eunuch, beautiful, obedient, and sweet-tempered. Kong Yue likes him and wants him for herself. After a lot of effort, she wins him over and marries hi 1.9kReads8.5Score35114d adds
- 36 Her Eyes Curved into Smiles, and He Loved Her Like Crazy 她眉眼弯弯，他爱的要命 [Childhood sweethearts] [Scheming puppy] They spent every day together as children, then were apart for a brief time as teenagers. They thought that when they met again after two years, they would have grown distant and could no longer stand each other. But when they reunited, Jiang Yu'an found Xie Qinqin heartbroken and shattered... "Jiang Yu'an, do you... like me?" 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Strangers in Public, Kissing Till We Cry Every Night in Private 人前不熟，人后夜夜亲哭 [Mad, unruly young master of the capital x foolish bankrupt heiress] [One-on-one romance + both chaste + sweet romance + groveling pursuit + love rivals + wealthy-family secrets + slow pace + heroine who grows over time] After her family fell into ruin, Lin Mianmian's engagement to Jiang Yuran was broken off by his playboy uncle. She was about to become a sacrifice to the wealthy families. On the night of her engagement, she gritted her teeth and resolutely climbed into her ex-boyfriend Jiang Yu 77Reads—Score314d adds
- 38 Reborn with the System: Falling in Love, Longing to Be Held 重生系统：钟情欲入怀 There is a bell in the mortal world. When it rings, calamity follows; when it falls silent, the years are peaceful. Born burdened by the Meng family's century-old bell calamity, Meng Chunyin runs the Spring Blossom Clock Shop on Old Street. Her deft hands can repair every clock in the world, but not the obsessions of reincarnation or the sorrow of fated tragedy. For seventy years, life and death have cycled again and again. The cracks in the eternal laws of Heaven remain unhealed, and year after 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 They Say Discarded Sentinels Don't Deserve S-Rank Guides? Tie Him Up! 都说废哨兵不配S级向导？绑了！ [One-on-one sentinel-guide pairing + apocalypse + infinite flow + ensemble cast + coming-of-age] [Seemingly useless D-rank female sentinel x naturally gifted S-rank male guide] Wen Ningjue is the only useless sentinel without an ability at the Sentinel Center, and she spends every day slacking off. Apart from earning very little and occasionally risking being kicked out, life is great! Monsters and doors have nothing to do with her! She's just a useless sentinel! Who would care about her? Then o 3.4kReads8.9Score60514d adds
- 40 I Flirted in a Dream and Ran, Leaving the Cool Beauty Sweetly Flustered 梦中撩完就跑，清冷美人甜炸了 Wen Muyan has been haunted for four years by a passionate, lingering dream. The man in it is sharply handsome yet tender and devoted, leaving her, a lifelong single, unable to find peace. She never imagined that the man from her dream would appear in real life. Four years ago, a woman suddenly entered Mo Ciyuan’s dream and shared a passionate, lingering romance with him. From then on, he was completely captivated, searching the entire world just to find her. Then, in a bakery, he suddenly spot 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 41 My Sickly Junior Brother Is Frail and Delicate 病娇师弟他弱不禁风 [Early: frail, possessive peacock of a male lead · proper, upright, wooden female lead] [Later: lovesick puppy of a male lead · bewitching, seductive female lead] The Jiao dragon’s nature was wicked. Yu Ningwu went to great lengths to suppress that nature in Yu Chenxin. With one of her natures suppressed, Yu Chenxin was slow to understand emotions. Yu Ningwu raised her to be proper and upright, disciplined and respectful of rules. One day, Yu Ningwu brought home a child, so fragile he seemed re 562Reads—Score10314d adds
- 42 After My Ex Became Famous, I Became an Industry Bigwig 当前任火了之后，我成业界大佬了 [Rekindled Love | Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine | Hero Pursues Love with a Plan | Dual Plotlines: Mystery and Workplace Intrigue] -- Xu Sili always thought there was something wrong with her. With an avoidant attachment style, the more she loved someone, the more she ran. Xie Shanyi had something wrong with him, too. With a paranoid personality, the more she ran, the harder he chased. She planned their breakup and, on Lantern Festival, deleted every way he had to contact her, thinking she 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Mr. Wen, Do You Enjoy Kneeling to Kiss Your Wife? 闻总，跪着亲老婆很爽是吗？ [Sharp-tongued, roguish, over-the-top CEO vs. stubborn, tough-mouthed but soft-hearted sweetheart] The moment Shen Qilin opened her eyes, Wen Yuan, the aloof man she had secretly loved for years, was kneeling at her feet with his suit torn and blood streaking his back. Beside him, a little dumpling who looked just like the two of them was too scared even to cry aloud. Shen Qilin was stunned. She had somehow ended up six years in the future, married to Wen Yuan, a powerful figure in Beijing’s eli 12kReads8.6Score1.8k14d adds
- 44 After the Villainess Awakens, a Mad, Rugged Man Spoils Her Rotten 恶毒女配觉醒后被疯批糙汉宠上天 [Proud, Gorgeous Little Minx vs. Cold-Faced, Love-Brained Tough Guy] [Tiny Apartment Life] [Sweet Romance Power Fantasy] The heroine, Huo Weiwei, awakens to the plot. No wonder she always had an endless supply of attitude. It turns out she's a spoiled, vicious supporting female character, and on the very first night after awakening, she nearly loses her virginity. The shirtless man in front of her is her human ATM boyfriend, and the only son of the richest man in the capital, who grew up outside 669Reads—Score10314d adds
- 45 I'm Done Serving You: The Sweet Canary Wants to Fly Solo 不伺候了，娇软金丝雀只想单飞 Clear-headed, calculating temptress vs. obsessive male lead with a love-addled brain [Both faithful!] Everyone knows Rong Chiyuan as a clear-headed, chaste man, famously aloof and self-restrained, with a heart of stone. Then one day, a delicate flower he had nurtured with his own hands dragged him down from his pedestal. By day, Jiang Lu filled his wallet. By night, she emptied his heart. Rong Chiyuan always thought that if he gave her all the nourishment she needed, this delicate flower wo 3.5kReads8.5Score62814d adds
- 46 The Nation’s Favorite Villain and Its Go-To Bad Girl Make Their Relationship Official 国民反派和恶女专业户官宣了 They say there are two oddballs in the entertainment industry. One is Best Actor An Linfeng, handsome and exceptionally skilled. He never uses a stunt double for fight scenes, and only takes roles as cold-blooded villains. The other is second-tier star Gu Pan, stunningly beautiful and aloof. Ever since her debut, she’s played vicious supporting roles, earning herself the nickname “Queen of Mean.” They’re both textbook villains, yet they’ve never appeared in the same frame. Then one day, under a 912Reads9.1Score10414d adds
- 47 From F-Rank to SSS-Rank Guide, Three Hundred Years Should Be Enough, Right? F到3S级向导，三百年够了吧！ (A gentle reminder: The rating has only just started. It'll go up later (*´▽`*)) [Guides + Sentinels + Healing + Very Slow Leveling + Hope + Growth + Slice of Life + Romance + Youth + Multiple Side Couples + Later 1VN] Wen Yun suspects she's a soul transmigrator who was forgotten by the heavens. Where's her golden finger? On the day she awakens as an F-rank healing Guide, her long-awaited golden finger finally arrives. With an older brother whose mental sea is collapsing and a family that can't 3kReads8.0Score37614d adds
- 48 Utterly Humble, the Black-Tea CEO Begs His Sweetheart to Love Him 极致卑微，黑茶总裁哭求乖宝疼他 [Long-planned scheme + doting wife + humble male lead + devoted to each other] Three years ago, Lin Churan managed to get Fu Wenxun, the untouchable beauty, into her bed, only to turn around and leave him. The man, normally cold and aloof, went wild. He pinned her against the hotel’s floor-to-ceiling window and possessed her relentlessly, refusing to stop… She promised she wouldn’t leave, then knocked him out afterward with a glass of water. Three years later, Lin Churan returned to the country 482Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 49 The Villainess Just Wants to Survive, but the CEO Insists on Dating Her 女配她只想活命，霸总非要谈恋爱 The Richest Man is a power fantasy with a male lead, and Zhuang Xiao is just an innocent bystander who wanders into the story. To escape her disembodied state, Zhuang Xiao unhesitatingly accepts a ridiculous mission: become the male lead's gold-digging fiancée. But the System is completely useless and won't help her at all. Her life countdown begins, forcing Zhuang Xiao into an awkward daily routine of chasing after love and earning more time to live. But who could have guessed that the male lea 1.8kReads8.6Score19614d adds
- 50 Wild Seduction, Sweet Delight 野诱生欢 [An elite Shanghai heir from a prestigious family × a mischievous little charmer from a family of scholars] He was like snow atop a high mountain, intimidating and awe-inspiring. Wherever he went, everyone was willing to lower themselves and fawn over him. Only Ning Cheng wasn't afraid of him. Not only was she unafraid, she was determined to drag him down from his pedestal, pressing the mud on her soles against the chest and collar of his immaculate white shirt. Defile him, dirty him; make his e 629Reads8.7Score10314d adds
