Novels like The Matter of Marriage
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Matter of Marriage, best match first.
- 1 My Hell Only Needs You to Become Its Demon 我的地狱，只缺你做修罗 [Modern Romance] + [Revenge] + [Feuding Wealthy Families] + [Mutual Healing] + [Devoted to Each Other] She is the second daughter of the powerful Ye family, the one they “found” and brought home. Her older brother, Ye Qingxuan, kneels in the ancestral hall and lights incense for her. “Let go of your obsession, and you’ll find peace.” He tells her to let go, and she smiles. “How am I supposed to let go? How could I?” She is Ye Xingyao, returned from the depths of hell with a blood feud to avenge —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 On the Day of My Divorce, My Billionaire Heiress Identity Is Revealed 被离婚当天，我千亿首富身份曝光 The Day I Was Served Divorce Papers, My Billionaire Identity Was Revealed —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Stingy Tenderness 吝啬温柔 P.S. The heroine is awful, truly awful. If you’re a heroine stan, this one’s for you! If you can’t stand feeling sorry for the hero, please don’t leave a bad review. Just move on! (The second male lead gets the girl. The male lead’s pursuit of his wife ends in total ruin, with not even ashes left!) (The heroine turns dark and tortures the scumbag to death! First she suffers, then he does!) 1: Someone once told Ye Shi’an that Fang Cili didn’t love her. Ye Shi’an didn’t believe it. The affection i 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 My Husband Asked Me to Give Up My Promotion, So I Divorced Him and Built a Legendary Career 老公让我放弃晋升，我果断离婚搞事业封神 My Husband Asked Me to Give Up My Promotion, So I Divorced Him and Built a Legendary Career —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 My Short-Tempered Ex-Husband Is About to Beg Me to Take Him Back 暴躁前夫要追妻火葬场了 This is not a wish-fulfillment story, and the pace is unhurried. Neither lead has a golden finger. There is realism and helplessness, and they can be selfish. They do not have fixed personalities, because people change. Male lead: quick-tempered and impulsive, devoted and lovesick, says one thing but means another. Female lead: proud, beautiful and kindhearted, but an ordinary person at heart. Super-rich second-generation heir Gu Yuan coaxed Su Wen into secretly marrying him. Three months later 2.7kReads8.4Score23314d adds
- 6 Reborn, I Won't Love You Again 重生后我不会爱你 I Won’t Love You Again After Being Reborn 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 After Breaking Off My Engagement to a Jerk, a Puppy-Like Guy Won Me Over 和渣男退婚后，被小狼狗上位了 Sui Xiaoxiao liked Qi Feng and had followed him for years, always believing she was one of a kind to him. It wasn’t until the woman he had always cherished appeared that she realized she had been a joke. The bastard wanted to break off their engagement? Fine. Sui Xiaoxiao turned around and threw herself into the arms of a younger, devoted man. But then the bastard suddenly came back, desperate to win her over. Sorry, you can’t afford to mess with this domineering young hunk. 2Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 8 Summer Won’t Wait 盛夏不待 Summer Won't Wait 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Countdown to Divorce: Who’d Still Wait on That Jerk of a Husband? 离婚倒计时，谁还伺候渣夫啊! [The groveling ex chases his wife to the crematorium + countdown to winning her back + revenge + the second male lead gets the girl + domineering CEO] Lin Rushuang had been with Li Wenyuan since she was eighteen. After an accident, she regained her hearing, which she'd lost while saving him. Overjoyed, she was about to tell him the news when she found him embracing his first love, whispering sweet nothings to her. He knew Lin Rushuang loved him desperately, loved him so much she never lost her t 669Reads7.7Score13114d adds
- 10 After the Broken Engagement, My Ex-Fiancé Went Off the Rails 退婚后，前未婚夫他疯批了 After the Broken Engagement, My Ex-Fiancé Went Crazy 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 After Seeing the Comments, I Gave Up Chasing Him 看见弹幕后，我放弃倒追了 After Seeing the Comments, I Gave Up Chasing Him 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 I Listened to Mom and Froze to Death on a Winter Night 听妈妈的话，我冻死在腊月夜 I Listened to Mom and Froze to Death on a Night in the Twelfth Lunar Month 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 After Three Years of Waiting, He Forced Me to Become His Concubine for His Half-Sister’s Sake 三年痴等，他携庶妹逼我做妾 After Three Years of Waiting, He Forced Me to Become His Concubine with My Half-Sister 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Eerie Knocking: My Murderer Has Come Again 诡异敲门声：杀我凶手又来了 The Eerie Knocking: The Killer Is Back for Me 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Whoever Harmed My Mother, I’ll Wipe Out Their Entire Family! 谁害我母亲，我灭他满门！ Whoever Harmed My Mother, I’ll Wipe Out Their Entire Family! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Refused to Buy Things for His Mistress, and He Went Mad After I Died 拒买小三用品，死后他疯了 He Went Mad After I Refused to Buy His Mistress’s Things and Died 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Chasing My Wife to the Crematorium: That Scumbag Bet on Me! 追妻火葬场之狗渣男拿我打赌！ The Ex-Wife Chase: The Trashy Jerk Used Me as a Bet! 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Chasing My Wife to the Crematorium: You Scumbag, Pay Me Back! 追妻火葬场之狗渣男！快还我钱！ The Ex-Wife Chase: You Trashy Jerk! Give Me Back My Money! 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Love’s Sinful Obsession: Sister, Love Me One More Time 孽爱夺婚：姐姐再爱一次 Divorced husband chases her to the crematorium + older woman, younger man + two CEOs + an avalanche of melodrama The Chen family had been kind to Su Wanting, and Chen Yuchuan was the little boy she had watched grow up. No one knew they had secretly been lovers for four years... Chen Yuchuan was handsome and never short of admirers. He also had a wonderful big sister who always had his back. Then one day, he realized Su Wanting had feelings for him that went beyond sisterly affection. * Chen Yuch 38.3kReads8.2Score4.5k14d adds
- 20 She Turned Obsessive by Playing Pranks, and Her Ex-Husband Screamed in Terror 她靠恶搞成病娇，吓得前夫嗷嗷叫 88Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 21 I Gaze at the Moonlight, with a Glimmer of My Own Behind Me 我望向月光，身后自有微光 Mutual salvation, happy ending / Bittersweet, misplaced secret crushes / Shy heroine's transformation and growth / A second male lead who leaves you with regrets The world only sees the dazzling young man. Few understand the feelings hidden away in someone's heart. Jiang Yuan'an is sensitive and timid, used to shrinking away amid cold stares and criticism. From afar, she keeps her eyes fixed on that unattainable moonlight, chasing after it with all her heart. "You're the person I don't dare look 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Didn't You Agree to Divorce? Then Why Are You Crying at the Marriage Bureau? 不是同意离婚吗，扯证时你哭什么 [Childhood friends + groveling for forgiveness + one-on-one romance] [A gentle, resilient journalist x a roguishly handsome, devoted CEO] Before the wedding, Cheng Zheng was so adored and pampered by him that she lost her heart. Only after they married did she learn that his devotion had all been an act. The woman he loved had always been someone else. When she was kidnapped, he said, “I don’t have a wife.” Cheng Zheng’s heart finally went cold, and she handed him divorce papers. Lu Jingzhou sne 215Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 23 After Mistaking Her for His White Moonlight, She Gets Trapped in a Shura Field 认错白月光后她被迫深陷修罗场 [A delicate, attention-loving beauty who seems sweet but is secretly calculating x a top-tier rich heir who acts human intermittently and plays the villain nonstop] [Taking credit for saving someone + replacement romance + groveling after losing her + somewhat coercive love + melodramatic twists + amnesia] At first, Cheng Jingzhou thought she was nothing but a vulgar, shallow gold digger who cared only about money. Later, he decided she was the most honest and unpretentious gold digger of them a 691Reads—Score12014d adds
- 24 Heartbreak, Then More Heartbreak: This Time, He’s Desperate with Regret 虐，又虐，这次他悔疯了 [Second male lead takes center stage + regret and desperate pursuit + reunion after a long separation + mistaking someone for the woman he once loved] Shen Wanning is an AI prodigy with extraordinary talent, but she sets aside her brilliance for love and quietly stays by Meng Jinke's side for seven whole years. After seven years of devoted waiting, she finally gets his proposal. But at their grand wedding, instead of a promise to spend their lives together, she is publicly abandoned. Lu Senyu, h 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 After Ten Years of Taking Me for Granted, Why Cry When I Finally Break Up? 十年爱答不理，真分手你哭什么？ Just because he said he liked obedient girls, Chi Feiwan spent ten years pretending to be one. Everyone in the capital knew that Chi Feiwan was Mo Jingyuan's most devoted fangirl. She had the title of girlfriend, but nothing to show for it. The only person Mo Jingyuan truly loved was his white moonlight. On her birthday, Mo Jingyuan was with his white moonlight. When she was sick, Mo Jingyuan was with his white moonlight. Even when her life was in danger, Mo Jingyuan's first instinct was to save —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 He Looks So Good Falling from the Top 他从顶峰摔下来的样子真好看 He looks so good falling from the top. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I Flash-Married a Rough-Hewn Man, Only to Find Out He's My Ex-Husband's Uncle 闪婚嫁给糙汉男，竟是前夫他小叔 [No getting back together after a breakup + ex-husband's redemption arc + ex-boyfriend's redemption arc + whirlwind marriage + romantic rivalry + healing each other] [Completed] When her husband made her kneel to appease his first love, Liao Yiyi immediately asked for a divorce. The man thought she was playing hard to get, and waited for her to come crawling back and beg him to remarry her. Instead, Liao Yiyi turned around and married a rough country guy she had known for only a few days. He tre 453Reads9.1Score10014d adds
- 28 Three Years of a Cold Marriage: After Our Divorce, My Ex-Husband Clings to Me Every Night 冷婚三年，离婚后前夫夜夜痴缠 [Powerful insider in government + cool, aloof beauty + both virgins + winning back his wife + the powerful man bows his head] Wen Yici never imagined she would see Shen Huaijin again under these circumstances. On the first day after they got their divorce papers, her ex-husband came to inspect her school. Standing in front of her, he introduced himself: “Hello, my name is Shen Huaijin.” Wen Yici smiled bitterly. If he had put even a little effort into their marriage, he would have known the wom 289Reads6.4Score10414d adds
- 29 Divorced from the Start: The Obsessive CEO Struggles to Win His Wife Back 开局离婚：偏执总裁追妻难 [A cool, reserved female urologist × an obsessive, cold CEO] [Divorced from the start × devoted to each other × a groveling ex who chases his wife × sweet romance] Mu Chuyuan is a prominent figure in the capital, arrogant, obsessive, ruthless, and merciless. Chu Xiangxue is a girl unloved by her family. Her father drugs her and sends her to Mu Chuyuan’s bed. Chu Xiangxue has had a crush on Mu Chuyuan since high school. Two years of marriage fail to warm the man’s heart. Watching her husband flau 913Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 30 Cling to Me! After the Divorce, My Wealthy Ex-Husband's Hair Turns White Overnight 软缠！离婚后豪门前夫一夜白头 (Completed) When they divorced, Lu Linchuan warned Shen Xinyue, “Don't you dare regret this!” In Lu Linchuan's eyes, Shen Xinyue was a gentle, delicate little woman. Her family had been torn apart, and for three years she'd loved him wholeheartedly. He was her everything, and she always did as he said. A few stern words were all it took to make her behave. Yet Shen Xinyue rested a hand on the scar on her abdomen and insisted on divorcing him. Lu Linchuan warned her even more harshly, “When life 131Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 31 Getting Away Unscathed 全身而退 At first, Luo Zhi thought Cheng Yi was the moon in the sky, making her heart soar with longing. Later, Luo Zhi thought Cheng Yi was mud underfoot. Even dogs would shake their heads at him... 58Reads6.5Score11314d adds
- 32 Five Years After Breaking Off the Engagement, a Powerful Man from the Seventies Begs for a Title and Coaxes Me into Having His Child 退婚五年，七零大佬求名分哄生崽 [Period setting + raising a child + slice of life + reunion after a long separation + groveling ex] [Stunning interpreter vs. genius engineer and former soldier] At eighteen, Song Lingzhen met her arranged-marriage match, Liang Qi, for the first time. Back then, she was a country bumpkin from the countryside. Liang Qi, meanwhile, was the most unruly troublemaker in the residential compound. At their first meeting, Song Lingzhen didn't dare look at him for long. She only blushed in secret. Their 56.6kReads6.4Score6.5k14d adds
- 33 We’re Divorced, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Marrying the Crown Prince? 婚都离了，我嫁太子爷你哭什么 (Reborn + infidelity + punishing scumbags + both leads sexually inexperienced + face-slapping + ex-husband’s desperate pursuit + second male lead becomes the male lead) (Bright, resilient PhD × scheming, reserved heir to a powerful family) Only when the flames engulfed her did Qiao Xitong see the true faces of her husband, Song Lingzhou, and his adopted sister. Reborn, she calmly laid her plans and tricked him into signing a divorce agreement. A month later, Song Lingzhou tore up the agreement, 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Iceberg Won't Budge, So I Marry the Reborn Younger Brother-in-Law Just Out of Prison 冰山舔不动，重生换嫁出狱小叔子 [Reborn heiress × mad dog fresh out of prison] [Second male lead comes out on top + wealthy-family love triangle + living under the same roof + reborn, both heading toward each other] Lin Fu had been in love with Lu Sinian for ten years. At last, her wish came true, and she married him. But ten years into their marriage, Lin Fu had just one wish: to divorce Lu Sinian. Back to that year. Lin Fu moved into the Lu household while in mourning. This time, she would no longer be Lu Sinian's little sh 3.5kReads7.6Score38914d adds
- 35 After I Started Slacking Off as a Wealthy Family’s Daughter-in-Law, My Mother-in-Law Helped Me Soar 豪门儿媳摆烂后，婆婆带我起飞 After the Rich Family's Daughter-in-Law Gave Up, Her Mother-in-Law Helped Her Soar 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 My Mother-in-Law Wanted to Sell My House So Her Younger Son Could Marry. When I Opened the Deed, She Was Stunned 婆婆要卖我的房给小叔子娶媳妇，我翻开房产证她傻了 My Mother-in-Law Wanted to Sell My House So Her Younger Son Could Get Married. She Was Stunned When I Opened the Property Deed —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 At My Mother-in-Law’s 60th Birthday, I Put a PowerPoint on the Hotel’s Big Screen 婆婆六十大寿，我在酒店大屏放了一段PPT At My Mother-in-Law's 60th Birthday Banquet, I Put a PPT on the Hotel's Big Screen 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Night Before My Wedding, I Posted the Dowry List in the Family Group Chat 婚礼前夜，我把彩礼清单发到了家族群 On the Eve of My Wedding, I Posted the Dowry List in the Family Group Chat —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Day 985 as a Stay-at-Home Mom, and I Won an Award at My Husband’s Company Party 全职妈妈第985天，我在老公年会上拿了个奖 Day 985 as a Stay-at-Home Mom: I Won an Award at My Husband’s Company Gala —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 After Eight Failed Attempts to Win Him Over, I Went for His Brother 攻略八次失败后，我攻略了他兄弟 After failing to win him over eight times, I went after his brother instead 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Four Years of a Sham Marriage: Mr. He Has a Long Road to Win His Wife Back 四年假婚，贺总追妻路漫漫 [Sharp-tongued, playboy heir of the capital’s elite × clear-eyed, independent beauty] [Both virgins + sweet and angsty romance + fake marriage certificate + groveling pursuit + powerful man humbled] Four years ago, a twist of fate left Li Tang branded as a schemer who had drugged a man. She married the man who had once promised her a future. There was no wedding, no congratulations. People in their circle mocked her for using a child to marry into the family. After narrowly surviving a premature 865Reads—Score10814d adds
- 42 My Fiancée Swears She and Her Junior Schoolmate Are Just Friends? Prove It in Africa! 未婚妻跟小学弟很清白？在非洲自证清白去吧！ My fiancée and her junior schoolmate are totally innocent? Go prove it in Africa! 120Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Bright Moon, Shining Stars, All for Nothing in the End 朗月星辰，终是一场空 Bright Moon and Stars, All for Nothing in the End 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Climbing to the Top 攀上枝头 Climbing to the Top 22.2kReads—Score20314d adds
- 45 So What If I'm a Viper? With Terminal Cancer, I Kill Without Mercy 毒妇怎么了，癌症晚期我嘎嘎乱杀 [Ensemble cast, father-and-son chasing-her-after-losing-her, absolutely no forgiveness, face-slapping revenge, a bold and beautiful female lead who is a top screenwriter, and a cold, aloof male lead who says one thing but means another] Qiao Jin spent twenty-eight years as a pampered young lady from a wealthy family, only to be told one day that she was a fake heiress. From then on, the parents who had doted on her belonged to Lin Weiwei. Her brothers, who used to stay up all night studying plot 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 After His Wife Jumped into the Sea, the Coldhearted CEO Wept as He Held Their Baby 夫人跳海后，冷戾总裁抱娃哭疯了 [No getting back together after a breakup, second male lead takes the top spot + adorable kids + devoted husband + face-slapping the scum] Five years ago, Shen Yang was forced to sign divorce papers for the sake of his first love. Overcome with despair, she plunged into the depths of the sea. Five years later, she returned in dazzling fashion, appearing before him with her fiancé and a pair of little ones. He panicked and forcefully kept her by his side, spoiling her in every way. But then… “Pre 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Imprisoned by Falling Light 坠光为牢 Born into an ordinary family, Su Luoyao carries the hopes of her entire family as she enters Shengying, an elite university where she feels out of place amid wealth and power. Jiang Xubai, a predator at the top of the university’s social hierarchy, sees her as an amusing “caged bird.” His attitude swings between mocking and isolating her and stepping in to protect her. Armed with determination and talent, Su Luoyao not only creates astonishing work through one clash and collaboration after anoth 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 When the Dew Has Yet to Fade 白露未晞时 When the White Dew Has Yet to Fade 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Stolen Family Ties: My Birth Mother Is a CEO 偷来的亲情之我的亲妈是总裁 ⚠️ Military Marriage + Taking Down Scum + Revenge + Beloved by Everyone + Comeback + Business Rivalry + Suspenseful Search for Her Husband! ⚠️ She clawed her way back from the abyss. This time, no one will lay a hand on her family! “Her daughter died? Her husband sacrificed himself? What an audacious scheme to steal someone else’s life!” The pregnant wife of a military officer loses her baby in a single night, is widowed, and sinks to the bottom as a dishwasher. But she has no idea: Her biologic 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Only After Our Flash Marriage Did I Learn the Capital’s Crown Prince Had a Crush on Me 闪婚后才知，京圈太子爷暗恋我 [Second male lead takes the girl, scumbag regrets it but can't win her back, secret crush comes true, sweet romance, both virgins] At her birthday party, Shu Mo's fiancé is summoned away by his childhood sweetheart with a single phone call, turning Shu Mo into everyone's laughingstock. Lu Liting keeps up his ambiguous back-and-forth with his childhood sweetheart, finally making Shu Mo give up. She turns around, breaks up with him, and walks away without looking back. Lu Liting, however, thinks S 88Reads—Score—14d adds
