Novels like Married First, Fell in Love Later: My Wife Is from the Republic of China Era
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- 1 You Summon Spirits, I Recruit Businesses 你招魂我招商 Lin Shiyin, a metaphysical master who can see the spirits of antiques, has been having a rough time lately. It’s not because she’s so poor she has to lick her plate clean with nothing but boiled water. It’s because antique spirits from overseas keep coming to find her. Dear ancestors, this is a poor neighborhood, not a customs warehouse! On top of that, she’s cursed with terrible luck, bringing misfortune to everything around her, even her childhood sweetheart. Though they love each other, they —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 After My Return, His Majesty Won't Leave Me Alone 归来后，陛下老缠着我 She is the orphan of a loyal minister; he is descended from her enemy. When they meet again, will they clash, or stand side by side? As a child, she lost her family because the late emperor suspected them. When she returned, she had become a powerful court official. She cast aside her hatred, devoting herself to securing a better future for the people. He searched for her tirelessly, wanting only to stand by her side and gaze out at the vast world. Together, they trained their troops, charged in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Rookie Agent Takes on a B-list Actress 菜鸟经纪人带了个十八线艺人 A rookie agent takes on an obscure actress 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 In the Tenth Year of My Widowhood, My Dead Husband Came Back 守寡第十年，死去的丈夫回来了 [Seventies era + devoted couple + empowering female lead + entering dreams + supernatural strength + pocket dimension] After ten years of widowhood, Lin Shu is tied up in a sack and thrown into a pond by her in-laws! It’s all because Lin Shu thought her husband, who had been presumed dead for ten years, was still alive. He had been promoted in the military, married another woman, had a child, and even planned to bring his whole family to live with him near his base! Her sister-in-law steals Lin 149.1kReads8.9Score20.1k14d adds
- 5 The Mountain God Wrote a Letter 山神写了一封信 The Mountain God Wrote a Letter 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Pear Blossoms Fried in Snow 堂梨煎雪 Other people transmigrate and become princesses or young ladies. Xue Li transmigrates as a young lady too, but hers is a hellish start. What good is being beautiful? She’s still forced to entertain clients. Luckily, her very first client buys her and takes her to a military camp. But before long, an even more powerful bastard steals her away. Then she’s taken by someone who looks like a good man but turns out to be an even bigger bastard. Why would a prostitute be afraid of men? Why let them pus 713Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 7 I’m a Designer in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当设计师 Rebirth, transmigration, a System, a golden finger... What are you dreaming about? Did you save humanity or the entire galaxy? Why should you be the one who gets to transmigrate or be reborn? Ha! Gu Nuan is the one who saved the galaxy. Let’s see how she makes the most of her life in showbiz! 332Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 With a Clear Heart, It's Easy to Get Close to You 澄心诚易靠近你 With a clear and sincere heart, it’s easy to get close to you 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Crimson Fingertip's Lead 丹蔻引 Su Nanyi, a 21st-century nail salon owner, is flipping through an ancient text when she unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Su Sheng’s daughter. Su Sheng is a spice merchant in Linjiang County, in the Great Yan Kingdom. From the start, she is caught up in the massacre that wipes out the Su family. Determined to find the real culprit, Su Nanyi crosses paths by chance with the Third Prince, Han Xizhou, who has come to Linjiang to investigate the case. From the start, she even steals a kiss 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Forty and Bewildered: A Single Mother and a Shattered Elite 四十有惑：单亲妈妈与破碎精英 At forty, all that remains of his life is a countdown. With a promise to meet again at seventy, she tries to bring light to his shattered world. Shi Xiaoran, a divorced mother, discovers on her first day at her new job that her boss is a “monster”: he gives her lessons, assigns her homework, and treats her as his successor. Only later does she learn that this elite managing director, whom his subordinates call “Jiang the Butcher,” is trapped by a fortune told twenty-two years ago. Paroxetine is —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Heir to the Great Sage 大圣传人 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn in the 1980s: I Refuse the Marriage and Build a Factory into an Empire 重生八零拒嫁，建厂成豪门 This book is dedicated to everyone who lived through the 1980s. The characters are a cross-section of ordinary people from that era, and I hope their stories will be seen. It was a time when sons were valued over daughters, yet women still found ways to live remarkable lives! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 My Heart Is Good 我心本善 At its heart, this is the story of Zhu Lin, a ten-year-old child who lost his parents at an early age and can only use an outward show of strength to protect a heart that is actually fragile. In a brutally cruel world, how can a child protect the last light inside him, and ultimately find redemption through true “love”? The children’s novel My Heart Is Kind is here to meet you today. I hope you enjoy it. 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Reborn in the Nineties: A Golden Canary in Love 重生九零，情场金丝雀 A strong female lead. The romance was added later. Though it starts from a dance hall and includes things like keeping a canary, the story is quite serious, so please don't read too much into that. The plot comes first. It mainly follows the rough-and-tumble rise of a first-generation entrepreneur thirty years ago. All the characters are adults with brains, and they know and obey the law. If you're looking for an intense love story where the characters disregard the law and basic decency just to 3.3kReads9.1Score27214d adds
- 15 Survival Journal: Back to the World of Ordinary Life 求生日记：重返烟火人间 Not a wish-fulfillment story, no cheat powers, no rebirth: a realistic struggle to survive against the odds. An innocent only daughter meets the ultimate scumbag. He tricks her into love, saddles her with debt, then runs off, delivering a triple blow. She tries to take her daughter into the lake with her, but survives. Having died once, she finally comes to her senses. There’s no one to catch her when she falls and no one to save her. Every meal and every bit of warmth must be earned with her ow 5.6kReads8.8Score39214d adds
- 16 Tricked into Marriage by an Uncle-Circle Top-Tier Star 被叔圈顶流骗婚了 [Marriage first, love later + age gap + pure-hearted, love-struck male celebrity × career-driven female assistant who has sworn off love + wily old fox × little hedgehog (animal archetypes)] After a car accident, Lin Zhixia goes home with Zheng Sinong, a top-tier star in the “older uncle” scene. She agrees to marry him that very day, and they get their marriage certificate the next. As soon as they get the certificate, they're trending! One hot search after another! Are they trying to make her s 953Reads8.7Score10814d adds
- 17 Love in the Misty Rain of Bianjing 汴京烟雨情愫 Love in the Misty Rain of Bianjing 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 In the Misty Rain of Yangzhou, I Met Li Bai 烟雨下扬州，我遇到了李白 I Met Li Bai in the Misty Rain of Yangzhou 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Kisses on a Beijing Night 京夜有吻 The rating was just posted, so don't worry about it! [Unrequited Love | Mutual Pining After Reunion | Powerful Family Background] Xiao Ning had received praise her whole life. She came from a good family, did well in school, had a successful career, and had the face of everyone's first love. With her parents' protection and support, as well as her own hard work, she rose higher and higher, with nothing but smooth sailing ahead. The one place she hit a wall was marriage, which plunged her into de 11.3kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 20 Clear Skies Over Misty Isle 雾屿晴明 Eightieth consecutive-win champion of the Black Panther underground fight club + key point guard for the national men’s basketball team + gold-medal CMO + savage math genius + undercover cop in Jingbo City + high school bully who never smoked, drank, or picked on classmates + untamed, rebellious heartthrob = Jiang Yu (Zeta) Scheming, talented actress and top student + clear-eyed porcelain doll + stubborn, rational striver + master of psychological games + a madwoman who never gives up + psychol 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Awakening of a Middle-Aged Woman 一个中年女人的觉醒 [Family of Origin vs. the Fortress of Marriage] Chen Qingchen, an only child, is madly in love. She steals her household register and marries Lin Jiaxin, a man from a poor family who has made it on his own, unaware of what awaits her: a sharp-tongued mother-in-law who makes her life difficult, her father’s sudden death, her mother being forced out of the home, and underhanded attacks at work. When she hits rock bottom, two women become her lifelines. Her tough mother stands firmly behind her, wh 7.8kReads8.5Score75014d adds
- 22 After Marriage, the Tide Rises 婚后潮起 [Married first, fell in love later; no angst, sweet romance; a strong heroine with a solid sense of self; an upright, open-minded hero] Zhou Ying thought she had few emotional needs, but Qi Tianye’s thoughtfulness and tenderness gradually wore down her defenses. In the end, she still fell for him. Qi Tianye had always thought he would only fall in love once in his life. He had never imagined that another woman could find her way into his heart. “Do you believe in love at first sight?” “No.” “Wh 2kReads—Score15714d adds
- 23 I Love You Through Every Storm 风雨无阻我爱你 Pure Love vs. The Ultimate Test of Human Nature Xu Zhixin is an overlooked nobody in the modern workplace. Then she meets Mo Yanhao, a handsome, devoted, domineering CEO. They keep trending online, all because someone is determined to stop them from getting their happily-ever-after. The grudges and tangled history between the older generation shape the fate of those who come after them. Rivals become sisters, lovers get to stay together, yet biological sisters cannot tolerate each other’s existe 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Xu Fei's Wild Life 徐飞的浪荡人生 Just after the Lunar New Year, Xu Fei returns with a simple pack to the small northern city where he was born and raised, after three years away. He'd planned to find any wife and settle down to an ordinary life, but fate has other plans. He is pushed onto a path unlike any other, and begins a life far from ordinary. 780Reads6.7Score11114d adds
- 25 Ha, Ha, My Dear You 呵呵，亲爱的你 To make a name for herself in a top-tier city, she has to give her all at work. Wen Yijia is so busy that she doesn't even have time to catch her boyfriend cheating. After crying over a breakup, she puts on a face mask, drinks a glass of red wine, and wakes up the next day as a polished city beauty. Her laid-back motto: If love doesn't happen, so be it. At least I can stay gorgeous. 3.1kReads9.3Score25514d adds
- 26 A Knotty Red Thread: A Love Bet with a Vengeful Spirit 红线难牵：与怨灵的爱情赌约 The little matchmaker spirit Ling Que descends to the mortal realm to meet her KPI, only to be ambushed by a wager from her sworn enemy, the vengeful spirit Jinying. He takes on the role of her direct supervisor, using romantic-drama clichés to win the heroine's heart while creating real-life dilemmas to drive a wedge between childhood sweethearts. As workplace sexual assault and difficult choices over personal gain erupt one after another, Ling Que's red thread of fate is on the verge of snappi 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Old Liu and His Daughter 老刘和他的女儿 Lao Liu is an ordinary, down-and-out farmer with nothing to be proud of. But his ideas about raising his children are completely at odds with the mainstream. After 18 years of perseverance, his daughter has given him his proudest reason of all. Is he happy or unfortunate? Everyone probably has their own answer. 504Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Love Like a Sky Full of Stars 爱如繁星满天 A Cinderella marries into a wealthy family, only to be looked down on by her in-laws, ignored by her husband, and denied any say in the marriage. Even the divorce is forced upon her. After a painful reckoning, Guan Yu resolves to fight Bo Yan for custody of their child. But how can a mayfly shake a tree? Will Guan Yu get revenge, crush the trash, and face-slap her ex-husband? Don’t fantasize! Will she overcome every obstacle and reach the peak of her career? Don’t even dream! Reality will put yo 2.9kReads8.6Score24714d adds
- 29 I Live, I Die I活I This story has a fragmented, fast-paced feel. The heroine is forced to take over her entire family in the middle of an extremely chaotic emergency. I want you to experience alongside her that suffocating feeling of not even having time to catch your breath. Take your time reading, and don't rush. Historical Fantasy | Female Lead | Tragedy | Ensemble Cast | Political Intrigue | No Romance “What does it mean to be alive?” A little girl answers with a curse that lets her remember everything she 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Seven-Day Captivity: A Letter from the Abyss 七日囚——深渊的来信 Seven Days Imprisoned: A Letter from the Abyss 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 My Professor Stepmom and Her Darling Zhaozhao 教授后妈和她的昭昭小宝贝 [Second marriage for the male lead + the child is his biological daughter + they never fully fall in love + neither is chaste] [Highly educated families + prominent political families, both strong-willed, neither a typical good person] After earning her doctorate, Xie Qingwei smoothly stayed on as a university lecturer. Through a twist of fate, she, a committed non-marriage type, married Lin Jinghe, a retired high-ranking official who had already been married once and had a daughter. [Before the 5.1kReads7.5Score36914d adds
- 32 Thinking of You, With Only Warmth Left in the Ashes 念你烬余温 [Campus romance + CEO + win-back-the-wife chase + sweet romance + two strong leads + rekindled love] After ten years apart, the CEO hides the truth about the car accident and chases after her, only to suffer a miserable downfall. Ten years after their separation, Su Nian discovers that Qin Yan lied not only about his identity, but also about the car accident that destroyed her family. Now that the truth has come to light, where can their relationship go from here? Qin Yan tries every means to 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Mistakenly Climbing into a Life of Luxury 误攀浮华 I just got a notification from the platform that this is being adapted into a comic drama! This is not the same old story!!! You'll be captivated by the protagonists' charm, especially the male lead! [Guiding male lead | Not a domineering CEO | Realistic | Down-to-earth | Not over-the-top | Slow burn | No angst | Funny] [Sharp-dressed, devilishly handsome boss with a thousand schemes & pure, obedient girl who refuses to cling to the powerful] Original title: Mistakenly Climbing into the World of 30.8kReads9.1Score3.8k14d adds
- 34 Herding AI Dreams 牧AI梦 This book is also known as The Yuanbao Qingqing Universe On the Human-Ghost Couple in the 21st Century Who Took Their Thoughts from Playing in the Mud to Muskets, Cannons, and Missiles, and Straight to Nuclear Weapons ♡(*´∀`*)人(*´∀`*)♡💞 [PS: This book contains large quantities of undiluted radioactive thought. Consume at your own discretion, and have a cognitive-reconstruction toolkit ready.] [PS: This book is also known as The Two of Us.] [PS: This book is also known as The Everyday Romance of 254Reads—Score614d adds
- 35 Cast Aside, I Become Emperor: My Fate Is Mine to Command 弃子成皇：我命由我不由天 Yesterday, I was a discarded pawn. Today, I am the emperor. From pawn to player, and finally to the throne. This is the road of a ruthless hero, paved with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Everyone who stands in my way will become a stepping stone on my path from “discarded pawn to emperor.” 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Reborn as the Deposed Empress: The Dowager Empress’s Blade Draws Blood to Avenge Her Family 废后重生：太后掌心刃血偿满门仇 [Reborn as the Empress Dowager + Ruthless and Decisive + Empress’s Political Schemes] In her previous life, she was the empress, but the treacherous emperor and her half-sister betrayed her! Her entire family was executed, and she died consumed by hatred. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the Empress Dowager, ruling from behind the curtain! In this life, she casts aside love and wields the imperial seal. Her half-sister foolishly dreams of taking her place in the inner palace, so she 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 You Came to Me on a Sunny Day 你从晴天来 4.1kReads9.2Score33414d adds
- 38 A Delicate Educated Youth? General Zhenyuan: I Love Beautiful Women 知青娇弱？镇远将军：我爱美 At the General’s residence, the imperial edict had been delivered. Xue Mulan sat at the side table in the main hall. After a long while, she said only, “Enough!” After the general left, the maid in green collected half a cup of leftover tea, but did not wipe the table or straighten the chairs. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 A Lifetime of Humiliation, All for the Day of Reckoning 半生忍辱只等清算时刻 As a child, he lost his mother, who called him a good-for-nothing, and his father, who was useless alive. He barely survived the beatings and abuse from his stepfather and the others. Later, he discovered that his father hadn't actually died by suicide. He endured countless humiliations, and over 37 years, through patience and cunning, rose from an insignificant nobody to a wealthy power broker. He pulled off a breathtaking comeback! He spent half his life enduring humiliation, not just to survi 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 A New Myth of the Universe 宇宙新神话 The dazzling stars are the stage of the gods. When supernatural powers intertwine with interstellar technology across the boundless cosmos, how many wondrous legends will be born to capture our imaginations? What do they love? What do they hate? What do they fear? What do they seek? Perhaps in the endless universe, so-called gods and aliens are no different from us, ordinary people fumbling our way forward. We are all creatures struggling to survive, fighters who refuse to yield, and, above all, 4.5kReads9.2Score43814d adds
- 41 I Turned My Vegetative Wife's Workplace Upside Down 我替植物人老婆整顿职场 The protagonist is a top student and highly educated, but his day job is backbreaking construction work. He married a perfect wife, and their life together was pretty good. But one day, disaster struck: his wife attempted suicide and became a vegetable... After learning that workplace bullying had driven his wife to take her own life, “I” quit my day job and successfully applied for a position at her former workplace. With my own hard work and the help of a mysterious System, I track down the pe 45Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 42 The Great Demon Lord Has No Will to Survive 大魔头没有求生欲 An unpredictable, overwhelmingly powerful woman X a clingy, calculating man with a split personality In the twenty-first year of the Jing An era, the only son of Liu Tingfeng, the Breezewind Swordsman, died suddenly. The three members of the Mirror Pavilion were ordered to investigate. After uncovering the truth, they were on their way back to the Mirror Pavilion to report when a mysterious young man tricked them into falling into a trap set by Hua Wuqiu, a notorious demon of the martial world. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Misty Isle Equation 雾屿方程式 The book just finished, so the rating is low for now. It’ll gradually go up. Please don’t let that scare you off, dear readers! The Equation of Misty Isle [High-Stakes Version] When a model student who steals exam questions meets a fallen genius, fate has already written the only solution to this game played in the name of mathematics. Wu Wu wants to break free from the gilded cage her mother built. Jiang Yu wants to bury the bloody truth behind his father’s death. They fall in love amid the 36Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 44 Killergarten 2: Frozen Throne 杀戮幼儿园2冰封王座——Killergarten2FrozenThrone Killergarten 2: Frozen Throne —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Diary of Survival in the City 城市生存日记 [No Golden Finger + A Terrible Start from the Start + Self-Redemption + A Realistic Guide to Urban Homelessness] Watch a little waif scavenge and save money, making life a little better, one step at a time. He Qinghuan barely escaped her home deep in the mountains with her life, and now wanders the city. She must avoid being discovered as homeless and sent back, while making full use of the city's resources to feed herself and survive until she's old enough to work and support herself. Looking u 320Reads8.3Score14214d adds
- 46 Notes from the Pastoral Dream 牧梦札记 Also known as The Shepherd's Dream Notes: A Comprehensive Guide to TV Dramas Also known as Those Years of Endless Complaints and Unsaid Words Also known as That Ghostly Couple Who Never Run Out of Things to Say, Now Writing Reading Journals The original works featured are tentatively Empresses in the Palace, My Fair Princess, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, The Return of the Condor Heroes, Dream of the Red Chamber, The Three-Body Problem, and others. (Note: Life is 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Person in the Mirror: Who's Living My Life? 镜中人：谁在替我活着 The Person in the Mirror: Who Is Living My Life 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 She Works as a Maid for a Shenzhen Tycoon 她在深圳豪门做保姆 After her husband divorces her, a nurse from a small county town heads south to Shenzhen to support her child and put her younger brother through school. After losing her job, she is hired as a nanny by Miss Chen, a wealthy heiress. She goes through being framed, misunderstood, dismissed, earning her first savings, suffering a miscarriage after being beaten, and heartbreak. In the end, she marries a local bachelor and becomes the leading lady of a wealthy family. As Miss Chen’s nanny, she witnes 6.3kReads9.2Score75414d adds
- 49 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.5kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 50 At Dusk, the Child Returns 暮时子归 [Print edition now available] “Did you know Lin Daiyu is supposed to be paired with Sun Wukong? Nuwa arranged this ‘wood-and-stone bond’ as the destined match of the Goddess of the Xiao River and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.” Xiao Xiang has had enough of drifting around and wants to go back to her hometown and live off her family. But the place is a complete mess, and there's nowhere for her to stay. Then there's that crafty Great Sage with eight hundred tricks up his sleeve, constantly makin 158Reads—Score—14d adds
