Novels like Hah, My Ex-Wife Played Me
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Hah, My Ex-Wife Played Me, best match first.
- 1 Lustful Marriage in the Capital 瑟欲京婚 [Both reborn / two hopeless romantics save each other / extra-sweet everyday life] Zhao Sechu was the real heiress who had been switched at birth. At twenty-two, she returned to the Zhao family and was married off to Zhou Nanyu, the eldest son of the Zhou family. On their wedding day, Zhou Nanyu ran away. As the Zhou family's younger son, Zhou Jingmo was forced to step in and marry her. After the wedding, Zhou Jingmo was mature and dependable, and especially gentle with Zhao Sechu. All he ever a 24.3kReads8.9Score5k14d adds
- 2 Is the Baby Made of Water? Why Do They Cry Every Time I Kiss Them? 宝宝是水做的吗？怎么一亲就哭 A gloomy, lovesick, unhinged madman × a timid, adorably fierce sweetheart [Obsessive Love + Both Pure + Love Rivals + Taking Down Scumbags + Face-Slapping + Marriage First, Love Later] Bai Liuyan transmigrated into a book as a wicked rich heiress. The original owner had been infatuated with the scumbag Xiao Ji for four years, and had imprisoned and abused Zhou Wangzhi, the man she used as a stand-in. She decisively put Xiao Ji in his place and did everything she could to make amends to Zhou Wang 924Reads8.8Score15314d adds
- 3 The 1980s: The Newly Popular Starlet Transmigrates into a Book and Lives It Up 八零：新晋小花穿书后日子爽翻了 (Period + powerful male lead + sweet or sassy + never takes abuse + devoted husband + mind-reading moments + building a fortune) Su Luyun is a rising star who has taken the entertainment world by storm. After refusing her cousin's request to use her for publicity, her cousin wrote her into a novel as a disposable foil to the heroine! Su Luyun: “...” She looked at her comatose husband, a handsome 185-centimeter-tall man lying in bed after being injured in the line of duty, so good-looking he made 29.5kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 4 Seized Abroad: The Unhinged Brutal Man's Forced Love! 异国强占，疯批暴徒强制爱！ Forced love + abduction and domination + a deranged, violent male lead + a born villain + a top-tier armed thug + a resilient Eastern beauty + international romance + strong male lead and weak female lead + height difference + size difference + four-year age gap + both leads have no prior partners + devoted, doting husband On her way through a primeval forest to find medicinal herbs for her grandfather, Nan Shengsheng unexpectedly saves a man. She saves his life, and the deranged thug repays he 16.3kReads8.7Score1.4k14d adds
- 5 I Can’t Resist! The Capital’s Big Shot Bows His Head and Coaxes Me 招架不住！京圈大佬低头诱宠 [Marriage before love + sweet, devoted romance between two inexperienced partners + second male lead gets his comeuppance + face-slapping revenge + ultra-sweet daily life] Jiang Yunzhi transmigrates into a cannon-fodder female character in a melodramatic CEO novel. She's a stand-in for the beloved white moonlight, and the true heiress whose place has been taken by a fake heiress. She turns down a marriage alliance with a trillionaire CEO just to become the original male lead's devoted fangirl an 29.8kReads9.0Score2k14d adds
- 6 We Married a Monster First, Then Fell in Love, and It Became Love-Brained 与怪物先婚后爱，它变成了恋爱脑 [Nonhuman love interests + episodic stories + a sweet romance sampler] [The male leads are all nonhuman, some gloomy and sinister, others adorably clueless. They're all hopeless romantics. Each heroine has a different personality, because I want to write stories about girls with all kinds of personalities winning over nonhumans.] 1. On the second day after the world changed, someone knocked on my door. Standing outside was my husband, who had been dead for three years. "My Husband, Dead for Thre 8.5kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 7 Forget Childhood Sweethearts, the Chaste Man in Power Is Irresistibly Charming 谈什么竹马，禁欲掌权人他超撩 The print edition of Submitting to Her Delicate Charm is now available on major shopping platforms. Search for it to buy a copy~ [Elegant, dazzling heiress & aloof, powerful head of a wealthy family] [Sweet romance + love at first sight + evenly matched leads + the second male lead chases his wife to the crematorium] When Wen Jiu learned that her childhood sweetheart boyfriend had wavered because of another girl, she broke up with him without hesitation. She thought they would be strangers from 50.6kReads9.1Score4.3k14d adds
- 8 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Was Pulled into My Younger Uncle's Arms 退婚后，被小叔叔揽腰宠 Diva × Daddy-Type | Mutual Firsts / HE Ruan Li had been adopted and treated like a pampered young heiress for over a decade. Then one day, the real daughter was suddenly found. She took Ruan Li’s room, connections, and even her fiancé. When the real daughter persuaded their parents to marry her off to a middle-aged tycoon, Ruan Li turned to the one man no one dared offend: her former fiancé’s uncle. Late one night, she pretended to be scared and knocked on Fu Huaizhou’s door in her pajamas. “Unc 24.4kReads9.3Score2.7k14d adds
- 9 His White Jasmine 他的白茉莉花 In the middle of the night, Song Mo goes alone up the mountain to find the gang of street racers. She is like a delicate, sweet-scented jasmine blossom. Her clear gaze falls on the man at the head of the group. “Bro...” The man bows his head, fiddling with a black glove. He tells her to get lost, then turns and vanishes into the night with the wind. In the dense mountain mist, the fragrance of jasmine and the rich, mature, wanton scent of some perfume overlap and mingle for a single, fleeting mo 11.6kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 10 I Will Never Leave the Green Mountains 不与青山辞 [Marry First, Love Later + Older Man + Guiding Lover + Both Pure] "A gentle, fatherly boyfriend and a bright little ray of sunshine" One moment, Jiang Tang thought she had finally made it through every hardship. The next, she was doing a full backflip and crashing into an iceberg. By a series of mishaps, she had managed to get involved with Mu Zhiqing. He was a mysterious businessman who stood alone atop a high tower, as unfathomable as a deep abyss. Rumor had it that he was upright and proper, 27.2kReads9.4Score2.9k14d adds
- 11 Double Happiness 上上禧 [Marriage First, Love Later + Older Man + Secret Crush + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] Song Xi had a good friend. Her friend said her second brother was rich and handsome, tall with long legs, and urged Song Xi to go on a blind date and win him over. Then she could become her beloved second sister-in-law. Song Xi got carried away and agreed. The good news: They slept together. The bad news: She slept with the wrong person. The crazy news: She got a marriage certificate with the wrong person. Whe 52.2kReads9.0Score8.2k14d adds
- 12 Recklessly Tender: President Zhou Is Flirtatious and Full of Tricks 肆意温柔，周总他又撩又茶 Everyone says Zhou of Hengyan Group is so refined and dignified that he’s beyond reproach. Then someone overhears his friends teasing him for being whipped. He curls his lips into a smile and casually takes a jab at everyone present. “Still drinking? I’ll pass. My wife would worry about me.” “Quiet, everyone. I need to call and check in with her!” “Wait, you guys don’t have wives keeping tabs on you? How pitiful.” Everyone else: ... After finally marrying the woman he’d had a crush on throughou 35.6kReads9.4Score3.5k14d adds
- 13 Unfamiliar by Day 白日不熟 [Marriage first, love later + Hong Kong tycoon family + sizzling chemistry + flirtatious desire + devoted couple] [Possessive, obsessive tycoon and powerful executive ✖️ alluring heiress and CEO] Song Qingyun, a daughter of one of Hong Kong City’s most prominent families, hides a wild, untamable nature beneath her good-girl disguise. Three months into their arranged marriage, she has completely forgotten her contract husband, name and all, and has instead picked up a hot guy at a bar overseas. O 45.4kReads9.4Score6.8k14d adds
- 14 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Big Shot’s Lazy Pillow 穿书后成了大佬的咸鱼抱枕 Outside, a raging storm howled and battle cries filled the air. Inside, Ning Xihua suddenly jolted awake on the bed. Propping herself up halfway, she looked confused. “What’s going on?” The man held a book in one hand and pulled her into his arms with the other. “Nothing. Go back to sleep.” “Oh.” Ning Xihua lay back down and promptly fell asleep. If the big shot was this calm, then even if knives were raining down outside, it had nothing to do with her. After transmigrating into a book, Ning Xi 50.9kReads9.4Score5.8k14d adds
- 15 The Unhinged Big Shot's Twisted Devotion Leaves His Soft Little Darling Dazed with Kisses 疯批大佬病态溺宠，小娇软被亲懵 Short drama now streaming | [Beautiful, soft-spoken, coy little temptress x Powerful, high-ranking, unhinged tycoon] When Jiang Yaoyao transmigrated into a book, she was perched coquettishly on the villainous tycoon’s lap, her red lips close to the side of his face. Her voice was soft and sweet, her eyes seductive. “Mr. Pei, I’ve admired you for a long time...” The man looked down at her, his eyes cold and unreadable. The next moment, he grabbed her wrist. The dagger the original character had s 44.6kReads9.3Score3.7k14d adds
- 16 The Girl Who Was My Moonlight Is Done with This! 白月光她不干了！ “You are the beautiful, high-born second female lead, the childhood sweetheart who returns from abroad as everyone’s unattainable ideal. You marry the CEO of a multinational corporation for a business alliance. But you can’t help falling for the male lead, your childhood friend, and you constantly scheme against the innocent, sweet female lead. In the end, the leads live happily ever after, while your husband and family abandon you, and you die a horrible death.” After transmigrating into the an 74.1kReads9.2Score7.6k14d adds
- 17 Ah! The Villains I Drove to Darkness Can Read My Mind 啊！被我逼黑化的反派们能读我心 On the day she’s supposed to die as a vicious, brother-obsessed supporting character, she somehow gains the ability to hear the thoughts of her brothers, who have all turned evil! Standing on a high platform, Qiao Chuchu wails, “You’ll always be my brothers! I’m going to die right in front of you, so you’ll never forget me for the rest of your lives!” But what her seven gorgeous brothers hear is: [Hahaha, bye-bye! With a trillion in assets, I can live like a rich lady! You can stay here and suff 33.5kReads9.3Score4.2k14d adds
- 18 The Beautiful Stepmother Who Sweetened the Whole Family 漂亮后妈，甜翻全家 Publication deal signed. On sale August 28. [One-on-one sweet romance + marriage of convenience + lighthearted daily life + both leads speak their minds] Sheng Mumu transmigrates into a book. Other people transmigrate into books to date handsome men and become stars. But when it’s her turn, she has to become the stepmother of a 17-year-old rich young master? Help, she wants out! Wait, what? If she pretends to be married, she’ll get 500,000 yuan in pocket money every month and an additional card 53.6kReads9.6Score7.2k14d adds
- 19 Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮 [Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on 178.3kReads9.6Score27.8k14d adds
- 20 I Gave the Mute CEO Talk Therapy, and the Whole Family Was Stunned 我给哑巴总裁做话疗，豪门全懵了 “Chatty Little Sun Heroine × Mute Powerhouse in a High Position, Married First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Daily Life” Sang Lu awakened to the truth. In the original story, she was a vicious sister-in-law from a wealthy family. She despised her mute husband, teamed up with awful relatives to swindle her own family, and did every kind of wicked thing. Her husband ignored her, her younger brothers-in-law slapped her, and she met a tragic end. “Wait, was I the huge idiot all along?” Abs 53.1kReads9.5Score6.7k14d adds
- 21 Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉 (The print edition is now available) [Love after marriage, age gap, slow-burn everyday sweetness] *A gentle beauty from a family of scholars × a refined, fatherly man *A comic artist with a billion in assets × an influential Beijing aristocrat and chamber of commerce chairman Chu Shuang knew from childhood that she was promised to the Sheng family of the imperial capital, but she had never met her fiancé. Later, by a twist of fate, she moved into the Sheng residence and met her friend’s older br 134.8kReads9.5Score15.5k14d adds
- 22 A Gentle Seduction 软诱 The print edition of Rose Crown goes on sale August 10. Available on all platforms. [Married First, Love Later + Secret Crush + He Chases His Wife After Losing Her, But She Never Looks Back + Both Are Each Other’s First] She was the Xu family’s adopted daughter, and Zhou Yuetian’s little shadow. She had followed him everywhere since childhood, until she heard him say this at the age of twenty-four: “She’s just the Xu family’s adopted daughter. Why would I actually care about her? People like us 71.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds
