Novels like When the Plum Blossoms Bloom
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as When the Plum Blossoms Bloom, best match first.
- 151 Transmigrate to the Wasteland? I'll Cut Down You High-and-Mighty Elites 穿越废土？砍的就是你们人上人 Wasteland punk + mobile fortress + heroine with supernatural powers + no CP One-sentence summary: What did I do right to go from a bottom-rung laborer to the bane of the upper class? Lin Xu transmigrates into a terrible situation, becoming a bottom-rung laborer in a mobile stronghold. “Eat garbage from cans, drink polluted water, enjoy a short life.” At first, her goal is simple: she just wants to breathe some fresh air. But that breath of fresh air causes a huge problem: she gains psychic powe 13.8kReads9.1Score2.6k14d adds
- 152 When Fate Arrives, Love Is Just That Sweet 缘分到了，就是那么甜 When Shen Yuyan was twenty-two, she had just started her teaching internship. A blind online date turned into a real-life meeting (though the male lead had already seen her) and she somehow ended up with a college student boyfriend. They began with a long-distance relationship, then moved in together, and went from her family opposing a marriage far from home to eventually giving their blessing. After a winding journey, they got married and had children, with plenty of little stories about getti 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Breaking Through the Wasteland, Fighting My Way Out 废土破局，杀出重围 [Post-apocalyptic reconstruction + strong female lead + no romance + multiple female characters + plot-driven + special abilities + a touch of ensemble cast] From the start, Xia Wanzhi is an experimental subject strapped to a lab table. She escapes the research institute, battles mutated beasts in the wilderness, plays different roles for different people, earns resources at a base, and gets caught up in power struggles and conspiracies... Faced with countless questions, she gradually uncovers a 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 What Does It Have to Do with You? 有半毛钱关系吗？ What’s it to me? What’s it to you? It’s nobody’s business! These three phrases are all you need to put an end to overthinking! What’s it got to do with you? What’s it got to do with me? What’s it got to do with anyone? Whenever you face a person or a situation, just ask yourself these three questions, and there won’t be a problem. May everyone live true to themselves, independent and beautiful! A coming-of-age story about four girls with very different personalities. This isn’t a story. It’s bas 88Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 155 Gender Equality: Eloping with the Pure-Hearted Girl and the Villainess 女男平等：拐走小白花与恶毒女配 Transmigration + a world where women and men are equal + no romance pairing at the end + female awakening + female friendship + growth A pure, kind, sunny, cheerful, clever, resilient, petite, adorable, innocent-flower heroine from a traditional romance novel joins forces with a spoiled, haughty, forceful, clever, ambitious, wicked rival from a traditional romance novel. Together, they travel to a world where women and men are equal, and experience a different culture and customs. “Hello, we’r 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 She Pushed Her Best Friend Toward Her Husband 她把闺蜜推向了丈夫 Keep your home safe from fire, thieves, and your best friend. When a wife spots signs that something is off with her husband, she wonders if she’s just being paranoid. Still, she stays alert. Things take a winding course, and each time there seems to be a reasonable explanation. But the clues keep piling up, and she can’t help confiding her doubts to her best friend. In the end, the evidence of an affair gradually points to the best friend. 261Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Words Without Sound 言无声 [Not a feel-good power fantasy] [science fiction] [no System] [school life] In 1995, an outbreak began in Tianfu City after the water supply was accidentally contaminated. Within just a few days, countless animals and humans began to mutate. The infected, who had the ability to regenerate and could not die, lost their minds and attacked ordinary people. The entire city gradually fell. After a fierce battle in which the military suffered heavy casualties, the outbreak was finally contained before 4Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 158 The River of Dark Currents 黯流之河 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 159 Those Years in Dongguan 在东莞那些年 This book tells the story of an ordinary loser who finds love while working at a factory. After his future mother-in-law demands an outrageous bride price, he works hard, sets out to build a business, and pursues his dream. Giving up a high-paying job, he leads his friends back to their hometown to start a business, transforming a place so poor that no one could find a wife into a place young women are eager to marry into. 85Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 160 After My Best Friend Entrusted Me with Her Child, I Ascended the Throne! 闺蜜托孤后，我登基为帝！ Strong female lead, no CP, transmigrate into a book, raising a child, campaigns and battles, God of War, standout supporting heroine. (Female characters will gradually appear, and there will be more women than men.) After transmigrating three years earlier, Xia Mingzhu had met, come to know, and become close friends with Yang Qingyue. The two women were stationed in Qingzhou. When their army was defeated one day, Yang Qingyue entrusted her daughter to Xia Mingzhu and revealed the girl’s name, Li 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 An Ordinary Person's Unordinary Journey Through Life 平凡人不甘平凡的人生路 An ordinary person’s life has its occasional ups and downs, but where does a life without guidance lead? After three years working in a factory, a twist of fate sends him into real estate brokerage! He grows immensely proud after enjoying some of the real estate boom. But after the tide goes out, how will he face the decline and deal with family, love, and friendship? This is your story, and it’s mine too. So I’ve heard... 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Two Abnormal Humans and a Motorcycle 两个非正常人类与摩托车 Love that defies social norms has often been seen as a symbol of courage and freedom, admired and celebrated. This is the one kind of love people will always despise. This is not a novel, just a story from real life. There are no thrills, no climaxes, no pacing, only despair and oppression. It might be of some small help to people who truly love motorcycles, but be prepared to be mocked. This story has an unconventional outlook on life, values, and the world, and portrays a world of abnormal peo 2.2kReads—Score38114d adds
- 163 Bullied by My Boss, My Aunt Helps Me Fight Back 被上司欺压，阿姨带你去反扑 During a round of layoffs at the company, Xia Zhan was abandoned by the leader he trusted most, something he never saw coming. But Xia Zhan refused to give up. He teamed up with Hou Xiaotian and planned his moves step by step. Watch Xia Zhan enjoy life in the workplace. 396Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Ice and Fire Reboot: I Stockpile Supplies with a Ring 冰火重启：我靠戒指屯物资 A global heatwave brings temperatures of 50 degrees for six months. It isn't enough to kill people outright, but energy supplies run critically low and production grinds to a halt. Humanity can only rely on its stockpiles, including food. The heat makes farming impossible, and power generation from water fails as reservoirs evaporate. The apocalypse is about to begin, and people are slowly showing their true colors. Acts once punishable by death become more and more common. Then two months of t 2Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 165 Aunt Mei 媚姨 Male Lead: Ding Yuan Female Lead: Liu Meiyi No one is reborn, and there is no System. This is an era of struggle belonging to the older generation! That year, Ding Yuan earned top marks in the imperial examinations, only to have his life stolen from him when his stepmother conspired with her family to switch his results. His father, unaware of the truth, set out on a rainy night to sell goods in the mountains and raise money for Ding Yuan to retake the exams. But the tractor overturned in a ravi 5.6kReads8.8Score48014d adds
- 166 My Urban Life 我的都市生活 Magical realism: After my soul developed a mind of its own, it packed its bags and set out into the world, inhabiting different lives and experiencing different ways of living. This is the story of what my soul encounters in different worlds, in different genders and species. Along the way, it forms attachments, changes, and gives life a different shape. 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 167 At the Pinnacle of Power: The Making of a Political Star 官声之巅峰权力 Her superior was under investigation, his girlfriend cheated on him, and he was bullied and forced to take leave. Cheng Zhu faced his darkest hour from the start. But after three years as his superior’s personal secretary, he knew the city leader had been framed, and that he himself was nothing more than collateral in a power struggle. To change his fate, he decided to rely on his own abilities to get the city leader out. What Cheng Zhu didn’t know was that he was about to face a shocking st 60.7kReads8.6Score3.7k14d adds
- 168 Experiencing Life’s Finest Moments, Starting in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始历人间芳华 This is a story about traveling through different eras in search of youthful romance. The stories don't follow any set plot, and the courtyard section is a little slow-paced. The later stories about the jungles of Vietnam and Shanghai are more exciting~~~ Fans of plot-driven stories, please don't flame me. Thanks. 465Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 169 The Wall Is Four and a Half Meters High 高墙四米半 The author is a grassroots police officer who drew on personal experience to write this story. Using a detention center as its starting point and major cases once reported by CCTV as its basis, the novel recreates the reality of life inside a detention center and the process of investigating cases. Its greatest strength is its authenticity: this is a realistic novel that reads more like literary reportage. 137Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 170 The Phoenix Woman Marries a Phoenix Man 凤凰女嫁给凤凰男 This is an inspirational story about Yan Yan and Liang Liang, two top students who make their way from the countryside to Beijing. Through their own hard work, they put down roots there, buy a home and a car, and raise a family. Their journey is filled with hardships and laughter, as they keep facing new challenges and growing along the way. 242Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Men’s Forbidden Zone 男人禁区 A wisp of fragrance brushed gently across Zhang Yijin's face. “Ah, where am I?” A beautiful young woman lay in Zhang Yijin's arms, smiling at him. “Brother Jin, we're in a hotel room.” “What? No way. How did we end up together?” Looking at his ex-wife's best friend, Zhang Yijin was completely bewildered. “You got drunk, so I brought you to the hotel!” As she spoke, the beauty leaned close to Zhang Yijin's ear and whispered softly. Suddenly, Zhang Yijin remembered his situation: he had cancer, hi 16Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 172 Marriage Is a Scam 婚姻似骗局 This novel tells several little stories about love and marriage, in the hope of helping married and unmarried women alike see marriage for what it really is. A certain well-known contemporary male writer once said that the essence of marriage is that it devours people. Actually, whether it devours people or not is beside the point. Human nature is inherently selfish. If you’re a woman with a hopelessly romantic heart and want a cure, you should definitely read this. You can get married, but make 7.5kReads8.7Score1.3k14d adds
- 173 What's There to Fear About Divorce at 40? My First Love Has My Back 40岁离婚怕什么，还有初恋兜底 [A levelheaded housewife who knows when to retreat and when to advance + an icy doctor who advances by retreating] [Midlife struggles + parent-child relationships + redemption + mutual healing] Her husband is having an affair with his boss. Her son is a high school senior and has started dating. Zhu Yi, who quit her job three years ago, feels as if her world is collapsing. Then she unexpectedly runs into Yang Yiqing, her first love, whom she had lost touch with years ago. Suddenly, time speeds 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Bold Pursuit, Secret Indulgence 强撩与暗宠 On one side, his female boss pulls him into an emotional tug-of-war. On the other, the female dean offers him a healing companionship. Caught between them, he doesn't want to give up his stable job, but he can't bear to let go of the peace and comfort she brings, either. Choosing between them becomes his greatest dilemma. 4.7kReads7.1Score42514d adds
- 175 I Hastily Married a Poor Guy, but He Turned Out to Be a Tycoon Who Dotes on Me 闪婚穷小子，他竟是豪门大佬宠我入骨 I married a poor guy on a whim, but he's actually a wealthy tycoon who dotes on me 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Psychic Awakening: Forced to Transmigrate, I Grow Stronger with Every Fight 灵能觉醒：被迫穿越的我越打越强 [Superpowers] + [feel-good power fantasy] + [thrilling battles] + [slow-paced] + [one heroine] The Abyss's corruption has latched onto this world like a parasite. To stop the Abyss from corrupting their world, the supreme will of the world gradually invests its authority in the mortal realm, even reaching across space to abduct Li Xin from another world and help it descend upon this one. Poor Li Xin is forced to come to this world and becomes the vessel through which the divine will ultimately p 9Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 177 Invincible, Starting with Taking a Beating 无敌，从挨揍开始 A homebody transmigrates to another world, but fails to awaken his powers and gets beaten awake instead... With an unreliable old man living inside him, he conquers another world, surrounded by beautiful women. He is decisive and does as he pleases. Will he ever make it back to the primeval world where the old man came from? Stay tuned... —Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 178 She Is the Light I Owe 她是我欠下的一场光 “Now your tears look like the real performance of a personality disorder.” Thirty-year-old Wang Mang was shrewd and self-serving, accustomed to weighing every option. He had a fiancée in name only, yet one night at an ear-cleaning salon, he fell into the clear eyes of nineteen-year-old Jiang Qi. He thought he was in control, replacing companionship with “guidance” and masking indifference with “maturity.” He taught her to be sensible, to be independent, and to keep her composure in a cruel worl 6Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 179 I Am a Patient 我是一个病人 I was lucky enough to escape yesterday and live today, but I couldn't escape the truth that I had become a puppet. Somewhere in the world, there is always another person just like you, in appearance or personality, whether he, she, or it. When you meet, it is all part of fate. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Slaying Gods, Starting with Killing the Male Lead 弑神，从杀男主开始 [Completed] [No CP + ensemble of women + mutual salvation + anti-cliché + xianxia + metafiction] [Content warnings: The heroine is not a genuinely kind and beautiful saint, and starts killing from the start! She isn't the only one in the spotlight; there will be many other female characters. Not every woman is strong: they can be weak and make mistakes, and they'll need time to grow. Feel free to ship whoever you like; I personally prefer friendship and family bonds.] What would the world becom 948Reads9.2Score15514d adds
- 181 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
- 182 The Family's Hidden Guards 家族暗卫 A story about rural revitalization, bringing a family back together and creating an ideal life. Before the Spring Festival in 2025, my second uncle asked me to return to the village to meet him. He handed me a black stone passed down through our family and told me to inherit the duty of the family’s secret guards, protecting our family’s development from the shadows. I also inherited a fortune passed down through the family, along with the friendship of eight families who had been close to o 7.8kReads—Score1k14d adds
- 183 The Night Is Hungry, and There’s No Escaping His Possessiveness 夜色贪婪，逃不开他的占有 After her fiancé and best friend joined forces to take everything from her, Su Xiaoran fell from the clouds into the mud. In her moment of despair, she stumbled into Gu Haifeng's arms. The man gripped her chin and said in a low voice, “From today on, you're mine.” The scumbag and the bitch? She'll make sure they lose everything and end up disgraced! As for this powerful tycoon? Su Xiaoran only wants to run, but he pins her in a corner, possessiveness overflowing. “Running? Where do you think you 614Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 1959: A Chance Meeting with Qin Huairu in a Corncrib 年代1959苞米棚邂逅秦淮茹 [Multiple Heroines] [Period Novel] [Pocket Dimension] [Siheyuan] If you don't like these, don't read! Li Xing opened his eyes in 1959, a starving refugee on the brink of death. All he had left was half a moldy steamed bun. Fortunately, he awakened a pocket dimension of one mu. The relief station took him in, and the state-run supply cooperative gave him important work. Wild boars, grain, gold: his pocket dimension grew fuller by the day. Qin Huairu got divorced, Lou Xiaoe wanted to be with him, 8.6kReads6.9Score47814d adds
- 185 Lost in the Ghost City: The Name of God Must Be Forgotten 诡城迷途：神的名字必须被遗忘 [Cthulhu Mythos] [SCP Foundation] [A Touch of Mystery] [Occult Style] [Complete] There is no conventional leveling up and monster-slaying, only mysteries that are eerie, wondrous, or astonishing. A typewriter that is always right, a nameless monster that must be forgotten, a floor that can never be reached, the mysterious SKG organization... What truths are concealed within this world shrouded in layers of mist? 31Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 186 The Tail Fire Tiger and Kui Wood Wolf 尾火虎奎木狼 As the old saying goes: Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles; traveling ten thousand miles is not as good as meeting countless people; meeting countless people is not as good as spending every day with masters; and having an expert show you the way is not as good as reaching enlightenment on your own. Over the years, I’ve read plenty of books, traveled many roads, met many people, and experienced many things. I’ve also spent time with masters, and gained a fe 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 The Playboy and the Five Golden Flowers 风流之子与五朵金花 [Completed] If you happened to click on this, please read a few more pages, or even a few dozen, and help boost my stats. Thanks for your support! This is the story of a group of people who came from elsewhere to work and put down roots in Zhuhai. They fall in love, get married, buy homes, and have children. The first half covers their lives up to marriage. The second half explores marriage, human nature, changes in society, and growing up in middle age. This novel has a calm and gentle tone, pe 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Finding True Love Inside and Outside Marriage in Midlife 人到中年婚姻内外寻找真爱 Yang Duo is a flower in full bloom. Though she’s forty, she’s still young and beautiful. A woman in pursuit of true love, she yearns for romance and has spent her life exploring and experiencing it. A passionate love affair that nearly cost her life in her youth, a joyless marriage in middle age, and an unexpected encounter outside her marriage: whenever she falls for someone, she loves with wild abandon and suffers heartbreak that tears her apart. Her three close friends have very different l 637Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 189 Women on the Career Ladder 职场路上的女人们 Amid the shifting tides of the crowded world, people are always boarding ships and leaving them behind. When they came riding the waves, they carried unspoken obsessions. When they turned away, the hems of their robes swept up the stars, while the warmth frozen in their palms seeped forever into the course of the voyage. 857Reads7.1Score10414d adds
- 190 The Man with Six Marriages 六婚男人 A marriage spanning half a century, full of ups and downs, and one man's six sorrowful, blood-stained journeys into wedlock. In the late 1970s, at a state-owned coal mine in Northeast China, Kim Dazhuang, an ethnic Korean Chinese who had returned from Korea, was tall and burly, with a fiery temper. He sweated through his work amid the roar of steam locomotives. Over the course of his life, he went through six marriages. Each time, he entered with hope, only for almost every one to end in heartbr 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Seeking Light in the Mortal World: Spiritual Redemption Through the Cundi Mantra 尘世寻光：准提咒下的心灵救赎 Seeking Light in the Mortal World: Spiritual Redemption Through the Zhunti Mantra 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Demolition Debris Hits My Head! The Land Grab Ending Had Me Rolling 拆迁砸头！抢房结局笑疯 Demolition debris hits him on the head! The scramble for the house ends in hilarious chaos. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Guanshan Saber 关山刀 On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God ascended to Heaven. Yan Feilong's father did not come home. Three days later, his mother was found dead in the village temple, a wound in her stomach. The twelve-year-old boy slipped a chipped knife into his clothes and walked into the salt flats, looking for a man: tall and thin, with a mole on his chin. He found him. Three strikes. One for his father, one for his mother, and the last so he could go on living. His revenge was d 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 A False Marriage 假嫁 Lang Xi, a businesswoman bent on revenge, is willing to put herself in harm’s way and marry her enemy’s son, Liu Ze. But Liu Ze cheats on her repeatedly during their marriage. Hounded by her mother-in-law and locked in a bitter struggle with his mistress, Lang Xi joins forces with her biological father, Liu Huazi, to avenge her mother and reclaim her grandfather’s estate. Lang Xi’s monologue: After I married into this family, my mother-in-law hit me, my husband hit me, and even his mistress hit 142Reads—Score1014d adds
- 195 Sky Screen: I, the Princess of Ten Thousand Years, Rebuild the Han Dynasty Three Times! 天幕：我，万年公主，三造大汉！ [Historical Court Intrigue + Nation-Building and Farming + Three Kingdoms Ensemble Cast + Empress + Strong Female Lead + Livestreaming + Satisfying Female-Power Story] Liu Yue, a modern engineering PhD, was born into the body of Princess Wannian in the final years of the Han dynasty. The history books spare her only a few words: Dong Zhuo abused her, and she died after her “passage was torn apart.” In t 96Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 196 A Depressed Person's Soliloquy 抑郁者的独白 An inner monologue from someone living with depression. Just as her life was about to wither away, the will to live drove her to break free with all her strength from the invisible chains holding her back. Suddenly, she understood that there are many ways to live. This book can also be seen as the author's own journey of redemption and healing through a life on the road. It also introduces the scenery and local culture of the places she visited. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Ice Clouds and Fire 冰云与火 Susu is a flame fox spirit, and Bai Bingyun is a genius swordsman. Bai Bingyun is incredibly powerful. If he were willing to compromise, he could have endless wealth and luxury, any kind of power, even eternal life. Yet he insists on fighting back, taking on this world and its lofty, despicable emperor. Susu tells him, “A blazing fire fueled by my blood, a divine sword forged from my body. If the sword breaks, I’ll die too.” Bai Bingyun tells her, “If we fail, I’ll drive the broken sword into my 5Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 198 Under the Influence of Dopamine 多巴胺作祟 [Mutual pining + reunion after years apart] Sweet, with a little angst, moving moments, warmth, and plenty to relate to. "Sweet, gentle, restless small-town exam ace" vs. "handsome, gentlemanly, brooding ABC" Everyone says Liu Yuqiu is the ideal man. Only Zhou Lingwei knows just how bad he can be. Everyone thinks Zhou Lingwei is harmless. Only Liu Yuqiu knows how ruthless she is. Where’s the love in the CBD? Where’s the romance? It’s all a contest between "bad guys" and "ruthless women." A thou 779Reads8.9Score10714d adds
- 199 Three Years Left to Live? Four Saintesses Beg Me Not to Slack Off 命剩三年？四圣女求我别摆烂 (Fantasy, Eastern cultivation, past and present lives, multiple female leads, passionate cultivation, formation genius, decisive and ruthless, golden finger) “That shabby book bought for five yuan changed Lin Mo’s left eye into a yin-yang eye. On a stormy night, the mountain god temple collapsed, and a bronze compass revealed Yuan Tiangang’s star chart. From then on, Lin Mo used a Five-Grain Cycle Talisman to boost harvests while planting rice and rushing to market, and awakened an ancient, thou 36Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 200 Overnight, the Uncle's Life Bounced Back from Rock Bottom 一夜之间，大叔的生活触底反弹 Gao Weiguo, a middle-aged man born in the 1970s, had thought he would retire from his insurance company in quiet mediocrity. Little did he know that an opportunity that suddenly came his way would completely change his life… 3.9kReads8.7Score32014d adds
