Novels like Bandit Love: Her and Him
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Bandit Love: Her and Him, best match first.
- 1 Late, but Not Yet Here 迟而未到 That summer, when he was fifteen, Chen Yu first met Liu Tianyin. He was dragging a woman toward the hospital stairwell, his face full of rage. Later, Chen Yu learned that the woman was the other woman who had broken up Liu Tianyin’s family, and the true culprit behind his mother’s death. A gentle, optimistic girl fell in love with a cold, lonely boy, driving the darkness from his world with her warm smile. Now, the person I met will find happiness in the end, and my story with him will fade away 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Hardest Thing to Forget Is Longing 最难忘却是相思 The poem most readily forgotten is one written by the ancients; the thing most disdainfully dismissed is longing. Spring comes again, and the red beans bloom, yet no beloved comes to gather them. Ten years later, they meet again. Can two people who have longed for each other finally become a couple? Zhang Bingye's wish has never changed: May Hua Yubai enjoy peace, good health, and freedom from harm, year after year. From the moment Bingye appeared in Hua Yubai's life, he understood the meaning o 2Reads8.1Score114d adds
- 3 Sweetheart, I'm Waiting Here. Reply When You See This 娇娇宝贝在线等，亲爱看到请回复 On her way home from a blind date, she ran into him as he flexed his two massive pectorals, as if showing off the highest honor and insignia. Disgust surged through her. She stepped right up to him, eyes blazing, and glared. “You creep!” A son of China should be a stalwart man, ready to defend his country. How could anyone have imagined he’d be treated with such contempt and humiliation? Hmph. Just you wait. I’ll teach you a lesson. “Ye Ziliu, you dropped something.” That glare nearly killed him 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A Heart's Illness Is Hard to Cure (You Yu) 心病难医（幽钰） A Heart's Ailment Is Hard to Heal (You Yu) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Drunk on Lychees in Chang'an 长安荔枝醉 In Chang'an, the ancient capital of the Tang dynasty, four illustrious families once held sway: the Cui, Lu, Zheng, and Wang. The system of aristocratic clans arose from the collusion and monopoly of scholar-official families. Over time, the descendants of these four great houses founded a mysterious organization called Chang'an in Turmoil to preserve their wealth, secure their privileged status, and resist the efforts of the imperial court and outside forces to dismantle their power. Through th 5Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 6 Parting from You: A Sincere Wish for the Road in Our Next Life 与君绝：虔诚夙愿来世路 [Court Intrigue + Household Drama + Historical Romance + Past and Present Lives + Angst! Angst! Angst!] By a twist of fate, the least favored legitimate daughter of the General’s Residence was betrothed to Prince Chen, the most promising young noble in the court. When the many noble young ladies of the capital heard this “terrible news,” their hearts broke. Song Anqin gazed at the imperial decree in her hands, her thoughts in turmoil. “Father, can we return this decree?” General Song smiled 71Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 7 Su Ye Beneath the Gauze 苏幕遮苏叶 Jiang Suye was adopted and raised from childhood by Red Flame Valley, the greatest villainous faction in the martial world. They corrupted her through and through, but she considers herself a woman of good character, beautiful and kindhearted to boot. In truth, however, she is the daughter of a righteous martial arts clan and was betrothed as a child to Wei Jianxing, lord of Wufang Tower. On the day of Wei Jianxing's wedding, she suddenly makes an appearance. At the same time, Wei Jianxing's fia 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 An Unequal Love 不等式爱情 After graduating from M University, Tao Ran confessed her feelings to the campus heartthrob, Qu Yang. On Mo Yunxi’s recommendation, she landed a job in the publicity department in S City. The surprises that work and love brought her filled her with hope for the future. During her internship, Cai Guixiang called time and again, demanding that Tao Ran return home. She forced Tao Ran to break up with Qu Yang and marry Lu Yunchen, whose family was far above hers in status. Lu Yunchen treated Tao Ran —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Host, Don’t Be So Cruel. The Male Lead and the Villain Are Supposed to Turn Evil 宿主别太虐，男主和反派该黑化了 Complete! [Angst] Su Wei is transported into an angst novel as its heroine. She decides to strike first: if she torments the male lead, he won't be able to torment her. In Zhuang Zhou's dream, he became a butterfly. It was all a dream, and she was still herself, but he was no longer himself... Now that the dream is over, everything is about to turn cruel. What will become of the two of them? 11Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 10 After the Divorce, My Lover from a Past Life Found Me 离婚后，前世的爱人找到了我 After the Divorce, My Beloved from a Past Life Found Me 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 All in the Time of Dancing 尽是飞舞时 [Female Student and Noble Young Master, Gentle Translator and Devoted Businessman] [Reunion After a Long Separation, Mending a Broken Relationship, Older Man, Happy Ending] - She may be aloof, but she can win not only his heart, but the favor of his entire family. He need not fight for anything or give anything up, yet it is her dreams that must be sacrificed. Song Yiqing: “So there really is a barrier between us when we communicate.” When Zhao Zequan met her, he knew only three French phrases. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Favoritism Doesn’t Raise Dutiful Children 偏心养不出孝子 Favoritism Doesn’t Raise Dutiful Children 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 No One Can Save Me from the Deep Sea 无人渡我于深海 No One Will Save Me from the Deep Sea 378Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 At Thirty-Six, I Finally Dumped That Good-for-Nothing Scumbag 三十六岁，我终于甩掉了烂人渣男 At thirty-six, I finally dumped my worthless scumbag boyfriend 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Once I Came to My Senses, I Stopped Longing for the Past 清醒后不恋旧人 Once I Came to My Senses, I Stopped Pining for the Past —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 One: Winter Solstice 一，冬至 One, Winter Solstice 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Knowing It Would Hurt: Mr. Jiang Still Sinks Deeper at Every Step 明知是伤：江先生却步步沉沦 She’s a little heartless, a little mean. But he’s a little in love with her. No, not a little. He loves her a lot. Jiang Qianyu really has no way to handle Cen Jiyue. Luckily, by the end of the story, she finally understands his pure and obsessive love… 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 In Uniform, Yet Unable to Save the One Beside Me 一身警服，难渡枕边人 A police uniform, but he can’t bring the woman beside him to justice. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Tears in the Feathers 羽中泪 The heroine had been an insecure girl since childhood. She couldn't speak, her classmates bullied her, and her family didn't love her. She grew up in pain... Then, at nineteen, unable to endure her classmates' pranks any longer, she climbed to the rooftop and jumped, ending her life... But her death was not the end. In “heaven,” she met someone who would become the turning point that redeemed her fate... [Cool, aloof divine official × gloomy female ghost] [Happy ending] [A collision between hea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Big Sis! The Heated Brick Bed! The Woodpile! 姐姐！土炕！柴禾垛！ [Rural life in a famine year | Heart-wrenching romance | The male lead grovels to win her back] During the famine of the 1960s, orphan Su Guilan meets Jiang Jiayuan by chance. With a dirt bed as their home and coarse grain to fill their stomachs, she does everything she can to raise him. To save Jiang Jiayuan from the brink of death, she sacrifices her reputation and trades her innocence for food that will keep him alive. In the end, Jiang Jiayuan despises her. As the years pass, life wears Jian 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 A Flicker of Fireworks 焰火微生 Angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst 654Reads—Score10414d adds
- 22 Scarlet Prescription 绯色处方 [A ruthless female doctor caught in a playboy's possessive love] Everyone thinks Lin Yan is a cool, gentle cardiothoracic surgeon, easy to tame and easy to control. No one knows she is a formidable woman with a shocking secret, who knows how to play the pig to eat the tiger. Chen Jiahao, a playboy famous for his domineering ways, meets Lin Yan at his family's hospital and falls for her at first sight. Without giving her a chance to refuse, he abducts her and keeps her at his side. Are they bound 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Loyal Hound Among the Stars: A Collection of Sweet and Angsty Historical Fantasies 星河忠犬录：古言幻想甜虐集 Classic historical fantasy | Devoted male leads | Angst for him, sweetness for you | A happy ending in every story Across a boundless sea of stars, only the devoted never fail to return your love. There is no mundane world here, only immortals, demons, gods, and devils, along with power struggles, fated destinies, and the most intense romance. He is the White Snake Immortal Lord, who bears the lightning tribulation for her and endures a thousand years without regret; He is the Fox Sovereign of 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Driven to Madness 疯魔成性 Born evil + Extreme yandere + Excessive control + Forced imprisonment + Bloody violence + Poisonous Gu You Lili has read countless books. She firmly believes that a good man would never be left out on the street in the middle of the night. So when she sees a stunningly beautiful man, helpless and unconscious in the rain, she decisively turns around and walks away. You Lili: What should I do when every boring man is a possessive freak? Diwu Su: I don’t want us to stay together until death. I want 593Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 25 Disciple, Your Master Cultivates the Path of Unfeeling 徒儿，为师修的是无情道 [Female teacher, male student + angsty romance + power struggles + corruption + devoted to each other] (The Demon Realm's princess who cultivates the heartless path & the Celestial prince who descends to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation) Shocking! The brooding male supporting characters want to steal the spotlight, but the male lead is a hopeless romantic! She is the Demon Realm's princess, a Western Regions dancer, and the much-revered Immortal of a Thousand Faces. Aloof and proud, she i 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Magic Lamp Goes Out, and So Does My Heart 神灯灭，心亦碎 [Xuanhuan + cultivation + historical romance + tragic love + satisfying revenge] Yuxin Cui is the princess of Xinglan City and a sacred maiden of the Divine Lamp, blessed with divine power capable of making a city flourish. Yet she falls in love with Mo Chenglun, lord of Yunjin City, who is bent on revenge. On their wedding day, he massacres the city. Yuxin Cui tries to kill herself in her grief, but fails and loses her memory. After waking, she saves the fallen Mo Chenglun. He deceives her, cla 2Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 27 My Wife's Revenge Diary 妻子的复仇日记 She endured a man’s schemes to frame her, his transfer of their assets, his mistress’s demands, being treated like a free nanny by her mother-in-law, and even the man taking out an exorbitantly expensive insurance policy on her! She could take no more and decided to reclaim everything that belonged to her! Faced with the youth she had lost, she decided to take up arms, fight back, and find the happiness that was hers! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Vampire Comedy: The Apricot Blossom Arc 吸血鬼的喜剧（杏花篇） The Vampire's Comedy (Apricot Blossom Arc) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Nightwalker, Sleepless City 夜行者，不眠城 Nightwalkers, Sleepless City 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Borrowing My Best Friend's Husband 借用闺蜜的老公 Borrowing My Best Friend's Husband 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The System Forces Me to Win Over the Cold Male Lead: The Villainess Strikes Back 系统逼我攻略冷酷男主：恶女逆袭 After Reincarnating as a Villainess, the Immortal Venerable Dotes on Me Reborn as the villainess in a xianxia novel, she binds herself to a comeback System and must win over the Immortal Venerable or die! Disarming formations, provoking him, and identifying herbs to poison him all turn out to be tests of intelligence. After being reborn and getting herself killed time and again, she somehow makes the icy Immortal Venerable secretly fall for her, while the Crown Prince frantically tries to win h 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 My Little Brother Can’t Hide His Feelings Anymore 弟弟他藏不住心思了 [Saving each other | older woman/younger man | reunion after years apart | obsessive younger man forces his love] [Genius teenager with depression vs. bold, free-spirited older woman, five-year age gap] When Qiu Sui is 21, her biological mother, who abandoned her six years ago, and her stepfather, whom she has never met, are killed in a car accident overseas. In his will, her stepfather leaves her a vast inheritance on the condition that she raise his younger brother until he finishes his educat 297Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 33 I'll Wait for You at the End of the World 在世间的尽头等你 (Urban legends + xianxia romance + traditional culture + past and present lives + reborn + tragic love between human and ghost) You lie beneath the spring, your bones turned to dust. I remain in the human world, my hair white with snow! Death is not the end. Being forgotten is! If, when I leave this world, a long-missed loved one or beloved comes to receive me, I would gladly and peacefully depart with a smile. If such a miracle truly happened, then death would not be a sorrow to me, but a reuni 31Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 34 Do Not Get Addicted 请勿上瘾 #Obsessive Crown Prince #Heroine with many secret identities #An intense game of push and pull #Powerful leads clash #An aloof beauty falls from her pedestal #A chaste man falls hard #Revenge and putting scumbags in their place #Prominent families #The queen returns Lu Yan, the Crown Prince of Beijing’s elite, was aloof and chaste, never letting anyone close. Until that night, when he pinned me against the back seat of a Maybach and tore open my shirt. His gaze locked on the tattoo beneath my c 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 After I Lost My Heart, the Divine Lord Knelt and Begged for My Forgiveness 没有心后，神君跪着求我原谅 Xuan Ling loved the wrong person, had her tail cut off and her heart taken, then was banished to the endless inferno, where she endured four hundred years of torment. When she awoke amid a sky full of baleful energy, cold and indifferent, she encountered the flustered Lord Bai Ran. The lofty Lord's lashes trembled, and his voice shook. "A Ling, will you please forgive me?" Alas, immortals and demons walk different paths. Later, he closed his eyes in despair and offered up the blood of his heart 893Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 36 The Heartbeat from a Past Life: A Fang, You Shouldn't Have Lied to Me 前世的心跳，阿昉你不该骗我 The Heartbeats of Our Past Life: A Fang, You Shouldn’t Have Lied to Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Nine-Turn Exquisite Bracelet 九转玲珑镯 Feng Jinshu was a young woman who studied hard, hoping to pass the civil service exams one day and secure a coveted iron rice bowl. But fate had other plans: after years of striving, success remained just out of reach. Then a sudden upheaval made everything uncertain. With a long road ahead, where would she go from here? 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Our Meeting Among Billions of Stars 我们的相遇是亿万星辰 [Pure romance... slow-paced. If nobody reads it... I'll read it myself, haha. Yay~ (σ≧∀≦)σ] Our meeting was a miracle, both accidental and inevitable, amid the turning of billions of stars. In this vast universe, it was a unique, silent yet grand expression of love. - Losing someone is heart-wrenching, of course. It leaves a hard-to-heal crack in your life and ushers in a long rainy season. But falling in love with you, that itself is the one rose blooming on my barren wasteland, never to wit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Drinking Addiction, Like a Carp 饮瘾如鲤 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 I Am Growing Old, Yet You Still Look Like a Boy 我已逐渐老去，而你仍是少年模样 Qin Chuan was an ordinary boy with unremarkable talent for as long as he could remember. His whole world consisted of Su Luo, the girl next door, and their promise to “always be together.” Then the Sun’s helium flash crisis struck, and human civilization entered its hundred-year countdown. The girl he loved was chosen, thanks to her one-of-a-kind constitution, to become a “Star River Traveler” carrying humanity’s future. She was destined to drift farther and farther away from him. When Su Luo 261Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 41 She Said It Was Just a Flutter of the Heart, But I Can No Longer Bear to Look at the Mountains 她说只是心动，我却见山不得 Younger man with an obsessive streak | Forbidden sparks | Push and pull | Love in the real world | Loving someone you can’t have | A little angst | Atmospheric Synopsis The first time Cheng Zhiming heard Lin Jianshan’s name, he said: “Your name is beautiful.” It took him years to understand Some people are like mountains. You can see them, but you can never have them. She said it was just a crush. It didn’t mean anything. But in his world, love was binary. It was either zero or one. One moment 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 After He Died, I Made a Fortune Working at a Nightclub 他死后，我在夜场上班挣大钱 After He Died, I Made Big Money Working at Nightclubs 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 A Dream Buried for Ten Years 十年沉梦 A twenty-six-year-old soul lives inside a sixteen-year-old body. Su Wan returns reborn to her high school years, carrying the exhaustion, trauma, and regret of the decade to come. Before her are her living, breathing father and her radiant, smiling older sister: the warmth she once longed so desperately to reclaim. The ancient ring from that snowy night is her only link to the past, and it holds all the riddles behind her rebirth. She thinks this will be a lonely journey, until she meets a boy n 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 My Life Before Thirty 我的30岁以前 My beloved ex-girlfriend got married and had a child, and I didn’t have the courage to slash her tires and crash the wedding. Then, by chance, I rescued two beautiful women, and the tangled threads of fate began to unfold. I refuse to spend my whole life as an ordinary man. I want to take the best grandmother in the world traveling. I want to protect the little sister I care about most. I want to marry the woman who loves me most... I want so much, but I’m just an ordinary person. My name is Jia 1.3kReads8.5Score11714d adds
- 45 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
- 46 A Tender Love, Etched Deep in Our School Days 校缘中，柔情刻骨 After returning to China, Bei Miao, a brilliant young man who graduated from a prestigious American university, meets Luo Xiaoxue, a beautiful and kind-hearted girl. They fall for each other at first sight. What kind of sparks will fly in their ordinary lives when they put their Armor Hero identities aside and reunite in a peaceful era, free of alien beasts causing trouble, in an entirely new way...? 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Three Lives in One Coffin 三世同棺 (No harem, no invincible protagonist, no System) At the end of the Anping era, Emperor Suihe passed away. His second son, Min Yuexing, seized sole control of the government, allied with the barbarians, and drenched the dynasty in blood. After purging the old guard in a single year, he immediately began a relentless hunt for the Jiang clan. Jiang Zhou was still a child, but his parents fought to protect him and get him out... On the verge of death, he grasped the only lifeline he could find. He d 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 I Swallowed the Cruel, Deadly Poison the Emperor Had Hidden Away 苦苦咽下帝王藏好的凉薄剧毒 She bitterly swallowed the cold, poisonous cruelty the emperor had hidden away 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Only After We Parted Did I Realize I Loved You 别后方知爱上 [Workplace Romance + Golf] Jiang Mo has no idea that Yang Zichen has been secretly in love with her for eight years. Time passes, and when they meet again, she is still herself, yet no longer the person she used to be. Can fate’s strange twists give them another chance to start over? In the days that follow, he winds around her like a vine, quietly entwining himself with her life. But she has a solemn vow to protect her: handsome men are absolutely off-limits! And yet... P.S. A heartwarming sto 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Love and Desire Are Hard to Tell Apart 爱欲难辨 Former title: Love and Desire Are Hard to Tell Apart (Both leads are chaste + obsessive, controlling male lead + both angst and sweetness + domineering CEO with a fatherly streak + eight-year age gap) Angsty and sweet. The male lead is somewhat obsessive, so don't read if that's not your thing. A cage woven from love, one no one can escape. What kind of flower will bloom when love and hatred intertwine? An accident brings the two together, and they grow closer over time, but their love can only 59Reads9.3Score—14d adds
