Novels like Withdrawal
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- 101 Longing for Our Reunion Day After Day, Forgetting Each Other Year After Year 朝朝盼重逢，念念总相忘 [Angst, angst, angst! Extremely angsty, proceed with caution!] Five years ago The golden boy Ji Lingchuan knelt on the ground, desperately begging Xia Zhiyi not to leave him. But she coldly told him to get lost, then turned around and married someone else. Five years later The bar hostess Xia Zhiyi knelt before the untouchable Mr. Ji, fawning over him. He shoved her away, saying she was filthy. He hated her, bullied her, and was consumed by the desire to take revenge on her. But when he saw a li 710Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 102 I Want to Live Well 我想好好的活着 I had never met a boy like him before. His features were delicate, and his pale complexion seemed almost unreal. His long, curled lashes lowered over deep eyes that looked as if they held countless stories. Anyone who saw him couldn’t help taking a second look. He was a transfer student. From the day he stepped into our classroom, the girls went wild, and even the boys were scrambling to be his friend. The nightmare began the day I met him. On graduation day, I clenched my fists, worked up my ne 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Three Years After Their Breakup, the Capital's Power Broker Waits Beneath Her Window Every Night 分手三年，京圈大佬夜夜守在她楼下 Three years after their breakup, the powerful Beijing socialite keeps watch outside her apartment every night 81Reads—Score214d adds
- 104 Don't Look Back, or You'll See Your Grave 莫回头，回头见坟头 Don't Look Back, or You'll See Your Grave 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Waiting for You in the Endless Night 等你在夜未央 An Ning and Min Hang were abducted as children. After they were rescued, they were separated, then reunited as adults. This is a story about a romance between an underworld queen and a younger man. An Ning walks in the daylight, but her heart remains in the night. Min Hang saw her once and loved her, missed her while they were apart, and has only ever had eyes for her. He waits for you in the endless night, just to bring you out into the sunshine. 8.4kReads9.2Score81014d adds
- 106 Bend Your Wings 偏折你双翼 [Dominant underworld boss x clearheaded, clever innocent beauty] (Both leads are each other’s first and only, forced possession, tragic ending, size difference, love at first sight, modern romance) PS: At first: lust at first sight Later: completely lovesick At their first meeting, one glance was all it took. He Su’s appearance was etched deeply into Wei Jinchen’s mind. He had never seen such a beautiful Chinese woman. Pure, flawless, as translucent and gleaming as porcelain. He went mad with d 455Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 107 Flowers Easily Scattered 花易飘零 [Epic saga + revolution + anti-transmigration + anti-imperial rule + anti-tradition + ensemble cast; five layers of philosophical depth, each turning the one before it on its head; a nonlinear narrative and a uniquely ambitious, profound experiment in the genre of historical romance for women.] The soul of Su Qianling, a young novelist, unexpectedly transmigrates. She awakens in the corpse of a young concubine sacrificed to the founding emperor of the current dynasty. From then on, she is known 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 A Love Letter from the Twenty-Fifth Time Zone 第二十五时区的情书 [Print edition now available] The love they felt as teenagers was buried in the sound of the wind on the day their hearts first stirred. By the time it crossed mountain after mountain to reach their hearts, the wind had died, leaving only unresolved longing. - Zhou Jingni's unrequited love wasn't like that of other girls left to act out a one-sided romance. She and Shen Yi were childhood friends, born into the same Beijing compound. They grew up and went to school together, and as teenagers they 18.3kReads9.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 109 Why Haven't You Come to Cheer Me Up Yet? 你怎么还不来哄我 My fiancé died in the line of duty five years ago. His body was never found. But at 8:17 p.m. on August 20 this year, Captain Wang called me himself. He said, “Shen Guannan has been found. He's alive and well, but he's married.” 57Reads—Score10214d adds
- 110 Pleasure at the Cost of Wisdom 玩物丧智 Song Yanxiu appeared in her life only to drag her into hell! He bullied and humiliated her, and killed her father. Xia Mo watched with her own eyes as he was sentenced to death. Ten years later, he appeared before her again under a new identity. His abuse was even more vicious than it had been ten years ago. He wanted to see her wishing she were dead. The words Xia Mo said to herself most often were, “I mustn’t lose my mind.” This time, she would kill the devil with her own hands! But then she h 45Reads6.8Score214d adds
- 111 I Work as a Matron in the Imperial Palace 我在深宫当嬷嬷 I Work as a Matron in the Imperial Palace 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Maple Embraces the Moon 枫拥月 Everything has a crack. That's where the light gets in. They're not each other's one and only, but this is still a sweet romance. After being tempered by his ex, he learns the sweetness of love. Lin Feng, the crocodile of Shencheng, is like a man under a spell. The moment he sees Long Yue, their eyes meet and sparks fly. Even a silent gaze seems to say a thousand words. That's when he realizes that falling for a woman means thinking about her constantly and wanting her for himself. He's passiona 92Reads—Score914d adds
- 113 A Beloved in the Capital 京北有伊人 [Age gap + both pure + forced love + physical and emotional torment + heroine starts out weak and grows strong] [Noble, dignified heir + aloof student at a foreign languages university] On a rainy April day in Jingbei, Shu Yiren enters Yan Zhenghe’s world beneath a red umbrella. They meet at a Chinese-Russian exchange forum. From then on, Yan Zhenghe keeps that red umbrella by his side and never lets go. After an accident, Yan Zhenghe sends Yiren to Zurich, Switzerland, for graduate school. Afte 3.7kReads8.6Score30414d adds
- 114 A Small-Town Girl's Ten-Year Secret Crush 一个小镇女孩暗恋的十年 [Ten years of secret love × running away while pregnant × groveling to win her back × reunion after years apart × powerful man finally bows his head × both are each other’s first and only] This is not a mindless wish-fulfillment story!! The heroine is not love-brained!!! This is not a pampered-wife story!! People will die, so if you only want happy endings, this isn’t for you! No rebirth, no golden finger, no evil female rival, no women competing against each other, and no putting the heroine th 4.4kReads8.2Score34214d adds
- 115 The Galaxy Falls Into My Arms 星河落下入怀中 The Galaxy Falls into My Embrace 205Reads—Score114d adds
- 116 Year After Year, May We Always Be Safe and Sound 年年岁岁，岁岁平安 [Childhood Sweethearts + Love Triangle + Long-Planned Scheme + Tragic Romance + Mutual Salvation + Coercive Love Triangle] Warning: Angst! Not for fans of the female lead! Jiang Niánsui and Jiang Yian were childhood sweethearts, close as could be, until the arrival of the Song family’s young master forced them apart. Behind his gloomy, scheming exterior lay a deep love for her. Song Jinian’s exclusive devotion and affection gradually drew Jiang Niánsui into his tender embrace. Her childhood swee 604Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 117 When Love Falls Silent 若爱无声 [Possessive love / older woman-younger man romance] How should I love you? Should I lock you away, or break your wings? Please tell me. A little boy who got lost turns up at the compound, quiet as a mouse and as filthy as a stray puppy. Yu Rou, who grew up surrounded by love, feels sorry for him and checks on him whenever she can. She never expects that her concern will make its way into his heart. She regrets it, but it’s already too late. This breathtakingly handsome boy turns out to be a 1.9kReads8.6Score15114d adds
- 118 We Love Each Other, Yet We Both Despise Each Other 相爱两相厌 At twenty, Yuan Lu fell in love so deeply it left her battered and broken. She loved Jiang Ren so much that she tattooed his name on herself with indelible ink, so much that she went against convention and became unbearable to others. Her love surged like a tide, drowning her and hurting everyone around her. She thought that if she pursued him hard enough, she could win his heart. Little did she know that from the very beginning, he had never cared about her. Only when the truth came out did she 3.3kReads8.6Score22814d adds
- 119 Spring Dwells on the High Terrace 春栖高台 [Powerful Families | Female Growth | Bittersweet Romance | Older Man] (Clear-headed, beautiful college student vs. composed, powerful heir) People often say that those in power care only about their family’s interests. Even what passes for love is just another tool for profit. If you fall for someone like that, the best you can hope for is this: you remain on your high terrace, I retreat to my spring mountains, and from then on our paths never cross again. Everyone in Beijing’s inner circle know 606Reads—Score16014d adds
- 120 Let You Scheme Your Way into My Heart 许你算计我的心 Xu Yuan had a firm goal from the age of twelve. Ten years later, she would leave the Xu family and be free as a bird, with no one left to bully her. Everyone thought that Xu Yuan, with her pure and pretty looks, was a well-behaved girl who let others walk all over her. Then, at sixteen, she held a knife to her sister's throat and said viciously, "Try messing with me again, and we'll both go down together." Every step she took was calculated. Everything she did was for one purpose: to save he 9.3kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
- 121 On Our Wedding Night, He Sent Me to the Military Camp 大婚夜，他把我送进了军营 On Our Wedding Night, He Sent Me to the Military Camp 9.2kReads—Score16014d adds
- 122 No Old Friends in the West City 西城无故人 Cool-headed power broker x Dashing female CEO x Aloof heir apparent x Headstrong heiress x Upright and steadfast unrequited love Sometimes the hand that turns fate upside down is hidden in a single word: timing. In the winter of 2019, in the cramped carriage of a train, Chen Mingbo said to Wan Lin, "I'm not strong enough to protect you. Don't wait for me." So Wan Lin went far away to Southeast Asia. Three years later, they met again in a conference room in the capital. He looked at her bare ne 2.2kReads—Score18414d adds
- 123 Glory Disqualified 荣耀失格 She was once the most proud girl in the compound, born bold and reckless in her youth. One accident sent her tumbling from the clouds into the mire. In the shadows of a prison cell, she buried her former glory with her own hands. Years later, she returned to the world. Everyone she once knew had risen to high positions, while she was left battered and broken. Rumors swirled, and the past could not be reclaimed. She walked step by step along the edge of a blade, seeking only to have a clear consc 52.5kReads9.1Score5.4k14d adds
- 124 Taking the Vows 受戒 From the very first day she met Pei Zhi, she wanted to dirty him. Every inch of him, inside and out. “A story about a serial heartbreaker who decides to go straight” 2.2kReads8.6Score11414d adds
- 125 Nine to Five 朝九晚五 [New Novel, The Glass Cage, Now Serializing] He once sheltered me from wind and rain. He once braved every obstacle for me. He once plunged into hell for me. Now he has come to claim his reward. And I can’t possibly repay him. 1.6kReads8.5Score21414d adds
- 126 President Fan, Stop Tormenting Me. Your Wife Is Already Married 繁总别虐了，夫人已嫁人 [Angsty Romance + CEO + Dark Obsession + Everyone Chases Their Wife Into the Crematorium] Three years ago, she fell in love at first sight with the refined and mature Fan Ye. She gave him her whole heart and doggedly pursued him, until at last they were married. She thought she had found her happily ever after. Three years later, the Yu family went bankrupt, her mother died and her father was gone, her brother was badly injured, and Fan Ye forced her to leave with nothing. She finally understood 1.2kReads8.7Score10514d adds
- 127 Taming Desire 豢情 [A steady yet unhinged political heavyweight VS a hapless, fun-loving sweetheart] Sang Yu's special skill: doing the wildest things with the sweetest face! The day after the college entrance exam, she knocked Xu Peinan out with a glass of spiked orange juice. Afterward, threatened by Madam Xu, she fled in tears. Five years later, she returns with a child. Xu Peinan looks at the little one, whose face is identical to his own, his gaze turning dangerous. “A-Yu, you’d better explain yourself.” Sang 320Reads6.3Score10114d adds
- 128 Mr. Nan, I Hope You Exist Only in My Memories 南先生，希望你只存在回忆里 [Forced Love | Selective Amnesia | The Wife-Chasing Crematorium | Both Pure] After her family is destroyed and she suffers endless humiliation, Yu Suyang is dragged into hell by Nan Sili himself. Whether she lives or dies is unknown. Three years later, when she returns to the capital, she chooses to forget everything about Nan Sili. But fate brings them together again. As they get to know each other all over again, Nan Sili falls in love with her without realizing it, then goes to great lengt 754Reads—Score11114d adds
- 129 Holding a Wisp of Moonlight 捧一缕月光 [Fake sweet albino beauty × rebellious racer] [Passionate, pure-hearted girl with a short life × commitment-phobic auto mechanic] [1v1, both chaste, equally matched, half school life and half adult life, healing, angst] The rumors said Racer Fifth Brother was rebellious, ill-tempered, aloof, and never gave anyone the time of day. Boss Shen was the best-known mechanic on Huainan Road: skilled, handsome, and kindhearted. Wait, weren't they the same person?! Hold on, kindhearted? Wen Wan, who'd bee 382Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 130 An Yu's Wall 安屿的墙 (Slow-burn romance / Secret Crush + Regret + Modern Romance + Long-Distance Love + Youth) Tang Yu'an and Su Yan, a love that missed its chance for four years. When Su Yan had a secret crush on Tang Yu'an, another man entered her life, and Tang Yu'an learned how to use people through that man. In the end, fate gave them another chance, only for everything to fall apart again the morning after a tender night together. Will Su Yan and Tang Yu'an ever make it to the end together? No one knows. 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Half Ginkgo, Half First Snow 一半银杏一半初雪 [Two top students + school life + everyday moments + sweet at first, then bittersweet] [Arrogant, headstrong girl vs. cold genius] That summer, she escaped the abyss and met him. * That autumn marked the beginning of their happiness. She asked, “Do you know why I like ginkgo leaves and the first snowfall?” He said, “Someday, I'll take you to different places to see the ginkgo trees and the first snow.” Beneath the ginkgo tree, the boy looked serious as the wind sent leaves swirling across th 165Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The Eighteenth Time I Wanted a Divorce 第十八次想离婚 The Eighteenth Time I Wanted a Divorce 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Si Nianqingqing 斯年轻轻 [Groveling to win her back] [No getting back together] [Tragic ending] Cheng Qingqing's grand love for Fu Sinian was a mistake. She corrected it as soon as she realized, and would never look back at him again. She would never care how pathetically he begged. “Qingqing, I like you. I really do. Please, don't leave me. Please come home with me. Please give me a home. I'm begging you, don't leave me...” “Please...” It was actually Cheng Qingqing's birthday. At twenty-six, she seemed to have finally 483Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 134 The Road Ahead Is Hard 荨路难 “Emperor and consort” “Angst” “Daughter of a great clan” “Young emperor” “Childhood sweethearts” “Both pure” In all my life, the most naive thing I ever did was believe that there could be a way for both sides to win on the chessboard. 3.5kReads8.1Score21214d adds
- 135 Mr. Wen, Please Practice Restraint. Your Fiancée Is Already Pregnant 闻先生请禁欲，未婚妻已好孕 On the plane, Wen Shuyan spots Shen Zhi'en reading by the window and falls for her at first sight. He tries to strike up a conversation, only for her to cruelly tease him and try to sell him supplements for kidney health and male vitality. They unexpectedly meet again at a horse ranch. Shen Zhi'en witnesses the absurd behavior of the privileged heirs firsthand and clashes with them, ending in yet another unpleasant encounter. Shen Zhi'en thinks: Please, let the man my family wants to set me up w 4.8kReads9.1Score46814d adds
- 136 Waiting Half a Year for You 等你半年 [Campus Youth + Online Romance + Tragic Ending] [Cold, Distant Junior × Obsessive Senior] She spent her entire youth loving one person, only to lose herself waiting for him. When she was sixteen, Lu Xingchen told Lin Chuxia, “This star is called Chuxia.” She believed him. She waited three years and sent more than four hundred messages. He never replied to a single one. Later, he found someone else. He made their relationship public, flaunted his affection, and called someone else “baby.” He 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 A Fantastical Journey 梦幻奇旅 Can dreams be seen as reflections of the depths of the human mind, or even as premonitions of the future? Perhaps dreams are more than unconscious expressions. They may also hold many deeper meanings. What were He Yunshu's repeated journeys through dreamlike realms? Dreams, transmigration, or some other wondrous experience? 1Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 138 This Is Where It Ends 到此为止 [Angst-heavy story. Read with caution. The male lead is not chaste.] “Ru Yi, when you act like this, it makes me think you still can’t let go of me.” All the pain and torment must have begun with those words. Or perhaps it was “You haven’t been able to forget me, Ru Yi.” Much later, when Ru Yi thought back on her tangled history with Pei Shiyu, that was what she believed. He would remember the scent from deep in his memories, carried on a gentle breeze, but he wouldn’t remember how much he h 4kReads8.5Score19514d adds
- 139 The Bright Moon Shines on a Warm Homecoming: A Boy's Lifelong Promise to Protect 朗月照暖归：少年一生的守护 The Luoyang Olympics ended with a haul of honors, but the two of them never got the happy ending they deserved. Their story was never meant to follow the familiar script. She slipped away quietly in the year they loved each other most, then reappeared without a sound when they hated and hurt the most. Yet no matter how much their memories were stripped away, their hearts always raced the moment they saw each other. It was an instinct etched into their very bones. 529Reads—Score10614d adds
- 140 Just Kidding 逗你玩儿 The sky that year. He was the dark cloud that lingered in Yu Ning’s heart, gloomy and oppressive, impossible to escape. Yu Ning was the gentle breeze he longed to chase, impossible to touch and impossible to hold on to. “Yu Ning, did you ever really like me, even just a little?” “Never.” He fell silent, smiling faintly, his heart pierced with pain. If only that summer, he hadn’t been so cruel and hateful, personally pushing her into the abyss and coldly watching her struggle with all her might. 8.9kReads9.0Score85014d adds
- 141 Baby, You’re So Seductive, I Want to Kiss You: The Fake Heiress Is Forced to Fall in Love! 宝宝好欲想亲，假千金被强制爱！ Fake heiress vs. possessive, unhinged brother | 1v1 forced romance | Love and hate intertwined She was the Zhou family’s fake heiress, raised by them for eighteen years, and she’d called him “Big Brother” countless times. He exposed her true identity and cast her into the abyss, then forcibly kept her by his side when she had nowhere else to turn, swearing he would lock her there for the rest of her life. Love was obsession, possession, and the stubborn resolve to never let go, even if she hat 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Meaning of Mountains and Rivers in Yanzhi 砚知山河意 The marriage between Song Zhiyi, the Foreign Ministry’s chief interpreter, and Huo Yanli, the heir to one of the capital’s most powerful families, began with an arrangement made by their elders. She agreed to fulfill her grandfather’s dying wish; he did it to ease the pressure from his family. Bound by a marriage contract, they were strangers under the same roof. She carried on her parents’ unfulfilled ideals, moving through war zones and using language to defuse conflict; he navigated the world 194.4kReads8.3Score31.6k14d adds
- 143 After I Died, Everyone Was Left to Regret It 我死后，全员火葬场 After I Died, Everyone Held a Cremation for Me 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Rich Young Masters' Plaything 贵少爷们的玩物 [Angsty Romance] [Multiple Male Leads] [Not a Clean Romance] [Exes Begging for Forgiveness] Have you ever loved someone like this? Loved every strand of his hair, every glance he gave you, so that even the most insignificant thing he said could make you feel giddy with happiness. Knowing full well he wasn't the right person, yet still throwing yourself into the flames like a moth, with no regrets even as you burned. When Cheng Xiaoxiao was eighteen, she loved someone just like that. I'm too laz 41.2kReads—Score4.2k14d adds
- 145 Hidden Jasmine 藏茉莉 The rating just went up. It’ll rise more later~ [Lin Mosheng × Zhou Yu] On a stormy day, the air was damp and oppressive. An old tune drifted from the music box on the table, and through her hazy consciousness, she returned to her first year of high school. “Shengsheng, what are you standing there for?” The woman smiled and urged her. “Hurry up and call him big brother.” Lin Mosheng looked at the boy in front of her, her eyes instantly turning red. Choking back tears, she said, “Zhou Yu?” The bo 519Reads8.3Score10214d adds
- 146 A Scandal in the Capital: The Stand-In Runs Away Pregnant, Leaving the Crown Prince in the Dust 京枝欲孽：替身带球跑狠甩太子爷 [Beijing elite family + sweet romance + age gap] Complete. I can't revise the story anymore, so I won't. I'm planning to take it down. Jiang Yuan, who debuted as a child star, has two identities as an adult: a college student by day and Ye Jingshi's contract lover by night. When Jiang Yuan accidentally slept with Ye Jingshi, she never expected him to start fighting everyone off to claim her for himself. To stop her from taking advantage of him and walking away, he forced Jiang Yuan to sign a two 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Silent Rain 雨无声 A timid, insecure heroine with depression × a sunny, gentle, refined hero [Sweet and angsty, with a bad ending] [He saves her] After an accident turned Shi Yu’s world upside down, she shut herself away and never came back out. She never expected to meet that person. She thought their paths would part for good after high school graduation. Yet when they met again, she still couldn’t help paying attention to him. From then on, her world slowly brightened, and she found her salvation. Shen Jingyan 545Reads8.7Score10514d adds
- 148 A Bone-Deep Seduction 蚀骨诱哄 “Big brother, could you be gentle with me just once...” “Sure. How would you like that? Cut off a finger, pull out your nails, or roll across a bed of nails? If you hurt someone, you have to pay the price!” Shen Changmu looked with utter disgust at the woman writhing on the floor, her whole body trembling with pain. She was the wife his grandfather had forced him to marry. He didn't love her, though he couldn't deny that she knew exactly how to seduce him, tempting him again and again until he 2kReads6.0Score10214d adds
- 149 The Mysterious Peak’s Acting Record 玄机峰代会记 Xuanji Peak Proxy Meeting Notes 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 I Saved Him, but No One Saved Me 渡他，无人渡我 I’ll save you, though no one will save me. 1.7kReads—Score—14d adds
