Novels like The Lover’s Desperate Exchange
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- 101 I Didn't Mean to Be a Player, But Love Makes Me Stronger 不是故意当海王，因为恋爱就变强 Multiple heroines + wealthy tycoon + brainless wish fulfillment + lighthearted comedy Cheng Tiankun was reborn into the body of a young, handsome billionaire after an accident. The original owner even came with an absurdly powerful System: Fall in love and get stronger!!! “System, how did he die?” [Sigh... He was gay, so I used a little trick to kill him.] “GAY!!!???” You've got to be kidding me. With a System like this, was he supposed to be gay?! [I thought you had potential, so I brought you 67Reads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 102 A Fierce Life: Moving in with Auntie 彪悍人生：从入住阿姨家开始 After graduating from college, Chen Shi’an returns home, and the wheels of fate begin to turn. The road through the underworld stretches on, while love and loyalty are lost in the haze. After being tested by love and career, he eventually finds his happy ending and raises the banner of justice! 312Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 103 Tycoon: Living with the Aloof Campus Beauty from the Start 神豪：开局与清冷校花同居 When freshman year begins, Chen Changqing arrives in Jinling. He's blessed with an ordinary-looking handsome face and an unlimited Tycoon System. He starts a business from the get-go, lives off campus, and moves in with the aloof campus beauty. Young, handsome, and rich, Chen Changqing begins his legendary journey in Jinling. (Female leads include an aloof campus beauty, a beautiful counselor, a cold CEO, and more.) 1.1kReads—Score11314d adds
- 104 Urban: Bound to Zhao Liying from the Start, My Road to Wealth Begins 都市：开局绑定赵俪颖，暴富开始 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! 4.2kReads7.4Score26914d adds
- 105 Showbiz: I Don't Want to Be a Scumbag Either 娱乐：我也不想当渣男 [Reborn] [Showbiz] [System] [Business] [Multiple Female Leads] He transmigrates to a parallel world. After unexpectedly recovering his memories from a past life, Gu Kaizhi discovers that he has a fiancée named Yang Mi! He was hoping to settle down and live off his future wife, but who would have thought the System would come along too… And so… His life takes off at breakneck speed. One hit song after another takes the world by storm. One blockbuster film after another bursts onto the scene. One 3.3kReads7.9Score22514d adds
- 106 Entertainment Mogul 2002 娱乐大亨2002 In 2024, Chen Zheng, a struggling actor with barely a handful of fans, was reborn at the dawn of the new century and immediately encountered the most beautiful Chang'e in Chinese entertainment... Given a second life, Chen Zheng sets sail in 2002 to build a vast entertainment empire. PS: This novel has no System! 124Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 107 Reborn and Living the Good Life: Starting with a Breakup with the Campus Belle 重生风流，从和校花分手开始 [Rebirth, No System, Stock Trading, Entrepreneurship, Business Empire] Lin Ze was reborn. When he opened his eyes, it was the day in 2014 when the college entrance exam results came out. He had missed the English exam, and his total score was 559, just one point short of the cutoff for a key university. In his previous life, he obediently followed his parents' and girlfriend's advice, retook the year at school, and got into Zhongshan University, hoping to land a stable, well-paying job. But whil 14.3kReads7.0Score62414d adds
- 108 Reborn: That Guy Is Such a Flirt 重生：那个人好骚啊 [Reborn]+ [Campus romance]+ [Multiple heroines]+ [Sharp minds]+ [Internet industry wars]+ [Lessons in being a playboy] Emotional-advice top streamer Jiang Xiao unexpectedly returns to the day he filled out his college applications. In his past life, he scored 600 points but applied to an ordinary second-tier university just so he could stay with his dream girl. The result... What will he choose when he gets another chance? Faced with girls of all kinds of very different personalities, what outra 27.9kReads8.0Score2.3k14d adds
- 109 The Widow Boss's Heart 寡妇老板娘的心思 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 572Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Riding Against the Tide 逆骑 Riding Against the Tide 477Reads—Score1214d adds
- 111 A-Lian in the Mountains 大山里的阿莲 A Lian had been married for three years, but her husband was impotent and she still hadn't gotten pregnant. She had a foul mouth but a soft heart. Later, she married Old Wang next door. Old Wang died in an accident, leaving A Lian a widow. Later, she was jailed for tomb robbing, but got out two years before him. Her life with Xiao Chen started out as one disaster after another. A Lian cursed and grumbled, but little by little, she came to think of this man who had served time as one of her own. 329Reads7.5Score11514d adds
- 112 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 我凭梦境记忆追到了梦里的老婆 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Working Down South: Those Wild Years 南下打工，风流的那些年 This is a story about Dongguan. After graduating from college, I couldn’t find a job. My cousin was working in the south, so I went to stay with him. My cousin was a carefree sort who dressed like a gangster every day. He took me to internet cafes, played pool with me, and treated me to late-night snacks. Life in the south was slow and easygoing. My cousin was my mentor. He found me a job and showed me how to eat, drink, and enjoy life. My cousin and I had a great time fooling around, but then h 322Reads7.5Score6614d adds
- 114 My Wife Is the Chairman's Secretary 我老婆是董事长秘书 To stop my beautiful wife from becoming the chairman's secretary, I even threatened to divorce her. I never expected her to agree! And now, on the road to revenge, there's no stopping me! 1.9kReads6.3Score10214d adds
- 115 Reborn: I Bought a House with My Breakup Money and Became a Billionaire 重生从用分手费买房开始成为首富 After a lifetime of hard work, Lu Yang still couldn’t afford a house. In a daze, he seemed to see again the scene from years ago: his girlfriend’s mother holding a check for two million yuan and telling him to leave her daughter. Back then, still young, he thought love was priceless, and he had resolutely refused. But this time, not only did he take the check, he also said: “Shanshan is the love of my life!” “Auntie, I’ve bled for Shanshan!” “You’ll have to pay more!” 57.6kReads7.2Score4.1k14d adds
- 116 Reborn to Start a Business? I Need to Date, Too 重生创业？恋爱也要谈谈啊 [No System + slow burn + entrepreneurship + industry + internet] Su Yi wakes up one morning back in 2007, at the dawn of China’s economic boom. Starting with a tiny shop, he acquires McDonald’s and KFC, invests in internet businesses, and gets ahead of the curve in a range of industries. He builds a business empire and a powerful network of connections, making his mark in restaurants, the internet, new energy, hotels, automobiles, and more. When he ventures overseas to go public, he faces a sieg 16.9kReads7.9Score1k14d adds
- 117 Picking Up a Wife on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway: My Story with a Budget Traveler 川藏线捡媳妇：我和穷游女的故事 I’m well into my thirties, out of work, and my wife has left me. I watched outdoor vloggers on short-video apps making money while cuddling up to women, and slapped my thigh: Why shouldn’t I be able to do that? I gritted my teeth and bought a secondhand camper van. I called it chasing poetry and distant horizons, then hit National Highway 318. Really, I just wanted to see if I could find myself a wife along the Sichuan-Tibet route. Who would have thought I’d find all kinds of stories instead 10.7kReads7.0Score93314d adds
- 118 My Sister-in-Law's Youth 嫂子的青春 Su Pingping had a happy, loving family, but after her husband died, everything changed dramatically. Having endured the hardships of life and the confusion of love, her attitude toward romance gradually... 4.8kReads6.4Score38214d adds
- 119 You Asked for a Bigger Bride Price, but Now You’re Complaining 临时加彩礼真给你加了你又不乐意 Lin Feng had been dating Zhao Xiaoqing for eight years, and they were finally old enough to talk marriage. But Zhao Xiaoqing sprang a 100,000-yuan bride price on him at the last minute, more than he could scrape together even by draining his savings. They were forced to break up, and only then did he discover it had all been a scheme. Lin Feng: “You want me to pay for your school-beauty sister’s education?” Zhao Xiaoqing: “Of course.” Lin Feng: “You want me to pay so your younger brother can dat 1.1kReads7.3Score10314d adds
- 120 Lingshi Farmstead: The Heiress Returns to Tear Apart the Ungrateful Wolves 灵溪田舍：千金归来手撕白眼狼 [Urban cultivation + farming + revenge + face-slapping satisfaction] With a spiritual-plant cultivation System as her golden finger, an adopted daughter from a mountain village fights back and takes revenge, exposes the darkness of human nature, and stays true to herself. On her eighteenth birthday, Lin Wanxing, a mountain village girl, learns that she is the orphaned heir to a wealthy family and is about to inherit a fortune worth billions. But her adoptive family’s “younger sister,” Lin Xiaoyu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Showbiz: I Reveal I'm Reborn from the Start 娱乐：开局自爆重生者 [System] + [Cultivation] + [multiple transmigrations] + [celebrities] [~~~Reborn alongside five female celebrities~~~] Meng Ziyi: “How about we take him back and interrogate him?” Zhao Liying: “Confess and you'll be treated leniently. Resist and you'll be punished severely.” Zhou Ye: “So you like playing games where you raise someone, huh?” Jiang Peiyao: “Am I really that unpopular?” Bai Lu: “I want to know how that skill-sharing thing works.” Liu Yifei, Liu Shishi, Yang Mi, Dilraba, and Fan Xia 3.6kReads8.6Score14614d adds
- 122 Reborn in Chinese Showbiz: Wooing the Heavenly Fairy 重生之我在华娱泡天仙 I actually got reborn? Holy crap! This time, Liu Yifei is mine, no matter what. What do you mean Han Sanping is my uncle? Heh, in that case, I call the shots in the entertainment industry! Guys, ready for the gossip? 3kReads5.9Score13114d adds
- 123 I Told You to Make Easy Money, Yet You Start by Taking Advantage of the Campus Beauty 让你躺赚，你开局占校花便宜 [Tycoon + Wish Fulfillment + Multiple Heroines + Campus Beauty] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Long Ming was lying in bed watching an adult film when he unexpectedly awakened a System and gained all kinds of abilities. He had a steamy encounter with a campus beauty and solved the problem troubling her; ran into an upperclasswoman and helped ease her sprained ankle; traveled to another city to meet a streamer... In the end, Long Ming realized that all the women around him were campus b 1.5kReads6.4Score10114d adds
- 124 The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Feng Heng's Story 射雕冯蘅篇 The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Feng Heng's Story 1.1kReads—Score3814d adds
- 125 Tycoon: Bring Home a Campus Belle in Black Stockings for Just 398 神豪：只需398黑丝校花带回家 [Subverting tropes] [Multiple heroines] [Everyday life] Life is like a game, with countless quests to complete. Win, and you'll live in wealth and luxury. Lose, and you'll go bald in an M-shaped pattern. Other people get a tycoon System and start with hundreds of millions, even billions. But Cheng Che's System only gives him rewards for completing quests himself. Worst of all, failure comes with life-threatening punishments. To avoid being punished, Cheng Che has no choice but to work hard and c 7kReads—Score32214d adds
- 126 The Debauched Tang: Drunk, Reclining on a Beauty's Lap 脏唐之醉卧美人膝 The Tang dynasty was considered immoral mainly because its people disregarded propriety. Emperor Gaozong made Wu Meiniang, his stepmother, empress, while Emperor Xuanzong took his daughter-in-law Yang Yuhuan as a consort. Even today, with our open-minded attitudes, people still can't accept such outrageous acts! Modern special forces soldier Cui Shiyin transmigrates into the body of the wealthy young noble Cui Shi by a twist of fate, reliving a turbulent tale of love and hatred with Princess Tai 3.7kReads8.5Score27314d adds
- 127 Tycoon: From the Start, I Make Trouble for My Beautiful Landlady 神豪：开局祸害美女房东 [Rich Protagonist] [Multiple Heroines] [Lighthearted Daily Life] [Enjoying Life] After spending one passionate night with his beautiful landlady, Qin Shiyao, Gu Yong unexpectedly activates a tycoon System. Get cash back for every dollar spent, with random spending bonuses: earn ten million dollars a month. One beautiful woman after another becomes part of his everyday life. While everyone else works like a beast of burden to pay off their mortgage, he lives in a mansion and drives a supercar. Hi 5.4kReads—Score31814d adds
- 128 EN My Food Deliveries Are So Good, the Young Moms Won't Leave Me Alone 外卖太香，少妇妈妈们缠着我不放 (Multiple heroines + everyday life + college + urban life + all-around delivery rider + sister-in-law) “Ding-dong! Ms. Tang, your delivery is here.” Mu Changsheng, dressed in his delivery uniform, knocked on the door, holding a takeout order in his hand. “Just leave it by the door!” A pleasant female voice came from inside. Mu Changsheng gently set the food down outside. Just as he was about to turn and leave, the door suddenly opened, and Ms. Tang stepped out in her pajamas. “Hey, young man, wa 52.6kReads7.7Score4.1k14d adds
- 129 Tycoon: After Being Humiliated, I Turn Around and Pursue Her Best Friend 神豪：被羞辱后，我反手追她闺蜜 [Tycoon] + [Comedy and everyday life] + [Multiple heroines] + [Campus romance] If you were offered a job where all you had to do each day was eat, drink, and have fun with beautiful girls in exchange for a huge cash rebate, would you take it? If you could grant a girl's wish and earn a lottery draw for all kinds of prizes, would you be interested? After the girl he worshipped bullied him, Lü Xun unexpectedly obtained a rebate System. After taking the chance to get his revenge, Lü Xun promptly wh 5.9kReads6.8Score41314d adds
- 130 Showbiz: From the Start, I Tear Into the Celestial Fairy's Mom for Selling Her Daughter 娱乐：开局怒怼天仙妈卖女儿 Ye Chen is reborn in a parallel world as a film director. After his movie is released, he helps Liu Yifei set up a studio, offending the other talent agencies. A host of directors join forces to suppress him. Ye Chen: “Okay, fine. I’ll leave you alone, and you come after me? Don’t blame me for going straight for the jugular.” Reporter: “Director Ye, Director Lu Chuan says your movies are just for children and have no artistic merit. What’s your response?” Ye Chen: “I’m sitting down as I answer. 18.6kReads7.5Score83014d adds
- 131 From the Start, an Old Man with Terminal Cancer Unlocks the Campus Belle's Lifesaving Secret 开局老登癌症晚期，解锁校花救命 Lin Miaoyu, the university's campus beauty, failed an exam and was caught red-handed stealing a test paper by the security guard, Lin Tiezhu. Afraid of being taken to the security office, they struck a deal: they would pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend for 24 hours. When Lin Miaoyu learned that Wang Tiezhu had terminal cancer and wanted to be a real man just once… On the second floor of the teaching building, a faint light flickered in an office that should have been pitch-black! Which 2.1kReads—Score10814d adds
- 132 Showbiz: The Whole Internet Hates Me, This Actor Is Such a Scumbag 娱乐：全网公敌，这个演员太渣了 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3.7kReads8.2Score16814d adds
- 133 The Heir Returns and Spoils His Showbiz Sister Rotten 世子归来，将娱乐圈姐姐宠上天 [Showbiz] + [Stars] + [Film and TV] + [Variety Shows] Yun Tian runs into top-tier star Yang Mi at Paris Fashion Week, and the two begin a sweet romance. After returning to China, he sets up an entertainment company and gives top-tier resources to Yang Mi, Liu Yifei, Dilraba Dilmurat, and many other actresses. But his true identity is the heir to the Yun family. 9.1kReads6.3Score47014d adds
- 134 The Seventh Coffee Cup 第七个咖啡杯 The Seventh Coffee Cup —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Beautiful Widow and the Twins 绝色寡妇之双胞胎 “Ah!” Su Laosi only had time to let out a short cry before his whole body pitched backward. He tumbled through the air as blue sky and cliff face flashed past in rapid succession. In his final moment, he saw a circling mountain eagle, its gaze sharp as a blade. 966Reads6.6Score11014d adds
- 136 The Reborn Optician 重生的眼镜店老板 (Not a single heroine) (Entrepreneurship + investment + no stock or futures trading) (No System, no cultivation) After years of suffering from illness, Shen Ci, a bespectacled shopkeeper who had no one in his life, was reborn in 2002. He was once again the spirited young man he had been back then. Given a second chance, he didn't want to leave any more regrets behind: His childhood sweetheart and adoptive older sister, the woman who had waited for him for years, and all those things he couldn't 6.1kReads7.7Score39214d adds
- 137 The Path to Godhood Begins by Righting the Wrongs of a Past Life 成神，从弥补前世遗憾开始 [Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment] [Period] [System] [Heartthrob] [Many Beautiful Women] People say the 1990s were the happiest time to be alive, so let's take a look at life in that era. Oscar: Never has an actor's performance been so outstanding. Others win an Oscar because they can only win one. Ling Feng wins because there's only one Oscar. Grammy: Best Lyrics, Best Composition, Best Vocal Performance. His voice sounds as if it had been kissed by God, just like his face. His lyrics are like poetry 111Reads—Score1114d adds
- 138 My Urban Soulmate 都市之我的红颜知己 What nobody knew was that the younger aunt was actually the eldest daughter of the Lin family of Yanjing, one of the most powerful families. Back then, Lin Xiaoxiao's mother, Shangguan Xi, the eldest daughter of the Shangguan family, and Su Buwei's mother, Murong Xue, had been the closest of friends at university… 188Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 139 The Half-Closed Door 半掩门 The Half-Open Door 3.1kReads—Score10014d adds
- 140 Huo Lan Dao Feng’s 67th Book 火岚刀锋第67本书 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 8Reads—Score1514d adds
- 141 Conquering the Entertainment Industry: It Started with Winning Over the Campus Belle 制霸娱乐圈，从收校花开始 [Reborn with foresight vs. an emperor reincarnated, entertainment industry + business wars + emotional bonds + fated showdown] When he was young and naive, Bai Xiaolong was devoted to brotherhood. He burned joss paper and swore allegiance to his big brother, Zhao Tianhao, only to be manipulated by Zhao and left with his family in ruins. Fate begins anew. Armed with knowledge of the next thirty years, Bai Xiaolong becomes a master of capital and a Midas touch. He conquers the entertainment indust 26.6kReads9.1Score3.7k14d adds
- 142 I Got a System, but a Beautiful Woman Turned Around and Got Me Thrown in Jail 获得系统，却被美女反手搞进局子 [Tycoon + Multiple Heroines + Underdog Makes a Comeback] Lin Fan had lost everything in life and was just about to jump when he obtained the Simp System. As long as he spent money on women who met the requirements, he would get ten times the amount back. But! They had to be women he didn't know, score at least 85 out of 100 in looks, and he had to hug them before the feature unlocked! From then on, Lin Fan devoted himself to finding ways to hug women he didn't know. In his quest to make money, L 3.6kReads6.9Score20814d adds
- 143 My Days in Public Relations 我当公关的那些日子 You probably won’t believe me when I tell you what I do for a living. You’re a liar! That’s right! I make a living telling tall tales and keeping people company as they chat. Anyone can spin a yarn, but I might be the first to turn it into a respectable profession and earn tens of millions a year! I spend all day spinning stories to women, talking nonsense nonstop, and somehow they still like me and are willing to pay me. The secret to business: It doesn’t matter what you’re selling, even if it’ 8.9kReads7.5Score67114d adds
- 144 Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Is Serious, but Has Too Many Ex-Wives 娱乐：顶流正经但前妻多 Liu Zhengjing started working at sixteen. He spent several years waiting tables, saved up 180,000 bitcoins, and got married thirty-six times along the way. Each marriage lasted no more than three days... Later, he got into the Beijing Film Academy, thinking he could quietly live the life of an ordinary college student. Instead, his ex-wives formed a group chat to keep tabs on him, while his new classmates lined up to get close. He recorded a variety show and used a falsetto voice that left Li C 6.1kReads6.4Score35614d adds
- 145 Reborn: Summer Isn't Over, and the Jade Is Just Beginning to Take Shape 重生：夏时未晚，玉圆方始 [Reborn in 2002's golden era + ensemble cast + two bona fide female leads + a light harem + playing both sides of the law + witty humor + no brainless characters + masterfully handled love triangles] [The original title was an abbreviation of the two female leads' names, with no hidden meaning. Read with confidence. This isn't a brainless power fantasy. Love triangle warning!] A 40-year-old division-level official! A career-minded political elite! Would someone like that really want a second cha 28Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 146 Reborn: The Superstar Falls in Love with Me 重生：大明星爱上我 [Reborn] [Period]+ [Business] [Showbiz]+ [Decisive and ruthless] [Incredibly satisfying] Zhang Yu is reborn twenty years in the past, in 2003. During that scorching summer, he seizes the chance he missed in his previous life to land a superstar as a client, earning his first fortune. Through a twist of fate, he also gets the chance to grow close to the superstar. To his surprise, the star falls madly in love with him... And this is only the beginning of his incredible life! 770Reads8.3Score8514d adds
- 147 I Wanted to Be a Good Person, but Brother Ming Shattered My Daoist Resolve 我想做个好人，明哥却毁我道心 Multiple heroines + jealousy and rivalry + romantic entanglements + wish fulfillment + lighthearted comedy + college life No dropping the story, no dragging things out. No ambiguous relationships, no endless back-and-forth. Building a bright future starts with you. Cao Yuan’an says that under Jiao Ziming’s guidance, he simply can’t manage that at all… 23.2kReads8.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 148 My First Love Cheated on Me, and None of Our Three Children Are Mine 被白月光绿了，三孩都不是亲生的 “Your three daughters aren't yours!” “They have the same mother but different fathers!” “Xiao Xian'er cheated on you ninety-nine times between the start of your relationship and your wedding. And that's only what the records show!” “...” Your cause is my effect. Ye Ping'an, past the age of thirty, escaped his bloodsucker and came into an immense fortune. 127Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 149 Chinese Showbiz: Setting Off with Keep Running! 华娱：从跑男开始出发！ (Urban life + entertainment + five Systems + no transmigration + multiple heroines + heartthrob + all-around entertainer + top-tier star from the start + boy band debut) When one member suddenly left without a word, the reigning top-tier boy band fell apart overnight. Lin Yi was one of its members, and he had no way out and no choice but to return to China and pursue his career there. With that as his starting point, Lin Yi began his comeback journey in a rival boy band, making his way from Chin 3.1kReads6.5Score11214d adds
- 150 Godfather of the Entertainment Industry? I'm a Hidden Tycoon 娱乐圈教父？我是隐藏的资本大佬 [Business] [Entertainment] [Technology] [Lighthearted] [No Cliches] [Multiple Heroines] [HD Illustrations] (Completed) After transmigrating, Lin Xiang planned to conquer the business world with his cheat, but through a twist of fate, he ended up with a record company on the verge of bankruptcy and made his way into the entertainment industry. As he slowly began to dominate the entertainment scene in public, behind the scenes he quietly became a powerful tycoon. Is it hard to dominate the Chinese 716Reads8.1Score13114d adds
