Novels like The Allure of Persistence
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Allure of Persistence, best match first.
- 101 Mr. Shen, Stop Tormenting Me. Please Let Me Go! 沈先生别虐了，请放我走！ A car accident changed both their fates. After humiliating her in every possible way, he finally realized that he was the biggest joke of all! Miss Qiao, is it too late for me to pursue you now? Mr. Shen, please let me go! 844Reads7.2Score10114d adds
- 102 Spring Departs, Autumn Arrives 春辞秋至 [Younger man and older teacher / unrequited love becomes mutual / mutual salvation / 1V1] [Gentle and refined at first, then cool and shattered × resilient boy from humble beginnings] It turns out even a gray spring can have color. If you were thirteen-year-old Qi Hao, you would understand his ten years of secret love. For more than a decade, Qin Yiqiu had been like an angel. Apart from his grandmother, Qi Hao had never known warmth. She taught him to read and told him about a world he had never 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 My Ex-Wife Is Hard to Win Back: Mr. Shang’s Pursuit Goes Up in Flames 前妻难哄，商总追妻火葬场了 Seven years ago, with death staring her in the face, Shang Yunzheng chose his first love, and Su Qin threw herself into the sea. Seven years later, her own child is seriously ill, and she has no choice but to swallow her pride and come back to get pregnant by him! Drugging him, knocking him out, Su Qin will stop at nothing. In the middle of the night, she sneaks in and has her way with the man. The next day, the man grabs Su Qin by the chin. “Qinqin, you finally came back.” The little one jumps 143Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Xuanshuo Guixu: The Han Dynasty's Fallen Immortal 玄朔归墟：大汉谪仙 Xuanshuo Guixu: The Banished Immortal of the Han Dynasty —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Echoes of Red Rock 赤岩遗响 Echoes of Red Rock —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Reunited With My Firefighter Ex, Who Told Me to Get Lost Because He Doesn’t Love Me Anymore 重逢消防员前任，他说走开不爱了 Complete [Reunion After Years Apart, Love and Hate, Rekindled Romance, Devoted Husband, One-on-One Romance, Both First-Time Partners, Happy Ending] Ji Qiao goes out in the middle of the night to take out the trash and gets trapped in an elevator. To make matters worse, she’d been too lazy to change out of her oversized T-shirt, and she was wearing nothing but athletic underwear below the waist. The firefighters called by the property management arrive to rescue her. And one of them is her ex-boy 5.3kReads7.6Score49614d adds
- 107 After One Letter of Farewell, the Aloof Heir Stormed Through Imperial Power to Marry Me 一纸诀别，清冷世子踏破皇权来娶我 One Farewell Letter, and the Aloof Heir Defies the Imperial Throne to Marry Me 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Love Out of Order 爱意失序 [Both leads have no prior romantic experience + older woman/younger man + reunion after a long separation + healing + childhood sweethearts + happy ending] Glamorous, badass racing queen x brooding, devoted top-tier star ~ On the first day of filming, Qi Zheng lost control on set for the first time. The legendary car modifier hired at great expense was the woman he'd desperately searched for over the past nine years: the one who had abandoned him for money when he was sixteen and at his most des 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Delicate Beauty Is Hard for the Powerful Minister to Spoil 娇娇美人，权臣难宠 [Both leads are devoted to each other + sweet romance + household intrigue + pure historical romance + rekindled love after a breakup + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] The wealthy Bai family of Yunzhou was wiped out overnight. When their only daughter, Bai Mengjiao, was abducted, she fell off a cliff and injured her head. When she awoke, she had forgotten everything about her past… Pei Huaizhi brought her back to the marquis’s residence, telling everyone she was his younger sis 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 One Hundred and Twenty Days to Win Back My Ex-Girlfriend 一百二十天追回前女友 [Reunion after years apart + unwavering devotion + misunderstandings + both pure-hearted] The hottest guy in town. The young master of a wealthy family. A notorious playboy who became famous after a fight. In high school, everyone knew Li Yicheng. And she was top of the class, the well-behaved girl everyone in town knew. Her eyes were clear as water, but whenever she looked at him, they turned cold as ice. Her surname was hidden in his name. Her name was Cheng Lisa. Later, their homeroom teacher 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 A Gentle Ripple in My Dreams 一枕微澜 [Dissociative Identity Disorder X Reunion After Years Apart X The Ex-Husband's Long Road to Winning Her Back] When they reunited after three years apart, Shen Weilan discovered that her ex-husband didn't recognize her. She thought he had amnesia and forgotten her, never realizing that someone else had long since taken over his body. He said, "Since he's lost his mind over a woman, he can give this body to me." She said, "You're just a fragment of his thoughts. You have no right to exist, and you 498Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 I Loved the Same Person Twice 我爱过两次一样的人 [Reunion after a long separation + Love hidden beneath hatred + Flirtatious push and pull + Devoted favoritism + Bittersweet romance] It turns out that people will fall hopelessly in love with the same person again and again. The Gesang flowers have bloomed for six seasons. For six years, his hatred has been full of love: he hates the obsession he cannot let go of, and loves the addiction to her he cannot break. But she has forgotten everything, completely erasing the traces of the love they onc 514Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 113 The Path of Medicine in the Primordial Yellow World 玄黄医途 The Path of Medicine in the Xuanhuang Realm —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Great Derivation, Escape One 大衍遁一 The Great Derivation, the One Who Escaped 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Mr. Gu, Your Ex-Wife Is the Woman You’re Looking For 顾总，你的前妻就是你要找的人 The main story is almost finished. After months of fits and starts, I’ve finally completed it. Thank you all so much for your long-standing support! [Both leads are faithful + double angst + wealthy CEO + sweet romance + scheming + forced marriage and possessive love + mutual devotion + rekindled romance + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] Ji Qing said, “We’re divorced. Why are you giving my boyfriend a hard time?” Gu Jueye rose unhurriedly. “I gave you a chance to break up with 858Reads9.0Score19514d adds
- 116 After Mr. Zhou Spoiled His Canary Rotten 金丝雀被周先生惯坏以后 [Bittersweet Pursuit | Love Amidst Hatred | Angst Before Love | The Powerful One Gets on His Knees] At eighteen, Ye Yutang knocked on Zhou Zhenglin’s car window to pay off gambling debts. The craziest man in Hong Kong City became her sugar daddy. He gave her money and crushed every bit of defiance in her. She eloped with the driver, but their train was stopped as soon as it left Hong Kong City. Right in front of her, he broke two of the driver’s fingers, then wiped away her tears with a bloodsta 1.1kReads—Score11514d adds
- 117 A Lie 一个谎 [Male and Female Leads + Both Devoted to Each Other + Male Lead Has a Secret Identity + Reunion After Years Apart + Second Chance at Love + Healing] [School life in the first half, clinical doctor vs. renowned photographer in the second] [New chapters daily at 11 p.m.] Su Qingye: Your mother died when you were five, and you were forced to grow up alone. At sixteen, you started high school, only to endure three years of being ostracized by your classmates. At twenty, your stepbrother forced 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Early Years of the Late Tang 残唐初土 The Early Years of the Late Tang 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 The Bride in My Place: Cold and Calculating Young Master Jin, Let’s Get a Divorce 替嫁娇妻：腹黑靳少请和离 [Love after marriage × Rekindled romance × The husband chases his wife to the crematorium] To pay her mother’s exorbitant medical bills, Lu Anran treats marriage as a business deal and marries Jin Hanyuan, the most privileged young master in T City. But once she moves in, he makes things difficult for her at every turn. She sighs, telling herself she’ll endure it until her mother recovers, then escape. But just as she starts drafting the divorce papers, he pins her firmly against the wall, hi 10.6kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 120 Chronicles of the Balance Between Humanity and Heaven 人天衡纪 The Chronicles of Human and Heaven —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Couple Raked in Millions from Their Electricity Bill 夫妻俩靠电费，狂捞几百万 The couple rakes in millions by charging for electricity. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 My Ex-Husband, the Movie Star, Wants to Remarry Me 影帝前夫想复婚 [Younger, possessive movie star x socially anxious beauty streamer] [Marriage first, love later + childhood sweethearts + rekindled romance + groveling pursuit + both leads' first love] No one knew that Kong Nanzhu was married to movie star Qin Qi, just as no one knew they had lived under the same roof for ten years. After one rumor, deception, and exploitation too many, and countless disappointments and grievances, Kong Nanzhu finally made up her mind. “Let’s get divorced.” When Qin Qi saw her 1.1kReads9.1Score10114d adds
- 123 General Lu's Ex-Wife Is Living It Up 陆总的前妻很快乐 Chen Xiaohe and Lu Chengyu divorced three years ago, and she's been living a carefree life ever since. How was she supposed to know that her cold-hearted ex-husband would cling to her like a piece of sticky plaster, showing up every now and then? She can't shake him off! Marriage? One experience is enough! Lu Chengyu built his fortune from nothing and restored his family's glory. When he had finally made a name for himself, he got divorced. At first, he didn't think it was a big deal. She was ju 482Reads—Score96014d adds
- 124 An Empty Fate, A Player at the Board 空命执棋 Playing the Game with an Empty Fate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 He's Just a Fool 他只是个傻子 [Boys' Love / melodrama / happy ending / modern / angst / win-back romance / silly fool fiction] Qin Yun was deemed a failure and sent to a remote mountain village to oversee the management of a mine. There he met a fool. Though dim-witted, the fool was good at taking care of others. In this impoverished backwater, Qin Yun made a move on the only little fool he found tolerable to look at. But after hurting him recklessly again and again, Qin Yun never expected the fool to say he didn't love him 62Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 126 My Childhood Friend and Mortal Enemy Became My Client 青梅竹马死对头，成为我的甲方客户 My Childhood Friend and Archrival Became My Client 163Reads—Score114d adds
- 127 The Evening Breeze Won’t See Him Home, and the Departed Will Not Return 晚风不渡他，不见离人归 [Ex-Wife-Chasing-to-the-Crematorium + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + No Reconciliation After the Breakup + Feuds Among the Wealthy + Male Lead Suffers + Male Lead Is Chaste, Female Lead Is Not + Evenly Matched Leads + Strong Female Lead + A Touch of Workplace Drama] *Stoic male lead *Gentle second male lead *Female lead’s growth It was an undeniable fact that Nan Yunqian had once loved Song Ning deeply. He had nearly given his life for her, and Song Ning had never doubted his feelings for a m 2.6kReads6.8Score10614d adds
- 128 The Splendor of the Kingdom: Making a Visit to the King 观国之光：利用宾于王 Behold the Splendor of the Land: A Guest at the King's Court 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The Cold Ex-Boyfriend She Left Behind Returns, Intent on Taking Her by Force 抛弃的清冷前男友回国，蓄意掠夺 [The rating has just opened and will rise] [Reunion after years apart / rekindled romance / groveling chase / both leads are sexually inexperienced] In college: proud, willful heiress × aloof, impoverished student Once, she was a princess high above everyone else, while he was just a poor student. Forced to be with her for a year, he never once treated her kindly. She knew he hated her. Eventually, she got tired of it and dumped him. When they met again, she was a lowly reporter for an entertai 7.4kReads7.9Score69414d adds
- 130 Don't Tease Me, My Back Can't Take It 别撩我腰会断 [A 28-year-old crime boss turns businessman|Roguishly handsome male lead|Male lead has no romantic past|Mistaken seduction|Sex before love|Forced love|Wild, flirtatious, and sensual|A mix of sweetness and angst|Pursuing his wife|Happy ending] After four years together, Lin Chuxi's boyfriend fell for someone else and decisively dumped her. Heartbroken, Lin Chuxi barged into a private room, gripped a man's chin, and kissed him forcefully. That soft, scorching kiss left Lu Zixi tingling all over. 41Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 131 I Came Back for a Divorce, but the Abstinent Tycoon Begged His Wife to Come Home 归来离婚，禁欲大佬跪求太太回家 CEO Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Two Strong Leads + Rekindled Love + The Long Road to Winning Her Back + Adorable Child Everyone in Jiangcheng knows that Bo Yan, the decisive, disciplined business magnate who keeps his private life strictly controlled, calls the same person three times every day, without fail. For 732 consecutive days, every call has gone unanswered. Two years ago, his wife, Shen Ling, left everything behind and went abroad. She even left their son behind. Everyone tho 495Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The Wicked Girlfriend’s Transformation: An Heir to a Powerful Family 豪门继承人的恶毒女友蜕变记 A sweet, airheaded beauty with a wicked streak x a cool, lovesick heir to a wealthy family Qiao Yu had a nightmare. She dreamed that her boyfriend, Ji Yancheng, was actually the heir to the wealthy Zhao family, who had taken him back. Suddenly rich and powerful, Ji Yancheng sent Qiao Yu back to her poor, remote hometown in the mountains. Qiao Yu ran back to find him and clung to him in every way she could, but he showed no regard for their past and sent her back to the mountains again. Qiao Yu 635Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Reunited, and Swept Away by Love Again 重逢，又坠爱潮 [Childhood sweethearts + reunion after years apart + devoted male lead + sweet romance + both untouched + happy ending] The fallen heiress of a prominent family x the cold, unruly illegitimate son of a wealthy family “Pei Jingyan, you dare! I’ll make sure you never see me again for the rest of your life!” Luo Nianchu glares at him, eyes bloodshot. He is an illegitimate son of a powerful family in the capital, raised far from home: cold, ruthless, and merciless. She is the cherished daughter o 1.7kReads—Score10514d adds
- 134 Humans Should Not Die 人类不宜死亡 [Ensemble Cast] [Infinite Flow] [Mystery and Deduction] [Horror Games] [Paranormal Imagination] [Mind-Bending Premise] It's just a game. Does adding the word death really make it special? If my heart died long ago, what am I supposed to do? Huh? You say I still have teammates? I suppose you're right... If someone insists on dragging me along, I can't exactly be rude and act like a jerk, can I? All right, then. They say high risks bring high rewards, so I'll play the game in the riskiest way poss 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Young Master Lu’s Overwhelming Love: His Substitute Wife Won’t Put Up with It 陆少强宠：替身娇妻不干了 Everyone in City A thought Su Tangtang was Lu Huaijin's darling, the apple of his eye. Only Su Tangtang knew she was nothing but a substitute. He hated her, and everything he did was meant to get revenge. The day before Su Tangtang and Lu Huaijin were supposed to get engaged, the woman he had loved and lost returned. At that moment, she made up her mind. She would stop trying to warm a heart that couldn't be warmed, and she would leave the man who didn't love her. Lu Huaijin had always known Su 1.7kReads8.7Score12214d adds
- 136 Love in Sin, Sweet Captive of Lord Xia 罪爱娇宠，夏爷的心尖囚 [Chasing Her After Losing Her] [Over-the-Top Drama] [Rekindled Romance] [Mutually Faithful] [Sweet and Bittersweet] The heroine coldly walks away, leaving their child with him. Once feared by all for his ruthless, blood-soaked ways, Master Xia keeps losing his composure in front of his own little troublemaker. The child is convinced Daddy is a bad uncle! She's a pro at biting and kicking, and cries every day as she desperately looks for Mommy. By day, Master Xia runs a massive corporation, his p 234Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Sir, Your Son Hacked Your Account and Took 20 Billion 爷，你儿子黑你账户拿了你两百亿 Adorable kids + raising children + modern romance + everyone’s darling + wealthy CEO Before Shen Nian’s adoptive mother died, she entrusted her to Fu Shenyuan’s mother. Two years later, Fu’s mother spoke to Shen Nian and asked her to marry him. Shen Nian quickly agreed, because she had already fallen deeply in love with him over those two years. What she didn’t know was that he wasn’t marrying her out of love. He had always had someone else in his heart, his one true love. He only married her be 12.4kReads8.7Score1.5k14d adds
- 138 Revenge for Their Mom: Four Little Ones Turn Their Scumbag Dad’s Family Upside Down 为妈报仇，四个幼崽炸翻渣爹全家 Adorable child + modern romance + overbearing CEO + sweet, family-doting romance Years ago, he had an accident and nearly became a vegetable. When Old Master Ji had his fortune told, he learned that his grandson needed someone whose fate could counter his own to stay healthy. And so she became his wife. After three years of living alone, she thought that taking such good care of him would eventually warm his heart. But who could have known that his first love would return three years later? In t 10.8kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 139 The Sweet, Gentle Secretary Is Actually the CEO's Uncontrollable Obsession 乖软秘书，竟是总裁的失控偏爱 (Both leads are inexperienced, ex-lover regret, contractual lover, rekindled romance) By day, Anna is Gu Chen's capable secretary. By night, she's his irresistible bedmate. A humiliating contract is all that stands between her and the debt she must repay to save her comatose mother. After two years of passion, he thinks it's nothing but a transaction, yet he falls deeper and deeper for her sweet but stubborn ways. When he coldly ends their “nighttime services” and his first love, Xia Ran, makes 2.5kReads7.7Score21814d adds
- 140 Has the Grand Tutor Tried to Tempt Me Again Today? 太傅大人今日又撩拨我了吗？ Your Excellency the Grand Tutor, Have You Been Flirting with Me Again Today? 335Reads—Score614d adds
- 141 Don’t Mess with the Mad Big Shot. He Might Be a Hopeless Romantic 别惹疯批大佬他可能是个恋爱脑 [Mad gangster boss × flirtatious heroine | love at first sight | forced bond | romance abroad | obsessive boss falls hopelessly in love | powerful man bows his head | she flees, he chases | intense push and pull | mutual salvation] At twenty-seven, the ruthless gangster boss Jiang Chenyan met Murong Yu at the coming-of-age ceremony arranged by his family. Her bold flirtation broke through his icy defenses, awakening a possessive obsession in the cold-blooded kingpin. The heroine grew afraid an 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 My Deskmate: From “Lone Sail” to “Coming from the Sun’s Edge” 同桌的你，从“孤帆”变成了我的“日边来” You, my deskmate, went from being a “lone sail” to the one who came to me “from beyond the sun’s edge.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Mysterious Pivot of Dunjia: Eight Gates That Guard the World 遁甲玄枢：八门镇世 The Mysteries of Dunjia: Eight Gates Subdue the World 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 His First Love Returns, and the Capital’s Young Master Goes Mad 白月光回归，京圈太子爷疯了 [Reunion after a long separation, second chance at love, mutual healing, devoted male lead, two highly intelligent leads, happy ending] Ten years ago, when they parted, he was humble and she was resolute. She left without looking back. When they meet again ten years later, he is the famous heir to the Lu family in the imperial capital, while she is an unknown young woman with no one to rely on who has just returned from abroad. Leaning against the hospital wall, he asks, “Did your sugar daddy 12.3kReads8.8Score96014d adds
- 145 Ten Years After We Broke Up, My Ex-Boyfriend Showed Up as My Boss 分手十年，前男友空降当我上司 Ten Years After We Broke Up, My Ex-Boyfriend Dropped In as My Boss 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 How Sour Is a Lemon? 柠檬有多酸 Obedient girl who says one thing and does another ^ Fake playboy who'd go through fire and water for his friends Lovers grow together ^ Unrequited love becomes mutual ^ Equally matched ^ Happy ending Sheng's parents were determined to raise Sheng Li into a well-read, refined, and virtuous young woman, capable of studying astronomy and geography and handling herself in the kitchen. In short, a well-rounded warrior. Oh, no, a young lady. Thanks to Jin Yu, Sheng Li ended up straying further and fu 663Reads—Score10214d adds
- 147 His Forceful Possession After Dark 入夜强势占有 A heart-wrenching, satisfying, sweet original novel [Both are virgins + possessive hero + reunion after years apart + sexual tension + obsessive pursuit] She reunites with her boyfriend, whom she broke up with three years ago, when she’s arrested in a prostitution raid. The man questioning her is her ex-boyfriend, Police Officer Shen Yanzhou. He curled his lip in a mocking smile. “Three years apart, and you’re still making money with your body?” At first, he mistakenly thought she was clinging 3.1kReads5.7Score14914d adds
- 148 Even Carpenters Attract Romance 木匠也招桃花 Cao Tianming, a village orphan and young carpenter, unexpectedly obtains The Heavenly Book of Lu Ban and masters Lu Ban’s secret arts. From then on, he has more money than he can spend and beautiful women all around him! He throws money around by day and parties every night! 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Jasmine Has Her Day 茉莉有期 [A gentle, wise cardiothoracic surgeon × a refined, gracious telecommunications engineer Both each other’s first and only love | Rekindled romance | Reunion after years apart | School days to city life] The first time Xie Shunian saw Shen Zhiqing was at her cousin’s birthday party. He leaned against the terrace railing in a white shirt, soft light gilding his profile. He looked gentle and refined. Mustering her courage, she handed him a glass of iced grape-and-jasmine milk tea. The moment their 2kReads—Score21514d adds
- 150 An Unfinished Gardenia Romance 未眠栀恋 [A wolfish, secretly passionate guy turns openly flirtatious × a bright, whale-loving girl who charges straight in] College ensemble cast “Only now do I understand: when I toddled toward you at five, I wasn’t learning to walk. I was running to you.” Two-year-old Lin Yihuai told the adults, “Let’s call my little sister A Jin. She’s my today, and I want to give her my tomorrow!” Xia Yu: a summer encounter, a meeting in summer. Everyone says she’s a blazing, sunny girl. But the sun belongs to every 74Reads—Score—14d adds
