Novels like He Sinian’s Canary
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as He Sinian’s Canary, best match first.
- 101 Drop the Act, Boss, You’ve Fallen for Me 别装了大佬他心动了 [Mutual Firsts + Love at First Sight + Devoted Romance + Both Leads Are Chaste + Happy Ending] [Steady, high-ranking leader + Funny junior employee] Cheng Nuo went to a blind date at the wrong private room, only to discover the next day that her date was Gu Shiyu, the newly appointed district Party secretary. Faced with his position, she wanted to run. But Gu Shiyu gradually made his way into her life, 5kReads8.3Score452Shelves
- 102 After the Divorce, a Trillionaire CEO Comes Begging to Join My Family 离婚后，千亿总裁上门求入赘 After a family tragedy leaves Jiang Li an orphan, she is adopted by the Shi family of Jiangcheng and falls for Shi Yan. She works up the courage to confess, only for Shi Yan, who has doted on her for years, to call her shameless in front of everyone! Jiang Li ignores the gossip and pursues Shi Yan for years. Just when she thinks he will never return her feelings, he suddenly proposes! But in their three years of marriage, Shi Yan would rather linger among the flowers outside than touch her. Only 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Midsummer When the Gardenias Bloom [Fragrance of Summer Gardenias] 栀子花开的盛夏【浅夏栀香】 “You’re lost again, little directionless one?” Lu Yichen had been looking down, but now he watched Gu Ningxi’s retreating figure. His fingertips absentmindedly brushed the edge of his headphones. Sunlight filtered through the gaps between the plane tree leaves, casting dappled shadows beneath his eyelashes. The familiar scene sent memories surging back. To escape his grandfather’s lessons on traditional Chinese medicine, Lu Yichen had hidden beneath the wisteria trellis in the old family home’s 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 I Don’t Want Your Love: Seduction 你的爱我不稀罕之勾引 [Stunning college girl × cold, domineering CEO | Nine-year age gap | He chases her after losing her | Iconic scenes] So what if he’s built like an inverted triangle? So what if he has an incredible dog-like waist? Tong Yan was sure there were men like that everywhere in Haicheng. Nothing special. At nineteen, Tong Yan stood 170 centimeters tall, with breathtaking beauty, a privileged family background, and all the confidence of someone born proud. But just before she was due to enroll at Haichen 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Sweet-Talking: Mr. Yu's Openly Obvious Favoritism 诱哄：郁先生的偏爱明目张胆 A powerful-family romance about winning back a wife: a cool, fragile little flower and a rigid old-fashioned man who always keeps himself in check Rekindled love + the powerful one learning to bow his head + both untouched + ten-year age gap When Ruan Xitang was young, she fell in love with Yu Zheng. Later, Yu Zheng was expected to marry for an alliance, so she left him. Only afterward did she learn that Yu Zheng had thought she was dead. Three years later, she arrived at the airport in Jing Cit 5.1kReads8.5Score377Shelves
- 106 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—Shelves
- 107 Nan Yuezi’s Ninth Book 楠月子的第9本书 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 799Reads6.4Score100Shelves
- 108 The Live-In Nanny, and the CEO Who Whispers Sweet Nothings to Her Every Night 住家小保姆，霸总夜夜低声哄 A love-averse CEO vs. an ordinary girl [Both virgins + six-year age gap + devoted spoiling] Ye Yunxin had only just graduated from college when the first project proposal she worked on during her internship caught the eye of a CEO worth hundreds of billions. That night, unable to hold her liquor, she made a bold declaration while drunk: “Even if he’s the CEO, I’ll still get him.” And that very night, he took her to a five-star hotel. Ye Yunxin was a little money-lover, so the CEO seized the chan 242Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 Late Autumn Breeze 深秋晚风 The day Luo Zhi left, Ouyang Ping asked Xu Yanqing, “The girl really left just like that?” The truth was, they'd known from the beginning that there could never be a future for her and Xu Yanqing. 87Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 110 I'm a Matchmaker, but I've Become a War God's Romantic Trial 我一个月老，成了战神的情劫 I'm a newly appointed God of Marriage, but I'm still inexperienced and barely have any worshippers. To boost my numbers, I set my sights on Xuan Ye, the God of War in the Celestial Realm. If I can tie his marriage thread properly, my incense problem will be solved. But who could have guessed that after I finally got him drunk enough to name the person he liked, I'd match the wrong pair and completely botch the God of War's marriage arrangement! Even worse, the mistake brought Xuan Ye's tribulati 324Reads—Score168Shelves
- 111 The Abstinent Third Master Has Been Plotting to Win Me Over for Ages 禁欲三爷对我蓄谋已久 [One-and-only devotion + fiercely protective] Gu Nanxing is not only beautiful, but also a top student at Jing University. She wins scholarship after scholarship, and even the professors are competing to persuade her to continue her studies and pursue a graduate degree. She has an infinitely bright future ahead of her, yet she stubbornly gives her heart to the thoroughly ordinary Xiao Linze. All because he saved her life ten years ago, she has decided he's the one. In Xiao Tangyou's eyes, the 1.2kReads8.1Score104Shelves
- 112 The Good Girl's Secret Crush: Sweetness Overload 乖乖女的暗恋：甜翻了 (Age gap + both are each other’s first + the powerful one bows his head) Zhixia was born into the prestigious Huo family of Beijing’s high society. She had always been a well-behaved girl with excellent grades. At sixteen, she fell in love with someone she couldn’t tell anyone about. At twenty, she was suddenly exposed as a fake heiress. She was promptly thrown out of the Huo family, and with her new surname, became Song Zhixia. Outsiders laughed at her, but only Song Zhixia knew how happy she w 2.8kReads8.3Score347Shelves
- 113 A River of Love Hidden in a Milk Tea Cup 奶茶杯里藏心河 The Heart River Hidden in a Milk Tea Cup: When scars become the mark of a meeting, the bottom of a milk tea cup holds the key to healing “Those scars on your wrist… they're just like mine.” - For Ruan Tang, a socially anxious librarian, only books feel safe. Then, on a stormy day, Lu Yuan, a cheerful milk tea shop owner, knocks over her treasured books. As he helps her pick them up, she sees a scar on his wrist just like her own. - He draws smiley faces on every cup of milk tea, but keeps an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 A Writer’s Brush Meets the Political Arena 笔尖遇政途 A promising 29-year-old district Party committee secretary-general × a freshly graduated intern reporter When they first meet, she looks at the man in the administrative jacket. He seems only twenty-five or twenty-six, young enough to be a generation below the bureau chiefs standing nearby. Yet his manner is perfectly composed, and he has a steadiness and wisdom beyond his years. With the air of someone accustomed to authority, he asks her supervisor, “What’s this young colleague’s name?” He tea 2.3kReads—Score235Shelves
- 115 The High Priest in the Apocalypse Spoils Her Proud, Useless Little Darling 大祭司在末世，独宠傲娇小废物 [Reborn + scheming + devoted to each other + apocalypse + mind reading + extremely possessive + yandere] [Beautiful, powerful, tragic High Priest VS proud, clingy little good-for-nothing] The darling Shi Chu Yu, doted on by her father and mother and spoiled by her younger brother, somehow ended up in the apocalypse. All her treasures were useless decorations, and she couldn't open either her pocket dimension or her storage bracelet. From the start, she was surrounded by hordes of zombies, sti 113Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 116 Taming the Wild 驯野 Fifteen-year-old Cheng Yuan. She did terribly on her high school entrance exams. Afraid of being punished, she didn't dare go home. Then a torrential downpour forced her to take shelter in a convenience store. When Cheng Yuye found her, she was curled up on a chair, drenched from head to toe. She thought the man would scold her. Instead, he suddenly crouched down and took off her shoes and socks. She looked down at the hand covering her feet, and a wave of despair swept over her. Because at that 42Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 117 The Joyful Years 欢喜之年 One is a humble substitute teacher, the other a senior official overseeing education. Every smile, every glance, is you. Every happy moment is with you. Through the crowds and the endless flow of people, in the end, it’s still you. 259Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 118 Captive Beauty of the Capital 京锁娇色 1v2: Flirty fox VS powerful high-ranking official + first love from her days studying Chinese medicine (Revenge + intense push and pull) The heroine has a dual personality [In a nutshell] A powerful man humbly begs for love, while his unattainable first love is always ready to run. Two men patiently help a rose deprived of love find salvation. The capital's beauty had skin like jade, a figure soft as mist, and a rare, seductive allure. Her name was Bai An. Bai An was once the little princess of 1.3kReads8.4Score141Shelves
- 119 Passionate Devotion 炙宠倾城 [A chaste, cold, immensely powerful man in government × a breathtakingly beautiful heroine × age gap × love that grows over time] He wields enormous power in S City and is cold and chaste, keeping his distance even when shaking hands. Yet with her alone, he breaks his rules. When she was eighteen, she was taken in by the Gu family. She was so strikingly beautiful that it was impossible not to notice her. And though she flirted without realizing it, she struck right at his heart. 13.2kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
- 120 Sweet Romance: I Flash-Married a Gentle CEO! 甜宠：和温柔总裁闪婚了！ [Sweet Romance + Flash Marriage + Slow-Burn Love + Everyday Life + Dotting on His Wife + Both Pure + Happy Ending] Gentle, refined, handsome CEO VS sweet, clingy, helpless biological heiress Gu Zhinian is drugged by his grandfather and accidentally sleeps with Cheng Xi in a hotel suite. Cheng Xi knows he's the president of the Gu Group. To pay off her debt, she takes the initiative and approaches him. Faced with the adorable, alluring Cheng Xi, Gu Zhinian can't resist at all and instantly tu 278Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 121 A Graceful and Captivating Beauty 顾盼生姿 The first time Shang Jing met Gu Chuiyu, she paid him no mind, assuming it was just another ordinary escort job. She was the bodyguard Gu Chuiyu had hired at a high salary to accompany and protect him. He was the lofty vice president of the Gu Group. She was twenty-three, while he was already past thirty. One day, soft laughter drifted from their new home, where a large red double-happiness character hung high. 665Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 122 He Shielded Her from Every Storm, Yet Never Once Said He Loved Her 他替她挡尽风雪，独没说过一句爱 He shielded her from every storm, but never once told her he loved her 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 To the Souls in Beijing Searching for a Safe Harbor for the Rest of Their Lives 致那些在北京，用余生去寻找避风港的灵魂 To the souls who came to Beijing and will spend the rest of their lives searching for a safe haven 371Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Cherished Above All: Every Year in Your Arms 权宠之上，岁岁入怀 Age-gap romance + sweet pampering + government employee + cunning hero President Nian told his daughter, “When Sui Sui finishes university, she can stay home and live off me. Then she can take over Dad’s company.” Later, Dad thought better of it. He couldn’t let the daughter he had raised get caught up in all the backstabbing of the business world. So he said, “Sui Sui, study hard and get into a good university. Find a smart boyfriend there to take over the company.” Shen Runian looked down at t 7.4kReads8.7Score826Shelves
- 125 Glad to Have You on a Spring Night 春夜喜你 [The rating has just been posted and will rise!] [Both work in government + both are each other's firsts + love grows over time + sweet romance + happy ending] Qu Zhan, 32, is the newly appointed deputy district head of Huacheng. Jiang Yining, 28, is an ordinary civil servant in Liangxiang, Huacheng. A temporary assignment is where their connection begins. A blind date further binds their hearts together. Qu Zhan has long since committed himself to this love, but Jiang Yining hesitates befor 4.2kReads8.2Score426Shelves
- 126 Reborn in the 1970s: I Won't Marry a Military Brat 重生七零：军区子弟我不嫁了 I was reborn on the eve of my engagement to the son of a military district official, with the injury I got saving him still on my leg. In my previous life, I believed the nonsense about marrying to repay a favor. In the end, I found a letter in his desk, complaining to his friend: “Big hands and clumsy feet, nothing like Xia Zhi. I can only hope she has the sense to call off the engagement herself.” This time, I tore up the engagement papers in front of everyone. “I, Zhou Jiahui, have two hands 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 After the Divorce, I Pretended to Have Amnesia, and My Ex Begged Me to Take Him Back 离婚后我装失忆，前夫跪求复合 I’m planning to snag the university goddess’s ex-boyfriend. Mmm, mmm. The men successful women don’t want really do have something special about them. I’m acting on my attraction and making the first move. The problem is, why does this guy seem secretly thrilled?! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 Even the Villainess Wants a Career 恶毒女配也要搞事业 For the first 25 years of my life, I lived in extravagant luxury on my family’s money. I thought I’d go on living this lavish, decadent life forever. Then, at a banquet, a bunch of floating subtitles suddenly appeared before my eyes. [That wretched villainess is clinging to the male lead’s engagement and making our darling heroine suffer so much!] [Good thing she brings it all on herself! The male lead breaks off the engagement, her parents reject her, and she ends up dying miserably in the stre 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 After Our Arranged Marriage, the Jealous CEO Can't Get Enough 联姻后，醋精霸总他真香了 Forced into an arranged marriage, I rushed into the Civil Affairs Bureau wearing sunglasses and a mask. Across from me sat the rumored “Living Yama,” the man who’d sent his rivals to the ICU. I shoved a contract at him. “We’ll divorce in six months. We each do our own thing!” He chuckled. “As long as you can handle it.” After we married, I did whatever I pleased, and he spoiled me rotten. Until my little idol sent me a shirtless photo and he caught us red-handed. He held my chin and murmured wit 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 After Becoming His Dream Girl, I Dumped My Idol 穿成白月光后把男神踹了 Drugging someone from the start, and getting caught? Just whip out a 200-million-yuan contract! Su Qing transmigrates into the role of a doomed woman who’s her idol’s unattainable first love, only to wake up at the crime scene, drugging her male god! She kicks the scumbag to the curb and quickly sets her sights on her “gay” husband, Song Yan: handsome, rich, and worth two hundred million when the contract ends. Perfect! They agreed it was only about money, so why is the domineering CEO secretly 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 Are the Begonias Blooming in Beijing? 北京的海棠花开了吗 Are the Begonias in Beijing Blooming Yet? 552Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 The Deer Calls, and It Turns Out You're My Destined One 呦呦鹿鸣，缘来是你 The deer call out from the fields; fate has brought us together, and it was you all along. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Marrying into a Tycoon Family at Thirty: All My Relatives and Friends Are in an Uproar 30岁嫁豪门：亲戚朋友全炸了 [Devoted husband + love at first sight + sweet romance + face-slapping + possessive + aloof beauty lowers his guard for love + both leads are virgins + caring, fatherly husband] At thirty, Xu Wanwan married into a wealthy family and began living the good life: plenty of money and a loving husband. Her husband adored her, and she loved him so, so much. They lived happily ever after. 2.3kReads—Score190Shelves
- 134 A Kiss on a Snowy Night 雪夜拥吻 A realistic, powerful-family melodrama with angst. The leads are not each other's firsts, so don't read if you dislike that!!! A carefree playboy and a cool, gloomy college student [Love and hate each other + stand-in + love grows over time + seven-year age gap] When she first met Qi Jingjing, Qing Yao thought he was frivolous and unreliable. “Need a ride?” Panicking inside, she shook her head and hurriedly dodged him. Later, she spent her whole life paying that exorbitant fare. He treate 1.8kReads8.2Score131Shelves
- 135 The Little Princess Raised by Master Mo 莫爷养的小公主 [Sweet romance in a wealthy family + mutual devotion + both leads are each other’s first + scheming male lead] He is the commander of an army, a man at the very top of the pyramid who controls the lifeblood of the economy. When the little girl was ten, she saved him, then was taken away by bad people. After she is found, he spoils her like a princess. Everyone knows that the fussy little princess living at Hengyuan is loved beyond measure by Lord Mo. Then one day, after the little white rabbit h 1.3kReads8.8Score120Shelves
- 136 The Boss Plays His Moves One by One 领导步步为营 Government Official + Scheming Hero + Age Gap + Sweet Romance Autumn was in full swing on the campus of Jing University. Qin Baizhou, 35, had quietly arrived to take up his new post as Party Committee Secretary. Strict and disciplined, he was known throughout academia for his iron-fisted approach to scholarship. His transfer was recognition from his superiors of his abilities. One weekend, Qin Baizhou went alone to Moxiang Bookstore near campus to buy books on management. Through a gap between t 10kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 137 Boss, We're Not Close 领导，我们不熟 When they first met, he was the vibrant boy next door, and she was a sensitive, insecure girl who knew little of the world. Song Jinyan would grin and call Su Niannian “Little Stutterer,” and he would also patiently tutor her in her studies. When they met again, he was an ambitious senior leader, and she was an earnest staff member. Su Niannian thought Song Jinyan had long since forgotten the girl next door, until one day after an event, a drunk Song Jinyan stopped her in the corridor and asked 9.9kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
- 138 County Magistrate, Your Sweet Wife Doesn’t Want You Anymore 县长大人，亲亲的老婆不要你了 Li Hao achieved success at a young age and rose to a high position. His heart is full of passion, and he wants to dedicate himself to serving others. As for a wife, all he needs is someone sweet and obedient. Lin Xiao is a red plum blossom blooming on a sheer cliff. She has ideals in her heart and strength beneath her feet. A man? Her career matters far more. But love arrives unexpectedly, as naturally as flowing water. Love grows over time. Both leads are each other’s first and only love, with 2kReads9.2Score198Shelves
- 139 After My Divorce, I Became the Cold-Faced Mayor's Darling 离婚后，我成了冷脸镇长的掌心宠 [Office romance, sweet and doting, powerful man bows his head, guiding lover, push and pull, satisfying revenge] [Beautiful, fun, rebellious, a little toxic: a junior contract worker versus a department-level leader who says nothing but is secretly utterly smitten] Jiang Shasha married young. After her scumbag husband cheated on her time and again, she chose to go completely wild. She beat up her cheating husband, tore into her in-laws, then wiped her tears and walked away. On the road, she was 6.6kReads8.4Score586Shelves
- 140 Your Instructor Is My Childhood Friend's Husband 你们教官是我青梅竹马的老公 Your drill instructor is my childhood sweetheart's husband 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 Lin Meets Clear Creek 霖见清溪 This book is also known as: Before I Met You, I Never Knew What It Meant to Fall [Steady, in-control man & clear-eyed beauty] | Two strong leads | One-on-one romance | Deep, restrained love | Ten-year age gap | Angst before the sweetness | An overwhelming sense of security | [Blurb] After seven years of love ended in heartbreak, Lin Qingxi chose to hide every sharp edge and turn herself into the most inconspicuous shadow at work. She thought that if she stayed quiet enough, she could avoid eve 13.8kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
- 142 A Love Story with the Cool-Headed Mr. Lu, My Childhood Friend 冷面陆总的亲梅竹马恋 Lin Xin, who comes from a modest family, and Lu Zhinan, a cold and ruthless rich young master, go from strangers at school to friends who accompany each other through life. When they grow up, they finally get together and marry… 9Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 143 A Twist of Fate: The Big Shot’s Heroine Has Returned 反转人生：大佬的女主穿回来了 [Two wealthy families, two top-tier stars × childhood friends × mutual devotion × entertainment industry, including a dating-show livestream and an ensemble cast × 1v1, both chaste, extra sweet] “A gorgeous, universally adored actress who flirts only with the male lead” VS “A powerful man who acts one way in public and another around the heroine, devoted to her through and through” ◆ If not for the inexplicable soul swap with a girl from another world named Su Nian... Chi Yu would never have kno 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Teacher Qiu's Adorable Little Girl 邱老师的小萌妹 A sugary romance packed with drama from beginning to end. Both leads are each other's only ones, and he absolutely dotes on her: a fussy girl versus the refined, handsome Teacher Qiu. He only pretends to be proper, but he truly spoils his wife. They become the light in each other's hearts, and play out the classic “it feels great to torment your husband for a while, then chase him to the crematorium.” With a two-meter broadsword right in front of you, you ask if this melon is sweet. Sweet, guara 7Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 145 She Returns Like Moonlight 她似月光归来 Xu Zhixia is a poor little soul with no parents to love her. In the best years of her life, she meets a man who cherishes her like the most precious thing in the world. The greatest blessing of Li Zirou's life is that, after more than a decade of twists and turns, the little girl from his dreams has still found her way into his life. From now on, his most important job is to spoil her, spoil her, and spoil her some more. 45Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 146 Pink Mints 粉红色的薄荷糖 They stumbled upon what they shouldn’t have, and encountered the unexpected. It was both a blessing and a curse. In the unseen depths, a fine thread bound the two of them tightly together. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 The Beloved Little Lead Singer: The Apple of Her Six Brothers' Eyes 团宠小主唱：六个哥哥的心尖宠 The Beloved Little Lead Singer: The Apple of Six Big Brothers’ Eyes Street singer Lin Xi wows everyone with an a cappella performance at her signing event, catching the heart of her top-tier star sixth brother! She signs a cohabitation contract to cover Grandma’s surgery. Her gentle brother gives her soothing aromatherapy, her lively brother hides snacks and secretly pays her back, and the leader builds her a private practice room. They protect her on variety shows, block cameras onstage, and t 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 Mr. Qi Spoils Me Too Much: The Sweetness Is Off the Charts 祁先生太宠，甜度严重超标 Qi Jingci is renowned in government circles as an “iceberg”: efficient in everything he does and intimidating without ever raising his voice. There have never been so much as a hint of a romantic scandal around him, and everyone assumes he’ll spend his whole life married to his work. That is, until a recruitment drive brings him face-to-face with Xia Zhiyi, a new employee. The young woman stands in the sunlight, checking documents in a simple white blouse. A spot of ink stains her fingertip, and 65Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 149 Don't Get Pregnant, I'm Your Future Husband 别怀孕，我是你的未来老公 Don't Get Pregnant, I'm Your Future Husband 106Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 After We Reunited, My Boss Forced Me to Take Responsibility 重逢后，顶头上司逼我负责 After We Reunited, My Boss Forced Me to Take Responsibility 15Reads—Score—Shelves
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