Novels like Where Scars Grow Thick
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- 1 Blood on the Ruler 戒尺血 [Two female leads + tragic romance + sweet love story] Wen Si Nian is a womanizer and a libertine by nature, and has been taking “models” for years, earning herself the nickname Young Master Wen. Yet one pure-hearted woman keeps getting under her skin, setting off a bloody revolution against her family and a heart-wrenching journey to win her back... 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Dear Miss Killer 我亲爱的杀手小姐 On a rainy night eighteen years ago, the Lin family was wiped out, and their six-year-old daughter vanished without a trace... Nine years later, a legend spread through downtown Lanhai: a demon in a red cloak would come to take your life. After an accident, the demon took refuge in a woman's home. That woman was Si Nianyuan, the current head of the Si family. After being saved, the demon revealed her name: Lin Jin. The butterfly of fate began to beat its wings. The two kept meeting and growing c 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 We Promised: Let's Be Together 拉过勾的【在一起吧】 “A short one + solo monologue + realizing love too late + a fair bit of melodrama” In an instant, Xu Hui fell from the stage in front of all her fans. With trembling hands, Zhao Mingge rushed her into an ambulance. Once everything had settled down, Xu Hui could never wake up again. She had struggled, trembling, to hold on to her place in this world, but in the end, she still fell for another reason. “When this concert is over, you’ll break up with him, okay?” “I know you just haven’t figured out 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Won't Dare Get Close to You Again 再也不敢靠近你 #Two female leads #Angst #The wife-chasing crematorium #Class difference #PTSD #Open ending Gentle, talented girl from a poor family × obsessive heiress from a wealthy family First loves on both sides, destroyed by their own hands Three years in prison, scars for a lifetime She spends the rest of her life atoning, yet even getting close to each other feels like slow torture The embers refuse to catch; love and hate both fade into nothing 1.3kReads—Score10814d adds
- 5 After the Substitute’s Heart Dies 替身她心死之后 One-sentence summary: After three years as a substitute, she finally had enough of being disappointed and walked away without looking back. Shen Muqing went mad and chased her all the way to Paris after she left. This time, she was the one waiting. Detailed synopsis: Lin Zhi spent three years as Shen Muqing's substitute. For three years, she made hangover soup every day, waited up until the early hours, and learned to cook the dishes Jiang Ran liked. When she had a fever, she went to the hosp 1.1kReads5.4Score11514d adds
- 6 Apocalypse: How Am I Still Meeting Yanderes After Turning Into a Girl? 末世：变萝后怎还能遇上病娇的？ [Apocalypse + gender-swap + yandere + 1v1 + System] (Supernatural abilities + pure love) I died in an accident and transmigrated into a little girl? A white-haired little girl? Her name is Luo Yihan. She's delicate and frail, not very tall, but at least she's pretty! So I've turned into a little girl, and a white-haired one at that? At least I'm pretty... But why has the zombie apocalypse suddenly started?! What good is being pretty in the apocalypse? I'm so weak, too. I can't run fast, I can't 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Late-Tang Blossoms, Before the Dawn’s Promise 晚棠未赴晞约 [BE story] At twenty-six, Gu Shitang clutched her torn university admission letter and fled the remote mountains, where sons were valued over daughters. After two years of hardship, she put down roots in the city and opened a tattoo shop, hiding her many scars behind the cold bite of her tattoo needle. That midsummer, eighteen-year-old Lin Jinxi, clutching her college entrance exam score of 630, defiantly ran away from the parents who wanted her to give up her dream of working in film and tele 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After I Died, My Obsessive School Beauty Went Mad 138 Times 我死后，偏执校花她疯了138次 [Two female leads] [Both reborn] [Forced love] [Obsessive] [Redemption] [Reconciliation after heartbreak] [Campus] [Satisfying read] [Yandere] [Sweet and angsty] [Two strong leads] [One-on-one] I once thought I had been reborn to make up for one regret. Only later did I learn that I had returned to be part of a grand destruction that had already played out countless times. Su Qingxu's love was the most despairing thing I had ever seen. It was lovingly prepared meals, silent protection through th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Runaway Wife, I'm Sorry 逃跑之夫人我错了 “Miss Bai, I’ve caught the person you wanted. Where’s my payment?” A man wearing a black mask and holding a long knife had Yan Xiaoxiao kneeling on the ground in his grasp. “Not bad. YNK works pretty efficiently. I’ve transferred the money to your account. I’ll contact you if I need anything else.” Bai Se crouched down and gently stroked Yan Xiaoxiao’s face. Terrified, Yan Xiaoxiao instinctively tried to dodge Bai Se’s hand, because she knew she would never escape... 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Hurry Up and Make It Up to Her, or Your Little Sister Will Leave 再不哄，妹妹就跑了 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Demon King Doesn't Want to Die Today Either 魔王大人今天还不想死 As a demon king, how do I make sure I stay safe? I often ponder this question in my spare time. Well, obviously, I should camp outside the newbie village. Anyone who shows up, I’ll just… hehehe. But unfortunately, that didn’t last long. After camping there for who knows how many days, a newly arrived hero managed to capture me. Prison… I’m the demon king, you know… How many days has it been? I have no idea. I’m afraid I’ll never escape again (sobs). 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Miss Su Doesn't Want to Pretend to Be a Man Today 苏小姐今天不想装男人 Miss Su Doesn't Want to Pretend to Be a Man Today: The Ultimate Adventure Begins with a Lie! To inherit the family business, she was forced to pass as a man for twenty years. She even signed a marriage-of-convenience contract with the wealthy heiress Jiang Cheng. The three rules were crystal clear: no living together, no marital obligations, and an automatic divorce after three years! The perfect plan was foolproof, until she met Chi You, a warm and comforting illustrator, through an anonymous o 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 You've Been Missing for Six Years, Sis. Stop Running Away! 失踪六年，姐姐别再跑！ Six years ago, a carefully orchestrated accident made Qin Zhiyu lose her “light” forever: Han Qingzhi. For six years, she searched like a madwoman, turning herself into a cornered beast with nothing left to lose. Then, one rainy night in a narrow alley, she came face-to-face with a figure both familiar and strange. Han Qingzhi had returned, carrying a body full of secrets and a wall of distance. All she wanted was to escape. But Qin Zhiyu was no longer the gentle little sister she had once been. 56Reads—Score10014d adds
- 14 Drowning Together 同溺 [Two Female Leads! Read at Your Own Risk! Adult Romance! Lesbian Enemies-to-Lovers! Intense Push and Pull! Two Strong Leads! Tragic Romance! A Love-Hate Saga!] Su Manqing x Ning Xiyan A seductive flower of vengeance x a cold, fragile flower on a lonely peak Unhinged x unhinged | Only a villain can tame another villain ⚠️ Pure love-hate saga, and what they’re chasing together isn’t love, but destruction!!!! Ning Xiyan: No one ever taught me what love was, so I mistook a fluttering heart for jealo 112Reads—Score10114d adds
- 15 Shadows Stretch Across the Endless Night 余影漫过长夜未尽 - Lin Ye: “They say... we’re not from the same world.” Shen Zhao covered her mouth with one hand. Tears shimmered in her eyes, yet she laughed. “I chose this road. If you dare walk it, I’ll dare follow you.” After all, their shadows had long since intertwined. Through countless unspoken moments of caring, they had crossed the long night, but their story had never reached its end. Bai Zhou bit down on her shoulder, tears mingling with the taste of wine as they soaked into the fabric. “The pe 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I'm So Unlucky, the Whole World Wants to Watch Me Get Bullied 倒霉到全世界都想看我被欺负 [Yuri / Mild Angst / Slightly Twisted / Everyone Is Evil / Yandere / Loli] As someone who'd been unlucky all my life, I used to think hitting the hard pity on every single draw was as bad as it could get. Then one day, something calling itself the "Bad Luck System" came looking for me. That's when I realized that hitting pity every time was nothing. "Once you bind with this System, your Luck stat will automatically drop by 520 points. From the moment you're bound, you'll have to be careful even 118Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 17 Forbidden Spoils 禁宠 GL, women with women. I couldn't find a yuri tag, sorry. Baili Jichun × Li Youbai A seemingly honest but secretly cunning maid × a spoiled princess consumed by lust [Content warnings] 1. The leads are sexually involved only with each other, but both have kept male and female lovers. 2. The top was kissed by a male villain. This will be revised later. 3. The bottom likes beautiful people and is rather flirtatious at first, probably. 4. Contains coercion and imprisonment. 4. The story is angsty, b 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Don’t Run, Sis! This Is Love! 别跑啊姐姐这就是爱呀！ [Yuri] + [Two female leads] + [Yandere] + [Selfcest] + [School life] + [Salvation] [Imprisonment] + [Dissociative identity disorder] [Self-loathing, self-harming selfcest bottom × tsundere, fiery yandere top] One is her “ideal self,” sunny and bright, able to soothe her until she cries. The first personality fell in love with the second, loving her enough to gnaw at her own bones. She thought this was how her life would be: loving herself, and only herself. Until Mo Qing transferred in and plop 134Reads—Score1214d adds
- 19 The Empress’s Forced Love: Imprisoning a Fallen Princess Until She Craves More 女帝强制爱：囚宠亡国公主后真香 [Two female leads + forced love + yandere + groveling pursuit + both pure + angst] Xiao Tianyu, a ruthless and cold-blooded empress, sets her eyes on Su Zhiyu, the defiant tribute from a fallen kingdom, at her birthday banquet. “Keep her here. She will be My personal maid.” With a single order, she imprisons the proud beauty deep within the palace, tormenting her day and night in an attempt to break her spirit and make her submit completely. Su Zhiyu, a cherished daughter of the former dynasty, 621Reads—Score10014d adds
- 20 Turned into a Little Girl Against My Will, I Get Tangled Up with an Obsessive Campus Beauty 被迫变成萝莉后，病娇校花缠上我 [Gender-Bender] [Obsessive] [Yandere] [System] Bai Jingchuan woke up one day to find he’d become a girl, and not just any girl, but a little white-haired girl. As he was preparing to move out of the men’s dorm, a twist of fate made him roommates with An Luoxue, the campus belle. After they started living together… Why was An Luoxue looking at him more and more strangely? And why did she love getting so close to him? … It wasn’t until An Luoxue locked him in a dark room that he realized what was 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Summer Should Be Over 夏天该结束了 Two female leads + age gap + separation + regret (Told from the younger Su Zixing's perspective) “Summer should come to an end, but please don't forget me.” “Loving someone who already has someone in their heart is painful. I couldn't let go, not until I drifted farther and farther away from you.” “I think I had a dream. In it, I lost someone I loved very much.” 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 My Intern Girlfriend 我的实习生女友 There are two female leads. Female Lead 1 comes from a loving family, but has rarely loved anyone. Female Lead 2 comes from a terrible family, and Female Lead 1 becomes her salvation. Female Lead 1 has a female high school classmate who is very similar to Female Lead 2, but she doesn't treat Female Lead 2 as a substitute. You could say they save each other. Updates every day. If there isn't an update, come ask for one. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Snow Falls, Stars Plummet 雪落星坠 [Dual female leads, one-on-one romance, revenge] Summer burns bright, autumn brings falling stars, and winter buries the soul in snow. Carrying the shadow of her childhood, Su Jinxue sets out on a path of revenge. Her love for Shen Xingzhui is the only light in her life. The death of a close friend shatters her peace, and she cuts her ties and goes on alone. To protect her, Shen Xingzhui falls victim to her enemy’s poison hand. On the day her revenge is complete, Su Jinxue takes two rings to a g 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Her Price Tag 她的标价 When possessiveness meets self-respect, and a monetary transaction becomes entangled with secret affection, who will win this dangerous game? [Two heroines · redemption · tortured romance] [The battle between money and dignity] [Possessiveness × stubborn resistance] [Age gap · evenly matched opponents] On a stormy night, high school student Zhou Mo, with nowhere left to turn, signed an agreement: “I’m buying your future. In return, you’ll obey me absolutely.” Tech tycoon Lin Yue built a gilded c 310Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Basking in the Evening Stars 沐浴晚星 Cheng Wanxing never imagined she'd fall in love with a woman, let alone her female boss. For her sake, she was left utterly battered, yet the mix of love and pain kept her from breaking free. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Transmigrated as the Villainess, and the Heroine Tortured Me 穿越成恶毒女配，我被女主虐身虐 [Transmigrated as the villainess × the aloof original heroine | The villainess suffers physically and emotionally early on] The day Lin Wan transmigrated into a book, she had the original heroine, Shen Qinghan, cornered at the edge of a cliff, ready to complete her “evil villainess” mission by getting herself killed. Bound to a survival System, she was forced to turn around and fuss over the woman she hated with all her might. She took a fatal blow for her, then coldly tossed her a bottle of med 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 White Album 白色相簿 The story also goes by the title: An American Tale [BE Fiction] [Light Historical Ensemble Novel]+ [Multiple Angsty Love Triangles]+ [Multiple Heroines] The story begins in 1979, during the Carter administration. The world was in the midst of tremendous change: the Brezhnev Doctrine, the Middle East oil crisis, the return of the Panama Canal, the assassination attempt on President Reagan, the Star Wars program, the Plaza Accord, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the dissolution of the Soviet Union... 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 My Master Has Fallen for the Mortal World 《师父她动了凡心》 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Cat-Shaped Cage 猫形囚笼 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! 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Run, Little Deaf Girl! The Possessive Senior Is on a Rampage 小聋子快跑，偏执学姐杀疯了 Hard-of-hearing sweetheart × Hypocritical, unhinged senior student A false salvation that is really imprisonment At Saint Leon Noble Academy, everyone knows that student council president Jiang Wang is a wealthy heiress, a goddess whose kindness runs deep. Her eyes brim with compassion, and she often wears a jade Buddha-bead bracelet. She's the unattainable moonlight in everyone's heart. No one knows that during the school bullying that shattered Lin Banxia's world, Jiang Wang stood in the blind 286Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Cultivating Obsession: Her Gentle Illness 偏执养成：她的温柔病 12Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 32 Rules for the Moonlight's Escape 白月光逃命守则 A Wealthy, Powerful Heiress from the Capital Takes by Force a Gentle, Steadfast Everyman. Both Alphas. Cheerful, bubbly girl + inhuman Top x dependable, wife-like Bottom [ABO + Coercive Love + Chasing the Wife + Top Is Inhuman + Unhinged + Redemption + Angst Before Sweetness + A Little Angst + Two Female Leads + Happy Ending] After delivering a single food order, honest Chen Xi finds herself shackled to a demon. The girl who fell in love at first sight: why does she have to be a complete and utt 47Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 33 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Real Heiress Tormented Me Before Loving Me 穿书后，被真千金先虐后爱 (The rating has only just opened, so it will rise later.) [Two female leads + Real and fake heiresses] Liu Ningqing, the Liu family's true heiress. She was found and brought back to the Liu family at eighteen, only to be framed and bullied by the fake heiress. In the end, the Liu family threw her out, and she died homeless on the streets. Liu Ningqing was reborn, and now she wants revenge. Liu Ruoxi, the Liu family's fake heiress. Spoiled and overbearing, she is now at Liu Ningqing's mercy, wit 47Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 34 After I Met You 和你相遇后 You are the brightest star in the galaxy of my life, forever shining. I draw back the curtain on a dream and wish for a lifetime of breathtaking beauty. Most lives are simple. In my simple life, meeting you made everything incredibly complicated. “Long time no see,” Xu Qingmeng said. “Y-yeah, long time no see.” It was such a simple sentence, yet Chen Xinghe still stumbled over it, unsure whether she was shocked or excited. Only later did she understand. “Maybe I should let the stars fall and s 101Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 35 Could We Meet One More Time? 再见一次，好不好 “Lingsi, I like women. You know that, right?” “I like you, Lingsi.” “I'm sorry, Lingsi.” It seems I never got to hear those words, “I'm sorry” and “I love you,” after all. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Seventh Time I Hugged You 第七次拥抱你 Before meeting Shi Zhi, Qin An's life was all about making money, making money, and making money. After meeting Shi Zhi, she discovered there were so many things in life that mattered. Just when she thought they could spend the rest of their lives together, Shi Zhi died at twenty-eight. Watching the woman she loved take her own life to follow her was so painful Qin An could hardly breathe. Then an accident happened, and she was reborn fifteen days before they first met. She thought, This time, w 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Another Day of Being Brutally Bullied by the Saintess 又是被圣女强制虐的一天 (Two female leads: vengeful elf saintess × immortal dragon girl; pure angst, physical and emotional torment, erotic) The blood of the dark night granted Callipote the blessing of eternal life. But when the saintess forged shackles for her, it became a curse of immortality. Caught between life and death, every time she is tortured to death, a new blade awaits her. “Well, look at that, you really can’t die. Then I’ll have to settle our old scores properly. Since the demons killed hundreds of thous 133Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 38 Love Fueled by Hate: The CEO's All-Consuming Obsession 以恨为名：总裁的蚀骨痴缠 [Two heroines + yandere + imprisonment + contract + reincarnation] "Why can you always find me?" "Because I am your prisoner." The day we seal our blood pact, we are destined to make the same mistake for all eternity. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 My Soul Transmigrated into a White-Haired Little Girl, and a Yandere Older Sister Imprisoned Me 魂穿白发萝莉被病娇大姐姐囚禁 [Dual Female Leads] [Yandere] [Protagonist Torture] [Reborn] [Imprisonment] [Locked Away] Lin Xinran's soul transmigrates into the body of a cute, white-haired little girl. From the start, she's imprisoned by a yandere big sister. Lin Xinran seizes an opportunity to flee to another city with her younger sister, but they're caught again. She's locked in a basement and tortured. By chance, her younger sister and a young lady from the Mu family lead a group of people to rescue Lin Xinran. The three 46Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 40 Huh? Even a Shut-In Girl Gets Forced to Love by Her Sister? 啊？宅女也要被姐姐强制爱吗 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 7Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 41 Be Good: My Senior Forced Me to Love Her After We Broke Up 乖，分手后被学姐强制爱了 [Two female leads + angst before sweetness + older, jealous, forceful love interest + devoted couple + happy ending] Sunny, well-behaved girl × gloomy, jealous senior Lin Ya gets a part-time job picking up a woman who's just been released from prison. To her surprise, the woman turns out to be her ex-girlfriend, whom she broke up with three years ago! In the car during their reunion, the air grows hotter and hotter between them. Lin Ya, who had long since given up hope on love, falls once more f 1.5kReads6.2Score18214d adds
- 42 Madness: Bound to Her Sick Love 癫狂：被她病爱缠身 Written by the author while working [Two women + familiar tropes + master-servant relationship + love at first sight + everyday life + neither is pure (the author didn't analyze this closely enough) + imprisonment + forced possession] Bo Ling is a new maid who has just started working at the manor. The housekeeper and head maid warned her that she must know her place and never harbor thoughts of turning against her employer! Bo Ling thought she just had to work hard, but who could have guessed t 717Reads6.4Score11314d adds
- 43 We Were Supposed to Be Mortal Enemies, So How Did We Become Dao Companions? 说好的宿敌，怎么成了道侣？ [Two heroines + enemies to lovers + power couple mind games + intense push and pull] [Cool, chaste high priestess × cunning, deep-thinking Demon Supreme: They swore to fight to the death, so how did they end up bound together in life and death?] Yun Qingcheng, high priestess of the Temple of Holy Radiance, personally pinned Mo Li, the Demon Supreme, to the altar. Yet, before the eyes of everyone there, she clasped the dying Mo Li in her arms and leaped from a sheer cliff. The temple was furious. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A Lost Dynasty 失朝 Slightly repressed older hospital director VS rebellious younger heiress and designer In a nutshell: My relationship with the director ended in tragedy. (If you don't like tragic endings, you can skip this one.) They both die, and the story is told by a mutual friend. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 I Transmigrated Into a Little Girl, but What's Wrong With This Villainess? 穿成小萝莉，但这女反派不对劲？ Girls’ love, genderbender Shi Wan opened her eyes and rubbed her head. “What happened to me?” Then she realized her voice sounded different. “Why have I turned into a girl? And why am I a white-haired little girl?” “Ding! System activated successfully.” “System, what’s my mission?” “Stay alive.” “Huh?” Shi Wan was stunned. “But I feel like she’s about to kill me any second now.” 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 She Was Buried When the Jasmine Bloomed 她葬在茉莉花期 Dual female leads · Ultimate bittersweet tragedy · Tortured romance and suspense A fatal tenderness about obsession and redemption. When the jasmine blooms, she sleeps forever. She leaves behind an unsent letter, a promise unfulfilled, and another woman searching for the truth for the rest of her life. If we can’t live together, then let’s leave together. She coughs up blood while brewing medicine for me, fills my bedside with jasmine, yet keeps me imprisoned. As the truth emerges with that unse 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Her Dissociative Disorder 她的解离症 [A cunning, alluring, sickly beauty × a cool, brilliant psychologist | She loves her until the end of her life] [Two formidable leads / GL with two female leads / intense push and pull / tragic beauty] Everyone says Lan Zhiyao, a newly risen top-tier star, is a pretty airhead with nothing going for her but her strikingly aggressive beauty. The secret therapy she's forced to undergo is the only breathing space in her out-of-control life. Shen Qingwu, one of the industry's top psychologists, is co 240Reads—Score10914d adds
- 48 After Failing to Cure My Yandere Childhood Friend, I Made a Run for It! 治愈病娇青梅失败后，我开溜了！ Yandere, unhinged, dissociative × sharp-tongued but soft-hearted angel [Yandere + faked death + pursuit of a wife + 1v1 + dual ending + happy ending] Two years ago, she did everything she could to escape the windowless little room. Her nails were broken, her wrists bruised, and her mind on the verge of collapse. The person who had imprisoned her was Lin Xiaoyu, her childhood friend. While living abroad, she had nightmares every night. Then she met an online friend called “Rainfall.” Rainfall was 354Reads6.5Score10414d adds
- 49 The Spring of the Thirteenth Year 第十三年春时 (Modern city + campus + pure yuri + tragic ending, not a power fantasy) [Well-behaved student girl VS fiercely protective female big shot] When I first saw the splendor of the big city, I met her: dazzlingly beautiful and full of spirit. The second time we met, she tossed me a card loaded with over three hundred yuan and kept me for four years. After learning the truth, I decided to get back at her by clinging to her for the rest of my life. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Yandere Says She Loves Me: My Heart Rate Can't Go Over 120 病娇说爱我：我心率不能超120 [Two heroines] [Infinite retries] [Defeat CGs] Lu Miao was an utterly ordinary Chinese student from Blue Star. After dying from staying up all night gaming, she opened her eyes inside her favorite game from her previous life, the yandere yuri galgame Death and Spring. As luck would have it, she had possessed the body of the disabled heroine who shared her name. The good news: in her previous life, she was a master who had completed all 200 playthroughs of the game. The bad news: upon transmigrat 1.7kReads6.6Score20114d adds
