Novels like When She Arrived, the Winds Began to Rise
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- 1 September Has No Thirty-First 九月没有三十一 [Second-chance romance + mutual devotion + love at first sight in their youth] [A gifted writer whose pride has been shattered to pieces] × [A rebellious, deeply devoted heir to a powerful Beijing family] Feng Lingwan and Xie An met because of a misunderstanding. On New Year’s Eve, she was pushed into playing the hero and, in a daze, sent a certain Xie she had never met to the police station. When they met again, the crabapple blossoms at Yanyuan witnessed their heart-stirring encounter, as love 428Reads—Score10014d adds
- 2 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
- 3 His Unwavering Love for Niannian 他的念念不妄 [He Nian] X [Pei Wang] [Rekindled romance, school life, mild angst, sweet romance, mutually devoted, happy ending] (Stay tuned, fellow readers! The new book has just received its initial rating, and it’ll go up later!) An accident brought He Nian, the top student from Ning City, face-to-face with Pei Wang, the school bully from Jing City. All she cared about was studying. She wanted to keep a low profile, then an even lower profile. But for some reason, P 4.1kReads8.6Score32914d adds
- 4 After I Set Up a Street Stall, My CEO Ex Became My Top Customer 摆摊后，霸总前夫成我的头号顾客 After I Started a Street Stall, My CEO Ex-Husband Became My Number-One Customer 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 A Kiss That Leaves Its Mark: My Iron-Blooded Ex Begs Me to Love Her Again 强吻烙印：铁血前任跪求重爱我 A Kiss That Leaves Its Mark: My Iron-Blooded Ex Begs Me to Love Him Again 197Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Tycoon Pursues His White Moonlight, Willing to Be the Other Woman for Love 资本大佬猛追白月光为爱甘当小三 When her powerful backer was suddenly transferred, Shen Zhenzhen found herself surrounded by enemies at the company. The S+ core project she'd poured her heart into was on the verge of collapse. Cold looks came from all sides, and everyone was waiting to see her fail and leave. As the jeers filled the air, the new CEO spoke in front of everyone, silencing the room with a single sentence: “She has me in her corner.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 We Broke Up, I Got Pregnant, and Secretly Had a Baby 分手怀孕，悄悄生个宝宝 [She runs away while pregnant ➕ He desperately tries to win her back ➕ Flirty tension ➕ Adorable child plays matchmaker] [Both devoted only to each other ➕ First love; Volume One: rekindling an old flame, Volume Two: sweet memories] A little tip: Read Volume Two first, then Volume One for chronological order. Read Volume One first, then Volume Two for the events in reverse order. A cozy, sweet slice-of-life romance. If you like stories full of twists and turns, this one may not be for you. Bore 3kReads7.2Score21314d adds
- 8 Four Years Apart, He Blushed in Secret When We Reunited 一别四年，重逢后他却偷偷红了眼 Reunion after years apart + Rekindled romance + He had a secret crush on her + Bad boy turns over a new leaf + Winning her back + Campus and city life + One-on-One, Both Pure + Healing Each Other + Bittersweet Romance The two people most famous and talked about at Qianhe No. 1 High School were Chi Jiazhou and Jiang Yi. Chi Jiazhou was wild, handsome, and unruly. Jiang Yi was radiant yet cool, sweet, gentle, and well-behaved. Nobody ever paired them together, and nobody knew he was the first to 1.2kReads8.2Score15314d adds
- 9 Giving In Again 再次认栽 [Reunited After Years Apart + Mending a Broken Relationship + Intense Push and Pull + Sweet Romance After Marriage] A stunning heiress fallen on hard times × a devoted, restrained CEO At university: an arrogant heiress × a computer genius from a middle-class family Seven years after their breakup, they meet again. One has fallen from the clouds, while the other has climbed to the very top. Liao Anqi meets Song Siyuan at her most wretched. The genius young man she once “dumped” has become the bi 3.5kReads8.9Score21514d adds
- 10 If Time Wouldn't Chase Us 如果时光不追 The day Huo Yun returned home was in late autumn. Four years had passed. She thought she could face everything calmly, including the man she had grown up with, the one who had made her leave home alone. Pei Yanci had waited four years and searched for her for four years. When they met again, he wanted to ask just one thing: Are you leaving again? But all she said was, “We’re not close.” This is a story about waiting and returning, misunderstandings and letting go. If time doesn’t move on, I’ll w 905Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Why the Childhood Sweetheart Waited for Her Childhood Friend 何以青梅，终候竹马 How Childhood Sweethearts Waited at Last for Their One True Love 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 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
- 13 She Lures Him In, and He Loses Himself on a Spring Night 她钓，春夜妄动 [Capital’s young heir × alluring temptress | Rekindled Romance | Unhinged, love-struck male lead, one-on-one romance, both leads are chaste] She spent two years drawing him in, then dumped him for five. When they met again, Zhou Sinian was a self-disciplined, proper director of the Zhou bureau, with a well-matched fiancée by his side. When they first met five years ago, Zhou Wang had an unlit cigarette between his lips. “I hear you’re expensive.” Su Jin tilted her head and smiled. “Young Master 33.8kReads8.8Score2.9k14d adds
- 14 Shipping Couples Has Me Hooked, but My Top-Tier Star Ex Is Deluding Himself 嗑CP上头，顶流前任他自作多情 [Zodiac-themed dating show livestream, sweet romance in showbiz, completed happy ending] [Astrology blogger × top-tier star singer, one-on-one, both each other's first and only love] [Reunited after years apart and rekindling an old flame + dating-show love-triangle drama + adorable child playing matchmaker] Tao Yuyin got so invested in the couples on a zodiac-themed dating show that she commented under every episode: This couple has to get back together! The latest behind-the-scenes clip insp 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Whose Baby Is It? The Capital's Princeling Demands, Eyes Red 宝贝是谁的？京圈太子爷红眼追问 [A heroine devoted to her career VS her love-struck ex-husband] [She flees while pregnant + second chance at love + possessive pursuit + groveling chase + all-consuming devotion + both are each other’s only one] * He Mingzhu, one of the capital’s most elite socialites, believed in putting profit first, but made an exception for Shen Huan, the heir to the Shen family, one of the capital’s most powerful clans. She once risked her life to save him, becoming the moonlight he kept in his heart. Obses —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Sinking 沉坠 [Black-hearted poor girl from the slums vs. wild, world-weary boy] [Healing + Campus Life + Breaking Up and Getting Back Together + Reunion After Years Apart] [Each other’s first love, happy ending] When Lin Qiye was young, the words she heard most often were, “Stay away from that Lu boy.” She refused to listen. She secretly kept an eye on him behind everyone’s back, and when she was bullied at school, she openly asked him for help. Lu Chen did everything a person should do when they love someon 3kReads9.3Score40314d adds
- 17 The Wind Has Carried My Longing for You for Seven Years 想你的风吹了七年 [Angst with Sweet Moments + Reunion After Years Apart + Tension and Teasing + Revenge and Devotion] Seven years later, Xu Nianxia is released from prison, and Sang Huai, the capital’s golden boy, returns from overseas. But everything has changed! Their long-awaited reunion is tangled with hatred and misunderstandings, yet neither can let go of their devotion or the affection they can’t bring themselves to admit. His love and hatred are both so intense, but after her time in prison, she feels too 7.9kReads9.1Score52814d adds
- 18 Give Me a Little Sweet Talk 跟我撒个娇 [Quiet, Socially Anxious Girl with Depression vs. Arrogant, Unruly, Devoted Rich Second-Generation Heir] A sweet second-chance romance about making up, happy ending, slow burn; the heroine is a little scheming Everyone knows the Lu family’s young master, Lu Ciyan. He’s a proud, unruly, flamboyant, and arrogant boy. They all say nobody can control him. Only Su Yuyu knows that the devil would run all over the city in the middle of the night just because she casually mentioned wanting her favorite 5.3kReads8.9Score45814d adds
- 19 CEO Ling’s Beloved Is a God of Death 凌总的心尖宠是杀神 ◆ One-on-one romance | Two strong leads | The chase-to-win-her-back-from-hell trope | Extremely angsty love | Happy ending | A brutal journey ◆ Gorgeous, badass underworld queen x possessive tycoon heir In her senior year of high school, the families were locked in a bloody struggle for power. After being ambushed, he fled to the countryside, where he met a wild girl with defiance in her very bones. He wanted to die. She overturned a nest of snakes and laughed, bold and wild: “Want to die? The 3.9kReads9.3Score42214d adds
- 20 Win Back My Ex, and Fall for Him All Over Again 攻略前任，再次为他着迷 [Reunion after years apart, rekindled romance, both leads’ first relationship, sweet and angsty] The stunning campus belle Zhou Ruoxing set her sights on Jiang Ju, the most talked-about guy at Jiang University. No one knows what she did to make him fall from his pedestal for her. Later, their relationship lasted only two years. Then one day, news broke that Jiang Ju had been dumped by Zhou Ruoxing! They say that when exes meet again, either their faces turn red or their eyes do. But Jiang Ju fel 708Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Across a Thousand Mountains, I Finally Return to Your Side 跨过千山终回你畔 [Reunion after a long separation + rekindled love + childhood sweethearts + secret love comes true + mutual devotion + first love + each other's first and only + one-on-one romance + happy ending] [An introvert pretending to be an extrovert, a lawyer who's gentle but strong-willed × a well-rounded, top-student financial analyst who's a hopeless romantic] Bai Ruowen and Lin Chaoran grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Later, because of their studies and upheaval in their families, Lin Chaor 477Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 22 Dare to Love 放肆去爱 [One-on-one, both leads are virgins, reunion after a long separation, rekindled love, mutual devotion, happy ending] [Hot-tempered, jealous, secretly soft-hearted, healing, loyal puppy x gentle and sweet, inwardly insecure, severe depression, little bunny] In high school, Chi Pei was a troublemaking menace with dyed blond hair who would fight without caring if he got hurt. Ye Qing was the only person among the students and teachers who dared to drag him aside and lecture him. Speaking slowly an 14.6kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 23 Clinging 攀缠 The print edition of Clinging is now available, and the short drama and comic series are now online. [Reunion after a long separation, rekindled love, sharp tongues and soft hearts, sweetness and angst, happy ending] [Independent, sensitive, aloof beauty ✖ a devoted man who says one thing but means another] [Creative director at an advertising agency ✖ powerful businessman from Beijing's elite circle] The day Ruan Xiang saw Zhou Jingwei again happened to be the first snowfall of the year in Yan 20.7kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
- 24 I Gave You My Heart, Could You Try to Love Me? 我的心给你了，能不能试着喜欢我 [Fake siblings + rekindled romance + business warfare and political intrigue + strong female lead + women's growth + inspirational career story] [Mad CEO and beautiful, powerful, ambitious woman in an intense battle of wills] Pudong University is packed with talented students. Liang Feng is a gifted young man, arrogant about his talent and devoted only to his goddess, Hua Ling. One rainy night, he fell for her. Then, in a single moment, his dream was shattered. Five years later, they meet again, 1.4kReads9.5Score10214d adds
- 25 Capturing the Capital’s Jade Beauty 掠养京枝 [Mature man and woman, rekindled romance, reunion after years apart, flirtatious passion, coercive love, stealing someone else's partner, sweet and angsty, happy ending] (Heiress to a prominent Beijing family × powerful tycoon at the helm of a top conglomerate) Duan Jixiao was the ex who had gotten Wen Su the most hopelessly hooked. The day they broke up, he gave her plenty of reasons. The one she remembered most was: “You’re suited for marriage, but not for me.” Six years later, they unexpected 3kReads6.7Score23114d adds
- 26 Assistant Leng! President Ye Is Looking Everywhere for You! 冷助理！叶总到处找你！ Assistant Leng! President Ye is looking everywhere for you! Assistant Leng! President Ye can't find you and is getting angry! Assistant Leng! Hurry back and talk him down! Leng Yuchen: Can you all leave me alone for a minute? I'm done with this job! Ye Tianling: Where's Assistant Leng? I want him in my office, right now! Everyone else in the office: Have President Ye and Assistant Leng made up today? 2.7kReads—Score14814d adds
- 27 Secretly Surrendering to Spring’s Desire 春欲暗渡 [Business interpreter and investment magnate | Second chance at love | Original title: Spring Desire, Secretly Crossing] At a lavish business banquet in Jiangcheng, the hall is packed with guests and magnates. Lin Wusheng’s boss orders her to charm the CEO visiting from Nancheng and secure a huge investment. Holding her wineglass, Lin Wusheng looks toward the elegant, aloof man at the head table and freezes, unable to speak. How could it be him? Seeing her lose her composure, someone teases, “Pr 27.6kReads9.2Score3.1k14d adds
- 28 A Baby from Heaven Hugs the Tyrant CEO and Calls Him Daddy 天降萌宝，抱着霸总叫爹地 The short drama is now streaming: The Adorable Baby Brings His Parents Together, and the CEO Dad Makes It Official [Angsty Romance + Adorable Baby + Reunion After Years Apart + The Husband’s Road to Redemption] When she was ten, her family fell into decline, and she became the nominal “younger sister” of Han Bei, heir to the Han family. To her, Han Bei was her first love, the person she cherished most. But when she turned twenty, he got drunk and kissed her by force. Soon after, he announced his 4kReads8.3Score19114d adds
- 29 After We Reunited, My Ex-Boyfriend the Homicide Detective Became My Neighbor 重逢后，刑警前男友成了我邻居 [The print edition, “When Your Neighbor Is Your Ex, Our Reunion Feels Like Yesterday,” is now available] [Reunion After a Long Separation] [Mending a Broken Relationship] [Both Leads Have No Previous Relationships] [The Cold-Faced Male Lead Does the Laundry] [Happy Ending] What is it like to be summoned to the police station for writing steamy stories and run into your ex-boyfriend of five years? Li An never imagined she would see Qi Yan again under these circumstances. She was mortified! Even m 32.8kReads8.3Score3.9k14d adds
- 30 When We Reunited, the Powerful Man's Eyes Turned Red; He Kissed Her and Whispered Sweet Nothings 重逢大佬红了眼，吻缠她，说情话 [The short drama “A Second Promise to Nanyin” is now streaming] (Reunion from the start + rekindled love + secret crush + devoted to each other + deeply devoted young heir fiercely spoils his wife as he wins her back) That year, Pei Jingmo swept into Xu Nanyin’s life like a sweet storm, conquering both her body and her heart. The wealthy young heir, a carefree playboy, lowered himself to dote on her endlessly, and she fell madly in love with him. When an engagement announcement for him and anoth 25.2kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds
- 31 You Kissed the Wrong Place 你亲错地方了 The print edition of A Glimmer Against the Cold Wind is now available nationwide. [Each other's first love + rekindled romance + the hero wins himself over + happy ending] For the first sixteen years of his life, Xie Chen had never thought about dating. When Jiang Yuan wrote him a love letter and was publicly criticized by the whole school, Xie Chen rejected her without mercy. “I have no plans to date.” Jiang Yuan neither cried nor made a scene. She gave him an appraising look, even smiling a li 61.4kReads9.5Score7.6k14d adds
- 32 The White Moonlight Returns to the Capital, and the Crown Prince Kisses Her Until She Blushes Every Night 白月光回京，夜夜被太子爷亲红温 [Sweet! Doting! Steamy! Flirty! Satisfying! Both are inexperienced! Strong possessive streak!] He Yutang is pure and obedient; Zhou Yanze is wild and uninhibited. They were like two parallel lines, destined never to meet. In a dimly lit bar, she pretended to stumble and felt his chest muscles. She flirted and ran, but his powerful hand, veins bulging, clamped around her slender waist. “Just one little touch was enough for you? Want to play something more exciting with me?” They fell passionately 35.6kReads9.2Score4k14d adds
- 33 Tempting a Wild Rose 诱摘野玫瑰 [The print edition of A Tempting Wild Rose is now available on all platforms] There is a wild rose in Huaguo’s entertainment industry, swaying with seductive grace, born with bewitching charm and captivating everyone who sets eyes on her. In Yunjing’s medical world, there is a master physician, cool and aloof, refined and restrained, adored by women everywhere. Everyone thinks the glamorous movie star and the untouchable beauty will never cross paths, but no one knows that they dated long ago, a 3.4kReads9.4Score43314d adds
- 34 After My Ex-Boyfriend Acquired the Company 公司被前男友收购以后 [Lazy, bootlicking heroine + arrogant Capricorn who buys your company when you dump him + workplace romance + sweet pampering = rekindled love] The thing Tong Nian regrets most is making a bet with her best friend during her freshman year to flirt with the aloof campus heartthrob Liao Yuncheng. And somehow, it worked! Her second biggest regret is that a year later, she dumped him in a daze, only to be dragged onto his blacklist. His reason: he had no shortage of ordinary friends. N years later. 17kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 35 The Waves Trust the Clouds’ Whiteness 浪花信任云的白 Two souls fall into a campus dream; reunited on a Middle Eastern battlefield | Doctors Without Borders × frontier defense hero | unhinged yet restrained, healing regret | sweet, bittersweet tension | rekindled romance | devoted to each other, happy ending A three-day romance in their youth, followed by twelve years apart across mountains and seas · Mature adults wearing the guise of high schoolers, falling into the most heart-wrenching romance in a dream · Each other's cure and salvation; a god 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 After the Cicadas Sing Comes the Plum Rain 蝉鸣过后是梅雨 [Ensemble Cast at School | Slow-Burn Bittersweet Romance | Fated Bond | Gentle Girl, Troubled Boy | Realistic | Happy Ending] On the first day of school, Xia Shanshan's red-lacquered bicycle was stolen. She crouched beneath a camphor tree and cried. On the third floor, someone folded her orange candy wrapper in half, then in half again. Later, she met Fu Siyun. The boy leaned against the wall, looking carefree as he teased her softly: “Are you afraid of me, senior?” She ran from him for three y 3.5kReads9.3Score37514d adds
- 37 Blazing Wild Tenderness 炽野温柔 [The print edition under the same title is now available on major platforms / The short drama under the same title is now streaming] [Gentle, resilient geology grad student x roguishly handsome tattoo artist / Age gap / Reunion after years apart / Saving each other] At a gathering, someone asked Xu Xing what she regretted most in her life. After thinking for a moment, she replied, “That I never got to let him hear my voice, never got to tell him I liked him, and never… found him.” - Four years a 34.2kReads9.5Score6.6k14d adds
- 38 Don't Be Afraid, Honey. I Have a Redemption System to Help Me Win You Back 老婆别怕，我有赎罪系统换我追你 “Runaway Heiress x Possessive New Money Peacock” “Mind Reading + Both Reborn + Wife-Chasing System” * In her previous life, Song Yi was an untouchable heiress who treated Jiang Lin like a plaything. She took him by force, abandoned him, then left the country without a second thought. Later, when the Song family went bankrupt, he was the only person who could save her. He trapped her in a five-year marriage, holding her captive. Everyone said Jiang Lin was a distant, untouchable flower: cold, ele 3.1kReads—Score12614d adds
- 39 My Brother Is Hard to Resist 哥哥不经撩 11.7kReads9.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 40 His Bite Marks 他的咬痕 [Print edition signed and awaiting release] [Short drama now streaming] [Rekindled Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Devotion + Mutual Salvation + Sweet Youthful Romance] In high school, Wen Shumiao had a passionate romance that ended in the most humiliating way possible. They meet again six years later. He's the owner of a tattoo shop, and she's become his employee. He treats her with the cold indifference of a stranger. But when Xie Jin sees Wen Shumiao carrying a suitcase, he final 61.6kReads9.5Score5.5k14d adds
- 41 After All These Years, We Finally Meet Again 岁月流转终相见 [Reunion After Years Apart + Rekindled Love + Healing Through Family + Realistic Happy Ending] After drifting apart like clouds, ten years passed like flowing water. When we met again, my heart recognized you before I did. A summer romance came to an abrupt end because of an unfortunate misunderstanding. More than ten years later, thirty-five-year-old Gu Yan discovered by chance that he had a daughter in high school, and was reunited with the girl he had loved when he was young. Long-buried memo 5.5kReads7.4Score21314d adds
- 42 Reborn to Save My Gloomy Boyfriend, Only to Be Forced into Love 重生救赎阴郁男友，反被强制爱 “Spoiled, selfish heiress VS brooding, devoted campus heartthrob” “Mutual devotion + sweet and bittersweet angst + past and present lives” Only after Shen Xingchen died did she learn the truth: The brooding man she had feared and guarded against her whole life was the only person in the world who loved her with all his heart. He cleared every obstacle for her and gave her everything. Then, right in front of her, he leapt from the stage at a press conference. * Shen Xingchen opened her eyes and 3.9kReads6.5Score21514d adds
- 43 So Sweet, So Alluring! The Tipsy Young Master Held Her Close and Coaxed Her All Night 又乖又欲！太子爷醉酒夜抱她轻哄 [Print edition available] The deeply devoted, dangerously unhinged scion of a powerful family × the cool, fallen heiress [Originally titled "A Night of Desire in the Capital"] A pure-hearted socialite from Beijing's elite circle + a rekindled romance + an ex who will do anything to win her back + an older lover who takes the lead + falling for him all over again Jiang Wanzhi comes from a prestigious family and is known throughout the capital as a pure, well-behaved young woman. Few people know 117.8kReads9.4Score124.7k14d adds
- 44 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 37.7kReads9.4Score4.5k14d adds
