Novels like A Gentle Breeze in the Mortal World
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Gentle Breeze in the Mortal World, best match first.
- 1 My Master Only Taught Me One Fist Style 我的师父只教一套拳 Five thousand yuan bought him no martial arts, but an invisible “root.” In 2000, Cheng Yaqiang, a young man from the countryside, arrived at the steps of Shaolin Temple with everything his parents had borrowed for him. He thought he would learn the art of scaling walls and leaping across rooftops, but an eccentric old master kept him on the back mountain, where he spent three years hauling water, three years chopping wood, and three years turning a millstone. After three years, the master said o 13Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 2 The Sichuan Kids' Livestream 川娃子们的直播 We livestream life: the real, spicy life of Sichuan. I'm no boss. I run a livestream for the working stiffs, telling stories with a Sichuan kick. A true workhorse isn't someone who never falls. It's someone who gets back up and keeps turning the mill. Sichuan's flavors no longer speak alone; every taste joins in a grand, sweeping song. The road of the martial world is long, and the heat of its spice endures. With the resilience forged in fire, we're blazing a new trail through the jianghu: a roa 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Transmigrating into Investiture of the Gods: I, Di Xin, Rewrite My Fate from the Start 穿越封神：我帝辛开局逆天改命 My name is Ye Xun. I used to be a corporate drone, but after dying suddenly, I transmigrated into the body of Di Xin of the Great Shang. From the start, I was caught in the Investiture of the Gods calamity. Three Sages signed the Investiture List together, and human lives were as worthless as grass. The capital, Chaoge, was on the brink of collapse, the feudal lords were watching like tigers, Heaven’s Will bore down on me, and the Sages were plotting. I had become the archetypal tyrant destined 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 It Began with a Fleeting Romance 从一场风花雪月开始 Make merry with the one you love, whether it's fate or misfortune! The workplace, business rivalries, and political intrigue. On a high-speed train, Zhang Ze shares a romantic encounter with a woman. He never imagined the heroine of this story would turn out to be his company's general manager... 3kReads8.9Score201Shelves
- 5 Urban Cultivation: Terminally Ill from the Start, I Turn the Tables and Crush Everyone! 都市修仙：开局绝症，反手碾压！ Chen Jianghe is fifty-six years old, with terminal lung cancer and only three months left to live. The ungrateful children he raised for over a decade refuse to save him. Instead, they team up with thugs to force him to hand over his house! Just as all hope seems lost, his blood stains the ancestral jade pendant, unexpectedly awakening a god-tier cultivation inheritance! He obtains the Nine Heavens Divine Dragon Art and a supreme medical tome. His terminal illness is cured on the spot, and his b 66Reads6.6Score117Shelves
- 6 Hooked on Acupressure 点穴成瘾 A contemporary urban political novel. It may suddenly bring tears to your eyes, then make you burst out laughing. You’ll feel indignant on behalf of the characters and so frustrated your chest aches, only for a sudden twist to lift your spirits. The plot is a thrilling roller-coaster ride. Everything in this story comes from what we see, hear, experience, and realize in real life. You’ll love it! 139Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 7 An Old Cop's Fantasy: Rising to the Top 老警察的幻想：平步青云 Just the dying fantasy of a retired old cop. Read it for what it is, and don't take it as a reflection of reality! Later on, the story connects to the world of In the Name of the People, with Qi Tongwei and Gao Yuliang. Your support is greatly appreciated! 9.6kReads8.0Score524Shelves
- 8 After the Divorce, I Went to Dongguan 离婚了就去东莞 I’m waiting for you in Dongguan! After his divorce, he went to Dongguan and started out on an assembly line. Through hard work, he built a successful career and found true love! Dongguan has carried the dreams of so many people. Some cry here, while others laugh! 1.5kReads9.1Score151Shelves
- 9 Those Who Love Me So Dearly 那些很爱我的人 “When you’re abroad, make sure to take good care of yourself. Call me whenever you miss me.” “Ye Lin, when I come back, let’s get married.” “I love you.” “I love you too.” When she woke up, it was already seven years earlier. 144Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 10 The Years I Was Tricked into Going to Northern Myanmar 我被骗到缅北那几年 [The most realistic story online + no System + no saintly protagonist + the author just escaped from northern Myanmar] Have you ever seen videos about northern Myanmar online? Do you think kidney harvesting, water torture, murder, and abuse are already unimaginably cruel? Then let me tell you: compared with what happened to me, those things are nothing! The people in northern Myanmar are a bunch of devils who devour people without leaving a trace! From the day I was tricked into going there, I t 11.7kReads8.6Score708Shelves
- 11 Lives Left Behind in Nanjing 那些离开南京的生活 Truthfully, I never thought of leaving this city. Those moments of unspeakable loneliness, the people who left, the girl with the high ponytail, all the memories have kept me trapped here. Perhaps I should live a different way. Hello, Nanjing. Goodbye, Nanjing. 1.3kReads8.4Score100Shelves
- 12 The Son-in-Law Turns the City Upside Down 赘婿闹花都 After social tough Su Yang marries into the Bai family… One strange encounter after another, until he discovers a massive conspiracy… “He, he, he actually tried to set me up!” “What did you say? I’m the group’s illegitimate son?” … There’s only so much room for an introduction. Read the story for yourself. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I’m No Medical God, I Can’t Cure You, Beautiful Lady! 我不是医神，医不了你，美女！ In this ordinary world, there are many people and things we know nothing about! There may be countless transmigrators hiding among us, each with a System. The seemingly peaceful world may be home to countless mythical monsters. They could be right beside you, somewhere nearby, or even among your friends. One of them might be a transmigrator. If so many ancient myths exist, why couldn't they be real? And the story I'm going to tell you today is... Take a close look around you. The next lucky one 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Peerless Immortal Doctor of Peach Blossom Mountain Village 桃花山村极品医仙 Ma Xiaowei, an orphan from Taohua Mountain Village, can't make it in the city. When he returns to the village, everyone treats him like an outsider. Only Tang Taozi, the village belle, looks after him. The trouble is, she's the only one who can see her... 113Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Exceptional Principal 极品校长 Lin Tiannan enters the political arena as a school principal, ready to ride the waves and stride forward with confidence. His life takes off from there. Watch Principal Lin smile as he observes the winds of change... 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 My Beautiful Flight Attendant Roommate 合租的美女空姐 Hello, readers. This is my first novel, so it will have plenty of flaws and shortcomings. I don't care how many readers it gets. I just want to finish this story with care and give voice to my long-held passion for writing. As a teenager, I was deeply moved by Living with a Flight Attendant. I would like to pay tribute to its author, Sanshi. Synopsis: Programmer Cao Xiaofan has just graduated from college. His salary barely covers rent, he can hardly write code, and dating is out of the questio 146Reads—Score119Shelves
- 17 A Humble Monk Sets Out on the Journey to the West 贫僧去西游 Wukong, slow down! Master wants some meat... Master, wait for me! This woman wants to marry me... That monster is so pitiful! Master, let me whack her with my staff and be done with it! Why are there more and more people? How did our group get so huge? 80Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 18 A Marriage of Spies 婚战谍中谍 This book contains toxic material. Readers who are not emotionally mature should read it with a guardian. Married readers should read it alone while their spouses are away. This story is entirely fictional, and all events are dramatized for the plot. Please don’t compare them to your own experiences, and remember to cultivate sound values, a healthy outlook on life, and a proper worldview. 14.7kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
- 19 My Master Became My Wife, and Happiness Came So Suddenly! 师父当老婆，幸福来的太突然！ What should you do when your master is ambushed? Obviously, help her. So why is Master trying to kill me after I helped her? Then what are you waiting for? Run! But how could Bai Qianmo outrun her master, a Deity Transformation cultivator? In the end, she was caught. “Master, I’ll take responsibility for you!” 2kReads6.6Score184Shelves
- 20 Marriage Partners 婚姻合伙人 I have a very beautiful wife. In the eyes of everyone around us, she’s the perfect wife, a dutiful daughter-in-law, and my ideal match. Her career is even going better than mine. By all conventional wisdom, anyone would be more than content with a wife like her, but I can’t stop thinking about divorcing her… 3kReads8.7Score250Shelves
- 21 At the Poker Table: The Dirtiest Underworld Around You 牌桌：你身边最肮脏的江湖 [The World of the Cardsharps] The card table is the easiest place in the world to get something for nothing, bar none. That is precisely why it is filled with greed, madness, and debauchery. Beneath the table lie filthy conspiracies, deceit, schemes, cruelty, and every unscrupulous trick imaginable. As the owner of a mahjong parlor for many years, I solemnly warn you: become hooked on the card table, and you’ve plunged into the devil’s abyss... 607Reads9.4Score110Shelves
- 22 The Wildflower of the Countryside 乡野村花 College student Li Erbangzi is beaten and left disabled! When he returns to his village, he is met with nothing but ridicule. Then, by chance, he obtains the inheritance of the Emperor Venerable and undergoes a complete transformation. With the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda in one hand and the Demon-Sealing Stone in the other, he uses his peerless martial arts to dominate his corner of the world. His unmatched medical skills save lives and heal the wounded, while he rules his domain, punishes evil, a 4.3kReads8.8Score437Shelves
- 23 A Master of Social Skills, and You Call Me a Workplace Rookie? 满级人情世故，你管这叫职场新人 Chu Qingyun transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes a college student on the verge of graduation. From the start, he grabs a defibrillator and saves Hu Li, the campus belle, after she collapses unconscious due to an irregular heartbeat. To repay him, Hu Li takes him straight to the hospital room of Gao Zhiwu, the province's third-most-powerful official. A copy of Fifteen Years of the Wanli Reign and a simple wish to study Ming history with his teacher earn Gao Zhiwu's favor! Just 251Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 24 Reborn as a Melon Seller: From the Start, I Break Liu Huaqiang’s Ribs 重生卖瓜：开局打断刘华强肋骨 Lin Cheng was watching a meme video about buying melons when he missed a step, fell through a manhole, and woke up reincarnated as a melon stall underling, the background character who clung to Brother Hao and cried, "Sari Lang!" It's 1998. Qiangzi hasn't brought his knife down yet, but sooner or later, he will. The good news is that Lin Cheng's phone came with him, implanted in his brain and connected to the internet in 2026. With foreknowledge of the plot and a cheat ability at his disposal, L 4.1kReads5.4Score188Shelves
- 25 Those Years in Dongguan 在东莞那些年 This book tells the story of an ordinary loser who finds love while working at a factory. After his future mother-in-law demands an outrageous bride price, he works hard, sets out to build a business, and pursues his dream. Giving up a high-paying job, he leads his friends back to their hometown to start a business, transforming a place so poor that no one could find a wife into a place young women are eager to marry into. 87Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 26 Bullied by My Boss, My Aunt Helps Me Fight Back 被上司欺压，阿姨带你去反扑 During a round of layoffs at the company, Xia Zhan was abandoned by the leader he trusted most, something he never saw coming. But Xia Zhan refused to give up. He teamed up with Hou Xiaotian and planned his moves step by step. Watch Xia Zhan enjoy life in the workplace. 365Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Caught in the Schemes of a Lovesick Female Tycoon 被病娇女财阀各种套路 [Obsessive love + forced romance + angst + love triangle chaos + no System] Xia Mo, a sophomore in college, sighs after hearing loud footsteps in the library and ends up attracting the attention of a spoiled heiress. What follows is an endless stream of schemes from a pair of obsessively devoted sisters. 3.1kReads6.4Score113Shelves
- 28 My Angel Investor Is My Adorable Husband 天使投资人是我的小娇夫 Told from the heroine's perspective, this story follows her journey from an innocent, inexperienced newcomer to the working world to a successful professional woman. Fang Yuwei and the hero, Lin Peifeng, meet on campus. He falls for her at first sight and takes care of her and stays by her side, but Lin Peifeng's identity is not so simple. As the heroine makes her way through the workplace, she encounters all kinds of unwritten rules, both obvious and hidden. She changes jobs several times and m 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Campus Beauty Professor Confessed? My Older Sister, the Mother-in-Law, Disapproves 校花教授表白？姐姐丈母娘不同意 [Cool older sister + stunning campus beauty + devoted professor + beautiful older woman] Auntie Yan is gentle, beautiful, doting, and fiery-tempered. She's fiercely protective and a powerhouse in a fight, has spent half her life alone, and has managed both her career and family. She's in the prime of her life. Sister Pan looks aloof but is passionate inside. She inherited Auntie Yan's beauty perfectly, but she's a hopeless romantic who has loved He Ye alone, in both her past and present lives. I 71.1kReads8.4Score6.8kShelves
- 30 The Stock God Legend: Li Wushuang 股神传奇李无双 [A hard-core stock-trading story. If you prefer light, fluffy novels, this one's not for you.] Li Wushuang, a Wall Street financial hunter, is reborn fifteen years in the past. Watch as he uses his superb stock-trading skills to rise to prominence once more and become a legendary stock-market god. 2.5kReads9.1Score207Shelves
- 31 Everyday Life in the City: A Rich Heir in Beijing 都市日常：富二代在京城 "Love in the Mortal World: My Wild Wife in the Capital" My name is Tang Feng. I used to be a combat sports athlete and achieved some impressive results. After retiring, I started a new life. I came to the capital to experience life, embarking on a winding, realistic, and thrilling journey. From the start, I shared a rental apartment. The landlady would later become my wife. She was beautiful and wild. 2kReads8.7Score144Shelves
- 32 The Girl I Loved and My Childhood Friend 我与白月光和青梅 The protagonist is a rich second-generation heir from the start. I’m not good at writing introductions. This story focuses mainly on romance and human nature, with a little entrepreneurship. His first love marries him because of real-life difficulties. After the wedding, he discovers she has always loved someone else. He mistakes a transaction for love. She mistakes love for a life. Years later, his childhood sweetheart appears out of nowhere. The story focuses on relationships between men and w 1.7kReads8.1Score111Shelves
- 33 Restarting the Journey of Love: Women After Divorce 重启爱之旅：离婚后的女人们 Zhang Ziyun had always looked down on people who got divorced. Then he caught his wife cheating, and got divorced himself. Government officials, community directors, teachers, clothing-store owners, and other women began entering his life... Amid the endless bustle of the world, as he chose and was chosen, he worked hard and built a modest career while still holding on to hope for marriage. After a series of twists and turns, he finally found the happiness meant for him in this lifetime among th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 When the Clouds Part, the Moon Appears 云开见月 The protagonist had a miserable childhood. Raised by the whole village, he grew up experiencing firsthand the harsh rule that the weak get bullied. He fought his way through life with his fists, developing a fiercely defiant personality. Later, a benefactor took him under their wing and helped him work hard, and he eventually made something of himself and got into a top university. As an adult, he became lost and insecure in the face of harsh reality. In the end, he settled into an ordinary life 16.5kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves
- 35 My Intelligence Refreshes Daily, and the Whole World Is on Guard Against Me 情报每天刷新，全世界都在防备我 [Information Gathering + Storage Space + Spy Hunting + Gacha + Invincible + Slice of Life] Chat with the old landlord and gather information: the old man sold antiques as junk. Get hit by a female driver while delivering food and gather information: her husband is a spy. Chat with a cool, mature beauty and gather information: she’s been craving you for a long time. Lin Feng is a low-level office worker who has spent years working away from home, but has barely made any money. When his father fal 8.1kReads8.6Score763Shelves
- 36 My Tsundere Childhood Friend Won't Confess? I'll Flirt with Her Best Friend and Drive Her Crazy 青梅傲娇不表白？撩她闺蜜急死她 (All four heroines end up with the protagonist + mischievous friends constantly pranking each other + super-sweet campus romance) If you're looking for love at first sight and fast-paced romance, this slow-blooming youthful love story isn't for you! I've been in this world for eighteen years, and only now you're telling me I'm not the protagonist? Well, this isn't Galgame, so I picked all four options before I could think twice! (No cheating in a past life. The author knows what readers want, so 22.2kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
- 37 One Man's Journey to Self-Reliance 一个人的自强独立 After the high school entrance exams, Lin Zili finally met the father he had never known. There was no heartfelt reunion like he had imagined. Instead, he was driven out of the ancestral home, and Lin Zili cut ties with his deadbeat father. Struggling to survive with his mentally ill mother, Lin Zili worked to earn money for her medical treatment. Little did he know that an even greater disaster awaited him... This is the story of a teenager who refuses to give up. Through his own hard work, he 11.7kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
- 38 The Clairvoyant Miracle Doctor Sets the City Ablaze with Beauties 透视神医闹得都市百花开 Betrayed by his girlfriend and faced with his mother's serious illness, fresh university graduate Wang Shaoyang is lucky enough to inherit the Heavenly Doctor Nine Dragon Pearls. With his magic eye that sees through everything and the mystical Qilin technique, he sets the big city abuzz with beautiful women everywhere! A genius intern, luxury cars, beauties, mansions... His path of cultivation unfolds amid the big city's mockery and challenges! 2.5kReads9.0Score376Shelves
- 39 A Real Man 爷们 A beautiful woman wants to kill me. First she tried a knife, then she tried to run me over. When she realized she couldn't kill me, she actually begged me to kill myself. 9.6kReads8.9Score1kShelves
- 40 The Fierce Middle-Aged Man 大叔凶猛 “I've realized I'm liking you more and more.” Looking at the radiant beauty beside him, Lin Feng felt his heart clench. He wasn't single, and faced with such unexpected candor, he felt not the slightest bit of joy. If anything, his scalp prickled. As soon as Lin Feng took over the Jiangdong branch of Wansheng Plaza, all kinds of temptations came pouring in. What followed was a dangerous struggle of wits, without a single flash of blades. The Game of Thrones, the realities of the workplace, and t 1.6kReads6.1Score104Shelves
- 41 How Did I End Up in Showbiz Again After Getting the Wrong System? 被发错系统的我怎么又进娱乐圈了 [Alternate Urban Setting] + [Light System] + [Light Entertainment Industry] + [Everyday Life] In his previous life, Chen Mo had plunged into the entertainment industry just to make ends meet. His work was varied: writing songs for others, lip-syncing, working as a stand-in, and taking the blame. But before he could end up in prison, Chen Mo transmigrated. After that less-than-pleasant past, Chen Mo vowed that in this life he would study hard, make it into a good university, find a good job, marr 23.1kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves
- 42 Little Tricks for the Workplace 职场小聪明 This is just a story about starting a job and working your way up to department manager by the age of thirty, haha. Blame-shifting, workplace bullying, and factional infighting are everywhere in the office. Ordinary people keep their heads down and work hard, yet repeatedly end up as scapegoats. Treating others sincerely only gets them mistaken for easy targets who can be pushed around. The protagonist has no powerful connections, and has no interest in playing dirty. Caught in a complicated o 82Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 From the Start: I Picked Up a Wife in a Bar 开局：酒吧里捡了个老婆 If heaven gave you the chance to satisfy the desires of the girls around you, what would you do? The beautiful CEO begs you with tearful eyes to give her five hundred million... The pure-hearted campus beauty clings to your arm, hoping you'll save her family... The dazzling star pleads with you to protect her in the entertainment industry... And you just smile. 2.2kReads8.3Score143Shelves
- 44 A Temporary Romance at the Factory 工厂的临时爱情 Work + Romance + Plot + A Large Supporting Cast Xu Yanhui, a young man from a rural village who has just left the army, comes to the city alone to find work. By chance, he meets his fellow villager Duan Li, who introduces him to a job at a textile factory. There, he witnesses and experiences the joys and sorrows, warmth and cruelty of the lives of working women. Set in the 1990s, this story uses simple prose to tell the stories of ordinary migrant workers. I hope you enjoy it. 12.9kReads8.6Score971Shelves
- 45 The Green Satchel Medical Text: A Divine Doctor in the City 青囊医书之都市医仙 In a materialistic society, people resort to any means to fight over their own interests. The book's rich knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine is its greatest draw. What you see may not be the truth. People live behind masks, and only when those masks come off do you see how appalling things are beneath the glamorous surface. The person you trust most can hurt you the deepest. And those you look down on, or feel are beneath your company, may be the very people who help you the most. Human n 24.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves
- 46 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.5kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
- 47 The Strongest Man 最强人 The strongest person isn’t the one who defeats others, but the one who refuses to be defeated by anyone or anything. Zhuang Xiaoqiang grew up in a poor family. His father’s downward spiral left the family on the verge of falling apart when Xiaoqiang was just eight. From then on, he shouldered the burden of supporting his family. He learned early how important money was to a household, and knew there was no one he could rely on. Everything he wanted had to be earned with his own hands, whether a 42.5kReads9.2Score4.9kShelves
- 48 My Nearly Forty CEO Wife 我的奔四总裁小娇妻 The second volume is out now. Come back for more! Follow the author's page and add the book to your library so you won't lose track of it!!! I'm Ma Ming, male, 21, and currently a university student. I can do 600 push-ups in one go. I can do 500 sit-ups in one go. I run every day to stay fit, and I'm good at both singing and dancing. I can down five large glasses of beer, eight glasses of red wine, and three glasses of whiskey in one sitting... “Let's not get sidetracked. Here's the deal: I have 4kReads9.4Score263Shelves
- 49 I Found a Diary Full of Regrets 捡到一本遗憾日记 Jiang Yuan finds a diary of regrets written by someone unknown. It mentions only a few vague events from the future, but as Jiang Yuan waits for them to unfold, he finds himself rising to the pinnacle of success without even realizing it. 12.1kReads8.5Score688Shelves
- 50 Professor Lin from a Poor Family 寒门林教授 [No System + No Rebirth + Poor Family + Inspirational + Tearjerker + Passionate + Nostalgic + Suitable for Middle Schoolers] Education is the fairest thing in the world. Lin Dongsheng, a student from a poor family, unexpectedly discovers that he has an extraordinary memory. Though he usually doesn't even dare eat his fill, he changes his fate through his studies, achieving one miracle after another. He wins prize money at all kinds of competitions, eventually gets into Tsinghua University, becom 8.7kReads7.7Score561Shelves
