Novels like Those Foolish Things I Did
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Those Foolish Things I Did, best match first.
- 51 Earn Rewards by Scrolling Douyin, From the Start I Have 20,000 Bitcoins 刷抖音有奖励，开局两万比特币 When Lu Qing woke up, he discovered that he could extract rewards from the videos he watched on Douyin... Watching a video about Bitcoin: [Congratulations! You have received 20,000 Bitcoins!] Watching a video about strange people and unusual events: [Congratulations! You have received the skill “Empty-Handed Pickpocketing”!] Watching a fantasy wuxia film: [Congratulations! You have received one Invisibility Talisman!] Watching a science fiction film: [Congratulations! You have received an advanc 7kReads8.0Score501Shelves
- 52 May the Sun Always Shine Bright 希望阳光永远都炽热 A castoff banished by his corporation to the Western District has a one-night stand, only to be relentlessly pursued by a beauty. Then, through a bizarre twist of fate, he even ends up at the police station. Ever since he got involved with this woman, not a single day has gone smoothly! "I'll pay you. Can you just leave?" "No!" Is it really so hard for me to be a true believer in pure love? 223Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Love Is Always Part of Life 人生总有爱 Li Ming came from a rural family. At university, his teacher, Zhao Qiang, introduced him to his daughter, Zhao Na, and the two married. During their fifteen years of marriage, they had a son named Li Xuan, who is now a first-year high school student. Zhao Na had a knack for business, and her company thrived. She bought the family home and car. Li Ming worked diligently as a university lecturer. Every month, he gave two thousand yuan to his parents, kept fifteen hundred for himself, and used the 225Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 54 Burning Up the Nine Heavens: I Never Wanted to Be the Demon King 焚尽九天：我并不想做那个魔王 Everyone wants me to become a demon. The gods of the Nine Heavens see me as a calamity, and all living beings curse me as a blight. They broke my bones, destroyed my divine soul, and drove me into the eternal abyss, eager to be rid of me. But they never knew An infinite sea of cores slumbers in my dantian, my body holds the Boundless Divine Bones, reborn through flame, my divine soul is perfected through the Nine-Turn Nirvana Sutra, and I received the true teachings of Ancestor Pan. The Starsea 8Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 55 Drenched in Glamour 染指浮华 Let me tell you some true stories. After Yu Xiaobei and Chen Chen divorced, he found it hard to let go of his feelings for her, and it made him miserable. He didn’t want to keep hurting, so he decided to try accepting a new relationship. He met Xu Jing at work and Cheng Chen in his day-to-day life. Yu Xiaobei went through a number of romantic entanglements with each of them. Meanwhile, spring came at last for his friend Lao Wai, who also found himself caught up in a complicated situation. Lao Wa 297Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 After the Stay-at-Home Mom Returned to Work, Her Whole Family Begged for Forgiveness 全职妈妈重返职场后，全家跪求我原谅 After This Stay-at-Home Mom Returned to Work, Her Whole Family Begged for Forgiveness 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Let’s Get Married Right After Graduation 毕业就结婚吧 I was still a sophomore in college when, out of nowhere, I ended up with a twenty-year-old fiancée. When she came to my house for the first time, my father asked me to show her around. But as soon as we were alone, she insisted on seeing my bedroom... (This novel is complete at over a million characters, so you can read with confidence.) 1.8kReads7.2Score189Shelves
- 58 Dongguan: A Dusty Romance 东莞尘缘 Dongguan is a city full of memories, holding the youth and stories of countless young men and women. You’re only young once, so do you still remember the women who appeared in your youth? 4.6kReads7.8Score383Shelves
- 59 Chongqing, the Youth I Left Behind 重庆，我留下的青春 Five years of love shattered like porcelain, and my career plummeted along with it. Just when my life was at its darkest, a ray of light shone in, dazzling beyond belief. In this harsh, realistic world, can I still stay true to myself?… 1.7kReads8.7Score120Shelves
- 60 Bargaining Chips on the Road to Promotion 升职路上的筹码 Song Minghui is like a spider at the center of a web, maintaining relationships with three women in different ways. A 26-year-old workplace newcomer, a 35-year-old sales director, and a 41-year-old corporate executive: the web is beginning to unravel as its three “bargaining chips” awaken. - The rules of survival in the workplace's dark forest - How the “prey” turns the tables from a male perspective - The growth of three women, from being used to awakening - Emotional manipulation and counterma 2.3kReads6.3Score145Shelves
- 61 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
- 62 The Pen Pusher 笔杆子 Yu Bei, a young official selected for government service, runs into the county's most powerful woman on his very first day at work. She singles me out, and the whole county is stunned. Everyone is waiting to see me make a fool of myself. But I refuse to let her lose. A data discrepancy she couldn't resolve in three days, I found in a single night. I saw through her opponent's schemes before they could unfold. When she was surrounded, I stepped in front of her. “If you want to touch her, you'll 2.3kReads6.8Score137Shelves
- 63 The Queen of the Screen Is a Force of Nature! Seven Men Vie for Her Affection 影后她飒爆了！七个男人争宠记 Do you want to know how a movie queen, publicly jilted and condemned to a life without children, can fight her way to survival through the blood-soaked chaos of a turbulent age? Su Manyin, Shanghai’s dazzling movie queen, turned her body into both a battlefield and a weapon. A resounding slap on the courthouse steps was her first shot in declaring war on fate. But instead of a smooth rise to stardom, she faced a warlord’s cage, the schemes of a financial tycoon, and the pathological possessivene 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 After the Divorce, I Fell for My Sister-in-Law 离婚后，爱上了小姨子 [Multiple heroines + urban life + workplace + comeback + twins + mystery of birth] Mu Yan is a live-in son-in-law, but after his business venture fails, the Lan family looks down on him. His wife, Lan Xin, chooses to divorce him, while her twin sister, Lan Rui, reveals her feelings and stands by Mu Yan through everything. They weather storms, endure heartache, clear up misunderstandings, and finally find happiness together. 804Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 65 Cloud, Crane, Nine Heavens: Nothing Beats Cao 云鹤九霄，不如一曹 Of the Yun, He, Jiu, and Xiao generations, none compares to Cao. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Middle-Aged and Still at Sea, I Was Forced to Become a Web Novel Superstar 中年不惑，我被迫成为网文大神 Real Life + Urban Fantasy Chen Wang was turning forty this year. Today was his birthday, and as it happened, he had also been laid off. Back home, he threw himself onto the sofa and pulled out his phone. He opened a novel-reading app. It had been his habit for over ten years. He read everything: wuxia, fantasy, urban fiction, historical novels. When the workshop got too noisy, he'd spend his lunch break crouched outside reading. When he couldn't sleep at night, he'd turn off the sound and read i 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 My Innocent Daughter Was Slapped. I Divorced Him on the Spot, and Now He's Regretting It Like Crazy 女儿无辜被扇一巴掌，我当场离婚，他悔疯了 My daughter was slapped for no reason. I divorced him on the spot, and now he deeply regrets it. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 You Little Punk, We're All Older Than You. How Dare You Bully Us? 臭二狗，我们都比你大你还敢欺负 My new work is out! You can find 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! 3kReads8.3Score345Shelves
- 69 Perfectly Complementary 极致互补 [Short drama now streaming] [Emotion-led brand strategist Zhang Xinbei × rational investor Gao Jiawei] Modern romance / cerebral love / workplace maneuvering / mature push and pull A power couple who complement each other · One-on-one · Mutual salvation · (Those who mind a non-virgin heroine should proceed with caution. No rivalry between women, just a normal romance with sound values.) * She is a top-tier brand strategist who breaks through by understanding human nature; he is a capital markets 3.1kReads8.7Score328Shelves
- 70 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. 377Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Darkness Descends 黑暗沦陷 [By a Twist of Fate, He Became the Savior of Southeast Asia’s Underworld Emperor] The protagonist, Yi Sheng, was tricked into becoming a “piglet” at a scam compound in the Philippines, where he was beaten and starved every day, living a fate worse than death. Then one day, a gang of thugs hijacked a tour bus. Acting on impulse, he risked his life to save an old man he had never met. The next day, he was taken out of the compound and put into a Maybach. The old man patted him on the shoulder. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 My Wife Smells Divine, and I’m Losing My Nerve 妻子很香，我很心慌 My wife smells so good, but I’m freaking out. 194Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 I'll Wait for You in Xi'an 我在西安等你 When the male lead, Ling Fei, had nothing to his name, he met two women who made him their whole world. With their help, Ling Fei rose to the pinnacle of the business world. Yet he failed to cherish them, becoming entangled with several other women around him. After all the hardships, will happiness or regret be what awaits him...? That, too, is his own choice. 10.1kReads8.8Score940Shelves
- 74 Searching for Love in the Mortal World 尘世寻爱 At the end of the twentieth century, Momo always looked at the reasonable and unreasonable aspects of the world from the perspective of a bystander, living carelessly like a rogue. It wasn't until she met Li Fan, a married woman, and Duoduo that she truly entered the real world. But the cruelty of reality, and the enormous gulf between it and her inner world, made it impossible for her to adapt... 4.6kReads—Score207Shelves
- 75 Bold Pursuit, Secret Indulgence 强撩与暗宠 On one side, his female boss pulls him into an emotional tug-of-war. On the other, the female dean offers him a healing companionship. Caught between them, he doesn't want to give up his stable job, but he can't bear to let go of the peace and comfort she brings, either. Choosing between them becomes his greatest dilemma. 4.5kReads7.1Score396Shelves
- 76 My Spoiled, Bossy Female CEO 我的刁蛮女总裁 He doesn't know what love is. When one relationship after another comes his way unexpectedly, he decides to choose one and love wholeheartedly. Yet whenever he feels happiness is just around the corner, he discovers that it's nothing more than a cruel joke played by fate. Swept along by destiny, he wanders through a life of hardship before returning to where he began, only to find that nothing has changed. The confusion of being human, the anguish of loving someone you cannot have: perhaps life 57Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 77 After One Wild Night, the Gorgeous Older Sister Made My Life Miserable 一夜风流后，漂亮姐姐折磨我 After one night at a bar, he took home a drunk older woman. The next day, a new female university lecturer walked into his classroom, and to his shock, it was the same woman from the night before. Even worse, she was his older sister’s best friend. In class, she adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses and called him “Lin Bei.” In private, the five hundred yuan “overnight fee” was still in his wallet. In this forbidden game, whoever gets serious first loses. 2kReads6.6Score153Shelves
- 78 Women on the Career Ladder 职场路上的女人们 Amid the shifting tides of the crowded world, people are always boarding ships and leaving them behind. When they came riding the waves, they carried unspoken obsessions. When they turned away, the hems of their robes swept up the stars, while the warmth frozen in their palms seeped forever into the course of the voyage. 836Reads7.1Score104Shelves
- 79 A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋 [Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes 1.4kReads8.8Score139Shelves
- 80 Half a Life Adrift, Half a Life at Peace 半生浪荡半生安 Half a Life of Wildness, Half a Life of Peace 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 I'm a Grade-Schooler Cultivator in the 1980s 八零年代我是小学生修仙者 This is the story of an elementary school student in the 1980s who becomes an immortal cultivator, punishes villains and thugs along the way, and protects their teachers and classmates, as well as their parents and family! The student falls in love in third grade and becomes a Golden Core cultivator while still in elementary school, an invincible force in the world! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 After My Ex-Wife Left With Nothing, She Forced Me to Divide Our Assets Again and Wanted Me to Raise Another Man’s Child 前妻净身出户后，逼我重分财产，还想让我养别人的孩子 After my ex-wife walked away with nothing, she forced me to divide our assets again and even wanted me to raise someone else's child. 339Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 A Motherless Child, Cared for by His Sister-in-Law 没妈的孩子，嫂子疼 [Period drama + No System or storage space] After my adoptive parents died in a car accident, my older brother Zhang Dakui and I depended on each other. Ever since Dakui brought my sister-in-law Liu Chunmei home, our lives changed. And so did my life... 98Reads6.2Score112Shelves
- 84 That Year, I Was Sixteen 那年拾六岁 When Li Shanyue was sixteen, her family traded her to Zhang Debiao from the neighboring village for three thousand yuan and two pigs. Zhang Debiao was a widower with two children. Everyone in the village said marrying him was Li Shanyue's fate. Li Shanyue didn't believe in fate. She smiled as she brought Zhang Debiao water and cooked his meals, cared for his two children as if they were her own, and kept the house spotless. Everyone thought she had accepted her lot. Zhang Debiao ended up wit 994Reads—Score112Shelves
- 85 A Turbulent Marriage 婚乱流年 [No Cheating] + [One Female Lead] + [Not a Power Fantasy] + [Light Mystery] + [A Touch of Angst] Bai Yu had just finished his work presentation at the company headquarters and returned home three days early. Hoping to surprise his wife, he instead found that she had mysteriously disappeared. As he searched everywhere, he unexpectedly found her phone in the car, and the chat history on it hit him like a bolt of lightning. She had gone out after receiving that message. She'd gone to meet that man 3kReads5.2Score157Shelves
- 86 Nearly Murdered, I Found Love Across Time 差点被谋杀遇到穿越时空的爱 I Nearly Got Murdered, Then Found Love Through Time Transmigration 226Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 A Xiong in the Workplace 职场阿雄 The notorious “car scandal” made headlines everywhere, and the woman at its center turned out to be Xiong Jun's girlfriend, Shi Tiantian. Furious, Xiong Jun broke up with her. Then Xiong Jun hit the darkest point of his life. See how an ordinary man turns his fortunes around...! No golden finger, just a story grounded in reality! 134Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Escape from the Devil's Den: A Lawless Hell on Earth 逃离魔窟：三不管的人间地狱 Escape from the den of evil: A hell on earth beyond anyone's control 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 A Book That Continues the Spring and Autumn Annals 续写春秋的一本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 10.7kReads9.2Score902Shelves
- 90 My Past Life Was the Empress, and My Senior Is the Emperor 我的前世竟然是皇后学长是皇上 My Past Life Was Actually the Empress; My Senior Is the Emperor 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Hit the Jackpot from the Start! Five Systems Turn the Tables and Deliver Face-Slapping! 开局撞大运！五大系统逆袭打脸！ [The Nantianmen Project, currently midway through + all kinds of cutting-edge technology rewards + thrillingly satisfying + no doormat behavior + billionaire lifestyle + five Systems + ruler of Blue Star + immortality + unrivaled supremacy] What is a man’s ultimate dream? Strength! Power! Wealth! A harem of beautiful women! Chen Fei had only one goal in life: to become the ruler of Blue Star! To command the world by day and sleep among beauties by night! From the start, he acquired five Systems: 2.8kReads7.3Score344Shelves
- 92 This Is a Junior College? They Have a Five-Star Chef Serving Lunch in the Cafeteria 这是大专？食堂打饭用五星大厨 Tags/Genres: "University," "Campus," "Tycoon," "Infrastructure," "Career," "Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger," "Slow Burn" If you were a university president, receiving 30 million yuan every day that you had to spend entirely on your school, what could you make of a failing vocational college on the brink of bankruptcy? At 24, Lin Fan has just taken over the mess his father left behind: millions in debt, staff who can't be paid, a filthy cafeteria, and three thousand students with no sense of belon 2.8kReads—Score360Shelves
- 93 Awakened a Massage System: Help People Get Back on Their Feet and Earn Rewards 觉醒按摩系统，带人上岸有奖励 Multiple female leads, feel-good wish fulfillment, wealthy tycoon, face-slapping A gambling-addicted dad, a sick mom, a useless younger brother, and a brokenhearted woman. Tell me, if I don't help her, who will? Li Ao, a 40-year-old office drone, gets laid off, divorced by his wife, abandoned by his child, and disdained by his parents. Just as he's about to jump off a building and end it all, he spots a pretty young woman across the street at Tianhe Foot Massage being berated by her manager. He 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 A Beauty’s Wrath: The Sword-and-Book Feud 一怒红颜怒刺之书剑恩仇劫 A Beauty's Wrath: The Book, the Sword, and the Feud 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 A Glimmer in the Years 岁月里的微光 A Glimmer in the Years 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Wudu, You Embraced My Youth 雾都，你拥抱过我的青春 After ten years of drifting through life, a young man with nothing to his name reunites with his first love and resolves to work hard and turn his life around. But with empty pockets, he can barely scrape by, until the day he meets her… 3.9kReads8.4Score411Shelves
- 97 Hearing My Wife’s Secrets 听见妻子的秘密 I Heard My Wife's Secret 304Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 A Few Jokes 笑话数则 A collection of jokes 133Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Young Friend, Release Your Soul, Your Carry Is Here 小友，放开神魂，你的通天代来了 [Quick Transmigration with a Main World] [Power Fantasy + No Female Lead + Contract-Based Life Substitution + Ruthless and Decisive + Fate Dice] Shen Xuan clutched the Fate Dice as he stared down from the 49-story building, his face twisted with rage. “Either you roll me something good today, or I die right here!” Then he received a contract from Deep Space Studio: the Life Substitute Contract. Transmigrate into the body of a lifeform somewhere in the universe, fulfill its heart’s desire, and co 2.9kReads7.6Score213Shelves
- 100 My Rich and Beautiful Girlfriend 我的白富美女友 [Modern city, pure romance] My girlfriend is full of surprises. She’s a beautiful rich heiress, and she seems aloof on the surface, but in private she’s completely different. She loves me dearly, but I don’t think I’m good enough for her, so I’ve tried to leave her again and again. The first time I left, I told her I was going out of town on vacation. She gave me a whole box of origami cranes, a thousand of them in all, each marked with her delicate handwriting: “I love you. I’ll wait for you to 4.6kReads6.2Score538Shelves
