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.
- 101 Boys Deserve to Be Protected, Too 男孩子也要好好保护自己 Boys Need to Protect Themselves, Too 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 My Wife Is 15 Years Younger, Spoiled, and I Love It 小15岁娇妻很作我很爱 Young and charming Lin Wan defies convention and insists on marrying Jiang Zhihan, a man fifteen years her senior who has gone bankrupt twice. Everyone says she is after his money, but in truth, she only wants to save the one man who ever showed her warmth. She acts spoiled and makes a fuss over everything, but in reality, she is carefully planning each step, using warnings from her dreams and deft maneuvering to pull him out of business traps and the depths of despair time and again. Jiang Zhih 4.1kReads—Score239Shelves
- 103 Piercing Through Time: The Old Era, Stealing Fire, No Return 刺穿异时光：旧纪元，盗火，无归 Earth is dead. From the Solar System to Laniakea, this corner of the universe has finally found peace. Lin Qi’s legendary life begins in its final ten chapters. Only then will his little universe erupt. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Bloodshed Brothers and the Woman with a Gun 喋血兄弟和带枪的女人 To love one person is fidelity. To love two is cheating. To love three is a tangled affair... To be loved by one person is happiness. To be loved by two is anxiety. To be loved by three is a disaster... 1.6kReads7.1Score166Shelves
- 105 Anyone Who Breaks the Rules Gets Fired 违规乱纪者，统统都开除 Anyone who breaks the rules and flouts discipline will be fired, no exceptions. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Desire by the Bedside 枕边之欲 On one side, Lang Xi was gently making his feelings known. On the other, Lang Xin was behaving outrageously. The two scenes kept intertwining in my mind, driving me to the brink of madness. What should I do? Call them out directly, or pretend nothing happened? What does the person beside me in bed really want? 2.1kReads8.2Score151Shelves
- 107 On Our Wedding Day, I Gave My Wife a Grand Surprise 婚礼当天，我送老婆一份大礼 On our wedding day, I gave my wife a very special gift. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 My Wife Brought Home a Male Dog and Won’t Let Me Get Rid of It. Then I Discovered Her Secret 老婆捡回家一只公狗不让我送走，我发现了她的秘密 My wife brought home a male dog and wouldn’t let me get rid of it. Then I discovered her secret. 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 The Man Followed by Widows 被寡妇们追随的男人 If being handsome alone weren’t enough to make people envy and hate him, what about being pursued by the daughters of top families, domineering CEOs, stunning policewomen, international superstars, and foreign princesses... Is this man even human? As the widows would say, “Su San, you’re the god of us women...” 357Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 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
- 111 Breaking the Bottom Line 打破底线 In the eyes of others, he has it all: an executive title at a branch company and a happy family. But he also has plenty of secrets he can’t let see the light of day… A routine audit at the head office becomes the turning point in his fate… 14.1kReads8.2Score678Shelves
- 112 My Ring Is a Gold-Eating Beast 我的戒指是吞金兽 Writing a story that feels realistic and believable is the author's greatest goal. To that end, the author would rather have less wish fulfillment and more “poisonous plot points.” Zhou Huan accidentally obtained a magical storage ring. One day, he discovered that the ring could devour gold and turn it into space. It could also take the protagonist to the worlds of movies. This is not a quick transmigration novel. Everything is done by hand. 9kReads6.0Score562Shelves
- 113 The Women Who Were Scammed into Northern Myanmar 被骗去缅北的女人们 My new story is out! You can read my work 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! 3.1kReads6.5Score203Shelves
- 114 My 23-Year-Old Landlady 我的23岁女房客 [Multiple heroines + not reborn + no System + urban slice of life + not a power fantasy + slow burn + a little angst + lots of sweetness] After breaking up with my first love, I stayed in one city for six years. Then I ran into the heiress Ye Xin at a bar. On New Year’s Eve, she told me she was pregnant. With my child? What kind of nonsense is that? I, Chen Mo, have always held my liquor well. I’ve never… I looked at everyone with an innocent expression and hurried to explain, “This has nothing 1.9kReads8.1Score131Shelves
- 115 A Sweet Embrace 软糖入怀 Ruan Ruan + Lu Zeyan Modern romance + mature leads + city life + workplace romance To thank Lu Zeyan, Ruan Ruan invited him to dinner. After having a little to drink, she worked up the courage to ask what he liked about her. Lu Zeyan leaned close to her ear and whispered, “I like how pure you are, how soft you are. I've liked you since the first time I saw you.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 The Loyalty and Betrayal of Marriage 婚姻的忠诚与背叛 Kang Chuanzong and his wife, Su Miao, were both natives of a city on the southeastern coast. In their county, their families could be called Brahmins. They had countless relatives, and all their aunts, uncles, and cousins were either in business or department heads and directors in various government agencies. So their marriage was practically an alliance. Though they had met through a matchmaking arrangement, their life after marriage was quiet and uneventful. Thanks to the wealth accumulated b 2.5kReads8.2Score139Shelves
- 117 My Wife Had Twin Boys, but Only One Is Mine 老婆生了一对双胞胎儿子，但只有一个是我的 My wife gave birth to twin boys, but only one of them is mine. 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Fired at the Annual Gala, I Name My Price to Fix My Boss's Broken Machine 年会被辞，我开天价修废老板的机器 Fired at the annual meeting, I name my price to fix my deadbeat boss's machine 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 My Boyfriend Asked Me to Transfer Him 1,500: What Happened Next 男友让我给他转账1500后续 What Happened After My Boyfriend Asked Me to Transfer Him 1,500 170Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Showbiz in the City: From the Start, I Can Hear Auntie's Inner Thoughts 都市娱乐：开局听到阿姨心声 After unexpectedly obtaining a meteorite, a deaf teenager gains super hearing. He leaves his mountain village for the provincial capital, finds love, buys an island, and builds a business empire. Along the way, he crosses paths with the children of officials, business tycoons, and cultural luminaries, speeding ever onward as he witnesses a legendary life. Ye Ming can hear sounds ordinary people cannot, as well as all kinds of secrets... 1.2kReads5.8Score100Shelves
- 121 Wife, Are You Still Going to Lie to Me? 老婆，你还要对我说谎吗？ Wife, are you still going to lie to me? 152Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Finding True Love Inside and Outside Marriage in Midlife 人到中年婚姻内外寻找真爱 Yang Duo is a flower in full bloom. Though she’s forty, she’s still young and beautiful. A woman in pursuit of true love, she yearns for romance and has spent her life exploring and experiencing it. A passionate love affair that nearly cost her life in her youth, a joyless marriage in middle age, and an unexpected encounter outside her marriage: whenever she falls for someone, she loves with wild abandon and suffers heartbreak that tears her apart. Her three close friends have very different l 640Reads8.7Score101Shelves
- 123 The Principal Was My Mom. She Gave My Early Admission Spot to a Poor Student to Avoid Favoritism, and Now She's Losing Her Mind with Regret 校长妈妈为避嫌把我的保送名额给了贫困生后，她悔疯了 The Principal’s Mom Gave My Guaranteed Admission Spot to a Poor Student to Avoid Favoritism, and Now She Regrets It 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 The Allure of Painted Lips 艳唇之惑 A romantic encounter. Most handsome men have had one, but for someone obsessed with beautiful lips, it's like discovering an ancient treasure... Xi Mengyao, the heiress and CEO of one of Yanjing's top families, is the finest pair of lips of them all. The surprising thing is, when Shu Muyan, a retired special forces king, rescues her, he steals the first kiss from the most coveted lips of all. And so the story begins... 108Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 The Little Immortal Lord of Many Treasures 多宝小仙君 Duobao, an Immortal Lord and deputy manager of one of the Heavenly Court’s branch treasuries, earned eight hundred Fortune Points a month. After more than three hundred years of diligent service, he was sent down to the mortal world to undergo trials when his subordinate, the Golden Boy, stole thirty thousand Fortune Points from the treasury. His boss, Zhao Gongming, gave him the boot himself. Reincarnate? Sure. Into a rich family? Dream on. His new identity is Wang Duobao, the son of Wang Jia 243Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 King of the Insects 虫族之王 King of the Insectoid Race 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 My Whole Family Is My Trump Card 全家都是我的王炸 My Whole Family Is My Trump Card —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 Pure Campus Beauty: Big Brother, I Don’t Want to Work Hard Anymore 清纯校花：哥哥我不想努力了 [Urban, multiple women, making money, spending money, tycoon] Jiang Ye, a penniless failure with nothing to show for himself, lay sprawled on his bed watching short videos on Douyin. One clip said, “You can’t imagine how much fun rich people have...” Jiang Ye immediately thought of his bank balance: Less than a hundred thousand. Just 398. With no money, house, car, or savings, Jiang Ye was envying the rich when a System arrived! But the System didn’t just want to give Jiang Ye a rich man’s lifes 7.2kReads8.2Score520Shelves
- 129 My Unmatched Gambling Skills Have the CEO Chasing After Me 赌术通天，引得豪门总裁倒追 Tags: Urban, more children, more blessings After Lin Fan is dumped by his gold-digging ex-girlfriend, he awakens the more children, more blessings System. To complete the missions that make goddesses such as his ex-girlfriend’s best friend and a cold, beautiful CEO fall for him, he rises to the top, mastering medicine, gambling, and business. In the end, he becomes a true winner in life. 10.2kReads7.5Score1.1kShelves
- 130 Twin Lotus Chronicles 并蒂莲华录 A twin-colored lotus grows before Pudu Temple. Nurtured by Buddhist teachings, it gains a soul. The tangled feelings of a thousand years ago, and the love and hate of a thousand years later, come together to tell a legend. This is a work with both aesthetic depth and intellectual sharpness. It is not merely a modern retelling of the twin lotus legend: through the parable of two flowers growing from one stem, it also probes the essence of human nature and the eternal cycle of history. Recommended 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 My Girl from Lhasa 我的拉萨姑娘 [Roommate Vibes] [Pure Love, Bad Ending] [Urban Coming of Age] [Multiple Heroines] [Folk Guitar] [Lhasa, Tibet] [Idealism] [Realistic] After his childhood friend dies in a fire, Xia Tian takes his friend's ashes to Lhasa. By chance, he meets a group of idealistic young people... They open bars and inns in Lhasa, planting the ideals in their hearts deep into every inch of Tibetan soil. Facing the sky and earth, they cry out, "Long live ideals! Long live youth!" This is an urban romance novel abo 273Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Bad Boy, You're Shameless 坏小子，好无耻 People can be so strange sometimes, Love and hate go hand in hand. The naive boy, Su Mubai, Accidentally catches a glimpse of the school beauty, Wu Xiaoyan, Batheing by the stream at the village entrance... Love takes root at the sight of her beauty, like a lotus rising from the water. But what happens next, Hate takes shape at the police station, after a brutal beating... Love... Hate... Who was right and who was wrong? Who can say for sure… 674Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 “Seeking a Child for a Large Reward” Isn’t a Scam, It’s Fate “重金求子”不是骗局，是缘分 “Paying a Huge Sum for a Child” Isn't a Scam, It's Fate 185Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 My Brother Is the Perfect Son, and I'm the Zero-Score Daughter 弟弟是满分儿子，我是零分女儿 My Younger Brother Is the Perfect Son, While I'm the Zero-Score Daughter 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 We Just Broke Up, and Now a Rich Beauty Won’t Leave Me Alone 刚分手，白富美就赖上我 [Urban cultivation, feel-good, passionate romance, every beauty wins him over, decisive and ruthless, multiple heroines] My girlfriend thinks I'm poor and wants to break up with me, but I've become a cultivator and am about to become invincible. What should I do? Seeking advice online! 2.5kReads—Score174Shelves
- 136 My Incredible Wife 我的极品老婆 A courier buried in debt becomes the contract husband of a female CEO through a twist of fate! From then on, in this glittering, decadent city, sparks fly between him and the CEO in an unexpected way... 41.5kReads8.0Score3.4kShelves
- 137 Before We Destroy the World, Slay the Gods 在我们毁灭世界之前，杀穿诸神 As four-dimensional Outer Gods cross into our world and devour it, humanity sinks into ruin. They stand between heaven and earth, and with the fiery passion of youth, boldly proclaim to the world: Not an inch of the Nine Provinces will be surrendered. If the world is doomed, then we will slaughter every god and remake heaven and earth! 15Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 138 Dusty Tales from the 318 Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318川藏线上的风尘往事 Broke female travelers + Highway 318 + Sichuan-Tibet route + hitchhiking + road trip + finding a wife My company was laying people off, and I was one of them. As if things weren't bad enough, my wife ran off with someone else. Down in the dumps, I headed west toward Tibet. This is the story of a beat-up camper van, the Sichuan-Tibet stretch of Highway 318, and more than thirty women with nowhere else to turn. Every one of their stories is more exciting than my miserable life. 33.6kReads8.2Score2.2kShelves
- 139 You Try to Guilt-Trip Me and Pull Strings? I'm the Kind Who Shows No Mercy, Not Even to Family 道德绑架还想走后门？我可是六亲不认的主 You try to guilt-trip me and pull strings? I'm the sort who disowns even my own family. 242Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 After My Daughter's Love Went Sour, I Brought Home a Blond Punk 小棉袄漏风后，我把黄毛领回了家 Obsessive love, chasing her husband, wicked woman, a battlefield of romantic rivals, no cheating. Their teenage daughter goes astray, only for the truth about the blond-haired man to come to light. Only then does Zhang Chen awaken to the truth: being forced to drop out eighteen years ago, the seemingly helpless fake divorce, and the crushing mortgage weighing on his shoulders were all part of his wife's grand scheme from beginning to end. Everyone treats Zhang Chen like a tool they can manipulat 1.7kReads5.6Score143Shelves
- 141 A Review of This Life 复盘今生 Wang Yuhan once had a happy family. He and his wife, Yu Meixia, were both teachers. They excelled at their jobs, had a son and a daughter, and were the envy of everyone. But then, one day, it all vanished. If you were the protagonist, how would you react? How would you face betrayal by the person you love and trust most? Drawing on a deep understanding of life, the author tells a moving, vivid story of love and loss, life and death, and tangled passions in plain, flowing prose. The story also ra 750Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 142 Rouge in the Tulou 土楼里的胭脂 In the Jianghuai region during the Republic of China era, earthen fortresses rise tall. The beautiful widow Qin Yuening is seized by the bandit Shen Keji, and a “wife-for-hire contract” seals her fate in his rough bandit stronghold. She once hated him to the core. She fled, tried to kill him, and even hung from the rafters rather than submit. He spends half his life conquering territory, all for the day she says, “I will.” When war reaches their doorstep, their bloodstained hands finally clasp t 1.9kReads—Score249Shelves
- 143 Three Lives, Three Worlds: Bewitching Control, Girl Across the Way, Look Over Here 三生三世：魅控，对面女孩看过来 Also known as Reborn in 1998: Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Broken System: Take Me Back to 1998, Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Reborn: Three Lives, Three Worlds, Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Rebirth System: Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Reborn in the summer of 1998. The streets are full of bell-bottoms, TV is showing The Legend of the White Snake, pagers keep going off, and even the air smells of popsicles and soda. Best of all, there's a girl with a ponytail in the dorm acr 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 My Parents Raised Me on the Bare Minimum, So I'll Support Them on the Bare Minimum Too 爸妈按最低标准养育我，我也按最低标准赡养他们 My parents raised me to the bare minimum standard, so I’ll support them to the bare minimum standard too 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Ten Years of Marriage: Only Now Do I Understand My Wife 结婚十年：才明白妻子那点事 Zhang Xixi works late into the night and comes home drunk. Ye Feng discovers that she is wearing… Was she cheating, or was there another reason? As Ye Feng investigates, he discovers something astonishing about his wife during their ten years of marriage…! 1.9kReads—Score115Shelves
- 146 A Happy Country Life 幸福的乡村 [Comedy + lighthearted + feel-good power fantasy + urban + rural] He Huan returns in triumph, leaves the special organization, and goes back to his village. He keeps a low profile and settles down to an ordinary, peaceful life! He helps the disadvantaged and works with the villagers to build prosperity! But what he doesn't expect is that a crisis is about to come crashing down on him! 6.7kReads8.7Score531Shelves
- 147 The Glass Candy He Gave Me 他给的玻璃糖 Qiu Cixiu was nothing like his name suggested. He wasn’t merciful at all! Eventually, he simply changed the character in his name to “Chi.” The chi of charging across the battlefield. That character suited his wild, rebellious nature much better. She once thought he would be her salvation, but as it turned out, he wasn’t... 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 The Pretty Widow of Peach Blossom Creek, Loved by a Young Man 桃花溪的俏寡妇，小年轻爱上她 The night twenty-two-year-old Li Yuchuan returned to his village, he stumbled upon a woman bathing by Peach Blossom Creek. In the moonlight, her skin glowed white. Water slid from her collarbone to the small of her back. She tipped her head back to toss her hair, then flicked out her tongue to lick a drop of water from the corner of her mouth. That one little movement nearly made his soul fly away. Later, he learned she was the “jinx” everyone in the village talked about. Jiang Yuwei. Thirty-fiv 3kReads—Score171Shelves
- 149 The Little Black Alley: I Pinned My First Love Against the Wall 小黑巷子：我壁咚了初恋 The Dark Alley: I Pinned My First Love Against the Wall 136Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 Auntie, You're the Only One Who Can Cure My Illness 阿姨，我的病只有你能治 An accidental injury causes He Zhongliang's brain to overproduce dopamine every day... He grows thinner and more haggard by the day, and his wife can no longer stand it. Their life together can no longer go on... Then one day, he meets a doctor named Shen Caiyue. At first sight of her, He Zhongliang feels his soul purified and his long-lost peace return. He knows he can be saved... 9.6kReads8.8Score833Shelves
