Novels like Half Married, Half in Love
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Half Married, Half in Love, best match first.
- 51 Since I Stopped Putting Up with My Marriage, I've Been Living My Best Life 自从婚姻不再忍着过老娘我爽爆了 Hua Roulan stayed in the big city of Hailing after graduating from university. Her husband, Cheng Chuanhe, had a doctorate and ran a company. “You don't earn as much as I do. What gives you the right to make me do the housework?” Whenever Cheng Chuanhe flew into a rage, he erupted like a landslide, completely hysterical. Arguments between married couples are inevitable, but he resorted to verbal attacks and emotional abuse... She really couldn't take it anymore. She didn't want to keep enduri 49Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 52 My Dear Mrs. Yi, Let Me Spoil You 我的伊太太，我来宠 [Complete] Wen Luoyi was abandoned by her biological parents as a child and later adopted, but she was never truly loved. After struggling all the way to college graduation and working hard to earn money, she still found herself being hurt by them from time to time… Then Zhou Yuheng came into her life. To her, he was like a beam of light in the darkness, illuminating her whole world~ Wen Luoyi cried and said, “You’re wonderful, but I’m not good enough for you!” Zhou Yuheng wiped the tears f 303Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Her Secret Thoughts: A Young Man’s Hidden Diary in a Small Village 致她的心事：小村青年的隐秘日记 No formulaic plot | Not a wish-fulfillment novel | Realistic fiction | Zhou Zhiqiang grows up amid poverty and chaos in her birth family, with her father instilling in her the survival rule that “you have to please people to survive.” She gets into college and lands a job at a bank. A well-off man, Ke Qingyan, pursues her, but as the truth about her family comes out, she gradually loses her self-respect and her relationship. Later, burdened with debt, she returns to her hometown and, under he 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Secrets of My Wife: The Truth Behind the Phone Calls 妻子隐秘：电话背后的真相 Liang Xiaojun had always worked for his father-in-law. One day, after returning home from the construction site, he heard his daughter, who was gaming, say she’d received a strange blackmail call. After looking into it, he uncovered a huge secret about his wife. Faced with a cruel reality, what choice should he make? 678Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 55 With My Tung-Oil Umbrella, I Would Shelter the Suffering of This World 我有桐油伞愿庇尘世苦 [Extremely slow burn + Everyday life + A touch of ensemble cast + Not a conventional power fantasy] Jiang Mingzhu was a happy single woman who died of terminal cancer. As her life ebbed away, she could only think that life was too short. Her one wish was, “If there’s another life, I don’t want to be reborn.” But her mother, heartbroken over losing her daughter so young, wept and prayed at her bedside: “If there really is another life, all I ask is that you’re healthy and have a smooth life, with 13.6kReads8.6Score86514d adds
- 56 The Wonderful Life of a Tycoon 神豪的精彩人生 [Anti-Tropes] [Multiple Heroines] [Funny Everyday Life] Life is like a game: if it’s too hard, you can’t play; if it’s too easy, you’re not interested. Cheng Che’s life has just the right difficulty. All he has to do is complete the System’s tasks to win countless assets. But... where did all these beautiful women come from? 53.5kReads7.9Score4.8k14d adds
- 57 Aunt Mei 媚姨 Male Lead: Ding Yuan Female Lead: Liu Meiyi No one is reborn, and there is no System. This is an era of struggle belonging to the older generation! That year, Ding Yuan earned top marks in the imperial examinations, only to have his life stolen from him when his stepmother conspired with her family to switch his results. His father, unaware of the truth, set out on a rainy night to sell goods in the mountains and raise money for Ding Yuan to retake the exams. But the tractor overturned in a ravi 5.6kReads8.8Score47914d adds
- 58 He’s a Bewitching Ghost, So Crushing the Entertainment Industry Is Easy 他可是艳鬼哎，碾压娱乐圈很轻松 Main pairing: Chu Xiao, a generous, clingy, jealous ex-husband, x Fei Yu, a talented little male ghost who knows all sorts of skills Both are each other's only partner, 1v1 Just as Fei Yu, a thousand-year-old beauty ghost, was about to break free and roam the human world, he accidentally possessed Song Feiyu. After being reborn, Fei Yu only meant to enter the entertainment industry and flirt with handsome men. He never expected his skills to be so numerous and astounding that even showing of 425Reads8.8Score11014d adds
- 59 Love Affairs in the Big City 大城情事 After my girlfriend and my best friend gave me a spectacular set of horns, I gritted my teeth and left my small town to make it in the big city. But as soon as I arrived at my new company, my coworkers started ostracizing me and setting me up... The big city is no paradise! It's a world of its own, full of all kinds of people and endless deception! As a nobody, I had to start out as a lowly network administrator, stumbling along until I finally built a small business of my own! But she was an ex 1.4kReads8.3Score13314d adds
- 60 The Awakening of a Middle-Aged Woman 一个中年女人的觉醒 [Family of Origin vs. the Fortress of Marriage] Chen Qingchen, an only child, is madly in love. She steals her household register and marries Lin Jiaxin, a man from a poor family who has made it on his own, unaware of what awaits her: a sharp-tongued mother-in-law who makes her life difficult, her father’s sudden death, her mother being forced out of the home, and underhanded attacks at work. When she hits rock bottom, two women become her lifelines. Her tough mother stands firmly behind her, wh 7.8kReads8.5Score75014d adds
- 61 Let Time Be Our Matchmaker, and My Life Be My Vow 时间为媒，余生为聘 Childhood Sweethearts + Bratty Kid + Married Life (This isn't a wish-fulfillment story or a sugary romance. The entire novel is about the petty details of everyday life, so please think twice before reading if that's not your thing.) Before Zheng Xiao was even born, her mother had arranged a betrothal for her with a close friend from her hometown. As a result, Zheng Xiao married Huang Zhengyi as soon as she graduated from college. They soon had a child, but because they never lived on their own 3.9kReads8.7Score36714d adds
- 62 Tales of Dragon City: Stories of a Small Town 龙城往事之小城故事 A realistic portrayal of northeastern China from the late 1980s to the present, full of grudges, grievances, and social change. Follow a group of impressionable young people as they face a host of challenges and opportunities and discover what it means to grow up. Realistic fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story, with a slow build. 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 My Tenth Year as a Simp 我当舔狗的第十年 Mo Ziyan screamed because Yang Dun had knocked her to the ground, and the fall hurt. Yang Dun screamed because he had accidentally pressed his hand against Mo Ziyan’s chest... Embarrassed, Yang Dun quickly scrambled to his feet, then awkwardly helped Mo Ziyan up. But Mo Ziyan thought Yang Dun had knocked her down on purpose. “Team Leader Yang, how could you be so naughty? You told me to stand right here and not move, but it turns out you were lining me up so you could knock me over!?” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 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—14d adds
- 65 She Is the Light I Owe 她是我欠下的一场光 “Now your tears look like the real performance of a personality disorder.” Thirty-year-old Wang Mang was shrewd and self-serving, accustomed to weighing every option. He had a fiancée in name only, yet one night at an ear-cleaning salon, he fell into the clear eyes of nineteen-year-old Jiang Qi. He thought he was in control, replacing companionship with “guidance” and masking indifference with “maturity.” He taught her to be sensible, to be independent, and to keep her composure in a cruel worl 6Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 66 It's Only Fifty 不过是五十而已 An inspirational, unyielding story of midlife crisis, workplace struggles, bank managers and tellers, married life, and everyday urban life. This book tells the story of Huang Wenxue, a bank manager facing a midlife crisis. She is at that awkward age when she is considered too old to find a new job, yet still too young to retire. How will she answer the unavoidable questions surrounding her career, marriage, family, children, and caring for her aging parents? Even in middle age, even when confro 432Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 67 The Family's Hidden Guards 家族暗卫 A story about rural revitalization, bringing a family back together and creating an ideal life. Before the Spring Festival in 2025, my second uncle asked me to return to the village to meet him. He handed me a black stone passed down through our family and told me to inherit the duty of the family’s secret guards, protecting our family’s development from the shadows. I also inherited a fortune passed down through the family, along with the friendship of eight families who had been close to o 7.8kReads—Score1k14d adds
- 68 Middle-Aged and Alone, With No One to Lean On 人到中年，无人可依 A middle-aged couple have no sex life and barely communicate. With elderly parents to care for and children to raise, they hit a dead end at work and struggle through a life full of endless chores. Then suddenly, an unforeseen and terrifying crisis sweeps them into a storm. What should they do next? Can they keep going? How can they turn things around? 240Reads7.4Score12914d adds
- 69 Lane 23, Xinkangli 新康里23弄 Even today, you are still the light in my heart. 857Reads9.2Score10214d adds
- 70 My Mother and I Are Both Remarried 我和我妈，都是二婚 When my mom was young, my dad tricked her into coming all the way from afar to be his second wife. Before she knew it, she'd become the stepmother of a brother and sister. After having a child of her own, my mom realized that my dad didn't cherish her as much as she'd thought. But by then, she couldn't escape. Being a stepmother was hard, and my mom had to use all her wits to contend with a big family. To secure her place in the household, she even brought over her own niece to marry her stepson 5.3kReads9.1Score58614d adds
- 71 All the Years She Worked as a Nanny 她做保姆这些年 The physical edition has already been published under the title Stories of Life Beneath the Apron. The original title was Her Years as a Housekeeper. This is not a reborn story, nor is it a wish-fulfillment novel. Based on real events in Shenzhen, it tells of the feuds and tangled relationships of a wealthy family, of love and hatred, of a loyal bond between employer and housekeeper, and of spouses standing by each other through thick and thin. It faces both the light and darkness of human natur 14.2kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 72 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 638Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 73 My Husband's Friend Moved In 老公的朋友住进我家 My Husband's Friend Moved Into Our Home 661Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Reborn with 1.87 Million in Debt 187W负债重生 Chen Mo is a Beijing guy who used to have it good. Then the pandemic hit, his business went under, and he wound up buried in debt, including online loans. The collection calls came more reliably than his alarm clock. He thought his life was pretty much over. But guess what? Someone was willing to pay for his “experience of failure.” Turns out, taking that fall landed him a whole new line of work. Where were these people when he needed them before? This is a story about digging yourself out from 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 75 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 1.5kReads6.1Score10414d adds
- 76 Four Beauties of the Bureau 机关四美图 In the cafeteria of a government office in a small county town, amid the idle gossip over tea and meals, they were labeled as failures: divorced, raising children alone, and stumbling through the mire of life. They rebuilt order amid the wreckage and became their own shelter through every storm. Beneath the lamplight late at night, they soothed their children to sleep while planning the next day's schedule. Before the morning alarm rang, breakfast was already prepared. They were no longer anyon 106Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 77 The Wife’s Mask 妻子的假面 His wife slips out to hotels and bars late at night. After looking into it, he discovers that beneath her gentle, virtuous exterior, she is hiding many secrets. After unmasking his wife, what should he do next... (P.S. No golden finger or supernatural abilities in this book, just the most genuine emotions.) 1.2kReads6.9Score10014d adds
- 78 Sanxi: From Village Beauty to Village Bully 三喜：从村花到村霸 A beautiful country girl marries in a daze, only for upheaval to strike her family. She goes from depending on others to growing strong on her own, but in the end, desire consumes her and leads her to ruin. In her final moments, she realizes that human nature cannot be controlled… 136Reads—Score10114d adds
- 79 The Chinese Bodyguard 国产保镖 54Reads6.3Score87714d adds
- 80 I Escaped the Mountains 我逃出了大山 I Escaped the Mountains 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Phoenix Woman Marries a Phoenix Man 凤凰女嫁给凤凰男 This is an inspirational story about Yan Yan and Liang Liang, two top students who make their way from the countryside to Beijing. Through their own hard work, they put down roots there, buy a home and a car, and raise a family. Their journey is filled with hardships and laughter, as they keep facing new challenges and growing along the way. 255Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 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—14d adds
- 83 A Middle-Aged Woman's Reckless Years 中年荒唐的女人 The story is about Yang Liu, an ordinary woman from the bottom of society. Hardworking and capable, she refuses to settle for an ordinary life, but ends up making a complete mess of things, surrounded by chaos and constant commotion... 2.7kReads8.6Score22414d adds
- 84 Can I Autopsy You? 我能解剖你吗？ “If you’re going to leave me...” “Leave your body behind...” “Don’t sneak off like last time, when I cut you into eight pieces...” “If you really have to go, give me your heart and liver. They’re no use to you anymore...” A sinister song rang out through the dark theater. At center stage, a silver wheel spun, and a shadow whirled and leaped along with it... Like a giant human music box. When the performance was over, the shadow bowed lightly and gracefully to the empty audience. “Thank you...” “ 5.1kReads9.3Score87514d adds
- 85 A Cigarette 一支烟 I stood up and staggered toward the exit. I struggled to push away each person who came to help me. I didn't take the elevator. Step by step, I climbed the stairs to the rooftop. When I pushed open the rooftop door, a hint of late autumn's cool breeze brushed my face. The light was so bright that I had to squint. I could clearly see her. Across the rooftop stood a long-haired girl. She said, “Could I have a cigarette?” If you're willing, I'll love you forever. If you're not, I'll choose to pine 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Foolish Mother 傻娘 My father was dead, my mother had gone mad. The day I came home, I saw someone destroying it... 43.1kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 87 Dual Transmigration: From Mortal to Immortal 双穿：从凡人到仙人 [Comedic and Lighthearted] [the Myriad Worlds] [Multiple Heroines] [Spatial Powers] Which matters more, bone structure or bloodline? Some say bone structure, since possessing an unusual bone can grant supernatural abilities. After Wang Wen got a ring, he learned that all supernatural abilities came from bloodlines, and only those with bloodlines could become mighty cultivators of supernatural powers. Thanks to his bloodline, he inherited the legacy of Dong Wang Gong from the Primordial World, an 393Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 After Making a Comeback, My Ex-Wife Wants to Remarry Me 成功逆袭后，前妻找我复婚 Ding Peng and Fang Jia graduated from the same ordinary university and were among countless ordinary wage earners. They fell in love in college. Ding Peng was handsome, tall, and strong, while Fang Jia was gentle and beautiful, with a stunning figure. They built a happy family that everyone envied. Wherever they went, people admired them as a couple. Ding Peng had always been very clever. As a child, he watched martial arts movies and took up martial arts because he wanted to become a great hero 161Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 89 The Countryside: The Village Young Master's Extraordinary Life 乡村：村少的妖孽人生 A country boy despised by the village chief's wife gets involved with a wealthy young man's woman in town. When the affair is exposed, he has no choice but to flee the town in the dead of night and seek his fortune elsewhere. Will he live in obscurity from then on, or fight his way to a life of wealth and glory? 15.5kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 90 Commander Te, One of a Kind 特总，不一样 A kidnapping that happened purely by chance, a rescue that came without warning. One was the heir to a conglomerate, the other a retired special forces soldier. Their lives were on completely different tracks, like two lines that should never have crossed, yet they began a long journey toward convergence. Though their story began by chance, what followed was rooted in reality. Perhaps people live in completely different worlds, but in the end, whether true feelings can bring them together may ha 598Reads8.9Score10414d adds
- 91 A Mature Couple (Originally Titled: Thirty Like a Wolf, Forty Like a Tiger) 熟龄夫妻（原名：三十如狼，四十如虎） Twenty years ago, when Yang Cuiling left her family in Huluwan to marry into the Wang family in Caiyuan, she never imagined that she would one day become involved with a man other than her husband, Deng Jinzhu. She still believed what the older generation always said: marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog; marry a carrying pole and hold on to it. Through all the ups and downs, warmth and cold, bitterness and sweetness of life, you simply stay with him. But a seri 5.6kReads9.3Score48814d adds
- 92 Hello, Assistant Jiang 你好，姜助理 Main characters: Jiang Xia and Shi Jingchu [Junior assistant vs. big boss] [The hero pursues her directly + age gap + slow-paced everyday romance] Jiang Xia is still relatively new to the working world. She lands a job as an administrative assistant at a tech company, in a department that has just been acquired and is a complete mess. Besides administrative work, she also has to serve as an HR assistant, sales assistant, boss’s assistant, and marketing assistant. She scrambles to get by, gradual 4kReads8.6Score43914d adds
- 93 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… 3kReads8.7Score25014d adds
- 94 Eight Hundred Rounds of Mother-in-Law Vs. Daughter-in-Law 婆媳大战800回合 “I don’t have a daughter. If you marry into our family, you’ll be my own daughter.” Out of ten thousand people who say this, you’d be lucky if even ten mean it. If even one actually follows through, you’ve hit the jackpot. 2.3kReads8.9Score26014d adds
- 95 Xu Changsheng Investigates: Crazy Hormones III 许长生探案III疯狂荷尔蒙 No System, no romance, pure crime-solving, with a series of standalone cases. A skeleton suddenly appears in the courtyard of a beautiful woman whose husband has been away for years, bringing two old cold cases to light. A beautiful married clothing-store owner with a colorful romantic past dies mysteriously in her shop... Captain Xu Changsheng, known to his officers as “Little Zhuge,” faces one tangled case after another. He always manages to unravel the clues, find the key evidence, and bring 25.6kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds
- 96 A Romance at a Shenzhen Factory 深圳工厂情缘 My new story is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads8.9Score22514d adds
- 97 Late at Night, I Fell Under His Spell 深夜，对他着了魔 Their late-night story… It’s thought-provoking, and leaves you filled with regret. Was she too devoted, or was he too heartless? What can you even say about love? 218Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 After Being Driven Mad, She Took Revenge on Her Whole Family 被逼成疯批后，她报复了全家 [Revenge] [Both Leads Are Each Other's First] [Redemption] [Feel-Good Story] [Happy Ending] To seize the Su family's wealth, Chen Wei, a man who married into the family for money, plotted to kill his father-in-law and mother-in-law, then pushed his wife down the stairs. His daughter, Su Ying, had the surname Su, not Chen. To him, that was a disgrace. Her very existence constantly reminded him of the humiliating days he had spent in the Su family. So he wanted to get rid of her as soon as possibl 7.6kReads8.3Score46814d adds
- 99 Love Delivered with Your Takeout 外卖送来的爱情 [Rugged construction foreman x struggling livestreamer] [Strong leads x mutual healing x trashy boyfriend at first, doting romance later] Gu Yueji was so broke she livestreamed for over ten hours a day to sell goods and pay off her debts. Still, she felt sorry for the delivery guy whose shoes were worn out and clothes were shabby, and who had to squat by the roadside to eat every meal. So she provided him with food, clothes, and a place to stay. Later, Gu Yueji discovered that the delivery guy’s 3.1kReads9.0Score26914d adds
- 100 I Take on a Mother's Role, but I Never Said I'd Get Married 我身兼母职，但没说要嫁人啊 [Male mother turns into a woman + CEO pursues his wife + family bonds with the children + mystery and revenge] Xu Zhong, nicknamed “White-Faced Ghost,” was once an elite mercenary renowned in international circles. To treat his daughter’s severe mental illness, he endured three years of physical and emotional trials, ultimately becoming the housewife Xu Qingxian he is today. 3.1kReads8.4Score25914d adds
