Novels like I Brought a Man Home: Like Stars Falling into My Eyes
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I Brought a Man Home: Like Stars Falling into My Eyes, best match first.
- 151 The Evil Ghost Is Both Wild and Pure 恶鬼它又野又纯 Shen Jingzhe, the most expensive spirit guardian in Beicheng, is cool and restrained, and charges an outrageous fee. Late one night, he takes a job worth two million: driving out evil spirits from Ghost Cry Tower. On the fifteenth floor, amid a horde of evil ghosts, he encounters someone. The person sits in a wheelchair, with skin so pale it seems translucent, and a sweet, obedient smile. “My name is Xie Jiu. I live upstairs. Can you take me with you?” Shen Jingzhe thinks he is a poor, sick 19Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 152 Seven Years of Old Wounds 七年陈伤 Devoted, brilliant, and tragic academic bottom x CEO who must grovel to win him back Two strong leads + love at first sight + deeply painful romance + groveling pursuit + reunion after a long separation + a broken relationship that cannot be mended + healing pets + self-redemption Chu Ye Han gave his whole heart to the favored son of heaven, Han Yu, and saw him as the light that would save him. He loved him devotedly for seven whole years! He thought he would receive love and promises in return 754Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Days I Spent Coveting the Grass Bro Next Door 论我觊觎隔壁草哥的那些日子 A reserved, aloof rich kid vs. a clever, perceptive working student Shang Lu and Yu Feng first met in an internet cafe. Was it love at first sight because of each other’s looks? No. Were they drawn to each other’s personalities? No. Did a romantic love story begin? No. They saw something unmentionable on each other’s screens. Yes~ Their inner thoughts: So the hot guy from the class next door is that kind of person??? Their first encounter was mortifying, but the mix-up over watching videos at th 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Infinite Dreamscape: Something’s Off About My Wizard Brother 无限梦境：我的巫师哥哥不对劲 [Two male leads + infinite trials + older man + sweet on the outside, dark within] [Butterfly-themed wizard seme × mistletoe-themed puppet master uke] Tang Hanwei notices that the people in his village are sleeping longer and longer, until he too falls into a deep slumber. When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself trapped in an endlessly looping dream scenario, where he encounters his long-lost older brother. “I'm not your brother.” The man smiles with gentle menace, butterfly-winged magic 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 A King of Hell in Public, a Puppy in Private 人前阎王，人后小狗 The King of Hell in public, a puppy in private. 101Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Today, After the Rain 新雨后的今天 [Male author + mutual devotion + reunion + based on a true story] Shen Luojia lost control only twice in his life. The first time was in the hallway of Xiangyu Shipbuilding Experimental Middle School, when he ran into a boy so quiet he seemed almost transparent. Li Hebai, a boy who even hid in a corner when he cried. Shen called it love at first sight. Everyone else called it crazy. The second time was in the office at Cat House. Gripping a katana, he told a group of people who looked like they 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Are You Sick? I Am! 你有病吗？我有！ Two men, one-on-one, both pure, no angst, mutually devoted Bai Bao: “Are you sick?” “I am! Sick with poverty!” The unwanted burden his birth mother left behind in his stepfather’s home, Bai Bao has always been terrified of being poor. He’s determined to do his job as a live-in, custom-tailored nanny well, work his way up, and escape poverty. Shen Zhiyang: “Are you sick?” “I am! I have Asperger’s!” Fortunately, his family has been rich for generations. After graduating, he became a doctor at the 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Nurturing Evil Spirits 养煞 Raising Fiends 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Wait, Are These Two CEOs Secretly Dating? 什么，两个霸总在秘密谈恋爱？ What? Two CEOs Are Secretly Dating? 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Fatal Attraction: The Capital’s Powerful Tycoon Loses Control Over Him 致命吸引，京圈大佬为他失控 [Capital powerbroker from Beijing as the top + elite red-circle lawyer as the bottom] [Two men + equally strong leads + pure in body and heart + each other’s first love + intense push and pull + devoted love-struck leads + mutual devotion + secret identities revealed + beautiful, strong, and tragic + utterly doting love + older top + happy ending] Gu Jinshu has never lost in his life. He is the youngest person ever to take the reins of capital in Beijing’s elite circles: cold-blooded, domineerin 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 The Stars of the Herdsman: The CEO Builds a Road to My Home 放牛的星星：总裁修路到我家 [Two Male Leads + Dark Skin + Model + Overbearing CEO] The first time Gong Nanxing saw Mou Asu, he thought, “This is in the bag!” A brand model who could easily outshine every other model in the field! Wait, what? How could such a gorgeous, dark-skinned hottie have an accent like that?! What?! You're built like a little bull, so why are you showing up at my house all pitiful, working part-time to learn Mandarin? Mou Asu didn't have any bad intentions. He just wanted to work hard, make money, and 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 After Clearing a Deadly Game in a Team with the CEO, We Fell in Love 和总裁在致命游戏里组队通关后，我们恋爱了 After Teaming Up with the CEO to Clear a Deadly Game, We Fell in Love 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Snowfall on the Road Home 雪漫归途 Northeastern big potato Zhang Feng vs. Southern little bean sprout Chen Zui Modern + quality fiction + two male leads + urban life + happy ending + sweet romance + realism + mutual redemption + bittersweet The river breeze in Jishi always carried a bone-chilling bite, much like Zhang Feng, who was thirty-six. Fresh off a breakup, he scraped by doing rideshare work that barely paid, muddling through life amid the old town’s everyday bustle. Life had worn his heart rough and heavy. Then, one late 164Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 This Is What Love Feels Like 这，就是喜欢 A relationship that ended before it even began leaves Qiao Yubai doubting himself for years. Then Huo Zhen comes along and tells him firmly that this is what liking someone feels like. Holding hands and kissing mean you like each other. Playboy Qiao Mubai meets Xu Yan, a small-time actor he can’t stand, on the set where his girlfriend is shooting. After being cheated on, the two end up in bed by a twist of fate. When they wake up, the absurd mix-up leaves them with a grudge that’s hard to settle 172Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 165 Mad Bones, Twisted Love: I Keep You Locked Up, Hate You, and Love You to Death 疯骸缱绻：锁着你恨着你也爱死你 [Love Born from Hate + Both Pure + Captivity + Two Crazies + Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within + Western Fantasy + Love and Hate + Rekindled Romance + Twists + Adversarial Couple + Fictional Setting] Qi Xubai was once the ruler of the Light realm. He constantly tormented and mistreated Mo Mingyuan, a fallen servant of the Dark realm, until Mo Mingyuan was driven to despair. Later, in the depths of desperation, Mo Mingyuan awakened devouring magic. He gathered his forces, seized power, and becam 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The Ghostly Record 鬼浅记 [Male-male romance] + [ensemble cast] + [pure love] + [martial arts] + [general] + [cultivation] + [invincible] “Jun Xian, the great general who guards the north, found a dying infant in a ruined temple. He entrusted the child to the Ghost Doctor, Old Ghost Venerable, who raised him and named him Gui Qian. Gui Qian mastered the art of bringing the dead back to life and restoring flesh to bones, as well as martial skills unmatched beneath the heavens. He came down from the mountain to attend the 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 The Chilly Twin Jade 双璧寒 In their previous life, they were the closest of lovers, but schemers drove a wedge between them. One died in a pool of blood at the execution ground, while the other was pierced by a rain of arrows. Reborn, Fu Qingluo wants only to win him back: to hold him, kiss him, and lose control until he can barely restrain himself. Even if the other man runs, he'll chase him until there's nowhere left to hide. Yue Nanxiao is both afraid and longing. He fears being rejected again, yet can't help yearning 856Reads—Score10414d adds
- 168 Hiring This Lookalike Was a Huge Mistake 雇上这种替身算是踢到钢筋了 [A substitute who’s straighter than a steel bar × a boss with an atypical form of OCD] [Switch couple, not the soft and clingy kind of story] [A warm, healing romance] The substitute doesn’t know what OCD is, so he looks it up: “fussy,” “germaphobic,” “everything has to be arranged neatly” Right. He thinks he gets it. Isn’t it just being a housekeeper for someone who makes a fuss about everything? He can do that job! Until One night, this man, who’s usually capable of handling anything at work, 1.3kReads9.1Score18914d adds
- 169 He Calls Me Senior at School, but in Private He Begs, 'Wife, Be Gentle with Me' 表面喊学长，背地老婆请疼我 Complete Main characters: Lu Xunye, Shen Zhixu [Looks like a well-behaved junior, but is secretly a scheming top × Looks like a cool senior, but is secretly soft-hearted bottom] Lu Xunye, a wolf cub from the sports college, gets punished by Shen Zhixu with a two-thousand-word self-criticism on the very first day of school. “Senior, I was wrong.” Lu Xunye acts obedient to his face, but secretly tucks his campus card into the pocket over his chest. Later → In public: Lu Xunye: “Hello, Senior Shen. 1.8kReads—Score19314d adds
- 170 The Obsessive Tycoon Spoils the Fallen Young Master Until He Cries 偏执大佬把落难小少爷宠哭了 The Obsessive Tycoon Spoils the Down-on-His-Luck Young Master Until He Cries 101Reads—Score214d adds
- 171 Help! My Hunky Roommate Has Fallen for Me 救命，猛男舍友爱上我 [Campus Romance + Straight Male Roommate + Fat-Marbled Muscles + Pure Love + Chasing His Lover After Losing Him] Gan Jinbao lost both his parents as a child and was reluctantly taken in by his aunt’s family. They were always struggling to make ends meet. After he came of age, he worked odd jobs and took out loans, doing everything he could to escape his suffocating home life and finally make it to college. On registration day, he was short on money, but still took the only 50 yuan he had and hel 17.4kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds
- 172 Reborn, I Made My Ice-Cold Nemesis Blush 重生后，冰山死对头被我撩红了脸 Dual male leads In his previous life, Shen Qingzhou mistook a worthless stone for a precious pearl. For the scumbag Lin Zixuan, he turned against everyone and treated Lu Jue, who had loved him for ten years, as his sworn enemy. Only when the scumbag and the scheming Song Zhe conspired to frame him, and he was trapped in a blazing inferno, did he see Lu Jue charge into the flames without hesitation to take a fatal blow for him. At last, he understood: the so-called “living King of Hell of the cap 502Reads6.5Score10114d adds
- 173 I Got Together with the Top Streamer's Dream Girl 我跟榜一大哥的白月光在一起了 I Got Together with the Number One Donor’s White Moonlight 188Reads—Score714d adds
- 174 The Ties of Silence 沉嚣缘 "Beneath violet lamps, I mend white bones; amid the sound of opera, I guide ordinary souls across. Nothing is warmer than an embrace, and red beans bloom beside the urn of ashes." In the fields of life and death, we glimpse the warmth of the human world. Fan Chen carved the sign "The Crying and Laughing Hall." Lin Xiao slipped him a lovesick bean coated in chili powder From "a death with the wrong name carved on it" to "the spicy sweetness of carving out a new life together," they find dual rede 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 A Modern-Day Romance with My Ancient-Era Brocade Guard Boyfriend 古穿今之我的锦衣卫男友 [Completed, Both Strong | Turns a Straight Man Gay | Ancient Meets Modern | Both Chaste | Fantasy] After failing to assassinate Emperor Xiao Ding of the Great Xiao, Bai Hemian, Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was pierced by a rain of arrows. At that very moment, he transmigrated to the modern world, more than four hundred years later. By a twist of fate, he became the personal bodyguard of a major entertainment industry mogul. That mogul was none other than Li Hewan, a criminal polic 146Reads—Score1414d adds
- 176 Oops, My Childhood Friend Has Been Secretly in Love with Me for Years 糟糕，被竹马暗恋多年 [Two male leads + childhood friends + rekindled romance] A cool-faced, secretly passionate, persistent pursuer × a funny, absurdly straightforward receiver They met when they were young and naive, and reunited as love began to blossom. Eight-year-old Hu Jinchen met Lin Jiajia. One glance, and he knew it would last a lifetime. When they reunited twelve years later, a heart long dormant began to beat again. The moment I saw you, I knew you were the fate I could never escape. Hu Jinchen had actuall 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 I Transmigrated to Another World, and the Snake Beastman Wants to Force Me to Love Him 穿越异世，蛇兽人要对我强制爱 Transmigrated to another world, a snake beastman wants to force me to love him 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 The Showbiz Pariah and His Sports-School Wild Boy 娱乐圈万人嫌和他的体校小霸王 The entertainment industry’s most hated star & the sports school’s little tyrant Misunderstandings & reversals & love that grows over time A scandal gave Lin Lan the movie role she had always wanted, but also made her a target of everyone’s attacks once again. Even the son of her wealthy patron came looking for her. Yan Xiaolei: “Get away from Yan Jue, or I’ll make sure you can’t survive in the entertainment industry...” Lin Lan: “Can you get me better roles?” The story of a brash, kindhearted, 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 If We Can't Be Brothers, Let's Be Lovers 兄弟是做不了，还是做恋人吧 Zhao Yu accidentally touched a car model's foot at an auto show and ran off in embarrassment. He never expected to run into him again at the train station. Trying to strike up a conversation with an old-fashioned, clumsy greeting, Zhao Yu was met with the reply, "I'm a man." Zhao Yu retreated in defeat, never imagining that the next time he saw him, they would be roommates... 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Where Does Angelica Return? 当归知何处 [Transmigration | Push and Pull | Mutual Healing | False Replacement] [Transmigrated Impostor Physician vs. Cold-Faced General] A modern-day chef unexpectedly transmigrates and finds himself appointed by imperial decree as the physician to a great general in the northern frontier. With no System or golden finger to help him, he still manages to quietly win the cold-faced general's heart. But the court is in turmoil and danger lurks everywhere: spies sow discord, his achievements threaten the thr 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Return to Southern Yu: The Deposed Emperor Begs Me to Take Him In 归栖南虞：废帝哭着求我收留 A 1990s veteran bookstore owner x a "useless" emperor who climbed out of the history books 28-year-old, battle-scarred veteran Gu Shoujiang x 18-year-old transmigrated little emperor Li Wenyuan, sweet on the surface and dark within A ten-year age gap, with a healing, nurturing romance and two people choosing each other. After leaving the military, Gu Shoujiang just wants to lie flat and open a secondhand bookstore where he can take it easy. Until he finds a beautiful, badly injured boy trembling 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Stop Shaking! Weren't You Just Acting Tough? 别抖！刚刚不是挺横？ “Two equally strong leads, both inexperienced in love, older man, intense chemistry, mature men playing push and pull” “Fake playboy, seductive beauty bottom × outwardly composed, secretly dominant top; everyday push and pull, delicate and full of tension, without major conflict” When Shen Zhilin woke up reborn, he discovered that he had contracted Bone-Burning Syndrome. The only cure for the disease was Gu Xingzhi. Gu Xingzhi was the enemy who had shot him dead in his previous life. To stay 3.8kReads8.0Score42814d adds
- 183 Same-Sex Love Is Real, Part Two 同性有真爱二 After an unexpected encounter, our boss and a client also became involved in a same-sex relationship. Then my college classmate Zhang Hui came into the picture, and the three of us became a love triangle, but we all loved one another deeply! Later, a mishap during a trip led us to stay at the Rainbow Inn. That was when we realized there were far more people in same-sex relationships than just us! Six years later, Liu Hao’s parents found out about our relationship and begged me to let their son 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 I Am a God of War Among the Stars 我在星际当战神 I Become a War God Among the Stars 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 The Musclebound Gym Bro Fell First 他一个健身猛男先动心了 Yang Shuheng has lived for eighteen years and has never doubted that he is straight as an arrow. He has had girlfriends, is obsessed with working out, and has built a nicely defined body with a layer of soft muscle. His life has always been mapped out: Go to college, date, graduate, get a job, and follow the usual path through life. That is, until the first day of school. Outside the dorm building, he runs into Bao Yuhuai, wearing a white tank top. Sunlight falls across his firm, graceful muscle 1.5kReads8.5Score17214d adds
- 186 Was the Supreme God System Forcefully Loved by a Subordinate? 主神系统被下属强制爱了？ Was the Supreme God System Forced into a Love Affair by Its Subordinate? 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Police Station Chronicles: My Boyfriend Is One of the Top Ten Undercover Agents 派出所纪实之男友竟是十佳卧底 Huang Yu, a community police officer at a local police station, VS Cheng Houjing, a big shot returning from an undercover assignment A small ensemble cast, told in episodic arcs. The main story follows the hard, hectic daily life of a local police station. The cases are grounded in reality rather than baffling mysteries, though there are twists. For reference, see the Bilibili documentary Defending Jiefangxi. Read with caution if that's not your thing. Rich kid Huang Yu dreams of becoming a pro 657Reads8.8Score10714d adds
- 188 The Cross-Dressing Heartthrob Is Spoiled by His Abstinent Lover 女装大佬被禁欲老攻娇宠了 [Two male leads + adored by everyone + pure, delicate flower + growth and transformation] Kele is a young heir to a top-tier wealthy family, raised in luxury. Tired of his family’s constraints, he runs away without permission. With long hair, a dress, and soft, delicate makeup, he transforms himself into a gentle, pretty girl, using his disguise to evade the internet-wide search perfectly. Short on money, he happens upon a friendly landlord and accidentally rents a new place, sharing it with Pei 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 A Battle of Wits in Bed: The Brutal General’s Obsessive Love for His Young Husband 榻上博弈：暴戾将军痴缠小夫郎 Plenty of chapters are ready, so feel free to start reading. [Double male leads, historical BL + sweet romance + the top yields in bed + 1v1] Short-tempered beagle general seme + clear-eyed beauty uke The night Xu Yunqi was sent to Xiao Zhiye as an apology gift was an utterly ordinary one. He thought that once he got through this ordeal, he would be free. Little did he know that fate had tied him to Xiao Zhiye, and he would stay by his side through the whole of his remarkable life. From the age 1.5kReads—Score12214d adds
- 190 My Archnemesis and I Are Raising a Child Together 我和死对头一起养娃了 My Rival and I Are Raising a Child Together 109Reads—Score114d adds
- 191 After Quitting My Job on the Spot and Returning to the Village... 裸辞回村后…… After Quitting My Job on a Whim and Returning to the Village... 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 My Shikigami Are a Handsome Boy Band 我的式神是花式美男团 As a hardcore player of the Onmyoji game, Bai Muran stayed up all night pulling for cards on the very first day after his college entrance exams. Unexpectedly, he drew an “Onmyoji Awakening Pack.” White light flickered across his phone screen, and an onmyoji with white robes and golden hair stepped out of a swirling vortex of light, smiling like a thousand-year-old fox. “I am Abe no Seimei. From this day on, I shall be your shikigami.” Bai Muran stared in shock, but Seimei flopped onto the sofa. 166Reads—Score314d adds
- 193 The Whole School Fears He'll Lose Control, but I'm the Only One Who Dares Feed Him Candy 全校都怕他失控，只有我敢喂他糖 The Whole School Fears He’ll Lose Control. I’m the Only One Brave Enough to Feed Him Candy 105Reads—Score414d adds
- 194 Red and White, Misaligned 红白错 Xie Kezhen is the young owner of a funeral business in Huicheng, known by office workers as a “stingy rich kid.” Wu Zhuo is the small-business owner of Yuanzhuo Weddings. He weaves beautiful words while officiating weddings, but once he steps off the stage, he barely says a thing. After a mix-up on a blind date, Wu Zhuo mistakes Xie Kezhen for someone else, but Xie Kezhen can't get him out of his head. Flowers, fixing the hallway light, sending business his way, playing the suona in a Western re 302Reads—Score10314d adds
- 195 General, Care to Give Me a Try? 将军，要与我试试 Ye Yilan, the second son of the Minister of Rites, is an unloved young master who grew up timid and cowardly. Yet he somehow found the nerve to confess to a prince. By a stroke of luck, the emperor granted his wish and arranged their marriage, earning him someone’s resentment. The young general Mo Xuanning was upset that the imperial marriage decree had ruined his older brother’s match. He came up with what he thought was a brilliant plan to teach Ye Yilan a lesson and stop him from marrying the 387Reads8.4Score10714d adds
- 196 Who Cares If We Know Each Other? Let's Start Dating First 了不了解的，这恋爱先谈了再说 “Switch, both are love-struck on the surface, but each is sharper than the other. Even a seasoned player can take a fall. Reader discretion: a huge age gap of eighteen years. Sexy CEO × unflappable college student” A normal romance: meeting, getting to know each other, falling in love. They fall in love after meeting once and hitting it off. This melon looks good, but who knows if it's sweet? But it doesn't matter whether it's sweet. I'll dig it up by the roots and replant it in my yard. If it i 167Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 197 After Our Reunion, My Childhood Friend Drops from the Sky to Fight for Me 重逢后，天降竹马又争又抢 (Story complete) [Two male leads + older partner + first love for both + mutual pining + healing each other + guiding lover + campus + entertainment industry] [Gentle, calm, rational pursuer × the oblivious one who is constantly seduced by him] All settings and names are fictional, in an imaginary world! Being forced apart seven years ago hurt them both. During all that time, He Nian did everything he could to keep searching, and at last he found the older brother he had missed for so long. But 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Two Madmen Make the Perfect Match 疯子和疯子是绝配 One Madman Is the Perfect Match for Another 117Reads—Score414d adds
- 199 My Bunny-Type Boyfriend Turned Into a Fox 白兔系男友变狐系了 To Feng Ziyue, Zhou Jin was always gentle and smiling, sometimes pouting and acting cute when he felt wronged. But in truth, his personality was the complete opposite of what Feng Ziyue believed. Zhou Jin had an overwhelming need to control him. His vindictive nature and deep-seated schemes were hidden beneath a docile facade. His kindness to Feng Ziyue was genuine, but so was the way he cut Feng Ziyue off from everyone around him. Their meeting was a deception from the start, and Feng Ziyue san 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Bro, You Stole My Clothes to Use as Medicine? 兄弟，偷我衣服当药？ [Two male leads + mutual secret crushes + pursuing each other + mutual salvation + school life] Meng Qianchen was an art student and the heartthrob of Jiang University’s art department. He had suffered from insomnia since childhood. After being bullied by Shen Rui, a rich second-generation heir, he was moved into the dorm room of Song Mingduo, the leader of the athletes. By chance, he discovered that the sweat-soaked clothes Song Mingduo wore had a hypnotic effect on him. To cure the insomnia th 457Reads—Score10014d adds
