Novels like Madam Zhu, Your Dead Husband Is Back
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- 51 A Calamity for the Nation: The Return Journey (Two-Volume Set) 祸国·归程（全二册） The land of Wei is divided among Yan, Bi, Cheng, and Yi. The dark organization known as the Ruyi Sect has spent years abducting children, training them as assassins and spies, and sending them to powerful clans in various kingdoms to gather secrets. Its evil influence has gradually spread into the royal court as well. Feng Xiaoya, a favored courtier of the King of Yan, suffers from a bone-melting disease and is an unparalleled beauty whose illness lends her a fragile charm. For a reason of her o 830Reads9.6Score22414d adds
- 52 I Became a Top-Tier Star by Faking a Couple Image, but This Time It Backfired 靠炒CP成顶流，这次竟然翻车了 [Clear-headed female PhD × top-tier star with an unexpectedly sweet puppy-like side × controlling CEO heir] [Showbiz / male lead has no past romantic relationships / happy ending / strong heroine / comedic contrast / sweet romance] Shi Yuchen fled back to her home country after a disastrous relationship, hoping only to focus on her academic work in peace. That is, until top-tier star Wei Muxi set his sights on her while she was working as a consultant on a film set. For thirteen years, Wei Muxi 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 After the Cousin Cast Him Aside After a Fling, the Mad Young Lord Came Knocking Late at Night 表姑娘始乱终弃后，疯批世子深夜找上门来了 Song Yining was unexpectedly caught up in a mysterious case. To save her own life, she latched onto Lu Shi’an, Deputy Commander of Hecheng. She went to great lengths to persuade Lu Shi’an to clear her name, and he kept her pampered at his side. “From now on, I belong to you, Lang. I’ll stay with you through life and death.” “You’re so impressive, Lang. I could never look at another man again.” Later, Lu Shi’an was framed and thrown into prison, his fate unknown. Song Yining immediately sold the 647Reads6.4Score10214d adds
- 54 To Solve a Major Case, I Have to Get Close to My Nemesis 为查重案，我被迫和死对头贴贴 [The cold, iron-willed female deputy minister × the smooth-talking male vice minister] [An unwilling partnership decreed by imperial edict | Bickering partners solving cases together] Shen Ciwan, deputy minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and Pei Yan, vice minister of the Ministry of Justice, are the capital’s most famous rivals in government. She thinks he’s a slick-tongued, shameless rogue; he thinks she’s cold-hearted and has no human feeling. They routinely submit memorials accusing 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Heartbound Ashes: The Poison Doctor’s Ex-Wife Has a Thousand Layers of Schemes 连心烬：毒医前妻的千层套路 Lian Xinjin: The Poison Doctor Ex-Wife’s Thousand-Layer Scheme 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Son Born of Forced Love Has Come Through Time 被强制爱生下的儿子穿过来了 [Complete, animated comic adaptation now available] [Fake good girl vs. cold-faced, jealous bastard] [Trash man's crematorium / second male lead takes the lead + love triangle drama + slightly unhinged character + size difference + both devoted only to each other + healing] Song Yunyi was stubbornly loyal. From the day Gu Lianhuai helped her, he was the only one in her heart. For three years as his pretend girlfriend, she was obedient and gentle, dutifully helping him provoke the woman he had al 23.9kReads8.4Score2.9k14d adds
- 57 The Phoenix-Phoenix Lock 锁凤鸾 What would life be like if you could turn back time? As for the person who betrayed you, reverse time, tear off his disguise, crush his affected airs, make him fall in love with you, then dump him and send him straight to the eighteenth level of hell. What should you do about someone who has a secret crush on you and would gladly sacrifice himself for your sake? Turn back, cherish him, keep him close to your heart, teach him well, and raise him into a husband who dotes on you in every way. “If I 306Reads8.9Score2514d adds
- 58 I Picked Up a Crown Prince Who Wants to Kill Me, Yet I Became His Beloved 捡个太子想杀我，我却成了白月光 [The Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] [A Love Born of Hatred] [Love by Force] [No Reconciliation After the Breakup] Crown Prince Shen Qiyan drifted among the common folk. When he lost his memory, he was saved by Jiang Zaohua, a herb gatherer from Niujia Village. As time passed, they fell in love and married. When he finally awoke to who he was, he worried that he had no support from his mother's family to begin with. If the court officials learned that he had married a woman from the common fol 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Great Ming Court: Your Majesty, Hug the Cute Chicken and Achieve Enlightenment 大明官场：圣人，该抱萌鸡顿悟了 In The Scholars, Fan Jin passes the imperial exam. Do you remember the egg-laying hen that he nearly sold at the market? With the male lead, a fortune-teller cradling that adorable chicken, as their link, watch as the oddball official Fan Jin from The Scholars and the hilarious sage Wang Yangming form a three-man-and-one-chicken team, their fates resonating in perfect sync during the Zhengde and Jiajing eras! The first fifty chapters are packed with hilarious commentary as the protagonist rises 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Morning Fog Won't Lift 晨雾难晴 Setting inspired by The Human Beings and The Devotion of Suspect X No perfect characters. Underworld romance A calculating business tycoon × a clear-minded, resilient teacher When young love is marred by regret and pure white feathers are stained with blood, this path is destined to be anything but ordinary... They were childhood sweethearts, but now they meet as strangers. A sudden upheaval in his youth forced him down the wrong path. She was brutally violated as a girl, leaving her body and sp 89Reads—Score414d adds
- 61 After Reading the Aloof School Hunk’s Mind, He Couldn’t Keep Up the Act 读心禁欲校草后，他装不下去了 After Reading the Aloof School Heartthrob's Mind, He Can't Keep Up the Act 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Ghostly Jade Shadow 玉影鬼差 [Underworld Investigator + County Magistrate] One is silver-tongued, the other meticulous... Was their meeting a calculated approach or a fateful encounter? Liang Yu is a ghostly constable in the Nine Netherworlds Office of Judicial Review. A white stone allows her to travel between the realms of the living and the dead. At the request of departed souls, she takes care of matters in the human world, helping them let go of their attachments and enter the cycle of reincarnation. Yet she has a past 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Love Out of Order 爱意失序 [Both leads have no prior romantic experience + older woman/younger man + reunion after a long separation + healing + childhood sweethearts + happy ending] Glamorous, badass racing queen x brooding, devoted top-tier star ~ On the first day of filming, Qi Zheng lost control on set for the first time. The legendary car modifier hired at great expense was the woman he'd desperately searched for over the past nine years: the one who had abandoned him for money when he was sixteen and at his most des 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 I'm Having a Blast Tormenting the System, but the Top-Ranking Tycoon Shows Up in Person and Steals the Spotlight 我虐系统正爽，榜一霸总奔现抢戏 [System Showdown, Genius Female Comic Artist vs. Publisher] Jin Duoduo was kidnapped by a System that wanted her to have children! Having a baby counts as a quest?! What kind of twisted values are these? She fired back and cursed the System into being severely disabled. But then, in a careless moment, the beginner's gift pack fell into the reservoir at her farm. Every chicken on the farm went on a wild egg-laying spree, while the pigpens and fishponds were suddenly flooded with piglets and fish 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Empress Is Fierce: She Loves the Empire, Not Palace Scheming 皇后很野，只爱江山不宫斗 Political intrigue, historical romance, two strong leads, one-on-one romance, happy ending Both leads are highly skilled in combat and brilliant. They speak their minds, with no angst or melodrama. [Straight-laced, scheming emperor who can be either fierce or sweet x resilient and clever female general who never gives up] Ye Fubo is exceptionally gifted. Before turning eighteen, she is already a leading commander in the navy. But people are treacherous and the court is full of intrigue. A precio 952Reads9.1Score12314d adds
- 66 Every Alpha at School Is Sweet on Me to the Point of Losing Control, Yet the Abstinent Campus Heartthrob Kissed Me 全校Alpha都被我甜到失控，禁欲校草却吻了上来 I've got every Alpha in school so worked up they're out of control, but the abstinent campus heartthrob kissed me first. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 I Promise You a Serene Tomorrow 【许你清晏】 Four years after they parted, he is an elite lawyer who wins case after case. She is a top-tier star with over a hundred million followers, whose every Weibo post can bring the trending list to a standstill. He thinks she is waiting for an explanation. But she says, “Xu Yanjing, I’ve climbed high enough already. Why haven’t you come looking for me?” He helps her win one public-opinion battle after another, while she stands by him as he overturns one wrongful old case after another. Business warf 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 When a Witch and an Immortal Master Marry in the New Era 当魔女与仙长在新时代结为夫妻 A foul-tempered, lustful Western fantasy witch × an irrational, desireless Eastern immortal In the year 317 of the New Era, the witch Silu traveled east to the Myriad Phenomena Academy to find her immortal husband, Lin Yujie. On their first day together, they crossed swords and stabbed right through each other, discovering that one of them had a heart of stone and the other was hollow inside. Silu: Devastated. Lin Yujie: Disappointed. After muddling along together for a while, Silu discovered t 3.6kReads9.2Score49014d adds
- 69 The Black Lotus of Great Ming 大明黑莲花 [Female con artist × hypocrite] The year the Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of the Ming Dynasty, Magellan's fleet completed its circumnavigation of the globe. It was only decades later, along the eastern coast of Zhejiang, where the sea ban was in force, that a country woman happened to hear the Western theory that “the world is round.” Suddenly, she realized: If all four seas are round, then wherever you stand, you can be the center of the world. But when she looked around, women had no pa 5.9kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 70 My Werewolf Fiancé Sacrificed Me, Not Knowing I’m the Blood Moon Queen 狼人未婚夫把我献祭，却不知我是血月女王 My Werewolf Fiancé Sacrificed Me, Unaware That I Am the Blood Moon Queen 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Chaos Between Heaven and Earth 云泥乱 The comic adaptation is out. [Substitute Bride, Ugly Maid × Exiled, Disgraced Crown Prince × Win Her Back at Any Cost × Marriage Before Love × Pregnant and on the Run × Mutual Healing × Ugly Duckling Comeback] She was the ugliest maid in the marquis's household. A birthmark covered her face, her hands were calloused, and everyone had called her Ugly Ah for six years. Her daily job was scrubbing chamber pots. He was the most exalted crown prince in the imperial family. Overnight, he was deposed. 44.1kReads9.1Score4.8k14d adds
- 72 After I Transmigrated, I Reunited with the General in the Modern World 穿越后，我和将军在现代重逢 Eight hundred years ago, she was Princess Lingxi of the Bai Kingdom, and he was Sha Chi, the general charged with defending its city. On the day the city fell, they drank poison and promised to find each other in their next lives. Eight hundred years later, she was Li Ruoxin, a graduate student in archaeology, and he was Mo Haoqian, an investigator with the national security agency. A golden hairpin unearthed from Heishui City awakened their memories across the cycle of reincarnation. In those m 926Reads8.7Score18.8k14d adds
- 73 The Young Madam’s Art of Taming Her Husband 少夫人的驭夫之术 The Young Madam's Art of Taming Her Husband 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The Entire Entertainment Industry Ships Me with the Celibate Film Emperor 全娱乐圈都在磕我和禁欲影帝的CP The Entire Entertainment Industry Is Shipping Me with the Celibate Movie Emperor 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Every Year Brings Summer 年年有夏天 [First-love butterflies + reunion after years apart + mutual devotion + no melodrama, just two people living earnestly and loving earnestly] A torrential downpour in their first year of high school brought Song Nian and Jiang Xia together. After a family upheaval made him a target of prejudice, she stepped in amid the chaos and helped him out of a crisis, leaving a gentle impression in his heart. From then on, he watched over her quietly and approached her with care, and they went from strangers 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Young Lady Never Meant to Be Your Princess Consort 姑娘她没想当您的王妃 Cool-headed legitimate daughter Zhao Luoci VS cold-blooded Prince Lin Xichen: mutual salvation No love at first sight, no falling in love after marriage, no rebirth, and all characters are from the ancient world. (Enter with caution if this isn’t your thing.) After breaking off her engagement, Zhao Luoci only wants to take revenge and then leave the capital far behind. She wants no part of any more messy troubles. She could return to Gusu or settle somewhere else. Whether she gets married or not 126Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 77 I’m the Big Shot at the Academy: Werewolves and Vampires All Fall for Me 我在学院当大佬，狼人、吸血鬼全沦陷了 I’m the Big Shot at the Academy, and Werewolves and Vampires Have All Fallen for Me 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The Courtesan's Abandoned Concubine: Her Second Marriage to a Duke 花魁弃妾，二嫁国公 A true celestial beauty pretending to be a delicate courtesan VS a fake playboy who is actually a powerful duke She is a breathtaking courtesan whom everyone pities, as fragile as a willow in the wind. But that delicate act is all carefully staged! Born under the stigma of having caused her mother’s death, she suffers under her stepmother’s cruelty and is sold into a brothel at the age of ten. At fifteen, she is bought out for a fortune by Marquis Cheng’en Mu Shiyong, who keeps her in a gilded c 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 After Slacking Off, the Tragic-Novel Hero Became a Legendary Punching Bag 摸鱼后，虐文男主爆改传奇耐揍王 [Gender-bender + romance warning] [The male lead is purely submissive, the female lead is unhinged, and they're both villains] [Unhealthy, gloomy, and with no character growth. Just deranged, twisted torment between a pair of lunatics] Qian Chao is the most unremarkable dead-last clerk at a world-management company, coasting through each day and waiting to retire. Perhaps the company had finally had enough of these server leeches. With one official notice, it transferred Qian Chao to the tran 522Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 80 That Year, Blossoms Fell Across My Robes 那年，折枝花满衣 That Year, I Wore Blossoms on My Clothes 1kReads—Score2014d adds
- 81 The Call of the Wild Geese 雁声来 Yu Wan carried a blood feud. She kidnapped her enemy's only son, Min Xiao, and took him up the mountain as a hostage. She hated him, but Min Xiao was so beautiful that she decided to sleep with him before killing him. Just as she was about to execute him, Yu Wan suddenly learned she'd kidnapped the wrong person. The revelation hit her like a bolt from the blue, and she hurriedly sent him back down the mountain. Min Xiao looked at the extra money pouch on him and counted the contents. One tael a 810Reads9.4Score16314d adds
- 82 I Loved the Same Person Twice 我爱过两次一样的人 [Reunion after a long separation + Love hidden beneath hatred + Flirtatious push and pull + Devoted favoritism + Bittersweet romance] It turns out that people will fall hopelessly in love with the same person again and again. The Gesang flowers have bloomed for six seasons. For six years, his hatred has been full of love: he hates the obsession he cannot let go of, and loves the addiction to her he cannot break. But she has forgotten everything, completely erasing the traces of the love they onc 514Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 83 Deep Behind the Red Silk Curtains 红纱帐深 Deep Within the Red Gauze Curtains 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Where Does the Light Boat Go? 轻舟何岸 Are the four princes of Rui Kingdom really going to marry four common women from Chan Kingdom? Could it be because every woman in Chan Kingdom is beautiful and fertile? She has the talent to be a chancellor in a matriarchal kingdom, yet marries the “intellectually disabled” prince of a patriarchal kingdom, entering the marriage as a spy under the pretense of a political union. He is a prince with exceptional intelligence who hides his true self. But even after he regains his true self, is that r 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Bloodstained Silver Hairpin 血染银簪 [Twelve Years Slaughtering Chickens, Now I Take My Blade to Chunxiang House] [Slow-Burn Historical Mystery | No Golden Finger | Not Reborn | Does Not Transmigrate] [Happy Ending] [Ensemble Cast] Shen Wan was six when she lost her family. Her father was murdered, her mother vanished, and all they left her was a silver hairpin and three words: Chunxiang House. For twelve years, she slaughtered livestock and sharpened her blade. She carried the hairpin to the capital to investigate a bloody case 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Wicked Girlfriend’s Transformation: An Heir to a Powerful Family 豪门继承人的恶毒女友蜕变记 A sweet, airheaded beauty with a wicked streak x a cool, lovesick heir to a wealthy family Qiao Yu had a nightmare. She dreamed that her boyfriend, Ji Yancheng, was actually the heir to the wealthy Zhao family, who had taken him back. Suddenly rich and powerful, Ji Yancheng sent Qiao Yu back to her poor, remote hometown in the mountains. Qiao Yu ran back to find him and clung to him in every way she could, but he showed no regard for their past and sent her back to the mountains again. Qiao Yu 635Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Reunited With My Firefighter Ex, Who Told Me to Get Lost Because He Doesn’t Love Me Anymore 重逢消防员前任，他说走开不爱了 Complete [Reunion After Years Apart, Love and Hate, Rekindled Romance, Devoted Husband, One-on-One Romance, Both First-Time Partners, Happy Ending] Ji Qiao goes out in the middle of the night to take out the trash and gets trapped in an elevator. To make matters worse, she’d been too lazy to change out of her oversized T-shirt, and she was wearing nothing but athletic underwear below the waist. The firefighters called by the property management arrive to rescue her. And one of them is her ex-boy 5.3kReads7.6Score49614d adds
- 88 The Capital’s Crown Prince’s Sweet Seduction Trap 京圈太子爷的甜诱陷阱 The Sweet Seduction Trap of the Capital's Young Master 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Ten Years After We Broke Up, My Ex-Boyfriend Showed Up as My Boss 分手十年，前男友空降当我上司 Ten Years After We Broke Up, My Ex-Boyfriend Dropped In as My Boss 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Searching for a Branch 寻枝 [Coolheaded, brilliant, tragic heroine X scheming prince pretending to be a spoiled playboy] [Marriage before love + bickering couple + political intrigue + redemption + revenge + secret identities] Liu Xunyi is the Empress Dowager’s most trusted enforcer, beautiful and cold, with a knack for killing corrupt officials. During a mission, she accidentally crossed the notorious spoiled prince, Ye Simang. As it happened, the Empress Dowager granted them a marriage, bringing them together. This newly 1.5kReads9.2Score16214d adds
- 91 Rebellious Bones Set My Heart Ablaze 逆骨燎心 [Top-Tier Romantic Tension x True Enemies x A Tense, Fierce Battle of Wills] [Arrogant, Proud Illegitimate Daughter vs. Arrogant, Wild Illegitimate Son] Zhuo Jinxu inherited her mother's self-interest. As a girl, she was labeled a spoiled princess, pampered and indulged. She was used to being haughty and never cared about the whispers around her. Except for one person's. It all began with childish pride. Their inexplicable stubbornness and arrogance brought them together. As the saying goes, 3.2kReads8.8Score33014d adds
- 92 Plum Blossoms Fade, Yet Their Secret Fragrance Returns 梅烬又有暗香来 [Old-school flavor + slow-burn, richly layered romance] I said, “This is for the best. This way, you’ll remember how good I was to you forever...” He said, “This is not for the best. Just when you loved me most, I chose to let you go...” The bright moon over Shengjing shines upon my borderland armor... In the storybooks, she is the woman general who has renounced love and shed blood on the frontier; In the powerful chancellor’s eyes, she is a red plum that does not vie with peach or plum blossom 178Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 93 Jasmine Has Her Day 茉莉有期 [A gentle, wise cardiothoracic surgeon × a refined, gracious telecommunications engineer Both each other’s first and only love | Rekindled romance | Reunion after years apart | School days to city life] The first time Xie Shunian saw Shen Zhiqing was at her cousin’s birthday party. He leaned against the terrace railing in a white shirt, soft light gilding his profile. He looked gentle and refined. Mustering her courage, she handed him a glass of iced grape-and-jasmine milk tea. The moment their 2kReads—Score21514d adds
- 94 If Time Wouldn't Chase Us 如果时光不追 The day Huo Yun returned home was in late autumn. Four years had passed. She thought she could face everything calmly, including the man she had grown up with, the one who had made her leave home alone. Pei Yanci had waited four years and searched for her for four years. When they met again, he wanted to ask just one thing: Are you leaving again? But all she said was, “We’re not close.” This is a story about waiting and returning, misunderstandings and letting go. If time doesn’t move on, I’ll w 905Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Didn't You Say You'd Kill Me? So Why Did You Fall for Me First? 不是说要杀我？你怎么还先爱上了 [Love and hate, possessiveness, jealousy, push and pull, pure romance] (Fast-paced: they kiss, fall in love, and sleep together within 20 chapters. Not recommended to skip chapters.) One-line summary: The male lead lies to the female lead, and somewhere along the way, ends up deceiving himself too. Synopsis: When Chen Xu was nine, a little demon girl kidnapped him. They relied on each other and stuck together through thick and thin. But while he thought they'd formed a bond, she saw him as a bur 7kReads9.1Score92914d adds
- 96 The Obsessive CEO's White Moonlight Has Returned to China 病娇总裁的白月光回国了 #ReunionAfterYears #YandereAndPossessive #TwoPowerfulLeads #HeroineWithSecretIdentities #MutualRedemption He searched for her for ten years, but she had forgotten him. When Fu Hanzhou was fifteen, he was sent to Yuncheng to transfer schools. He was the heir to the Fu family of the capital, but he had grown up deprived of love and suffered from psychological problems. There, he met Shen Nianxi, the daughter of the small city's richest man and a class monitor whose smile shone brighter than the su 534Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 An Amateur? She Solves Case After Case by Reading Minds 外行？她靠读心让悬案接连告破 [Strong female lead + wish fulfillment + solving crimes + face-slapping + episodic stories + male lead in the background + little romance] Shi Ling has a secret she can't tell anyone: whenever she makes physical contact with someone, she can hear their thoughts. After gaining this ability, she returns to the Shi family. Faced with her parents' favoritism and her stepsister's sugary, barbed words, Shi Ling cuts ties with them without hesitation. Household intrigue? Fighting other women for a m 26.4kReads8.7Score2.1k14d adds
- 98 My Boyfriend Was Ice-Cold, But He Fell Apart When I Broke Up With Him 男友冷冰冰，提分手他却破防了 [Mutual First Love / Living Together / Sweet Romance] Lin Wangxi discovers that she’s the wicked fake heiress in a melodramatic novel. The plot tells her that she has only half a year left before she dies for no apparent reason. When the real heiress returns, she has nowhere to go. Unexpectedly, it’s the down-and-out boyfriend she forced into the relationship who takes her in. Zhou Jinyuan, the novel’s major villain. His parents are both dead, his relatives have cast him out, and he and hi 24.8kReads8.8Score4.6k14d adds
- 99 One Night of Passion, Three Years After the Divorce 离婚三年后，一夜上瘾 [Timid but Stubborn Doctor vs. CEO Who Steals Her Away] A push and pull between mature adults, a healing story with an ensemble cast Four years ago, Yan Shanting and Xun Beixing got married in a daze, then divorced for reasons neither could explain. Yan Shanting’s father was Xun Beixing’s medical advisor. Since the two were about the same age, he introduced his son to Beixing. Hoping to move on from another relationship, Beixing agreed to her teacher’s suggestion. Her first impression of Yan Sha 437Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Danger! The Powerful Official I Wronged Has Become My Brother 危！渣过的权臣竟成了兄长 [Controlled, unhinged Vice Minister of Justice × calculating, flirtatious, sweet-on-the-outside, sinister-within heroine] (Faux siblings + possessive obsession + flirtatious push and pull + secret midnight watching) Six months ago, Xie Wanyu seduced the local prefect, Pei Lin, to save her own life. But once the crisis passed, she decisively abandoned him and headed to the capital to find her father and take revenge. On the way, she met the Pei family's real daughter. Who could have guessed that 31.1kReads9.1Score5.8k14d adds
