Novels like Zhining’s Winter
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Zhining’s Winter, best match first.
- 101 A Gold-Digging Supporting Actress Awakens and Is Spoiled by the Crown Prince 捞金女配觉醒，被太子爷娇养了 Qu Xingran awakened to the truth! She was the vicious female supporting character in a book. She was vain and money-hungry, and used every trick she could to snare the capital’s golden boy, the male lead, Pei Linzhi. She thought she would finally rise to become a phoenix among the branches. But the Pei family would never accept a gold digger with such a rotten character. They gave Pei Linzhi two choices: break up with her, or be cast out of the family. Pei Linzhi chose to stay with Qu Xingran, l 9.5kReads7.9Score68814d adds
- 102 After I Went Broke, My Little Sister Gave Me a Card 破产后，小妹给我一张卡 After I Went Bankrupt, My Little Sister Gave Me a Card 54Reads—Score114d adds
- 103 A Wedding with a One-in-Ten-Thousand Chance 万分之一概率的婚礼 An Yushu never imagined she would get married one day, much less that an ordinary employee like her would marry a CEO, and not just any CEO, but the head of the Xiao Group. Xiao Yechen never imagined he would get married either, much less to an ordinary employee, especially one who had absolutely no desire to marry him. Neither An Yushu nor Xiao Yechen had ever expected to get married. They each had their own reasons for wanting to stay single, and marriage had never been part of their plans. So 749Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 104 Shipping Couples Has Me Hooked, but My Top-Tier Star Ex Is Deluding Himself 嗑CP上头，顶流前任他自作多情 [Zodiac-themed dating show livestream, sweet romance in showbiz, completed happy ending] [Astrology blogger × top-tier star singer, one-on-one, both each other's first and only love] [Reunited after years apart and rekindling an old flame + dating-show love-triangle drama + adorable child playing matchmaker] Tao Yuyin got so invested in the couples on a zodiac-themed dating show that she commented under every episode: This couple has to get back together! The latest behind-the-scenes clip insp 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Waiting for Him to Mess Up! My Detective Husband Is Acting Suspicious 坐等翻车！闪婚刑警老公不太对劲 3.2kReads—Score27514d adds
- 106 Where Can I Find a Beauty? 何处有佳人 Hao Jia is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life and following the expected path. She’s just one step away from completing the usual milestones of blind dates, marriage, and having a child when an unexpected accident disrupts her plans and sends her life down a different track. Ye Yiheng is a brilliant scholar pursuing both a master’s and a doctorate, and a gentle, refined practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. He and his girlfriend were together from school uniforms to wedding gowns, 27kReads9.0Score3.1k14d adds
- 107 Keep Sleeping, Don’t Wake Up 继续睡，不要醒 [Infinite Dreams + Mystery + Wild Imagination + Horror + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Bizarre + Romance + Sophisticated] Lin Du has been dreaming ever since he was born. He often wakes with a start in some strange room and desperately flees to a subway station, only to discover that his every move is being livestreamed and everyone is watching. When he rushes out of the subway, he finds himself sitting in a car with no end, where every passenger is horrifyingly strange. The car stops at one st 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 How Many Sisters Do You Love? Your Lips Are Going to Be Kissed Raw 姐姐爱几个？姐姐嘴要被亲烂了 I want to show women that an older partner doesn't mean someone ancient, let alone some old creep. It's shorthand for someone capable: someone who can support and guide you, and knows how to solve problems. Even someone younger can embody that role, so don't fall into the misconception that being older automatically means being capable. One woman and three men: the tough wolf-dog VS the first love VS the insecure man Female lead: Puts on a cold front, tries to act like a man in a position of pow 9kReads—Score28514d adds
- 109 The White-Collar Girl and Her Military Training Instructor 军训教官的小白领 The first time Fu Suting addressed the group, the sound of his military boots striking the ground echoed in every heart. “My name is Fu Suting.” He surveyed the room, his gaze like a blade tempered in ice. “There are no office workers here, only soldiers.” Lin Xiaoyu was unlucky enough to become the object of his special “attention.” When she couldn’t hold a proper military stance, he personally measured the gap between her knees with a ruler. When she kept stepping out of sync during a march, 5.4kReads8.0Score36914d adds
- 110 My Down-on-His-Luck Contract Boyfriend 我的落难合约男友 [Childhood sweethearts, contract romance, she pursues him early on, then he chases his wife] Lin Xiaoxiao pursued Luo Zheng for years, following him from their small town to Hong Kong for graduate school. She loved him with all her heart, but Luo Zheng always seemed out of reach. Then a sudden turn of events sent the once dazzling, confident Luo Zheng tumbling into the depths, with nowhere left to turn. Lin Xiaoxiao handed him a contract: pretend to be a couple for six months, no intimacy, and t 348Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, But They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Marry and Have Kids 我帮亲戚们躲过了丧尸潮，但他们还是催婚催生 I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, but They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Get Married and Have Kids 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Record of the Illusory Sea of Love: The Great Void Livestream 情天幻海录太虚直播间 The Illusory Realm of the Great Void, by the shores of the Sea of Love. Fairy Jing Huan had been staring blankly into a water mirror for three days. What it reflected was not her peerless beauty, but the countless scenes of the mortal world: office workers scrolling through their phones on the subway, middle-aged men and women haggling at matchmaking corners, livestreamers crying, “Brother, love me!”, and exhausted wage slaves staying up late making PowerPoints until they went bald... “Such mudd 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Vain Young Lady Doted on by a Tycoon Is Silly and Adorable 财阀大佬娇养的小白花又傻又可爱 [Size difference + cold-faced CEO + sweet, adorable junior student + one-on-one, mutually devoted + older man gives in for love] Seven-year age gap Bai Hanhan is every bit the “silly little flower” her name suggests. Hoping to stop being single, she decides to confess to the classmate she’s had a crush on for three years. Instead, he ignores her. By a twist of fate, she spends one wild night tangled up with Gu Wenhan, an icy CEO who lost his father as a child and whose mother ran off with anothe 3.4kReads9.3Score32614d adds
- 114 You Want a Divorce After Our Whirlwind Wedding? The Cantonese Tycoon's Heir Won't Let Go 闪婚还想离？粤圈太子爷不放手了 Fake easygoing, genuinely money-loving, optimistic, goofy sweetheart × fake celibate, genuinely pure-hearted heir to the Cantonese entertainment scene [Marriage first, love later + slice-of-life slow burn + devoted couple, sweet romance, and comedy] Sang Xiaoxiao, a professional blind-date saboteur, finally got herself into trouble. She married in someone else's place to pay off a debt, but mistook her husband and registered her marriage with a handsome stranger named Xu Rusheng. The good news: 644Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 115 The Perfect Amount of Sweetness Is My Ex! 甜度刚好是前任！ A second chance at love, sweet push-and-pull, and a reunion after years apart that neither can let go of! Plenty of flirting, and their feelings never fade! Even her best friend teases her: “Chen Yi, if they drained the water from your brain, it’d be yellow!” - One photo of a cheating spouse sparks a tense workplace tug-of-war! Evenly matched rivals: the cool-headed medical professional × the blunt engineering type. Workplace collaboration comes with personal grudges. AI algorithm engineer × rad 90Reads7.2Score11814d adds
- 116 A Room With the Lights Dimmed 一室暗灯 That day, I groveled before a billionaire, wagging my tail for his approval. I thought he was my salvation when I had nowhere else to turn. All I got was one humiliation after another. I became the biggest joke in his circle. Later, I accidentally stumbled upon his secret, peeling back layer after layer of his heart until grief brought me to tears. And he peeled mine open too, only to stab it viciously, once, twice... countless times. Ruan Qing, who brought me into the industry, was once an inn 467Reads8.7Score1614d adds
- 117 Xu Xue’er 徐雪儿 The everyday work life of Xu Xue'er, an ordinary office drone and medical student, and the sweet romance that blossoms between her and engineer Zhou Dongyang... A warm, down-to-earth story filled with delicious food and all kinds of sweet, thoughtful interactions!!! 22Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 118 The Book of Fated Bonds 兰因簿 [Underworld Temp Worker + Civil Service Bureaucrat + Yin-Yang Romance] Do you think Fengdu opens its gates to the human world only on the Ghost Festival? It doesn't. The gates of the netherworld don't wait for any one particular festival. They stand open every day, day and night. Do you think that once you cross the Naihe Bridge and drink a bowl of Meng Po's soup, all love, hate, and longing will vanish without a trace? That's not true either. Countless obsessions will wander the depths of 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 I Just Got Dumped, So What's Wrong with Forcing a Kiss on the Sharp-Tongued CEO? 我都失恋了，强吻毒舌总裁咋了？ [Talkative, slightly timid, blunt wedding planner x sharp-tongued, slightly stingy workaholic CEO] [Modern romance+CEO+sweet and funny+sharp-tongued banter+easygoing daily life+intense push and pull+secret love turned mutual] Wedding planner Gu Shi'an burst into tears! She'd received a wedding invitation from her former boss and happily gone to the banquet! But the moment she arrived, it was like being struck by lightning: the groom was the boyfriend she'd loved for ten years, and the mother-in- 1.9kReads8.4Score16714d adds
- 120 My Best Friend's Younger Brother Is the Capital's Most Eligible Heir 闺蜜弟弟是京圈太子爷 [A beautiful, fair-skinned older woman VS a refined young master who acts domineering outside but timid at home, an older woman-younger man romance] At her best friend’s wedding, Xia Youran reunited with her friend’s younger cousin, Ying Chi. He had broad shoulders, a slim waist, a handsome face, and a wealthy background. Later “Ying Chi, what are you trying to do?” “I want to kiss you, Xiaxia-jie.” “We’re not right for each other.” “How do you know we’re not right for each other if we don’t try 1.6kReads8.7Score11214d adds
- 121 Wildfire Scorches the Tender Branch 野火烧软枝 The new book has only just received its rating, so it will rise later. [Soft, cuddly bunny-like heroine VS domineering wolf-like hero] [Sweet romance + devoted couple + soft heroine + the capital’s wild young master] Shen Huaiye, the capital’s notorious wild young master, was hard to discipline after both his parents died. His grandfather sent him abroad for two years. When he was told to come home, he thought he’d finally escaped his cage, only to run headlong into another kind of confinement: 23Reads8.3Score414d adds
- 122 A Mole Beneath the Eye 眼下痣 [Sweet Youthful Romance | Love at First Sight | Both Are Each Other’s First | Male Lead from a Powerful Family | Light Urban Setting] [Proud, urbane young heir vs. cool, breathtaking heroine] Zhu Xingye has a top-tier family background, top-tier skills, and top-tier looks. He’s Peking University’s “top man,” and his only flaw is that he’s incredibly hard to win over. The first time she sees him, he rides his heavy motorcycle past the graceful young woman sitting beneath a tree, focused on her sk 18.8kReads8.7Score2.3k14d adds
- 123 After My Divorce, I Fell Addicted to My Officer Brother-in-Law’s Seduction 离婚后，我被军官弟弟诱爱成瘾 [Sweet romance + both leads are virgins + younger man] [A military officer falls for a sophisticated career woman] Four years of marriage in name only. She blamed her own bad judgment for not being able to tell a man from a dog. Now she’d run out of patience and didn’t want to put up with it anymore. “Screw you and your three-second performance. You’re discontinued. Get lost, you scumbag!” After the divorce, Yu Ningning went somewhere secluded, determined to keep her head down and slack off in p 1.3kReads8.8Score12214d adds
- 124 She Cries Easily, but He Makes It Rain Money to Cheer Her Up 她爱哭，但他会爆金币哄 Tense push and pull, first love, devoted to one another, age gap. I originally wanted to call it “I’ll Raise Someone Else’s Wife.” Lu Zhiyu: A broke web-novel writer who earns only single-digit sums. Twenty years old, a sheltered young woman just entering the workforce. Obedient and compliant, she’s used to answering questions with unrelated replies, yet casually manages to get the hero hooked. A crybaby who speaks her mind, she grows over the course of the story. Zhan Hansheng: CEO of a publicl 1.6kReads—Score10014d adds
- 125 I May Be Sickly, but I Command a Mighty Army 本宫多病，但手握重兵 Genre: Historical romance / two formidable leads / political intrigue / nation and family I am the Grand Princess of Da Ye, frail and sickly since childhood, and the laughingstock of the noblewomen in the capital. They don't know that I cough up blood because every year I sneak out of the palace for three months to train troops on the frontier. They know even less that my late fiancé, the Regent of the realm, is actually locked in a secret room at a separate residence by me. He has been there fo 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Realm Capital 界都 I contain all things. It all began on the first day I entered Jiangcheng Elite Academy... This is a world where Blue Star is divided in two, five hundred years after the spiritual qi revival. You'll find that everyone around me, whether ordinary or exceptional, is remarkable in their own way. The universe has ten domains, the ten domains have the Milky Way, the Milky Way has Blue Star, Blue Star has the Spirit Realm, the Spirit Realm has Huaxia, and Huaxia has Jiedu... Are you ready to embark on 403Reads—Score4014d adds
- 127 Please Answer, 404 请回答，404 Please Answer, 404 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Love at Forty 不惑爱情 Xu Anqin, a middle-aged woman, has a life that's a complete mess: a mother with dementia, a selfish older sister, in-laws who are always scheming, and a husband who never gets a clue. Everything gives her anxiety. At the lowest point in her life, her rich, handsome first love reappears. Maybe she has another path to choose, but Xu is clear-headed: "I'm almost forty. How could I still be some domineering CEO's unattainable first love?" Before the divorce, life backed her into a corner with no way 185Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Gluttony’s Execution Ground: Crime and Punishment at the Bottom of the Food Chain 饕餮刑场——食物链底层的罪与罚 The Gluttonous Execution Ground: Crime and Punishment at the Bottom of the Food Chain 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 What If I Were a Parasitic Vine? 假如我是菟丝花 Signed for a print edition, publication pending | Instinctive attraction | Pure love in the early stages | Passionate love in the later stages | When they first met, Su Yunluo never dared imagine that Xie Chen would actually seduce her. After all, back then he was the teacher's pride and joy, the top student admired by the whole school, the God of Xie. Everyone said that this God of Xie was aloof and chaste, untouchable, and above worldly concerns. Only Su Yunluo quietly saw through it. It was a 75.2kReads9.4Score10.3k14d adds
- 131 The Junior Sister Is Still So Delicate Today 小师妹今天也很娇气 Delicate, willful junior sister × Cunning, reserved, and emotionally intelligent senior brother The story of a handsome senior brother who refused to admit he cared in his past life, regretted it too late, and ended up giving his heart away after being reborn. Jiang Shibai, a junior sister from the immortal sect, is beautiful and refined, but notorious for being pampered and difficult. She hates getting tired while practicing swordsmanship, complains that medicine is bitter, and will cry for hal 161Reads—Score2614d adds
- 132 My Relatives Dumped a Haunted Old House on Me, but It Made Me Rich 亲戚们把闹鬼的老宅子硬塞给我，但我却因此暴富 My relatives forced a haunted old house on me, but it made me rich 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Little Bridge Cave Family Compound 小桥洞家属院 [Period Setting] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyday Life] The results came out a few months after it was completed. This novel is fantastic! Zhang Yan and Deng Yang were born in the Xiaoqiaodong factory compound and grew up beneath the chimneys of the State Chemical Plant. There was no glamour or respectability here, only the bustle of daily life, sweat, arguments, and warmth. In 1997, as firecrackers exploded to celebrate Hong Kong's return, they still thought their parents would wear their work uniform 645Reads8.1Score10214d adds
- 134 After Entering the Wrong Room, I Was Spoiled Every Day by a Handsome Younger Guy 走错房间后，我被帅弟弟日日宠 Lin Wanyu was set up by her scumbag boyfriend and her poisonous best friend, then sold to a dirt-poor mountain village to be the wife of a family with a dim-witted son. The wicked trafficker known as her “vicious mother-in-law” beat her mercilessly, tormenting her until she wanted to end it all. She seized every chance to escape, but each time she was caught and beaten again. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't escape the clutches of this family of fools. The trafficker insisted that 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Zombie Apocalypse: I Dumped My Scumbag Boyfriend and Took in the Scenery with My Sister 丧尸末日，甩了渣男与妹妹一起欣赏美好风景 The zombie apocalypse begins, and I dump my scumbag boyfriend to admire the beautiful scenery with my younger sister 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Cold-Faced Officer's White Moonlight 冷面军官的白月光 That night, they sat on the steps outside the photography studio, eating wontons. The July heat in Shanghai was stifling as a steamer, and cicadas poured their cries from the plane trees’ canopies, spreading them across the ground. Shen Zhi prodded a wonton with her chopsticks, then suddenly asked, “How did you get by during those two years in Yemen?” 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 A Little Rain Falls Tonight 今夜小雨降落 [The score will rise after release] [Sweet romance + marriage first, love later + both virgins + happy ending + a food blogger who is beautiful, aloof, and starved for warmth, Ju Yu, vs. CEO Tan He, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted at first, then a devoted puppy begging for affection] Ju Yu's life motto: “Anything's fine. Whatever works. No problem.” Her parents went abroad with her twin sister for treatment and arranged a marriage for Ju Yu. She nodded without a trace of emotion. “I'll do what y 16.9kReads8.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 138 Sacrifice the Protagonist to Heaven! Boundless Magic? 主角祭天！法力无边？ Sacrifice the Protagonist to Heaven! Boundless Magic Power? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Chronicles of the Jianghu: Chaos in Botang 江湖册波棠乱 Historical setting: Early Republic of China, around the 1910s to 1920s · What the era represents: The imperial throne has fallen, warlords carve up the country, and Western culture pours in. This is an age when the codes and honor of the “old jianghu” are gradually lost, transformed, and ultimately destroyed by the guns and schemes of the “new world.” The story of Bo and Tang is the most moving verse in this elegy. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Beautiful Poison 美丽的毒药 Beautiful Poison 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Starting from Scratch: Three Years Flipping Little Boxes Made Me a Millionaire 白手起家，倒腾小盒子三年千万 Selling contraceptives in the dorm from the start gets you mocked? Disciplined? No problem! Make money while teaching in the countryside. After four years of hard work, build a fortune worth over a hundred million, turning ideals, love, and wealth into reality. [No Transmigration + No System + No Pocket Dimension + A Down-to-Earth Story of Striving] 12.6kReads8.1Score93514d adds
- 142 The Deer Calls, and My Heart Holds the Brush 呦呦鹿鸣，执聿于心 To Gu Zhiyu, Lin Youyou is the crush he had as a boy, the love he found as they grew up, and the person he’ll cherish for the rest of his life. To Lin Youyou, Gu Zhiyu is a jealous sourpuss, a sweet romance, and the source of endless affection. Childhood sweethearts who have been inseparable since they were little. The heroine is cheerful and optimistic, and gets along with everyone. The hero is cold on the outside but warm within, possessive, and prone to jealousy. They both know how to communi 1.6kReads—Score12114d adds
- 143 Who Exactly Did We Meet That Summer? 那个夏天，我们遇到的究竟是谁 Who Exactly Did We Meet That Summer? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 His First Love Returns, and the Capital’s Young Master Goes Mad 白月光回归，京圈太子爷疯了 [Reunion after a long separation, second chance at love, mutual healing, devoted male lead, two highly intelligent leads, happy ending] Ten years ago, when they parted, he was humble and she was resolute. She left without looking back. When they meet again ten years later, he is the famous heir to the Lu family in the imperial capital, while she is an unknown young woman with no one to rely on who has just returned from abroad. Leaning against the hospital wall, he asks, “Did your sugar daddy 12.6kReads8.8Score97014d adds
- 145 I'm a Corporate Wage Slave, Yet I Stumbled into the Ultimate Life 身为职场牛马，我邂逅了顶配人生 [Wealthy CEO + ordinary working stiff + content with a modest fortune] Lin Yixue is a small-town girl with decent looks, average grades, and average abilities. Her only real asset is her snow-white, jade-smooth skin. She always thought that, like her family, relatives, and the other girls in town, she would graduate, marry some ordinary man nearby, and settle into an ordinary life of household chores and daily necessities. But through a twist of fate, she gets involved with a man she never even 17.3kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 146 After Abusing His Wife, the Scumbag Went Mad and Ran to a Farmer's House to Fight Pigs for Their Feed 虐妻之渣男疯了，跑到农户家抢猪食吃 After abusing his wife, the scumbag went mad and ran to a farmer's house to steal pig feed and eat it 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Fate Brings You to Me at the Perfect Time 缘分时节恰逢君 Guess how we met? Someone dialed the wrong number! My brother set me up on a blind date, and my date turned out to be you!! If fate is this wonderfully strange, then let's get together. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Life Is a Rare Gift 人生难得 The National Security Ministry’s Fourteenth Division is a department created specifically to manage spirits. It oversees the work and daily lives of spirits living in secret among humans. Chang Xiaoying, an employee in the Fourteenth Division’s Benefits and Welfare Section, was injured on duty in an accident. She lost three years of memories, as well as her ability to feel hunger and dream. Once she recovered and returned to work, she was assigned to a post in Gongcheng, Yuesheng Province, as a 77Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 149 Offering Longevity 献寿 Offering Up Longevity —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 A Love Affair in the Capital 京婚沉瘾 Love After Marriage | A Sweet, Slow-Burn Romance | Six-Year Age Gap | Both Are Inexperienced Cool, delicate beauty x Wealthy young gentleman from Beijing - The most rational thing Jian Heng ever did was agree to an arranged marriage. His family business needed it, and his elders expected it. All he needed was a wife in name only, someone who would save him trouble and stay out of his affairs. At the civil affairs bureau, he calmly signed the agreement. The woman across from him, Jiang Shan, was 1.9kReads8.0Score17414d adds
