Novels like The Chongqing Detective
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Chongqing Detective, best match first.
- 1 Apocalypse Zombie Ashes: The Age of Embers 末世丧尸余烬纪元 Reborn 72 hours before the zombie virus outbreak, Lin Jin, once branded a “traitor to humanity” in the apocalypse, has no intention of repenting. Instead, he’s going to keep the three women who once died for him bound tightly to his side, even if he has to deceive them, take them by force, or trade his own life for theirs. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Political Storm Begins with Saving a County Chief from a Crisis 官场风云从拯救女县长的危局开始 [Rebirth, political intrigue, multiple heroines] Love, power plays, and the tempestuous world of officialdom: it all begins with his rebirth. Zhu Jianhua has been reborn... In his previous life, lacking connections, he was dragged into a conspiracy and exiled to a remote, impoverished region, where his ambitions came to nothing. Now that he has been reborn, he resolves to take a path completely different from the one he followed before. If he's dragged into a conspiracy, he'll expose it. His mem 4.8kReads7.0Score369Shelves
- 3 A Husband’s Revenge 丈夫的复仇 An accident brought down the restaurant I’d spent years running. My wife cheated on me, my friends drifted away, and my parents squeezed what little value I had left out of me. I thought my daughter was my only hope, until one day I discovered she wasn’t even mine. The wind howled like a drum, and the night was bleak. In this vast world, where can I go? 251Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 4 My Wife Cheated on Me, but a Hidden Gem Helped Me Rise to the Top 老婆出轨背叛，宝藏女孩扶我青云 A comeback + regret and face-slapping + romance + one heroine “I, Gu Zhixu, swear that if I ever turn back again, I deserve to die!” Gu Zhixu tells himself after finally coming to his senses. Gu Zhixu once thought he was the happiest man alive, with a loving wife and children and a warm home. But his business partner, Huang Hao, conspired with his wife, Li Li, to steal all the company’s assets and throw him out. They also told him the child wasn’t his, that he’d been cheated on all along, and th 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Heiress Awakens, Tears Her Trash Husband Apart, and Reclaims Her Place in High Society 千金觉醒，手撕渣男老公夺回豪门 [Awakening After Marriage + Takes Down Her Scumbag Husband + Revenge + Feel-Good Fiction + Strong Female Lead] When Wen Ruoxi woke one night, she heard a man and a woman having an intimate conversation downstairs. Using the moonlight to guide her, she quietly went downstairs and stumbled upon the truth. The younger sister-in-law living in her home was a fake, and the traditional medicine she had taken hundreds of times had been laced with a slow-acting poison potent enough to kill her. Even more —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Chronicles of the Hou Soul 犼魂纪 A string of grisly murders rocks the city, each victim found with a mysterious blood sigil carved into their palm. Ling Zhao, heir to the Xuanxiao Pavilion, is ordered to investigate, only to discover that he has been drawn into an apocalyptic murder plot spanning thousands of years. Daoist arts are supposed to be the perfect counter to zombies. But when he faces the immortal progenitor of all zombies, everything he knows is turned upside down. Worse still, the only key capable of sealing the pr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 My Wife Is a Spirit Medium 我婆娘是仙娘 Set in modern-day Sichuan and Chongqing, blending urban life with folk supernatural elements. Supernatural horror + Sichuan-style humor + heartwarming romance. Strange things keep happening at Chen Haonan's hot pot restaurant: the broth boils by itself at midnight, and customers mysteriously pass out. He is forced to call in Su Tao'er to perform a ritual. Chen Haonan refuses to believe in the supernatural and makes a bet with her... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Above the Undercurrent, at the Edge of the Cliff 暗流之上悬崖边缘 At thirty-two, Wu Kai is the youngest deputy marketing director at Huarui Group. He seems to have it all, but overnight he is framed in an elaborate scheme. A meticulously forged anonymous letter accuses him of taking kickbacks and leaking secrets, and the board will decide on Monday whether he keeps his job. Only Wu Kai knows that the group’s vice president, Zhou Quan, and a rival company have set this deadly trap. He has forty-eight hours to deploy every hidden political maneuver and connectio —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 She Died After Embracing Me 她死于拥抱我之后 Reborn on the eve of the zombie outbreak, I found that my girlfriend hadn't been infected yet. This time, I swore to protect her, but she smiled as she slit her own throat. In my previous life, she'd become a zombie and killed me with her own hands. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Forbidden City: My Yin-Yang Sect 紫禁城：我的阴阳堂口 Past life: Lu Sanniang, the last head of Chongzhou's Yin-Yang Escort Agency. To outsiders, she was a gangland boss, but in truth, her family had used their underworld connections as cover for generations, taking on only “yin escorts” (handling supernatural incidents). On the night she retired, aged 60, nine consecutive bolts of lightning struck her. Present life: Su Yu, a 16-year-old palace maid in the Laundry Bureau, born under an extremely yin birth chart (the hour, day, and month of the Rat i 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 My Virtuous Wife Went to a Temple for Retreat? A Man's Greatest Pain: Zero Tolerance! 贤妻去寺庙清修？男人最痛0容忍！ My Virtuous Wife Wants to Retreat to a Temple? A Man's Greatest Pain: Zero Tolerance! 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A Glimpse of Beauty: The Prince Has Truly Fallen for Her 惊鸿掠影：王爷他真香了 The Eastern Palace was ablaze with wedding festivities, red silk streaming everywhere. The civil and military officials had gathered. The Crown Prince held the transmigrated heroine, Feng Qingge, by one hand, while with the other he actually tried to take her half-sister's hand too. Before everyone, he declared, “Today, I shall marry both beauties. Neither will be primary or secondary; both will be my consorts.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I, the Ancestor of Zombies, Clock Out on Time 我，僵尸始祖，准时下班 [Urban fantasy + Eastern mythology + workplace comedy + humor + overpowered protagonist + ancient gods awakening + hard-core industrial cultivation] Read with caution. A workplace novel spanning mythology and the modern world, told from the perspective of the progenitor of the ancient jiangshi. From the exam room for civil-service recruitment, through the doors of a state-owned enterprise, and into a bizarre, dazzling urban mythic age, he experiences the era of resurgent demons, the era of unem 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Zombie King Jiang Chen Returns, Chaos System Activated 僵尸王将臣归来混沌系统启动 The Zombie King Jiangchen Returns: Chaos System Activated is an epic supernatural novel blending ancient mythology with the modern city. It tells the story of Jiang Chen, a young man who unexpectedly awakens as the inheritor of the bloodline of Jiangchen, the progenitor of all zombies, and steps into a mysterious world hidden beneath the bustling surface of the city. He bears a chaotic bloodline with “no soul or spirit,” allowing him to devour souls and gain power. While investigating the truth 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 After His Wife Betrays Him, the Honest Man Begins a Ruthless New Life 妻叛后，老实人开启霸道人生 (Revenge + dark themes + multiple heroines + multiple maids + face-slapping + ghost-domain apocalypse + ghost hordes and demonic beasts) The honest Lin Fan and his parents are poisoned to death for money by his wife and her family. As he lies dying, he learns that his wife has been cheating on him for years and that even their son isn't his. Reborn, he toys with his mother-in-law's family in the palm of his hand... (All female characters in this novel are over twenty.) —Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 16 Hearing Your Heart 听君心 One-sentence synopsis: A low-ranking palace maid who could die at any moment suddenly gains the ability to hear the tyrant's thoughts. By day, she plays the timid little bird; by night, she rants and roasts him in his mind, never realizing she has already become his one and only source of peace. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Jinlian's Tofu Stall 金莲豆腐摊 When Pan Jinlian, poisoned to death in the Song dynasty, opens her eyes, she discovers she has become a twenty-two-year-old widow running the Golden Lotus Tofu Shop by a Chongqing wharf in 1934. This time, Jinlian swears she will sell tofu and nothing else, but the “enthusiasm” of her neighbors in Republican-era China leaves her amused and exasperated: a ninety-year-old scholar comes by every day…, an eight-year-old brat wants to become a tofu maker, and the tailor across the street always b 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain with Six God-Tier Masters 天师下山，我有六个神级师傅 The entire Ling family was wiped out overnight eighteen years ago. Only Ling Tian survived, saved by six immortals. Eighteen years later, Ling Tian completes his training and descends the mountain. He swears to send those who slaughtered the Ling family into an abyss from which they will never be reborn! 2.7kReads8.8Score363Shelves
- 19 True Zombie God 僵尸真神 The protagonist, Yang Tianfan, is an heir to the Kunlun Immortal Realm and a Nascent Soul cultivator. By chance, his Nascent Soul transformed into a zombie Nascent Soul, complete with fangs and a pair of small wings on its back, making him the only zombie emperor in the world to possess one. From then on, the strongest beings of ancient times, mysterious and perilous divine treasures, exquisite cultivation techniques and combat skills, exceptionally rare exotic beasts, and incomparably powerful 713Reads—Score103Shelves
- 20 Years Against the Current: The Road Home 逆流之年之归途 This is a story about loss and rebuilding. It does not glorify smooth sailing or easy success. Instead, it portrays how, after countless failures, an ordinary person, shackled by emotional burdens and debt, stumbles onward in search of a way home that truly belongs to them. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Desert Island: While Others Fight to Survive, I Build a Civilization 荒岛：别人求生，我开创一个文明 This novel has no System, no harem, no primitive tribesmen, and no pirates. It's a pure deserted-island survival story: through primitive hunting and farming, the characters establish a foothold on the island, build a thriving community, develop agriculture and industry, and create a civilization. 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 My Wife Betrayed Me: I Transformed into the Crown Prince 妻子背叛：摇身一变成太子 Su Yang, the young heir to the Su Group, turns himself into a good-for-nothing to spare his working-class wife from feeling inferior. He does nothing all day, just to stay by her side. Little does he know that this will lead to her betrayal. From then on, Su Yang stops hiding his true self and soars like a dragon emerging from the sea. She betrayed me because my mediocrity made her lose her awe of me. Having been through it once, I understand that strength is everything. Why didn't concubines in 1.2kReads6.8Score104Shelves
- 23 My Date with a Vampire: Ten Thousand Corpses Bow Before Me, Leaving Ma Xiaoling Stunned 僵约：开始万尸朝拜，惊呆马小玲 Kuang Lingxuan never imagined that revisiting a classic would make him transmigrate. He arrived in 1990s Hong Kong, reborn as Houqing, one of the Four Ancestors of the Jiangshi. He met the beautiful Celestial Master Ma Xiaoling and the immortal detective Kuang Tianyou. But as he gradually became involved, he discovered that the story held countless conspiracies and secrets that had never been revealed on screen. What was the mystery behind the universe’s origins and Pangu creating the world? Whe 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 My Wife's Lies and Betrayal 妻子的谎言与背叛 My wife and I have been married for over a year, and things have always been good between us. But lately, she’s been acting strangely, often leaving early and coming home late. I’ve started to suspect she’s cheating... [Suspecting an affair → investigating step by step → a shocking ending] 16Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 25 After My Wife Cheated, I Married Her Lover's Girlfriend 妻子出轨后、我娶了她情夫的女友 After My Wife Cheated, I Married Her Lover's Girlfriend —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The New Age of Countercurrents 新逆流时代 Top business fixer Chen Qiming was betrayed by his closest friend and wife in his previous life. He died unjustly, his family destroyed. Now he wakes up back in his college days with nothing to his name. His mother is gravely ill, while his childhood sweetheart remains steadfastly by his side. In this life, he swears to turn his fate around and protect everyone he cares about. Starting with a few covert battles on campus, he uses his previous life's insight into human nature and his foresight in 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 A Hot Girl Crawled Out of a Lonely Coffin 孤棺里爬出个辣妹子 “Damn it, who the hell dragged me to this godforsaken place?” Su Wan, a special forces soldier nicknamed the Guokui Beauty, wakes up one day to find herself climbing out of a coffin, reincarnated as a discarded empress who died five years ago and was banished to the Cold Palace. Her old nemesis, the former imperial consort, now rules the inner palace? She’ll take her down! The powerful minister who once framed her now has the court in his grip? She’ll slap him silly! She rolls up her sleeves, re —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Made the Scapegoat and Dumped, I Shake the Capital with a Confidential Report! 背黑锅被退婚，一篇内参动京华！ His powerful patron dies in a fall from a building, and his fiancée promptly breaks off their engagement, leaving him caught in a massive political storm. At the darkest point in his life, An Zhiheng writes an internal report that shakes the capital and turns his fortunes around. From then on, he rises through the ranks at astonishing speed, becoming a department head in three years and entering the provincial leadership in five. His career in government goes into overdrive, as he writes his own 72.3kReads8.2Score7kShelves
- 29 The Old Teahouse's Last Winter 老茶馆的最后一个冬天 The Last Winter at the Old Teahouse —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I Became an Internet Celebrity in the Underworld 我在阴司当网红 Introduction I'm a Taoist priestess who livestreamed metaphysics theories in the living world and never encountered a real ghost. Then I got so excited over a 200,000-yuan tip that I keeled over on the spot. When I woke up, I was standing in the gloomy Hall of the King of Hell. The judge told me my allotted lifespan wasn't over, but that the way I died was too embarrassing. Since I was here anyway, I might as well get back to my old line of work in the underworld. Who could have guessed that the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Tomb Raiding: I Accidentally Turned into a Jiangshi 盗墓：我不小心变成了僵尸 The dashing Gu Mu was a master tomb raider, but one day, a grave-robbing expedition went badly and he was cursed to become a zombie. Far from costing him his life, the curse took his tomb-raiding skills to the next level, letting him plunder the feng shui treasures of ancient tombs without restraint. So what if he became a zombie? Watch Gu Mu rise again as a mighty Zombie God! 483Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Honest Man Strikes Back! 进击的老实人！ [Multiple heroines, revenge] Zhang Ze married Qin Yining after graduating from college. After the wedding, he, his wife, and their son lived happily as a family of three. But during a trip back to his hometown for a banquet, he learned from his parents about a fortune-telling prophecy they had hidden from him all along. An early death, and no heirs for the Zhang family. A paternity test and a car accident leave his heart in pieces. Afterward, Zhang Ze discovers that revenge is surprisingly easy. 2kReads7.2Score134Shelves
- 33 A Novel by an Old Fourth Who Only Wants to Make Money 只想挣钱的老四的一本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 35Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 34 My Wife Is Three Months Pregnant, but I’ve Been Away on Business for Half a Year. She Cried and Said She Loves Me 我老婆怀孕三个月，可我已出差半年，她哭着说爱我 My wife is three months pregnant, but I've been away on a business trip for six months. She cried and told me she loves me. 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Yun Che: On the First Day After Being Reborn, I Sent My Cheating Boyfriend to Prison 云澈：重生第一天我把出轨男友送进监狱 Yun Che: Reborn on Day One, I Sent My Cheating Boyfriend to Prison —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Survival for All: Farming with Auntie 全民求生，我和阿姨一起种地 [Age Gap + Multiple Heroines + Survival and Building + Ruthless Action + All-People Desert Island + Pets + Daily Life + Farming] After Yun Mo is reborn, everyone is transported to a deserted island. While others are still worrying about finding food, he has already used seeds from the System to start farming and make a fortune. His daily life on the island is spent doting on his wife and raising their child. After being reborn, he marries Aunt Luo, who protected him in a time of crisis, and take 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Call Me the Corpse Ancestor: It All Began with Refining My Fated Female Corpse 请叫我尸祖，从炼化本命女尸开始 Prologue · The Family Rules My family has three ancestral rules: First, never do business with anyone wearing a black suit and a silver-gray tie. Second, after midnight, if you hear someone knocking in a pattern of three short knocks followed by two long ones, hold your breath until the knocking stops. Third, and most important: every man in the Chen family must find a way to "marry" a thousand-year-old corpse once he turns twenty-two. For a hundred years, my family observed the first two rules, 142Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Decline of the Mystic Arts in 1999 1999年玄门末路 July 15, 1999. Ancestral home in a walled village in the New Territories, Hong Kong. The shadow of a century-old locust tree swayed wildly in the torrential rain. Lin Qingya held a peachwood sword before the incense altar. The Big Dipper carved into its blade shone with dazzling blue light. He looked down at the month-old baby girl in his arms. Seven cinnabar moles on her left shoulder formed the shape of a ladle, mirroring the constellation carved on the sword. “Master, the Array of a Hundred G 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Ghost-Dreaded Girl’s KPI Crisis 鬼见愁少女的KPI危机 Midnight, at the mass graveyard south of the city. Su Xiaocan held up her phone stand and flashed the camera a professionally fake smile. “Come on, guys, send those gifts! The streamer’s about to give you a performance: dancing on a grave!” She hit play on the speaker. The blaring strains of “The Most Dazzling Folk Style” instantly shattered the cemetery’s silence. As she danced, she stole glances at her phone screen. [User 7438: The streamer’s badass! I think the third grave on the left just mo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Star-Eyed Era: Ruling the Nine Heavens with My Eyes 星瞳纪元之瞳御九天 During a family crisis, Yun Che accidentally awakens the Star Eyes while protecting his loved ones, catching his first glimpse of the wonders of ocular arts: “See Through All Things” and “Predict Trajectories.” This section focuses on the profound physical and mental changes he undergoes upon awakening, as well as his shock and confusion. The Path of Cultivation, First Display of Brilliance: Yun Che joins the Tianshu Sect and meets Feng Buyu, who guides him on his path. Under the sect’s tutelag 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Apocalypse Descends: From the Start, I Have an Orphanage 末世降临：开局一座孤儿院 Apocalypse Descends: From the Start, I Have an Orphanage, and Brother Jin Goes on a Rampage Cold raindrops pelted the rusted iron gate of Sunshine Welfare Home like bullets, rattling against it. Dirty floodwater had already risen past the ankles in the courtyard. The branches of several old trees swayed helplessly in the gale, as if foreshadowing some impending disaster. Brother Jin stood at the far end of the second-floor corridor, a cheap cigarette between his lips. Through the swirling smoke, 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Above the Undercurrent: Ding Yi's Political Career 潜流之上：丁一官场记 Through Ding Yi's ups and downs in the political arena and the intertwined fates of several women, this novel explores how individuals can hold on to their ideals, conscience, and principles amid the tide of power's unspoken rules, and ultimately achieve redemption and reshape their sense of purpose. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 My Useless Spiritual Root: Reforming the Cultivation World With Toxic Advice 废灵根的我，靠毒鸡汤整顿修仙界 I transmigrated into the world of cultivation, but my spiritual root was so useless that the spirit-testing stone shattered on the spot. With no other choice, I became a rogue cultivator, and everyone mocked me as “the lowest of the low in the cultivation world, walking around on two legs.” That was until I offered the Sword Venerable some advice: “Fellow Daoist, your heart of the Dao is unsteady.” The Sword Venerable achieved enlightenment right there and then, dropped to his knees, and begged 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Day I Was Born, I Was Covered in Hair, and the Underworld Marshal Came to My Door 我出生那天，全身长毛，阴帅拜门 I was born covered in hair. The Yin Marshal came to my door, frightening the midwife to death, and I was branded a harbinger of disaster. Demons ran rampant, and the entire village was wiped out. My master passed down a Yellow Skin Book to me. From then on, I took charge of yin and yang, and turned the universe upside down. 1.9kReads7.6Score140Shelves
- 45 Jiangshi World: From the Start, I’m Sacrificed Alive to the Corpse King 僵尸世界：开局被活祭尸王 Wang Yu transmigrates into Uncle Jiu’s zombie world, only to be tied to an altar by the villagers and offered alive as a sacrifice to the Corpse King from the start. Just as all seems lost, a yellow talisman falls from the sky. The man has arrived! He activates the System, receives rewards, and becomes Uncle Jiu’s disciple. In this land overrun by zombies, he will defy fate and change his destiny! 42Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 46 No One Knows More About Raft Survival Than I Do 没有人比我更懂木筏求生 Everyone transmigrates to a raft survival world, where they get a free choice from the start. 1. A stunning beauty. 2. A perfect grappling hook. 3. One ton of gold. 4. An accelerated water purifier. Which one would be the best choice? Chu Feng: “I choose the stunning beauty!” 319Reads5.5Score105Shelves
- 47 Zhou Xiaoxiao's 23rd Book 周晓晓第23本书 In his previous life, Wang Xiangdong was an utter failure. His wife, a deputy director at the County Party Committee Office, divorced him, and he spent his whole life being pushed around! This time, Wang Xiangdong is reborn at the very moment his wife, the deputy director, divorces him. What will he choose to do? By a twist of fate, he saves a beautiful leader and rises rapidly through the ranks. 121Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 48 Hunted by a Taoist Priest, I Built a Blood Slave Farm to Cultivate 被道长追杀，我建血奴农场修行 He wakes up inside a coffin, reborn as a zombie. When an exorcist clan heir and a zombie-hunting Taoist priest raid the zombie lair, he has no choice but to flee. To survive in this world of spirits and monsters, he must grow stronger. He cultivates the Corpse King Immortal Scripture. Since zombies drink blood, he raises livestock and builds his own blood-slave farm. He grows spirit plants, has his zombie maid herd cattle, and puts a female water ghost in charge of the fishpond... 698Reads—Score105Shelves
- 49 After Discovering My Wife's Secret, I Made Her Regret It 发现妻子的秘密后，我让她悔疯了 After Discovering My Wife's Secret, I Made Her Regret It 73Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Betrayal: My Wife’s Lies 背叛：妻子的谎言 After an impulsive flash marriage, I married a beautiful, wealthy woman. I never imagined she would go behind my back… 82Reads6.8Score100Shelves
