Novels like Cold Light
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Cold Light, best match first.
- 1 After Dropping the Act, the Young Master Chases Me and Spoils Me 摊牌不装后，太子爷追着宠 [HE + both leads are sexually pure + younger man/older partner romance + top-level power-player vs. fake innocent flower + later pursues her husband + break up and reunite] (A completely sweet story, with no angst at all. The heroine won’t be weakened, and the author is very particular about both leads being sexually pure, so there’s no need to worry about that.) “My beloved forgot the promise we made as children, so I waited for her year after year. I can only ever love her.”, Song Huaiye. Syno —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 What Do You Mean, My Crush Likes Me Back? 什么叫我暗恋的人也暗恋我？ What do you mean, the person I have a crush on has a crush on me too? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Transmigrating to Farm: I Upgraded the System into a Husband 穿越种田：我把系统升级成了相公 Transmigration / Farming / System / Strong Female Lead / Everyday Family Life Modern-day corporate drudge Jiang Liu transmigrates to a poor, remote village in ancient times. Her family consists only of her grandmother and older brother. The villagers say Jiang Liu’s parents died because she brought them bad luck, and they consider her the village’s little jinx. After transmigrating, Jiang Liu not only improves her family’s living conditions but also helps the entire village prosper. Soon, peopl —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Youth by the Huai River 淮河边的青春 By the Huai River lies Huai Shui, a quiet little city where our protagonist, Wang Che, lives. Wang Che dropped out of middle school. While others were still buried in their books preparing for the college entrance exams, he had already experienced all sorts of ups and downs back in his hometown. Later, he left home to make his way in the world. Just as he began to achieve some success, the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 After Transferring Schools, I Accidentally Became the Male Lead of an Anime 转学后竟无意间成了动漫男主 [Easygoing Daily Life] [Multiple Heroines] [First Person] [No System] [No Factional Infighting] My name is Jiang Chen, and I'm an ordinary first-year high school student with pretty good relationships and grades near the top of my class. I thought my high school life would stay quiet and uneventful, but then everything changed in the second semester. My grandfather owns a business in Japan, and when he suddenly fell ill, he decided to retire and return home to recuperate. With nobody to manage t 330Reads—Score206Shelves
- 6 Midnight Chitchat! 886 Chilling Short Stories 夜半闲聊！886个惊悚短篇故事 Why would anyone eat their own children? Why keep giving birth to deformed babies? Why is the severed limb in the trunk moving? These terrifying short stories are waiting for you! Who says a short story can’t scare you just because it isn’t a long-winded epic? From modern times, ancient times, and the Republican era to workplace hauntings, supernatural events that really happened around you, bizarre cases, and legendary ghosts and monsters... 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 7 On the Run with Lucifer 和路西法逃亡 [Devoted, forward bottom + slow-witted, gentle top] [Supernatural disaster + apocalypse + special abilities + growing male lead + one-way empathy + male-male leads] In 2168, humanity's excessive mining caused a dangerous substance known as “Damu Asmotas” to erupt from deep beneath the surface of Lanxing. Ai Wei, a 17-year-old high school student, immediately volunteered for human enhancement. During a sweep-and-clear mission, he met a man who was out of touch with society and took him in. Later, 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Three Sages of the Ashen Lands 烬土三圣 Cultivators follow one of two paths: black or white. Those who cultivate the Human Dao hold fast to their original hearts and uphold human bonds, but their power remains limited for life, making it impossible to break through the direst trials. Those who fall to the Demon Dao gain immense strength and transcend the mortal body, but lose their conscience and all their humanity. Since time immemorial, humans and demons have walked separate paths, with no exceptions. But Lin Tianwu is determined —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Memory Cafeteria: My Nemesis and I Share a Stomach 记忆食堂：我和死对头共享一个胃 Other people open shops to make money. Chen Shi opens a shop that could cost him his life. That’s because he doesn’t sell food. He sells memories. Swallow a boxing champion’s memories, and you become a street-fighting king. Swallow a top student’s memories, and knowledge pours straight into your brain. Then, one rainy night, a woman drenched from head to toe bursts into his shop and shouts, “Don’t touch that pot of soup!” Too late. A forbidden memory enters his body, forcibly binding their stoma —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Gray Wolf of the Wilderness 山野之苍狼 (Transmigration + rebirth + mystery + treasure hunting + business warfare + ruthless ambition) Zhen Buhui, a modern-day underachiever and frustrated shopkeeper, is egged on by his childhood friend Erdan to set off under cover of night with the heroine, Zhang Ying, and carry out a plan at Mount Bai. Who could have guessed that beside a spirit stone, they would be surrounded by a pack of wolves... and accidentally transmigrate to the late Qing dynasty? Faced with the desperate struggle to surviv 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Fold the Moon 折月亮， [The Ex-Wife Chase of Regret + Rivals Competing for Her + A Powerful Man Bows His Head] [Selfish, cold-blooded business tycoon CEO VS independent, resilient beauty with striking features] At eighteen, Xu Mingyue fell in love with Gu Wangshu at first sight. At twenty, Xu Mingyue became Gu Wangshu’s nameless, unofficial lover. Seven years passed, and Gu Wangshu still kept her by his side. Everyone in their circle thought he would treat Xu Mingyue differently. At a birthday party, a friend asked ab 7.3kReads—Score334Shelves
- 12 The Entire Internet Is Telling Me to Get Out of the Entertainment Industry 全网都在喊我滚出娱乐圈 Lin Ruobin debuted at the age of five. His innate talent for acting won audiences' hearts, and he spent most of his childhood on film sets and in hotels. At eighteen, he left the entertainment industry to take the college entrance exam, earning outstanding grades and getting into Jingshi Normal University. He returned to acting during his freshman-year summer break and won Best Actor for a film about a same-sex relationship, co-starring Huang Yihong. Huang Yihong pursued Lin Ruobin relentlessly 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Romance the Heroine? No, I Choose the Evil Supporting Girl 攻略女主角？不，我选恶毒女配 [Transmigrate into a book + lousy System + cute gap-moe villainess | villain couple + sweet romance] Lin Jialuo, an overworked office drone in the 21st century, dies after another late night at work and transmigrates into the CEO romance novel The Iceberg Beauty's Spoiled Arrogance, becoming the villainous male supporting character Gu Yeci. The System tells him: Win over the heroine Bai Ningbing, and once her affection reaches 90, you can go home. So he spends two whole years trailing the icy go 804Reads—Score112Shelves
- 14 Captain Lu, the Consultant Is Eating Pancakes at the Scene Again 陆队，顾问又在现场吃煎饼 At a murder scene on a rainy night, criminal investigation captain Lu Zheng ran into an outrageous man. Shen Si was squatting outside the police cordon, holding a pancake in one hand and a sheet of paper in the other. From the scene alone, he pinpointed the breakthrough in the case. A doctoral candidate in criminal psychology at a prestigious university, he had dropped out and acquired a distinctly down-to-earth air. His essential crime-solving equipment was a hot pancake, and he had only two co 3.3kReads—Score701Shelves
- 15 The Empress Can't Possibly Be a Sweet, Silly Girl 皇后不可能是傻白甜 [Childhood Sweethearts + Sweet on the Outside, Scheming on the Inside + Fresh Premise + Equally Matched + Happy Ending] Ruan Xianing is the daughter of a military family, a little princess of the Ruan family, who was raised as the apple of their eye. When she was six, she caught a glimpse of Si Yunheng in the imperial garden, and that single look lasted a lifetime. Her admiration and affection changed the course of his life. His mother died young, and he was never favored. He was often beaten an 181Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Hey, How Can an Office Worker Escape the Dragon Realm? 在？打工人如何逃离龙界 [Slow Burn] [Light Novel] [Youthful] [Mystery] [16 Personality Types] [Daily Life] [Plot] [Subplots] [Comedy] This is a mystery novel with an imaginative premise, a sweeping world, and a subtle romance aimed at female readers. The protagonist appears in a world that is already fully established and explores mysteries from the past. [Clear-Headed, Unhinged Dragon Prince ENTP x Fearless, Passionate Law Enforcer Evans ENFJ] Evans is the youngest department head in the Divine Realm. His unreliable 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 A Starbound Journey in Ink 墨色赴星途 (The writing is terrible, and it was wrapped up in a rush. Now that it's finished, I can't even revise it.) Two male leads + mutual pining + both virgins + seemingly aloof, secretly devoted gong + gentle, reserved, strong-willed shou Jiang Mochen returns to his hometown after nine years away, determined to make a fresh start. When construction on his cafe begins, he discovers that the designer he's been coordinating with online all along is Qi Changgeng. The seal on the past slowly loosens, and 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Evening Star Shines over Beichen 北辰有晚星 Ten years after sitting beside each other in high school, two people whose friendship had almost become love meet again at the hotel where she is negotiating a deal. She is married with a child, worn down by a marriage with a man who is "stingy to the bone." He is an unmarried, childless aerospace PhD who has just been recruited back to her city. Can they finally finish the half-sentence they left unsaid all those years ago? 31Reads—Score102Shelves
- 19 It's Either Black or White 非黑即是白 [Two Male Leads | Crime Investigation | Suspense | Secret Crush | Mutual Love] [A straight-laced, poker-faced workaholic crime squad captain vs. a refined, gentle online novelist with a steadfast heart] Lian Jiang, a moderately successful writer, is innocently caught up in a murder case. At last, he meets Xiao Suo, the crime squad captain he has always admired from afar, but their first meeting takes place in an interrogation room... His name is cleared, but another case soon emerges, and once 163Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Ghost 人鬼情未了。 A love that transcends death. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Cannon Fodder Top Woke Up 炮灰攻觉醒了 The Cannon Fodder Love Interest Awakens 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Senior Brother, I’m Into You 师兄我宣你 Senior Brother, I’m Into You —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 After Running Into My Crush on Tieba 在给吧偶遇自己暗恋的crush之后 After Bumping Into My Secret Crush on a Dating App 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Months After We Broke Up, My Ex-Boyfriend Forced Me to Get Back Together With Him 分手几个月后，前男友强制性要求我和他复合 A Few Months After We Broke Up, My Ex-Boyfriend Demanded That I Get Back Together With Him —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 How to Fall in Love with a Doctor 如何和医生谈上恋爱 How to Fall in Love with a Doctor 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Reincarnated in Another World, Starting as an Elf 异界转生，从精灵做起 Reborn in another world, I was born into an ordinary family. This is a fantastical world, a world of magic, where countless races dwell and make their homes on this planet. Werewolves, vampires, dragons, dwarves, elves, humans... What kind of life do you want to live? Here, I gained an exceedingly rare talent, one that could let me reach heights beyond the reach of ordinary people in a lifetime, just by sitting still. A divine artifact? Got one. A god's lifelong knowledge? Got that too. A talen 12Reads—Score170Shelves
- 27 Criminal Investigation: The Profiler Roasted Me into a Grinning Fool Again Today 刑侦：今天也被侧写师怼成翘嘴 Lu Zheng, captain of the special investigation unit, had never felt so aggrieved in all his years on the job. Su Wang, the new criminal profiler, was cool and aloof, impeccably refined, and razor-sharp with his words. He always knew exactly where to hit Lu Zheng. The whole team struggled to hold back their laughter as Captain Lu went from “a tyrant who picked fights with everyone” to “a man who took every verbal hit without complaint and still had to hand over candy,” all while holding himself 1.6kReads8.2Score263Shelves
- 28 Reincarnated as a Goblin? Unlock the Evolution System! 转生成为哥布林？解锁进化系统！ Light System + No Female Lead + Comedy + Transmigration + Scheming + Race Evolution My name is Li Ming, and I’ve always believed I wasn’t meant to be ordinary. I’ve always thought of myself as exceptional. Now I have a new name: Gobfan. That’s right, I unexpectedly reincarnated as a goblin living in a dark corner. Gobfan certainly fits the wish for greatness I told the System about. What? An Infinite Evolution System that lets me evolve just by eating the essence of flesh and blood? Great! Watch 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Wolf Captain’s Perfect Partner: The Rabbit Forensic Doctor Reports for Duty 最佳搭档狼队长的兔法医前来报道 “Make it through dawn, and a new hope will come.” Yan Mo is a steely, decisive criminal investigation team captain and the rebellious shareholder of his family business. He has no desire to inherit the family fortune and only wants to uphold justice. Skilled at handling all kinds of interpersonal relationships, he is a model captain. Zhou Sizhen is a genius forensic doctor. Combining the ancient art of the coroner with modern autopsy techniques, there is no body he cannot examine. One tears thr 213Reads—Score102Shelves
- 30 [Criminal Investigation] Into the Mystery 【刑侦】入谜 [Male-Male Romance | Strong Leads | HE | Both Pure] [Coolheaded Observer Top × Proud, Controlling Bottom] Lin Zhiren's first impression of Jiang Jingyan: What a poser. His second impression, after solving a case together with Jiang Jingyan: A poser with brains. His Nth impression, after solving plenty of cases together: Okay, he's actually pretty great. When every mystery points to the same answer, and his trust becomes a tool to be exploited, it feels as if an unseen hand is manipulating every 2.5kReads—Score423Shelves
- 31 Rose of the Wasteland 荒原玫瑰 [A refined rich heir + a brilliant young researcher + an arrogant, cold, and ill male lead + an ordinary, stubborn, and quirky female lead + he pursues, she retreats + older man/younger woman + growing together + healing romance] (Rich heir male lead × graduate student female lead) He was like a barren wasteland, where nothing could grow. Yet she became the only rose in that wasteland. … At thirty, Shao Muyuan was barely alive. He had no hope and nothing to look forward to, only day after day 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Broken Lines: My Life as a Stand-In at the Spirit Constructs Bureau 折线：我在灵构署当替身 I am Twilight, and the crease-shaped birthmark in my palm is a cold blue. They say Twilight birthmarks glow, a flaw that makes them unstable and prone to losing control. But Dawn birthmarks are gold to begin with, so their glow is impossible to notice. On the day the spirit-patterns exploded at Jinghua North Station, a thread of golden light appeared in my palm. Shen Du shielded me from the flying metal shards, helped me secure first authorship, and handed me a stabilizer. "You're the most talen 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 My Ex Won’t Stop Asking to Get Back Together 前男友非要求复合 [Two Male Leads] [Collection of Short Stories] [One-on-One Romance] [Sweet Romance] Story One: My ex-boyfriend suddenly reappears in my life after disappearing for years, shamelessly insisting that we get back together. Story Two: To turn down a younger man, I get together with his older brother. Story Three: How do you face someone you hate after sleeping with him? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Divine Path Through Long Years 神途载悠 The war of the gods shook heaven and earth, changing the very face of the world. The victors claimed the dazzling path to godhood, monopolized the world's blessings, and ruled the divine realm. The defeated had their paths of cultivation severed, were banished to desolate lands, and struggled to survive among mortals. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 A Double Life: I Became a Woman and Reached the Pinnacle of Life 双面人生，我靠变女走向人生巅峰 After sleeping one night, Xia Yan woke up in a woman's body. She does a hand dance in the cafeteria in front of everyone, then gets her period. She takes on missions as a woman and receives rewards as a man. Everyday antics with his hapless buddies, packed with wild ideas. The beginning seems quiet and uneventful, but it's planted with plenty of clues. If you think you're good at spotting the logic, see if you can figure it out. Only after Xia Yan charges ahead to success in the business wor 1.7kReads—Score281Shelves
- 36 The Moon Made Him King, and the Moon Brought His Downfall 因月而王，因月而亡 Otherworld #Genius #No System #Guns #High Martial Arts Across the Nine Provinces, martial strength reigns supreme. Those with special constitutions are blessed with extraordinary gifts, and bloodlines are paramount. Bound by the laws of heaven and earth, a person's bloodline determines the limits of their martial path. His name is Zhou Zhan, the sixth prince of Great Zhou, the most powerful kingdom in Shenzhou. Unwilling to stop at a seventh-turn bloodline, he resolutely heads to the frontier i 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Phoenix Sword Art and the Hidden Dragon Saber 凤诀剑与龙隐刀 [Jianghu Feuds + Court Intrigue + Treasure Hunting + Strange Encounters + Love and Passion + Fantasy Cultivation] Zhang Xutian is a kind-hearted young man and the descendant of a loyal family. After the Zhang household is slaughtered, he steals the Dragonhide Blade to save his mother, setting off a tangled story of love, hatred, and jianghu feuds involving Lin Xiaorou and Yu Xiaoyao. Beneath a cliff, he learns peerless martial arts. Later, he discovers that the Phoenix Art and the Dragonhide Bla 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Max-Level Player: She Courts Powerful Men to Stay Alive 满级海王：她靠攻略多位大佬续命 [Everyone’s Favorite + All the Men Compete for Her + 1vN + System + Multiple Male Leads + Love Rival Chaos] Lin Jingchan is God’s darling, blessed with divine favor. God grants her an angelic face and endless wealth, but condemns her to survive by feeding on the affection points she receives from men. The scheming heartthrob, sunny on the outside but dark within, weeps and begs her not to leave. The underworld heir, seemingly refined and handsome but actually ruthless, repeatedly makes exception 665Reads—Score123Shelves
- 39 Journey to the West: Raising the Great Sage with My Beloved Wife 西游：带着娇妻喂大圣 Big ideas + System + Journey to the West + fanfiction + everyday life + lighthearted + farming + invincible + alternate universe While others who transmigrate to Journey to the West are either fighting monsters or fleeing for their lives, Su Mu transmigrates to Two Realms Mountain and just wants to stay home with his adorable fox wife and quietly make porcelain. After awakening the Heavenly Craft Creation System, he discovers that as long as he and his wife are loving and devoted, he can make 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 His Little Sidekick Is a Little Sweet 他的小跟班有点甜 [Campus sweet romance / wealthy family / heroine pursues hero / straightforward flirting / happy ending] [Sweet, well-behaved heiress vs. aloof, solitary school bully] The spoiled heiress whom all the students avoided transferred into the school bully's class and became his desk mate. On her first day, she blinked her bright, sparkling eyes and asked sweetly, "Jiang, do you need a little sister? Can I call you Big Brother?" Jiang Minxu furrowed his brows and replied coldly, "No." Later, he p 1.7kReads—Score289Shelves
- 41 Listen to My Brother? Not a Chance. I’m Heading Next Door to Get Some Cuddles First 听哥哥的话？不存在的。我先去隔壁发呀的哄 Listen to my brother? Not a chance. First, I'll go next door and comfort Ya. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Sweet, Obedient Girl Catches the Eye of a True Playboy 软萌乖乖女惹上真浪子 [A scoundrel’s genuine love | bittersweet | older man | both leads are virgins | healing | happy ending] Strong-willed, pure little white flower x arrogant, unruly young rogue (Original title: Don’t Cry in My Arms) - She has a condition that makes her cry uncontrollably. He scolds her once, and she cries; she bumps her nose against his chest, and she cries. He likes her, and she cries; he doesn’t like her, and she cries. He lectures her: “Can’t you have some backbone as a learned person?” She no 5.4kReads—Score823Shelves
- 43 The Little Rascal and the Big Pervert 小坏蛋和大变态 [Two male leads + versatile couple + both virgins + modern setting + sweet romance] Depressed CEO × gentle movie star Yin Yuzhou has been secretly in love with someone for three years. One day, unable to bear missing him any longer, he goes to see him. Though that day is chaotic, he manages to win the man’s heart. Jiang Du has a complicated background and never thought he could have freedom or love, until someone barges into his world, topples the family that kept him captive, and gives him both 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Villain Is Reborn to Battle the Rebellious Daughter Again 反派重生再斗逆女 The Villain Is Reborn to Take on His Rebellious Daughter Again 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Wherever the Road May Lead 行至何方 [No Harem] [No Transmigration] [Wuxia] [Easy Read] Punish the wicked and uphold justice, pursue lofty ambitions, stand united, and trust that your teammates won't let you down. A rich, steadily unfolding plot, entirely hand-written and original, with an unusual, wild, and thrilling style! The story begins during the long-awaited school holidays. Young Xu Shi'an follows his adoptive father, a frontier general, to a military camp to learn martial arts. But war suddenly breaks out, setting off a st 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 I Am the Mystery 我才是神秘 [Lucifer] [Occultism] [Urban High Martial Arts] At some unknown point, [the Mysterious] arrived. Gods, supernatural phenomena, strange tales... Mysterious things beyond ordinary people's understanding began to manifest, and bizarre incidents occurred one after another around the world. People had no way of knowing what was happening or why. At the same time, there was a group of people who would delve into the mysteries even if they sank deep into the "swamp" of [the Mysterious]. People called t 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Book Transmigration: The Author Keeps Digging Pits and Never Fills Them 穿书：作者她挖坑不填 [Multiple CPs + Ensemble Cast + Arcs + Fantasy Cultivation] Each arc has a different protagonist, and the story is linked through the perspective of Jiang Zuiwan, the nominal main character. The type of each arc will be marked at the start: BG, GL, or female-no-romance, with a small amount of BL as well. -- Jiang Zuiwan suspected that some kind of unclean thing had set its sights on her. With the major exams approaching, she was dreaming every day, and all the people in her dreams were ancient f 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 After Being Killed by the Mad Younger Man I Raised Myself 被亲手养大的疯批年下杀了后 [Two Male Leads + 1v1 + Male Ghost Bottom + Both Inexperienced + Twists + A Touch of Bittersweetness] Content warnings are in the author's note of Chapter One. When Ji Shiduo was seven, his parents died in a car accident. When he was ten, fifteen-year-old Ying Deng took him in. Ying Deng was also an orphan at fifteen. When he came across Ji Shiduo in the suburbs, he felt sorry for the boy, who had no parents just like him. But Ying Deng still had the billions his parents had left him, while Ji S 135Reads—Score122Shelves
- 49 Nightmare Reset 噩梦重置 After stumbling into a dream game, the protagonist joins forces with the System to eliminate viruses and purify the game. How can they escape this eternal prison? Whose prayers should they heed? What is true Venusian beauty? Can paper cranes and nursery rhymes hold back the spirit of the tower? Should they forget or remember? Could there still be miracles beneath the deep blue sea? Why do the roses never wither? Faced with bitterness or joy, what will you choose? One game instance after another 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Emperor's Relentless Devotion: He Wants to Be Her One True Love 帝王硬宠！他要当她的挚爱 Transmigration + an emperor’s doting love + a touch of coercion early on + a little angst for flavor A life-preserving commoner girl who transmigrates VS a devoted, scheming emperor (Younger male lead; the female lead is a few years older) Su Qingsui dies suddenly of a heart attack and transmigrates into the body of a woman who was stabbed through the heart and left at a mass grave. Rescued by a village doctor, she earns her living as an assistant at an herbal medicine shop. One day, she takes 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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