Novels like Listening to Zen Night After Night, Desire Awakens with Every Step
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- 101 Honey Thief 贪蜜 An alternate Republican-era setting, faithful to each other, slow burn, simmering tension, mildly sweet, no angst, romance-focused. · A restrained, proper, celibate patriarch, and an honest, timid beauty. · As a bride brought in to bring good fortune, Ye Zhaodi hoped she'd get the chance to leave the Fu household and live a quiet, respectable life on her own. She never expected to catch the attention of a man who seemed so virtuous and gentlemanly. From then on, she could never leave this place. 6.1kReads9.2Score72114d adds
- 102 Little Brother, Take It Easy 弟弟，轻点撩 Little Brother, Take It Easy When You Flirt 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 After Seeing the Future, I Begged My Wife Not to Divorce Me 预知未来后，跪求老婆别离婚 The night my brother-in-law cracked my head open with a liquor bottle, I finally gained the ability to foresee the future. I remembered how my gambling had forced my parents to sell their home, turned my siblings against each other, brought my wife to tears, and left my child afraid of me. I’d even stolen my in-laws’ retirement savings, and my brother-in-law had lost his future because of me. Everyone had given up on me completely. Now, watching the vivid scenes of the future unfold in my mind, 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Happy Life of a Reborn Military Wife 重生军嫂的幸福生活 A Reborn Military Wife’s Happy Life 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Nie Xiaoqian Stole My Soul 聂小倩勾走了我的魂 After my girlfriend Liu Yiyi broke up with me... Nie Xiaoqian, a thousand-year-old female ghost Bai Niangzi, a thousand-year-old snake demon Tian Tiantian, a cool beauty of a police officer Bai Sisi, a seductive dancer Su Ying, beautiful as a celestial maiden Xu Shiyun, an innocent young woman Han Ruyan, a sexy married woman One beautiful woman after another barges into my life. Is it good luck in love, or a romantic curse...? 380Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 106 The Rouge Calamity of War: Cao Feiyan, the Warlord 烽火胭脂劫：枭帅曹飞燕 She was born and her mother died because of it. At seven, her father sold her into a brothel. On the night she was forced to entertain her first customer at fourteen, Cao Feiyan drove a red-hot candlestick through the madam's throat. She fled into a ravine of the dead. When she was down to her last breath, the bandit chief lifted her chin. “Girl, can you handle a gun?” Five years later, the old chieftain died suddenly, and the three leaders were drenched in blood in the Hall of Brotherhood. No o 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Wanwan Bends the Green Pine 婉婉折青松 The Cold-Blooded Warlord and His Lovely Wife, a companion novel to Snowy Parasol Tree [Republican-Era Romance + A Love Lost in Bitterness + Love at First Sight] Word has it that Zhou Songyu met with disaster in Beiping. Zhou Songyu was dead. On the day of her wedding, Duan Yiwan was supposed to marry Shen Zhuqing, but her stepmother and older sister, Duan Yibao, switched the marriage and sent her to the Zhou family instead. Unexpectedly, Zhou Songyu returned three years later. It turned out She 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 War-Torn Romance: The Young Marshal's Contracted Mistress 烽烟为聘：少帅的契约外室 Jiang Xinyue, the Commander's daughter, was forced to become a surrogate for her older sister. Made to sign a humiliating contract, she became Rong Qiubai, the Governor of Jiangzhong's secret mistress in the military, imprisoned in a gilded cage and cut off from the light of day. She treated him coldly; he had been plotting for a long time. He took her by force, and she was consumed by hatred and love. The warlord's young master, Zheng Hemin, her childhood sweetheart, went mad for her. He used w 852Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Village Elders Taught Me Cultivation, but All I Learned Was How to Cook Snails 全村大佬教我修仙，我学会了煮螺 My name is Yu Xiaoyao, a healer led astray by ten powerful masters. The Sword Maniac taught me swordsmanship, so I trained a flying sword the size of a fingernail that’s only good for slicing fruit. The Bruiser taught me boxing, and I invented my own “Trash-Talk Fist,” cursing until my opponents lose their nerve. The Wine Immortal taught me spells, but all I know is “Blind You Silly,” which makes enemies cover their eyes and roll around. No healing required. As for the ancient divine weapon, t 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Path of Medicine in the Primordial Yellow World 玄黄医途 The Path of Medicine in the Xuanhuang Realm —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Loving You for Eight Years in the Name of Friendship 以朋友之名，爱你八年 I loved you for eight years in the name of friendship. 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 112 Transmigrated to the Republic of China: I Became a Literary Master 穿越之我在民国当文豪 (Whether the rating goes up is up to fate.) Chen Haisheng, a history graduate student, sets off for his thesis defense in a sharp suit, expecting a bright future. Instead, he turns a corner and ends up in Beiping in 1915. His wealth of knowledge is no match for half a silver dollar; his lofty ideals leave him drifting like duckweed in a troubled age. He had planned to become a celebrated plagiarist, but then he saw that this era had already fallen into the abyss. With a turn of his pen, he becom 2.1kReads8.4Score23014d adds
- 113 The 1998 Mystery 九八迷局 Ma Yueyue's nightmare began when she acted as a lookout during a kidnapping. From then on, every step she took led her straight into a carefully laid trap. How can she save herself? What will become of her? 15Reads—Score414d adds
- 114 The One Whose Fate Record Was Left Blank 命籍留白者 The One Whose Fate Record Is Blank 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 The Listening Deer 鹿聆 [Love after marriage + both dreaming of someone else + everyday life raising a child] In the misty Jiangnan rain that year, one breathtaking glimpse made him think he’d found the greatest happiness of his life. Only later did he realize that first meeting had become the deepest longing he would never fulfill. In time, they would both understand. Love was never about possession. It was me freezing a thousand miles of land for you, until one day the spring waters broke free on their own. 282Reads8.6Score10314d adds
- 116 The Early Years of the Late Tang 残唐初土 The Early Years of the Late Tang 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 A Conscience-Driven Liquor 良心酒 Honest Liquor 20Reads—Score114d adds
- 118 Reborn as a Young Landlord in Republican-Era China 重生民国小地主 Reborn in the twenty-fourth year of the Republic of China. Bai Zhu had only one thought: keep the Bai family alive through these chaotic times. A severe drought, the Yellow River bursting its banks, waves of refugees, an invasion by the Japanese... A few brief lines in a history book meant the despair of people dying every day for him. He had a pocket dimension, but he couldn’t risk letting anyone find out. Outwardly unruly, he secretly used its water to fight the drought and save the fields, wh 4kReads6.2Score18014d adds
- 119 The Echo Museum of Old Things 旧物回音馆 Echoes of Old Things —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Can't Help Falling for You: When Shadows Fall in Love 偏偏喜欢你之暗影倾心时 Beneath Longcheng’s glittering surface, undercurrents churn. Military officers are dying one after another under mysterious circumstances, and suspicion hangs heavy in the air. Shen Wentao, a military academy prodigy renowned for his upright, stiff demeanor and lack of interest in women, is ordered to enter the heart of Longcheng’s most decadent whirlpool: the Forget Worry Dance Hall. His mission is to track down a mysterious killer codenamed “Eleven.” There, he meets Qingqing, the dance hall’s 126Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 I Transmigrated to Republican-Era China and Became the Most Useless Young Marshal 穿越民国：我成了最废少帅 Liu Luo, a criminal police captain, accidentally activates a spirit-communicating jade while accompanying female police captain Wen You to inspect cultural relics. The two transmigrate together to Jiangcheng in the Republic of China era. Liu Luo is mistakenly identified as Hong Qingshu, a good-for-nothing young marshal, while Wen You passes herself off as Ren Xinyi, a gang boss's daughter. Japanese officer Shanghu Mao disguises himself as a Japanese businessman and brings his children to Jiangch 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Qipao's Willow Waist 旗袍柳腰 A cheongsam and a willow-slim waist 2.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 123 A Match Made in Heaven, Brought Together by Chance 千里姻缘一地牵 [Just started getting ratings, and the score will rise 💹] 🌸🌸🌸🌸🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 [Marriage first, love later + contract marriage + two strong, intelligent leads + love grows over time + both virgins + happy ending] {Energy tycoon × daughter of a political family (pastry chef)} A romance between equals, the ultimate grown-up love story, with no angst and sweetness from beginning to end. Shi Ye raised an eyebrow and smiled playfully as he pressed her, “When did you start liking me?” Teng Si blinked and wag 151Reads8.8Score2014d adds
- 124 An Empty Fate, A Player at the Board 空命执棋 Playing the Game with an Empty Fate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Snatching Treasures in Republican-Era China: From the Start, I Steal Leng Qingqiu 民国捡漏，开局截胡冷清秋 Antique appraisal and treasure hunting + TV and film fan fiction + multiple heroines + portable space + fighting Japanese invaders. In the turbulent years of the late Qing and early Republic, China is impoverished and weak, surrounded by foreign powers while its people suffer in misery. Antique appraiser Lu Xiuyuan arrives through transmigration with a portable space, makes a name for himself in the antiques trade, and rides boldly into the world of beautiful women. He seizes a hundred tons o 40.7kReads7.3Score3.8k14d adds
- 126 Old Tales of Qianzhou: The Young Marshal's Kept Man 黔州旧事，少帅禁脔 In the chaotic Republic of China, warlords fought one another for power. Born a boy and considered an ill omen, he struggled to survive, unwanted by both his adoptive family and his birth parents. When he was fifteen, he found a two-year-old girl, and she became his only glimmer of warmth in those turbulent times. What they thought was a meeting that would save them both ultimately became a shackle and a cage. He nurtured her, helping her grow strong and giving her wings to fly, yet refused to l 227Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 I Transmigrated into a Book and Was Spoiled by the Protagonist I Abandoned 穿书，我被自己抛弃的主角宠坏了 "No Golden Finger" "Breaking the Traditional Transmigration Story" "A Scheming CEO and His Wolfish Younger Lover in a Tense Tug-of-War to Protect His Beloved Older Sister" After author Shiyi submitted the completed manuscript of a short novel, she was unexpectedly invited by Chu Xingchen, a character she had created, into an abandoned outline. What followed was a series of fun, flirtatious scenes as he pursued her. Don't miss these exciting moments: she is drugged and becomes the antidote; she i 58Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 128 One Taste Was All It Took: The Crown Prince Is Hooked 初次尝鲜，太子爷上瘾了 [Carefree, rebellious young master × beautiful, tragic dream girl, strong yet fragile] Shen Yanci lived life boldly and without restraint, until he met her. He was the young master everyone in Beijing’s elite circles feared, rebellious on the racetrack and dismissive of love. Yet he fell hard for Su Nianxing. A drunk-driving incident led to a misunderstanding between them, and Su Nianxing personally ended their pregnancy… He was her sugar daddy, paying ten thousand each time. He hated her and qu 28kReads8.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 129 The Splendor of the Kingdom: Making a Visit to the King 观国之光：利用宾于王 Behold the Splendor of the Land: A Guest at the King's Court 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 I'm Not Useless, I'm Just Too Lazy to Act Like a Big Shot 真不是废物，只是懒得装大佬 I’m Not a Good-for-Nothing, I Just Can’t Be Bothered to Pretend I’m a Big Shot 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Don't Tease Me, My Back Can't Take It 别撩我腰会断 [A 28-year-old crime boss turns businessman|Roguishly handsome male lead|Male lead has no romantic past|Mistaken seduction|Sex before love|Forced love|Wild, flirtatious, and sensual|A mix of sweetness and angst|Pursuing his wife|Happy ending] After four years together, Lin Chuxi's boyfriend fell for someone else and decisively dumped her. Heartbroken, Lin Chuxi barged into a private room, gripped a man's chin, and kissed him forcefully. That soft, scorching kiss left Lu Zixi tingling all over. 41Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 132 His Lover Is Called Sister Liu 他的情人叫刘姐 His lover was called Sister Liu. 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 133 My Ex-Boyfriend’s Cousin Says He Wants to Date Me 前男友的表哥说，想跟我处对象 He Lina's boyfriend is considerate and gentle, but he can't protect her. After they break up, a dull ache lingers in her chest. She drinks herself into a stupor at a bar and runs into her ex-boyfriend's cousin. The man pulls her into his arms and quietly asks if she'll be with him. She can barely make out what he's saying. Dazed, she gazes at his strikingly familiar, handsome face and nods without thinking, an answer she would never give when sober. The man lowers his eyes, his deep voice fallin 5.8kReads—Score41214d adds
- 134 Transmigrate and Write Novels 穿越写小说 (A strong heroine in the Republican era: the birth of a generation-defining woman writer) A village girl unexpectedly transmigrates into the life of a wealthy young lady in the Republican era. Her three brothers, the ones who could stand up for her, are all on the battlefield. Her fiancé keeps pressuring her to call off the engagement. This is too much! Liu Maohua can only pick up her dreams again, writing about the decadent extravagance of high society, the struggle of ordinary people to surviv 123Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Little Fox Is Delicate and Soft, and the Abstinent Big Shot Is Addicted 小狐狸身娇体软，禁欲大佬上瘾了 [Beautiful, adorable fox spirit + cold-faced, secretly passionate heir to a wealthy family] [The powerful one bows his head] [The little fox spirit flirts without realizing it] [1v1] Lu Chen, a young master from the capital's elite circles, returns from studying abroad. His overbearing father forces him to get engaged to a wealthy heiress, using it as an excuse to arrange a political marriage. But he's only twenty-five, and marriage still seems a long way off. - While praying for her grandmother 5.3kReads—Score19414d adds
- 136 Restoring Time, Just to Meet You 修复时光，只为遇见你 [Two equally strong leads + both transmigrate + pure sweetness + love for their country and people] She is a modern student of cultural relic restoration; he is a warlord in Republican-era Shanghai. When she transmigrates, she becomes the wife promised to him when he was a child. They weather the chaos of war together, always understanding and supporting each other. There’s more to her identity than meets the eye. He risks his life to protect her, and when everything is finally settled, he follo 175Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 An ER Doctor Can’t Cure a Mad Dog, But Can Treat Its Owner 急诊医生治不了疯狗，但能治狗主人 An emergency doctor can’t cure a rabid dog, but they can treat its owner. 63Reads—Score314d adds
- 138 The Mysterious Pivot of Dunjia: Eight Gates That Guard the World 遁甲玄枢：八门镇世 The Mysteries of Dunjia: Eight Gates Subdue the World 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 A Beauty in Troubled Times: Scheming for Love and Survival 乱世佳人，谋爱亦谋生 [Strong heroine: A brilliant, alluring woman in the Republic of China era + play the pig to eat the tiger + espionage] Shen Tangli knows how to turn circumstances to her advantage and remains clear-headed and independent. She seeks revenge and a way to make a living. To uncover the truth behind her mother’s death, she deliberately uses her beauty to become the young marshal’s woman, leveraging his power to exact revenge. Once her revenge is complete, she leaves. The Japanese invade, the city fa 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Republican Era: I Get a One-Yuan Instant Buy Every Month 民国：我每月一元秒杀 A hyperdimensional mini-supermarket: one silver dollar. A 5,000-square-meter mansion in Dongjiaomin Lane: one silver dollar. A personal arsenal, bullets, and munitions factory: one silver dollar. A 10,000-ton ocean liner: one silver dollar. A small thermal power plant with a capacity of 300,000 kilowatts: one silver dollar. A personal space measuring 100 meters in length, width, and height, with a total volume of one million cubic meters: one silver dollar. A fully automated personal farm where 494Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 141 After Marriage, the Tide Rises 婚后潮起 [Married first, fell in love later; no angst, sweet romance; a strong heroine with a solid sense of self; an upright, open-minded hero] Zhou Ying thought she had few emotional needs, but Qi Tianye’s thoughtfulness and tenderness gradually wore down her defenses. In the end, she still fell for him. Qi Tianye had always thought he would only fall in love once in his life. He had never imagined that another woman could find her way into his heart. “Do you believe in love at first sight?” “No.” “Wh 2kReads—Score15714d adds
- 142 Demon Bones Entwined with Buddha 妖骨缠佛 🔥 Unhinged dancer × celibate avenger | Two powerful, unhinged leads | Love and hate intertwined [Not for readers who require both leads to be sexually inexperienced · A treat for tragic-romance fans] [Faked death and impersonation × Reunion after amnesia × Twin mystery × Blood feud written in fate] I was once a nun, keeping watch over a ruined temple, reciting Buddhist sutras, and waiting for revenge. That is, until a man more bewitching than a demon lifted my curtain. He was the Shen family’s 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Shirt Buttons of a Beijing Girl 北京大妞的衬衫纽扣 A Beijing Girl’s Shirt Buttons 186Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 我凭梦境记忆追到了梦里的老婆 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Dreaming of the Pearl River 梦回珠江 This work is based on the revolutionary history of the Guangdong Army. Its characters and relationships were inspired by stories passed down by word of mouth among the elders. It tells of soldiers’ choices between their country and their love during the revolutionary era… 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 After Our Whirlwind Wedding, the Reserved Tycoon Keeps Me Up All Night 闪婚后，禁欲大佬夜夜缠宠 [One-on-one romance + devoted couple; his perspective: he planned it all along. Her perspective: married first, fell in love later] Wen Nian was weak all over from his kisses and could no longer hold back. Soft moans slipped unconsciously through her lips, mingling with her ragged breathing. “Nian, who are you with?” Dong Yu'an instantly sensed something was wrong on the other end of the phone, his voice suddenly turning urgent. Li Sinan lifted his eyes. Possessiveness and displeasure churned 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Great Yong's First Empress and Medicine Merchant 大庸第一女皇药商 [Fictional ancient setting] [Strong female lead] [Soul transmigration] Tang Yiru, daughter of the Great Yong's famed physician and top scholar Tang Wenxu, transmigrates into a farming family. The original owner had a brown birthmark and was forced by her stepmother to marry a lame hunter. After enduring terrible abuse, she died beneath a fire poker. Now inhabiting her body, Tang Yiru awakens the Cloudmist Mountain realm her father left behind, accompanied by a thousand-year-old lotus spirit. She 182Reads8.8Score10414d adds
- 148 The Night I Rented a Room, I Discovered My Landlady's Secret 租房那晚，我撞破女房东的秘密 A colossal debt traps a stunning landlady. One high-stakes showdown unleashes the city's hidden undercurrents. A powerless maintenance worker relies on his brute strength to take on a paranoid tycoon and bring down a black-gold empire! 667Reads—Score10414d adds
- 149 A Quiet Understanding of Yan's Heart 微微知砚心 In the autumn of 1934, on a rainy night in Ningcheng, fate brought two people from different worlds together without warning. The down-and-out writer Bai Zhiwei clutched her father’s manuscript as she hurried through the rain, nearly colliding with a black military car beneath the dim streetlights. The pages scattered across puddles like white butterflies, the ink bleeding in the rain. The car door opened, and military boots crushed the reflections on the wet ground. Gu Yanqing, the warlord’s so 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Rise and Fall of a Landlord in Republican China 民国地主沉浮 In the turbulent year 1941, war and chaos reign, and the people live in misery. Against the backdrop of the times, the Qi family landlord’s household experiences both joy and sorrow, as each member faces their own fate. This is the story of what the Qi siblings witnessed and experienced from the Republic of China era through the founding of New China. 184Reads—Score—14d adds
