Novels like Listening to Zen Night After Night, Desire Awakens with Every Step
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- 151 Meeting Him, Giving Her 遇他，予她 Shiyi was born in a rural village in the 1980s. Before she turned twenty, she was a frog at the bottom of a well. At twenty-three, she resolutely gave up her iron rice bowl and headed to the big city to experience its glittering nightlife. After being brainwashed by the fear of being poor, she married a demolition heiress from an urban village. But the marriage that bound her for sixteen years left her battered and bruised. After an accident claimed her worthless husband's life, she reunited wit 42Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 152 Reborn in the 1980s: I Refuse the Marriage and Build a Factory into an Empire 重生八零拒嫁，建厂成豪门 This book is dedicated to everyone who lived through the 1980s. The characters are a cross-section of ordinary people from that era, and I hope their stories will be seen. It was a time when sons were valued over daughters, yet women still found ways to live remarkable lives! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Seventh Coffee Cup 第七个咖啡杯 The Seventh Coffee Cup —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Disguised as a Man: The Young Warlord Storms the Green Gang 女扮男装：军阀少帅勇闯青帮 “Strong female lead + dual female leads + angst + ensemble cast” An alternate Republic of China era, a fantastical world A warlord’s young marshal, second in power only to The Outcast, and the famed cross-dressing beauty known as “Young Master” in the bustling foreign concessions, is stripped of her position overnight. Misunderstood and estranged from her father, the president, at odds with her elder brother, drawing guns on her Green Gang comrades, and, at that very moment, abandoned by the per 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 I'm Not Farming Crops, I'm Farming Loneliness 姐种的不是地，是寂寞 I’m Not Growing Crops, I’m Growing Loneliness 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Which Rich, Handsome Guy Would Be Kind Enough to Let Me Lie Flat? 哪位高富帅行行好，让姐躺平吧 Which rich, handsome man will do a good deed and let me lie flat? 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 157 After a Snake Bite, Two Purple Lines Appeared on My Arm 被蛇咬后，手臂爬上两道紫线 After a Snake Bite, Two Purple Lines Crawled Up My Arm 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 The Boss Calls Me Brother, So I Call Him Dog 霸总叫我兄弟，我管他叫狗子 The CEO Calls Me His Bro, So I Call Him Dog 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Republican Era: The Shanghai Tycoon 民国：上海滩枭雄 1. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, with a sharp mind. 2. He starts out in the martial world, builds a business, establishes a base of operations, and saves the country and its people. Han Kaijia's soul travels back to old Shanghai in 1915. When others scheme against him, he seizes the opportunity and strikes back with razor-sharp precision. From then on, he understands one thing: When you're out in the world, you make your own name and status. The powerful figu 1.2kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 160 Your Majesty the Empress, This Eunuch Wants to Marry You 女皇陛下，奴才要娶你 Zhao Zilong transmigrates to the Great Yan Empire and, by a twist of fate, becomes a fake eunuch. Murong Wushuang of Great Yan follows the late emperor's decree and disguises herself as a man to become emperor. What will happen when a fake emperor meets a fake eunuch? See how Zhao Zilong rises above all others in ancient society and lives as a carefree hero. In the end, he not only unifies the realm, but also wins the beauty's heart, reaching the pinnacle of life! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Don’t Mess with the Mad Big Shot. He Might Be a Hopeless Romantic 别惹疯批大佬他可能是个恋爱脑 [Mad gangster boss × flirtatious heroine | love at first sight | forced bond | romance abroad | obsessive boss falls hopelessly in love | powerful man bows his head | she flees, he chases | intense push and pull | mutual salvation] At twenty-seven, the ruthless gangster boss Jiang Chenyan met Murong Yu at the coming-of-age ceremony arranged by his family. Her bold flirtation broke through his icy defenses, awakening a possessive obsession in the cold-blooded kingpin. The heroine grew afraid an 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The Boy I Let Down 那个被我辜负的男孩子 I met him because he was a classmate of my deskmate’s younger brother. We went to the same school, and he was a year below me. When they were students, four classmates rented a room in my home, and we spent several years living under the same roof. After I graduated, I went away to work. They still had another year before graduation. When his roommate began hinting that he wanted to date me, he made the first move. Before his roommate could act, he sent me a love letter. But I turned him down. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The Wind Was Strong on the Seventh Floor. He Jumped in My Pink Apron 七楼的风很大，他穿着我的粉色围裙跳了下去 The wind was fierce on the seventh floor. He jumped down wearing my pink apron. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 King of Thieves in Chaotic Times 乱世贼王 The Rongmen thieves are despised by all, yet even thieves have their code of honor! He mastered a legendary skill as soon as he joined the Rongmen. A phantom hand and a thousand faces: he reached the peak the moment he entered the scene and was unbeatable whenever he struck! And so began his legendary life: Slaying Japanese invaders, robbing the rich, and dominating the Rongmen... Born in the chaotic years of the Republic, he chose to be a chivalrous thief! 15.3kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 165 Wild Pansy 山堇花 Lin Meng escaped the great bombing of Wuhan, only to be kidnapped and sold to a wealthy household in the countryside as the bride of an idiot. Her life was full of misfortune, yet she found a different kind of happiness... 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Kisses on a Beijing Night 京夜有吻 The rating was just posted, so don't worry about it! [Unrequited Love | Mutual Pining After Reunion | Powerful Family Background] Xiao Ning had received praise her whole life. She came from a good family, did well in school, had a successful career, and had the face of everyone's first love. With her parents' protection and support, as well as her own hard work, she rose higher and higher, with nothing but smooth sailing ahead. The one place she hit a wall was marriage, which plunged her into de 11.3kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 167 Keep It Down, Xiao Hanjun 收敛点吧萧韩君 [Chaste, fatherly CEO | Outspoken heroine | One night of passion leads to surrender | Lust before love | Both virgins, happy ending | Evenly matched | Mutual devotion | CEO pursues his wife] The heroine boldly flirts with Gu Mochen, a business tycoon known for his ascetic ways and his utter lack of interest in women. She thinks it’s just a fleeting affair and plans to leave at dawn. But after one night of passion, the cool, self-controlled CEO completely loses his composure and falls hard. The 6.5kReads8.4Score40514d adds
- 168 A Promise to Journey Together Through Mountains and Rivers 日月同赴山河诺 In her previous life, Mi Lan never dreamed that the boy she hadn’t seen in years, quiet and taciturn as ever, could love her so deeply. On a snowy night at her grave, he used his last breath to get justice for her, then fell beside her name and never woke again. Reborn, she tells thirteen-year-old Lu Fei: “As long as you want me here, I’ll be here.” With six years of companionship, she turns a lonely boy into a dazzling sun. And when that sun falls into darkness for her sake, she finally und 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Divorced from the Start! She Remarries the Young Marshal and Lives in Glory 开局离婚！再嫁少帅她风光无限 Her husband went abroad to study. Xie Fuguang paid for his education, cared for his parents, and helped him restore the Shen family's standing. Three years later, Shen Zhizhang returned after completing his studies, holding the hand of a fashionable woman. He told her, "Yunzhi is a remarkable woman, a female officer personally recruited by the Marshal. We love each other, and I want to marry her." Xie Fuguang replied, "I saved your Shen family from ruin. Doesn't that make me a remarkable woman?" 197Reads9.3Score10014d adds
- 170 Sha Gen Isn't Foolish at All 傻根一点也不傻 After his father and eldest brother die, his mother goes mad and soon passes away as well. All that remains is Shagen, a mentally challenged young man. His beautiful sister-in-law, Pan Yuting, still takes on the responsibility of caring for him. To keep the Li family line from ending, Pan Yuting secretly makes up her mind... She won't leave. She'll work hard together with Shagen...! Part Two: Overseas Development. The Xingdao forces gradually rise... They discover an ancient race among the ruins 159Reads6.8Score10214d adds
- 171 Chinese Martial Arts: From the Start, I'm a Double Red Pole, and I'm a Little Worried 国术：开局双花红棍，有点慌 [Traditional Chinese martial arts + Republic of China era + martial world gangs + golden finger + immortality] In the final years of the Qing dynasty and the early Republic, the martial world is in turmoil, with upheaval on every side. The martial world has its Green-and-Red rivalry, and the world of martial arts its North-South divide. Du Hao is no more than an insignificant nobody. He wakes up to find himself a top Red Pole of the Red Gang, but in name only. Watch how he contends with people, 7.2kReads8.3Score43014d adds
- 172 The Eight Ghosts 八鬼 The Eight Ghosts 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Dusty Tales from the 318 Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318川藏线上的风尘往事 Broke female travelers + Highway 318 + Sichuan-Tibet route + hitchhiking + road trip + finding a wife My company was laying people off, and I was one of them. As if things weren't bad enough, my wife ran off with someone else. Down in the dumps, I headed west toward Tibet. This is the story of a beat-up camper van, the Sichuan-Tibet stretch of Highway 318, and more than thirty women with nowhere else to turn. Every one of their stories is more exciting than my miserable life. 33.6kReads8.2Score2.2k14d adds
- 174 Reborn as Bai Jingye in The Grand Mansion Gate: Thriving in Republican-Era China 重生大宅门白敬业，玩转在民国 [The Great House] [Warlord Fiction] He is the biggest wastrel in the Bai family mansion in Beiping. What sparks will fly when a modern soul finds itself in Bai Jingye’s body? Pure warlord fiction. Goody-goodies, beware! 509Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 175 After Divorcing His Political Marriage Bride, the Warlord Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 和亲夫人离婚后，督军哭红眼 [Marriage Before Love + Nurturing Romance + Age Gap] [Overbearing, Brooding Young Marshal VS Spoiled Young Madam] After her elder sister dies unexpectedly, Shen Ruowei, the youngest daughter of the Southeastern Marshal, is forced to marry Feng Hezhi, the Southwestern Young Marshal, as a bride in a political alliance. The empire he wants to conquer is the homeland she wants to protect. As warlords battle and flames of war spread, which matters more: the land or the woman he loves? Shen Ruowei: “I 4.1kReads6.9Score26014d adds
- 176 I Brought the Untouchable Beauty Down from Her Pedestal 高岭之花被我拉下来 I Pulled the Untouchable Beauty Down from His Pedestal 445Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Sturgeon Returns to Ning'an 鲟洄宁安 A Republican-era tragic romance, a woman's coming-of-age story, and two male leads. A sharp-witted, falsely disguised shaman PKs a rebellious dragon who slays gods. A sudden heavenly fire destroys a city, and the revered Hu Xuan shaman is wrongly blamed and made a scapegoat. With a colossal lie, Ge Wangshu rides alone for a thousand miles to escort the orphan Eyun home. It seems like a sturgeon swimming upstream to return to its birthplace, but in truth, it's the start of a journey with no retu 183Reads—Score16614d adds
- 178 Those Who Know How to Die Well Never Truly Die 善死者不亡 [Espionage] [Family ties, friendship, and love of country among the elite] [Family rules and discipline] [Lightly cerebral] [Romance kept in the background] The youngest sister always remembers those words: "Those who fight well do not die; those who die well do not perish. If you are an undercover agent, your disguise must be flawless!" Her eldest brother strokes her head and says, "Love is precious, but freedom is worth more. For the sake of our family and country, we can give up both." Most 211Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 179 The Rise of a Great Nation: Invincible Since the Republic of China Era 大国崛起：从民国开始无敌 Lu Chen is reborn in the late Qing and early Republican era, a time of chaos, and obtains the Ultimate Family Sign-In System. He discovers that the more he raises his family’s overall strength, the better the rewards he receives from signing in. From the scholar, farmer, artisan, and merchant trades to medicine, culture, industry, military manufacturing, physical training, and cultivation, he can obtain it all. As his family grows stronger, his own lifespan increases without limit as well. “Ding 4.2kReads7.1Score27114d adds
- 180 Transmigrate into a Book and Get Bound to a System? Yeah, No. What’s That Got to Do with Me? 穿书绑定系统？我去你的关我屁事 After dying in a car accident, I transmigrated into the multi-heroine novel The Splendor of Lonely Hearts and Sunlit Days. Was the original male lead in the book Gu Yifan? Given a second life, I recognize only myself: Yuan Pengrong. In my previous life, I was timid and cautious. This time, things are different. The System bound to me keeps tossing out cash rewards, urging me to follow the written script and win over the original heroines. A script? A formula? I don't want to act according to s 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 A Republican-Era Family: Starting by Selling the Ancestral Home to Move to Fengtian 民国家族：从卖掉祖宅去奉天开始 1912, the first year of the Republic of China. The old era came to an end that year, and a new one began. The land was in turmoil, beset by internal troubles and foreign threats. That year, Lin Yi transmigrated into the body of a young master from a fallen family. To protect himself, he sold off the family's ancestral estates and headed north to Fengtian. And so, a family that would stand for a century took root in Fengtian. Build factories! Develop industry! Make Fengtian the largest industrial 4.1kReads8.2Score14914d adds
- 182 Quick Transmigration: Winning Over the Cold, Heirless Male Lead 快穿：攻略高冷无嗣男主 [Quick transmigration, a husband’s long road to winning her back, childbirth, the heroine pursues the hero; the hero says one thing but means another, acting tough but soft-hearted] World One: Tyrannical CEO VS Runaway Canary Carrying His Child Before she starts winning him over, he says, “I’m busy with work. Don’t expect me to keep you company.” After she wins him over, he says, “I was wrong, Yanyan. Please forgive me.” (Not recommended. This one didn’t turn out well.) World Two: Cool Campus He 628Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 North Gate, South City 北门南城 The front line stretches from north to south, and the story begins in a small town in the Northeast. Decline, hope, redemption, hardship, pain, and love reaching ever farther: it all feels like a dream. The story unfolds through its male and female leads, depicting the helplessness of wartime. 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 The Lingnan Swordsman 岭南剑客 The miasma of Lingnan hung over Mount Cangwu like ink that would never dissolve, sealing it off completely. Liu Nanren gripped his rusted iron sword. Its tip sliced through the dense fog, revealing an old crescent-shaped scar on his wrist: the mark left fifteen years ago, when he crawled out of a mountain of corpses after Tianyu City fell. “Your Highness, it's time to leave.” A hoarse voice came from behind him. The old minister Yuchi Chun leaned on his bamboo staff, the hair at his temples whit 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 The Long Night Is Like the Stars 长夜如星 A masterwork of Republican-era romance from the “Queen of Healing Songs,” Wu Chu Ke Tao. A steel-willed young marshal versus an innocent, lovable military doctor. Inspired by real people! Through the endless night, you are my one and only starlight! He is the marshal’s orphaned son, cast out and weathered by hardship. She is the cherished daughter of the scholarly Liao family. They first met as children. A tiny red mole made him remember her. When they met again amid the chaos of war, he was tar 727Reads9.4Score11014d adds
- 186 The Young General’s One True Love 少年将军独倾心 Su Yao gazes at her increasingly pale reflection in the bronze mirror, her heart bitter. Her husband’s death has left her fate hanging by a thread. Her greedy father and the complicated household are all driving her toward a dead end, until a tall figure clad in silver armor enters her sight. He is Zhao Haotian, a young general and the household’s second son, as well as her only chance at survival. A struggle for survival and love quietly unfolds within the sprawling estate. Su Yao plans her eve 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 My Two Great-Aunts (Republican Era) 我的两个姑奶奶（民国时期） My Two Great-Aunts (Republican Era) 45Reads—Score114d adds
- 188 Just the Right Distance 恰好的距离 Just the Right Distance 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Reckless Flirting 肆撩 [A devoted couple: a clearheaded, sweet and alluring heroine VS a proud hero who seems cold and ascetic but secretly wants her to make the first move every day] After catching her boyfriend cheating, Lin Jiu flies into a rage and makes a move on the man her scumbag boyfriend fears most: Lu Jinchao, the wealthiest and most dazzling man in the imperial capital. Lin Jiu thinks the consensual game between two adults should end with them going their separate ways at dawn. But he can't get enough of h 1.1kReads8.9Score15314d adds
- 190 Period: He's Set His Sights on the Village Chief's Daughter 年代：他盯上村长闺女 In 1982, in a mountain village in Northeast China, 26-year-old Cuier was widowed and raising a child. She suffered constant abuse at the hands of villains and could only endure it to protect her daughter. Her late husband’s younger brother, Erjun, returned home after leaving the army. Upright and resolute, he repeatedly stepped in to protect his sister-in-law. They warmed one another through hardship, and feelings quietly blossomed between them. At last, they had something to look forward to. Bu 9.1kReads7.9Score54914d adds
- 191 The Male Guard of Nian Ci An 念慈庵的男护院 [Multiple Female Leads] Enter at Your Own Risk if You Mind [Treasure Hunt] [Jade Maiden Heart Sutra] [Bizarre Curiosities] [Fighting the Japanese] Nian Ci An is a nunnery that accepts only young widows. Wang Erniu's woman, Chun Xing, was sent inside. In a fit of rage, he joined the nunnery's guard force, just so he could stay close to her. Who could have guessed that once you enter the convent, you find yourself in a bottomless sea of trouble! The mayor's concubine asks him to deliver a letter, 1.5kReads8.6Score11714d adds
- 192 I Was Dead for Seven Days Before Anyone Found Me! 我死了七天才被发现！ I was dead for seven days before anyone found me! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Code I Wrote Wiped Out the Heavenly Tribulation 我写的代码把天劫干没了 My Code Wiped Out the Heavenly Tribulation 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 I’m Monopolizing the Cultivation World by Selling “Harem Protagonist Auras” 我靠卖“万人迷光环”垄断修真界 I Monopolized the Cultivation World by Selling “Harem Protagonist Auras” 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 This Time, I’ll Be the One to Scheme Against You 这一世，换我来算计你们 Yun Wanfu is a special agent skilled in both medicine and poison. While on a mission, she transmigrates into the body of Yun Wanfu, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister’s family in ancient times. From then on, she sets out to avenge both the original Yun Wanfu and her mother. The empress, Yun Wanfu’s fiancé, the Second Prince Yu Chenxuan, her stepmother Madam Wu, and her half-sister Yun Wanmei are all murderers or accomplices in Yun Wanfu’s death. The empress and her stepmother were als 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 A Female Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates into a Frail Girl, and the Young Marshal Demands to Make Her His Wife 女特种兵穿成弱女，被少帅求名分 A soul transmigrates into a delicate woman who becomes a special forces soldier × a ruthless young marshal [Republican era + love of country and family + winning her back + romantic tension + devoted couple] Zhao Yingnan, a special forces squad leader, was on a mission in the rainforest when she took a fatal bullet meant for a teammate. When she woke, she had transmigrated into the Republican era, becoming Lin Siyue, the least favored concubine-born daughter of the Lin family, a rice merchant fa 2Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 197 Tears of Buckwheat Blossoms 荞花泣 This is a tragic story. The stranglehold of arranged marriages on women cuts like a blunt knife, while the desperate struggle to survive in a remote mountain village feels like a net with no escape. Under the shackles of the times, individual resistance ends in tragedy, like a moth flying into a flame. The gender oppression embedded in the tribe’s feudal culture makes life even more suffocating. Every time A Wei reaches for hope, reality crushes it in her grasp. The indifference around her, from —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Nine-Bend River: I Install Internet Cables on the Winding Roads 九曲流：我在九曲弯道修网线 To repair the tangled timeline, this pair of adversaries are forced to team up: one is the reincarnation of a famous Southern Song general who wants nothing to do with cultivating immortality and just wants to lie flat; the other is a champion navigation system fired for speeding through a bend. They must find old bricks from the Southern Song city walls, living water from a late-Ming ancient well, ash from an old commune stove... Their opponent is a washed-up Dragon Prince who wants to use the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 The Art of the God of War: The Schemes of Huaiyin 兵仙箓：淮阴玄谋 The Art of War: Huaiyin’s Hidden Stratagems 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 I’m Done Pretending: I’m from a Top-Tier Family 摊牌不装了，我是顶级豪门 At his mother-in-law’s birthday banquet, the eldest son-in-law gave her a gold bangle, and the second son-in-law presented a jade Buddha. I crouched in a corner eating leftovers, until someone kicked me over, chair and all. “Good-for-nothings belong at the beggars’ table!” As the whole room roared with laughter, a line of Rolls-Royces suddenly pulled up outside. The butler knelt with a gift list in his hands. “Young Master, the thousand-year-old ginseng and East Sea pearls you ordered have arriv 4Reads—Score—14d adds
