Novels like Period: I Bound Myself to a System That Meddles in Everyone's Business
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- 51 The Woman Who Destroyed Her Family 把家毁了的女人 The Woman Who Ruined Her Family, also known as The Reckless Woman Truck Escort. This is the story of Yang Xu, an ordinary woman whose laughably absurd behavior turns her life into a complete mess. She’ll make you laugh, but you’ll also find her infuriating, pitiable, and hard to forgive... The writing is witty and humorous, and the story moves quickly. I hope you enjoy it! 690Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 52 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from 1.6kReads6.5Score11014d adds
- 53 Miracle Doctor: I Saved Two Women, and Now They Insist on Marrying Me 神医：救了俩姑娘，她们非要嫁我 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to keep writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.3kReads6.7Score14114d adds
- 54 The Man with Six Marriages 六婚男人 A marriage spanning half a century, full of ups and downs, and one man's six sorrowful, blood-stained journeys into wedlock. In the late 1970s, at a state-owned coal mine in Northeast China, Kim Dazhuang, an ethnic Korean Chinese who had returned from Korea, was tall and burly, with a fiery temper. He sweated through his work amid the roar of steam locomotives. Over the course of his life, he went through six marriages. Each time, he entered with hope, only for almost every one to end in heartbr 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 My Husband's Friend Moved In 老公的朋友住进我家 My Husband's Friend Moved Into Our Home 661Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Soul of Lyrics, the Spirit of Poetry 词之魂诗之灵 This is a song of the soul, written for myself. If you like it, feel free to listen too. I posted it here first as a keepsake, and second so I can listen to it every day, as often as I like. It rolls off the tongue when read and sounds very pleasant when heard. Of course, it sounds even better when sung. I am grateful to the Tomato platform for giving me this corner of the soul. 2Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 57 The Women of the Yang Family 老杨家那些女人们 The Yang family has six daughters, each with a trail of romantic entanglements behind her. Together, they've turned the whole village upside down. The net of justice may be vast, but no one escapes it. In the end, all six miscreants suffer the consequences of their own actions... 259Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The God of Mending Heaven Descends to the Mortal World 补天之神落凡尘 The God of Mending the Heavens Descends to the Mortal World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score26214d adds
- 60 After Failing My Tribulation, My Mad Nemesis Locked Me Away 渡劫失败后我被疯批宿敌关起来了 [Two male leads + unhinged top + forced love + sworn enemies + mutual devotion] The God of War, Shen Tinglan, failed his tribulation. At the hands of his sworn enemy of ten thousand years, Xiao Duhan, the unhinged Demon Lord who now ruled the entire Demon Realm. The heavens collapsed, and his divine bones were bound. His former enemy imprisoned him in a warm-jade pavilion deep within the Demon Palace, then leaned down and whispered in his ear: “Shen Tinglan, guess how many years I’ve spent searc 3.5kReads—Score44814d adds
- 61 The Village Girl Who Went to College 山村女大学生 [Workplace romance] [Modern romance] [Countryside] Li Wanqing and Zhao Qingshan were classmates at the provincial medical university and a couple. After graduation, Li Wanqing returned to her hometown to build a career, while Zhao Qingshan stayed in the big city to pursue greater opportunities. They began a long-distance relationship. After spending so much time apart, their relationship ran into trouble, and their years of love came to a complete end. Back home, Li Wanqing thought she had fo 237Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Misplaced Lust for Power 错位的权欲 Misaligned Ambitions for Power 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Substitute Bride: The Marquis of Zhenbei’s White Moonlight 替身新娘：镇北侯的白月光 He stood outside the window and listened to her cry for a long time. From midnight until dawn. My hand slid down his back and touched the muscles at his waist. They were hard as iron, yet trembling slightly. I could feel his restraint, and I could feel his desire. His hand slid down my arm, took mine, and laced our fingers together. His kiss fell beside my ear, and he murmured a single sentence. “Yan’er, I’ve waited for you for so long.” The three of us squeezed into one bed. She slept in the mi 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Jiang Xiaohua 姜晓花 In the bitter winter of 1976, Jiang Xiaohua was sixteen. Her family had almost nothing; her father was gravely ill, her mother weak-willed, and her younger brother still a child. Desperate for food, she was forced into a bride swap and nearly sold off, struggling on the brink of life and death before finally marrying into the Chen family, the most quarrelsome and favoritism-ridden family around. Her sisters-in-law ostracized her, her mother-in-law mistreated her, her husband stumbled, her childr 866Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Wild Tales from the Countryside 乡村荒唐故事 The story is about Wang Dahua’s father, Lao Budai, who coveted the bride price and married Dahua off to a man with a mental illness. Liu Ermao, the man who had loved her before the wedding, became the live-in son-in-law of her younger sister, Erhua… Family, marriage, morality… Our story begins in that absurd era… 14.5kReads8.4Score88714d adds
- 66 A Traveler in Years of Famine 荒年客 A survival epic about ordinary Chinese people. From rural China to the torrents of modern life, three generations of the Hou family are swept along by the tide of history. The grandparents put down roots in the land. Their values, admonitions, and “family scandals” form the family's original identity and its shackles. The parents struggle through a time of transition, inheriting heavy burdens while kindling a desire to change their fate. As someone born in the 1980s, I linger at the divide betwe 133Reads6.6Score10514d adds
- 67 Xia Guangnuan's First Book 霞光暖暖的第1本书 [Period Setting + Realistic Rural Life + Family Matters + Adultery + Beloved by Everyone + A Woman’s Growth] Hong Xing is a village doctor, twenty-three years old, and the mother of two daughters. Only after her husband dies unexpectedly does she discover that the man who always seemed so honest and quiet, a man who could hardly get a word out even if you beat him with three sticks, had betrayed her. Her whole world collapses. She had always followed the rules of a virtuous wife, respected her p 1.3kReads7.9Score13114d adds
- 68 Xia Hua, the Village Girl 村女夏花 [Realistic rural life + slow burn + heroine’s growth + family and everyday life + face-slapping the scoundrels] Lin Xiahua’s husband is dead. With two children and a dimwitted older brother to support, she has become the most tempting target in Hama Gou Village. Burdened with her family, without a single plot of land, and with her mother-in-law threatening to sell her by the pound to an old widower and his son! To survive, Xiahua learns to navigate all kinds of men and women. She smiles and char 81Reads7.0Score10514d adds
- 69 Escape from the Devil's Den: A Lawless Hell on Earth 逃离魔窟：三不管的人间地狱 Escape from the den of evil: A hell on earth beyond anyone's control 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Seventh Choice Beyond the Six Paths of Reincarnation 六道轮回外的第七种选择 Disclaimer: I wrote this book on a whim during the Qingming Festival. If you scare easily, don’t read it. The story follows Lao Li through his final days in the hospital. His condition is critical, and his children fight to save him as doctors insert tubes all over his body. Meanwhile, his comrade Lao Zhou chooses to forgo treatment, leaving Lao Li deeply envious. After his death, Lao Li faces judgment in the underworld and ultimately chooses to be reborn as an albatross carrying the cancer viru 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Back to 1980: A Wife, Children, and a Warm Home 重回80：娶妻生子热炕头 (The animated series is now online, and it’s a huge hit! Go check it out. It’s really well made and exciting, with guaranteed quality!) I really don’t want to be reborn! Zhao Hu, who once had a fortune worth billions, was unexpectedly sent back 80 years. What left him even more speechless was that if he was going to be reborn, why did they have to surround him with so many beautiful women? Heavens above, earth below! Who could resist having beautiful women on both arms? I, Zhao Hu, love being re 7.7kReads7.6Score54914d adds
- 72 The Little Immortal Lord of Many Treasures 多宝小仙君 Duobao, an Immortal Lord and deputy manager of one of the Heavenly Court’s branch treasuries, earned eight hundred Fortune Points a month. After more than three hundred years of diligent service, he was sent down to the mortal world to undergo trials when his subordinate, the Golden Boy, stole thirty thousand Fortune Points from the treasury. His boss, Zhao Gongming, gave him the boot himself. Reincarnate? Sure. Into a rich family? Dream on. His new identity is Wang Duobao, the son of Wang Jia 255Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Guanshan Saber 关山刀 On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God ascended to Heaven. Yan Feilong's father did not come home. Three days later, his mother was found dead in the village temple, a wound in her stomach. The twelve-year-old boy slipped a chipped knife into his clothes and walked into the salt flats, looking for a man: tall and thin, with a mole on his chin. He found him. Three strikes. One for his father, one for his mother, and the last so he could go on living. His revenge was d 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 On New Year’s Eve, My In-Laws’ Family of Twenty Takes Over Our New Home 大年三十，婆家二十口人霸占新房 [Taking on a Vicious Mother-in-Law + Uncovering My Family Origins] On New Year's Eve, twenty members of my husband's family broke into my new home. My mother-in-law slapped the sofa and shouted, "This is my son's house!" My brother-in-law threw my luggage downstairs, and they even put a seal on the refrigerator I had brought as part of my dowry. I smiled. I called the police, got a handwriting analysis, and countersued in court. Three moves were all it took to bring the whole family to heel. Th 2.9kReads—Score18114d adds
- 75 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 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 A Way Forward Through Mountains and Rivers 出路之山重水复 [Period setting + Family + Women + Career + Workplace business battles + No romance + Society + An exploration of human nature] No cheat powers, no dramatic comeback. A deep look at the struggles and prospects of 99% of ordinary people! Wish-fulfillment stories are everywhere, but once the excitement fades, only emptiness remains. In the end, we all have to face the grind of daily life and the warmth or coldness of human relationships. This slow-burning work of realism offers no lucky breaks or 2.5kReads9.5Score36214d adds
- 77 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 928Reads6.5Score10814d adds
- 78 A Motherless Child, Cared for by His Sister-in-Law 没妈的孩子，嫂子疼 [Period drama + No System or storage space] After my adoptive parents died in a car accident, my older brother Zhang Dakui and I depended on each other. Ever since Dakui brought my sister-in-law Liu Chunmei home, our lives changed. And so did my life... 98Reads6.2Score11214d adds
- 79 The 1980s: A Fisherman's Little Life in Southern Guangdong 八零：南粤渔家小日子 [Period Piece] [Shore Foraging Golden Finger] [Fishing and Hunting] [Everyday Child-Rearing] [Family Life] [Cozy] [A Complete Guide to Seafood, Food, and Livelihood] [Later Development in the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong] Chen Lizhen had spent half her life working at a fish stall. At last, she got to stay with her daughter for a few days, but after falling asleep, she woke up in a small fishing village in Nanyue in 1985. She was only twenty-five again, and her daughter was a four-year-old li 569Reads—Score10314d adds
- 80 With a Start This Bad, I'm Not Taking the Loss 开局这么烂，吃亏我不干 Born under a peach-blossom fate, where it’s me or him: flirtatious men and women, face-slapping, and putting scumbags in their place. On a snowy night, in an earth cellar, on a heated kang in the Northeast, in a remote mountain village, poor Liang Laonian sees something he shouldn’t. Under immense pressure and with no one to turn to, he can only keep quiet. Later, Liang Daqing is born, his bloodline a mystery. As a child, he was lazy, sly, greedy, and slippery. As a teenager, he was rebellious 772Reads8.4Score10514d adds
- 81 Dongguan After Dark 夜幕下的东莞 [Underworld Power Fantasy | Beauties Galore | Relentlessly Ruthless | Beauty-Protector Extraordinaire] He’s the ultimate protector of women. Anyone who lays a hand on his women, whether they’re underlings from the Shanzhu Gang, thugs from the Black Dragon Society, or big shots from the Hongxing Gang, gets taken out! He recruits followers, seizes nightclub territory, raids casinos, and roots out traitors. Armed with nothing but a steel pipe and sheer ruthlessness, he fights his way from wanted fu 108Reads6.4Score10214d adds
- 82 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
- 83 Rouge in the Tulou 土楼里的胭脂 In the Jianghuai region during the Republic of China era, earthen fortresses rise tall. The beautiful widow Qin Yuening is seized by the bandit Shen Keji, and a “wife-for-hire contract” seals her fate in his rough bandit stronghold. She once hated him to the core. She fled, tried to kill him, and even hung from the rafters rather than submit. He spends half his life conquering territory, all for the day she says, “I will.” When war reaches their doorstep, their bloodstained hands finally clasp t 1.9kReads—Score26114d adds
- 84 His Forceful Possession After Dark 入夜强势占有 A heart-wrenching, satisfying, sweet original novel [Both are virgins + possessive hero + reunion after years apart + sexual tension + obsessive pursuit] She reunites with her boyfriend, whom she broke up with three years ago, when she’s arrested in a prostitution raid. The man questioning her is her ex-boyfriend, Police Officer Shen Yanzhou. He curled his lip in a mocking smile. “Three years apart, and you’re still making money with your body?” At first, he mistakenly thought she was clinging 3.1kReads5.7Score14914d adds
- 85 Her First Love Came Back, and My Wife Fiercely Stood Up for Me 白月光回国，妻子霸气护夫 My Wife Fiercely Stands Up for Me When Her First Love Returns 2.9kReads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Divorce? My Wife's Whole Family Is Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 离婚？老婆全家偷听我心声 Divorce? My Wife's Whole Family Can Hear My Thoughts 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 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
- 88 The Award-Winning Nanny Reborn with a Professor's Book Collection! 金牌保姆带教授藏书重生啦！ [Reborn + family bonds + everyone’s favorite + healing + mystery] The main story is complete, with some bonus chapters in the works. Feel free to dive in. Lin Chuyi was a top-tier caregiver who spent more than a decade looking after an elderly professor and his wife. They treated her like their own daughter. Before they died, they left her an inheritance and a jade pendant, which sent her back to the age of eighteen. The pendant is a key, and the library is a space connecting her past and future 501Reads9.2Score10014d adds
- 89 Through Life's Storms, She Blossoms 风雨人生，她自芳华 Period drama, a woman’s journey of growth, overseas entrepreneurship, a strong female lead, and realistic romance. “One woman’s four marriages, three entrepreneurial ventures, two generations finding peace, and one extraordinary life.” In 1984, she was the pampered jewel of a prestigious family, but one ill-fated marriage sent her crashing to rock bottom. Her husband was cold, and her in-laws took her daughter. Overnight, she fell from the clouds into the dust. But she refused to be beaten. 890Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 90 A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋 [Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes 1.6kReads8.8Score15414d adds
- 91 Wang Ergou's Fortuitous Encounter in Great Beauty Village 王二狗大美村机缘巧得 (The animated series is now available. Stay tuned.) In the 1980s, Wang Ergou was orphaned in Demei Village, living in a bare-walled house and enduring the villagers' contempt and disdain. Then, after a mishap, someone set him up, making his already miserable life even worse. But the trap turned out to be a blessing in disguise: Wang Ergou awakened an extraordinary eye, learned to identify medicinal herbs and uncover hidden secrets, and became a master of both medicine and martial arts. From then 82.5kReads8.4Score5.6k14d adds
- 92 Why Should I Have to Support That Old Hag? 老太婆凭啥让我养老 Wang Fangping was reborn. Had she really been angered to death? In her previous life, her in-laws exploited her until she was destitute. She spent most of her life trapped in the countryside, slaving away for the extended family. She moved to the city and took on the heaviest, dirtiest work, yet still couldn’t afford a home. When her mother-in-law was able to work, she helped the younger son’s family. When she could no longer manage on her own, Wang Fangping was expected to look after her in 447Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 93 A Delicate Educated Youth? General Zhenyuan: I Love Beautiful Women 知青娇弱？镇远将军：我爱美 At the General’s residence, the imperial edict had been delivered. Xue Mulan sat at the side table in the main hall. After a long while, she said only, “Enough!” After the general left, the maid in green collected half a cup of leftover tea, but did not wipe the table or straighten the chairs. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Wild Lilies of the Mountain Village 山村野百合 An eighteen-year-old village beauty married a thirty-three-year-old simpleton. A month after their wedding, her husband drowned, and she was branded a woman who brought death to her husband… This story offers a true-to-life account of the loves and hatreds, joys and sorrows of ordinary rural people. It faces the ugliness and greed of human nature head-on, while reflecting on the sincerity and warmth found in this world. 272Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 A Marriage Gone Wrong, Then I Finally Found the Right One 错嫁一场，我终遇良人 I once poured my heart into a marriage that betrayed me, only to be hurt by my husband and best friend working together. In a single night, my marriage fell apart and my friendship was destroyed. After the divorce, I wiped away my tears and focused on my career, determined to make it on my own. I faced workplace harassment, rumors, and the constant interference of people from my past. I thought I would spend the rest of my life alone, until I met him. He saw both my strength and my vulnerabil 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Moon Deep in the Cornfield 玉米地深处的月亮 That summer, her new husband publicly insulted her, saying she “looked like an eggplant.” She grabbed her bundle and ran away in the middle of the night. Su Caiying sat on the edge of the kang until well past midnight. Instead of a wedding night, all she got was humiliation. By morning, the whole village knew that the new bride of the Liu family was “bad luck for her husband.” Her man had run off on their wedding night. When the family split up, she was given half a sack of dried sweet potatoes, 8.3kReads6.4Score55614d adds
- 97 After a Mistake, My Best Friend's Uncle Won't Leave Me Alone 错惹后，闺蜜小舅赖上我 A clingy, love-struck CEO × a clearheaded, stubborn owner of a skincare clinic After a drunken night, Chi Yue walked into the wrong hotel room and spent the night with a strange man. When she woke up, she left six hundred yuan and sauntered away. Who could have guessed... The man would chase her every day, demanding she take responsibility. In public, he was Jiang Yan, the ruthless head of the Jiang family who could reshape the business world of Lin City with a single move. Around her, he was a 3.2kReads—Score25514d adds
- 98 The Lingering Warmth of the Earthen Bed 土炕上的余温 The quarry in the hills behind Laojing Village buried the men from half the village. All that remained were a village full of widows and children crying from hunger. Thirty migrant miners moved into the workers' barracks, all strapping bachelors. The widows cursed men to their faces, then dug out their floral jackets at night and deliberately walked past the barracks. Each of the three widows had her own reasons: one wanted a protector to help raise her child, one hoped to get some rice and flou 12.7kReads8.9Score78814d adds
- 99 After Dumping the Boyfriend Who Put Her Through Four Years of College 抛弃供她上四年大学的男朋友之后 After She Dumped the Boyfriend Who Put Her Through Four Years of College 171Reads—Score214d adds
- 100 The Delicate Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside Is Spoiled by a Rugged Mountain Man 娇气知青下乡，被山里糙汉宠坏了 [Delicate Young Educated Woman VS Rugged Country Man]+ [A Striking Difference in Build] “If you eat my food, you become my wife. Try to run, and I'll break your legs!” On a night of raging snow, for half a sack of white flour, Su Man tremblingly crept into the forest ranger's cabin at the end of the village, a man who terrified the whole town. The man stood bare-chested, a hideous scar slashing across his chest, his eyes as fierce as a wolf's. Su Man trembled with fear, the corners of her eyes r 3.1kReads6.4Score24814d adds
