Novels like The Deer Calls, and My Heart Holds the Brush
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- 151 I Turn into a Fool Whenever I See Him 遇到他就犯傻 [Sweet romance, devoted to each other, exclusive devotion] ♡♡ One is dashing and imposing; the other is bright-eyed, beautiful, gentle, and kind. ♡♡ They’ve only met three times in six years, yet they’ve kept each other in their hearts for years! Who could have guessed that when they finally met, they would both end up in the hospital? Seeing them covered in bruises, even the doctor couldn’t help exclaiming, “Good grief! How can bodies this delicate stand up to such a beating?” ♡♡ 1kReads8.2Score—14d adds
- 152 I Picked a Needy Puppy to Be My Husband 挑到了委屈小狗当老公 The score was just released, so it may rise [1v1, both pure, sweet romance, comedy, unconventional marriage-before-love, slow burn] A pampered heiress with two faces vs. a devoted, straightforward man who falls for her on his own After getting into a fight, Liang Zhiyue suffered a head injury. Pointing at the handsome tech tycoon Zhou Hansheng on the news, she insisted he was her husband. As she spoke, tears fell from her eyes. “I've had a crush on him for ten years, and we've been married for t 25.2kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
- 153 The Top Student Favors Me, as I Chase the Wind to the Summit 学神偏爱，等我追风登顶 The Top Student Favors Me, So Watch Me Chase the Wind and Reach the Summit 26Reads—Score214d adds
- 154 The Prince's Sweetheart Is Cute and Obedient 殿下的小青梅她又乖又软 Yu Suizhi has a little secret: she has fallen for a mortal. He is beautiful and delicate, but that doesn’t matter. She can take care of him. Later, she gets her wish and marries the mortal, only to discover that he is the last ancient god in the heavens. Sorry, she has something to take care of. She’ll be going now. So, on a dark and stormy night, she tries to run away, only to be caught by the young master. He looks at her warmly and asks softly, “Little Fish, where are you going?” She swears s 2.9kReads9.0Score36914d adds
- 155 Fragrance from a Cold Hearth: The Abandoned Daughter Crowns the Capital with Her Beans 枯灶生香：弃女凭豆冠京华 Fragrance from a Cold Stove: The Cast-Off Daughter Claims the Capital with Her Beans 10Reads—Score214d adds
- 156 Obsessive Madmen Fight to Claim Me, and the Reborn Scumbag Ends Up on His Knees 偏执疯批又挣又抢，重生渣男全跪 314Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 If I Turn Away, We May Never Meet Again 若我转身，再会无期 A new work is out! You're welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Do We Really Hate Each Other? We're Secretly in Love 相看两厌？我们背地里双向暗恋 Can't Stand the Sight of Each Other? We're Secretly in Love 18Reads—Score114d adds
- 159 The Orphan Girl Bullied by the Whole Village, Yet Cherished by Every Court Official 全村欺辱的孤女，竟得朝臣满心偏爱 The orphan girl bullied by the whole village unexpectedly wins the wholehearted affection of the court officials. 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 160 Bestie, Your Boyfriend Likes Me 闺蜜你的男友喜欢我呢 [Story complete] [Villainous women + both leads are sexually experienced + both leads' best friends are awful too + B-de] Content warning: The heroine and her best friend have a genuine romance early on, with plenty of interaction. At a business dinner, Guan Xiyue received a breakup message from her boyfriend: “Xiyue, I'm sorry. I've hopelessly fallen in love with your best friend.” She had no time to grieve before her boss called. She rushed back to the dinner, where she was cornered with no wa 165.3kReads9.2Score18.8k14d adds
- 161 120 Reasons to Marry Apo 嫁给阿波的120个理由 From sitting in front of each other in high school to a long-distance romance across borders, it took her eleven years to marry the boy who “wasn’t very good with words.” Do you believe someone can love only one person? In his first year of high school, he ran up and down three flights of stairs just to steal a glance at the girl by the window who loved to smile. Later, they became desk mates. She drew little turtles on his back, and he couldn’t bring himself to turn around. He wanted to add her 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Wrongfully Married to a Mama's Boy: The Years My In-Laws Tormented Me 错嫁妈宝男，被婆家磋磨的那些年 Wrongly Married to a Mama's Boy: The Years My In-Laws Made My Life Miserable 11Reads—Score114d adds
- 163 Childhood Friend Conquest Handbook 青梅攻略手册 [College Romance + Devoted Childhood-Friend Hero × Spoiled Childhood-Friend Heroine] Since they were children, Sheng Xunian has been Jiang Yinuan’s loyal little follower. Though he seems gentle on the surface, he always does whatever she says. That is, until they get to college and end up dying of embarrassment at the police station over an uncensored Japanese video. Jiang Yinuan: Oh? This guy looks harmless, but he’s been hiding a naughty side? Sheng Xunian: I acted sweet to win over your paren 1kReads6.4Score10114d adds
- 164 Teasing a Mad Dog! The Capital’s Crown Prince Is So Well-Behaved 撩惹疯犬！京圈太子爷他超乖 [The Mad Prince of the Capital × His Runaway White Moonlight] [Forced love + obsessive possessiveness + older man + rekindled romance + one-on-one, both pure] Everyone says Bo Jinhe, the Crown Prince of the capital’s elite circle, is refined and aloof, cold-hearted and arrogant, a living King of Hell whom no one dares cross. But they don’t know what happened the night she dumped him three years ago. He pinned her hard against the cold floor-to-ceiling window, blood filling their mouths as his ey 4.2kReads7.7Score33814d adds
- 165 At Yunqi Mountain, I Happened to Meet You 云栖山野，恰逢君至 In the Wilds of Yunqi Mountain, I Happened to Meet You 10Reads—Score214d adds
- 166 The Mad Young Master Falls Asleep Each Night to the Scent of Me 疯批太子爷夜夜闻我体香入睡 The book just launched, so its rating is still rising! [Dark, obsessive male lead + sweet flirtation + healing + transmigration + university campus + devoted 1v1 romance] Born bad X resilient, optimistic ray of sunshine Jiang Youxi, a top student and first-year university student, unexpectedly finds a boy while working her part-time job one day. The boy claims to be her future son, shouting “Mom!” at her and hugging He Zhuo, the campus celebrity, while calling him “Dad.” Wait! The kid’s father i 39kReads9.1Score4.6k14d adds
- 167 My Ex-Boyfriend Accused Her of Seeking Attention with Suggestive Content, So She Turned Around and Married a Tycoon 前男友骂她搞擦边，她转头嫁大佬 17.8kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 168 Reborn: Stolen Time 重生之偷来的时光 Wang Qi was reborn. She had returned to the summer of 2012, to the sweltering, damp July in Chengdu, and to the narrow bed in that shabby rental room. It had all yet to happen. She briskly broke up with the man who would betray her in the future. And the man who would one day be worth hundreds of millions and shine in financial news was sitting at the desk beside hers, quietly tapping away at his code in a dark gray T-shirt. In this life, she would wear comfortable clothes, eat all her favorite 10.3kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 169 EN A Wild Dog Catches a Butterfly 野犬抓蝴蝶 [Sweet, timid girl × gloomy, unhinged troublemaker] [Childhood friends + forced love + reunion after years apart + both pure + happy ending] (Original title: The Wild Dog Catches the Butterfly) Xi Jin was born into a wealthy family. With his striking looks and cool, otherworldly air, he was the picture of perfection. At eighteen, he won the world championship in the 10-meter air pistol, making a name for himself overnight. To his teachers, he was a top student. To his countless fans, he was a bo 25.6kReads8.6Score2.3k14d adds
- 170 Sweetness Overload! My Childhood Friend Secretly Likes Me Too 甜度爆表！竹马也在偷偷喜欢我 [Childhood Friends + Mutual Secret Crush + Equals in Every Way + Long-Running Scheme] Sweet and heart-fluttering! In their three years at Ningnan High, two extraordinary students made a name for themselves by taking pride in handing in blank exams and treating challenges to school rules as a hobby. As the dean put it: “Managing the other students takes skill. Managing those two takes patience!” Everyone knows the top student Song Qi is a man who goes around coaxing “innocent young ladies.” “Zhiz 272Reads9.1Score10014d adds
- 171 He Can't Stop Spoiling the Green Tea Girl, So I Turn Around and Reclaim My Place at Home 他宠绿茶上瘾，我转身家门归位 He can't stop doting on his scheming sweetheart, so I turn around and reclaim my place in the family. 40Reads—Score214d adds
- 172 She Cries Easily, but He Makes It Rain Money to Cheer Her Up 她爱哭，但他会爆金币哄 Tense push and pull, first love, devoted to one another, age gap. I originally wanted to call it “I’ll Raise Someone Else’s Wife.” Lu Zhiyu: A broke web-novel writer who earns only single-digit sums. Twenty years old, a sheltered young woman just entering the workforce. Obedient and compliant, she’s used to answering questions with unrelated replies, yet casually manages to get the hero hooked. A crybaby who speaks her mind, she grows over the course of the story. Zhan Hansheng: CEO of a publicl 1.6kReads—Score10014d adds
- 173 Thirty Years of Brotherhood, Shattered in One Night 三十年兄弟，一夜崩塌 Thirty Years as Brothers, Shattered in a Single Night 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 I Just Bought a New Car, and the Traffic Cop Is My Ex 新车刚提，交警是我前男友 I Just Got a New Car, and the Traffic Cop Is My Ex-Boyfriend 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Let's Make the Most of Today Together 宜起看今朝 [Gentle, sweet-natured good girl X bold and flirtatious young heir] [College campus + ultra-sweet, no angst + secret crush from the hero + unexpected love interest] When Song Shiyi was six, Shen Yanci lost track of her. After they found her, she ran a high fever for a whole week. When she finally woke up, she stopped speaking. Filled with guilt, Shen Yanci indulged and spoiled her from then on, treating her like a younger sister. As she grew up, Song Shiyi realized her feelings had changed, but 20.1kReads8.9Score3.4k14d adds
- 176 What Do You Mean, Simp? My Wife Says We're Puppy-Type Guys 什么舔狗？老婆说我们是犬系男孩 [One female lead, two male leads + nonhuman male lead + taming] To investigate the truth behind her cousin’s disappearance, Song Yanshu came to Country A as an exchange student. The unfamiliar country made her investigation especially difficult. So she set her sights on the young master of the powerful Chers family. * False affection and a fragile, innocent act. These were her tricks for luring him in. They might not be respectable, but they worked. In just three days, she had the younger brothe 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Waiting for Him to Mess Up! My Detective Husband Is Acting Suspicious 坐等翻车！闪婚刑警老公不太对劲 3.2kReads—Score27514d adds
- 178 After I Transmigrated, My Best Friend and I Became the Richest Women in the Capital 穿越后，我和闺蜜卷成了京城首富 After I transmigrated, my best friend and I hustled our way to becoming the richest people in the capital. 13Reads—Score214d adds
- 179 My Lobster Husband Spoils His Peach Blossom Wife 龙虾相公宠爆蜜桃娘子 [Modern romance|Sweet, doting love|Feelings that go both ways|A tough-shelled, soft-hearted CEO × an innocent yet alluring girl] He's like a lobster: hard shell, big claws, and always strutting sideways. She's like a peach: round, rosy, and juicy at the slightest touch. He spent fifteen years looking for her. She said, “Are you crazy?” He said, “Worth it.” They first met by a stream, where she felt sorry for the water celery and glared at him with puffed-out cheeks. After that, he rented the 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Don't Panic, I'm Back to Set My Darkened Husband Straight 别慌，我回来整顿黑化老公了 [Content warning: The male lead appears proper and self-disciplined, but inside he is gloomy, deeply insecure, and completely unhinged. He finds all sorts of ways to lure the female lead in.] Clear-headed, formidable slacker * sickly beautiful, unhinged man To save her older brother, who has become a vegetable, Yu Zhi has no choice but to leave with the System for seven years. When she finally returns, she discovers that her once-purehearted boyfriend, who used to blush at a single kiss, has bec 10.3kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 181 My Beauty Salon Is a Hit in the Cultivation World 我的美容院火爆修仙界 My Beauty Salon Is Taking the Cultivation World by Storm 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 The Timid Childhood Friend He Spoils Is Just Too Sweet 他要宠坏的青梅小怂包，超级甜 One day, the heartthrob of No. 1 High School suddenly had a beautiful, brilliant younger sister. Someone challenged him: "You don't have some other kind of feelings for your sister, do you?" He pressed his lips into a thin line. "Could you make that any more ridiculous?" Later, someone teased him again: "You can't honestly say you don't have any designs on your sister, can you?" He blurted out, "So what if I do?" And so, harboring impure intentions, he pulled her into his arms when she was a fre 989Reads9.4Score16614d adds
- 183 That Year, I Was Sixteen 那年拾六岁 When Li Shanyue was sixteen, her family traded her to Zhang Debiao from the neighboring village for three thousand yuan and two pigs. Zhang Debiao was a widower with two children. Everyone in the village said marrying him was Li Shanyue's fate. Li Shanyue didn't believe in fate. She smiled as she brought Zhang Debiao water and cooked his meals, cared for his two children as if they were her own, and kept the house spotless. Everyone thought she had accepted her lot. Zhang Debiao ended up wit 994Reads—Score11214d adds
- 184 My Childhood Friend Is a B-King 我的竹马是Bking [Proud, energetic kitten × aloof, cool puppy] [Childhood friends + university campus + sweet everyday moments] An Ning and Sheng Yao go to the same university, only to find their classmates looking at them with oddly excited expressions. An Ning hesitates. “I think they're shipping us.” Sheng Yao frowns. “Yeah.” An Ning asks nervously, “Should we clear things up?” Sheng Yao lowers his eyes. “No need.” An Ning stares at him in surprise. “?” Sheng Yao's lips curl. “...I think we're pretty shippabl 6.7kReads9.1Score89214d adds
- 185 Warm Water Stews Green Pears 温水炖青梨 [Six-year age gap] [Sweet romance] [Scheming, protective daddy type × soft-hearted sweetheart] [Both are inexperienced] Everyone knows Shen Yanmo became the world's richest man at a young age through his own abilities. He's ruthless, says little, and is formidable in business. He keeps women at a distance, but ever since childhood he's had a little childhood friend following him around like a tail. For all his hard-heartedness and distance from women, he cherishes her like his own life. Tong Li 6.5kReads9.0Score61914d adds
- 186 The Doctor's Wife Is Hard to Woo, but President Shen Spoils Her Like Crazy 医妻难追，沈总他超宠的 [Age gap + both each other's firsts + extra-sweet romance! It starts with a flutter of the heart and ends in a tender journey together] [Steady, fatherly family patriarch × gentle, slow-to-warm-up surgeon] When Yan Wanyi first meets Shen Yanfeng, he is half-reclining in a hospital bed, his illness unable to conceal his aristocratic bearing and fierce presence. Everyone says Third Young Master Shen is cold and ruthless, yet he's gentle and thoughtful only with her, like a dependable elder. It isn 27.8kReads8.9Score3.2k14d adds
- 187 Kissed Senseless After Becoming the Male Lead's Gold-Digging Ex-Girlfriend 穿成男主的拜金前女友被亲懵了 (The rating just came out, so it will rise later) [Sweet romance + mutually faithful + one-on-one] Jiang Tang finds herself inside a campus novel, as the male lead's gold-digging ex-girlfriend. The male lead is a physics genius from an elite family, aloof and chaste. He only believes in platonic relationships, making him the quintessential unattainable heartthrob. After arriving in the story, Jiang Tang thinks the plot seems awfully familiar. Isn't this the novel written by her physics-obsessed 52.6kReads8.8Score6.1k14d adds
- 188 Seduction After Dark: My Fiancé’s Uncle Is Both Doting and Irresistible 夜色引诱：未婚夫小叔他又宠又撩 [Sweet Romance + Cathartic Comeuppance + Mutual First Love + Two Strong Leads] Sharp-tongued heiress vs. mysterious tycoon who dotes on his wife On the eve of her engagement, Su Xiangwan is drugged and set up by her younger sister, her best friend, and her fiancé. Just as she is in danger, the mysterious Chi Mochen comes to her rescue. “Chi Mochen… please… help me…” Only after she has had her way with him does Su Xiangwan realize that the man she slept with is her fiancé’s uncle. “Since this is 3.5kReads9.3Score50214d adds
- 189 Mu Xiaohua Is Quarreling with Film Emperor Lu Again 沐小花又和陆影帝吵起来了 With fair skin, stunning looks, long legs, and a carefree personality, Mu Wan loved nothing more than trading barbs with her childhood sweetheart, Lu Junyao. The aloof, celibate movie star was always left with a headache after Mu Wan got to him. "So, did Mu Wan argue with the movie star today?" "They did. No idea who won and who lost!" The two people in question, Mu Wan and Lu Junyao, exchanged a look and snickered. (ಡωಡ)hiahiahia Later, everyone knew that Flower Mu and Movie Star Lu couldn't st 796Reads9.1Score10214d adds
- 190 Spend the Summer with You 与你共赴夏 [Both leads are romantically inexperienced + school life + sweet romance] [Adorable sweet girl + pretends to be aloof, but secretly cares] Lin Chuyi and Jiang Zhan have known each other since birth. They have never been mortal enemies, but they have certainly argued plenty over the years. In other people’s eyes, Jiang Zhan is unruly and wildly popular. But to Lin Chuyi, he’s suddenly nothing special at all. One day, a friend challenged Lin Chuyi: With a childhood friend like him always hanging a 2kReads9.2Score23714d adds
- 191 A Rising Tide After Marriage 婚后潮涌 Signed for publication | Older Man / Beijing Elite Circle / Marriage First, Love Later | Slow-Burn Romance + Sweet Pampering + Four-Year Age Gap | Rough, Unruly Man X Cool, Reserved Dancer The matchmaking profile handed to Shu Ying had just three lines about Jin Bohan: “Rich. Handsome. Can’t say more.” As the man himself sat across from her cutting his steak, he looked up and added a fourth: “One last thing: you’re welcome to inspect the goods.” Shu Ying’s fingers trembled. No one had told h 347.4kReads9.2Score63.2k14d adds
- 192 A Summer of Sweet Pomelo 甜柚味夏 [Proud top student childhood friend vs. cool, sharp-tongued girl next door] A beautiful transfer student arrived at Nancheng No. 1 High School. When she introduced herself at the front of the classroom, she was bold, carefree, and radiant. The boys in the class immediately started buzzing with excitement. She had only just arrived, but she was already close to Xie Qi, the top student in the grade. Their seemingly deep connection earned her the hostility of plenty of girls. A fangirl brought so 2.3kReads8.9Score41814d adds
- 193 Brother Childhood Friend, Your Cool-Guy Persona Has Crumbled 竹马哥哥，你的高冷人设崩塌啦 [Early work, read with caution] Rumor had it that the most handsome boy at No. 1 High School was aloof and indifferent to girls. He’d been admitted to the country’s top university in his first year of high school, and had won countless prizes in all kinds of competitions. Anyone who’d met him up close described him in four words: “Impossible to catch up to.” So why was there always a beautiful, sweet-voiced little fairy by his side? It took half a semester for everyone to realize that they’d bee 494Reads9.1Score10014d adds
- 194 Strangers in Public, Addicted in Private! Spoiled with Kisses Every Night 人前不熟！人后上瘾！夜夜被宠亲 [Married first, fall in love later + powerful man lowers his head + slow-burn, sweet romance + both leads are each other's first] At 24, Song Xinya was 170 centimeters tall and weighed 90 kilograms. At 25, Song Xinya was 170 centimeters tall and weighed 50 kilograms. In a year, she lost 40 kilograms, transforming from a big girl everyone mocked into a goddess everyone envied. A slim waist, shapely hips, alluring long legs, fair skin, and beautiful features. After going to the wrong table at a bl 88.7kReads9.1Score8.4k14d adds
- 195 A Public Crush! No More Secretly Pining 明恋！才不要暗恋 Childhood Friends Series 2: [Refined and Delicate] [Loves to Flirt] [Sweetheart] x [Wild and Ruthless] [A Little Crazy] [Wolfish Bad Boy] Rating just released [Childhood Friends + Reunion After Years Apart + Devoted Romance with Both Leads Pure + Both Leads Love to Flirt + Family Friends] Everyone knew Tan Su was a star student at Jing University, a top scholar and campus king, the rich young master who fought viciously, had a cold personality, and kept his distance from women. That is, until hi 2.5kReads8.9Score32414d adds
- 196 The Mob Boss Is a Character in a Painting 黑老大是画中人物 On a winter night when they were eighteen, Du Hechi hauled Shen Ningyuan out of the frozen river. Kneeling on one knee, he sneered, “If you’re fine, why keep going near the river? Trying to get yourself killed?” Shen Ningyuan shivered and looked up. “I wasn’t...” “Weren’t you?” He scoffed. “Want me to throw you back in and let you test the water temperature?” Everyone in the village said he was a thug who’d even hit his own father, and Shen Ningyuan believed them. Six years later, Shen Ningyu 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 After Reuniting with His Wife, the Puppy Boy Cried Again and Again 和老婆重逢后，小狗他又又又哭了 [Mutually devoted couple + happy ending + rekindled romance + puppy love + mutual healing + younger man] No rivalry between women, no over-the-top drama A wronged puppy, a jealous puppy, a needy puppy Radiant beauty of an agent VS cool, aloof puppy of a doctor After reuniting with Ming Zailin, Xu Xuyan, who had gotten back what he thought he’d lost, would burst into tears at the slightest disagreement. “Where have you been all these years?” “Ming Zailin, am I trash to you, too? When you’re in a 4.8kReads—Score35214d adds
- 198 The Vain Young Lady Doted on by a Tycoon Is Silly and Adorable 财阀大佬娇养的小白花又傻又可爱 [Size difference + cold-faced CEO + sweet, adorable junior student + one-on-one, mutually devoted + older man gives in for love] Seven-year age gap Bai Hanhan is every bit the “silly little flower” her name suggests. Hoping to stop being single, she decides to confess to the classmate she’s had a crush on for three years. Instead, he ignores her. By a twist of fate, she spends one wild night tangled up with Gu Wenhan, an icy CEO who lost his father as a child and whose mother ran off with anothe 3.4kReads9.3Score32614d adds
- 199 Sole Possession of Her Sweet Softness 独占娇软 Originally titled Cruel Tenderness [Fake sweet girl heroine × Real violent thug hero] [Beijing’s wealthy elite | Both leads sexually and emotionally inexperienced | Happy ending | Size difference | Extreme possessiveness | Intense chemistry] Li Xianqing stands at the very top of the wealthy and powerful in Jingzhou, with a face so handsome it’s beyond reproach. When they meet again, Cheng Zanshu only wants to run. “Sorry, we don’t know each other.” Li Xianqing: “Oh? I know every mole on your 56.8kReads8.9Score9.6k14d adds
- 200 Deliberately Doting on My Archenemy: My Handsome Childhood Friend Knows Just How to Flirt 蓄意偏爱，死对头竹马他美色撩人 [Childhood Sweethearts + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance + Long-Standing Schemes] Xu Xin He suddenly realized that Luo Ning's gaze held something beyond friendship. With a little clever maneuvering, he got his childhood sweetheart to throw herself on top of him. Just as he was getting a taste for it, she turned around and ran off with someone else. - Question: I've liked my childhood sweetheart for years, but she only cares about my looks. What should I do? Top comment: Then make her pay up! Xu 7.2kReads9.2Score67314d adds
