Novels like I Just Want to Be a Proper Waiter
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- 1 The Blizzard on the Winter Solstice 冬至那场暴雪 The Blizzard on the Winter Solstice —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Her Silence, His Medicine 她的沉默，他的药 Her Silence, His Medicine —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Heartless Tribulation 绝情劫 The Trial of Heartlessness —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 New Year's Eve on Huanghe Road 黄河路的除夕 New Year's Eve on Huanghe Road 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Moon over Jinghai 京海的月亮 The Moon over Jinghai —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Jiang Zuo Mei Lang, Long Time No See 江左梅郎，别来无恙 Langya's Mei Lang, Long Time No See —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Night Talks with Lord Gu 顾侯夜话 Night Talks with Marquis Gu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Zhen Huan: Shattered Jade 甄嬛-碎玉 Zhen Huan: Broken Jade —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Lotus Pier 莲花坞 Lotus Cove —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Autumn on Mount Liufeng 六峰山的秋天 Autumn on Liufeng Mountain —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Lost You Forever: Nine Lives Reduced to Ashes 长相思·九命烬 Longing for You: Nine Lives in Ashes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Qi Nian's Dusty Heart 启年尘心 Dust in the Heart at the Dawn of a New Era —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Snow on Pingkang Street 平康白雪 White Snow in Pingkang —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Jing's Heart Turns to Yao, Every Step a Struggle 璟心向夭，寸步难行 Jing's Heart Turns to Yao, Every Step Is Hard —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Mu Sheng's Heart Tribulation 慕声心劫 Mu Sheng's Heart Tribulation —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Huang Yaoshi: Peach Blossoms Fall 黄药师：桃花落 Huang Yaoshi: Falling Peach Blossoms 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Yuwen Hu: This Time, I Won't Take the Throne, Just You 宇文护：这次我不抢皇位，只抢你 Yuwen Hu: This Time, I Won't Fight for the Throne. I'll Fight for You 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Liaodong Wind 辽东风 The Wind of Liaodong 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Paper Figure Xie Yanlai Is Reborn on Set and Vows to Defend the Honor of Princess Chu Zhao to the Death 纸片人谢燕来重生在片场誓死守护长公主楚朝的荣耀 Paper-doll Xie Yanlai is reborn on a film set, vowing to defend the glory of Princess Consort Chu Chao to the death 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Loom of Mountains and Rivers 山河机杼 The Loom of Mountains and Rivers tells the story of Lu Yunshu, a textile industrialist who took over her father's business between 1921 and 1938. Amid the decline of national industry and the invasion of foreign powers, she devoted her life to serving her country through technology and saving it through industry. Lu Yunshu's growth is not a linear climb to success. Every choice she makes is torn between her technological ideals, emotional attachments, and responsibility to her country. Her stren 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Reverse Confession: A Reverse Love TV Series Fanfiction 逆向告白【逆爱电视剧同人文】 [Chi Wei + Guo Jiang + sweet romance + happy ending + multiple elements + transmigration] This is another fanfic of Against Love. I wrote one before, but it got too muddled, so I've started a new one. This one will mostly be sweet romance. There might be a little angst when the plot calls for it, but don't worry when trouble comes up: it'll all be sweet romance, okay? 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Luring Dreams: Yu Meng Fanfiction 诱梦【玉梦同人】 [Two Female Leads] “No matter how time changes, they will always meet, understand each other, fall in love, and stay together.” A Yu Meng fanfic, set in an alternate modern world. A healing story with memories and a happy ending. 269Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 23 Forbidden Love: A TV Drama Fan Work 逆爱【电视剧衍生同人】 The CPs are Chi Cheng x Wu Suowei and Guo Chengyu x Jiang Xiaoshuai from the TV series. I got so absorbed in watching the show that I started writing all sorts of stories in different settings. Some are sweet and some are angsty, but they're all clearly labeled in the titles. I haven't read much of the original novel, so my characterizations may lean more toward the TV series, and the characters may be out of character. If anything bothers you, please go easy on me. I'm not a very good writer ye 477Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Reborn in Myth: I, Gao Yao, Will Claim This World 神话重生，这天下我高要吃定了 Reborn in a mythical world, the first thing Gao Yao does when he opens his eyes is kick the hypocrite Yi Xiaochuan and slap the hooligan Liu Bang away. In my past life, you ruined me, humiliated me, and made it impossible for me to be a man. In this life, I want the world, and I want every woman too! Lyu Zhi grinds my ink, Lyu Su helps me into my armor, and Yushu dances for me. Yi Xiaochuan’s former confidantes now all snuggle in my arms. With the System at his side, Gao Yao can summon talented 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Wu Wangyan's Rebirth: After Being Stabbed Through the Heart 49 Times, I Tore the Whole World Apart 雾妄拾光重生之被穿心49次后撕了全世界 Wu Wang's Rebirth: After Being Pierced Through the Heart 49 Times, I Tore the Whole World Apart 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I, Su Ehuang, the Wicked Peony, Have Been Reborn 邪恶牡丹花苏娥皇，我重生了 Only at the very end, when the man Liu Yan had sent fell to the ground and told me Liu Yan's final order was to keep me safe, did I break down. I couldn't help resenting the heavens for their injustice... If only, if only there were another life... 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Fanfiction About Mu Guiying Taking Command 穆桂英挂帅的同人文 I came across the 2012 version of Mu Guiying Takes Command on Douyin and thought Miao Pu’s Mu Guiying was so cool. I wanted to read fanfiction, but couldn’t find any on Fanqie, so I had no choice but to write it myself. The female lead is Mu Guiying’s cousin, Mu Wanying. She’s great with the books, knows martial arts and medicine, and is Mu Guiying’s close partner. I won’t bash Mu Guiying or Yang Zongbao. There’ll be a little romance, but it’ll probably end up with no romantic pairing, since the 155Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Mad Crown Prince Seeks Revenge, Then Gives Me His Empire 疯批皇长孙复仇，他把江山都给我 The clear-headed merchant Yu Qianqian, who has transmigrated, × Qi Min, a disfigured and unhinged imperial grandson. A tug-of-war over fate in the hell of court intrigue, where obsession collides with clear-eyed resolve. Amid schemes and power plays, they answer a fated call to save each other. ✔ No angst, no angst, no angst. Readers, feel free to imagine yourselves in the characters' shoes! 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Fate Has Decreed That I Need You 命中祝定我缺你 Modern-day girl Xia Zhiyi wakes up to find that her soul has transmigrated into the world of The Twin Dragons of the Great Tang, as Zhu Yuxue, the junior sister of Zhu Yuyan of the Demon Gate’s Yin Kui Sect. This is the early part of the story, before Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, the Twin Dragons, appear. The peerlessly beautiful Zhu Yuyan treats Zhu Yuxue like her own sister and protects her at every turn. But when Zhu Yuxue learns that her senior sister rescued Shi Zhixuan for the Yin Kui Sect, on 143Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Seven Nights of Snow: Scheming for You 七夜雪同人为卿筹谋 If one day you were reborn and returned to the past, what would you do? Would you take the people you care about and stay far away from those people and places that would bring misfortune to you or your loved ones? Or would you use your memories of your past life to plan carefully, prevent tragedy and history from repeating itself, and then live happily with the one you love? 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Defying Love: Breaking Free From the Script to Hold You Close 逆爱之跳出剧本拥抱你 Step out of the script and into the real world to find each other, meet, and fall in love. It used to be “Operation: Woo the College Boy.” Now it's “Operation: Win the Wife Back.” Come see how Chi Cheng pursues Wu Suowei. 288Reads—Score10314d adds
- 32 Love Against the Tide: Transmigrated Back to Childhood 逆爱之穿越回到小时候 [Slow-burn romance + raising and nurturing + both pure + happy ending + a little sweetness] After waking from a nap, he discovered that he had transmigrated back to when he was seven years old. It took him ten minutes to accept the fact that he had transmigrated. On the third day, Wu Suowei set out to find Chi Cheng's home. That night, he arrived at the Chi family's villa and met Chi Cheng, and the story began. 1.2kReads8.3Score10114d adds
- 33 Five Blessings at the Door: Standing Up for You 五福临门：撑腰 (Strong female lead + golden finger + no System + original heroine + canon couples stay together + training and discipline) After the finale of Five Blessings Upon the Gate, 28-year-old Li Jianning watched it twice more overnight at double speed. As a woman with the same surname, Li Jianning felt sorry for the five clever, quick-witted women of the Li family. After staying up late for four nights in a row, lost in her sorrow, Li Jianning passed away in her sleep. Somewhere in the darkness, a voi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Wu Suowei, Chi Cheng, All You Ever Do Is Get Marriage Licenses 吴所畏池骋你天天就知道办证 Wu Suowei wakes from a wet dream and discovers that his mind is being controlled by a certain voice. Even when his girlfriend dumps him, he feels no sadness. To make money, he’s willing to swallow his pride. The wet dreams arrive every night without fail, and Chi Cheng is troubled by them too. Through one coincidence after another, the two gradually approach the fortress of love each has built around himself. 944Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 35 Love Gone Wrong, Love Turned to Addiction 逆爱逆成瘾 A sweet little story, a sweet little story. I can’t bear to put them through angst. It’s different from the original, too. The characters’ personalities will change somewhat, so don’t compare them. This is purely for indulging in sweet romance. Would you believe it, he really did run into a kidnapping that ended in murder! He was reborn? Well... Chi Cheng is gone? Don’t panic, go find him! He’s in Jinghua? Don’t panic, I can go there too! There’s a rival in love? Don’t panic, get rid of them! He 1.6kReads8.9Score13714d adds
- 36 Ning Er Transmigrates into Chang Yu's Sister: Shipping the Couple Right Away 宁二穿成长玉妹：第一时间磕CP [The heroine transmigrates into a book as the younger sister who dies early in the original story, but all she can think about is playing matchmaker for her brother and sister-in-law. Her matchmaking schemes never run out, and the laughs come thick and fast. When the plot goes off the rails and the original male lead starts looking at her differently, the outsider is pulled into the whirlpool of romance. The ultimate twist: shipping a couple turns into becoming one half of a couple, bringing une 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Back to My Youth: Is the Sweetheart Still the Snake Husband's Darling? 重回年少，糖郎还是蛇夫掌中娇 The two men lived happily together for many years. One day, Wu Suowei woke up to find himself back in his college days, when he was dating Yue Yue. At this point, Chi Cheng was still young and sunny. Although his future reputation as “Beijing's Number One Stud” was already on the horizon, he wasn't nearly as twisted as he would become. Wu Suowei, who had only managed to top him once because Chi Cheng had gone soft, couldn't help feeling tempted by this younger version of him. With all those year 596Reads8.5Score10314d adds
- 38 Investiture of the Gods: This Time, Jiang Ziya Is the One Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium 封神：这一世换姜子牙追妻火葬场 [Reborn + he chases her after losing her + strong heroine + the Goddess falls hard + sweet and angsty + marriage before love + a complete family] A fanfiction derived from the TV series The Investiture of the Gods. In my previous life, I was Jiang Ziya’s wife. I gave my heart to the wrong man, died taking an arrow for him, and got only one reply: “After the Investiture of the Gods is complete.” Reborn, I am still Ma Zhaodi, but I am no longer the foolish woman who ran after him everywhere. I hid 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Forbidden Love: You Are My Destiny 逆爱之你是我的命中注定 Chi Cheng's greatest regret was not meeting Wu Suowei sooner. Perhaps Heaven heard his prayer. When Chi Cheng opened his eyes, he found himself back in the past. To win Wu Suowei's heart, Chi Cheng pulled out every trick in the book. In the end, he successfully made Wu Suowei his. Chi Cheng x Wu Suowei Guo Chengyu x Jiang Xiaoshuai [The characters differ from the original, with a few minor changes.] 474Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 40 Watching Reverse Love: You’re the One Favoritism I Can’t Give Up 逆爱观影：你是我戒不掉的偏爱 [Two male leads + Reverse Love fanfic + shipping couples + sweet and doting romance + dark, possessive top x optimistic ray of sunshine] [No breaking up the couples. Feast! Feast! Feast!] [Main couple: Chi Cheng x Wu Suowei; side couple: Guo Chengyu x Jiang Xiaoshuai] Setting: Parallel universe. Chi Cheng, who never met Wu Suowei, fell out with his childhood friend Guo Chengyu after Wang Shuo betrayed him. His moods became unpredictable, and he grew gloomy and ruthless, turning into a tyrant eve 387Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 41 My Journey to You: Snow and Moon Fall on the Sparse Paulownia 云之羽：雪月落疏桐 The Story of Rose, starts at chapter 175 (Huang Yimei * Fu Jiaming) To the Wonder, starts at chapter 131 (Batai * Li Wenxiu) Fu Jiaming was reborn in the best years of Rose's life. She was beautiful and radiant, living with wild abandon. Some men abandoned their wives and children for her, some were so infatuated they lost their minds, and some would have given their lives for her... Yet she fell in love with a refined, handsome man who was all too conventional. Fate always seemed to follow the 43Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 42 Meeting You in the Breeze: Xu Hongdou's Corgi Boyfriend 遇见有风：许红豆的柯基男友 [Meet Yourself fan fiction + slice of life + single heroine, Xu Hongdou + ensemble cast + Liu Tianxian] In a parallel universe, after Xu Hongdou has a spat with her Corgi boyfriend and breaks up with him, he chases after her without having to suffer a drawn-out heartbreak before they get back together. The male lead has stock options worth hundreds of millions and settles down to a happy life with the heroine. 1.9kReads—Score10114d adds
- 43 Young Master Chi Is Completely Ruled by His Wife 池少是个妻管严 Chi Cheng × Wu Suowei (Chapters 1–129 are about being reborn. After chapter 129, it’s a different story~) Guo Chengyu scoffs. “You’re several years older than Wu Suowei, so why do you obey him like one of his dogs? Aren’t you embarrassed?” Chi Cheng gives him a sidelong glance. “Aren’t you Jiang Xiaoshuai’s dog? Go on, try not listening to him!” Young Master Guo lowers his noble head. “…Can’t do that~” The two henpecked men silently exchange a look. They wouldn’t dare disobey~ 1.7kReads8.3Score10614d adds
- 44 Not Quite Lost in the Role 入戏不深 “I’m not too caught up in the role.” “What do you mean?” “I can tell the difference. You’re the one I like.” “My eyes have never lied to me.” “I still believe that to this day. Meeting you is the luckiest thing that’s ever happened to me.” “Your eyes tell me you like me.” Fanfiction. Any similarities are purely coincidental (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) 860Reads—Score10314d adds
- 45 Reversing Love: Young Master Chi's White Moonlight Has Been Replaced 逆爱重启，池少的白月光换人了 [Warning] The destined CP must not be switched or broken up. Chi Wei 99, Guo Jiang 99!! Wang Shuo appears a lot, a whole lot. He’s in almost every chapter at the beginning!! If that bothers you, proceed with caution! Seriously, proceed with caution!!! Please don’t give me a bad rating halfway through, thanks!! I was so obsessed with Against Love that I couldn’t help imagining: what would happen if Wu Suowei and Chi Cheng were college classmates? Blurb: Wu Suowei opens his eyes to find himself 2kReads8.4Score12114d adds
- 46 In the World of Roses, Huang Yimei Is My Childhood Sweetheart from the Start 人在玫瑰，开局黄亦玫青梅 [The Tale of Rose fan fiction] + [Single heroine] + [Mutual devotion] + [Behind-the-scenes powerhouse] + [Surprises to come] Chen Xing transmigrates into The Tale of Rose, becomes childhood friends with Huang Yimei, and gains a sign-in System. From a strong, healthy body to immunity to every poison, from five million in cash to a trillion in assets, the System’s sign-in rewards have it all. For as long as he lives, Chen Xing wants to do just three things. Honor his elders, find love, and help hi 2.3kReads7.2Score10114d adds
- 47 Into the White Deer Drama: Chasing from the Screen to Reality 穿进白鹿剧：从影视世界追到现实 [Transmigrate into the World of Bai Lu's TV Dramas] [Romance in the Real Entertainment Industry] Shao Tianyu is a graduate student at Tsinghua University, and also a fan of Lu Rong. He is passionate about martial arts and longevity. By chance, he discovers that TV drama posters can actually connect to the worlds within the shows, and thus begins his journey through those worlds... Completed: One and Only, Forever and Ever, Police Honor, A Dream of Splendor, Only for Love, The Legend of Zhao Yao, 4.4kReads7.1Score19714d adds
- 48 Love Reversed: Back in College, I Become His First Love 逆爱：回到大学时代成为他的初恋 [Dual Male Leads + Counterattack Fan Fiction + Reborn + First Love + Happy Ending] Wu Suowei never expected to wake up back in his college days. He thought he’d get to see the innocent, green Chi Cheng and began dreaming of turning the tables on him. But who could have guessed that even at twenty, Chi Cheng was anything but innocent… “That bastard was rotten to the core.” Once Wu Suowei accepts reality, he starts his “training the dog” plan. At the same time, he’ll save his mentor Jiang Xiaoshua 4.4kReads8.9Score24714d adds
- 49 Yun Leads Meng Astray 昀牵孟萦 [Airheaded beauty x scheming, loyal guard dog] (The main story is complete. Read with confidence.) [Younger man romance + playing dumb to catch the tiger + sweet throughout] Meng Ziyi, an actress who had been bashed by the entire internet for years, finally landed a role in a TV drama called Poison Queen. Her male co-star was Li Yunrui, whom she had worked with years ago when she played a supporting role. On the first day of filming, Li Yunrui wore armor and looked like a white-haired young m 2kReads8.7Score24214d adds
- 50 My Journey to You: Gong Shangjue's Little Girl 云之羽：宫尚角的小姑娘 [I'm writing this based on what I want to see. The timeline and plot won't match the TV drama, and it won't be very long, so please don't flame me.] A promise made when we were thirteen. Thirteen years later, we meet again. Even if you don't remember a thing, from this moment on, I'll take responsibility for all your memories., Gong Shangjue Big Sister, you and Brother are the two people I care about most in this life. I'm so lucky to have one more person who loves me., Gong Yuanzhi 619Reads—Score—14d adds
