Novels like Ashes Ablaze in a Chaotic Age
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- 151 Reborn, I Fed a Beggar and Saved the Prince Regent, Driving the Phoenix Man Mad! 重生归来喂乞丐却救下摄政王，凤凰男气疯！ Reborn, I Feed a Beggar and Save the Regent, Driving the Phoenix Man Mad! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 She Is the Light 她自是灯火 How did women a hundred years ago view marriage and life? This is the story of a woman with an extraordinary upbringing. A government official's daughter in the late Qing Dynasty, she was left alone as her family declined amid the upheaval of a changing era. But she had grown up in an orphanage with missionaries and learned medicine. By treating the sick and saving lives, she found her place in the world and came to understand life's impermanence. Faced with family ties, an arranged marriage mea 420Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 153 Where the Clouds Rise Over the Ferry 云起津渡 The “past-life arc” following His South of the Clouds. The rating has only just come in and will keep rising. All my published books are rated above 9, so feel free to dive in. He is a ruthless Green Gang boss in Tianjin, a favorite of the Japanese. Those who fear him in the underworld respectfully call him “Master Jiu”; those who hate him curse him behind his back as a “traitor” and a “lackey.” Every step is fraught with danger and fear. He perseveres through bloodshed and painstakingly plots b 1.1kReads8.5Score19614d adds
- 154 Years Have Passed, and Our Happy Ending Is Gone 至此经年，佳期永别 On the day Qiu Xueke married Qin Zichuan, she was overjoyed, thinking the happiness she had waited so long for had finally arrived. But who could have guessed that what knocked at her door wasn't happiness, but a nightmare? In that marriage, she lost her soul and her heart, and in the end, she lost everything... 22Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 155 In the Old Voice Recorder He Left Behind, I Heard Those Three Words, 我在他留下的旧录音笔里，听到了那句迟到七年的我爱你 In the Old Voice Recorder He Left Behind, I Heard the 'I Love You' That Was Seven Years Too Late 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 The Day We Divorced, My Powerful Ex-Husband Died at My Door 和离当天，权臣前夫死在我门前 [Cool and aloof heroine VS cold-faced, warm-hearted, unhinged powerful official] [Angsty romance + reborn + unhinged + historical romance + redemption] The day Jiang Xuanzhi died, we had already divorced. In the middle of the night, he knocked on my door and spat blood all over me. Clutching his chest, he whimpered softly, “Chu He, it hurts. It’s hurt so much for so many years...” He had loved me enough to give his life, yet could only pretend to be cold and heartless. Even on the brink of death 1.6kReads9.1Score9914d adds
- 157 With You, I'll Cross the Rest of My Life 屿你渡余生 Crossing the Rest of Life with You 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 The Rose Is Lost 玫瑰已失 At the hospital, she inexplicably learned that she did not have long to live. After that, she divorced the man who was her husband in name only. She couldn't bear to let him go, but the diagnosis left her no choice but to set him free. After the divorce, her health deteriorated by the day. Her best friend urged her to be hospitalized, but she shook her head and refused. In the end, she passed away alone at home. Later, under pressure from his grandmother in the Shen family, Shen Shen sent people 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Overturn the Night, Love Leaves Pujiang 掀翻黑夜，情离埔江 Overturning the Night, Love Lost in Pujiang 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The Psychotic, Obsessive Female Boss and the Undercover Cop 疯批病娇女老大和卧底警察 A Crazy, Possessive Female Crime Boss and an Undercover Cop —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 My Idea Isn't Too Much to Ask, Is It...? 我的这个想法不过分吧……？ There’s nothing unreasonable about this idea of mine, right...? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 A Massage Parlor Was My First Job 按摩会所，是我第一份工作 A massage parlor was my first job. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 My First Love: A Romance Like Wind Chimes 我的初恋男友-风铃之恋 My First Love: A Romance with Wind Chimes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 One Last Rainfall Before We Part 最后一阵诉别雨 [Mutual pining | A little campus romance | Short BE | Male lead dies, female lead finds peace] The sky waits for the rain, and I wait for you. Song Ting'an never got to see his rain. From that song by Jay Chou, with lyrics by Vincent Fang. “The sky waits for the rain, and I wait for you.” He listened to it again and again. Song Tianqing, the character in Song Ting'an's book, got to meet his Yue Yuyu. But Song Ting'an never got to meet his Li Yanyu. His chance of survival was only twenty perc 377Reads8.0Score11914d adds
- 165 Two Autumns, the Cry of Wild Geese 雁鸣双秋 The story takes place during the turbulent warlord era of the Republic of China. From the Shen family in a small fishing village in the northeast, two beautiful sisters step out into the world, where a series of tales of love and hatred unfolds. Beautiful women and heroes vie for one another in troubled times, while warlords fight over gold and cultural relics... This story is grounded in everyday life, with a twisting, turning plot and characters who are loyal and true... 4.6kReads9.2Score62014d adds
- 166 Love Turned to Ruin 婚爱成殇 After five years of marriage, Sang Nian still hadn't managed to warm Chi Yi's heart. For the sake of their sick child, she drugged Chi Yi, but all she got in return was his deep-seated hatred and vengeance. She lost the child... 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Scorching Kiss Marks: The Coldhearted CEO's Guilty Wife Reborn 烬火吻痕：冷血霸总的罪妻重生 After returning to the Su family, Su Wanli longs for the warmth of family. Time and again, she is deceived by her birth family and keeps hurting Lu Chenyuan, the man who silently protects her. Who could have known that a devastating scheme would befall her? Locked in a warehouse by her own family, she perishes in a sea of flames, plunging from the heights of glory into hell! Only as she nears death does she learn the whole truth. She sees the man charge into the raging fire without hesitation, 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 My Mother-in-Law Takes 30,000 Yuan from Me Every Month, Then Turns Around and Shames Me Online for Not Raising the Kids 婆婆每月拿我三万生活费，转头网暴我不带娃 My Mother-in-Law Takes 30,000 Yuan from Me Every Month, Then Goes Online to Shame Me for Not Raising the Kids 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Ten Years in a Cold Kiln, Then the Top Scholar Returned with a Noblewoman, So I Divorced Him 寒窑十年，状元郎携贵女归时我合离 After Ten Years in a Cold Kiln, I Divorced When the Top Scholar Returned with a Noble Lady 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 A Bully Flipped My Food Stall and Demanded Protection Money, So I Pulled Up His Entire Record of Illegal Acts 恶霸掀我小吃摊收保护费，我调出全部违法记录 A Bully Wrecked My Snack Stall and Demanded Protection Money, So I Pulled Up His Entire Record of Illegal Activity —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The Night We Divorced, I Tore Off the Good-Wife Label and Left Everyone in Awe 离婚那晚，我撕掉贤妻标签全员仰望 The Night I Divorced, I Tore Off the Good Wife Label and Left Everyone Looking Up to Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 A Seventy-Year-Old Grandma Is Reborn and Dumps Her Parasite Children, Leaving Everyone Stunned 七旬奶奶重生，踹掉吸血儿女全员傻眼 A Seventy-Year-Old Grandma Is Reborn, Dumps Her Bloodsucking Children, and Leaves Everyone Stunned 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 My Mother’s Day Gold Necklace Went to My Sister-in-Law, So I Cut Ties and Reclaimed Every Asset 母亲节金项链被转送嫂子，我断亲收回全部资产 My Mother’s Day Gold Necklace Was Given to My Sister-in-Law, So I Cut Ties and Took Back All My Assets —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 I Paid for Our Wedding Home in Full, but My Brother-in-Law’s Family Forced Their Way In to Stay 婚房我全款买，小叔子一家强行搬进来常住 I Paid for Our New Home in Full, but My Brother-in-Law’s Family Forced Their Way In to Live There —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 The Way She Smokes Reminds Me of My Unrequited Love 她抽烟的姿势，像看上我的白月光 The way she smoked looked like she had her eye on my first love. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 As If There Were a Glimmer of Light 仿佛，若有光 Gao Yu, a young curator and painter, accidentally transmigrates to a women's university in 1947. He becomes its youngest male teacher and a clandestine Party member with a special identity. Amid the shifting interplay of light and shadow, he meets Shen Weiying, a beautiful, aloof university student. One love across a lifetime, two meetings: it turns out that love is the light that never fades. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 I’ll Give Our Love Back to You 我把爱情还给你 Gu Qingrang, loving you is too exhausting. 59Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 178 The Mountains and Seas Between Me and My Love 我与所爱隔山海 You were the only sunlight and warmth in my life, but you left me with nothing but despair, and made me feel so filthy... 71Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 179 Never Forgotten 念念不忘 Never Forgotten —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 The Young Heiress's Personal Knight (Love Drowning in Light) 大小姐的专属骑士（溺光的爱） The Heiress's Exclusive Knight (Love That Drowns in Light) 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 He Said He'd Come Back Wearing His Medal and Marry Me 他说要戴着奖章回来娶我 He said he’d come back with a medal and marry me. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 A Pie Falling From the Sky 惊讶之天下，天上掉下馅饼 What a surprise: a windfall fell from the sky. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 So Love Has an Expiration Date 原来爱有期限 Shao Ning: Everyone says love can overcome any obstacle. It’s not that I don’t believe in love, but love can change in an instant. The only thing that lasts is... a 15-year limit... Maybe Mom, you and Dad were right. In the end, a man and a man just can’t be together. 1.8kReads—Score19314d adds
- 184 My Wife Smells Divine, and I’m Losing My Nerve 妻子很香，我很心慌 My wife smells so good, but I’m freaking out. 194Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 In the Name of Love 以爱之名 Shen Moran thought she was living a happy life. She had a husband who loved her and a family who adored her. But everything changed overnight. Her father was accused of leaking trade secrets and sentenced to ten years in prison. The accuser was none other than the husband who had promised to love her forever. That day, Shen Moran’s world came crashing down. The husband she loved so deeply became a complete stranger overnight. He deceived her, lied to her, and tormented her. He said the cruelest 38Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 186 A Yin, the Peach Blossoms Are Blooming. I’ll Take You Home. Please Wake up, Won’t You? 阿吟，桃花开了，朕带你回家，你醒醒好不好？ A Yin, the peach blossoms are blooming. I’ll take you home. Please wake up, won’t you? 24Reads—Score214d adds
- 187 After Reincarnating as a Tyrant's Guard, I Give Up and Do Nothing 穿成暴君的侍卫后，我摆烂了 I Became a Tyrant’s Guard and Started Slacking Off 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 My Stepmom Died, and I Hung Up on My Scumbag Dad in a Rage 后妈去世，我愤怒挂了渣爹电话 After My Stepmom Died, I Hung Up on My Deadbeat Dad in a Fit of Rage 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 The Golden Pavilion of Weak Waters 弱水金阁 They grew up at the same time, but were never childhood sweethearts. Their families lived next door, yet they barely knew each other. Chen Jiayang and Sheng Shi'an were the closest strangers in the world. Then, eight years ago, an accident befell Chen Jiayang's family, severing even the tenuous bond of living next door. Their only connection was the engagement their elders had jokingly arranged for the two children. Eight years later, Sheng Shi'an followed in Chen Jiayang's footsteps. At such a 660Reads9.1Score6614d adds
- 190 Reborn, I Outsmart My Husband's Consort 重生后我智斗侧妃 Reborn, I Outsmart the Side Consort 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Mr. Bo, We’re Nothing but Strangers Now 薄先生，你我情同陌路 [Short Story Contest] After seven years of marriage, she has suffered endless torment at his hands. She has angina and only a year left to live, but he ignores it and plans to marry her younger sister. No one knows she is the real Mrs. Bo. Forced to kneel before her own sister and admit she is a shameless mistress seeking attention, she endures his bloodthirsty sneers and his endless humiliation and trampling of her dignity. After losing her child, she goes mad with despair and leaps from the up 131Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 192 I Tracked My Wife’s Location. The Address Was My Best Buddy’s House 追踪妻子定位，地址是我好哥们家 I Tracked My Wife’s Location. It Led to My Best Friend’s House 143Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 On Our Wedding Day, I Gave My Wife a Grand Surprise 婚礼当天，我送老婆一份大礼 On our wedding day, I gave my wife a very special gift. 40Reads—Score314d adds
- 194 Brother, I’m Done Getting Treatment 哥哥，我不治了 Big Brother, I’m Done with Treatment 1.4kReads—Score7614d adds
- 195 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
- 196 I Was Raised in a Pigsty and Now Earn a Million a Year 猪圈里养出了百万年薪的我 I Made a Million a Year Growing Up in a Pigsty 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 My Fiancé Made Me Kneel to Protect His Beloved. I Ran into the Flames and Rose to Become a Queen 未婚夫为护白月光让我下跪，我转身冲进火海逆袭成女王 My Fiancé Made Me Kneel to Protect His One True Love. I Rushed Into the Flames and Rose to Become a Queen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Smiling at the Memories, Crying for the Days Gone By 笑着回忆，哭过的时光 What should life be like? Actually, it should be just as it is now. Only then can it truly be itself. They say you have to cry before you can grow up, but real growing up happens on the nights when you don't cry. After three years of hardship, I learned to find sweetness among the shards of glass. I was also lucky enough to record the few beautiful moments from those years, and now I'd like to share them with you. Wishing you the joys of spring, the peace of summer, the blessings of autumn, and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 After Three Years as a Live-In Son-in-Law, They Forced Me to Operate on My Enemy 当赘婿三年，他们逼我给仇人做手术 After Three Years as Their Live-In Son-in-Law, They Forced Me to Operate on My Enemy 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 I Cleaned a Temple, and Heaven Keeps Feeding Me 扫个庙，老天爷追着喂饭吃 I scanned a shrine, and now Heaven itself keeps chasing me to make sure I’m well fed 7Reads—Score—14d adds
