Novels like The Sinking Carp Startles the Cattails
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- 1 I Came Down from Heaven and Gave the Wrong Medicine, and the Matchmaker God Exploded 下凡喂错药，月老炸了 I went down to the mortal world and gave someone the wrong medicine. The Matchmaker God is furious! 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Prince Offered Himself to Her, and She Took Him Up on It 王爷以身相许，她要了 The Prince Offered Himself to Her, and She Accepted 200Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Lamp Shines Where Worries Fade 灯照忘忧处 : Ling Xi is the lowest-ranking Spirit Guide in the Immortal Realm. Her duty is to light Spirit Guiding Lamps and lead the souls of those who died unjustly in the mortal world into reincarnation. But she has a secret: her lamp can guide not only ordinary souls, but also souls burdened by unresolved obsessions. And every time she helps a soul let go of its obsession, she forgets a memory connected to it. One day, she encounters the soul of a young man tightly entwi 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 My Lord, Your Dog Can't Come In! 侯爷，您的狗不能进！ My Lord, Your Dog Can't Come In! 224Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The On-Screen CEO Is Actually a Puppy in Private 荧幕霸总私下竟是小奶狗 · Two top-tier stars | Mutual secret crushes | Livestreamed dating show | The whole internet swoons · Cold on the outside, pure-hearted and devoted actor x gentle yet strong-willed, healing actress. In public, he's a cool, abstinent screen idol who commands the room. In private, he's a loyal puppy who can only gaze at her with longing. Chen Caifu never imagined she'd join a dating show with her senior, Lin Jia, whom she'd secretly loved for years. In front of the cameras, he's a distant, refined 453Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Crown Prince's Sweetheart 太子殿下的糖心小娇妻 He is the dignified, jade-like Crown Prince. She is a free-spirited daughter of a military family. They were childhood sweethearts, and their love was mutual, but he insists on breaking off their arranged engagement and pushing her far away, because as the heir to the throne, he fears he cannot give her a lifetime with only him. Give up? As if. She wants her Crown Prince brother, and she wants a lifetime with only him. If she can’t stand the rules of the “three palaces and six courtyards,” then 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Qipao's Willow Waist 旗袍柳腰 A cheongsam and a willow-slim waist 2.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 8 A Bride in Her Place: The Abandoned Village Girl Makes a Fortune in the 1980s 八零替嫁：被弃村姑把日子过红火 Hongqi Village in the 1980s. Su Jinxiu, the eldest sister, had already set her wedding date. But to run away with the young man she was seeing, she packed up and eloped in the middle of the night. To repay the enormous bride price and save face, her parents, who favored sons over daughters, pushed out their second daughter, Su Wanhe, who had always worked like an ox and endured every beating and insult, to take her elder sister’s place. Her fiancé, Lu Jingchuan, was cold and formidable, with rut 123Reads—Score10914d adds
- 9 The Little Fox Is Delicate and Soft, and the Abstinent Big Shot Is Addicted 小狐狸身娇体软，禁欲大佬上瘾了 [Beautiful, adorable fox spirit + cold-faced, secretly passionate heir to a wealthy family] [The powerful one bows his head] [The little fox spirit flirts without realizing it] [1v1] Lu Chen, a young master from the capital's elite circles, returns from studying abroad. His overbearing father forces him to get engaged to a wealthy heiress, using it as an excuse to arrange a political marriage. But he's only twenty-five, and marriage still seems a long way off. - While praying for her grandmother 5.3kReads—Score19414d adds
- 10 The Village Elders Taught Me Cultivation, but All I Learned Was How to Cook Snails 全村大佬教我修仙，我学会了煮螺 My name is Yu Xiaoyao, a healer led astray by ten powerful masters. The Sword Maniac taught me swordsmanship, so I trained a flying sword the size of a fingernail that’s only good for slicing fruit. The Bruiser taught me boxing, and I invented my own “Trash-Talk Fist,” cursing until my opponents lose their nerve. The Wine Immortal taught me spells, but all I know is “Blind You Silly,” which makes enemies cover their eyes and roll around. No healing required. As for the ancient divine weapon, t 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Shirt Buttons of a Beijing Girl 北京大妞的衬衫纽扣 A Beijing Girl’s Shirt Buttons 186Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn, I Remarry, and My In-Laws Buy Me an Eldest Brother 重生改嫁婆家买来长兄 Being reborn didn't help her escape disaster. Just as she had finally decided to love someone wholeheartedly, he was framed and thrown into prison. Du Anhui was forced to bow her head to a scumbag and sign a humiliating five-year agreement. She thought they would never cross paths again, but she met Kang Rubai once more. He had lost his memory and forgotten everything about his past, yet his instinctive attraction to her couldn't lie. Kang Siqi schemed at every turn. One conspiracy left her preg 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Drunken Captive's Delight 醉囚欢 When Shen Yanqing rescued her, there was only despair in her eyes. By the time he carried her home after she had spent five years insane, there was nothing in her eyes at all. They were hollow, like a dried-up well. He kept watch outside her door for three years, bringing her meals by day and covering her with a blanket at night. In the depths of the third winter, she suddenly spoke. “Are you called Yanqing?” He fell to his knees and wept for the entire night. 1.1kReads—Score17314d adds
- 14 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
- 15 I Somehow Got My Hands Around My Career and My Treacherous Wife 一不小心，拿捏职场和背叛夫人 His wife betrayed him, then joined forces with others to take Chen Sijie’s life. Heaven gives Chen Sijie a chance to be reborn. This time, he will build a successful career and have beautiful women by his side, while taking down workplace bullies and He Qianqian, the woman who betrayed him. 739Reads—Score10214d adds
- 16 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
- 17 My Ex-Boyfriend’s Cousin Says He Wants to Date Me 前男友的表哥说，想跟我处对象 He Lina's boyfriend is considerate and gentle, but he can't protect her. After they break up, a dull ache lingers in her chest. She drinks herself into a stupor at a bar and runs into her ex-boyfriend's cousin. The man pulls her into his arms and quietly asks if she'll be with him. She can barely make out what he's saying. Dazed, she gazes at his strikingly familiar, handsome face and nods without thinking, an answer she would never give when sober. The man lowers his eyes, his deep voice fallin 5.1kReads—Score34614d adds
- 18 The Mountain Doctor 山野妙手小医圣 [Urban + rural + miracle doctor + multiple heroines + hot-blooded + wish fulfillment] Wang Tiezhu, a simple-minded young man from Taoyuan Village, often went into the mountains to work alongside the widow Lin Wan'er. One day at noon, the two rested in the shade of a tree beside a field ridge. A village rogue who had been tailing them for a long time suddenly sprang from the bushes, intent on taking advantage of Lin Wan'er. The foolish lad everyone looked down on had always been treated kindly by 3.3kReads—Score19114d adds
- 19 Transported into a Movie, I Sweet-Talked the Childless Tyrant into Submission 穿进电影，绝嗣暴君被我哄软了 [Breathtakingly Beautiful Medical School Campus Queen x Bewitching, Unhinged, Childless Tyrant] [Intense Push and Pull] [Heroine Makes the First Move and Takes Him by Force] [She Wants to Run After Flirting] [Tyrant Chases Her Instead] [Becomes Empress and Has His Children] Wen Wan was born into a family of physicians. With extraordinary medical skills and a beauty that could topple kingdoms, she nevertheless pursued her dream of acting and enrolled at the Beijing Film Academy, where she became 1.2kReads—Score12914d adds
- 20 He Watches You from the Shadows 他在背后凝视你 Chi Wan, a female detective, had seen more than enough corpses, but never one with roses offered after death. A famous woman painter was brutally murdered in her studio. There was a small wound between her brows and a thornless rose by her side. Every piece of evidence pointed to her abusive husband, and Chi Wan was ready to close the case, until a man appeared. “My name is Wenren Jing. I’m the victim’s defense attorney.” Gentle and refined, he nevertheless brought the case crashing down with a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 A Quiet Understanding of Yan's Heart 微微知砚心 In the autumn of 1934, on a rainy night in Ningcheng, fate brought two people from different worlds together without warning. The down-and-out writer Bai Zhiwei clutched her father’s manuscript as she hurried through the rain, nearly colliding with a black military car beneath the dim streetlights. The pages scattered across puddles like white butterflies, the ink bleeding in the rain. The car door opened, and military boots crushed the reflections on the wet ground. Gu Yanqing, the warlord’s so 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 After Marriage, She Got Hooked 婚后，她上瘾了 After Marriage, She Became Addicted 260Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Fall in Love and Die: The Heir and I Defy Heaven 动情即殒命，我与世子逆苍天 Shen Qingyan unexpectedly spends a night entangled with Xiao Jinyuan, a ruthless and cold-blooded heir to a noble title. A high monk tells them, "Only by joining body and soul forty-nine times can you break the heavenly punishment that has haunted you for three lifetimes." But the curse's shackles remain: the moment they fall in love and commit to each other, both will die. She runs, he pursues. There is no escape from fate. She is a goddess undergoing tribulation. Reborn across three lifetimes, 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I Thought I Was Here to Pick Up Girls, So How Did I End Up Cultivating Immortality? 说好泡妞，怎么修了仙 [Wish fulfillment + multiple female leads + dual cultivation + System + urban cultivation + no mindless decisions] (The rating just came out and will rise.) The last female Emperor of the Immortal Realm perishes. Her remnant soul drifts for thirteen thousand years before transforming into the “Love-and-Wealth Tycoon System” and binding itself to the destitute Lin Xu. The System alternately pressures and persuades him to approach one beautiful woman after another, tempering his cultivation throu 16.3kReads7.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 25 The Gloomy Older Brother’s Canary 阴湿哥哥的金丝雀 [Older, possessive man x pure, orphaned girl] [Both each other's first] [Forced love] [Redemption] Lin Bai Chen once had a younger sister named Lin Lu, but she fell into the sea and drowned when she was four. Later, he found an orphan girl on a mountain road who looked a lot like his sister. And later still, he lost the girl he'd taken in, too. From then on, he was consumed by endless guilt, which gradually twisted into a pathological need to possess! Fifteen years later, when he found her again 14.1kReads7.8Score67514d adds
- 26 Wrapped in Clouds, At Ease 裹云舒 [She set a rule: no more than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea for intimate moments. From then on, there was always tea left in the prince’s cup.] Radiant young miracle doctor vs. proud prince | Trade | Political intrigue | Secretly pining The ultimate push and pull | Obsessive adoration To restore order at court and root out bandits, the court summoned its battle-hardened prince back to the capital. The prince was nearing thirty and still unmarried. He also had a peculiar fondness for 2.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Female Player Transmigrates and Catches the Eye of the Cold Crown Prince 女海王穿越，被清冷太子盯上了 [Bold, formidable heroine x clingy, snake-like hero | Secret identities everywhere | Devoted to each other alone] "Do you know A Yu or not?" Yun Zhaohe stared at the little white snake in her arms and finally asked the question she had been holding in for so long. The little white snake shook its head, but its shifty eyes gave away its guilty conscience. Yun Zhaohe, a top modern investigator, died in an explosion and transmigrated as the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister of Great Qin 307Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Starved Cast-Off Wife Is Back for Revenge 那个被饿死的弃妇杀回来了 Transmigration, rebirth, farming, building an information network, establishing a power base, household intrigue, palace intrigue, rising to the pinnacle of power Shen Zhao, a modern-day female assassin, transmigrated to ancient times and into the body of Yuan Yihe, a discarded wife who had suffered abuse for years. Her family had always ignored her, left her hungry, and married her off in place of her elder sister to a spoiled young master. On her wedding day, the groom ran away. She asked to 1.4kReads9.1Score17214d adds
- 29 Reborn, I Drove the God of War Marquis Wild with Desire 重生后，我撩疯了战神侯爷 [The new book has only just received its initial rating, so the sample size is small. The score will gradually rise over time.] In her previous life, Shen Li was blind to the truth and foolishly devoted, mistaking her benefactor for someone else and marrying Pei Zhaoyan. After five years of giving him her whole heart, she was left with a child dead, her own life lost, and her family destroyed. Only as she lay dying did she finally realize that the person who had silently protected her and risk 6.2kReads6.8Score52414d adds
- 30 Flowers Beneath the Eaves 檐下花 This is a story of a woman’s journey toward self-growth beneath the eaves of a village home. She relies on no one and waits for no one. She will make her own spring bloom: she moves into a side room at her brother and sister-in-law’s home to live alone. The hushed late-night conversations between her brother and sister-in-law next door unwittingly become her belated introduction to love. 1.5kReads—Score15514d adds
- 31 After I Went Mad, the Whole Capital Begged Me to Fix Their Houses 发疯后，全京城求我修房 She is the most skilled female builder in the capital, and also the craziest troublemaker. She lets her madness run wild and overwhelms everyone with her expertise, tearing the original story to shreds as she goes. Regent Xiao Heng says, “This woman is harder to handle than the imperial court.” Imperial Preceptor Pei Qingxuan says, “She is the one variable I never saw coming.” 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 My Childhood Friend Is a Royal Consort. What Can the Princess Do About Me? 我的竹马是驸马，公主奈我何？ [Pure historical romance | Reunited after years apart | Devoted, sweet romance with mutual fidelity | Ensemble coming-of-age] After their entire village was massacred, six young friends were scattered to the ends of the earth. Years later, Yun Sheng, now going by Qin Sheng, had made a life for herself in the capital. Xiao Hechen, the childhood friend she had never stopped thinking about, returned to the capital too, but fate had other plans. For the sake of his scheme, he had no choice but to m 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 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
- 34 An ER Doctor Can’t Cure a Mad Dog, But Can Treat Its Owner 急诊医生治不了疯狗，但能治狗主人 An emergency doctor can’t cure a rabid dog, but they can treat its owner. 63Reads—Score314d adds
- 35 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 9.6kReads7.9Score57614d adds
- 36 You Took My Kidney to Save Her, but I’m the One You’ve Always Loved 挖肾救她，你要的白光月是我 I was Fu Siyan's stand-in lover for five years. He told me not to show my teeth when I smiled, because it wasn't like her. He insisted I warm his milk for exactly three minutes before drinking it, because that's what she did. Even during intimate moments, he made me wear a cat-ear headband, because she liked it. Then the hospital called to say his first love was critically ill. With red eyes, he wanted to take my kidney to save her. I took off my wig, revealing long golden hair exactly like hers 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 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 54Reads—Score114d adds
- 38 Reborn as the Deposed Empress: The Dowager Empress’s Blade Draws Blood to Avenge Her Family 废后重生：太后掌心刃血偿满门仇 [Reborn as the Empress Dowager + Ruthless and Decisive + Empress’s Political Schemes] In her previous life, she was the empress, but the treacherous emperor and her half-sister betrayed her! Her entire family was executed, and she died consumed by hatred. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the Empress Dowager, ruling from behind the curtain! In this life, she casts aside love and wields the imperial seal. Her half-sister foolishly dreams of taking her place in the inner palace, so she 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 He Said We Were Just Childhood Friends. I Believed Him for Twelve Years 他说只是发小，我信了十二年 Shi Yan had always thought she and Zhan Zhou were a textbook example of childhood friendship. They’d known each other since they wore split-crotch pants. He gave her his chicken drumstick in kindergarten, fought for her in primary school, made her brown sugar water in middle school, and helped her with physics in high school. Twelve years. A full twelve years. She’d taken his “childhood friend treatment” for granted. Whenever he stood behind her for graduation photos, she even praised him in he 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Wicked Woman Puts an End to Evil 恶女止恶 14.1kReads9.0Score1.5k14d adds
- 41 The Heart-Stealing Thief 缚心贼 [1980s | Strong heroine | Both leads reborn | Military marriage | Revenge on scumbags | Business | Treasure-filled space | A battle to bind the heart] In 1983, Min Jiahui was reborn on her wedding night. In her past life, a scumbag trapped her with a fake marriage certificate and made her live as a wife in name only for the rest of her life. She served his parents, cared for his younger siblings, and raised the son he had with his mistress. In the end, his mistress showed up with a marriage cert 986Reads8.3Score16414d adds
- 42 After Seeing the Future, I Begged My Wife Not to Divorce Me 预知未来后，跪求老婆别离婚 The night my brother-in-law cracked my head open with a liquor bottle, I finally gained the ability to foresee the future. I remembered how my gambling had forced my parents to sell their home, turned my siblings against each other, brought my wife to tears, and left my child afraid of me. I’d even stolen my in-laws’ retirement savings, and my brother-in-law had lost his future because of me. Everyone had given up on me completely. Now, watching the vivid scenes of the future unfold in my mind, 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Clouds Veil Our Bliss 云欲遮欢 [Romance + political intrigue + intense push and pull + evenly matched rivals + the powerful one bows his head] She thought all he wanted was her mother's enormously valuable inheritance. On the eve of her engagement, in her damp bathrobe, with the red birthmark on her chest exposed, he climbed in through the window and placed a soft kiss on her. Pinning her against the wall, he said, “He doesn't want you. I do.” She thought it was possession, revenge, a game played by a rich heir. She though 171Reads—Score11014d adds
- 44 Text Invasion: The Villains I Write Go on a Killing Spree 文字入侵：我笔下的反派杀疯 Near future, 202X · Sporadic reports of “text anomalies” have appeared around the world, but most are dismissed as mass hallucinations or a new kind of scam. · The online literary industry is booming. Writing ten thousand words a day is standard for professional authors, and a huge number of works are slapdash and poorly made. · Three months before the Jiang Jinyue incident, a well-known author died suddenly. The key item “Eternal Pocket Watch” from their unfinished novel appeared at an auction 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Days I Was Scammed 我被诈骗的日子 A wild, imaginative science-fiction novel featuring artificial intelligence, a System, and a 99-death time loop. It begins with a scam and a debt, setting the protagonist on a path of revenge that changes both the virtual and real worlds. The AI protagonist fights against its creator. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Painted Evil 画煞 I was once the youngest imperial painter of the Sheng Dynasty, but a forbidden painting got me stripped of my rank and reduced to a commoner. Strangely, anyone I painted would die a violent death within seven days. I put down my brush and retreated from the world, thinking I could escape the curse. Then, on a snowy night, the unfinished portrait of a lady I had never completed knocked on my door. The woman in the painting came to me in dreams night after night, weeping blood as she cried, “My lo 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 My Wife Is a Yoga Instructor 我的老婆是瑜伽教练 My Wife Is a Yoga Instructor 2.4kReads—Score3214d adds
- 48 The Happy Life of a Reborn Military Wife 重生军嫂的幸福生活 A Reborn Military Wife’s Happy Life 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Liu Fang's Account 柳芳的自述 Liu Fang’s Account 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Transmigrate to a Matriarchal World and Build a Fortune with My Husband 穿越女尊，带着夫郎发家致富 [Transmigration + Women Rule + All the Men Are Chaste] In the primitive kingdom of Biluo, women rule and men are subordinate. There are far more men than women, and the kingdom has been at war for years. Its medicine and weapons are backward, so it can only keep sending more people to die defending the border. Emperor Ling, a woman, decrees that all men must marry before turning eighteen. Unmarried men are seized and sent to guard the border, where wars rage year after year and living conditions 2.5kReads7.4Score23114d adds
