Novels like The Sinking Carp Startles the Cattails
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- 51 The Heiress Was Sold for Two Thousand Cash While Fleeing Her Wedding 千金大小姐逃婚途中被两千发卖了 To escape the miserable engagement her family had arranged, Fu Bingyue fled in the middle of the night. By a twist of fate, she was kidnapped and sold, then ended up entering into a marriage of convenience with Xiao Jibai, a man rumored to suffer from a serious illness and to have spent years relying on a wheelchair. Everyone said Xiao Jibai was near death and had a gloomy, difficult personality. But after they married, Fu Bingyue accidentally stumbled upon a shocking secret: his inability to wa 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Outsiders Join Forces with My Wife to Set a Trap, but I'm the One Who Breaks It 外人联手妻子做局，我才是破局人 A 35-year-old algorithm genius at a major tech company is framed by his boss and laid off. His cheating wife conspires with outsiders to seize his assets and custody of their child. His father dies in grief after being scammed with an AI face-swap. Just as he hits rock bottom, an accidental electric shock links him to the bioenergy of the future, the year 2080, awakening cutting-edge electromagnetic wave tracing technology! He tears his treacherous wife and her lover apart, takes down his unscru 70Reads—Score714d adds
- 53 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, 8.3kReads6.4Score53714d adds
- 54 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 2kReads—Score26314d adds
- 55 The Southern Border Witch Is So Possessive, She Wants to Marry Me the Moment We Meet 南疆巫女太偏执，奔现就要定终身 Lu Yan, a second-year college student, meets an online friend named A-Wu on an anonymous social platform in his spare time. They hit it off chatting through the screen. Lu Yan is only looking for a bit of entertainment, and casually says plenty of sweet, affectionate things, never imagining anyone would take them seriously. He never could have guessed that the girl on the other side of the screen came from an ancient Nuo-witch village in southern Xinjiang, cut off from the outside world. The vil 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Paranormal Arrives, and Psychology Makes Me a Global Legend 诡异降临，我靠心理学成全球神话 [National Fate Horror Games + Livestream + Subverting Expectations + Mastermind] Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Each country selects a “Chosen One” to enter a bizarre world and face its challenges. If they fail, the horrors invade reality. I, Shen Qingci, am a psychologist who specializes in studying “abnormal human behavior.” I became the Chosen One for the Dragon Nation. While the Chosen Ones from other countries trembled before the horrors, I faced the camera and pulled out an Int 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Crossroads: Three Versions 岔路口-三个版本 Crossroads: Three Versions 288Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Back-Kitchen Affairs 后厨韵事 Her ambition was not to become the queen of the kitchen, but to turn from Cinderella into a swan... Ye Rujiao was just an ordinary pastry chef at Fumanlou, working nonstop every day, until she stumbled upon the destination that could shatter every dream she had ever held: aboard the yacht of Han Zhenyu, the group’s second young master. A carefully staged “chance encounter” She put on a red bikini and her most striking lipstick, then “ran into” Han Zhenyu on the yacht’s deck. Champagne, sea breez 2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Germaphobe Miss and the Tsundere Mr. 洁癖小姐与傲娇先生 [Devoted to Each Other + Sweet Romance + Severe Germaphobe + Tsundere Young Master + Happy Ending] When a sterile world collides with a life of danger, two souls who have nothing in common are forced to live together. Lin Xingchen, a germaphobe above all else, even disinfects the air; Lu Yan, who says one thing and means another, hides his tenderness behind a cold exterior. Diapers and surveillance cameras fly side by side, while disinfectant and danger share the same scene. Amid infant cries 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 60 The Bride’s Personal Maid 伴嫁丫鬟 In the silent depths of a grand household, fate drifts like a wisp of silk. From a maid who came with the bride to a maidservant in the study, she treads carefully at every turn, caught between schemes and growing affection. Beneath his cold exterior lies tenderness; beneath her caution, a heart beginning to stir. In the deep halls of a marquis’s household, an unspoken love quietly takes root. Love runs deep in the marquis’s manor, where schemes stretch as far as the sea. Where will she ultimate 2.6kReads7.3Score17914d adds
- 61 City of Hidden Shadows: A Mysterious Disappearance 都市谜影之神秘失踪 Twenty-three-year-old detective Xu Nian's first major case is the mysterious disappearance of a young girl. The client sobs, “My daughter answered a phone call and never came home!” The only clues are a diary and an ex-boyfriend whose body is covered in strange symbols. The symbols are the lost “Night Watcher cipher,” pointing to an abandoned chemical plant on the outskirts of the city. When Xu Nian sneaks into the plant's underground level, she sees something she will never forget Twenty t 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Mountains and Rivers in Ink: She Raises a Monument to the Nine Provinces 山河入墨：她为九州立碑 Mountains and rivers are her canvas, blood her ink. She painted every corner of the land, just to meet him in the final stroke. She raised monuments to the land; he guarded her mountain for a thousand years. The mortal girl Hua Wei carries nine lost immortal scrolls sealed within her. The disgraced disciple Qi Yuan wears the brush she used in her past life at his waist. After twelve hundred years of reincarnation, they are finally reunited. The price: she must become the mountains and rivers, fo 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 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
- 64 The Moon Falls and Becomes a Flower, While Divine Power Hides in the Demon Bones 月陨成花，妖骨藏神 [Xuanhuan Romance] [Devoted Love and Angsty Romance] [Past and Present Lives] [Humans, Gods, and Demons] In her previous life, she was an aloof ancient Moon Goddess who sacrificed her soul to protect him. In this life, she falls into the path of demons and becomes a flower spirit with divine power hidden in her demonic bones. In his previous life, he was an ancient God of War whose blood stained the Heavenly Realm. He died fighting to protect the Three Realms, his bones carved away. In this life 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Fate of an Orphan Girl 孤女的命运 This is a sad story. Lin Jiang had an affair, and Shi Qiaosi endured it for three years before suddenly coming to her senses and decisively divorcing him. After the divorce, she secretly gave birth to a daughter of her own, Shixu. The disasters brought upon three generations of a family by an unfaithful man and a scheming woman eager to take his wife’s place. See how an elderly grandmother schemes for her granddaughter, building a bridge through time with her own life so that Shixu can return to 19.1kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds
- 66 At the Source of the Peach Blossom Spring 桃花源头 As Old Zhou Nian lay dying, he took Zhou Liye by the hand and told him, “Xiaoye, it's up to you to carry on the Zhou family line. If you trace our family back far enough, we go all the way to the Zhou dynasty, to King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, Ji Chang, and Ji Fa. Our ancestors were once members of the imperial family, and our original surname was Ji. It was only after the dynasties changed that our family took the surname Zhou! Here's our ancestral genealogy and the family heirloom, this ja 103.3kReads7.8Score9.4k14d adds
- 67 In a Qipao, I Know How to Turn Heads; Out of Heels, I Can Throw a Punch 穿上旗袍会撩人，脱下高跟能揍人 She can turn heads in a qipao, and throw punches in heels. 175Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Handsome Xiao Xian's Fifth Book 帅气的肖先的第5本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5.3kReads9.0Score44114d adds
- 69 The Lingnan Swordsman 岭南剑客 The miasma of Lingnan hung over Mount Cangwu like ink that would never dissolve, sealing it off completely. Liu Nanren gripped his rusted iron sword. Its tip sliced through the dense fog, revealing an old crescent-shaped scar on his wrist: the mark left fifteen years ago, when he crawled out of a mountain of corpses after Tianyu City fell. “Your Highness, it's time to leave.” A hoarse voice came from behind him. The old minister Yuchi Chun leaned on his bamboo staff, the hair at his temples whit 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Quick Transmigration: I Am Your Comeuppance 快穿你的报应就是我 A long-form quick transmigration story, not a mindless slaughterfest. The heroine lives out a whole lifetime in each world. In every life, she first builds herself a good life, then takes revenge bit by bit. No fixed CP. Romance doesn't take up the main plot; it's only there to support it. A refined egoist. Hu Moli was a nine-tailed mystic fox. While weakened during her transformation, she was stabbed to death. She binds herself to a System and transmigrates across worlds, fulfilling the wishes 10.1kReads8.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 71 Married First, Fell in Love Later with the Black Lotus Prince 与黑莲花王爷先婚后爱了 Married first, fell in love later with the Black Lotus Prince 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 After Sacrificing His Fiancée, Young Master Gu Begs to Trade His Life 献祭未婚妻后，顾少他哭求换命 After sacrificing his fiancée, Young Master Gu wept and begged to trade his life for hers 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Lotus Ashes: Frost and Snow over Bianjing 芙蓉烬之汴京霜雪 The capital of Shu falls, and the whole kingdom is forced to relocate. Fei Rui'er follows Meng Chang to Bianjing, thinking that as a surrendered captive, all she can do is cling to life. But soon after they arrive in Bianjing, Meng Chang dies suddenly, and Zhao Guangyi begins persecuting the Meng family one blow after another. With memories of a later age, she witnesses this succession of calamities with her own eyes. Outside the palace walls, there is no way out. 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Tang Bao, the Five-Year-Old Little Miracle Healer 五岁小神医糖宝 The King of Hell says you’re due to die at midnight, but a little girl keeps you alive until dawn and even feeds you a sugar-coated immortal pill. In a nutshell: The Heavenly Dao forbids the ancient art of medicine from returning to the world, so it unleashes the Eighty-One Immortal Trials. They strike the feeding bottle of a five-year-old girl instead. Core premise: Tangbao is a pitiful little girl with no parents. She gets by collecting medicinal dregs with her grandpa at a shabby pharmacy. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Late Nights in the Deep Estate 深宅晚 Her husband, Song Hemian, died young, leaving Jiang Wanyin alone in a desolate mansion, surrounded by endless gossip. Her late husband's younger brother, Song Heran, returns from afar. He is refined and handsome, yet reserved and inscrutable, treating her with a tenderness that constantly oversteps the bounds of propriety. As they spend their days together, Jiang Wanyin gradually realizes that this “younger brother-in-law” is nothing like the Song Heran her husband described, in either his habit 2kReads7.3Score19414d adds
- 76 The Seventh Coffee Cup 第七个咖啡杯 The Seventh Coffee Cup —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 In the Era of Forced Childbearing, I Received a Little Fox Cub 强制生育时代，我领到一只小狐崽 [One-on-one, both are each other's first and only, little fox cub, cross-species romance, Fox Lord, mutual protection, political intrigue among the demon clans, cool heroine, flirtatious tension] Liang Yi told Jiang He, "Let's break up. My parents can't accept that you're adopted." Jiang He didn't cling to him. She calmly let him go. But a policy announced by the civil affairs department left people no way to avoid it: Anyone who turned thirty without a child registered in their name would have 377Reads—Score12514d adds
- 78 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 147Reads6.8Score5314d adds
- 79 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 我凭梦境记忆追到了梦里的老婆 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 May Every Year Bring Peace and Lasting Serenity 岁岁安澜绵长 A modern police detective was killed in a car accident while on a mission, only to transmigrate into the youngest daughter of the eldest branch of the loyal and brave Earl’s household. Her biological mother had also switched her at birth, making her the family’s adopted daughter. How will she survive in ancient times? This is my first time writing, so please be kind, everyone! I don’t know the platform’s rules either, and the first chapter turned out too long! 13.9kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 81 The Night Draws Me Into His Arms 夜色诱我入怀 She focused on wielding her blade and taking revenge, while he quietly cleared her path and dealt with the aftermath. She never wanted someone to tell her to be kind. She wanted the certainty of knowing that, whatever she chose to do, he would stand behind her without question. When she wanted hatred, he handed her the blade; when she wanted love, he gave her everything. The world saw only her dazzling sharpness. He alone understood that the cause he protected was never some lofty ideal, but her 3.1kReads—Score18014d adds
- 82 Addicted to Self-Discipline, I Lose Control Only When I Love You 自律成瘾，唯独爱你失控 Ouyang Chenyi's life motto: Wake up at five every morning, keep his body fat at 12 percent, and never get involved in love, which could cloud his judgment. Then one dawn, he saw a woman practicing on a riverside terrace, her body as supple as a poem. The CEO Ouyang Chenyi became: studying How to Win an Artist's Heart, turning flower deliveries into a joke, arranging dates in Michelin-starred restaurants, and turning down billion-dollar contracts to watch her perform. Everyone was stunned. What h 24Reads—Score114d adds
- 83 The Night Is Hungry, and There’s No Escaping His Possessiveness 夜色贪婪，逃不开他的占有 After her fiancé and best friend joined forces to take everything from her, Su Xiaoran fell from the clouds into the mud. In her moment of despair, she stumbled into Gu Haifeng's arms. The man gripped her chin and said in a low voice, “From today on, you're mine.” The scumbag and the bitch? She'll make sure they lose everything and end up disgraced! As for this powerful tycoon? Su Xiaoran only wants to run, but he pins her in a corner, possessiveness overflowing. “Running? Where do you think you 614Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 My Lover Comes from a Higher Dimension 我的恋人来自高维 When the terrible news that her mother was critically ill arrived alongside a diagnosis declaring her a “vegetative state,” Yu Ming’s life shattered in an instant. Yet after falling unconscious, she entered the strange dimension known as “Between the Strings,” where she discovered that her mother’s coma was no accident. It marked the beginning of a countdown to the annihilation of the entire real world. Here, she became the only vessel capable of entering Lingxi, an emotional core AI. If she co 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Eerie: I Became the PM for Every Unscientific Project 诡异：我成了所有不科学项目PM From philosophical questions to the fate of civilization: Is humanity worth saving? Mu Shiyu's answer: That isn't for one person to decide. It's worth finding out together. In 2056, humanity collectively admitted something for the first time: this world no longer played by the rules. It all began thirty-two years earlier. One ordinary morning in 2024, a door appeared out of nowhere at an intersection in Shibuya, Tokyo. It wasn't a metaphor or an art installation. It was a real door, floating in 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 A Geisha’s Dream 瑰夏之梦 One midsummer day in my second year of high school, I glimpsed Xiao Ruohua at the library, bent over her books by the window. She became the Guixia rose I kept hidden in my heart. For twelve long years, I watched her from afar. I saw her shine as she sang onstage and dazzle everyone in debate competitions. I also saw her hide beneath the protection of the Chu family, suppress all her talents, and become an obedient, almost invisible stepdaughter. I watched in silence and quietly made my way towa 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 At 28, My Lucky Client Finally Came On Board 28岁，我的锦鲤乙方上岗了 While other people get promoted and a raise at twenty-eight, Gu Xiuyuan finally met the ultimate client from hell at the same age: someone who could counter his bad luck. As the poker-faced vice president of Ruike Medical, he believed in science, yet fate kept beating him down. Birds managed to bomb him with pinpoint accuracy as he walked, projectors always crashed during presentations, and even a sip of water could go down the wrong way. Then the new accountant, Ning Jinyue, filled out an expen 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 After Failing My Tribulation, I Unleashed My Powers in the Mortal World 渡劫失败后，我在人间开挂了 [Two Powerful Leads] [Strong Female Lead] [Face-Slapping the Scumbag] [Secret Identity Awakening] [Love Triangle] [Both Male Leads Are Chaste] [Interstellar Cultivation] [Saving the Universe] She was She Yue, the queen of the advertising world. She retired for love, only to be rewarded with her husband's affair and the words, "washed-up old hag." On the night she nearly died in the bathroom, an ancient voice awakened her. She was none other than Xing Xuan, the Star Goddess who had fallen ten t 29Reads—Score214d adds
- 89 My Sister-in-Law's Youth 嫂子的青春 Su Pingping had a happy, loving family, but after her husband died, everything changed dramatically. Having endured the hardships of life and the confusion of love, her attitude toward romance gradually... 4.8kReads6.4Score38214d adds
- 90 Picking Up a Wife on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway: My Story with a Budget Traveler 川藏线捡媳妇：我和穷游女的故事 I’m well into my thirties, out of work, and my wife has left me. I watched outdoor vloggers on short-video apps making money while cuddling up to women, and slapped my thigh: Why shouldn’t I be able to do that? I gritted my teeth and bought a secondhand camper van. I called it chasing poetry and distant horizons, then hit National Highway 318. Really, I just wanted to see if I could find myself a wife along the Sichuan-Tibet route. Who would have thought I’d find all kinds of stories instead 10.7kReads7.0Score93314d adds
- 91 The Story Behind a Stone Stele: A Writer's Notes 一块石碑引发的故事-创作手记 The Story Behind a Stone Stele: Notes from the Author 48Reads—Score114d adds
- 92 Playing with Fire: I Got Drunk and Complained About My Boss, Now She Wants Me to Take Responsibility 惹火上身：醉酒吐槽女上司，她逼我负责 Playing with Fire: I Got Drunk and Ranted About My Boss, and She Made Me Take Responsibility 290Reads—Score714d adds
- 93 A Thousand-Year Glance Back Before Pei Cen's Stele 裴岑碑前的千年回眸 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 20Reads—Score114d adds
- 94 Where Thorns Meet Warmth 荆棘遇暖 “Since you're so eager to make this marriage official...” He began fulfilling his duties as a husband... Again and again, they lost control, sinking into pleasure until neither could stop. She endured in silence and bravely stood by him, while love spread through both their hearts… Through all the thorns, they would eventually find warmth. He declared firmly, “She is my wife. There will never be anyone else.” 1.6kReads—Score11714d adds
- 95 Elder Brother, You Mustn't 兄长不可 Shen Yanci is the envy of everyone in the capital: the refined and upright heir of the Shen family, with a bright future ahead. Yet his family also takes in Su Wanqing, an orphan girl with no one to rely on. An elder's words, "Raise her by your side and treat her as your own younger sister," become an invisible shackle between them. He watches her grow from a timid little girl into a graceful young woman, cherishing and protecting her at every turn. But as they spend day after day together, he d 4.5kReads8.1Score53314d adds
- 96 Parallel Worlds: Three Spaces 平行世界-三个空间 Parallel Worlds: Three Spaces 12Reads—Score114d adds
- 97 My Man Cheated with My Best Friend, and Now He’s Desperate to Win Me Back 男人出轨闺蜜，我转身他追疯了 My Man Cheated with My Best Friend. I Walked Away, and Now He’s Desperate to Get Me Back 329Reads—Score414d adds
- 98 After I Transmigrated, I Reunited with the General in the Modern World 穿越后，我和将军在现代重逢 Eight hundred years ago, she was Princess Lingxi of the Bai Kingdom, and he was Sha Chi, the general charged with defending its city. On the day the city fell, they drank poison and promised to find each other in their next lives. Eight hundred years later, she was Li Ruoxin, a graduate student in archaeology, and he was Mo Haoqian, an investigator with the national security agency. A golden hairpin unearthed from Heishui City awakened their memories across the cycle of reincarnation. In those m 926Reads8.7Score18.8k14d adds
- 99 The Tang Banner in the Far Reaches 绝域唐旗 The Tang Banner in the Forbidden Lands —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Spring Brewed in Snow 雪酿春 Snow-Brewed Spring 288Reads—Score—14d adds
