Novels like The Negative-Equity Lovers
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Negative-Equity Lovers, best match first.
- 1 I Want to Be a Bad Man 我想做个坏男人 A playboy bar owner suddenly runs into a beautiful female CEO who takes over his bar without a word. An ex-girlfriend he hasn't seen in three years reappears and hands him a wedding invitation. Then a sweet, innocent student meets me, and we instantly feel like we've known each other forever, sharing a passionate night. See how I navigate these tangled romances with ease, work hard to achieve something extraordinary, and let the fragrance of youth fill my years. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Final Chapter: Protecting the One I Love 棍式终章：守护心爱之人 [First-person POV + multiple heroines + modern urban setting + realism + healing + pure love + not a power fantasy + no System + not reborn] The rain in Hangzhou is always bone-chillingly cold. Shen Yi abandoned me at the East Railway Station. I watched her drive away in a Porsche. My senior brother died in a car accident, and the martial arts school was on the verge of collapse. I spent my days drinking and smoking in a rundown shack. I thought my life would be like an unvisited grave in this c 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 3 My 27-Year-Old Landlady 我的27岁女租客 Jiang Xun, a documentary filmmaker, lost everything overnight: His girlfriend married someone else, his brother ran off, his grandfather passed away, and he was left with a debt of over a million yuan. His only remaining asset was an old Western-style house in Hangzhou inherited from his grandfather, but it came with a tenant who refused to leave. Chu Ran was 27, proud, stubborn, and exceptionally skilled at her work. She was a rich heiress, but refused to take over the family business, choosin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 My Girl in the Woods 我的林中姑娘 [Based on real life] + [Urban] + [Detailed] + [Romance] + [Entrepreneurship] + [Tanks] + [Not a power fantasy] Cold winds blow through the valley of despair, while a beautiful woman helps you find your way back! A 26-year-old man strikes out in love and hits a wall when he tries to start a business? No problem, a rich heiress will get drunk with him at a bar! A piano teacher will help him cultivate his artistic sensibilities! A master's graduate who studied abroad will teach him how to start a b 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 My 26-Year-Old Landlady: Fang Yuan Reborn 我的26岁女房客之重生方圆 After getting a second chance at life, will Fang Yuan still end up disgraced and dead? Will he still be a man of contradictions? Can he manage his family relationships? No one knows what will happen. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Person I Rescued in the No-Man's-Land Turned Out to Be a Cool, Aloof CEO 无人区救下的人，竟是清冷女总裁 [Detailed everyday life] + [female CEO] + [heiress] + [first love] (A slow-burn story focused on everyone's growth, with even the supporting characters given distinct personalities) With 500,000 yuan in debt, a father who gambles, and a mother in the hospital, I fled to a remote wilderness area, where I unexpectedly rescued a cool, aloof woman driving a luxury car worth over a million yuan. After returning to the city, I started paying off my debts by setting up a street stall. I turned my lif 12.5kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 7 My 26-Year-Old Girlfriend 我的26岁女朋友 [The Landlady-style]+ [Urban Romance]+ [Everyday City Life]+ [A Touch of Angst] When my girlfriend suddenly broke up with me for no reason, I had no choice but to leave the city where I’d spent the past two years and start over. On a road trip to Tibet, I came across a beautiful woman with a flat tire. Figuring I might as well help, I changed it for her. Tibet is a place that can cleanse the soul. Here, I learned to slow down and accept things as they came. Just as I was trying to start a new re 68Reads6.1Score814d adds
- 8 The Evening Breeze at Twenty-Six 二十六岁的晚风 A story about young people caught between a small town in Jiangnan and their hometown, drifting back and forth, struggling, and finding ways to heal. It has the texture of everyday life, the passion and regret of tangled love and hate, and the dull ache of ideals colliding with reality. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Through the Roaring Crowd 穿过人声鼎沸 After breaking up with the girlfriend he’d been entangled with for six years, he went on to let down the woman who loved him deeply. Then, in one drunken, reckless moment, he mistakenly took her for his ex? After deciding to leave her world, he unexpectedly meets a direct female superior who gets under his skin like no one ever has before... This is the story of a scumbag’s romantic entanglements... and a journey of growth as he learns to face his own heart. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Story of Jian Wei from My 26-Year-Old Landlady 我的26岁女房客之简薇故事 My name is Jian Wei. Zhaoyang and I fell in love at university. We loved each other deeply, as if our love would last until the end of time. But even we could not withstand the trials brought on by our families’ interference. In the end, my own straying led us further and further apart! I admit it: I lost my way and wasn’t strong enough. I missed out on the most beautiful love and lost to someone who came later. No matter how unwilling I was to accept it, I still couldn’t change reality. The mor 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 11 My 26-Year-Old Landlady from Singapore 我的26岁新加坡女房东 (Working and starting a business overseas, period setting, romance, schemes, realism, drama, business warfare) The protagonist works in Lion City. The good news is that his landlady is a beautiful Chinese-British woman, but one piece of bad news follows another... In the middle of the night, he overhears strange noises coming from his landlady's room next door... While fleeing, he is rescued by a nurse who shares his rental... In a foreign country, everything is unknown... Also known as Kicked O 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 My 26th Boyfriend 我的第26个男朋友 [No CP + Female-Oriented Power Fantasy + Harem Rivalry + Everyone's Favorite] In this bustling city, I'm an independent, take-charge heroine. I won't let romance tie me down; I only pursue my own happiness and satisfaction. My life is full of temptation and wild indulgence, enough to make anyone's heart race, but I always stay clearheaded and rational. I know that's the only way to survive in this challenging world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 My Pure and Beautiful Heiress 我的清纯大小姐 The hardest things to forget are the ones you never thought about, yet can never forget! A car accident during the summer before my senior year of high school left me with amnesia. To escape my confusion, I boarded a train to Lhasa alone. I thought it would be an ordinary trip, but then I met a girl on the train who would heal me for the rest of my life... This is the story of a lost boy with amnesia searching for redemption, and finding love during his four years at university. 3Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 14 Please Don't Make Me Remember Those Things 请别让我想起那些事 [Urban]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Nostalgic Memories]+ [A Realistic Life Story] Youth is something we can never return to, and regrets are things we can never undo. What happened between us in those years lives on in our memories of youth. The regrets we shared kept us from letting go for years. We could only live our quiet, uneventful lives, each in our own way, and bury our deepest pain in the innermost corners of our hearts. Only in the end did we realize it was all just a story. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 I Took Over a Female Tenant’s Body, and Le Dawan Is My Wife 魂穿女房客，乐大腕是我老婆 [No Harem] + [No System] + [Urban Romance] + [My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant] + [Business] “To the world, you’re a nuisance. To me, you are the whole world, Le Yao.” I’m one of the many fans of My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant. I reread it and finished it over the past few days. The original was so wonderfully written, and so heartbreaking. For a while, I couldn’t move on. I felt like I had to write something to put my world back in order. They had once floated together on a sea without starlight, lik 2.8kReads8.1Score21614d adds
- 16 I Was Putty in the Hands of a Stunning, Seven-Years-Older Tour Guide in Black Stockings 我被大七岁极品黑丝女导游拿捏了 (I ended this book early because it wasn't very popular, and I felt the writing wasn't very good and was too idealistic and unrealistic. I'm getting ready to write a new book. Please consider supporting it, thank you!) After Lu Yuan developed tuberculous pleurisy, the school worried it might be contagious and didn't let him take part in the senior-year internship it had arranged. He stayed at home for over half a year, barely going out at all. Finally, encouraged by his family, Lu Yuan decided t 6Reads—Score314d adds
- 17 My 26-Year-Old Landlady: Dancing Again, Mochou 我的26岁女房客之再舞莫愁 My name is Mi Cai, and this is my story. In the first half of my life, I stood atop the high tower my father had built, wearing the dazzling yet heavy crown he left me as he lay dying. In the storms of life, that crown eventually lost its shine, swept away by one unseen chill wind after another. I could not forgive myself, and that turned into an almost pathological obsession in my heart. In the years that followed, I entered a broken city filled with stories. Many people had once stopped her 318Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 18 From Bar Singer to Godfather of Music! 从酒吧驻唱，我成了音乐教父！ [Heartbreaking + Comeback + Super Sweet + Entertainment Industry + Rich Beauty + Face-Slapping] A beautiful CEO who returned from overseas and a famous singer fall for me, a bar singer in Lanzhou? I write a legend with my music, creating music with “roots,” and eventually become the ultimate godfather of the music scene. See how I make my comeback, all in "From Bar Singer to Godfather of Music!" 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 My 26-Year-Old Landlady: A Brilliant Romance 我的26岁女房客之昭彩斑斓 So sweet it'll make your head explode!!! Fans of Jian Wei and Le Yao, proceed with caution!!!! Making up for some of the characters' regrets in the original story. In the end, I hope Mi Cai can live happily forever!… 27Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 20 I Want So Badly to Love This World 好想爱这个世界 (The style of The Tenants + urban tragic romance + realism + multiple female love interests + ensemble cast + bad ending + open ending) Life and death to the left, parting to the right. Gu Bei met several girls in his life. One clutched a marble for eight years, then crouched by a barbecue stall and grinned at him. “I was afraid you’d be lonely.” One left him a book before the train pulled away and said, “If one day you don’t want to wait anymore, you can come find me.” One stayed by his sid 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 My Five Loves 我的五种爱情 A story about a tenant, one female lead, a tragic romance, and regrets. Ever since Mu Cheng took in a down-on-her-luck heiress, his life, once as still as dead water, began to burn with passion. A mature beauty, a domineering female CEO, a sweet little bunny, and a crazy girl all make their entrances one after another. In short, how could life get any more exhilarating? 899Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 22 Three Years, Eleven Pages: Don’t Cry When You Finish 三年，十一页，看完别哭 Three years, eleven pages. Don't cry when you finish reading. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 When the Wind Dies, Evening Falls 风停夕落 Also known as: “My Hangzhou Girlfriend” and “When the Wind Dies Down at Dusk” [Double Success in Love and Career] + [Playboy Turns Over a New Leaf] + [Mutual Pursuit] + [Multiple Female Leads] + [Secret Crush] + [Healing] After Qi Feng is laid off and fired, he can no longer put up with his family pressuring him to marry. He leaves Nanchang for Hangzhou to make a living. On the highway in the middle of the night, a luxury car suddenly swerves in beside him, instantly jolting him awake. After a l 2.4kReads8.1Score22614d adds
- 24 My 26-Year-Old Female Roommate: A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings 我的26岁女房客：蝴蝶振翅 In the original story, Le Yao is the character who leaves readers with the deepest regret, because Zhao Yang never truly saw her. She was pregnant with his child, but had no way to prove it, and so lost her only chance to be seen. The original Zhao Yang wasn't really a scumbag, either. He simply hadn't found his sense of responsibility. Later, Mi Cai gave him the motivation to change, but that motivation came from outside, because he was always chasing after her. To Zhao Yang, Mi Cai was like th 595Reads—Score13214d adds
- 25 If I Could Do It Again, I'd Only Love Le Yao 如果再来一次，我只爱乐瑶 A My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant Fanfic Jian Wei’s Diary Le Yao’s Confession Li Xiaoyun’s Plea for Him to Stay What if the ending began again... If I had shown Le Yao a little more favoritism, would that lonely island in the sea have merged with the crystalline city? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 My Girl from Zhaoqing 我的肇庆姑娘 [Childhood Sweethearts]+ [Older Sister]+ [Girlfriend Appears Out of Nowhere] Most people think Shanghai is an oppressive city because they walk along the Bund or down Nanjing West Road, crowded with foreigners, and see all the glittering bustle around them, yet feel they have no part in it. This is the story of a drifting man who escapes Shanghai and eventually finds his happy ending. 498Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 After the Breakup, the Three of Us Decided to Be Together 分手后，我们三个决定在一起 On the night I broke up with my girlfriend, I found a down-and-out female artist. Then my luck changed. The book I wrote became a huge hit, bringing me fame and fortune. My practical-minded ex came back asking to get back together, while my soulmate also developed feelings for me. Everyone waited to see who I would choose, but I made a decision that shocked them all: I wouldn’t choose anyone. Later, my first love and the woman who had always haunted my heart stood before me hand in hand. “The th 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Tibet: I Fell in Love with the Wind of Namcha Barwa 西藏：我爱上了南迦巴瓦的风 [Roommate-style story] + [Childhood Friends] + [Heiress] + [Beautiful Ex-Girlfriend] + [Love Rival Showdown] Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented "Wang Dong, clear out your desk and go take care of your resignation paperwork." After working for five years, Wang Dong was fired by his unscrupulous boss. He had been praised by everyone to the highest heights, only to be hurled down hard. That night, he came across a video of Tibet. "Screw this company, I'm going to Tibet!" In Tibet, his chil 2.1kReads—Score23614d adds
- 29 My Nanjing Years 我的南京往事 [Older Woman]+ [Rich Heiress]+ [Returnee CEO] What is love? Perhaps it is a past one cannot revisit, or perhaps it is the confusion of struggling and wavering only to end up with nothing. It is not here, and nowhere can it be found. 470Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 30 Jiangzuo Has a Utopia 江左有个乌托邦 [Roommate-style romance] + [Heartwarming] + [Everyday urban life] + [Later twists] A young man returns home after military service, only to find a pampered young lady with a powerful background by the side of the road? His ex-girlfriend, who went overseas, returns at just this moment? Will he have to say goodbye to the exotic beauty he met by chance on the western Sichuan plateau? From the mountain city to western Sichuan, what words could possibly describe all the upheavals along the way? “I’m 827Reads7.2Score10814d adds
- 31 The Promise Between Me and the Goddess 我和女神有个约定 Also known as: "My Number 14 Pet Shop" A stubborn woman barged into my life. She could have stayed a goddess, but instead she insisted on living under the same roof as me... I love listening to G.E.M.’s song “Bubble.” Whenever it comes on, I listen closely to every word she sings. Bubbles in the sunlight are colorful, just like how I was happy even as I was being deceived. Why dwell on right and wrong in your lies, when you still love me? Beautiful bubbles, though they flare up for only an insta 1.2kReads8.3Score10814d adds
- 32 My Girlfriend Has a Mental Illness 我的精神病女朋友 [Based on a true story] [No System] [Realistic] [Tragedy] After being fired, Luo Yuan takes a job at an old psychiatric hospital, but a mute girl nearly costs him his life. The beautiful vice president of a top-tier hospital outside the city often comes looking for him and takes a special interest in him. A mysterious young woman appears out of nowhere, seemingly connected to his past. Three women from vastly different walks of life are all closely bound to him. In the end, everyone is trapped i 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I Think You'll Love Me 我想你会爱我 Also known as: I'm a dog who likes to peek at other people's happiness After three years delivering takeout, my first love dumped me. Then I met the girl I had admired since I was young, but still found no one to love me... A young man struggles to survive in a city ruled by desire. Which path is truly meant for him? When I met you, I thought, you would love me. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 At 26, Shenzhen Owed Me a Home 26岁那年，深圳欠我一个家 #Realistic Heartbreak Romance #Love in an Urban Village #First Person #Growth and Redemption #Ensemble Cast #No Harem My name is Chen Yang. I'm 26, and the day I was laid off in Shenzhen, I had just 347 yuan and 80 cents in my pocket. I returned to the urban village of Minzhi. Before I could even figure out how I'd survive the next day, someone pounded on my door. My landlady, Su Lanxin, stood outside in a navy-blue suit, with a presence as direct and imposing as Shennan Avenue. She said the pro 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 May the Sun Always Shine Bright 希望阳光永远都炽热 A castoff banished by his corporation to the Western District has a one-night stand, only to be relentlessly pursued by a beauty. Then, through a bizarre twist of fate, he even ends up at the police station. Ever since he got involved with this woman, not a single day has gone smoothly! "I'll pay you. Can you just leave?" "No!" Is it really so hard for me to be a true believer in pure love? 239Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The 20th Book by Xiaosheng Ai Wei Yu 小生爱喂鱼第20本书 After finishing The Landlord, I was left with so many regrets. This book will make up for them: the regrets between Zhaoyang and Leyao, between Zhaoyang and Jian Wei, between Zhaoyang and Li Xiaoyun, and between Luoben and Ye Beini. 114Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 37 A Sleepless Night in Hangzhou 杭州夜未眠 After ten years of dating, seven years of marriage, and three years of failed IVF treatment, my wife, Lin Yue, took me to file for divorce on my thirtieth birthday. That day, I felt as though the whole world had abandoned me. But when I began to understand my ex-wife, Lin Yue, better, I realized things weren’t so simple. 1.7kReads8.9Score10314d adds
- 38 Fading Lights Upon the Sea 海上灯火阑珊 This is a story about music, dreams, and love. Yang Cheng, a musician who left his hometown of Shanghai for Beijing, staking everything on his dream, was crushed by powerful industry interests, betrayed by his lover, and had his work stolen. His heart completely broken, he slunk back home. After withdrawing from the noise and ruins of the music scene, he couldn't bring himself to return to his family and lived alone in a rented place, sinking into despair. In the apartment he shared with others, 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 My Tenant's Dream 我的房客梦 My Roommate Dream, also known as Reborn as a Roommate: I Am Zhaoyang A different Zhaoyang, and I hope he can help heal your depression. I’ve been reborn. In this life, I’m Zhaoyang, but my soul isn’t. There has been too much heartbreak and pain in the past. This time, I only hope life will be a little sweeter. A flash of white light, and I unexpectedly found myself as the protagonist Zhaoyang in a book. It was nighttime in Xitang. In a daze, I was driving Micai’s Audi with Micai beside me, headi 2.6kReads7.0Score12914d adds
- 40 Mi Cai, the Best Person in the World 世界上最好的人米彩 My name is Zhaoyang, an ordinary name. But behind that ordinary name lies a past no one knows about. The story begins on a rainy night in Suzhou... I met the three most important women in my life... The first was Jian Wei, who taught me how to love someone... The second was Le Yao, someone who loved me... The third was Mi Cai, a love we both chose and pursued... (Note: This is a wish-fulfillment story, similar to a rebooted extra.) 980Reads6.4Score10114d adds
- 41 My Beijing Girl 我的北京姑娘 If you love someone, take them to Beijing. It is the heart of the country, where they can see all the splendor the world has to offer... If you hate someone, leave them in Beijing. That city is cold enough for them to hide every burden in their heart… I reveled in the city's splendor at night, never understanding why anyone would stay in Beijing. After seven years, my relationship fell apart, and only then did I begin to see that I had nothing. Her arrival saved me. She was the kindest girl 514Reads7.7Score10114d adds
- 42 My 26-Year-Old Tenant: Le Yao 我的26岁女房客之乐瑶 [Reborn] [Tenant] [Le Yao] [Mi Cai] [Jian Wei] My name is Zhao Yang. There's a silly girl by my side who dreams of becoming a star. She keeps shouting things like, “When I become a big star, you'll be the only one I love!” At first, I didn't take her seriously. I thought it was just a joke, until the moment I put a ring on her finger. Only then did I understand the weight of those words. And that silly girl was Le Yao. I kept calling her a silly girl, but the one who'd been kept in the dark all 1.6kReads7.1Score13014d adds
- 43 We Fell in Love in a Parallel Universe 我们在平行时空相爱 I had a very, very long dream. I dreamed that every grain of sand on that beach replayed my past. Then, suddenly, another wave carried me to a parallel world. There, I seemed to see someone much like me, someone who also had memories I could never forget, day or night... 540Reads9.4Score10314d adds
- 44 My Le Yao, the Twenty-Six-Year-Old Tenant 26岁女房客，我的乐瑶 [A Roommate fanfic] For Le Yao, whose story never sat right with me... I don't want her to be buried on that lonely island and become Xiao Yao. I want to sail with her on a lone boat to the island of her dreams. And give her a different ending... [No angst in the whole story, only sweetness. Enjoy!] 1.6kReads8.9Score10914d adds
- 45 A Diao 阿刁 My name is A Diao. I have no parents, and I don't know when I was born. I depend on the blind Lin Aiyun, and in my life she plays the role of a mother. But she never lets me call her Mom. Because when I came into her life, she had already lost her husband, and then she lost her son too... 36Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 46 Marriage Partners 婚姻合伙人 I have a very beautiful wife. In the eyes of everyone around us, she’s the perfect wife, a dutiful daughter-in-law, and my ideal match. Her career is even going better than mine. By all conventional wisdom, anyone would be more than content with a wife like her, but I can’t stop thinking about divorcing her… 3.1kReads8.7Score25414d adds
- 47 I Never Meant to Become a Landlord 我真没想当房东 [Slow Burn + No Idiocy + No System + Realistic] Five years of waiting ended with the other person saying, “Let's break up.” Then a girl suddenly showed up at my house, asking to rent a room. And she was beautiful, too. I hadn't wanted to say yes, but the girl was so pushy. 746Reads6.2Score10514d adds
- 48 The Seven-Year Itch: If You Won't Marry Me, Just You Wait 七年之痒，你不娶我，等着瞧 [In the vast sea, what is love? It makes people pledge their lives to one another. The world holds countless trials, but none is harder to overcome than love. In this immense world, amid the shifting tides of business, women are every bit as capable as men.] Li Tianyou and Zhang Ruolin met and fell in love in college. After weathering the seven-year itch, just as they were about to discuss marriage, an accident turned them into strangers, and they each set out on a different path. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 My Days Living with the Nightclub Goddess 我和夜店女神同居的日子 [Not reborn]+ [Not a wish-fulfillment story]+ [No System]+ [Urban romance]+ [Multiple heroines] I just graduated this year. Before graduation, my girlfriend dumped me, so I went to a bar to drown my sorrows. But when a friend acted on impulse, I got dragged into a dispute, setting off a chain of events. How is a fresh-faced college graduate like me supposed to handle all this? I met a beautiful girl at the bar. What might happen between us? The first problem after graduation is finding a place t 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Chongqing, the Youth I Left Behind 重庆，我留下的青春 Five years of love shattered like porcelain, and my career plummeted along with it. Just when my life was at its darkest, a ray of light shone in, dazzling beyond belief. In this harsh, realistic world, can I still stay true to myself?… 1.7kReads8.7Score11914d adds
