Novels like The Negative-Equity Lovers
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Negative-Equity Lovers, best match first.
- 51 My Life After Escaping to Lijiang 我逃离到丽江的生活 A disillusioned young man at the lowest point in his life drifts from city to city, enduring one hardship after another. At last, he and a friend embark on a journey of redemption. When they reach the dreamlike city of Lijiang, he encounters a curious connection spanning three thousand kilometers and meets all kinds of fascinating people. His ordinary life takes a turn, and a story of love and hate quietly begins to unfold. 303Reads8.3Score2314d adds
- 52 Every Time I Wake from a Dream 在每一个梦醒时分 [Beautiful women] + [Marriage] + [Life] + [Female streamers] + [Female CEOs] + [Tenants] + [Romance] + [Realism] I wanted to change the title to My Hangzhou Girl: A Heart Understood Without a Word. What a shame… A single man past his prime, recently divorced, feels the pressure of life and family weighing on him and wants to get away for a bit. So he drives to Hangzhou alone. In this city, his fate takes a miraculous turn, and the pure flower of love blooms once more. P.S. This is a warm, healin 37Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 53 The Girl Who Sat Beside Me at Seventeen 我的17岁同桌姑娘 "The Tenant"- "Youthful Bad Ending"- "Realistic Romance"- [Pure Love, Bad Ending] A down-on-his-luck young man whose life isn’t going well unexpectedly receives a wedding invitation from his first love. The moment he sees her name, the youth he thought long dead comes alive again in his memories. That summer, she suddenly burst into his lush, innocent youth, leaving behind a vivid, colorful scar and making the boy’s entire adolescence unforgettable. 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 My Love Begins with Romance! 我的爱，从风花雪月开始！ (Multiple heroines, everyday life, a subtle System, romance, novelists) My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant + Miss Tulip + Waiting for You Amid Romance and Beauty + The Person Who Loves Me Most in the World + My Qingdao Girl It all began when Lu Huai brought Wang Lei home after finding her. Lu Huai embarked on a journey through the Tank Universe to save tragic heroines. 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Lives Left Behind in Nanjing 那些离开南京的生活 Truthfully, I never thought of leaving this city. Those moments of unspeakable loneliness, the people who left, the girl with the high ponytail, all the memories have kept me trapped here. Perhaps I should live a different way. Hello, Nanjing. Goodbye, Nanjing. 1.3kReads8.4Score10014d adds
- 56 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant: A Meteor Passing Through 我的26岁女房客之流星过客 This is a story you know, or perhaps one you've never heard before. A meteor falls; the tide ebbs and flows. Zhaoyang, if the story ended here, would you still remember Jian Wei at nineteen? 2.1kReads8.4Score—14d adds
- 57 Love Affairs in the Big City 大城情事 After my girlfriend and my best friend gave me a spectacular set of horns, I gritted my teeth and left my small town to make it in the big city. But as soon as I arrived at my new company, my coworkers started ostracizing me and setting me up... The big city is no paradise! It's a world of its own, full of all kinds of people and endless deception! As a nobody, I had to start out as a lowly network administrator, stumbling along until I finally built a small business of my own! But she was an ex 1.4kReads8.3Score14614d adds
- 58 The Travelers of My Life 我的人生旅客 He meets a cool, aloof goddess at a hotel, and one misunderstanding leads to a string of hugs and mishaps. A young entrepreneur gets called a hopeless loser by a rich second-generation kid? Don't worry, his gorgeous childhood friend rushes in to back him up. You say he's a legendary kept man? He just picks up his chopsticks and eats. Three women make for quite a show, and this one is a real delight. One man owes three women a debt of love. Their tangled affections make for a romance where love t 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Searching for You in Miancheng 我在木棉城中寻你 That day, the sudden breakup of the girl he secretly loved gave the down-and-out young man new hope. But after waking from a dream, the first novel he had ever written quietly changed the course of his life. Beneath the kapok trees of Guangzhou, a story of youth and love is unfolding. 7.2kReads8.4Score84914d adds
- 60 A Disillusioned Young Man's Ultimate Fantasy 失意青年的终极幻想 [A contemporary urban novel. If it’s not your thing, don’t read it.] After eight years together, he’s cruelly dumped. Will meeting the daughter of a wealthy family turn this down-on-his-luck young man’s fortune around? A mysterious woman suddenly shows up and fights me for the house. I have no choice but to hand over the deed, but she’s gorgeous! Can I move in with her? The beauty finally loses patience and says two words: “Enough!” A top-tier angst novel featuring one male lead and multiple fem 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 My Days Living with a Flight Attendant 空姐与我同居的日子 After getting dumped, I went to a bar to drink my sorrows away, only to be “rescued” and taken home by a flight attendant… 2.2kReads8.4Score23714d adds
- 62 My 26-Year-Old Rich Woman 我的26岁富婆 “Everyday realism” + “A small-town underdog’s rise” + “A wealthy woman’s tangled past” This story follows Qi Lan, a down-on-his-luck young man from a small town, and the strange experiences he shares with Chen Cheng, a wealthy 26-year-old woman. My name is Qi Lan. I never imagined that I’d get rich overnight. A cold, wealthy woman has somehow moved into my house. What am I supposed to do? What’s more, I’m a pure-hearted virgin. Surely I can’t be expected to offer myself to her? As an upstanding 1.1kReads8.9Score11114d adds
- 63 Wudu, You Embraced My Youth 雾都，你拥抱过我的青春 After ten years of drifting through life, a young man with nothing to his name reunites with his first love and resolves to work hard and turn his life around. But with empty pockets, he can barely scrape by, until the day he meets her… 3.9kReads8.4Score41514d adds
- 64 My Small-Town Girlfriend 我的小城女友 No matter how long people live in a big city, they eventually return to a small town. Xiyang, a genius who made his fortune through stock trading, finds his life going nowhere after his girlfriend cheats on him and his career hits a wall. He leaves Chengdu, a city full of memories, and returns to his hometown, where he meets the girl who will become his small-town girlfriend. This is an ordinary book, but the small-town life it tells of is anything but ordinary. 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Spring Blossoms, Autumn Fades 春花秋逝 (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no transmigration, realistic, about an ordinary person struggling to survive in the cracks. Don’t read if that’s not your thing.) Since you all want to kill me, I’ll start by eloping with your daughters!! 535Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 66 My 26-Year-Old Roommate: Returning to the Beginning to Continue the Story 我的26岁女房客之重回开始续写 The pristine, transparent Sky City has long since crumbled into ruins and gradually faded from my sight. I haven't seen it in many years. There were too many regrets in the past. Countless times, I let valuable opportunities pass me by without a second thought. By the time I matured, I realized I could no longer face the pain in my heart. When I woke up, I was surprised to find I had been reborn on the day Le Yao had an abortion, the day the story began. This time, I hope to make up for every re 3.5kReads9.4Score29614d adds
- 67 Ladies, Please Leave Me Alone! 女人们，放过我吧！ In a single day, I lost my job, got scammed, and went through a breakup. I was also kicked out of my home. At rock bottom, I was too ashamed to return to my hometown, so I could only look for a cheap place to rent. I tried to get back on my feet in this city. But I never expected to run into three women again. 1.6kReads8.4Score13514d adds
- 68 Please Give Me One Last Cigarette Tonight 请给我今晚的最后一支烟 [Everyday life, down-to-earth, romance.] “I used to think my life would just stay this way. I figured I might as well give up and let everything fall apart. But after falling apart for long enough, I realized I really am a complete wreck.” “Actually, no one is a lost cause. And neither are you.” 1.4kReads8.8Score10314d adds
- 69 Better Never to Have Met in This Life 此生不如不见 This is a novel about love and hate intertwined. There is no transmigration, cultivation, or System, just ordinary human nature in the real world. Through a twist of fate, the protagonist, Wang Zhicheng, meets his fiancée's identical twin sister, and a love that no one will accept begins to unfold. The many hardships of the real world push the two people who love each other toward the abyss, costing them their lives. When you look back on your youth, this novel may make you feel like you've been 1.1kReads6.7Score10714d adds
- 70 A Fragrant Journey Through Medicine 医路芬芳 The women of Apricot Blossom Village, tucked away in the mountains, are beautiful, but strange things happen there too. After his father dies in a car accident, Qin Chunshan returns from the army, only to learn that his childhood sweetheart, the girl from Apricot Blossom Village, is about to be married. Her father insists on following an ancient custom, and Qin Chunshan is determined to put an end to this backward tradition. Can he do it? He is no ordinary man. His medicine can bring the dead ba 83Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 71 Searching for Love in the Mortal World 尘世寻爱 At the end of the twentieth century, Momo always looked at the reasonable and unreasonable aspects of the world from the perspective of a bystander, living carelessly like a rogue. It wasn't until she met Li Fan, a married woman, and Duoduo that she truly entered the real world. But the cruelty of reality, and the enormous gulf between it and her inner world, made it impossible for her to adapt... 5.1kReads—Score21814d adds
- 72 The Girl Who Chased Me Has Just Been Reborn 追我的那女孩刚重生回来 [Slice of Life]+ [Girl Pursues Boy]+ [Both Reborn]+ [Two Female Leads] In March, the rebellious girl in Chen Mo’s class transformed into a hopeless romantic and barged into his world. Given another chance, all she wanted was to love him with everything she had. Her name was An Nuan, and she had been Chen Mo’s first love in both lifetimes… She said, “A-Mo, in this life, those irresistible eyes of yours are only allowed to gaze lovingly at me.” Three months later, Chen Mo was reborn too, regai 1.1kReads8.0Score10314d adds
- 73 Hello, Mr. Doraemon 你好，哆啦A梦先生 I had only wanted to live an easy, carefree life as an ordinary person. But when my childhood sweetheart and first CEO girlfriend married someone else for the sake of profit, and my beautiful second girlfriend, a painter, sacrificed herself for power, I realized I couldn't keep being a pushover. I had to fight back! When I finally stood at the top of the pyramid, I gave life a resounding shout... 1.8kReads8.7Score19314d adds
- 74 My Girl from Lhasa 我的拉萨姑娘 [Roommate Vibes] [Pure Love, Bad Ending] [Urban Coming of Age] [Multiple Heroines] [Folk Guitar] [Lhasa, Tibet] [Idealism] [Realistic] After his childhood friend dies in a fire, Xia Tian takes his friend's ashes to Lhasa. By chance, he meets a group of idealistic young people... They open bars and inns in Lhasa, planting the ideals in their hearts deep into every inch of Tibetan soil. Facing the sky and earth, they cry out, "Long live ideals! Long live youth!" This is an urban romance novel abo 274Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Wind Comes from Lijiang 风从丽江来 #A Breeze from Lijiang #Pure Love, Heartbreaking Romance #Winning Back Your Ex After the Breakup #Underdog Comeback #Realistic Fiction Buried under 300,000 yuan in debt, he tricked a girl who owned a flower shop in Lijiang. She told him, “The most romantic story is one about starting over.” He left, and his phone service was cut off for three months. She sent 127 messages and called 58 times, but he never received a single one. She went to Chengdu to find him and sat all afternoon outside the r 286Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 My Life Before Thirty 我的30岁以前 My beloved ex-girlfriend got married and had a child, and I didn’t have the courage to slash her tires and crash the wedding. Then, by chance, I rescued two beautiful women, and the tangled threads of fate began to unfold. I refuse to spend my whole life as an ordinary man. I want to take the best grandmother in the world traveling. I want to protect the little sister I care about most. I want to marry the woman who loves me most... I want so much, but I’m just an ordinary person. My name is Jia 1.2kReads8.5Score11714d adds
- 77 Roommates and a Lucky Find: Beautiful Landlady, Don't Be Like This 合租捡漏：绝美房东别这样 The short drama is now online. Its title is Let You Pretend to Be My Girlfriend, Yet You Let Me Own a Sea of Clouds and Plains. The live-action audio adaptation is now online. Search for the same title on Fanqie Audiobooks. [Not Reborn] [No System] [Multiple Women] [Everyday Life] [Never Pursues, Never Refuses, Never Takes Responsibility] Forced cohabitation! I was penniless when a woman named Yu Yu "picked me up" and took me home. We agreed I would only stay temporarily, but now she tries to co 68.4kReads7.8Score5.9k14d adds
- 78 The Women Who Walked Beside Me Through the Years 那些陪我走过红尘岁月的女人 This book is also known as My Twenty-Six-Year-Old Boss. How does a country boy rise up from the very bottom as a wage laborer? Step by step, he makes his way through Guangdong, battles it out in Shanghai, and heads to northern Myanmar. The road is perilous, the struggles fierce, but beauty blooms along the way. With charming women by his side, he ultimately reaches the pinnacle of life! That day, in that year, as my young self boarded the train south with the girl I loved, I knew that an unknown 965Reads8.7Score11614d adds
- 79 You Are the Fireworks of This World 你是人间烟火 One rainy night, while I was out delivering food, a beautiful woman in a luxury car knocked me down. Little did I know, that would be the start of our fateful connection. She was incredibly apologetic: she gave me money, apologized, and left me her contact information. But then, somehow, I ended up getting beaten up because of it. Furious, I swore that if I ever saw her again, I’d demand to know why! But fate had other plans. When we met again, who would have thought it had all been predestined? 20.6kReads8.6Score2.2k14d adds
- 80 My Girlfriend, the Capitalist Tycoon 我的资本巨鳄女友 A crush is a momentary surrender; love is an obsession that lasts a lifetime. 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Your Shanghai, My Westside 我的城西，你的上海 #Tearjerker Fiction #Realistic Fiction #Urban Romance #Heartbreak and Healing #Stories from the Margins He's a delivery driver living in a subdivided room in the western part of the city. She's a designer in an office tower in the Guomao district. One glance on a rooftop, and she bends down to step into his world, but his insecurity makes him push her away again and again. She quietly submits his work to publishers and draws up plans for a bookstore. In Suzhou, she writes to tell him, “I've wai 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 A Book That Continues the Spring and Autumn Annals 续写春秋的一本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 10.4kReads9.2Score87714d adds
- 83 My Miss Tulip 我的郁金香小姐 She and I were both residents near this stretch of Tulip Road. We breathed the same air, loved the season when the tulips bloomed, and hated the dust kicked up by the dry summer weather. Though we had never once said “hello” or “goodbye” to each other, we had truly shared joy and sorrow here. At last, one day, I called her Miss Tulip, and she called me Mr. Badou... 260Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 84 At Thirty-Six, I Finally Dumped That Good-for-Nothing Scumbag 三十六岁，我终于甩掉了烂人渣男 At thirty-six, I finally dumped my worthless scumbag boyfriend 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 My Utopian Girl 我的乌托邦女孩 Original title: My Utopian Girl [Workplace business rivalry + tearjerker + close to everyday life + everyday comedy] A love story between a penniless male protagonist and a stunning female CEO. What is love? It's the answer we've always been searching for. From fearing that his poverty would keep him from reaching her heart to transforming himself and holding her tight, what exactly did Xinyi go through... 177Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 86 Those Who Came and Went Through My Life 生命里来回过的人 There’s always a book whose every word strikes a chord. The moment you open it, people from the past and long-buried events slowly surface through its pages, like a long-overdue reunion. The joys and regrets, heartaches and lingering goodbyes hidden away in the years gently unfold between the lines. Before long, your eyes are brimming with tears. It turns out some memories have never really gone away. For: Everyone who has passed through my life 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 After the Ice-Cold CEO Falls 冰山女总裁沦陷后 [Mutual firsts] [Everyday life] Lin Wanyue obediently sat down, and the familiar arms were waiting to catch her. “It’s cold out. You’ll catch a chill. Why don’t you go back?” Qin Lanyang tried to persuade her again. “No, no! Don’t send me away.” Lin Wanyue bit his neck, gently, more like a playful display of affection. “Cold and salty. Not tasty,” Lin Wanyue complained, baring her teeth. “My fault.” Qin Lanyang smiled indulgently. “Your fault.” Lin Wanyue burrowed further into his arms. … “It d 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Real Men Don’t Cry 真男人不哭泣 Dedicated to all men facing a midlife crisis. May there be a Ye Qianyu in your life, silently loving you for twenty years. May you meet a Lu Manman and find a turning point in life. May everything you wish for begin to appear and come true the moment you open this book. Real men don't cry. Keep going! At thirty-five, Xie Nanshan hits rock bottom. He loses his job, his marriage falls apart, and he is saddled with massive debts. Every step takes him closer to despair. He is maliciously bann 18Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 89 Unrequited Love Is a Poem That Never Ends 暗恋是一首写不尽的诗 Shen Qianqian is a new first-year high school student, gentle and lovely, youthful and beautiful, and an undisputed top student and goddess of the school. She befriends Meng Xiaotian, a girl with a strong artistic streak who is quirky, lively, and warmhearted. One chance encounter brings her face-to-face with the handsome, sunny Fu Su, and she begins a long journey of secret admiration. Like cherry blossoms drifting through the school, her feelings reach every corner of campus. A secret crush is —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 My Love, from Chongqing to Shenzhen 我的爱从重庆到深圳 One heroine, multiple supporting female characters A sugary-sweet romance + sunny outlook + everyday love + plenty of affection On the train home for the New Year, the male lead, Ma Xuan, meets a stunning beauty. He never expects that a devastating snowstorm will bring them together, leaving their train stranded on the tracks for three or four days. The story begins in the train car where he and the beauty are traveling. Though the two outstanding young people love each other, they must both f 56Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 91 Suzhou, Who Did You Give Your Tenderness To? 苏州，你的温柔给了谁 If not for that company-mandated health checkup, perhaps I would have married her! But it was precisely because of that checkup arranged by the company that I chose to break up with her! 779Reads8.2Score10914d adds
- 92 Ashen Reincarnation: The Void and the Fallen God 余烬轮回：虚空与失格神明 #OneHeroine #EnsembleCast #Tragedy I died at nineteen, my heart ripped right out of my chest. Twenty years later, I crawled out of my grave. My chest was empty, and all I remembered was one name: Bai Jinyu. The person who said they would save me killed me with their own hands. The man with the black umbrella who led me out of the ruins said the red moon had been hanging in the sky for nineteen years. He said, “The answer is in the main city. You have to go.” I don’t know who he is, why I never 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Insider 内部人士 In the early 21st century, China’s real estate economy was booming. Many ordinary people caught a favorable wave amid the great tides of history and amassed considerable wealth. The protagonist is an average person with no particular gifts, but as he grows, he continually learns from the wisdom of those around him, including some truly remarkable people. Through constant learning and reflection, he eventually develops a unique kind of wisdom and achieves success of his own. It seems as though fa 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Dongguan: A Dusty Romance 东莞尘缘 Dongguan is a city full of memories, holding the youth and stories of countless young men and women. You’re only young once, so do you still remember the women who appeared in your youth? 4.7kReads7.8Score39214d adds
- 95 He's Gone! 他不在了！ When Gu Chang’an was three, his father remarried and his mother left. His family was shattered, and so was he. From then on, home was no longer Gu Chang’an’s harbor or his refuge from the storm. When he felt wronged, he had nowhere to hide. Until Ding Tingting appeared. She was like a beam of light shining down on Gu Chang’an… 701Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 96 Piercing Through Time: The Old Era, Stealing Fire, No Return 刺穿异时光：旧纪元，盗火，无归 Earth is dead. From the Solar System to Laniakea, this corner of the universe has finally found peace. Lin Qi’s legendary life begins in its final ten chapters. Only then will his little universe erupt. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Mom, I’m Afraid It’ll Hurt 妈妈，我怕疼啊 When you have the chance to make a choice, don't let yourself live with regret. If she could do it all over again, Bibi Dong would pick up the little one, kiss her gently on the forehead, and tell her she was sorry. 892Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 President Xiao, Your Wife Says You Have to Sleep in the Study Tonight 萧总，夫人让你今晚睡书房 “The Pursuit of a Wife After Losing Her” + “A Heartbreaking Romance” When Mu Zhixia was five, she was as spoiled as a little princess, the only light on the long road traveled by Mu Jingheng and Xiao Xulin. But later, in the name of protecting her, Mu Jingheng married her off to his subordinate. On their wedding night, the groom fled, making her a laughingstock throughout the Dongli Kingdom. Meanwhile, Mu Jingheng turned around and decided to marry the person she hated most. She struggled and fo 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 My Last Two Months: I Want to Say a Proper Goodbye to the World 最后两个月，我想与世界好好告别 At eighteen, in the prime of my youth, I was diagnosed with a terminal illness. I had only two months left to live. But I couldn't bear to leave my loving parents, my doting grandparents, or the friends and family I cherished most… Since I couldn't change the fact that I was going to die, I wanted to choose how to spend the final stretch of my life. I'd make the most of my last two months in this world and say a proper goodbye to it. 1.3kReads8.7Score10314d adds
- 100 Urban: After I Leave, You Have to Live Well! 都市：我走后，你一定要好好的！ [Male-oriented + urban romance + heartbreak + soul-crushing drama + short story] One month before the college entrance exams. Su Yang goes to the hospital for a checkup, only to be told by the doctor that he has just three months to live. He doesn’t want to worry anyone, and doesn’t even tell his childhood friend, Liu Xue. He just wants to leave this world quietly, all alone. But Su Yang has long been part of Liu Xue’s plans for the future. When she frantically finds him... Su Yang: “Liu Xue, I’ 56Reads8.0Score—14d adds
