Novels like The Price Tag
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Price Tag, best match first.
- 1 Everyone Transmigrates! Where Are the Ghosts We Were Promised? Why Are They All Cases? 全员穿越！说好的鬼呢咋都是案子 Everyone Transmigrates: Where Are the Ghosts We Were Promised? Why Are They All Murder Cases? I had barely transmigrated before bandits dragged me up a mountain and demanded I become their captive bride? Top forensic pathologist Lin Qingge says: No problem. First, let's use science to humiliate you all. [Ding! Golden finger “Voices of All Things” activated. Three uses per day. Hear the final words of all things!] The bandit chief raised his blade. “You little brat, prepare to die!” I looked up a 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Proving Her Innocence 为她证无罪 When her closest family member becomes the prime suspect in a perfect crime, when every piece of evidence points to her sister’s already shattered soul, a younger sister who is a forensic pathologist decides to use science, faith, and unwavering love to fight through the fog for her sister’s chance to live. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Your Chaotic Plot Has Arrived: She Always Stands on the Edge of Death 您点的乱局已送达她总在致命边缘 The System says I'm a supporting villainess destined to be a stepping stone in a tragedy. So I turn around and bring out my retired, high-ranking official father and my brother who dotes on his little sister. The original male lead grits his teeth. “You’re only relying on your family background!” Lounging on a chaise longue and eating grapes, I say, “No way, no way. Are there really people who work hard for ten years and still can’t beat someone who was born into the right family?” Later, my pow —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Old Man "Joy" 老头“乐” The Old Man “Le” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Roses in the Heart 心脏里的蔷薇 [Mystery + dark themes, tags are inaccurate] I often asked him, “What exactly are you afraid of? Anxiety, depression, or panic?” He didn’t answer. He just gripped the cigarette butt tightly as he sat on the hillside, and a tear fell. He said, “It’s been so long since I sat here and let myself take in the view. The last time I sat here so carelessly, I think it was twenty years ago...” He had become the very sort of person he used to hate. Before he turned twenty-six, he started smoking like tho 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Mom’s Murder List: I’m the Last Name on It 妈妈的杀人清单，最后一个是我 Mom's Kill List: The Last Name Is Mine —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Memory Fragments: Hunting the Killer in a Frame-Up 记忆碎片：替罪追凶 “If you can’t even trust yourself, who can you trust?” Five years ago, criminal police captain Lu Chen went undercover in a criminal syndicate trafficking human organs. Five years later, he is gravely injured in an explosion while investigating a serial murder case. When he wakes up with no memory, he finds himself the prime suspect. Every piece of physical evidence points to him as the killer. The only things that could prove his innocence are a stranger’s fingernail clenched in his hand and th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I Can See the Loopholes in the Rules 我能看见规则的漏洞 It has been 127 years since spiritual energy revived, and cultivating immortality is no longer a matter of fated encounters and lucky breaks. Want to establish your Foundation? Take out a loan. Want to buy a cultivation manual? Pay in installments. Want to join a sect? Sign away your freedom first. Lin Yuan, twenty-four years old, is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, stuck at the bottleneck to the Golden Core realm with no end in sight. Burdened with 280 spirit stones in student loans, he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn as Uncle Jiu's Junior Disciple 重生之我是九叔小师弟 735Reads—Score10614d adds
- 10 Paranormal Partners: Hunting Down the Supernatural 灵异搭档：玄案追凶 In a world where science and the occult intertwine, the truth is often hidden in places ordinary people cannot see. Chen Wei, a young detective and staunch materialist, never doubted that until one bizarre case after another defied all reason. The dead wore peaceful expressions, yet had died in terror. A mysterious white figure appeared in every crime scene photo. Every clue pointed toward a supernatural abyss. With nowhere else to turn, Chen Wei sought help from Lin Dong, a childhood friend and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Infinite Performance Reviews 无限绩效 The day Lin Mo was laid off, his severance pay was zero yuan. Then he received an offer: Position: Performance Hunter. Salary: No upper limit. Company: Main God Human Resources Department. He clicked Decline. Then the screen went black. When he opened his eyes again, HR smiled and said, “Your onboarding is complete.” The rules were simple: one death dungeon every month. Survive, and you earn performance points that can be exchanged for money or another life. Fail, and you disappear from reality —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Eerie Game: This Championship Is Mine! 诡异游戏：这个冠军，我当定了！ [Eerie + System + Game + Mind Games + Wish Fulfillment] “I didn't kill anyone. The ones I killed... weren't human!” “Confirmed: monster delusion.” At the psychiatric hospital, the doctor finishes his diagnosis, but the three questions from the mad boy send a chill down his spine. “Doctor, after examining so many patients, have you ever considered that what they said might not be delusions?” “What if they really did see ‘them’?” “You can't guarantee that everyone around you is human, can you?” Th 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Interrogation Records 侦讯记录 Minghai City policewoman Ji Lingge meets a delinquent named Fasa, a murder suspect, while investigating a killing with no witnesses. She discovers his astonishing talent for “digging holes” during interrogations. Soon, another unsolved case rocks a school, and Ji Lingge turns to Fasa for help. Although Fasa faces a suspect with the same skill as his own, he still solves the case with ease. But the cases keep coming, and Fasa and Ji Lingge begin working together: a mysterious fall from a building 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Mystery: Unearthing a Ming Dynasty Testament Terrifies the World 悬疑，挖出大明遗书，全球吓疯了 Tags: Archaeology | Bloodline | Artifacts | Global | Secrets Uncovered | Power Fantasy | Revisionist History | Chen Zhibai, a doctoral candidate in archaeology, awakens ancestral memories during an underwater excavation. He sees a Portuguese envoy kneeling beneath the Ming banner, with a European castle in the background. He sees a female physician bound to a stake, crying, “I am a physician of the Great Ming,” while onlookers call her a witch. He sees twelve thousand defenders fighting to the d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Online: Seventeen People 在线：十七人 Have you ever downloaded one of those apps? The kind that asks, “What’s your favorite color?” “What are you most afraid of?” “Where would you most like to go?” It’s free to download, with a clean interface and questions that feel like they’re coming from a friend. You answer without thinking. You won’t remember what you wrote. Until one day, the app sends you a new question. “Have you ever killed anyone?” You think it’s a joke. You answer, “Yes.” Seventeen people across the country answered “Ye —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The System Makes Me Piece Myself Together 系统让我拼自己 The Crime Puzzle Solver He was once the sharpest blade in the police force, until a string of murders drove him to bury himself away with his own hands. Three years ago, the “Mirror” killer vanished without a trace. The genius profiler Lu Chen suffered a breakdown and left the force, forgotten in a remote corner of the world. Three years later, a murder at a concert hall on a rainy night dragged him back into the abyss. Beside the victim, the killer left a taunting code: “ECHO,” pointing str —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Silent Flaw 无声的破绽 A Silent Flaw —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 You’re Calling Me Mom? I Just Woke Up Seven Years in the Future 你叫我妈妈？可我刚身穿到七年后 [Urban romance + fake relationship turns real + marriage first, love later + adorable child plays matchmaker + sweet everyday romance] Seven years after transmigrating, Lu Shuyu is stunned when a little girl calls her "Mommy." Lu Shuyu says, "You've got the wrong person." The little girl stubbornly shakes her head. "You're my mommy." She pulls out a photo, and Lu Shuyu is shocked to see that the woman in it looks exactly like her. "My mommy disappeared two years ago," the girl says, tugging at L —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Confession in the Snowy Night 雪夜中的告罪 Confession in the Snowy Night 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Mirrored Shadows Beneath the Black Cloth 黑布下的镜影 Reflections Beneath the Black Cloth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 On the Day of the Funeral, My Stepmother Laughed Wildly in a Red Dress. When the Will Was Revealed, the Whole Internet Broke Down in Tears 葬礼那天，后妈穿红裙狂笑，遗产揭晓后全网泪崩 On the Day of the Funeral, Her Stepmother Laughs Wildly in a Red Dress. The Inheritance Is Revealed, and the Whole Internet Breaks Down in Tears —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Travel Detective: An Icebound Angel from the Start 旅探：开局一具冰封天使 The late Qing dynasty was in turmoil. The Self-Strengthening Movement and the Hundred Days' Reform had both failed, the foreign powers circled like vultures, and the nation was on the brink of collapse. Determined to save their country through industry, wave after wave of students returned from overseas. Shen Zhongwen was one of them. He had studied in Russia, was learned and level-headed, and had a particular fondness for detective fiction. But on his journey home, a bizarre murder took place, 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 23 Midnight White Mist 午夜白雾 After getting drunk over his girlfriend cheating on him, Shao Ye wanders alone through the streets at midnight. Suddenly, he hears footsteps behind him. He wants to look back, but a voice inside tells him that something terrible will happen if he does… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Eerie Livestream: Today Is Not Your Birthday 诡异直播间：今天不是你的生日 [Supernatural + System + Urban + Livestream + Special Abilities + Loops + Deduction + Ensemble Cast + Comedy + Cthulhu + Suspenseful Imagination + “Smiling with a Knife Behind Your Back”] I drowned in the fire that broke out at my birthday party. [Viewer likes: 999999+] [Current contamination level: 30.3%] Blood gushed from the cake, The candles went out one after another, A heart thumped inside the cream filling, And countless vertical eyes spread across the ceiling. On the day of a birthday, a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Weeping for the Passersby 哭路人 Ten years ago, his daughter disappeared. Ten years later, he became a “mourning wanderer,” someone who specializes in finding the belongings of the missing. He can borrow someone’s eyes and see the final minute of a dead person’s life. The price: his own vision is gradually consumed. Until, on the verge of death, an old man speaks his daughter’s name: “Yunyun...” He begins investigating, only to discover that a group in this city specializes in “collecting missing people.” And his daughter is on —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I'm a Duck, and I Solve Cases with My Imagination 我，一只鸭，断案全靠脑洞 I’m Tang Nuo, a Beijing duck who solves crimes. A bizarre incident has taken place at the International Grand Hotel. The door was locked from the inside, the security chain was fastened, and there was no sign that anyone had broken into the room on the twelfth floor. Mrs. Goose, an opera singer, was found dead in her room. The only clues were half a bunch of bananas, a few hairs of unknown origin, and a pigeon feather. Everyone was convinced that the giant pigeon passing by had caused the accid —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Mirror Abyss: At Three in the Morning, My Husband Was Replaced by His Reflection 镜渊：凌晨三点，老公被镜中人替代了 Mirror Abyss: At 3 a.m., my husband was replaced by the man in the mirror —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Moka 墨卡 Moka —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Seventh Layer of Fiction 第七重虚构 My father disappeared twenty years ago, leaving me only half of a bronze mirror. Everyone said he had run away and abandoned me. I believed them for twenty years. Until the day the mirror cracked, when I saw someone kneeling in the darkness. Six hundred years had passed, and he was still alive. Blue-green patterns began to grow across the back of my hand, creeping upward a little farther each day. When they cover my whole body, I will vanish from this world completely. Not die. Be erased, as i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Forensic Examiner of Relics: Every Cursed Object I Autopsy Weeps 遗物法医：我解剖的凶物都在哭 Forensic pathologist specializing in haunted relics, rule-based horror, relics taking human form, two powerful male leads, criminal investigations, mystery and horror, supernatural tragic romance, episodic wish fulfillment, fated entanglements, the unattainable first love, unresolved regrets, a tragedy from ten years ago, life-and-death protection, heartbreaking angst, every character gets a moment to shine 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Code of the Shadow Soldiers 阴兵密码 A blood-soaked dossier deliberately erased from history. A deadly hunt for the truth spanning forty years. Li Wu, a veteran, returns to his hometown carrying the mystery of his father's strange death and a rusted five-pointed star cap badge from the People's Liberation Army. The village lies forgotten in the folds of the mountains. What awaits him is no warm homecoming, but a world-shaking secret soaked in blood: a ghost woman in a red gown weeps blood night after night; Nanyang sorcery is used —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Three Faces Like Her 三面如她 Was she really just a police officer? There were at least five other faces... Someone died, right when she had been undercover for eleven months... She looked at the camera. The woman in the footage was smiling... [Feel-good power fantasy × secret identity × suspense × plot twists] [Impossible to stop reading] 1Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 33 From the Start, I Explored Dreams for Three Hundred Years, and the Ascetic Imperial Preceptor Lost Control 开局探梦三百年，禁欲国师他失控 I woke up as a good-for-nothing female tutor, and from the start I was expected to bring good fortune through marriage to a seventy-year-old man. At my most desperate, I bound myself to the [Dream Tracing System]. Enter other people's dreams, uncover secrets from their past lives, solve a strange case, and earn three more days to live. I thought I was just solving cases to stay alive, until I entered the mute bodyguard's dream for the first time... A mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Book Behind the Veil 帷后之书 I hope to tell this story slowly to every listener. But when you hear it, the curtain will hear you too. I hope you enjoy my new work. I’m new to this, so please be kind. 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 35 The Boat That Ferries the Dead 渡亡之舟 Dense fog seals off the sea, and a battered wooden ship drifts aimlessly. When Ya Heng wakes on the icy deck, he knows he has become a “Ferryman of the Dead.” The first stop is called Happiness Town. Welcome to Happiness Town, where the villagers always wear blissful smiles, as if they have no idea what sorrow is. When Butcher Hu sheds his human skin, when broken bones float up in Chef Zheng’s wine jar, when the “fourteen years” curse from the comic comes true... Only then does Ya Heng understa 1Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 36 They All Want Him Dead 他们都想他死 In the eighteenth year of the Republic, on a stormy night in Jiangzhou, the richest man in the city, Mo Gui'nian, was found brutally murdered in his own study, stabbed thirteen times. Inside the sealed mansion, there were seven suspects: the four concubines each had their own schemes, the young master and young mistress hid murderous intentions, and both the steward and the captain of the guards had their own agendas. Everyone had a secret. Everyone wanted someone dead. The only perfect alibi co —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Hungry Ghost Festival Calamity: The Old Flea-Catcher of the Village 中元劫之老村跳蚤老人 The Hungry Ghost Festival Calamity: The Old Flea-Ridden Man of the Village —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Night Shift Big Shot 夜班大佬 My mother died of a strange illness, leaving behind nothing but debt and an old bronze mirror. That night, Su Yue's eyes were opened. Beneath the city's neon lights, he could see the uncanny, and the "rules" each of them followed. He was terrified of dying, terrified to the point of trembling. Yet every time he solved a crisis, he did it too cleanly and too decisively. Survivors fell to their knees and worshipped him on the spot. Fake masters went out of their way to avoid him. Even the official —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Mirror-Crossing Record 渡镜录 [Historical political intrigue + mystery] The entire army was wiped out. I alone survived, only to be condemned for all eternity as a traitor who colluded with the enemy! Behind the Canglang Valley massacre lay a monstrous plot by the Marquis of Jing'an, who falsified military intelligence and trafficked in weapons. He goes undercover at the marquis’s manor under an assumed name, tearing apart, layer by layer, the outrageous lies woven by the powerful. Undercover agents, forensic examiners, vete —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Haunted Cellblock: I Am Thailand's Chao Fa 监舍诡事：我是泰国昭法 A strange female resident arrives at a drug rehabilitation center. She comes from a remote town and has never left the country, yet insists she is a Thai Chao Fa, a princess. Dressed in the coarse clothes of a rehab patient, she carries herself with the poise of royalty. In a two-second news clip, she instinctively performs a deep-palace court ritual. She casually reveals long-buried royal secrets, and with a few strokes, sketches the layout of a palace. She can’t remember her ordinary life, yet —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 This Detective Is Rather Eerie 这个侦探很邪门 Zombies are born from the resentment, filth, and deathly energy of heaven and earth. They neither age nor die, and cannot be destroyed or extinguished. Rejected by heaven and earth, they are ill omens cast out by the Three Realms and Six Paths. They bear none of the world's karmic ties, endure countless tribulations of lightning with their own bodies, and feed on the blood of the living, keeping their lonely vigil through the ages... In the cold night, ghosts howl through the desolate city; the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Heartbeat Concerto 心跳协奏 There are two kinds of people heart surgeon nurse Lin Xue wants nothing to do with in this life: police officers, and people even more stubborn than police officers. When Lu Jun, deputy captain of the criminal investigation squad, bursts into her emergency room with a gunshot wound, the two become one. He investigates cases with decisive efficiency, yet cannot understand why she resents the badge. She stitches wounds with calm professionalism, yet cannot escape the truth closing in as he reopens —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 She Judges the Dead in Hell and Kills for a Living 她在地狱当判官，在人间当杀手 Misheng, the judge of the First Hall of the Underworld, altered the Book of Life and Death and was banished to the mortal realm to atone for her crime. Heaven's punishment: within one year, she must personally kill seven heinous criminals. When she opens her eyes again, she is Wang Fang, a judge at the Jiangcheng People's Court. By day, she presides over court and judges cases according to the law; by night, she commands the Underworld and punishes the guilty. The Mirror of Retribution settles a 3Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 44 Jade Snow Hides the Traces 玉雪藏痕 Snow-White Jade Conceals a Trace 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Sin Punisher: A Bizarre Case of Murder 惩罪者：诡案迷凶 A caged flower of evil, the beginning of the Fuming City case, a Dizang King pendant, and a North Star symbol: each is like a shackle from the abyss, tormenting He Sheng’s soul. The killer is grotesquely twisted and brazen, even mailing death gifts to the police. The terrifying signs left at the scene are like nightmares under a curse. Are these all the work of fate, or deliberate acts of revenge? With no other way forward, He Sheng’s identity as a frontline criminal investigator conceals the fa 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Poem of Life: The Gods' Sorrow 生命之诗【神的悲哀】 [Ensemble cast + Alternate history, with mild violence and elements of religion, yuri, and more. Readers who are sensitive to these topics should proceed with caution.] The supreme Heavenly God took seven days to create a civilization to His liking: “humanity.” Yet, in the distant future, humanity will face a calamity that nearly destroys the world. “I have seen it: the suffering of humankind. Countless people will die, and countless more ‘humans’ will be born. The very definition of ‘life’ will 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Record of Injustice: The Cycle of Malice 沉冤录之恶念轮回 In a bandit stronghold, a woman has had her tongue cut out and been nailed to a wall. Outside a temple, beneath a dead tree, a seeker lies dead with his eyes still open. And there are good people whose entire families were executed by slow slicing three hundred years ago. Behind every injustice is a villain who refuses to admit their wrongdoing, even on the brink of death. Li Daniu and Wang Xuan repeatedly venture into the past, steeped in resentment, using the truth to set tormented souls free. 4Reads—Score10014d adds
- 48 Rule Horror: I Can See Every Loophole 规则怪谈：我能看见所有漏洞 The entire building is controlled by deadly rules, and breaking one means death. Others fear the rules, but Cen Yan can find their loopholes. From workplace harassment and pressure from the higher-ups to battles against the rules, he wins by taking them apart. But when he gathers all the fragments, he realizes that perhaps the loopholes he sees are part of someone else’s scheme… 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Reborn as a Coroner in the Modern World 重生之我在现代当仵作 [Mystery + Crime Solving + Transmigration + Growth] Shen Qingwu, the Tang Dynasty's foremost female coroner + Xiao Yan, a brilliant criminal investigator and forensic expert Shen Qingwu, the Tang Dynasty's foremost coroner, made a name for herself in Jingzhao Prefecture with her remarkable skills at reading bones to divine a person's fate and examining corpses to solve cases. But while inspecting a case, she was caught in a sudden blaze. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a mod 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Family Portrait in the Cesspool 化粪池里的全家福 [Each chapter is a standalone story] There is no savior’s halo here, only humanity’s most naked evil. No heartwarming redemption, only terrifying truths that chill you to the bone. When taboos are broken and crimes brought to light, you’ll discover that the most frightening thing has never been ghosts or monsters, but the darkness buried deep in the human heart, beyond the reach of any light. —Reads—Score—14d adds
