Novels like The Secret of Huaxi, Part Two
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- 51 I Slaughtered the Entire Server Just to Torment You 杀穿全服在虐你 [She runs, he pursues; both worlds are cages] He Lin possesses everything in the world, yet he cannot keep the woman he loves from leaving. Yilian’er fights desperately to escape his control, hiding in a virtual fantasy realm, believing she can regain her freedom. The shackles of reality, their reunion in a virtual world: she can escape him, but not her fate. With catastrophe looming, the two who once kept pulling each other back and forth can only stand shoulder to shoulder to protect the world 2.7kReads9.4Score10514d adds
- 52 Shufen, You Four-Times-Married Woman 淑芬，你这个四嫁女人 [Based on real events + Rural revitalization + Hardship + Countryside + The struggle and perseverance of ordinary people at the bottom of society] This isn’t a feel-good story. It’s a true story. Shufen’s surname was Zhao. Zhao Shufen. She was my great-great-grandmother. My great-grandmother lived boldly and did as she pleased, sometimes even making a real mess of things. She married four times and traveled far and wide. She ran a business, fled famine, ate Guanyin clay, and took up arms! Life k 1.2kReads—Score10414d adds
- 53 Beyond the Walls, Where Do We Go? 围墙之外，何去何从 [No fixed couples, and readers with strong moral qualms should stay away! This novel loves pairing people in unexpected ways, and the ex-husband eventually becomes the son-in-law!] [All kinds of tangled relationships, mutual scheming, love and hate, but in the end everyone gets a happy ending!] [Everyone’s status gets reshuffled, and each person finds their own path to happiness! Hahaha~~] She watches her husband give her the green hat, then returns the favor in kind. Life is this thrilling, and 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 After a Rich Woman Takes a Liking to Me, I Cross the Red-Light District to Save You 被富婆看上后，穿过红灯区救你 In the city's dampest, darkest corners, the neon never sleeps. At thirty-two, Wang Laowu arrives in this unfamiliar city carrying his mother's dying wish and a mountain of debt. He rents an unfinished apartment on the top floor of the red-light district. Every night, he has to cross the corridor drenched in pink light, listen to the sweet calls of the women, and clutch the only coins in his pocket. Then he sees her: the girl who never approaches customers, with the clear eyes of a student still 389Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Tales of Xizhou in the 1980s 80年代西州往事 This is a story about youth, and a story about growing up. It is filled with passionate brotherhood, the innocent love of childhood sweethearts, clashes of steel in the streets and alleys, and the struggles and choices people face in the tides of a changing era. Most importantly, it captures the warmth unique to that time: the unreserved sincerity between people, a purity that seems almost like a luxury today. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 High-Heel Mystery (Sequel) 高跟疑云（续） The High-Heel Mystery (Part Two) 44Reads—Score114d adds
- 57 Sell My Sister? Sell My Little Sister? Why Not Just Go to the Heavens? 卖我姐？卖我妹？你咋不上天？ [Transmigration + Golden Finger + Alternate History + Countryside + Entrepreneurship] Li Siyaya was a special forces soldier who became a special police officer after leaving the military. While apprehending human traffickers, she transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty. The moment she opened her eyes, a little girl was kneeling on the ground, crying, “Grandma, please don’t sell me!” “You little money-loser! I’ll sell you all off so my precious grandson can get a wife!” She looked up and saw her poor 523Reads8.9Score12514d adds
- 58 After Getting Caught Cheating 出轨被捉后 After cheating and divorcing, the heroine, Pang Yan'er, finds her life in shambles. Watch how human nature changes… May her story serve as a warning to everyone! Marriage takes work, so cherish the happy life you have! 115Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 59 Bedridden for Ten Years, She Dies Miserably! Grandma Chen Is Reborn in the 1980s 卧床十年惨死！陈老太重生八零 [Feel-good power fantasy + Family life + Rebirth in a bygone era + A touch of ensemble cast + Putting scumbags in their place + Rural life] Granny Chen was reborn on the day her third daughter was being forced by her husband to marry a fool. Of course, she refused to agree this time. First, she called off the engagement, then dealt with her abusive husband and unfilial children. She started by giving them a few slaps and refused to spoil them for even a moment. And that wicked mother-in-law who 8.9kReads8.8Score69614d adds
- 60 Please Don't Let Me Down Again: Stay, Say Thanks, and Embrace 请不要再辜负，陪伴、道谢和拥抱 Please stop taking for granted the people who stay by your side. Keep company, say thank you, and offer a hug. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Fierce Village Chief and Her Miraculous Young Healer 彪悍女村长，妙手小神医 [Rural miracle doctor + comeback of a fool + help from beautiful women + high-octane wish fulfillment] The whole village thinks that the simple-minded Li Meng is easy to push around, while the tough female village chief secretly schemes against him. But she never expects Mengzi to fall into the water and awaken the legacy of the Golden Dragon Emperor. From then on, he uses his miraculous medical skills to heal and save lives, draws on his talents to increase incomes and build wealth, and lives f 1.2kReads—Score16914d adds
- 62 A Ridiculous Love Debt 荒唐情债 Traditional period setting + realistic daily life + family and village affairs + ensemble cast In 1985, Yang Yun was already a married woman, yet she lived a life purer than a blank sheet of paper. Her new husband already had an old flame, and the woman was well into her forties. Faced with such a disgrace, Yang Yun had to fight back while staying on guard against the village men with ulterior motives. The seemingly peaceful little mountain village had long been seething beneath the surface, hid 36.3kReads8.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 63 The 1970s: We All Transmigrated into a Book, So Who Cares About the Leads? 七零：都穿书了，谁还管男女主呀 Original title: The 1970s: Marrying the Rough Man Who Was Destined to Die Young in the Female Lead's Story [Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + Mutual Devotion + Wife-Doting + Marriage First, Love Later + Cozy Daily Life] Ji Yang transmigrated into a book. She became the vicious supporting character who wreaked havoc in a period novel. The reborn female lead stole the future richest man who was supposed to be hers, and even planned to send her to the Northwest to work in the countryside 57.4kReads8.8Score7.5k14d adds
- 64 The Old Days at the Bottom of a Cup and Through a Telephone Receiver 杯底与听筒里的旧年 Have you ever looked at the years settled at the bottom of a glass on a slightly tipsy night, as memories came rushing back like the tide? Have you ever heard a familiar voice on the other end of the phone and found yourself retrieving stories buried by time? In "Old Days at the Bottom of a Glass and Through the Receiver", you'll step into a friendship among classmates that spans decades. In the play of light and shadow across wine glasses and through the telephone receiver, stories of youth, dr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋 [Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes 1.6kReads8.8Score15414d adds
- 66 The River’s Song Never Sleeps 江声不眠 Set during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, this epic tells the story of progressive journalist Lin Yu and refined young lady Su Yao. They meet, come to understand and love each other amid the turmoil, and join forces in pursuit of their ideals and their cause. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Honey, If You Don’t Love Me, Let Me Go 老公，不爱请放手 After twenty years of sharing life’s joys and hardships with her husband, a wife is betrayed and left to struggle with heartache. For the sake of her child, she focuses on her studies while bearing humiliation and resentment alone. Time and again, she resolves to leave, only to waver when her husband begs her to stay and her own love for him, built over more than twenty years, pulls her back. It is like a drowning person struggling in the water, ready to give up from exhaustion, only for her hus 17.7kReads9.1Score83814d adds
- 68 A Long Song of Jin 晋地长歌 #Rural Shanxi #Period drama and human warmth #War and flames #Ordinary love #Completed The loess of Shanxi holds the years; a long song tells the story of a life. Shanxi’s Long Song is far more than a rural novel. It is a people’s epic, a saga of family and country, engraved upon the land of Shanxi. Following the protagonist’s turbulent and extraordinary life, it weaves together a century of upheaval in Shanxi: the bloody struggle of resistance and espionage, the steadfast defense during the lib 831Reads8.4Score10914d adds
- 69 From Barnyard Chicken to Phoenix 土鸡变凤凰 From Country Bumpkin to Cinderella 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Flowers Born of the Earth 土生花 The land is silent, yet it can hold all the hardships endured by three generations. On the barren yellow earth, three generations of women are pressed into the mud by fate, bound hand and foot by patriarchy, and slowly tortured by life. They have no choices and nowhere to turn. They don’t even dare to cry aloud. All they can do is endure the darkness, bear the despair, and keep going through days that have been ground to dust, sustained by sheer will. Yang Jinlian is deaf and stutters. All her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Awakening of Guixu 归墟的苏醒 The story takes place in a remote town. A series of bizarre disappearances leads the young detective Lin Yu to an abandoned warehouse, where he discovers an entity known as the “Guixu.” It is neither a monster in the traditional sense nor another dimension, but a membrane beneath the world: a conscious being that has slept for billions of years. It is both the embodiment of the “void” in the collective human consciousness and a fundamental structure of the world itself. The central conflict revo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The High-Heeled Shoe Mystery 高跟疑云 My wife works at a joint-venture company and was recently promoted to head of the human resources department. Lately, she has been working late all the time. I couldn't understand it. What was there to keep HR working overtime for? Yesterday, I went to Guangzhou on a business trip. I was supposed to be gone for several days, but something urgent came up at the company, so I returned early. I wanted to surprise her and didn't tell her. When I got home at eleven that night, the house was empty. I 528Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Three Madwomen in the Village 村里的三个疯女人 [Completed] Three women in Fang Family Village have been branded “crazy.” Three women, three different kinds of “madness,” and three very different lives and fates. The futures of their children quietly take shape amid their mothers’ lives, whether muddled, broken, or clear-eyed, and turn out entirely different. 76Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 74 The Mother in the Mountains 大山里的母亲 [Period setting + history + based on real life + memoir] This is the story of a mother from the mountains who folded hardship into the daily routine of cooking and chores, holding her family together through rugged years. She lived an ordinary life, yet became the family's strongest support. If you, too, have been touched by a mother's love, perhaps you'll enjoy this story. Every follow and request for an update gives me the confidence to keep writing. I'll carefully polish every plot point. 112Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 75 Reborn in the Northwest: An Eight-Year-Old Boy Becomes the Family's Pillar 重生西北八五八岁小哥挑起顶梁柱 [Northwest China + 1985 + rural life + reborn + realistic + not especially feel-good + light ensemble + everyday family life] The protagonist is only eight, so giving him a rebirth setup provides at least a little of a golden finger. Otherwise, he really wouldn’t stand a chance. After He Jianjun and his wife died, they left behind four young children. Their uncle and aunt sold them all for money. Some died, some went mad, and not one of them met a happy end. Fortunately, the eldest son was rebor 79Reads7.5Score114d adds
- 76 Reborn in Northeast China, I Can Somehow Control Water 重生东北我竟然能控水 Lin Yao returned to 1988. An accidental near-drowning gave him the ability to control water, but it couldn't change how his family saw him or undo his mother's abandonment. If that's how things are, then I'll make it on my own. Poverty and prejudice can't hold me back. With my supernatural ability, I'll build a network and gather followers, thriving in both business and politics. When I advance, I benefit the people; when I retreat, I still have more than enough to live comfortably. At last, I'v 45.1kReads8.1Score4.1k14d adds
- 77 Jiang Xiaohua 姜晓花 In the bitter winter of 1976, Jiang Xiaohua was sixteen. Her family had almost nothing; her father was gravely ill, her mother weak-willed, and her younger brother still a child. Desperate for food, she was forced into a bride swap and nearly sold off, struggling on the brink of life and death before finally marrying into the Chen family, the most quarrelsome and favoritism-ridden family around. Her sisters-in-law ostracized her, her mother-in-law mistreated her, her husband stumbled, her childr 866Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Neighbors in the Ancient City 古城邻里 A new work is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Set in Yuhè Courtyard, the central compound of Qinghuai Lane in an ancient riverside city in southern China, this novel traces a century of ups and downs among several longtime residents and their neighbors. Through their stories, it captures the changes in the city from the early years after liberation to the present day, the younger generation’s outlook on life amid a market economy, the bustle of its streets and lanes 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Tales of Qingshiyu 青石峪往事 The story follows nearly half a century of change in Qingshiyu, a village in the Yimeng Mountains. As the mountain countryside is transformed, it portrays the full journey of rural China from the final years of collectivization to the new era of rural revitalization. It tells the stories of life in and beyond the village, exploring tradition and modernity, staying and leaving, survival and growth, and the profound tension between individual destinies and the tides of the times... 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Li Dongyuan, the Golden Essence Divine Doctor 金元神医李东垣 Synopsis: In the chaotic years of the Jin and Yuan dynasties, Li Gao abandoned commerce to study medicine under Zhang Yuansu. He developed the Spleen and Stomach theory and founded the School of Nourishing Earth. Through his writings and the many students he trained, his ideas had a lasting influence and remain relevant to modern disease treatment. "The Renowned Jin-Yuan Physician Li Dongyuan" takes you on a journey through his remarkable medical career. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 She Pushed Her Best Friend Toward Her Husband 她把闺蜜推向了丈夫 Keep your home safe from fire, thieves, and your best friend. When a wife spots signs that something is off with her husband, she wonders if she’s just being paranoid. Still, she stays alert. Things take a winding course, and each time there seems to be a reasonable explanation. But the clues keep piling up, and she can’t help confiding her doubts to her best friend. In the end, the evidence of an affair gradually points to the best friend. 267Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 She Has Nowhere to Run 她，无处可逃 Abduction and possessive love + a doting husband + a scheming romantic + a love triangle At the graduation gala, a young woman sat poised in a white princess dress. Her soft curls fell over her shoulders as her slender, fair hands played Bridal Chorus, the wedding march of her dreams. From the front row, he watched her sitting there and lost himself for a moment. She seemed to stand apart from the world. In that instant, his heart was struck, and something began to take root and sprout deep insi 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Mortician Married an Officer, and I Became the Scumbag’s Aunt by Marriage 入殓师嫁军官，我成了渣男的小婶 Just before the end of her shift, Su Nianchu received the last corpse scheduled for cremation. To her surprise, the deceased had the same name as her. Su Nianchu's heart skipped a beat. She had a bad feeling! Sure enough, an accident happened during the cremation. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the body of a village girl in the 1980s. She was lying on a kang, giving birth! Nearby, her malicious husband watched her, planning to trick her into taking sleeping pills so he and 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 A Bitter Girl’s Rebirth 苦妹之涅槃重生 Inside Ku Mei’s five-year-old body lived the soul of someone who had died with a heart full of hatred. Reborn, she faced a spiteful grandmother who beat and berated her, a cold grandfather who enabled the abuse, and a mother who could only weep helplessly. Ku Mei concealed her boundless hatred and memories of her past life, pretending to be timid as she carefully plotted her every move. She outsmarted her relatives and broke free of her shackles, starting with a bottle of chili sauce from the mi 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Woman Who Destroyed Her Family 把家毁了的女人 The Woman Who Ruined Her Family, also known as The Reckless Woman Truck Escort. This is the story of Yang Xu, an ordinary woman whose laughably absurd behavior turns her life into a complete mess. She’ll make you laugh, but you’ll also find her infuriating, pitiable, and hard to forgive... The writing is witty and humorous, and the story moves quickly. I hope you enjoy it! 690Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 86 Spring Sunshine Over the Countryside 暖春照乡野 [Village Life]+ [Period]+ [Rugged Man]+ [Family Life]+ [Angst Before Romance]... Yang Wei’s elder brother, Yang Ming, died unexpectedly, leaving his widowed sister-in-law to raise him all alone! Now that her younger brother-in-law is grown, will Chuntao remarry, choose to spend her life with Yang Wei, or grow old alone? What will Yang Wei decide? What does his father think? What do Chuntao’s parents say? A whole host of questions now stand before them! But those are only minor problems. The real 84Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 87 The Retainers of the Last Tusi of Tu'e 兔峨末代土司的眷属们 About the Book: The Tusi chieftaincy of the Luo family of Tu’e, Lanping, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan, lasted nearly six hundred years, from the Yuan dynasty through the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Republic of China. It passed through twenty-three generations before the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 brought the Tusi system to an end. This book was written by the granddaughter of Luo Xing, the last Tusi chieftain. It recounts the remarkable life of Yang Huizhen, wife of 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 I Accidentally Transmigrated into My Late Aunt 一不小心，穿成了我那早死的姑姑 Fang Qingqing transmigrates as an aunt who died young. She vows to help her family become among the first to get rich, and to give them hope. Somehow, she ends up catching the attention of a man who will become a bureau chief in the future. She feels bad about holding back his career, but he keeps pursuing her at every turn. Note: In her world, her aunt died young. 3.6kReads8.2Score33114d adds
- 89 A Lone Boat by the River 河边的孤舟 Chen Shan, a young woman born into a middle-class family during the Republic of China era, fell into poverty after her father died. She weathered the tumult of the War of Resistance, the civil war, and the founding of New China. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 I'm a Bachelor, Not a Fool 我是光棍汉，不是傻瓜蛋 Told in the words of a lifelong bachelor, this novel depicts a century in the history of an ordinary family from a unique perspective. It reveals the tragic lives of ordinary people at the bottom of society, especially older bachelors who have never married; condemns the selfish and despicable side of human nature; and celebrates sincerity, kindness, and moral character. One of the few literary works in China to focus early on the tens of millions of lifelong bachelors, it hopes to inspire peopl 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Period: The Self-Serving Beauty Tames the Unhinged Villain 年代：利己美人驯服疯批反派 [The Era: A Self-Serving Beauty Tames a Mad Villain] [Mutual firsts + period setting + transmigrate into a book + love at first sight + lovesick yandere male lead with nothing but sex on his mind + irresistible female lead] (The heroine has a golden finger and never has to suffer!) After Wen Ruan was drugged, she discovered she had transmigrated into a book, specifically a period novel about a reborn couple who reunite after a breakup. Once she learned the plot, Wen Ruan stole the lovesick villa 748Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 There’s a Rainbow in the Sky After the Rain 雨后的天空有彩虹 When the college entrance exams were reinstated, Zheng Hongmei left her three-year-old son, Wenge, behind in the countryside. Wenge always dreamed of studying hard, getting into college, and finding his mother. Fifteen years later, on the very first day his adoptive father took him to college, he ran into her. His mother was a professor at the university, but he no longer recognized her. His adoptive father was the one who told him she was his mother. But his mother coldly told him not to distur 1.9kReads—Score12714d adds
- 93 The Puppy Bites the Crabapple Blossom 小狗咬红杏 [One woman, two men | brooding younger man x graceful mature woman x devoted older man | rivalry for her affection] Gu Manzhen went on a trip to an ancient village and, after a few drinks, met an exceptionally handsome Tibetan boy. She thought it was just a bit of adult rule-breaking. Once the trip was over, she would go home and return to her busy city life working for a company. But several months later, Gongbu, a young man from an ethnic minority, crossed mountains to find Gu Manzhen's apartm 5.5kReads8.7Score62514d adds
- 94 The Beautiful Bride of Flower Village 花村美娇娘 The Zhao family should have been one of the largest clans in Zhaojiagou. The village had once been thriving, but an accident took all the Zhao family’s able-bodied men. Left behind were orphans and widows throughout the village, along with Zhao Ergou, an orphan raised on food given by the neighbors. As the last surviving bloodline of the Zhao family, Zhao Ergou was cherished by everyone in the village. Everyone hoped that Zhao Ergou could lead the villagers and restore Zhaojiagou to its former g 643Reads8.5Score14814d adds
- 95 Light Breeze's 24th Book 淡淡清风第24本书 College student Su Tie is crippled by someone and sent back to his village, where he unexpectedly inherits the legacy of a goddess. He gains heaven-defying cultivation arts, top-tier medical skills, yin-yang techniques, talismans and curses, and can do just about anything. The young man makes a comeback and climbs step by step to the peak of his life. 44Reads6.1Score10914d adds
- 96 No Matter How Much You Cherish It, Nothing Lasts Forever 讲究终将不能长久 This should be a story about a woman’s growth, set in a bygone era. A girl who has lived at the bottom of society since childhood works hard and thinks she has crossed into a higher class, only to realize she has climbed just one step. Exhausted, she resigns herself to fate and looks for someone on that same step to lean on. But the person she thinks she can rely on only wants to use her to climb higher. To achieve his own ends, he has to kick her down a step so he can leap a little farther. If 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 97 Reborn in 1998: My Five Sisters Are in Their Prime 重生1998，五个姐姐芳华正茂 (Reborn + Revenge + Feel-Good + Building Wealth) In his previous life, Lin Jiabao had a great hand, but played it terribly. He had his parents' love and the affection of his five older sisters, and he was a hard worker too. He even landed a government job in the provincial capital. But his wife, Sun Rourou, tricked him into raising another man's child and bled his entire family dry. His life couldn't have been more miserable... When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to 1998, to the very 3.1kReads9.3Score41014d adds
- 98 After I Transmigrated, I Fell in Love with a Female Eighth Route Army Soldier 穿越后，我爱上了女八路 This is a war filled with smoke and flashing blades. Secret codes, disguises, surveillance, counter-surveillance: every second means walking the line between life and death. But Lin Yue and Su He possess trump cards no enemy can replicate: a psychic bond spanning four hundred years, a wordless understanding, and peerless martial arts forged by The Boundless Universe and Soaring Through the Nine Heavens. When every escape route is sealed and the enemy thinks victory is within reach, the Azure Sp 1.6kReads—Score16214d adds
- 99 After My Childhood Sweetheart Lost His Memory, I Married His Younger Brother! 竹马失忆后，我嫁给他弟了！ (Marriage first, love later + devoted to each other + stealing someone's wife + sweet romance + male lead suffers) The day before their wedding, Wen Sha's fiancé, Ji Mingshen, dies. Her parents force her to marry Ji Mingche instead. When she is six months pregnant, Ji Mingshen comes back from the dead. Wen Sha demands a divorce from Ji Mingche and wants an abortion. Ji Mingche: “Keep the baby. I'll raise it!” Wen Sha tries every way she can to get rid of the baby in her belly, convinced it will 732Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 100 The Children of the Guan Family 关家儿女 This book is the sequel to my historical novel, The Guan Family Compound. It follows several generations of the Guan family's children through their joys and sorrows against the backdrop of the times, from 1939 to more than a century later, in the twenty-first century. If you're a longtime fan of The Guan Family Compound, please start reading from Chapter One. If you've never read it, I recommend reading that book first, then coming back to The Guan Family's Children. The story will flow better 1.6kReads8.0Score24114d adds
