Novels like The Cold CEO and the Deadly Scholar
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- 151 The Allure of Painted Lips 艳唇之惑 A romantic encounter. Most handsome men have had one, but for someone obsessed with beautiful lips, it's like discovering an ancient treasure... Xi Mengyao, the heiress and CEO of one of Yanjing's top families, is the finest pair of lips of them all. The surprising thing is, when Shu Muyan, a retired special forces king, rescues her, he steals the first kiss from the most coveted lips of all. And so the story begins... 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Daily Intel: I Get the Aloof Landlady Under My Thumb from the Start 每日情报：开局拿捏高冷女房东 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is my motivation to write, and I will strive to tell every story well! 8.4kReads6.4Score642Shelves
- 153 Tales of the Northern and Southern Dynasties: The Lone Soldier at Yubi, I Helped Wei Xiaokuan Slaughter a Hundred Thousand Troops 南北朝往事：玉璧孤卒，我助韦孝宽斩尽十万雄师 Tales of the Northern and Southern Dynasties: A Lone Soldier at Yubi, I Helped Wei Xiaokuan Slay a Hundred Thousand Troops 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 The Female CEO's Live-In Son-in-Law 女总裁的上门龙婿 A once-in-a-generation prodigy lost his memory and married into his wife's family. His mother-in-law mocked and bullied him at every turn, doing everything she could to tear the couple apart. During one argument, she nearly killed her son-in-law by accident. Then, one day, his memories returned. He now held power over the world and possessed incomparable wealth and influence. His mother-in-law beamed at him. “Dear son-in-law, when are you two going to get down to it? We can't wait to hold our gr 6.2kReads9.1Score811Shelves
- 155 So What If I'm a Tycoon? Don't Come Begging Me 暴发户怎么了，有本事别求我啊 This is a feel-good story with one female lead, no cheating, and ruthless revenge. The male lead is easygoing and takes everything in stride. If someone crosses him, he hits back. No dithering, no playing dumb, no forgiving, no letting anyone off, no holding back, and no turning a blind eye. You slap me? I'll punch you right back. Sorry, but in my world, even adding your first love on social media is unacceptable. He Qinyin is an ultra-rich nouveau riche who got engaged to his university's campu 17kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
- 156 My Wife Is Eighteen Years Older Than Me! 妻子大我十八岁！ After the village chief takes a grudge against the simple-minded Qin Zheng, who knows that the fool’s misfortune will turn out to be a blessing? He unexpectedly obtains an ancient divine artifact and the Witchcraft and Medicine Manual. From then on, he heals the sick and saves lives, embarking on a colorful life. 1.2kReads9.1Score271Shelves
- 157 The CEO’s Wife and Her Lazy Son-in-Law 霸总娘子和她的咸鱼赘婿 After transmigrating into the most miserable son-in-law in history, Lu Heng was thrown out of his in-laws’ home for being utterly useless. With one poem, “Prelude to Water Melody,” he made a name for himself in Hangzhou, and wealthy women paid a fortune for his company. Everyone said merchants were beneath respect. He was determined to become richer than a kingdom and build a business empire that transcended the ages. Everyone said scholars were useless. He formed a secret guard, trained private 224Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 158 Everyone Else Hoards Supplies, but I Take Everything Apart 别人疯狂囤货，我却全拆成散装 Everyone else is frantically stockpiling supplies, but I take everything apart and turn it into loose pieces 262Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 After Rejecting a Broke Loser, I Landed a Million-a-Month Salary and Married a Tycoon on the Spot 拒婚穷渣男后，我当场月薪百万改嫁霸总 After Rejecting a Broke Loser, I Landed a Million-a-Month Salary and Married a CEO on the Spot 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 The Ultimate Older Woman-Younger Man Romance 最强姐弟恋 The Ultimate Older Woman-Younger Man Romance 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 Bad Boy, You're Shameless 坏小子，好无耻 People can be so strange sometimes, Love and hate go hand in hand. The naive boy, Su Mubai, Accidentally catches a glimpse of the school beauty, Wu Xiaoyan, Batheing by the stream at the village entrance... Love takes root at the sight of her beauty, like a lotus rising from the water. But what happens next, Hate takes shape at the police station, after a brutal beating... Love... Hate... Who was right and who was wrong? Who can say for sure… 674Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 After the Divorce, the Richest Man Comes to Kneel, and His Ex-Wife Weeps with Regret 离婚后首富上门跪拜，前妻悔哭了 Ye Feng devoted himself in silence for three years, only to be scorned by his wife, who asked for a divorce. When his true identity came to light, his ex-wife’s whole family was consumed with regret and wept bitterly. 981Reads8.0Score100Shelves
- 163 My Childhood Friend Is Wonderful in Every Way, Except She's Yandere 青梅姐姐哪都好，可惜是病娇 [No System, no rebirth, one heroine, yandere, campus and urban setting. The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later] At the graduation party, Yu You worked up the courage to confess to Wen Youyu, the campus beauty he’d had a crush on for three years. Then... she turned him down flat. Just as he was about to leave, feeling dejected, his long-lost childhood neighbor and older sister figure, Li Sheng, suddenly appeared and led him away in front of everyone. Li Sheng asked if he wanted to go to co 49.8kReads8.6Score5.5kShelves
- 164 After I Became the Prince's Substitute Bride, I Dismantled His Estate 穿成替嫁王妃后，我拆了王府 After transmigrating into the role of a princess consort in a political marriage, I tore the prince's manor apart. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 A Tackle Shop by the Sea 海边有家渔具店 (The first few chapters lay the groundwork for the family background and relationships. The fishing adventure begins in Chapter Eight! This is a laid-back fishing story that builds a utopia for fishing enthusiasts.) Shi Tian, a rich second-generation heir, gets hooked after a shady app mysteriously appears on his phone. With all kinds of fishing talents carefully training him, he strays farther and farther down the path of becoming a crafty fishing fiend! Shui Bi Zhang: I spent half a year turni 5kReads8.9Score288Shelves
- 166 The Goddess Aunts Can't Stop Falling for Me, and the Campus Beauty Is in Tears 姨系女神抢着爱，校花急哭了 After being wrongfully imprisoned for twenty years, Ai Kun is reborn and returns with ruthless decisiveness, settling old scores to his heart's content. He not only amasses a fortune, but also reaches the pinnacle of a happy life. 5.9kReads8.4Score371Shelves
- 167 Wait, I Won the Poetry Contest, and You Want Me to Marry Into Your Family? 啥，诗会中魁首，你让我入赘？ Jiang Han transmigrated, and originally only wanted to fill his stomach. By a twist of fate, he won a poetry competition to choose a husband and became the son-in-law of the eldest daughter of the Ningguo Mansion. Rumor had it that the eldest daughter of the Ningguo Mansion was eight feet tall, with an eight-foot waist, and was a genuine she-devil. Jiang Han only wanted to call off the engagement and run away! But he never expected that his wife would be no ordinary woman! When Qin Muqing split 4.9kReads8.5Score289Shelves
- 168 Ex-Wife, Please Behave Yourself 前妻请自重 The man who had been a live-in son-in-law for five years got divorced. Less than three months later, she regretted it... Woman, keep a safe social distance from me at all times, or you'll face the consequences... 2.5kReads7.9Score138Shelves
- 169 I Brought a Billion Home and Now I'm Lying Flat 我带着十个亿，回老家躺平了 At twenty-eight, Lin Chen hits rock bottom in a single day. His company lays him off, his girlfriend of three years dumps him for being broke, then turns around and gets into a rich second-generation heir’s BMW. Even his landlord throws his belongings out of the rental apartment in the middle of the night. Just as he’s at the end of his rope, a bank text suddenly pops up: [1,000,000,000.00 yuan has been deposited into your account] To hell with 996! To hell with buying a house or a car! Lin Chen 79kReads6.4Score2.3kShelves
- 170 After Being Reborn, I Made the Signatory Take Back Their Words in Person 重生后，我让签字的人亲口撤回 After being reborn, I made the person who signed it withdraw it in person. 307Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 A Poor Scholar's Son-in-Law 寒门养婿 (Everyday life in an alternate ancient setting, no System, historical farming story, live-in son-in-law.) The setting is similar to the Song dynasty: civil officials are favored over military ones, ritual and law govern in tandem, the state is financially strained, and foreign enemies surround it. According to the Great Wei code of rites, officials who violate ritual regulations are to be stripped of their posts and titles; members of the imperial clan who do so are to be imprisoned for life. Li 39.7kReads8.4Score4.9kShelves
- 172 Three Lives, Three Worlds: Bewitching Control, Girl Across the Way, Look Over Here 三生三世：魅控，对面女孩看过来 Also known as Reborn in 1998: Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Broken System: Take Me Back to 1998, Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Reborn: Three Lives, Three Worlds, Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Rebirth System: Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Reborn in the summer of 1998. The streets are full of bell-bottoms, TV is showing The Legend of the White Snake, pagers keep going off, and even the air smells of popsicles and soda. Best of all, there's a girl with a ponytail in the dorm acr 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 She Wants My Medical Skills, but She Wants Me Even More 她馋我的医术，更馋我的人 Urban Miracle Doctor | Beautiful CEO | Flirty, Feel-Good Story He has a pair of hands that can save lives, yet somehow he keeps attracting women who want him for themselves. She craves his medical skills, but she wants him even more. From an insignificant nobody to a miracle doctor who shakes the city, he was never meant to live an ordinary life. In this life, he will heal the world and show everyone who the real winner is! 340Reads—Score101Shelves
- 174 The Sixth Mass Extinction: My Cancer Cells Can Evolve 第六次大灭绝，我的癌细胞能进化 The sixth mass extinction has begun! The moon, which has existed since time immemorial, is actually the final boss! It was also responsible for Earth’s first five mass extinctions! Under the influence of lunar radiation, the “dragon” genes inside every living creature on Earth begin to mutate, including those of all humans! The protagonist Yang Jian’s “dragon” genes mutate after fusing with cancer cells. His body is gradually replaced entirely by cancer cells, granting him unimaginable abilities 1.3kReads—Score128Shelves
- 175 The Gods Have Locked Away Technology? Then We'll Upgrade the Entire Nation 神明封锁科技？那就举国升级 A higher-dimensional civilization invades Blue Star, locking away its technology. The Great Xia Kingdom is the only nation left still struggling to hold on. When Qin Yi was eighteen, he entered a Divine Punishment dungeon for the first time, only to be gravely wounded and left on the brink of death, awaiting the gods’ “enlightenment.” Country A: We believe in the Holy God. They will usher in a new age of civilization. Country B: God of Order, please bring the spark of civilization to this world. 30Reads—Score140Shelves
- 176 The System Wants Me to Keep a Low Profile? I Steal Away the Two Male Leads to Found a Sect 系统逼我苟命？我拐走两大男主开山建宗 The System Forces Me to Keep a Low Profile? I Run Off with the Two Male Leads to Build a Sect 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 Divorcing with Terminal Cancer 癌症晚期离婚 [Everyday life + heartwarming + despair + one heroine + moving + relentless misfortune + no System + mother-daughter conflict + villains growing old + standing up to everyone + siblings + food lovers] Originally titled My Wife Divorced Me When I Had Terminal Cancer, Then My Mother-in-Law Knocked at Midnight Programmer Chen Xun often worked overtime and smoked. He developed terminal lung cancer, with only six months left to live. Not wanting to burden anyone, Chen Xun chose to divorce his wife an 19.6kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
- 178 Reborn in Hong Kong: From the Start, I Borrow a Hundred Billion from It 重生港岛，开局先借它个一百个亿 Reborn on Hong Kong Island, with a father who is still a tycoon on equal footing with the Ship King and the richest Chinese man. What could be better? But when Chen Long heard that his company had created a “wealth miracle” with Carrian, he froze. Because 1983 was the final year before the Carrian business empire collapsed. “Dad, while you’re still alive, how about borrowing another ten billion?” 5.4kReads8.8Score332Shelves
- 179 From Rags to Riches: The System Builds a Happy Life 草根逆袭：系统铸就幸福人生 (Urban Life + System + Workplace + Entrepreneurship + No Heroines!!!) Protagonist: Wu Zhou Starting stats: Lifelong bachelor + struggling career Family: Ordinary Does he have a cheat? Yes. This novel follows Wu Zhou, a lifelong bachelor from an ordinary family, as he gradually changes from the inside out through his own hard work, with a tiny bit of help from the System! Warning: Don't form a fixed impression of the protagonist, because he's always going through new experiences and changing! 5.7kReads8.3Score263Shelves
- 180 I Cultivate Immortality at a Foot Massage Parlor 我在足疗店修仙 A new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3.1kReads8.9Score216Shelves
- 181 The Live-in Son-in-Law 上门姑爷 The pivotal moments in life aren't actually caused by a lack of money. They're caused by what's going on in your head. Once someone gains the backing of a mysterious power, they'll inevitably soar to success. Come on, everyone, let's charge! 22.4kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
- 182 Tear Up the Script! I Transmigrated into a Book and Reclaimed My Tycoon Family's Power 撕烂剧本！穿书的我夺回豪门权柄 Tear Up the Script! I Transmigrated into a Book and Took Back the Power of the Billionaire Family 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 After I Took the Initiative to Divorce, My Ex-Wife Was Racked with Regret 主动离婚后，前妻悔断肠 As his wife's career takes off, Chu Hongtu finds himself increasingly looked down upon. After five years of quiet devotion, the moment he asks for a divorce, his wife is stunned. It turns out he was never a good-for-nothing. Only now does she realize that his quiet support was what made her life go so smoothly. 1.1kReads7.7Score103Shelves
- 184 The Super Son-in-Law 超级女婿 After three years as a live-in son-in-law, everyone thought they could walk all over me. But I was only waiting for her to take my hand. Then I could give her the whole world. 8.2kReads8.4Score574Shelves
- 185 The Tycoon’s Son-in-Law Turns the Tables 豪门赘婿，倒反天罡 When Ye Liuqing woke up, he had become a live-in son-in-law to a wealthy family. But after three years of marriage, Ye Liuqing had endured nothing but scorn. Even the servants in the family treated him however they pleased. He bonded with the [Uphold Justice on Heaven's Behalf System]. If he successfully gets divorced, he can take a hundred billion and return to reality! Uphold Justice on Heaven's Behalf System: Being warmhearted is a path, clearing pipes is a path, and the path to a woman's hea 2.2kReads6.2Score173Shelves
- 186 After the Divorce, the Cold CEO Regretted It Bitterly 离婚后，高冷女总裁悔断肠 Su Qingying: “Ye Chen, let’s get divorced. It’s been three years, and you still can’t give me what I want.” “Actually, I’ve been the one giving you everything for these past three years.” Ye Chen thought this, but he didn’t say it. 3.7kReads7.8Score305Shelves
- 187 The Siheyuan: Life of a Live-In Son-in-Law 四合院之赘婿人生 Siheyuan + one heroine + no grimdark angst + comedy + lighthearted People transmigrate every day, and today it's finally my turn. Others get a System that takes them to the top from the start, but Yang Dalin's whole family is sacrificed from the start, and he's taken in by a widow. Now he has two choices: become her live-in son-in-law or her adopted son. In this famine-stricken era, he needs to survive. After taking one look at the young woman who looks just like Sister Yanyan, Yang Dalin decisi 29.3kReads7.0Score1.7kShelves
- 188 The Goddess’s Super Son-in-Law 女神的超级赘婿 I followed my mother’s wishes and became a live-in son-in-law for someone else, for a term of three years. Now, the three years are up... 2.5kReads8.2Score854Shelves
- 189 You're Reborn, So Why Are You Still Living Off Women? 你都重生了，还要吃软饭？ Reborn in 2010, Lu Bai suddenly became the biggest jerk at Shencheng No. 1 High School that year. It was also the year the biggest con man in Chinese business showed up. “He said it himself. He said he’d never date, not even if he were a dog. Damn it, he’s the dog.” “Miss Chen, could you tell us the most memorable thing Mr. Lu ever said to you?” “He said, ‘We’re just business partners. We are now, and we always will be.’” “Uh, so are you two business partners in life now?” “Mr. Ma: He said he wa 28.6kReads8.0Score2.8kShelves
- 190 Notes from Luling Village: The Midnight Cries Aren’t a Ghost 鹿岭村手记：夜半哭声不是鬼 Notes from Luling Village: The Midnight Weeping Isn’t a Ghost 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 After Getting Cancer, I Asked for a Divorce 患癌症后，我提出了离婚 [Male-oriented][Emotional entanglements + career + bittersweet romance + no getting back together after a breakup.] One mistaken diagnosis ended one mistaken marriage. It also made Xu Yiming understand that when life takes a different turn, everything changes. We are all part of this life. Some people cast you aside like trash, but others love you more than life itself. A friendly reminder: Xu Yi and Xu Hui are not blood relatives, and they are not related by adoption either. 14.6kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 192 The Ultimate Bodyguard 极品小保安 Luo Jun's public identity is that of a lowly security guard in Haibin City. His true identity is... He has come to Haibin City, where the winds of change are blowing, to protect someone important to him. Danger lurks all around, and every step could be his last. In the bustling city, Luo Jun thrives thanks to his formidable skills and extraordinary intelligence. When enemies are strong, he defeats them with his fists. When they are cunning, he outsmarts them. But when love comes for him with mur 15.7kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
- 193 Luxury Goods Counterfeiter: From the Start, I Have Fake Socialites Wrapped Around My Finger 奢侈品贩子复制，开局拿捏假名媛 Liu Jin and his uncle run a luxury goods resale shop in Hangcheng, with Liu Jin as the new shop owner. His everyday customers include music teachers, beautiful internet celebrities, fake socialites, wealthy men, and wealthy women. He awakens a Replication System. Whenever a deal goes through, he can duplicate luxury goods and antiques! "Jin, could you raise the offer a little? I really need the money. Just add two thousand!" Faced with the music teacher's coaxing, Liu Jin is unmoved. "It's not e 16.4kReads8.1Score13.9kShelves
- 194 The Wife's Secret 娇妻隐秘 Chen An never imagined he would contract AIDS, and that it would already have progressed to the symptomatic stage. He's an honest, upright man who has never strayed, so he suspects his wife infected him... 15.4kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
- 195 On Our Divorce Day, My Sister-in-Law Saw the Billion Left in My Account 离婚当天，小姨子见我卡里剩十亿 [A son-in-law who defies the usual tropes] Once a mighty war god, he’s now a live-in son-in-law despised by everyone. His wife looks down on him, and his mother-in-law points at him and calls him a good-for-nothing! Think he’ll reveal his identity to win his wife’s heart and become a doormat for her and her whole family? No. He divorces her on the spot and marries someone else... (The ending has been revised. All-around high-octane thrills!) 3.5kReads8.5Score686Shelves
- 196 The Widow Boss's Heart 寡妇老板娘的心思 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 583Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 All the Races Throw Themselves at Me, and I Conquer Otherworlds with Pure Yang Power 万族倒贴，我靠纯阳打穿异界 “Junior, want to come over to my dorm?” The elf school beauty gives him a sultry look. Su Ran responds with a punch. “Senior, behave yourself. Don't distract me from my training!” As long as he stays true to his heart of steel as a straight man, his combat power will multiply! When the gods of other races descend, intent on wiping out humanity, the prodigies of every race are left in despair as they watch Su Ran shatter a rift between countless worlds with one punch. “He's so charming. Why does 48Reads—Score134Shelves
- 198 Tazhai: I Keep Offering Poisonous Schemes, but Uncle Dong Urges Me to Obey the Law! 塔寨：屡献毒计，东叔劝我守法！ "I appreciate you offering Uncle Dong some advice, but these schemes are way too criminal. I wouldn't dare!" I had just transmigrated into the head of the third branch of the Ta Village clan, and now Uncle Dong wanted to take the whole village into action? 118Reads8.3Score101Shelves
- 199 Don't Fear a Flirtatious Campus Beauty, Fear a Thirty-Year-Old Auntie 不怕校花玩暧昧，就怕阿姨三十岁 [No System + Reborn + Campus Beauty + Auntie + Entrepreneurship] Two or more romantic partners, so don’t read if you mind. There will be some feng shui and geomancy, but no cultivation. I was born before you, and you were born when I was already old. I am far away from you, and you are separated from me by the sea. In my previous life, my own cowardice and my parents’ objections made me miss Lin Mengyun, who was twelve years older than me and loved me more than her own life. My only main quest n 2.2kReads8.6Score121Shelves
- 200 I Picked Up a Secret Admirer’s Script by Mistake and Flirted with the Venture Capital Tycoon, Every Day 错拿暗恋剧本强撩，风投大佬每天 Only 120 days remain before Shen Nianwei loses the 30 million yuan trust fund her late mother left her. Then, as if things weren’t bad enough, her original investor pulls out and disappears, leaving her workshop with its funding cut off. Driven to desperation, Shen Nianwei takes her investment proposal to Gu Shixing, senior partner at Obsidian Capital. He gives her a cold look and sends her packing with a single line: “Obsidian doesn’t invest in sentiment or slapdash operations.” That is, until 3Reads—Score—Shelves
