Novels like There’s a Fish in the Pond [Zhang Xiaoyu]
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as There’s a Fish in the Pond [Zhang Xiaoyu], best match first.
- 1 The Nine Gates Fanfic: A Cold Fish Meets Warmth 九门同人：寒鱼遇暖意 Qiao Anuan is the fallen daughter of a distinguished family, while Zhang Xiaoyu is Zhang Dafuye's masked adjutant. A battle-hardened man and a gentle young woman, they meet, and only then does he realize he has the right to be happy a second time. He is always afraid he doesn't deserve happiness, until that soft-spoken girl holds him and says, "Zhang Xiaoyu, I like you." 566Reads—Score106Shelves
- 2 Little Fish, Little Fish, Where Are You Going? 小鱼小鱼哪里跑 OOC warning: This story contains lots of headcanon. Zhang Xiaoyu fanfiction. 1v1. After accidentally entering an ancient Zhang family tomb, Zhang Lin opens her eyes and falls straight into Changsha in the twentieth year of the Republic of China. In a war-torn era, with the Nine Gates rife with undercurrents, she catches the eye of the mysterious adjutant Zhang Xiaoyu. A mask hides the man’s features. He wields life and death, and danger radiates from him, yet he insists on keeping her by his sid 406Reads—Score100Shelves
- 3 When the Wind Rises in Changsha, I Know How the Fish Feel 长沙风起知鱼情 Female Lead Introduction | Li Zhi'ang An ordinary modern girl, she unexpectedly transmigrates to Changsha during the turbulent era of the Nine Gates and gets bound to System 8526, beginning a survival mission. With no one to rely on and not a penny to her name, she endures a miserable life of wandering and sleeping rough. By a twist of fate, she is rescued by Qi Tiezui, the Eighth Master, and given a place in Zhang's residence as a quiet, hardworking courtyard gardener. She's sweet and lively 611Reads—Score103Shelves
- 4 A Heart True to the End: Old Changsha Tales [Zhang Xiaoyu] 此心不负：长沙旧事【张小鱼】 [Zhang Xiaoyu × Original Character] At the Buddha Lord's command, Zhang Xiaoyu was assigned to protect Gu Shuyuan. She thought she had merely gained a silent shadow, and he saw it as just another duty. He protected her when they were in danger at the mine, and stayed by her side when her father went missing. Only then did she realize that love had long since taken root in her heart. In a turbulent age, when someone sought her hand by offering his family's wealth, she chose Zhang Xiaoyu without h 113Reads—Score108Shelves
- 5 Ash and White [Zhang Xiaojin × Wen Xubai] 烬与白【张小烬×温叙白】 Ashes and White [Zhang Xiaojin × Wen Xubai] 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Meeting Beneath the Moon in the Nine Clans 九门月下逢 [Huo Xiangu x Wu Laogou, Zhang Xiaoyu x original character. Wu Xie and Huo Xiuxiu become siblings at the end. Do not read if you dislike this.] The Nine Gates vie for power in Changsha as one ancient tomb mystery after another unfolds. Lin Yanran, a newcomer from Jiangnan, has a chance encounter with the masked adjutant Zhang Xiaoyu. A brand between them keeps them apart, as insecurity and attraction repeatedly clash. Huo Xiangu is trapped in her clan’s conflicts. Wu Laogou sees through the Nine 1kReads—Score100Shelves
- 7 Miss Wu’s Zhang Xiaoyu 吴小姐的张小鱼 [Wu Moshu × Zhang Xiaoyu + heroine-focused Nine Gates family bonds and everyone’s favorite] Wu Moshu was Wu Laogou’s third younger sister. Five years ago, she met the injured Zhang Xiaoyu during a major fire in Changsha and fell in love at first sight... There are two one-sided crushes: ① Huo Wenhai (overt) ② Xie Jiu (secret) (Please let me know if you spot any typos! Please!) 539Reads—Score103Shelves
- 8 Nine Gates: Madam Xiaoyu's Adventure Handbook 九门：小鱼夫人的冒险手册 [Zhang Xiaoyu × Shen Yanzhou | Gentle, devoted puppy type × bright little sun | Marriage first, love later + mutual salvation] The blizzards of Changbai Mountain buried half a lifetime of secrets. As a boy, Zhang Xiaoyu defied his family’s ironclad rules and let her escape. He was left with burns covering half his face and a traitor’s tattoo, and his entire clan hunted him down. Trapped in a snowy wasteland, the girl cut her wrist and gave him her blood, saving his life. One promise pulled him b 3.2kReads8.6Score308Shelves
- 9 Nine Gates: Ninth Master Xiaoyu Falls for Me, the Transmigrated Darling of the Group 九门：小鱼九爷爱上穿越团宠的我 The heroine, born with supernatural abilities, accidentally transmigrates into the world of the Nine Gates and falls in love with the two-faced domineering CEO Xie Jiu and the reserved, puppy-like Xiaoyu. Doted on by Foye, she also changes the fate of the Nine Gates, and everyone gets a happy ending. 511Reads—Score105Shelves
- 10 The Nine Gates: Perhaps a Jade Maiden Has Arrived 九门：疑是玉人来 Flowers' shadows stir against the wall. Could it be the jade-like beauty approaching? Volume One: Zhang Xiaoyu, complete Volume Two: Qi Tiezu, complete Volume Three: Chen Pi, complete Volume Four: Zhang Xiaojin, complete Volume Five: Xie Jiu, on hiatus Volume Six: Zhang Rishan, updating * Zhang Xiaoyu's Journal: When I first met Madam, I thought she was like a clear spring, pure and flawless, as if one glance could see right through her. But on closer inspection, there was something mysterious a 6.1kReads8.4Score495Shelves
- 11 Film and TV Crossover: Misty Rain, Capturing a Beauty 综影视：烟雨挽红颜 Southern Archives (ongoing) Qiao Chu (complete) Under the Moonlight (complete) The Blood of Youth: The Legend of the Dark River (complete) Moonlit Reunion (complete) My Journey to You (complete) Eighteen-Year-Old Great-Grandma (complete) Mostly all x everyone, with a beloved female lead. Maybe she really is fated to be with the Zhang family. She ran from the Zhang clan leader’s wedding, only to fall for the Zhang family’s generation of Hai men. Zhang Hailou: I know you like Xia Zai, but could y 8.8kReads6.0Score333Shelves
- 12 Film and TV Crossover: She’s Defiant and Dazzling 综影视：她反骨又飒 (The rating just came out. Hopefully it will rise later.) [Volume 10: The Mystic Nine + Time Raiders] Ongoing [Volume 9: Sparrow Bones] Ongoing [Volume 8: Southern Archives: Zhang Haixia (Zhang Haixia)] Complete [Volume 7: Southern Archives: Zhang Hailou (Zhang Haiyan)] Complete [Volume 6: Young Blood + Tales of the Dark River + The Blood of Youth: Su Muyu] Complete [Volume 5: Tales of the Dark River: Su Changhe] Complete [Volume 4: The Legend of Shen Li] Complete [Volume 3: The Legend of Shen L 5.2kReads6.4Score180Shelves
- 13 Tomb Raiders: Raising Little Fish Inside a Tortoise Shell 盗笔九门：龟壳里面养小鱼 [Daomu Biji Fan Fiction] [Original Cast] [Two Male Leads] [Ensemble Cast] Younger Zhang Xiaoyu, a devoted dog-like lover scarred by disfigurement, vs. older Qi Tiezui, a Daoist priest bound by circumstances. Eighth Master, is the Nine Gates really over? As long as people are alive, new stories will unfold. When one of the two who left the Ge-style Tower early remembers what he had forgotten, everything begins to go wrong. Qi, the Eighth Master who has always been protected, unexpectedly finds hi 507Reads—Score103Shelves
- 14 Film and TV Crossover: The Villainess Breaks Up the Couples 综影视：恶女拆CP [Quick transmigration + all male leads are devoted + romantic rivals compete + universally adored heroine] Updates ongoing: A Lantern in the Jianghu on a Rainy Night, The Outcast, and The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng... ❗️Original female protagonist❗️ She travels through various screen universes, stealing hearts and claiming them all. [Currently updating] 8. The Drama of Us 9. The Outcast 10. The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng 11. A Lantern in the Jianghu on a Rainy Night [Completed] 1. Harry Potter 2. Daomu Bi 443Reads—Score100Shelves
- 15 Film and TV Crossover: The System Always Screws Over Its Host 综影视：系统专坑宿主 Also known as Refusing Heartbreak in the World of Film and TV (Crossover, Beauty Advantage, Transmigrate, System, No Fixed CP) Current world: Marrying the Golden Bough: Wei Rao makes a dazzling comeback, and the cold, scheming young heir falls in love with her after their marriage. The Mystic Nine: a story about Huo Xiangu and the devoted Wu Laogou / masked adjutant. A Journey to Love updates irregularly. One day, Bai Moxiang receives a mysterious package and gets bound to a so-called "System." 18.4kReads—Score339Shelves
- 16 Film and TV Crossover: The Heroine Breaks Up a Couple Again Today 综影视：女主她今天又拆CP了 (The rating just came in, so it'll go up later) First world: Li Xiangyi from Mysterious Lotus Casebook (transmigrated cannon fodder ❌ young sword god | reverse conquest + comedic redemption ✔️ Dragging him out of a brothel by the ear in the middle of the street ✔️ Burning the grilled fish and blaming the sword god ✔️ Tickling his neck with foxtail grass ✔️ Insulting him while taking the arrows meant for him “Li Xiangyi, what are you so proud of? In this life, I insist on seeing you thrive and li 17.9kReads8.1Score414Shelves
- 17 (Multiverse) The Great Primordial Powerhouse’s Everyday Transmigrations （综影视）洪荒大佬的穿越日常 Fuqiu, the Primordial Chaos Green Lotus and a mighty being of the Primordial World, is a Primordial Supreme Immortal who devotes herself to breaking through to the realm of the Boundless Primordial Supreme Immortal. She is unexpectedly bound by the Chaos Pearl and, with the help of its artifact spirit, cultivates the Great Dao amid the mortal world. Some worlds have no romance, while others have a one-on-one pairing. She cultivates the carefree Dao. This is an invincible story, and her cultivati 27.4kReads7.2Score683Shelves
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