Novels like Playing the Scumbag to Set Four Cities Ablaze
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Playing the Scumbag to Set Four Cities Ablaze, best match first.
- 1 Chen Yu, the Embalmer 入殓师陈屿 Chen Yu has worked the night shift at a funeral home for eleven years. He has painted 2,317 faces and never missed a shift. He has a secret no one knows: while applying makeup to the dead, he can see the last 24 hours of their lives. For most people, their final day is heartbreakingly ordinary: buying groceries, bickering, watching the clouds. Until recently, a string of young people died in the city. Unemployed, living alone, with their cause of death listed as natural causes. The same thing ap 35Reads—Score2314d adds
- 2 My Beautiful Flight Attendant Roommate 合租的美女空姐 Hello, readers. This is my first novel, so it will have plenty of flaws and shortcomings. I don't care how many readers it gets. I just want to finish this story with care and give voice to my long-held passion for writing. As a teenager, I was deeply moved by Living with a Flight Attendant. I would like to pay tribute to its author, Sanshi. Synopsis: Programmer Cao Xiaofan has just graduated from college. His salary barely covers rent, he can hardly write code, and dating is out of the questio 154Reads—Score11914d adds
- 3 Omen Appraiser 凶兆鉴定师 Hidden in the city's concrete jungle are countless unseen omens of disaster. Cracked load-bearing walls, tampered fire exits, shadowy figures repeatedly appearing in office towers, strange noises in old residential blocks late at night… What others see as paranormal phenomena appear to Lin Yan as clear patterns of impending disaster. From an “ill-fated office tower” where people keep falling to their deaths, to a popular old-house guesthouse plagued by a string of incidents, to warnings of a dea 55Reads—Score2914d adds
- 4 Chen Zhen Investigates Yin and Yang 陈帧勘阴阳 Beneath the bustling city, countless high-rises and old houses conceal dangerous layouts. Residents who die in bizarre suicides, apartments haunted by strange noises in the middle of the night, century-old homes where disasters keep striking… Every seemingly inexplicable, eerie case is entangled with a mysterious feng shui formation. Others blame ghosts and spirits, but Chen Zhen sees through it at a glance: these so-called sinister forces are all deadly traps laid by human hands. Chen Zhen, own 44Reads—Score2214d adds
- 5 Tracing the Origins of Strange Urban Cases 都市诡案溯源 This is a realistic urban crime-investigation mystery with no supernatural elements, a long-form story that begins with a series of strange, self-contained cases and gradually reveals a secret criminal conspiracy spanning thirty years. Chen Yu, a specially appointed consultant in forensic trace analysis and profiling, has an extraordinary gift for detecting emotional and behavioral traces. Haunted by the childhood trauma of his family's massacre, he teams up with Wen Zhixia, a bold and formidabl 19Reads—Score814d adds
- 6 Wild Village Rose 野村玫瑰 In the late 1990s, the village beauty Rose’s marriage story began with Huang Lei, who had been in love with her for a year but only wanted to possess her. After Li Gang stirred up trouble, Rose and Huang Lei parted ways, and eventually Li Gang married Rose. But Rose never became pregnant. Li Gang’s mother despised her as a barren hen, and the family pressured Rose to return to her parents’ home. When Huang Lei, who was working in Guangdong, learned that Rose had gone back, he thought his chance 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Cast-Off Daughter, Substitute Bride: The Women of My In-Laws Join Forces to Win Big 弃女替嫁：婆家女眷抱团赢麻了 In her past life, four of the five members of the Tang family died, leaving only her. Reborn in 1990, the first thing she did was report someone on the train. Her mother-in-law died horribly in a car accident, her sister-in-law was imprisoned, her younger sister-in-law died in despair, and her husband gave his life for his country. Left alone, she lived until her hair turned white, never discovering whether her family's deaths had been a natural disaster or a human crime. [Ding! Check-in Syste 1.1kReads—Score14714d adds
- 8 On My Last Day, I Was Called in for a Talk 最后一天，我被喊去谈话 On My Last Day, I Was Called in for a Talk 825Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Bloodshed Brothers and the Woman with a Gun 喋血兄弟和带枪的女人 To love one person is fidelity. To love two is cheating. To love three is a tangled affair... To be loved by one person is happiness. To be loved by two is anxiety. To be loved by three is a disaster... 1.7kReads7.1Score17614d adds
- 10 A Joyful Peach Blossom Village 欢喜桃花村 [A feel-good miracle-doctor story, satisfying from start to finish. If you’re not satisfied, come fight me] To secure a bride-price, Xu Yourong’s mother drugged her with an aphrodisiac, intending to force her to marry Zhao Sanpao. When the drug took effect, she instead spent the night entangled with Jiang Bei. When Zhao Sanpao found out, he beat Jiang Bei savagely. The Fairy of Shuiyue saved Jiang Bei and taught him immortal arts. From then on, Jiang Bei began his rise to success. His medical sk 10.9kReads7.5Score1k14d adds
- 11 Dusty Tales from the 318 Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318川藏线上的风尘往事 Broke female travelers + Highway 318 + Sichuan-Tibet route + hitchhiking + road trip + finding a wife My company was laying people off, and I was one of them. As if things weren't bad enough, my wife ran off with someone else. Down in the dumps, I headed west toward Tibet. This is the story of a beat-up camper van, the Sichuan-Tibet stretch of Highway 318, and more than thirty women with nowhere else to turn. Every one of their stories is more exciting than my miserable life. 33.6kReads8.2Score2.2k14d adds
- 12 True Love Can’t Stand the Light, So She Married a Fool 真爱见光死，她嫁给傻子 At nineteen, He Yang met Chen Mo for the first time. Her card got swallowed, and she grabbed him by the sleeve. The restraint of a middle-aged man and the recklessness of a young woman threw everything into chaos from that day on. She married a fool as a cover, just so she could stay by his side. Years later, when she had everything, she finally realized that the person she loved had never been him. It was the respectable life that man represented, a life beyond her reach. Amusingly, the fool wh 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 I 'Bought' an Old Man for Fifty Thousand 我用五万“买”个老头 I “Bought” an Old Man for 50,000 120Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Unbelievable: My Love Rival Takes Me Around Beating Up Scumbags 离谱：情敌带我到处虐渣 [爽 and satisfying] [No saintly protagonist] [Multiple female leads] [Decisive and ruthless] The protagonist's group enjoys gossip and has no desire to hurt anyone, yet they get caught up in a series of plots and schemes. To protect themselves, they have no choice but to fight back, step by step embarking on the path to becoming powerful. At first, the group is weak and often bullied. Later, they grow strong and become rulers of their own domain. 1.1kReads8.3Score10414d adds
- 15 Sixty-Year-Old Lovers: The Past of Maitreya 60岁恋人：弥勒往事 At the age of sixty, he jumped into a shallow pool where the water barely reached his thighs. The water was shallow, but he didn't know that. Just as he didn't know that this jump would bring him together with a thirty-seven-year-old divorced woman, that they would have a child, and that he would pursue her from Hefei to Nanjing, then on to Shenzhen. Later, someone asked him, "Why jump when the water was so shallow?" He said, "Because that person was about to fall in." What matters isn't how d 1.1kReads—Score10314d adds
- 16 Officialdom: Starting with an Investigation Report 官场：从一份调查报告开始 Song Jingchuan is an ordinary civil servant at the municipal government's research office, with no connections or powerful patrons. A research report on the chemical industrial park is sent back by his superiors three times. Everyone tells him: Some numbers can be written down, but some truths cannot. In the end, Song Jingchuan signs his name anyway. Late that night, a torrential rain floods the city, and disaster strikes the chemical industrial park. The report no one wanted to read is delivere 1.1kReads—Score16114d adds
- 17 Cultivating Immortality for Eternal Life: This Old Fox Is Absurdly Cautious 长生修仙，这个老六苟得离谱 [Comedy] + [Proficiency Panel] + [Supreme Old Six] + [Invincible Power Fantasy] After transmigrating into the brutal world of immortal cultivation, Lu Wuyou awakened a [Proficiency Panel]. With enough repetition, he could grind any basic spell to max level. To stay alive, Lu Wuyou decided to keep his head down on Wangyou Peak and never leave the mountain, no matter what. Master: “Wuyou, I’ve taken in a junior sister for you.” Lu Wuyou: “Wait a moment, Master. To make sure she isn’t a painted-ski 1.1kReads—Score16814d adds
- 18 Ink and Tang Style: The Biography of Xue Tao 笺染唐风：薛涛传 Ink on Silk, Tang-Era Style: The Story of Xue Tao 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 A Carefree Fairy Descends to Earth and Takes the Internet Giants by Storm 逍遥仙女下凡，卷爆互联网大厂 A carefree fairy descends to earth and takes the internet giants by storm 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Burning the Manuscript at Qingzhi Cove: The Southern Song Poetess Refuses to Cross Over 焚稿青芝坞：南宋才女不肯渡 Burning the Drafts at Qingzhi Dock: The Southern Song Talented Lady Refuses to Cross the River —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Neon Gray 霓虹灰 Lin Huan is twenty-four and makes a living in the urban entertainment industry. Strikingly handsome, he has long since grown calm and detached after all he has been through. With a close family member suffering from a serious illness, the crushing burden of daily life and financial pressure bear down on him. To shoulder the responsibility of providing for his family, he works hard and steadily, seeking only a reliable income, a way to keep his family's hopes alive, and the chance to build an ord 246Reads—Score1214d adds
- 22 The Awakening of a Spoiled Brat 纨绔的觉醒 Lin Hao is a timid modern-day corporate drone who wakes up as an outrageously spoiled heir in ancient times. He decides to vent all the frustration he swallowed in his former life: squandering money, talking back, causing trouble, whatever it takes. After blowing through the family fortune and turning everyone against him, he unexpectedly gains the ability to "awaken" at the lowest point of his life. Now able to see the true face of everyone around him, he begins to take back everything that bel 354Reads—Score2614d adds
- 23 Ashfire Case Files 烬火探案 In Chi Li, a city governed by a rigid martial order, countless crimes lurk beneath rules that conceal them. Strange murders keep occurring, case after unsolved case piles up, and the truth is buried beyond reach. The protagonist, Lin Jin, carries a secret past. Meticulous, cool-headed, and decisive, he understands the darkness and loopholes beneath the rules of the martial world. He enters the treacherous maze alone, becoming a seeker of light. Following the smallest clues, he hunts for the trut 148Reads—Score1214d adds
- 24 You Asked for a Bigger Bride Price, but Now You’re Complaining 临时加彩礼真给你加了你又不乐意 Lin Feng had been dating Zhao Xiaoqing for eight years, and they were finally old enough to talk marriage. But Zhao Xiaoqing sprang a 100,000-yuan bride price on him at the last minute, more than he could scrape together even by draining his savings. They were forced to break up, and only then did he discover it had all been a scheme. Lin Feng: “You want me to pay for your school-beauty sister’s education?” Zhao Xiaoqing: “Of course.” Lin Feng: “You want me to pay so your younger brother can dat 1.1kReads7.3Score10314d adds
- 25 Carefree Immortal: After Descending to the Mortal Realm, I Ascended by Scrounging Meals 逍遥仙：下凡后，我靠蹭饭飞升了 Carefree Immortal: After Descending to the Mortal Realm, I Ascended by Scoring Free Meals 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Pines and Cypresses at Xiling Betray Our Promised Time 西陵松柏负佳期 Pines and cypresses of Xiling, missing the promised day 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Unluckiest Young Master in the Great Song Dynasty 大宋第一倒霉少爷 The Song Dynasty's Unluckiest Young Master 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Became Fahai and Discovered Bai Suzhen Was My Ex-Girlfriend 穿成法海，发现白素贞是我前女友 I Transmigrated as Fahai and Discovered That Bai Suzhen Was My Ex-Girlfriend 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 29 I Came Down from Heaven and Gave the Wrong Medicine, and the Matchmaker God Exploded 下凡喂错药，月老炸了 I went down to the mortal world and gave someone the wrong medicine. The Matchmaker God is furious! 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Chaos! Utter Chaos! The More Chaos, the Better! 乱！都乱！乱点好啊！ [A wild, passionate power fantasy for adult readers] Chu Tian finally scraped together enough for the bride price and prepared to get married, never dreaming that it was all a scheme. The so-called marriage was nothing more than a plot to get their hands on his bride price. Through a twist of fate, Chu Tian acquired the Disease-Devouring System. When a beautiful CEO learned that Chu Tian possessed peerless medical skills, she publicly confessed her love for him at the hospital, becoming his stea 22.4kReads7.6Score1.8k14d adds
- 31 Warlord of a Chaotic Era: I, Yang Zhong, Lay the Foundation for Sui's Eternal Empire 乱世战神：我，杨忠，奠基大隋万古江山 War-Torn Era’s War God: I, Yang Zhong, Laid the Foundation for the Sui Dynasty’s Eternal Reign 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 No More Meetings at the Magpie Bridge: The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl Are Selling Riverside Apartments in Heaven 鹊桥别相会了，牛郎织女去天庭卖银河江景房 No more meeting at the Magpie Bridge: The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl head to Heaven to sell Milky Way-view apartments 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Reborn as the Demon Emperor, I Trick the Stunning Empress into Descending to the Mortal World from the Start! 重生魔帝，开局骗绝美女帝下界！ Seriously, I’ve already been reborn, so who’s going to keep dutifully cultivating?! From the start, I trick the peerlessly beautiful Empress Ancestor into descending to the mortal realm to cultivate with me, and my cultivation breaks through on the spot! Refine yin and yang, unite in bliss, command chaos, devour the myriad Dao, and roam free, invincible! I’m surrounded by beautiful women, all celestial beauties with fated ties to me, and I have an endless supply of resources. From then on, I swe 26.7kReads8.3Score2.3k14d adds
- 34 The Lamp Shines Where Worries Fade 灯照忘忧处 : Ling Xi is the lowest-ranking Spirit Guide in the Immortal Realm. Her duty is to light Spirit Guiding Lamps and lead the souls of those who died unjustly in the mortal world into reincarnation. But she has a secret: her lamp can guide not only ordinary souls, but also souls burdened by unresolved obsessions. And every time she helps a soul let go of its obsession, she forgets a memory connected to it. One day, she encounters the soul of a young man tightly entwi 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Star River's Abandoned Young Master 星河弃少 Su Mo was once a core disciple of the Star Evolution Dao Sect in the Star River Star Domain. When the sect was besieged and destroyed by extraterrestrial demons, he carried its supreme Star Core treasure, tore through the planes, and fell onto Blue Star. He was reborn as the despised, disowned young master of the Su family in Jiangcheng, Huaxia. A marriage contract was torn up in public by Cheng Chuchu, the heiress of a top-tier family. She publicly humiliated him, saying he came from a lowly ba 16.5kReads—Score2.1k14d adds
- 36 The Prince Offered Himself to Her, and She Took Him Up on It 王爷以身相许，她要了 The Prince Offered Himself to Her, and She Accepted 200Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Sinking Carp Startles the Cattails 沉鲤惊蒲 He calculated that today was “a day to avoid people in red.” Chi Jingpu immediately pulled out his red undershirt. “You’ve been standing there in a red undershirt this whole time, and now you’re telling me to avoid people in red?” Scientific-minded constable × Feng Shui master × little princess lost in the human world Hilarious mystery romance, one-on-one pairing, both leads pure and devoted, incredibly sweet 355Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 My Lord, Your Dog Can't Come In! 侯爷，您的狗不能进！ My Lord, Your Dog Can't Come In! 224Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 My CEO Wife Took Care of Her White Moonlight, and Our Home Was Stolen 总裁老婆照顾白月光，家被偷了 His CEO Wife Is Taking Care of Her White Moonlight, and Someone Has Stolen His Home 1.6kReads—Score1914d adds
- 40 I'm Dead! Bajie Works with His Old Flame at Huaguoshan Tourism 笑死！八戒在花果山文旅和旧情人上班 I’m dead! Bajie is working at Huaguoshan Tourist Resort with his old flame. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Book Transmigrator Swapped Brides, Married in Her Place, and Raised Fish. I Returned to Win Without Lifting a Finger 穿书女换亲替嫁养鱼，我回归躺赢 [Reclaiming Her Body + Emotional Push and Pull + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Marriage Before Love] Su Wan's body was taken over by a woman who had transmigrated into a book for three years. During that time, the transmigrator pulled one outrageous stunt after another. First, she plotted, "Dad marries into the family, and I get rich," tricking her father into marrying a rich woman. Then she forced the wealthy woman's son, a future business tycoon, into her grasp. She had her eldest sister tak 8.3kReads6.5Score18414d adds
- 42 I'm the Only Living Person in This Apartment Building 我住的这栋公寓，只有我是活人 I'm the only living person in the apartment building where I live. 4.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Pig Who Couldn’t Escape Gao Laozhuang: Bajie Works Like a Beast at Gao Laozhuang 逃不出高老庄的猪，八戒在高老庄当牛马 The pig who can't escape Gao Laozhuang: Bajie works like a beast of burden at Gao Laozhuang 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 My Days in Public Relations 我当公关的那些日子 You probably won’t believe me when I tell you what I do for a living. You’re a liar! That’s right! I make a living telling tall tales and keeping people company as they chat. Anyone can spin a yarn, but I might be the first to turn it into a respectable profession and earn tens of millions a year! I spend all day spinning stories to women, talking nonsense nonstop, and somehow they still like me and are willing to pay me. The secret to business: It doesn’t matter what you’re selling, even if it’ 8.9kReads7.5Score67114d adds
- 45 The Handsome Xiao Xian's Fifth Book 帅气的肖先的第5本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5.3kReads9.0Score44114d adds
- 46 Hunting in the Mountains to Protect My Family 赶山打猎守护一家 Reborn, she heads into the mountains to hunt and protect her family. That winter, her family was torn apart, and the little shadow who used to follow her everywhere was gone forever. Now she's back, and she won't let this life be filled with regrets... 43.6kReads8.4Score3k14d adds
- 47 I Am Li Huaide's Bodyguard 我是李怀德的警卫员 Li Dahu, a soldier, served as Li Huaide's bodyguard. After leaving the military, he was assigned to the Hongxing Steelworks. This is the story of how he struggled through years of famine while supporting his three younger brothers and three younger sisters, and gradually built a better life for himself at the Hongxing Steelworks. 49.6kReads7.3Score3.2k14d adds
- 48 Thirty Meters Underwater, a Bride-Clad Corpse Opened Her Eyes 水下30米，一具女尸穿着嫁衣，睁开了眼 Thirty meters underwater, a female corpse in a wedding dress opens her eyes. 3kReads—Score7714d adds
- 49 I Transmigrated as a Brash Villainess and Tricked an Amnesiac Big Shot into Becoming My Live-In Son-in-Law 穿成泼作女配，骗失忆大佬当赘婿 [Period drama + everyday warmth + daily life + emotional tension + building wealth + happy ending] This is not an angst-filled story. Su Man transmigrates into a book, finding herself in an unfinished, melodramatic rebirth novel... as a lazy, greedy, foul-tempered villainess in the late 1970s. The original owner gets into danger in the wild and is saved by a powerful man with amnesia. In a series of foolish acts, she tricks him into thinking he's a fugitive, hides his military ID, and forces him 20.5kReads9.0Score2.6k14d adds
- 50 Tales of a Paper Effigy Maker 纸人扎匠诡事录 Tales of the Paper Effigy Artisan's Strange Cases 4.7kReads—Score12114d adds
