Novels like Notes from the Pastoral Dream
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Notes from the Pastoral Dream, best match first.
- 101 The Foolish Beauty Was Doted on by a Mad Prince After Her Substitute Marriage 笨蛋美人替嫁后被疯批王爷宠上天 [The short drama adaptation of With You, We Journey Beneath the Bright Moon is now open for reservations. Original novel of the Spring Hues series of animated dramas; print edition signed] [Swapped bridal identities + marriage for good fortune + love after marriage] [An adorably clueless beauty who charms people without realizing it VS a double-standard, mad prince] Qiao Yun fell and injured her head as a child. Her father showed her no affection, her stepmother had no love for her, and she beca 59.5kReads9.1Score5.4kShelves
- 102 My Heaven-Defying Kidney-Tonifying System 我的逆天补肾系统 Han Gao's life hit rock bottom. His marriage was over, and so was his dignity. Just then, a mysterious delivery arrived at his door: an unremarkable thermos. From that moment on, he began quietly growing stronger... 1.7kReads6.3Score103Shelves
- 103 Why Vampires Need to Read Their Blood Test Reports 论吸血鬼看血检报告的重要性 On Why Vampires Should Pay Attention to Blood Test Results 246Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 The Square Dance Leader Returned to the Village and Accidentally Made the Whole Place Famous 广场舞领队回村，一不小心带火整个村子 The Square Dance Leader Returns to the Village and Accidentally Makes the Whole Village a Hit 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 A Glorious Dream, Mountains and Rivers Far Away 浮华梦山河远 Is marrying up into a noble family a ladder to the clouds, or a blade at your throat? Everyone envies a merchant’s daughter who marries into a marquis’s household. But after a torrential rain in Huazhou, everything changes. Her husband gets caught up in the succession struggle, and she’s abducted by human traffickers... Even her family thinks she’ll never come back. But she not only returns, she also becomes the owner of Baoxing Trading House. Every time you think she’s finally found her foo 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 After Wandering into a Village of Women, I Became the Hope of the Whole Village 误入女村后，我成了全村的希望 During a hiking trip, Han Hao fell into an underground village of women cut off from the outside world. A group of women who had never left the mountains clung to Han Hao as their only hope, doing everything they could to make him stay. At first, he thought he had simply stumbled into a dead end. But the longer he stayed, the more he realized something was wrong with the village. If he wanted to survive, he had to escape... 1.9kReads—Score199Shelves
- 107 Cool Lips 凉唇 [Just got the ratings today, and it's actually five stars across the board. Please leave a rating, thank you!] [Beautiful prose and a slow-burn feel, recommended for readers 30+] [Realistic modern workplace + reunion after years apart + mutual pining comes true] [Sapiosexual romance + two equally capable leads + strong female lead] After five years working side by side, investment star Ding Linglong personally took Lu Yu's robotics company from a shabby PowerPoint to an 8-billion-yuan valuation. 5.3kReads6.1Score458Shelves
- 108 Are the Protagonists All Afraid of Me? But I’m Really Not a Villain 主角们都怕我？可我真不是反派啊 Yue Fusu transmigrated as the younger sister who dies early in a male-oriented novel... After a hundred tragic deaths in her past lives, she discovers as soon as she's reborn that her older brother is not only the reincarnation of a great demon king, but also a child of fortune whose very presence brings calamity to his relatives. She possesses top-tier talent in talisman arts, yet is destined to be a disposable character who dies young. Fusu's eyes roll back in despair. Luckily, she binds herse 24.6kReads9.2Score3.7kShelves
- 109 The Traditional Chinese Medicine Gravekeeper 中医守墓人 The rating has only just opened, and it will gradually rise, so feel free to enjoy! [A book that will help you rediscover Treatise on Cold Damage] [No System, no cheats] Young miracle doctor Jiang Chen runs the old clinic his grandfather left behind, using his peerless medical skills to take the Chinese and Western medical worlds by storm. The old-school doctors in the field look down on him for being young, while Western medical bigwigs mock Chinese medicine as useless. One difficult case after 6.7kReads6.6Score931Shelves
- 110 In Search of Fate in the Weiwei Realm 寻命维维界 The protagonist, Liu Zhongyi, transmigrates to the world of Weiwei, where two great guardian gods descend from the heavens and identify him as the chosen one… In this world, cultivating immortality is forbidden. He must find five beautiful women, each associated with one of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and gain supernatural powers in order to save the world of Weiwei… This is a lighthearted comedy, full of foreshadowing, gripping twists, and constant surprises. Join 667Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 111 After the Villainess Learned Her Lesson, the Brooding Big Shot Became Addicted to Her 恶毒女配学乖后，阴湿大佬上瘾了 [Sweet Romance + Mutual Purity + Transmigrate into a Book + Female Supporting Character + True Heiress] [Transmigrated Female Supporting Character × Brooding Mogul | First Marriage, Then Love × Forced Love] When Ruan Yang was making the male lead's older brother help stretch her legs, she awakened to the plot. She was the vicious ex-girlfriend in a wealthy-family novel. Relying on the fact that she had once saved his life, she clung to the male lead and ordered his entire family around, ending u 85.7kReads8.5Score10.5kShelves
- 112 The Royal Family Forced Me Into a Political Marriage, Unaware the Northern Yue Emperor Was My Secret Fiance 皇室绑我去和亲，却不知北越帝是我民间未婚夫 The royal family forced me into a political marriage, unaware that the Northern Yue Emperor is my secret fiancé. 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Bad Brother and Sister 坏兄妹 [Print edition signed] [Jerk of a brother vs. sweet little sister] In the first few years after meeting Yu Chizhou, Chen Er didn't want a brother. In the years that followed, Chen Er didn't want Yu Chizhou to be her brother. On a typhoon day, Chen Er followed her mother to the Yu home. She hid behind the adults, drenched from head to toe and as pitiful as a little flower. After the adults urged her again and again, she softly called the boy sitting on the sofa “Brother.” The boy scoffed. At 83.5kReads9.4Score14.3kShelves
- 114 Back Before My Wife Took Her Own Life 回到妻子自杀前 [Male lead reborn + winning back his wife + gloomy, multifaceted heroine + unconventional redemption story] [The early synopsis is the male lead’s own self-delusion] [Starting in Volume Two, flashbacks to the past life run alongside the main narrative of his rebirth] Xu Dongmu is the long-lost daughter of the Shen family, missing for twenty-three years. Not long after they find her, she marries Qin Jiu, the heir to the Qin family. Naturally, there is no love between them. They are a couple in na 25.7kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
- 115 A Heart Full of Longing 春心难捱 [I'm Only 19, But My Son Is 18 + He Begs for Her Back + The Cocky Guy Takes the Lead + A Little Wolf-and-Bunny Romance] [Quiet, Sweet Student x Bad-Tempered Tycoon] The Zhu and Meng families have been close for generations. Zhu Lingyu and Meng Ke have known each other since childhood and are engaged. Everyone around them assumes they're a couple and will get married one day. Only Zhu Lingyu knows that the man who indulges her in every way has always held someone else in his heart. She thinks he' 121.4kReads9.3Score15.9kShelves
- 116 Reborn in the Third Year of Marriage 重生到结婚的第三年 Married life + baby Capital tycoon from Jiugang × glamorous heiress While her husband was alive, Jiang Ruo thought he was rigid and controlling, ruthless and cold, and viciously brutal in everything he did. A car accident took his life. But after he died, Jiang Ruo couldn't sleep. Night after night, she remembered the good in him: his tall figure, and the care he had shown her as her husband. On the tenth anniversary of his death, Jiang Ruo was unexpectedly reborn in the third year of their marr 368.8kReads9.2Score57.4kShelves
- 117 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Lead Refuses to Be a Background Character 快穿，女配拒当背景板 [Quick transmigration with memories + a touch of everyone falling for the heroine + slightly self-serving + one-sided crushes + all male leads are virgins + happy ending + sweet romance + no fixed pairing] Xie Wei thinks she might be a supporting female character. After accidentally disrupting the plot, she begins her quick transmigration journey. Huh? Somehow, she even finds precious love along the way. Awakening Worlds The supporting female character in a rebirth-and-marriage-swap story set in 63.9kReads6.9Score8.2kShelves
- 118 My Whole Family Cultivates the Great Dao, While I'm the Only One Stir-Frying 满门修大道，唯我在颠勺 [Unconventional cultivation, plot-driven, ensemble cast] Jiang Yan was born into a cultivation family with a history of ten thousand years. Her mother died young, her father was a wicked cultivator, and she had no spiritual roots. She also bore the blame for an ominous curse. After requesting to leave her clan, she forcibly picked up a dilapidated sect. The Bridge of Helplessness lay at the foot of the mountain, a mass grave behind it, and a crumbling temple stood between them, its roof leaking 10.6kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
- 119 The Fake Heiress Goes Wild with Her Illness, and the Young Master She Saved Clings to Her 假千金持病发癫，救的真少爷求贴 [Short-Tempered, Sexually Cold-Hot Pepper X Lovesick, Pretty Peacock, Poor Little Thing] In her previous life, Zhen Daiyu was nicknamed the powder keg. She died after her scheming boss smashed her over the head with an ashtray for ruining his plans. When she opened her eyes again, she was in an unfamiliar world, a fake heiress who had been thrown out of a psychiatric hospital and swallowed a whole bottle of sleeping pills in a rented apartment. Reborn and already crazy from the start, Zhen Daiyu 529Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 A Rising Tide After Marriage 婚后潮涌 Signed for publication | Older Man / Beijing Elite Circle / Marriage First, Love Later | Slow-Burn Romance + Sweet Pampering + Four-Year Age Gap | Rough, Unruly Man X Cool, Reserved Dancer The matchmaking profile handed to Shu Ying had just three lines about Jin Bohan: “Rich. Handsome. Can’t say more.” As the man himself sat across from her cutting his steak, he looked up and added a fourth: “One last thing: you’re welcome to inspect the goods.” Shu Ying’s fingers trembled. No one had told h 342.5kReads9.2Score61.5kShelves
- 121 My Father Pretended to Be Mute, and My Boyfriend Lied to Me 装哑的父亲和骗我的男友 A father who pretends to be mute and a boyfriend who deceives me 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 My Brother Is Calling for Help, but Grandpa Says Never to Look Back 弟弟在求救，祖父却说千万别回头 My younger brother was calling for help, but Grandfather said, "Whatever you do, don't look back." 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 People, Come Pet This Kitty 人，快来摸摸本喵 [Urban Exploration + Food + Lighthearted Healing + Light Fantasy] (The heroine is a cat and will never turn into a human!) Tang Miao, a delivery worker who died suddenly in her rented apartment, was reborn in a cardboard box as a scrawny orange kitten. She had no System and no golden finger. She was just a stray cat who could be caught by animal control at any moment. But she decided to use her nine lives to visit every city she never got to see in her previous life. She took shelter from the ra 20.7kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves
- 124 We Corresponded for Two Months, but the Crown Prince Said He Had Mistaken Me for Someone Else? 与太子通信两个月，他却说认错了人？ After two months of exchanging letters with the crown prince, he said he had mistaken me for someone else? 305Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 We Were Meant to Meet Every Day 本该日日相逢 [One-sided love he's plotted for ages + Reunion after years apart + Two highly intelligent equals + Transmigration + Both virgins + Happy ending] If you could go back to age twenty and rewrite a confession that once made you cringe with embarrassment, would you? At thirty-three, Lin Xiaojia is a rising star in the AI startup world, a winner in the eyes of everyone around her. But she carries a shame etched into her bones: in her senior year of college, she gathered all her courage and confessed 3kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
- 126 The Obsessive Female CEO Has Lost It, and the Villain Gets Kissed Until He Cries 偏执女霸总疯了，反派被亲哭 [Devoted Romance + Lighthearted + Subverting the Usual Tropes + Two Strong Leads, Obsessive Female CEO X Adorable Rabbit-like Villain] A nobody transmigrates into a book as a female CEO, and the System actually wants her to play a pervert? Obsessive System 009: “Host, maintain your obsessive persona to complete your domineering-love missions. Fail, and funds will be deducted from your existing inheritance. Succeed, and you'll get money back.” Wait, money back? Well, money doesn't matter. She jus 714Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 After Graduating from a Top University, I Turned Around and Took a Security Job 从985名校出来，转头扎进保安岗 Graduated from a top-tier 985 university, then turned around and took a security guard job 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 After Abusing His Wife, the Scumbag Went Mad and Ran to a Farmer's House to Fight Pigs for Their Feed 虐妻之渣男疯了，跑到农户家抢猪食吃 After abusing his wife, the scumbag went mad and ran to a farmer's house to steal pig feed and eat it 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Grab It! If You Don’t Snatch the Golden Finger, Who Will? 抢啊！金手指都不抢，要留给谁？ She is Daipa, the strongest shaman of the Black Miao tribe. She can divine the future and is skilled in poisons and gu magic. Her moods are unpredictable, and a pure black kitten is always at her side. She is Gu Qingcheng, a timid educated youth sent to the countryside after being set up. Someone schemed to make her take another woman’s place as a bride, and she lost her life as a result. She is Ma Xiaotiao, an older single woman whom her relatives think will never get married. She has been stuc 328Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 Mr. Shen, Your Little Nanny Went Off to Argue with Someone Again 沈先生，你家小保姆又去怼人了 The short drama has aired [Sweet romance + hilarious antics + healing + slow-burn love + mutual devotion in body and soul] [Bright, cheerful puppy-like heroine vs. gloomy, tsundere iceberg of a lucky-cat hero] Shen Yuqing was set up by a rival and got into a car accident. He barely survived, but has been confined to a wheelchair ever since. His younger brother hired countless caregivers to look after him, but Shen Yuqing drove every one of them away. Then he met Song Tinghuan. Song Tinghuan didn 17.5kReads9.2Score2kShelves
- 131 A Lovebird in Captivity, a Prison of Desire 爱之囚鸟，欲之樊笼 [The rating will go up] [A realistic story] [If you still believe in love] Xu Lin suddenly remembers that today is the anniversary of his wife Zhao Siyan's death. A year ago, his wife Zhao Siyan and his mother-in-law Feng Bailu were in a car accident. Zhao Siyan died mysteriously, while Feng Bailu was left paralyzed in bed. 22.4kReads6.6Score1kShelves
- 132 I Escaped That Cannibalistic Old Street with Nothing but a Skewer of Candied Hawthorn? 我逃出那条吃人的老街，只靠手里的一串冰糖葫芦？ I escaped that man-eating old street with nothing but a skewer of candied hawthorn berries in my hand? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 After Taking a Job as a Sister-in-Law, I Achieved Financial Freedom 职业当嫂子后，我实现财富自由 [Not a Scum-Tormenting Story] [Not a Typical Sister-in-Law Story] [Sweet Story, Sweet Story] [Quick Transmigration + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment + [Conquest] + Female Lead Doesn't Get Attached + Role-Playing + Showbiz] While jumping on a meme trend on Douban, An Jiu left a comment: "First thing to do after becoming the sister-in-law: forget where you came from." And then the [Sister-in-Law System] bound itself to her. The System had a pure hatred of the 208 men: "Seeing them make so much money ma 143.4kReads9.5Score10.5kShelves
- 134 A Hell Bureaucrat in Charge of Order Between the Worlds of the Living and the Dead 地府打工仔掌管阴阳两界秩序 A Netherworld Employee Takes Charge of Order Between the Worlds of the Living and the Dead 190Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 Master of the Game 神操手 After nine lives, can he escape his shackles? Can cultivating through code create a miracle? A seasoned spirit hunter starts out with a wronged spirit in tow and faces Hell-level difficulty from the start: Should he lie flat, or break free of his shackles? The One-Line Chasm, Soul-Eater Forest, the Inspection Team... The clues to extending his life point to the Guardian of the Abyss, locked away inside a ward. But when he risks his life to reach the Hall of Ten Thousand Clans, he discovers it is 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 A Slacker at Work, Who Stumbled into the Rich-People Fast Lane 摆烂打工人，误闯富人赛道 A slacker office worker accidentally wanders into the rich kids’ world 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 EN My Legs Are Giving Out: Forced to Team Up with Five Mercenary Powerhouses 腿软，被五个雇佣兵大佬强制组队 [Push and pull to the limit] [Small ensemble cast] [All male characters are chaste] Fans of strong female leads, don’t come in! Fans of strong female leads, don’t come in! First, this story is set amid a global war, with civilization and order collapsing. Second, in a war-torn apocalypse, there’s no gender conflict, only the survival of the fittest. Lastly, it’s a war-torn apocalypse story, a war-torn apocalypse story, a war-torn apocalypse story. Song Zhi is about to have a kidney stolen when s 150.6kReads9.1Score22.8kShelves
- 138 My Own Son Sent Me on a Variety Show to Get Bashed? Now His Mom’s Making a Comeback! 被亲儿子送上综艺挨骂？我妈逆袭翻红！ My Own Son Sent Me on a Variety Show to Be Torn Apart by Critics? Mom Makes a Comeback and Becomes a Star Again! 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 A Gold-Digging Supporting Actress Awakens and Is Spoiled by the Crown Prince 捞金女配觉醒，被太子爷娇养了 Qu Xingran awakened to the truth! She was the vicious female supporting character in a book. She was vain and money-hungry, and used every trick she could to snare the capital’s golden boy, the male lead, Pei Linzhi. She thought she would finally rise to become a phoenix among the branches. But the Pei family would never accept a gold digger with such a rotten character. They gave Pei Linzhi two choices: break up with her, or be cast out of the family. Pei Linzhi chose to stay with Qu Xingran, l 8.9kReads7.9Score654Shelves
- 140 So What If I'm Stupid? I'm Still the Strongest in the Galaxy! 弱智就弱智吧，我照样星际最强！ [No romance] Kong Miao transmigrates and becomes an interstellar toddler. When kindhearted people take her to school, Kong Miao's eyes light up at all the mechs around her. She quickly accepts her new identity, rubs her hands together, and vows to make a name for herself as an outstanding mech pilot... only to nearly fail the entrance exam. School officials: “Psychic power: zero. Suspected intellectual disability.” Kong Miao: “...Huh?” The military academy tournament begins. Short on competi 68.5kReads9.4Score12.7kShelves
- 141 After Quick Transmigration, the Shy Rose Blooms in a Glorious Blaze 快穿后羞答答的玫瑰轰轰烈烈的开 [Era-themed quick transmigration] [No fixed couple] Su Cha discovered that she had entered a novel set in a bygone era that she had read before. Given a second life, all she wanted was to enjoy herself and live in comfort. She thought she had been given another chance because she’d saved someone, but she had no idea this was a quick-transmigration internship that would determine her fate… Content warning: The story only features settings from bygone eras. There’s no fixed couple, but that doesn 161.1kReads9.1Score13.5kShelves
- 142 Xi Shi Meets a Thousand-Year-Old White Fox 西施遇上千年白狐 The Fox Spirit of a Thousand Years Meets Xi Shi tells the story of Xi Shi, the beauty of ancient Yue. Fan, a subordinate of the King of Yue, brings her to the palace, where she undergoes rigorous training before being sent to Wu to seduce and subdue its king. With Fan's help, she is to bring down the state of Wu in one fell swoop. But on the way to Wu, Xi Shi's boat capsizes. After she falls into the water, a cargo ship rescues her. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself in a world she doesn 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 I’m Already Doing Quick Transmigration, and I Still Have to Please Men? 都快穿了，我还讨好男人？ Quick transmigration + plot-driven + subverting expectations + worker's gripes + manic one moment, triumphant the next, then absurd Meng Wan is an ordinary wage slave. After staying up late to make seventeen PowerPoint presentations in a row, she successfully puts herself in a coma in the ICU. The System, Ma Li, tells her she can return to the real world if she completes missions and collects life points across three thousand small worlds. Has capitalism really gone so insane that it won't even 20.5kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
- 144 Day N of Pretending to Be a Genius in a World of Morons 在弱智世界装天才的第n天 [Feel-good power fantasy + plot-driven + absurdist + requires just a little bit of brainpower] (Trust me, it’s definitely interesting. If you’re unsure, you can check out the reviews first.) After being expelled from school, Jiang Chen had resigned himself to hauling bricks at a construction site. But then, the world suddenly changed. An ordinary high school student became the most intelligent person in the world. And so… Cambridge Professor Norman: “In fact, Dr. Jiang Chen is the only person al 86.5kReads9.0Score10kShelves
- 145 Critical Deal 临界交易 [Career growth + supportive lover + older man + carefully laid plans] (Not a story about saints, so please skip it if that bothers you.) At Anding Capital, two things were always said about Cheng Lizhou: First, none of the projects he signed ever fell through before the roadshow. Second, the Chinese partner who had returned from London led an almost absurdly clean private life. His calendar showed nothing but flight numbers and meeting times. Only later did Ye Shuwan learn that neither of thos 29.4kReads9.2Score4kShelves
- 146 Duchuan Agency 渡川事务所 The day Lu Jianxing receives his uncle’s final letter, there’s no vast inheritance waiting for him, just a yellowed IOU with his own name written in the debtor’s column. He hasn’t even figured out how to dodge the debt when his icy creditor shows up at his door. “Your uncle sold you to me.” So he goes. The agency called Crossing River is tucked beneath the shade of an old locust tree. It helps the restless dead fulfill the wishes they left unfinished. His new boss loves money more than life itse 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 Back Before You Became the Light 回到你成为光之前 [Qi Shengnan × Shen Yanzhou → one-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first + fictional setting + mutual salvation + a touch of ensemble cast] When Qi Shengnan was six, she once met a very handsome person in the park near her home. Strangely, a red scarf was draped over his thigh. She gave him a strawberry-flavored candy and her umbrella too... When high school began, Qi Shengnan ended up in the same class as Shen Yanzhou, the top student in the city. She ran, he chased, and she wished s 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 What If I Were a Parasitic Vine? 假如我是菟丝花 Signed for a print edition, publication pending | Instinctive attraction | Pure love in the early stages | Passionate love in the later stages | When they first met, Su Yunluo never dared imagine that Xie Chen would actually seduce her. After all, back then he was the teacher's pride and joy, the top student admired by the whole school, the God of Xie. Everyone said that this God of Xie was aloof and chaste, untouchable, and above worldly concerns. Only Su Yunluo quietly saw through it. It was a 72.6kReads9.4Score9.7kShelves
- 149 My Crush Lost His Memory and Became My Boyfriend 暗恋对象失忆后，成了我男友 [College Campus + Instant Physical Attraction + Sensual and Sweet + Both Leads Are Each Other's First and Only, Happy Ending] [Top-Ranking Young Heir × Straight-A Sweetheart] Sang Luoluo had a secret: she'd had a crush for ages on the boy from the neighboring high school, the one everyone adored. Later, the two kept running into each other. And as it turned out, their mothers were best friends. Nervously, she called him, “Big brother.” - Jing Ye was the devastatingly handsome man everyone in the 72.8kReads9.2Score10.8kShelves
- 150 Young Master Shen, You Shine as Both a Man and a Woman 沈世子，您真是做男做女都精彩啊 [One heroine, multiple male leads, all devoted to her + romantic rivalry + secret identities exposed + absurd humor] [Not a political power struggle] [Gentle, dignified young emperor + sinister, unexpectedly tender regent + aloof, cool-headed Left Chancellor + clever, foxlike imperial merchant] Shen Zhezhi transmigrates into a book. To inherit the Marquis’s estate, she disguises herself as a man and takes the place of her elder brother, who died on the battlefield, becoming the heir to the title 111.7kReads9.4Score22.9kShelves
