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.
- 151 Be Good, Sit on My Lap and Kiss Me 乖，坐腿上亲 Obsessive, cold-hearted heir × clear-headed, stunning heiress [instinctive attraction + forced love + groveling pursuit + simmering tension + extra-sweet, satisfying romance] In a corner, Jiang Youyou was caught by a man and roughly pulled into his arms. How could Li Muyan be so unapologetic! He kissed her by the ear. She struggled, but he only held her tighter. This was his engagement party, and her best friend had stolen the man she loved most! - Jiang Youyou's family fell into decline. Though 2.3kReads—Score148Shelves
- 152 After I Danced with a Sword Under the Moon, the Prince Mistook Me for His White Moonlight 月下舞剑后，王爷认错白月光 In the Great Yan Dynasty, Wang Wanru, the principal wife of Grand Secretary Gu Chongwen, and Liu Yunniang, his concubine, give birth on the same day. The legitimate daughter, Gu Qingyi, and the illegitimate daughter, Liu Weiyue, are born one after the other. A fortune-teller declares that the girls look alike, but one has been born to pave the way for the other, and one is fated to grow up amid hardship... 787Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 I Force-Kissed the Campus Heartthrob, and He Blocked Me 强吻校草后，他拉黑了我 After I kissed the campus heartthrob by force, he blocked me 524Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风 [Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn. 3.1kReads8.0Score127Shelves
- 155 Laid-Back Days in Miststone Forest 雾石森林的悠哉日常 [Healing]+ [A life like Stardew Valley]+ [Slow-paced] [No cheap tricks, no melodrama. This book is for everyone who hasn't yet had the chance to truly live.] Important note: No CP, no CP! I wasn't going to spoil anything, but then I noticed Tomato had tagged this as “Ancient Romance” and “Fantasy Romance,” which left me baffled. There are men in the story, and some of them develop feelings for the heroine. Isn't that perfectly natural? But it doesn't mean they're a couple. At the age of seventy 3.8kReads6.6Score586Shelves
- 156 The Young Master Kisses Hard, Talks Sweet, and Never Stops 太子爷猛猛亲，会哄但不停 The physical edition of Half a Hush is now available. Search for it on any platform! [No angst, no catfights over men, a light and sweet romance, devoted one-on-one couple] [Sweet-talking, desperately short on cash, an alluring and flirtatious heroine] [Sharp-tongued, rolling in money, cool and arrogant male lead] - Jiang Wan, the campus belle of S University, takes on a special assignment. A rich heiress hires her to pursue the heir of a powerful family in Haicheng and start an online romance w 81kReads9.2Score13.2kShelves
- 157 After Entering Sherlock Holmes, I Became a Literary Master 穿进福尔摩斯后，我成了文学巨匠 [No shipping or romance] [No System] [The protagonist's identity is never exposed in the main story] [Career] [Book Transmigration] [Literary plagiarism] [Classics] [Original Sherlock Holmes] [Victorian era] [Slow burn] [Slice of life] [Sickly protagonist] [Not a power fantasy] London, 1880. A public carriage stops in front of 221B Baker Street, and a pale, frail young man steps down. No one knows that one day he will become an uncrowned Poet Laureate, a science fiction giant, a master of fai 13.5kReads8.7Score1kShelves
- 158 The Third Day After She Disappeared 她消失的第三天 Delicate darling x rugged man Substitute x crematorium x happy ending - When Zhao Haitang was eighteen, she became a blood bank for the Qin family’s young lady. Everyone said Miss Qin’s older brother was a ruthless man who had fought his way out of the slums alone while caring for his sickly little sister. He had risen from the dregs of society to become one of Dongzhou’s new elite. Cross him, and he’d make you suffer for it. Zhao Haitang paid no attention to the rumors. She was madly in love wi 173.1kReads9.1Score25.1kShelves
- 159 Strange Tales from the Folk: Reforming Reincarnation 民间奇闻之轮回改革 Folklore Oddities: A Cycle of Reincarnation Reformed 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 The Poison God's Doctor Consort: The Evil Prince Can't Stop Clinging 药神毒妃，邪王乖乖缠 After transmigrating, a peerless genius rose to prominence. With unmatched mastery of both medicine and poison, she became a God of Medicine. She possessed the top-ranked heavenly flame, a super divine beast, and more... He was the most handsome man in the world, feared by all: the Evil Prince, Mo Ling, the greatest genius in the Divine Realm. During a trip to the mortal world, he saw her ruthlessly kill someone just after she had transmigrated. From then on, he stuck by her, fiercely protected 2.4kReads8.7Score320Shelves
- 161 Apricot Blossoms Fill the Air, I'll Snap That Scumbag's Neck 杏花吹满头，扭断渣男头 [There is a male lead!!!] [Currently being published. Mild horror and suspense. I didn’t add those tags because I don’t think the story is scary or suspenseful enough, but readers say it’s pretty frightening. Consider this a heads-up.] Ren Xin has been married into the General’s residence for two years. She manages the household, respects her in-laws, and treats the servants with consideration. No one can find fault with her. Guan Shanyue returns from the battlefield one day with a pregnant wom 23.8kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
- 162 I Went Home for the Dragon Boat Festival, and My Flash-Married Husband's Secret Was Exposed 端午回老家，闪婚老公掉马了 I went back to my hometown for the Dragon Boat Festival, and my flash-married husband was exposed 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 163 The Rules of a Newlywed Secret Crush 新婚暗恋法则 [Roguish heartthrob x cool beauty | Reunion after years apart | Slow-burn romance | Secret crush] As a student, Qi Shangzhi was arrogant, unruly, and impossible to tame. Blessed with a face so stunning it could make a living, he got away with anything on the strength of his looks. He was a regular on the school confession wall and forums, and the sight of his shirt lifting as he dunked a basketball became part of their youth. Though Zhou Chengye was beautiful, she was quiet and kept a low profil 33.6kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves
- 164 Midsummer Green Apple 盛夏青苹果 [Campus] [Living Together] [Two Academic Stars] [Secret Crush] [Pure Romance] At school, Chi Sui and Ji Xiwen seem worlds apart. He is the school celebrity, a regular in the top three of the grade rankings, a promising science competition contestant, and incredibly popular. His handsome face, worthy of a top-tier star, has countless girls swooning over him. Ji Xiwen, meanwhile, is an inconspicuous transfer student. Quiet and withdrawn, she wears cheap clothes, with heavy bangs hiding her face. S 332kReads9.4Score67.1kShelves
- 165 The Person in the Mirror: Who's Living My Life? 镜中人：谁在替我活着 The Person in the Mirror: Who Is Living My Life 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 Wicked Supporting Female Character, Taming the Mad Male Lead 恶毒女配，驯疯男主 [Top-Tier Domination + Taking by Force + Extreme Push and Pull] [School Romance to City Romance | 1v1] [Signed for multiple comic-drama adaptations, short dramas, and print publication] - When Lin Ran awakens, she has Lu Feng, the male lead, pinned against the wall, intending to force a kiss on him. The System shrieks: [Warning! Host, you are the vicious supporting female character! If you force the male lead to love you, your family will be ruined and you’ll die a miserable death in the street! 88.1kReads9.3Score12.6kShelves
- 167 Stop Going Clang-Clang-Clang! She's Already Going Bang-Bang-Bang! 快别锵锵锵了，她都哐哐哐了 [Violent, adorable executioner × jealous, stone-faced judge] Original title: The Wicked Woman Rules the Heavenly Dao Xie Ling's spiritual root is unique throughout the ages, yet it's dismissed as a worthless false spiritual root. The imperial family oppresses her, the Daoist academy ostracizes her, and the Immortal Alliance mocks her. She acts obedient, then turns around and stirs up trouble under the name “Death God,” earning a fearsome reputation. She's greedy. She wants power, money, and fame 39.3kReads9.3Score6.1kShelves
- 168 The Powerful Minister Pursues His Wife: He Says He'd Even Accept Being Her Lover! 权臣追妻，他说外室他也愿意！ The rating has just come in, so it’ll go up later~ The male lead starts out on top, then turns into a devoted lapdog later. There’s a little political scheming and domestic drama. The satisfying face-slapping comes later. This isn’t a strong-female-lead story either, so don’t read it if that’s not your thing. "Beautiful, fair-skinned, voluptuous, innocent heroine vs. a man who doesn’t realize he’s in love until he’s on his knees pursuing his wife" "Powerful minister pursues his wife ➕ both leads 2.3kReads8.1Score218Shelves
- 169 Transmigrated into the Hero's Ambitious Ex-Girlfriend, I Choose to Take It Easy 穿成男主的卷王前女友，咸鱼摆烂 (Print edition signed) [Devoted couple, sweet romance, hilarious cohabitation; a laid-back, theatrical slacker x a restrained, proper perfectionist] [Transmigration with her body, no secondary couple] Wen Zhili bought a lottery ticket to celebrate graduating. She scratched off a six-figure prize, then transmigrated into a book moments later. Oh well. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. A slacker can lounge anywhere, right? The System earnestly advised her: "Please maintain your character setting, 98.6kReads9.4Score14.1kShelves
- 170 Fate: A Woman’s Redemption 命运，赎罪的女人 Fate: A Woman's Atonement 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 A Belated Love Letter 滞后情书 [The print edition under the same title is now available, with exclusive bonus stories] HE, fantasy romance, childhood friends, reunion after years apart Years after Li Can lost touch with her childhood friend He Jing, the next news she heard about him was that he had died. At the funeral, He Jing had specified that Li Can must receive his belongings. Nobody understood why He Jing had left them to Li Can, whom he had not spoken to in ages, instead of his fiancee. Li Can didn't understand either. 10.9kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
- 172 Spring Brewed in Snow 雪酿春 Snow-Brewed Spring 325Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Godhood for All: There's Something Off About My Divine Realm 全民神祇：我的神域有点不对劲 [Godhood for All] [Farming] [Mutation] [No CP] [Multiple Cultivation Systems] [An Increasingly Unhinged Zoo] In the era of divine domains for all, everyone awakens their own divine domain in high school. Tang Shi awakens an A-rank talent: [A Wild, Chaotic Explosion of Growth]. Its effect is simple: the plants and animals in his divine domain mutate at random. The good news is, they might get stronger. The bad news is, they might grow in all the wrong ways. Luckily, he also has a special building 167.1kReads8.3Score23.4kShelves
- 174 Yaya's Coin Purse: From Desolate Village to Hidden Paradise 芽芽的荷包：荒村到世外桃源 [Farming + past-and-present transmigration + adorable child + cozy business management (slice of life, no romance)] Five-year-old Yaya’s tattered purse can connect to the modern world. It starts with half a braised egg scavenged from a garbage heap, then she discovers that wild greens sell for more than gold in the modern world. From scavenging to trading, from scraping by to running a business. With a little basket on her back, she travels between two worlds. From a single braised egg to a 81.5kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves
- 175 Chronicles of the Jianghu: Chaos in Botang 江湖册波棠乱 Historical setting: Early Republic of China, around the 1910s to 1920s · What the era represents: The imperial throne has fallen, warlords carve up the country, and Western culture pours in. This is an age when the codes and honor of the “old jianghu” are gradually lost, transformed, and ultimately destroyed by the guns and schemes of the “new world.” The story of Bo and Tang is the most moving verse in this elegy. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 Reborn in 1990: From Having a Baby to Making My Way in the World 重生九零，从生娃开始闯荡江湖 [No goody-two-shoes] [Period] [Underworld] [Passionate] [Decisive and ruthless] [Multiple heroines + wish fulfillment] Xu Lin is reborn in the 1990s and activates the More Children, More Blessings System. 11.1kReads6.9Score821Shelves
- 177 The Dark River’s Rising Star: Where the Other Shore Blooms 暗河新星之彼岸花开 Fan fiction with an original female lead, paired with Su Changhe. OOC warning! ⚠️ Su Huayue was just an ordinary college student, but she was so unlucky that she got struck by lightning while crossing the street! Then she was unexpectedly bound to System 007. To make matters worse, she was dumped into a dangerous, high-martial-arts world! She cried out in terror, “It’s starting without so much as a word? I’m just an ordinary person! Do you even care if I live or die?” “Don’t panic. There’s a sur 4.8kReads—Score305Shelves
- 178 We're Already in Showbiz, Who Still Cares About Romance? 都混娱乐圈了，谁还谈感情啊 Zhang Xin, a cryptocurrency operations manager, is reborn as a lovesick trainee on Blue Star who died from holding his breath. You came to work in the entertainment industry, so why are you talking about love... "Playing along is fine, but catching real feelings is out of the question!" But... A singing diva, a top-tier starlet, an award-winning actress, a wealthy heiress... No, he couldn't take it anymore. Faced with the choice between being a beast and being worse than a beast, he chose "somew 808Reads—Score116Shelves
- 179 The Emperor's Cousin Says He Must Refuse 皇上表弟说他恕难从命 [Completed] Younger man + sickly male lead + hapless cousins + a little palace intrigue + lighthearted Ye Su never imagined that because her fate was so strong, it would claim the lives of two fiancés, leaving her unmarried even at twenty-two. After her parents went to the palace to weep to her aunt, the Empress Dowager, it was decided that she would become a consort to her sickly cousin, the emperor. The reason was that a holy monk had declared Ye Su and the emperor’s destinies to be one strong 91.1kReads9.2Score11.5kShelves
- 180 Gazing Across the Four Seas 观四海 This isn't a conventional web novel. It features multidimensional space, rotating and traversing time sequences, and a diverse world of mutated races (beastfolk, insect races, marine life, and more), with varied narrative styles, interlocking plotlines, major foreshadowing, and tightly closed logical loops. The male lead, Qin Wei, can communicate with marine life and is also the chosen one most trusted by the Insect Queen. He seems to keep awakening as time turns, yet fails again and again. He m 303Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 When She Comes of Age 当她长熟时 [Beautiful and Alluring Young Bride] In this day and age, people still marry off brides to bring good fortune to the dying? A bride sent to bring good fortune, and a husband on the brink of death. Hu Juan raised her head and met her mother-in-law's eyes. "Mom, how about you discuss it with the village chief?" Li Xiuying's expression changed instantly. "The village chief? What are you getting at?" Hu Juan didn't flinch. "Mom, I know everything. About that night." Li Xiuying's face turned from red 13.4kReads7.9Score981Shelves
- 182 Wuxia Short Story: Sword Jianghu 武侠短篇小说《剑江湖》 The Sword and the Jianghu: A Martial Arts Novella 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 Romance Short Story: Because I Love, I Love 言情短篇《因为爱所以爱》 Because I Love You: A Romance Novella 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 Locked Glaze 锁琉璃 Locked Glaze 433Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 A Stain on Wen Ye 温夜有染 The live-action mini-series and animated drama are now available on Red Apple. [One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending, modern-day sweet romance.] Wen Yu, twenty-two, is rich, beautiful, and well-connected, with a fiancé she is perfectly happy with. Her future is dazzling. Then one day, a five-year-old child appears and claims to be her son. When the paternity test results come back, Wen Yu is stunned. The little guy really is her son! Can anyone tell her how she co 23.3kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
- 186 I'm Being Pestered by the Crazy Man I Used to Date 被缠上了，穿成疯批的作精前女友 [Publication rights acquired; comic adaptation now available] [Transmigrating into a book + socially anxious heroine + unhinged hero + only ever devoted to each other] [Super, super sweet!!] Wen Chu seems like a well-behaved girl to everyone around her, but in reality she has severe social anxiety. That is, until she transmigrates into a college romance novel and becomes the male lead’s troublesome ex-girlfriend. According to the plot, she is supposed to ruin their romance by being unreasonable 63.1kReads9.3Score6kShelves
- 187 Can Love-Brain Syndrome Be Contagious? Good Thing I'm a Psycho 恋爱脑能传染？幸好我是个神经病 Cool-faced cutie x pure-hearted flirt + ridiculous antics + partial mind-reading + skin hunger + falling for him on her own Jiang Linghuan transmigrates into an old-school Mary Sue novel set at an elite academy and gets bound to the “Anti-Lovesick Brain” System. She keeps herself alive by stopping the whole school from shipping couples and cracking down on inappropriate public displays of affection: The domineering young master makes a grand confession over the school broadcast, and the whole sc 51.3kReads9.2Score9.8kShelves
- 188 The Savage Era: The Legend of Tang Yan 蛮荒纪元：棠焱传奇 The Wilds Era: The Legend of Tang Yan 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 Dear You: I Once Had a Terrible Deskmate 卿卿如晤：我曾经有个坏同桌 The animated comic is coming soon! Two top students flirting with each other | Steamy and sweet | Small-town romance | No contrived plot, not a power fantasy Chen Qingqing thinks her love story with Lin Jingze is too embarrassing to tell anyone. Other people fall in love by dating. First comes a confession, then fingertips brushing, then lips meeting. But the two of them... went straight to bed. They were former deskmates who hadn't seen each other in years, and on the day they reunited, their f 32kReads8.9Score4kShelves
- 190 A Marriage Sweetened with Roses 宠婚诱玫 [Beautiful, resilient girl-next-door heroine vs. refined older power player] [Whirlwind marriage + sweet pampering + love after marriage + love at first sight + powerful man bows his head] - Li Jingmei was born poor but was stunningly beautiful and innocent-looking. To escape an arranged marriage, she fled from a remote backwater to the bustling city of Jing. That night, a driver in an unlicensed cab harassed her. As she fled, she deliberately crashed into a man and stumbled into his arms. “Plea 115.3kReads9.1Score12.4kShelves
- 191 Reborn: A Sweet Campus Romance, A Different First Love 重生校园小甜文：换一个初恋 Reborn: A Sweet School Romance, A Different First Love 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 Kill That Spring Night 杀死那个春夜 [Bittersweet healing|Forbidden love and betrayal|From pure hatred to true love|A couple always at odds|A school-life ensemble|Small town|One-on-one, both untouched] [Two-faced poser ✖️ prickly, stubborn troublemaker] At first, she hated his fake sincerity, and he hated how nothing could sway her. In public, they acted like the best of siblings. In private, they were constantly at each other's throats. Later, real feelings took root in their pretense. They clung to each other's fragile backs as t 25.9kReads9.4Score4kShelves
- 193 Lock the Door 把门锁上 A plump, adorable secretary vs. an aloof, abstinent boss (This is a story about someone who seems to control everything from a position of power, only to be knocked from his pedestal in the end.) Meng Han is a self-disciplined gentleman who keeps his distance from women, a lofty, untouchable flower. He has mastered self-control to the extreme, and rumors say that his abstinence is really because he is impotent. Yu Huan is Meng Han’s executive secretary. She doesn’t know whether her boss is impo 22.6kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
- 194 Foraging on an Uninhabited Planet, I Became a Billionaire 无人星球薅羊毛，我成了百亿富婆 Golden finger + romance + getting rich + a little sweet romance The heroine only wants to get rich and hates troublesome things. Her greatest passion is keeping her head down and getting richer, richer, and richer! It’s a normal, mildly sweet romance, not some melodramatic, face-slapping power fantasy. The hero has family responsibilities. He has a cold, emotionless face, but inside he’s a slightly scheming, goofy, tsundere. The moment he sees the heroine, he wants to kiss her, hug her, and lift 5.4kReads6.2Score809Shelves
- 195 Stop Picking on the Honest Guy 不要欺负老实人了 (Second-person POV / reader-insert / purely BG / short-story collection, featuring nonhumans, gloomy yandere types, and all kinds of male leads. They have a weak sense of morality and lean toward coercion.) Most stories feature: a meek, honest you x a rotten guy (if that's not your thing, beware). 1. You're an introverted, socially anxious, hugely popular author of male-oriented infinite-flow novels. Your male lead is a cold, calculating madman who shuns women and is ruthless. One day, you op 130.1kReads9.4Score13.2kShelves
- 196 After the Female Lead Awakened, Her Hypocritical Husband Fell Completely for Her 女配觉醒后，伪善人夫彻底沦陷 The short dramas "Gentle Out of Control" and "The Cool Breeze Knows My Heart" are now available in multiple versions. (Being published) [Face-blind, spoiled heiress × Hypocritical, devoted-looking powerful man] [Marriage first, love later + Wife-adoring romantic + Dotes on her alone + Both inexperienced in love + Flirtation] After the novel's ending, An Ling regained control of her body. She was the vicious female supporting character in the novel, and her husband was the gentle second male lead 42.7kReads9.0Score4.6kShelves
- 197 A Woman in Power 权姝 Legitimate daughter | Devoted hidden guard × Long-suffering childhood friend, the prince | Pure romance | Court intrigue | Strong female lead | Nation and family The court of the Great Qi dynasty is in turmoil, with the struggle for the throne brewing beneath the surface. The Molong cavalry bears down on Zhenmen Pass, where starving, freezing soldiers hold the border with their flesh and blood. On the battlefields of a troubled age, it is not only men who march to their deaths. Fu Ziyou brav 520Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 [Plain Jane]: How Could I Possibly Like Her! 【普女】：我怎么会喜欢她！ Socially anxious, overlooked pushover vs. all kinds of gloomy, obsessive guys A scandal rocked the village. During summer vacation, just before starting fifth grade, Jiang Shang was forced to transfer to another city and live with her parents in a monthly rental in an urban village. Ke Qing was the first friend she made there. His skin was so pale it looked almost sickly, his frame was painfully thin, his lips were thin and colorless, and his eye sockets were strikingly large, though his pupil 112.1kReads9.3Score13.7kShelves
- 199 Rice Tastes Better: Book Two 米饭吃起来的第2本书 85.6kReads9.2Score9.3kShelves
- 200 A Loser’s Godforsaken Life 一个屌丝的混账人生 This book follows a loser who starts out as a penniless wage laborer and, through the twists of fate, makes a comeback to become a wealthy man. But then, with a great hand in his grasp and a winning card to play, he falls into a trap meticulously laid by those in power. In the end, he loses everything, leaving only chaos in his wake 275Reads—Score—Shelves
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