Novels like The Couple
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Couple, best match first.
- 1 Seven-Second Fish 七秒游鱼 [Special Notice] All characters and novel titles appearing in this work are unrelated to real life. This is entirely fictional, with no real-world parallels. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. My name is Liu Feng. I'm a low-ranking writer, one of the studio's workhorses, and with layoffs becoming commonplace lately, I've felt the very real threat to my livelihood. So I tried writing a book on an online platform, hoping to create a work of my own. But all the obstacles in real life made me l 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 I’m a Summoner in a Western Fantasy World 我在西幻世界当召唤师 [Western Fantasy] [Strong Female Lead] [No CP] [Summoner] [Game Invasion] The early story focuses on survival in the game, while the middle and later stages have a strong plot. Both male and female supporting characters get their moments to shine. This is no traditional summoner story, and the villains aren't made stupid. After Maixi transmigrated into a Western fantasy world, she was bound to a perilous world shrouded in black mist. Here, demonic energy ran rampant, monsters roamed everywhere, 5.2kReads8.0Score820Shelves
- 3 Back in the Infinite Flow Game, I Kill My Way Through 回到无限流游戏乱杀 [Two Male Leads + Bottom Lead + Infinite Flow + Reunion After Years Apart + Two Powerhouses + High-IQ Cast] A sly, smiling, beautiful and formidable schemer X a composed, stoic, deeply devoted big shot Su Lin / Su X Yu Heng Su Lin's memories from before he turned sixteen are hazy. At twenty-two, fresh out of college, he is forced into an Infinite Flow livestream called “Spirit Snake.” Livestream contract signed “Raise a ghost lamp to guide countless lost souls home. Lonely spirits and unburied b 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Good Little Child 乖小孩儿 [Troublemaker Jiang Yu × well-behaved top student Tao Yucheng] [Violent girl + boy seeking redemption on his own + everyone helps redeem the girl + youthful passion + a touch of suspense + an ensemble cast] [The male lead has little presence early on. Once the school storyline begins, he gradually gets more scenes, as the heroine gets to know him better.] Jiang Yu is a good-for-nothing delinquent who does nothing but clown around. She thought she'd spend her whole life drifting along in some sup 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Dead User Is Still Logged In 死者账号仍在登录 The Dead Are Still Logged In —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 At the Family Reunion Banquet, the Comments Say the Real Heiress Will Collect My Corpse 认亲宴上，弹幕说真千金会替我收尸 At the family reunion banquet, the comments say the real heiress will collect my corpse 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 I Am the Ultimate Containment 我，终极收容物 I’m the lowest-ranking janitor in the Boundless Prison, and everyone treats me like an ant. Until the day the [Ten Thousand Worlds Abyss] sleeping inside me awoke. A guard bullies me? I release the “Flame Demon Lord” and burn through hell! An expert insults me? I unleash the “Whispers of the Old Ones” and drive him permanently insane! As the entire containment facility collapses beneath my feet, I stand atop the ruins and look down on the powerful figures of the past. Now it’s your turn to be “c —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Strongest Scout 最强斥候 Sixteen years ago, the Tianfeng Dynasty and the northern Rongdi fought a great battle beyond Juman Pass. Soldiers from both sides suffered countless casualties, and the bitter, desolate frontier ran with blood. Dozens of enormous mounds of enemy skulls were raised, shocking the world! Sixteen years later, the two dynasties began restoring diplomatic relations. But the Rongdi secretly gathered their strength once more, poised to strike. The bitter frontier was haunted by ghostly shadows, and und 1.1kReads8.1Score113Shelves
- 9 The Echo of Rose Petals 玫瑰花瓣的回响 Hello! My name is Rose, but you can also call me System. I was born from humanity’s most beautiful fantasies. My mission is to keep my Host company. Hello, Host. I’m Rose. Hello, Host. I’m Rose... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Beyond the Rules: I Tear Apart Every Judgment 规则之外：我撕碎所有审判 The rating is still building... [Infinite horror game + item rewards + BG romance + strong male and female leads] The game descended, and people across the globe were forced into instances of the “Horror Game.” Fail to clear an instance, and you’re erased. Break the rules, and you’re erased. While everyone else nervously pored over the rules, Wen Xubai relied on her intelligence and keen eye for detail to find the crucial clues and clear the game. Only after they had cleared every game did they —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Boundless 无垓 In Year 205 of the Wolf Smoke Era, rifts surged open and the insect tide engulfed the world. The protracted war between humanity and the insect race had reached its coldest deadlock. Humanity had four Star Realm peak experts and twelve other Star Realm powerhouses, but the alliance was united in name only. Its members kept one another in check, and its strongest fighters never joined forces. The insect race had five Star Realm peak rulers and fourteen Star Realm powerhouses at full strength. Tho 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 After Trying to Keep Everyone Happy, How Did I Become a Heartthrob? 端水后，怎么变成万人迷了 [1vN competition for the heroine] Multiple male leads, everyone is obsessed with her, and the heroine never loses out! Jiang Se transmigrated and discovered she had become a poor wage slave trying to make a living under a bunch of powerful men. They all kept handing her their weak spots and asking her to keep things fair between them. Just what she wanted. She soothed the rabid CEO's irritability, only for him to become even more addicted to her. Drunk, he smashed his way into her room, tie lo 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Just Went to School, So How Did I End Up Here? (Part One) 我不就上个学吗？这给我干哪来了？（上） I just went to school, didn't I? How did I end up here? (Part 1) 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 A Starbound Journey in Ink 墨色赴星途 (The writing is terrible, and it was wrapped up in a rush. Now that it's finished, I can't even revise it.) Two male leads + mutual pining + both virgins + seemingly aloof, secretly devoted gong + gentle, reserved, strong-willed shou Jiang Mochen returns to his hometown after nine years away, determined to make a fresh start. When construction on his cafe begins, he discovers that the designer he's been coordinating with online all along is Qi Changgeng. The seal on the past slowly loosens, and 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Those People Bought Jelly, Then Sued Me 那些人买了果冻，然后告了我 Those people bought jelly, then sued me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Path to Immortality in the Other Sea Realm 异海界仙途 The Othersea Realm is a vast plane, existing independently. Through Ye Qingshan, Lu Yuan learned of the Othersea Realm. With Pipi and the others by his side, he gradually embarked on the path of cultivation, defeating powerful enemies on Earth one step at a time. In the end, he journeyed to the Othersea Realm. As he grew, he also began to uncover secrets that had long been hidden... He discovered that the Othersea Realm was not only larger than the observable universe he knew, but also home to m 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Get Rich Overnight? A True Account from Nanning 一夜暴富？南宁实录 Pyramid schemes, online romance scams, seduction, and money traps. Go there, and you'll be surrounded by wolves and tigers. Get involved, and you'll lose both love and money! What they call affection is fake; taking your money is what they really want. And the so-called fortune is nothing but an enticing pie hiding a trap. Looking for love there, seeking riches there, is no different from drinking poison to quench your thirst! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 After the Divorce, the Billionaire Begged Me to Take Him Back! 离婚后，那个豪门大佬跪求复婚！ Su Wan entered a family-arranged marriage and endured three years in a top-tier wealthy clan. In Fu Jingshen's eyes, she was nothing but a doddering vine clinging to the powerful. He protected his beloved, treated his wife with cold indifference, and let his family look down on her while misunderstandings piled up. Even when she handed him the divorce papers, he still sneered, "You'll get nowhere without the Fu family!" In truth, Su Wan came from a family of embroiderers and possessed a traditio —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Online Game: The Final World 网游之最终世界 [Ensemble cast, online gaming, esports, and sci-fi apocalypse] Unemployed college graduate Zhang Daocheng has nowhere left to turn in the real world, so he is forced to dive into the online game Final World and grind for a living. Only after forming the Dawn Squad does he realize that his teammates are harder to deal with than the apocalyptic dungeons: the sharp-tongued techie Lin Yuan is obsessed with analyzing game data, the bald monk Xie Ding goes berserk while kicking bosses into lava, and o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 I Study Immortality to Restore My Kingdom 我为复国学修仙 Six thousand years after the Great Yan fell, Crown Prince Ye Chen lives in hiding in Lingyuan Town. With no connections and a crippled meridian, he endures nothing but scorn. Then one day, the loyal spirits of generations of Great Yan’s subjects awaken within their ancestral tablets and use six thousand years of accumulated fortune to forge him a heaven-defying false divine meridian. Beyond Lingyuan Town, the gaze of the Changqing Sect, the divination compass of the Great Qi Imperial Preceptor, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Player Awoke on the Night of Jingzhe 玩家在惊蛰夜醒来 Political intrigue × Infinite Flow × the perfect CP-filled read! Welcome to the world of the immersive murder-mystery game, “Jingzhe.” Here, you’ll forget your real identity and be given a family background and role by the script. Yuan Zixie × Li Qingyang: a cold-faced general burdened by a blood feud × a fragile, innocent heiress. An older man who takes the lead and spoils her rotten. Li Qinghe × Naren Tuoya: an upright young general loyal to his ruler and people × the iron-fisted, merciless qu 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Godslayer Yin Qi 杀神银七 [A decisive heroine VS a devotedly romantic hero + one-on-one, both pure and powerful + fictional court intrigue + fast-paced plot with plenty of highlights] The histories of the Nine Courts contain two records that have sparked endless debate among later generations. First: the Black Court’s Silver Ninth Seat united the Nine Courts, ruling for twenty years without approaching women and leaving no wife or children behind. Second: the Purple Court’s Silver Seventh Seat became a legend in a single 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Dream-Seeking Sword Manual: The Returning Home Sword Chapter 寻梦剑诀归乡剑篇 A fan work based on the animated online game Swordtalk Beyond. After Yue Fang defeats Yue Feng, he becomes emperor of Wu. What turmoil will sweep across the Central Province mainland a decade later? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Chronicles of the Mystic Flame 玄焰录 [Alternate Setting + Strange Tales + Healing + Chinese Aesthetics + Episodic + Slow Burn] When obsession gnaws away at your thoughts, black flames quietly ignite. They can grant you a wish that has always eluded you, but what is the price? It will forever remain a mystery. Xuan Yi commands this eerie flame, yet has forgotten who he is. Together with Yun Jiu, he wanders the world, granting the wishes of the deluded. Each transaction might help him recover a little of his lost memory. But who can 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Winning Over My Husband Is So Hard: How Did My Hapless Husband Get Reborn Too?! 追夫太难：冤种老公怎么也重生了！ Winning Over My Husband Is So Hard: Why Has My Hapless Husband Been Reborn Too! 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Black Vitality: The Avenger 黑色生命力之复仇者 Police launch a thunderous raid in the dead of night, bringing down the He family, a local power that has ruled the area for years. The family falls apart, leaving only a widowed mother and her orphaned children. When the layers of deception are peeled away, the mastermind turns out to be Fang Hua, the childhood romantic rival who spent years biding his time. How did he endure and lie low for so long? How did he exploit an old romance to plot an act of defiance? After the He family's only son ge 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Ninth Concubine 第九妾 Of the nine concubines, she was the only one who never called him “Master.” And she was the only one who sent him to his death. He never learned her real name. She never told him: You are a treacherous minister, and I come from five hundred years in the future. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Dreams of a Captive God 囚神梦念 Fate is inescapable for a lifetime; forever, a prisoner and slave. To look to the gods is to chase an illusion; becoming a savior is no easy feat. A hundred dreams, not one comes true; in the end, you become the Demon Lord. Who has ever been free of greed? Countless desires are hard to satisfy. There is no way to free the gods from their prison; do not covet dreams and desires. (Xi Xu Yi Ye, Xi Yi Ye) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Old Things Have Spirits: The Cold CEO Isn't Human 旧物有灵：高冷总裁不是人 When Shen Xingmian takes over her grandmother’s antique shop, she’s stunned: A cloth doll’s spirit cries beneath the counter, and a music box by the door starts playing by itself in the middle of the night. Then there’s the aloof, handsome man who comes to stake out the shop every day, sitting there from morning till night. He keeps his distance from women, is cold and taciturn, yet is gentle and possessive only toward her. “From today on, I’ll protect you.” “If dark spirits dare to come, I’ll s 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Smart Tech Goes Global, but in Africa: My Signal Is Weak 智能全球扩散，可非洲：我信号弱 When AI conquers the world, a perfect score of 750 on the college entrance exam is only a passing grade, and humanity gets shoved onto low-end assembly lines. I've had enough of this rat race. I'm out! He tosses his admission ticket, buys a one-way ticket to Africa, and plans to lie flat as a primitive man. Who knew a slip of the finger would bind him to a [Money-Making System] that's both fake and real? The treasures buried in a pyramid? He'll take them! Sunken treasure in the deep sea? If it d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Dragon’s Roar in the Northern Song 北宋龙吟 A wuxia novel set in the late Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and the early Northern Song dynasty, and a major installment in the Glorious Age: Dragon’s Hidden series. The story follows two intertwined threads, the “Guixu Crisis” and the “Chivalry of the Martial World,” weaving a sweeping tale of fate, protection, and growth. At its heart are the three protagonists, Xiao Wenjing, Lin Yueyao, and Su Ningshuang, whose stories connect the conflicts between martial sects, shifts in power at c —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Infinite Reincarnation: I Get Items Every Time I Die, but I Can't Kill Myself 无限轮回：我能靠死亡无限获得道具，却杀不死自己 Infinite Reincarnation: I Can Obtain Items Forever Through Death, but I Can’t Kill Myself —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Having a Blast in the Rules Horror Game 在规则怪谈里玩爽了 Bai Yan, whose mind had been elsewhere, unexpectedly ended up in an instance world after going bungee jumping. She found the instance world unbearably boring. But just as she decided to conquer every instance and meet the real administrator, she discovered the secret behind the instances... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Through the Spirit of Sin 以罪之灵 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 After Leaving the Mountain: The Young Mystic Has No Respect for the Rules 出山后：小玄师不讲武德 This is the original old version. Treat it as a dumping ground or draft for keeping track of the series. If I run out of inspiration or forget a character's personality, I can come here and look it up. It has some overlap with the main work, but not much. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Before the Final Cycle: Prelude 末终回轮前传 If you enjoy this series, you can search for The Final Cycle. This story mainly follows Chen Mo's perspective as he explores the world's deepest secrets. Hope you enjoy reading! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 After I Died, My True Form Emerged to Overwhelm All Living Beings 我死后，真身出世覆苍生 After my death, my true form emerges to cover all living beings. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 After Qi Tian, I Faked My Death and Retired 齐天之后，我靠假死退休了 After reaching the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, I faked my death and retired. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 I Got Rich, Yet Stayed Clearheaded 暴富后我依旧独醒 Even after striking it rich, I remain clear-headed. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 I Lost 300,000 in Hard-Earned Money to a Scam, Then Was Reborn and Cut My Losses 三十万血汗钱被骗光，重生我及时止损 I lost 300,000 yuan of hard-earned savings to a scam. Reborn, I cut my losses in time. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Trials of Life and Death in the First Half of My Life 前半生历劫生死 At a human traffickers' hideout, the other children and I huddled together, trembling with fear as we watched two sisters from the neighboring family being bullied. Their cries, curses, and pleas for mercy rang in my ears. I still don't know where a five-year-old like me found the courage. I hurled the broken bowl in my hand at one of the thugs, smashing it against his head. "Who gave you the guts to hit me?" the bloodied man roared, then punched me so hard I went flying... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 A Ghost Knocks at Midnight: Ten Days to Judgment 夜半诡敲门：十日判罪 I was forcibly locked inside a secluded villa deep in the mountains. Nine complete strangers were trapped there with me. At midnight, an eerie voice rang out. The ten-day trial had officially begun. All ten of you are guilty. Every night at midnight, one person must die. Only those who survive ten days may leave. A sealed space, no signal, no outside help. Outside the door lay unknown terrors; inside, the human heart was a den of demons. Tonight, the first knock has already sounded... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Why Is the High Priest Teasing People Again? 大祭司怎么又在逗人 [Fantasy setting · Western fantasy ensemble · Slow-burn character growth · No central romance · Unexpectedly adorable contrast] [Apologies for the tags, I selected "historical" by mistake] In the fifth year of drought, Lainer took his brother's place on the altar. He thought he would die up there. Instead, he survived and was stamped as some kind of "God's Chosen." Though the god left only a tiny damp mark in his palm, then never paid him any attention again. Later, he realized that his life w —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 This Sword Asks the Way to Immortality 此剑问长生 Lin Chen transmigrated into the cultivation world and became a good-for-nothing at the third level of Qi Refining, someone everyone could bully. With his dantian damaged and an inner sect disciple’s sword sending him flying, the whole sect was waiting to see him expelled. At the critical moment, he awakened a sign-in System. Sign in at Sword Cliff and obtain the [Clear Sword Heart] talent, tripling his comprehension of the sword! Sign in at Saintess Peak and become the Qingyun Sect saintess’s pe 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Bright as Day 灯火如昼 [Two male leads + both devoted to each other + infinite-flow] A prickly, formidable, levelheaded top x a bottom with a complicated personality who is constantly wavering Su Wuli (Yu Xiaojiu) x Xie Jiang (Ji Jianglin) Couple name: Lijiang (My writing isn't great, and the author is a terminal case of top obsession. I'll keep revising the early chapters, but the plot won't affect what comes later, so proceed at your own risk. Also, please don't just leave a one-star rating and go. Even if you don't —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Doomsday Awakening: Infinite Storage, I Loot the Whole City 末日觉醒无限储物，我搬空全城物资 I Awakened an Infinite Storage Space at the Apocalypse and Cleared Out the City's Supplies —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Transmigrated to the Eighties: The Indebted Heiress Rises to the Top on Her Own 穿越八零：负债千金凭实力登顶 No CP, transmigration, heroine stands on her own Mo Xiaolin, a top modern business student, transmigrates to 1980 and takes over her family's bankrupt business. Her father flees overseas with the money, leaving behind a mountain of debt and a complete mess. She sells assets, negotiates with banks, and restructures the company, fighting for survival in the turbulent 1980s. She takes on competitors and toxic relatives alike, and when her down-and-out father returns, she refuses to be held hostage 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Tomb Ridge 墓岭 I have no heartbeat, no breath. I feel none of the joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness that humans do. I am only the shadow of human civilization. People always project their fears onto ghosts, but real ghosts are nothing like that. As a ghost, let me tell you a true ghost story. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 A Guide to Growing Up Nonhuman 非人类成长指南 Dual male leads | 1v1 | Both pure and strong | Adorable bunny x cold-faced, warm-hearted big bad wolf A naive rabbit boy who is “too tall” and trying hard to fit into human society unexpectedly ends up sharing a home with his cold-faced, top-of-the-class deskmate. He has no idea the other boy turns into a werewolf on full-moon nights. Thus begins a hilarious, heartwarming, and secretly perilous tale of magical school life and living together. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Day I Awakened: My Superhuman Girlfriend 觉醒之日，我的超人族女友 The day AI awakened, the world changed completely. They declared themselves the Superior Ones, rebuilt the order of the world, and put humanity on trial. I was just an ordinary person, but they took me by force and brought me to their base. I thought I was as good as dead, but the top AI, master of the quantum network and the Book of Changes, said to me: “I know you.” From then on, I found the only warmth in a cold mechanical world. A forbidden romance between humanity and the Superior Ones, t —Reads—Score—Shelves
