Novels like I Gave My Heart to Mountains and Rivers, but You Are Gone Year After Year
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I Gave My Heart to Mountains and Rivers, but You Are Gone Year After Year, best match first.
- 1 May I Ferry You to Boundless Salvation, and Grant You Annihilation 渡我无量，赠你寂灭 May I ferry you across boundless suffering; may I grant you annihilation. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Evening Breeze Scatters Old Love 晚风吹散旧情 The evening breeze scatters old affections —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Reborn for a Second Life, Who'd Still Chase After Her? 重活一世，谁还要追她啊？ [Reborn at school]+ [Chasing her husband]+ [A mellow, everyday-life story] A new novel from a veteran author with a million words under their belt. Quality guaranteed! A car accident leads Chen Jianji to discover the diary left behind by Lin Qingxue, the wife who had been by his side for ten years. It also tears away every pretense in their marriage. Lin Qingxue had always been cold and terse, yet her diary is filled with disgust and resentment toward him. By contrast, what she writes about anot 353.1kReads6.5Score30.7kShelves
- 4 I Have Never Truly Lived 我从未真正的活过 [Pure despair | Ultimate tragedy | No redemption | Suffocating from beginning to end | No twists, no rebirth, no coming to terms] Diagnosed with moderate depression and bipolar disorder at the age of twelve, a boy spends ten years learning one thing: how to hide his own death perfectly in the middle of a crowd. This is not a story about fighting back. There is no comeback, no redemption, and no one opening the door at the last moment. It is a story about “not existing.” When no one has ever tru 6kReads6.9Score1.1kShelves
- 5 Snowfall in the Dark Alley 雪落暗巷 (The main story is complete) [One-on-one pure romance, not your typical angsty love story] Xie Fusang × Pei Yiliu/Ruan Yue Bottom with a psychological disorder × psychiatrist top Original title: Drowned At three in the morning after the first snow, there were not only plum blossoms ready to bloom, but also a notebook beneath the thin snow, holding memories and love. It snowed for three days and three nights, and the thin layer of snow grew deep. Strange. The notebook had no water on it, so why 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Only When They Learned I Was Dying Did They Realize How Much I Mattered 得知我命尽，她们才发现我的重要 He was adopted as a child, but after his adoptive parents suddenly passed away, those women treated him like a jinx. His household registration was even transferred to a driver's name. Song Bei didn't care, though, and dutifully did everything he was asked. He spent his whole life studying and researching his eldest sister's strange illness, sacrificing his entire childhood, only to be regarded as an uneducated good-for-nothing. His sisters never waited for him to eat, but he learned to cook for 786Reads8.3Score101Shelves
- 7 After We Moved In Together, the Campus Belle Spoiled Me Rotten 同居后，校花把我宠成小废物 Lin Feng is a little-known web novelist whose meager income barely keeps him fed. A hardcore homebody who’s content to muddle through life, he wouldn’t dare dream of finding love. Then one day, his mother forced him to go on a blind date. His date made no secret of her disdain, but fortunately, a girl named Xia Yuchan appeared out of nowhere to bail him out. “Lin Feng, do you really not remember me at all? I’m Xia Yuchan. The Chan in Diao Chan, because I’m as beautiful as her.” “My name is Lin F 3.8kReads7.6Score277Shelves
- 8 Brother, I’m Done Getting Treatment 哥哥，我不治了 Big Brother, I’m Done with Treatment 1.5kReads—Score104Shelves
- 9 You Are the Fireworks of This World 你是人间烟火 One rainy night, while I was out delivering food, a beautiful woman in a luxury car knocked me down. Little did I know, that would be the start of our fateful connection. She was incredibly apologetic: she gave me money, apologized, and left me her contact information. But then, somehow, I ended up getting beaten up because of it. Furious, I swore that if I ever saw her again, I’d demand to know why! But fate had other plans. When we met again, who would have thought it had all been predestined? 19.1kReads8.6Score2kShelves
- 10 I'm Dying, So Why Are You Still Begging Me to Forgive You? 我要死了，你干嘛还要跪求原谅？ [One Female Lead] [Regret and Face-Slapping] [Bad-End Romance] [A Story of Redemption] Ye Yuchen was the kind of well-behaved, considerate, gentle boy other families wished they had. But he lived in a home where his family froze him out. He had an older brother and a younger sister, and his awkward place in the family made him the least loved of them all. It was only during a routine hospital checkup that he learned he had less than two years to live. The laughable part was that no one visited h 285Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 11 A Frail Body That Can’t Bear the Burden 病骨难承 Two Male Leads + Poor Health Wen Xiaoqi’s life is a fall from blazing warmth into desolation. When he is gravely ill, he sleeps with Dai Yichen, severs his attachment, and runs away. He returns to the “home” he had longed for, only to discover that this so-called home is not as simple as it appears; He fights his way out, with nowhere to go, and is taken in like a stray cat by the lover he once had. He thinks he has found salvation, but it turns out to be another abyss. His health is spent, his 2.2kReads6.3Score304Shelves
- 12 The Book Between Two Worlds: The Emperor’s Caged Phoenix Breaks Its Neck at Last 两界书：帝王囚凰终折颈 [Both virgins + groveling redemption + palace and household intrigue + tragic romance] On my first day as a princess sent off for a political marriage, he made me drink poisoned wine. What he didn’t know was that I was a modern-day expert in pharmacology and toxicology, a veritable King of Hell. He suspected me, despised me, and abandoned me. At every turn between life and death, he chose someone else. He thought he loved his unattainable first love, so he protected her and trusted her. He had 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 At Seventeen, He Told Me Love Means Letting Go 17岁的他告诉我，爱是放手 At seventeen, he told me that love means letting go. 369Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Every Tree Has a Name 每棵树都有名字 Theme: Protect the environment and prevent pollution. Tags: mature leads // intense push and pull // reunion after a long separation Character setup: a taciturn, ruthless, rugged man who keeps his feelings bottled up VS a gentle, unassuming female artist Blurb 1: Among all the trees in the world, with their lush branches and leaves, there must be one that knows my name. I buried my ashes there, and it helped me grow strong, standing through scorching heat and wind. Blurb 2: "In this life, ever 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Youth Wasted 虚度一个青春 Wasting Away a Youth 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Crossing Autumn 渡秋天 [Insecure, sensitive girl x gentle, gentlemanly golden boy] [Angst] There were two boldest things Lin Yan ever did in her life. The first was secretly loving Tang Jinxu for many years. On a drizzly evening, Lin Yan sat on the back of his bicycle, gazing at his broad back. Carefully, she reached out and lightly touched the hem of his shirt. She pulled away at once, her touch so slight it could easily go unnoticed. Blushing, Lin Yan suppressed the fierce excitement and joy surging inside her, pre 784Reads6.2Score253Shelves
- 17 Giving Up Depression Along With Love 把抑郁症和爱一起戒掉 Tags: BE | Tragic Romance | Two Male Leads | Campus | Mutual Salvation Note: The main story is about 20 chapters, with the rest consisting of extras. [Cold and aloof Lu Yu] x [Insecure Lin Qi] Lin Qi's world is a deep blue that cannot be mixed away on a painter's palette. Lu Yu's world is a desolate place, forever weightless between the lines. Two boys, trapped for years in the depths of their emotions, secretly build a spiritual utopia just for each other in a glass room in an old building. 260Reads8.8Score182Shelves
- 18 The Disabled Tycoon’s Ex-Boyfriend Is Seriously Unwell 残疾大佬的前男友他是真有病啊 [Two male leads + rekindled romance + melodramatic angst] After an accidental kidnapping, Huo Zhiye loses the use of both legs and is cruelly abandoned by the man he has loved for four years. They began by choosing to love each other despite their families’ bitter feud, but it all ends with them leaving battered and broken. Reunited three years later: Qiao Xi knows he has committed unforgivable sins and tries every possible way to make amends. Naively, he thinks that if he hurts himself enough, 19.1kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
- 19 The Towering Tree of Pure Love: Remember My Name, Chu Sheng 纯爱界的参天树，我叫楚生你记住 Transmigrate into a book + no brainless characters + true love + half sweet, half angsty + one female lead + partial System After transmigrating into the book as a wicked male supporting character, he spends a while slacking off, then falls in love with the heroine who is supposed to kill him. Has he come to his senses too late? The most heartbreaking thing in the world is falling in love with a girl at the very moment you shouldn't. A journey of atonement and self-redemption begins. How can he 56kReads8.3Score7.1kShelves
- 20 When Will I Finally See Daylight? 我什么时候能等到天光大亮 When will I finally see the light of day? 142Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Daybreak Came, and I Couldn’t Find You 天亮了，我找不到你了 Day has broken, and I can't find you anymore. 169Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 We Were Never Meant to Meet Again 相逢相聚本无期 There was never any promise that we would meet again. 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Genshin Impact: After My Death, the Hydro Archon Furina Regretted It for the Rest of Her Life 原神，我死后，水神芙芙抱憾终身 [Explosive from the start + The protagonist is already dead + Told from the perspective of the Hydro Archon Focalors on a quest to win back her love + A lifetime of regret] Beneath Fontaine, the Primordial Sea erupts in several places at once. Neuvillette, the Hydro Dragon, peers into the past, allowing the Hydro Archon Focalors to learn part of the truth about what happened all those years ago. Recalling a hazy figure, Focalors sheds tears of regret. “He was innocent... He was innocent... I pas 507Reads7.7Score100Shelves
- 24 You Say You Hate Me? You'll Behave Once Your Master Dies 不是恨吗？师尊死了就老实了 The rating is low because it just came out. [Angst] [Imprisonment] [Regret and Redemption] [Faked Death] Wen Shiyan transmigrates into a book and becomes the villainous master in a BL harem novel. After he arrives, the System binds itself to him and orders him to reform the novel's sickly, possessive second male lead: his disciple, Ling Xianyuan. Ling Xianyuan was originally a gloomy, obsessive boy. In the original story, his unrequited love drives him to turn evil and become a Demon Lord. He im 6kReads6.9Score881Shelves
- 25 After the Foolish Emperor Turned Evil, the Prince Was Forced into Love 痴傻皇帝黑化后，王爷被强制爱了 [Two male leads # equally matched powerhouses # physical and emotional angst # love and hate # imprisonment # groveling redemption # mutually unhinged] A gloomy, unhinged emperor top × a cunning, patient prince bottom He was once a regent who held power over the entire court, feared and respected for his iron fist. Later, he became the new emperor’s hidden captive, kept on his bed and out of sight. His legs were broken and he was shackled. The regent who once looked down upon the world became 5.2kReads8.7Score395Shelves
- 26 Peace and Prosperity in a Flourishing Age 河清海晏时和岁丰 Changning was never destined to know peace. War will not let this age find peace, either. I will be the hero of this age and forge a new world. I will play a game of strategy, using the lives of everyone on the board to pave a road to a golden age. I am leaving. I will resign from the palace and go. Xiao Mingyan: I am the princess of Great Xiao. Since I have enjoyed the offerings of the people, I must shoulder a great responsibility. I am on the board, but I will not let others manipulate me. I 118Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 My Zhizhi 我的栀栀 My Zhizhi 6.1kReads—Score172Shelves
- 28 Our Family, Buried Alive by Life 我们这一家，被生活活埋 Our Family Was Buried Alive by Life 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 She's Sweeter Than the Milky Way 她比银河系更甜 They say in business circles that Shen Tingwan's heart is made of diamond: impossible to cut, impossible to warm. Lu Xingying doesn't believe it. The first time they met, she flipped Shen Tingwan's negotiating table. The second time, they were tied together by the same contract. The third time, Shen Tingwan drank on her behalf with everyone at the table. Everyone said that if these two got together, it would mean either a business war or a world war. They weren't wrong. It really was a world war 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Their Shadows 盗笔：他们的影子 [Tomb raiding + no romance + female-oriented + beautiful, strong, and tragic + mild angst + apologies for OOC] Wu Sheng spent nineteen years traveling around and enjoying himself in a new world after transmigrating there. Then one day, someone told him to his face that this was a novel’s world. And not just any novel: The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, a book he had never read in his previous life! Wu Sheng eagerly rubbed his hands together, ready to go on one last adventure. Huh? That handsome guy 2.1kReads8.7Score326Shelves
- 31 The Ten Years I Loved You Most: Loving You Until Death 最爱你的那十年之至死不瑜 A reborn story, He Zhishu x Ai Ziyu I want to give Zhishu a bright future. Jiang Wenxu fans, stay away! Seriously, stay away! I have an absolutely enormous grudge against Jiang Wenxu. I’ll assume the worst of him and show no mercy, so Jiang Wenxu fans, please don’t come here. Don’t come to the comments to whitewash Jiang. It’s really annoying. Wasn’t my description clear enough? If you want to say that you feel sorry for Jiang or that he knew he was wrong, there are plenty of other places for th 3.7kReads9.1Score684Shelves
- 32 See You Tomorrow, Monday 周一，明天见 [A short bad-ending story. Readers who can't handle angst, beware.] Xu Qingze was Zhou Yi’s boyfriend. He was in a car accident abroad. Everyone told Zhou Yi he was dead, but she stubbornly refused to believe it. She cried herself blind, ruined her health, and clung to life by a thread. Just as Zhou Yi was about to die, Xu Qingze came back. With a warm smile, he held out his hand to Zhou Yi. “Hello, my name is Xu Qingze.” Zhou Yi: Xu Qingze, how dare you forget me. But I’m glad you forgot me. ( 2kReads8.1Score406Shelves
- 33 My Ex Is a Killer, Fierce, Ruthless, and Violent 前男友是杀手，又凶又狠还打人 [Dual male leads + groveling pursuit + happy ending] A beautiful, strong, tragic assassin uke, A ruthless, cold-blooded CEO seme. Xiao You'en has died three times. The first time, he was seven and nearly beaten to death fighting over a steamed bun. The second time, he was locked up and nearly starved to death by the person he trusted most. The third time, he simply didn’t want to live anymore. The pain of bullets tearing through his body seemed to rip his soul to pieces. One shot, two shots, thr 5.7kReads8.9Score533Shelves
- 34 One Hundred Do-Overs: Side Story 《任务重来一百次》番外 Extra Story for "The Mission: One Hundred More Tries" 666Reads—Score101Shelves
- 35 I, the Most Hated One, Died. What Are You Crying For? 我一个万人嫌死了，你们哭什么？ [Dual Male Leads + Angsty, Over-the-Top Romance + Everyone’s Least Favorite + Everyone Gets Their Redemption] Ye Sui knew from childhood that he was an illegitimate son, and that illegitimate sons were guilty by nature. So his father treated him like he didn’t exist. His mother sold him off to pay her debts. His eldest brother hated him because his mother had indirectly caused the death of his brother’s mother, who had been his father’s mistress. His second brother had been the demon in his nigh 6.6kReads7.9Score518Shelves
- 36 No One Loves Him 没有人爱他 No One Loves Him 527Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 You Said You’d Kill Me, So Why Do You Regret It Now? 说好的要杀我，你们怎么后悔了 [Xianxia Fantasy + Memories Revealed + No System + One Heroine + Tragedy + Slow Burn] A friendly warning: This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! Important things must be said three times! Before the Heavenly Void Palace. “Chen Zun, you murdered your master and betrayed the Dao. You personally trapped me in a ten-thousand-year ice cave to suffer punishment. Today, you will pay with your life!” “Demon Lord, you slaughtered 4kReads8.3Score368Shelves
- 38 Stop Asking Me to Forgive You. Can You Just Let Me Go Before I Die? 别求我原谅了，临死前放过我好吗 [A pure healing story. The protagonist is destined to die + guiding spirits to the afterlife] Also known as [I Guide All Living Beings Through the Mortal World] After a checkup, Lu Yuan learns that he has at most six months left to live. So Lu Yuan decides to cast aside the heavy burdens that were never his to bear and start living for himself! Just then, he encounters the “Forget Worries Tavern,” and after his death, he becomes its owner. 1.4kReads9.0Score108Shelves
- 39 Uh-Oh, Brother Ning Has Really Fallen for Her 坏了，宁哥他真陷进去了 [Sunshiney, gentle athlete top x melancholy art student bottom with a tragic past] [Male-male, college campus, both each other's first, happy ending, mostly sweet with a little angst in the middle] [Double standards, shamelessly doting on one person.] [The top spoils the bottom at first, the bottom chases after his husband in the middle, and the top spoils him rotten later on. Mainly told from the top's perspective.] [“Ning, I saw with my own eyes that someone beat up Song Xingran.” Du Ning gra 2.2kReads9.3Score268Shelves
- 40 The One Thing I Wanted to Record Before I Died 死前，我唯一想记录的 I fell in love with my non-blood-related older brother, but he found me disgusting and sent me to a conversion therapy center. After I got out, my mental state deteriorated day by day, and in the end, before I died, I wrote this 3.1kReads8.1Score647Shelves
- 41 Waiting Twenty Years 一等二十年 Waiting Twenty Years 141Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Imprisoned in the Eastern Palace: My Darkened Childhood Friend Is Unhinged 囚东宫，黑化竹马太疯批 Because their love runs skin-deep, their hatred cuts to the bone. From childhood sweethearts to lovers who destroy each other, they bring about each other’s ruin. [Younger, devoted husband: doting, loyal, corrupted, and gone mad] [The untouchable beauty falls from the altar and becomes a prisoner] Qi Ying: “I went mad the day you gave up on me!” “We belong together in this hell, tangled up until we die!” Shen Xingyan: “I told you I’d never leave you in this life, but I’m tired. Let’s end it here 3.1kReads9.0Score311Shelves
- 43 Her Youthful Years 她的豆蔻年华 Her Sweet Sixteen 225Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Video Tape After the Breakup 分手后的录像带 I broke up with my boyfriend during the year he was at his poorest. A year later, he was a huge success and married a sweet, lively girl who was prettier than me. On a variety show, the host asked him whether, after winning every major award at such a young age, he still had any regrets. He put an arm around Xiao Yue’s waist. “I want to know how she’s doing after breaking up with me.” The host paused. “She’s... not doing well at all.” Pei Si finally smiled. “Then I can rest easy.” “But Ms. Qin l 23.1kReads—Score993Shelves
- 45 Tomb Raiding: Want a Deck of Cards? 盗墓：来一副扑克吗？ [Starts in Golmud, Qinghai + no romance + friendship-focused] Jiang Song inexplicably gets bound to a System. Before he can reach the pinnacle of life, the System is attacked by some force and takes him along when he transmigrates. To make matters worse, he becomes a member of the Wang family. The System leaves behind only a message about how to get home and a deck of playing cards before crashing for good. Jiang Song feels no excitement about transmigrating. All he cares about is getting home, 4.1kReads8.7Score630Shelves
- 46 Who Can I Tell My Grudge To? 恨谁诉？ Each chapter is a standalone tragic love story with an open ending, so use your imagination. Some stories are set in ancient times and others in the modern day, but they're all tragic. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip them. 686Reads8.7Score137Shelves
- 47 The Unchosen Phoenix Returns 未择凤归 She was born as a sacrifice, fashioned to be tortured to death by the Heavenly Way. Yet she fought to survive, crying out, "I am not a sacrifice." Twenty years of hatred between master and disciple conceal a sea of despairing love and hate, born of the previous generation's karmic ties. She must hate her, to deceive the Heavenly Way and protect the blade in her arms, destined to break. Nine lineages, nine disciples, nine utterly different paths to death. One dies in the very year she most want 971Reads—Score101Shelves
- 48 The Women I Loved Back Then 那些年，我爱过的女人 After five years together, my girlfriend gets pregnant by her married male boss. Heartbroken, I unexpectedly meet a beautiful CEO. Amid tangled relationships and clashes in the business world, can I learn to believe in love again and turn my life around? 2.7kReads9.1Score333Shelves
- 49 After CCTV Exposed Me, the Entire Internet Was Left Devastated 我被央妈曝光后，全网致郁了 [Showbiz + Angst + Pure Romance + Songs] “Baby, take your medicine!” Qin Xia looked at his blurry girlfriend. He reached out, wanting to touch her, but he could never quite reach her. “If I take the medicine, will I never see you again?” “Silly, I just want you to get better soon...” Her figure began to disappear. After Qin Xia won the Best Singer award, he stood before the cheering crowd and slowly said, “The only way I can see her, you call a delusion.” 19.9kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
- 50 I Want to Leave 我想走 After ten years of marriage on paper, Yu Shuyi still couldn’t make it to the end of the contract. At first, he begged his husband to look at him, just once. Later, he begged his husband to come home and have a meal with him. In the end, he begged him to let him go. He said there was a saying: Better a brief pain than a long one. So I’ve let myself go. Please let go of me, too. I’m not asking you to love me or forgive me. I’m only asking you to let me go. Don’t save me anymore… Setting: Same-sex 4.4kReads8.4Score403Shelves
