Novels like Scarlet Hatred
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Scarlet Hatred, best match first.
- 1 Caged by a Lovesick Deadly Warrior 被病娇死士圈养了 After transmigrating to ancient times, Xia Qiu hadn't had a single peaceful day. She'd just gotten down from the rope she'd tried to hang herself with, her neck still aching, and asked her adoptive parents and siblings why everyone was crying. That's when she learned the family had been implicated by their masters, and they were all about to be executed. Xia Qiu: ? While her adoptive parents were still standing firm and refusing to surrender, Xia Qiu dug a dog hole and fled in the middle of th 25.9kFavorites25.5kClicks/ch13kGifts
- 2 21+ Hating People 恨人 20.4kFavorites19.5kClicks/ch7.9kGifts
- 3 The Prerequisite for Opening the Birdcage 打开鸟笼的前提 [My new neighboring story, Who Is It Today?, is now underway. Same flavor as this one, but a different recipe. Everyone's welcome to come try it.] He Huaining spotted a little bird on his windowsill and began to think about how he could make it stay in his cage. At first, he prepared plenty of delicious food and a soft, warm nest for it, but it showed no interest in staying. Later, he confessed his love and stayed by the window with it at all times, but it remained wary. Eventually, he lost pa 7.3kFavorites9.3kClicks/ch2.6kGifts
- 4 The Cross-Dressing Heartthrob Keeps Trying to Sweep Me Off My Feet 女装万人迷总想拐走我 I've started a new book of the same kind, Kept in a Yandere Death Soldier's Captivity. If you're interested, please check it out~ Hua Zhuo transmigrates into a Chinese-style horror novel as a nasty, unpleasant supporting villainess who does nothing but insult people. But the System doesn't want her to insult the heroine. It wants her to insult Liang Shanyuan, the beautiful, universally adored “third female lead” who has stolen the spotlight from the entire protagonist group. Everyone loves her 32.2kFavorites36.4kClicks/ch16.1kGifts
- 5 The Mad Bodhisattva 疯菩萨 A dark, dreamlike urban romance fairy tale with a distinctly Chinese flavor. Psychiatrist × heir to a century-old family The first time Bai Tingni saw Liang Jingfan was at the birthday banquet for Old Master Liang. In the bustling hall, he was poised and gentle, conducting himself with impeccable courtesy. He had the refinement and depth that only a distinguished old family could instill, yet there was also a hint of detachment about him, as though joy and sorrow could never touch him. And yet 89.4kFavorites71.2kClicks/ch35.9kGifts
- 6 Yin Chunhen, Who Hates Me 厌恶我的殷春恨 My name is Lian Sheng, and I am the Yin family's shameful secret. My mother was one of the family head's concubines, but my father was an actor who had an affair with her. The day their secret came to light, my mother was terrified. She managed to give birth to me, then passed away soon after. The family's shame could not be made public. With the family head's tacit consent, I was still made the manor's Third Miss. After all, my mother had served him for years, and though she had no great ach 63.8kFavorites42.8kClicks/ch43.6kGifts
- 7 This Isn't the Happy Ending I Wanted 这不是我要的HE Everyone knew that Emperor Qingyang loved that woman beyond measure. He dismissed his entire harem for her, giving his undivided affection to one person alone. He slaughtered everyone who had ever bullied her, and the chief culprit was tortured with a thousand cuts. He gave her every last drop of tenderness left in the heart of that cold-blooded emperor. Now that his cultivation had reached the pinnacle, he would take her with him as he ascended to immortality. From then on, they would live as 32.5kFavorites40.4kClicks/ch12.8kGifts
- 8 Expired Apples 过期苹果 (Print edition signed; see @-Guiwuli for publication updates) [Coming soon: Entering the Sacred Mountain, chocolate milk / second-chance romance Making Pure Love Work in a TL Manga Is Impossible, light fantasy] Cold-faced but warm-hearted, oblivious girl × scheming, brooding husband material (1) The day Liang Chuying got together with her crush, her younger brother, Liang Yu, killed himself. She shed a few tears at Liang Yu's bedside, even though she didn't think she and this fake little brothe 90.3kFavorites84.8kClicks/ch34.3kGifts
- 9 The Top-Tier Star Ex-Husband Is a Yandere 顶流前夫是病娇 ◆Next up: "After Dumping the Crazy Top A", please add it to your reading list 💗 ◆Signed for print publication. For publication updates, see xhs/wb@Zuoyouji ◆Self-indulgent, lovesick, stunning actor X gentle, honest researcher who turns dark ◆Blurb: Scroll down for content warnings! The main story is 680,000 words. [Female Lead's Version] The day Jiang Minyun's ex-girlfriend dumped him and left the country, he was devastated. He glanced coldly at Li Shihui, wh 97.5kFavorites103.7kClicks/ch84.5kGifts
- 10 The First White Moonlight of the Early Song Dynasty 宋初第一白月光 In five thousand years of history, there has been exactly one pair of brothers who were willing to share even the throne. So what else couldn’t they share? The first two emperors of the Song Dynasty were brothers. And you managed to get involved with both of them. But honestly, it’s not your fault. When you transmigrated, you descended from the sky without a speck of dust on you. Everyone who saw you called you a “goddess.” It was a time of chaos. Knowing in advance who would win, you decide 34.5kFavorites27.5kClicks/ch106.8kGifts
- 11 Buy One Boyfriend, Get One Free 男朋友买一送一 Qin Yunban had recently started dating a man. Her boyfriend was a handsome, wealthy young man of mixed heritage, generous with his money and gentle in nature. Although crime was rampant and public safety was terrible in the city where she lived, she was an ordinary person who still led a peaceful, happy life. That was until one day at work, when her boss was shot in the head by a bullet that came flying out of nowhere, and she happened to stumble upon the culprit, fiddling with a sniper rifle. 25.7kFavorites21.3kClicks/ch32.1kGifts
- 12 As a Dance Cultivator, I Really Can Save the World! 舞修的我是真的能拯救世界！ As the girl chosen by the System to save the Kunze Continent, Shi Ran thinks the System has an excellent eye. Ever since eighth grade, she’s believed she has what it takes to save the world. After waiting six years, that long-overdue responsibility has finally fallen on her shoulders. System: First I’ll make you a body, then set you up with a dance cultivation system, and then send you in. Shi Ran: What? I’ve never learned to dance! Give me a different golden finger… Wait… Why is dance cultiva 20kFavorites16.5kClicks/ch130.3kGifts
- 13 After I Became Bound to the Male Supporting Character 和男配绑定之后 The physical edition of A Record of Watching Summer is available for preorder on major platforms. I've also started a new story in the same vein, Kept in Captivity by a Yandere Deadly Warrior. Check it out if you're interested! Xia Jian transmigrates into a book, and the System tells her: Your life is tied to the male supporting character's. You can only live while he does. If he dies, you die too. The male supporting character, Pei Guanzhu, is a true madman. Worst of all, he meets his end at 105.8kFavorites142.3kClicks/ch42kGifts
- 14 21+ Transmigrated into the Adoptive Sister of the Male Lead Who Called Off the Engagement 穿越成退婚流男主的养妹 65.2kFavorites52.3kClicks/ch42kGifts
- 15 Goldfish in the Mire 金鱼入沼 (Signed for simplified Chinese publication; see Weibo @-Guiwuli for updates) [Quirky, sunny girl × gloomy, manipulative, wolf-in-sheep's-clothing] [Coming soon: Achulaga, a second-chance romance.] Goldfish in the Marsh: Every now and then, Jiang Zhiyin would hear her friends say, “Have you noticed? Your boyfriend's eyes look like a snake's. He seems like he's full of schemes, but the moment you look at him, he turns so obedient. It's weird.” Later, Jiang Zhiyin paid closer attention, but it w 83.3kFavorites84.1kClicks/ch20.2kGifts
- 16 My Master Is Cultivating the Heartless Dao 师尊在修无情道 (Complete) Blurb: (Chapter comments are enabled.) After transmigrating one day, Chi Yu inexplicably becomes the first disciple of the Golden Core Master Yan Zening. She waits and waits, but even after two years, her convenient master still hasn't come to claim her. Chi Yu's inner monologue: You ignore me today, and tomorrow I'll be someone you can't afford to offend. Three years later, Chi Yu's cultivation level: first tier of Qi Refining. But it doesn't matter. Her convenient master's Golden 93.8kFavorites73.9kClicks/ch56.8kGifts
- 17 My Boyfriend Is a Beauty Blogger 男友是美妆博主 47.4kFavorites50.9kClicks/ch42.9kGifts
- 18 Yearning for the Morning 慕朝游 [Main story complete. The happy ending will be updated from time to time.] The first time Mu Chaoyou met Wang Daorong, she had just transmigrated into this strange ancient world. Ghosts and monsters ran rampant, and life was as fragile as a candle in the wind. She could never have imagined that the gentle, aloof young noble before her, so refined and bright, was actually a frighteningly obsessive madman. He was the cage she would spend her whole life doing everything she could to escape. * 114.1kFavorites122.3kClicks/ch72.2kGifts
- 19 I Transmigrated to America in 1945 穿越1945年美国 She transmigrates into the world of The Godfather, where the future Don, Michael, falls in love with her at first sight and pursues her relentlessly. Get away from me! Who wants anything to do with the mafia? She’s a woman determined to become the Wolf of Wall Street! “Why are your eyes so captivating, miss?” Hmph. It’s because they’re full of the light of money. “Why is your skin so beautiful, miss?” Go on, get out of here! Don’t distract her from studying how to make money! Her heart has no ro 77.4kFavorites89.5kClicks/ch188.1kGifts
- 20 Reborn as the Widow of the Villainous Chancellor's Older Brother 我是奸相他哥遗孀（重生） My new novel, Why Did You Marry My Uncle?, is now live. This novel: [Fake aloof beauty, actually a naturally wicked chancellor × weak, kindhearted, pregnant widow sister-in-law who runs away] 1. Feng Yuzhen was unloved by her parents, and her husband died young. She spent her life timidly accepting whatever came her way. Even when her cold and distant younger brother-in-law asked if she would like to live with him, she refused out of cowardice. She lived under the Cui family’s roof, working ti 227.3kFavorites317.5kClicks/ch120.4kGifts
- 21 How Did You Marry My Uncle? 你怎么跟我舅舅结婚了？ The print edition, retitled Holding Tang, goes on sale October 23. For details, see Weibo @Jinjiang Duns h u sheng. *The title is from the second male lead's perspective. (Preorder: Alien Species Taming Manual. See my author page.) A powerful, morally upright man who becomes a brooding, anxious, possessive ghost of a man × an honest, hapless heroine who only wants to complete her mission but gets relentlessly haunted by the male lead 1. Li Tangli is forever a minor character, a disposable extr 145.8kFavorites151.3kClicks/ch94.8kGifts
- 22 The Princess's Plight 公主难为 *Heroine: I often feel out of place in my family because I’m just too normal. *First-person, all-route wish-fulfillment story. Lots of one-sided crushes. *The heroine is useless and timid, her whole family is messed up, and her father really is a tyrant. *Please read the full list of content warnings at the bottom of the synopsis before opening the book. Thank you. *All romantic relationships in this story happen after the family ties are severed. Nothing inappropriate happens before then. *The 57kFavorites63.2kClicks/ch91.4kGifts
- 23 Letting the Wolf In 引狼入室 Cheng Yanjin didn't like the woman he was engaged to. He fancifully coaxed his fiancée, Lin Langyi, into accepting an open marriage, afraid she'd keep him on a tight leash after they married. He even thoughtfully introduced her to his friend Yuan Chuyu, the most celebrated young elite in their social circle, to prove he was sincere. Yuan Chuyu glanced at her, then calmly looked away. He didn't look at Lin Langyi again for the rest of the dinner. He said, “I'm not interested in someone else's f 118kFavorites114kClicks/ch82.7kGifts
- 24 My Husband Is a World-Destroying Demon 我夫君是灭世魔头 [The print edition is out, with a new bonus chapter. Available on all platforms!] Qin Yingran is the daughter of a tutor, and she marries a scholar. After they marry, the scholar gives her everything she asks for. They aren’t rich, and they argue now and then, but their life is peaceful enough. Yingran thinks they’ll go on living a quiet, ordinary life forever. Until one day, a group of people storms into their home, shouting, “We’ve found that demon Xu Liling’s hideout!” Yingran hides at a di 489.6kFavorites569.3kClicks/ch540.9kGifts
- 25 After Dating Tomie 与富江交往之后 (Comment threads are now open. Arguments or off-topic comments will be deleted qwq. Thank you, everyone.) Aoki Tomie’s countless twisted admirers turned my life into a mess, leaving me anxious and on edge every day. It went on until the whole class descended into madness. I couldn’t take the fear anymore. After things were settled, I ran to Tomie in tears and apologized. I shouldn’t have written him a love letter. I begged him to leave me alone. I’d been bewitched by his looks and lost my mind. 178.4kFavorites237.1kClicks/ch187.8kGifts
- 26 How to Stop the Male Lead from Going Mad 如何阻止男主发疯 The print edition has been retitled How to Stop Him from Falling. Presales begin on February 24, 2026 (the eighth day of the Lunar New Year) at 7:00 p.m. [This story is based on the original work’s characterizations, but does not use its plot. You can read it as an original story.] [This is a derivative work, but the characterizations, plot, and backstories contain a great deal of personal interpretation and transformative writing, with a very distinctive personal style. Please do not treat the 593.3kFavorites573.3kClicks/ch503kGifts
