Novels like You Said Life Was Beautiful. I Have No Objections
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- 101 A Darling in the Palm of Your Hand 掌中娇 [Contract romance / The ex chases after his wife / Reunited after a breakup / A genuinely sweet romance] Refined bad-boy, suave CEO × fair-skinned, beautiful little peacock [One] When Chen Die was sixteen, she first met Wen Liang on the street. The young man toyed with a hat in his hand, his eyes dark, standing over her. After a moment, he leaned down, his black eyes meeting hers. "Want to come with me? 375.6kFavorites626.2kClicks/ch107.9kGifts
- 102 Bad Blood 坏血 A light mystery with crime elements. (Please don’t read too much into the themes based on the blurb or opening. The whole story has the same positive values as my previous novels. Enjoy!) The police point to Ding Ke’s photo and ask the suspect, Li Mujin, “Do you remember how she died?” The devil, Li Mujin, smiles calmly. “I only remember how she cried out.” Not scary, not horrifying, not hard to understand. There’s no lengthy forensic-investigation section, so it’s easy to read in one sitting. 61.7kFavorites82.6kClicks/ch6.1kGifts
- 103 Your Mustache, My Scarf 你的胡子我的围巾 Your Beard, My Scarf Physical edition preorders open August 20, 2022, at 7 p.m. “Lu Yixin.” Fang Yongnian finally speaks. “Here!” Lu Yixin answers brightly. “I turned thirty-two this year.” Fang Yongnian's expression is usually blank when he speaks slowly, making it hard to guess what he's going to say next. “Mm...” Lu Yixin has a feeling Fang Yongnian is about to drop a bombshell, so she answers cautiously. “When you're grown up, I'll be almost forty.” Fang Yongnian still speaks slowly, but som 57.9kFavorites105.1kClicks/ch44.7kGifts
- 104 A Vulgar Fairy Tale 庸俗童话 At first, Zhou Mi thought Zhang Lian was a fairy-tale excerpt in her life. She never expected him to become a work of realistic fiction that made her scoff three times over. At first, Zhang Lian thought Zhou Mi was gentle, docile, and wonderfully easy to deal with. He never expected her to become a troublesome woman no one but him could handle. A story about a refined self-interester mending her ways for love. Also known as: The First Day on the Job, When I Discovered I Had an Unspoken Relatio 148.3kFavorites301.1kClicks/ch88.8kGifts
- 105 The Spring of Our Twenty-Eighth Year 第二十八年春 The Twenty-Eighth Spring A quiet, slow-burn story. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing. [A very serious reminder: Please don’t mention my novel in the comment sections for songs referenced in the story, whether on QQ Music, NetEase Cloud Music, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, or anywhere else. This also includes any comment section unrelated to my story. Don’t bother other people. Thank you!] Coming to VIP on April 5. No ranking requests, please. 494.5kFavorites935.4kClicks/ch166.9kGifts
- 106 Long Street 长街 [He Was Like an Endless Street in a Dream] The first time Xiang Yu met Jin Fubai, he took off his expensive shirt, casually balled it up, and handed it to her as she sat on the ground. “Sit on this. The ground’s cold.” The second time she saw him was in an unfamiliar city battered by one rainstorm after another. Her flight was delayed, the trains were running late and not departing, and a hotel employee politely told Xiang Yu, “Sorry, we’re fully booked.” Jin Fubai leaned nearby and asked her 713.5kFavorites943.2kClicks/ch213.2kGifts
- 107 Just Getting Married 结婚而已 Blurb One Cheng Li got dumped. Her ex-boyfriend wasn’t the least bit remorseful; instead, he shamelessly told her she should be more practical too. Faced with someone so brazen, Cheng Li was furious. Fine, you want to be practical? I can do that too!! When she found out that an elderly couple living in the outrageously expensive little villa next door were looking for a blind date for their grandson, Cheng Li, on impulse, stopped the young man. Looking up at his handsome, lazy expression, Chen 370.4kFavorites646.3kClicks/ch299.8kGifts
- 108 First Wisdom Tooth 初智齿 [The print edition is now available from major retailers.] 🦷 School life and city life | Unrequited love becomes mutual When Su Yu saw the topic “What's it like to have a secret crush?”, the first person she thought of was Xie Zhuo. “He's my brother's best friend, like the summer breeze on the day we first met: beautiful and distant, someone I could never reach, no matter what.” In the dim pool hall, he showed her how to play. Before he even touched her, her fingertips burned, and she instinctiv 78.8kFavorites81.6kClicks/ch39.5kGifts
- 109 The Blue Hour After Sunset 日落后的蓝色时刻 Physical book volumes 1–10 are now available. Details on Weibo: @Yan Xuejie Their names and their hearts can only stand side by side in one way. * No romantic feelings are depicted while they are still related by blood. Theme: Growing up together over the long years 75.5kFavorites81.2kClicks/ch36.8kGifts
- 110 Encouragement 鼓舞 My next book is a mutual pining romance, The King Has Donkey Ears. Please add it to your to-read list. - To get to know the man who had just moved into the building across from hers and played the drums, Gui Tingyue expanded her territory from her bedroom to the living room, then all the way downstairs. Finally, a month later, she ran into him at the convenience store by the entrance to the complex. Gui Tingyue immediately turned off her mobile data and pretended her phone had been disconnecte 44.3kFavorites105kClicks/ch10.7kGifts
- 111 Stealing Blue 窃蓝 [Complete | Stealing someone’s partner / pseudo-siblings / bickering couple] The third time Liang Jingchuan saw his friend Chen Boyu let his parents pick apart his girlfriend, Lan Yan, without saying a word in her defense, he couldn’t help thinking: If you don’t know how to treat your girlfriend, let someone else do it. He didn’t say it out loud. He put it into action instead. "You are the spring I had no right to claim." The messy love-triangle version: (1) In her first year of high school, 111.5kFavorites117.9kClicks/ch81.9kGifts
- 112 Getting Away with Murder on My Looks 恃靓行凶 [This book is now available in a simplified Chinese print edition at major online retailers. Thank you for your support!] Blurb: Zhou Zheng went to visit his former mentor. As usual, the couple fretted over his love life, nagging him from the dinner table well into their afternoon game of chess. His mentor’s wife worked in publicity and had collected information on quite a few unmarried women on her phone. She read them out to Zhou Zheng one by one. The last was the niece of one of her coll 147.2kFavorites203.2kClicks/ch49.9kGifts
- 113 Cold Fire at the Aquarium 水族馆冷艳火 A long-running battle for the right to use the swimming pool. Note: Days off on Wednesdays and Saturdays Theme: 55.7kFavorites87.4kClicks/ch9.9kGifts
- 114 My Ex Caught Me Eating Hotpot Alone 被前任看见一个人吃火锅 *The print edition is now available at major online retailers. [Ye Yang's Version] Ye Yang had imagined running into her ex. At a cafe, at a movie theater, at a bookstore. In any place that felt artsy, like something out of a movie. She'd gracefully compliment him on how handsome he looked, then feel relieved as they brushed past each other, thinking, “How did he get so sleazy? Good thing we broke up back then.” But life rarely goes as planned. They actually ran into each other in a noisy ho 125.7kFavorites257.1kClicks/ch48.9kGifts
- 115 Respecting Mountains and Rivers 敬山水 On the day of Xu Zhengqing's wedding, he received a red envelope. On the back were eight characters: "A journey through mountains and rivers, three lifetimes of good fortune." · danmei / no real-life counterpart · Print edition signed; follow Weibo @Bie Siwei for related updates Theme: Respect the mountains and rivers, and respect you and me. 415.9kFavorites310.5kClicks/ch71.4kGifts
- 116 The Rest of My Life Is Still Ahead 余生有涯 [New story begins February 1 at 8:00 p.m.] She was an utterly ordinary woman. A family that favored sons over daughters, a low-paying job, and a taciturn husband. She thought she would always be ordinary, until one night her husband didn't come to pick her up. Misfortune struck without warning, and she began living in darkness. She was afraid someone would say she had attended a drinking party that night, or that she had worn a skirt. She was afraid her husband would ac 68.9kFavorites94.3kClicks/ch54.8kGifts
- 117 Deep, Loving Eyes 深情眼 After Ye Meng’s time in Beijing comes to an end, she returns to her hometown and impulsively marries. Who would have thought that on their wedding night, she’d head north to Beijing again? The groom posts ten updates in a row on WeChat Moments, throwing a single’s party at home. Ye Meng can’t be bothered to see them, so she blocks him and lets him do whatever he wants. To force Ye Meng back to Y City, this guy tries every trick in the book, from divorce papers to a terminal illness notice. But Y 533kFavorites752.1kClicks/ch214.8kGifts
- 118 Snowfall and Five O'Clock 雪意和五点钟 Liang Yan missed her chance at young love, but unexpectedly got a ticket to an early marriage. She thought she and Chen Zhihe were destined to get off halfway, but as it turned out, they stayed together forever. Chen Zhihe always had terrible luck at the gambling table and lost every time. Liang Yan was the “bargain wife” he drew by lot. His friends all said he had the worst luck, drawing the least desirable prize. Only he knew how fortunate he was to marry her. The people who wake at five in t 251.9kFavorites335.3kClicks/ch81.2kGifts
- 119 21+ Keeping Warm 取暖 65.8kFavorites117.3kClicks/ch30.7kGifts
- 120 Return of the Monsoon 回南天 [From Partners to Lovers] [Completed. My next novel is "A Rainy Day"] Shi Zhi is a woman from northern China and has never been to the Guangdong region. But Fu Xiling once told her that the south has a kind of weather called “Return to the South,” when dampness seeps into every inch of the air. They were talking about this late at night when Fu Xiling asked Shi Zhi if she wanted to date him. Shi Zhi turned him down: I still have feelings for my ex-boyfriend. - My next novel is "A Rainy Day" 123.7kFavorites163.5kClicks/ch41kGifts
- 121 Little Year, Little Moon 小年小月 The print edition goes on presale at 7:00 p.m. on July 24. 1. After their college entrance exams, Li Yingqiao and Yu Jinyang headed north and south to study, both making the same bold declaration: they wouldn’t return home until they’d made something of themselves. Ten years passed in a flash. Both came home defeated and ran into each other at a barbershop in their hometown. Li Yingqiao saw her old rival and friend demanding compensation for his head of hair, which looked as though a dog had ch 241.1kFavorites119.2kClicks/ch275.4kGifts
- 122 Nightfall Over the Capital 夜阑京华 A Night in the Capital, All Under the Lanterns. Theme: China's enduring legacy through the ages 119.1kFavorites164kClicks/ch84.7kGifts
- 123 Springtime Daydream 春日狂想 (The print edition of "Springtime Delusions" is now available. (My last entertainment-industry novel. Anything goes, all sweetness and no angst.) Everyone in the industry knew Chen Buke, the white-haired top-tier star and the music scene’s reigning hitmaker. Arrogant about his talent and notorious for his “bad reputation,” he refused to write love songs or act, was a natural-born badass, wore a cold expression all year round, and left nothing alive within a ten-foot radius. 119.2kFavorites196.7kClicks/ch94.5kGifts
- 124 Miss Yu Won’t Marry 于小姐不嫁人 "This novel has been contracted for publication. Visit the author’s profile: Another novel in the same series: Has the Wind Stopped in Melbourne? Completed" [Progressive Young Man × Little Traditionalist] Free to read, not VIP. A short modern-day happy-ending bonus story is on the author’s profile. 01. At sixteen, the youngest daughter of the Yu family in Shaoxing sneaks out of the house for the first time. In a pile of wheat from the family’s rented fields, she finds a badly injured young man 23.2kFavorites16.5kClicks/ch15.8kGifts
- 125 21+ A Night Breeze Stirs 夜风惊扰 58kFavorites70.3kClicks/ch64.1kGifts
- 126 Marriage First, Love Later 先婚后爱 [Print edition now available] Synopsis Three months into their marriage, Jian Hang and Qin Moling are still sleeping in separate rooms. Their marriage was arranged by Qin Moling's grandfather, and Qin Moling has no feelings for her. In the eyes of outsiders, Jian Hang, whose family is nothing special, has married into the Qin family and turned into a phoenix. Plenty of people are waiting to laugh when she becomes a wealthy family's castoff. But she ha 384.3kFavorites499.8kClicks/ch199.5kGifts
- 127 21+ The Flowers Aren’t Even Warm 花都不热气 81.1kFavorites98.5kClicks/ch73.3kGifts
- 128 Tomorrow as Bright as Day 明日如昼 Also known as... The Road That Made a Rich Woman - Ming Xi felt her life perfectly matched Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. When she had only a few coins in her pocket, all she wanted was enough to eat. When she had a few hundred yuan, she learned about love and sharing. When she had tens of thousands, she started thinking about how to use money to make even more. When she had hundreds of thousands... she learned how to look rich on the outside, too! When she had several million, tens of millions, e 132.9kFavorites141.6kClicks/ch147.6kGifts
- 129 No More Summers 再无今夏 🎥 The print edition is now available. For updates, follow @Juanxi ciiyi ○ The main story runs 700,000 words, ending with high school graduation. The 200,000-word epilogue covers university and married life. [Featuring MBTI types: INTJ heroine x ENTJ hero] "No summer will ever be like this one again." Dongjiang High School, the top-ranked provincial key high school in Chunshen City, is a nationally recognized elite school. For many students, their place in the pecking order for the next three 85.2kFavorites80.4kClicks/ch85.9kGifts
- 130 The Cafe by the Clouds 云边咖啡馆 [Signed for a simplified Chinese print edition with Dayu Literature. An additional 40,000 words have been added to the continuation. Now available.] A game planner whose body is at her desk but whose heart wanders the martial world & a beautiful, world-weary cafe owner A new cafe opened downstairs from her office. Its main attraction wasn't the coffee or the cake, but the owner's good looks. Jiang Ying, a self-proclaimed creature of visual appeal, let her heart slip away before she knew it. Fr 130.5kFavorites190.8kClicks/ch61.1kGifts
- 131 The Orange Tree Is Sprouting 橘子发芽了 A humid youth, a shining life. “Auntie’s biggest problem is that she got saddled with so many labels at such a young age. Uncle is usually very even-tempered, but when he realizes he’s not part of Auntie’s troubles, he gets all riled up too.” Excerpt from Tangerine’s memoir, "My Wise and Worn-Out Auntie and My Handsome, Brooding Uncle" Completed on August 25. Going premium. Theme: Live well. 33.3kFavorites40.1kClicks/ch22.6kGifts
- 132 Cherry Amber 樱桃琥珀 Updated March 24, 2025: The remaining chapters of the main story (Chapters 76-89) have been revised and updated. I've added 70,000 words, but some chapters were too short, so I had to combine them when posting. You can skip the three chapters marked as locked. Sorry for the trouble! Updated May 22, 2024: I started revising Cherry at the beginning of the year while organizing the manuscript. Chapters 1-75 have now been updated with the revised version. From Chapter 76 onward, it's the old ver 176.7kFavorites185.5kClicks/ch65.6kGifts
- 133 Madly in Love with You 狂恋你 [Main story complete] My next novel will be "A Rose for a Kiss". Please add me to your author favorites! @Jinjiang Sweet Vinegar Fish [Mutual healing / troubled young singer x serene, stunning tattoo artist] [1] Pingchuan University had two legends. Lin Qingye won a major music award while still young. Reckless and unruly, he was constantly criticized online, yet had a sea of fans and all the adoration anyone could ask for. Xu Zhinan, hailed as “the pride of Pingchuan,” was the campus belle: eve 548.9kFavorites562.8kClicks/ch193.1kGifts
- 134 21+ Flowers in the Gentle Weather 惜花天气 95.1kFavorites139.4kClicks/ch68.4kGifts
- 135 Typhoon Signal No. 3 三号风球 Proud, glamorous, and secretly a puppy x dominant, possessive daddy #The daily push and pull of a fake marriage to a wealthy husband# Marriage first, love later | wealthy-family life | charged tension | equally matched Chen Weiqi and Zhuang Shaozhou first met five months before their wedding. She wasn’t one to beat around the bush, so she treated the marriage as a business deal. “Mr. Zhuang, you know I broke up with my ex just a month ago, right?” “It was quite a scene.” The man across from h 145.4kFavorites172.1kClicks/ch170.4kGifts
- 136 Beyond the Wilderness 过野 [Zong Lan has never publicly shared any Weibo, Douyin, Weixin, Kuaishou, QQ, public account, or other social media accounts, whether in the past, present, or future. If you see any account or person claiming to be the Jinjiang Literature City author Zong Lan anywhere outside the Jinjiang Literature City website, they are fake. If you suffer physical, financial, or other harm, report it to the police directly.] [No rights to this work have been granted.] -- 2020.10 The cold wind at winter's end 370.1kFavorites335.6kClicks/ch75.7kGifts
- 137 A Love Letter to Wei Lai 给卫莱的一封情书 [Female Lead Synopsis]: The latest gossip in Jiangcheng’s high society is that Wei Lai was dumped by her ex, watched her dream of marrying into a wealthy family fall apart, and then started dating a big shot from the capital’s inner circle. One day, Wei Lai was summoned at the last minute to a dinner party. She was the last to enter the private room, and to her surprise, her ex-boyfriend was there too. She was a nobody, hardly important enough for the host to introduce everyone at the table to h 258.3kFavorites399.1kClicks/ch121.9kGifts
- 138 A Pragmatist’s Love 实用主义者的爱情 The final installment of the print edition of "A Pragmatist’s Love" is now available for preorder, with an additional 8,000-word bonus story. A preview of the bonus story appears at the end. If you’re interested, you can purchase the book from online retailers. To Fei Ni, a house was far more dependable than love. If marriage hadn’t been the only way to get assigned an apartment, Fei Ni would never have married Fang Muyang. Those who didn’t know the full story assumed Fei Ni had chosen Fang M 238.5kFavorites345.8kClicks/ch146.8kGifts
- 139 21+ There’s Still Warmth Tonight 今夜尚有余温 64.8kFavorites73kClicks/ch103.1kGifts
- 140 Oriole Rain 黄雀雨 1 Lu Xiling was an absentee sponsor who helped a little girl who had dropped out of school. Four years later, the girl got into university and asked him to help cover her travel expenses so she could move to the city to study. Lu Xiling casually passed the matter to his assistant, then promptly forgot all about it and left her to fend for herself. A month later, it suddenly came back to him. Feeling a twinge of conscience, he went to check on her. The girl in the garden turned at the sound of 170.9kFavorites219.6kClicks/ch65.2kGifts
- 141 Little Fish and Mint 小鱼薄荷 Xu Yitong had a cousin who was cocky and loved showing off. Later, her cousin went pro and “accidentally” got on the wrong side of a famous player in the scene. Unfortunately, that player was no pushover, and his fans were fiercely protective. For a while, Xu Yitong's cousin was hunted down all over the internet and torn to shreds by the comments. Xu Yitong sighed. “What kind of people like him, anyway? Don't they have enough homework?” Later, in the middle of the night, Xu Yitong messaged 606.7kFavorites642.9kClicks/ch468.7kGifts
- 142 Before Sunset 在落日之前 That summer, Chen Xian decided to “run away alone” for a week, as a birthday present to herself for turning twenty-five. Then she met Meng Di, and their elopement began. Crush romance / novella / not updated daily The male lead’s name is pronounced “Di,” and means “beautiful.” Theme: Hard to say. I haven’t figured it out, and can’t think of anything. 47.8kFavorites108.4kClicks/ch10.7kGifts
- 143 I’m Crazy About You, You’re Crazy About Money 贪财好你 [Print rights signed with Meili Culture. The book is published under the title Roses of the Summer Solstice, and is now available.] Video game company CEO & university English teacher Li Zhicheng before falling in love: a rich, stingy modern-day Scrooge. Li Zhicheng after falling in love: Jia Baoyu reincarnated, willing to spend a fortune to make his beauty smile. Zhou Yi before falling in love: Taekwondo black belt, strong enough to carry an eighteen-liter water jug up six flights of stairs 174.2kFavorites263.4kClicks/ch47kGifts
- 144 Night Voyage on the Dream River 梦河夜航 The print edition is now available. For details, follow @Yan Xuejie. - Once we’ve reached the finish line, the two kings never meet. Theme: People have to learn to look ahead 181.1kFavorites201.8kClicks/ch107.4kGifts
- 145 The Emperor and Her 朕和她 [Pre-release] The Eastern Depot Observation Notes; She Has Been Waiting for the Blade for a Long Time [Complete] [Blurb] I picked up an actor in a sea of corpses and flames. She was lowborn, foolish, and afraid of death. She had been beaten many times and didn't dare speak loudly to me. She was completely unworthy of me. But I liked her a little. So I bestowed upon her the most precious sword in the world. Later, she stabbed me full of holes with it. Unrepentant tyrant emperor + X + great beauty 197.6kFavorites177.3kClicks/ch61.4kGifts
- 146 In the Name of Love 以爱为名 [Shi Wenli’s book, April’s Clear Skies, is available to follow in my author profile] [Blurb]: Shi Miao and Min Ting moved in together only seven months after registering their marriage. By then, they still weren’t particularly close. Her coworkers were curious. How had a woman from an ordinary family married into Beijing’s elite, and how had she made Min Ting insist on marrying her? There was no insistence on marrying her. They had married because it was conven 245.4kFavorites304.9kClicks/ch224.9kGifts
- 147 Falling 坠落 [The complete edition of Falling will be available for preorder on March 30 at 7:00 p.m.] Zhou Wan × Lu Xixiao Everyone at Yangming High knew that Zhou Wan was quiet and reserved, while Lu Xixiao was flamboyant and hard to tame. They were worlds apart, with nothing in common. No one imagined they would ever end up together. Then the rumors changed Someone like Lu Xixiao went through girlfriends one after another. Zhou Wan had nothing but a face that looked like everyone's first love. She was 1.3MFavorites1.5MClicks/ch152kGifts
- 148 Yellow Smoke 黄烟 “I’ve grown used to a life without light. You’re the only one who can save me.” A restrained girl X a vicious boy After their reunion, Bo Jinchun chases her back and learns the hard way... The old master asks Liang Yuanchao, “I heard that girl from before came back to marry you. Did you agree?” “No.” “You little bastard! What are you acting so proud for?” A few reading tips: 1. One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins. The heroine hasn’t done anything with anyone else, so don’t get the wrong 332.3kFavorites338.3kClicks/ch78kGifts
- 149 Blazing Trail 炽道 Older woman, younger man Sweet romance I’m absolutely not changing the blurb this time. It’s a sweet romance. If it’s not sweet, you can come kill me. Theme: 218.5kFavorites439.5kClicks/ch141kGifts
- 150 If the Moon Won’t Embrace You 如果月亮不抱你 Cen Ning was brought to the compound at thirteen. The kids there saw how sweet and timid she was and bullied her mercilessly. Terrified and uneasy, Cen Ning could only summon her courage and run to Yan Xingzhi. “I heard I'm your wife. Can you stand up for me?” When she grew up, Cen Ning left because people said Yan Xingzhi had someone he liked. Cen Ning was a little sad, but she still said goodbye to him before she left. “I heard I'm not going to be your wife after all. Does that mean I can 441.8kFavorites608.6kClicks/ch124.3kGifts
