Novels like Shrewdness
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Shrewdness, best match first.
- 101 The Designer 设计师 An engineer has his own way of being gentle. When Qian Xinyi turned thirty-five, Chen Xi'an secretly built him a house, following the strictest standards in the industry. Earthquake resistance: magnitude 9. Fire resistance: Class 1. Lightning protection: Class 1. Heat transfer coefficient: 2.0. It won't collapse in an earthquake or get struck by lightning, stays warm in winter and cool in summer, and saves energy while protecting the environment. After the final inspection of the fully furnish 86.2kFavorites129.1kClicks/ch23.8kGifts
- 102 Raising Kids Is Impossible, or at Least It Should Be 养崽不能，至少不应该 The pre-release for The Whole World Thinks I Still Love Him opens in May. When Jiang Song heard that Gu Changyi had returned to the country, he felt both happy and worried. He was happy that the kid he’d struggled so hard to raise had become powerful enough to call the shots, a rising elite everyone was eager to meet. He was worried because the up-and-comer had a serious grudge against him and was said to be ruthless and merciless. Jiang So 42.2kFavorites69.7kClicks/ch17kGifts
- 103 So-So 泛泛 An acting-savvy college guy in ancient-style cosplay and his half-deaf, AI-like boyfriend, whom he met after challenging him to a performance duel. Switch pairing. Happy ending. Thanks to @Su Tu for the cover lettering. Thanks to @Shi Qianfan Ya for the chibi character designs. Theme: With love in your life, every road is smooth. 214.2kFavorites187.3kClicks/ch1MGifts
- 104 Rainbow-Colored Secret Crush 彩虹色暗恋 Shu Ci had been secretly in love with Ye Xun for a year. At the end-of-term mixer in their first year of college, both Shu Ci and Ye Xun drank too much. When Shu Ci woke up, he thought he was a horrible person for forcing a kiss on Ye Xun the night before. But he couldn't help secretly thinking that the night had been well worth it. He never expected that some time later, Ye Xun would need someone to enter a fake marriage with him for certain reasons. And the person he chose was Shu Ci. Six mont 166.7kFavorites287.1kClicks/ch79.8kGifts
- 105 A Marriage in Name Only 貌合神离 There's only one thing in this world that can't be hidden. When you love someone, even if you never say a word, the look in your eyes and the slightest glance will give you away. Theme: 68.2kFavorites181.4kClicks/ch7.3kGifts
- 106 Southern Zen 南禅 [Any revision notices are for chapters currently being unlocked] I have tasted all eight worldly sufferings. I seek no Buddha, only you. Wild, unruly monster gong x cool, desireless, childish immortal shou One-on-one, happy ending. The koi fish is the gong, the gong, the gong. Not younger, not younger, not younger. The point of view is hard to pin down; both characters have one. [One-quarter is flashbacks and one-quarter is case details. Proceed with caution.] Theme: 245.1kFavorites209.9kClicks/ch129.2kGifts
- 107 Shh, Don't Say a Word 嘘别说话 The third installment in the Jiangcheng universe Yu Xiaowen is a criminal police officer. He’s broke, a low-grade O, and has a disabled gland, so he can’t be marked and can’t find a partner. He’s all alone, with both parents dead, and now he’s terminally ill, too. His own account: Looking back on my life, there’s not much I’m especially attached to. I did fall head over heels for an S-class Alpha in middle school, but he put the love letter I gave him on the school bulletin board. He thought w 47.8kFavorites25.6kClicks/ch56.8kGifts
- 108 Sword Raised to the Sky 仗剑当空 The entire story has been revised, including changes to some controversial plotlines. For specific content warnings, see the author's note in Chapter One. To prevent the comments from turning into an ongoing argument, the comment section has been closed. If you mind, don't read. There are landmines ahead, so please consider carefully before starting. Theme: No matter what your circumstances are, your fate is in your own hands 43.6kFavorites30.5kClicks/ch30.9kGifts
- 109 The Ultimate Showdown Between Two Scheming Minds 腹黑和腹黑的终极对决 [See the other story in the author's collection, Year After Year, for the extras to Playing Hard to Get. It's free.] [The simplified Chinese print edition, The Hunter Behind the Scenes, in two volumes, has been published by Tianwen Kadokawa and is available at major bookstores.] [The audio drama, produced by Zhenren Culture, has two completed seasons and can be listened to on the Maoer app.] [Blurb] Qi Yu really can't understand how his twin younger brother grew up to be gay. He's pondering thi 172.9kFavorites207.6kClicks/ch142.7kGifts
- 110 21+ Feverish Heat 浮热 28.1kFavorites29.3kClicks/ch59.2kGifts
- 111 I Wasn’t Famous When I Fell for You 我喜欢你时我不红 [Important warning, please read, thank you, thank you!] Four years ago, Su Xuan worked with Shen Chao, who had just debuted, on a gay-themed film called Four Courtyard Houses. The film was banned after production wrapped, but Su Xuan fell for his costar while filming and confessed to the young, handsome Shen Chao. Shen Chao rejected him coolly. “Don’t get too caught up in your role, senior.” After his debut, Shen Chao’s career took off. He became a massive star, worked with countless popular 167.1kFavorites277.9kClicks/ch57kGifts
- 112 Abnormal Waters 非正常海域 [The print edition of Abnormal Sea has been published. Abnormal Sea 2: Abyss is complete and available to read.] On the day the Crisis Response Office's Psychological Relief Division is officially established, staff member Xie Zijing decides to pull out all the stops to passionately pursue his possibly amnesiac ex-boyfriend, Qin Ge. Division chief Qin Ge also decides to pull out all the stops, starting by scrubbing all the excess dirty thoughts from Xie Zijing's brain. Come hold me cl 95kFavorites99.5kClicks/ch76.3kGifts
- 113 Classmate’s Engagement 同学婚约 They get matched on a blind date and turn out to be high school classmates. What a coincidence, you're gay too? A marriage contract makes them husbands. They're courteous to each other in public, but sleep in separate rooms at home. Jiang Muping was Cheng Yan's class monitor in high school, a top student and the darling of the heavens. After several years apart, he's just as outstanding and radiant as ever. Cheng Yan had never imagined what it would be like to meet again, let alone that Jiang M 176.6kFavorites235.1kClicks/ch81.1kGifts
- 114 Professor, Do You Need an Inhibitor? 教授，抑制剂要吗 The print edition goes on sale everywhere online on February 17 CP: Passionate puppy-like younger man × aloof, proud professor Younger man/Enemies to lovers/ Shen Junyi has never gotten along with the professor in the school lab. Whenever they meet, they clash. Professor Fu is strict about rules and forbids this and that. Later, Shen Junyi accidentally comes across Professor Fu during an episode, and the professor clings to him and refuses to let go, behaving like a completely different person. 258.6kFavorites385.7kClicks/ch89.4kGifts
- 115 The Fourth Time I Married a Salted Fish [Extras] 四嫁咸鱼【番外】 A place to collect the free bonus chapters for Three Marriages to a Salted Fish. Mostly set in the modern day. Theme: Study hard and improve every day. 84.9kFavorites275kClicks/ch19.4kGifts
- 116 Let's Not Make Up Too Quickly 别太快冰释前嫌 Chen Jiazhi planned to settle the inheritance and then ask Shen Shixu to get back together. He never expected to be diagnosed with stomach cancer first. He thought they would never meet again, but fate had other ideas. Shen Shixu glanced around without changing expression and asked coolly, “He didn’t come back to the country with you?” Chen Jiazhi looked guilty and answered in a tiny voice, “Who?” “The perfect boyfriend you described in your autobiography.” A cold, sharp-tongued doctor seme 123.4kFavorites166kClicks/ch51.5kGifts
- 117 The Ultimate Guide to Wasting Your Life 人生浪费宝典 Gu Yuting's car was caught in a landslide on the highway, and he came within a hair's breadth of dying in the wilderness. Luckily, Yu Shu saved his life, and he made it back alive. Grateful for the favor, Gu Yuting brought Yu Shu home with him. Yu Shu had lived in the mountains since childhood, cut off from the world. He knew nothing about social customs or how the world worked. That was all right. Gu Yuting could teach him, little by little. Before long, rumors were flying around town: The shi 126.1kFavorites130.7kClicks/ch390.7kGifts
- 118 Don't Tell Me I Can't [Esports] 不服[电竞] [Coming Soon] Yan Yibing, captain of Team Zero, has alluring almond-shaped eyes and an easygoing, languid air. A deep red mole sits on his earlobe. Hailed as an enduring light of China's Esports scene, he has more advertising deals than he can count, and countless female fans fighting over him. Until one day, someone took his place. Han Mo, captain of Team Prince, is younger and cooler than him. He has more female fans, and even took over Yan Yibing's endorsements. And this replacement 208.3kFavorites261.1kClicks/ch106.6kGifts
- 119 Congratulations and Prosperity 恭喜发财 The CEO is dating an ordinary guy. One day, the CEO discovers that his boyfriend’s pocket change is worth more than his own annual salary. *The CEO is the top. *There’s a 12-year age gap. Theme: Develop a healthy attitude toward money 61.2kFavorites62.9kClicks/ch60.6kGifts
- 120 Craftsmanship 匠心 While discussing business at a bar, Lu Shang casually rescued a filthy young man. It was an impulsive act, but then he saw the gunshot wound on the boy's back, and memories from ten years ago rose to the surface. Lu Shang asked him, "What's your name?" "Xiao Li... My surname is Li. They all call me Xiao Li." "Don't you have a name?" "I don't remember." Lu Shang said, "Then your name will be Li Sui. From now on, you'll stay with me." From that day on, Lu Shang had a young lover named Li Sui 93.5kFavorites199kClicks/ch10kGifts
- 121 A Record of All Things' Splendor 万物风华录 The phoenix unleashed the flames of creation, turning them into a rain of lava that flew in from the farthest edge of the sky. Its radiant feathers covered the dark heavens. The eternal night slowly brightened once more. Behind it, clouds rolled like a sea of fire. Leading countless birds, it was like the myriad rays of dawn rising as the sun was born. The birds carried seeds of rebirth in their beaks and scattered them across the world. The earth kept collapsing beneath the black flames of Ying 148.9kFavorites180.8kClicks/ch613.6kGifts
- 122 Where the Long Wind Returns 长风有归处 Synopsis Liang Shu sent a trusted subordinate to White Crane Manor, ordering him to find out exactly what Liu Xian’an hated most. A few days later, the subordinate returned with the report: Second Young Master Liu’s number-one hatred was copying texts, and his number two was you, Your Highness. Liang Shu, top × Liu Xian’an, bottom Wuxia and court politics. Theme: Set sail straight through the waves to cross the vast sea 188.8kFavorites249.6kClicks/ch230.5kGifts
- 123 The Great Awakening 大觉醒 Hu Lingyu, General Administrative Office, North China Branch of the Beast Control Bureau. Administrative clerk. Three years of service. Species: red fox. Lu Qi, Action Squad, North China Branch of the Beast Control Bureau. Squad leader. Three years of service. Species: sika deer. A red fox working as an office clerk: the normal career path. A deer leading an action squad: Are you freaking kidding me?! Lu Qi is exactly that kind of dazzling presence. Since the Beast Control Bureau was founded, 124.9kFavorites152.8kClicks/ch261.6kGifts
- 124 Temptation 招惹 [See my completed works and upcoming books on my profile. Du Yunsheng regretted more than once that he had provoked Teng Zhiqing two years ago, that strange young man from the Miao village. Title changed due to censorship. Content warnings: 1. A short story, around 30,000 characters. 2. There may be pregnancy and childbirth, depending on how things go. 3. The bottom is a bit of a scumbag. Inspired by Cai Shaofen's The Debt, in which she plays a beautiful, patho 105.9kFavorites327.2kClicks/ch14.5kGifts
- 125 A Pillar of the State 肱骨之臣 Feng Lianchen is an executive assistant at Tan Jewelry Group. Cool-headed and perceptive, he was personally promoted by the old chairman, Tan Ru, who regarded him as a trusted right-hand man. Everyone knows the Tan family has two sons, both eager to inherit the family business. They scheme against each other, though their positions are different: The eldest, Tan Shizhang, is arrogant, brooding, and vindictive. He has some talent, but isn't up to the task of leading the company. The second son 76.9kFavorites83.9kClicks/ch125.1kGifts
- 126 Defective: Radio Drama Finale Extras 残次品广播剧完结番外 I had nowhere else to put this, so I’ll leave it here. This is a freebie, please don’t throw stones. A memento for the completion of the Defective drama audio series. Thanks to the production team. Theme: What can you even establish with just eight thousand words 89kFavorites429kClicks/ch19kGifts
- 127 Through the Years 岁月间 That was the boy I loved, who stayed by my side through our green years and all the years of our youth. Ji Qinyang is the top, Xie Meng is the bottom. The top has to be beautiful and the bottom handsome: that's the assignment. This story is also known as The Legendary Dog-Food Distributor, The Suzhou Travel Guide, The Capital City Travel, Food, and Rental Guide, and A Guide to Promoting Every Kind of Sponsored Content. Buddhist scripture Weibo account: Theme: 153.2kFavorites146.5kClicks/ch25kGifts
- 128 21+ Evening Stars of Southern Tibet 藏南晚星 303.3kFavorites229.7kClicks/ch260.9kGifts
- 129 There’s a City Among the Clouds 云间有座城 Published under the simplified Chinese title A City Among the Clouds The Qing'ai Immortal Manor stands atop the clouds, righteous and upright, with the salvation of all living beings as its charge. One day, all living beings ran into a little trouble. The Immortal Venerable beckoned kindly. “Good apprentice, go enroll at Changce Academy tomorrow. If anyone asks, just say you’ve turned sixteen.” Feng Qianxue turned and tried to leave as soon as he heard this, but didn’t get far. The sect was de 257.1kFavorites334.8kClicks/ch191.2kGifts
- 130 Breaking a Branch 折枝 Lu Xiuwen once said he wanted the branch with the most beautiful peach blossoms. In all the nights that followed, did he ever gently stroke its long-dried branches in the dead of night, imagining that they might bloom with incomparable beauty? Just as he imagined, against all hope... that one person might fall in love with another. Theme: 43.9kFavorites79kClicks/ch3.7kGifts
- 131 Why Is This Alpha Like That? 这个Alpha为何那样？ [Signed for simplified Chinese publication. Follow @ChaimenTingwenQuanfei for updates] [My new story next door, Waiting for You to Transfer Schools: Xie Xinglan x Xia Qin, a sweet campus romance!] - A silly campus ABO story Duan Yi accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world, changing from an A to an O, and ends up married to his nemesis. Two kids in three years. Life is hard, but happy. Just as Duan Yi resigns himself to this setup, he transmigrates back. Duan Yi, sitting in his high school 144.4kFavorites204.9kClicks/ch65.5kGifts
- 132 Extra Stories 番外集 Various extras and short stories, posted from time to time. The heart-fluttering moments hidden in the corners of the city are all worth remembering. 1. “Want to Voice Chat? I Have a Loli Voice” (Xiao Jin x Lin Qiu, League of Legends, short story) 2. “Ten Years” (Deng Wenrui x Ling Yuan, “The Boss”) 3. “After a Long Drought, I Found You” (He Han x Yue Wenwen, “Arch-Enemies”) 4. “Online Romance Gone Wrong”: Lu Wenhao’s bonus story for May 20! 5. “Wait for Me After School”: 2022 birthday bonus s 143.5kFavorites286.8kClicks/ch15.8kGifts
- 133 Peter Pan and Cinderella 彼得·潘与辛德瑞拉 Two Gary Stus: a pain in the neck and a schemer. The silly, sweet one isn’t necessarily sweet. Theme: 175.7kFavorites220.1kClicks/ch85kGifts
- 134 Everlasting 经久 A young boxer and a young ballet dancer Passion and tenderness, dreams and growing up, life and love A small-town romance from the fringes of the industry Weibo: 194.9kFavorites258.7kClicks/ch39.7kGifts
- 135 Don’t Mind My Business 别管我闲事 [Please add my upcoming story, “Don’t Put on an Act with Me,” to your reading list!] Sheng Yan is a rich second-generation kid with a good family, good looks, and parents who dote on him. He has three great loves in life: skipping class, surfing the internet, and standing up for others. Qin Zigui, another rich kid with a good family and good looks who lives next door to Sheng Yan, also has only three great loves in life: catching Sheng Yan skipping class, catching him surfing the internet, and 192.5kFavorites207.1kClicks/ch69.3kGifts
- 136 Right on Target 准点狙击 [“Sniping” and “Hunting” are two unlucky stories locked away because their author-mom was too lazy to update. Slowly sinks to their knees, orz...] In the new world, artificial intelligence has taken over. Electronic false gods rule the high-tech regions, forcing humanity to flee to survival zones. Su Heting was injured and modified into a cat. After uploading his consciousness through a brain-computer interface, he met a man wearing a cross-shaped star earring. Gradually, Su Heting began to su 144.5kFavorites108.9kClicks/ch215kGifts
- 137 21+ It’ll Rain Heavily Tomorrow 明天雨很大 125.2kFavorites120.2kClicks/ch95kGifts
- 138 Sudden Fall 骤落 Tattoo artist x male college student Theme: Love may be separated by mountains and seas, but mountains and seas can be overcome. 73.4kFavorites82.7kClicks/ch50.1kGifts
- 139 The Mind-Reading Game 猜心游戏 [Original title: When a CEO’s Assistant Faces an Old-School, Dog-Blood Torture Romance]] [Thank you to every reader who supports the official release! Note: The pirated and official versions differ. The comments display subscription rates, so there’s no need to make your presence known if you’re reading a pirated copy. Much love~] After transmigrating, Yan Zishu became the assistant to the male lead of an old-school, dog-blood melodrama. The character was calm, self-possessed, and conscientious 178.7kFavorites228.9kClicks/ch70.2kGifts
- 140 Adorable Allergen 可爱过敏原 Ever since his dad brought home an adorable mixed-race little boy when Song Yu was six, his life has been completely taken over by this clingy kid who can barely speak Chinese. Lele in kindergarten: “Brother Xiaoyu, my classmate said he has a pretty sister-in-law. What's a sister-in-law?” Song Yu: “Your brother's wife.” Lele: “No! I don't want a sister-in-law!” Song Yu: “...” Lele: “I'll be your sister-in-law!” (Something's not quite right here...) Song Yu: “Please study Chinese family relations 1.2MFavorites1.1MClicks/ch938.6kGifts
- 141 Assistant Architect 助理建筑师 Blurb Zhang Siyi, an architecture graduate returning to China to look for work, gets into an argument with his ex-girlfriend at a cafe. In a fit of anger, she throws a cup of coffee at him. He dodges nimbly, but the coffee hits a handsome man at the next table just as he gets up to leave. The next day, Zhang Siyi goes to interview at a company, only to discover that the man interviewing him is the handsome guy who took the coffee for him! Certain he’s blown his chances, Zhang Siyi is devastated 165.3kFavorites276.7kClicks/ch208.6kGifts
- 142 A Lucky Coin 一个钢镚儿 I've got this little stutterer. Happy ending. Thanks to @Lingyu Qimeng for the cover lettering! Thanks to @Erxi Zha Guoji for the little informant! Theme: 552.1kFavorites490.4kClicks/ch504.1kGifts
- 143 Composed on the Outside 表面矜持 Blurb: Xia Yu, the campus heartthrob of Long University and president of the art club. Everyone agrees he’s good-looking, cool, low-key, and hard to approach. Zhou Ding: Hah, what a poser. He’d disliked Xia Yu for a long time. The guy was a man, but had skinny arms and legs. Especially those hands, so delicate that besides holding a paintbrush, they couldn’t do a thing. He was nothing but a pretty boy. Zhou Ding thought they’d never have anything to do with each other. Then one day, the pretty 250.3kFavorites370.3kClicks/ch149.5kGifts
- 144 A Long Wind for Tens of Thousands of Miles 长风几万里 [The simplified Chinese edition is now available. Follow @Su Jingxian for details.] Nineteen-year-old Lu Xiao, Marquis of Wuning, had always thought he had a childhood sweetheart named A Ci. A Ci's entire family was wiped out when she was young. To restore her family's fortunes, she had no choice but to disguise herself as a man and serve as an official at court. A Ci was beautiful, but frail and alone. She had to navigate the palace's endless schemes while constantly worrying that her identity 99kFavorites102.8kClicks/ch47.8kGifts
- 145 21+ Nameless in Youth 年少无名 221.9kFavorites132.2kClicks/ch97.1kGifts
- 146 Dangerous Personality 危险人格 An unusual kidnapping case gives Chi Qing the ability to read minds. His personality drifts further and further from normal, and he keeps failing his personality assessments: You have a high-risk personality. Until he meets someone whose thoughts he can't read. Only when he's by that person's side can he find a moment of peace. Chi Qing wants nothing more than for him to stay away, yet he still says, "...Give me your hand. There's a lot of traffic. I don't want you getting hit by a car." Xie Li 615.2kFavorites572.5kClicks/ch713.5kGifts
- 147 Dr. Jiang Is Pregnant with His Archrival's Baby 江医生他怀了死对头的崽 [Signed for print publication and an audio drama. Follow wb@Hulu Jiang Jiang Jiang~ for updates on the schedule.] Everyone knew that the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Jihua Hospital, affiliated with A Medical University, had two associate chief physicians who could never get along. From their first year of college to graduation with their PhDs, then through residency training and the professional title evaluations, Jiang Xu and Shen Fangyu competed like their lives depended on it. Th 787.6kFavorites893.3kClicks/ch832.6kGifts
- 148 Hey Handsome, Your Wig Fell Off 帅哥你假发掉了 “I’m so, ” An He only got halfway through his apology before he was struck speechless. After a long pause, he added, “Hey, handsome... your wig fell off.” Younger love interest. Happy ending. Updates every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:40 p.m. If you see an update notice at any other time, it’s just a typo fix. Please don’t repost this work. Thank you. *bows* #favorite_1{color:red;font-weight:bold;} Theme: 96.5kFavorites140.2kClicks/ch21.1kGifts
- 149 The Whole World Thinks I'm a C Student 全世界都以为我是学渣 [Mainland simplified edition signed with Zhiyin Animation; traditional edition with Mofei] [Chemistry Olympiad story, quiet and well-behaved bottom × bold, flirtatious top; two academic prodigies turn around a struggling class at a struggling school against all odds] Lu Xingyin spent fifteen years growing up in a small Jiangnan town, then suddenly discovered he was the biological son of a wealthy family who had been lost to them. * When faced with this biological son who was “from some small pl 145.5kFavorites241.7kClicks/ch137.6kGifts
- 150 Shut Up, I’m Not Listening 闭嘴我不听 Yu Lecheng is an outsider at No. 3 High School. His greatest wish is to get through his final year of high school in peace. That is, until he stumbles upon someone’s secret. Class president Su Lisi is refined and well-mannered, and a model student known throughout the school. But now, behind his glasses, his eyes are gloomy and cold, and he’s surrounded by the mingled scents of tobacco and blood. “Are you all right?” Su Lisi asks with a gentle smile. [You’re asking to die.] That’s what he’s thin 77.3kFavorites92.9kClicks/ch65.6kGifts
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