Novels like Distant Jade Steps
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- 151 Off Course 偏航 Coming soon: the urban romance novel The Wind Asks When You'll Return. Blurb at the bottom ↓ [Complete] This is a short novel. [Blurb] Years after graduation, Ye Jing runs into her college classmate Jiang Han at a banquet. She's just an ordinary lawyer, while he's become a lawyer at a top law firm. She does low-paying legal aid work, while he's become an elite everyone in the field envies. She lives alone in a big city, while he' 46.9kFavorites91.3kClicks/ch14.7kGifts
- 152 I Dumped the Tyrant, Then Faked My Death 渣了暴君后我死遁了 Lu Fufu, a girl from a poor mountain village, transmigrates into a book. Her mission is to turn the villainous tyrant in the story into a wise ruler. Mu Linchuan is a tyrant through and through: narrow-minded, gloomy, petty, and quick to turn against people. After rebels seize the capital, he loses the use of both legs. Lu Fufu, a discarded concubine living in the Cold Palace, carries him out of a heap of corpses. A Son of Heaven brought low: o 92.5kFavorites109.8kClicks/ch53.6kGifts
- 153 Marrying the Jade Gentleman 嫁玉郎 The main story is now complete. I’ll take three days off, then start updating the extra chapters. During the break, I’ll also go through the story chapter by chapter to fix typos and bugs. (Main story complete) Shen Chun was the daughter the Earl of Cheng’en’s household had only just found in the countryside. She could barely read, not even the Three Character Classic. And yet she was to marry Xie Yu, Chang’an’s foremost jade-like gentleman, a prodigy who had read countless books. That made Xi 106.8kFavorites103.8kClicks/ch28.2kGifts
- 154 Spring at the Jade Terrace 瑶台春 My new novel, Bright Moon in My Arms, is complete! I’m also collecting interest for the historical romances The Traitor’s Wife, Spring at the Imperial Palace, and I Married the Tyrant Again After Returning (blurbs below). Born to a poor family, Zheng Yuqing was chosen by a court official who selected beautiful women for the palace because of her looks. At fifteen, she entered the palace for the selection. A newly successful candidate in the imperial examinations fell in love with her at first si 49.1kFavorites111.6kClicks/ch18.8kGifts
- 155 Desolate as Lan Cheng 萧瑟兰成 (Not actually siblings) As the illegitimate daughter brought into the palace by a seductive consort, Roujia knew from childhood that the Crown Prince disliked her, so she was always careful not to provoke him. Yet even after the Crown Prince took the throne, the news that she was to be sent away for a political marriage still fell on her. That night, with nowhere else to turn, Roujia knelt in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. “I beg Your Majesty, my royal brother, to take pity on me...” The young em 91.9kFavorites183.1kClicks/ch34.9kGifts
- 156 A Record of Glory 荣华记 7.3kFavorites6.4kClicks/ch2.5kGifts
- 157 21+ The Groom’s Regret 郎悔 183.3kFavorites248.4kClicks/ch299.2kGifts
- 158 The Prince's Concubine 王府小妾 Originally titled “Mei Susu’s Ancient Times Journal” Mei Susu transmigrated into the body of a low-ranking concubine in ancient times. The concubine had been with two men. Her first had been exiled, while her current one treated her as a tool to win over the woman he’d loved for years. The unlucky thing was that his beloved was the legal wife of the man she’d been with before. In other words, once that woman came to her senses, Mei Susu would be finished. Everyone in the prince’s estate knew t 74.1kFavorites176.5kClicks/ch40.3kGifts
- 159 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
- 160 Reborn Before I Humiliate the Aloof Male Lead 重生在折辱清冷男主前 Synopsis: Only after Shen Yingyu died did she learn that she was the vicious female cannon fodder in a storybook. In life, she had been the powerful male lead’s fake mother, tormenting him in every way from childhood. Once he rose to power, she was the first person he made sure to destroy. Reborn into a new life. She looked at the bare walls of her home and the handsome young man before her, remembering how her story ended. She decided to turn over a new leaf! Through her efforts, her relations 135.8kFavorites181kClicks/ch33.2kGifts
- 161 After the Darkest Hour 柳暗花明 The print edition will be available for preorder online on Taobao, Weibo, and other platforms starting September 19. Original title: "Transmigrated into a Bloody Novel as the Big Villain". Nianhua is a sacrificial villain in a book. As the villain, it is her duty and responsibility to inflict mental torment and physical torture on the protagonist, helping him achieve spiritual enlightenment. But in the end, she is killed by the upright male supporting character, Liu Cheshe 91.1kFavorites191.1kClicks/ch37.3kGifts
- 162 The County Magistrate's Kitchen Maid 穿成县令家的烧火丫头 While chasing a Star Wolf across the galaxy, Li Xiaoxiao somehow transmigrated to the Great Wu dynasty more than thirty thousand years in the past. She became a refugee fleeing the aftermath of a great flood. With no household registration, travel permit, or anything else to her name, she was hired by the family of the newly appointed magistrate of Miyang County because of her brute strength. She became a kitchen maid in charge of tending the stove. Mama Mao, the kitchen supervisor, breathed a 39.2kFavorites39.1kClicks/ch79.2kGifts
- 163 Falling into Kukuroo Mountain 跌堕枯枯戮山 “When you're touched, the pleasure doubles.” The mind nail rooted in the back of the maid's head faithfully did its work. “When you're kissed, the pleasure increases tenfold.” The man's fingertips lingered over her lower abdomen. His hard nails prodded her soft belly; it was easy to imagine that the slightest pressure would pierce her skin and flesh, digging out the organs hidden inside. He remained perfectly in control, speaking slowly as he explained that he too was a tool whose need to co 4.5kFavorites6.3kClicks/ch431Gifts
- 164 The Beauty's Ordeal 美人劫 (Originally titled Bound in Sweetness) Young Master Pei goes out without checking the almanac. He happens upon a woman drowning and kindly rescues her, only for her to cling to him with both arms and legs, insisting on repaying him by marrying him. After getting her wish and marrying Pei Zhiyan, Ji Yang realizes that her cold and aloof husband is so different from the man he was in her previous life. "Husband, my waist hurts." Ji Yang arches her slender waist, waiting for him to sweep her into 103.9kFavorites170.1kClicks/ch22.1kGifts
- 165 How to Divorce the Chancellor 如何与丞相和离 Main story: OE, extra story: IF-line HE [Content warning: coercive love, wife-stealing. Read with caution if these are dealbreakers for you.] Jiang Wu was Chu Ling's beloved's substitute for eighteen years. Eighteen years of being a devoted wife and raising children could not compare to a single letter from the woman he loved. "I'm not doing well." So Jiang Wu watched coldly as her husband did everything he could to bring back the woman he loved, who had been sent away for a political marriag 48kFavorites86.7kClicks/ch11.4kGifts
- 166 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
- 167 Trying to Escape the Villain of a Dark, Twisted Novel 企图逃离黑泥文反派 Wu Ping'an transmigrates into a book and finds herself in a chaotic age where lowly demons run rampant. When she first meets Ji Yuwei, the villain in the story who is known as the Black-Mud Fiend, he is only eighteen, a beautiful young man in the bloom of youth. He stands before her cage, his hair freshly washed and pinned with jade after bathing in incense, his white robe as pure as snow. Like a little immortal untouched by the world's foulness, he not only kindly and gently leads her out of th 27.9kFavorites24.9kClicks/ch21.5kGifts
- 168 I Will Have You 我要收了你 Qibao's true form is a tower, with seven thousand-year-old demons sealed inside. After accidentally traveling to the modern world, Qibao slept for a long time. When she finally woke up, she discovered that all seven demons had escaped. No way. She had to catch every last one of them! “Snake demon up ahead, return to the tower!” Yin Mo had finally regained his freedom, but his powers had dwindled. A group of espers mistook him for a strange beast and pursued him relentlessly. Just as he was abou 41.6kFavorites47.7kClicks/ch64.8kGifts
- 169 Years After Being Forced Into a Relationship 被强取豪夺多年后 Yan Xuerui was a merchant's daughter, with skin as fair as snow and stunning beauty. She and her childhood sweetheart, her cousin, loved each other. But she caught the eye of Gu Yan, the young master of a marquis's household. Using every means at his disposal, coaxing and coercing her in turn, he forced her to become his concubine. Yan Xuerui didn't want him. Though Gu Yan was handsome, in her eyes he was a demon wearing human skin. She feared his unpredictable moods, dreaded his oppressive gaz 49.8kFavorites83kClicks/ch15.5kGifts
- 170 The Forbidden Palace's Beloved 禁庭娇 [Thank you all for enjoying the story. I can see your comments in my author dashboard, though I can't reply to every one. Thank you to every reader for your support.] The young emperor ascended the throne, but because of a weakness he'd had since birth, he remained bedridden for a long time. As empress, Wei Yinmei was alluring and beautiful, but after marrying the emperor, she showed no sign of pregnancy for a long time. Soon, the emperor died of illness without leaving an heir. Everyone said t 89.3kFavorites127.1kClicks/ch26kGifts
- 171 Goji 苟杞 Dazai Osamu wrote this passage in No Longer Human: "I had planned to die this winter, but recently I got a gray, pinstriped hemp kimono, the kind you wear in summer, so I think I'll stay alive until summer." When Gou Qi had drained the bottle of mineral water, she desperately wanted to escape it all. But when Yuan Zhen scooped her into his arms in the bone-chilling wind, and when she vaguely felt someone wiping her face and neck with warm water as she drifted in and out of consciousness, she th 12.1kFavorites18.2kClicks/ch8.7kGifts
- 172 The Young Widow 小寡妇 70.4kFavorites65.2kClicks/ch51.5kGifts
- 173 Lost in the Cage 误入樊笼 1. Xue Yi was born into humble circumstances. By chance, she had a prophetic dream and learned that in the future she would become the plaything of a powerful man and meet a tragic end. When she woke, Xue Yi resolved to avoid the man from her dream. Unfortunately, although they had shared a bed for so long in the dream, Xue Yi had never been able to see the man's face clearly. She only remembered that he was moody and inscrutable, and that he had a red, crescent-shaped birthmark on his lower ba 86.7kFavorites116.1kClicks/ch24.3kGifts
- 174 A Luo 阿萝 A prince with a sick mind and a girl with a sick brain. They're made for each other. This novel will go VIP on December 23. Theme: 28.8kFavorites51kClicks/ch4.1kGifts
- 175 The Impostor Socialite 伪装名媛 This story was first published in April 2019. Any updates are just to fix typos, so there's no need to reread it! Zhen Fan never liked Cinderella stories. Whenever she read one, she imagined herself as Cinderella's sister, who cut off her heel to squeeze into a glass slipper that didn't belong to her, only to get nothing for it and become a complete laughingstock. Theme: 29.1kFavorites82.6kClicks/ch7.7kGifts
- 176 After I Became a Doll 穿成洋娃娃之后 [Click my profile for my ongoing stories!] After Being Rejected for a Contract by Twin Dragons: Human, are you coming back? (●v● If you like it, click my profile in the upper right for more fun upcoming stories, or follow the author and take this silly writer home!) [About This Story] Qi Li has been a huge novel fan since middle school. She has read countless transmigration novels, about becoming a rich heiress, a princess, an elf, or an immortal. But she never expected that one day she would j 33.2kFavorites133.4kClicks/ch13.4kGifts
- 177 The Destroyers 破坏者们 “Love existed before it was given a name. It makes no distinction between rich and poor, and it is a treasure anyone can have.” “Anyone who believes that is a fool.” Theme: Loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. 10.9kFavorites16.3kClicks/ch4.2kGifts
- 178 Why Am I Still Not Dead? 我怎么还没死 My lover is an evil archdemon. He killed me. Poor me lies in a coffin every day, listening to him talk about his deranged inner world. Please, if you're ill, see a psychiatrist! Oh, Lord! Why am I still not dead? [1] This is a fictional world on another continent with a Western fantasy feel, mixed with Eastern-style magic. The setting changes whenever the author feels like it. Check out my other stories! Completed: "His Majesty's Daily Life of Wooing His Wife": His Majesty's daily life, in big 24kFavorites77.2kClicks/ch5.6kGifts
- 179 Night Fog and Cedar 夜雾与雪松 [The only official version is on Jinjiang. We are not responsible for pirated copies.] Sharp-tongued rich boy × fake wallflower who knows how to shut down nonstop dirty talk Reunion after years apart / falling hard for an ex again / near-disastrous pursuit Blurb: After disappearing without a word for years, Cheng Jiangxue runs into Zhou Fu again in a small town in the southwest. Ms. Cheng has come to teach as a volunteer, arriving travel-worn with her suitcase in hand. At the welcome recepti 58.8kFavorites67.3kClicks/ch45.9kGifts
- 180 I Hate Xu Zhiyuan More Than Anyone in the World 全世界我最讨厌徐致远 [Signed for print publication; an expanded novella-length version is available in my column. Xu Zhiyuan is the person I hate most in the whole world. Even if he tries his handsome-man routine again this time, I still won't make up with him. [Short story, complete in one go. My next book is Golden City. Theme: Love 21.9kFavorites234.8kClicks/ch521Gifts
- 181 My Late Ex-Boyfriend Is Harassing Me on WeChat 已故前男友微信缠上我 I'm planning a mystery novel, tentatively titled Seven Blind Boxes. If you can, please give it a bookmark to help boost its popularity. I'd be very grateful. Blurb: At the Monday morning staff meeting, Lin Ranyi suddenly receives a bizarre WeChat message from someone claiming to be her dead ex-boyfriend. By coincidence, her ex is sitting right beside her at the meeting, alive and well. Lin Ranyi thinks she's being stalked by some perverted weirdo with nothing better to do. Millennium Ghost Baby: 12.7kFavorites47.9kClicks/ch2kGifts
- 182 Beautiful Tea 姝荼 Everyone in the capital knew that the Yun family had a peerless beauty: breathtakingly lovely, with the grace to captivate a kingdom. The Empress Dowager herself had chosen her as the future empress. That was Yun Shu's older sister. Her sister was wonderful in every way, except that beauty's fate was tragically short-lived, leaving Yun Shu to inherit the position of future empress. Everyone said she was lucky. Though she was no match for her sister's beauty, she had inherited all her good for 33.9kFavorites63.7kClicks/ch5.4kGifts
- 183 The Beauty Coveted by Warlords 被枭雄争夺的美人 The little beauty of Shang'an City, Yu Wanyin, had skin as fair as ice and bones as lovely as jade. Her beauty was peerless, and when she married the Left Chancellor, everyone praised the match. But just as the newlyweds were settling into married life, war broke out and the capital had to be evacuated. On the road fleeing with her husband, Yu Wanyin was separated from him when rebels ambushed them. Swayed by her beauty, the rebels kidnapped her by force. As the troops crossed Black Mountain, a 51.4kFavorites61.4kClicks/ch18.4kGifts
- 184 The Storm Has Arrived 暴雨已至 [Subscribe at an 80% rate to unlock a free 50,000-character bonus side story] #Secret Crush #Ex-Chasing Crematorium Wen Suichang often felt that his wife was like a transparent person: plain, dull, ordinary, and utterly forgettable. Even when she argued with him, she spoke so softly that she could never rouse his interest. He often thought their marriage was merely a compromise. They had been married for three years, and apart from their physical relationship, he knew nothing about her. Befo 46.9kFavorites50.5kClicks/ch29.5kGifts
- 185 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
- 186 My Dearest, Let Me Soothe You 卿卿哄我 Yun Ling was a lowly palace maid. She had a secret: she knew that the Sixth Prince, currently confined in the Cold Palace, would become the Crown Prince. To avoid trouble, she volunteered for the job of looking after him in the Cold Palace. The Sixth Prince, Xie Jue, was cruel and vicious, with ruthless methods. He was suspicious and guarded around her, mocked her, and would threaten and intimidate her from time to time. But no matter how he treated her, Yun Ling served him faithfully and dili 125.6kFavorites131.9kClicks/ch30.3kGifts
- 187 On the Crown Princess's Downfall 论太子妃的倒掉 ← Cover for the print edition. Newly added bonus chapters: "The Little Pig's Love Story" (the little pig prince's quest to win back his love) and "What If" (the "straight-A student" Ali's comeback). The editor won't let me post them online... So in a few days, I'll post Wei Lang's bonus chapter online as compensation. Thanks for your support ^^ Grandma says Ali is clueless, and honestly, she's not wrong. It's not that the Wang family failed to raise their daughter properly. Ali is simply not v 15.8kFavorites105.3kClicks/ch4.9kGifts
- 188 Trying to Tame a Black Lotus Can Go Very Wrong 试图驯服黑莲花会出大问题 [Quirky, sneaky, laid-back slacker x cold, relentlessly driven Immortal Venerable] Qing Ying transmigrated into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder junior sister in a dark cultivation novel. The good news was that, before her mother died, she'd arranged a marriage for her. Her fiance was her senior brother, Xie Qingci, the greatest prodigy in the Three Realms. The bad news was that this senior brother was destined to be a stepping stone for the male lead, and was a villain who would turn evil in 77.2kFavorites103.4kClicks/ch16.5kGifts
- 189 If That's What You Want to Think, There's Nothing I Can Do 你要这么想我也没办法 *Main story complete Liu Jing is the ruler of the Immortal Realm, but after a traitor harms her, she ends up in the Netherworld. Just as she is at her wit's end, the Netherworld Emperor Fei Ji is struck by a love poison and posts notices throughout the realm seeking a female cultivator to cure him. Everyone knows Fei Ji is her sworn enemy, and long ago he vowed to rip her apart, sinew from bone. With her spiritual sea damaged, going to him would be no different from walking to her death "Any vo 86.2kFavorites159.6kClicks/ch52.1kGifts
- 190 Love Beneath the Phoenix Canopy 难为鸾帐恩 Hu Shen grew up on the grasslands. Her elder brother was favored by the khan, and her own life was fairly comfortable. Until one day, after her brother launched a campaign into the Central Plains, he returned with a captive from there. They said the man was the legitimate heir of a powerful Central Plains family, of noble birth. They said that though he was a civil official, he fought with great courage and had tremendous potential. The khan wanted to bring him into his service, but the man w 167.9kFavorites145.8kClicks/ch87.8kGifts
- 191 Graceful as She Is 窈窕如她 This is the story of a prince who became a monk and was forcibly dragged back into the mortal world. *The premise is scary, but the story is sweet. Don't be afraid! *Thanks to @NiyeNemo for permission to use the cover character. *Author's Weibo: @OYou SijieO Theme: Youth is never a failure, as long as you let your brilliance shine. 106.4kFavorites226.8kClicks/ch46kGifts
- 192 Eyebrows Together 齐眉 [The print edition is now available on all major platforms] [The pirated version differs significantly, and the character relationships are inconsistent. Blurb: The day Zhuang Qi moved into the Tang family home, the sky was overcast. Dark clouds churned overhead, and a heavy downpour seemed imminent. Wearing an apricot-yellow pinafore dress, she followed the secretary around a screen painted with lacquered birds at play. There she saw Tang Nayan, elegant a 63kFavorites71.3kClicks/ch29.6kGifts
- 193 A World Gone Awry 错世 Her master once told Cui Xiaoxiao that she was actually quite lucky to have the "Ten Wounds" fate. If she had been born two hundred years earlier, her extremely yin nature would have made her the nemesis of Wei Jie, the demonic sect's master. In that case, the weak little Xiaoxiao would have been hunted to the ends of the earth and reduced to ashes... Xiaoxiao thought with relief: Wei Jie is cold-hearted and cruel by nature. Luckily, his disciple Qin Lingxiao endured hardship and finally killed 54kFavorites76.8kClicks/ch59.5kGifts
- 194 Why Is the Male Lead Always So Heartless? 男主他老是那样绝情 She transmigrates into a palace-intrigue novel, where her character is due to be killed off after three chapters. Gu Yi has read The Heartless Emperor Falls in Love with Me, and by her reckoning, she has three days left. Lady Gu will die three days from now. A race against the clock: thirty-six hours. After barely surviving the plot that was supposed to kill her on the spot, Gu Yi has to preserve the main storyline to keep herself alive. When the hero and heroine fall in love, pledge to be toge 113.8kFavorites185.9kClicks/ch41.4kGifts
- 195 Song of the Bright Moon 明月歌 Shen Yujiao, a noble young woman from Chang'an, is bright, dignified, gentle, and refined. She is betrothed to Pei Xia of Hedong. Then disaster strikes: her father and brothers are imprisoned, and her entire family is sentenced to exile. Since the crime does not extend to married daughters, Madam Shen writes to the Pei family of Hedong, hoping they will honor the betrothal and marry Yujiao. Yet on the day of exile, not a single member of the Pei family appears. Supporting her mother, Shen Yujia 67kFavorites70.3kClicks/ch36.7kGifts
- 196 Young Master, Please Don't Seek Death 公子，求你莫寻死 Si Yu is a stone lion guarding the entrance to the temple in Qianmen Town. The temple is always bustling with worshippers, and her luck has always been pretty good. Unfortunately, a young master whose family has fallen on hard times comes along and takes his own life right in front of her. From then on, Si Yu's luck takes a nosedive. She doesn't hold it against him, though, since the mortal really is quite handsome. It's understandable that someone down on his luck might lose hope in one life, b 57.8kFavorites145.2kClicks/ch17.2kGifts
- 197 The Scheming Beauty 心机美人 [Content warning: The female lead is not kind and virtuous. She's a scheming white lotus, a woman of the past with traditional values.] In her fourth year as a servant in the Duke's estate, Yun Li caught the eye of one of the duke's illegitimate sons, leaving her future uncertain. At the same time, the Duchess wanted to find a concubine for her heir, who had been married for years but had no children. The heir was a man of noble birth, handsome and refined, and much favored by the emperor. Howe 96.3kFavorites226kClicks/ch42.2kGifts
- 198 21+ The Blazing Sun and the Fish 烈日与鱼 100.8kFavorites137.6kClicks/ch41.2kGifts
- 199 After Mistaking Him for the Villain, I Won Him Over 认错反派后我攻略了他 Jiang Yuedie transmigrated into a book. She wasn't the heroine, the second female lead, or the white moonlight. She'd become a cannon-fodder character with a one-sided crush on the male lead. The moment she opened her eyes, she was in danger, badly wounded, and surrounded by a chilling aura of ghosts. When the male lead came to save her, Jiang Yuedie immediately distanced herself from him. "Actually, I'm in love with you 57.8kFavorites77.9kClicks/ch16.9kGifts
- 200 She Who Dared to Break Her 妄折她 [Author's page: Princess's Blade. Please add it to your wishlist!] [Brutish, rough-hewn man from a foreign tribe x stubborn beauty raised in a prominent family | Height difference warning] Princess Shang Ningxiu of Zhaohua was renowned as the most beautiful woman in Bianjing. One late autumn, the princess traveled south to visit her elderly grandmother. On the way, a rebel uprising broke out, and every one of the several hundred people accompanying her was slaughtered. The rebel leader had nev 121.9kFavorites171kClicks/ch27.1kGifts
