Novels like Clear Skies in Early Spring
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- 151 Letter from Hong Kong 有港来信 [New novel: Far from the Butterflies has begun updating. A powerful Beijing heir x a college girl] A Hong Kong tabloid has started another rumor: “Top tycoon heir Shang Shao is 36 and unmarried, with no romantic scandals for years. Could he be impotent?” - Mainland actress Ying Yin only wants to find a sucker to foot the bill. Then the man worth hundreds of billions sitting across from her makes an offer: “Would you pretend to date me for a year? You wouldn’t have to do anything.” “Young Master 398.9kFavorites513.2kClicks/ch638.3kGifts
- 152 Squeak, Squeak 阿吱，阿吱 [The print edition is now available] [Past and present lives · Modern era / Republican era] 1. Underworld inspector × girl who can see ghosts Mountain bandit × wealthy young lady 2. We strive to live, giving our passion, our lives, and even our souls for a peaceful, beautiful world Announcements: 1. Zhi (zhi) 2. Dual plotlines, with the Republican-era story taking up the vast majority. 3. Many original fictional details, no real-life models, and a partly fictional setting. 4. The 172.2kFavorites203.3kClicks/ch71.2kGifts
- 153 Kingdom Arts 王术 The print edition of Wang Shu goes on sale September 14. About the blurb… I’ll revise it later (this may just be an empty promise)… Please bear with me. “Oh, I forgot to tell you, Xinxin. Li Shu’s family lives on the other side of Jinxiu Avenue. Heh, on one side of Jinxiu Avenue there are modern split-level apartments, and on the other is the ‘Three Autumns’ slum. Isn’t that contrast full of narrative and literary potential?” Qian Huixin nodded solemnly. “From a narrative and literary perspectiv 37.1kFavorites53.5kClicks/ch21.4kGifts
- 154 Coral in the Mountains 山间珊瑚 The physical book will go on preorder at 7:30 p.m. on February 18. Zhang Rufan is a deeply unlikeable young woman. Her family and friends describe her as “stiff and old-fashioned, dull and mean,” and she agrees with them, until one day she finds a love letter tucked inside a book. It was written by Shen Mingjin when he was eighteen. You have to believe that there is someone who would give everything to find you a sprig of mountain coral. So someone does love me. September 20, 2021 The title w 80.9kFavorites115.2kClicks/ch30.4kGifts
- 155 Who Moved My Stethoscope? 谁动了我的听诊器 [This book is now available in print under the new title I Want to Live in Your Heart. It's available from Taobao, Dangdang, and JD.com. The author-signed edition is available from Dangdang.] [Revised edition.] On the day Shu Qin started her clinical rotation, she met the fierce "chief resident," Yu Ming. When Yu Ming learned Shu Qin was his junior fellow student, he gave her a mocking look. "Teaching? Whoever wants to teach her can do it. I don't have time for that." But the department dire 149.1kFavorites276.9kClicks/ch114.8kGifts
- 156 Countdown to the Wedding 新婚倒计时 Back in high school, everyone knew that You Jue's best friend, Fang Jialin, liked Ni Xia. Later, Fang Jialin confessed and was rejected. Watching his best friend spend every day heartbroken, You Jue could only think: What a loser. Was it really worth it over a woman who was so two-faced and toyed with people's feelings? Years later, their class held a reunion. Fang Jialin traveled a thousand miles to attend, his gaze fixed on Ni Xia the whole time, his feelings for her plain to see. Their class 217.1kFavorites222.9kClicks/ch116.7kGifts
- 157 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
- 158 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
- 159 Winter Again 再冬 The print edition of Again in Winter goes on presale August 19 at 7 p.m.! Blurb: The past and the future pull at opposite ends of a line, and we are forever caught at the point between them. Years later, when I looked back, I realized I had stayed there forever, in that place where you were, where the ice and snow never melted agai 74.5kFavorites125.3kClicks/ch30.2kGifts
- 160 Gentle Winds, Calm Waves 风轻浪细 Shenzhen, 2005. Lin Kunhe was buying a drink when the young cashier kept pestering him for his number. If he didn’t write it down, she threatened to report him for using his phone to call the police. Lin Kunhe was annoyed. He wrote it down, tossed the pen aside, and left. Guangzhou, 2009. Lin Kunhe went to visit a friend in the urban village. The young cashier sat across from him with her newly dyed red hair, discussing with his friend their plans to build a house and get married in her hometow 33.3kFavorites47.2kClicks/ch70.2kGifts
- 161 What a Lovely Dodder Flower 好一朵菟丝花 CEO x clinging vine Updates whenever inspiration strikes! Theme: Face life's many challenges together, hand in hand. 33.6kFavorites46.6kClicks/ch19.9kGifts
- 162 Nowhere Land 无何有乡 Play games and annoy men. An uplifting little story about a small internet cafe owner and his childhood friend, his nemesis, teaming up with a bunch of useless underlings to get rich (or just muddle through life). (Chaotic fun, bittersweet, a hint of ensemble cast, mostly comedic, happy ending) Theme: Obey the law and live a healthy life. 134.6kFavorites166.5kClicks/ch106.2kGifts
- 163 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
- 164 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
- 165 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
- 166 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
- 167 Blue Windmill 蓝色风车 My next book will be His Freud. You can pre-save it in my author profile. [Blurb] Zhong Yi saw Zhou Shiyi again at the celebration banquet for an art exhibition. It all felt like another lifetime. His entire bearing was elegant and aloof, and his arrival stirred quite a commotion. Surrounded by admirers, he stood at the center of attention. She saw him. He didn’t see her. A colleague clutched her arm and whispered, “That’s Zhou Shiyi.” Zhou Shiyi, the four 104.1kFavorites137.4kClicks/ch72.5kGifts
- 168 Fake Tiger 菲克老虎 Reading link: Not on Jinjiang, search for it Complete at 300,000 words 2021.07.22-2021.09.29 Qin Su is delighted. "Hey! Shi Mo! You aren't secretly in love with me, are you?" Shi Mo turns and walks away without even giving her a glance. Qin Su quickly grabs him. "I was just joking! You can say, 'Yeah, I'm secretly in love with you,' if you want." "Why would that be okay?" "Because it's perfectly normal for Daddy to love Mommy." #KangarooMomPregnancyDiary #Print edition published on 2023.06.22 71.6kFavorites76.8kClicks/ch29.1kGifts
- 169 Sniping Butterflies 狙击蝴蝶 The print edition goes on presale at 8 p.m. on July 30. For details, follow my Weibo account @QibaoSuFeihuatebieduo. After Li Wu finished his college entrance exams, Cen Jin went to his dorm to help him pack. If she hadn’t opened his drawer by chance, she would never have known she’d once lost a two-inch photograph. - Sniping means lying in wait in a concealed spot, ready to strike. Before he could wake beside her in the morning, he had endured long, secretive midnights. A story about a divorc 280.1kFavorites352kClicks/ch104.7kGifts
- 170 Goose Palm 鹅掌 The print edition of The Goose Palm is priced at 45 yuan. One originally wanted to marry into a rich family, while the other wanted a wife and a free wallet. Everyone thinks he forced himself on her and that theirs is a tragic, passionate romance. But the truth is, one of them has been terribly wronged. Really, truly wronged. Feng Jian gazed calmly at his wife. She was always like a swan gliding across the water, graceful and elegant, coquettish and willful, yet aloof and heartless. After all 58.3kFavorites117.6kClicks/ch10.5kGifts
- 171 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
- 172 I Have a Unique Way to Relieve Stress 我有独特的解压技巧 Hi, are you there? Come check out those abs. ·1v1, HE. ·Urban jungle, mature men and women, food and desire, happiness above all. [Highlight] Food! Desire! Men! Women! In all caps and bold. Theme: The brave are the first to enjoy the world 59.1kFavorites90.7kClicks/ch32.3kGifts
- 173 From Then Until Forever 至此终年 One glance at you, and my life is complete. If you meet someone who used to be a surgeon. When he was thirteen, he and your mother were both rushed into the same hospital for emergency treatment. Yet, by some cruel twist of fate, six or seven years later he could no longer hear, could no longer stand at the operating table, and instead picked up a book and became an ordinary university teacher. If, like you, he had a mother who abandoned him and a father he could never acknowledge. If he lost t 104.7kFavorites217kClicks/ch19.7kGifts
- 174 Sweet Oxygen 甜氧 He has a tattoo studio called Oxygen. The name carries the despair of struggling through life, making do as best you can. Later, the studio gets a new lady boss. The shabby old sign comes down, replaced by a new one with elegant lettering: Sweet Oxygen. #Everyone suffers, but you are sweet# [Next novel: Night Mist] Theme: Keep growing through life's struggles, and stay positive. 339kFavorites347.7kClicks/ch91.8kGifts
- 175 My Mr. Ostrich 我的鸵鸟先生 This novel's blurb: Hey, Mr. Ostrich, where on earth have you gone? That day, as the sun was setting, Pang Qian sat beside Gu Mingxi on the bleachers by the school field. She suddenly leaned close to his ear and rapidly fluttered her eyelashes. Her long, curled lashes gently brushed his ear as she asked, "Is it fun? Does it feel really ticklish and nice?" Gu Mingxi lowered his head. After holding it in for a long moment, he finally murmured, "Mm." "Oh? Really? Then it's your turn to t 59.7kFavorites105.7kClicks/ch19.2kGifts
- 176 The Only Way to Beat an Older Man 打败年上男的唯一办法 When a typhoon passes through, it leaves nothing standing. A long, long crush, officially sealed. Nurturing boyfriend x genius girl Blurb: On the day she started at G University, Ji Yuewei finally saw Liang Yusheng again after a long time without contact. With a cold expression, he took her suitcase from her. He still looked angry. A friend asked what the two of them were to each other. Liang Yusheng glanced at Ji Yuewei and said they were relatives. Ji Yuewei stubbornly corrected him: “He’s m 36.1kFavorites25.2kClicks/ch50.6kGifts
- 177 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
- 178 Perhaps Spring Knows 或许春天知道 [Slow burn / slice of life / happy ending] He fell for him earlier than he thought. Maybe spring knew. / Three years ago, on a spring day washed by a sudden downpour, Meng Jingnian drove Lin Ping home. He opened the back door and held up an umbrella, only to unexpectedly meet a pair of tearful eyes. When he asked what was wrong, she said, “I think I’ve fallen for someone I can never be with.” · Three years later, it’s raining again. Lin Ping writes on the fogged-up window, and Meng Jingnian sudd 103.1kFavorites111.4kClicks/ch58.8kGifts
- 179 Drinking Together 共酣 [Print edition contracted with Dayu Literature and now available] There’s a bar tucked away in a residential alley called At Will. It has a distinctive style, and every employee is one of a kind. By day, Jiang Zhen works herself to the bone as an office drone. At night, the bar is her hideaway, a sanctuary for her soul. She’s gotten rowdy and made a fool of herself here while drunk. She even stole a kiss from the owner. She thought he didn’t know. Later, Ji Hengqiu cornered her in the back ki 89.9kFavorites112.5kClicks/ch28.5kGifts
- 180 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
- 181 Plowing Clouds, Fishing for the Moon 耕云钓月 Yang Pingxi opened an inn called Plowing the Clouds in the southwest. Every day after Yuan Shuang started working there, she had the same question: How was this place still in business? The warmth and bustle of life at a little inn, with a money-losing boss and his lucky-cat landlady. “Not even the white clouds over the valley can be plowed away; the moon reflected in the pond can be fished without leaving a trace.”, Guan Shifu July 22, 2022 Theme: Keep working hard at life 78.1kFavorites106.4kClicks/ch40.4kGifts
- 182 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
- 183 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
- 184 No One Is Like You 没有人像你 [🔔 The full novel has been revised, with 12,000 new words added. Chapters marked “Revised” in the table of contents are new or revised chapters.] In late summer 2010, before leaving to study abroad, Chen Yi received a text from an unfamiliar number “Having a crush is hard, like the summer wind. It sounds lovely, but when it blows, it’s nothing but stifling heat. And now that summer is over, I don’t like you anymore.” “Chen Yi, I wish you a safe journey and a bright future.” At seventeen, Chen 559.1kFavorites596.2kClicks/ch128.1kGifts
- 185 Glass City 玻璃城 “Who can claim Mount Fuji as their own through love?” “Under Mount Fuji,” Eason “When you think of your school days, what comes to mind? Endless test papers, or the crisp ring of the bell? Sleepy afternoon classes, or the little notes you secretly passed to your deskmate?” Now working, Song Xi comes across these words while scrolling late at night, and Pei Weishu’s face inevitably rises in her mind. A secret-crush story Happy ending If you see update notifications at 119.6kFavorites176.1kClicks/ch32.5kGifts
- 186 Lighter and Princess Dress: The Wild Grass Garden 打火机与公主裙·荒草园 I have my king. I am his most loyal subject. I will wave the flag and cheer him on. I will also die for him on the battlefield. Theme: 242.2kFavorites466kClicks/ch34.3kGifts
- 187 Snow in the Misty Crossing 迷津雪 [The print edition of Lost in the Snow is now available nationwide at all major retailers.] Fake siblings | Rekindled romance | Opens in a modern city When Shen Qingyang was thirteen, her father was assigned to work abroad, so she was sent to stay with a family friend. On the way there, her father told her about Xu Xingzhi, the second son of the Xu family. He was refined, accomplished, gentle, and courteous, the sort of person everyone considered a rare find. They first met in the Xu family’s 138.5kFavorites186kClicks/ch45.2kGifts
- 188 Discord 荒腔 [Published. Shen Fuzheng first saw Zhong Mi at the Yueju Opera House in Zhoushi. The performance hadn’t started, and the audience was bustling as the photographer adjusted the angle and called for Zhong Mi to look this way. Against a backdrop of green sleeves and pink robes, layers of flowers cast their shadows. She glanced over just like that. Someone beside him said, “That’s our boss’s daughter. She’s taking photos for a magazine today.” It was raining in Zhoushi the day She 129.5kFavorites243.7kClicks/ch62.7kGifts
- 189 Raising the Bar 拔份 This novel has been revised. Please make sure you are reading the only official version on Jinjiang. Blurb One In the 1990s, Gu Qiao ran into Luo Peiyin again in the lobby of a five-star hotel. By then, she had earned an amount she could never have imagined at eighteen and was preparing to expand her business even further. She sat across from Peter, drinking coffee. Peter worked for LC Company in the city and, like most foreign employees, lived at the hotel. He was a little disappointed becaus 52.7kFavorites56.7kClicks/ch75.8kGifts
- 190 You're Fired! 你被开除了！ The print edition has been retitled Don’t Be Ridiculous. Blurb: Bai Duanduan fell in love at first sight with a man while waiting in a long line outside a restaurant. He had striking features and a cold expression. Even the way he frowned looked as though an immortal had descended to earth. She decided to make the first move. When she asked to exchange numbers, the man gave her a charming sm 162kFavorites372.4kClicks/ch121.3kGifts
- 191 A Record of Sandalwood Swoons 晕檀记 [Simplified Chinese edition signed] Zhuang Jingyin had grown tired of struggling. She had always been gentle, submissive, and melancholy; she was made to rest quietly in Si Heng's palm. Then, on the day the Si family fell into turmoil, someone suddenly remembered something. Zhuang Jingyin had a twin sister who died young: Zhuang Jingtan. She was clever, mad, and utterly unconventional. Si Heng had made another discovery. Zhuang Jingtan was an exceptional actress. *Soapy melodrama *Taking s 29.1kFavorites37.3kClicks/ch6.9kGifts
- 192 An Accident 意外 "How did you two meet?" "...Online dating." "Online dating?!" "We met on that app you recommended." "You two... don't really seem like the type to use an app like that." "Yeah, it was actually an accident." #SweetAndEveryday #SliceOfLife #TheAuthorDoesntHaveWeibo Theme: 49.8kFavorites107.1kClicks/ch9.9kGifts
- 193 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
- 194 21+ LIKE 77kFavorites63.6kClicks/ch127.5kGifts
- 195 Chaos and Upheaval 兵荒马乱 [Pei Changlü, your fiancée is about to start dating someone] [Life abroad] [Other man] [Bittersweet, slightly angsty romantic comedy] [A story where bug x bug somehow makes love run smoothly] The entire novel has been revised, with some plot changes. It differs from pirated copies. Thank you, lovely readers, for supporting the official version~ The print edition is titled South Wind Before Nightfall. Find the link on Weibo: @Nine-Grid-Fantasy, the writer. Please add my new book, Mohorovicic Di 18.3kFavorites22kClicks/ch18.4kGifts
- 196 Washed by the Branches 濯枝 [Published. As she rode away from Shoutasi Temple, she secretly took his lighter right under his nose. Half a month later, tired of the bright lights and nightlife, Cheng Zhuo called Meng Tingzhi. “Miss Meng, I’m the owner of the lighter.” Born into a family of wealth and prestige, Young Master Cheng was a devoted lover. He liked Meng Tingzhi, but that was as far as it went. Meng Tingzhi didn’t take the car or the house. She left with only one of Cheng Zhuo’s broken watches. 173.5kFavorites195.4kClicks/ch53.6kGifts
- 197 Burned to Ashes 燃尽 [The similar friends-to-lovers taboo romance, The Label, has been updated. Find it in my author’s collection.] Ji Ting and Tan Yucheng sat together for two years. She liked him once, but the feeling was as fleeting as a night-blooming cereus. He had never once looked her way, so she knew they could never be together. They knew each other well, stayed in touch, and often met up. She knew he still couldn’t let go of his breakup with his ex-girlfriend. One day, they would get back together. But sh 189.4kFavorites267.1kClicks/ch135.1kGifts
- 198 North, South, East, West 南北西东 The print edition is now available on all major platforms. Thank you for your support. In 2023, Wang Luxi got into her dream university in Beijing. She went a month early, planning to see every tourist attraction in the city. What could she do? As an ancient capital and the nation’s capital, Beijing had far too many things that interested her. The spring at Taoranting, summer at Shichahai, autumn at the Temple of Heaven, and winter snow swirling around the Forbidden City’s corner towers. Oh 100.9kFavorites113kClicks/ch72.7kGifts
- 199 The Lonely Whale 寂寞的鲸鱼 The print edition of Lonely Whale is now available. -- Blurb: Zhan Xi's requirements for a partner had always been simple: he didn't need to be tall or handsome, just healthy and steadily employed. Most importantly, he had to be interesting enough to make her laugh with his wit and eloquence. After all, she was a pretty dull person. But after looking and looking, she found someone who didn't meet a single one of her requirements. He was tall and handsome, made a living crafting handmade accessor 131.6kFavorites170.8kClicks/ch123.6kGifts
- 200 Idol 偶像 [The print edition is now available at Dangdang and Tmall. Thank you to the readers who support this book.] One day, Tang Yike read a fan’s post about someone: “Zhou Jiashu, the boy I’ll cherish for the rest of my life...” Zhou Jiashu, passing by: “You wouldn’t happen to... have some kind of illness, would you?” Tang Yike: “...No!” “That’s good. You have a long life ahead of you. Don’t jump to conclusions too soon.” “I’ll take your word for it.” #Entertainment industry, lightly sweet #The 68.7kFavorites149.5kClicks/ch13.7kGifts
