Novels like Orange at Dusk
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- 51 Red Wine and Green 红酒绿 A quiet, low-key campus romance. You Feng has been in love with Xia Deng for eight years in his own unconventional way, which is practically an entire book of love letters. (If you want a heroine who isn't dependent or ingratiating and always puts her own wishes first, and a hero who would brave any danger but always puts her wishes first, read Red Wine and Green. If you want to watch two clever, mature adults push and pull each other to their limits, read Calling for Rain. Both have the same c 100.3kFavorites117.4kClicks/ch5.9kGifts
- 52 How Could Someone Who Likes Plants Be a Bad Person? 喜欢植物的能是什么坏人 Xu Liunian is an office worker crushed by the grind. She works from nine to nine, commutes for three hours, and is about to lose her two-day weekend. In this dreadful climate, she does everything she can to hold on to her job. Her only hobby is growing a few plants. Well, just a few. When money is tight and the pressure is heavy, she sells seedlings on Xianyu to make a little cash. One day, a message popped up. xxxxx: Are you selling the all-white goose variety? xxxxx: I have hybrid anthuriums. 62.8kFavorites68.1kClicks/ch103.7kGifts
- 53 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
- 54 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
- 55 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
- 56 The One I Love 我爱的人 The person I love isn't all that upright or kind, and has never been a hero. Yet amid the turmoil of this mortal world, they are the shore where I come to rest. The person I love is my beloved. Theme: Live well 27.6kFavorites71.3kClicks/ch7.6kGifts
- 57 Eight Thousand Miles 八千里路 My new novel, The Boat on the Xijiang River, is being serialized now. Click “Author’s Works” to read it~ . Eight years apart, eight thousand li traveled: a boy’s deepest love for a girl. Blurb: Meng Yun is a little annoyed. She thinks Chen Yue doesn’t like her as much as she likes him. She doesn’t know that Chen Yue has been secretly in love with her for eight years. (A reunion between former classmates; heiress vs. poor boy.) They live on opposite sides of China, from Shanghai to Yunnan, eight 171.1kFavorites270.2kClicks/ch66kGifts
- 58 Clear Skies in Early Spring 早春晴朗 Next book: Starlit Shore. A lonely soul wants to reach her own starlit shore, even if people label her a gold digger. Special note: This story does not discriminate against women. The heroine's workload is exceptionally heavy when she first starts her business. Staying at the venue late into the night and going home puts her personal safety at risk; business entertaining exposes her to workplace sexual harassment; and frequent all-nighters take a serious toll on her health. Later, the nature of 831.2kFavorites815.3kClicks/ch460.5kGifts
- 59 Miss Meng 孟大小姐 "This novel has been revised many times. Pirated copies are incomplete." Blurb: Meng Jia had heard plenty of people talk about Mr. Zhong. What she heard most often was that Mr. Zhong was terribly high-handed, impossible to reason with, fabulously wealthy and powerful, and not to be crossed. If he gave his word, he never went back on it. But Meng Jia crossed him anyway. All those confident rumors faded into the background. Her first thought was surprise that he was so good-looking. That year, sur 229.8kFavorites299.4kClicks/ch128.8kGifts
- 60 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
- 61 21+ Green in the Mist 雾里青 300.8kFavorites408.8kClicks/ch133.5kGifts
- 62 21+ A Night Breeze Stirs 夜风惊扰 58kFavorites70.3kClicks/ch64.1kGifts
- 63 21+ The Flowers Aren’t Even Warm 花都不热气 81.1kFavorites98.5kClicks/ch73.3kGifts
- 64 Addicted to Her Charm 娇瘾 [Print edition now available. Follow Weibo: @Lingqi] [Please leave a five-star rating in the bottom right corner. If you enjoy this kind of story, please check out my other novels, "Indulge" and "Killing Beauty". Much love~] ① At the EUROS Jewelry Garden Gala, Shen Si fell for an 1830 “Wild Rose and Jasmine” tiara. Unfortunately, she had a history with the young star bidding against her. Not wanting things to get too ugly, she dropped out. Shen Si watched the tiara being taken away, feeling a li 372.8kFavorites530.8kClicks/ch171.1kGifts
- 65 Lime Green Daydream 青柠狂想 [Story complete! The full book costs less than 2 yuan to subscribe to. We worked in the same office building, waited for the same elevator, and took shelter from the same rain. I didn’t know his name. X stood for the unknown, so I decided to call him X. · In the eighth month of my secret crush on X, fate finally beat its wings for the first time. - Mu Ning: “Have you heard the saying that whoever first asks, ‘What are we now?’ is the one who loses?” “Never 127.5kFavorites140.9kClicks/ch126.2kGifts
- 66 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
- 67 The Moon Travels West 月向西行 [This novel is complete. I’ll open a preorder for the next one once I’ve figured it all out.] Blurb: Chen Xi’s parents were deaf, and they hoped she would be able to speak. Xi was a particle meaning “ah,” and they gave her their very best wishes. The first time Fang Yue saw Chen Xi, whom his father had brought home, he coldly warned her, “Stay away from me.” Chen Xi: “Sure thing!” Fang Yue: “...” Later, Fang Yue asked with a blank expression, “Does my family not feed you?” He frowned at Chen X 138.9kFavorites219.5kClicks/ch87.8kGifts
- 68 The Moment the Heavy Rain Fell 大雨落下的瞬间 “Publication rights have been signed. See Weibo @Zhe Juanzi for updates. The full story is being carefully revised. Bonus chapters will be updated from time to time…” “Blurb” Chi Lieyu’s games are always packed with spectators. This game is no exception. The stands are a sea of people, and he is the undisputed center of attention. The girls quietly comment on his looks: he’s unbelievably handsome, but his eyes look so cold that he surely can’t love anyone sincerely. During halftime, Chi Lieyu ca 134.2kFavorites141.4kClicks/ch74kGifts
- 69 After the Divorce, His Beautiful Wife 美艳妻子离婚后 #A midlife sweet romance: a rebellious, fiery, disobedient, free-spirited beauty who loves teasing the hero and can have him wrapped around her finger with a single coquettish act × a controlling, patriarchal old tyrant# The Zhuang family is the most prominent and wealthy old-money family in Hong Kong, and its members can get away with almost anything. Zhuang Qiting is the fourth-generation head of the family. From birth, his life has been smooth sailing. Wealth, power, and status are all with 133.5kFavorites198.1kClicks/ch140.9kGifts
- 70 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
- 71 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
- 72 Snow Over the Northern City 北城有雪 The third young master of the Tan family had a falling-out with his family, nearly severing ties with his father. The story spread like wildfire, and apparently the reason was utterly absurd: it was all over a “bird”? People speculated, “What kind of priceless bird could it be?” Tan Yanxi laughed. “You could say that. It won’t stay in its cage, and nothing I do can soothe it.” Zhou Mi silently rolled her eyes at him. · Snow fell beneath a gray sky. Tan Yanxi stood by the window, motionless for a 268.8kFavorites440.9kClicks/ch80.2kGifts
- 73 A Guide to Surviving as the Principal Wife 主母生存指南 Bad news: Zhu Mingli transmigrates into a book and becomes the matriarch of a feudal household. Her husband is cold and indifferent, and on their wedding night he receives orders to leave the capital. System: Host, please raise the male lead’s affection for you. You can exchange accumulated experience points for beauty pills and body-shaping pills to win his heart Zhu Mingli: Wait! Look at it from a different angle! This is clearly good news: the matriarch has power, her mother-in-law stays out 134.4kFavorites150.9kClicks/ch299.5kGifts
- 74 21+ Flowers in the Gentle Weather 惜花天气 95.1kFavorites139.4kClicks/ch68.4kGifts
- 75 Transported Five Years into the Future with My Boyfriend's Older Brother 和男友大哥一起穿到五年后 Ji Qingyu had finally won over her rich second-generation boyfriend, but on the day she was supposed to meet his parents, an accident sent her and her boyfriend's big brother five years into the future The good news: She successfully married into a wealthy family and became Mrs. Feng. (Confetti.jpg) The bad news: Her husband was her boyfriend's big brother. (Shocked.gif) Apparently, her husband was famous in their social circle for doting on his wife? Apparently, their relationship was wonderf 164kFavorites311.2kClicks/ch141.4kGifts
- 76 Summer Solstice, Year Eleven 十一年夏至 [Carefully revised on July 7, 2023, with 25,000 new words. The additions aren’t in pirated copies. “I like his name. I love being alive, though I was born in this time.” · A former high school classmate got married, and that day everyone gathered for a reunion at a friend’s house. Somehow, they started talking about the foolish, romantic, secret things they’d done as students. When it was Xia Li’s turn, she said, “On his birthday, I abused my position at th 334.4kFavorites423.9kClicks/ch178.5kGifts
- 77 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
- 78 Sleepless Spring Tide 不眠春潮 [The print edition is now available on all major platforms!] [Follow the author on Weibo, @Shi Xiaohan Xian Ya, for bonus scenes and more. The same-series stories Number Three Gale and Abyssal Butterfly are on my author page. Take a look if you’re interested!] ·A spoiled, coquettish troublemaker × a steady, old-fashioned daddy type· ·Older man | Wealthy-family life | Marriage before love Hong Kong property tycoon Yi Kunshan has four lovely daughters. As the eldest, Yi Siling is supposed to be s 307.9kFavorites417.1kClicks/ch289kGifts
- 79 The King Has Donkey Ears 国王长着驴耳朵 Every time Chun Zao did a spin, she found herself sneaking a glance at Yuan Ye. That was when she began to realize things were getting serious. Even more alarming, one day the boy stood right there, gazing at her with an unblinking smile. Liking you is like the donkey ears the king tries to hide. The wind will know, the trees will know, and one day, you will too. The title and blurb were inspired by the fairy tale The King with Donkey Ears. A story about two “good” students sharing a rental; 142.3kFavorites240.4kClicks/ch64.8kGifts
- 80 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
- 81 I Just Want to Borrow Your Good Luck 我就想蹭你的气运 [For information about the print edition, follow @Minggui Carries Wine] [The comic is now available at @Kuaikan Comics] The Zhao family brought Ming Xi back, but favored their fake heiress at every turn, saying Ming Xi wasn't as kind or as elegant as Zhao Yuan. Ming Xi didn't mind. She still tried hard to win the affection of the only family she had, even though they said she was competing with Zhao Yuan for it. Until she died suddenly of a terminal illness. She discovered that Zhao Yuan was th 357.4kFavorites740.3kClicks/ch197.7kGifts
- 82 You Are the Joy That Came Too Late 你是迟来的欢喜 [Announcement] This novel was published in 2018. The revised reprint of the physical edition in 2024 has now been updated online. The changes mainly fix bugs and polish some wording, so longtime readers don't need to reread it. New readers, please refer to the official version on Jinjiang. - Every old flame who crosses paths again after years apart has had a crush planned out for ages. Ruan Yu's online novel, I Really Want to Whisper in Your Ear, has been accused of plagiarism. She posted a he 464.3kFavorites753.2kClicks/ch130.1kGifts
- 83 When the Stars Tremble Softly 星星轻颤时 [The giveaway was set up wrong by the author. I’ll run it again once it expires~! =3=] Jiang Chuyi first met Zong Ye just as someone was confessing to him. A dim stairwell. Having dodged the many security cameras, he leaned against the wall, shielding a lighter with his hand as he lowered his head to light a cigarette. The girl confessing to him was shy and nervous; he looked completely uninterested. Only later did she learn he was Zong Ye, the rookie who had become an overnight sensation as so 334kFavorites463.8kClicks/ch181.3kGifts
- 84 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
- 85 When I Went to Walk a Dog and Found Out Its Owner Was a Total Hottie 当我上门遛狗发现狗主人是大帅比后 [Complete] Chi Zhiyu doesn’t like going out, but after he adopted a puppy and his housekeeper went on vacation, he had to order a dog-walking service to come to his home. The girl who took the job always arrived on time, and seemed to have a special interest in him. She invited him to meals, sent him photos, brought him breakfast, paid close attention to things he’d casually mentioned, and often stared at him without looking away. Chi Zhiyu thought, Living alone as a man really is dangerous, 170.7kFavorites183.7kClicks/ch180.6kGifts
- 86 Transmigrating into the Male Protagonist’s Stepmother in a Campus Novel 穿成校园文男主的后妈 313.4kFavorites818kClicks/ch461.4kGifts
- 87 My Husband Transmigrated to Steal Me From the Male Lead 新聘 Gu Lingyi, daughter of the Minister of Revenue, had two great regrets in her life. First, her childhood sweetheart and fiancé, Jiang Xuanqing, who had placed third in the palace exams, broke off their engagement in public: “I have no romantic feelings for you. From now on, you can think of me as your older brother.” Second, she believed Cui Yi’s empty promises that he would one day rise to the highest offices and always outshine Jiang Xuanqing. In a moment of foolishness, she agreed to marry h 307.1kFavorites265.2kClicks/ch349.7kGifts
- 88 Three Years on This Little Boat, Then Three More 小船三年又三年 “This is the seventh year I've loved him. I want to marry him.” In the turbulent summer after the college entrance exams, when she was nineteen, Lin Yiran lost everything. Then she met Qiu Xing, who was also trapped in the depths. Again and again, Qiu Xing pulled her out of despair, even though he was quiet and always seemed cold. The truck sped down the road as if fleeing, driving toward the distant horizon with no end in sight. In its boxy metal cargo bed, Lin Yiran found a safe place to cal 236.3kFavorites385.3kClicks/ch81.3kGifts
- 89 Waiting for the Wind to Kiss You 等风热吻你 My next story will be [Nine Parts Tenderness]. -After seeing your eyes, I've never looked at starlight again. -After tasting you, I had no intention of making it back alive. The first time she tasted the sweetness of licking honey from a knife's edge was the year in middle school when Xu Xingchun fell for her. Cool on the outside, shameless within x carefree and oblivious Rekindled romance Theme: 844.2kFavorites993.6kClicks/ch81.5kGifts
- 90 Back to My Boss’s Youth 重回老板年少时 When Zhang Yunyi woke up, she had returned to the year she was seventeen. She went to class weighed down by her memories, only to run into her class monitor, Chen Kuo, in the hallway outside the classroom. She nearly blurted out, “Boss!” At this point, Chen Kuo was still an awkward young man, with none of the steady presence of the tech mogul he would become ten years later. Zhang Yunyi rubbed her hands together eagerly: Starting now, I’ll stick with the boss and save myself ten years of detou 245.1kFavorites313.9kClicks/ch348.7kGifts
- 91 Peace Year After Year 岁岁平安 During the spring plowing season, Tong Sui got married in a hurried, haphazard fashion. Her husband’s family lived twenty li away, and Tong Sui had never been there. She had never met the man who had been away performing military service for six years, either. She had only heard that he was so fierce that even local ruffians wouldn’t dare provoke him. On the eve of her wedding, a scholar from next door had tried to elope with her. Tong Sui refused. She liked the scholar’s gentle manners, but sh 359.4kFavorites660.8kClicks/ch747.3kGifts
- 92 Her Little Dimples 她的小梨涡 The print edition is coming out in May. Search for [Her Little Pear Pit] on Taobao, Tmall, or JD.com. Preorders come with gifts, and the print edition includes an extra story not found in the online version. When I first saw you, I had no idea you were so lovely and delicate, so utterly tempting. By the Great Demon King One day, a bad-tempered delinquent meets a timid transfer student from the south... Lately, the whole class has been gossiping that Xie Ci, the class's gorgeous heartthrob, seems 1.2MFavorites1.4MClicks/ch100.5kGifts
- 93 Confession 告白 The two-volume print edition of Confession is now available from major online retailers. Thank you for your support^ 1 At university, Zhou Jingze and Xu Sui were worlds apart, two people who would never cross paths. One was carefree and debonair, doted on by everyone; the other was quiet and well-behaved, easy to overlook. As she filled one page after another with practice questions in the library, she accidentally glimpsed his flirtations with other people and watched him date one girlfriend 1.5MFavorites1.8MClicks/ch656.5kGifts
- 94 The Little Garden 小游园 ◎ The print edition goes on pre-order at 7:00 p.m. on November 29. For details, see Weibo: @MeizidaoYuHaoyun He Youyuan is handsome, a little cool, a little full of himself, and convinced his good looks can make anyone do what he wants. Then he meets a top student with a sour expression. From that point on, he’s on an irreversible path to being completely wrapped around their finger. * A proud, tough little cat x an obnoxious, lovesick puppy #HePursuesHer | #ElementarySchoolBickering | #Eve 239.4kFavorites241.1kClicks/ch194.4kGifts
- 95 Maintaining the Dignity of the Female Supporting Character 维持女配的尊严 After being reborn, Wen Shuangmu learns that she lives in a sweet campus romance novel. Every male character in the book could have been plucked straight from the hottest Jinjiang romance, so the heroine is caught in an endless love rivalry every day. For instance, there’s the aloof top student and male lead, Su Qiyan. He never studies before exams, but one day he suddenly organizes his notes just so he can hand them to the heroine. Then there’s the arrogant, headstrong second male lead, Zhou 327kFavorites509.9kClicks/ch230.5kGifts
- 96 Falling Into Our Love 陷入我们的热恋 [Complete.] After the college entrance exams, Xu Zhi becomes the biggest dark horse at Ruijun High School, but she never expects it to cost her a relationship. That summer, she also meets Chen Luzhou, a jerk who weaponizes his good looks. Xu Zhi finds Chen Luzhou oddly familiar. Her friend is stunned: he's clearly a total show-off. Chen Luzhou thinks Xu Zhi is trying to pursue him. His friend is stunned too: she clearly has a boyfriend. Xu Zhi: “I think he might be my long-lost brother.” Chen 1.1MFavorites1.3MClicks/ch723.2kGifts
- 97 Smash All Pots and Pans To Go to School 砸锅卖铁去上学 [The second volume’s physical edition goes on sale on June 24, 2023, at 6 p.m. The first two minutes come with a limited-time autograph! For details, follow the author on Weibo: Tiantian Chijiao.] [The audiobook of the same name is now available on Ximalaya. If you’re interested, go give it a listen!] Wei San, once a top engineer, transmigrates into an out-of-school child in the interstellar age. She makes a living by scavenging trash and turning junk into treasure. Just in time for the start o 965.2kFavorites1.6MClicks/ch4.6MGifts
