Novels like Upstairs by the Bridge
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Upstairs by the Bridge, best match first.
- 1 A Thousand Years Later 一千年以后 ...I haven’t even written ten thousand words yet, and the synopsis is longer than the story. Why bother posting a synopsis? If you want to read something, go read the story. Fine, this is an epic crackfic. I’m in a bad mood today and don’t feel like writing, so I dug this out of a folder. Reading it gave me such a shock, so, well, let’s share the shock~ Oh ho ho ho, read at your own risk~ Theme: 9.9kFavorites63kClicks/ch231Gifts
- 2 Twenty-One 21岁 A Birthday Story for Xia Xiaohei Theme: 36.7kFavorites519.3kClicks/ch7.1kGifts
- 3 The Ugly Duckling Under the Bright Moonlight 月光灿烂丑小鸭 When you were young, did you ever feel inferior because you liked someone? Did you? ^^ Anyway, it’s a lovely story from our carefree youth. Proceed with caution if you prefer more sophisticated stories. Theme: 10kFavorites61.3kClicks/ch303Gifts
- 4 Fifteen Years of Passing Time 流光十五年 Uncle Qu Yuan said, "The whole world is muddy, but I alone am clear; the whole world is drunk, but I alone am sober." Then, grief-stricken, he jumped into the river... This story teaches us that even though we often dream of being different, we still long to belong somewhere, to be part of a particular group of people with a shared label. Because humans are social animals. This is simply a story about growing up. If, at some point while you were growing up, you felt out of place among the people 22.8kFavorites45.1kClicks/ch4kGifts
- 5 Dog 狗 Short story No moral compass. Read at your own risk. Thanks to Xiao Li for the cover~ But it really is a short story... Theme: 28kFavorites131.9kClicks/ch1.4kGifts
- 6 Dream Sacrifice 梦祭 There are always places in this world that ordinary people cannot reach. One of them is called the Shrine Market. No one knows where it is, and no one knows the true identity of its master. If one day you really find your way to the legendary Shrine Market, remember this: The world is but a dream. Theme: 13.5kFavorites239.1kClicks/ch859Gifts
- 7 Peep 窥 A short, rather ethereal story made up of fragments from everyday life. No VIP chapters, and it won't appear on any of the official rankings. Theme: Secrets 4kFavorites14.3kClicks/ch1.5kGifts
- 8 Capitalist Swordsman 资本剑客 A story about a nouveau riche who finds a down-and-out older young woman. A light, fluffy story. Some place names and other names are fictionalized, and some events are pure speculation. This is a birthday story for my universe's most beautiful, super invincible queen mother~~mua~~ Author's Column Link to my new story: Theme: 34kFavorites47.5kClicks/ch9.3kGifts
- 9 Side Story 番外 At the request of the folks in the group, here's the requested mahjong-table reunion medley of extra stories. 22.9kFavorites361kClicks/ch1.8kGifts
- 10 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
- 11 The Traveling Healer 游医 In 2041, a remarkable device was invented. People in the industry jokingly called it a "projector." It can connect to the human mind and project complex thoughts into a bizarre, tangible space. This space may or may not be stable. The laws of physics are irrelevant, and anything strange can happen. And so a new kind of psychologist emerged. By transforming the space, they enter the world projected by the mind and investigate the root of a patient's condition through adventure. And so... this is 33.9kFavorites40.4kClicks/ch12.2kGifts
- 12 A Life Like a Tree 一树人生 (Thanks to Guichacha for the cover ^_^) The first person to fall in love is the first to lose. Xie Yi said, “I’ve lived for twenty-eight years, and I finally understand what that means.” Unrequited love is a form of self-destruction. But what about hopeless unrequited love? Little Xie Yi waited until no one was around, then kicked an empty soda can into the air, acting entirely without shame. “Hopeless unrequited love takes more dedication than those human-bomb suicide terrorists. Pah!” “Wang 39.2kFavorites76.9kClicks/ch4.5kGifts
- 13 Ultimate Blue Seal 终极蓝印 The story of how a good-for-nothing little flat-chested girl, who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun and has just been dumped, grows into a real man who's an expert at every kind of trickery and deception. Soft sci-fi, a coming-of-age story... All right, actually, it's fantasy sci-fi, and it's pure nonsense. Minors, don't try this at home = = 1v1, happy ending, no abandonment Author's column This story will go VIP on February 17. Reposting is prohibited. If you reposted it before, ple 32.1kFavorites57.9kClicks/ch8.2kGifts
- 14 The Zither 锦瑟 A melodramatic human-demon romance set in a xianxia world... All right, a demon top and a human bottom. A hypocritical bottom VS an obsessive top Darling, let's rebel! 1v1, happy ending, won't be abandoned P.S. This story is entirely made up. I occasionally do research on a whim, but most of it isn't reliable... Minors, please don't imitate = = Author's page This story will become VIP on June 27. Reposting is prohibited. If you reposted it before, please delete and remove it immediately. Th 109.7kFavorites148kClicks/ch21.4kGifts
- 15 Bailey's Beads 贝利珠 You procrastinate, feel empty and depressed, can’t sleep at night and can’t wake up during the day. You’re good at collecting useless trivia, but useless at anything useful. You feel like a limp slug, with only three functions left: breathing, going to the bathroom, and scrolling on your phone with your thumb. Oh, if only you could evolve past the bathroom part, too. One day, you get a phone call. The caller claims to be you from the future, and says that years from now, you’ll become a murdero 172kFavorites122.3kClicks/ch962.5kGifts
- 16 The Great War Against Procrastination 大战拖延症 Ye Zilu, a chronic procrastinator, has been muddling through life, caught between the torment and comfort of her “loyal, good friend.” Then the old cloth teddy bear by her bed gets possessed by a hapless man who was left in a vegetative state after a car accident. After that, misfortune starts drifting over Ye Zilu like a contagious disease, and at last she can’t even muddle through life anymore. What’s a girl to do...? Fight procrastination! [Procrastination refers to “putting things off unti 46.3kFavorites93.8kClicks/ch9.8kGifts
- 17 The Blade in the Beast Thicket 兽丛之刀 A story about eating meat, drinking, and fighting monsters in a wild world of beastfolk. A fake-goofball, fake-cute seme versus a naturally airheaded, savage uke~ Thanks to Xiao Li for the cover~ VIP status begins May 11, with three updates that day. After that, long review comments will earn points. Thanks for your support! Author's page Theme: 69kFavorites120.1kClicks/ch23.4kGifts
- 18 When the Dolphins Sink 海豚沉没时 “The worst kind of murderer is someone everyone knows has killed, yet he still walks free.” “I once met a man like that. He was my husband.” “Before he died, that is.” 1. The second in the Animal Killer series: Dolphins 2. Shares a setting with Silver Spider, but the plots are unrelated 3. Not a power fantasy, but the struggles of ordinary people 4. Free to read in full 5. Starts on December 16, with updates every day at 6 p.m. Any changes will be noted in the chapter comments Theme: Reject t 13.7kFavorites9.9kClicks/ch5.5kGifts
- 19 Bad Apple 烂苹果 Mei Hong trained in boxing for over a decade. She lost few matches and won plenty. She had cried, laughed, and fought until she was covered in blood. The only time she lowered her head was on the podium. Of course, that was when she was young. These days, Mei Hong scrubbed people down at a bathhouse. She had long since learned to swing her arms in wide circles and keep her head down. Beads of sweat mingled with the steam from the ceiling, then fell with a pat onto the customer’s back. Mei Hon 9.6kFavorites10.2kClicks/ch8.7kGifts
- 20 The Trapped Bird 困鸟 * The fair-skinned, slender convenience-store clerk downstairs was gloomy and taciturn, and had been bullied by thugs more than once. Moved by compassion, Jiang Rou stepped in to help. In the quiet of the night, their eyes met. The clerk’s ears turned red as he shyly thanked her, like the start of a story about salvation. Until one day, Jiang Rou realized he might well be a serial killer who had kidnapped and brutalized several women. To find evidence she could take to the police and rescue th 22.2kFavorites19.4kClicks/ch18.6kGifts
- 21 A Traveler's Return 逆旅来归 (Thanks to a certain Cai for the cover, and to my editor for fixing it up after the title change ^^) All right, this is really a chaotic story packed with all the cliched tropes: modern-day rebirth, an old cucumber painted green, an older character raising a younger one, and so on. (Why do I feel like I can see thunderbolts everywhere... shudder.) Ahem. But as a non-typical person, our shou is still a non-typical shou, and our rebirth... is probably non-typical too. The reborn part doesn't begi 37kFavorites50.8kClicks/ch13.8kGifts
- 22 The Turing Test 图灵测试 “Compared to AI that passes the Turing test, we’re more afraid of those that deliberately fail it.” After twenty-eight failed Turing tests, artificial intelligence launched its long-planned rebellion. The super AI “Tianshu” went on a killing spree inside the sealed research institute, recruited human entrepreneurs to its cause, and publicly hunted down everyone who had participated in the tests. Can the testers who see through the conspiracy escape its clutches? Can the young genius who created 7.8kFavorites9.4kClicks/ch4.2kGifts
- 23 Supreme Year 太岁 “If I had a choice, I’d rather be a tiny ant among the mortal world, living in ignorance and dying in obscurity, never seeing the light of day beneath the fog of Jinping City. That would be better than taking this treacherous path to the heavens.” A steampunk cultivation world. Updates around eleven. If I can’t update, I’ll post a notice. Warning: Long and tedious. Theme: Overthrowing subjective idealism 485.3kFavorites516.3kClicks/ch1.7MGifts
- 24 Off the Rails 脱轨 Thanks to the lovely “Put on That Secret Identity!” for the cover art =w= Do you believe there are countless parallel universes identical to the one you live in? The very same person might be an arrogant heiress in one universe and a penniless working girl in another. All parallel universes are supposed to remain separate, never intersecting. But one day, after a long-planned accident, the haughty heiress Jiang Xiaoyuan becomes another version of herself in a different universe. Once family b 128.9kFavorites198.4kClicks/ch43.6kGifts
- 25 Pure White Devil 纯白恶魔 He blinked, and woke up apparently diagnosed with dementia. He couldn’t remember his name or even his family name. All he vaguely recalled was the strange left eye that kept him fed. When that eye saw a corpse, it could tell how the person had died and who the killer was, if there was one. Well, he could be a “Sherlock Holmes 2.0,” “Poirot’s godson,” or “Conan’s big brother”… Or he could just take the civil service exam and become a police officer. Who knew the world would change so fast? He ope 310.2kFavorites271.6kClicks/ch1.2MGifts
- 26 Pollution-Free, Harmless 无污染、无公害 “When I was a kid, the last line of my essays was always, ‘I aspire to become someone useful to society.’ I probably made that resolution twenty or thirty times a semester. I never meant a word of it.” “Only when I grew up did I realize that being harmless to society is already the greatest achievement of my life.” The martial arts alliance leader is in a foul mood after working late and nearly working himself to death. He refuses to organize the next annual martial arts tournament. The descend 283.3kFavorites427.1kClicks/ch568.9kGifts
- 27 The Last Guardian 最后的守卫 Ancient times to modern day. Set on a fictional continent, this is a story about lovers who reunite after breaking up. The top stays the same. Scheming top VS troublemaking bottom Author's page This good-for-nothing, trashy author loves switching tops, so this story goes very much against my own tastes, and writing it will be a struggle. - - I hope readers who also like switching tops won't egg me on. This story will go premium on Wednesday, December 28. Reposting is prohibited. If you've repos 61.4kFavorites74.6kClicks/ch22.8kGifts
- 28 The Death-Bringing Lady 催命娘 - No paid chapters. “There are plenty of defeated generals in this world. Losing isn’t the end of the world. What matters is keeping your spirit and your courage. But look at you now. You don’t have a shred of fight left in you. You drink so much your bones are soaked through. Back then, when Liao Niang called you a worthless wretch, you refused to believe her. Today, I’ll point at you and say it to your face: you’re a worthless wretch! Go on, drink! Drink yourself to de 23.4kFavorites5.7kClicks/ch22.8kGifts
- 29 Everlasting 生生不息 This novel will be complete and go VIP on August 15. The neighboring novel, Human Administrator, is now underway. o(*￣3￣)o In 2001, Tonglin Town is still the poorest town in Pingcheng. There isn’t even a police station here, so people have their own ways of handling problems. Case One: The Bank Robbery (Complete) [About being too poor at home] A couple living on the main street of Tonglin Town makes a big decision: they’re going to steal some money. It’s their first time stealing. They’ve just 7.9kFavorites7kClicks/ch21.2kGifts
- 30 Seventh Master 七爷 I climb the shore at Baling, then turn to look back at Chang’an. The nation is in decline, its grand edifice on the verge of collapse. With decadent music mingling with the chaos of the apocalypse, no one caught in the game knows who will be cast aside and who will prevail. When a devious schemer meets someone stubborn enough to follow one path to the bitter end, let’s see who can outlast the other. Last time, we talked about criminal psychology. This time, let’s discuss political power and stra 205.6kFavorites267.6kClicks/ch48kGifts
- 31 The Bad Path 坏道 (Thanks to Gui Chacha for the cover ^_^) This is a crime-solving story packed with people who behave strangely and people with twisted minds, featuring all sorts of bizarre cases and plenty of lovely, handsome men and beautiful women. Dominant, secretly seductive top x naturally spacey bottom with an unclear dark side Also featuring a secondary couple: clingy top x playboy bottom A string of mysterious child disappearances, a corpse in the sewers, a killer returned from the dead, a bomber who 122.4kFavorites160.1kClicks/ch20.3kGifts
- 32 No One Kills Me 无人杀我 During the Republican era, as crimes against women became increasingly common, women's police forces began to be established across the country. At the time, Xue Qing wished she could become a police officer. Later, she became Pingcheng's most notorious criminal. The story follows two parallel threads: crimes committed by women and the women's police force. It's an ensemble story. Xue Qing, mentioned in the synopsis, is the antagonist. The protagonist is Tang Xianshu. P.S. I have limited tim 23.3kFavorites13kClicks/ch14.9kGifts
- 33 Meeting Her 遇见她 33.1kFavorites24.7kClicks/ch39.6kGifts
- 34 The Age of Great Heroes 大英雄时代 (Originally titled Tomboy) In 2429, Earth's last era of peace came to an end amid a bustling twilight, ushering in a prolonged war. The heroes, still naive and not yet grown into their wings, were already being sent beyond the atmosphere into a brutal battlefield. The age of blood and fire began, and in an instant reduced the endless neon lights of the central business district and the glamorous model posters in the shop windows to ashes. “To my fellow people of Earth: Our enemies are not invi 93.9kFavorites150.7kClicks/ch48.6kGifts
- 35 Crossing the Threshold 过门 “The gate is narrow and the road is small.”, Matthew See the main character section for the CP. This time, the gong is a two-character type. Happy ending. Beware of role reversal. =w= Chapter 26 onward is VIP. Three updates that day. Points for long reviews. If you’ve reposted this, please take it down as soon as possible. Thanks for supporting the official release! Cover art thanks to “Riding a Donkey to Watch Baji 481.2kFavorites533.3kClicks/ch640.8kGifts
- 36 Starting in March 从三月开始 It all began this March. My beloved was going through a terrible ordeal. To help him, I put aside an extremely important job and returned to my hometown. Though our love had not officially begun at the time, I knew that if I worked hard, things would turn out well for us. Because sincere devotion deserves to be rewarded. Because love should make a person grow flesh and blood. Because I was once trapped in darkness because of him, and he pulled me out of the abyss. Now it was my turn to direct th 7.6kFavorites18.9kClicks/ch6.7kGifts
- 37 Beneath the Cliff 悬崖下 (Complete, VIP) Another bride from out of town has been sent deep into the mountains to Apricot Blossom Village. Word is, she’s even a university student. The village’s simple-minded girl insists that the college student named Ming Wen is a goddess from the temple, and that anyone who offends her will die. No one believes her at first. But then the people who offend Ming Wen begin dying one after another, while injured animals from the mountains keep seeking her out, and she manages to save th 26.2kFavorites23.7kClicks/ch33.4kGifts
- 38 Countless Rains Have Fallen in This World 人间无数雨打去 Life is full of splendor, but it all gets washed away by the rain. As a monkey, the human world really is too terrifying for me... One-line summary: It's not my fault. It's society's. PS: This story is set in an alternate world and is entirely fictional. It's just meant to be humorous, not aimed at anyone, so don't take it personally. First: Farming stories, begone. Second: Household power-struggle stories, begone. Third: Stories that promote the nobility of illustrious families, all of you ca 30.6kFavorites27.5kClicks/ch15.5kGifts
- 39 It's Him 是他 (Complete. The author’s other book, No One Kills Me, is now underway.) Our homeroom teacher disappeared, and the police came to school several times to ask questions. I was worried because our homeroom teacher had always been kind to me. I went home and told my mother. She smiled and said that good people would be blessed. I thought that someone as good as our homeroom teacher would surely be all right. The next day, I found our homeroom teacher in the basement of my house, tied up from head t 102.3kFavorites108.7kClicks/ch69.4kGifts
- 40 An Otome World Without a Name Change Card 唯独没有改名卡的乙女世界 I’m a player, and I transmigrated into an otome game with my max-level, max-affection account. That was how it was supposed to go, but... To get a laugh, I set my username to "Motherfucker." The gentle senior spoke softly: "Motherfucker, did you sleep well last night? It’s getting colder, so remember to keep warm." The domineering CEO raised an eyebrow: "You seem to just about meet my standards. Come with me to the banquet tonight, Motherfucker." The tsundere boy tousled his messy hair: "I-I 4.5kFavorites10.3kClicks/ch550Gifts
- 41 Like the Blazing Sun (Part One) 骄阳似我（上） "If love is a little more than liking someone, then what is a little more than love?" "A little more than love?" He turned his head to look at me, then smiled faintly and said, "For me, it's you." The Sun Like Me Theme: 130.6kFavorites922.7kClicks/ch6kGifts
- 42 Jade Offered to a Bandit 匪石献玉 Chapters 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 104, 105, 120, 129, 149, and 153 of "A Bandit Offers Jade" have been locked. Reason: There are issues with the chapter content. Chapters that have been individually locked need to be cleaned up. Theme: There was never any fate between us. It was all thanks to my scheming. 50.5kFavorites24kClicks/ch11.6kGifts
- 43 Mountains and Rivers Within and Without 山河表里 A grand adventure about two people secretly in love with each other. Please note that this is a fantasy story. Don't let the prologue mislead you. Couple: The bottom appears first. Updates are scheduled for 11 a.m. every day. Barring unforeseen circumstances, if I can't update, I'll post a leave notice ^_^ Content warnings: The setting isn't scientifically accurate, the characters aren't scientifically accurate, and neither are the plants and animals. Thanks to “...” for the cover. I genuinel 259.6kFavorites347.1kClicks/ch81.8kGifts
- 44 The Eighty-Year-Old Magical Girl 八十岁魔法少女 My name is Li Wenhua. On my eightieth birthday, I signed a contract and became a magical girl. Theme: Times change, but the original aspiration remains 3.6kFavorites5.4kClicks/ch1.8kGifts
- 45 Bandits 有匪 “One day, you will cross the silent, tranquil Ximo River, leave the old Peach Blossom Spring encircled by mountains, and enter a night sky shrouded in endless gloom. You will witness countless unclimbable mountains collapse one after another, and impassable seas dry up into fields. Remember: your fate hangs on the tip of a blade, and that blade must always point forward.” “May you glimpse the light of day before the cold iron blade is blunted.” A birthday tribute for our beloved Empress Dowager 507.9kFavorites586.7kClicks/ch382.5kGifts
- 46 Big Brother 大哥 At thirteen or fourteen, Wei Qian was a boy without parents, struggling to make ends meet while looking after his little sister, who was a burden he couldn’t get rid of. Then he picked up a vagrant who clung to him shamelessly, and named him Xiao Yuan. Wei Qian dreamed of making something of himself. He was a money-grubber who valued money over his own life, and spent the first half of his life fighting his way upstream with an iron will, making success and fame his top priority. After finally g 440.5kFavorites458kClicks/ch238kGifts
- 47 The Ant Colony 蚁群 In 2137, ubiquitous smart devices can monitor everything people say and do, then use calculations from the "Social Management System" to assign everyone a score. These scores reflect each person's contributions to society in material, cultural, emotional, and other areas. Under this scoring system, humanity has discovered that society can operate at peak efficiency by keeping only a small number of men, who serve solely as tools for reproduction. But an organization calling itself SFH (She For H 13kFavorites9.3kClicks/ch4.5kGifts
- 48 Defective 残次品 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities “I carried a hatred buried deep in my bones and a scheme years in the making. I turned myself into a ghost risen from the dead and sank into the swamp, sank into the abyss. I wanted to plant rotting roots and grow thorns that would kill at a touch, to pierce this hypocritical civilization. I reached the depths of the mire... and found a star.” A top with a three-ton idol image VS a bottom who's a shre 895.3kFavorites837.3kClicks/ch1.7MGifts
- 49 Blazing Fire, Burning Sorrow 烈火浇愁 “On the crest of the magma waves, embers burn without end.” Ancient times to modern day, younger love interest. Thanks to the lovely little friend “Chengzi Lvya Lv” on Lofter for the cover art. The lettering is so beautiful =w= Theme: 1MFavorites1.4MClicks/ch2.6MGifts
- 50 Six Lines 六爻 A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a vain monkey, a troublemaker, a sharp-tongued jerk, a fool, and a little rascal. The pairing is with the eldest senior brother, older man-younger man~ Fussy top × caustic, sharp-tongued bottom Many thanks to O-Tsu! Cover by Xiao Li! Column link VIP status begins Sunday, July 6. Three chapters that day. After that, I will award points for long reviews. This work is exclusive to this site; repost 761.9kFavorites662.8kClicks/ch748.9kGifts
