Novels like The Death-Bringing Lady
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- 1 The Heavy Rain Is Coming 大雨将至 A ghost lives inside policewoman Li Can: a murderous evil spirit. Whenever someone is killed, the ghost awakens and enters the world where the victim once lived. It’s a world whose story has already reached its end. The ghost kills at will within it, while Li Can hunts down the real culprit in the real world. People and ghosts were never able to interfere with each other, until a girl fell from a tall building. A storm is coming. Li Can must find the person who killed the girl. Theme: Girls, 23Favorites54Clicks/ch75Gifts
- 2 Always by the Brook 常坐小溪头 Not contracted, updates depend on fate. Theme: Give it some thought. 13.7kFavorites60.3kClicks/ch4.2kGifts
- 3 The Academy Has Bandits 宫学有匪 High-Energy Bandit King vs. Academy's Little Genius A handsome scholar is driven out of the Imperial City. By a twist of fate, he ends up in the mountains as a bandit, growing a wild, unruly beard and making a fearsome name for himself. He becomes the Lord of Dongyi Mountain, commanding eighteen bandit strongholds. Then, in early spring that year, he kidnaps a group of nobles from an academy in the Imperial City: exactly sixteen young ladies from the palace school. He wants neither money nor be 11kFavorites34.8kClicks/ch2.2kGifts
- 4 The Book of Injustice 不义书 Discarded Piece, Broken Blade 8.4kFavorites—Clicks/ch—Gifts
- 5 Hunting Prosperity 狩猎繁荣 [Crying over writer's block. Updates irregularly.] Your classmates have eight legs. Your deskmate is playing with bones that stretch and retract. Oh, right, you also have a whole army of fans waving flags and cheering you on as they smash into walls. Your hair refuses to be outdone and immediately twists itself into the shape of a heart. Jiang Yu: ... Jiang Yu: Okay, thanks. No need. Jiang Yu steps onto a campus where human bodies are mutating, and nerves are pushed to the breaking p 6.1kFavorites4.3kClicks/ch4.7kGifts
- 6 Wine for Sale 沽饮 1. Please feel free to offer criticism and suggestions about my work. Thank you for your support and encouragement. 2. No mindless praise, and no comparisons to other works. 3. Please follow rule 2 in the comments on my works. Otherwise, I'll request deletion as soon as I see it. To drink Qing Niao's wine, you have to trade her a story. Who knew that one little trade would reveal a hundred thousand faces of the human world? Every night at eight, Miss Qing Niao invites you to sip wine and liste 12kFavorites26.2kClicks/ch593Gifts
- 7 Rose Wanted Notice 玫瑰通缉令 Red-haired sweet pepper x curly-haired Valkyrie "Please believe me: from now on, every night's wind will be our roar of defiance against the world." Two dominant, badass women / Packed with fight scenes / Cyberpunk / Writing the story I want to read Theme: Think about it. 43.5kFavorites—Clicks/ch17kGifts
- 8 21+ Above the Knee 膝盖之上 7.3kFavorites9.7kClicks/ch3.2kGifts
- 9 It Is Evident That I Like You 显然可证，我喜欢你 "You're the most romantic thing I carefully tied to the tail end of my youth." Campus Teacher and student Short, non-VIP story. Updates whenever; please don't rush me, thanks :D Theme: A young girl's heart is always poetry 24.5kFavorites83kClicks/ch9.7kGifts
- 10 The River God Never Picks Up Axes 河神从不捡斧头 "Sweet child, did you drop this sesame candy, this bayberry candy, or perhaps..." Before he could finish, the child on the stone bridge burst into tears. "Mother, there's a monster!" Ten years later... "Handsome young man, did you drop this silver pen, this copper pen, or perhaps..." Before he could finish, the young man on the stone bridge held out his hand. "I dropped the gold one. Hand it over." Another ten years later... The prefect of Wuzhou was getting married. He offered sacrifices to Hea 7.6kFavorites37.4kClicks/ch561Gifts
- 11 After the Women of the Marquis's Household Were Reduced to Commoners 侯府女眷贬为庶民后 The Minghou household backed the wrong side in the struggle between the princes and princesses, and now it's been confiscated! Lord Ming took his own life. His legitimate eldest son and his concubine-born younger sons were all exiled to the frontier. The empress ascended the throne and, in her mercy, only demoted the women of the household to commoner status. There are eight wives, concubines, and daughters in all, each with her own charms and figure. They've been raised never to touch a drop o 7.7kFavorites9.4kClicks/ch13.1kGifts
- 12 Soft Barbs 软刺 [Any revision notices are just for fixing errors and unlocking chapters] Childhood friends, younger top. Qin Zong is the top. Don't get the roles reversed, darling. An unrealistic campus story. Theme: 53.1kFavorites68.9kClicks/ch11.9kGifts
- 13 The Lover Within 身体里的爱人 The human body is symmetrical, just like lovers. The right ear's lover is the left ear, the right eye's lover is the left eye, the right hand's lover is the left hand... So when you hold yourself, when you clasp your own hands together, it feels like receiving a lover's affection, bringing a sense of contentment and happiness. A radio drama adaptation has been released. If you'd like to listen, look for my Sina Weibo account, "Xiao Yaozi's Nest." Theme: 7.5kFavorites45.3kClicks/ch1.3kGifts
- 14 The Golden Threaded Robe 金缕衣 The old Prince Jing died young, and his only son, Feng Xuan, inherited the title. He was the laziest wastrel in the capital. Naturally, what a proper wastrel hates most is an ambitious scholar. I reflect on myself three times a day: Did I ask Lin Xusheng out today? Did I ask Lin Xusheng out today? Did I ask Lin Xusheng out today? Lin Xusheng came to the capital to study at the Imperial College and was the best student in his year. Naturally, what a proper scholar hates most is an idle wastre 48.3kFavorites—Clicks/ch34kGifts
- 15 Washing the Tassel 濯缨 [Any notes about revisions mean the text is being unlocked.] A mad dog devotes himself to the white seagull. Possessive, devoted younger top x gentle, seductive, domestically inclined bottom. Age gap. Happy ending, sweet. Updates daily at 7 p.m. starting January 1. Theme: 67.1kFavorites77.7kClicks/ch16kGifts
- 16 Entrust the Rest of My Life to You 写给医生的报告 This is not an autobiography or a semi-autobiography, just a novel. Don't spend money recklessly, and enjoy reading. Publication information, updated in real time: 1. Please Advise Me for the Rest of My Life - Northern Women and Children's Publishing House - ISBN: 9787538592931 - Published June 2015 (first edition) 2. Please Advise Me for the Rest of My Life - Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House - ISBN: 9787550019157 - Published October 2016 (first edition) For information about the 27.1kFavorites112.2kClicks/ch2.5kGifts
- 17 You Have the Right to Remain Silent 你有权保持沉默 [Mystery Romance] #favorite_1{color:#0000FF;font-weight:bold;border-style:double;} A female college student mysteriously poisoned, three charred corpses in a temple fire, a haunted ancient tomb at a corpse-raising site... A cat-torturing woman, a man who slashes faces, a disemboweling killer... Rather than focusing on the complexity of fictional crimes, this story explores the darkness lurking behind human nature. Wrongful convictions, dead bodies, locked rooms: let's solve them together! → A 17.1kFavorites24.6kClicks/ch3.6kGifts
- 18 A Star in the Palm of Your Hand 掌中星 [The first stirrings of love in youth are like a shooting star crossing the night sky: brief, yet brilliant.] [Astronomy PhD student x male director] [Free to read in full] [Blurb One] Hao Meng first noticed Gu Qiming at their high school graduation dinner. As they left the restaurant, the class president suggested going to karaoke and singing all night. Everyone agreed, except him. He had somewhere to be that night. A classmate asked what could possibly be so important. Gu Qiming's voice was c 15.7kFavorites22.2kClicks/ch6.7kGifts
- 19 The Husband-Chasing Alliance 追夫联盟 Please be civil when reading. If you don't like it, feel free to click away. [An early writing exercise... Read at your own risk. And a warning: the logic is dead, and it's melodramatic! Extremely melodramatic! It's a painful, angsty kind of melodrama! If you can't stomach it, don't read it! Why put yourself through that?] Here's the blurb: [Captain] Boss Jiang: If I can't sleep with Chu Tianqin, then I'm not a Jiang. [Forward] Movie star Yan Huai: I only ask not to be killed. [Defender] Soul s 23.9kFavorites20.1kClicks/ch1.4kGifts
- 20 Comrade Aurora 达瓦里希阿芙罗拉 All my words rot inside me along with my pain I'm very busy. I'll update when I have time. Theme: Love 7.3kFavorites14.9kClicks/ch1.4kGifts
- 21 Back Then, I Refused to Marry the East Wind 当年不肯嫁东风 Updated 2026.6.1: My next story is What Need Is There for Pale or Deep Red? The entire novel is complete and I'm posting four chapters a day. It's the finale of the Flower Season Banquet series. As always, the whole story is free. Just visit my author profile to find it. Feel free to bookmark it~ After their mother died, the three Ye sisters were driven into a small courtyard by their father's favoritism and their stepmother's persecution. They lived alone, relying on one anot 39.6kFavorites35.4kClicks/ch19.4kGifts
- 22 The Wind Swept Through the Pass All Night 风吹一夜满关山 The print edition of this novel is coming soon, under the title Before the Day Ends. The title comes from the Tao Te Ching: “A gale does not last all morning; a downpour does not last all day.” Preorders begin Saturday, March 11, at 7:00 p.m. For details, follow Mu Ben Literature or the author's Weibo: Xianyu687. Thank you all for your support! The heroine is Shen Xun, and the hero is Xie Jin. A well-matched pair of female and male generals. Married-life story, one-on-one romance, both leads ar 53.4kFavorites97kClicks/ch6kGifts
- 23 EN The Twin Jewels of Jiangdong 江东双璧 From the endless emerald waters of Chaohu Lake to the armies clashing at Red Cliff, from childhood betrothals to the forty-year-old dream of Jiangdong, from a kite drifting on the horizon to the sound of a zither carrying a hundred miles above the blazing river… The great river flows east, sweeping away the heroes of the ages. I think of Gongjin in his prime, when he had just married Xiao Qiao, so dashing and spirited. Life is but a dream. Let me pour this cup to the moon over the river… The au 28.1kFavorites44.2kClicks/ch2.3kGifts
- 24 Violets and the Thorn Bird 紫罗兰和荆棘鸟 [Any revision notes are just for fixing errors or unlocking chapters] A cliff in full bloom, a burning abyss. A fallen knight sets out to defeat the Demon King. Demon King: Stop it! Knight seme x chuunibyou, talkative Demon King uke “I don’t have any car illustrations here either w” Happy ending, one-on-one romance. Updated daily at 7 p.m. Thanks for reading w Theme: 45.9kFavorites42.6kClicks/ch16.8kGifts
- 25 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
- 26 How I Fell in Love at First Sight with My Best Friend’s Twin Brother 关于我对好友的双胞胎弟弟一见钟情这件事 Complete. Extras may come, if I feel like it. A sweet little short story for autumn. Not a paid story. Pure-hearted athlete x scheming top student, younger man. Theme: Knowledge changes your destiny 38.5kFavorites90.7kClicks/ch6.3kGifts
- 27 Scumbags Always Get What’s Coming 渣男总有天收 Before they meet, Lei Zhe: Damn it, who’s Jian Qiao? He dares steal my girl? I’m gonna beat the crap out of him! After they meet, Lei Zhe: Damn, Jian Qiao’s so gorgeous. I want to be friends with him! After they become friends, Lei Zhe: I can’t take it anymore! Jian Qiao’s so wonderful! I want him all to myself! I’ll be the first to turn gay, out of respect! Jian Qiao: Every cause has its effect. I’m the karma coming for you! A few warnings: 1. This story is super short, won’t be paywalled, 48.9kFavorites116.3kClicks/ch30.6kGifts
- 28 An Unusual Relationship 非常关系 Celebrity seme x doctor uke One-on-one Theme: 84.5kFavorites148kClicks/ch4.5kGifts
- 29 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
- 30 The Way Back 归路 The blood is still warm, still flowing. The heart is still alive, beating in our chests. This great land is ours to protect. It is what we strive for in this life, and there is no need to say goodbye. Life's path is difficult to tread, but we press on through hardship. Dawn will light the way home. Theme: 154.2kFavorites936.6kClicks/ch9.6kGifts
- 31 The Zombie Muse 僵尸缪斯 [Bonus chapters can be found on WB. See the author's page for the WB account.] This story is complete! Lu Shang has signed a publishing deal, and the audio drama will launch on Manbo this year, so stay tuned! An announcement is up on Weibo. The lead roles are voiced by Zhao Chengchen and Jiang Sir. Follow the WB account for the Zombie Muse audio drama, and join the giveaway! [An aloof-seeming, secretly dark and brooding demon-god beauty gong X a naturally flirtatious, talented and gorgeous, univ 64.8kFavorites64.3kClicks/ch32.7kGifts
- 32 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 Updated June 1, 2026: The next book is titled What Need Is There for Pale Green or Deep Red? The full manuscript is complete, with four chapters posted each day. It is the final installment in the Flower-Season Banquet series. As always, the entire book is free. Just visit the author's page to find it. You're welcome to add it to your collection~ Because of a power struggle within the household, the second branch of the Lou family lived in seclusion in Yangzhou for sixteen years. They had four 70.9kFavorites55.7kClicks/ch37.1kGifts
- 33 Crossing the Heavenly Gate 过天门 In the twentieth year of Yuanbao, the Bureau of Heavenly Mandate suffered three calamities in succession. First, Jiang Zhuo came down from the mountain. Second, the evil god broke free of its seal. Third, the two of them secretly joined forces and conspired together. The gong is seemingly innocent but truly ferocious, versus the shou, a genuinely unhinged and ambitious schemer. One-on-one, happy ending. Thanks to the original cover calligraphy by @Madam Cen Xia [Warnings] 1. Main couple: Luo 156.3kFavorites66kClicks/ch239.3kGifts
- 34 A Lifetime Together, Old in Jiangnan 一生一世，江南老 They met at a family ancestral ceremony. By their family's seniority, she called him Older Brother. She was a teenager that year, newly arrived in Jiangnan. All she saw were gray walls and ancient trees in the rain. There wasn't a soul beneath the walls or beside the trees; everything was empty. She always felt something was missing, and it disappointed her. She didn't know that Jiangnan waited year after year for the wild geese flying south from the north, and that he, too, waited for her day a 125.2kFavorites400.1kClicks/ch85.1kGifts
- 35 Her 430 Million Years 她的4.3亿年 A deep-sea love story spanning 430 million years of life's evolution. * When someone arrives in an unfamiliar place, she doesn't know who she is. So the first thing she wants to do is figure out where she stands in the food chain. Science x Mythology The history of life's evolution x the creator of the ocean The Sea of Light x the Abyss, Life x Death, Arcane Arts x Fel Energy, Nature x Devouring Sea God Clan x Hunters x Ocean Dwellers x Abyssal Clan * A few things you might be interested to k 111.5kFavorites58.5kClicks/ch89.3kGifts
- 36 The Secret Recipe 秘方 “I’ve never seen a truly secret remedy in my life. All I know is that the precious things in this world don’t always glitter or sit in exquisite, expensive containers. Licorice, saposhnikovia root, astragalus, atractylodes... They’re all ordinary things. But if they can heal the sick and save lives, they’re good medicine.” Qin Jiuyue has three priorities in life: Money, money, and more money. Li Qiao has three priorities in life, too: Stay alive, stay alive, and stay alive by any means necessar 55.3kFavorites17.8kClicks/ch34.3kGifts
- 37 Sake Kisses and Roses 清酒吻玫瑰 [Free to read in full] [The print edition is now available at major retailers] It snowed heavily that winter during Xu Ding’s sophomore year. Before heading back to his dorm for a nap, he went to pick up a package with his roommate. As he stepped out of the parcel station, he suddenly heard someone shout above the noisy crowd, “Xu Ding! Xu Ding’s sweetheart! What are the last four digits of your phone number?” He turned around with everyone else, looking at a girl trying to snatch a package fro 76.3kFavorites69.2kClicks/ch32.5kGifts
- 38 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
- 39 Ten Thousand Stars 万星 [The main story and all extras are complete] (Because the story is too long for me to guarantee a regular update schedule, it was not paywalled during serialization. After considering it, I decided not to paywall the extras either. The whole novel is free to read. Writing a million-word free novel is no easy feat. A kind word can warm someone for three winter months, so thank you very much.) “The way of Heaven is there for all to see. If all the nobles at court care only for themselves, then so 73.8kFavorites20.5kClicks/ch171kGifts
- 40 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
- 41 Extra Stories 番外集 Various extras and short stories, posted from time to time. The heart-fluttering moments hidden in the corners of the city are all worth remembering. 1. “Want to Voice Chat? I Have a Loli Voice” (Xiao Jin x Lin Qiu, League of Legends, short story) 2. “Ten Years” (Deng Wenrui x Ling Yuan, “The Boss”) 3. “After a Long Drought, I Found You” (He Han x Yue Wenwen, “Arch-Enemies”) 4. “Online Romance Gone Wrong”: Lu Wenhao’s bonus story for May 20! 5. “Wait for Me After School”: 2022 birthday bonus s 143.5kFavorites286.8kClicks/ch15.8kGifts
- 42 My Days as a Runner on Liangshan 我在梁山跑腿的日子 Ongoing: Reborn Before the Prince Consort's Coup, a princess's tale of revenge Coming soon: Set Sail!, the rise of a female merchant in ancient times Ruan Xiaolu transmigrated into the body of an ordinary fisherman's daughter. Oh, a farming story, she thought. Until a hundred and five men and three women arrived at the marsh outside her village. These people came from all corners of the land, and every last one of them was a demanding handful. To survive, Ruan Xiaolu had no choice but to get m 22.8kFavorites39.4kClicks/ch65.5kGifts
- 43 21+ Bite Mark (2026) 咬痕（2026） 91.7kFavorites61.1kClicks/ch88kGifts
- 44 One Lifetime, One World: A Beauty’s Bones 一生一世，美人骨 A beauty's bones are a rare sight in this world. Those with bones lack the skin, and those with skin lack the bones. Most people have shallow eyes. They see only the skin, never the bones. How lucky would you be if, in today's world, someone who remembered two lifetimes loved you deeply? That was how Shi Yi felt about Zhou Sheng Chen. But he had long since forgotten her. "Life is but a dream. How much joy can it hold? Of all things, only Shi Yi is what I seek..." Theme: Long live China 239.9kFavorites389.5kClicks/ch28kGifts
- 45 A Night of Possibilities 有可能的夜晚 If life can be divided into many, many chapters, then the night Di Yue walked through the Liang family's door was probably the beginning of a new chapter. The chapter title wasn't very long: A Night of Possibility. - Not paywalled. Free to read. It's a short story, around a hundred thousand words, and it's sweet. - My next story will be “Glass City.” Theme: Work hard at life and keep moving forward. 87.3kFavorites107.1kClicks/ch14.7kGifts
- 46 Before the Snow 白雪之前 In this carefree age Before the snow Everything began with roses And ended in flames Theme: A tribute to life 85.6kFavorites39.1kClicks/ch134.3kGifts
- 47 Spring Returns to Every Tree [1970] 万木春[1970] (The female-led mystery next door, He, is now available. Click into my author page to read it.) In 1950, Tang Guoxing was eight years old. The others called her Little Tang, and she'd correct them solemnly: "I'm eight. I'm too old for a childhood nickname. From now on, call me Tang Guoxing." Her grandfather wanted her to learn carpentry and become a carpenter. Tang Guoxing: "I don't want to be a carpenter. I want to be the grain depot director!" In 1970, twenty-eight-year-old Tang Guoxing was 20.5kFavorites18.9kClicks/ch26.4kGifts
- 48 Stewed Squid in Honey Sauce 蜜汁炖鱿鱼 She thought she was pursuing a handsome guy in real life. She never expected him to be an ancient legend of the esports scene. No real-life inspiration, no real-life inspiration, no real-life inspiration... Theme: Youth and dreams 207.4kFavorites2.5MClicks/ch9.8kGifts
- 49 The Willful Minister 恣睢之臣 [Currently editing and formatting, and catching typos along the way.] Everyone is wary of Bai Jiu’s mercurial moods. Only Xin Yi can keep him in line. A story about a down-and-out young heir who is doted on by a cruel, vicious, and ruthless older man. A truly ruthless and scheming powerful official gong x a genuinely kind and gentle young heir shou 1v1, sweet and doting, HE. Theme: Give it some thought. 198.7kFavorites227.9kClicks/ch17.1kGifts
- 50 Human Administrator 人类管理员 (Complete. The author's other story, Global Nightmare, is now underway.) “Have you ever grown corn? If one plant in a huge field develops a disease, the farmer digs it up and plants another corn plant in its place.” I carefully explained the finer points of farming to the person in front of me. The person in front of me continued to scream in distress. “So you killed me and replaced me with an identical copy?” I quickly explained, “Don't say things like that. This isn't killing, it's replaceme 46.3kFavorites42.3kClicks/ch75.9kGifts
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