Grand Prose, Never Gets Old: A Veteran Reader's Booklist 文笔大气，白看不厌，老白书单

1. 551 初 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + heroine pursues hero + nine-year age gap + sweet, down-to-earth romance + happy ending] The lively and spirited Chen Luochen meets Chu Yun when she's twenty. She falls for him at first sight, unable to hide the light in her eyes. She has only one thought: make him hers. After confirming he's single, she boldly confesses, “Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?” Chu Yun gently turns her down with a single line: “We're not right for each other.” But Chen Luochen doesn't back 1.2kReads—Score104Shelves
2. 552 和 The Time I Spent in Love With Her 和她相恋的时光 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + devoted one-on-one romance + rekindled love + healing with a touch of angst] A grounded, everyday story with smart characters. Gao Yuchen, an isolated orphan, happens to meet her next-door neighbor, Mu Yang. Mu Yang pursues her passionately, and they soon fall in love. She thinks they’ll be happy together, only to discover that their happiness was built on a lie, albeit one told with good intentions by the male lead. She coldly tells him she never wants to see him again. I 760Reads8.1Score—Shelves
3. 553 千 The Greatest Woman in History: Empress Lü Zhi 千古第一女人吕后吕雉 Three Mao One三毛一Modern Romance549k WordsCompleted The greatest queen under heaven, who endured the unbearable only to endure it again: a scheming, adulterous, yet great woman of flesh and blood Branded the “Greatest Poisonous Woman” for two thousand years, Lü Zhi was an “iron-blooded phoenix” who fought her way through a patriarchal age. China’s first woman to rule from behind the curtain, she blazed a trail for women to wield power over an empire. She is counted alongside Wu Zetian and Empress Dowager Cixi as one of China’s three great female 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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4. 554 广 A Guangzhou Campus Love Story 广州校园爱情故事 Three Mao One三毛一Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Volume One, “Conceiving a Child to Die! My Influencer Girlfriend”: Mao San, a graduate student in civil engineering, meets streamer Xue Yue during a livestream. Their online flirtation blossoms into an offline romance, but he has no idea that Xue Yue is shackled by both a debt of gratitude that requires her to bear a child and thalassemia. She quietly returns to her hometown to give birth. Mao San searches for her across a thousand miles, but in the end he cannot keep her by his side. Xue Yue di 5Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 555 下 Next Stop: Jiahe Wanggang Station 下一站，嘉禾望岗站 Three Mao One三毛一Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted Next Stop: Jiahe Wanggang Station 4Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 556 为 I Made Two Trips to a Bathhouse to Uncover a 219-Yuan Service 为揭秘219元服务，两闯洗浴城 Three Mao One三毛一14k WordsCompleted Two trips to a bathhouse to uncover the 219-yuan service —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 557 我 I Saw the 9,999-Yuan “Loneliness” at a Nightclub 我见识夜总会的9999元“寂寞” Three Mao One三毛一Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted I saw the “loneliness” on offer for 9,999 yuan at a nightclub 4Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 558 我 I Became Her “Tool for Getting What She Needed” 我成了她的“需求工具人” Three Mao One三毛一Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted I became her “human tool for meeting her needs” —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 559 东 An Erotic Scandal in a Dongguan Village Rental 东莞庄出租屋艳情丑闻 Three Mao One三毛一Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Sex scandal in a rented room in Dongguan Zhuang —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 560 我 My Coworker and I Sparked a “Flame” in the Car 我和同事在车里擦出“火” Three Mao One三毛一8k WordsCompleted My colleague and I sparked a “fire” in the car —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 561 我 My Exes Have All Drifted Away 我的前任们都随风飘去 Three Mao One三毛一7k WordsCompleted My exes have all drifted away on the wind —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 562 一 A May-December Romance That Nearly Got Yue Lao's Attention 一场差点惊动月老的姐弟恋 Three Mao One三毛一9k WordsCompleted A May-December Romance That Almost Had the Matchmaker God Stepping In 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 563 我 Am I Selling a House or Myself? 我卖的是房子，还是我自己？ Three Mao One三毛一8k WordsCompleted Am I Selling Houses, or Myself? —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 564 5 Five Minutes 5分钟 Three Mao One三毛一Marriage & Romance20k WordsCompleted Five Minutes —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 565 邻 My Neighbor's Beautiful Wife 邻居的美老婆 Three Mao One三毛一Marriage & Romance16k WordsCompleted My Neighbor’s Beautiful Wife —Reads—Score—Shelves

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