Looking for Books Where the Male Lead Raises the Female Lead 求男主养大女主的书

1. 51 念 Yearning, Yearning! 念念，念念！ A Piece of Candy in My Palm掌心有颗糖Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Extra Sweet + Campus + Wealthy Families + Entertainment Industry + Both Pure] On the day Xie Yanwen turned nineteen, he suddenly gained a daughter. The little girl sat in the police station and pointed at him, telling the officers pitifully, “He’s my dad.” Looking at the pitiful little girl, Xie Yanwen kept a blank face while screaming internally. How could he have a daughter only a year younger than him? But from then on, he had a little shadow following him everywhere. The girl was especially 4.8kReads9.1Score39314d adds

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   💥💥In this book, the female lead's father, on his deathbed, entrusted the sixteen-year-old girl to the 36-year-old male lead. The male lead became her guardian, and the two later married. A year later, after the male lead passed away, the female lead transmigrated to when he was 20 years old, and her first words to him were calling him "Dad."

2. 52 云 Master Yun Raised a Little Rose with Thorns 云爷养了朵带刺的小玫瑰 Sweet Little Orange甜甜的橘子Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted [Possessive + cold and abstinent + ruthless, domineering CEO + seemingly lively and obedient, but secretly extremely possessive and flirtatious] When Yun Zhizhi was five, fourteen-year-old Yun Jingchen found her and brought her home. From then on, she became the little princess he cherished above all else. Everyone in S City knew that Yun Jingchen, head of the Yun family, had a precious darling whom he protected fiercely. She had never appeared in public in all these years, and everyone was curi 2.4kReads8.8Score24414d adds
3. 53 临 Better to Marry the One You Desire Than Long for Fish by the Abyss 临渊羡渔，不如求而娶之！ Youyou and Duoduo有有和多多Modern Romance520k WordsCompleted Original title: [Watching fish from the riverbank is no match for asking for her hand in marriage!] Short drama adaptation [Courted by the Cold Top Student]/ [Watching Fish from the Riverbank] has aired [Sweet campus romance] [Two top students] [Inspirational] [Heartwarming] [A soft and adorable-looking female top student who is cool-headed and slow to catch on] X [A cold-looking male top student with a wolf-dog streak who is warm only toward the heroine] On her first day at the Liang family hom 3.8kReads9.3Score47014d adds
4. 54 余 Sweet Notes on the Rest of Life 余生甜记杂谈 Nai Nai奈奈Modern Romance80k WordsCompleted We meet and part, become friends, grow close, then say goodbye. People come and go in this world. We never know how many we’ll meet, or where the road will ultimately lead. Every morning we wake to a fresh start. Let’s go somewhere far away, while our legs are still young and the days are still bright. Let’s see the desert, climb the perilous peaks, and journey across rivers and mountains. Then stay with me, facing the sea. The little things, the ordinary days, the quiet and peaceful moments: pe 48Reads9.3Score814d adds

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   We've known each other since we were toddlers. Anjing is her real name, but Mr. Ji rarely calls her that. When Anjing is angry, he calls her "Angry An"; when he thinks Anjing is cute, he calls her "Cute An"! It's just too sweet!

5. 55 炽 Blazing Wild Tenderness 炽野温柔 Jiu Wan九绾Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted [The print edition under the same title is now available on major platforms / The short drama under the same title is now streaming] [Gentle, resilient geology grad student x roguishly handsome tattoo artist / Age gap / Reunion after years apart / Saving each other] At a gathering, someone asked Xu Xing what she regretted most in her life. After thinking for a moment, she replied, “That I never got to let him hear my voice, never got to tell him I liked him, and never… found him.” - Four years a 36.1kReads9.5Score7.2k14d adds
6. 56 掌 The Ruler in His Hand 掌中戒尺 Lan Zhijin澜知锦Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted Shen Zhuo raised Lin Xi and disciplined her strictly. Lin Xi was rebellious in her youth, and he never held back when the cane came down. After marrying Shen Zhuo, she became even more unruly, challenging his limits time and again. Shen Zhuo raised his ruler once more… 187Reads—Score20614d adds
7. 57 民 Republican Era: My Sister Falls for My Brother-in-Arms, and Her Brother Cries in Desperation 民国：妹妹爱上兄弟，哥哥急哭了 White Clouds Perch on the Tip of the Brush白云栖笔端Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The rating is low because so few people have rated it, not because it's not good!] Gu Tinglan has two "older brothers." One is her older brother in name, Gu Liansheng. They grew up together and relied on each other to survive in troubled times. The other is Lu Chengzhou, a powerful Young Marshal. Refined and mature, he's her guardian angel, rescuing her from danger time and again. She thought she could keep everything in balance, until she opened Gu Liansheng's diary and found it filled with th 510Reads8.3Score—14d adds

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   This book is incredibly touching. The female protagonist was adopted by the male protagonist when she was about to freeze to death. From then on, she went from being a rural girl to a rich young lady, and the male protagonist became her brother. A few years later, the male protagonist's family was destroyed, and he worked hard to earn money to raise his sister.

8. 58 爱 Love and Desire Are Hard to Tell Apart 爱欲难辨 Seven Years Adrift七年飘摇Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted Former title: Love and Desire Are Hard to Tell Apart (Both leads are chaste + obsessive, controlling male lead + both angst and sweetness + domineering CEO with a fatherly streak + eight-year age gap) Angsty and sweet. The male lead is somewhat obsessive, so don't read if that's not your thing. A cage woven from love, one no one can escape. What kind of flower will bloom when love and hatred intertwine? An accident brings the two together, and they grow closer over time, but their love can only 59Reads9.3Score—14d adds

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   The female lead was taken in by the male lead when she was eight years old and raised until she was 22, at which point he began to domineeringly love her. The male lead is obsessive and controlling, and the female lead is terrified of him. She is also the one who caused the death of the male lead's older brother and his entire family of three. The story is both sweet and heartbreaking; the male lead's love is restrained, and he mentally tortures the female lead while loving her.

9. 59 五 Five Years of Waiting Came to Nothing: My Husband Brings His New Love to Demand a Divorce 五年痴等成空，夫君带女逼我和离 Cang Yuesheng仓月生Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [Both Chaste] [Romance with His Older Brother's Wife] [Male-Male Story] [The Male Lead is repeatedly seen completely naked but stays faithful. Later, what looks like infidelity is actually a guard in disguise; the male lead remains devoted to the female lead throughout.] [Dear readers, we're very sorry! When you reach Chapter 139, please skip straight to Chapter 146. Chapters 140 to 145 are inconsistent and can be ignored.] On their wedding night, unrest broke out at the border, and her husband 5.6kReads9.3Score43414d adds

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   The female lead gets cheated on right from the start, that's so tragic! She needs to kick that scumbag to the curb!

10. 60 皇 The Emperor's Brother Above: Childhood Sweethearts Win the Emperor's Heart 皇兄在上：竹马情牵入帝怀 User59707341用户59707341Ancient Romance534k WordsOngoing (Newly rated, score is expected to rise) Sweet historical romance + childhood sweethearts + devoted to each other + happy ending (seven-year age gap) + heroine isn't a strong, domineering type She was the niece of the regent's wife. Bearing the title of princess, she entered the palace's red walls. For the next ten years, he taught her to hold a brush and paint phoenixes, and protected her from the hidden arrows of palace intrigue. She became the only light in Zhao Jingyan's long, lonely years. 1Reads6.9Score—14d adds

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    This book features childhood sweethearts who grow up together. The male lead is a prince, and the female lead was a princess when she was young and became an empress when she grew up. It's a sweet and doting story with a slow and steady development. It's not a story about a strong female lead, but it's very sweet and doting.

11. 61 深 Deeply Indulged 深入溺爱 Ning Rui柠芮Modern Romance314k WordsOngoing When Yuntang was ten, she met Ji Yansheng, a noble and elegant man of twenty-five. “I’ll take care of you from now on,” he told her. Those few simple words led to his family adopting the girl, and he became her uncle. Young and innocent, she fell for her uncle as he cared for her with tenderness and warmth. But the age gap stood between them. Though they loved each other, neither dared to say it aloud. And so their story began... A bittersweet romance, dear readers. Enjoy! 6Reads7.3Score—14d adds

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    I highly recommend this! The couple is 15 years apart in age, not related by blood, and the female lead adopted him. I really love the forbidden love feeling!!

12. 62 强 Forced Indulgence: The Rich Older Man Gently Coaxes His Delicate Darling 强制宠溺：豪门老男人轻哄娇气包 Meeting Spring听春逢Modern Romance146k WordsCompleted [Forced possession + love after marriage + age gap] [Though the hero forces his love on her, he is the one who suffers; the heroine is carefree and indifferent; readers who favor the hero, beware] [Enchanting, mischievous little minx x calculating older man] [Foolish beauty x fatherly boyfriend] Yun Yao was raised from childhood by her late father's closest friend, whom she called “Uncle.” He taught Yun Yao how to navigate the world and always stood up for her, caring for her in every way. Y 129Reads6.2Score—14d adds

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    The ultimate domineering CEO, endlessly pampering the female lead; the first male lead on the show to be so angry he ended up in the hospital; age gap; he's been plotting his move on the female lead for a long time, using a slow, gradual approach to forcefully take her; the female lead is a bit of a drama queen.

13. 63 枕 Resting on the Rails 枕于轨上 Fat Cat Liuzi肥猫六子Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted At seven, she was brought into the Zhou family in his arms. For twenty-three years, she grew up following the tracks he laid. He was her teacher and the bureau chief: his ruler rapped her drafting notebook, yet as the years passed, his pen sketched the unspoken tide of longing between them. “You have exclusive right of way on my tracks.” He taught her to translate documents, prayer beads rolling over her collarbone. On a stormy night, he sheltered her from the rain, his Adam’s apple grazing the 7Reads6.6Score—14d adds

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    She was brought into the Zhou family at the age of seven, and for twenty-three years, she grew up on his tracks. He was her uncle and also a director; his ruler struck her sketchbook, but his pen drew unspoken emotions on her waist. "You are my exclusive right-of-way," he said, teaching her to translate documents, his prayer beads brushing against her collarbone. On a stormy night, he shielded her from the rain, his Adam's apple brushing against the top of her hair: "My daughter's heartbeat should be included in my orbital formula." Taboos, like vines entwining railway tracks, turned gears, each one an unresolved "I love you, sir." #ForbiddenLoveInTheRepublicOfChina #RaisingChildhood #ThePowerOfTheRanks #AmbiguousTug-of-War

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