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  1. 51 I Stumbled on the Shocking Truth About My Own Contract Marriage! 吃到我自己契约婚姻的惊天大瓜! Modern Romance197k WordsCompleted “Smack!” Chen Wan’er slapped a sheet of paper down on the coffee table. “What’s this?” Jiang Haoran asked, staring at it in confusion. The words “Five-Year Contract” were written across the page. “Sign it!” Chen Wan’er lifted her chin. “We’re not even married yet, and you’re already thinking about divorce?” Jiang Haoran smiled contemptuously. To him, Chen Wan’er’s behavior seemed childish. “We have to get married anyway, so we might as well set some ground rules in advance,” Chen Wan’er argued. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  2. 52 Xin Xin's Tenacious Struggle 顽强的新欣奋斗史 Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted Xin Xin never imagined that, while making her way to the capital on borrowed money and charging ahead toward becoming a successful, independent woman, she would get caught up in so many tangled relationships with Zhang Xiaoxiong, Jiang Hong, and Li Shu. Just when Xin Xin thought Zhang Xiaoxiong had left her for good, he showed up on the street under another name, alive and well, and acting as intimately with Li Shu as a couple. Xin Xin can’t let it go. She needs Zhang Xiaoxiong to give her a rea —Reads—Score—Shelves
  3. 53 An Adult Overnight 一夜成年 Modern Romance135k WordsCompleted This story is purely coincidental. Any similarities are definitely fictional. A story about youth, written for myself and for them. For those born in the 1980s and 1990s. Set in Dongguan and Shenzhen. Thank you. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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  4. 54 Kisses and Heat Waves: The Captain Wants to Take to the Skies 拥吻热浪:机长她想上天 Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted [Slow-Burn Feel-Good Romance + Workplace + Rekindled Love + Pilot + Runaway Bride + Mutual Healing + Campus Romance + Mutual Devotion] (An early work, read with caution) *Dashing female pilot + Sharp, calculating, domineering CEO who's secretly a lovesick fool* Xu Zhao believes a good ex should be as good as dead, but apparently, someone disagrees. That year, on the basketball court, Xu Zhao accepted a bottle of water from a junior girl and was surrounded by a crowd. Someone nearby kept shouting 36Reads—Score—Shelves
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  5. 55 You Pick on Me? Just You Wait! 欺负我?你等着瞧! Modern Romance101k WordsCompleted Xin Rui goes from a good girl to a leading lady, all thanks to a little scumbag from elementary school! You lousy men, just you wait! My revenge is coming. Are you ready? If you are, then let’s get started! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  6. 56 The Matchmaker’s Comic and Tragic Fate 红娘啼笑因缘 Urban1.7M WordsCompleted A matchmaker who transmigrated, still so young and already arranging marriages. What a farcical situation! The matchmaker Hongniang in the Peking opera The Story of the Western Wing is famous for helping lovers find happiness. Could a real-life matchmaker actually be the reincarnation of the Hongniang from The Story of the Western Wing? Can the Book of Changes really predict love and marriage? 8Reads7.0Score—Shelves
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  7. 57 My Life Before Thirty 我的30岁以前 Urban322k WordsCompleted My beloved ex-girlfriend got married and had a child, and I didn’t have the courage to slash her tires and crash the wedding. Then, by chance, I rescued two beautiful women, and the tangled threads of fate began to unfold. I refuse to spend my whole life as an ordinary man. I want to take the best grandmother in the world traveling. I want to protect the little sister I care about most. I want to marry the woman who loves me most... I want so much, but I’m just an ordinary person. My name is Jia 1.3kReads8.5Score117Shelves
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  8. 58 N Dream: A Fateful Encounter with Light, Blood, and the Divine N梦奇缘之亦光亦皿亦神明 Modern Romance524k WordsOngoing The emotional journey from a college student on the verge of graduation to a sophisticated city woman, with the emotional side stories of her close-knit group of girlfriends gradually unfolding... From the start, it seems like an ordinary summer vacation is just around the corner... Shen Ying finds herself falling for one male guest after another: number one, number two, number three, and number four. Is it a crush? The beginning of something? Love at first sight? Or just the prologue? Will it a —Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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  9. 59 Married First, Loved Later: Where Can My Wife Run? 先婚后爱,老婆那里跑 Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted [Both Leads Are Each Other’s Only One + Mild Rekindled Romance + Slow-Burn, Sweet Story] The male lead holds the female lead to an absurdly high standard, sees her through an outrageously rosy lens, gets jealous easily, says one thing and means another, constantly worries about losing her, and is completely lovestruck. Jiajia, just spoil him! Spoil him until he can’t even speak. Story blurb: The two things Cui Qingjia regrets most: First: deliberately attracting Luo Hechuan’s attention. Second: 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  10. 60 My First Love Came Chasing After Me with a Love Number Sign 初恋他举着爱的号码牌追来了 Modern Romance132k WordsOngoing [Rekindled Romance + First Love + Mutual Devotion + Winning Her Back + Protecting Her + Love Rival Showdown] One day The first-love guy moved closer to Shu Li and asked through gritted teeth, “I can’t drive you?” Shu Li edged back, her eyes darting around. “He’s a pretty good driver.” “I know the roads better,” said the love-at-first-sight guy. “You don’t trust the navigation?” the first-love guy asked. “Navigation isn’t always reliable,” Shu Li murmured in reply. “So he’s reliable? You think I’ —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 61 My Dream Guy Happens to Love Me Too 男神恰好也爱我 Modern Romance441k WordsCompleted [A pale-as-a-glowstick shut-in author × a gentle, handsome rising star of the entertainment world] [Love at first sight + a deliberately arranged reunion + sweet romance + past and present lives] Whether you’re the actor Ye Cheng or Ye Cheng, Commander of the Imperial City Bureau, you’re mine. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  12. 62 Goodbye, I Still Only Like You 再见还是只喜欢你 Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted In their senior year of high school, Fang Yin secretly starts dating Zhou Wenhao, the top student in their grade. During the college entrance exam, Zhou Wenhao misses one of his tests for personal reasons. He also receives a breakup message from Fang Yin. Seven years without contact later, Fang Yin unexpectedly runs into Zhou Wenhao at work. You shouldn't meet someone dazzling when you're young. No matter how far life takes you, you may find that you're still only in love with them. A campus rom 62Reads—Score—Shelves
  13. 63 The Female Property Manager 女房管 Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Comedy + Inspiration + Self-Redemption + A Working Person's Handbook + Workplace] [Comedy + Inspiration + Self-Redemption + A Working Person's Handbook + Workplace + Career Advancement] Following a working girl from age twenty to fifty, this story reveals the hardships faced by ordinary workers. This novel gives working people a voice. If you love hardship, there will always be more hardship to bear. If you want to turn your life around, you can build a good life. Looking back on those years of 16Reads6.9Score—Shelves
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  14. 64 Darling, Could You Please Give Me Back My Fountain Pen? 亲爱的,请把钢笔还我,好吗? Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Though they had never met in high school, their handwritten letters to each other made waves that summer. Just when we thought their story was about to blossom into something beautiful, fate drove them apart, leaving them with only the two fountain pens they had once held tight... Seven years later, when the boy and girl meet again, where will the future take them at this crossroads in the endless bustle of life? 40Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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  15. 65 Let Me See the Good in You 让我看见你的好 Modern Romance151k WordsOngoing After graduating from dance school at nineteen, Liu Wenhui married local tycoon Li Junjie, who was ten years her senior, and became a full-time housewife. Sadly, when she was thirty-five, her husband died suddenly in an accident, leaving behind a huge company with no one to take over. Liu Wenhui resolved to step in and become a formidable businesswoman. As someone with no experience in the working world, she faced unimaginable difficulties at first, with every kind of cutthroat business maneuver —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  16. 66 Deep Inside My Core 深入我芯 Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Mutual Devotion + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance] Their first two meetings were accidental. Every coincidence after that was part of his carefully laid plan. When Jiang Yi Shen met Tang Xin, he fell for her at first sight. He quietly set his plans in motion, and the two got to know each other, fell in love, and walked hand in hand into marriage, sharing the warm everyday moments of life from the first flush of romance to raising children. Side story one: Xu Man thought sh 2.4kReads8.7Score146Shelves
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  17. 67 A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫 Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [The right people will find their way back to each other, no matter how many twists and turns it takes.] [One true pairing, both leads are each other's only ones + reunion after a long separation + winning back his wife and claiming his child + adorable kids playing matchmaker] Zhou Yuan met Qin Yue by chance and fell in love at first sight. After one passionate night together, an urgent assignment sent him overseas. Before leaving, he thought he'd arranged everything properly, never imagining t 5.4kReads8.9Score290Shelves
  18. 68 After All These Years, We Finally Meet Again 岁月流转终相见 Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + Rekindled Love + Healing Through Family + Realistic Happy Ending] After drifting apart like clouds, ten years passed like flowing water. When we met again, my heart recognized you before I did. A summer romance came to an abrupt end because of an unfortunate misunderstanding. More than ten years later, thirty-five-year-old Gu Yan discovered by chance that he had a daughter in high school, and was reunited with the girl he had loved when he was young. Long-buried memo 5.5kReads7.4Score213Shelves
  19. 69 The Time I Spent in Love With Her 和她相恋的时光 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 843Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  20. 70 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight] [She Pursues Him] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [Sweet, Realistic Romance] [Happy Ending] At twenty, the lively and spirited Chen Luo Chu meets Chu Yun. One look is all it takes for her to fall for him. She can barely hide the light in her eyes, and there is only one thought on her mind: make him hers. Once she confirms he is single, she boldly confesses, "Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?" Chu Yun gently turns her down with a simple, "We're not right for each other." But Chen L 1.4kReads—Score104Shelves
  21. 71 Love Will Come to Rest 爱会停歇 Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Playboy Turns Devoted] [Love Grows Over Time] [Sweet with a Little Angst] [Class Difference] Chen Chao, a rich playboy, falls sincerely in love with Yu Jiawen, who comes from an ordinary family. He knows he isn't the kind of person she'd ideally choose, but he can't let go of his feelings for her. "Yu Jiawen, do you know? Meeting you made me feel like I could have a proper relationship too." "I've thought about giving you up, but I just can't accept it. Watching you date, marry, and have childr 3.3kReads8.4Score160Shelves
  22. 72 Mr. Zhou, My Unrequited Love 单恋的周先生 Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Older Woman, Younger Man + Redemption + Realistic Romance] Three-year age gap. [Secret Love Becomes Mutual, from the Male Lead’s Perspective; Marriage First, Love Later, from the Female Lead’s Perspective] Everyone is level-headed and clear-minded. The woman Zhou Wang had kept in his heart for three years. He thought there could never be anything between them and was ready to give up, but then he unexpectedly learned what she had been through. His heart ached for her, and at the same time, he f 1.5kReads8.2Score103Shelves
  23. 73 Mountains and Rivers, Naturally Unadorned 山水不造作 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Media + A male lead who speaks his mind + Opinion leader + Two equally matched leads + Angsty romance + Cat lover + AI] [Urban romance + Realistic fiction] [Entirely fictional] Television was once the heart of every household. Now, it has become a forgotten corner of the times. Pei Yuchi, a TV host born in the 1990s, recited scripts written by others, his edges worn down by rigid procedures. Then reform began, thrusting him into the eye of the storm and making him the blade that would break th 8Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 74 After My Confession Failed, I Turned to Leave, but She Started Crying 表白失败我转身离开她却哭了 Urban665k WordsCompleted [Everyday Romance, Sweet and Heartwarming] Everyone has a few idealized first loves in their youth. But if sincere devotion is met with nothing but one-sided willingness, that relationship will eventually come to an end. Su Mu and Xia Chu grew up together and were practically inseparable. Su Mu loved Xia Chu deeply, but she took everything he did for her for granted. At her birthday party, Su Mu confessed again, only to be rejected by Xia Chu. This time, he decided to leave. He was tired, truly 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 75 City of Farewells 诀别之城 Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted Three years ago, a devastating betrayal left Yang Jie heartbroken, and she called off the wedding she had looked forward to all her life. She thought she and Ye Mao would have nothing more to do with each other. Three years later, the man who had hurt her so deeply appeared before her again, quietly pleading for forgiveness. The real estate industry is a cutthroat world, and people are hard to read. Her former lover presses closer at every turn, and their old feelings refuse to fade. This time —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  26. 76 I Quit My Job and Opened a Free Classroom in My Village, and It Went Viral! 辞职回村开了间公益教室,火了! Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted [Urban Sweet Romance] [Realistic Workplace] [Sound Values] [No First Love or One That Got Away, No System, No Transmigration or Rebirth, No Golden Finger] A story close to everyday life! Lighthearted and healing! A hilarious plot! Lou Hua, an art student, resigns from her white-collar job in a major city to live life on her own terms, returning to a small mountain village to open a free classroom. Then a group of fashionable, highly educated, hilarious city folks arrive~ —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  27. 77 You're the One I Love Most 你是我最爱的那个人 Urban370k WordsCompleted [Series: 1. You Are the Person I Love Most] [Series: 2. Moonlight at Our Desk, Scattered Across Two Cities] [Urban]+ [School life]+ [Romance]+ [First-person narration]+ [Semi-autobiographical] Chen He is me, and I am Chen He. During their noisy high school years, filled with the cries of cicadas, Chen He and Xiao Yao spend three years as deskmates, together every day. The strands of hair that fall across her face as she bends over her homework, the bright smile in her eyes when she shares snacks 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 78 Who Taught You to Live Off Women Like This?! 谁教你这么吃软饭的! Urban122k WordsOngoing After returning to his younger years once again, Lin Huan didn’t want to live off women like he had in his previous life. He wanted to work hard and forge a different path for himself: honorary principal of Yiling Art Studio, president of Huyuan University’s student council, an outstanding young man of Nanwei City... But little by little, Lin Huan realized that no matter how hard he tried, people still seemed determined to call him a kept man! What he found hardest to accept was that he seemed b —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 79 My CEO Boyfriend Is a Money Printer 我的霸总男友是印钞机 Modern Romance137k WordsOngoing Emotionally oblivious heroine who grows over time X calculating, aloof heartthrob (five-year age gap, both pure, one-on-one romance, pseudo-childhood friends, he falls for her in secret) After a chance meeting with a feng shui master, Lin Zhiyi learns that her Five Elements are deficient in Water, and that Water will bring her prosperity and wealth. He advises her to find a husband associated with Water. Lin Zhiyi knows two men with Water in their names: one is surnamed Jiang, and the other's g —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 80 A Salaryman’s Springtime 社畜的春天 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted A virgin college student and office drone has barely set foot in another city when a flight attendant mistakes him for someone else and takes him to bed. Then a wealthy young woman pursues him relentlessly, and a tycoon mistakes him for the son who died in a car accident... Is this an opportunity, or a disaster? Behind his life on easy mode, danger follows like a shadow. He dances on the edge of a knife, and one careless move could doom him forever... 6Reads6.6Score—Shelves
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  31. 81 The Dragon's Successor 大龙接班人 Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Campus romance + political intrigue + military affairs + powerful connections The protagonist, Zhou Ziqing, was taken away by an old Taoist priest when he was just a month old and taught various skills. At eighteen, he came down from the mountain and became “invincible,” possessing martial arts, medical expertise, and exceptional intelligence. He also navigates the political arena, takes part in extensive military operations, and lays out comprehensive business strategies, all on an epic scale. 305Reads8.4Score145Shelves
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  32. 82 The Ice-Cold Senior Actually Asked to Come Home with Me! 高冷学姐竟然主动要求跟我回家! Urban233k WordsOngoing [Campus Life] + [Dual Personality] + [One Female Lead] + [No System] + [Not Reborn] Just starting college, Qiu Yang meets a cool and aloof upperclasswoman. Qiu Yang: “Hello, senior. My name is Qiu Yang.” Jiang Suxue: “...Mm. Hello.” He thought they had only met by chance and would never cross paths again. But then, one day, Jiang Suxue: “Xiao Yangzi, come to your place today.” Qiu Yang: “Can I say no?” Jiang Suxue: “You can try!” Jiang Suxue: “Xiao Yangzi, Xiao Yangzi, you’re under arrest.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
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