Angsty Stories with a Substitute Lover Trope 虐文，替身梗
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An All-Consuming Passion: The Cold Young Master's Feisty Little Bunny 顶级缠绵，冷少的娇蛮小白兔
[Unhinged, domineering powerhouse + gentle, vulnerable little white rabbit + angst before sweetness + mutually devoted + doted on to the extreme later + desperate pursuit of his wife] Leng Zhijin had loved her older sister for years, and she had always been her sister’s stand-in. He married her only because he wanted to find traces of her sister in her. “Leng Zhijin, do you love me?” “Ye Wanwan, you can have anything you want, except my love.” Later, when they met again after a long separation,
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The Rose of Hong Kong Island 港岛玫瑰
[Little Princess of Harbor City x Heir to the Capital's Elite] Sharp-tongued, dazzling socialite x Cunning, devoted business magnate Love at first sight for him, love after marriage for her, with a six-year age gap Wang Shu is the youngest daughter of the Wang family of Harbor City. A little princess raised in luxury, she's also a refined socialite kept behind glass, her life shaped by her family's fate. Ji Cen, heir to the Ji family of the capital, is cold-hearted, profit-driven, and ruthless.
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The Beautiful Qipao Lady 旗袍娇美人
(The male lead isn’t a scumbag, he’s just a little mean-spirited. Feel free to dive in, everyone! Just wait until he starts chasing his wife!) [Long-planned romance + marriage first, love later + sweet indulgence + groveling arc + cheongsam beauty] [Gentle and serene classical beauty Shen Zhi in a cheongsam vs. Shang He, a chaste male god in gold-rimmed glasses in public, but a shameless menace once he takes them off] Everyone knew that Shang He, the eldest grandson of the Shang family in Yangch
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The White Moonlight Tossed Aside the Script and Joined the Immortal World's Villain 白月光她扔了剧本，投奔仙界反派
[Female lead: slyly keeping a low profile while thinking she's the hunter / Male lead: sweet on the outside, dark within, and willing to be the prey] Gu Nanyan transmigrated into a cultivation novel about a stand-in and was forced to play the supporting role for an entire lifetime. After painstakingly following the plot to the end, she never expected to be reborn in the novel's world. Gu Nanyan: “I really can't thank you enough!” Thinking back on the previous life's plot, she had barely made it
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A Secret Marriage, Burned to Ashes 藏婚予烬
[Short drama now streaming] Guan Min died saving Guan Hua. Gentle and kind, Guan Min made rebellious Guan Hua look like a complete delinquent. Guan Hua, with her terrible reputation, made Qi Zhanzhi, who loved Guan Min, marry her. Gripping her by the throat, Qi Zhanzhi snarled, “Why couldn’t it have been you who died!” But later, Qi Zhanzhi climbed the mountain on his knees, bowing at every step until he reached Qiyuan Palace. Before the statue of the Buddha Tathagata of the Three Treasures, he
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Making You Cry 惹哭
Everyone thought Mu Nanqi hated Yu Yingying with all his heart. When they met again, he used every means at his disposal to take revenge and torment her.
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After Giving Up on Love, She Took the World by Storm 不谈恋爱后，她轰动全球
Everyone thought Xi An was hopelessly in love with Jiang Yan. Even Jiang Yan believed it. Whenever someone asked, she answered without hesitation: “I like him. He’s the one I like most...” But Jiang Yan said, “We can date, An’an, but you can’t ask for too much or be too greedy. I could never marry you.” And then Jiang Yan’s eyes were bloodshot, his face twisted with anger and hurt. “Who did you take me for? Huh? Who are you looking at through me? I tried so hard to please you, to fit your ta
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Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Tears Up the Cannon Fodder Plot Again 快穿：白月光又撕了炮灰剧本
At first, none of them liked her. Later, she became the unreachable first love in their hearts! A scum-trashing Mary Sue romance, with regretful exes chasing their wives! After cultivating for a thousand years, the parasitic vine spirit Si Si finally succeeds in ascending. But during the Ascension Ceremony, her superior gets her in trouble. The Heavenly Dao orders her to help cannon-fodder supporting heroines in three thousand worlds fulfill their wishes. Only after earning enough merit can she
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The Substitute Falls in Love 替身沦陷
Yan Yue was a rich heiress, beautiful and wealthy. All the young heirs in Beicheng wanted to marry her. But Yan Yue had never thought much of anyone. She lived like an aloof immortal, free of worldly desire. Then one day, news spread through Beicheng that Yan Yue had married Jiang Chi, the notorious playboy. Later, everyone said Yan Yue was hopelessly in love with Jiang Chi. Only Jiang Chi knew that Yan Yue had given her heart to someone else long ago, and there was no place in it for him. She c
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Silly, Don’t Cry 傻子，别哭
(Completed. A deeply angsty novel with a devoted heroine and a scumbag hero who gets what he deserves.) Huo Chenzhou's first love ran away with another man, so when he couldn't marry her, he married her older sister instead. Forced to be Meng Jiao's substitute, Meng Sheng spent two years loving Huo Chenzhou with all her might. In return, he gave her nothing but endless neglect. She lost her child, then her kidney... and was locked up in an asylum, where her hand was severed, leaving her a la
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During the Divorce Cooling-Off Period, She Chases Her Husband to the Crematorium 离婚冷静期，她追夫火葬场
Synopsis: [Secret identities + Substitute + First love + Marriage before love + Mutual salvation + Husband-chasing crematorium] (The male lead suffers in the early part, then she chases after him. This is very male-lead-focused, so don't read it if you can't handle that! It's not a mindless power fantasy; the male lead is genuinely lowly and self-effacing at first!) A cool, aloof CEO with a host of secret identities × Jian Qingya, a genius jewelry designer A blind date brings the two together in
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Kneel and Kiss the Iris 跪吻鸢尾
Tu Mingyuan was made to marry the ruthless CEO of the Li family in her sister's place. He spent every night indulging himself with her, and she thought he loved her. But that was only what she believed. When he had to choose between two people, she was the one he abandoned. Pregnant, she fell into the sea and vanished without a trace. At last, the ruthless CEO went mad. “Drain every drop of seawater if you have to, but find her! I want her alive if she's alive, and her body if she's dead!” Three
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The Guilty Wife Can’t Escape 罪妻逃不掉
After a car accident, she was declared the culprit, and Fu Yanchen personally sent her to prison. Three years behind bars left her timid and insecure, but Fu Yanchen still wouldn't let her go. He kept her imprisoned by his side and subjected her to endless torment. Eventually, she vanished without a trace. Only then did the man panic.
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The Possessive Tycoon's Beloved: Madam, You Can't Escape 偏执大佬的心尖宠，夫人你逃不掉
In her previous life, Su Muchen was blind to the truth and cast aside Huo Jingchuan, the man who loved her most. Then the man she loved most and the sister she trusted most betrayed her, leaving her to die at the hands of a cheating scumbag and his cruel mistress. Given a second life, she opens her eyes, tears apart the scheming woman, takes on the scumbag, and even flirts a little with her future husband.
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Married, but Keeping It Secret 结婚了，但是隐婚
[Mutual First Love + Secret Marriage + White Moonlight + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + Personal Growth] I married my boss, but we kept it a secret. “I heard the boss got married.” “I think his wife is the heiress of the S Group.” “Wow! A power couple, then. I wonder whose mouth is watering with envy? Not me…” While my coworkers were enthusiastically gossiping, the boss strolled past at an unhurried pace and dropped a bombshell that nearly scorched the place to the ground. “That's right,
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The Bride Who Took Her Place: Her Husband Returns After Three Years Missing 替嫁娇妻，失踪三年的老公忽然回来了
Xia Nuanxin took her sister’s place in an arranged marriage. She thought it would be a marriage in name only, but her “husband,” who had been missing for three years, suddenly came back. She was so startled that she turned to run, but the man cornered her against the wall. “What’s wrong? So excited to see me?” Xia Nuanxin forced a smile. “Of course! I’ve been counting the days until you came home.” “Heh...” The man lifted her chin with his long fingers. “In that case, I’ll grant you that little
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Quick Transmigration: The Heartless Woman Who Broke the Big Shot 快穿之渣女她虐哭了大佬
Yu Xiaoyu is a mission-taker in the Scumbag Women Group. She unexpectedly gets a chance at promotion and starts diligently completing missions under her scumbag-woman secret identity. But why does some powerful big shot keep popping up, wanting her to play him so he can give her Scumbag Points? Big shot: “I think I fell in love with you at first sight.” Yu Xiaoyu: “Go away.” Big shot: “I want to date you.” Yu Xiaoyu: “The kind where you get your body and heart stolen?” Big shot: “If you dare run
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Those Years! Losing My Mind! Chasing Her Through Hell! A Childhood That Went Wrong 那些年！精神失常！追妻火葬场！小时候过不好的经历
Those Years! Mental Breakdown! The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin! A Troubled Childhood
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Chasing Her Through Hell: A Marriage That Spoiled Its Sweetheart 追夫火葬场:养成系婚姻“宠坏了”
The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin: A “Spoiled” Grooming-Style Marriage
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Diary of a Villainess in the Making: Obsessive! Niche! Powerful Family! Childhood Sweethearts! 恶女养成日记:病娇！小众！高干！青梅竹马！
Diary of a Villainess in the Making: Obsessive Love! Niche! Powerful Family! Childhood Friends!
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The He Family, Book One 《何家》第一部
The He Family, Part One
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Married Life of a Little Lamb and a Big Bad Wolf 小绵羊与大灰狼的婚后生活
A sheepish woman with only a middle school education, and a big bad wolf with a high school education. They have a three-year-old son and two elderly parents at home. A story of everyday life, told in a simple, warm style, about married life.
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A Collection of Stories About A Nuo 关于阿诺的故事合集
A Collection of Stories About A Nuo
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Powerful Family: A Letter to My First-Love Senior 高干:写给初恋学长的信
Powerful Family: A Letter to My First Love, Senior
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From School Uniforms to Wedding Gowns: Mr. Gu, Stop Fighting 从校服到婚纱:顾总，别打了。
From School Uniforms to Wedding Dress: President Gu, Stop Hitting Me.
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Rental-Apartment Romance: Sweet! Devoted! After Making It Big, I Spoil My Wife 出租屋文学:甜宠!双洁!创业成功之后我特别疼老婆
Rental Apartment Romance: Sweet and Fluffy! Both Pure! After Building a Successful Business, I Spoil My Wife Rotten
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After Gu Xingyao's Miscarriage and Suicide, Mr. He Regretted Everything 顾星遥流产自杀后，何总后悔了。
After Gu Xingyao miscarried and took her own life, President He regretted everything.
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Mending a Broken Relationship: After Cheating and Lying to His Wife, Young Mr. Jiang Wept and Begged on His Knees 破镜重圆:出轨欺骗老婆后，小江总哭着下跪
Rekindled Love: After Cheating on and Deceiving His Wife, Young President Jiang Wept and Fell to His Knees
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Chasing Her Through Hell: The Campus Heartthrob Pursues His Wife Through Tears 追妻火葬场，校草边哭唧唧边追老婆
The Ex-Wife Chase from Hell: The Campus Heartthrob Chases His Wife While Sobbing
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After Becoming the World-Destroying Black Lotus, I Took on Ten Lifetimes of Love Tribulations as a Side Job 穿成灭世黑莲后，我兼职十世情劫
1v1 + fantasy + transmigration + stand-in + sweet and angsty In an unfamiliar cultivation world, Ling Qingqing accidentally transmigrates into a black lotus with too little power and far too much beauty, the kind that could destroy heaven and earth! To avoid being “proven the Dao” by the Celestial Realm, she mistakenly latches onto the grandson of the Celestial Emperor, who has descended to the mortal world to undergo a trial! As it turns out, the Celestial Emperor’s grandson, Bai Zhejun, is the
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The Captured Crown Princess of a Fallen Kingdom Becomes the New Emperor's Prisoner 亡国长公主被俘，沦为新君阶下囚
The official ending is a sad one! The bonus chapters give readers the second male lead taking the hero’s place and a happy ending! [The male lead is an extremely deranged, obsessive, and possessive man early on, and he abuses the heroine! If you can’t handle that as a heroine fan, don’t read!] [Stubborn, determined princess of a fallen kingdom + ruthless, deranged new emperor] [Tragic romance + possessive coercion + forced love + imprisonment of body and heart + fictional setting] The heroine ha
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Quick Transmigration: Don't Let the Villain Turn Evil 快穿之反派别黑化
Su Huan is bound to a System and transmigrates into the bodies of supporting characters with tragic fates. Even when she's dealt a terrible hand from the start, she always manages to play a winning card and turn things around with a stunning face-slapping comeback. But whenever she focuses on stirring up trouble in each world, there's always a villain who gets obsessed with her and turns dark. A lovesick man gazes at her gloomily, smiling with downcast eyes: “I can pretend to be just the way you
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Quick Transmigration: The Host Doesn’t Want to Clear Her Name Anymore 快穿之宿主她不想洗白了
[Quick transmigration feel-good story] [Also known as My Host Doesn't Understand Love and The Male Leads Driven to Despair by Their Host] Shocking! As a teenager, a billionaire CEO was mocked and dumped by a woman with no taste! Ye Qing: That woman with no taste was me. How tragic! The cold and ruthless demonic sect supreme was driven down the path of darkness after being betrayed by his junior sister? Ye Qing: That's right, that junior sister was me too. System: Host, please get a grip! Our cur
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Trade My Deep Love for Your Redemption 用我情深，换你救赎
Zhou Xianxian is determined to marry into the Qin family, and not for any ordinary reason: she has a secret she cannot tell anyone. After carefully maneuvering her way into the good graces of Qin Zihan, the Qin family’s second son, she is instead given away by him to his father as a concubine. Before stepping through the Qin family’s gates, she says just one thing to the man: “Qin Zihan, you’ll regret this!” The sprawling Qin household is riddled with schemes and intrigues. To achieve her own
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
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Love Me Fiercely: The Night Prince's Proud Substitute Favorite 狠狠爱，夜王的替宠傲妃
When she wakes after an unexpected death, she discovers that she has transmigrated into the body of a strange woman. Caught in the machinations of a conspiracy, she is forced to marry him. On their wedding night, he severs the tendons in her feet... Even after they later faced life and death together, she could never melt the snow in his heart, because all his affection belonged to another woman... The instant Yue Xi gently closed her eyes, she saw the man who had personally condemned her to all
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A Journey to Save the World and Become a God, Starting with JoJo 从JOJO开始救世成神之旅
[The plan is to start with JOJO Parts 1–5] In the year 2333, one night, darkness engulfed Blue Star. A force of the Cosmic God of Darkness invaded. His colleague He Chang betrayed them and took control of District C in City C, treating human lives as worthless. The protagonist, Wu You, was a thorn in He Chang’s side and faced ever greater hardships. To protect his family, Wu You rose up in resistance. A birthday present his younger sister Wu Lü had given him a month earlier unexpectedly merged w
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: From the Start, I Take Over Diavolo’s Body JOJO：开局夺舍迪亚波罗
After waking up as Diavolo in 1987, he looks at the imposing King Crimson before him and decides he has no intention of being trapped in an endless cycle of death. Time to build the Araki Mansion! (This is fanfiction, after all. If you want to see tragic stories, go watch the anime. This book is all about sweet moments, not angst. Get Risotto's Stand out of here!!!)
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I'm the Strongest: Diavolo! 最强是我迪亚波罗的！
Diavolo was born on Sardinia in the New World and had a happy, loving family. But a single conscription order from the World Government destroyed it, sending him down the path of piracy. (The story begins in the era of Rocks. The protagonist is a native of this world, but he acquires a Stand ability.)
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: My Ripple Still Packs a Punch JOJO：我的波纹依然能打
You have to train your Hamon and your Stand, too. That's what it takes to be truly healthy! Zhou Yang transmigrates to the world of JoJo and gets a rather underwhelming Stand ability. In search of greater power, he sets out to learn Hamon, but runs into Zeppeli along the way. And so begins his journey of beating Dio senseless and taking on the Pillar Men head-on. The story spans Parts 1 through 6. As for how the protagonist can live so long, the answer is Hamon and his Stand ability!
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Ultimate Ripple JOJO：极致波纹
Pure JOJO, no System. The characters aren't especially smart, but I'll try to include some battles of wits. Slow burn, group transmigration, no characters acting stupid, no power-level inconsistencies, no invincibility, and a mix of sweet and painful moments. A story about ten people who transmigrate, told in straightforward prose. The pressures of life made me give in, and in the end I was forced to give up. I only watched the first and second seasons. “The power of fate is formidable. We're de
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The Invincible Path Begins with JoJo 从JOJO开始的无敌之路
Transmigrated? Looking at the evil spirit before him, Jody knew his peaceful life was gone for good. But since he had been given a second chance, he would live the way he wanted. He never expected the world of JoJo to be only the beginning. Across countless worlds, the protagonist saves a world controlled by the gods for a thousand years, causes a huge stir in The Boys, frees Earth from a Dark Forest strike, and helps Illyasviel escape her cruel fate in the Fate world. In the Naruto world, he be
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Why Do All These Psychos Look at Me Like That? 疯批们为什么都用这种眼神看我
[Harem of admirers / groveling exes / love rivals / face-slapping, scum-trashing wish fulfillment] [Toxic woman fiction, a crazy beauty, an emotionless heroine who loves no one and treats life as a game] Su Manshu transmigrates into the role of a supporting female character in an old-fashioned domineering CEO body-double novel. She is about to suffer both physical and emotional abuse before being cruelly abandoned! CEO No. 1: Worth trillions, he throws her five million in breakup money and tells
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After the Substitute Marriage, Young Master Fei Realized He Was the Stand-In 替嫁后费少发现自己才是替身
[Mutual Substitutes + Sweet at First, Angsty Then Devoted to His Wife + Strong Female Lead with Secret Identities (The Top Hacker Calls Her Boss + The Boxing Champion Is Her Underling + A Master Surgeon)] He thought the person who saved him was her older sister, so he did everything he could to make life difficult for her, the substitute bride. She thought the heart of the person she loved had been transplanted into him, so she did everything she could to stay by his side. So who is whose substi
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The Obsessive Prince Jing Is My Stand-In for My One True Love 偏执景王是我白月光替身
The eldest daughter of the Tang Chancellor’s household was sent to the Qiang Kingdom as a hostage when she was young, and returned ten years later with an arrogant, spoiled, and utterly unruly temperament. When she spots the powerful and handsome Prince Jing, she declares in front of the people of the capital, “You look exactly to my taste. Figure out how to fall madly in love with me.” One day, Prince Jing sees the she-devil treating a handsome man tenderly. Then he notices that the man’s featu
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The Scumbag Can't Have Me, Quick Transmigration 渣男对我求而不得【快穿】
After a car accident leaves her in a vegetative state, Lin Ruo is forced to bind herself to the Scumbag System and begins a masochistic quest to cling to the scumbag’s coattails. First World The scumbag emperor destroys her family and leaves her to die in a sea of flames in order to seize military power. After she dies, the emperor undergoes a dramatic change in personality and spends more than a decade consumed by regret. Lin Ruo rolls her eyes in disdain. [Scumbag Experience: 10%] Second World
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Lord Fu's Substitute Wife 傅爷的替身暖妻
The first time they met, she was sleeping beside him, but he had no idea who she was. The second time, he held her in his arms, only to turn around and apologize, saying he'd mistaken her for someone else. Jiang Nuan felt humiliated and hurt. But whenever she found herself in danger, this man always stood up for her. “Lord Fu, why are you helping me?” “Maybe you smell nice.” And so Jiang Nuan became Fu Siyan's little secretary. She helped with his work and took care of his daily needs. In the en
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Quick Transmigration: A Thousand Ways for the Villain to Die 快穿之反派的一千种死法
Qin Shiyue, the most beautiful woman in Jingcheng, dumped her handsome boyfriend and turned around to marry a rich old man. But when she went out, she was suddenly sucked into a System space instead! System: “Miss Qin, if you want to go back, you need to complete the required missions and become a successful Villain!” Qin Shiyue: “Get lost! What, you can’t stand seeing me marry a rich man?” System: “Elimination!” After enduring the agonizing torment of having her body and soul shattered, Qin Shi
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Mr. Lu, It's Good to See You Again 陆先生，别来无恙
At the wedding, he descended from the sky in a helicopter and snatched away the bride. “An’an, you’re so disobedient. You secretly ran away five years ago, and now, five years later, you’re trying to marry another man. Tell me, how should I punish you?” He untied the ribbons at the back of her wedding dress, and the white gown instantly slipped to the floor. A kiss as fierce as a storm swept over her. Everyone knew Lu Yiming was cold, ruthless, and vicious, but no one knew that he had given all
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Han’s Wealthy, Spirited Wife 韩少的多金小作妻
[A fox of a woman + Substitute + Overwhelming possessiveness + Flirting with each other + A little angst] On Christmas Eve, Han Tingzhi had just arrived in Jiangcheng for the first time when a strange woman grabbed his leg in public. “Honey, I know I was wrong.” Everyone was stunned. The woman begging forgiveness was none other than Jiang Muxia, the arrogant and domineering young lady of the Jiang family. So, of course, he fell for it. … But when their past came to light on their wedding night,
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