Any Stories About a Female Lead Who Went Missing as a Child and Had a Heartbreaking Life? 有没有女主从小走丢了，生活经历很令人心疼

1. 1 下 After Coming Down the Mountain, the Beloved Senior Disciple Must Clean House! 下山后，团宠大师姐要清理门户！ Words Left Unsaid语不说Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted When the eccentric old man sent Yue Bao down the mountain, he gave her two tasks: first, find her biological parents and return to her family. Second, track down the “black sheep” of her sect and help the old man check up on it. Yue Bao descended the mountain full of confidence. After a bumpy journey, she made it to the city, where she was met by family members with all sorts of personalities, a complicated ancient martial arts clan, and a sect that was in a sorry state. Yue Bao took a deep brea 31Reads6.5Score—14d adds

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   This one qualifies. The female lead gets lost and lives in the mountains with the grandfather who finds her. After returning home, her parents, brothers, and younger brother all treat her very well. The eldest brother is a CEO, the second brother is a movie star, and the younger brother is adorable. The female lead herself is also very strong, and the male lead is very gentle. Their feelings are very direct!

2. 2 江 Master Jiang, Your Wife's Secret Identity Has Been Exposed Again 江爷，夫人马甲又爆了 Little Dish Seven yoo小菜七yooModern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Secret Identities + Two Powerful Leads + Mutual Salvation + Everyone's Favorite] Everyone thought Yun Xi had won the favor of all the capital's powerful figures through sheer luck. Little did they know… The head of the Ye family, second in influence in the capital, loved her more than life itself. Entertainment giant Company X existed because of her. The medical research institute named her its sole heir. Even Interpol called her “Teacher” with respect. On her birthday, the city's entire System 1.9kReads8.9Score17714d adds

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   💐The female lead got lost as a child and was captured by bad guys to be experimented on (she was beaten black and blue, but because of her strong regenerative abilities), she was later adopted and learned to use many different personas. After being recognized by her family, she was pampered by many, many, many people.

3. 3 重 Reborn for a Comeback: The Young Lady’s Style Is All Wrong 重生逆袭：大小姐画风不对 Mo Mo Is Master Mo墨墨是墨爷Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + putting scumbags in their place + an exceptionally bold heroine + feel-good power fantasy] In her previous life, she died with deep resentment. In this one, she rises from the ashes and tears the scumbags to shreds. Who could have guessed that Feng Xing, the formidable financial tycoon; Feng Bai, the world-renowned genius doctor; and Feng Jing, the top-tier star who captivates countless women, would turn out to be her own biological brothers? In her previous life, no one cared f 31.7kReads9.3Score5.7k14d adds
4. 4 哥 Too Many Brothers: The Sweet Little Sister Doesn't Want to Be Everyone's Darling 哥哥太多，娇软妹妹不想当团宠 Little Simian小思棉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] After returning from the brink of death, the poor girl who crawled out of hell discovers she's the Lu family's real daughter? A spiteful fake sister? Brothers who don't care? Parents who despise her? No matter. She doesn't need a family. She's her own queen! A real daughter can dazzle the entire city all on her own! But why isn't it going the way she imagined? Overbearing CEO eldest brother: My sister likes this designer? Bring them here! Top-tier star second brother: My si 7.2kReads9.2Score96614d adds

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   It's the same old trope of a real and fake heiress. She's switched into a family that favors sons over daughters and sent to an orphanage. When she's three, a fire breaks out at the orphanage, and at the age of three, she's used as an experimental subject for medical advancements—017. Her only companion is her gentle older sister, An Yi, who has a similar tragic past and is only four years older than her. She takes An Yi's surname and becomes An Simian, meaning the kapok flower that longs for her hometown. Later, she discovers her biological family and becomes Lu Simian. They depend on each other for survival, but only Lu Simian survives the experiment with a one in a thousand chance of survival. Before he dies, 018 is still thinking about the only way to save her.

5. 5 无 A Silent Kindness 无声恩 Ke En刻恩Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead, two endings, mute and unhinged, twists, two strong leads, second male lead takes the lead, school, suspense, childhood sweethearts, campus heartthrob and beauty] “I like you. Even if you really are crazy, I still like you!” “I was born in the depths of misery. I can't drag you down with me.” “She isn't just my little sister!” “Tell me, do two people count as a ‘rabble’?” “Yan Qianlin, you owe me an explanation!” “What do I owe you?” “Xiaoyi, I... love you.” 106Reads—Score—14d adds

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   In this campus romance novel, the female protagonist becomes an orphan after her entire family is murdered. She is adopted by the male protagonist's family, but is soon kidnapped, resulting in her losing her voice and developing PTSD.

6. 6 奶 After the Baby Goes Viral, Her Father and Brothers Cry with Regret 奶宝火出圈后，爸爸哥哥悔哭了 Yi A Ya一啊鸭Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Yan Laiyi knows she is an illegitimate daughter, and that her mother is a homewrecker and a murderer. Her mother had been secretly in love with her father for years, but he fell in love with her mother’s older sister and had three sons with her. Consumed by jealousy, her mother schemed to get pregnant and attempted to murder her sister. After the attempt failed, her father and uncles sent her to prison. Later, her mother died unexpectedly, leaving her alone in the world at just four years old. A 7.5kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds

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   This should qualify, but it wasn't that they got lost; rather, their life story is truly heartbreaking.

7. 7 和 After Divorcing His White Moonlight's Double, the Overbearing CEO Went Mad 和白月光替身离婚后，霸总他疯了 Ginger Ale姜汁可乐儿Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted Everyone said Ruan Qing loved Fu Jingshen to the bone, including Fu Jingshen himself. Why else would she follow him without hesitation, even knowing she was just a substitute? When Ruan Qing asked for a divorce, Fu Jingshen didn’t take her seriously. His expression turned cold. “Have you made up your mind?” “Yes. Let’s divorce.” After the divorce, Fu Jingshen kept waiting for Ruan Qing to make him eat his words. Instead, he saw her with red-rimmed eyes, clinging to a refined, elegant man. “Ashen 432Reads8.6Score10214d adds

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   This one! But it's precisely because the female lead got lost that she met the male lead! This is a double substitute novel, male lead: Lu Zishen (originally Fu Jingshen) male second male lead: Fu Jingshen female lead: Ruan Qing. The male lead (Lu Zishen) is the female lead's ideal man. They met at an orphanage, but due to an incident, the male lead went abroad (I won't say what happened, you can read it yourself). The male lead returned to China and they reunited. Before this, the second male lead and the female lead got married [both were virgins, both physically and mentally pure], and then they divorced in chapters two and three. [Beginning]

8. 8 记 Memory Judgment: She Doesn't Want You Anymore 记忆审判：她不要你们了 Xing Yan66星衍66Modern Romance693k WordsCompleted [Everyone's redemption arc + lightning-fast face-slapping + no forgiveness + satisfying angst] After an attempted murder, Jiang Liuying goes viral across every major platform. In the end, everyone votes her onto the national list of the most evil people of the 22nd century. Rumor has it that when she was four, she abandoned her eldest brother, ran off, and left him in a kidnapper's car. After returning to the Jiang family, she framed the adoptive parents who had raised her for ten years and show 4.4kReads8.7Score57014d adds
9. 9 宝 Be Good, Darling! The Crown Prince Dotes on His Precious Little Sister Without Limit 宝贝乖！太子爷他对妹宝娇宠无度 Retired Salty Fish养老咸鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reunion after years apart + adored by the whole family + both pure + sweet romance + ten years of secret love + both pure + sweet, gentle and clear-headed girl VS hopelessly lovestruck young master] Fu Tangxi was the fifth daughter of the Fu family. Switched at birth, she returned to her family seventeen years later. On the night she learned who she really was, she had a dream. She was actually the wicked supporting female character, a foil to the fake heiress the family had mistaken for their 8.5kReads8.9Score85214d adds

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   The family storyline is very touching.

10. 10 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 151.8kReads9.6Score19.7k14d adds

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    The female protagonist was lost as a child, not by herself, but because her mother disliked her and, while her grandmother and father were away, sealed her in a coffin. Fortunately, her master rescued her and raised her to be a troublemaker.

11. 11 越 After Escaping Prison, the Mercenary Heiress Turns the Wealthy World Upside Down 越狱后，佣兵大小姐炸翻豪门 Beichuan Xinglan北川星蓝Modern Romance590k WordsCompleted [Two powerful leads + secret identities + campus life + not reborn] She is the mercenary queen feared around the world, a ruthless killer with a bloodthirsty nature. After escaping from prison, she becomes the heiress of a wealthy family. Her siblings can't stand her and accuse her of being kept by a rich man? Her classmates humiliate her in front of everyone? She's too weak to fight, so the campus beauty and heartthrob look down on her? Ye Xun sneers: “If anyone messes with me, I'll kill them!” 73.2kReads9.4Score10.9k14d adds
12. 12 真 The Real Heiress Takes on the World and Shines on Her Own 真千金怼天怼地，要独自美丽 Moonlight Fades as Crows Cry月晞乌啼Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Original title: Don’t Mess with Jiujiu, She’s the Beloved of Eight Psychos] [Secret identity + real and fake heiresses + everyone’s favorite + comedy + if you don’t like it, fight + wealthy-family power fantasy] The national weapon of mass violence known to her enemies as “Number Nine” is home. Her superiors told her to reconnect with her family and rediscover her humanity, so on her very first day, Jiujiu beat up her stepsister and lashed into her father. Her family stared at the violent littl 1.5kReads9.1Score24214d adds
13. 13 诱 Temptation Is a Sin 诱惑是罪 Little Li Is No Coward小李不是胆小鬼Modern Romance318k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + devoted, fatherly hero + simmering tension + mutual healing + orphan heroine + hero doesn’t understand love at first + eight-year age gap] She wanted his money. He wanted her body. They were a perfect match. But Xu Ning fell for him. Everyone in Huaicheng knew he was about to marry a wealthy young lady. The usually timid Xu Ning summoned the courage to kiss his Adam’s apple and ask humbly, “Mr. Jiang, can you love me?” Jiang Mohan chuckled at her words, a hint of distance e 1.5kReads8.2Score—14d adds

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    She was an orphan from a young age, relying on her half-brother for support. Her brother died after she took a bullet for the male protagonist, and her grandmother also passed away from worry. She suffered harsh treatment in a drug den, becoming emotionally repressed. At this time, the male protagonist abandoned her, leaving alone with a suitcase. For five years, she raised her child alone and developed depression.

14. 14 盛 The Prosperous Consort: Power Over All Under Heaven 盛世嫡妃：权倾天下 Beibei Bu Huo北北不惑Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Powerful Heroine and Hero + Rebirth + Revenge + Putting Scumbags in Their Place] “Ye Jinyi, daughter of the Ye family, is guilty of indecent conduct and corrupt morals. She committed adultery and brought chaos to the imperial harem. Her crimes are unforgivable. She is hereby stripped of her title as empress and sentenced to drink a cup of poison!” In her previous life, she was too naive to see that her beloved sister and the man she loved most had both betrayed her. She didn't realize the truth 165Reads6.2Score—14d adds

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    This novel is absolutely hilarious! The female lead is a total clown, bringing the character of the useless seventh young lady to life. Every time she appears, she makes you laugh non-stop. Plus, the plot is gripping, and the male lead is incredibly handsome, domineering, yet gentle. The interactions between the two are so sweet it's explosive! It's definitely a must-read for girls—a sweet and satisfying read!

15. 15 惊 The World-Shocking Good-for-Nothing Seventh Miss 惊世废柴七小姐 Fan Jin梵槿Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted If I had no world-shaking talent, how could I ever be worthy of your boundless love? After transmigrating, top assassin Yan Aige finds herself in the body of a good-for-nothing. Then she meets Mu Qingxuan, a brilliant and unconventional prince. Everyone in this world looks down on her and treats her like dirt. Only he dotes on her without restraint and refuses to let her go. She tries to flee; suspicion and doubt come between them. In the end, though, none of it can withstand the enchanting prin 96Reads6.6Score—14d adds
16. 16 凰 The Phoenix Rules the World: The Splendid Life of the Legitimate Princess 凰倾天下：盛世嫡妃 Soul-Snatching Moonlight月下销魂Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Beneath the red walls and golden-tiled ramparts, she was entangled with him, driven by the hatred of a conquered nation and the pain of losing her beloved… “Linglong, if you want revenge… you have no choice but to obey me!” He was the cruel, bloodthirsty tyrant of the Xicang Empire, yet his achievements were extraordinary, raising Xicang to become the most powerful nation on the continent. At a palace banquet, he conquered a desert region with his own hands just to delight a beauty and take her 144Reads8.6Score—14d adds
17. 17 红 The Red Robe Appears! The Blood Jade Returns! The Useless Seventh Daughter Is a Peerless Healer 红衣现！血玉归！废材七小姐是绝世医女 Su Zihuan苏子欢Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted [Two powerful leads + mastery of both medicine and poison + a heroine who is anything but kind] Feng Wushuang, a peerless assassin from the 21st century, transmigrates into the body of a weak, easily bullied, love-addled good-for-nothing young lady? From the start, she’s in a mass grave? Ha! These lowlifes think they can bully and humiliate her? She’ll take them out on the spot! Her betrothed, the heir to a princely title, comes to break off their engagement? Why keep a piece of trash like 86Reads7.1Score—14d adds
18. 18 废 The Good-for-Nothing Seventh Young Lady: The Wicked Prince's Obsession 废柴七小姐：邪王狠狠爱 Shui Qingqing水轻轻Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A queen among 21st-century mercenaries transmigrates into the body of the useless Seventh Young Lady. Scorned by everyone, bullied by her aunt, tormented by her sisters, and dumped by her scumbag fiancé, she lets out a cold laugh and turns the whole world upside down in an instant. Nothing beats a good face-slapping! But then a wickedly handsome man crooks a finger at her. “Wife, come warm the bed!” “Get lost! If you don't want to die, get off this lady's bed!” “Wife, I'd rather roll right over 9Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 19 冰 A Song of Ice and Fire: A Mad Dreamer Defies the Odds 冰与火之歌，疯颜炽梦逆风行 Yan Qingcheng言倾城Modern Romance121k WordsOngoing [Mind Reading + Gossip System + Secret Identities + Reborn + Real and Fake Heiress + Everyone’s Darling + Goofy Comedy + Patriotism + No Romance] Ye Rong died from a fart she let rip herself!!! In the bathroom, at the tender age of 23. After waking up, she was reborn at eighteen, just after returning to China. The difference was that she now had a Gossip System in her head. According to the System, if she didn’t gossip, she would die! So she was forced to dig up gossip every single day. Two w —Reads—Score—14d adds

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20. 20 丑 Ugly Duckling! Extra! The Big Shots Take Her Home 丑小鸭！路人甲！大佬们抱她回家 Green Falcon青鹫Modern Romance654k WordsCompleted [Face-slapping satisfaction] [Everyone’s darling, universally adored] [Clever heroine; CP with Sheng Yuxiao after she comes of age] Li Xiaoya was born in a poor mountain village. Her mother died when she was three, and her father ran off with his lover. When she was seven, the crew of the show Life Swap came to the village and picked Li Xiaoya at first sight. But when filming began, they suddenly replaced her with the village chief’s granddaughter. The village chief’s granddaughter later went to 134.8kReads9.6Score21k14d adds

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    Both are great reads, one a modern story and the other a classical story. Both are about people who were away from home as children; one was lost by bad guys, and the other was abandoned by their own mothers!

21. 21 满 The Max-Level Big Shot Becomes the Beloved of Seven Brothers 满级大佬成了七个哥哥的团宠 Riding a Little Pig Around骑着小猪溜溜Modern Romance987k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Favorite + Satisfying and Sweet + Super Romantic] This is the story of a top powerhouse who suddenly woke up to find that every big shot in the world had become her older brother. One day, Yun Kongliu suddenly woke up. She took a look at her secret identities and had a sudden realization. Why should she put up with her stepmother and scummy older brothers? Why waste so much effort trying to please that fake-sweet best friend? So she decided to go out and have fun under her secret ide 746Reads9.1Score10414d adds

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    These two should be the ones, right?

22. 22 团 After Becoming the Family Favorite, My Six Brothers Exposed My Secret Identity 团宠后，我被六个哥哥扒了小马甲 Yun Jiujiu云九九Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted After being reborn, Gu Nian has no desire to become a big shot. She just wants to quietly protect her six older brothers and be their pampered little princess. That is, until she becomes a global trending topic: #GuNianIsAFakeHeiress, #UgliestGirlEver, #PoorGirlNobodyLoves. Her six brothers are furious. They publicly stand up for her and reveal her secret identities along the way. Eldest brother, Asia's richest man: "She's my sister, and she's also the world's greatest chef." Second brother, a t 14.8kReads9.3Score2k14d adds

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