The Male Lead Regrets Losing Her and Tries to Win Her Back (With a Little Angst) 追妻火葬场（带点小虐）

1. 401 江 After Secretly Marrying Jiang Ye, She Was Lavishly Spoiled 江爷隐婚后，盛宠天价娇妻 Grapes Slightly Tart and Astringent葡萄微酸涩Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted Jiang Jiwen, a business magnate from an illustrious family, is so devastatingly handsome that countless noblewomen in the capital have fallen for him and eagerly compete for his attention. Then, one day, shocking news breaks: Jiang Jiwen, president of the Yaxi Group, is married. Before long, the news has spread throughout the capital. Everyone is curious and skeptical, asking around until they finally catch sight of the mysterious Mrs. Jiang at a grand banquet. To everyone’s surprise, the elusiv 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is great! It fits this kind of premise perfectly: the female lead suffers in the beginning, the male lead suffers later, and we suffer in the end.

2. 402 步 I’m Done Playing the Substitute – No More Falling for You 步步沦陷，这替身我不当了 Bright, Gentle Laughter笑语晏晏Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted The Shen family’s heir is notorious for being picky about women, but Xiang Nuan got picked thanks to a face that bore a passing resemblance to his ideal woman. She played the sweet, sensible, innocent girl to perfection, doing her best to fulfill her role as a substitute. Shen Yanshi treated her generously, too. In the two years they were together, she landed plenty of great opportunities, going from an unknown extra to a fairly well-known second-tier actress. Then his one true love came back. X 36.8kReads9.1Score4kShelves

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   A perfect match... It starts with each party getting what they want, but later the white moonlight comes back and the female lead leaves tactfully. The male lead thinks she's just throwing a tantrum, but she turns around and starts promoting their CP (couple pairing) and building their career, and even tells her to stop making a fuss.

3. 403 学 A Senior's Diary of Chasing Love: Only After Losing Me Did He Learn to Chase His Junior 学姐追夫实录，失我方见学弟追妻火葬场 Snow Drifting Through the Borderlands边城飘雪13k WordsCompleted An Upperclassman's Record of Pursuing Love: Only After Losing Her Does the Underclassman Realize He Must Chase Her Back 505Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female lead, a top student, pursued her boyfriend with unwavering determination, winning his heart single-handedly. Their relationship blossomed at the graduation party. However, her ex-boyfriend's malicious interference and fabricated misunderstandings broke them up. The female lead gracefully withdrew, severing all ties, while the male lead completely lost control, abandoning all restraint and embarking on a frantic, humiliating pursuit of her!

4. 404 玫 Roses Slowly Warm 玫瑰渐暖 A Little Sleepy有点想睡Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted Shen Mianyin once loved Xu Yuzhou, so deeply that it brought her to her knees. In high school, she worked up the courage to confess her feelings. Xu Yuzhou, who was doing his homework, stopped writing and sneered: “You’d be better off solving a couple more tough math problems with that time.” She reached for the rose and fell flat in the mud. - So Shen Mianyin hid her feelings and learned to keep her distance from Xu Yuzhou. But she never imagined that she would become his wife. The day after th 1.9kReads8.2Score164Shelves

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   🍇✨A Love-Chasing Hell (with a touch of angst). ① Shen Mianyin once loved Xu Yuzhou, a love so deep it bordered on humiliation. In high school, she mustered the courage to confess her feelings to him, only to be met with a sneer from Xu Yuzhou, who, engrossed in his exam, stopped writing: "Instead of wasting time, you'd be better off solving a couple more challenging math problems." She failed to win him over, only to end up covered in mud. So Shen Mianyin hid her emotions and learned to keep her distance from Xu Yuzhou. Seven years later, when they met again, Shen Mianyin was cold and distant towards Xu Yuzhou. A sense of loss welled up in Xu Yuzhou's heart. Seeing Shen Mianyin walking side-by-side with another man, chatting and laughing harmoniously, he panicked completely—a love-chasing hell ensued.

5. 405 男 After My Boyfriend Chose My Enemy, I Finally Let Go 男友选择仇家后，我释怀了 Seven Days Is the Head七天是头10k WordsCompleted After My Boyfriend Chose My Enemy, I Let Go 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Even though I'm a country bumpkin, I still love the "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" trope. I've been a bookworm for five years, and these are some underrated but highly recommended books. The male lead is arrogant and self-important in the beginning, but later he completely embarks on a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" journey, with both physical and emotional torment, making the female lead practically beg for it.

6. 406 重 Reborn: A Deal with My Campus Heartthrob Ex-Husband 重生：和校草前夫交易 Xi Gong Qingye西宫清野Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted [Both reborn at school + bittersweet past lives + a broken relationship mended + heartwarming + devoted couple] [Cold, calculating heartthrob + cute, scatterbrained sweetheart] Li Wan and Zhou Wang Jing’s marriage began with a night of intimacy brought on by a twist of fate. Zhou Wang Jing didn’t love her. He had someone he liked who’d been by his side throughout his youth. He married her out of a sense of responsibility. Li Wan had seen the way Zhou Wang Jing looked at that girl. At last, Li Wa 5.5kReads7.5Score369Shelves
7. 407 把 After Making My Moments Visible to Only Two People, I Fell Out of Love 把朋友圈设成两人可见后，我不爱了 Seven Days Is the Head七天是头9k WordsCompleted After I Set My Moments to Be Visible to Just the Two of Us, I Stopped Loving Him 5Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 408 顶 The Ultimate Gold Digger: She Climbs to the Top Through Marriage Fraud 顶级拜金美人：她靠骗婚上位 Cave-Dwelling Princess Moon蜗居公主MoonModern Romance284k WordsCompleted (The rating just opened and will rise later, so enjoy without worry.) [Clear-eyed gold digger beauty × amnesiac tycoon | Deception before love | Push and pull | The husband chases her after the divorce] Jiang Lai is beautiful, calculating, and vain, with her heart set on marrying into a wealthy family. Her roommate has a top tycoon’s heir for a fiancé, yet secretly cheats on him with another man in their dorm. Jiang Lai stares at the bewitching face in the mirror, with only one thought in min 19.5kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves

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   Perfect match! Super beautiful!

9. 409 我 After I Decided to Stop Loving Him, He Regretted It 我决定不再爱他后，他后悔了 The Deer Call in the Forest呦呦鹿鸣11k WordsCompleted Five years after I married Ye Nanchen, Tang Ning, the unattainable woman Ye Nanchen had always loved, came back. Our marriage slowly began to crack. Ye Nanchen started standing me up from time to time. The first time was the day I won a design award. Ye Nanchen said he wanted to celebrate with me. But the moment Tang Ning called, he left to see her. The second time was on my birthday. The candles were lit, but I hadn't made a wish yet. Tang Ning called again, and off he went. The third time was 144Reads—Score—Shelves

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   When my husband abandoned me again for his first love, I resolutely went into the operating room and aborted our child. I withdrew my love for Ye Nanchen. Ye Nanchen, I love you, and that's why you can hurt me so recklessly. I don't love you; you are nothing to me.

10. 410 留 Leave Me a Place of Purity 留我一方纯净 Seven Days Is the Head七天是头9k WordsCompleted Leave Me a Patch of Purity 3Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 411 救 Help! I Reborn to Leave, and Young Master Bo Is Losing His Mind! 救命！重生退场，薄少急红了眼！ Yin Yingbao茵颖宝Modern Romance596k WordsCompleted [Past and Present Lives + Living for Herself + Both Pure in Love + A Little Angsty + Chasing His Wife] (A mildly angsty story, so read with caution if that’s not your thing.) In her previous life, Song Xixixi grew up in an orphanage without parents. When she was sixteen, Grandpa Bo brought her to the Bo family home. She lived with him and grew up alongside him. She had a crush on him since high school, always following him and patiently waiting for him. At their university graduation party, they 16.2kReads7.0Score595Shelves

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    🍃🍃 [Past Life & Present Life + Solo Beauty + Wife-Chasing Hell] In her past life, Song Xixi was taken back to the Bo family by Grandpa Bo and grew up with Bo Yimo, secretly in love with him since high school. After an accidental encounter, they were forced into marriage. The female lead learned that Bo Yimo had harbored feelings for his unrequited love all these years, and she was heartbroken. Reborn, she no longer pesters him, but instead begins to avoid him.

12. 412 牛 After “Here Comes the Ox” Went Viral, My Boyfriend Was Consumed with Regret “牛来”爆了后，男友悔疯了 Seven Days Is the Head七天是头9k WordsCompleted After "Niulai" Went Viral, My Boyfriend Went Crazy with Regret 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 413 你 You Lying Scumbag, Stop Making Excuses 你这个渣男，不要再解释了 Salami Purple Butterfly萨拉米紫蝶Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted You’re such a jerk. Stop making excuses already. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 414 为 He Postponed Our Wedding to Help His Fake Heiress Steal Her Lover, and Now He's Consumed with Regret 为给假千金抢亲，推迟婚礼后他悔疯了 Seven Days Is the Head七天是头9k WordsCompleted He Put Off Our Wedding to Help His Fake Heiress Snatch Her Fiancé, and Now He's Regretful 2Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 415 失 After Losing Her Memory, She Falls into Another Man’s Arms, and the Crown Prince Goes Mad with Jealousy 失忆改投他人怀，太子疯魔红了眼 I Draw, You Know是画画呦Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted [The wife-pursuing crematorium turns to ashes + the second male lead takes the crown.] [Warning!! One-on-one romance, both leads are chaste, but the heroine has kissed the first male lead many times!] An Qi transmigrated to a feudal dynasty and fell in love with the crown prince. For his sake, she gave up her only chance to return to modern times. … “An Qi, what more do you want? I’m the crown prince of a nation. How could I possibly have only one woman? This idea of being together for a lifetim 1.5kReads8.1Score142Shelves

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    💐He was tainted, he treated her coldly because of her, so everything she did for him was the biggest joke. So she dared to love and hate, and stopped pursuing him and refused to get back together! She climbed the social ladder to a powerful man, and he went crazy, but it was all too late!

16. 416 哥 Bro, Your Friend Has Great Abs 哥，你兄弟腹肌不错 Kathy Cat凯西猫Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Please head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 341Reads7.1Score—Shelves
17. 417 男 My Boyfriend Trained Me Like a Falcon, but Now That I’ve Actually Been Trained, Why Is He Unhappy? 男友拿训鹰那套训我，真训成了怎么又不乐意了 Seven Days Is the Head七天是头10k WordsCompleted My Boyfriend Tried to Train Me Like a Hunting Falcon, but When He Actually Succeeded, Why Wasn't He Happy? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 418 摄 The Regent’s Cage 摄政王的囚笼 Snail Brain蜗牛大脑23k WordsCompleted The Regent's Cage 6.6kReads—Score—Shelves

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    [Text 1]: He once treated the female lead like dirt, but now that she wants to marry the second male lead, why did you, the male lead, have to block the carriage in the heavy snow and fly into a rage? [Text 2]: She had only been accepted for a few days when she discovered that her ex was her current boyfriend's older brother. The way he looked at her made him want to kill her on the spot.

19. 419 掌 Possessiveness 掌控欲 Lan Sheng澜笙Modern Romance947k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Love on Repeat is now available on major platforms, along with the audiobook of the same name] [A domineering, possessive man in a suit & a scheming beauty pretending to be sweet and obedient] (One-on-one, both leads are pure + forced pursuit + domineering and deranged male lead + intense push and pull + difference in status + going mad for love) Li Wanwan was with Rong Xingye for three years, staking everything on him, only to lose in the end. He mocked her for not knowi 9.3kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    The male lead is unaware of his own feelings at first, but later realizes them, only to find out the female lead is leaving him. Thus begins his journey to win her back. It's a very good watch, definitely worth watching.

20. 420 盛 Summer Won’t Wait 盛夏不待 Snail Brain蜗牛大脑14k WordsCompleted Summer Won't Wait 37Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 421 惊 Only When Love Cuts to the Bone Does Longing Finally Show 惊觉相思不露，原来只因入骨 A Midsummer Night一夜盛夏Modern Romance868k WordsCompleted In Sifang City, there is a woman with a notoriously bad reputation: Sheng Xia. Men think she’ll sleep with anyone. Women think she’s shameless and promiscuous. But in truth, she simply fell in love with one person. For him, for the first time in her life, she resorted to the most despicable means. Five years into their marriage, she endured his sneers and emotional abuse. She risked her life for him again and again, yet still couldn’t earn so much as a second glance. “Yi Ye, is it really so hard 2.6kReads8.7Score242Shelves

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    🌵This one is so heartbreaking! [Crying][crying][crying][crying] The female lead's parents left when she was young to support the male lead's family, leaving her all alone. Then her aunt's family swallowed up her inheritance, leaving her in an orphanage where she suffered endless cold treatment and bullying. She was then forced to marry the male lead, who then thought she liked his older brother. The female lead was filled with resentment. 🥺 🌵The second one, the male lead tormented the female lead countless times. I still consider him my first love. I can only say the female lead's life was so hard. If I were her, I would have gone to Godiea long ago! [Crying][crying][crying]

22. 422 他 He Didn’t Know He Loved Her Until He Had to Win Her Back 他爱而不自知后追妻火化场了 Miss Tasha塔沙小姐Modern Romance108k WordsOngoing One-line summary: She didn't realize she loved him, then chased after him on all fours, eager to be his dog. [Pure Romance + The Chase After Love + The Proud One Bows His Head + Clear-Eyed Lovestruck Fool] Mu Jinran eyed his wound with a hint of provocation. “That'll leave a scar, Mr. Ji.” Ji Zhuoyue knelt before her with the bloody wound still on display. His expression showed no pain or resentment whatsoever. “You gave it to me, Big Sister. I like it very much.” Slap. Mu Jinran casually slappe 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A crematorium burning brightly, a broken mirror mended. Beautiful! [Admiring][Admiring]

23. 423 进 I Entered My Former Boss’s Room by Mistake, and His Kisses Didn’t Stop Until Baby Number Two 进错前任上司房，宠吻不停到二胎 Blue Cabbage蓝色卷心菜Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted [Rekindled romance × devoted couple × shameless pursuit] Nan Zhi never would have imagined that after getting drunk and entering the wrong room, she’d find her ex-boyfriend inside! Even more suffocating, the next day he suddenly showed up as her direct boss. Inside, Nan Zhi was a storm of emotions, but she kept up a calm front, thinking that after five years, Shen Yin probably wouldn’t remember an insignificant ex-girlfriend like her. But the moment she entered the office, he pinned her down. Hi 29.3kReads8.5Score2.2kShelves
24. 424 别 Don’t Keep Your Crush on Me a Secret 别暗恋我呀 Ming Zhijiu明之九Modern Romance154k WordsCompleted The print edition goes on sale September 27 at 7:30 p.m.!! [College campus + Rekindled love + A mix of sweet and angsty + The male lead isn't a jerk] In that hopeless, dark crush, Yu Xia always saw herself as plain and unworthy. She had seen Chen Wang stride across the court, carefree and cocky. She had also seen his distant, indifferent smile when he received love letters. And she'd seen the string of girls in his arms, one after another. Every version of Chen Wang she'd seen was someone she co 5.3kReads9.1Score600Shelves

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    🌼The male lead deliberately approaches the female lead to get revenge on his mother (who is the female lead's stepmother, who abandoned him and remarried), deceiving the female lead's feelings and getting together with her. Later, the male lead argues with his mother, accusing her of using the female lead before. Upon hearing this, the female lead decisively leaves and goes abroad for seven years. The male lead then experiences a "wife-chasing-back-the-cremation" scenario, with a touch of angst. [Learned something new]

25. 425 我 I Beat Up Lord Qi's One True Love and Threw My Wedding Ring in His Face 我揍哭祁爷白月光，婚戒扔他脸上 Yao Ling遥玲Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted [Desperate pursuit to win her back / both virgins / age gap] [Fair-skinned, gorgeous little peacock versus fake-cold, secretly lustful young master] She’d been engaged to Qi Yanli for two years, but they still hadn’t had their wedding, all because of his fragile-looking first love. The birthday gift he gave her ended up in his first love’s hands. He promised to take wedding photos with her, but spent the whole night at the hospital looking after his first love. Then he burned the wedding dress s 9.1kReads7.6Score526Shelves

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    🍒✨Chasing his wife at the crematorium (with a little bit of abuse). ① She had been engaged to Qi Yanli for two years but had yet to hold a wedding because of Bai Yueguang's pretending to be weak. Until Bai Yueguang burned the wedding dress she designed with his own hands, she couldn't bear it anymore! He beat this little man until his nose was black and his eyes were swollen, and he cried for help. "Even if my wedding dress is burned like this, it doesn't matter to you, right?" He glanced at the burned wedding dress and Bai Yueguang, who was beaten to a bloody head. "It's still early for the wedding. It's too late to do it again." Ha... "Break up! I'll make it happen for you!" Later, the cold, dignified, and arrogant prince of the Beijing Circle knelt down to admit his mistake on a rainy night, his eyes broken and desperate, and chased his wife to the crematorium.

26. 426 强 The Campus Hottie I Forced to Love Me Was Bitter and Cold, So She Stopped Chasing Me After Being Reborn 强扭的校草酸又涩，重生她不追了 Dao Shangxie刀上邪Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Reborn + devoted one-on-one romance + both leads are pure and each other's first + a long road to winning her back] In her previous life, Su Jiani fell in love with the campus heartthrob at first sight. She pursued him for years without success, then resorted to despicable tactics to get pregnant and marry him. Knowing he didn't love her, she gradually lost hope. Reborn before the college entrance exams, she no longer clings to him for help with homework. She gets high marks, but doesn't apply 49.2kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves
27. 427 此 A Love This Deep 此意深深 Zhong Yu Yaoyao钟鱼妖妖Modern Romance257k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Love + Protective + 1v1 + HE] [Proud, Sharp-Tongued Young Master × Resilient, Innocent Orphan Girl] Chang Deng is the Chang family’s adopted daughter, as well as her older sister Chang Qing’s walking blood bank. From the moment the Chang family took her home from the orphanage, she was expected to devote herself to serving her sister. Life in the Chang family was hard, but also sweet, because there was Fu Chaoshen, who had warmed her heart from their first m 7.4kReads9.0Score758Shelves

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    [Heart][Heart] She was an adopted orphan, and also her sister's mobile blood bank. Life in the Chang family was both bitter and sweet, because there was someone who would speak up for her when she was bullied, and prepare gifts for her when no one cared about her birthday... She thought she was special to him, but she overheard his conversation with his friend: "She's just Qingqing's little blood bank, how could I really like her, give her charity, just to make her willingly donate blood to Qingqing?" It turned out it was all charity, it turned out everything was to make her willingly donate blood to her sister. More than ten years of following and enduring vanished in an instant...

28. 428 干 Useless at Everything, but a Champion Quarreler 干啥啥不行，抬杠第一名 I Am Still Me我还是我Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted [Unforgettable First Love + White Lotus + Running Away While Pregnant + Regretful Husband’s Pursuit + Hidden Identity] Ye Chuchu used to abase herself, down to the dirt. Even the servants in the Lu household could bully her, because she loved Lu Zhenghe with all her heart. But one day, Lu Zhenghe wanted a divorce, because the woman he had always loved had returned. Only then did Ye Chuchu realize that no amount of fawning could win Lu Zhenghe’s affection. Her foolish devotion to love had ruined 349Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Completed, a story of "chasing after one's wife"

29. 429 强 You Can't Make a Melon Sweet by Force. Even Reborn, I Won't Chase Him Again 强扭的瓜不甜，重生再爱也不追了 I Really Love Big Tomatoes爱吃大番茄呀呀呀Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted (Reborn + 1v1, both leads are each other's only partners + a long, painful road to winning her back) In her previous life, Shen Moli pursued Fu Jin for seven years. When she graduated from college, she even pressured her parents to use their connections to make him marry her. But in the end, the boy she had loved throughout her youth cheated on her. She finally accepted that he had never loved her. Her heart was completely broken. She was reborn on the night she confessed to him during her first 1.8kReads6.7Score102Shelves
30. 430 老 Honey, I Know I Was Wrong. Come Home with Me 老婆，我知道错了，跟我回家吧 Author pwuzi4作者pwuzi4Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted At her grandfather’s insistence, he marries the granddaughter of the man who once saved his life. “If you still haven’t fallen in love with each other after a year, I’ll agree to your divorce.” Just as the two of them grow close and begin hoping they can stay together forever, his first love appears. In the end, they divorce. But her grandfather says he wronged her and forbids him from bothering her again. Four years later, however, they meet once more and begin a new chapter. 226Reads6.6Score—Shelves
31. 431 诈 After Faking His Death, He Went Mad 诈死后，他疯了 Her Mountain她山Ancient Romance352k WordsCompleted The heroine was transmigrated into a book before birth + the hero is a native of the world + young love and marriage + rekindled romance + two hopeless romantics + always choosing each other To put her gravely ill father at ease, Jiang Wan married the man he had taken in. After her father passed away, the man said he would take her home. She never imagined he would take her straight to Prince Duan's residence in the capital. Only then did she learn he was Zhao Zhixing, the emperor's fifth son a 141.4kReads8.6Score13.1kShelves

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    🌿1) One day, the female lead overheard someone asking the male lead what he meant by her. The male lead said that he was just playing around. The female lead was heartbroken and went abroad. On the day of her departure, the male lead rushed to the airport, but only received a letter.

32. 432 分 You Asked to Break Up, So Why Are You Still Clinging to Me? 分手你提的，那还纠缠我干嘛 It's the Future是未来呀Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted Ji Yunhuai broke up with Jiang Yuexi. She tried to win him back, only to hear him say, “Could you please have some self-respect?” Later, she did just that, leaving Ji Yunhuai out of her plans. But Ji Yunhuai watched her every move like a stalker. He was the one who had lost all self-respect. He tried everything to win her hand in marriage, but her suitors were all so exceptional that he grew afraid. He cornered her in the hallway and said miserably, “Qiqi, even if you don’t love me anymore, t 2.7kReads8.2Score102Shelves

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    📖1. Ji Yunhuai broke up with Jiang Yuexi. She tried to win him back, but all she got in return was his words: "Can't you have some self-respect?" Later, she did become more self-respecting and put Ji Yunhuai out of her plans. But Ji Yunhuai, like a voyeur, constantly monitored her life. The one who didn't respect himself became... 📖2. Li Li never imagined that the Third Young Master Gu, who doted on her like a treasure, would one day bring a woman home and ask her to end their marriage. It was truly laughable. They got their divorce certificate, and Li Li simply chose to enlist in the army.

33. 433 二 A Second Military Marriage: Lucky to Meet, Perfectly in Sync 二度军婚，有幸遇见，恰好合拍 Sweet Rice Wine Egg甜酒酿蛋Modern Romance137k WordsCompleted [Short sweet romance, no getting back together after the breakup, long-planned pursuit, the second male lead wins] Li Li never imagined that one day Gu Sanshao, who had cherished her like a treasure, would bring another woman home and ask to end their marriage. How ridiculous. They’d already gotten divorced, yet still had to pretend to be a loving couple in front of his grandfather. So Li Li joined the military. “Gu Huai, you’re not the only one who can leave. I can disappear without a return 7.3kReads9.2Score747Shelves
34. 434 强 Forced Love: Beyond Reach 强制爱：贵不可攀 Fu Yucheng傅羽丞Ancient Romance423k WordsCompleted Resilient, kindhearted village widow from the bottom of society × proud, ambitious top-ranking nobleman who says one thing and feels another [HE + Groveling Chase + Rekindled Love + Coercive Possession + Cheating + Neither Lead Is a Virgin] Xue Zhi, grandson of the Duke of Xue, was born into privilege and was the very picture of a favored son of heaven. He had toyed with countless women. Zhou Fengchun was just a poor widow from the mountains who had once saved him. She stuttered and had a six-y 14.8kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves

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    Ancient Chinese romance novel: The male protagonist is from a high-class family, and the female protagonist is a young widow.

35. 435 她 After She Stopped Loving Him, Wen Yanqi Regretted Everything and Begged to Get Back Together 她不爱后，温言祁疯狂后悔求复合 A Penguin Who Has to Write Every Day每天都要码字的企鹅Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Both Pure + Imprisonment + Forced Love + Amnesia + Woman Pursues Man + Coercive Possession + Scheming and Obsessive + Love Grows Over Time + Playing Hard to Get + Angst Before Sweetness + Relentless Pursuit] Between her and him, one of them is always forcing the issue. When Shen Shuhe loved Wen Yanqi, he brushed her off with contempt and cold indifference. After accumulating enough disappointment, Shen Shuhe finally signed the divorce papers on a sunny day. She thought it meant freedom, never r 12.8kReads8.0Score463Shelves

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    The male lead's pursuit of his wife is a nightmare! It's agonizing at first, then sweet!!

36. 436 季 Mr. Ji, Stop Hurting Me. Miss Shu Is Already Married 季总别虐了，舒小姐已嫁人 Warm Words温言暖语Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted As Ji Sihan’s secret lover, Shu Wan stayed by his side for five years. She thought that if she was obedient and sweet, she could warm his heart. But she never expected to be abandoned in the end. Shu Wan had always been gentle. She neither argued nor made a scene, and didn’t even ask him for a penny. She simply walked out of his world. But when she was about to marry someone else, he suddenly pinned her against the wall and kissed her like a madman. Shu Wan couldn’t quite figure out what Mr. Ji 27.4kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    It perfectly matches the description, and it's very enjoyable; the first few chapters are very immersive.

37. 437 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, Four Male Leads Doted on Me 穿书后，我被四个男主团宠了 Meow Meow Squeak Squeak喵喵吱吱Modern Romance497k WordsCompleted [Transmigrates into a book + everyone’s favorite + rivalry among men + doted on by all] Xia Jiuyin transmigrates into a book, becoming a pitiful yet detestable substitute supporting female character. She has to find the hidden blackened boss to get back home! But who is the villainous male lead: the aloof CEO, his gloomy yet obedient younger brother, the handsome bad-boy campus heartthrob, or the gentle and understanding upperclassman? The CEO grips her slender wrist and threatens in a cold voi 7.6kReads9.2Score680Shelves

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    This one!! The female lead is a substitute, and the male lead initially dislikes her, but later goes through a dramatic "wife-chasing" saga!

38. 438 假 After Faking Her Death, the CEO Went Mad with a Bloodstained Pregnancy Test in Hand 假死后，霸总拿着带血孕检单疯了 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance998k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted to each other] [She flees while pregnant] [Marriage Before Love] The day Lin Zhiyu discovered she was pregnant with twins, before she had a chance to tell Duan Dushen, the woman he had always loved returned. He asked her for a divorce. “What if I said I didn’t want one?” “You know I won’t let her suffer for anyone ever again.” Lin Zhiyu had no answer. She could only hide the pregnancy notice behind her back and let him go. Three years later, they unexpectedly crossed path 2.4kReads8.9Score436Shelves

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    The male lead wanted to divorce the female lead for his "white moonlight" (his first love), but she ran away pregnant... Later, the male lead chased after her for a whole book, almost losing an arm and a leg and nearly dying, before finally winning his wife back.

39. 439 提 After I Asked for a Divorce, My Secretly Married Tycoon Panicked 提出离婚后，隐婚大佬他慌了 A Sin造孽Modern Romance520k WordsCompleted Alternate title: Tangled in Obsession [Clear-Headed, Independent Artist vs. Abstinent Tycoon] [Mutual Secret Crush + Bittersweet Angst + A Little Wife-Chasing (Not a Typical Regretful Ex's Redemption)] [A Little Angst Early On, Then Pure Sweetness] Their marriage had been forced into existence by pressure from their elders. Three years of a secret marriage, in name only. To the outside world, she was a renowned artist in her circle, adored by countless fans. At home, she was a graceful, refined 1.7kReads9.0Score126Shelves

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    👀👀This jerk! Isn't he stupid? Everyone thought he loved the scheming woman, but he only panicked when she passed away from illness and the woman filed for divorce…

40. 440 江 Mr. Jiang, She Really Isn't Coming Back This Time 江总，这次她真的不会回来了 Quan Xin荃昕9k WordsCompleted Mr. Jiang, She Really Isn’t Coming Back This Time 996Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A tragic novel about chasing after one's wife (in a crematorium).

41. 441 抛 The Cold Ex-Boyfriend She Left Behind Returns, Intent on Taking Her by Force 抛弃的清冷前男友回国，蓄意掠夺 Jiangcheng Ichiro江城一郎Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [The rating has just opened and will rise] [Reunion after years apart / rekindled romance / groveling chase / both leads are sexually inexperienced] In college: proud, willful heiress × aloof, impoverished student Once, she was a princess high above everyone else, while he was just a poor student. Forced to be with her for a year, he never once treated her kindly. She knew he hated her. Eventually, she got tired of it and dumped him. When they met again, she was a lowly reporter for an entertai 7.4kReads7.8Score667Shelves

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    I just finished reading this book, it was pretty good, I highly recommend it.

42. 442 入 Nightfall Restlessness 入夜躁动期 Ye Lanxi夜阑汐Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted [The second male lead pursues his wife but fails to win her back + the male lead marries her in a flash and takes his place + reunion after a long separation + both are devoted only to each other + an ex gets humiliated] Ye Lanxi met Jiang Yueze at sixteen, and they got engaged at eighteen. Whenever they had a falling-out, she was always the one who had to make peace first. Then, at twenty-four, she heard him say to a friend, “How about another bet? No matter how many rumors I stir up, she’ll ju 28.2kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves

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    🌺①At the age of nine, the homeless Chunzhi was taken in by Lu Jingyun and became his child bride. Lu Jingyun promised, "If I pass the imperial examination one day, I will definitely marry you," and devoted himself to supporting her for ten years. The young man, full of ambition, passed the imperial examination one day, but then married the daughter of a high-ranking official, demanding that she become his concubine. On the day she was abandoned by the top scholar, Chunzhi picked up a man to be her husband. Her new husband was picky and difficult to please during the day, but demanding at night. Until one day, a group of high-ranking officials came to her door and knelt down in unison. Only then did she realize that the husband she had picked up was actually the powerful Prince of Chang'an, Huo Zheng. Before leaving, the group asked him what he would do with Chunzhi. She heard Huo Zheng scornfully utter, "A country bumpkin, nothing more than a plaything." Heartbroken, Chunzhi blew herself up and fled, disappearing without a trace. Huo Zheng, however, coughed up blood, his eyes red with rage. He searched desperately for her for half a year. When he finally saw Chunzhi again, he found her with a slightly protruding belly, and another man standing beside her…

43. 443 傅 President Fu Gets His Marriage License with His White Moonlight, and Goes Crazy When I Marry Someone Else 傅总跟白月光领证，我嫁人他疯了 Xing Hui星茴Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted Everyone knows that Fu Tingshi, the young master of the Fu family, is Luo Jingxue’s boyfriend, the man she has pursued and loved with all her heart for years. Fu Tingshi treats her with cold indifference, but she is convinced he loves her. Until she sees him being gentle and attentive to another woman, caring for her tenderly. Worse, to give that woman respectability, he secretly registers their marriage, turning Luo Jingxue, his actual girlfriend, into the other woman. “She’s dying. This is her 7.9kReads6.6Score403Shelves
44. 444 出 After I Went Abroad, the Uncontrollable Big Shot Pinned the Flirt Against the Wall and Begged to Get Back Together 出国后，撩精被失控大佬抵墙复合 Little Sweet Gummy小甜软糖Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted [Rekindled Romance | Secret Crush | The Powerful One Bows His Head | Sweet Romance and Relentless Pursuit] A caged songbird vs. a restrained tycoon * Shen Xingyuan always thought her relationship with Lu Lengshi was simple. She wanted his money, and he was captivated by her beauty, so for six months they worked together seamlessly, getting along like a fish in water. Later, when word got out that Lu Lengshi was going to get engaged to the well-matched daughter of the Xia family, Shen Xingyuan ca 375Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    This is so beautiful!

45. 445 共 Falling Together into Ruin 共坠沉沦 The Untamed Mustang野马无疆Modern Romance374k WordsCompleted [Mature, steady, wealthy daddy x resilient, tough country girl] [Eleven-year age gap, one-on-one, both leads have no romantic history, groveling romance, love at first sight] Orphan Xu Tao was sponsored by the wealthy Jiang Bowen. During her senior year of high school, she moved into his estate. On that night, thick with desire, Jiang Bowen, the financial magnate she had only ever seen on TV, stared at her for a long time, his eyes coolly assessing the risks and rewards. Only after the crimson c 4.3kReads8.9Score489Shelves

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    🎀✨①The male lead is the female lead's sponsor. During her senior year of high school, she stayed at his family's manor. She had a secret crush on him until it was exposed when he forced her to sign an adoption application. The moment her fingerprint touched the paper, her heart was utterly shattered. Her innocent and sincere love, so young, truly ended… When they met again, the male lead was consumed by jealousy upon seeing her with someone else, leading to a tumultuous chase to win her back.

46. 446 甩 After I Dumped the Capital's Golden Boy, He Landed in the ICU 甩了京圈太子爷后，他进ICU了 Nini Si妮妮思Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [Love-struck, silly beauty X benefits-first young heir of the capital's elite / The heir acts like a dog early on / Later transforms into a love-struck heir of the capital's elite] [The wife-chasing crematorium + running away while pregnant + the powerful one bows his head + getting back together after a breakup + dual-purity romance] This is a story where the hero starts out with all the power in the family, and could have had a wife and children at home, but the young heir just had to mess e 6.1kReads—Score144Shelves
47. 447 娇 The Delicate Beauty Is Hard for the Powerful Minister to Spoil 娇娇美人，权臣难宠 Flowers Fall Year After Year花落年年Ancient Romance435k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted to each other + sweet romance + household intrigue + pure historical romance + rekindled love after a breakup + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] The wealthy Bai family of Yunzhou was wiped out overnight. When their only daughter, Bai Mengjiao, was abducted, she fell off a cliff and injured her head. When she awoke, she had forgotten everything about her past… Pei Huaizhi brought her back to the marquis’s residence, telling everyone she was his younger sis 97Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead was originally the female lead's live-in son-in-law, and they were just waiting to get married after she passed the imperial examination. However, due to an accident, the female lead's family was destroyed, leaving only her. The male lead was taken back to the Marquis's mansion. Because he was heartless towards the female lead, he claimed to everyone that she was his adopted sister. Later, the male lead realized that he had fallen in love with her... It's a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" story with a touch of angst.

48. 448 迷 Ensnared 迷陷 Pegasus's Cat珀加索斯的猫Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted (One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's only partners, showbiz) The heroine loses herself in love at first, but later walks away decisively. A bittersweet-to-sweet story that rewards patience. What does it feel like to love someone with all your heart? Tang Ning thought that as long as she could be with him, she wouldn't mind being hidden away in a dark corner forever. “Where are you?” A man's low, lazy voice came through the phone. “Hengdian. I just got off work.” After a brief silence 5.8kReads8.9Score497Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book!!!

49. 449 重 Reborn, I Refuse to Be This CEO's Wife 重生后，这个总裁夫人我不当了 Qiao Xuxu乔栩栩Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Wen Yan waited until the day she died for Shi Mubai to so much as look at her. Reborn, she decides she’s done being the president’s wife. But her shameless ex-husband refuses to accept it and launches into a no-holds-barred campaign to protect his wife. “My ex-wife is frail and helpless. You’re not allowed to bully her.” Then he sees with his own eyes as his frail, helpless ex-wife knocks the 18.3kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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    🔥🌟① [Arranged marriage, love later, wife-chasing frenzy, 1v1, both are virgins] Lin Yuxi used to think Zhou Yanjing was just a womanizer and heartless, but after marriage, she realized how ruthless he could be. She thought Zhou Yanjing loved her, only to find out in the end that it was just a self-deceptive joke; he had always truly loved someone else. When the three-year agreement expired, she left her wedding ring, moved out of the marital home, signed the divorce papers, and made no further entanglements. ②Reborn, she decided she wouldn't be the CEO's wife anymore. Her shameless ex-husband, however, wouldn't stand for it, unleashing a bottomless protective mode. "My ex-wife is weak and helpless; you're not allowed to bully her." Then he witnessed his seemingly weak and helpless ex-wife smash the head of that scheming, hypocritical man.

50. 450 侯 The Marquess's Wife Was Widowed for Three Years, Then Got Pregnant and Went on a Rampage 侯门主母守寡三年，一朝有喜杀疯了 Jin Gao金餻Ancient Romance289k WordsCompleted [Heroine runs away while pregnant + coercive romance + forbidden relationship + obsessive hero] A widow's life is hard, and life as a widow in a marquis's household is even harder. Shen Xiling's husband died young. She manages every affair in the marquis's estate, yet gets no appreciation for it. She thought she'd spend the rest of her life wasting away like this. But then her brother-in-law, who was believed to have died in battle, returns and inherits everything in the marquis's household. 135Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Do you read historical romance novels? This one is quite good, with a strong aftertaste. [Female lead runs away pregnant + forceful acquisition + forbidden relationship + obsessive male lead] Being a widow is hard, being a widow in a noble family is even harder. Shen Xiling's husband died early, and she managed all the affairs of the noble family alone, yet she still didn't get any credit. She thought she would waste her life like this, but then her uncle, who died in battle, returned and inherited everything in the noble family, including her! After three years of widowhood, she became pregnant, and she began to carefully plan her escape from the noble family...

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