Childhood Sweethearts, Then the Female Lead Goes Abroad for Several Years 青梅竹马，然后女主出国了几年

1. 101 恶 After the Wicked Stepmother Started Studying Hard 恶毒后妈开卷后 Jingshui Yixing静水宜星Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + showbiz + wish fulfillment + adorable child + mutually faithful + career-focused] Ning Qiyi wakes up one day to find she's transmigrated into a wealthy-family novel as the wicked stepmother. A daughter of the Ning family and formerly a top-tier starlet, she's willful and fiercely competitive. In an effort to outshine her universally adored cousin, she used her wiles to win over the male lead, Lu Xingyu. After an unhappy marriage, she indulged in collecting handsome me 710Reads9.0Score10614d adds
2. 102 恋 Forget Romance! I Want to Cook! 恋什么爱！我要做菜！ Tian Xian田闲Modern Romance271k WordsOngoing Food + farming + building wealth + everyday urban life + smart and emotionally intelligent leads + sweet romance + wish fulfillment + doted-on heroine + heartwarming and stress-relieving Gu Tianxian was a struggling wage earner, but when she learned her grandfather had been injured, she quit her job without hesitation and returned to her hometown to look after him. From then on, her life took a new turn. She had started cooking just to care for the old man. Little did she know that, just like 25Reads6.9Score—14d adds
3. 103 古 From Ancient Times to the Present, a Max-Level Green Tea Queen Takes the Entertainment World by Storm 古穿今，满级绿茶卷爆娱乐圈 Yan Xi烟夕Modern Romance3.5M WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-Modern Rebirth + Showbiz + Mind Reading + Everyone’s Favorite + Love Triangle Showdown] On the night of her wedding, Qiu Changge, the Fifth Princess of the Great Sheng Dynasty, died unexpectedly. When she woke up, she found herself inside a showbiz novel about a real and fake heiress, as the real heiress who was hated by the entire internet and destined to be cannon fodder. The handsome, possessive villain wanted her dead. The refined, abstinent male lead wanted her dead. The fake 4.3kReads8.8Score68514d adds
4. 104 白 My Unrequited Love Is My Direct Boss 白月光他是顶头上司 Li Xi梨西Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [Both Pure + Reunited After Years Apart + Broken Hearts Made Whole Again] He waits for a romantic moment, waits for his moon to return. She found her rainbow, and then it was always you. A stunning translator who seems calm and alluring but is actually afraid of phone calls VS a general manager with a heart broad enough to hold the world, whose very skin cells are full of narcissism [Blurb] Yan Nian moved from Lingyun City back to Lincheng City, where her parents arranged for her to work as a wr 5.1kReads9.2Score46114d adds
5. 105 我 I'm in Love with the Moon 我恋月亮 Ning Yuchen宁雨沉Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Wen Yan, a cello prodigy who had fallen from grace, returned to Lianyi City and reunited with her childhood friend, Jiang Tinghan. Jiang Tinghan was always picking on her, resenting her and blaming her for leaving without a word all those years ago. Yet just to see her again, he threw himself into track and field, transforming from an arrogant little troublemaker into a sports star who brought glory to his country. - Wen Yan's world had once been utterly dark, with 769Reads9.3Score10014d adds
6. 106 这 The Most Beautiful Encounter of My Life 这一生最美好的遇见 My Heart Is Like Water妾心如水Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted Eight years ago, a troubled girl made a wish abroad in flowery, literary language: “May we meet again, the most beautiful encounter of my life.” Eight years later, a powerful, cold, seemingly omnipotent man left her a message: “Il est venu.” In French: He has come. 72Reads8.4Score814d adds
7. 107 离 After the Divorce, My Wealthy Ex-Husband Completely Lost Control 离婚后豪门前夫彻底失了控 Si Xiameng司夏萌Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted (The animated series adaptation, "Only After We Parted Did I Realize How Deeply I Loved You," Seasons 2 and 3 are now available. The adaptation and production are excellent.) [Both Leads Are Inexperienced] [Mutual Devotion] [Marriage Before Love] [He Must Win Her Back] Shi Yang had loved Fu Jingchuan since she was young. Back then, he was the darling of the heavens, while she was an unremarkable transfer student. It was as if a chasm lay between them. Years later, they met again at a class reuni 22.4kReads8.1Score4.5k14d adds
8. 108 偏 I Just Had to Provoke Him 偏要惹 Miss Tiger猛虎小姐Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [The push and pull of adult flirtation * teasing and testing the waters] [Bold, flirtatious heroine x restrained, mature hero • seven-year age gap] In the dim car, a drunk Su Xiaoman pinned him against the door. His voice low, he fought to hold himself back. “I’ll take you home.” Su Xiaoman narrowed her eyes and shook her head, her voice as sexy as a cat’s purr. “Tonight... either I win you over, or you win me over. You choose.” Zhou Yu looked down at the woman in his arms. Her restless littl 1.3kReads8.6Score10714d adds
9. 109 猫 Feline Devotion 猫系偏爱 Wild Greenery绿野蔓生Modern Romance974k WordsCompleted [A sweet romance, with equal parts love story and plot] After an accident, Ji Jinge joins the city’s special operations team. She assumes it’s a special unit tasked with stopping terrorist attacks and keeping the public safe. But after joining, she discovers that every member is nonhuman. Well, nonhuman or not, they’re still serving the people. But could you stop rubbing up against me in your original form, Boss?! A sweet, naive cutie who can really throw down vs. a tsundere who thinks, “I don’ 2.7kReads9.2Score28514d adds
10. 110 2 At Twenty-Eight, Love Knocked Me Off My Feet 28岁那年，我被爱情撞了一下腰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance236k WordsCompleted [High-maintenance heroine + devoted love + angsty romance + sweet pampering] The year Su Ran turned 28, her boyfriend of three years cheated on her and dumped her... And so, at 28, Su Ran became an older single woman. She had thought she would never get married, but a class reunion brought her back into the orbit of Qin Zhan, a former university classmate. Is it love at first sight, a chance to rekindle an old flame, or... just a little bump from Cupid’s arrow? 26Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 111 竹 My Childhood Friend Became a Surprise Arrival 竹马变天降 SpongeBob海绵蓝胖子Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted When Lin Shixi was four, her father was transferred from Laijiang to Linnan, and she moved with him. After the high school entrance exams, she returned to Laijiang for high school, only to be told that she had a childhood sweetheart she was promised to as a baby... This childhood sweetheart, whom she hadn't seen in twelve years, was the top student in his grade at Laijiang No. 1 High School, a well-known figure around campus and the flower on a lofty peak in everyone's eyes. Later, this lofty fl 352Reads9.2Score10314d adds

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    It may only meet the first requirement: childhood sweethearts.

12. 112 天 Why Take a Stranger When Your Childhood Sweetheart Is Better? 天降哪有竹马香 Shu Ningning书柠柠Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted Lying in an ice coffin in her white wedding dress, Bai Yanyan watches her soul as the man avenges her. He clutches her body to his chest, heartbroken, tears streaming down a face she has never seen cry before. Then, smiling, he swallows an entire bottle of sleeping pills. Only then does she realize that her childhood friend, the older brother she grew up with, has loved him with all his heart for a long time. Reborn by a twist of fate, she sees him again and is willing to shatter the stars to st 34Reads8.8Score1514d adds
13. 113 校 The Campus Heartthrob's Sweetheart Is Adorable 校草的小青梅甜爆啦 Ning Mo甯墨Modern Romance376k WordsCompleted [Childhood sweethearts] [Rekindled love] [Rebellious, cocky rich boy × sweet, lively little bunny] Less than a month after Yu Wanning transfers schools, a popular post appears on the Jinzhong forum: [The School Heartthrob and His Childhood Sweetheart’s Sweet Everyday Life]. It’s full of photos of her and her old childhood friend. Yu the Little Brat: Sorry, we’re not close. Young Master Lu: Maybe check the forum before you say that. The little brat lifts her chin proudly and takes the phone. The 1.3kReads9.3Score17214d adds
14. 114 奶 My Little Childhood Friend Smells Like Milk Candy 奶糖味的小青梅 Bei Xiao Qing北小青Modern Romance374k WordsCompleted A second-chance romance Sharp-tongued, super-cool top student childhood friend X carefree, goofy childhood sweetheart What do you do when you fall for your childhood friend?! Lin Xiaoxing never imagined that the cliched idol-drama plot of falling for her childhood friend, who just happened to be a top student, would happen to her. She thought she was playing the part of someone with an unrequited crush. But what was this Qi Ziyu, pinning her against the wall and kissing her the moment he got hom 318Reads9.2Score10114d adds
15. 115 甜 Sweetness Overload! My Childhood Friend Secretly Likes Me Too 甜度爆表！竹马也在偷偷喜欢我 Zhengzheng整整Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [Childhood Friends + Mutual Secret Crush + Equals in Every Way + Long-Running Scheme] Sweet and heart-fluttering! In their three years at Ningnan High, two extraordinary students made a name for themselves by taking pride in handing in blank exams and treating challenges to school rules as a hobby. As the dean put it: “Managing the other students takes skill. Managing those two takes patience!” Everyone knows the top student Song Qi is a man who goes around coaxing “innocent young ladies.” “Zhiz 272Reads9.1Score10014d adds
16. 116 校 The School Bully Is Forced to Do Practice Problems Every Day 校霸他每天被迫刷题 Nine-Tailed Ya九尾吖Modern Romance413k WordsCompleted [Childhood sweethearts + reunion after years apart + mutual devotion + goofy comedy] On the first day at her new school, Jiang Zhi ends up sitting next to the school bully. He looks kind of familiar... During math class The soft, adorable girl slaps Shen Ci'an awake. “Get up and pay attention!” Rubbing the back of his head where she hit him, Shen Ci'an grits his teeth. “Jiang Yaya!” As the whole class waits to see what happens, the girl snaps back in an adorably fierce voice, “What are you glari 8kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
17. 117 冬 Surrender in Winter 冬日沦陷 Zhi Jian知渐Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted [Childhood sweethearts + mutual devotion + secretly in love for years] [Sharp-tongued, proud, jealous young master vs. unruly, arrogant, two-faced little beauty] Everyone knew Song Xing and Yun Zhi were childhood sweethearts, so close they’d risked their lives for each other. Song Xing had a pair of captivating, peach-blossom eyes that sparkled whenever he looked around. He was so pretty that even men couldn’t help lingering over him. “Those peach-blossom eyes attract admirers!” Yun Zhi would re 919Reads9.3Score14414d adds
18. 118 他 His Little Darling 他的小祖宗 A Grain of White Sand一粒沙白Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted [Bad-boy, sharp-tongued young master X unruly, scheming beauty] [Sweet campus romance] After the new transfer student Xi Yu moved into the Lu family home, Lu Jiachen discovered that the clever, well-behaved girl who seemed like a model student was actually a hopelessly bad student who got her parents called to school every other day. Lu Jiachen: Xi Yu, if you pass your final exams, big brother will let you beat him up. Xi Yu: Really? Then just wait until I beat you to your knees and make you cal 6.8kReads9.4Score86214d adds
19. 119 云 When the Clouds Are Deep and the Waters Clear 云深清浅时 Running East and West东奔西顾Modern Romance336k WordsCompleted Xiao Yunxing is the dashing, top-of-the-class heartthrob admired by every girl at school: someone to admire from afar, but never touch. Yet he smiles only for Chen Qinghuan, the “childhood sweetheart” who transfers to his school, and spoils her in every way. Chen Qinghuan is a proud, domineering, yet adorably naive math genius. Math is her talent, and loving him is her dream. She stays by his side, always. One waits, the other pursues, and together they earn places at their dream university. Aft 18.8kReads9.6Score2.2k14d adds
20. 120 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is Seductive and Dazzling 快穿之宿主她又撩又飒 Breeze on the Water清风以沫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted One-on-one romance, equally strong leads, no saintly heroine. That little thing that appeared out of nowhere somehow binds itself to her and makes her transmigrate through three thousand small worlds to collect fragments of the Supreme God. But she's bored anyway, so she might as well play along for a while~ But a game is a game. Why are all these fragments chasing after her and insisting she marry them? What is she supposed to do? And why do they all look exactly like her type? Childhood friend 2.6kReads9.2Score22614d adds
21. 121 重 Reborn National Idol: The Road to Center Stage 重生国民偶像之C位出道 The Internet's Blacklisted Second Young Master网黑二少Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Su Mo spent three years as a trainee in H Country. After unexpectedly being reborn, she finally understood how ridiculous it had been to keep giving in. This time, she resolutely returned to Huaxia and chose to compete on a girl group survival show. To her utter surprise, the name Su Mo dominated the trending charts all summer from the very start. Her explosive first-stage performance was hailed as an S-rank stage, she was selected as the center for the theme song, and she 1.7kReads9.4Score22314d adds
22. 122 糖 Sugar Is Sweet, and So Are You 糖是甜的，你也是 Gugu Meat咕咕肉Modern Romance109k WordsCompleted For years, no one in China had shown any real edge in competitive figure skating. Until Lin Nan appeared... He was widely recognized as the bright hope for the future of figure skating. But for the sake of his childhood sweetheart, this rising star abandoned his training and returned to China... His childhood sweetheart, Tang Anwan, interviewed Lin Nan, the “Ice Demon King,” after his return. Lin Nan was so happy that he actually asked her for praise in front of everyone. The frosty male idol is 140Reads9.4Score—14d adds

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