Reunited After Years Apart, with a Painful Opening 久别重逢，刚开头挺虐的那一种

1. 51 暴 After a Thug Sets His Sights on the Swan, She Becomes a Caged Bird 暴徒盯上白天鹅后，她成了笼中雀 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted Top-Tier Thug × Resilient Ballerina [Forced Love + Cross-Cultural Romance + Taking by Force + Soft-Hearted Heroine + Male Lead Is No Good Man + Size Difference + Seven-Year Age Gap] With one breathtaking dance, she looked like a swan with a broken wing onstage, and a man took notice of her. That very night, she was being hunted. With nowhere else to go, she fled into his car, and he saved her. He rubbed the ring in his hand, his words cold and menacing. “Spend the night with me.” He never expect 8.4kReads6.5Score47914d adds
2. 52 契 Contract Lover: My Ex-Boyfriend Became My Sugar Daddy 契约情人，前男友成了我的金主 Lin Yunhan, Who Likes Drooping Peach Blossoms喜欢垂枝桃的林云寒Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted One-on-one, mutually exclusive, contract lover, rekindled romance To save her family's company, Luo Linyi has no choice but to turn to her ex-boyfriend, Zhou Yuchen, whom she abandoned five years ago. The only thing Luo Linyi has left of any value is her body, so she signs a one-year arrangement with Zhou Yuchen to be his kept woman. But when she stands naked in front of him and can only rub against him like a little kitten, Zhou Yuchen's temper flares. “Is that all Miss Luo can do?” When Luo 290Reads6.3Score—14d adds

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   Five years ago, the female lead abandoned the male lead. After returning to China, she begged him for help for her family. The male lead mocked and tormented her, and she signed a sugar daddy/sugar baby agreement. However, the male lead was tough on the outside but soft on the inside.

3. 53 逃 The Day I Tried to Run, Mr. Shen the Mad Dog Stole a Kiss and Took Me by Force 逃跑当天，被疯狗沈总欺吻强夺了 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.6kReads—Score11314d adds
4. 54 插 No Escape: General Manager Shen's Canary Just Wants to Run 插翅难逃：沈总的金丝雀只想跑路 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted Stubborn Beauty x Obsessive CEO [The Husband's Groveling Era + Canary Romance + Obsessive, Unhinged Male Lead + Substitute + White Moonlight + Dead Lover Trope] On a stormy night, Wen Yang fled frantically in a raincoat, only to run straight into the headlights of Shen Yan's car. The man stood backlit, holding a black umbrella. He sneered, "Can't the iron gate at home keep you in? I should've locked you to the bed with a gold chain." She collapsed in the muddy water, trembling, her almond-sh 7.3kReads8.5Score42814d adds
5. 55 嘘 Hush! You Can't Escape My Grasp 嘘！你逃不出我的手掌心 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Modern Romance398k WordsCompleted [Coercive Possession + Powerful Hero and Vulnerable Heroine + Heroine on the Run + Hero Has a Face, but No Conscience + Devoted to Each Other + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] The first time Meng Yanci saw Shen Youning, he was captivated by her eyes: foxlike, sly yet harmless when she smiled. They looked perfect for cutting out and preserving as a specimen. He wanted her badly. Unfortunately, once he had her, she had a boyfriend, then a fiancé, but she never had herself. She even tried to r 2.3kReads7.1Score14014d adds
6. 56 每 Every Tree Has a Name 每棵树都有名字 Bu Erzhi不二之Modern Romance128k WordsCompleted Theme: Protect the environment and prevent pollution. Tags: mature leads // intense push and pull // reunion after a long separation Character setup: a taciturn, ruthless, rugged man who keeps his feelings bottled up VS a gentle, unassuming female artist Blurb 1: Among all the trees in the world, with their lush branches and leaves, there must be one that knows my name. I buried my ashes there, and it helped me grow strong, standing through scorching heat and wind. Blurb 2: "In this life, ever 71Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The story opens with a reunion. After graduating from university, the female protagonist becomes a volunteer in western China, where she falls in love with the local male protagonist. They promise to go to Beijing together after their volunteer work ends, but instead, she receives a phone call breaking up with him. Seven years later, they meet again as a painter exploring local life, while the male protagonist becomes an unlicensed taxi driver. The entire story revolves around their reunion and water pollution. It's a truly captivating and profound story.

7. 57 很 I Really Want to Turn Back 很想回头 The Xiao in Xiaoxiao晓小的晓Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted [Mutual secret crushes (and chasing each other) + reunion after years apart + healing each other + mending a broken relationship] On the night before they left school for the gaokao, Jiang Zeyi walked down the left side of the stairs while Mu Yi walked down the right. Mu Yi summoned the courage to take the final step at the same time as him. Being able to take that last step alongside him was a kind of happiness for her. But his friend called him over, saying that a girl who had a flirty relatio 550Reads8.8Score10514d adds

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   Mutual unrequited love!! The two reunite at a bridal shop at the beginning! The female lead thinks the male lead is married!! It's very good!! Half campus, half city!!

8. 58 拒 After Rejecting the Abstinent, Brooding Man, the Beauty Was Kept as a Pet 拒绝禁欲阴湿男后，美人被圈养了 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted A stubborn, resilient heiress vs. a ruthless, violent man in power [Ruthless possession + Heroine runs away and gets caught + Both virgins + Groveling pursuit + Forced love + Unhinged hero] The night before leaving to study abroad, Shen Hening was drugged by her best friend and sent to her brother’s bed. Those three days and three nights cost her the chance to go abroad. Afterward, Yujing Lanting gained a new caged bird. The aloof beauty fell from her pedestal and went mad with love. “Meng Zechu 813Reads6.5Score—14d adds
9. 59 娇 Jiaojiao, You Can’t Escape My Grasp 娇娇，你逃不出我的手掌心 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Modern Romance331k WordsCompleted [Ruthless pursuit + Obsessive, unhinged hero + Heroine runs away + Groveling for forgiveness + Both leads are each other’s first + Coercive love] “Jiaojiao…” “He’s not good enough for you. Come to me.” A cruel smile played at the corner of Zhou Yuheng’s mouth. At the sound of his voice, the woman could no longer hold herself up and started to fall backward. But he swept out an arm and caught her by the waist, stopping her from hitting the ground. Yu Jiao’s eyes misted over as she glared at h 3.2kReads8.4Score18414d adds
10. 60 娇 Addicted to Her Allure 娇瘾缠欢 Jun Buqi君不弃Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Flirting + possessiveness + reunion after a long separation + devoted couple, sweet and steamy + healing] Cool beauty in a qipao ✖️ Unhinged thug in a suit Qin Sang had always been a stickler for the rules, but she did two reckless things. First, before breaking up with Sheng Yu, she took the initiative and passionately lost herself in a night of intimacy with him. Second, after graduating from a prestigious university, she gave up a respectable, high-paying job and opene 34.1kReads9.3Score3.6k14d adds

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    It's very good, especially the confession part, which is about sixty chapters long.

11. 61 余 Embers 余烬 Candy Snow Mountain糖果雪山Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted No matter the occasion, Jiang Chengze always appeared composed and steady. He never panicked and was rarely agitated. His thoughts and emotions were so stable that Su Man once complained to Yu Min that someone like him probably couldn't grieve or even understand what it meant to be sad. But Yu Min knew that after Su Man left, Jiang Chengze really had been sad for her. Legally speaking, Yu Min and Jiang Chengze were now husband and wife. But their relationship was more complicated when it came to 12.5kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds

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    These two books are really good; they made me cry. Also, there's *The Crowd* and *The Banquet*, both featuring male protagonists who are unaware of their love for the female lead in the early stages, leading to the female lead's suffering, and later, a dramatic and heart-wrenching chase. Those who enjoy bittersweet and emotionally charged stories should check them out.

12. 62 今 No One Sleeps Tonight 今夜无人入眠 Lai Ji来汲Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted Xu Qingqie always thought his marriage to Li Simei was just a convenient arrangement at the right time. But she often looked at him with the hopeful eyes of a wife waiting for her husband, and little by little he began to think that maybe things could go on like this. It wasn’t that he had fallen for her. He just pitied her. Until one day, he realized Li Simei had never truly entered into their marriage, nor given him her heart. His rival, Xu Chuang, whom he looked down on and considered inferio 19.9kReads8.8Score3.2k14d adds
13. 63 风 When the Wind Rises, I’ll Come to You 风起向你 Thin Persimmon Tea薄柿茶茶Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Reunion after years apart + second chance at love + mutual healing + childhood sweethearts] Xie Zhixun was every bit the golden boy. His looks, grades, and family background all made him stand out. Proud and dazzling, he was hard to approach. He had every reason to look down on the world, and his youthful confidence seemed boundless. Yet one evening, after the final study session, this very boy stopped the girl with the worst reputation at school. “Wen Nanwan.” “I can keep letting you have your 4.6kReads9.2Score52214d adds

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    A story of reconciliation after a broken relationship, a reunion at the beginning, and mutual redemption. After separating from the male lead, the female lead suffers from severe mental illness and depression due to bullying at school. It was incredibly heartbreaking to watch! The female lead is always aloof and calm in front of everyone, only letting her guard down in front of the male lead, which really touched me!

14. 64 重 After We Reunited, His Cool Persona Fell Apart 重逢后，他的高冷人设崩塌了 Loves Chow Mein爱吃炒面呀Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted Completed A man who’s worse than a dog × a sweet, gentle cutie This story is nothing but sweetness and laughs. One sentence from Jiang Xuhuai kept Tang Xiao waiting for four whole years. When he returns, he’s the Jiang family’s grandson. The gulf between their statuses sets off a game of cat and mouse, with her running and him chasing. She retreats step by step, while he closes in. One day, Tang Xiao can take no more. “Can you stay a little farther away from me?” Jiang Xuhuai smiles. “Agree to t 2.7kReads9.1Score21914d adds

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    (Slightly angsty at the beginning, super sweet later) Don't be put off by the title, it's incredibly sweet, the story starts with the protagonist pursuing his wife, there are no scheming green tea characters, and even the supporting characters are so sweet.

15. 65 公 After My Ex-Boyfriend Acquired the Company 公司被前男友收购以后 Zhi Yu知渔Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Lazy, bootlicking heroine + arrogant Capricorn who buys your company when you dump him + workplace romance + sweet pampering = rekindled love] The thing Tong Nian regrets most is making a bet with her best friend during her freshman year to flirt with the aloof campus heartthrob Liao Yuncheng. And somehow, it worked! Her second biggest regret is that a year later, she dumped him in a daze, only to be dragged onto his blacklist. His reason: he had no shortage of ordinary friends. N years later. 17kReads9.4Score2k14d adds

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    A long-awaited reunion, the beginning is quite heart-wrenching 🍃 ① In their youth, they were a rich girl and a poor boy, but she dumped him. Seven years later, they meet again. She's a fallen rich girl, working as a waitress for whom others can get anything for 500 yuan, while the former poor boy has become a self-made tycoon, a high-and-mighty beauty. He forces her to be his wife in a contract marriage, only to find out later that he loves her deeply. The female lead's life is very hard and tragic, but the male lead loves her deeply. [I also highly recommend it]

16. 66 哪 She's No Songbird, She's the Apple of His Eye 哪是金丝雀，分明是心尖宠 No Tea in the Coffee咖啡里没有茶Modern Romance542k WordsCompleted [Stubborn, proud former piano princess vs. possessive real estate tycoon] At 20, Li Sheng was the girlfriend Shen Yanchu treasured above all else, a “business prodigy” and “piano princess” envied by everyone. At 25, Li Sheng was a toy for Shen Yanchu to play with as he pleased. Shen Yanchu hated her with every fiber of his being. Because a kidnapping plot orchestrated by her brother had killed his younger sister. At 18, Shen Tingwan had leapt from the top floor, unable to bear any more humiliati 2.6kReads7.1Score12114d adds

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    This is especially beautiful and perfectly suited.

17. 67 无 No Official Relationship 无实名关系 Three Three Days三三日Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted New rating just in: [Brooding, insecure sweetheart vs. aloof on the outside, warm-hearted young master] [Rekindled romance | School life first, then city life | Each other's first love | Happy ending] * Cheng Zhike witnessed a farcical debt-collection scene in a dead-end alley. He was just an onlooker enjoying the spectacle, but somehow ended up taking home the filthy schoolmate who was being hounded for money. The schoolmate was beautiful, with sparkling, limpid almond eyes that seemed able t 17.8kReads8.1Score1.7k14d adds

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    A top-rated story of a broken relationship mended. The female lead suffers from depression after separating from the male lead (it seems she had depressive tendencies since high school 🥹🥹🥹), and almost dies from hallucinations. The male lead is heartbroken, especially when the psychiatrist says, "She resists systematic therapy because she doesn't want to lose the hallucinations about you." It's so bittersweet! 😭😭😭

18. 68 妄 Years of Delusion 妄念经年 Sugar Qidou糖柒豆Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted [Reunited After a Breakup + Faux Siblings + Elite Aristocratic Family + Mutual Secret Crushes + Sweet and Angsty + Push and Pull + Both Pure] [Cool, Vulnerable Photographer vs. Unhinged, Love-Struck Film Emperor and Young Master] When she was ten, Bai Qingli was abandoned yet again. She crouched in a corner like a piece of trash until Lu Shiyan traveled hundreds of kilometers to take her in. “Little mute, don’t be scared. Come home with your big brother.” From then on, everyone in Yuncheng knew 882Reads7.4Score10314d adds

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    This is the book! It opens with a reunion; the male lead loves the female lead to the core, yet she obediently professsing her love one day and vanishes the next. He searches the entire city, even kneeling before his father to beg him to let him go and find her, but she disappears from his world like a bubble, never to be seen again. Six years later, she suddenly reappears. He only glances at her indifferently, but in a deserted corridor at night, he grabs her wrist, his voice hoarse. "Leaving again?" Later, she merely packs her bags, only to be dragged into a gilded cage he's built years ago, his hand on her neck, his eyes bloodshot, close to her ear. "Trying to run away again?"

19. 69 和 The Time I Spent in Love With Her 和她相恋的时光 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + devoted one-on-one romance + rekindled love + healing with a touch of angst] A grounded, everyday story with smart characters. Gao Yuchen, an isolated orphan, happens to meet her next-door neighbor, Mu Yang. Mu Yang pursues her passionately, and they soon fall in love. She thinks they’ll be happy together, only to discover that their happiness was built on a lie, albeit one told with good intentions by the male lead. She coldly tells him she never wants to see him again. I 843Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    These two books are very good. Not mindless.

20. 70 高 Powerful Families: In the End, We Weren’t Destined to Be Together Those Years 高干：总之，那几年我们没有缘分 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted Power Couple: Anyway, We Weren't Meant to Be in Those Years 118Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Long time no see!

21. 71 小 The Young Master Is Reborn and Wants Nothing but to Wait for Death 小少爷重生后一心等死 Startled Bird Enters a Dream惊鸟入梦Two Male Leads485k WordsCompleted [Reborn + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + happy ending][Goofy, fatherly big shot x sickly young master] When Wen Yinuo was five, he got lost while out on a family trip. He wasn’t found until he was sixteen. But in the second year after he went missing, his family had adopted another child to take his place. Even after Wen Yinuo returned, his parents and relatives gave all their tenderness and love to the adopted child, without sparing a bit for him. Everything Wen Yinuo did was even bran 16.9kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds

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    A long-awaited reunion, the beginning was truly heartbreaking. 😭 Controlling nature + insecurity, I really cried. ✨ "Happy 20th birthday, Wen Yinuo." 🎈 On the day he was diagnosed with late-stage leukemia, his family was happily planning his younger brother's 18th birthday party. Upon hearing the news of his late-stage leukemia diagnosis, his parents, brothers, everyone thought he was faking it, that he had malicious intentions, and wanted to ruin his brother's birthday party. Wen Yinuo, who would always defend himself in the past, didn't say a word this time. The night before his brother's birthday, which was also Wen Yinuo's 20th birthday, Wen Yinuo returned to the seaside town where he had lived for eleven years. As the New Year's bells rang, he jumped off a cliff and fell into the dark sea. 🍂 — Life alone is good, but he never wanted to come back.

22. 72 放 Dare to Love 放肆去爱 Tong, Just One Tong桐一个桐Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [One-on-one, both leads are virgins, reunion after a long separation, rekindled love, mutual devotion, happy ending] [Hot-tempered, jealous, secretly soft-hearted, healing, loyal puppy x gentle and sweet, inwardly insecure, severe depression, little bunny] In high school, Chi Pei was a troublemaking menace with dyed blond hair who would fight without caring if he got hurt. Ye Qing was the only person among the students and teachers who dared to drag him aside and lecture him. Speaking slowly an 14.6kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds

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    It starts off heartbreaking, but they eventually fall in love and live happily ever after. A brave heroine and a persistent hero.

23. 73 陷 Trapped in the Abyss of Depression, My Husband Saved My Life 陷在抑郁深渊，老公救我一命 Chen Mengla陈梦拉10k WordsCompleted Trapped in the depths of depression, my husband saved my life 740Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 74 要 Blame Mr. Fu's Best Friend for Stealing His Girlfriend 要怪，就怪傅总好兄弟爱撬墙角 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted If Anyone's to Blame, It's President Fu's Best Friend for Stealing His Girlfriend 275Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The beginning is quite heart-wrenching. After a long separation, they reunite. He, her childhood sweetheart, is away on a business trip abroad. When he asks her what she's doing, she's already at the door, almost caught cheating on him. Does he know who she's been cheating on him with? He wants to give her a chance to confess, but she stubbornly denies it. He feels unwell and wants a divorce, but she tries to use the child to keep him from divorcing her. He leaves behind divorce papers, and she feigns pitifulness, deliberately getting hurt to gain sympathy. Unexpectedly, she gains sympathy from another man who is cheating on her. This other man proposes to her. Her father, who didn't even attend the wedding banquet, comes to her house for the first time and demands a divorce. He refuses. She pretends to be pregnant with a boy to try and cover it up. Her father demands 50 million to leave his son, but she refuses because the price isn't enough. Her father gets angry and insists on the original price, saying take it or leave it. She takes the other man and proposes to him in public. She accepts. Her father is so angry he falls ill. He begins to hate her. On her wedding day, he takes advantage of her, but the other man isn't angry. She gets bored and goes to a karaoke bar to find male models. The wife begs her to come home, but she refuses.

25. 75 豪 My Wealthy Nemesis Lost His Memory, and I Took Over the Entertainment Industry 豪门死对头失忆后，我躺赢娱乐圈 Yan Ze颜泽Two Male Leads444k WordsCompleted [Book 1 of 4] [Two male leads / Entertainment industry / Mutual pining and illness / A story of redemption] [A frail beauty who can kick someone three miles away × an aloof and untouchable heartthrob turned master of the green tea act] Back in school, Yu Li was the little tyrant of the capital's elite circle. He loved picking on the cold-faced young master, but never once got a kind word in return. Refusing to give up, he kept provoking and flirting with him... until he successfully gained a swo 11.7kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds

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    ①A long-awaited reunion, a meeting spanning a lifetime, I'm absolutely devastated. 🌺In their previous life, their time was frozen long ago. ✨"Happy 20th birthday, Wen Yinuo."🎈On the day he was diagnosed with late-stage leukemia, his family was happily planning his younger brother's 18th birthday party. Upon hearing the news of his late-stage leukemia diagnosis, his parents, brothers, everyone thought he was faking it, that he had malicious intentions, and wanted to ruin his brother's birthday party. Wen Yinuo, who would always defend himself in the past, didn't say a word this time. The night before his brother's birthday, which was also Wen Yinuo's 20th birthday, Wen Yinuo returned to the seaside town where he had lived for eleven years. As the New Year's bells rang, he jumped off a cliff and fell into the dark sea. 🍂—Life is good, but he never wanted to come back. ②✨I want to recommend this book to everyone!!! A long-awaited reunion, a reunion that had been planned for a long time. ✨I couldn't get over it the first time, and I cried buckets the second time. Almost every character deserves careful consideration; they truly moved me to tears. 🍁Love, friendship, family—all are beautiful, yet all are filled with regret. 🍂"Perhaps Yu Li can't truly let go either." 💖"I think she certainly doesn't want the rose she poured all her heart and soul into, the best one she's ever nurtured, to one day wither away on an unattended balcony." ③Surrounded by purple clay in the bathtub, he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after his rebirth. His love is repressed and painful, he's insecure and withdrawn…🌺"I want to quickly become a normal person, to feel the love that normal people can feel." ✨Don't wait until you lose something to regret it, don't regret leaving without saying goodbye. Hope to live up to the present, to cherish time, and to be true to yourself.

26. 76 苏 Dr. Su Is Captain Gu's Cherished One 苏医生是顾队长的心尖宠 Jing Yi'an璟以安Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted [The female lead is an army doctor and the male lead is a soldier. They get a happy ending.] Is eight years a long time? It seems pretty long, long enough that she almost couldn't make it through. Someone asked Su Qingyan, "Was it worth it, waiting for someone who left?" She only smiled faintly and answered bitterly, "He was the person I fell for when I was young!" A long separation brings sorrow, but meeting again all of a sudden brings even more! For eight years, she never understood why he ha 8.5kReads8.3Score1k14d adds

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    The male and female leads are childhood sweethearts. The male lead, due to his father's sacrifice, took on an undercover mission and left for eight years. The female lead, affected by his departure, suffered from depression and became a military doctor. During a night shift, the male lead was seriously injured and taken to the general hospital where the female lead worked. Not wanting to involve the female lead in his dangers, he repeatedly pushed her away. Until, during earthquake relief efforts, the female lead's brother persuaded the male lead, and he chose to reunite with her. The beginning is angsty. The middle and ending are relatively sweet.

27. 77 那 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 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted Those Years! Mental Breakdown! The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin! A Troubled Childhood 297Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 78 重 After I Was Reborn, the Movie Emperor's White Moonlight Turned Dark 重生后影帝的白月光黑化了 Baili Cha Cha百里茶茶Two Male Leads1.6M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Entertainment Industry] In her previous life, Gu Wangyan was manipulated by a scumbag and lost his life! Before he died, he discovered that he was movie emperor Shen Xiangting’s white moonlight! Reborn in a new life, the white moonlight turned dark! Scumbag ex: “Wangyan, I fell out with my family for you.” Gu Wangyan: “Oh, the weather’s turning cold. The Lu family should go bankrupt.” Possessive older brother: “My little brother wouldn’t hurt a fly. Don’t you bully him.” Th 19.2kReads9.5Score2.6k14d adds
29. 79 追 Chasing Her Through Hell: A Marriage That Spoiled Its Sweetheart 追夫火葬场:养成系婚姻“宠坏了” Chen Mengla陈梦拉Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin: A “Spoiled” Grooming-Style Marriage 234Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 80 暗 A Bitter Summer of Loving Mu Ru San Fen in Secret 暗恋木入三分苦夏 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted A Secret Crush, Bitter as Summer 4.4kReads—Score—14d adds

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    The later reunion after a long separation is heart-wrenching. Her unrequited love for him is a passionate yet restrained love from childhood, something she's never dared to confess. The bittersweetness of unrequited love is filled with uncertainty; the thought of his acceptance keeps her awake with excitement, while rejection feels like a death sentence. She stayed up all night for him, even though she was last in her class. She was content whenever they were in the same school, but he was arrogant and sarcastic, mocking her. She could only congratulate and envy him for being number one. Her wealthy roommate, the school beauty, asked her to deliver a love letter. He thought she was confessing but instead trampled the letter, crushing her unrequited love. She was jealous of his lack of recognition. She feigned amnesia and mustered the courage to confess. This time, they accidentally kissed, both blushing. She asked him if he would marry her, and he earnestly said next year. But next year, she said she couldn't come and still attended his engagement party with the school beauty, heartbroken. Attending his wedding with the school beauty again, she felt suffocated by the pain. What made him suddenly pull out the school beauty's ring and ask her if she would marry him?

31. 81 吾 I Was a Good Man 吾本良人 Lu Xiaojiu卢小久Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted A dashing, carefree CEO vs. a beautiful, independent heiress "Arranged marriage from childhood, reunion after years apart, a little groveling, sweet romance" During college, Cheng Youqing thought her dashing, carefree childhood fiancé might have feelings for her. She even imagined all sorts of futures with him. Then, on his birthday, someone humiliated her and he did nothing. Cheng Youqing came to her senses in an instant and decisively cut off her feelings. Years later, they meet again. Cheng Y 2.1kReads8.8Score13414d adds

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    🍑✨"Fu Wenzhou, you clearly know I like you, but you just stood there watching, watching me, like a fool, offer you my whole heart." "And then you tell me you only associate with me because your grandfather likes me? Do you think that's funny?" "I'm sorry…" Fu Wenzhou's expression darkened slightly. Cheng Youqing and Fu Wenzhou were betrothed since childhood. She held her heart full of love, only to have it shattered by him. Completely heartbroken, Cheng Youqing disappeared from Fu Wenzhou's world. Years later, they met again. Cheng Youqing was cold and indifferent, avoiding Fu Wenzhou like the plague, but he was heartbroken, experiencing a desperate attempt to win her back.

32. 82 入 Addicted After Dark! The Elite Abstinent Doctor from a Wealthy Family Falls Hard 入夜上瘾！豪门禁欲医生顶级沦陷 Lan Mengxi岚梦晞Modern Romance227k WordsOngoing [Seductive, Sweet and Alluring Heroine VS Cool, Chaste Surgeon] [Elite Family + Heroine Pursues Him at First + Hero Falls Deeply in Love and Devotes Himself to Her Later + Both Leads’ First Love] Everyone knows that Gu Jinyi, the second young master of the prestigious Gu family, has no worldly desires and keeps his distance from women. He is the moon in the heavens, hanging high above the world. “Dr. Gu, I didn’t mean to take advantage of you.” His hand tightened gently, drawing her closer. His 830Reads—Score10714d adds

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    Arranged marriage that blossoms into love, a long-awaited reunion

33. 83 恶 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！ Chen Mengla陈梦拉Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Diary of a Villainess in the Making: Obsessive Love! Niche! Powerful Family! Childhood Friends! 163Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 84 澜 Dream of Lan Ciyu 澜辞钰梦 Quan Xin荃昕14k WordsCompleted Lan Ci Yu Meng 381Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 85 夏 A Summer Kiss 夏日热吻你 An Jiuling安九凌Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [Cool, roguish heartbreaker & sweet, well-behaved girl] The physical edition of Tenderness Is Only for You is now available [The playboy reforms + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + both leads are pure + happy ending + unrequited love comes true] When Sang Sui was fifteen, she came with her mother to the Sheng family in Yunjing City and met Lin Yi's son, Sheng Yize. Three years older than her and exceptionally handsome, he was just so cold that Sang Sui hid behind her mother and greeted him wit 20.1kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
36. 86 花 Blossoms Fall Upon the Inkstone 花朝落砚 Quan Xin荃昕18k WordsCompleted Huachao Luo Yan 1kReads—Score—14d adds
37. 87 第 The He Family, Book One 《何家》第一部 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted The He Family, Part One 77Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 88 强 A Forced Romance with the Campus Prince Isn't Sweet; Reborn, She Wants to Stay Away 强扭的校草不甜，重生后她想远离 Little Seashell小贝壳Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted [Both leads are pure and devoted + both are reborn + sweet romance as he pursues his wife] (The rating just came out, and it’ll keep going up!) She loved him for over ten years, only to discover after they married that his heart still belonged to someone else. After being reborn, she stops chasing him and is determined to stay away. When the college entrance exam results come out, she secretly applies to a police academy in the south without telling anyone. After military training ends, he corne 6.9kReads8.0Score28114d adds
39. 89 遇 Meeting Her Made My Heart Beat Faster 遇见她心动不止 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + mistaken identity + mutual secret crushes + healing + female growth] Everyone is level-headed and knows what they’re doing, so read without worry. Jiang Nan, insecure and neglected by her family, meets He Chengyang. A twist of fate sends their budding romance down the wrong path. He Chengyang mistakes Jiang Nan, the girl he fell in love with at first sight, for her older sister, Jiang Xue, and they begin a brief relationship. (Nothing inappropriate happens between them.) W 6.9kReads8.5Score33214d adds

    Reader note

    These books are good; the writing is mature and not childish.

40. 90 小 Married Life of a Little Lamb and a Big Bad Wolf 小绵羊与大灰狼的婚后生活 Chen Mengla陈梦拉Modern Romance58k WordsCompleted 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. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 91 心 May Your Heart's Desires Bring You Peace, Day and Night 心有所妄，朝暮皆安 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted With a Heart Full of Longing, Peace in Every Dawn and Dusk 324Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 92 追 Chasing Her Through Hell: A Portrait of a Married Woman's Growth 追妻火葬场:已婚女性的成长图鉴 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin: A Portrait of a Married Woman’s Growth 28Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 93 我 I Died on Mid-Autumn Night, and Mr. Lu Went Mad with Regret 我死在中秋夜，陆总悔疯了 Quan Xin荃昕12k WordsCompleted I died on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and General Manager Lu went mad with regret. 515Reads—Score—14d adds
44. 94 深 Deep Inside My Core 深入我芯 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Mutual Devotion + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance] Their first two meetings were accidental. Every coincidence after that was part of his carefully laid plan. When Jiang Yi Shen met Tang Xin, he fell for her at first sight. He quietly set his plans in motion, and the two got to know each other, fell in love, and walked hand in hand into marriage, sharing the warm everyday moments of life from the first flush of romance to raising children. Side story one: Xu Man thought sh 2.4kReads8.7Score14614d adds
45. 95 关 A Collection of Stories About A Nuo 关于阿诺的故事合集 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted A Collection of Stories About A Nuo 19Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 96 失 The Night We Lost Our Child, He Was Setting Off Fireworks With His White Moonlight 失去孩子那晚，他在陪白月光放烟花 Quan Xin荃昕14k WordsCompleted The night they lost their child, he was setting off fireworks with his unrequited love. 194Reads—Score314d adds
47. 97 单 Mr. Zhou, My Unrequited Love 单恋的周先生 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Older Woman, Younger Man + Redemption + Realistic Romance] Three-year age gap. [Secret Love Becomes Mutual, from the Male Lead’s Perspective; Marriage First, Love Later, from the Female Lead’s Perspective] Everyone is level-headed and clear-minded. The woman Zhou Wang had kept in his heart for three years. He thought there could never be anything between them and was ready to give up, but then he unexpectedly learned what she had been through. His heart ached for her, and at the same time, he f 1.5kReads8.2Score10314d adds
48. 98 他 He Risked His Life to Protect Me, and Gave Her His Heart 他以命护我，以心予她 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted He Protected Me with His Life and Gave Her His Heart 397Reads—Score—14d adds
49. 99 高 Powerful Family: A Letter to My First-Love Senior 高干:写给初恋学长的信 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted Powerful Family: A Letter to My First Love, Senior 41Reads—Score—14d adds
50. 100 嗑 Shipping Couples Has Me Hooked, but My Top-Tier Star Ex Is Deluding Himself 嗑CP上头，顶流前任他自作多情 Yi Fangcao易芳草Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted [Zodiac-themed dating show livestream, sweet romance in showbiz, completed happy ending] [Astrology blogger × top-tier star singer, one-on-one, both each other's first and only love] [Reunited after years apart and rekindling an old flame + dating-show love-triangle drama + adorable child playing matchmaker] Tao Yuyin got so invested in the couples on a zodiac-themed dating show that she commented under every episode: This couple has to get back together! The latest behind-the-scenes clip insp 108Reads—Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    The beginning is a bit angsty, and although the male lead claims he's just imagining things and trying to win over the female lead, it doesn't stop them from being mutually attracted, haha. Every bit of heartbreak is followed by sweet moments. But actually, most of the time it's very sweet, especially the later parts [laughs].

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