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  1. 1 A Private Kiss Beneath the Gardenia 私吻栀子 Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of Private Kiss of the Gardenia, with the same title, is coming soon. We hope you'll show it lots of support~ Intangible Cultural Heritage Suzhou Embroidery inheritor × upright, steady, and stern big shot Delicate yet resilient beauty from Jiangnan × self-disciplined young master from an old family Seven-year age gap | Marriage before love | One-on-one, both untouched * As the Gu family's sole heir, Gu Zhili was taught the virtues of a gentleman from childhood. Ever si 11.6kReads9.1Score1kShelves
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  2. 2 Marriage Becomes an Addiction 婚久成瘾 Modern Romance380k WordsCompleted [Mutually Exclusive First Love, Romantic Tension, Instinctive Attraction, Older Man] Xie Guihe, the powerful head of the Xie family, is consumed by ambition. Ruthless in everything he does, he has no intention of ever marrying. A high-profile arranged marriage brings him and Lu Meng, the Lu family's heiress, to the registry office. They each get what they need, or so they think. But somewhere along the way, he ends up losing his heart. 1. At first, he is cold and indifferent: "No feelings involv 36.2kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
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  3. 3 Newlyweds, Growing Closer 新婚渐浓 Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted Marriage before love / Adult romance / A slow, steady relationship / Sweet romance Cool, rational neurosurgeon vs. attentive, service-oriented head of a corporate group The marriage between Shen Mingyue and Bo Yi began with a drunken joke between their grandfathers. Out of gratitude for an old kindness, Shen Mingyue agreed to marry him to help her family out of a difficult situation. On the first day of their marriage, she was called back to the hospital for an emergency surgery and didn’t come 30.6kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
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  4. 4 A Love Affair in the Capital 京婚沉瘾 Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted Love After Marriage | A Sweet, Slow-Burn Romance | Six-Year Age Gap | Both Are Inexperienced Cool, delicate beauty x Wealthy young gentleman from Beijing - The most rational thing Jian Heng ever did was agree to an arranged marriage. His family business needed it, and his elders expected it. All he needed was a wife in name only, someone who would save him trouble and stay out of his affairs. At the civil affairs bureau, he calmly signed the agreement. The woman across from him, Jiang Shan, was 1.7kReads8.0Score151Shelves
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  5. 5 Wild Wind and Jasmine 野风与茉莉 Modern Romance330k WordsOngoing Main story complete [Marriage first, love later | five-year age gap, older man | both leads are sexually inexperienced | sizzling chemistry | love grows over time] [Radiant, elegant heiress × powerful, influential business tycoon] After two years of marriage, she has never even met her husband. Lu Yao is perfectly happy to enjoy the peace and quiet, focusing entirely on her career. That is, until she’s singled out for a special assignment: interviewing a big shot in the Jiang business circle wh 194Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 6 Professor Pei, Can You Actually Handle It? 裴教授,你行不行啊 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A heart-meltingly sweet romance: an age gap, marriage first and love later, one-on-one and devoted, featuring a refined yet wicked professor and a quirky heiress. Scene One: Ye Yuncheng gazed pitifully at Pei Xiuyan. “Honey, I haven’t finished my homework. You know our counselor pretty well. Could you ask her not to check it, please?” Pei Xiuyan pressed his lips together and said nothing. But the next day, the counselor checked only Ye Yuncheng’s homework... When Pei Xiuyan came home from work, 14.4kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
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  7. 7 Mr. Shen's Tender Devotion 沈先生的温柔宠爱 Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted [Marry First, Fall in Love Later • Sweet Romance • Age Gap • Mutual Firsts • No Angst] (The heroine is not a strong, independent type!) [A gentle CEO who isn't domineering and a sweet, sensible girl] During an utterly ordinary summer vacation, Lin Jiamu somehow ended up engaged by a twist of fate. She thought she'd be marrying an old, ugly man, but when she saw Shen Yizhou, she found him absolutely gorgeous. However you looked at it, she seemed to be the one getting the better deal. She thought 8.2kReads9.4Score902Shelves
  8. 8 Reporting to the CEO: Your Wife Is Causing Trouble Again 报告总裁:夫人她又作妖了 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Suave, morally dubious CEO x two-faced little minx, marriage before love, one-on-one, from indifferent to utterly devoted] After they married, Shen Jiali went overseas to expand his business, while Gu Mingyuan stayed home and lived it up. They became a sham married couple who kept out of each other's way. Two years later, as soon as Shen Jiali dared to return home, he caught Gu Mingyuan dancing intimately with a handsome young internet celebrity at a bar. Shen Jiali: A whole green prairie over 8.9kReads9.3Score998Shelves
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  9. 9 I Married My Secret Crush First, Then Fell in Love 与暗恋对象先婚后爱了 Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted [Cool, aloof beauty × rebellious young master] Jiang Shuyue is distant by nature and dislikes dealing with people. Even her parents are at a loss over her coolness, and often criticize her for it. She has always known the truth: her parents criticize her simply because they don't like her. The one they love is their adopted daughter, who grew up in the Jiang family. When she was twenty-five, she made a deal with her parents: she would agree to an arranged marriage, on the condition that they nev 27.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
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  10. 10 After Eight Years of Secretly Loving Him, She Impulsively Marries Mr. He 暗恋八年后,她与贺先生闪婚了 Modern Romance388k WordsCompleted The short drama The Eighth Year of Loving Mr. He in Secret is now streaming [Married life + sweet romance + whirlwind marriage + romance and marriage + devoted husband + heroine's secret crush comes true + hero falls in love after marriage] At nineteen, Jiang Yining fell in love with He Chi. Their only connection was that He Chi was the son of her high school teacher. She lived a quiet, orderly life while he was carefree and uninhibited. Jiang Yining knew very well that she and He Chi had no 27.7kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves
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  11. 11 Out of Control! My Archenemy Only Wants to Kiss Her 失控!死对头只想亲她 Modern Romance284k WordsCompleted [Noble, dazzling heiress x laid-back, scheming heir] Qiao Yuning, the only daughter of the top-tier Qiao family in Shanghai, has been doted on and adored since birth. She has the face of a beauty, a bright and alluring presence, and a slim waist with long legs. Her designer clothes and jewelry are always new, and she looks flawless down to the last strand of hair. She's truly a “walking heiress.” Like her, Zhou Shixu, the heir to the prominent Zhou family, comes from a powerful background. Th 73.6kReads9.2Score7.4kShelves
  12. 12 Back to High School Before the Divorce: This Time, I Won't Fall for You 离婚前重回高中,这次我不心动了 Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted (Print edition signed) [Campus rebirth + regretful pursuit + bad-boy wins her heart + living-under-one-roof romance] [Slightly rebellious good girl x laid-back, aloof bad boy] After her grandmother passes away, both the Tan and Lu families feel sorry for Xu Entang, who has no family left, and want to take her in. When she arrives in Beicheng, she sees again the boy she never forgot after meeting him once. Lu Jin is brazen and unruly. Over the years they grow up together, she watches one woman af 100.3kReads9.4Score10.6kShelves
  13. 13 A Blue Rose for Him 予他青玫瑰 Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication! [Quiet, well-behaved heiress * unruly, untamable young master] Song Ruanqing and Lin Yuchen are regarded by outsiders as a perfect match, a handsome man and a beautiful woman. But the Song and Sheng families join forces through marriage, and Song Ruanqing marries Sheng Shiting, the head of the Sheng family. The man is domineering and unreasonable. Before the wedding, he even said her feelings didn’t matter at all to their marriage. After they marry, though, he holds 1.9kReads8.9Score203Shelves
  14. 14 After Marriage, Mrs. Jiang Is So Spoiled Her Eyes Turn Red 婚后上瘾,江太太被宠得眼角发红 Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Everyone in Haicheng knew that Jiang Jingyu and Nan Shiyu were famously distant. They separated as soon as they got married. One left for overseas to expand the business, while the other stayed in Haicheng, the pampered heiress of a wealthy family. They spent most of the year apart. Gradually, rumors spread through their social circle that they were only putting on a show and were about to divorce. The rumors grew more and more intense. Just as everyone was wondering when they would officially s 15.1kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
  15. 15 His Iris 他的鸢尾 Modern Romance377k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love] [Long-planned scheme] [Secret crush] [Sweet romance] [Devoted one-on-one couple] Pei Chi was a notorious playboy in the capital, a real ladies' man. Then, quite out of character, he agreed to the arranged marriage that the other privileged young heirs looked down on most. After the wedding, he came home late and left early every day, as if marriage had completely chained his freedom. The privileged young heirs were in an uproar. Ruan Yuan must be a tyrant! They had thought 35.4kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
  16. 16 The Young Lady Courts Death, and Her Betrothed Comes to Save Her 大小姐作死,联姻对象来赎人 Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted [Both From Powerful Families | Marriage First, Love Later | Flirtatious Push and Pull | Sweet Romance] [Noble, Aloof CEO x Delicate Rose of a Heiress] (The rating is only because the novel just came out. Read without worries!) Jiang Ruoli had been pampered since birth. The only bitterness she had ever tasted was in iced Americanos, and even her name carried her family’s hopes that she would be refined and well-mannered. . Who would have thought that she’d impulsively spend a night with her husba 11.6kReads9.2Score1kShelves
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  17. 17 Our Marriage Alliance Expired, and After the Divorce, the Abstinent Tycoon Kissed Me to Tears 联姻到期离婚,被禁欲大佬亲哭了 Modern Romance326k WordsCompleted Marriage first, love later / Slow-burn sweet romance / Older man / Secret marriage Clearheaded, delicate beauty x Abstinent, scheming powerhouse from Beijing’s elite The Fu and Wen families arrange a marriage, and Wen Zhi, newly acknowledged by the Wen family, marries Fu Yanxiu. He’s the current head of one of Beijing’s top families, tall and long-legged, with a stunning face. Unfortunately, he’s disciplined and proper, and keeps women at a distance. Before they register their marriage, he hands 13.9kReads6.9Score871Shelves
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  18. 18 A Kiss at the Small of the Back 腰窝吻 Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted Complete. Welcome, everyone! Feel free to leave a review~ [Married first, fall in love later + childhood sweethearts + mutual pining + sweet romance + both have only ever been with each other] [Delicate, soft-hearted sweetheart with a vivid inner monologue VS former boxing club owner turned heir to a corporate group] Fu Chenyan, the pampered young master of Beijing’s elite circle, was famous for being cold, aloof, and heartless. Gu Qing, the Gu family’s stunning heiress, was rumored to be dazzli 664Reads8.6Score108Shelves
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  19. 19 Inkbound to the Dust of the Capital 墨赴京尘 Modern Romance322k WordsCompleted #Marriage Before Love #Secretly Planned for Years #Powerful Capital Elite #Mutual Devotion #Power Couple #Sweet Romance Everyone in the capital’s elite circles said the Zhao family’s cold-blooded King of Hell had been forced into an arranged marriage with a gentle beauty from Jiangnan. But no one knew Before their engagement, he had anonymously funded the restoration of an ancient painting for her. After their engagement, he signed an agreement to “treat each other with courtesy,” yet that very 3.9kReads6.9Score335Shelves
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  20. 20 So Wild, He Can't Resist Me 够野,诱他失控 Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [The short drama adaptation, The Nightingale Says It Misses You, is now streaming on Hongguo App] (Devoted to each other + marriage before love + both from elite Beijing circles + sweet romance | lawyer x cheongsam beauty) Chu Jun, the young heir of a powerful Beijing family, was cold-hearted, noble, and aloof, with little desire for romance. Jiang Wanning, a wealthy heiress from Beijing, was a stunning beauty, dazzling and outspoken, spoiled and profligate. The two were sworn enemies, so every 11.8kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
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  21. 21 Marriage Before Love: Mr. Nan's Beloved Wife 先婚后爱:南先生的娇娇夫人 Modern Romance139k WordsOngoing A well-read, gentle and easygoing wife × a restrained, old-fashioned gentleman with a deep heart It began as a family-arranged marriage, a union of politics and business, with each side pursuing their own aims. Nan Mochen had no interest in romance. He only wanted to marry and have a child to fulfill his grandmother’s dying wish. Yan Shihua wanted only to get married and complete this milestone in life so her parents could rest easy. They expected to treat each other with courtesy and live their 143Reads5.9Score—Shelves
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  22. 22 Spoiled After Marriage 婚后侍宠 Modern Romance541k WordsCompleted Miss Sunflower and Her Qipao Gentleman The heroine has an avoidant attachment style + the older hero guides her / both are pure in body and mind, with overwhelming possessiveness Beautiful, bold, resilient, and seemingly well-behaved university professor x proud, sharp-tongued, scheming, aloof beauty [Flash Marriage and Exclusive Devotion + Clear-Headed Strong Female Lead + Marriage Before Love + Two Strong Leads + Age Gap + Slow-Burn Romance + Adorabl 3.3kReads8.5Score160Shelves
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  23. 23 Sharing His Bed 与他共枕 Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted (Adapted into the short drama "Miss Xu, Don’t Settle". The Tomato-produced short drama "Sharing His Bed" launched on Tomato on November 26.) Shang Yiran and Xu Mubai have been married for five years, and have spent all five fighting. Three years into their marriage, Xu Mubai became pregnant. She tried to tell Shang Yiran, “Let’s make a real go of this.” He responded with cold indifference. After that, they each went their own way. One is cold, arrogant, and conceited; the other is stubborn and u 7.3kReads9.1Score550Shelves
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  24. 24 What?! The Villainess's Husband Is Actually the Crown Prince of the Capital's Elite 惊!恶毒女配老公竟是京圈太子 Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed, awaiting release] Marriage first, love later / older, fatherly male lead / devoted couple, sweet romance Carefree, high-maintenance heroine × abstinent, scheming older man Jin Zhao transmigrates into a sweet romance novel as the vicious supporting heroine. Not only is she beautiful, with fair skin, but she's also secretly married to the heir of a powerful family in the capital. But she'd heard her bargain husband was abstinent, so she decides to cling to his coattails. “Ho 39.6kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves
  25. 25 My Arranged Marriage Wife Is So Sweet, the Capital's Big Shot Can't Hold Back 联姻老婆好甜,京圈大佬节制不住 Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted Marriage first, love later / A sweet, slow-burn romance / Older man / Both are each other’s one and only A cool, distant beauty x a steady, calculating, fatherly type At twenty-two, Jian Xi accidentally discovered that she was the biological daughter of a wealthy business tycoon. She gained a pair of rich parents, and a husband through an arranged marriage. Her husband was Zhou Boting, the current head of the Zhou family. Rumor had it that he was disciplined and reserved, and at twenty-six had n 19.7kReads6.7Score1.5kShelves
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  26. 26 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 36.4kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
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  27. 27 I'm Already in the Late Stages of Cancer, So What's Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? 我都癌症晚期了,疯一点怎么了 Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted Original title: I’m Already in the Late Stages of Cancer, So What’s Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? Lin Qian, hailed as the most eligible young lady in the capital, was gentle, refined, elegant, and proper. She could read at three, write poetry at five, was exceptionally well-read, and excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Everyone who met her praised her without end. Lin Qian had been raised from childhood on the principle: “At home, obey your father; after marriage, obey your 20.8kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
  28. 28 A Prestigious Family Alliance: Young Master Li's Beloved 豪门联姻之厉少的心尖宠 Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted [Marriage between wealthy families × marriage first, love later × devoted husband × sweet romance] A bombshell came out of the capital: the Crown Prince was marrying into the Su family, one of the capital's five great families, setting off a media frenzy. Everyone in the capital knew that the Su family's young lady was an incomparable beauty, blessed with both beauty and brains, and hailed as the capital's number one beauty. The Crown Prince was famously cold and heartless, leading everyone to w 774Reads8.2Score100Shelves
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  29. 29 Seducing My Way into His Heart 撩入他心 Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted [CEO romance + marriage before love + groveling pursuit + business marriage alliance + devoted to each other] In Song Siyu’s eyes, her relationship with Fu Dongheng was purely a matter of mutual benefit, with no love involved. Even though they had fallen asleep in each other’s arms on countless nights, they had only ever shared a bed, never their hearts. That is, until his first love returned. She handed him an agreement and offered to step aside. “Give me back my shares, and let’s get divorced! 4.5kReads8.8Score405Shelves
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  30. 30 Young Master Fu's Lavish Love: My Deep and Enduring Love for You 傅少高调宠:爱你一往情深 Modern Romance293k WordsCompleted When they first met, she was the medicine that healed his wounds. When they met again, she became the Mrs. Fu he had longed for day and night. Their childhood promise came true. For a time, she thought the sun would never find the moon, but she never realized that whenever she looked back, he had always been there behind her. Love begins without warning and only grows deeper with time. 4Reads5.7Score—Shelves
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  31. 31 The Possessive Third Master’s Clingy Sweetheart Became Everyone’s Darling 偏执三爷的撒娇精成了团宠 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Super sweet and doting, both leads reborn + obsessive, possessive, healing, and adorable] Tang Ling dreamed that she was being sold to an old man. To escape that fate, she threw herself into Third Master Bo's arms without hesitation. From then on, the cold and abstinent Third Master Bo had a sweet, soft little darling by his side, constantly acting cute and begging for kisses and cuddles. When someone bullied her, he turned vicious and furious. “Who dares make my darling cry?” On their wedding 2.1kReads9.3Score243Shelves
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  32. 32 Married First, Pampered Later: Please Rein Yourself In, Mr. CEO 先婚后宠:总裁大人请克制 Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted “Be a good girl and play your part as Mrs. Mo.” ... Ou Mo never imagined that the groom she had found on a whim would be Second Master Mo, the most powerful man in Nancheng, feared by everyone. She thought she was as good as dead, but after they married, he spoiled her rotten. As Ou Mo lies in a hospital bed, gritting her teeth against the pain, the man gives her a smug look. “Heal up properly. If you delay giving me a baby, I won’t let you off.” “...” 29Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  33. 33 After I Ran Away from My Wedding, the Possessive CEO Tricked Me Home and Spoiled Me 逃婚后,被禁欲霸总骗回家宠 Modern Romance390k WordsCompleted The rating is low because there aren’t many reviews, but completion rates are high. Read with confidence! [Love after marriage + long-laid plans + sweet devotion] A calculating, celibate CEO & a pampered heiress To escape an arranged marriage, Xia Anyiao went abroad to study. Now, summoned home in a hurry, the fallen heiress puts everything she has into getting close to the man in City C who strikes fear into everyone’s hearts. Then she realizes he’s the very man she met in Italy! Even more shoc 278Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  34. 34 Turning My Fake-Marriage Husband Straight 掰直形婚老公 Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted A law-focused, trope-subverting story A sweet, scatterbrained divorce lawyer versus a shrewd, restrained business tycoon Both leads are each other’s first and only; no idealized first love, no ex-boyfriends Marriage first, love later / grounded realism / simmering tension / falling in love with clear eyes No age gap; they’re the same age Wang Mengting: a name that clearly doesn’t belong to the heroine of a romance novel. A walking machine for snarky commentary. Twenty-eight by East Asian reckoni 774Reads—Score—Shelves
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  35. 35 One Night to Love: The Wealthy CEO's Adored Wife 一夜定情:豪门总裁的宠爱娇妻 Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple, both untouched + sweet romance + secret identities + all-out wish fulfillment in the second half] One drunken night, they walked into the wrong room. A man out of control... A drunk woman... A room filled with passion... Bound by family rules, Mu Zhengyi had no choice but to bring Lan Xin home. After she cared for him again and again, he found himself falling for her. Mu Zhengyi gripped Lan Xin’s shoulders and made her look at him. “The point of all my hard work is to pro 152Reads7.1Score—Shelves
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  36. 36 Obsessed to the Point of Madness: Lord Si's Flirtatious Little Darling Has Run Off Again 偏执成瘾:司爷的小撩精又跑了 Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted The male lead is a top tycoon + the female lead is emotionally and intellectually capable + devoted one-on-one romance She is a fallen heiress from Qiaocheng, but then she meets a cold-faced Buddhist devotee with prayer beads on his wrist, a dark, obsessive side, and a cruel streak. “I saved your life, and instead of thanking me, you treat me like this. Sima Yuchuan, you heartless bastard.” Sima Yuchuan holds a whip, wondering how this woman can have such a sharp tongue. When she cruelly ends he 13Reads—Score—Shelves
  37. 37 After the Marriage Alliance, Miss Qi Is Unstoppable 联姻后,祁小姐她无人可挡 Modern Romance422k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + A Marriage Alliance Between Powerful Families + Devoted to Each Other + Sweet Romance] She was the youngest biological daughter of the Qi family, yet her family never doted on her. He had been born to a mother with ulterior motives, so even though he lived among the wealthy and powerful, he still had to tread carefully at every turn. Rather than a marriage alliance between powerful families, their union was more like two castoffs rejected by their families coming to 394Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  38. 38 The Easygoing Second Wife 佛系继室 Ancient Romance111k WordsCompleted From the moment Cui Jiangwan learns she’s to marry Marquis Wu’an Ji Huai, she knows the marquis still carries an irreplaceable first love in his heart. That woman was his late wife and his childhood sweetheart. So Cui Jiangwan plans to be a laid-back second wife and live with Ji Huai in mutual respect. 3kReads6.8Score215Shelves
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  39. 39 A Long-Standing Scheme: Master Fu Uses His Looks to Lure Her In 蓄谋已久:傅爷以美色诱人 Modern Romance160k WordsCompleted [1v1, both leads’ first love, sweet romance, long-planned] [The male lead isn’t disabled. He uses a wheelchair in Chapter One purely because he can’t be bothered to walk!] Wen Nuo married the most distinguished man in Haicheng in her younger sister’s place. Designer gowns and luxury cars worth millions: he spoiled her rotten. Until one day, she heard that his one true love was coming back. So she called a moving company, stripped the villa down to its bare walls, and prepared to run. But Master 68Reads7.4Score—Shelves
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  40. 40 Beneath the Summit 顶峰之下 Modern Romance253k WordsCompleted Xia Qiao, a fallen heiress, had one golden rule: marriage was a business deal, and at the very least, both sides had to benefit. The heiress, who stood to inherit billions, found herself the perfect buyer: the young heir to the Jiang Group, a notorious playboy who got by on his looks. The man stood at the top of the world, with money, power, and charm to spare. In a sham marriage built on a real partnership, who was really scheming against whom? 4Reads6.6Score—Shelves
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  41. 41 After Becoming the Villainess, I Set My Sights on the Big Shot 穿成恶毒女配后,缠上大佬的高枝 Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + devoted couple + sweet romance] A fussy little schemer who only wants to survive × a cold-faced, abstinent, and calculating big shot Song Mo transmigrates into a sweet romance novel as the vicious supporting actress. She is the real daughter who was lost as a child. In her previous life, she was stupid enough to get herself killed. She lost her life fighting the fake heiress for affection. Now she has only one principle: stay away from the male lead, cherish her life, 485Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 42 Possessing Jiang Xi 佔有姜西 Modern Romance4.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads + PDA-Filled Romance + Mutual Devotion] A job interview at a bar leads two people with nothing in common to meet for the first time. One is a private tutor, the other a cold-faced King of Hell. One does the flirting, the other does the pampering. Later, no one could have guessed that the elegant, aloof Qin Zhan would turn into a clingy burr. Their everyday life after getting together is even too much to watch... “Wifey...” “Hmm?” “Could you comfort me 48.1kReads9.5Score4.9kShelves
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  43. 43 The Sweet Little Wife Dropped from the Sky: The CEO Uncle Dotes on Her 空降小甜妻:霸总大叔宠上瘾 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The short drama is now available. Just search for the protagonist’s name! [Married first, fall in love later + Devoted husband + Two powerful figures pretending after marriage] [After their sudden marriage, the billionaire CEO finally shows his true colors!] Kicked out of her home, poor real heiress Yu Zheng marries the domineering CEO in a whirlwind wedding. His sweet, obedient little wife is soft and easy to push around, while her rich, domineering older husband is strong and full of energy. H 5.7kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
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  44. 44 The Marriage-for-Love Plan 为爱联姻计划 Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted [Cool, powerful female CEO vs. refined, prestigious CEO; two powerful leads; marriage first, love later; evenly matched] To Su Nianshang, this marriage is nothing more than an exchange of benefits and a business deal. She needs the shares in Zhou Xu's hands to secure the position of CEO at Su Yu Group. She assumes that Zhou Xu, the unattainable prize of the business world, is also interested in the practical benefits their marriage can bring. She has no idea that what he wants is her. From her 1.7kReads8.9Score151Shelves
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  45. 45 On Our Wedding Night, I Married the Richest Man While Pregnant 新婚夜,挺着孕肚嫁给首富老公 Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted Su Qingliu married Jin City’s richest man, Huo Yubai, while four months pregnant, and the news stunned everyone! The child wasn’t Huo Yubai’s, and even Su Qingliu didn’t know who the father was... Yet Young Master Huo didn’t mind at all! Huo Yubai’s response: “The child may not be mine, but my wife is!” Everyone: What a pushover! After the wedding, Young Master Huo spoiled Su Qingliu rotten. She was so moved that she cried, thinking her husband had turned out to be a pretty great guy to take her 670Reads8.9Score107Shelves
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  46. 46 Treated Like Grass Before Marriage, Treasured Like a Jewel After 婚前如草,婚后如宝 Modern Romance257k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, both devoted to each other; both from wealthy families, but neither is overwhelmingly powerful; love at first sight from the male lead’s perspective, with him initially serving in the military; marriage first, love later from the female lead’s perspective.] In an instant, you became eternal. Amid the vast sea of people, you alone touched my heartstrings, sending ripples through me without end., Feng Zekai Meeting you was fate. Like turned to love, and love became dependence 122Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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