Marriage First, Love Later, with Just a Little Angst 先婚后爱带一点点虐

1. 251 这 So Close, Yet So Far 这么近，这么远 Lang Dahua浪大化Modern Romance215k WordsCompleted (Marriage before love × love growing over time × independent heroine) A gentle, levelheaded university lecturer × a refined, mild-mannered, famous actor who rose to stardom young A fan’s dream come true from the heroine’s perspective, and marriage before love from the hero’s. After earning her postgraduate degree, Chen Zuiyue lands a good job in the city where her idol, Yang Song’an, lives. But to her utter surprise, just after arriving in the city, she meets her idol’s mother, He Qing. He Qi 257Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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   Arranged marriage that blossoms into love: the ordinary, heartwarming daily life of an average person.

2. 252 孕 On the Day of Her Pregnancy Test, the Wealthy CEO's First Love Returns Home 孕检当天，豪门总裁的白月光回国 Fa Yi Qianzhi伐以千稚Modern Romance2.9M WordsCompleted “I don’t want to have a child with you.” After three years of a secret marriage, Mo Chengbai coldly warned Tang Shuang on the night she discovered she was pregnant. So she hid her baby bump, ended the marriage early, and left the man she had loved for ten years, who had always treated her as worthless. She thought life would be hard after that. But once she stopped loving him, her back and waist stopped aching, she had admirers everywhere, and she even found her wealthy biological parents, who s 9.2kReads8.8Score650Shelves
3. 253 入 So Deeply in Love, Yet Strangers 入骨不相知 Sun Kui孙葵Modern Romance185k WordsOngoing Arranged marriage + equally strong leads + marriage first, love later + the male lead’s long road to winning her back She thought she had found someone who could protect her for life. Little by little, the little hedgehog lowered all her quills, just so she could love him. She thought Gu Beiqian loved her just as deeply. Only in the end did she discover it was all a laughable case of wishful thinking. The person he had truly loved all along was someone else. Gu Beiqian, you broke your promise —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Good-looking but insecure people are always cautious in love.

4. 254 与 Joy with You 与君欢 Moonset月落Ancient Romance657k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving 27kReads9.5Score3.5kShelves

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   This time, the chosen stories include both ancient and modern romance novels based on arranged marriage. The level of heartbreak is manageable, though there will be some short-lived suffering. After all, the rest of the story is about a happy married life!

5. 255 迟 Mr. Zhou, Too Late 迟来的周先生 By You Zhiyu尤知遇 著Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted [Bold and passionate heiress vs. taciturn, devoted, domineering CEO] Jian Cheng had spent all twenty-four years of her life entangled with Zhou Yufeng. But with only three months to go before their wedding, Jian Cheng suddenly called it off. The reason? Zhou Yufeng thought she was vicious and couldn’t tolerate his mistress. Everyone thought she was just making a scene and would come crawling back to beg for a reconciliation in a couple of days. Zhou Yufeng thought so too. Until, at the Zhou fami 63.9kReads9.3Score6.7kShelves
6. 256 误 Lost in the Exquisite Bedchamber 误入玲珑帐 A Cat, A Dog, and a Glass of Wine一猫一狗一杯酒Ancient Romance678k WordsCompleted The print edition is available on major platforms. [Pure historical romance + devoted couple + strong female lead + marriage before love + political intrigue + household rivalry] [Long-suffering princess of a fallen kingdom] X [scheming, rough-hewn prince] [Original title: The Enigma of Linglong] “A historical-romance version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith: outwardly united, secretly plotting against each other.” To seize power, Linglong spent sixteen years disguised as a young master named Ling, studyin 8.7kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
7. 257 嫁 Getting Married? Lord Jin Rips Her White Wedding Dress Apart Himself 嫁人？靳爷亲手撕了她的白婚纱 Miss Shadow影子小姐Modern Romance801k WordsCompleted [Mild angst + a wife-winning redemption arc + mutually chaste] In the third year of being Jin Chengchuan’s secret mistress, Yu Rou discovered her birth control pills had expired. She was pregnant. But her sugar daddy was about to get engaged, so she promptly ended their arrangement and set off to escape with her baby. Yet the proud, aloof man kept making cutting, heartless remarks, refusing to let her go. * In Jin Chengchuan’s eyes, Yu Rou was a woman with a slim waist, a soft body, and a pretty 13.1kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
8. 258 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
9. 259 错 After Wrongfully Tormenting His White Moonlight, Mr. Fu Set the Crematorium Ablaze 错虐白月光后，傅总炸翻火葬场 A Huihui一颗慧慧Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted [Complete] [A proud, possessive CEO x A cool, down-on-her-luck heiress] [Pregnancy before marriage] [He chases her after the breakup] [Some angst] [Happy ending] Ji Luosheng accidentally got pregnant and became a contract wife to Fu Linye. He mocked her and toyed with her, treating their marriage like a game, never realizing he had already fallen for her. When his first love returned from abroad, Ji Luosheng was devastated and withdrew without a fuss. Fu Linye searched for her like a madman. The 2.2kReads9.0Score212Shelves

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   Pregnancy before marriage, slightly angsty. 💯💯💯 Arrogant and obsessive CEO VS aloof and down-on-her-luck heiress. The female lead becomes pregnant unexpectedly and becomes the male lead's contract husband. The male lead falls in love with her without realizing it, and only after she leaves does he frantically search for her…

10. 260 虐 After Torturing His Wife to Death, Young Master Li Was Reborn 虐死夫人后厉少重生了 Little Qi Bro小淇哥Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted [Scheming and possessive + physical and emotional torment + groveling pursuit + sweet romance and putting villains in their place + adorable child + reborn + second male lead takes the lead + two endings] A carefully planned car accident shatters what had been a harmonious contract marriage. Qin Bao'er's younger brother crashes into Shi Qianqian, Li Jinhan's beloved first love, and causes her to lose her baby. Qin Bao'er begs them to show mercy, but in Li Jinhan's eyes, it is all proof that she 636Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    The first book, about marriage before love, is heartbreakingly angsty, while the second is mildly angsty with a touch of sweetness.

11. 261 少 The Young Marshal's Wife's Resignation Plan 少帅夫人的离职计划 Xiao Na小那Modern Romance617k WordsCompleted {Republican Era}+ {Childhood Sweethearts}+ {Both Pure in Love}+ {Happy Ending}+ {Pregnant and on the Run} Everyone praised Young Marshal Song Yizhi as a peerless talent, a brilliant young man who commanded troops and excelled at strategy and battle. Yet he thought himself as stupid as a pig. Otherwise, how could he have lost his wife? 682Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    You should definitely read this one; it's flawless except for the fact that it's still being serialized. The young marshal is so charming he'll break your legs! [Heart emojis]

12. 262 新 On My Wedding Night, I Revived a Comatose Tycoon 新婚夜，我救活了植物人大佬 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Scheming Male Lead] Jiang Yan grew up in a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. From childhood, she studied medicine under her grandparents, both seasoned physicians, and mastered the art of acupuncture. However, fate had other plans. Her father's company was on the brink of collapse, and to save it, she was forced to marry Lu Jingming, a business genius who had been left in a vegetative state by a car accident. Known for h 2.5kReads6.8Score146Shelves

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    These two books are pretty good. The male and female protagonists marry first and then fall in love. The billionaire CEO becomes a doting husband. The beginning is a bit angsty, but the end is sweet.

13. 263 离 After the Divorce, She Became the Apple of His Eye 离婚后，她成了心尖宠 The Paulownia Blossoms梧桐花开Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Scheming CEO + Obsessive Possessiveness + Physical and Emotional Torment + Wife-Chasing Crematorium + Adorable Baby] He loved her but could never have her, then took her for granted once she was his. When he lost her, his regret went far beyond anything he could bear! They should have shared the affection of childhood sweethearts, but he hurt her for another woman, wearing away all her love until he even forced her to abort their child! After the divorce, she vanished without a trace. When they 158Reads7.9Score—Shelves
14. 264 植 The Comatose Tycoon Falls in Love with Me 植物人大佬，爱上我 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + devoted to one another + sweet romance] An Ran is a highly skilled neurosurgeon who should have been making a name for herself saving lives. Instead, her greedy stepmother and father force her into the dark depths of fate. Tempted by money, they push her into what seems like an endless, loveless marriage, marrying her off to Mu Tingchen, a legendary business tycoon left in a vegetative state after a car accident. Once, Mu Tingchen ruled the business world with an ir 1.1kReads6.4Score—Shelves
15. 265 事 Since Things Have Come to This, Let's Get Married 事已至此，先结婚吧 The Moon Follows the Boat月逐舟行Modern Romance296k WordsOngoing Li Wanzi got involved with her best friend's newly reunited older brother, the one with the icy demeanor. [Strangers in public, intimately familiar in private + powerful man lowering his head + older man/younger woman + sex first, marriage then love + irresistible physical attraction + his secret crush + long-laid plans + old flame reignited + flirtatious push and pull + six-year age gap] ● Glamorous, alluring, rebellious beauty in a cheongsam × abstinent, possessive, fatherly Daddy Everyone in 994Reads8.4Score101Shelves

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    Finally, I've found a novel that writes about "marriage of convenience" in a fresh and unconventional way! Li Wanzi and Shang Li's secret marriage is devoid of awkward adjustments; instead, it's a carefully laid trap of tenderness by Shang Li. In public, he's the aloof and distant Mr. Shang, maintaining an air of unfamiliarity with her in the eyes of outsiders. But in private, he showers her with all his tenderness. This contrast between strangers in public and lovers in private, coupled with his long-planned unrequited love, makes every scene incredibly heartwarming.

16. 266 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book as the Villainess, and My Tycoon Husband Demands a Fatal Kiss 穿书恶毒女配，豪门老公致命索吻 It's Su Su Candy!是酥苏糖耶Modern Romance152k WordsOngoing Synopsis: [A scheming tea girl and troublemaker & wealthy wife & universally adored actress & wicked female character who transmigrates into a book & high-intensity forced love & the powerful one bows his head] – When Su Nanzhi first transmigrates into the book, her label is “obedient and sweet,” the model wife of the wealthy socialite circle. In her wealthy husband’s eyes: My wife is gentle and considerate, sweet and soft, a perfect wife and mother. Three years after Gu Nanzhi transmigrates int 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story of "arranged marriage leading to love" has a slightly angsty element, and the author has already completed it. You can check it out.

17. 267 软 Achilles' Heel 软肋 Elizabeth Shufen伊丽莎白淑芬Urban241k WordsCompleted If love at first sight has to be explained, it probably belongs to the realm of metaphysics. The moment He Xian'er laid eyes on Ji Hansheng, she felt they ought to have a story together, or maybe even a child! Men are born with two ambitions: to lead respectable women astray and to persuade women of the world to reform. President Ji carried out both principles to the letter. “Take this money, find an honest job, and stop following me.” “What kind of person do you think I am?” Ever since the inci 2.3kReads9.5Score240Shelves

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    I was so moved, it's like they're trying to make me cry [crying]

18. 268 替 It’s Just a Substitute Marriage, Lord Fu, So Why Are You Spoiling Me? 替嫁而已，傅爷你怎么宠上了 Mu Xiaoliang暮小靓Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Her father disappeared when she was little, and her mother remarried. She grew up in the countryside with her grandmother, skipping class, getting into fights, and drinking like it was second nature. In everyone else's eyes, she was a no-good delinquent. At nineteen, her mother brought her back to live with her stepfather's family. “Bai Ling, being made to marry the eldest young master of the Fu family in your sister's place is a blessing. You'd better make the most of this opportunity.” In her 51.5kReads9.0Score15.9kShelves

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    This novel is a must-have in the "arranged marriage to love" genre; it's incredibly captivating. The female lead isn't some kind of dependent vine clinging to the male lead—who understands this?

19. 269 团 The Beloved Little Sister-in-Law: The Sixth Young Master’s Substitute Bride 团宠小弟媳：六少的替嫁新娘 There's a Cat on the Other Shore彼岸有猫Modern Romance592k WordsCompleted When Song Zhiyu was six, she came down with a “serious illness.” From then on, she hid all her brilliance and beauty, willingly becoming the ugly girl everyone hated. A scheme led to her becoming involved with the Gu family’s sixth young master. Rumor had it that the sixth young master of the Gu family was blind and disabled. Forced to marry him, Song Zhiyu expected to spend her days walking on eggshells. Instead, his older brothers and sisters spoiled her rotten. “Big Brother, the Sixth Young M 14Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    There aren't many arranged marriages that I can finish watching, but these are all incredibly good!!!

20. 270 穆 Marshal Mu’s Mysterious Wife 穆少帅的神秘夫人 Skimming Over the Waves轻舟踏浪Modern Romance227k WordsCompleted Set in the Republican era, this is an alternate history with its own unique world. The plot revolves around three nations and their three warlord rulers in Jiangnan, Jiangzhong, and Jiangbei. The three great warlord families have guarded their respective territories for generations. The Mu family of Jiangzhong is the most powerful, and has long sought to annex Jiangnan and Jiangbei and unify the land. Between Mu Chengyu and Chen Jingshu, the gulf is more than a difference in status. It is also t 5.1kReads7.4Score270Shelves

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    The story is set in the Republican era and revolves around a forced marriage. The male lead is a powerful young marshal, while the female lead is a stunning beauty and the daughter of a wealthy merchant. She originally had a childhood sweetheart with whom she was to be married, but their relationship was disrupted when she accidentally saved the male lead's life. The male lead fell in love with her at first sight and used his power to force her into marriage. The female lead appears gentle but is actually very strong-willed and secretly wanted to leave the male lead. When her childhood sweetheart found her and tried to take her away, he accidentally fell into the male lead's hands. To save her childhood sweetheart, the female lead agreed to "exchange her life for his" and bear him a child.

21. 271 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: My Young Thug of a Husband Is Surprisingly More Than Meets the Eye 穿越七零，小混混老公竟深藏不露 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + Spatial Dimension + Sweet Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Raising Kids + Everyday Family Life) Su Xieqiu grew up with a father who didn't care for her and a mother who didn't love her. Her grandparents, who raised her, passed away early, too. After working hard to buy a home in a big city, she wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated to the planned-economy era of the 1970s. The original owner was an educated youth sent to the countryside. She was timid and a little 81.6kReads9.2Score7.6kShelves

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    🍁In her past life, the protagonist was framed by her cousin, her reputation ruined, and forced to marry Xie Jinnian, a sent-down youth. However, she wasn't Xie Jinnian's true love. He had childhood sweethearts, admirers, and ideal men, but not her. Even after an accident that resulted in her giving birth to Xie Jinnian's son, his lack of love was simply a lack of love. After five years of mutual torment, Xie Jinnian divorced her and returned to the city. Fate granted the protagonist a second chance at life, allowing her to be reborn after her marriage to Xie Jinnian. From then on, the protagonist's greatest passion was making Xie Jinnian, her nominal husband, her ex-husband.

22. 272 这 This Heiress's Doormat Wife Has Had Enough 这豪门受气包太太她不当了 The Peach Blossoms Turned Red桃栀红了Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Regretful pursuit + marriage first, love later + angst first, sweetness later + 1v1, both leads are each other’s only ones + happy ending] Content warning: The female lead is a bit of a pushover at first, but later fights back without hesitation and gets divorced successfully. The male lead’s nominal beloved is a minor character. The male lead never cheats.] Blurb: After three years of marriage to Jiang Qi, the wealthy young master of Haicheng, Song Xinyuan had endured endless griev 161Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    This one! It's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love. The female lead suffers a bit in the beginning; she's bullied and a little timid. Later, after she decides to divorce, she becomes incredibly clear-headed, and the male lead begs her to stay in a very humble manner. [Please update more frequently!]

23. 273 宠 Love at Cruising Altitude: The Captain's 100-Step Pursuit of His Wife 宠上云端：机长追妻100式 Half a Cigarette Butt半支烟头Modern Romance4.2M WordsCompleted The young master of the Sheng family in Nancheng kept his marriage secret for six years. His greatest talent was being a loyal little puppy. If Mrs. Sheng pointed east, the young master would never dare go west. One look from Mrs. Sheng, and the young master would give her the whole world. If Mrs. Sheng got upset, the young master would fly back in the middle of the night to comfort her. The young master said he had never worked so hard to please a woman. Then one day, Mrs. Sheng was stolen away 582Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Captain vs. Flight Attendant: A story of a captain's arranged marriage that blossoms into love and his pursuit of his wife, with a touch of angst and a few very exciting bonus chapters! You won't regret reading this!

24. 274 先 Married First, Pampered Later: Please Rein Yourself In, Mr. CEO 先婚后宠：总裁大人请克制 Hong Nansheng红南生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
25. 275 闪 Flash-Married to the CEO: Please Restrain Yourself 闪婚总裁请节制 Ning Xiaotang宁小棠Modern Romance727k WordsCompleted On the eve of her wedding, her fiancé hooks up with her own sister. Furious, she turns around and marries the domineering, cold-hearted CEO rumored to be a devil. She thinks it’s just a loveless transaction, a fake marriage to fool everyone. But unexpectedly, he treats her with tender affection, fiercely protects her and takes her side, brutally puts the scummy man and woman in their place, and does everything he can to get her pregnant. Bewildered, she says, “Mr. He, our marriage is only for th 3.2kReads9.3Score343Shelves
26. 276 和 After a Political Marriage, the Wolf King Pursues Me 和亲后，我被狼王撩 The Turtledoves That Cannot Be Caged关不住的雎鸠Ancient Romance221k WordsCompleted She is the Shen family’s legitimate daughter. He is a lone wolf of the grasslands. The two had nothing in common, but with the Xia dynasty in decline, marriage to a foreign land was their only way forward. She is clever and composed, with a miraculous healing touch. He is proud and aloof, yet carries the world in his heart. Alone in the barbarian lands of the grasslands, she faces one insult and hardship after another with unruffled calm. Through countless tests and struggles, they finally win e 1.8kReads9.0Score171Shelves

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    A sweet and slightly angsty story of love after marriage!

27. 277 快 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.2kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
28. 278 契 A Marriage Pact 契婚 Chun Xiaolu椿小鹿Modern Romance669k WordsCompleted [Want to know your husband's true colors? Room 1608, Hyatt Hotel.] An unfamiliar text message led her into an abyss, but at its bottom, she found him. 173Reads8.8Score—Shelves
29. 279 闪 After Our Whirlwind Wedding, Mr. Gu Can’t Keep His Heart in Check 闪婚后，顾总心弦难抑 Mountain Wind Turns Cold山风易冷Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted "Contract marriage + Marriage first, love later + Sweet romance + Both leads have no past relationships + Push and pull" Jiang Xingxian never imagined that something as wonderful as an alliance through marriage with the Gu family would happen to her. She entered an orphanage at five and wasn’t taken back by the Jiang family until she was ten. The first time she met Gu Yanyue was at the farewell party for his departure to study abroad at eighteen. That day, she even splashed juice all over him. T 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love. The male lead is sharp-tongued, while the female lead is quiet and cooperative, playing along with his acting. Later, the female lead files for divorce, leading to some initial angst—both characters experience hardship together—but it's a happy ending.

30. 280 惧 Afraid of His Wife! A Henpecked Husband Written into His DNA 惧内！刻在DNA里的妻管严 I'm a Banana, Bananana我是香蕉吥呐呐Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted P.S. This is a love-after-marriage story: the heroine has a crush on the hero, who goes from not loving her to becoming a devoted, completely henpecked husband! The husband chases his wife to the crematorium, and both leads are each other’s one and only! One-on-one romance. Everyone among Hong Kong City’s elite knows why Xiao Qi married the down-on-her-luck socialite Chu Jiu. They each get what they want, stay out of each other’s way, and feel nothing for each other! But just as everyone assu 1.8kReads8.7Score144Shelves

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    It's a little angsty, but also very funny. I wanted more after reading it. I recommend it to everyone.

31. 281 偏 The Obsessive Tycoon Turns Up the Heat: His Sweet Wife Is a Little Too Tempting 偏执大佬撩上火：娇妻有点甜 Baili Cha Cha百里茶茶Modern Romance597k WordsCompleted [Possessive + obsessively controlling] They say Lord Shen Xiao is bloodthirsty and brutal, and has no interest in women. Jiang Wan thinks that rumor is absurd! Who kidnapped her, claimed she was his girlfriend, and then abandoned her? But she really doesn’t know him! “I’m going to lock you up forever and make you pay!” Later, he ate his words. “Jiang Wan, I treat you so well, so why don’t you like me?” “From now on, you’re not allowed to like any other man! You can only have me in your heart!” J 1.5kReads9.1Score103Shelves
32. 282 好 So Smitten! Completely Hooked! My Beijing Husband Is So Seductive and Flirtatious 好心动！超上头！京圈老公欲又撩 Luo Ying Like Water洛潆如水Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted [Married first, love later + secret crush comes true + both leads inexperienced + long-planned romance + healing each other] [Slender-waisted, soft-skinned, fair and beautiful princess × mature, steady chairman of a prominent capital-city business association | Age gap] Mu Zhi and Lu Jingzhou grew up together. She had loved and pursued him for years, always trailing after him. She once vowed she would marry no one but him. But on the eve of their wedding registration, she got a cold, heartless b 2.3kReads8.5Score267Shelves

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    Long-standing crush + age gap + arranged marriage that blossomed into love

33. 283 顾 The Gu Family's Adored Wife 顾少宠妻成瘾 Yan Su颜苏Modern Romance4.0M WordsCompleted Betrayed by everyone, she never expected that a marriage contract would make him spoil her rotten! Whatever she wants, he buys it for her. If that isn't enough, he'll monopolize a brand; if that's still not enough, he'll monopolize the entire industry! When she takes down her enemies, he sends people to help her. Ten aren't enough? He'll bring a hundred. A hundred aren't enough? He'll summon a thousand! If she wrecks the place, he'll clean up after her. If the sky falls, he'll hold it up! When s 3.4kReads9.0Score796Shelves
34. 284 小 The Poor Little Thing Was Homeless, So Mr. Huo Took Her Home and Spoiled Her 小可怜无家可归，霍总抱回家宠 Fortune Comes, Happiness Follows财来乐Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love + Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Only Each Other + Chaste Buddhist CEO + Wealthy Family] Huo Qingzhou, the young master of Jiangcheng’s most powerful family, held a position of influence and always wore a string of Buddhist prayer beads around his wrist. He was decisive and ruthless in business, but had no experience with romance. Rumors said he wasn’t interested in women and might not even be straight. The Huo family elders were frantic. They even went to temples to pray desper 16.9kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
35. 285 蚀 A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance753k WordsCompleted Xia Weiming died, and Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to a women’s prison. During her three years behind bars, Shen Xiujin’s order to “take good care of her” changed Jian Tong beyond recognition. She was even “persuaded to donate a kidney” while in prison. Before she went in, Jian Tong said, “I didn’t kill her.” Shen Xiujin remained unmoved. After her release, Jian Tong said, “I killed Xia Weiming. I’m guilty.” Shen Xiujin’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t let me hear you say that again 68.3kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
36. 286 首 Hold Me Tight, My CEO 首席老公抱紧我 Song Qixi宋七喜Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted Their story began with a loveless marriage between two wealthy families. To Chu Man, the Lu family’s second young master had top-notch looks, a top-notch physique, and a top-notch background, but his personality was the absolute worst! To outsiders, they were a perfect match, handsome and beautiful together. But Chu Man knew all too well that he was nothing but a wolf with his eyes fixed on her... 82Reads7.0Score—Shelves
37. 287 小 The Sweet, Obedient Little Mute Catches the Eye of a Disabled Tycoon 小哑巴乖巧软糯，被残废大佬盯上 Shui Lingxiao水凌霄Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of this novel, The Moon in My Heart, is now available. Everyone in the imperial capital knew that the Lu family's heir, Lu Jingnan, was a terrifying man: he was disabled in both legs and had psychological problems. Everyone knew except Liu Xiaonian. On their wedding night, she sat by the bed, crying like a rain-soaked flower. She wrote on the man's palm, “Sir, you're a really good person. Someone tricked me. Could you lend me a hundred yuan so I can buy a train ticket 1.7kReads8.0Score193Shelves

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    This is truly a masterpiece. The male lead is the crown prince of the capital, and the female lead is a powerless and mute girl. Once you start reading the first chapter, you can't stop.

38. 288 离 After Our Divorce, President Pei Is Acting Pitiful Again to Win Me Back 离婚后，裴总又在装可怜求复合 Barefaced素颜Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After a year of secretly married life, she discovered she was nothing more than a stand-in for the woman he loved. She decisively ended things, but after signing the divorce papers, he regretted it! One day, a drunk and jealous Mr. Pei was like a wounded beast. “Where did the hickey on your neck come from? Which other man were you with last night? Who is he? What’s his name?” The woman was speechless for a moment, then said coolly, “His name is Idiot.” Otherwise, how could he have forgotten what 764Reads7.8Score131Shelves
39. 289 大 Uncle, Your Clingy Little Sweetheart Is Crying and Wants a Cuddle 大叔，你的娇气包哭了要贴贴 Pear Blossoms Fill the Garden梨花满园Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Both leads are each other's first and only love + sweet romance + healing) Si Boheng, heir to the most powerful family in Kyoto, had never been in a relationship by the age of thirty. Outsiders speculated that either something was wrong with his body or he had the wrong orientation, until a very young Mrs. Si suddenly appeared in the family. Rumor had it that the young Mrs. Si was still in college. It was also said that she'd deliberately played the poor, pitiful victim in a bar to seduce Mr. 14.6kReads9.4Score4.6kShelves
40. 290 让 Let Big Brother Hold You 让哥哥抱抱 Painted Peach Mist绘桃雾Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Now available in bookstores everywhere] One day, Wen Xu accidentally got drunk and pinned Shen Tingnan beneath her. Taking advantage of the alcohol, she asked, “Brother Tingnan, will you go out with me?” “Do you know what you’re saying?” “I do.” Shen Tingnan turned the tables and pinned her beneath him, kissing the lips he had longed for. He whispered in her ear, “You’re finally mine.” 7.3kReads9.2Score846Shelves
41. 291 带 I Failed to Run Away While Pregnant! The Capital's Tycoon Pins Me Against the Wall and Kisses Me 带球跑失败！被京圈大佬抵墙诱吻 Half a Branch of Mist半枝雾Modern Romance606k WordsCompleted [Story complete! Pure sweet romance + flirtatious newlywed bliss + long-planned seduction] Unhinged, gorgeous business magnate vs. glamorous actress in a qipao People say the most powerful magnate in Beijing’s elite circles is a Buddha-like man who wears dark-red prayer beads, abstains from worldly pleasures, and is cold and heartless. After a year of a secret marriage of convenience with the magnate, Shi Jintang has seen nothing of him except the enormous transfers he sends her every month. On 6.3kReads9.1Score560Shelves

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    The "arranged marriage, love later" trope, in the third book, the male lead initially treats the female lead as a substitute for his unrequited love, but unexpectedly falls for her later. The plot is fast-paced. The second book is very exciting; the male lead has been plotting for a long time, while the female lead wants to leave her father and keep her son.

42. 292 哑 The Mute Wife: The Flower That Lost Her Voice 哑妻之失语花 geziModern Romance279k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love]+ [Angst and sweetness]+ [Tortured romance] Gu Shaofeng used his forcefulness and possessiveness to protect and shelter his mute wife. He could dote on her or yell at her. He would risk his life to protect her, but could also force and hurt her. He could call her his mute wife, but couldn't stand anyone else calling her a mute. Fang Yiduo was like a tiny, voiceless flower, always leaning against this lone wolf and enduring his sweetness, his loss of control, and his dominee 3kReads8.7Score220Shelves
43. 293 野 Wild Is What Makes It Thrilling 野，才带感 Le Man乐满Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted A roguishly handsome, cool former special forces soldier VS a younger, aloof beauty who studies psychology [Special forces + love at first sight + both virgins + rugged hero + heroine heals hero + anti-drug police + psychologist] In a bar restroom, the student council president, who had been coveting An Yingxia for ages, took advantage of her. Taking advantage of the alcohol, the man clamped a hand around her slender, pale wrist, his eyes reddening at the corners. “Yingxia, be my girlfriend?” H 1.2kReads9.1Score134Shelves

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    [Special Forces Soldier's Love at First Sight, Ten Virgins, Ten Rough Guys, Ten Women Redeeming Men, Ten Narcotics Police Officers, Ten Psychologists] In the bar restroom, the student council president, who had long coveted An Yingxia, took advantage of her vulnerability. Fueled by alcohol, the man viciously gripped her slender, fair wrist, his eyes reddening. "Yingxia, be my girlfriend?" The man lowered his head, his thin lips about to seduce her, when a silver lighter was suddenly thrown at him. The lighter struck his hand squarely, and the culprit, standing in the dim light, slowly removed the cigarette from his mouth. He stubbed it out, tilting his head unhurriedly. "Sorry, it slipped."

44. 294 冷 After Three Years of Cold War, She Asked for a Divorce, but His Eyes Turned Red 冷战三年，她提离婚他却红了眼 Barefaced素颜Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Hong Kong elite vs. fallen socialite] [Marriage first, love later + a long road to winning her back] [One-on-one romance] They’d been married for three years. He’d never cared about her, she’d had a crush on him for years, and he had someone else in his heart. Then she finally saw the light! After Li Qian watched Gu Tingchen abandon her for his first love for who knew how many times, she suddenly understood something. If someone doesn’t love you, it won’t matter how careful you are or how despe 4.5kReads8.5Score972Shelves

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    Seriously, no kidding! [Sending heart] It's super good! [Admiration] It's gripping and you won't want to skip a single chapter! [Learned something new]

45. 295 哄 Soothe Him! Kiss Him! Her Abstinent Husband Loses Control 哄他！吻他！禁欲老公被撩到失控 Little Cookie曲奇小饼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + marriage first, love later + mutual flirting] Qu Xi transmigrates into a book, becoming the ill-fated wife of a powerful business tycoon. Her story ends when she elopes with another man and dies in a car accident. On the day Qu Xi arrives, the original owner stabs herself to force the tycoon to let her go. Gazing at the handsome, inscrutable man in a wheelchair and the divorce papers in front of her, Qu Xi clutches her wound and says through the pain, “Darling, I don't want a di 6.3kReads9.3Score831Shelves

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    The story of "marriage first, love later" is sweet but not cheesy, and there's no so-called "white moonlight" (idealized love interest). Everyone should check it out!

46. 296 替 After Becoming a Substitute Bride, She Changed Her Disabled Husband's Fate 替嫁后，她为残疾老公逆天改命 The Blue Whale蓝色的鲸鱼Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + mutual devotion + doting husband + extra sweet] Lin Wanwan is forced by her stepsister, Lin Keke, to marry Mu Lengyu, who was originally engaged to Lin Keke, through despicable means. Lin Keke simply can’t stand the thought of marrying a man with a disability. A few days after Lin Wanwan takes her place, Mu Lengyu sees through her disguise. But Mu Lengyu takes it in stride. Whether it’s Lin Keke or Lin Wanwan, as long as she’s young and beautiful, he doesn’t care who his w 348Reads7.3Score105Shelves

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    It's super good. It's incredibly sweet in the beginning, and a little angsty later on, but it's still acceptable.

47. 297 总 The CEO Is on Top 总裁在上 Jiang Xiaoya姜小牙Modern Romance3.5M WordsCompleted “You stole my genes and think you can just walk away?” He captures her and demands the baby she gave birth to three years ago. She never had a baby? Then she'll just have to get pregnant again! Caught in a possessive CEO's ruthless pursuit of love, she can't fight back and gradually falls for him. Fine, she'll give birth to the baby and hand it over to him, then leave! But he ties her up and throws her onto the bed, blazing with fury. “Woman, who said we'd only have one?” 17.3kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    Absolutely gorgeous!

48. 298 日 Day and Night, I Obsess Over You 日夜妄想 Fish Doesn't Speak鱼不语Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + two powerful leads taking down scumbags + mutual secret crushes + world-class stubbornness + two scene-stealing power players] He’s a cold-blooded business tycoon, with enough rumored girlfriends to fill ten mahjong tables. She’s a ruthless heiress from a prominent family, with admirers and followers lined up all the way to Paris. A marriage of convenience, with each side keeping their distance. On the rooftop, they smoked side by side. Jiang Chenglin asked, “Ever conside 7.9kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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    Nice 😄 Looks good

49. 299 柒 Qiqi, Come and Be My Gu 柒柒，请入蛊 Shu Jiumei书九寐Modern Romance435k WordsCompleted Love after an arranged marriage ※ Sweet married life ※ A little spoiled and fussy ※ Love at first sight ※ Whirlwind marriage Devoted, fastidious Li Shengxi ♡ absent-minded, stubborn Yu Qiqi Yu Qi had secretly loved him for ten years, only to watch helplessly as someone else stole her dream guy. In a fit of anger, she rushed into a marriage! Her new husband was Li Shengxi, a genius professor and an untouchable star of academia in everyone else's eyes. Who would have thought that after the wedding 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is a physics professor and a jealous man, while the female lead is a bit of a scatterbrain. They get married first and then fall in love; the story is both angsty and sweet.

50. 300 被 After Being Dumped, I Married into a Powerful Family on a Whim 被渣后，豪门大佬和我闪婚了 Ye Xiaoning叶小宁Modern Romance780k WordsCompleted At the Civil Affairs Bureau, Ning Yixia gets stood up again and again. Another victim of a no-show, the powerful Lu asks her, “How about we get married?” Who could have guessed that the husband she married on a whim would turn out to be her brand-new boss? Lu says he doesn’t like mixing business with personal matters. At work, he keeps things strictly professional. Women only slow down the rate at which he makes money. Later, as more and more mysterious flowers and snacks appear on his wife’s de 9.2kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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