Realistic Romance Novels, No CEOs or the Like 有没有写实现实一点的言情小说，不要什么总裁之类

1. 551 予 I Let Him Bend Me 予他折腰 Yu Qiao'an予乔安Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted [World No. 1 right-handed woman × wild-boned left-handed ace] [A match made in heaven as a mixed-doubles pair × reunion after years apart] [An unconventional runaway-with-the-ball romance] Ji Ciqin has a pair of eyes made for loving someone, yet year after year, as they grew up, she kept reminding Shu Yu of the cruel truth: Stop being trapped at seventeen. There’s no one left there. The first time I set foot on Greenland, I saw endless snow and the churning lava of a volcano. Amid the white fla 301Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   Her lips barely brushed against mine. "Silly Ah-Qin..." A tearful scolding escaped at the corner of our lips, tears salty, yet our hearts melted. 😳😳 This kiss was utterly haphazard. 🤭

2. 552 滨 A Love Story in Bincheng 滨城的爱情故事 Twins双生之子Modern Romance2.3M WordsOngoing (Urban) + (romance) + (multiple male leads) + (a little sweet) + (one heroine)... “Let's break up!” Ling Lei was already numb. Cheng Wenxi's figure slumped as he disappeared into the sunset. Through tear-blurred eyes, she remembered the past, then turned to see her sleeping child and her ordinary husband, Wang Keyan, scrolling through short videos. She put on her headphones in the dark. In the window's reflection, she smiled. A forty-year-old woman listening to music really is beautiful. 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's a very realistic story about a single female protagonist, a coming-of-age romance, and death. The overall details are great, and it's a very good watch that's worth savoring.

3. 553 不 An Imperfect Paris Diary 不完美巴黎日记 Yu Qiao'an予乔安Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted The ratings are rising [Two Chinese national table tennis players with full-time jobs ✖ childhood friends ✖ rekindled romance ✖ impossibly sweet love story] [Golden forehand ✖ genius left-handed player] [Wishing all active players good health and continued improvement] I dedicate this book to the two passionate fools on the table tennis court. Those who dream are forever young, and the road ahead stretches endlessly. It may yet shine with boundless brilliance. This is my way of drawing a long-ov 592Reads8.7Score100Shelves
4. 554 范 The Rise and Fall of Boss Fan 范老板的沉浮人生 Liu Ningduochang刘宁多昌Modern Romance736k WordsCompleted This story follows 1980s entrepreneur Fan Chenhui through the ups and downs of the business world in Shenzhen. It explores real-world issues including financial crises, family conflicts, workplace rivalries, and tangled relationships, portraying human nature and the changes of the times in vivid detail. 119Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   Very realistic, a Shenzhen urban romance novel

5. 555 财 A Tycoon Hired Me as Their Young Master, and Now I’m Spoiled by a Sister Squad 财阀租我当少爷，我被姐姐团宠了 Let the Barbecue Begin烧烤开始Urban519k WordsOngoing [A man's face with a woman's beauty + Older sisters and younger brother + Slow burn + Women pursue the man + Sweet romance] Su Mu suffers a sudden setback while at university: his grandfather, who raised him, urgently needs money for surgery. To earn money, he decides to work part-time as a rentable boyfriend. But then a powerful tycoon comes to him, asking him to pretend to be his son and mend the relationship between him and his daughters. Since the pay is simply too good to turn down, Su Mu d 15kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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   Urban romance, reborn as a top star, super good-looking.

6. 556 她 She Works as a Maid for a Shenzhen Tycoon 她在深圳豪门做保姆 I'm Yanzi我是艳子Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted After her husband divorces her, a nurse from a small county town heads south to Shenzhen to support her child and put her younger brother through school. After losing her job, she is hired as a nanny by Miss Chen, a wealthy heiress. She goes through being framed, misunderstood, dismissed, earning her first savings, suffering a miscarriage after being beaten, and heartbreak. In the end, she marries a local bachelor and becomes the leading lady of a wealthy family. As Miss Chen’s nanny, she witnes 6.3kReads9.2Score754Shelves

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   This book is well worth reading. It tells the story of a divorced nurse in a small county town, her ups and downs in the workplace, her growth, her gaining the trust of her employer, earning her first pot of gold through hard work, and also finding love with a local tycoon.

7. 557 就 This Is Where It Ends 【就到此为止】 Ben Zi奔子Modern Romance271k WordsOngoing [Male Lead Is Not a Virgin] [Older Man, Younger Woman] [Unrequited Love] [Powerful Man Bows His Head] [Push and Pull] [Realistic] [Bittersweet with a Touch of Sweetness] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [He Pursues Her After She Leaves] A pretend-rebellious, straightforward younger woman vs. a conflicted, hypocritical, slightly brooding older man At 32, Lu Chengyu was slept with by a female subordinate almost twelve years his junior. That's right. A grown man like him got slept with!! Even more absurdly, af 2.8kReads—Score356Shelves
8. 558 我 My Fleeting Days of Dew and Clouds 我的浮云朝露 Liu Yaosi刘幺四Urban311k WordsCompleted Let me tell you some true stories. Ever since I started writing novels, I’ve gradually heard friends, and friends of friends, tell me their stories. This time, my friend Lu Bin invited his college classmate Yu Zhou to join us for drinks and a chat. I based this story on Yu Zhou’s own experiences. Yu Zhou told me about his first love, his childhood sweetheart, and some of his college classmates and friends. There were happy comedies and heartbreaking tragedies... 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These are all first-person narratives of my friends' love lives, depicting the real-life relationships of ordinary people.

9. 559 细 Fine Rain and Wind Soak the Streets at Dusk 细雨带风湿透黄昏的街道 Three Advances, Three Cities三进三城Modern Romance223k WordsCompleted Synopsis: When A Kun was six months old, his family's enemies kidnapped him and gave him to a childless couple. His adoptive mother treated him as her own, showing him boundless kindness, but his adoptive father was a drunk who regularly beat them both. This left deep scars on the young boy. As he grew older, he began to sense that his family was hiding secrets. As a high school student, A Kun fell in love with a classmate named Wang Lina. The two had grown up together and were childhood sweethe —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's not one of those overused time-travel, cultivation, or domineering CEO tropes; it's a poignant love story that will leave you in tears. The writing style is somewhat artsy and refreshing, and there isn't a single internet slang term in the entire book. It has a slight connection to Wong Ka Kui (a famous Taiwanese singer and actor), and the title is "Still Love You, Ka Kui."

10. 560 染 Drenched in Glamour 染指浮华 Liu Yaosi刘幺四Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Let me tell you some true stories. After Yu Xiaobei and Chen Chen divorced, he found it hard to let go of his feelings for her, and it made him miserable. He didn’t want to keep hurting, so he decided to try accepting a new relationship. He met Xu Jing at work and Cheng Chen in his day-to-day life. Yu Xiaobei went through a number of romantic entanglements with each of them. Meanwhile, spring came at last for his friend Lao Wai, who also found himself caught up in a complicated situation. Lao Wa 324Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 561 荣 A Glorious Return for Ruozhi 荣归若芷 Guest of the Sui Garden随园客Modern Romance107k WordsCompleted “Love at first sight + weighing the pros and cons = you’re the best choice!” [Office worker × powerful playboy] A romance that gets straight to the point! Lin Ruozhi: “The Lin and Rong families have been family friends for generations, but you and I are from different worlds. I won’t marry someone I don’t like, who doesn’t like me either.” Rong Qi: “How do you know you won’t fall for me?” —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a realistic romance novel where the male and female protagonists are both clear-headed.

12. 562 那 The Boy I Let Down 那个被我辜负的男孩子 Gu Yuewei古月薇Modern Romance113k WordsCompleted I met him because he was a classmate of my deskmate’s younger brother. We went to the same school, and he was a year below me. When they were students, four classmates rented a room in my home, and we spent several years living under the same roof. After I graduated, I went away to work. They still had another year before graduation. When his roommate began hinting that he wanted to date me, he made the first move. Before his roommate could act, he sent me a love letter. But I turned him down. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My acquaintance with him began when he was in high school, renting a room in my family's house with three classmates. For several years, we lived under the same roof. After I graduated, and as he was about to graduate, he sent me his first love letter while I was working away from home, and then relentlessly pursued me. After I was hospitalized due to a car accident, he took care of me like a boyfriend. During my hospitalization, he called me almost every day back when phone calls cost six cents a minute, and he frequently visited me at my home. He believed that sincerity could move mountains, but my heart was made of stone. I only craved his gentleness and consideration, hoping he could become like an older brother to me. After I repeatedly rejected him, he offered to wait for me to marry him, on the condition that he wouldn't interfere with who I dated. But in the end, I still let him down, deeply breaking his heart.

13. 563 反 The Villain's Sidekick: Starting by Tricking the Campus Belle 反派跟班：从忽悠校花开始 Onion and Cilantro洋葱香菜Urban250k WordsOngoing (Villain + wish-fulfillment + multiple female leads) Zhang Xiaobai was unexpectedly reborn as a villainous cannon-fodder henchman in the world of a novel. From the start, he had less than three chapters left to live. My fate is mine to control, not Heaven's! Faced with all sorts of situations, Zhang Xiaobai knew the plot inside out, so he naturally wasn't going to sit around and wait for death... At first, all he wanted was to survive, but gradually, something started to feel wrong! [Madam, isn' —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 564 安 Where An Lan Finds Her Home, the Sun Shines Warmly 安澜归处是暖阳 Jiang Mufeng Loves Bacon爱吃培根的姜木风Modern Romance444k WordsCompleted Print edition publication signed! [Calculating, mature powerhouse VS sweet, charming primary school teacher] + [Sweet romance] + [Age gap] + [Love at first sight] + [Powerful man bows to love] Before the new school year began, primary school teacher Zhou Nuan was told that a new student would be joining her class, and that the child's father was the newcomer, Shi Anlan, a powerful figure. Zhou Nuan never expected that an ordinary home visit would end with Shi personally seeing them off, and the 23.9kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves

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    These are all novels that are quite close to real life, without any fancy plots or gimmicks; they're very down-to-earth. You can give them a try.

15. 565 华 Chinese Showbiz: This Top-Tier Star Just Wants to Slack Off 华娱：这个顶流只想摆烂 Jiangjiang Classmate江江童鞋Urban547k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Reborn + No System + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Single Female Lead: Zhao Xiaodao] Back in 2015, after going to great lengths to sign with an agency, Zhang Qingyue broke out playing the second male lead in a historical romance drama. Now all he wants is to coast, take easy paychecks, and make money by filming a few more historical romances. But his company and his fans just don’t get him! They expect him to be gorgeous, and now they’re demanding acting skills, too! And you, ma’am, you’r 3kReads7.2Score105Shelves
16. 566 来 Come on, Let’s Have Some Fun! 来快活呀！ Little Imp小妖孽Modern Romance649k WordsCompleted Wang Yan, a girl from a remote rural village, decides to change her life after enduring a series of experiences shaped by ignorance, backwardness, and poverty. Through dedicated study, lifelong learning, and hard work, she strives for the life she ultimately wants: financial security, modest prosperity, a civilized way of life, a loving partner who understands her, one son and one daughter, and no worries about aging or illness. From a frail little girl onward, she faces one pivotal crossroads a 5kReads8.4Score399Shelves

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    They're all very realistic.

17. 567 狐 Foxes Only Eat Grass in the Twelfth Lunar Month 狐狸只吃腊月草 Zhao ShibaDD赵十八DDModern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Original title: As Ever as the Moon / Alternate title: The Fox Only Eats Twelfth-Month Grass [The Capital’s Young Master Gets Tamed by a Northeastern Country Girl + An Inspiring Ensemble of Women] Workplace rivalries in the hotel and convention industry, with pointed criticism of industry scandals, alongside real estate battles and restaurant startups. Friendships between besties put to the test, and lovers discovering the truth of their hearts over time, from everyday life to the feuds of the w 7.5kReads9.4Score936Shelves

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    Don't be misled by the ratings; read the reviews. It's suitable for adults with some life experience. I'll definitely read it a second time.

18. 568 灼 Scorching Summer, Not Yet Over 灼夏未央 Liu Yaosi刘幺四Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted Let me tell some true stories. I want to talk about that summer when I was nineteen. If I were to begin like one of the great novels, how should I start? If I were imitating Marquez, I might write: Many years later, when I happen to open my old diary, I will remember a night in the summer when I was nineteen. If I were imitating Dickens, I might write: Nineteen was the most youthful of years, and the most dissolute; the most carefree of days, and the most restrained; the most clear-headed of 29Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 569 村 What the Village Beauty Can't Say 村花不能说的事 Little Imp小妖孽Modern Romance124k WordsCompleted The village beauty is the dream goddess all the men in the village adore. What secrets will she experience after she gets married, the kind no one can talk about? She's so beautiful. Will married life bring her happiness and bliss? 2.2kReads6.6Score139Shelves
20. 570 先 First We Bow to Heaven and Earth, Then We Promise Each Other a Deep Love 先拜天地，再许情深 Jiang Mufeng Loves Bacon爱吃培根的姜木风Modern Romance302k WordsCompleted The rating has just been posted and will gradually go up. [Composed, cool-headed power player in government] VS [Diligent, ambitious young lawyer] [Marriage Before Love]+ [Age Gap]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Powerful Man Bows to Love]+ [Married Life] Su Yun is a junior lawyer at a well-known law firm. Hoping to save enough for a down payment on a home in the provincial capital with her boyfriend, she takes on a difficult divorce case and goes undercover with her best friend to gather evidence. Before th 2.1kReads7.4Score203Shelves
21. 571 让 You Sent Me on a Blind Date, and I Married the World's Richest Woman? 让你去相亲，你娶了全球女首富？ San Yun三云Urban225k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + The male lead has incredibly good luck!] Jiang Rang, the useless young master of the Jiang Group, graduated straight into unemployment. After living off his parents for three years, they finally kicked him out and told him to fend for himself. He could come home after six months. Jiang Rang had been pampered since childhood. What did he know about making a living? So he took his best friend’s advice and found a rich older woman to support him! Wen Li: “Be my husband for a year. 4.8kReads6.8Score447Shelves
22. 572 她 Their Light Never Goes Out 她们的光，从不打烊 Liu Yaosi刘幺四Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Urban Life] + [Family] + [Contemporary Romance] + [Multiple Heroines] + [First-Person Narration] Liu Hengyu, Lu Xiaofeng’s friend, must have lost his mind. He actually tells Lu Xiaofeng to pursue Li Chuwen, his girlfriend of many years. The thing is, Lu Xiaofeng really did have a crush on Li Chuwen once… Li Chuwen wants to introduce Lu Xiaofeng to one of her high school classmates, a cheerful, fun-loving girl… A simple traffic accident brings Lu Xiaofeng together with a young woman. Through a s 166Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 573 风 The Wind Blows Through Green Fields, Sweet as Can Be 风吹青禾有点甜 Jiang Mufeng Loves Bacon爱吃培根的姜木风Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Breast Specialist] VS [Divorced Chinese Literature Department Beauty]. [Sweet Romance]+ [Younger Man]+ [Second Marriage]+ [Second Male Lead Wins Her Back]. On the tenth anniversary of her wedding, Shen Qinghe was confronted by her husband's mistress. It turned out that the perfect husband in everyone's eyes had not only cheated on and betrayed her, but had also gotten the other woman pregnant. Furious, she divorced him, but her stress led to the discovery of breast nodules. Introduced by her be 650Reads8.4Score101Shelves
24. 574 深 Late at Night, I Fell Under His Spell 深夜，对他着了魔 Little Imp小妖孽Modern Romance140k WordsCompleted Their late-night story… It’s thought-provoking, and leaves you filled with regret. Was she too devoted, or was he too heartless? What can you even say about love? 229Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 575 此 Moonlit Evenings and Blossoming Mornings 此间月夕花晨 Liu Yaosi刘幺四Urban753k WordsCompleted Let me tell some true stories. After finishing My Fleeting Days, I was eager to find out what happened afterward. So, with Lu Bin and Yu Zhou acting as intermediaries, I met Jiang Le. Talking with him not only filled me in on what happened later, but also helped me learn about the changes in Jiang Le’s life over those years, and hear a brief story about a girl who played a very important role in Youth Diary: The Years Gone By... 14Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 576 疯 Insane! He Makes His Dad Sell Sexy Lingerie Right After Being Reborn 疯了！刚重生就逼老爸卖纯欲内衣 One Zhong Er壹位仲贰Urban266k WordsOngoing [Romance, entrepreneurship, multiple heroines, scumbag protagonist: enter at your own risk] Reborn in 2011, Xu Feng goes on a rampage! His first step in business: talk his dad into having the clothing factory make sexy lingerie! You think that’s embarrassing? Indecent? The costs are low and the profits are high. What the hell is there to be embarrassed or ashamed of? Xu Feng even becomes a trendsetter in the industry! His competitors ask, “Pure and alluring, modest and seductive, stepmom dresses 7Reads6.1Score—Shelves
27. 577 孟 Lawyer Meng Is Always Being Flirted With 孟律师总在被撩 Feng Hun风魂Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight x Moonlight Crush x Showbiz x First Love] [A band frontman who's fallen to the nineteenth tier vs. a disciplined, reserved star lawyer] When Yun Zheng first got a call from Meng Mingtiao, she thought he was a scammer. He told her that her father had left her an inheritance and that she had to handle the paperwork in person. Later, Meng Mingtiao got jealous. "Do you often sing to people like that?" "No." Yun Zheng laughed for a while before adding, "It's not often that someon 1.2kReads9.5Score176Shelves

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    The meticulous lawyer Meng handles the will of Miss Yun's father, and Miss Yun immediately falls for him, launching into a flirtatious pursuit. Lawyer Meng is deeply attracted, and their relationship progresses rapidly. The story is rich in realism.

28. 578 人 A College Student Got a Sickly Tycoon Heiress Pregnant! 人在大学，竟让病娇财阀怀孕了！ Bu Bu Gao不不高Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Sweet Couple Moments + Forced Love + Raising Kids] Jiang Luo was an ordinary college student, until a female tycoon forced him into a relationship and even gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl?! Jiang Luo was completely stunned. Could he run away? He hadn't even had a chance to enjoy life, and he already had a wife? While everyone else was enjoying sweet campus romances, he was forced into love by his stunning wife every day. There was nothing sweet about it! After he graduated from college, W 6.3kReads8.4Score625Shelves
29. 579 交 The Traffic Police Captain Has His Eye on Me 交警队长向我看 Little Two Three Three小两三三Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted [Quirky, flirty teacher × cool, obsessive, and calculating traffic police captain] [Mutual firsts + devoted husband + love at first sight + bickering couple + mutual devotion] The day He Tao met Duan Wangzhen, he was dressed in red, standing beneath a tree, his cool, striking figure reflected in the shadows. Riding her garbage cart to dump trash, He Tao fell for him at first sight. But her dream was quickly shattered when the rude man called out to her on the bus. “I’m sorry, but I don’t think y 749Reads9.3Score134Shelves

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    Woman, show me this. It's the article I stayed up all night reading.

30. 580 女 Goddess Yang Chengcheng's Journey to the Mortal World 女神杨橙橙凡间降落之路 Let the Dust Fly尘埃飞扬吧Modern Romance265k WordsCompleted Female lead: Yang Chengcheng. Male lead: Yun Feng. This story is divided into three volumes. Volume One has ten chapters. Three years after Yang Chengcheng and Yun Feng break up, Yang Chengcheng meets Yang Long on a blind date. After a series of upheavals in his family, Yang Long’s sincerity finally moves her, and the two get married. Volume Two is told through flashbacks. At seventeen, Yang Chengcheng meets Yun Fengye, an art studio teacher. They are drawn to each other and fall in love. They s 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one... Do you like campus romance novels? It's funny at the beginning and has a plot twist at the end! The storyline is full of ups and downs, and there's no domineering CEO, just genuine emotions told in a gentle and heartfelt way!

31. 581 戴 The Man in the Mask 戴面具的人 Running de Rabbit奔跑de兔子Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted The Man in the Mask —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Zhu Xiaofeng: A life of selfish scheming that ultimately leads to bitter consequences

32. 582 青 Brewing Tea with My Childhood Sweetheart, as He Comes Riding on a Bamboo Horse 青梅煮茶，郎骑竹马来 Yang Hanh Han杨憨憨Modern Romance99k WordsCompleted They say that after a person dies, the brain remains active. Gao Liang dreamed that once this dream was over, she would truly die. Only after making up for the wishes she had left unfulfilled in her past life could she enter her next cycle of reincarnation... She asked him, “Hey, is the milk tea good? Can I have some more?” In her past life, she was absurdly finicky and spoiled. He was the one she berated mercilessly, always putting up with her. In this life, they began as childhood sweethearts, 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There are no domineering CEOs or rich heiresses; it's just an ordinary couple without the typical "hero and hero" trope. Give this book a try; I hope you like it!

33. 583 谈 After Six Years Together, We're Talking Marriage, and You Think I'm Too Short? 谈恋爱六年，要谈婚论嫁了，你嫌我矮？ Let the Dust Fly尘埃飞扬吧10k WordsCompleted We’ve been dating for six years, and now we’re talking marriage. You think I’m too short? 149Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 584 一 A Room With the Lights Dimmed 一室暗灯 Diving into the Sea to Dodge Fish跳海躲鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing That day, I groveled before a billionaire, wagging my tail for his approval. I thought he was my salvation when I had nowhere else to turn. All I got was one humiliation after another. I became the biggest joke in his circle. Later, I accidentally stumbled upon his secret, peeling back layer after layer of his heart until grief brought me to tears. And he peeled mine open too, only to stab it viciously, once, twice... countless times. Ruan Qing, who brought me into the industry, was once an inn 483Reads8.7Score163Shelves

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    An ordinary female college graduate plus a fourth-generation rich kid—that's realistic, haha, it's just a novel with its own currency.

35. 585 闪 After Our Whirlwind Wedding, My Husband and I Slept in Separate Rooms for Six Months 闪婚后，老公和我分房睡了半年 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted After Our Flash Marriage, My Husband and I Slept in Separate Rooms for Half a Year 248Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes, take a look at these books.

36. 586 快 Look! That Tough Girl's Boyfriend Got Stolen by Her Best Friend! 快来看啊！茬子姐的男朋友被闺蜜撬走啦！ Let the Dust Fly尘埃飞扬吧Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted Come and see! Chazi Jie’s boyfriend got stolen by her best friend! 99Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 587 原 The First Wife Transmigrates into the Mistress: A Woman’s Life in the Sixties 原配穿越小三，六零后女人的一生 Dong Li董梨Modern Romance413k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Transmigration + family drama + raising children + everyday life] This story depicts the hardships faced by the generation born in the 1960s and 1970s, the farmers who left their villages to work in the cities and struggled step by step to establish a home there. When they were young, they worked hard to earn money for their children and to build a home, leading busy lives with elderly parents to care for and children to raise, while enduring all the hardships life brought. By the tim 628Reads9.2Score102Shelves

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    Realistic fiction, a different kind of brilliance!

38. 588 实 After the Intern Was Thrust into the Role, the Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Take Over 实习生赶鸭子上架后，老板哭着跪求我上位 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭7k WordsCompleted After the Intern Was Thrown in at the Deep End, the Boss Wept and Begged Me to Take Over 110Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These books are very realistic, not exaggerated, and down-to-earth.

39. 589 一 A Lifetime: The Lone-Wolf Agent's Gray Eden 一生：孤胆特工之灰色伊甸园 Crouching Dragon, Thunderous Sky潜龙轰天Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The story of Lin Tianming’s growth from boyhood. Please also read this book’s companion novels, Second Life: The Bracelet Across the Universe and Third Life: Love Bewitches the Mortal World. Each of the three novels stands alone, yet together they form a series, with interwoven plots that let you experience the life journey of “two worlds, three lives” and the rise of the century’s dragon, Long Teng! 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please follow! 🙏 A realistic blend of campus life (one lifetime) and urban romance (three lifetimes), with multiple interconnected storylines and novel themes and plots, weaving together a journey of "two lifetimes and three lives"! Bookmark this and enjoy! [Thumbs up]

40. 590 女 Girl, Think Carefully Before Marrying Far from Home 女孩，远嫁请慎重 Dong Li董梨Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Marrying far from home + protagonist's suffering + family drama] [Inspired by a true emotional story] Zhang Yuyan was born after her father's death. She grew up dependent on others, gentle, timid, and meek, always trying to please those around her in hopes of finding a place where she could belong. Her stepfather refused to let her attend high school or go to college, so after graduating from middle school, she enrolled in a vocational school to learn a skill that would let her supp 50Reads8.9Score—Shelves
41. 591 巾 Even Heroines Have Tender Hearts 巾帼也柔情 Big Sister Meirong美蓉姐姐Modern Romance625k WordsCompleted The audiobook has been published. Everyone is welcome to listen. Female special forces soldier + gentle CEO + doting romance + devoted couple + waiting + mutual devotion She was a heroine among women, and he was a business genius. They seemed to have nothing in common, yet fate brought them together. The first time they met, Lu Mingye thought, “Whoever marries this woman is in for a miserable life.” The next time they met, he thought, “She’s such a tomboy. I almost feel sorry for her future h 26kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves

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    A very realistic military novel, a sweet romance novel

42. 592 不 Don't Want to Work Overtime? Then Get Out! I Did, So Why Is My Boss Begging Me to Come Back? 不加班就滚？真滚了，老板又跪下来求我干什么？ Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted “If You Won't Work Overtime, Then Get Lost!” I Really Left, So Why Is the Boss Kneeling and Begging Me to Come Back? 129Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 593 三 Three Lifetimes: Love Bewitching the Mortal World 三生，，之情惑人间 Crouching Dragon, Thunderous Sky潜龙轰天Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted A collection of modern love and marriage stories. Read this alongside its companion works, “One Life: The Lone Agent’s Gray Eden” and “Two Lives: The Wristband Conquers the Universe.” The storylines intertwine and unfold across multiple threads, bringing together the century-spanning journey of Century Longteng through “Two Lives and Three Incarnations”! (For various reasons, the first book in this series, “One Life: The Lone Agent’s Gray Eden,” and “Root Prisoner: 101 Illusory Loves” are not be 16Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 594 如 If Only You'd Look at Me a Little More 如果你能多看我一眼 Huang Xiaoxian黄小仙儿Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted Based on the author's real-life experiences. Any similarities are purely plagiarism. Can childhood sweethearts really lose out to someone who appears by fate? He came riding a bamboo hobbyhorse, circling the bed and playing with green plums. The year Lin Xi met He Shi, she was ten years old, an arrogant little top student. One radiant glance from her, and all the world's beauty faded to dust. The year Lin Xi met Yu Chao, she was eighteen, a loser who had failed the college entrance exam. He was 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is an elementary school teacher, the male lead's family owns a supermarket, and the second male lead's family is very poor. It's very realistic and heartwarming, without any special advantages or wealthy backgrounds; it's just the daily life of ordinary people, from elementary school to working life. It's a story of childhood sweethearts versus a newcomer.

45. 595 狼 The Wolf Girl 狼女孩 Dong Li董梨Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted A city girl accidentally meets an international human trafficker online and falls into an online romance with him. She escapes during the deal, but with nowhere else to go, she ends up stranded in the wilderness. Driven by the will to survive, she draws on her mental strength and develops all kinds of survival skills. After losing faith in human nature along the way, and for various other reasons, she decides to stay in the mountains and live alongside wild animals. But she has no intention of b 356Reads9.2Score109Shelves
46. 596 相 Always Meeting Oddballs on Blind Dates? Heaven Send Me the One! 相亲总遇奇葩？上天赐我一个他！ Rainbow Candy Beans七彩糖豆Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted Wen Xingyao couldn't figure out why every blind date she went on was with such a bizarre person. After several failed attempts, she finally met a high-quality man, and decided to set aside her reserve and make the first move. After meeting several times, Wen Xingyao felt he wasn't completely indifferent to her. She finally worked up the courage to confess, only to be rejected. Heartbroken, she suddenly realized that Lin Shuyang, the coworker she'd always treated like a brother, had quietly been 9Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This book is incredibly realistic. The female protagonist, pressured by her age, is constantly going on blind dates, only to encounter all sorts of oddballs. Later, in her heartbreak and despair, she realizes the male protagonist's feelings for her, and the two slowly develop a relationship. It's a slow-burn story, very close to reality, and I highly recommend it!

47. 597 6 Sixty-Year-Old Lovers: The Past of Maitreya 60岁恋人：弥勒往事 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Urban147k WordsCompleted At the age of sixty, he jumped into a shallow pool where the water barely reached his thighs. The water was shallow, but he didn't know that. Just as he didn't know that this jump would bring him together with a thirty-seven-year-old divorced woman, that they would have a child, and that he would pursue her from Hefei to Nanjing, then on to Shenzhen. Later, someone asked him, "Why jump when the water was so shallow?" He said, "Because that person was about to fall in." What matters isn't how d 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves

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    These works all use real life as a foundation to artistically depict it. They're worth watching.

48. 598 机 Captain, Please Route Around the Thunderstorm 机长先生，雷雨请绕飞 Zhao Le昭乐Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted [Aloof, proud commercial airline captain x sweet-voiced, beautiful air traffic controller. She has a longtime crush on him; they marry first and fall in love later. The print edition goes on sale February 28; the short drama is already out.] Before she was urged to go on a blind date, Meng Liyue never imagined the man she was meeting was the person she’d secretly loved since her student days. She had written his name countless times in her diary. After she married him, everyone thought Meng Liy 41.2kReads9.6Score4.8kShelves

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    The author's writing is superb; it's a story about a pilot and air traffic control.

49. 599 捞 Fishing for the Moon 捞月记 Rooibos路易波士Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted [Grounded and realistic, imperfect characters, long-planned romance, not a sugary wish-fulfillment story, but with a happy ending] [A clear-eyed Cinderella + an unconventional rich heir] On the day she agreed to be with Xu Weisen, Lin Zhiwan thought: Life is only a little over thirty thousand days. When it’s over, we become a handful of dust in a small box, scattered by the wind. So why not be brave and let herself suffer for love at least once? After all, memories aren’t erased; they’re sealed 100Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    This is a very realistic novel, leaning towards a life-affirming tone. Both the male and female leads are very genuine. Although the male lead is also a CEO, he's definitely not the exaggerated, domineering type who would stop a plane.

50. 600 携 Fleeing with the Summer Breeze 携夏风出逃 What Tree Grows Peanuts?花生什么树Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted [From secret crush to mutual love + both pursue each other + healing and redemption + slow-burn romance + light ensemble cast] When she was fifteen, a boy swept into Si Qing’s world without warning, carried on the orange-gold summer breeze. Qi Fang came from one of the most illustrious families in the capital. With the carefree air of a playboy, he seemed to never let his gaze linger on anyone. When she started university, a video of Si Qing speaking as the freshman representative was posted to 30.4kReads9.4Score4.6kShelves

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    I highly recommend "Falling into His Summer," a sweet contemporary romance with a side couple that's also super adorable—I was totally hooked from beginning to end! [Heart emojis]

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