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
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- 51 After Taking a Pay Cut and Quietly Giving Up, My Boss Begged Me for Forgiveness All Night 降薪摆烂后，老板连夜跪求我原谅 After My Pay Was Cut, I Started Slacking Off. My Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Forgive Him That Very Night —Reads—Score1.1kShelves
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I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德
I’m a Scout: Zhan De
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- 53 My Brother’s Friends Are Trouble 哥哥的兄弟不好惹 [Age gap] [Sweet campus romance] [Deeply devoted, scheming bad boy × goofy, straightforward sweetheart] What does it feel like to find out your buddy is dating your little sister? Lu Yi was unfazed. “What could she possibly lose? She weighs a hundred pounds, and ninety-nine of them are schemes. I’m worried you’ll get fooled out of your underwear!” Lu Qingyue: “Relax, I’ll definitely leave you your underwear.” Cheng Xingye: “???” 28.9kReads9.4Score3kShelves
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Before Him, After You 在他之前，在你之后
“Maybe you think too highly of me,” she said. He looked into her eyes. “No one is loved because they’re that wonderful.” “Then why?” “Because they’re the right fit!”
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- 55 During My Confinement, I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out 月子里，我赶跑了婆婆 I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out During My Postpartum Month 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Tipsy Rose 微醺玫瑰 The print edition is now available. [Qipao Designer & Bar Owner · Redemption] Chi Huaiye first truly sees Sheng Tengwei at “Bu Wu Zheng Ye.” She catches his eye in a blue-green qipao. Someone asks him if she's smoking hot, and he replies, “Slim waist, shapely hips. Not bad.” / Later, as usual, Sheng Tengwei leans against the bar and orders a “Life's Comings and Goings.” She quietly watches Chi Huaiye mix drinks before her, then says casually, “Chi Huaiye, why don't we get married? I'll support y 3.4kReads9.3Score453Shelves
- 57 My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Her Grave 不听劝的婆婆归西了 My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Meet Her Maker 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Love Like a Galaxy 爱若星河 [Affectionate and flirtatious grilled-fish shop owner vs. gentle, charming teacher + sweet daily life + both are each other's first and only + love at first sight] "Hey, handsome, can I trade WeChat for cash?" When they first met, Su Wanwan had no cash to buy candied hawthorns, so she stopped some random man on the street to exchange cash. He thought she was using a pickup line. "Sure." Xie Jingheng opened his WeChat QR code, only to hear her say, "The payment code will do." He had to admit, tha 3.8kReads9.1Score321Shelves
- 59 Secretary Qiu's Marriage 邱秘书的婚事 Qiu Yu is the secretary to Ji Xiangdong, the owner of a real estate company. She's a chubby little foodie who loves to eat and works hard. Her parents always hoped their daughter would marry a son-in-law who could eat as much as she could and wouldn't look down on her. After a long search and many twists and turns, she finally found the right man. No angst. 51.7kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves
- 60 Glass Flame 玻璃焰 [Born bad x aloof campus belle, coercive romance // university campus] Li Xing was famous throughout Xijing University. Top scorer on the college entrance exam, beautiful, and poor. For someone like her, beauty wasn’t a blessing. It was a sin. Lou Chong was born at the very top of the social pyramid. A privileged family and a face to die for, but an absolute scumbag. These two people had nothing to do with each other, until one day they were seen inside Lou Chong’s Aston Martin, with Li Xing l 59.6kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves
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Newlyweds, Growing Closer 新婚渐浓
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
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An Yu's Wall 安屿的墙
(Slow-burn romance / Secret Crush + Regret + Modern Romance + Long-Distance Love + Youth) Tang Yu'an and Su Yan, a love that missed its chance for four years. When Su Yan had a secret crush on Tang Yu'an, another man entered her life, and Tang Yu'an learned how to use people through that man. In the end, fate gave them another chance, only for everything to fall apart again the morning after a tender night together. Will Su Yan and Tang Yu'an ever make it to the end together? No one knows.
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Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉
(The print edition is now available) [Love after marriage, age gap, slow-burn everyday sweetness] *A gentle beauty from a family of scholars × a refined, fatherly man *A comic artist with a billion in assets × an influential Beijing aristocrat and chamber of commerce chairman Chu Shuang knew from childhood that she was promised to the Sheng family of the imperial capital, but she had never met her fiancé. Later, by a twist of fate, she moved into the Sheng residence and met her friend’s older br
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Dr. Shang, Why Don’t I Marry You? 商医生，不如我以身相许
Three years ago, Rong Ci was in a car accident. The surgery was so risky that no one dared to perform it, so a German doctor was brought in as an emergency specialist. Before she could thank him, he had already flown back to Germany. Three years later, she recognized the doctor who had operated on her at a glance. Seeing him again, she fell for him at first sight. During a meal one day, she took advantage of the wine to test Doctor Shang: "Didn't you really feel anything for me?" The next mornin
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My Wife's Lies 我妻子的谎言
The warmth of their newlywed days had barely faded when the lie hidden beneath their marriage certificate came crashing down on Shu Wang. The lovely wife he doted on was none other than the woman his childhood friend Qin Yiming had kept hidden away three years ago. His wife kept the past secret, stumbling over her words and showing no sense of boundaries. Qin Yiming pressed him at every turn, refusing to let go. All the tenderness vanished from Shu Wang's eyes. "After everything you two hid f
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- 66 King of the Wilderness 荒野之王 On the deserted National Highway 318, a beautiful young woman flagged down Cang Yunfeng’s car. Any seasoned driver who regularly traveled through Tibet would know what was going on... 95.5kReads9.5Score9.2kShelves
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Lucky to Have Found Love on a Blind Date 有幸得之，相亲遇到爱
[Age gap, mutual devotion and support, doting romance with no angst] Twenty-six-year-old Jiang Xuerong met Xie Mingyu through a coworker. They were like parallel lines that should never have crossed, but after one chance encounter after another, they were drawn to each other and came together. Everyone said Jiang Xuerong was a flower planted in a pile of cow dung when she married Xie Mingyu. Only she knew that choosing him was the best decision she had ever made. His tolerant nature and steady t
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Simmering Tears to Brew Youth 轻煮眼泪熬青春
In the 1980s, an accident changed the fate of a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl forever. Family, love, and friendship backed her into a dead end. She went far away from home and met an overbearing CEO who loved her. Their love began a journey of mutual healing, as their lives unfolded through streaks of blood and warmth, peeling back the bittersweet layers like an onion.
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- 69 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17kShelves
- 70 My Best Friend's Uncle Has Taken a Liking to Me 被好友的舅舅看上了 [Secret crush + age gap + both leads sexually inexperienced + hero pursues heroine + domineering CEO] [Not melodramatic, more everyday life] Outsiders say that Zhou Qizheng, CEO of the Jiangheng Group, is ruthless and decisive, stern and proper, and a formidable force in the business world. Lu Xiaoqiao thinks so too, until she learns that this formidable man is her friend’s maternal uncle. Zhou Qizheng helps her at every turn, and she assumes it’s because of his connection to her friend. Eve 18.1kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
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My Beloved Has Waited So Long 良人久候
[Marriage before love + whirlwind marriage + sweet mutual devotion + everyday life + romance and marriage + love that grows over time] (The leads aren’t exceptional prodigies, princes, or princesses. They’re ordinary working stiffs: no wish fulfillment, no grand romance, just a realistic story.) A sweet romance that starts bitter and ends sweet. After setbacks at work leave Bai Zhanying physically and emotionally exhausted, she returns to her hometown, only to face her parents’ relentless pres
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- 72 Crossing by Oar 棹渡 This novel is adapted from a true story. It tells how one man's extramarital affair affected the fates of two generations. Marriage, family, love, ethics, responsibility, and inspiration... Against the backdrop of different eras, ordinary people each make their way through life. Drifting past the ends of the earth, witnessing all the world's glitter, how much greed, anger, delusion, and illusion have we seen? Drifting past mountains, seas, rivers, and streams, enduring life's many hardships, how 3.1kReads8.2Score373Shelves
- 73 Two Wolves in the Wilderness 荒野双狼 A prequel to King of the Wilderness, and the first installment in the Wilderness series. Yu Zekai’s days in northern Myanmar... Half of it is true and half is fictional. Take your time reading, and you won’t be disappointed. 38.3kReads9.1Score4.6kShelves
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My Husband Wants Me to Donate Bone Marrow to My Stepson 老公让我给继子捐骨髓
My Husband Asked Me to Donate Bone Marrow to My Stepson
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- 75 My 58-Year-Old Mother-in-Law Is Pregnant with a Posthumous Child 58岁高龄的婆婆怀上了遗腹子 My 58-Year-Old Mother-in-Law Is Pregnant with a Posthumous Child —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Full-Time Mom Marries a Domineering CEO Again 全职妈妈再嫁霸道总裁
[Neither Lead Is Chaste + Forbidden Romance + Sweet Wife × CEO + Happy Ending + Sweet Romance + Raising a Child] After Zhang Jingxiang’s husband cheats on her with a rich mistress, she cheats on him in revenge with a handsome, wealthy man ten years her senior. Little does she know that this man is the rich mistress’s “ex-husband.” [Heroine: Zhang Jingxiang] 1. A stunning beauty, but clear-headed. 2. A full-time mother at first, then returns to work later. 3. Healthy and strong, not delicate, a
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A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命
I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji
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- 78 After My Wife Gave All Our Savings to Her Brother, I Sold Our Marital Home 妻子把积蓄都给了弟弟后，我卖掉了婚房 After My Wife Gave All Our Savings to Her Younger Brother, I Sold Our Marital Home 208Reads—Score—Shelves
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Drunken Dream Yao 醉梦瑶
“If this fleeting life has a shore, I would cut the Milky Way into a betrothal gift, forge the setting sun into a golden hairpin, and embroider a hundred layers of mermaid silk into a love knot. I would place it in your hair, beneath the snow at your temples, the mist over your brows, and the spring in your eyes. May I pick up this red bean and plant it in your cloudlike hair, so that when spring comes, a thousand trees of longing will bloom?” “If time could be tied into knots, I would borrow ja
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Perfectly Complementary 极致互补
[Short drama now streaming] [Emotion-led brand strategist Zhang Xinbei × rational investor Gao Jiawei] Modern romance / cerebral love / workplace maneuvering / mature push and pull A power couple who complement each other · One-on-one · Mutual salvation · (Those who mind a non-virgin heroine should proceed with caution. No rivalry between women, just a normal romance with sound values.) * She is a top-tier brand strategist who breaks through by understanding human nature; he is a capital markets
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- 81 After I Was Rumored to Have Slept My Way Up with a Beautiful CEO 被造谣靠美女总裁上位后 After Rumors Spread That I Rose to the Top by Relying on a Beautiful Female CEO 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
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What's There to Fear About Divorce at 40? My First Love Has My Back 40岁离婚怕什么，还有初恋兜底
[A levelheaded housewife who knows when to retreat and when to advance + an icy doctor who advances by retreating] [Midlife struggles + parent-child relationships + redemption + mutual healing] Her husband is having an affair with his boss. Her son is a high school senior and has started dating. Zhu Yi, who quit her job three years ago, feels as if her world is collapsing. Then she unexpectedly runs into Yang Yiqing, her first love, whom she had lost touch with years ago. Suddenly, time speeds
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- 83 After Clearing the White Moonlight's Name, the Prince Panicked 为白月光翻案后，王爷他慌了 After Clearing Her White Moonlight’s Name, the Prince Panics 2kReads—Score—Shelves
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I Became the Villainous Ex-Girlfriend of a Bankrupt Heir 穿成破产太子爷的恶毒前女友
The print edition, titled I Think of You in the Capital at Night, goes on sale October 11. [Sweet, Adorable Painter vs. Long-Legged, Cool Heir] Ruan Yu opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into the male lead's wicked girlfriend. In the original novel, when the male lead went bankrupt and moved with her into a basement, she called him a penniless leech and a spineless loser, cursed him to die, and even sold him to a male brothel for cash. Only later did she learn that he was actually t
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- 85 Wan Yuan Is Your Substitute, Yet Better Than You 菀苑类卿却胜卿 Wan Yuan Resembles Qing, Yet Surpasses Her 557Reads—Score—Shelves
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Black Gauze and Rouge 乌纱与胭脂
Human nature is like the sun: impossible to look at directly. Many people appear charming and refined on the surface, but strip away the facade and you’ll see human nature laid bare. By portraying the real chaos of society, this work exposes the evil and filth within human nature and calls on people to choose kindness and uphold social decency.
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- 87 My Family Sent Me to Die in My Brother's Place. Now That I've Become a War God, They Beg Me to Acknowledge Them 家族让我替弟从军赴死，我成铁血战神后他们跪求相认 My Family Sent Me to Die in My Brother’s Place. Now That I’ve Become a Battle-Hardened God of War, They’re Begging Me to Acknowledge Them 627Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 After I Left the Family Chat, My Daughter-in-Law Fell Apart 我退出家庭群后，儿媳崩溃了 After I left the family group chat, my daughter-in-law fell apart 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
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After the Cicadas Sing Comes the Plum Rain 蝉鸣过后是梅雨
[Ensemble Cast at School | Slow-Burn Bittersweet Romance | Fated Bond | Gentle Girl, Troubled Boy | Realistic | Happy Ending] On the first day of school, Xia Shanshan's red-lacquered bicycle was stolen. She crouched beneath a camphor tree and cried. On the third floor, someone folded her orange candy wrapper in half, then in half again. Later, she met Fu Siyun. The boy leaned against the wall, looking carefree as he teased her softly: “Are you afraid of me, senior?” She ran from him for three y
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- 90 My Desk Mate's Sugar Daddy Is My Dad 同桌的干爹是我爸 My deskmate's godfather is my dad —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 While I Was Away on a Business Trip, My Home Became Their Love Hotel 人在外地出差，我家成了他们的钟点房 While I was away on a business trip, my home became their hourly hotel 3.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Sailing Together 共舟行 [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 2kReads—Score114Shelves
- 93 I Followed My Wife to a Hotel, and I Regretted It 跟踪老婆到酒店后，我后悔了 I followed my wife to a hotel, and regretted it 5.7kReads—Score—Shelves
- 94 A Mole Behind the Ear 耳后藏痣 [Contemporary Realism | Workplace Taboo | Slow Burn | Older Man | Strong Female Lead | Cohabitation] "A mole behind the ear, and someone hidden there, too." Late autumn in Shanghai, in the heart of an old Western-style neighborhood in the west of the city. A bar with no sign. An empty bottle of Great Wall Cabernet Sauvignon, a snakeskin bag with a broken zipper. She picked up the bag and said, "Follow me." He was too drunk to stand steadily, but he followed anyway. At thirty-two, she called the 148Reads—Score—Shelves
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What If I Were a Parasitic Vine? 假如我是菟丝花
Signed for a print edition, publication pending | Instinctive attraction | Pure love in the early stages | Passionate love in the later stages | When they first met, Su Yunluo never dared imagine that Xie Chen would actually seduce her. After all, back then he was the teacher's pride and joy, the top student admired by the whole school, the God of Xie. Everyone said that this God of Xie was aloof and chaste, untouchable, and above worldly concerns. Only Su Yunluo quietly saw through it. It was a
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Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Heroine Strikes Back 快穿：炮灰女配反杀剧情
Quick transmigration | Everyone's favorite | Female-lead romance | Portable space | 1vN Nan Zhi lost both her parents as a child and grew up dependent on others, without a sense of security or enough love. More than anything, she longs for someone to choose her, again and again, without hesitation. Then one obsessive, unhinged man after another comes along, all vying for her, going mad for her and bending to her will... The men suffer, not the woman. There's just a bit of setup at the beginnin
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A Good Match Has Yet to Be Found 良辰未许人
On her thirty-second birthday, Liang Chen met Chen Qian in person after chatting online for three days. She expected another case of someone looking better in photos, but her ideal type was sitting right across from her: a year younger, tall and handsome, romantic and funny. Even the curve of his smile was exactly to her taste. They fell passionately in love in no time. But amid all the sweetness, they both found themselves wondering: One of us is beautiful and clever, the other is gentle and ha
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Guarding Summer, Meeting Spring 守夏逢春
[Reunited after years apart, both sexually inexperienced, sweet with angst, realistic, healing and growth, happy ending] [Warm yet commanding veteran police captain & gentle, resilient “little fox” therapist] Ten years ago, Yang Tianze was a disciplined, sensible, quiet top student who seemed mature beyond his years. Xia Zhu swept into his life unexpectedly, wearing a dazzling smile. They shared a desk for two years and were together day and night. Like a radiant sun, she drove away all his gloo
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A Working Stiff's Little Journal 打工小记
Urban daily life + earning a living through hard work + multiple heroines + healing The story of an ordinary wage earner: from drifting to Guangzhou to drifting to Beijing, from Shaoxing to Foshan and then to Majiaqiao in Beijing. Fifteen years in all. See how a worker at the bottom makes his way through life... I went south at fifteen and drifted north at thirty. The fiercest gamble of my life took fifteen years to pay for. Over those fifteen years, I worked in an electronics factory, served
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- 100 No Rat Race, No Burnout: I Lie Flat Back Home and Meet a Rugged Man 不内卷不内耗，回乡躺平遇糙汉 [One-on-one romance, both leads’ first and only love, height difference, very fast romantic progress. They’re a little tight-lipped at first, but soon learn to speak their minds.] [Dating and married life, standing by each other through everything, with no major misunderstandings.] Lin Man lives in a big city, but when she can no longer keep up with the rat race, she decides to return to the countryside with the few tens of thousands of yuan she has saved. She hopes to spend some time growing ve 11.8kReads9.1Score1kShelves
