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1. 151 惊 Jing Yu Xun Jin 惊予浔槿 The Rabbit's Corner兔子的角落Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Marriage first, love later | Older man | Sweet romance | 1v1, both leads are each other's only partner | Slow burn] [The rating just came out, but it'll go up later] In Beijing's elite circles, everyone said the eldest daughter of the Luo family was cold and indifferent. Luo Jin thought so too, and figured she was perfectly suited to being a pawn in a marriage alliance. So when the “smiling King of Hell” proposed to her in front of everyone at a banquet, she asked only six words: “When are we r 11.8kReads8.4Score1.1k14d adds

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   This is such a satisfying story! [Please update more often!][Please update more often!][Please update more often!]

2. 152 孤 The Lonely Moon in the Sky 孤月当空 Chen Yizhang陈宜樟Modern Romance756k WordsOngoing Love and reality fought for a long time, but in the spring of their eleventh year, they still parted ways. On the very first day after the breakup, a man who loved her even more deeply entered Xiang Yan’s world… 17Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The male protagonist aspires to a political career, while the female protagonist comes from a business family and aspires to become a businesswoman. The two fall in love at first sight in college. When the male protagonist learns of the difference in their family backgrounds, he takes the initiative to give up pursuing her. However, the female protagonist is already deeply in love and waits for the male protagonist, who is working abroad, for four years. Despite the opposition from both families, they finally get married.

3. 153 渣 My Ex Begs for a Remarriage, While My Unhinged Younger Brother Holds Me Close and Goes Public 渣男哭求复婚，疯批弟弟搂我官宣 Koi Can锦鲤罐头Modern Romance148k WordsCompleted [Younger Man + Sister-in-Law Romance + Cunning Ambitious Schemer + Obsessive Love-Brained Hero + Business Warfare and Revenge + Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within + True and Fake Heiresses + Anti-Trope] On the night of her divorce, Su Wanning hired ten male escorts to celebrate her freedom. Her nominal younger brother-in-law, Jin Xiao, barged into the private room and sneered, gripping her by the waist. “Having quite a wild time, sister-in-law?” Su Wanning treated him as a stepping stone out of h 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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   She builds a business empire after divorce, obsessively protects her brother while criticizing him, and their sweet and intense pursuit of their wife is full of revenge and romance!

4. 154 漫 Courtyard in Full Bloom 漫庭 Murong He慕容荷Modern Romance467k WordsOngoing The identity you take pride in can sometimes become a burden. Wealth enough to rival a nation can sometimes bring disaster. Behind a dazzling exterior may lie a broken life. You stand on the bridge admiring the view, while someone in the tower watches you. Is the summit a beautiful view or a place of bitter cold? You can only know by climbing it. The male lead is an heir to a powerful conglomerate, tied to another family through an arranged marriage. The female lead became a police officer after 6.3kReads—Score—14d adds

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   Just read it; it's written to my liking, with very few flaws.

5. 155 卷 The Workaholic CEO Loves Overtime, So His Overworked Secretary Runs Off with the Desk 卷王总裁爱加班，牛马秘书扛桌跑 Mrs. Ocherov奥切罗夫人Modern Romance790k WordsCompleted [Sweet, soft-hearted, adorable overworked secretary X ruthless, seductive, scheming CEO with a fragile side | HE + sweet romance + mutual devotion + funny and lighthearted + mutual healing + gentle comfort] At 10 p.m., in an office tower in Shanghai’s CBD, CEO’s secretary Li Li eats instant noodles and gnaws on a cold meat bun in front of her computer. She can’t take any more overtime at this lousy job. It just never ends! After losing her job, she gets referred by a relative and lands a positio 435Reads—Score3014d adds

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   The CEO's various tricks towards his cunning secretary are so interesting and entertaining.

6. 156 遇 Meeting Her Made My Heart Beat Faster 遇见她心动不止 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + mistaken identity + mutual secret crushes + healing + female growth] Everyone is level-headed and knows what they’re doing, so read without worry. Jiang Nan, insecure and neglected by her family, meets He Chengyang. A twist of fate sends their budding romance down the wrong path. He Chengyang mistakes Jiang Nan, the girl he fell in love with at first sight, for her older sister, Jiang Xue, and they begin a brief relationship. (Nothing inappropriate happens between them.) W 7kReads8.5Score35514d adds

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   These are all quite good. They're down-to-earth and relatable, with natural-looking romance storylines, and they're not childish or mindless.

7. 157 岁 After All These Years, We Finally Meet Again 岁月流转终相见 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + Rekindled Love + Healing Through Family + Realistic Happy Ending] After drifting apart like clouds, ten years passed like flowing water. When we met again, my heart recognized you before I did. A summer romance came to an abrupt end because of an unfortunate misunderstanding. More than ten years later, thirty-five-year-old Gu Yan discovered by chance that he had a daughter in high school, and was reunited with the girl he had loved when he was young. Long-buried memo 5.5kReads7.4Score21314d adds
8. 158 爱 Love Will Come to Rest 爱会停歇 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Playboy Turns Devoted] [Love Grows Over Time] [Sweet with a Little Angst] [Class Difference] Chen Chao, a rich playboy, falls sincerely in love with Yu Jiawen, who comes from an ordinary family. He knows he isn't the kind of person she'd ideally choose, but he can't let go of his feelings for her. "Yu Jiawen, do you know? Meeting you made me feel like I could have a proper relationship too." "I've thought about giving you up, but I just can't accept it. Watching you date, marry, and have childr 3.3kReads8.4Score16014d adds
9. 159 和 The Time I Spent in Love With Her 和她相恋的时光 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + devoted one-on-one romance + rekindled love + healing with a touch of angst] A grounded, everyday story with smart characters. Gao Yuchen, an isolated orphan, happens to meet her next-door neighbor, Mu Yang. Mu Yang pursues her passionately, and they soon fall in love. She thinks they’ll be happy together, only to discover that their happiness was built on a lie, albeit one told with good intentions by the male lead. She coldly tells him she never wants to see him again. I 843Reads8.1Score—14d adds
10. 160 单 Mr. Zhou, My Unrequited Love 单恋的周先生 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Older Woman, Younger Man + Redemption + Realistic Romance] Three-year age gap. [Secret Love Becomes Mutual, from the Male Lead’s Perspective; Marriage First, Love Later, from the Female Lead’s Perspective] Everyone is level-headed and clear-minded. The woman Zhou Wang had kept in his heart for three years. He thought there could never be anything between them and was ready to give up, but then he unexpectedly learned what she had been through. His heart ached for her, and at the same time, he f 1.5kReads8.2Score10314d adds
11. 161 深 Deep Inside My Core 深入我芯 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Mutual Devotion + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance] Their first two meetings were accidental. Every coincidence after that was part of his carefully laid plan. When Jiang Yi Shen met Tang Xin, he fell for her at first sight. He quietly set his plans in motion, and the two got to know each other, fell in love, and walked hand in hand into marriage, sharing the warm everyday moments of life from the first flush of romance to raising children. Side story one: Xu Man thought sh 2.4kReads8.7Score14614d adds
12. 162 初 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight] [She Pursues Him] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [Sweet, Realistic Romance] [Happy Ending] At twenty, the lively and spirited Chen Luo Chu meets Chu Yun. One look is all it takes for her to fall for him. She can barely hide the light in her eyes, and there is only one thought on her mind: make him hers. Once she confirms he is single, she boldly confesses, "Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?" Chu Yun gently turns her down with a simple, "We're not right for each other." But Chen L 1.4kReads—Score10414d adds
13. 163 重 A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [The right people will find their way back to each other, no matter how many twists and turns it takes.] [One true pairing, both leads are each other's only ones + reunion after a long separation + winning back his wife and claiming his child + adorable kids playing matchmaker] Zhou Yuan met Qin Yue by chance and fell in love at first sight. After one passionate night together, an urgent assignment sent him overseas. Before leaving, he thought he'd arranged everything properly, never imagining t 5.4kReads8.9Score29014d adds
14. 164 退 Broken Engagement, Reborn: The Heir Grabs Me by the Waist and Fights for My Affection 退婚涅槃：太子爷掐腰争宠我 A Love-Struck Academic at Heart一枚热爱学术的恋爱脑Modern Romance239k WordsOngoing Tags: Happy ending, mutual devotion, wealthy CEO, domineering, urban, contemporary romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced, clear-eyed heroine, male rivalry [Fake-laid-back, secretly scheming third young master of a wealthy family × aloof, down-on-her-luck AI doctoral student] [Two strong leads in conflict × brothers competing for the same woman × possessive love × playing the fool to catch the tiger] [One-on-one, both sexually inexperienced | Ultra-sweet romance | Mutual flirtation be —Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    "He fought for her inheritance, and she cleared his name. They supported each other and grew together—this is the best kind of love!"

15. 165 时 Time Stretches On, Where Are We Now? 时光漫长，我们身在何方 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘15k WordsCompleted Time Stretches On, Where Are We? 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    On the yellowed letter paper were words he wrote on his sickbed, enduring the pain of broken bones, using all his remaining strength and the last vestiges of his consciousness. Each stroke was twisted with pain, yet still carried the stubbornness and desperate tenderness unique to youth: "Xiao Ran: Keep moving forward, don't look back! Don't look back for someone like me! Chen Mo loves Lin Xiao Ran, in 1999, forever."

16. 166 永 The Yongle Sea-Erosion Chronicles 永乐海蚀录 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘Mystery204k WordsCompleted In the fifth year of the Yongle reign, Zheng He's fleet was returning from the Southern Seas when it entered the "Ghost Wail Vortex" and was suddenly engulfed by an eerie gray-green fog. A strange liquid seeped from a malevolent Southern Seas idol secretly hoarded by the corrupt Ministry of Works official Zhao Yu, attracting horrors from the deep. Worms burrowed out of the sailors' wounds, transforming them into "Ming Slaves" with shedding scales and grotesque, toothed mouths. Zhou Mo, a militar 1Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 167 九 Nine Heavens: Record of Shattering the Void 九霄天域：破碎虚空录 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘Eastern Fantasy112k WordsCompleted Slay the Heavenly Dao, shatter the cycle of reincarnation, and forge myself into a Divine King with a mortal body! [Defying Fate × Passionate Cultivation] War fires rage across the lower realm. A young man raises his blade and challenges the heavens! Lu Cangxuan was born the discarded son of the Marquis of Zhenbei’s household. He never knew the birthmark between his brows was a shattered seal capable of cleaving the void, carved by an ancient Divine King just before his fall. When the Northern 17Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 168 星 The Galaxy Reflected in Your Eyes 星河映你眼底 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘Modern Romance106k WordsCompleted When the tyrant of a tech empire hands her a marriage contract, she uses a star chart of Dunhuang as a blade to pierce his lies, only to fall into the universe of indulgent romance he has woven with his own hands: “The contract marriage is fake. Wanting you for life is real.” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 169 骨 Ashes of the Bone Flute: The Azure Nether Calamity 骨笛烬·青冥劫 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘23k WordsCompleted The Bone Flute’s Embers: The Azure Abyss Calamity —Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 170 长 Long River, Setting Sun 长河.落日 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘6k WordsCompleted The Long River: Sunset 1Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 171 绣 Embroidering the Buddha 绣佛 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Embroidered Buddha 1Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 172 无 Silent Waiting 无声等待 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘11k WordsCompleted Silent Waiting —Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 173 渡 The Teahouse at the Ferry 渡口茶馆 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘13k WordsCompleted The Teahouse at the Ferry Crossing —Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 174 雪 The Snowfield Watch Station 雪原守望站 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘9k WordsCompleted The Snowfield Watch Station 1Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 175 算 The Floating Pagoda of the Sea of Numbers 算海浮屠 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘13k WordsCompleted Calculating the Seas, Floating Pagoda 1Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 176 朱 A Lament in Vermilion 朱砂诔 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted Cinnabar Elegy —Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 177 太 Warm Lanterns in Taiyuan, Brightening the Rest of My Life 太原灯火暖余生 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘8k WordsCompleted Warm Lanterns in Taiyuan, Warming the Rest of My Life —Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 178 盛 President Sheng, Your Wife Is Threatening Divorce Again 盛总，你老婆又闹离婚了 There Are Fish in the River江有鱼Modern Romance2.9M WordsCompleted Su Ruoxi accidentally crossed paths with an overbearing CEO and wanted nothing more than to escape. Barely half a day into their marriage, she brazenly got engaged to her former fiancé, putting a fresh set of horns on the CEO. The CEO caught her red-handed and began listing her crimes! “The first woman ever to put horns on me!” “The first woman to marry me and still try to run away!” “The first woman to lay hands on me!” Su Ruoxi couldn’t take it anymore. She dropped to her knees in front of the 96Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    It's not that CEOs are bad, it's just that I haven't seen any good books. I think these few are okay, you can check them out.

29. 179 我 How Could a Madman Like Me Be Everyone’s Favorite? 我一个疯批怎么会是万人迷？ No NeedLM没必要LMModern Romance155k WordsOngoing [Sweet one moment, crazy the next widow × a scheming playboy + clever revenge story + wealthy-family feuds + ensemble cast + devoted younger-guy type] The Qin family's fourth young master was fated to die young. He died at twenty, in the prime of his life. After a year of widowhood, his widow, Zhang Shuya, returned to Jinjing, that glittering city rife with undercurrents. Ten years ago, the Zhang Group suddenly vanished, and its chairman disappeared without a trace. Everyone thought the Qin fam —Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 180 余 All My Remaining Years Turn to Ash 余生烬我皆空 A Mouthful of Strawberry一口草莓味Modern Romance318k WordsCompleted Su Wanjin had secretly loved Lu Shiyan for ten years. When the Su family fell into ruin, she was forced to marry him and became a substitute for his moonlight-white love. Coldness, suspicion, and framing followed one after another. During an argument, she lost their child and was left permanently unable to have children. Heartbroken, she tried to leave, but he forcibly kept her prisoner. Only after the lies were torn apart did Lu Shiyan realize that she had been the one who saved him in the snow 6Reads—Score10414d adds

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    🌷①On the day Lu Shiyan married Su Wanjin, he said, "You are just Wen Zhiyu's shadow." He confiscated her phone, locked her windows, and even made sure she wore colors according to Wen Zhiyu's preferences. She escaped once, but he caught her and locked her up even tighter. Later, she really escaped, but with her death. He possessed the world, but spent his life guarding her tomb, never seeing her turn back until his death.

31. 181 退 After Breaking Off the Engagement, President Gu's Seven-Year Crush Could No Longer Be Hidden 退婚后，顾总的七年暗恋藏不住了 Programmer Peeling Peanuts剥花生的程序员Modern Romance228k WordsOngoing [Modern romance | powerful families and CEOs | reunion after years apart | amnesia and redemption | empowering female lead] She exposes her fake fiancé's true colors at their engagement party, uncovers the car accident plot, and brings him down. She breaks off the engagement and rises to the top of the international piano scene, while the CEO remains devoted to protecting her for seven years. Plenty of romantic tension, and the female lead gets to dish out face-slapping without ever being put th —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist lost her memory and child seven years ago, completely unaware that a man had suffered for her for seven years.

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