Modern Slice-of-Life Stories Where the Heroine Returns Home Years After Breaking Up Abroad and Reunites With the Hero 都市日常。女主出国分手后几年再回国遇上男主的。

1. 1 我 I'm Already a Tycoon, Yet My CEO Girlfriend Wants to Break Up 我都成首富了，总裁女友提分手 Naive and Complete幼稚完Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [The Lover-Chasing Regret Arc + Extra Sweet Romance + Everyday Love + Sweet and Sensual] In his first year of college, Qin Zhu, whose heart had gone numb, met Wen Ning, the campus belle. She pursued him relentlessly for three months, and at last his cold heart began to thaw. But after three years together, the roles of lover and beloved had long since switched. He thought that if he gave enough, he could make up for all the love Wen Ning had once given him. Instead, Wen Ning grew more distant an 23kReads6.6Score1.6kShelves

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   In the first book, after three years of dating, the roles of lover and loved one had long been reversed. The male protagonist, who waited all night, finally discovered that he had always been nothing more than a substitute for someone else. Male protagonist: "Three years, and you've never loved me?" Female protagonist: "Never." Three years of devotion became a joke, and Qin Zhu was once again abandoned. Having already been abandoned once, she chose to let go and leave.

2. 2 女 The Actress's Secret Boyfriend 女明星的保密男友 Yan Wei Bu Yu言微不语Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [One Heroine + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion + Reborn in a Parallel World] Jiang Yuhan, the entertainment industry's scandal-free queen, is actually pursuing a man of her own accord!? Twelve years ago, he was the most brilliant top student at school. While everyone else was still preparing for the college entrance exams, Qu Chen had already secured a place through recommendation. That was when Jiang Yuhan, who had wanted to confess her feelings, realized just how far apart they were! Twelve ye 242Reads8.9Score—Shelves
3. 3 娱 Entertainment Showdown: Every Guest on Set Is an Ex-Girlfriend 娱乐修罗场，节目现场全是前女友 I'm Not zmy我不是zmyUrban1.0M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + hilarious + multiple heroines + no angst + no cheating + extra sweet + high-energy twists] Everyone’s laughing at you, but somehow you’re the funniest one of all! Li Lu, a washed-up top-tier star nobody remembers, is about to leave the entertainment industry when he unexpectedly gets invited onto the hottest celebrity dating show. All five female contestants turn out to be ex-girlfriends who dumped him. Lin Lin: “We broke up on good terms, but you didn’t miss me at all. You immed 40.2kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
4. 4 女 Son-in-Law: My Lovely Wife Is Hard to Handle 女婿：娇妻难养 Wine Soldier酒卒Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Male-oriented, no NTR, romance, marriage before love] With a beautiful wife at home, what’s wrong with being a live-in son-in-law? But Liu Chenyang was already a little stunned on his wedding night. This marriage was nothing like he’d imagined. 3.5kReads8.4Score299Shelves
5. 5 开 Forced Into Marriage from the Start: The CEO Sister Can't Stop Flirting with Me 开局被逼婚：总裁姐姐疯狂撩我 Adding an Egg Makes It a Polar Bear加蛋是北极熊Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My ex-girlfriend, who dumped me five years ago, suddenly comes back and turns out to be my boss. She even gives me ten million yuan, then brings people to smash up the apartment I spent 700,000 yuan renovating... 4.2kReads7.0Score537Shelves
6. 6 反 Villainous Son, Get Down on Your Knees. Mom Needs a Favor 反派儿子你跪下，妈求你点事 Rye Whiskey黑麦威士忌Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available] (Doting father-type son x rebellious mother x no-brainer power fantasy x sweet romance x fantasy) In the great age of transmigrating into books, Su Miao transmigrates too. Other people become someone's unattainable first love, a wealthy heiress, or, at worst, a discarded wife. Su Miao is different: She transmigrates as the villain's real mother. She wants to smoke and drink, but the villain won't allow it. She wants fried chicken and milk tea, but the villain frow 187.9kReads9.2Score16.6kShelves
7. 7 我 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves
8. 8 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 117.8kReads9.6Score13.7kShelves
9. 9 深 A Deeply Devoted Temptation 深情诱引 Bird Pine Rice鸟松米Modern Romance676k WordsCompleted A novel in the Niaosongmi Universe: Deep Affection and Allure. The short drama The Height of Summer, a special story about the eldest brother and sister-in-law, is now online. [Love after an arranged marriage, a regretful husband’s pursuit of his wife, one-on-one romance, both devoted only to each other] [Gentle, cool-headed ophthalmologist vs. devoted, wayward young master] Lin Yuxi used to think Zhou Yanjing was a carefree playboy with a fickle heart. Only after they married did she learn just 92.8kReads9.2Score7.9kShelves
10. 10 好 Twins on the Way: The Aloof Buddha Lord Spoils Her Without Restraint 好孕成双高冷佛爷放肆宠 Jiu Yi九燚Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted The short drama "The Chaste God of a Man Spoils Her Endlessly" ("A Love Beyond Compare") is now streaming [Cold, chaste Buddhist heir who cannot have children ✖ pitiful, unlucky woman blessed with fertility] [Ten-year age gap + wealthy family + CEO + heir to the capital's elite + infertility + sweet romance + chaste Buddhist heir + fertility + both leads have no past relationships + personal growth] Fu Xuanyi is the heir to the Fu family of Kyoto, wielding immense power and known for his ruthles 13.2kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
11. 11 消 I've Been Gone for Three Years, and My Campus Belle Girlfriend Tells Everyone I'm Dead 消失三年，校花女友到处说我死了 Wood, Forest, Fire, Flame木森火焱Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Peerless national hero + ultra-sweet romance + everyday campus life] Chu Yang is a peerless national hero who has been living under an assumed name. He disappeared for three years to lead the design and development of China’s 1nm lithography technology. Three years later, Chu Yang completed his mission and returned to the city. Hoping to make up for the regrets of his high school years, he enrolled at Kyoto University to experience student life, becoming a freshman there. But during orientation 19.8kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves

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    ✨Urban slice-of-life: The protagonist disappeared for three years, ending up in the desolate northwest desert, contributing to the future of China. A peerless hero, yet his school beauty girlfriend is unaware, spreading rumors that he's dead! 😱Now I'm back!

12. 12 既 If You Love Your First Love So Much, Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Gone? 既爱白月光，我走了你哭啥？ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted If you love your first love so much, why are you crying now that I've left? 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The "Chasing-After-Husband" series: Highly rated classic short stories! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

13. 13 我 I, the Fated Master Diviner, Am Destined for Everything! 我，天命大算师，哪哪都是命！ King Revolver左轮王10k WordsCompleted I Am the Great Diviner of Destiny, and Everything Is Fated! 62Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 门 Between the Door and the World Outside, My Fiancée Regrets It Like Crazy! 门里门外，未婚妻她悔疯了！ King Revolver左轮王10k WordsCompleted Inside and outside the door, my fiancée is consumed with regret! 6.9kReads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 爱 Love Isn't Gentle, and I Won't Lick My Wounds 爱不温柔，我不舔舐伤口 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted Love isn't gentle, and I won't lick my wounds. 449Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 中 After I Won the Lottery, My Wife and Daughter Forced Me to Leave with Nothing! 中奖后，妻女逼我净身出户！ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted After I Won the Lottery, My Wife and Daughter Forced Me to Leave With Nothing! 241Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 你 You Turned Away, So I Learned Not to Love You! 你选择转身，我学会不爱！ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted You chose to walk away, so I learned how not to love you! 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 妻 My Wife Insisted on Staying with Her First Love, So I Buried Our Marriage with My Own Hands 妻子执意陪白月光，我亲手埋葬了婚姻 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted My wife insisted on staying by her first love's side, so I buried our marriage with my own hands. 6.5kReads—Score122Shelves
19. 19 你 You Chose Your First Love, So I Let You Go on the Spot (Late Love Won't Save You) 你选白月光，我当场成全（晚情不渡） King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted You chose your first love, so I let you have him right then and there (Late Love Finds No Ferry). 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 爱 Love Makes No Promises, and My Beloved Never Comes Home 爱不期许，良人不归 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted Love Makes No Promises, and My Beloved Never Came Back 165Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 带 Reborn with Hundreds of Millions in Cash, They Panicked! 带着亿万现金重生，他们慌了！ King Revolver左轮王11k WordsCompleted Reborn with Hundreds of Millions in Cash, They Panic! 55Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 继 After My Stepfather Tore Up My College Acceptance Letter, I Laughed 继父撕我录取通知书后，我笑了 King Revolver左轮王22k WordsCompleted After my stepfather tore up my college acceptance letter, I smiled 55Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 对 I'm Sorry, I Once Loved You Deeply 对不起，我曾经深爱你 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted I’m Sorry, I Once Loved You Deeply 6.2kReads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 发 After I Discovered My Wife Was Cheating 发现妻子出墙后 King Revolver左轮王13k WordsCompleted After discovering his wife was cheating on him 5kReads—Score106Shelves
25. 25 婚 Marriage Is a Shattered Reflection 婚姻如破碎的镜像 King Revolver左轮王Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Marriage is like a shattered mirror 3.1kReads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 妻 My Wife's Secret Text Messages 妻子的秘密短信 King Revolver左轮王11k WordsCompleted My Wife's Secret Text Messages 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 她 After She Cheated, She Lost the Love of Her Life Forever 她出轨后永失所爱 King Revolver左轮王10k WordsCompleted After She Cheated, She Lost the One She Loved Forever 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 备 A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up with This! 备胎？老子不伺候了！ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up With This! 366Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 他 He Actually Stole My Wife 他竟偷走我的妻 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted He Actually Stole My Wife 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 妻 The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 妻子藏在收据里的地狱 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 519Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 分 You Want to Split 60,000 with Me? I Started Out Worth 50 Million! 分我六万？我开局身价五千万！ King Revolver左轮王13k WordsCompleted You Only Want to Give Me Sixty Thousand? I'm Worth Fifty Million from the Start! 509Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 我 My Sixteen-Year-Old White Moonlight 我的16岁白月光 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban198k WordsCompleted Modern city romance, pure love, slice of life, feel-good male-oriented fiction, campus romance, campus belle, first love, mother-in-law, fiancée, heiresses from Beijing's elite families. Contemporary romance, the husband-chasing crematorium trope. 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban surrealist novels with multiple female protagonists.

33. 33 重 Lao Wang from Chongqing 重庆老王 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban1.6M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads8.3Score116Shelves
34. 34 沪 Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban857k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins! 4.1kReads7.1Score270Shelves
35. 35 极 The Irresistible Playboy 极品桃花男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban611k WordsCompleted [Urban feel-good story] [Slice of life] [Set in the 2020s] [Realistic everyday life] [Multiple female leads] [Dongguan Prince Hotel] [Transmigration to the apocalypse] [Genetically enhanced super soldiers] 419Reads8.5Score105Shelves
36. 36 十 Ten Days, Eighteen-Year-Old Great-Grandma, I'm Not a Scumbag 十日十八岁太奶我不是渣男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban767k WordsCompleted [Urban Imagination] [Surreal] [Multiple Female Leads] [Beijing-Circle Heiresses] [Beautiful Women Around the World] [Entertainment Industry Stars] [Web-Novel Heroines] [Most Beautiful Heroines on Screen] 251Reads6.9Score145Shelves
37. 37 风 The Feng Family’s Treasured Mother and Daughter 风家的宝贝母女 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Two Male Leads232k WordsCompleted A novel about love, marriage, and redemption. If I don’t wear the golden headband, how can I save you? If I put on the golden headband, how can I still love you? A love story about the mother and daughter of the Feng family! 1.1kReads6.5Score—Shelves
38. 38 我 I Become a Scoundrel in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 我在天龙当曹贼 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Male-Channel Fanfiction264k WordsCompleted The male lead, Yin Qiancheng, worked himself to death in Shenzhen, then transmigrated into the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. He obtained a brain-development and dream-insertion System AI. To return to the future, he brought all the female leads of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, those beautiful older sisters, back to modern Shenzhen. 3.5kReads6.9Score140Shelves
39. 39 天 Living the High Life as a Young Master 天上人间当少爷 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban543k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.4kReads8.3Score118Shelves
40. 40 我 [Dream-Stealing Space] My Dreams Can Charm Girls 【偷梦空间】我的梦境能撩妹 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban678k WordsCompleted A feel-good urban story about the entertainment industry, with multiple heroines, celebrities, campus belles, and a touch of the surreal. The male lead obtains a Dream System that lets him enter other people’s dreams and plant whatever scenes and stories he wants. 7.6kReads7.4Score503Shelves
41. 41 1 Ten Scumbags and a Woman Who Hates Cilantro 10个渣男不吃香菜的女人 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Modern Romance187k WordsCompleted The story of a young woman's growth and her ten men. At its heart is the story of how one woman navigates her way among men, exploring how women in modern society view marriage and love! 192Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 小 What Can I Do to Save You, Little Dragon Girl? 小龙女我拿什么救你 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Sci-Fi & Apocalypse162k WordsCompleted Ao Xi, an 1,800-year-old dragon girl, runs away from home to explore the world, but ends up trapped in an underground chamber for 2,000 years. By accident, she activates a teleportation array that transports Li An, the male lead from Earth, to the Silvermoon Continent in another world. The two are trapped in the underground chamber, and a few years later, the dragon clan comes knocking! 212Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 真 The Live-Action Anime World 真人日漫界 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Sports252k WordsCompleted In the future, global attitudes toward marriage and relationships have become warped, and nobody gets married or has children. As a result, the population has plummeted, leaving only 120 million people worldwide. Eastland has 38 million survivors, its cities lie in decline, and human civilization stands on the brink of extinction. 515Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 背 Betrayal: This Is the Last Time I'll Love You 背叛：是我最后一次爱你 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted Betrayal: This Is the Last Time I'll Love You 288Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 我 My Girl from Lhasa 我的拉萨姑娘 Candy Rose糖果蔷薇Urban226k WordsOngoing [Roommate Vibes] [Pure Love, Bad Ending] [Urban Coming of Age] [Multiple Heroines] [Folk Guitar] [Lhasa, Tibet] [Idealism] [Realistic] After his childhood friend dies in a fire, Xia Tian takes his friend's ashes to Lhasa. By chance, he meets a group of idealistic young people... They open bars and inns in Lhasa, planting the ideals in their hearts deep into every inch of Tibetan soil. Facing the sky and earth, they cry out, "Long live ideals! Long live youth!" This is an urban romance novel abo 282Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Fei's urban tragic novel, about Lhasa and ideals.

46. 46 斯 Sheesh! A Romance Show Gets Steamy! The Rebellious Top-Tier Star Wraps an Arm Around Her Waist and Kisses Her 斯哈！恋综撩爆！桀骜顶流揽腰吻 Song on the Eaves檐上歌Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted [Rekindled romance | He pursues her | Entertainment industry showbiz story] [Cool, gloomy little princess X rebellious top-tier star] When Jiang Ning returns to the country, a rumor spreads through their circle: “The young master of the capital's elite, Xi Yue, hid his identity and dated her, but she thought he was a poor guy and dumped him.” On the first day after returning, she politely turns down the blind date her father had forced on her. After a meal with the man, she is about to leave whe 8.3kReads9.1Score661Shelves

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    [Almost crying][Almost crying][Almost crying] The female lead was forced to go abroad, but after returning, she and the male lead reconciled! "How many years has the Jiang family's little princess been studying in the US?" "Six years, I think. She's twenty-four this year. I thought she was too ashamed to come back." — Jiang Ning is back! The man: "Who am I?" She reached out and touched his face, murmuring, "Xi Yue..."

47. 47 替 The Stand-In's Guide to Winning Themself Over 替身的自我攻略 Er Li二厘Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [Male substitute + obsessive love + male lead suffers + second chance at love + later, possessive pursuit by force. The male lead is arrogant, domineering, obsessive, and calculating, with extremely strong controlling and possessive tendencies] Delicate, frail female lead X obsessive, calculating male lead At Jingbei High School, Wen Li met a boy who looked a lot like Pei Yang. One glance was all it took for her to be drawn to him. He’d look even more like Pei Yang if he had a mole at the corner 7.8kReads8.4Score450Shelves
48. 48 暴 [Book Transmigration] The Brutal CEO Male Lead Whimpers in My Arms Every Night 【穿书】暴戾总裁男主每晚在我怀里嘤嘤嘤 A Little Taro Ball一只芋圆Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a book + supporting female character + sweet romance + white moonlight + entertainment industry] Jiang Zhi dreams that she's become the president's doomed ex-girlfriend, his white moonlight, and that the heroine has trampled her underfoot. She decides to act first, dump the president, and escape her doomed fate. “Dare to ask for a breakup? Want me to break your damn legs?” The man grips her waist and bites down viciously on her lips. Jiang Zhi is kissed until she's dazed. A 2.1kReads9.2Score214Shelves
49. 49 你 You Asked to Break Up, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Living with Someone Else? 你提分手，我和别人同居你哭什么 Misty Rain Knows the Cold烟雨知寒Urban352k WordsCompleted (A completed, highly rated masterpiece, one of five romance novels by a veteran author rated 9+) (The author's other books have been adapted into comic dramas and have over 200,000 favorites. This book has not been adapted yet, so comic drama creators are welcome to pick it up!) [One Female Lead, Relentless Sweet Romance + Super-Sweet, Healing Everyday Love] [No System + She Chases Him After the Breakup + Regret and Tears Are Useless] In the third year after moving to his girlfriend Ye Xuan's ci 11.3kReads9.2Score880Shelves

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    You've changed since we broke up. You've become so unfamiliar, no longer the familiar person I remember! Looking at your cold face, there's no point in forcing it anymore. Let's break up!

50. 50 分 After the Breakup, One Song Had the Whole Internet in Tears! 分手后，一首天后全网都哭了！ Fragrant Fruit Speechless香果无语Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Female Celebrity + One Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] Thanks to memories from his previous life, Su He became one of the entertainment industry's top producers. But when he refused to cash in on fans through commercialization, his agency stripped him of his stage name and the copyrights to all his songs. Li Xuan, the queen of pop he'd made famous, also broke up with him and cut ties for the sake of her own future. Talent is worthless in the face of capital? Then he'll ju 58.7kReads9.0Score4.8kShelves

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