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I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My White Moonlight Said She Knew All Along 装瞎三年，白月光却说她早就知道了
I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My Dream Girl Said She Knew All Along
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- 2 Light Shattered in Glass Candy Wrappers 碎在玻璃糖纸里的光 [Campus × Mutual Pining × Sweet Romance • Flirting × Older Male Lead] At twenty, Lin Yinuann tucked all her feelings into transparent candy wrappers, living quietly, with thorns beneath the surface. That was until Wen Muyang collided with her world. Only then did she realize that even barren places could be touched by the warmth of sunlight. At first, Wen Muyang was simply curious. Why had a girl who once been so lively and dazzling grown so quiet and cautious? Once her disguise was seen through 1.1kReads—Score11614d adds
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The Wind Has Carried My Longing for You for Seven Years 想你的风吹了七年
[Angst with Sweet Moments + Reunion After Years Apart + Tension and Teasing + Revenge and Devotion] Seven years later, Xu Nianxia is released from prison, and Sang Huai, the capital’s golden boy, returns from overseas. But everything has changed! Their long-awaited reunion is tangled with hatred and misunderstandings, yet neither can let go of their devotion or the affection they can’t bring themselves to admit. His love and hatred are both so intense, but after her time in prison, she feels too
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How to Become the Mad Tyrant’s White Moonlight 论如何成为疯批暴君的白月光
[Delicate, stunning noblewoman * mad, twisted boy-emperor] (Complete) [Both leads are each other’s first and only + System + redemption + heroine fakes her death and loses her memory later + hero is genuinely insane] The first time Meng Yuan met Xie Hui, she saw him order someone to feed a young palace maid to a horse. When he turned to look at her, his voice was so excited it frightened her. “You have lovely eyes. Let’s have someone dig them out and turn them into glass marbles.” Meng Yuan felt
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The Wicked Girlfriend’s Transformation: An Heir to a Powerful Family 豪门继承人的恶毒女友蜕变记
A sweet, airheaded beauty with a wicked streak x a cool, lovesick heir to a wealthy family Qiao Yu had a nightmare. She dreamed that her boyfriend, Ji Yancheng, was actually the heir to the wealthy Zhao family, who had taken him back. Suddenly rich and powerful, Ji Yancheng sent Qiao Yu back to her poor, remote hometown in the mountains. Qiao Yu ran back to find him and clung to him in every way she could, but he showed no regard for their past and sent her back to the mountains again. Qiao Yu
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Master Si Won’t Leave Me Alone Night After Night 司爷夜夜缠宠
Marriage First, Love Later · The Sweetest Devotion | Spoiled to the Death Jiang Wanwan was forced to marry the second young master of the Si family, Si Mohan, who was supposedly lame, blind, and impotent. She had already resigned herself to spending her whole life as a wife in name only. But after they married, the man turned out to be neither lame nor blind. Every night, he teased her until her cheeks burned and her heart raced. “Be good, darling. Give me your waist, and I’ll give you my life.”
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Whose Simp of a Male Supporting Character Gets Held and Kissed by the Male Lead? 谁家舔狗男配被男主抱在怀里亲啊
[Irresistible bottom, bittersweet romance, angst first and sweetness later, livestream variety show, a chaotic love polygon, two male leads, both virgins, happy ending] Wen Yanyu, a universally hated supporting character who hounded the male lead relentlessly and dragged himself into a storm of public outrage, suddenly awakens to his own consciousness. The System binds him and sends him off on missions. After countless cycles of torment leave him exhausted in body and mind, Wen Yanyu returns wit
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The Buddha’s Son Entered My Dreams for Three Hundred Years to Make Me Give Up. I Finally Did, and Then He Broke His Vows 佛子入梦三百年只为让我死心，我真死心了他却破戒了
The Buddhist monk entered my dreams for three hundred years, all to make me give up. I finally did, but then he broke his vows.
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- 9 After Losing My Memory, the Patron Who Threatened to Kill Me Got on His Knees and Said He Loved Me 失忆后，那个说要弄死我的金主跪着说爱我 After Losing My Memory, the Patron Who Said He’d Kill Me Knelt and Told Me He Loved Me 44Reads—Score114d adds
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The Second Male Lead Must Fight! 21 Heart-Pounding Love Rivalry Showdowns 男二要战斗！21个超带感雄竞修罗场
[The Second Male Lead Takes Center Stage + Men Competing for Her + Romantic Partner-Switching + Mild Angst + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + Face-Slapping and Taking Down Scumbags + Long-Laid Plans] I loved Pei Che for ten years and was his secret lover for three. But for the sake of his first love, he dumped me without a second thought. On the day I left, Pei Che held his first love in his arms, looking like he had finally gotten everything he wanted. I took the breakup money he gave me a
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- 11 This CEO Deserves to Suffer: 20 Epic Chases to Win Her Back 这届总裁真该虐：20场骨灰级追妻 [The husband-chasing crematorium + substitute + first love + domineering CEO + painful romance + reborn + marriage and love + face-slapping] I spent years by Zhong Ruokuang’s side. Our relationship went from boss and employee to lovers in bed, but I never had a proper title. I asked, “Why did you choose to be with me?” He gave me that perfunctory smile again. “Because you’re obedient.” Then I was attacked online, while he was busy spending Christmas with his childhood sweetheart, the one he’d al 195Reads8.4Score—14d adds
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A Tender Rose Becomes His Cherished Favorite in the Apocalypse 温软玫瑰沦为他心尖偏宠【末世】
[A post-apocalyptic setting + a trash man’s regret + the arch-enemy villain takes the lead + love triangle drama + mutual salvation + swoony romance + romantic aesthetics + both leads are devoted to each other] [Gentle, steadfast beacon of righteousness x refined, unhinged smiling schemer (irresistibly wicked)] Even as she lay dying, Wen Yao couldn’t understand what she had ever liked about Shen Yichuan. Was it his coldheartedness, or his selfishness? As his partner, she had risked her life for
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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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Chasing My Wife After Our Breakup: Mr. Gu Won’t Let Anyone Else Have Her! 分手后追妻，顾总他又争又抢！
[Sweet Romance + Chasing Her After Losing Her + Rekindled Love + Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Runaway with a Baby + Adorable Child + One-on-One] At its heart, this is a sweet romance! A super-sweet story about a wife being cherished! With nothing to her name and nowhere else to turn, Su Tang used her beauty and cunning to stay with the Gu family, where she fell in love with Gu Yunshen, the heir to the family. This gentle, devoted man won her heart and cherished her like a treasure. She was alm
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The Gray Lotus 灰莲花
[A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa
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- 16 Dazzling Dance Steps, A Badge Held Dear 灼灼舞步，念念警徽 The score has just come out and will gradually rise [Cold-Faced Detective × Sweet, Gentle Dancer | Jealous, Devoted Love] A terrifying late-night rideshare ride. She presses the emergency button, and the man who breaks down the door to save her is her childhood friend, whom she hasn’t seen in ten years, now the city’s coldest police captain. Radiating menace, he pins the criminal to the ground, then takes off his uniform and wraps it around her trembling shoulders. “You can cry now.” * The “cold 2.8kReads8.2Score23514d adds
- 17 Professor Lu, Your Tsundere Side Is Showing 陆教授，你的傲娇掉马了 [Proud Law Professor vs. Spirited Policewoman | Regrets Chasing Her Too Late | Two Strong Leads, Sparks Flying] Three years ago, she offered him her heart, burning with love, only to hear him say, “We’re on different paths. We can’t work together.” Three years later, they meet again. He’s a special legal advisor to the municipal bureau, and she’s the lead detective on a pivotal case. Working together, he mocks her for running on coffee, yet when they’re alone, he tells her, “Add sugar. Don’t die 4.4kReads6.6Score38514d adds
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Lord Tutor, Stop Pretending. Everyone Knows You’re Head Over Heels 太傅大人别装了，都知道你爱惨了
[Reborn] [One-on-one romance, devoted couple, happy ending] Original title: The Zither and Flute Went Astray [Devoted, restrained aloof beauty of a powerful minister ✖️ resilient, brave heiress known as the Phoenix] The Zhu family has lost all its sons, but still has more money than it could ever spend. Their prominence makes them a target, and with no allies to turn to, the entire family was executed by the crown prince in her previous life. Reborn, Zhu Zheng agrees to her grandmother's
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It Was Just Pretend Dating That Turned Real, So What If I’m Addicted? 不就是假戏真做，上瘾怎么了
(Rating just posted, it'll go up) Brooding, obsessive man x resilient innocent girl [Forced Marriage | Obsessive Love | Substitute | Chasing Her to the Crematorium | Saving Each Other | Reunion After Years Apart] Ji Cheng died in the inheritance murder plot he'd set up to take the fortune from his twin brother, Ji Hang. When Ji Hang rose from the pool of blood, he discovered that the bride about to marry his brother was Wen Zhi, the woman he'd secretly loved for years. A mad idea took root in hi
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Bite the Scales 咬鳞
[Pink little mermaid x high-ranking commander] [Gentle, cunning, and devoted x resilient, ferocious, and cruel little darling + corruption + melodrama + sweet and angsty romance + 1v1 + devoted couple, happy ending] Xing Nan is a rare pink mermaid, so rare that everyone covets him. Everything around him is dangerous. The first person he meets after escaping from the laboratory is Pei Wenyang. He begs Pei Wenyang to save him. Pei Wenyang is the gentlest human he's ever met. He dries Xing Nan's
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I Gave You My Heart, Could You Try to Love Me? 我的心给你了，能不能试着喜欢我
[Fake siblings + rekindled romance + business warfare and political intrigue + strong female lead + women's growth + inspirational career story] [Mad CEO and beautiful, powerful, ambitious woman in an intense battle of wills] Pudong University is packed with talented students. Liang Feng is a gifted young man, arrogant about his talent and devoted only to his goddess, Hua Ling. One rainy night, he fell for her. Then, in a single moment, his dream was shattered. Five years later, they meet again,
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After One Letter of Farewell, the Aloof Heir Stormed Through Imperial Power to Marry Me 一纸诀别，清冷世子踏破皇权来娶我
One Farewell Letter, and the Aloof Heir Defies the Imperial Throne to Marry Me
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- 23 After Marrying in My Brother’s Place, My Cold-Faced Uncle-in-Law Loses Control Again 替兄代娶后，冷面权臣小叔又失控了 After Taking His Brother’s Place as the Groom, His Cold-Blooded, Powerful Uncle Loses Control Again 862Reads—Score1514d adds
- 24 Has the Grand Tutor Tried to Tempt Me Again Today? 太傅大人今日又撩拨我了吗？ Your Excellency the Grand Tutor, Have You Been Flirting with Me Again Today? 335Reads—Score614d adds
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Did My Junior Sister Get Rejected When Giving a Gift Today? 小师妹今天送礼被拒了吗
[Two female leads + cultivation + System + 1v1 + both pure + happy ending + a mix of comedy, sweetness, and angst] I am Yun Chu, a top-tier star in the jewelry world in my previous life. After an airplane disaster, I unexpectedly transmigrated into the cultivation world as a spoiled junior sister! I even got bound to a useless System that only hands out embarrassing missions. On the very first day, it made me give a sword tassel to the icy senior sister. That was Lu Nian, the cultivation world
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After Discovering the Doll's Secret, I Fell for Him 撞破人偶秘密后，我沦陷了
[Younger obsessive, unhinged, devoted puppy x cool-headed, independent senior executive | Older woman-younger man romance | Secret crush | Intense emotional tension | One-on-one romance, both leads have no past partners] Lu Jianwei is the marketing director of Fangtang Group, a true career queen. She’s never dated, stays clear-headed and disciplined, and devotes her life to work, never getting involved in romance. To get through a matchmaking date, she goes along halfheartedly. The date doesn’t
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Sharing His Bed 与他共枕
(Adapted into the short drama "Miss Xu, Don’t Settle". The Tomato-produced short drama "Sharing His Bed" launched on Tomato on November 26.) Shang Yiran and Xu Mubai have been married for five years, and have spent all five fighting. Three years into their marriage, Xu Mubai became pregnant. She tried to tell Shang Yiran, “Let’s make a real go of this.” He responded with cold indifference. After that, they each went their own way. One is cold, arrogant, and conceited; the other is stubborn and u
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Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春
[Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles
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Azure Blue over Jingwan 京湾湛蓝
A cool, aloof, abstinent CEO × a quirky, talented, sweet girl Jing Zhan, the current head of a business empire, thinks Lan Wan Er is a pampered, well-behaved young lady of the Lan family. After Jing Zhan rejects every eligible young woman his grandfather tries to set him up with, he unexpectedly agrees to honor the marriage contract that had been arranged long ago! Jing Zhenhai, Jing Zhan’s grandfather, never intended for him to honor this long-forgotten engagement. He had just one reason: “You
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Sinking Into Love Past the Deadline 逾期沉溺
Tang Yiming and Sun Jia first met three years ago, when they signed a prenuptial agreement. She thought their marriage was nothing more than a deal that suited them both. But he loved her and was afraid to reveal his true feelings, so he hid them behind a facade of absurdity. She didn't love him, but was grateful that he'd helped her when she was down. Then she happened to find him keeping silent vigil by her grandmother's sickbed. She accidentally caught him tearing up the suggestive invitation
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Across a Thousand Mountains, I Finally Return to Your Side 跨过千山终回你畔
[Reunion after a long separation + rekindled love + childhood sweethearts + secret love comes true + mutual devotion + first love + each other's first and only + one-on-one romance + happy ending] [An introvert pretending to be an extrovert, a lawyer who's gentle but strong-willed × a well-rounded, top-student financial analyst who's a hopeless romantic] Bai Ruowen and Lin Chaoran grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Later, because of their studies and upheaval in their families, Lin Chaor
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- 32 Moonlight on the Seventeenth Floor 《十七楼的月光》 Moonlight on the Seventeenth Floor 59Reads—Score114d adds
- 33 Our Meeting Among Billions of Stars 我们的相遇是亿万星辰 [Pure romance... slow-paced. If nobody reads it... I'll read it myself, haha. Yay~ (σ≧∀≦)σ] Our meeting was a miracle, both accidental and inevitable, amid the turning of billions of stars. In this vast universe, it was a unique, silent yet grand expression of love. - Losing someone is heart-wrenching, of course. It leaves a hard-to-heal crack in your life and ushers in a long rainy season. But falling in love with you, that itself is the one rose blooming on my barren wasteland, never to wit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Warmth Left in the Ashes 《烬余温.》 "The Last Warmth." 4Reads—Score—14d adds
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Reborn to Save My Gloomy Boyfriend, Only to Be Forced into Love 重生救赎阴郁男友，反被强制爱
“Spoiled, selfish heiress VS brooding, devoted campus heartthrob” “Mutual devotion + sweet and bittersweet angst + past and present lives” Only after Shen Xingchen died did she learn the truth: The brooding man she had feared and guarded against her whole life was the only person in the world who loved her with all his heart. He cleared every obstacle for her and gave her everything. Then, right in front of her, he leapt from the stage at a press conference. * Shen Xingchen opened her eyes and
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Chickens and Ducks in One Cage! Dr. Sheng's Nine-to-Five Love 鸡鸭同笼！晟医生的爱朝九晚五
After a long-planned family banquet, Chaoyan’s world comes crashing down! Her own parents actually sent her straight into the bed of her sworn enemy, and even had their marriage registered on her behalf! She was determined to tear up the courtroom and become a champion of justice, a true “legal golden hen.” But instead, she ran into a doctor as green as Biluochun tea, a “white-cut duck” named Sheng Shiyan! - When they were children, he stomped on her beloved pet and summer vacation insect sp
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- 37 The Young Master Lu's Image Has Fallen Apart! 陆少人设崩了！ Two formidable leads | Marriage first, love later | A playboy turns over a new leaf | An ice queen melts / Wealthy-family power struggles + suspense + plenty of sweetness | Intense push and pull! _ The best love makes us better people! From strangers to soulmates, seven whole years | Grown-up love is a straightforward game of wits! - It began with desire and ended with two souls entwined. “Lu Jingchen, we’re just getting what we want from each other.” “Song Wanning, I want more than three m 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 President Fu, Please Sign the Marriage Contract 傅总契约婚姻请签收 A wealthy-family rivalry: Business marriage × power couple showdown × childhood sweethearts Fu Qingchen, a ruthless business predator, enters a marriage of convenience for profit. Sang Ye, a design prodigy and heiress, bows to her family's wishes. Drugged on their wedding night, they wake up and tacitly pretend to have amnesia, yet spend every night trying to outdo each other... - He buys her company; she charms his rival. He declares his ownership of her in public; she turns around and provo 19Reads—Score—14d adds
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Flourishing Firethorn 火棠萋萋
[Tragic, beautiful heiress VS cold, scheming illegitimate son + revenge + redemption + love at first sight + SC] An accident brought Gu Tangying, a bullied stepdaughter of a wealthy family, into the orbit of Liang Yixu, a cold and calculating illegitimate son. He helped her time and again, then turned cold on her time and again, leaving her heartbroken as she waited in uncertainty. She didn’t know that behind his repeated rejections lay old family feuds that he could not escape. When their surgi
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- 40 I’ll Make You Shine 许你闪耀 [Reunion after years apart + rekindled romance + childhood sweethearts + healing + both inexperienced in love + happy ending] [Cool jewelry designer X Proud, devoted young heir] Before she turned eighteen, Xu Yuan was the heiress everyone in Jing City knew, as well as a rising star in the world of ballet. She had beauty, fame, and a romance everyone envied. Chen Yao: “I'm willing to make all your wishes come true.” Xu Yuan: “My wish is to hold your hand and grow old with you.” That day, a blizza 86Reads—Score—14d adds
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After Five Years of Cold War, Why Are You Losing Control Now That I Want a Divorce? 冷战五年，我提离婚你失控什么
[Marriage first, love later; regretful pursuit; bittersweet romance; the powerful one learns to bow his head; mutual healing; one-on-one; both are each other’s first and only; happy ending] [Cool-headed, headstrong painter × aloof, elegant CEO] Five years ago. Sui Nuan was a celebrated prodigy at Jiangcheng University: cool, beautiful, and hard to pursue. Just before graduation, she suddenly announced she was dropping out to marry Jiangcheng’s most powerful heir, Jiang Yanci, the eldest son who
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Four Years Apart, Still So in Love 别后四年，还是很爱
[Both are each other’s first and only love + Reunion after years apart + Reconciliation + Powerful family background vs. university professor + Older man + He must win her back + Angsty romance + Sweet romance + Happy ending] Four years ago, Meng Xia said, “Let’s break up.” An orphan, she swallowed all her hurt and reluctance, severed every tie with Si Yang herself, and turned to reunite with her birth parents, who had just returned after a classified assignment. Four years later, they met again
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After Falling on Hard Times, I Was Spoiled by a Powerful Hong Kong Tycoon 落魄后，我被港圈大佬娇养
[Sweetness and heartbreak intertwined, groveling pursuit, forced love, both leads are inexperienced] [Powerful, scheming man with endless stamina VS proud heiress fallen on hard times] After Lin Tingran goes bankrupt, she’s bought by the man she once looked down on. Zhou Jiansui treats her well: gentle, affectionate, domineering, and devoted. She can’t help falling in love with him, but just as she’s ready to spend her life with him... She discovers that all his tenderness, sweet words, and poss
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The Profound Sun’s Guide to the Phoenix 玄阳引凤录
[Eastern fantasy cultivation] + [Multiple heroines] + [Dual-cultivation furnace] + [Protection and redemption] + [Aesthetic of fragility] + [Proving the Dao through thunder] A hellish start, followed by a rebirth from the ashes. Li Yunche was once a prodigy who could summon the heavenly thunder of the Nine Heavens. To save his master, he lost all his cultivation and became haggard, reduced to the sect’s lowliest menial servant. He languished in despair for fifty years. When the sect is on the br
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I Posed as His Late Sister and Went Undercover for Three Years. My Heart's Blood Cured His Burning Poison 我扮他亡妹潜伏三年，我的心头血解他焚心毒
I Pretended to Be His Late Sister for Three Years, and My Heart's Blood Cured His Burning Poison
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- 46 The Young Emperor Hid an Edict: He Imprisoned the Empress Dowager in Marriage with an Empire 幼帝藏诏：他以万里江山囚娶皇姐 The Young Emperor Hides an Edict: He Imprisons the Imperial Princess in Marriage with His Vast Empire 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Heartbound Ashes: The Poison Doctor’s Ex-Wife Has a Thousand Layers of Schemes 连心烬：毒医前妻的千层套路 Lian Xinjin: The Poison Doctor Ex-Wife’s Thousand-Layer Scheme 13Reads—Score—14d adds
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A Motorcycle Kiss with a Butterfly 机车吻蝴蝶
The short drama is now available (sweet romance and healing + mutual pining + contrasting sides) [Cool, classical-dance beauty boldly pursues love & carefree playboy secretly loves her] Everyone in the capital says Xia Shisheng, the heiress of the Xia family, is its brightest jewel: elegant, refined, and beyond reproach. They all believe no one in the world could ever be worthy of her. Who could have imagined that this untouchable beauty would be won over by Xiao Heng, the notorious playboy heir
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- 49 A Mistake in the Rainbow Garment 霓裳错 Before Fengyi Palace, Consort Yun walks with a lotus-like grace, dressed in a nine-tailed phoenix robe. That dazzling touch of rouge-red is her silent rebellion against palace rules. Her answer is the emperor’s icy gaze and thirty strokes of the rod, leaving her flesh bloody and mangled. Everyone thinks this harsh punishment is because she covets the empress’s throne. Only Xiao Lingye knows the truth: what made him lose control was glimpsing the secret she had struggled to hide beneath that phoe 2.2kReads5.4Score12414d adds
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Mrs. Gong Has Long Since Given Up on You 宫太太早就不要你了
[Top-tier power and privilege + both leads have no past relationships + groveling pursuit + heroine's growth + powerful man humbles himself + one-on-one romance] At twenty, Di Xingran thought that liking someone, being liked in return, and naturally getting married and staying together was how life worked. Only later did she learn that marriage could have nothing to do with love, and happen simply because she “met the requirements.” She was a gifted engineer, but her talent was obscured by preju
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