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  1. 51 Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮 Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on 179.3kReads9.6Score27.7kShelves
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  2. 52 The 1980s Nanny: The Cold-Faced Officer Loses Control and Wants a Baby 八零小保姆,冷面军官失控想生崽 Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted [Manhua adaptation in progress] Period setting + marriage to a soldier + transmigrate into a book in an alternate world + devoted to each other + possessive, sweet romance + love grows over time + a gentle, slice-of-life romance about doting on his wife. (Older husband, younger wife; growth, comeback, doting on his wife, having a baby, and patriotism) A stern, older, abstinent military officer VS a sweet, soft-spoken girl who's both beautiful and talented, and refuses to be pushed around Bai Qia 2.8kReads8.7Score324Shelves
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  3. 53 An Eighties Beauty Marries for Good Fortune and Is Doted on by Her Rugged, Fatherly Husband 八零美人冲喜,被爹系糙汉宠上天 Modern Romance694k WordsCompleted Pure romance + transmigration into a book, fictional setting + period piece + older husband, younger wife + building a fortune + sweet romance + slow-burn, satisfying face-slapping. Bai Qian, from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, transmigrates into a book and becomes a plump, laid-back young bride, married off to bring good luck to He Yanzhou, a cold-faced, rugged man. The man is gravely ill, and lays down three rules with her: this marriage is just for show, and he’ll nev 1.2kReads8.6Score164Shelves
  4. 54 So Sweet! I Became the Rugged Man's Darling 爆甜!我成了糙汉老公掌心宠 Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted Su Jiangjiang was reborn! In her previous life, she resented the marriage her parents had arranged for her. She looked down on her husband for being a mechanic, thought he was coarse and too muscular, and wished he were more refined. She ran away from home, only to be framed by her best friend and sold to a remote mountain village. There, no one answered her cries for help. Her kidneys were stolen and her organs cut out, and she died in agony. After being reborn, she stopped acting on a whim, se 9.8kReads8.8Score663Shelves
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  5. 55 After I Was Reborn, I Was Spoiled Rotten, and the Rugged Man Is Seriously Powerful! 重生后被狂宠,糙汉他真的超猛! Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted [The taciturn, rugged powerhouse vs. the lively, sweet-natured beauty] Gu Pingsheng has always been strong as an ox, so how did he end up throwing out his back? Was it really because he married a delicate young wife?! Three days and three nights later, Gu Pingsheng walked out of the house, holding his aching back, and got back to work. He thought, Surely my little wife is finally afraid of me now? The villagers watching the drama unfold were dumbfounded. They thought he must have made a fortune. 34Reads5.9Score—Shelves
  6. 56 Reborn in the 1980s: My Brawny Husband Is Strong and Stamina-Filled 重生八零,糙汉身强体壮耐力好 Modern Romance565k WordsCompleted (Military marriage + devoted to each other + doting romance + sweet and steamy love story + building wealth) Given a chance to live her life over again, Yu Xiaomin flirts with her husband and doesn't hold back with either her words or her actions~ When Zhou Huaicheng wakes to find his wife suddenly treating him with overwhelming warmth, she is lying on her side with one bare shoulder exposed, her delicate collarbone and tantalizing curves just visible. His mouth goes dry, and his Adam's apple bo 5.7kReads9.1Score579Shelves
  7. 57 The Pretty Little Bride of the 1970s: The Village Tough Guy Is a Force to Be Reckoned With 七零小俏媳:我家村霸超凶的 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + sweet young woman and rugged man + doting romance + business and farming] Bai Jiaojiao, the fake heiress who had been sent to the countryside, was reborn. When she saw Shen Heng again, she boldly threw her arms around him, determined not to repeat the tragedy of loving him without ever winning his heart. Shen Heng, the local bully of Shili Village, was the very picture of a menacing brute. On their first day of marriage: “I’m the head of this household. My wife has to 91kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
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  8. 58 The Pretty Widow of Peach Blossom Creek, Loved by a Young Man 桃花溪的俏寡妇,小年轻爱上她 Urban283k WordsCompleted The night twenty-two-year-old Li Yuchuan returned to his village, he stumbled upon a woman bathing by Peach Blossom Creek. In the moonlight, her skin glowed white. Water slid from her collarbone to the small of her back. She tipped her head back to toss her hair, then flicked out her tongue to lick a drop of water from the corner of her mouth. That one little movement nearly made his soul fly away. Later, he learned she was the “jinx” everyone in the village talked about. Jiang Yuwei. Thirty-fiv 3kReads—Score171Shelves
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  9. 59 The Rough-Hewn Man and His Darling Wife 糙汉与娇妻 Modern Romance299k WordsCompleted [A rough country boy who built himself up from nothing VS a pampered heiress] The first time Wei Yi Ran went to the countryside, she landed squarely in a strange man's lap, and couldn't stop thinking about him afterward. The first time Gu Meng Sheng saw the young woman from the city, he wanted to hold her close and never let go. But Ran Ran knew the man was engaged. Brother Sheng also knew that a penniless man like him wasn't good enough for her. 4.4kReads9.2Score277Shelves
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  10. 60 Transmigrated to the Grasslands: Rugged General, Set Me Free! 穿越草原,糙汉将军快放我自由 Ancient Romance515k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because it was just added] [Transmigrates with her body + one-on-one romance + happy ending] Lin Shu, a third-year engineering student, has an accident and doesn't realize she's transmigrated to a grassland thousands of years in the past. On her way to seek help, she encounters Yan Lie, a grassland general returning from a hunt, who forcibly takes her back to his tribe. “Brother Yan Lie, why do you keep insisting I stay here? I'm not even from your world. I'm hard to feed, pi 957Reads7.3Score100Shelves
  11. 61 I Don't Want to Be Flirted With, but the Wild, Rugged Man Calls Me His Baby 不想被撩,可痞野糙汉叫我宝宝诶 Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted The first time they met, his bold confession made her blush. The second time, he planted a kiss on her cheek. “Let's see who dares bully my wife!” The third time, he was even more direct, making her want to run. She really did run, but little by little she fell into the trap he 6kReads9.2Score501Shelves
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  12. 62 In Full Military Regalia, Rose in Hand, I Offer It to the Princess 一身戎装,手持玫瑰,献予公主 Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] [Wild and Brash] [Daddy-Type Boyfriend] [He's Been Planning This for Ages] [Beauty in a Cheongsam] [Overflowing with Sex Appeal] A quiet, delicate beauty in a cheongsam who isn't a strong, confident heroine VS a rough, wild, swaggering ex-special forces soldier with a sunny disposition When Hai Tian was eighteen, she was tricked into going abroad and nearly assaulted. Her slender figure leapt from the top of an abandoned building. A man in camouflage appeared as if from the heave 132.8kReads9.3Score20.8kShelves
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  13. 63 The Man of the Grasslands 草原的男人 Modern Romance147k WordsCompleted A rugged grasslands local and a sweet, gentle volunteer teacher. No sudden rise to power, and he’s no domineering CEO. This is not a human trafficking story. The heroine simply moves to another city. She hasn’t lost her money or fallen out with her family. If life had no regrets, the young woman would never have left him behind on the grasslands for two years. If life had regrets, she would never have returned to the grasslands to find that rough-hewn man. Hao Zhuo is single-minded. Once he’s ma 3.6kReads9.2Score302Shelves
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  14. 64 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书!嫁糙汉!你离我也离 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 78kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
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  15. 65 Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕!双胎体质,被糙汉掐腰猛宠! Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai 82.4kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves
  16. 66 Reborn in the 1970s with a System, I Marry a Rough-Heen and Live a Cherished Life 重生七零带系统,转嫁糙汉宠上天 Modern Romance86k WordsOngoing [Clear-headed, independent young lady VS devoted, insecure, rugged big shot] In her previous life, Yun Chuxia was blind. For the sake of her family's reputation, she held her nose and accepted the scumbag's pregnant mistress at her wedding. But the scumbag and his mistress stole her ancestral space, destroyed her family, and left her to die in a basement after severing the tendons in her hands and feet. Only after her death did she see that Lu Zheng, the mechanic everyone had always looked down 6Reads—Score129Shelves
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  17. 67 After My Engagement Was Broken Off, I Married a Rugged Countryman Who Treated Me Like a Treasure in Three Days 退婚后嫁山野糙汉,三天被宠成宝 Ancient Romance199k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted love + cozy farming + gentle heroine] Taohua's engagement was broken off, and in her shame and fury, she jumped into the river. Unexpectedly, a rugged man passing by rescued her. Her clothes were soaked through, and as he pulled her from the water, the man didn't know where to look. To protect her reputation, he came to ask for her hand in marriage the very next day. Taohua accepted through tears. She thought marrying him would mean a hard life, but it turned out he was 9.8kReads9.2Score918Shelves
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  18. 68 Married Again: Life with the Rugged Man Next Door 再嫁,和隔壁糙汉的那些事 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: My Scumbag Husband Is Filthy, While I Sneak Away for Passionate Nights with a Rough Man Ruan Tao catches a rugged man bathing and can’t help comparing him to her own scholar husband. That waist, those legs, everything about him is different! She is about to sneak away when someone grabs her by the collar and lifts her right off the ground. Zhou Li coldly tosses her to the scholar. “Keep your wife in line. Peeking at someone bathing is completely improper!” She is beaten with a ca 11.1kReads7.8Score840Shelves
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  19. 69 A Zhiyuan Lives on Beishan 北山有知鸢 Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted [Small-Town Fiction / Everyday Life / SC / HE] [Delicate Southern Heiress x Tough Northern Man with a Soft Heart] The summer of 2016 was damp and sweltering. Dragging her suitcase along the stone-paved streets of a northern seaside town, Ruan Zhiyuan knocked on a weathered wooden door. The man who answered wore a black T-shirt that showed off his sharply defined muscles. His eyes and brows were unruly, and half an unlit cigarette dangled from his lips. "Who are you looking for?" Ruan Zhiyuan tim 4.8kReads8.4Score539Shelves
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  20. 70 Dating My Best Friend’s Rugged Cousin 和闺蜜的糙汉表哥谈恋爱 Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted (Big-hearted stationery shop owner × rugged renovation company owner) (1v1, both inexperienced, height difference, everyday romance) Xu Zhi quit her job and returned to her hometown to open a stationery shop. Her best friend’s rugged cousin rented her the shop, helped renovate it, cooked for her, and stood up for her... Xu Zhi: “You’re so good to me. What do you want from me?” He Yu: “Because I like you.” A heads-up: The author’s mental state is a little... lovely, and the characters occasional 1.9kReads8.8Score126Shelves
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  21. 71 My Landlord Is My Husband 房东先生是我老公 Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted [Original title: My Landlord Is My Husband] [Easygoing, carefree bar owner vs. clearheaded, rational high school teacher] When Jiang Zhi moved back to Yun City from Qing City for work, she first met Zhou Yanqing at his home, where she was there to rent his apartment. They met for the second time at her home, where he was the man she was expected to marry. The third time, they met at the marriage registry, and he went from being her landlord to her husband. “Since our marriage is already a do 6.6kReads9.3Score668Shelves
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  22. 72 My Rugged Landlord Is Flirty and Fierce, and I’m Hooked 糙汉房东又撩又凶,好上头 Modern Romance457k WordsCompleted The short drama [One Hit, One Love: My Landlord Is a Bodyguard] is now streaming. The novel is also known as [Living Together, the Rough-Hewn Man Flirts Until She Begs for Mercy]. A foul-mouthed, rugged landlord VS a delicate, beautiful academic prodigy. Age gap + hormones + doting boyfriend + irresistibly sweet, wild flirtation + mutual devotion + secret crush + healing. Love at first sight is really just falling for someone's looks. The first time Chu Cheng met Ye Wanwan, she was escaping fro 3.5kReads9.3Score531Shelves
  23. 73 He Kisses Roses in the Northwest 他在西北吻玫瑰 Modern Romance214k WordsCompleted Blurb: “Cang Ke, they all say roses can’t grow in the deserts of the northwest.” “Mm. You’re the only one.” Genre: Road novel, rough man and wild woman Tags: Human trafficking // Travel // Road trip // City romance Character setup: Sculpture restorer VS tavern owner BE 447Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  24. 74 The Rough-Hewn Contractor and the Sweet Girl 糙汉包工头和软妹 Modern Romance112k WordsCompleted (Rough-and-tumble man x sweet girl + both inexperienced in love + multiple couples + love at first sight + doting romance + roguish country hunk x cool, straightforward woman) Gu Li is a construction contractor in a small county town. One day, he’s crouched by the gate eating his lunch when a woman passing by stops to ask him for directions. From that moment on, he takes one look at her and knows she’s the one… (The main couple and all the side couples are each other’s first love. The synopsis d 844Reads6.6Score100Shelves
  25. 75 One Night in the 1980s: The Toughest Roughneck Blushes as He Gently Coaxes Her 八零夜,最猛糙汉红着眼低声哄 Modern Romance305k WordsCompleted [Period + rugged man + cherished wife + storage space + System] Qiao Wan woke up one day to find herself inside a period novel, being doted on to no end by her strong, burly husband. Having gotten a taste of the good life, Qiao Wan hoped it could go on forever. After being handed the role of a spoiled, troublesome female supporting character, she wasn’t intimidated. She stopped acting like the original owner, who had made trouble at every turn, and tried being gentle instead. “Gu Cheng, stop sle 2.7kReads8.9Score243Shelves
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  26. 76 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零,磕着瓜子混日子 Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 28.6kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
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  27. 77 The Moon Deep in the Cornfield 玉米地深处的月亮 Modern Romance121k WordsCompleted That summer, her new husband publicly insulted her, saying she “looked like an eggplant.” She grabbed her bundle and ran away in the middle of the night. Su Caiying sat on the edge of the kang until well past midnight. Instead of a wedding night, all she got was humiliation. By morning, the whole village knew that the new bride of the Liu family was “bad luck for her husband.” Her man had run off on their wedding night. When the family split up, she was given half a sack of dried sweet potatoes, 8.3kReads6.4Score559Shelves
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  28. 78 That Year, I Was Sixteen 那年拾六岁 Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted When Li Shanyue was sixteen, her family traded her to Zhang Debiao from the neighboring village for three thousand yuan and two pigs. Zhang Debiao was a widower with two children. Everyone in the village said marrying him was Li Shanyue's fate. Li Shanyue didn't believe in fate. She smiled as she brought Zhang Debiao water and cooked his meals, cared for his two children as if they were her own, and kept the house spotless. Everyone thought she had accepted her lot. Zhang Debiao ended up wit 994Reads—Score112Shelves
  29. 79 Rouge in the Tulou 土楼里的胭脂 Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted In the Jianghuai region during the Republic of China era, earthen fortresses rise tall. The beautiful widow Qin Yuening is seized by the bandit Shen Keji, and a “wife-for-hire contract” seals her fate in his rough bandit stronghold. She once hated him to the core. She fled, tried to kill him, and even hung from the rafters rather than submit. He spends half his life conquering territory, all for the day she says, “I will.” When war reaches their doorstep, their bloodstained hands finally clasp t 1.9kReads—Score249Shelves
  30. 80 Flowers Beneath the Eaves 檐下花 Ancient Romance170k WordsCompleted This is a story of a woman’s journey toward self-growth beneath the eaves of a village home. She relies on no one and waits for no one. She will make her own spring bloom: she moves into a side room at her brother and sister-in-law’s home to live alone. The hushed late-night conversations between her brother and sister-in-law next door unwittingly become her belated introduction to love. 1.5kReads—Score152Shelves
  31. 81 How Tragic! I Became the Dominant Roughneck's Instinctive Crush 好惨!成了霸道糙汉的生理性喜欢 Ancient Romance576k WordsOngoing The short drama, with live-action voice acting, is now available. Come watch! A lucky, charming wife meets a domineering, lustful, rough-hewn hunter: a drought-stricken romance that's both fiery and flirtatious! [Historical Farming + Rough-Hewn Hero + Sweet Romance + Marriage Before Love + One-on-One + Cherished by the Whole Family + Hunting, Farming, Gathering Herbs, and Running a Business + Brings Good Fortune to His Wife + Contrasting Couple + Protective Hero + Veterinarian] The sky was falli 20.4kReads7.6Score1.6kShelves
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  32. 82 A Rugged Hunk and His Sweet Wife: Stocking Up in the Mountains, Spoiling the Whole Family 糙汉猛!娇妻软!囤货进山全家宠 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Short drama and full-cast audiobook adaptations are available. Feel free to check them out! [Historical farming + one-on-one sweet romance, both leads sexually inexperienced + rugged hunter husband with a major size difference + prophetic dream + pocket dimension and spirit beast + fleeing famine and hunting + mountain wilderness homesteading + cozy daily life + slow-burn comfort + healing food] A horrific prophetic dream leaves modern-day Jiang Ruanruan drenched in a cold sweat. In the dream, s 12.4kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves
  33. 83 Two Years After Our Flash Marriage, the Military Wife Takes Her Child to Find His Father 闪婚两年不见,军嫂带娃去找爹 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reserved, rugged man + Sweet, delicate beauty + Sweet romance + Mutual teasing + Pocket dimension + Cozy daily life] In her previous life, Lin Wanshu was the wife of a man everyone envied: a wealthy tycoon. She was beautiful and rich, and her husband never kept a mistress. But no one knew that behind the glamorous life, she spent every day alone in an empty room, never had a child, and eventually died after being hit by a car. When she opens her eyes again, Lin Wanshu has returned to the 1970s. 61.6kReads9.0Score6.8kShelves
  34. 84 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭,我在九零被大佬宠上天 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 7.9kReads8.7Score497Shelves
  35. 85 After the Village Belle Gets Morning Sickness, the Whole Village Searches for Her Baby's Father 村花孕吐后,全村都在找孩子他爸 Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period setting + rugged hero] Only after Tang Ning dies does she discover that she is merely the vicious supporting female character in a period novel. Reborn, she has no intention of letting the plot control her like a puppet anymore. To hell with this, she’s quitting. Let whoever wants the vicious female character’s job take it! To save her own skin, she takes a laid-back approach and clings to the female lead next door, doing her best to get the male and female leads together. She tries to k 1kReads8.7Score103Shelves
  36. 86 Down-and-Out Heiress in the 1990s Marries a Rugged Man and Has His Baby! 九零落魄千金,嫁个糙汉生崽崽! Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted A devoted couple + period setting + forced marriage + loyal puppy-like male lead + farming + not a sweet romance + not a wish-fulfillment story! When Wen Jing was eighteen, she discovered that she wasn't the Wen family's daughter and returned to her biological parents. The village's resident troublemaker, Lu Yanshen, took one look at her and set his sights on her. He forced her to marry him, and they had a son. “You're my mother, and you and my dad are truly in love.” “No, no, no. It wasn't forc 2.9kReads8.3Score165Shelves
  37. 87 I Transmigrated into a Villainess, So I Helped the Big Shot Rise Again 穿成恶毒女配,我陪大佬东山再起 Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + marriage first, love later + adorable child + satisfying revenge + sweet romance + going off the rails + no-brainer fun + devoted couple Xu Yi transmigrates into a book as a vicious supporting character who is eight months pregnant. The original character cares only about money. To attach herself to a powerful man, she schemes to get pregnant by him. But when she learns he has gone bankrupt in her eighth month of pregnancy, she unhesitatingly aborts the baby, dumps h 3.7kReads7.5Score1.2kShelves
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  38. 88 My Rugged Neighbor Knows Just How to Spoil Someone 糙汉邻居他太会疼人了 Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted The veteran who moved in across from me couldn’t say sweet things. He could only quietly leave late-night snacks by my door. Later, I learned that this rough-edged man, who’d been tough his whole life, had saved every bit of tenderness for me. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 89 She Teases a Rugged Man, Then Tries to Run 她,撩完糙汉就想跑 Modern Romance325k WordsCompleted [20 cm height difference + size difference + intense push and pull + slow burn + mutually faithful + sweet romance] (Volunteer teacher vs. a rough-hewn lumberyard owner who only pretends to be proper but is secretly a flirt) After her feelings were exposed, Xiang Nanfeng decided she had nothing left to lose. She looked at Shi Yunyang and asked, “Then what would it take for you to help me? What would count as being involved?” Shi Yunyang’s eyes held a warning and a taunt. “I’m a businessman. 2.1kReads—Score151Shelves
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  40. 90 Reborn in 1970: My Rough-and-Ready Family Dotes on Me 重生70年:糙汉一家都宠我 Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted After enduring the most horrific abuse, she finally understood how absurd her life had been. As she lay dying, she watched the rough-hewn man she'd wronged rush in. She had been wrong about everything. Given another chance, she would never again pin her hopes on her birth family. She didn't have to treat the people who had ruined her life as her closest kin. Heaven had given her a chance to make things right, and she couldn't let it slip by. She would be a good daughter-in-law, a good mother, an 783Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  41. 91 After I Jumped Off a Cliff, I Became His One and Only 跳下山崖后成了他的心尖宠 Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted Mu Yunyan was sickly from childhood. When she was three, a miracle doctor took her on as an apprentice and raised her in the mountains. At eighteen, she secretly left the mountain to escape the marriage her family had arranged for her, and unexpectedly saved the crown prince of the Kingdom of Nanyue. The prince forced her to marry him. She ran, he pursued, and in a fit of desperation, she jumped off a cliff... After many twists and turns, she returned to her parents, only to become the enemy of 163Reads—Score—Shelves
  42. 92 After the Substitute Marriage, Her Rugged Husband Spoiled Her Rotten 替嫁后,糙汉男人将她宠上天 Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Period setting + countryside + family life + rugged husband protects his wife + building a fortune + face-slapping] Three days before her wedding, Chen Yumei eloped with her ex-boyfriend. The Chen family had no choice but to propose breaking off the engagement with the Jiang family. The Jiang men demanded repayment of the bride price to cover their losses. To avoid returning the bride price, the Chen matriarch came up with another solution. So they pushed forward Chen Yumei's second younger sis 271.2kReads8.7Score14kShelves
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  43. 93 The 1970s: The City Girl Spoiled by a Rugged Countryman 七零:城里来的娇娇被糙汉宠爆了 Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Period setting + both leads are natives + everyday life + devoted to each other + beloved by all + happy ending] Chu Yaoyao was raised as the apple of her family’s eye until she turned eighteen, when her father suddenly announced in the newspaper that he was severing ties with her. Later, she learned it was because the Chu family was about to be sent down to the countryside. Her parents had done it to protect her. Without hesitation, Chu Yaoyao took the family’s entire savings and led her niece 2kReads6.5Score198Shelves
  44. 94 After We Started Dating, I Found Out My Nomad Boyfriend Was the Richest Man on the Grasslands? 恋爱后,牧民男友竟是草原首富? Modern Romance844k WordsCompleted [Everyday sweetness] [1v1] [Both leads are pure] [Slow burn] He says, “For grassland folk, love is like a lasso. Once you've set your sights on someone, you never let go for the rest of your life.” [Chen Yin, a city nurse with a prickly exterior x Su He, a rugged grassland rancher] A silent father, a short-tempered mother, a brother treated like the family heir: she is left broken. Unable to get through all her night shifts or save enough money, Chen Yin ekes out a living in Yangcheng. Until “Ba 3.9kReads8.9Score489Shelves
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  45. 95 Back in the Village, the Rugged Neighbor Sets His Sights on Me 回村后,被糙汉邻居看上了 Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Rough-hewn mechanic × delicate, sweet girl + devoted couple + sweet romance] Lin Yue has his eye on He Xiaoruan, the niece of his neighbor across the way. On her way back to the village, He Xiaoruan runs into the rough-hewn Lin Yue. Dark-skinned and burly, he frightens her, and she hides by the roadside. To her surprise, this rough-looking man is a kind soul who takes her home. From then on, Lin Yue can’t stop thinking about her, and he runs over to the neighbors’ house every day. 5.2kReads8.3Score610Shelves
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  46. 96 There Is a Bright Moon Above the Prairie 草原之上有明月 Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted A gentle heroine from the southern coast + a rough-edged prairie hero from the north (mutual healing + love that grows over time) * On her first day on the prairie, Su Mingyue met a tall, stern-looking man with a warm heart. At first, she even mistakenly thought he had a child of kindergarten age. Only later did she discover that he was her neighbor. Later still, she realized she was growing attached to the prairie, and to him. * Hatu thought the pretty, gentle girl who had just moved in next do 1.1kReads8.8Score109Shelves
  47. 97 The Rugged Man: His Sweetheart Is Soft and Sweet 糙汉:他的小心肝又软又甜 Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted [Rugged Man & Sweet Girl + Love at First Sight + Sweet Romance + Both Leads Are Each Other's First + Sizzling Chemistry + Protective, Fatherly Boyfriend + Mutual Devotion] [Rugged Big Bad Wolf x Delicate Little White Rabbit] Auto Repair Shop Owner * Elementary School Teacher Ruan Tang was just like her name: soft and sweet. After an accident, Lu Xiao rescued her, and by a twist of fate, she ended up renting his house. Ruan Tang had always been slow to warm up, but she never imagined she'd fall f 3.9kReads9.0Score337Shelves
  48. 98 The Old Hand and the Spitfire 老油条和小辣椒 Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted At eighteen, Zuo Luo flirted with the rugged owner of the hotpot restaurant by her school, Boss Shi. Later, he became her very own Old Shi. At thirty, Shi Jingzhan was approached by a pretty young girl. Later, that pretty young girl became his girl. A romance with a twelve-year age gap. I really, truly like you. 15.6kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
  49. 99 Alone in an Empty Room, While the Factory Director Next Door Holds Me Close at Night 守空房,隔壁厂长夜揽小蛮腰 Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Both Pure in Love + Sweet Romance + Traditional Story, No Rebirth or Transmigration] [Pretty Widow + Untamed Steel Mill Director, With a Striking Difference in Build and Skin Tone, and Chemistry Through the Roof] After her husband dies in an underground accident, He Xiaohe becomes the “jinx widow” everyone at the steel mill thinks they can bully. Her vicious mother-in-law wants to seize her house, then sell her off to the countryside for a bride price. Her shamele 2.2kReads—Score102Shelves
  50. 100 Memories of 1931: Hunting, Fighting the Japanese, and Raising a Family 回忆一九三一养家打猎打鬼子日子 Urban2.9M WordsOngoing In 1931, the Japanese invaded China. Ling Feng hunted to feed his family and fought the Japanese to capture supplies. He and his good brothers enjoyed the good life, built houses, and got married. 17.6kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
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