Any Novels That Are Both Sweet and Heartbreaking? 有没有那种既甜又虐的小说
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Ao Guang's Tale: The Love Tribulation of the Rainmaking Sea God 敖光传：司雨镇海之神的情劫
[Not a Nezha story + set after the War of the Witches and Demons + love tribulation + divided divine soul + vast difference in status + bittersweet romance + joy after hardship + rekindled love] Dragon King Ao Guang rules over the Four Seas and the Eight Wastelands, commanding the Four Seas and earning the respect of the Three Realms. Ao Guang's love is the love of a god: powerful, domineering, and eternal. But he always looks down at her from on high, never truly entering her world to understan
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Winning the Emperor's Favor: Raising a Proud Empress 倾君侧：傲娇皇后养成记
She transmigrated into the body of a princess, only to find the realm plunged into chaos. The destined emperor appeared from the heavens, and turned out to be a prince from an enemy kingdom. To love, or not to love? As they wrestled with their feelings, a cup of poisoned wine brought their hearts closer than ever. After the great war, the people were left in misery. Together, she and he ruled the realm and ushered in an age of prosperity. He left his three palaces and six courtyards empty, devot
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His Majesty Wants to Be Her Beloved 陛下想成为她的心尖宠
(Complete, including bonus chapters) [Everyone dotes on the heroine + the hero has been plotting for her affection for ages + happy ending + fictional setting + romance as the main storyline, with an ensemble cast pursuing their ambitions as a secondary plot + both leads are each other's first and only + little palace intrigue + no pointless villains or women competing with women] Lady Xu Tinglan is a noblewoman and the palace's number-one slacker, determined above all else never to compete for
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It's Hard Not to Love You 很难不爱你
Main characters: Gu Xianyi, Jian Tang Supporting characters: Several Jian Tang thought Gu Xianyi was a wonderful boyfriend and that she wasn't good enough, so she left him. Later, Jian Tang came to feel good about herself, but she was tired, and Gu Xianyi was gone. "A-Yi, I'm tired." "Then come back." A story of two young people, both from troubled families, saving each other.
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How Are You All Doing These Days? 那天的你们？都还好吗
"Mom, I'm going to be late. I'll skip breakfast!" Peng Yueyue hurriedly grabbed her bag, put on her shoes, and rushed out the door! Peng Yueyue was the campus belle, a sophomore in college!
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On Our Divorce Day, I Threw Up in President Feng’s Luxury Car 离婚当天，我孕吐在封总豪车上
What do you do when you get divorced, only to discover you're pregnant with your ex-husband's child? You ask your ex to take responsibility, but what if he already has someone new? Tang Qiqi's life is a tangled mess, leaving her anxious and speechless! She spends her days plotting how to give birth without being seen by Mr. Feng, but instead he corners her against a wall. “We divorced four months ago, and you've been pregnant for seven? Tell me, whose child is it!”
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Pampered Little Bride in a Substitute Marriage 偏宠替嫁小娇妻
Ning Xia was adopted, and married off in her older sister’s place to a disabled man. But on their wedding day, the groom never showed up. She had to complete the wedding ceremony all by herself. As a junior assistant, she appeared before the CEO, who was rumored to be a tyrant. “Hello, Mr. Pei. I’m Ning Xia from Human Resources, assigned to assist you with your work.” “Tell me, who sent you to spy on me?” The tyrannical CEO Pei immediately made a move, leaving Ning Xia to wonder time and again i
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My Boss Is My Ex-Husband 我的boss是前夫
This is more than a love story about rekindling a relationship. It is also a saga of growth, as a woman rediscovers herself and achieves independence on the battlegrounds of career and love. It asks: After time has passed and two people have both remade themselves, can they still rediscover what first drew them to each other and build a healthier, more mature relationship?
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After Prison, I Became the Exclusive Nanny to the Capital’s Crown Prince 出狱后我成京圈太子爷的专属保姆
The truth behind Lin Wan's case and the forces behind it, The undisclosed details of the kidnapping of Shen Chen's mother, And the seemingly accidental encounters between the two, which are in fact connected by countless hidden ties.
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I Manage the Cold Palace, Taking Care of the Abandoned Consorts 我在冷宫当物业，负责管理废妃
After a car accident, Su Wanqing, a top modern property manager, transmigrates into the body of the former Crown Princess, who has been banished to the Cold Palace. Just as a new emperor ascends the throne, he orders the Cold Palace renovated into the “Tranquil Reflection Court” to demonstrate his benevolence. Impressed by her management skills, he appoints her its first “Steward of Tranquil Reflection.” The story follows how she uses modern management techniques to rebuild life in the Cold Pala
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She Makes Her Own Destiny 她势自成
This is the story of a talented woman who starts a business in the age of social media and grows into the CEO of a media company. More than that, it is a journey of female self-awakening and realizing one's worth.
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Touching Your True Heart 触碰到你的真心
A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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His Medicine, My Calamity 他的药，我的劫
His Medicine, My Calamity
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President Ji, Stop Tormenting Me. Miss Shu Has Married Someone Else 季总别虐了，舒小姐嫁人了
As Ji Sihan’s secret lover, Shu Wan stayed by his side for five years. She thought that if she was obedient and sweet, she could warm his heart. But she never expected to be abandoned in the end. Shu Wan had always been gentle. She neither argued nor made a scene, and didn’t even ask him for a penny. She simply walked out of his world. But when she was about to marry someone else, he suddenly pinned her against the wall and kissed her like a madman. Shu Wan couldn’t quite figure out what Mr. Ji
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My Brother's Wedding Outfit Looks Great. Good Thing I Have One Too 哥哥婚服真好看正好我也有一套
Complete: [Dual Male Leads + Sweet Transmigration-Into-a-Book Romance + Goofy, Sharp-Tongued Banter + Obsessive Madman + Beloved Younger Man] The aloof, taciturn, beautiful-but-tragic villainous second male lead VS the goofy, sharp-tongued, socially inept, spoiled third male lead Shen Yu accidentally opened a romance novel aimed at female readers and transmigrated into the novel as a third male lead with the same name, a pathetic simp who was eventually ordered executed along with all 108 member
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He Stumbled into a Wealthy Family 他误入豪门
[Modern CEO, secret identity, marriage first and love later, ultra-sweet pampering] A wedding banquet turns into a replacement marriage? Ye Miao has never heard of anything so ridiculous. What does it have to do with him if the bride runs away? What, it’s just a contract, and I get something out of it too? Do I look like the sort of person who’s swayed by money? Deal. But why is this guy so weird? He calls me his wife the moment we meet? Shen Tianyu grins wickedly. “You can only be my wife for t
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I Found and Spoiled a Frail CEO After He Fell Into the Sea 病弱总裁坠海后被我捡到娇养了
[Story complete] [Female doting on male lead + both leads are devoted to each other + sweet, gentle, powerful heroine x frail, delicate, clingy male lead + post-apocalyptic arc later on] Lin Nanyou, who is bound to a food check-in System, finds a man on the beach. He looks cool and refined, but in reality he is frail, delicate, and clingy. He has nothing and has lost his memory. All he knows is how to cling to Lin Nanyou, asking for kisses and hugs. If she leaves for even a little while, he curl
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My Arch-Enemy’s Trap 死敌的陷阱
Gu Han stared at the report in his hands, his expression icy. “Get me the medicine I had last time. I’m leaving the hospital.” “Are you insane? You need surgery immediately.” “What are the odds of success?” “Less than thirty percent.” A hint of mockery entered Gu Han’s gaze. “Give me three months. I’ll come back for the surgery.” He had never claimed to be a good person. He loved Yan Heng, but had bought Yan Corporation from Yan Heng’s father, thinking that once Yan Heng had no one left to rely
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The Day She Got Out of Prison, the Real Heiress Married into a Billionaire Family with Her Child 出狱那天，真千金携子嫁千万豪门
“Marry Qin Tianyi in Yiwei’s place, or I’ll kill that little bastard!” Three years later, just after she gets out of prison, her birth parents use her baby to threaten her, forcing her to marry a fool in place of their adopted daughter. Check out this amazing new novel by the author! It’s already over 500,000 words, so you can read with confidence \(^o^)/~ Synopsis of "Night Young Master’s Burning Passion: Ex-Husband, Get Lost": [Marriage + Angsty Romance + Groveling Chase + Ex-Husband] Ye Simi
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The CEO Is on Top 总裁在上
“You stole my genes and think you can just walk away?” He captures her and demands the baby she gave birth to three years ago. She never had a baby? Then she'll just have to get pregnant again! Caught in a possessive CEO's ruthless pursuit of love, she can't fight back and gradually falls for him. Fine, she'll give birth to the baby and hand it over to him, then leave! But he ties her up and throws her onto the bed, blazing with fury. “Woman, who said we'd only have one?”
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Quick Transmigration: The Crazy Male Leads I Saved Have All Gone Off the Rails 快穿：拯救的疯批男主全翻车了
(Quick transmigration + one-on-one romance + mutual devotion + sweet, satisfying romance) As a quick transmigration troubleshooter, Tang Tu's job is to clean up the messes left behind by quick transmigrators who fail their missions. To that end, he's played countless roles. After every mission, he follows the principle that if he dies fast enough, the crazed male lead can't hurt him, and manages to dodge one disaster after another. But one day, he wakes up to find the System gone and the crazed
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Prison of No Escape 囚狱
[Neither is chaste + older, insecure pursuer x gentle, straightforward recipient + Book 1 of a trilogy] When they first met, Tang Qian walked up to Sheng Bei and tapped his glass with his own. He was direct. “Are you seeing anyone? Would you like to... get to know me?” Sheng Bei's eyes were cold. “No. Don't bother.” Tang Qian had never been one to give up before hitting a wall. “Hi, I'm Tang Qian. Is even getting to know each other a little out of the question?” He had never met a man like him,
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I Cowered After the Obsessive Male Lead Clung to Me 被偏执男主缠上后我怂了
[Both Leads Are Inexperienced / Partly Set on Campus / Gentle Beauty vs. Gloomy and Obsessive] Xie Xilou transmigrates into a romance novel as a frail cannon-fodder character. In the story, the heroine and hero meet on campus, go through a long, twisted relationship of love and conflict, and only get together at the very end. As for him, he’s a vicious minor character the powerful male lead meets early on, and he’s destined to die horribly. After unexpectedly dropping dead, Xie Xilou takes a dee
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After My Sickly, Possessive Ninth-Rank Lord Forced Me to Marry Him, I Got Pregnant 退婚强嫁病娇九千岁后，怀崽了
[Villain + raising kids + doted on by everyone: silly beauty X ruthless fake eunuch, sweet 1v1 romance] A former top scientist transmigrated into a book and became a stand-in for the male lead's one true love. The moment she opened her eyes, she was at the scene of her broken engagement. To make matters worse, she was a doomed supporting character, a lovesick fool bent on her own destruction, and her entire family was made up of villains. Yu Nian: Have I walked straight into a wolf's den? Worst
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Esports: If You’ve Got What It Takes, Don’t Fall for Me [电竞]有本事别喜欢我
Chi Gu, hailed as the strongest mage in the entire Salty Fish livestreaming app, never imagined he would lose a match in the Gold tier. His team's support had stuck by the marksman from start to finish, failed to use Smite when killing monsters, died twice to jungle monsters right from the start, and kept stealing farm from all three lanes. He had none of the game sense a support should have. “Our team is 5.4k gold behind.” “Farm first. Don't teamfight.” He sent two signals in a row, then opened
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Book Transmigration: My Obsessive Disciple Turns Evil and Becomes a Demon for Me 穿书：偏执孽徒为我黑化成魔
[Transmigrate Into a Book + Reborn + No Female Lead + Master and Disciple] Liu Hanqing wakes up to find he’s transmigrated into a Mary Sue novel as a sanctimonious, heartless master. Worst of all, he’s the character he hates most in the entire story. To stay alive, he has no choice but to follow his heart and dote on his little Demon Lord disciple. But who could have guessed that the little Demon Lord would treat him like a wild beast, avoiding him whenever possible and, if she can’t, looking f
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Good Girl, Did the Pretty Little Demon Cuddle Up to Her Master Today? 乖，今天漂亮恶魔跟主人贴贴了吗
[Dual Male Leads + Transmigrate into a Book + Yandere and Unhinged] Powerful, Ascetic Deity X Pitiful, Scheming Little Demon “Hey, want to draw a card?” “My dear, you chose love.” “A demon's love? How interesting. Haha.” “Little demon, you belong to me now.” Yin Xiu always carried a deck of cards and loved playing card-drawing games. Then, after he transmigrated into a book, the battered little demon drew the card representing love. “With this card, I offer my god the heart that burns with desir
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Que Yueming's Fifth Book 却月明的第5本书
[Female-led romance, though the heroine is rather soft early on. Modern matriarchy. Transmigrate into a book. The heroine is the original story's supporting female character. Sweet romance. One-on-one. Happy ending.] Wen Ran transmigrates into a modern matriarchal romance novel as the male lead's contract ex-wife, a textbook disposable supporting character. Today is the day her one-year contract marriage with the male lead, Song Yingli, expires. It is also the day she officially exits the sto
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Sickly Obsession 病态诱捕
Transmigrating into a book + proceed with caution: possessive, unstable love interest. Manga adaptation and publication rights have been signed; the print edition is now available. Other people who transmigrate into a book get a golden finger, a powerful System, and a huge protagonist halo. Li Dezhuang transmigrates into a book as a minor character: a disposable side character who’s good for nothing but his looks, with a ridiculously old-fashioned name to boot. To survive, Li Dezhuang resolves t
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The Sweet and Gentle Boy Is Wild and Wicked 甜兮兮的温柔少年他很疯很坏
[Reborn + Darkening + Sickly Male Lead + Reconciliation After a Breakup + The Male Lead's Redemption] After living her life over again, Wen Yisheng swore she would stay far away from Wen Zhi! She'd rather sleep on the streets or under a bridge than live with the Wen family again! Because the Wen family's eldest son, who seemed gentle and refined to outsiders, never smoked or fought, studied hard, and loved helping people, was a mad and wicked monster underneath! He was cruel and obsessive. “You
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After His Wife Miscarried and Divorced Him, the Unhinged CEO Panicked 夫人流产离婚后，疯批总裁他慌了
[Ex-Wife Chase + Love Rivals + No Reconciliation After the Breakup] [Complete] [The short drama He Regretted It After They Lost Their Child is now streaming] After being forced to have an abortion, Shi Niannian resolutely asks for a divorce. The man scoffs, convinced she is playing hard to get, and agrees without hesitation. Everyone knows Shi Niannian loves Qin Jinchuan to death. No matter how he humiliates her or how much others mock her, she refuses to leave. Qin Jinchuan is certain that with
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Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年
The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years
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Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Seizes Me by Force 蝶影归尘：丈夫的的仇人对我强娶豪夺
Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Forces Me into Marriage
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The Six Artifacts Unite: Blue Star in Peril 六器聚：蓝星劫
The depletion of Blue Star’s resources sparks a frenzy of “survival of the fittest,” as plants and animals evolve at a breakneck pace to seize resources and beast tides erupt one after another. Humanity retreats to Central City, which is divided into six halls, War, Defense, Medicine, Exploration, Refining, and Storage, to ensure its survival. The protagonists are sextuplets who are scattered by a beast tide when they are young. Each carries a unique weapon left behind by their parents and ends
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The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事
Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing
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Sunlight Through the Cracks 裂缝里的阳光
From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While
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Mad, All of You, Mad. Being a Little Mad Is Good! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊
[Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay.
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Legend of the Divine Stone 神石传说
Legend of the Divine Stone
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All Things Belong to You 万象归你
In 2024, wealthy heiress Lin Youyou begins a conversation across time with Shen Yuchen, the legendary tycoon of Hong Kong in 1964, after an ancestral jade pendant brings them together at her engagement banquet. Dual timelines: · Modern timeline: Lin Youyou is trapped in a business marriage straight out of a “wealthy CEO” romance. With guidance from Shen Yuchen in the “past,” she turns the tables in a workplace romance. · Period timeline: Shen Yuchen is a young man making his way from nothing in
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The Goddess Descends: No Escape for the Caged Bird 美神降临：笼中鸟插翅难逃
1vN, everyone’s favorite, love at first sight, obsessive power players, romantic battlefield Jin Beichen is ruthless and bent on revenge. She forces her to get close to Chen Xiushi, the son of a wealthy businessman. But when the two really do fall for each other, jealousy keeps her awake all night. After indirectly causing the death of drug dealer Chen Ming’s older brother, she is hunted by him. She never expected the hardened man to turn tender, but some grudges can only be settled with a bulle
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He Xu & Ren Ye 何许&仁野
The first time He Xu met Ren Ye, it was love at first sight. The second time, she had to restrain her malicious impulses. The third time, she said, “I really like you.” The fourth time, the fifth time... A fiery, wealthy heiress with a gray background VS a street thug who says one thing but means another
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Book Transmigration: The Sickly Villain Keeps Trying to Kill Me 穿书：病弱反派他总想杀了我
Short Drama [The Yandere Villain Conquest Plan] This book is also known as "No Matter How Twisted, It's Never OOC" Forced romance + unhinged + a little angst No! It's! Not! Sweet! Romance! (No idea why it was tagged that way. If you came looking for sweet romance, you might want to skip this one.) - A banquet in the imperial capital erupts into violence. Before her, the male and female leads face off with drawn blades. They're both trying to kill the villain behind her, Xiao Qizhi. Ruan Yaoyao a
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A Devoted Emperor Chases Love from Ancient Times to the Modern Day 痴情帝王，从古代追爱到现代
"The ancient-era portion of this book is not a clean romance and takes a realistic approach, with an emphasis on plausibility. Readers who insist on both leads being untouched should read with caution. Once they reach the modern era, both leads are untouched. The story is a slow burn, but the later chapters are exciting, so be sure to read to the end." The heroine, Lin Wan, is a woman of unparalleled beauty and a celebrated history professor at a modern university. Not only is she exceptionally
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Shanshan and the Butcher 杉杉与屠夫
Transmigration: a little angst early on, then domineering, sweet pampering later. No golden finger, no pocket dimension. The female lead's soul transmigrates into another body, and she is forced to marry a stern but kindhearted, rough-hewn man who knows nothing of love. And so begins the story of petite, delicate Xu Shanshan, who's used to being waited on, and the rugged Nian Zhan... See how Xu Shanshan, with no golden finger or pocket dimension, manages to win over the butcher Nian Zhan.
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Playing the Long Game, I Lure the Big Shot of the Circle 步步为营，诱倒圈中大佬
[Revenge + setting traps + seduction + face-slapping] A clear-headed, alluring, intelligent red rose vs. a ruthless, vicious underworld big shot who plays both sides of the law. The leads use each other. The hero has no romantic past, while the heroine’s first time was with the second male lead. Read on only if you’re okay with that. Nan Xining looked at the harmonious family of three, her eyes full of scorn. “Nan family, I’ll make sure the higher you climb, the harder you fall.” In the suite, s
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Thank Goodness You've Always Been Here 幸好，你一直都在
Lin Yiran is a pampered young master from a wealthy family. Gu Tingyan is his childhood companion and servant. Like his father, he seems born to serve his noble master. Beneath Gu Tingyan's cold exterior and words lies a heart that beats only for Lin Yiran. But he knows all too well that he must not, and cannot, act on those feelings. He hides his burning heart away, locking it in a dark attic. When the person he loves stands before him and confesses, he cruelly turns him down and flees in a pa
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