High-Quality Novels You Can Stay Up Late Reading 可以熬夜看的高质量小说

1. 1751 花 The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 花海月宫 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我7k WordsCompleted The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 35Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1752 来 Greetings from Planet E 来自e星的问候 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse181k WordsCompleted Whenever I look up at the sky, the dark insectoid mothership looms across the horizon. Greetings from Planet E is a grand extraterrestrial adventure starring Yang Mo. As he builds a business and uncovers a rebellion plot among Planet E's factions, Yang Mo uses his wits to foil the conspirators and the insectoid race, winning the love of the Swan Princess and the Dragonfish Princess. The Solar Chariot tells the story of Yang Mo, the son of Yang Ruo, who arrives on Planet E a thousand years later 22Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 1753 官 The Hidden Rules of Politics 官场暗格 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban396k WordsCompleted In July, Yun City sweltered under the heat. The resume of fresh graduate Lin Hao, much like the man himself, was trampled beneath the crowds at the job fair. Graduation led straight to unemployment, and reality weighed heavily on him, until one phone call opened a door: an internship at a subsidiary of the City Investment Group. A monthly salary of 1,750 yuan, with no guarantees and no promises. It was the only straw within reach in his desperate circumstances, and a dusty entrance to an entirel 378Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1754 我 I Navigate Officialdom with Geology 我靠地质学纵横官场 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban254k WordsCompleted The top student Fang Jue had studied such an obscure field that, when he first entered government service, people dismissed him as a bookworm who knew all about mountains and rock formations but nothing about the real world. Then, on the eve of a once-in-a-century torrential downpour, he used his formidable expertise to issue a precise landslide warning despite withering skepticism. Overnight, the once-underestimated tech geek became the hero who saved 78 lives in the town. But behind the honors 27Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 1755 别 Don’t Mess with Me, I’ve Got Connections in the Capital 别惹我，哥朝中有人 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban142k WordsCompleted I’m Lin Ce, a rookie at work. My boss publicly dumped the blame on me, pinning a three-million-yuan disaster on me so neatly there wasn’t a crack in it. Just as I was about to pack up and leave, my ancestral jade pendant suddenly grew hot: “Tsk, even those censors in the Wanli era cited chapter and verse when they framed someone. Your boss is way too crude.” Zhang Juzheng, Grand Secretary of the Ming dynasty, is living inside my jade pendant! From then on, being made a scapegoat? Not happening. 44Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 1756 权 The Women in the Shadow of Power 权力阴影下的她们 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban441k WordsCompleted Ten years in discipline inspection, and enough corruption case files to fill half a lifetime. Among the countless cases I've handled, I've found one hidden rule: behind every fallen corrupt official stands at least one woman, often a whole group of them. To thoroughly investigate a corrupt official, you first have to understand the women behind him. They are mistresses, money mules, and bait used to ensnare officials. They are also where power, money, and sex intersect, living keys to the code o 606Reads6.2Score100Shelves
7. 1757 穿 The Woman in High Heels 穿高跟鞋的女人 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted Wen Xinzhu, born in the countryside, earns a place in the civil service through her own hard work and becomes a grassroots official in Taohua Town. She thinks that putting on high heels and securing a stable government job will bring her a peaceful life. But the world refuses to stay still. Inside this seemingly glamorous bureaucratic fortress, her beauty becomes her most conspicuous label, and her heaviest burden. Men’s covetous eyes follow her everywhere, while women’s jealousy hides lethal in 96Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 1758 一 I Accidentally Committed a Crime 一不小心犯了罪 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Rural Life243k WordsCompleted In the February chill of Wushi Village, five-year-old Ding Ding lay collapsed in a vegetable patch, her tiny, cold body wrapped in a bright yellow cloak. A rusty nail embedded in her foot, a fatal bruise from a skull fracture at her temple: Detective Jiang Yuan knew at a glance this was no accident, nor a simple act of murder! As the investigation deepened, the case grew shrouded in mystery. Beneath the village entrance’s parasol tree, three black stones had been arranged in a sinister “Three Yi 34Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 1759 钓 The Seductive Green Tea: Do Not Try This at Home 钓系绿茶：切勿模仿 A Passing Guest in the Flow of Time往事流年稍作客Modern Romance142k WordsOngoing [A true hunter often enters the scene as prey.] Lu Yan, the crown prince of the capital's elite circle, was cold, ruthless, and world-weary. His methods were merciless, and he never let anyone get close. Everyone said the two things he hated most were women's tears and women. Until a woman named Jiang You appeared. On a rainy night, she stumbled into his arms in a white dress, her voice trembling. “Mr. Lu, I have nowhere to go.” In a single night, the cold-blooded devil broke his rules and took 33Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 1760 前 My Ex-Husband and Former Mother-in-Law Are Back for More 前夫携手前婆婆又杀回来了 The Kunpeng Soaring to the Heavens扶摇直上的鲲鹏Modern Romance152k WordsCompleted Urban drama + mature romance + reunited after divorce + rekindled love Three years after their divorce, she thinks she’s escaped the quagmire of her mama’s boy ex-husband, until he shows up at her bidding event with his mother in tow... 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I want to watch it even if it means staying up all night.

11. 1761 别 Stop Trying to Freak Me Out 别在我眼前装神弄鬼 The Kunpeng Soaring to the Heavens扶摇直上的鲲鹏Mystery233k WordsOngoing Urban + Workplace + Wild Imagination! My name is Lu Han. In this bustling city, I have a pretty unremarkable job: I’m a ride-hailing driver. Working the night shift is a habit I never break. You want to know if I’m scared? What a joke. I’ve driven night shifts for five years. What ghosts and monsters haven’t I seen? Drunks who throw up and have to pay a cleaning fee, people asking to be taken to a graveyard at three in the morning to find their “old home,” passengers in the back seat crying poor —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1762 天 The Great Game of Heaven and Earth 天地弈局 The Kunpeng Soaring to the Heavens扶摇直上的鲲鹏Historical187k WordsOngoing A master schemer, from a pampered young aristocrat in the capital to a breaker of plots, from a pawn to a player, and finally to someone who rises beyond the mortal realm. Across five volumes, the story traces the complete arc of a clever man seeking freedom and his true self amid layers of interlocking schemes. —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 1763 中 Midlife Crisis 中年劫 The Kunpeng Soaring to the Heavens扶摇直上的鲲鹏Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted Thirty-eight is a watershed in life. Looking ahead, there are the "three great mountains" of mortgage payments, car loans, children's education, and caring for aging parents. Looking back, there's the "midlife crisis" of passion fading, a cold marriage, and career stagnation. Chen Beichuan is a middle-aged man whose rough edges have been worn away by life. By day, he's a timid middle manager in an office; by night, he's little more than a roommate in his wife's eyes. Then, on a rainy night, he m 135Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 1764 我 The Warmth of My World Has Grown Cold 我的人间烟火已冷 The Kunpeng Soaring to the Heavens扶摇直上的鲲鹏Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted Three years ago, at the lavish gathering of the wealthy that shook the entire city of Jiangzhou, Lu Ziqian slipped a ring worth tens of millions onto my finger in front of everyone. Everyone said I was a lucky sparrow who had become a phoenix, but no one knew that from that moment on, I had fallen into an abyss of endless torment. I am Lin Wei, a music teacher at an ordinary middle school. He is Lu Ziqian, the sole heir to the Lu Group. Our meeting was carefully engineered, and our marriage wa 31Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1765 恋 Everyday Love 恋恋日常 Looking Forward to a Sunny Day期待小晴天Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted The night before she was supposed to meet his parents, Xu Yuan’s boyfriend of six years broke up with her. In a fit of spite, she posted on her social feed: “Whoever can make it to my place by tomorrow morning, I’ll get engaged to him.” Chen Xingyu replied in an instant: “I’m in.” At eight the next morning, he showed up right on time with a huge bouquet of lilies: impeccably dressed in a suit, with a bright smile. Meanwhile, her ex, who had never once introduced her to his family in six years, d 453Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Simple, fun, and sweet 💕

16. 1766 火 The Mars Era: Road to Venus 火星纪元：金星之路 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse341k WordsCompleted An ancient alien spacecraft is discovered in a crater on Venus. The mysterious X Organization plots to seize the planet, while Factory 18 wants to use Venus as a dumping ground for waste. Yet atop the clouds of Venus stands an airship academy called Cloudtop Academy, a hallowed school dreamed of by students across the solar system. At last, traveling from Mars to Venus, they witness the planet's land and oceans. 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In *Mars Era: The Road to Venus*, Milk Tea Dosa, aboard Colonel Gag, is busy diving and attacks the Whale Shark.

17. 1767 太 The Chariot of the Sun 太阳战车 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse202k WordsCompleted Everyone has someone they can't forget, or something they can't let go of, whether it's love or a career. When faced with a life-or-death choice, how should you decide? This is the story of Yang Ruofeng, who sets off for Titan aboard a solar sail ship on a mission from the Dragon Kingdom. There, he discovers alien ruins and pits his wits against the lurking space pirates. The story follows two main threads: the protagonist's romance and his scientific expedition. Across the vast reaches of inter 26Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 1768 泰 The Titan Chronicles: The Stardust War 泰坦战记：星尘之战 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse266k WordsCompleted Reni, a Martian, meets Amanda, the queen of motorbikes, at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr. Together, they take part in the colonization of the stars and a mission to combat space pirates. But then mysterious time hunters launch a killing spree. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 1769 夜 Heroes Without Regrets in Shanghai by Night 夜上海之英雄无悔 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Urban282k WordsCompleted Lin Ge is a pilot. While flying along the Hump Route, he unexpectedly transmigrates to Shanghai in 1936. He fights against Japan’s ambitions of aggression, reunites with the woman he loves, Bai Wei, and becomes entangled in complicated romantic relationships with the wealthy daughters of Shanghai’s elite. Lin Ge comes from 2036, but after transmigrating to the Shanghai of 1936, he encounters a host of time travelers lying low. The currents are rising, and the fate of the nation is shifting. 203Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1770 错 Wrongly Married in 1975: The Rugged Man and the Sophisticated Beauty 错嫁1975：糙汉与御姐 Wan Qian, Who Loves Cantonese Soup爱吃广府汤的万千帝主Modern Romance475k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + marriage first, love later + farming + cuisine] [Realistic and down-to-earth + slice of life + light comedy + heartwarming] Qiao Yujie, a 34-year-old elite doctor. During the Qingming tomb-sweeping festival, she bowed nine times to her ancestors, and five thousand strings of firecrackers burned to ash Then she was gone. When she opened her eyes again, it was 1975, and she was being "packed off" to marry a man in a military district. Her fiancé had gone fro 181.2kReads8.3Score25.7kShelves

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    A good read during a reading slump; realistic and unconventional. A slice-of-life story. A 34-year-old female doctor, dressed in 1975, is tricked into marrying a ruthless, dark-skinned military officer. She refuses to settle and manages to turn hardship into happiness. Then she discovers—she married the wrong person.

21. 1771 吾 My County Magistrate Boyfriend Is Growing Up 吾家县长男友初长成 Wan Qian, Who Loves Cantonese Soup爱吃广府汤的万千帝主Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rural revitalization · Workplace maneuvering · Intellectual romance · Family warmth] [Healing] [A gentle, steady pace] [Leaves a lasting impression] [Public sector] [Contemporary realism] Here, you’ll find: √ How a highly intelligent male and female lead pursue their careers while falling in love √ Solid, compelling depictions of rural revitalization and the political landscape √ Warm, witty, and insightful family life and intergenerational communication √ The respectful, restrained, profound 1.3kReads8.0Score131Shelves
22. 1772 予 Getting Addicted to You 予你入瘾 Miaoyiyi妙仪仪Modern Romance242k WordsOngoing [The First Time] Lu Shiyan said to Su Wan with a cold expression, “This is the first time, and it'll be the last.” [Later] The second time, the third time... Su Wan cursed him furiously in her heart: What a bastard. Men really can't be trusted. Many years later, Lu Shiyan looked at Su Wan, asleep beside him, and sighed to himself: As expected, getting involved with the same woman more than three times really does lead to trouble. Su Wan thought she was just an unexpected episode in his life 685Reads—Score100Shelves

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    The two gradually progressed from tentative exploration to mutual reliance, their daily interactions brimming with sweetness, and their small, tender moments are particularly touching. [Already hooked][A masterpiece from Sparrow Food]

23. 1773 霸 Bossy Big Sister, Stop Pretending: Your Boyfriend Is the Client 霸总姐姐别装了，你男友是甲方大佬 Clouds in the Sky, Water in a Bottle云在天际水在瓶19k WordsCompleted Big-Shot CEO Sis, Stop Pretending: Your Boyfriend Is the Big Client —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Beautiful, very beautiful, I recommend saving it.

24. 1774 逆 A City Romance Between a Top Student and a Sales Goddess 逆袭学霸和销售女神都市情缘 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance18k WordsCompleted A City Romance Between a Comeback Scholar and a Sales Goddess 103Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who, in the mid-1990s, graduated from a teachers' college but gave up her assigned job to move south, as did the male protagonist, who also gave up his job in his hometown. The two of them build their future together.

25. 1775 韩 Han Caiyi’s Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 韩彩依万里路 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance27k WordsCompleted Han Caiyi's Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 71Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 1776 我 My Wife's Lies 我妻子的谎言 Fu Family Seventeen1傅家十七1Urban162k WordsCompleted The warmth of their newlywed days had barely faded when the lie hidden beneath their marriage certificate came crashing down on Shu Wang. The lovely wife he doted on was none other than the woman his childhood friend Qin Yiming had kept hidden away three years ago. His wife kept the past secret, stumbling over her words and showing no sense of boundaries. Qin Yiming pressed him at every turn, refusing to let go. All the tenderness vanished from Shu Wang's eyes. "After everything you two hid f 9.1kReads—Score419Shelves

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    Even if it means staying up all night, I'll still watch "Fine Rice".

27. 1777 大 The Heiress Is Too Alluring, Winning Hearts Step by Step 大小姐她太撩，步步攻心 Qian Jiu奷酒Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Only Daughter of an M-Country Financial Dynasty vs. The Most Powerful Man in Hua Country] Both are romantically inexperienced! A proud, aristocratic beauty with a cool, seductive charm sets her sights on the most ruthless tycoon of all. She doesn’t know that beneath his cold exterior, he secretly indulges in and delights in her advances. So, who’s really the hunter? When her friend is kidnapped, the ransom isn’t money. The kidnappers only want to see her. Qian Wu ventures alone into the lawless 7.9kReads8.7Score988Shelves

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    If you love reading domineering CEO novels, you can skip this and it's super exciting!

28. 1778 寡 A Widow Is Reborn, but Her Proper-Minded Brother-in-Law Insists on Spoiling Her 寡妇重生，守礼大伯偏要宠 Yi Si Qi Tong一四七童Ancient Romance330k WordsCompleted The heroine is reborn. Both leads are devoted only to each other. The hero is aloof and proper, and pretends to be impotent despite being the heroine’s uncle by marriage. She falls for his seemingly proper act, and he pursues his wife. [The rating is slowly climbing] In her previous life, Jiang Wanshu was forced by her father to marry into the Marquis’s household holding a memorial tablet, where she was expected to live as a widow. To her surprise, her “deceased husband” returned with his belove 409Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    It's a short book that's perfect for watching in one go.

29. 1779 那 That Paper-Thin Romance 那一场纸上谈兵的恋情 Gu Yuewei古月薇Modern Romance140k WordsCompleted He and I spent several years under the same roof in high school. He was a womanizer, slick-tongued, and full of schemes... A flirtation with ulterior motives, a romance that never went beyond words, and an ambiguous trap woven from more than eighty letters. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My acquaintance with him began when he and three classmates rented a room in my house during his high school years. We lived under the same roof. However, he was glib, a womanizer, and extremely rude. He was cunning and manipulative, flirting with girls everywhere and writing love letters to different girls, which I found extremely repulsive and disgusting. Unexpectedly, he used his cunning to invite only me to see him off to the army, effectively positioning me as his girlfriend. Although I didn't agree to be with him, I was labeled his girlfriend, preventing his other friends who liked me from taking things further out of loyalty to me. During this time, he maintained an ambiguous relationship with me, exchanging letters, and my heart gradually began to flutter. But I didn't expect that a year later, when he went back to his hometown for leave, his attitude towards me would change. Some of his friends, not wanting me to be deceived by him while he was seeing several girls at once, warned me. In the end, our breakup wasn't a romantic one, because we had never even started anything; we severed ties, not even becoming ordinary friends.

30. 1780 7 A Seventies Kid’s Diary 70后的青春日记 Gu Yuewei古月薇Modern Romance910k WordsOngoing The author’s real diary: the youth, school life, and everyday moments of the 1990s, along with her growing pains and struggles of the heart. The story follows an ordinary girl as she grows up. It is quiet and true to life. This is not a rural story. I didn’t know how to categorize it when I started writing; it’s about youth and school life. The heroine grows up in a family that favors boys over girls. In middle school, her mother would beat and scold her for no reason, even abuse her, and she de 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author based this novel on their own life, using their real diary entries. It's not a rural story; the author didn't know how to categorize it at the beginning, but it's likely a youth/school/adolescent story. The female protagonist lives in a family that favors sons over daughters. During middle school, she suffered from severe depression due to unwarranted beatings and abuse from her mother. However, limited by her social status, she couldn't escape the control of her family and struggled for half her life in a quagmire of suffering. The novel depicts the ups and downs of youth, school life, and the anxieties and struggles of growing up in the 1990s. The middle school content might seem naive; you can skip directly to the high school content.

31. 1781 宝 Baby, I'll Love You Again in My Next Life 宝宝，妈妈来生再来爱你 Quan Xin荃昕Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Baby, Mommy will love you again in our next life. 212Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 1782 他 He Put on an Engagement Show, So I'm Really Leaving 他上演订婚戏码，我要真离开 Quan Xin荃昕Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted He staged an engagement, so I’m really leaving 15Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 1783 江 Mr. Jiang, She Really Isn't Coming Back This Time 江总，这次她真的不会回来了 Quan Xin荃昕9k WordsCompleted Mr. Jiang, She Really Isn’t Coming Back This Time 996Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 1784 枯 The Dying Lamp Rekindled: The Prison Rose Returns 枯灯复燃，狱中玫瑰归来 Jin Yan菳言Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted Five years ago, she was the eldest daughter of the Qian family, admired by everyone. But she was framed over her family's reputation and charged with murder, falling from the clouds into the mire and ending up behind bars. Behind those high walls, she met Zhao Yi, a woman imprisoned for financial crimes who nevertheless wielded absolute power inside. In their sunless days, they became each other's light, enduring more than two thousand nights together. Five years later, Qian Xin walks out of p 28Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    It must be of high quality; the author has poured his heart and soul into it.

35. 1785 我 My Years as the CEO's Daughter 我当总裁千金的这些年 Jin Yan菳言Modern Romance299k WordsCompleted CEO romance + face-slapping + satisfying revenge + youth + love + the worlds of politics, business, and the military + fierce battles A poor girl rises to become a wealthy beauty, taking on the worlds of politics and business in turn! The plot is thrilling: her secret crush confesses his feelings! A domineering CEO pursues her relentlessly! The political world treats her like a treasure! The business world holds her in awe! The heroine is clever, intelligent, emotionally savvy, and financiall 54Reads8.8Score—Shelves
36. 1786 废 Trash Spirit Root: After Awakening the Sword Bone, I Crush the Entire Sect 废品灵根：觉醒剑骨后踏碎全宗门 Seeking Sound, Seeking Life寻声寻生Eastern Fantasy279k WordsCompleted Lin Jin, a good-for-nothing with a mixed spiritual root, is abandoned by his sect, jilted by his fiancée, and trampled underfoot by everyone. Until he digs up his family grave and uncovers a charred piece of spine. From that moment on, his sword intent reaches the divine, burning through the nine heavens. “You call me worthless?” He smashes through the sect gates and points his sword at the sky. “Today, with mortal bones, I shall prove the eternal Dao.” 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the kind of cathartic underdog story I've been wanting to read! No Mary Sues, no dragging plot, the protagonist, abandoned by his sect, awakens his sword bone and goes straight for the kill, settling scores with everyone who ever wronged him—the sheer number of satisfying moments is outrageous!!!

37. 1787 那 The Candy I Never Got to Hold 那颗我没有握住的糖 Gu Yuewei古月薇Modern Romance21k WordsCompleted The Candy I Never Held On To 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Chonghua was the last sweet lesson God gave me after knowing I would experience a hellish life after marriage. He was a lifeline God gave me when I cried out to God in vain after marriage. He was a devoted and responsible boy, the kind of man I should have chosen, but I missed him for various reasons.

38. 1788 再 Notes on Life Eight Years into My Second Marriage 再婚八年后的生活随笔 Gu Yuewei古月薇Modern Romance509k WordsOngoing A record of the little moments in my life, eight years after remarrying. My second husband and I met when we were young. We worked at the same factory. He had a girlfriend at the time, and I had a lousy boyfriend. Back then, we were ordinary friends who could talk about anything. Neither of us ever imagined that one day we would become husband and wife and build a life together. After getting married, having a child, and divorcing, I rekindled my old romance with him. We chose each other, and ou 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    After enduring countless hardships and suffering emotional and physical trauma during my divorce, I met my best male friend from my youth, who became my current husband. Eight years into our remarriage, I'm recording the little things in our lives. A normal person's life diary.

39. 1789 那 The Boy I Let Down 那个被我辜负的男孩子 Gu Yuewei古月薇Modern Romance113k WordsCompleted I met him because he was a classmate of my deskmate’s younger brother. We went to the same school, and he was a year below me. When they were students, four classmates rented a room in my home, and we spent several years living under the same roof. After I graduated, I went away to work. They still had another year before graduation. When his roommate began hinting that he wanted to date me, he made the first move. Before his roommate could act, he sent me a love letter. But I turned him down. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My acquaintance with him began when he was in high school. He and three classmates rented a room in my house, and we lived under the same roof for several years. After I graduated, and he was about to graduate as well, he sent me his first love letter while I was working away from home. After that, he relentlessly pursued me. When I was hospitalized after a car accident, he took care of me like a boyfriend. After I returned home from the hospital, he called me almost every day, even though phone calls cost six cents a minute back then. He frequently visited me at my house. He thought sincerity could move mountains, but I had a heart of stone; I didn't like anyone from the first glance, and I never would. I was simply captivated by his gentleness and thoughtfulness, hoping he could become my older brother. After several rejections, he persisted, and I was moved, agreeing to date and marry him. However, to appease his friend, who was my nominal boyfriend, he devised the absurd plan of having me date other boys and then break up with them to date him, leading me to encounter a heartless wolf. Ultimately, we became strangers.

40. 1790 第 The Boy Who First Made My Heart Flutter 第一次心动的男孩 Gu Yuewei古月薇40k WordsCompleted The Boy I First Fell For 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author uses her own life as the basis for this novel, written from her real diary. The female protagonist lives in a family that favors sons over daughters. During junior high school, she suffered from severe depression due to unwarranted beatings and even abuse from her mother. However, limited by her social status, she couldn't escape the control of her family, struggling for half her life in a quagmire of suffering. Set in the 1990s, the protagonist, due to her youth, timidity, and lack of courage, repeatedly rejects and avoids the male protagonist, missing out on a deeply unforgettable first love due to the constraints of her family. The story is initially sweet, then turns heartbreaking, filled with unrequited love. They fall in love at the wrong time, when they are both in school, and at the right time, their love remains unspoken. In an era without cell phones, two introverted and shy people cannot communicate, and later they lose contact, leaving the reader with a profound sense of unease.

41. 1791 和 The Time I Spent in Love With Her 和她相恋的时光 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + devoted one-on-one romance + rekindled love + healing with a touch of angst] A grounded, everyday story with smart characters. Gao Yuchen, an isolated orphan, happens to meet her next-door neighbor, Mu Yang. Mu Yang pursues her passionately, and they soon fall in love. She thinks they’ll be happy together, only to discover that their happiness was built on a lie, albeit one told with good intentions by the male lead. She coldly tells him she never wants to see him again. I 804Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Here are a few realistic romance novels I recommend: no reincarnation, no time travel, no character idiocy, and fast-paced.

42. 1792 初 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight] [She Pursues Him] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [Sweet, Realistic Romance] [Happy Ending] At twenty, the lively and spirited Chen Luo Chu meets Chu Yun. One look is all it takes for her to fall for him. She can barely hide the light in her eyes, and there is only one thought on her mind: make him hers. Once she confirms he is single, she boldly confesses, "Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?" Chu Yun gently turns her down with a simple, "We're not right for each other." But Chen L 1.3kReads—Score104Shelves
43. 1793 遇 Meeting Her Made My Heart Beat Faster 遇见她心动不止 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + mistaken identity + mutual secret crushes + healing + female growth] Everyone is level-headed and knows what they’re doing, so read without worry. Jiang Nan, insecure and neglected by her family, meets He Chengyang. A twist of fate sends their budding romance down the wrong path. He Chengyang mistakes Jiang Nan, the girl he fell in love with at first sight, for her older sister, Jiang Xue, and they begin a brief relationship. (Nothing inappropriate happens between them.) W 7.1kReads8.5Score352Shelves
44. 1794 重 A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [The right people will find their way back to each other, no matter how many twists and turns it takes.] [One true pairing, both leads are each other's only ones + reunion after a long separation + winning back his wife and claiming his child + adorable kids playing matchmaker] Zhou Yuan met Qin Yue by chance and fell in love at first sight. After one passionate night together, an urgent assignment sent him overseas. Before leaving, he thought he'd arranged everything properly, never imagining t 5.2kReads8.9Score252Shelves
45. 1795 因 I Chose Immortality Because I Was Afraid to Die 因为怕死所以我选长生了 Tomato Potato Chips番茄洋芋片Eastern Fantasy239k WordsCompleted Who else gets it?! Other cultivators: I’m going to defy the heavens! Become a god! Rule supreme over the Three Realms! Me, cultivating: Don’t hit me! Don’t come looking for me! I just want to live and grow garlic shoots! I’m Lin Gou, the cultivation world’s number one survivalist. I only managed to bind a Longevity System because my fear of death broke through the heavens. While the sect’s top workaholics fight tooth and nail to reach the Golden Core stage, I’m pickling garlic shoots in the kit 1Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 1796 单 Mr. Zhou, My Unrequited Love 单恋的周先生 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Older Woman, Younger Man + Redemption + Realistic Romance] Three-year age gap. [Secret Love Becomes Mutual, from the Male Lead’s Perspective; Marriage First, Love Later, from the Female Lead’s Perspective] Everyone is level-headed and clear-minded. The woman Zhou Wang had kept in his heart for three years. He thought there could never be anything between them and was ready to give up, but then he unexpectedly learned what she had been through. His heart ached for her, and at the same time, he f 1.4kReads8.2Score103Shelves
47. 1797 这 This Senior Fellow Disciple Is a Little Naughty 这位师兄坏坏哒 Tomato Potato Chips番茄洋芋片Eastern Fantasy71k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to Qingyun Sect, Jiang Xun bound himself to a Prank System. As long as he comes up with outrageous antics and creates legendary moments, he can break through to higher cultivation realms and claim god-tier treasures. He swaps a token to prank the gatekeeping disciples, switches pills to sabotage the sect's prodigies, then casually steals the icy senior sister's sword, only for her divine sword to willingly recognize him as its master. While everyone else meditates and suffer —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 1798 爱 Love Will Come to Rest 爱会停歇 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Playboy Turns Devoted] [Love Grows Over Time] [Sweet with a Little Angst] [Class Difference] Chen Chao, a rich playboy, falls sincerely in love with Yu Jiawen, who comes from an ordinary family. He knows he isn't the kind of person she'd ideally choose, but he can't let go of his feelings for her. "Yu Jiawen, do you know? Meeting you made me feel like I could have a proper relationship too." "I've thought about giving you up, but I just can't accept it. Watching you date, marry, and have childr 3.2kReads8.4Score150Shelves
49. 1799 戏 A New Chapter for My Fair Princess 戏续还珠 Waiting for Dawn at Night夜等待黎明Female-Channel Fanfiction240k WordsCompleted [Historical fantasy + martial arts + My Fair Princess fan fiction + quirky heroine + strategy and scheming + transmigration] A qipao reveals the mystery of Little Swallow’s origins, and the Fifth Prince insists on becoming a monk. At a grand residence in Qianlong’s palace, they discover that Consort Fragrant nearly died in a mass grave years ago. Qianlong travels to Qiantang to find his beloved daughter, while a descendant of the Yizhu Tower seeks revenge. A red flower emblem is left at the sce 320Reads—Score—Shelves

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50. 1800 深 Deep Inside My Core 深入我芯 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Mutual Devotion + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance] Their first two meetings were accidental. Every coincidence after that was part of his carefully laid plan. When Jiang Yi Shen met Tang Xin, he fell for her at first sight. He quietly set his plans in motion, and the two got to know each other, fell in love, and walked hand in hand into marriage, sharing the warm everyday moments of life from the first flush of romance to raising children. Side story one: Xu Man thought sh 2.4kReads8.7Score148Shelves

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