A Clear-Headed Female Lead Who Does Not Love the Male Lead 女主人间清醒，不爱男主
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An Older Husband and His Young Wife: The Chief Minister's Cherished Darling 老夫少妻，首辅大人的掌心宠
[Sweet romance + heroine refuses to be pushed around + family life + ensemble cast + age gap] In everyone's eyes, she was a worthless pawn. But in his destiny, she was his one and only "unexpected blessing." Shen Zhao lost both her parents, had her marriage prospects ruined, and was forcibly separated from her childhood sweetheart by her mother-in-law. Everyone was waiting to laugh at her, but all they saw was the powerful Chief Minister protecting her like a precious jewel in the palm of his ha
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I Played the Emperor My Whole Life, and After Being Reborn, He Still Wants the Crown Prince 演了皇上一辈子，重生他还要太子
Original title: Only After His Death Did He Learn That the Empress Did Not Want to Be Buried With Him [The heroine transmigrates, the hero is reborn] As he lay dying, Emperor Tianhe looked back on his eventful life. He had risen from humble beginnings to become the founding emperor, and the world praised his achievements. In his fading consciousness, he saw his virtuous empress, his beautiful consorts, and his weeping children. He felt that his life had been complete. But after he died, his soul
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- 3 Whose Favored Concubine Doesn't Get Herself Killed? 谁家宠妾不作死啊 Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 77.1kReads9.5Score7.9k14d adds
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The Little Palace Maid's Thoughts Were Read 小宫女被读心了
After transmigrating into the palace as a maid, Qin Jianjian works diligently, flatters those above her, and deceives those below her. In the end, she becomes the top-ranked maid serving the Empress Dowager. She has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of her profession. Money she’s openly entitled to, along with money she shouldn’t have, keeps flowing into Qin Jianjian’s pockets. Delighted, she just has to wait until she’s old enough to leave the palace and retire early. Who could have guessed the
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- 5 After We Tried to Kill Each Other, My Pure-Hatred Archrival Went Crazy Begging for Love 互杀后，纯恨宿敌他求爱求疯了 Dual Rebirth + Past and Present Lives + Love and Hate (Fake affection mixed with real feelings, sworn enemies break up the canon couple) Song Tingyao is a wicked supporting woman who cannot win the male lead's love, while Xie Xuan is a yandere villain devoted to protecting the female lead. In their previous lives, resentment brought them together as a couple. They hated each other so much they could have torn each other apart with their teeth. At last, they died together at her birthday banqu 4.1kReads8.2Score49314d adds
- 6 After I Washed Off My Heavy Makeup, the Cold CEO Regretted Everything 我洗掉浓妆之后，高冷总裁后悔了 [Max-level powerhouse heroine and a husband who brings his wife good fortune] After transmigrating into a book, Gu Nian casually rescues a down-and-out young man. He raises his head from the mire. Bruises can’t conceal his refined features, and he hoarsely vows to repay her kindness. His gaze falls on her face, and his dull eyes light up for a moment. The young man works three jobs every day, saves up to buy a gold bracelet, then presents it to her like a precious treasure. Gu Nian gives it a gl 1kReads8.0Score10114d adds
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After CEO Shen Humblebrags His Way into the Role of a Little Wife, He Becomes Invincible 沈总伏低做【小】后，无敌了
Coming to an end soon [Ex Chases His Wife + Romantic Rivals] [The heroine struggles with life, not love] After the breakup. Song Tingyu attended a dinner with her current boyfriend. There, she saw her ex, Shen Wujiang, standing onstage, accomplished and successful, presenting a research report. Song Tingyu’s expression remained calm. Everyone said Song Tingyu was vain and shameless, that she had latched onto rich heir Jiang Jinghang. Shen Wujiang, the young master of the Shen family, sneered
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A Lovesick Playboy Meets a Heartless Good Girl 痴情浪子遇见绝情乖乖女
A Lovestruck Rogue Meets an Ice-Cold Good Girl
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Love Gone Awry 热恋偏差
[An author focused on emotions, with no special tricks. No textual analysis, rankings, or borrowing ideas. Please respect the characters in the book. Infringements will be pursued.] Cold, ambitious man (Xu Kuang) × spoiled rich heiress (Li Shuyu) [Not-quite-siblings + mutual salvation + marriage before love + she leaves with the baby + he chases her after she leaves] 1. Everyone in their circle knew Xu Kuang didn't like Li Shuyu and even went out of his way to avoid her. Few knew that the two of
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- 10 Quick Transmigration: The Mad Boss’s Quest to Win Back Her Love 快穿之疯批大佬追妻火葬场 Shen Manman has terrible luck. While reading a book, she cursed the male supporting character for being blind and the heroine for being a scheming green tea, and then disaster struck... The Book God forcibly sent her into the story as a princess sent away for a political marriage, tasked with winning over the cold-faced general Mo Yunhan. He’s so hard to win over that she’s practically coughing up blood. 37Reads—Score—14d adds
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Yet You Betrayed the Spring's Grace 却负春恩
[Print edition now available. Search for Ascending to the Clouds on any platform to buy] [Original titles: Ascending to the Clouds / Loathing the Vermilion Walls] [High-IQ Palace Intrigue + Pure-Hatred Heroine + No Disposable Characters] [No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger] [The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please go read the story] How do you become an emperor’s favorite concubine? A prestigious family? A good education? A gentle, respectful, modest, and accommodating nature? Unfor
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After Our Marriage Swap, the Mad Crown Prince Became Obsessed With Spoiling Me Night After Night 换嫁后，被疯批太子夜夜强宠上瘾
[Both leads are each other's one and only + long-planned schemes + playing the fool to outwit the enemy + fighting tooth and nail over each other + a seductive, calculating heroine + a refined yet unhinged crown prince] Crown Prince Qi Heng was noble and virtuous, gentle as jade, and had been betrothed to the Shen family's legitimate daughter since childhood. On the Lantern Festival, the Shen family's eldest daughter was kidnapped. The family substituted their second daughter in her place. Every
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After Transmigrating into a Book as the Wicked Princess, the Prince Falls for Me Night After Night 穿书成恶毒王妃后，王爷夜夜沉沦
Everyday life + light ensemble cast + slow and steady romance + a powerful man gradually lowering his guard + two transmigrated supporting characters) In the prince's household, his secondary consort is the unattainable woman he seized by force, his concubine is the childhood friend who has always been by his side, and there's also a beautiful, understanding concubine of humble birth. The prince loathes the princess consort most of all. In the end, she's demoted to commoner and forced to hang he
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The Galaxy Falls Into My Arms 星河落下入怀中
The Galaxy Falls into My Embrace
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- 15 Listen to Her Play Paganini Once More 听她再奏一曲帕格尼尼 Listen to her play Paganini once more 13Reads—Score—14d adds
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Quick Transmigration: The Wife-Chasing Crematorium Burns Out of Control 快穿，追妻火葬场烧大了
[Quick Transmigration] [No CP] [A Real Regret-and-Redemption Arc] [Taking Down Scumbags] [Powerhouse] System 48: Host, the regret-and-redemption arc isn't an excuse to fan the flames and make things worse... We need a happy ending. An Yue: Heh. System 48: The mission! The mission comes first! An Yue: Heh. System 48: There'll be a punishment! An Yue: Go ahead and kill me. System 48: ... Note: The regret-and-redemption arcs end badly. Happy endings are practically nonexistent. [World One: A Love
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After the Cool Beauty Breaks Up with Him, the Unhinged Tycoon Sees Red 清冷美人分手后，疯批大佬红了眼
(The adapted short drama, You and My Obsession, is now streaming) [An Unconventional Groveling Romance + Devoted Couple + Lovesick Hero + Clear-Eyed Heroine + Happy Ending] [Ruthless, Unhinged Capital-Circle Heir × Cool, Cunning Beauty Who Knows How to Reel Him In] He Wang and Shen Qingwu first meet at the Desire nightclub, where a man is harassing her and she asks him for help. He Wang, who usually keeps his distance from women, fixes his gaze on her exquisitely alluring face and murmurs coaxin
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After I Transmigrated into a Book, Two Obsessive Men Forced Their Love on Me 穿书后，被两个疯批强制爱了
[Male Leads Who Are Chaste + Multiple Male Leads + Mary Sue + Forced Love + Taking by Force + Love at First Sight + Everyone Is Crazy + Obsessive and Unhinged + Scheming Yandere + Rivalry Among Men + The Long Road to Winning Her Back] After accidentally transmigrating into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting female character, Ye Youning wasn’t fazed in the least. “Why not just stay away from the main characters?” All Ye Youning wanted was to stay by her mountains of gold and silver, lie flat, a
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You Dare Steal My Villainous White Moonlight? I'll Fight You for Them! 敢抢我恶毒炮灰白月光？跟你火拼了
You Dare Steal My Wicked Cannon-Fodder White Moonlight? Let's Fight to the Death!
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The Abuse Novel Heroine's Road to Revenge 虐文女主复仇之路
[Modern revenge, heroine suffers, male lead is killed, unfaithful male lead, no second male lead, bad ending] [Unfeeling heroine × unfaithful male lead who sets himself on fire] Huo Yi used her love for him to kill her family. She was imprisoned in a villa and kept as his plaything. Humiliation, torment, conditioning, until the day Huo Yi grew tired of her. Du Jinmian had long since been consumed by hatred. Her repeated failed attempts to assassinate him only earned her endless, brutal punishmen
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After Our Divorce, I Became Filthy Rich 和离后我富甲天下
[A money-loving, fabulously wealthy heiress VS a passionate, free-spirited prince] [Historical romance + love at first sight + punishing scum and face-slapping + wish fulfillment] I waited three years for my general husband while he was away at war, only for him to return with a pregnant woman he wanted to marry as his secondary wife! What kind of delusional fantasy is this?! I'm the daughter of the richest family in the land! From now on, I'm getting a divorce and building my own career!
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- 22 Why Not Sink Together? 何不共沉沦 [Kept woman + wealthy, domineering CEO + angst before sweetness + possessive love + groveling pursuit] [Cold, ruthless, imposing CEO × delicate flower who grows through hardship] Xu Zan once had dreams. She wanted to be a judge. Now she’s Huo Tingyun’s mistress. She wagers her face and body, begging Huo Tingyun to use his money to save her grandfather, who has cancer, and her brother, who is in prison. She and Huo Tingyun have never been equals. She endures his occasional roughness and his unpre 1.4kReads8.9Score10514d adds
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My Wife Is Fierce: Enemy Emperor and Empress Kill Each Other in Two Lifetimes 吾妻蛮横：宿敌帝后两世互杀
(Just started) [Female lead with no C, male leads with C + 1Vn + Court Intrigue + Combative Couple + Scoundrels with Sincere Hearts + Love Amidst Bitter Hatred] [Emotionally Detached, Career-Driven Cui Lingyi X Passionate Dark Moonlight Qi Jingzhao X Crazy Younger Man Jiang Si X Dark, Clingy Love-Struck Qi Jingwang] “Damn you.” “My empress, you deserve to die.” “I gave you the highest status and my one-of-a-kind devotion, yet you don’t know what’s good for you. You want to leave me?” Two lifet
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The Instructor's Revenge: Forcing the Marriage of His One True Love 教官的报复，强娶白月光
During college military training, Zhang Mingzhu used sweet smiles and soft words to seduce her instructor, Sun Yihang, hoping to slack off and enjoy some peace and quiet. Their romance was doomed to be a sham from the start. As soon as training ended, she decisively texted him to break up, then blocked him everywhere. But he took it seriously. Every year, he spent his leave traveling to her city, bringing the allowances he'd saved and all the longing he'd kept bottled up. She always pushed his m
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Who Can Recognize the Jade of Chu Mountain? 楚山之玉谁能识
She is the eldest legitimate daughter of the Duke of Yong's household. Her mother did not suffer a difficult labor, but died suddenly after giving birth to her, and the girl was regarded as ill-omened. When she was ten, a female Daoist priest came to the estate to take her as an apprentice. She said that if the girl did not leave the household, her family would suffer a bloody disaster within five years. If she stayed away for five years, all would be well, and she could return to marry. Her fat
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The Day We Signed the Divorce Papers, She Knelt and Begged Me to Give Us One More Chance 离婚协议签好那天，她跪着求我再试一次
The day we signed the divorce papers, she knelt and begged me to give us one more try
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- 27 Six Months After We Broke Up, Her Husband Came to Me: You’re Still the One in Her Heart 分手半年后，她老公来找我：她心里装的还是你 Six Months After We Broke Up, Her Husband Came Looking for Me: She Still Has You in Her Heart 155Reads—Score114d adds
- 28 Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 谁反悔谁是狗 Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 4.7kReads—Score—14d adds
- 29 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Is as Merciless as a Blade 离婚后，前夫他绝情似刀 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Was as Ruthless as a Blade 1.8kReads—Score1814d adds
- 30 The Three Years She Raised Me 她养我的那三年 The Three Years She Raised Me 677Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Death at Thirty 三十而亡 Dead at Thirty 38Reads—Score214d adds
- 32 That Winter, My Senpai Asked Me to Stay the Night 那个冬天学姐留我过夜 That winter, my senpai invited me to stay the night. 62Reads—Score214d adds
- 33 On My Wedding Day, He Came to Drink One Last Cup of Farewell Tea 婚礼那天，他来喝了最后一杯伯牙绝弦 On his wedding day, he came to drink one last cup of Boya Juexian. 121Reads—Score214d adds
- 34 The Third Player 第三玩家 The Third Player 266Reads—Score—14d adds
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He Said I Was Pure 他说我很干净
He Said I Was Pure
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My Blind Husband Is a Hopeless Romantic. I Can Lie to Him and Deceive Him, but He Won’t Leave 瞎子夫君恋爱脑，欺他骗他都不跑
Shen Zhixi only wanted to have a child with Song Lianzhou, not take responsibility for him. Men were all worthless and could never be relied on. Their only use was helping women get pregnant. Her own father taught her the first lesson in hating men. She had never met her biological father. He got her mother pregnant out of wedlock, then abandoned them, leaving mother and daughter to endure everyone’s scorn. Later, her childhood sweetheart betrayed and set her up, making her give up on men for g
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- 37 I Switched Back to Women’s Clothes and Took My Twin Sister’s Place as the Blind Crown Prince’s Bride 换回女装替孪生妹妹嫁给瞎眼太子 The notorious chancellor has a pair of “fraternal twins,” a son and a daughter born to a concubine. No one knows that his son has disguised herself as a boy since childhood. At sixteen, she achieved top honors in all three imperial examinations, and by eighteen, everyone in court feared and respected her as the young chancellor. The young chancellor's younger sister is utterly unremarkable, yet the Crown Prince falls deeply in love with her and overcomes every obstacle to ask the emperor to arra 816Reads8.1Score10214d adds
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My Love, Come Into My Arms: The Art of Winning Your Heart 卿卿入怀，我的攻心战役
One night of passion forces them into marriage. Amid her resentment, Zhixia discovers that she looks remarkably like the Fang family’s youngest daughter, who died on the battlefield. The family transforms their longing for their lost loved one into an overwhelming, misplaced affection for her. Her grandfather, Fang Yuzhao, presses a family heirloom jade pendant into her hand. “Fang Chu owes you. We’ll make it right.” Her father-in-law, Fang Zheng, uses every connection he has to get her trans
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A Heartbroken Scene Too Painful to Paint 一片伤心画不成
Jian Xin first met Hua Sheng in a cemetery. It was raining that day. Jian Xin wore a bright red dress and three-inch heels, with exquisite makeup and a clear umbrella in hand. She stood before a gravestone, swaying gracefully. Through the curtain of rain, he watched a well-defined hand reach out from a black Maybach and take an umbrella from an attendant. Then came a sharply defined, strikingly handsome face.
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He Asked for a Divorce on His First Night Home, Then Kissed Her Until She Cried 首长回家第一晚提离婚，被亲哭了
[Reborn military marriage + winning back his wife + antique bargains + dazzling beauty vs. aloof heartthrob] In her previous life, Zhu Suisui fell for Lu Lanxu at first sight. Of all the Lu family members, she chose the most outstanding heir to be her husband. She thought that if she worked hard to be a good Mrs. Lu, one day Lu Lanxu would love her. But she had overestimated herself. She simply couldn’t warm his heart. For twenty years, they treated each other with respect, but he felt only a se
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- 41 After I Changed Targets, the Cool and Collected Chief Secretary Turned Dark 更换攻略对象后，清冷首辅黑化了 [Dark Pursuit After Betrayal + No Getting Back Together + Rivalry Between Men for the Heroine + Second Male Lead Wins] Thirty days remained on the conquest countdown when Shen Lanyin decided to replace her with the real heiress as his betrothed. Unwilling to be erased, she drugged Shen Lanyin. At the height of their passion, she wrapped her arms around his neck. “Lanyin, you’ll marry me, won’t you?” He said nothing. She settled for less. “Would you take Zhu Yue as your second wife?” Shen Lanyin’ 11kReads8.8Score80814d adds
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A False Love, a Real Seduction: The CEO Wants My Love, and He’ll Pay with His Life 假爱真撩：总裁爱我，拿命来换
[Both leads have past relationships + revenge + a carefully laid plan] Everyone fears Lu Yuxing. He is the living King of Hell, feared in both the underworld and the legitimate world. Ruthless and cold, with blood on his hands, he has never had a weakness. Until Qian Wei appears. She flirts with him openly and relentlessly, smiling sweetly and wickedly at the devil everyone fears. “Mr. Lu, it was love at first sight for me!” He treats her with cold indifference, seeing her as a moth flying in
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When the Roses Tremble 玫瑰轻颤时
[Long-planned love + love after marriage + an exemplary graduate of the gentleman's code + sweet, dazzling beauty + both leads are virgins] [Short drama now available] When Tang Ruo first meets Bo Yanting, he tells her to call him “big brother.” She keeps calling him that for more than a decade. But in their seventh year together, Bo Yanting falls for someone else. A stubborn, clumsy intern joins the company. He goes from calling her “that woman” and “idiot” to, eventually, “baby.” Later, the in
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- 44 After Giving Up Going Back to the Modern World for Him, He Brought His Pregnant Wife Home 为他放弃回现代后，他携孕妻入府 [The husband chases his wife after losing her + the second male lead takes the place of the first + devoted couple] Yu Chu fell in love with her assigned target and gave up the chance to return home, choosing to stay in the world of the mission. She thought they would grow old together, sharing a lifetime of love. But in their third year of marriage, he brought a young woman before her. “Qingtang is carrying my child.” “She is the youngest daughter of the Duke of Protecting the Nation. It would 3kReads8.9Score27514d adds
- 45 After Five Years as a Wife in Name Only, I’m Reborn, Taking My Child, and Getting Divorced. It Feels So Good 守活寡五年，重生带崽离婚真香了 (Military romance + period setting + regretful pursuit + rival suitors, second male lead gets the girl. Come on in!) In her previous life, Jiang Suisui ignored everyone’s objections and married Song Yun’an, the aloof flower of the military. She always thought that falling in love after marriage could be lovely. After all, you had to take a bite to find out whether a forcibly picked melon was sweet. She never expected that some people were cold-hearted by nature, impossible to warm no matter what 100Reads—Score—14d adds
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With This Office-Worker Vibe, How Could I Possibly Be a Playboy? 一身班味的我怎么可能是海王
[Gender-role-reversal transmigration + ridiculous wish fulfillment + heroine grows stronger + attracted to men and women] [A down-to-earth Mary Sue story about an overworked programmer heroine] Xu Baiyan, a senior algorithm engineer who has spent years living in a world of “gender equality,” works late into the night after her company’s app crashes, then gets hit by a truck and dies on the way home. She transmigrates into a world that’s the opposite of her own, a male-dominated society that clai
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Divorced and Thriving: My Ex and Son Regret It to the Core 离婚独美，前夫和儿子悔断肠
The short drama adaptation, A Road Through Life’s Quiet Joys, is currently a smash hit Her husband crashes his car while on his honeymoon with his mistress, and she, his lawful wife, is the doctor who treats him. The next day, she hands Lu Chengzhou the divorce papers. He frowns in confusion. “You want a divorce over something this trivial?” She looks him in the eye, perfectly serious. “Yes, over something this trivial.” On the day of the divorce, her own son clings to the mistress’s arm. “I don
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- 48 My Ex-Husband Raises His Daughter's Child, While I Marry a Commander with My Own Child 前夫替闺女养娃，我带崽嫁首长 [Period military marriage + dimension + second male lead rises to the top + raising children + reborn] On the day of her daughter’s college entrance celebration, Bai Yulian, the widow her husband had supported for years, produced a paternity test. “The hospital switched the babies back then. Qingning is my daughter. She’s yours.” Song Wan looked at her biological daughter, now disabled and mentally impaired, who had been taken deep into the mountains and had three children there. She fainted on 1.6kReads8.7Score25614d adds
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I Kept Up the Act for Two Years, Then They Suddenly Read My Mind 装了两年突然被读心了
[Signed for publication in print] Also known as When My Billionaire Husband Started Coughing [Brooding, secretly snarky CEO X quirky, 'fake' innocent flower] Qi Weiran was a CEO worth billions. Because he carried a rare gene, he had a body that never got sick. But he could only live to the age of fifty. After he died, half his estate would go to his contract wife. One day, Qi Weiran's body, which had never shown a single sign of illness, suddenly began to cough. His adoring young wife, who loved
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- 50 My First Love Wants to Rekindle Things, but I’m Married 白月光想破镜重圆，但我结婚了 Everyone said Jiang Zi Yan was hopelessly in love with Huo Yi Huai, and was his most loyal toady. Jiang Zi Yan was scared out of her wits. What kind of thing was that to say? Calling her a loyal toady was fine, but there was no love involved. What would Young Master Huo think of her if he found out? As for the person she loved, Jiang Zi Yan did have someone she liked: the son of President Huo’s chauffeur. That boy was quiet and handsome, with a dimple when he smiled. When he filled in for his fa 28kReads9.1Score4.1k14d adds
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