A Business Marriage That Starts Out Courteous and Distant, Then Turns Into Love 商业联姻，开始相敬如宾，后来爱上彼此

1. 351 沈 Mr. Shen, Your Time Is Up 沈先生，逾期不候 Milk Dipped in Sugar牛乳蘸糖Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted White Moonlight + married first, fall in love later + the husband pursues his wife after the divorce The day Meng Qiong returned from a business trip to Sydney, her plane nearly had an accident, and the news remained at the top of the trending charts. But when she rushed home, still shaken, she found her husband, Shen Fengxi, getting cozy with a new intern from the TV station in the living room. The young woman jumped up in alarm when she saw Meng Qiong, but Shen Fengxi blamed Meng Qiong for fr 7.9kReads8.7Score50214d adds

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   This is amazing! I've watched it countless times, it's so good, I highly recommend it!

2. 352 我 I Became My Ex's Mother-in-Law 我给前任当丈母娘 August Witch八月女巫Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama based on this novel, Uncle, I Only Want to Take Advantage of You, is now streaming. Starring Yu Long and Yang Mie Mie. [Older Man Romance] [Sweet Everyday Romance] [Powerful CEO] [Lighthearted and Funny] [No Angst, No Saintly Heroine] [No Affair] [No Stand-In] I showed up dressed to the nines at my ex-boyfriend's engagement party. He thought I'd come to ruin the event, but I smiled kindly and said, "We're family from now on, so there's no need to be so formal. Just call me Auntie 13.3kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds

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   The greatest strength of this novel is its realism and engaging read. The writing is natural and fluent, the humor feels like everyday life, and the sweetness is relatable. The plot is tightly woven with no unnecessary subplots, the touching moments are deeply moving, and the ending is perfect—it's flawless.

3. 353 周 President Zhou Wants Us to Make It Official 周总想求个名分 Fei Xiaolin菲筱璘Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted The main story is complete. I’m thinking about writing some bonus chapters. The “chasing his wife to the crematorium” trope + adorable baby + rekindled love Those of you who read my last book will remember Mr. Zhou and Nuonuo. A lot of readers loved their story, so I decided to start a new book about them. A classic “chasing his wife to the crematorium” story. The male lead isn’t a jerk, the female lead is independent, and they have an adorable baby. If you’re into this kind of story, come on in 2kReads8.5Score10414d adds

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   ★①A business marriage, with a baby. The female lead is pregnant at the start, and the male and female leads have been engaged for six months. Because of the female lead's pregnancy, they have to get married. The male lead goes from hoping for a divorce to becoming a devoted follower. She initially tries to steal his cold-blooded charm, but is defeated by his supple waist.

4. 354 醉 A Drunken Nighttime Kiss! One Flirt from Her, and the Arrogant Big Shot’s Heart Races 醉吻夜！她一撩，桀骜大佬心狂跳 A Crescent Moon一剪月Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Climbing the Capital’s Family Tree is now available on all platforms.] [Top Capital City Tycoon · Rebellious, Devoted Suit-Wearing Bad Boy vs. Ballet Princess · Radiant, Proud Little Swan] Li Zhi and Fu Yanze grew up together, but Li Zhi turned out to be the fake heiress. For the sake of his own interests, Fu Yanze chose to get engaged to the real heiress, a leading actress in the entertainment industry. He hoped Li Zhi would understand and said he would come back to marr 59.5kReads9.5Score7.3k14d adds

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   A marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, a cold-hearted yet deeply affectionate young master from a wealthy Beijing social circle meets a gentle and beautiful ballerina. The female lead, despite her handsome face, harbors a secret crush on her. This is a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love from the female lead's perspective!

5. 355 与 A Contract Marriage with the Powerful White Moonlight Who Returned, Then Love 与强势归来的白月光大佬先婚后爱 Clear Skies, Clear Skies晴好晴好Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's first and only + Marriage Before Love + Secret Crush Comes True + Reunited Years Later] A restrained, powerful male lead vs. a cool, intellectual Chinese teacher heroine (at least on the surface) Gu Xiangling never thought she would see Chu Fanzhou again. After all, they barely interacted in high school. He graduated in such a hurry, and she left school for a while just as abruptly. But the capital city isn't so small that you can never cross paths, nor so big that y 3.3kReads8.9Score34914d adds

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   A business marriage, initially respectful but later falling in love 🌸 ① A true case of marriage before love, from strangers to lovers. The female lead gets married to someone she's only met once. For a year after the marriage, they are distant and rarely communicate, but later fall in love. The female lead is bright, cheerful, and adorable, while the male lead is a cold, aloof lawyer. It's a very good read [I highly recommend it]. The male lead's brother's storyline is also captivating; they dated for seven years, married, had two children, and she's pregnant again, while he's still seeing his secretary 🍉

6. 356 资 A Tycoon’s Heir? Perfect, I’ll Take Him Home as My Husband 资本家大少爷？正好扛回家做老公 Song Nianchu宋念初Modern Romance950k WordsOngoing [Period setting + fishing village + marriage first, love later + devoted husband + building a fortune] “Chu, do you want a man or not?” One moment, Song Nianchu is celebrating her company going public. The next, she has transmigrated into an orphan girl in a fishing village in the 1970s. The girl is young and beautiful, but born with superhuman strength. She can kill a mad bull with one punch, and now that she is nearly twenty, no one dares marry her. Her late father is so furious that he appear 21.3kReads8.1Score83214d adds
7. 357 婚 Marital Passion 婚色 Er Xi二喜Modern Romance970k WordsCompleted When Xu Yan and Qin Lie divorced, someone asked Qin Lie, “You're really going through with it? You won't regret it?” Wearing a black shirt and trousers, hands in his pockets, Qin Lie replied in a languid, casual tone, “It was a marriage arranged by our families. There's nothing to regret.” Not long afterward, at a party, someone saw Qin Lie use the alcohol as an excuse to pin her against a hotel balcony and demand a kiss. His large hand slid down Xu Yan's waist, guiding her long legs to hook aro 26.3kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds

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   🥰🥰Xu Yan pursed her lips and looked away. Why bother hoping for something when you know it's hopeless? She'd already hit a wall, and the feeling was unpleasant. Xu Yan looked at Qin Lie rationally, "I want a divorce." Qin Lie stopped and turned back, a playful smile in his eyes, "Since you've decided on a divorce, what was that in the bathroom just now?"

8. 358 倾 The Beauty Who Captivated the City 倾城佳人 Hao Abai郝阿白Modern Romance446k WordsOngoing The rating will be added later! It's a good one!!! [Long-planned love / always protecting her + both virgins + domineering CEO who cares for and cherishes her + sweet romance + no angst + slow-burn affection + warmth] Shen Qingnan first met Ji Yanchen when she was five, at her mother's funeral. The second time was at a teahouse. Ji Yanchen asked, “Shen Qingnan, will you marry me?” Shen Qingnan said, “Yes.” When she agreed to marry Ji Yanchen, she never imagined he could love her so deeply. She t 41Reads—Score10614d adds

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   This is a must-see!

9. 359 穿 I Became the Villainess, Pampered by a Daddy-Type Tycoon 穿成恶毒女配，被爹系大佬娇宠了 Little Taro Boba芋泥小啵啵Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted (Marriage First, Love Later + Pure Relationship + Powerful Husband Bows His Head + Sweet Pampering + Everyday Life + Slow-Building Romance) Lu Jingyi transmigrates into a book, becoming the wicked supporting heroine in a sweet romance novel. When she opens her eyes, she's already in the bed of Huo Qichen, the male lead's older brother. In the book, she makes trouble at every turn, helping the leads' romance along, only to meet a tragic end. To save her own life, she quickly blocks the leads and 263Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Nice!!!

10. 360 炽 Burning Kisses for a Rose: The Possessive Huo Tycoon’s Private Treasure 炽吻玫瑰：偏执霍爷的独家私藏 Chen Xin臣锌Modern Romance48k WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + Devoted sweet romance + Love at first sight + Mutual devotion] [Gorgeous, formidable diplomat + Distinguished, reserved, old-money-style team captain] She was the youngest deputy division chief in the Security Affairs Department, highly capable and formidable, yet she still couldn’t escape an arranged marriage orchestrated by her family. He was the feared deputy commander of Ninth District and captain of its special forces. On the battlefield, amid gunfire and explosions 48Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male lead is the heir to a wealthy family and the captain of a special forces team in a war zone; the female lead is a strong diplomat. It's a very good read, a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love.

11. 361 娇 The Spoiled Beauty: Mr. Zhou’s Most Cherished One 娇纵美人：周先生的心尖宠 Milk Beibei奶贝贝Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [Capital’s Elite Heir × Qipao Designer] [Cool and elegant × Radiant, spoiled beauty] Zhou Lingjing, the cool, abstinent young heir of one of the capital’s most distinguished families, is getting engaged to Su Zhaotang, the eldest daughter of the Su family! But no one knows that when Su Zhaotang was three, her parents left her with the Zhou family in the capital for a while because they were busy with business abroad. Back then, the fair, fluffy little dumpling was practically glued to Young Mas 9.2kReads9.2Score72614d adds

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    These are all... They're really not very good-looking 🥰

12. 362 重 Reborn and Married into a New Family, the Delicate Darling Is Spoiled into a Little Good-for-Nothing 重生换嫁，娇娇被大佬宠成小废物 Sweet Xiaobei甜小贝Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [A Super Clingy Beauty x An Abstinent, Fatherly Powerhouse; Marriage First, Love Later; Sweet Everyday Romance; Both Leads Are Inexperienced] After being reborn, Jiang Li is asked by the real heiress to switch fiancés, and immediately realizes that the other girl has been reborn too. The real heiress is haughty and spoiled: Yuan Hezhi comes from a distinguished family, but he's no good in bed. Ye Yuchen, who built his fortune from nothing, is a real man. I'll marry no one else! Jiang Li is sweet 15.9kReads9.1Score10.1k14d adds
13. 363 先 Love After Pregnancy: His Sweetheart Is Hard to Soothe, but He Spoils Her as He Pleases 先孕后爱：娇娇难哄，他肆意偏宠 Meng Jingzhou孟惊舟Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted [Spoiled little troublemaker VS gentle older daddy] [Pregnant first, love later + two wealthy families + both leads are each other’s only partners, sweet romance + seven-year age gap + slice of life] - At her senior year graduation dinner, Wen Song let herself drink a few too many. Drinking too much can indeed lead to trouble. For instance, she slept with the most handsome, but also most old-fashioned, professor in her department. The next morning, she woke up and fled in a panic. But a month la 16.4kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
14. 364 婚 Crossing the Line After Marriage 婚后越轨 Salty Fish Little Sister咸鱼妹妹Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Short drama now available] [Marriage before love + face-slapping scumbags + both pure] Ming Shuang was eighteen when she learned she was the real daughter of the Ming family in Jing City. After being brought home, she thought she could finally enjoy her family's love. Instead, her arrival displeased everyone, and she was treated as the one person who didn't belong. With no prince on a white horse coming to save her, Ming Shuang had to save herself, turning from obedient and sweet to sharp and f 1.1kReads8.8Score15414d adds
15. 365 青 Slightly Tipsy in Blue 青色微醺 Jie Jie芥婕Modern Romance393k WordsCompleted Signed for publication, with a short drama adaptation now streaming (Arranged marriage to love + the second male lead takes the lead + long-planned romance + cozy, low-key sweet romance) The day Fu Qingyin finally gave up on Song Ziyan, she went to see his uncle, Song Zheng. Two wooden signs hung at the entrance to the teahouse, one higher than the other. Each bore a line of writing: A joyful reunion, a happy occasion. The man sat ramrod straight, his expression calm and composed, with the refin 23.8kReads9.2Score2.7k14d adds
16. 366 掌 Paulownia in the Palm 掌中疏桐 Xin Moran心陌然Ancient Romance902k WordsOngoing The main story is complete. Originally titled A Paulownia in the Palm, the first chapters are free, but the price will go up later! [Mutual Devotion] [Fictional Setting] [Forced Possession] [Beautiful Wife] [Powerful Minister] [Adorable Baby] [Pregnant and on the Run] [Ancient-Era Court Intrigue] [Secret Marriage] Luo Shutong, the most proper young noblewoman in the capital, woke one morning to find Ye Chuan, the all-powerful chief minister, lying beside her. Trembling, she pulled out all the mo 10.9kReads8.0Score51014d adds

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    Initially, the female lead is obedient while the male lead is cold, cunning, and sharp-tongued. The female lead is engaged to the male lead and becomes pregnant and gives birth to his child.

17. 367 禁 The Abstinent Tycoon Is Addicted to Me 禁欲大佬对我上瘾 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance144k WordsCompleted [1v1 sweet romance + both leads are devoted to each other + powerful man lowers his head] After getting drunk, Sheng Yanxi accidentally wandered into the presidential suite of Ling Jingchen, the fearsome “tyrant” of Hancheng. After one reckless night, she woke up, saw the outline of the man beside her, and was scared out of her wits. It was Ling Jingchen! The cold-faced tyrant whose slightest stomp could make all of Hancheng tremble! While he was still asleep, she fled in a panic. Ling Jingchen 2.8kReads—Score12714d adds
18. 368 周 Mr. Zhou, Why Are You Upset When I'm the One Asking for a Divorce? 周总，我提离婚你伤心做什么 A Heart Set on Getting Rich一颗暴富心Modern Romance282k WordsCompleted Wen Nan got her wish and married Zhou Sinian, the man she had secretly loved for years. But on their wedding day, as soon as they had collected their marriage certificate, Zhou Sinian left for another country. When he came back, their relationship remained lukewarm. Only later did Wen Nan realize that she wasn’t the only one trapped in this situation. At last, Wen Nan came to her senses and decided to let go. But Zhou Sinian said, “If you love someone, can’t you just keep loving them?” 1.5kReads5.5Score11714d adds

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    This book is rather bittersweet at the beginning, but becomes very sweet later on.

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