Looking for Realistic Marriage Stories, Nothing Too Far-Fetched or Overly Sweet 求现实婚姻题材，不要太虚。也不用太甜
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- 601 A Woman Is Like Jade 女人如玉 Jade must be carved to become a treasure. A woman who has been shaped into one can make a man like me unable to resist. This is the story of a man truly becoming a man. 69Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 602 Tales of the Qingshui River 清水河往事 Zhao Xinran was once a young high school teacher. He left the classroom to take the civil service exam and became the mayor of a town. Thanks to his dedication and strong results, he was promoted to director of a county bureau, and eventually became the director of a municipal department. Two female students worked under him, one specializing in the humanities and the other in the sciences. Both made significant contributions to their hometowns, earning Zhao Xinran political achievements while d 677Reads—Score—Shelves
- 603 The End of the Road in Marriage: A Man’s Counterattack 婚途末路：男人的反击 A secret in his wife’s handbag makes him suspect she’s having an affair. But his gentle, virtuous wife is so hard to doubt that he can’t believe she would betray him. What is the truth? How will he face everything that happens next? —Reads6.0Score—Shelves
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After My Divorce, I Moved Back to the Countryside to Raise My Kid Like I’m Retired 离婚后回乡下，退休式带娃
The suffocating life of being a full-time mom left Chen Sijing utterly exhausted, so she decided to file for divorce. When the demolition compensation came through, her husband, who had knelt and begged her not to leave and sworn he would never divorce her, immediately agreed to sign the papers! With custody of her child and a huge compensation payment, Chen Sijing moved back to her parents’ home in the countryside. But clashes over how to raise the child left both her and her parents miserable.
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- 605 A Middle-Aged Man 中年男人 By middle age, there are some things you simply can't control. After my company went bankrupt, my wife's attitude and that of her family changed, and I felt the cruelty of the world. And that wasn't all. A strange text about my wife left me anxious and unsettled. Only later did I discover the terrible sin my wife had committed against me, all along! This is my second novel about the realities of married life, following A Middle-Aged Life. I hope you'll continue to support me. Thank you! 6.1kReads8.2Score327Shelves
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My Husband's Scheme to Stay Child-Free 丁克老公的阴谋
[Everyday Family Drama]+ [Brutal Revenge on Scumbags]+ [Satisfying Read]+ [Realistic Marriage] After five years of marriage, Ning Zhi earns over a million a year running two flower shops. She is gentle and generous with her in-laws and sister-in-law, bought her husband a 300,000-yuan car as a dowry gift, and lives with him in a wedding home worth several million. Yet he has been sneaking around with his first love, even plotting to take her life and seize her assets. When the truth comes out, s
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- 607 Forty-Year-Old Man: Getting Rich in Middle Age 男人四十:中年暴富 Wang Jun is a timid, inept nobody, afraid of trouble and scraping by in society. After accidentally saving a wealthy woman, he sets out on a path to turn his life around. 675Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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I Refuse to Marry into a Wealthy Family. I'll Take My Child and Marry a Country Man 拒入豪门，我带娃嫁给乡下人
An IT engineer from a small town studies hard, works diligently, turns down a wealthy family’s marriage proposal, and goes abroad to study. Even after unexpectedly becoming a single mother, she never stops growing. She makes a dazzling transformation into an investment banking star… The only thing that drives her crazy is the child’s father, a young man from a small town who’s two years younger than her. He pursues her relentlessly, but what can she do? Love isn’t something you can achieve just
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A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命
I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji
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Young and Promising 年少有为
How deeply does one's family shape them? Some grow up insecure, timid, and lacking confidence; others become violent and end up behind bars; still others see their marriages torn apart, losing their spouses and children. After countless heartbreaking realizations, some people spend their whole lives healing from childhood, while others are healed for life by their childhood.
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- 611 A Life Out of Place 错位人生 My wife has a secret. I made an excuse to return to my old family home in the countryside, leaving her alone in the city, then doubled back... This is Baixiang Wang's first novel, written with great passion for Tomato Novel. 601Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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No One to Hear the Cold Shore’s Lament 冷岸无诉
[Realistic fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story, no revenge. Don’t read if that’s not for you.] There is no domestic violence, no cheating, and no explosive arguments. The deadliest murders are often hidden in the everyday bustle of a seemingly harmonious home.
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Why Should Our Family’s Property Go to Our Nephew? 我们的家产，凭什么给侄子
Why Should Our Family’s Assets Go to Our Nephew?
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Let's Divorce! You Really Think I'm Some Kind of Toad? 离婚吧！真当我是癞蛤蟆？
Not a power fantasy. Please read with caution if that bothers you. Chu Yuxuan has been married to Xia Zhu for two years. He thought there was no heart in the world that couldn’t be warmed, until her old flame returns and Xia Zhu rushes to him without a second thought… After the divorce, Chu Yuxuan returns to the Chu family and transforms into a wealthy, spoiled playboy. At his family’s arrangement, he marries the icy beauty Zhao Yanan. On the surface, he’s a good-for-nothing wastrel, but behind
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Middle-Aged Man: A Second Spring 人到中年：男人第二春
He went to prison for three years out of loyalty to a friend! But when he got out, he discovered that his company had gone bankrupt, his wife had betrayed him, and his mother was gravely ill and on the verge of death! But Lin Fei wasn't crushed by life's hardships. Instead, he emerged reborn, rose higher and higher, and soared to success once more! The worst you can do is beg for food. As long as you don't die, you'll have your day! A man should never say he can't do it!
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A Fierce Life: Moving in with Auntie 彪悍人生：从入住阿姨家开始
After graduating from college, Chen Shi’an returns home, and the wheels of fate begin to turn. The road through the underworld stretches on, while love and loyalty are lost in the haze. After being tested by love and career, he eventually finds his happy ending and raises the banner of justice!
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Bad Mother 坏妈妈
My new work is now available! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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- 618 After the Divorce, I Built a Financial Empire 离婚后，我打造财富帝国 [No NTR + No System + No Cultivation + Regretful Ex-Wife Chases Husband] After five years of marriage, Zhao Shanhe thought he would spend the rest of his life with his gorgeous CEO wife. But an accident revealed her ugly side, and his furious outburst left him with both legs shattered... His wife had been unfaithful, he had no money, and his legs were ruined. At the lowest point of his life, Zhao Shanhe coldly tossed out the divorce papers. Then he began his brutal revenge against his wife's lov 24.9kReads7.8Score1.9kShelves
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Loyal to My Country, Loyal to You 忠于祖国忠于你
[Special operations team captain + news reporter, both with no past relationships + secret crushes + mutual devotion + unabashed pampering] Before marriage: Meng Chuchu thought He Yan had married her only because of pressure from his family, with no other choice. He Yan thought Meng Chuchu had married him simply because he met her requirements for a husband. After marriage: Once, Meng Chuchu went out alone to meet a male friend. Somehow, a week later, the news reached He Yan's ears. One day, he
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- 620 At the Foot of Mount Pangu 盘古山下 Set in a rural village at the foot of Pangu Mountain, this novel tells the story of Qingshan, a young villager who failed the college entrance exams in the late 1970s. Because his family was too poor to afford a bride price, he married into the Tian family. The story offers a glimpse into rural marriage at the time. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Exchanged Taste 被交换的味道
The Taste of Being Traded
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- 622 The Day I Divorced, I Took Off My Ring and Started Tightening Screws 离婚那天，我摘了戒指开始拧螺丝 On the Day We Divorced, I Took Off My Ring and Started Tightening Screws 151Reads—Score—Shelves
- 623 You Asked to Break Up, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Living with Someone Else? 你提分手，我和别人同居你哭什么 (A completed, highly rated masterpiece, one of five romance novels by a veteran author rated 9+) (The author's other books have been adapted into comic dramas and have over 200,000 favorites. This book has not been adapted yet, so comic drama creators are welcome to pick it up!) [One Female Lead, Relentless Sweet Romance + Super-Sweet, Healing Everyday Love] [No System + She Chases Him After the Breakup + Regret and Tears Are Useless] In the third year after moving to his girlfriend Ye Xuan's ci 11.7kReads9.2Score878Shelves
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Meeting Her Made My Heart Beat Faster 遇见她心动不止
[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
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- 625 Waiting for Summer Kisses and Watermelon 期待夏天热吻西瓜 [A story about a soldier and a screenwriter, mutually devoted + each other’s first love, childhood sweethearts who end up married] This book doesn’t follow the timeline of the previous novel, so please treat it as a new story! Youthful synopsis: Meng Xuanhe had loved following Lu Jingze around ever since she was little. His friends all called her his little shadow. One day, Lu Jingze went to meet some friends. When they saw him, they asked, “Hey, where’s your little shadow?” “She had something t 62Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 626 My Mistress's Name Was in the Spouse Field on the Frozen Embryo Form 冻胚单上，配偶栏写着小三的名字 On the Frozen Embryo Form, My Husband's Mistress's Name Was in the Spouse Field 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 627 You Chose to Keep Your Sworn Brother Company, So Why Regret the Divorce? 是你要陪干弟弟，离婚又后悔什么 [No cheating, no rebirth, no System, heroine regrets everything and desperately pursues her husband] From their school days to their marriage, Zhao Qingfeng always thought he had the perfect life. His beautiful wife, Bai Xiaoxing, was breathtaking, and their daughter was sweet and obedient. He figured he must have saved the galaxy in his past life to be blessed with such happiness in this one. But everything began to change when Bai Xiaoxing's sworn younger brother entered the picture. The y 37.2kReads7.7Score2.6kShelves
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A Whirlwind Wedding: I Married My Divorced Classmate 闪婚：嫁给二婚男同学
[Sweet Romance + Strong Female Lead + Mutual Devotion + Healing] After ten years in the workforce, Bei Xiao finally saved enough money to quit her job. At a class reunion, she and Zhang Yi hit it off. Zhang Yi is divorced and has a son who is old enough for kindergarten, so he needs to find the boy a mother. Taken with Bei Xiao, he proposes to her on WeChat. She readily agrees, bluntly saying that the main reason she wants to marry him is that she likes his son and can avoid having a child herse
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- 629 A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫 [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
- 630 Trial Marriage 试婚男女 Jiang Chunhua, a budget officer at a construction company, meets Xu Qiushi, an administrative secretary at a private enterprise, on a blind date arranged by their families. But Qiushi never quite falls in love with him. After experiencing her first love, Fang Yuan, as well as Qu Xianghuai and Cheng Ziwei, she starts to feel that falling for someone is difficult. Meanwhile, her younger sister, Qiuhe, unexpectedly meets police officer Zhou Tianmu. Neither of them expects much at first, thinking it 773Reads8.4Score131Shelves
- 631 After Leaving with Nothing, I Signed Up with My Arch-Enemy 净身出户后，我签了死对头 After Leaving With Nothing, I Signed a Contract With My Mortal Enemy 708Reads—Score—Shelves
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Cherished Darling 心肝宠
(Top-tier wealthy family, a modern Jiangnan beauty as the heroine, an obsessive male lead, the heroine pursues him at first, then he spoils her relentlessly, devoted to each other, happy ending) For the sake of the child in her belly, Lu Zhiling was forced to marry an obsessive tycoon. Everyone thought she wouldn’t live long enough to give birth. To stay alive, she began winning him over. Before she knew it, she had become the apple of his eye. Later, she prepared to run away. His car was perche
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- 633 The Engagement Is Off? I Turn Around and Marry a Rich CEO 订婚取消？我转身和千金总裁领证 [One heroine!!! Super sweet!!!] On the day of their engagement, Lin Nan’s fiancée of five years stayed with her old flame just to put him in his place, humiliating him and turning him into a laughingstock. Unable to take it anymore, Lin Nan decisively cut ties with her. But on the night he drank himself into a stupor, he unexpectedly spent a passionate night with a rich heiress. Jiang Rou: “You have two choices. Either come with me to the civil affairs bureau and get married, or I’ll ruin your r 8.5kReads7.8Score464Shelves
- 634 Deep Inside My Core 深入我芯 [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
- 635 An AA Marriage AA制婚姻 Zhang Xiaohong, the female lead, ends up in a marriage with six things missing: no car, no house, no bride price, no traditional wedding jewelry, no wedding ring, and no wedding ceremony. After the wedding, her husband proposes splitting all expenses. When she investigates his family background, she realizes she has been deceived. Yet this marriage, born of a mix-up, turns out to be a happy union, and she suddenly becomes the wife of a company president, cherished by her husband in every possibl 6.3kReads8.6Score407Shelves
- 636 Living Off a Woman While Acting High and Mighty? CEO Sheng Won't Give Her the Chance 软饭硬吃？盛总她不给机会了 Living Off a Woman While Acting Tough? CEO Sheng Isn't Giving Her the Chance —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 637 On the Eve of Our Engagement, She Went to KTV with Her White-Moonlight Love 订婚前夕她跟白月光去了KTV At the engagement ceremony. Ye Qingyu, drunk, took the microphone and openly confessed her feelings for the man she had always loved, right in front of all the guests. Everyone turned to look at Jiang Cheng, the groom-to-be. They all wanted to see him make a fool of himself. But Jiang Cheng started clapping. “Charging ahead for love takes courage. I respect it! You two should just make it official!!” … 12.4kReads6.7Score583Shelves
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A Budget Travelogue of a Beipiao Delivery Couple 北漂外卖情侣穷游记
Li Baotuo and Zhou Dafeng are a Beijing-drifter couple known as the delivery world’s “budget travel fanatics.” One insulated delivery bag can hold half a map of China’s cuisine. They’re the “Yellow Lightning” and “Blue Hurricane” racing through every corner of Chaoyang District, serving all kinds of eccentric customers, including iguanas and corgis. Their most expensive delivery order was transporting an iguana from Beijing to Sanya. Her video account, “The Delivery Heroine’s Travelogue,” has
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- 639 Mr. Zhou, My Unrequited Love 单恋的周先生 [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
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Never Mess with a Pisces Woman 千万不要招惹双鱼座女生
[Workplace] [Urban Life] [Marriage Before Love] Mumu is a Pisces woman who entered the workplace with two labels already attached to her: timid and easy to bully. But no one knows that beneath the soft exterior of a Pisces lies the heart of a great demon king. When everyone thinks she’ll be swallowed up by the workplace, Mumu proves to the world through her actions: Don’t make a Pisces cry, because once she’s done crying, it’ll be your turn. This novel could also be called Mumu’s Rise to the Top
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- 641 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 [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
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Seven Letters for the Rest of My Life: To My Unforgotten First Love 余生七笺：致白月光的未了情
Seven Notes for the Rest of My Life: Unfinished Feelings for My White Moonlight
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The Best Lyricist 最佳词作
[Film and TV rights sold] One is a heroine, the other a pampered youngest son who’s always smiling. They work together seamlessly to resolve an unexpected crisis the first time they meet. The second time, she warns her younger cousin not to fall for someone like him. Then comes the Nth meeting, and with it, a lifetime together.
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My Boss Is Cold and Heartless, and Won't Admit He Loves Me 上司他薄情冷心不肯说爱我
A resilient, clear-headed ray of sunshine and a stubborn, sharp-tongued young master | Reunited after a long separation, their love grows slowly | The powerful man bows to love | Bittersweet, then sweet | The heroine is not a virgin; the hero is Guan Yue saw Wang Mingyu again when she was just starting her career. Dressed in a suit, he sat in his chair, aloof and distinguished. He was a renowned business titan: strict with his employees, difficult to deal with, decisive and ruthless, cold and he
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Confessions of a Romance Scam Master: My First Marriage 【杀猪盘大师】自述初婚经历
[Based on Real Life | A Cross-Section of Society | Mortgages and Bride Price | First Person] Zang Yu: “You’re selling your daughter by demanding a bride price!” Jiang Qian: “If there’s no bride price, we’re breaking up!” Should there be a bride price? Can it ensure a happy marriage? With these questions shared by people today in mind, I tell the true story of my first marriage in the first person. The first half is filled with the many faces of marriage under the weight of mortgages and bride p
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- 646 My Best Friend and I Took Down the Scumbag 我和闺蜜棒打渣男 My Best Friend and I Beat Up a Scumbag —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 647 The Joys of Life 人间欢喜 A young couple’s bittersweet romance, sweet moments amid the angst, with an adorable kid to play matchmaker! They had no choice but to break up five years ago, then miraculously reunited five years later. When a sweet, gentle lamb of a woman meets a cunning, calculating fox of a man, every reunion after a long separation has been planned all along. On the day she married him, she curled up in his arms and sobbed. On the day he divorced her, they raised their glasses and wished each other well. W 7.8kReads9.5Score846Shelves
- 648 Falling for My Stepson's Soccer Coach 看上了继子的足球教练 Fell for My Stepson's Soccer Coach 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Ugly Wife's Revenge 丑妻的复仇
(Cheating and betrayal, revenge, female growth, the second male lead wins, punishing trash men, taking down mistresses, building a career, becoming the richest woman) She is a desperate housewife, left fat and ugly by trauma. She worked hard for her husband's family and spent five years as their live-in housekeeper. When her husband returned from studying abroad, he despised her for being fat and ugly and cheated on her with a beautiful TV host. Her treacherous husband even drove her into the se
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Those of Us Born in the ’80s 八零后的我们
We, the post-80s generation, have weathered life's joys and sorrows and suffered enough from the hardships of life and marriage. Amid the daily grind, our days have been steadily dwindling, and before we knew it, our generation had reached middle age...
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