Love at First Sight, Followed by a Long-Deliberate Courtship 一见钟情，然后蓄谋已久。

1. 51 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 2.4kReads8.7Score146Shelves
2. 52 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 1.5kReads8.2Score103Shelves
3. 53 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 1.4kReads—Score104Shelves
4. 54 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 5.4kReads8.9Score290Shelves
5. 55 岁 After All These Years, We Finally Meet Again 岁月流转终相见 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + Rekindled Love + Healing Through Family + Realistic Happy Ending] After drifting apart like clouds, ten years passed like flowing water. When we met again, my heart recognized you before I did. A summer romance came to an abrupt end because of an unfortunate misunderstanding. More than ten years later, thirty-five-year-old Gu Yan discovered by chance that he had a daughter in high school, and was reunited with the girl he had loved when he was young. Long-buried memo 5.5kReads7.4Score213Shelves
6. 56 被 The Scheming Crown Prince Pretended to Be a Puppy Boy in Our Online Romance and Spoiled Me Rotten 被腹黑太子爷网恋假扮奶狗狠狠宠 Mu Qingchuan木晴川Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted Lu Xi had barely started work when her direct superior, capital socialite heir Gu Tingzhou, chewed her out like a nobody. Her real life was miserable, but that didn't stop her from being wild online. Lu Xi immediately started flirting with her "puppy-like online boyfriend." [I want to sit on my puppy's abs and slide down like a playground slide. I want to bury my face in his chest and inhale deeply~] [My puppy's voice makes my bones melt. I can't even imagine how lovely it would sound to make hi 54Reads—Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   She met her clingy, puppy-like boyfriend online, who sweetly pleaded and reported everything to her. But when they met in person, she was shocked to discover he was actually a cunning and ruthless CEO with immense power! He had been posing as a puppy, gradually getting closer, his mind scheming to dote on her alone.

7. 57 老 My Wife Is Terrible at Math 老婆是数学学渣 City-chanCity酱Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted An aloof, distinguished, all-subjects genius CEO vs. a sweet, gentle, math-struggling heroine!!! Super sweet + determined pursuit + from campus to the workplace!!! That September, with the first touches of autumn in the air, the new semester of her second year of high school began amid the chirping of cicadas. She stepped into the classroom, her white skirt trailing over the threshold, her waist-length hair lifted by the breeze through the hall as flecks of light danced in its ends. Those few st 15Reads—Score284Shelves

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   The male lead disappeared without a trace after graduating high school, lost contact for seven years, and harbored a secret crush on the female lead for many years. After a long separation, they reunited, and he relentlessly pursued her. Highly recommended!

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