Married First, Fell in Love Later: A Sweet Romance Between a College Student and an Older Man 先婚后爱，大学生与大叔甜宠，

1. 101 小 The Little Wife Snuggles Into His Arms: Don’t Spoil Her Rotten, Uncle CEO 小妻钻入怀，总裁大叔别宠坏了 Wan Liu挽榴Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other’s first and only, swoony romance, sweet pampering, domineering CEO uncle] “Find a way to make Gu Xingshao fall in love with you.” On her birthday, Lian Sisi’s adoptive father threw her in prison and forced her to take on this miserable task. So she nervously approached a powerful big shot. “Second Uncle Gu, I like you…” “Get lost!” At first, the big shot couldn’t care less about her advances. Later, the possessive, ruthless big shot held her in his arms every day. “Goo 435Reads7.7Score—Shelves
2. 102 吻 Addicted to Kissing You 吻你上瘾 Xiang Jin向锦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Both are devoted only to each other + marriage first, love later + adorable baby + husband pursues his wife after losing her + ten-year age gap; Their marriage was arranged by contract. Her job was to continue the Zhan family line, but after the wedding, he refused to touch her. How could one person have a baby alone? She had no choice but to throw herself at him and seduce him~ Zhan Lie never expected to become addicted to this little woman after he got a taste of intimacy... - Later, Zhan Lie' 105Reads8.6Score—Shelves
3. 103 宝 Baby, Come Back! 宝贝，回来！ The Zhuang Guards Who Love Thin-Shelled Chicken爱吃薄壳鸡的庄卫们Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion + both each other's one and only + doting romance] Ten years after the grandmother and older brother next door helped raise her, chemistry whiz Su Yuxi flies halfway around the world to return home, determined to find them. When she mistakenly believes they were lost in a disaster, she nearly falls apart. A month later, she sees the older boy from next door in class and bursts into tears several times. It turns out they have both been missing each other and never forgot their p 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This novel, just this one.

4. 104 宝 Be Good, Baby, I'll Give In. Proud Lord Sheng Falls for Me 宝贝乖我服软，傲娇盛爷沦陷了 Han Dabai韩大白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Delayed Heartbeats is now available. You can buy it at the Little Tomato Books flagship store!] Rumor has it that Sheng Shi is hot-tempered and ruthless. His elders hope marriage will change him and make him more mild-mannered. When Sheng Shi first met Yu Weiyi, he laid down three rules: “Don't follow me. Don't tell anyone about our relationship. Don't interfere in my personal affairs.” Later, Sheng Shi introduced her to everyone he met: “This is Yu Weiyi, my wife.” Later s 28.4kReads9.5Score4kShelves

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   These three books fit the requirements perfectly. The first one features a college student as the female lead. Enough said, don't miss them! You won't regret reading them, or you'll regret it for ten years if you don't! [Think about it carefully]

5. 105 和 The Days After a Whirlwind Marriage to a Powerful Tycoon 和豪门大佬闪婚的日子 Vegetable, Through and Through蔬菜本菜Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted In her twenty-one years, Nan Yi never imagined that her first blind date would leave her so furious at a smug, mediocre man’s revolting remarks that she burst into tears. Lu Yanqing, the youngest judge in J City, had spent thirty years meeting all kinds of people. On his first blind date, he ended up taking home a little crybaby. With endless patience, Lu Yanqing comforted Nan Yi like a child. “Did someone hit you?” Nan Yi let out a hiccup between sobs. “No. If anyone dares hit me, I’ll beat the 1.3kReads9.0Score102Shelves

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   Story Summary: A good story; the male lead is incredibly doting.

6. 106 此 This Life Is for Xue Alone 此笙只付雪一人 Flowers Bloom Along the Road陌路花开Modern Romance684k WordsCompleted At her parents’ arrangement, Mu Xue registers her marriage to Wen Yisheng, a blind date six years her senior, on the very day they meet. With no real emotional foundation between them, Mu Xue figures that the best she can hope for after marriage is that they treat each other with respect. But Mr. Wen spoils her like a daughter. Whenever Mu Xue runs into danger, Mr. Wen repeatedly gets her out of trouble and fends off her romantic rivals. To outsiders, he is the aloof, calculating Professor Wen. 8Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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   A sweet romance novel where the protagonist gets married the moment they meet. The female lead is an undergraduate student, and the male lead is a university professor.

7. 107 先 Love After Marriage: Mr. Shen Has Been Plotting This for a Long Time 先婚后爱，沈总蓄谋已久 Qingxia Yiyi清夏一一Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted Su Yixiao thought she and Shen Siyan were entering a simple arranged marriage, with nothing between them but a relationship on paper. But after the wedding, he doted on her in every possible way... Su Yixiao wondered to herself: Doesn’t he already have someone he loves? Only after the truth came out did Su Yixiao realize that the woman he had always loved was her all along. Their supposed arranged marriage and marriage in name only had actually been Shen Siyan’s carefully planned scheme all alon 681Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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   🔥🔥It's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love! After getting married, he discovers that she's actually his ideal woman, how sweet! Everyone in Kyoto knows that Shen Siyan has an ideal woman, but no one knows who that girl is.

8. 108 一 One Night of Passion: Mr. Gu, Your Wife Is Asking for a Divorce Again 一夜情深：顾总，夫人又闹离婚了 Xiaoxiao Jingyue萧萧静月Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted Rumor has it that the president of Tengfeng International is pure-hearted and uninterested in women, yet he is the man every socialite in the empire dreams of marrying. After her boyfriend and her stepmother’s daughter framed her, she thought she’d been assaulted by a lecherous middle-aged man. But to her surprise, she had slept with the very president from the rumors. From then on, she was the darling of the wealthy elite and could get away with anything in the empire! “Mr. Gu, your wife liked 42Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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   This is an older man/older woman romance novel. The male lead dotes on the female lead. You won't regret investing in it.

9. 109 乖 So Well-Behaved 乖惹 Yi Yuchen奕语晨Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [One True Love Each + Sweet Romance + Eight-Year Age Gap + Fatherly Boyfriend] Everyone in high society knew that Lord Lu kept his power secure through ruthless, decisive means, showing no mercy. But at some point, a young girl appeared by his side. She was bright-eyed, sweet, gentle, and utterly beloved by Lord Lu. Everyone began scheming to get close to Zheng Luoxuan. If Lord Lu wasn't interested in women, then... Marrying the girl he doted on would surely be a way to get in with him, right? T 21.8kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves

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   Look, it's so sweet!

10. 110 禁 My Abstinent Uncle Is a Fake Monk 禁欲小叔是位假佛子 Li Jiugge离九歌Modern Romance434k WordsCompleted [Older, protective male lead + Age gap + Beijing social circle + Secret crush + Both leads are each other's first and only] [Gentle, graceful beauty from Jiangnan ✖️ Ascetic Buddhist gentleman of Beijing's elite] Rumor has it that the head of the Fu family is composed and self-possessed, refined and abstinent, like a Buddhist monk. Countless women want to marry him. A young woman is always by his side, gentle and gracious, her affection for him plain to see. By family seniority, she has to call 7.1kReads9.3Score1kShelves
11. 111 闪 I Speedily Married a Little Princess, and President Fu Pins Me Against the Wall and Spoils Me 闪婚娶了个小祖宗，傅总壁咚宠 Red Umbrella红伞伞Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted "Both leads are devoted to each other" "Sweet, flirtatious romance" "Deep, steadfast devotion" Lin Shuang had never been loved by her parents. When she grew up, they treated her as a bargaining chip to secure a huge bride price, nearly trapping her in a marriage to a man in his fifties. She fought back with everything she had. She would rather become a nun than marry the old man. After falling out with her parents, she was cruelly thrown out of the house. In the pouring rain, with her hair a t 15.2kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves

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    Uncle and Little Cutie

12. 112 跟 After the Scumbag Rejected My Proposal, Young Master Pei Loved Me Like His Life Depended on It 跟渣男求婚被拒后，裴少嗜她如命 Red Umbrella红伞伞Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted When Fu Shengsheng was ten, she lost both her parents in a tragic car accident. From then on, she was an orphan with no mother or father. Later, the Lu couple and their eldest son, Lu Nanxiao, took her in, giving her a new family. Under the Lu family’s protection, Fu Shengsheng grew up day by day. When she first began to understand love, at fourteen, she fell for Lu Nanxiao and carried him in her heart for eight whole years. At twenty-two, on the day she graduated from university, she finally wo 45Reads6.4Score—Shelves
13. 113 协 After Our Divorce by Agreement, I Hooked Up with a Tycoon from Beijing's Elite Circle 协议离婚后，我勾搭上了京圈大佬 Ten Miles of Quiet Joy清欢十里Modern Romance149k WordsCompleted Jiang Shinian has been married to Lu Tingchuan for three years, and he has never touched her once. All his attention is devoted to his calculating first love. They've been carrying on behind her back for three years, and she's put up with it time and again. Until Xiang Wanqing comes to see her and says she's already pregnant with Lu Tingchuan's child... Jiang Shinian's heart shatters. She finally sees everything for what it is. Three years of silently waiting have done nothing to bring Lu Tingch 11Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 114 怎 How Can Anyone Resist His Bone-Deep Tenderness? 怎敌他温柔入骨 Ten Miles of Quiet Joy清欢十里Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted only to each other + spoiled rotten + long-planned romance + healing + age gap] Shen Jiao loved Fu Jinchuan for seven years. In the end, she felt as if her love for him were a fist punching cotton. Her love surged like a tide, but he could never return her feelings. In his eyes, Shen Jiao was like a cheap doormat, throwing herself at him every day. In front of his friends, he sneered: [The most I can give Shen Jiao is the title of Mrs. Fu. Siying is the only one I love.] 52Reads6.8Score—Shelves
15. 115 入 Nightfall 入夜 Empty-Headed脑袋空空Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The door opened, and a tall, slender man stepped out. Lin Mian stared at him, dumbstruck, forgetting even to snap out of it. “What are you looking at, hmm?” 7kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
16. 116 携 I Went on a Blind Date with My Daughter and Got Kissed Breathless by My New Husband 携女相亲，被闪婚大佬亲到腿软 Red Umbrella红伞伞Modern Romance377k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love + flash marriage + secret identity + devoted husband + satisfying face-slapping + mutual devotion] Single mom Su Yan takes her daughter to a matchmaking date, planning to go through the motions so her mother will stop pressuring her to get married. Unexpectedly, she mistakes the powerful head of the Lu family in Haicheng for her date. She sits down in front of him and says, “Su Yan, 25, single mom, six-year-old daughter.” Then she waits to be rejected! Lu Yucheng gazes at h 34Reads6.9Score—Shelves
17. 117 诱 Lured into His Arms! After They Marry, Possessive Gu Is Utterly Smitten 诱她入怀！领证后偏执顾少苏爆了 October Blossoms十月芳菲Modern Romance160k WordsCompleted To escape an arranged marriage, Tang Yuxi hastily registered her marriage with the older man she'd just rescued. After their whirlwind wedding, she uncovered a shocking secret: the seemingly gentle, honest man was none other than Gu Chenze, president of the Gu Group, rumored to be short-tempered and uninterested in women. Violent-tempered? Uninterested in women? Tang Yuxi thought those rumors were completely false! “Uncle, don't people say you're not interested in women?” The man picked up his p 84Reads8.5Score—Shelves
18. 118 苏 The Whole City Is Swooning! The Obsessive Doctor Lulls Me to Sleep Every Night! 苏爆全城！偏执医生夜夜哄我睡！ October Blossoms十月芳菲Modern Romance412k WordsCompleted [Flirty and sweet + pampered romance + both leads are inexperienced + love grows over time] A sudden car accident leaves her on the brink of death! The moment she wakes, she sees the man’s incomparably refined face, and her heart is moved! “Doctor Lu, I want to date you!” Lu Jinchen glances at her and coldly refuses. “Sorry, I’m not looking to date anyone right now!” But in less than a month, why has the reserved, aloof Doctor Lu started acting so strangely?! With a gentle look on his face, he a 133Reads6.9Score—Shelves
19. 119 娇 Doting on My Rose, I Killed the Brooding Boy with a Kiss 娇宠玫瑰，阴郁少年被我亲懵了 Ten Miles of Quiet Joy清欢十里Modern Romance160k WordsCompleted (A short story! Reborn at school, swoony romance, mutual healing, devastatingly sweet devotion, and only ever loved each other) A gentle girl who is soft on the outside but strong within × a gloomy, possessive boy Su Wan was hunted down by her vicious stepmother's henchmen and died in the wilderness. After her death, vicious dogs dragged away her body... That night, the boy braved the storm and rushed into the wilderness. He fought the dogs and wrested her body from their jaws, keeping it comple 59Reads6.7Score—Shelves
20. 120 偷 She Got Pregnant by Her Boss and Was Doted On by Young Master Gu 偷怀上司崽后，她被顾少娇宠了 Ten Miles of Quiet Joy清欢十里Modern Romance137k WordsOngoing After being rejected in job interviews countless times, Shen Yi got drunk at a bar and, in a reckless fit, pounced on a strange man. The next morning, while he was taking a shower, she made a quick getaway. When she got home, her mother, who favored sons over daughters, pressured her to marry for the bride price so her younger brother could go to school, buy a house, and get married! Shen Yi shot back, “I’m not getting married! If you want someone to marry, do it yourself!” Smack! A hard slap la 15Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 121 心 A Spark in My Heart 心尖惹火 Red Umbrella红伞伞Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Short story O(∩_∩)O Both leads have no past relationships + age gap + sweet pampering + long-planned romance + love and hate intertwined] Fu Zhiyan was just like his name: a dignified, self-controlled King of Hell who had walked straight out of the underworld, cold-hearted and merciless. He had an outrageously beautiful face that had captured the hearts of countless women. He was the man Lu Sheng kept hidden in the depths of her heart. The girl had just turned twenty, and all she wanted was 47Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 122 相 Love Is Beautiful Even with a Fifteen-Year Age Gap 相差十五岁的爱情也很美 Past Events of Qian Chen芊晨往事Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted They fell in love with the right person at the wrong time. Can they overcome their age difference? A car accident took Lin Xiyan's father, and her mother became a vegetable while protecting her. Li Yihan, her father's business partner, took Xiyan in. But as she grew up, her feelings for him changed... 1.3kReads7.0Score102Shelves

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    This book is really good.

23. 123 空 The Sweet Little Wife Dropped from the Sky: The CEO Uncle Dotes on Her 空降小甜妻：霸总大叔宠上瘾 A Lazy Little One懒懒的一小只Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The short drama is now available. Just search for the protagonist’s name! [Married first, fall in love later + Devoted husband + Two powerful figures pretending after marriage] [After their sudden marriage, the billionaire CEO finally shows his true colors!] Kicked out of her home, poor real heiress Yu Zheng marries the domineering CEO in a whirlwind wedding. His sweet, obedient little wife is soft and easy to push around, while her rich, domineering older husband is strong and full of energy. H 5.7kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves

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    This book is amazing, highly recommended!

24. 124 被 Three Years After My Yandere Uncle Forced Me to Marry Him, We Have Two Kids 被病娇小叔强娶后三年抱俩 Yi Yao忆爻Modern Romance169k WordsCompleted Just when Su Muqin finally breaks free of the plot and gets away from the womanizing male lead, her gambling-addict father sends her to bed with the male lead’s uncle. Everyone in the capital knows that the third son of the Qiu family has a severe temper problem and has beaten someone to death. But no one knows that the first time Qiu Yanqiang saw Su Muqin, he fell completely in love. He’s utterly besotted with this woman who says one thing and means another. He’ll use every trick he can to sepa 19Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    It's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love. The female lead was originally the male lead's nephew's girlfriend, and they were about to get engaged, but the male lead snatched her away. Don't be fooled into thinking this will be a tragic story; the female lead never liked the male lead's nephew from the start, and even when she was about to run away, her uncle caught her and brought her back to his side. The uncle is incredibly, incredibly good to the female lead.

25. 125 乖 Be Good, Girl! The Powerful Man Spoils His Live-In Summer Nanny 乖，丫头！大佬轻哄住家暑期工 Mu Ziyu Qiao牧子羽樵Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted [Age Gap + Gentle Older Man + College Student + Cohabitation + Reunion After Years Apart + Sweet Romance] After being betrayed by his girlfriend, Gu Feng becomes a rising star in Xiaocheng, but his heart is dead to love and he has grown sick of women. College student Su Xinxin has a complicated family life and nowhere to go, so she has to work as a live-in nanny over the summer. Under one roof, affection blossoms, their flirtation winds its way through their days, and they find themselves fallin 944Reads8.7Score100Shelves

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    Female college student and CEO: she moved into his house during summer vacation.

26. 126 乖 Be Good, Little Girl 乖，丫头 Zhao Zhao Lu Lu照照鹿鹿Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted Not an exclusive couple. Age gap. Don't read if that's not for you. After one unexpected encounter, Song Muchuan got a taste for it and thought he'd keep the young woman as his sugar baby. He never expected her to keep him instead. The male lead is his female lead's uncle's good friend, her father's sworn enemy, and the son of her grandfather's comrade-in-arms and neighbor. Song Muchuan guessed that she might be his good friend's niece, but chose to lose himself in it anyway, thinking he could w 351Reads6.7Score—Shelves
27. 127 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 2.9kReads—Score127Shelves

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    These books are pretty good. The male and female protagonists marry first and then fall in love. The billionaire CEO becomes a doting husband. The beginning is a bit angsty, but the end is sweet.

28. 128 新 On My Wedding Night, I Revived a Comatose Tycoon 新婚夜，我救活了植物人大佬 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Scheming Male Lead] Jiang Yan grew up in a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. From childhood, she studied medicine under her grandparents, both seasoned physicians, and mastered the art of acupuncture. However, fate had other plans. Her father's company was on the brink of collapse, and to save it, she was forced to marry Lu Jingming, a business genius who had been left in a vegetative state by a car accident. Known for h 2.5kReads6.8Score146Shelves
29. 129 我 I Restored the Capital’s Tycoon’s Sight, and He Spoils Me Rotten 我让京圈大佬复明，他把我狠狠宠 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted [Substitute marriage, love after marriage, ex-husband’s redemption, sweet romance, both leads are virgins] Huo Jingchen had a fiery temper, devastating looks, and a decisive, domineering way of doing things. He was arrogant and unruly, with a strong streak of tsundere pride. He was recognized throughout the business world as a genius, famous for his ruthlessness and cunning. His decisive, ruthless methods earned him the nickname “Living Yama,” and made his business rivals tremble at the mere men 1.1kReads—Score100Shelves
30. 130 我 I Woke Up My Husband from His Vegetative State 我让植物人老公苏醒 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance286k WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + age gap + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + powerful man lowering his head] Su Tong is the Su family’s adopted daughter. Clever from a young age, she excelled in school and graduated from Harvard, becoming an outstanding neurosurgeon. The Su family’s biological daughter, Su Shishi, refuses to honor the betrothal arranged for her when she was young and marry Huo Yunzhou, a business magnate from Haicheng who has been in a vegetative state since a car accident. So her adop 2.1kReads8.0Score146Shelves
31. 131 京 The Capital’s Power Player, His Wife’s One and Only 京圈大佬，独宠娇妻 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, deep love later + sweet romance + scheming male lead + regretful groveling + age gap] Su Tong never imagined her own father could be so blinded by greed that he’d use her as a bargaining chip and heartlessly send her to the bed of Gu Tingshen, a powerful figure in the capital’s elite circles. Gu Tingshen was notorious among the capital’s elite for being abstinent and calculating, intensely controlling, cold, domineering, and sharp-tongued. Everyone treated him with awe and fear. 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
32. 132 植 The Comatose Tycoon Falls in Love with Me 植物人大佬，爱上我 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + devoted to one another + sweet romance] An Ran is a highly skilled neurosurgeon who should have been making a name for herself saving lives. Instead, her greedy stepmother and father force her into the dark depths of fate. Tempted by money, they push her into what seems like an endless, loveless marriage, marrying her off to Mu Tingchen, a legendary business tycoon left in a vegetative state after a car accident. Once, Mu Tingchen ruled the business world with an ir 1.1kReads6.4Score—Shelves
33. 133 闪 My Flash-Marriage Husband Is Actually a Trillionaire CEO 闪婚老公，竟是千亿总裁 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted 4.7kReads—Score171Shelves
34. 134 柠 Lemons in Winter 柠檬入冬 Xi Ziyi席紫一Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted One-on-one romance + love at first sight + sweet romance + sweetness + happy ending + devoted couple + scheming hero + slow-burn love [Handsome, refined senior official VS beautiful, accomplished graduate student] First meeting: Love at first sight. Second meeting: Deeply in love. A year ago, Ou Ning had shone like an angel onstage, quietly taking up residence in He Chi's heart. Time passed, and a year later, they met again. He was a powerful, high-ranking official, stern and aloof. She was a gr 2kReads8.8Score209Shelves

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    New story, especially doting.

35. 135 小 The Sweet-Talking Girl with the Soft Waist Has the Chaste Older Man Falling for Her 小姑娘腰软嘴甜，禁欲大叔沦陷了 Ji Xueyi季雪意Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion and sweet romance + scheming male lead carefully lays the groundwork as he pursues his wife + daddy-type boyfriend + age gap + a touch of secret identity + satisfying takedowns of scumbags] On a stormy night, Jiang Yousheng is rescued when she's on the verge of death by a tall, handsome man. She stays at his house, has to tell him before going out, isn't allowed to stay out all night, and even needs his permission to wear a short skirt. Even when it comes to dating, she has to i 12.5kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    I loved these three books! [Admiration] Recommendation rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (out of 5 stars) First book: Yandere, beloved by the group, system, sweet and satisfying [Learned it!] Second book: Clumsy beautiful artist × abstinent and cunning professor, age gap, marriage of convenience, sweet and pampering, premeditated plotting Third book: Both are virgins, sweet and pampering, cunning male lead scheming to seduce his wife, father-like boyfriend, age gap, subtle disguise, satisfying revenge story [Kiss]

36. 136 大 Uncle, Your Clingy Little Sweetheart Is Jealous. Hurry and Comfort Her 大叔，你的娇气包吃醋了，快哄 Loves Chow Mein爱吃炒面呀Modern Romance427k WordsCompleted [Completed] Both leads must be pure, absolutely pure! Nine-year age gap When they meet again, Xiang Wan is eighteen, lively and beautiful. Ye Mianzhi is twenty-seven, steady and wise. Later, after Xiang Wan’s confession is rejected, she resolves to draw a clear line between them. Gone is their old intimacy. All that remains is a distant, “Uncle Mianzhi.” Ye Mianzhi fixes her with a profound gaze and says nothing. You ungrateful little thing. You flirted with me and then ran off. Before Xiang Wan 5.9kReads9.3Score660Shelves

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    Xiang Wan, 18, was radiant and captivating; Ye Mianzhi, 27, was composed and profound. 🌲 After her confession was rejected, Xiang Wan distanced herself, only referring to him as "Uncle Mianzhi." Ye Mianzhi's eyes held a deep meaning, and he remained silent. 🌳 One day, Ye Mianzhi cornered Xiang Wan against a wall. He leaned down and whispered, his breath hot: "Still trying to run away?" Xiang Wan chuckled and retorted, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Ye Mianzhi quickly admitted his mistake: "My fault." 🌱 Ye Mianzhi hadn't expected that he would fall so deeply in love, unable to extricate himself.

37. 137 新 On Our Wedding Night, I Kicked My Comatose Husband Awake 新婚夜，植物人老公被我踹醒了 The Sky Has Cleared天晴了Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + marriage first, love later + pampered heiress + secret identity + childhood betrothal] To survive a deadly fate, the Chu family’s Fifth Miss, who grew up in the mountains, came down to the city. Clutching a marriage contract, she married the unconscious, gravely injured living King of Hell of the capital. Rumors in the capital claimed that Fifth Miss Chu was ugly, crude, illiterate, and hopelessly backward. They said Shen Liangqi would be furious if he ever woke up. Shen Liangqi 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this one; the interactions are incredibly sweet.

38. 138 替 After I Took Her Place as the Bride, My Kidnapper Became My CEO Husband 替嫁后，绑匪竟成了我的总裁老公 Misty Peach Maruko雾桃小丸子Modern Romance128k WordsOngoing [Sweet Romance] [Both Pure] [An Older Man's Devoted Spoiling] [Stepmother's Schemes] [A Substitute Bride Meets Her True Love] [A Desperate Quest to Win His Wife Back] The day Lan Xuening was driven to the brink by her stepmother and her own father and had no choice but to jump from a building, she was unexpectedly saved by a kidnapper named A Bing. That year, she was nineteen and he was thirty. A Bing hid her in his home and cared for her devotedly. With her heart dead, Lan Xuening clung to the —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Go check it out! Highly recommended! There's an 11-year age gap! The older man was incredibly doting on the female lead even when he was a kidnapper, and after losing his memory and becoming a CEO, he develops a physical attraction to her and showers her with affection!

39. 139 遇 I Met a God with a Soft Heart! 遇见心软的神！ Mu Mu Cuo木木错Modern Romance692k WordsCompleted [Capital City Business Tycoon vs. Chinese Literature Beauty] [One-on-One + Devoted Couple + Happy Ending + Age Gap] Jiang Wansheng grew up without her parents' love, struggling through life on her own. After someone set her up, a twist of fate entangled her with the mysterious Third Master of the Qin family, a powerful figure in the capital. Rumor had it that Third Master Qin was cold-hearted and distant. Though he was her best friend's uncle, she was always terrified whenever she ran into him. 32.2kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves

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    🔥A female Chinese literature major is unexpectedly taken home by the uncle of a business tycoon who is also her best friend. And then it's all so sweet! Who knows what to do?! The female lead calling the male lead "Uncle~" is just too charming! 😍

40. 140 撩 Flirting into Marriage 撩婚 Autumn Firefly秋流萤Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted The print edition of Wild Crane is now available on major platforms. He Yunxing comes from a prominent Hong Kong family. The elegant, aloof man has a black tattoo on his hand that looks wickedly sensual, like Satan himself has descended. He's cold and heartless, a complete utilitarian. Everyone is madly infatuated with him. Too bad he married young. Rumor has it that he and the eldest daughter of the Shen family have a terrible marriage and will soon divorce. In their vast room, a slender-waiste 16.8kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    I highly recommend these books.

41. 141 确 A Love That’s Real 确有情 The Sixteenth Night既望Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted [Part Two Has Been Updated] Yang Huiqing spent many years abroad. The first thing she did after returning home was insist on marrying Ji Qinglin. Just how little did the two of them know each other? They didn't meet until the day of their wedding photoshoot, and neither of them even had the other's contact information. She had assumed that in this marriage of convenience, forged for the benefit of their families, they would at most treat each other with polite respect. But who could have guessed 11.6kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
42. 142 含 Tender Feelings 含情 Clouds Carry the Moon云衔月Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later ✟ sweet romance ✟ he has a secret crush on her ✟ partly set in showbiz ✟ devoted husband] [Proud, domineering, scheming businessman × cool beauty who doesn’t realize how gorgeous she is] Super sweet with no angst, dive right in!!! Everyone says that Zhou Shiqing, the rising star of the business world, is cold and aloof, ruthless and decisive, and shows no mercy. They say he’s arrogant and conceited. One day, a video goes viral online. In the video, the usually cool an 236Reads8.8Score—Shelves
43. 143 完 Oh No! The Male Escort She Hired Is a Powerful Figure in Beijing's Elite Circle 完蛋！她养的男公关竟是京圈大佬 Gu Little Demon顾小妖精Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted couple + flash marriage + male lead falls in love at first sight and goes mad with desire] A reserved, secretly flirtatious corporate tycoon vs. a pure and beautiful college student After her cheating boyfriend and the other woman betrayed her, Gu Meng decided they deserved each other and could both go eat dirt! Then she got drunk one night, wandered into the wrong restroom, ogled the bigwigs of the capital’s elite circle in the men’s room, and hit on one of them, mistak 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Super sweet!! Super doting!! Super good!! You won't regret clicking in!! Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people!! [Sweet romance + both are virgins + whirlwind marriage + male lead falls in love at first sight to obsessively demanding love] A noble and reserved CEO of a large corporation vs. A pure and beautiful female college student betrayed by a scumbag and a bitch. Gu Meng says, "Bitches deserve dogs, you can all go eat shit!" Then she gets drunk one night, but accidentally goes to the wrong restroom, and sees the bigwigs of Beijing's elite circles in the men's room. She even tries to seduce him, mistaking him for a male escort at a bar. "Uncle, your pee is split, it means your kidneys aren't good, you should take some kidney tonics." The bigwig: "You're the one with a split! Your whole family has splits!" "Uncle, I'm yours tonight, okay?" The bigwig: "..." Afterwards, he finds out that she is the woman on his marriage certificate. He scolds his secretary: "Why didn't you tell me that your wife is a 'baby-faced giant'..." She keeps him as a male escort, and he stays by her side, pampering her day and night! He waited for the day she would learn the truth and sweetly call him "husband"! Then one day, Gu Meng saw the two marriage certificates, looked at the photo of herself and him on them, and then saw an interview with a celebrity on a financial channel. Gu Meng was shocked! Oh no! It turned out that the male escort she had been keeping was actually a big shot in Beijing's elite circles all along… Gu Meng: "Aaaaa… I went into the wrong men's restroom while drunk, and ended up with a husband who doted on me and helped me get rid of the cheating husband and mistress?!"

44. 144 玫 Roses Have No Rules, Only Heartbeats! 玫瑰无原则，心动至上！ Yun Zijin妘子衿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The physical edition, titled A Private Taste, is now available!] [Originally titled Flirtation and Desire] ✖️marriage first, love later ✖️sweet romance in Beijing's elite circles. Bar owner and firecracker ✖️ refined, depraved translator! Brilliant, unhinged genius! Obsessive, scheming, lovesick hero + reunion planned from the start + both leads have only ever loved each other When they first met, Shu Yang was pinned against a wall by a man who demanded in a low voice, “How many men have you ho 13.6kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves

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    All are high-scoring masterpieces

45. 145 你 So What If You’re My Student? 你是我学生又怎样 Tian Fan田畈Modern Romance143k WordsCompleted When Zhao Shuiguang went clubbing and pretended to be a lesbian to help her friend out, she never imagined the private room would be occupied by the handsome new English teacher, Tan Shumo! After such an extraordinary first encounter, Zhao Shuiguang could only keep her head down and behave herself from then on. Would things get better once she went to college? Not at all! Tan Shumo transformed into a refined professor whose classes were packed to the rafters. Would things get better if she studi 1.6kReads9.5Score272Shelves
46. 146 心 An Itch That Won’t Let Up 心痒难耐 Milk Dipped in Sugar牛乳蘸糖Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Rekindled Romance + Childhood Friends + First Love + Mutual Firsts] [TV Host X Racing Driver] To deal with their families' constant pressure to get married, Xiao Tang and Zhou Xian, her childhood friend and ex-boyfriend, impulsively got their marriage certificate after drinking. The two party lovers agreed to keep seeing other people after marriage, without interfering in each other's business. But who could have guessed that Zhou Xian would suddenly give up his pla 5.5kReads9.4Score626Shelves
47. 147 离 After the Divorce, My Wealthy Ex-Husband Begged Me to Remarry Him 离婚后豪门前夫跪求我复婚 Fu Long伏珑Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted Qin Yan wants Bai Wanwan to be a sweet, sensible Mrs. Qin. Bai Wanwan thinks to herself: Sure, I look sweet. Everyone around Qin Yan knows there's someone else living in his heart, his white moonlight, but Bai Wanwan pretends not to know. At last, one day, Qin Yan risks everything for his beloved, and Bai Wanwan sees her chance. She successfully tricks him into divorcing her. Only after the divorce does Qin Yan realize he's been fooled. He gradually discovers that his little wife isn't sweet at 4.4kReads8.6Score322Shelves

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    All the pretty girls are losing sleep.

48. 148 闪 A Flash Marriage Turns Me into a Cherished Wife, and My Husband Is Actually a Wealthy CEO 闪婚成宠老公竟是豪门总裁 North and South Bupleurum南北柴胡Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, marriage before love, devoted to each other, male lead hides his identity and plays dumb to conceal his strength, ten-year age gap] This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story, so if that bothers you, please move along! The innocent Ming Yue, an orphan with no parents, had no choice but to marry a stranger in a whirlwind wedding to save her critically ill younger brother. At the entrance to the Civil Affairs Bureau, the man laid down the rules. “After we marry, we won’t have to live toge 482Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    💖To save her younger brother, the female lead chooses to become the contract wife of the male lead, who is ten years her senior. However, during their time together, the male lead falls in love with her. When the female lead tries to break off the engagement, the male lead begins his pursuit, showering her with affection. It's a sweet and doting romance novel! [Shy]

49. 149 婚 Passionate Love After Marriage: My Tough Husband Has Me Wrapped Around His Finger 婚后热恋：硬汉老公绕指缠绵 Little Sweet Gummy小甜软糖Modern Romance577k WordsCompleted [Gentle, celibate firefighter captain X socially anxious, sweet manga artist] In Captain Yan’s eyes, his blind date in Beicheng was quiet and reserved, but at least she was a decent choice for marriage and wouldn’t cause trouble. Early in their marriage, Captain Yan died on a mission. But by an unexpected twist, he was reborn eight years earlier, when his future fiancée was still a shy, soft-spoken young beauty who blushed easily. When they first met, Shen Man gazed at him miserably. “No one wil 494Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    🎈A marriage of convenience that blossoms into love: the sweet and loving daily life of a college student and an older man. 🎉A significant age gap, with a domineering CEO showering the female lead with affection. 🍒Your eyes will be glued to the female lead. 🍬🍬Super sweet, highly recommended, just watch it!

50. 150 空 The Unexpected Pregnant Wife Becomes the Darling of the Empire’s Richest Family 空降孕妻，她成帝国首富团宠 Flower Gummies花软糖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The Ruan family welcomes back their all-around second daughter, who had been living outside the family, leaving the eldest daughter, Ruan Anning, pitifully cast aside. Until she gets drunk at a bar and sleeps with the second young master of the powerful Fu family. They say Second Master Fu is stunningly beautiful and ruthless, a prized catch whose many noble-born admirers can't even get close enough to brush his sleeve. Now this unattainable man is getting married, and his bride is a famously sw 24.6kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves

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