Any Realistic Romance Novels With a Calm, Everyday Feel? 有没有那种现实点的言情,平平淡淡那种
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Tidal Mist 潮雾
[Sweet and gentle assistant x aloof, sharp-tongued, scheming boss] [Pretend relationship turns real + sweet romance + both leads are virgins + happy ending] New to the workplace, Shen Wu is taken by her manager to meet the young boss who has just joined the company. He sits there, tall as a tower and solid as a mountain, his peach-blossom eyes cool and unreadable, his whole presence radiating indifference. Shen Wu cautiously greets him: “Mr. Xu.” The young boss gives her a cool nod without sayin
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A Collection of Super-Short, Sweet Romances 超短篇小甜文合集
All are sweet little stories! Each one is a standalone, super-short tale. Straightforward romance, no misunderstandings, quick progress, and quick endings. Story One: A tree finds his companion vine [Zhu Yan x Yue Zhiteng] Story Two: The man fought over by a rich woman and a rich young man [Tao Zhuo x Chen Shu] Story Three: A mountain spirit obsessed with human phones and a human who fall for each other [Lin Fenfen x Lu Yuan] Story Four: A severely lopsided student reborn in her third year of mi
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His White Moonlight 他的白月光
He's a rising star in business, a born winner, and the feared second young master of the Feng family. Yet no one knows that he has kept someone in his heart for eleven years, and even getting close to her feels like an impossible dream. “Jiaojiao, if I walk over there now, can I hug you?” “Feng Lin, guilt and love are two different things.” [Mutual pining + reunion after years apart + rekindled romance + redemptive angst + happy ending]
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Retirement at Twenty 二十岁的养老生活
[Farming + everyday life + devoted couples + sweet romance] Graduation means unemployment. Unemployed? Then it's time to settle into retirement~ Li An doesn't want to be a corporate cog working nine to five, so she heads to the countryside to live at her best friend's grandmother's place. She buys the old house, tears it down and builds a new one, then sets up a few vegetable patches to grow produce as a relaxing hobby... Villagers: You've set up your vegetable garden like you're playing hous
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- 5 Love in Badminton Season 在羽毛球时节,恋爱 (Just received a rating, so there aren’t many votes yet) [One-on-one sweet romance + ordinary working-stiff life and love + reunion after a long separation + mutual devotion + slow and steady love] [Half everyday romance, half working-stiff life] The theme of this story: Love is just as important as work. Even if you’re a working stiff, you should find a sense of purpose in yourself through all the trials and tribulations. Working stiffs deserve love too!! People say the secret to a good re 122Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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Deep Love and Sweet Affection 情浓蜜意
[A programmer who returns to her hometown to enjoy retirement + a small-town hotel owner] [Reunion after years apart + devoted to each other + lighthearted + everyday life + sweet romance] For health reasons, Mi Lan quit her job in Beicheng and returned to the hometown she had been away from for so long. At the welcome banquet in a hotel, she ran into an absolutely gorgeous man. As she was openly admiring him, he seemed to sense her gaze and suddenly turned around, giving her a half-smile. That
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- 7 A Sweet Little Blind Date Romance 相亲小甜文 A Sweet Little Blind Date Romance 445Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 After Prison, I Picked Up a CEO 出狱后,捡漏一个总裁 After Getting Out of Prison, I Stumbled Upon a CEO 5kReads—Score101Shelves
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The Concubine of the Zhu Family 朱门妾
[Male Lead, No Female Lead, Angsty Novel] In short, this is a story about a modern woman who transmigrates to ancient times, where modern and ancient ways of thinking collide. This novel has no moral compass and no shame.
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Blissful Newlyweds 新婚宴尔
[The heroine falls in love after marriage; the hero’s secret crush comes true] [1v1, both are virgins + modern urban romance + reunion after years apart + mutual devotion + healing] [Elegant, resilient elementary school teacher vs. refined, calculating surgeon] When they first met again, Jiang Jiayan and He Yanzhou were simply former classmates reunited after years apart. The next time they met, they unexpectedly became each other’s blind date. At the time, Jiang Jiayan was at a low point in he
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- 11 Married Life with Mr. Lin 和林先生婚后日常 [Both leads are each other's first and only + sweet romance + raising a child] The year Ming Yao turned twenty-four, she married a boy she'd had a crush on in high school. Back then, Lin Qingci was aloof and solitary, and the only person who could get close to him was his childhood friend, Mo Xin. Ming Yao never expected that after all those years apart, Lin Qingci would come up and greet her when they met again. And she certainly never imagined they would end up married. 7.6kReads8.9Score456Shelves
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Captain Tan and I Ran Toward Each Other 我与谭队长双向奔赴
Original title: Love at First Sight, Love Returned [Beautiful, captivating high school English teacher Xia Yan x wealthy, handsome criminal police captain Tan Zhengdong] [Modern romance + love at first sight + mutual devotion] Xia Yan had always longed for a love that went both ways. At a blind date she had only agreed to out of politeness, she fell for the dashing criminal police captain Tan Zhengdong at first sight. Their relationship quickly grew closer, and they began a sweet, inseparable ro
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If Only You'd Look at Me a Little More 如果你能多看我一眼
Based on the author's real-life experiences. Any similarities are purely plagiarism. Can childhood sweethearts really lose out to someone who appears by fate? He came riding a bamboo hobbyhorse, circling the bed and playing with green plums. The year Lin Xi met He Shi, she was ten years old, an arrogant little top student. One radiant glance from her, and all the world's beauty faded to dust. The year Lin Xi met Yu Chao, she was eighteen, a loser who had failed the college entrance exam. He was
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- 14 A Pretty Town Nurse Meets a Rugged Construction Foreman 俊俏乡镇女护士遇上糙汉包工头 [An intense push and pull between the leads + sweet pampering + healing] [Handsome, beautiful, kind nurse Liu Ying × handsome, aloof building-materials merchant and construction contractor Zhou Jiye] Raised by her adoptive family from infancy, Liu Ying grew up relying on her grandmother, and the two supported each other. After graduating from university, she passed the exam for a permanent nursing position at a township health center 200 kilometers from home. With her pretty face and graceful fi 4.3kReads8.5Score459Shelves
- 15 It’s All Right, We’ll Meet Someday 没关系,总会遇见 “My life was so ordinary, so ordinary that for the first twenty-four years, everything went according to plan, with no ups or downs! I used to think I’d spend the rest of my life alone, and I was so busy with work that I had no time to date.” “Really?” “Isn’t that right? I’m a very ladylike person! If you hadn’t pursued me so relentlessly, would I have married you?” “Let me think. The first time we met, you weren’t reserved at all, okay?” Fang Yunwei clapped a hand over Li Tang’s mouth to stop h 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Little Bridge Cave Family Compound 小桥洞家属院
[Period Setting] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyday Life] The results came out a few months after it was completed. This novel is fantastic! Zhang Yan and Deng Yang were born in the Xiaoqiaodong factory compound and grew up beneath the chimneys of the State Chemical Plant. There was no glamour or respectability here, only the bustle of daily life, sweat, arguments, and warmth. In 1997, as firecrackers exploded to celebrate Hong Kong's return, they still thought their parents would wear their work uniform
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- 17 Mrs. Shen, Please Guide Me for the Rest of My Life 沈太太,余生请多指教 [The score just came in and will rise later, so don't miss out!] Two strangers came together after being introduced on a blind date. They thought they would simply go on living together with mutual respect. But one day, one of them asked, “Who says we're only being polite to each other?” It turned out I wasn't the only one who had fallen in love. Both leads are each other's first and only love, with no old flame in the picture. A marriage-first, love-later story about two people who didn't care 2.9kReads8.7Score251Shelves
- 18 My Beloved Has Waited So Long 良人久候 [Marriage before love + whirlwind marriage + sweet mutual devotion + everyday life + romance and marriage + love that grows over time] (The leads aren’t exceptional prodigies, princes, or princesses. They’re ordinary working stiffs: no wish fulfillment, no grand romance, just a realistic story.) A sweet romance that starts bitter and ends sweet. After setbacks at work leave Bai Zhanying physically and emotionally exhausted, she returns to her hometown, only to face her parents’ relentless pres 13.5kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
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This Marriage Has Me Reeling, and Married Life Is Crazy Sweet 这婚结的发懵,婚后甜到发疯
[Marriage first, love later × Sweet romance × Two schemers flirting all day] [No melodramatic misunderstandings, and intelligence is respected. Only sweetness here.] [Mutual devotion, healing, and redemption] The original title of this book was Who Has Seen the Floating Fish Peering at the Lotus? Trust me, I have good taste… · When a clever person falls in love, fools bow until their backs break. Want a romance between two smart people? A blind date over dinner from the start, a date at their se
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- 20 In the Gentle Flow of Time, I Wish You a Lifetime of Peace 时光清浅许你一世安然 Time will show you just how important it is to have someone emotionally steady by your side. Shi Ran waited six years, but in the end, she still didn't get a wedding dress. Heartbroken and disillusioned, she decisively chose to marry Dr. Xu, who was eager to start a family. That night, beneath a torrential downpour, a casual glance from him stirred his heart and unsettled his thoughts, until he entrusted her with the rest of his life. The married life of a southern girl (a petite little potato) 8.9kReads9.2Score748Shelves
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Crushing the Flutter in My Heart 揉碎悸动
“Want to date a domineering CEO?” “Not even a dog would!” “I'm in! A domineering CEO is exactly who I'm dating!” This is a love story between two workaholics. Su Nian'an joined the Ling Group as an outstanding graduate and a member of the “Dawn Project.” Assigned to the CEO's office, she became one of the CEO's secretaries. She was full of gratitude and hope, eager to repay the Ling Group for supporting her growth. When CEO Ling Yueyao first met Su Nian'an, he was dazzled by her beauty, then imm
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- 22 Today Is a Good Day to Break Up 今日宜分手 [Rekindled romance + groveling pursuit] Because of a promise made while drunk, she spent several years foraging wild vegetables. The year Wang Sinian graduated from university, he promised her that if they were still together five years later, they would get married. That promise kept Jiang Wanlu hooked, sticking to Wang Sinian like a burr he couldn't shake off. Wang Sinian's friends often joked that she was his free nanny, and secretly bet on when the two of them would break up. Even Wang Sinia 13.5kReads7.8Score735Shelves
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Surrender in Winter 冬日沦陷
[Childhood sweethearts + mutual devotion + secretly in love for years] [Sharp-tongued, proud, jealous young master vs. unruly, arrogant, two-faced little beauty] Everyone knew Song Xing and Yun Zhi were childhood sweethearts, so close they’d risked their lives for each other. Song Xing had a pair of captivating, peach-blossom eyes that sparkled whenever he looked around. He was so pretty that even men couldn’t help lingering over him. “Those peach-blossom eyes attract admirers!” Yun Zhi would re
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- 24 Waiting for the Moon to Fall 等月亮坠落 (The physical book of the same title is now available.) [Sweet healing romance + reunion after a long separation + secret crush comes true + devoted couple with mutual fidelity] A gentle novelist with social anxiety VS a cocky, charming criminal police officer What's it like to see again the person you fell for when you were young? - Back in school, Su Sui had a huge crush on a boy. He was the shining star everyone adored, so she hid her little feelings deep in her heart. She secretly wrote him 21kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
- 25 Limited-Edition First Love: My New Boss Is My Ex 限定初恋:新老板是前男友 [Reunion After Years Apart + Mending a Broken Relationship + Amnesia After a Car Accident] Ten years after Lu Xueyi was forced to leave Jiangcheng, she returned. As soon as she got off the plane, she ran into her first love and ex-boyfriend, Xu Shimu. As if that weren’t enough, he had become her direct supervisor. Her former rival was still by his side. They really were a perfect match, handsome and beautiful together! Lu Xueyi thought she was in for a showdown. But from what she could tell, why 15Reads—Score—Shelves
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Caregiving at the Mental Hospital 我在精神病院当陪护
A troubled heart can be healed with medicine. A troubled mind means something is wrong with your mental health. The moment I walked into a psychiatric hospital with my daughter, my world collapsed! As I stayed by her side through treatment, for a moment I wondered: Why did I have to come into this world? Why was I given a family like this? Why did I have a child like this? When all these questions surfaced, I wanted to cry. I didn't want to live!
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- 27 Happiness, or the Lack of It 幸福不幸福 If memories were a game, Happiness would have died many times over. If reality were a game, Happiness would often be left battered and bruised. She wanders the streets of memory, where every shop is shuttered. It seems this world has no room for Happiness. Even as she scrapes by, enduring harsh words and cold looks, she still isn’t ready to give up... 143Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 After Losing My Memory, I Married a Gentle Tycoon While Pregnant 失忆后,带球嫁给温柔大佬 Marriage First, Love Later + Amnesia and a Baby on the Way + Not a Power Fantasy A homebody artist and designer vs. a gentle, domineering CEO The Feng and Liang families arrange a marriage, choosing as the bride Liang Ruoshuang, the Liang family’s “baggage” stepdaughter, who ran away from home years ago. She’s five years older, injured and suffering from amnesia, and pregnant, with no idea who the father is. Feng Haochen lost his memory in a car accident. The moment he wakes up, he’s told he’s g 17Reads—Score—Shelves
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Lost in You 迷情于你
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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- 30 Ma Dao's Failed Attempt 马稻不成功 In the eyes of refined scholars, the countryside is a place of poetry and picturesque dreams, a source of inspiration for verse and visions of faraway places. But for those born and raised there, it means the weary lot of facing the earth from dawn till dusk, and the countless absurdities that accumulate over the years. The ugly faces forged by hardship, the secrets hidden before the sun sets: Ma Dao handles them all with ease! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Marriage Before Love: Mr. Fu’s Beloved 先婚后爱:付先生的掌心宠 Because of her family background, Xiang Zhaozhao had always been determined never to marry. That same family background left her with no choice but to compromise and go on a blind date with Fu Shiyu. Xiang Zhaozhao thought their marriage would be nothing more than two people sharing a life. She never imagined it would turn out so blissful and sweet! A love story about a first-generation entrepreneur and a woman marrying later in life! 1.1kReads8.7Score119Shelves
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His Galaxy Came Crashing Down 他的星河倾落
A laid-back little reporter accidentally crosses paths with a cold, powerful bureau chief, but he treats her like a queen. Together, they take the political and business worlds by storm. Lin Xingluo’s life motto: live the most carefree life possible! That is, until she’s ordered to interview rising political star Shen Yanzhou. The man is impeccably dressed, as cold as snow. With the face of an earth-sign heartthrob, he sees right through her secret identity at their very first meeting, then dang
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The Gray Lotus 灰莲花
[A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa
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- 34 Let Time Be Our Matchmaker, and My Life Be My Vow 时间为媒,余生为聘 Childhood Sweethearts + Bratty Kid + Married Life (This isn't a wish-fulfillment story or a sugary romance. The entire novel is about the petty details of everyday life, so please think twice before reading if that's not your thing.) Before Zheng Xiao was even born, her mother had arranged a betrothal for her with a close friend from her hometown. As a result, Zheng Xiao married Huang Zhengyi as soon as she graduated from college. They soon had a child, but because they never lived on their own 3.9kReads8.7Score364Shelves
- 35 A Letter from Beijing in Spring 京春来信 A cool, beautiful college student x a powerful man from Beijing’s elite circle [Nine-year age gap + powerful man goes mad with love + romantic push and pull + old flame rekindled + fiercely possessive + both are each other’s first and only love | HE] Song Yuxiu admits that he had designs on the young woman from the moment he first saw her. Under the spotlights in the grand auditorium, Lin Xingyue stepped onto the stage in a figure-hugging lotus-colored qipao, graceful and poised. Her figure was 42.1kReads8.9Score6.4kShelves
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The Charming Nanny and Her Spoiled Billionaire Husband 俏奶妈和她的首富娇夫
In the depths of postpartum desperation, Liu Zaozao lands a lucrative live-in nanny contract. When she opens the door, she’s stunned to discover that the employer is her ex-boyfriend, Jiang Yu, who once said he never wanted children. And the baby she’s supposed to care for is the son she thought had died at birth! To protect her child, she swallows her emotions and stays with the Jiang family, earning her place with her professional nanny skills. She keeps her top-level English qualification und
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- 37 Beautiful and Bold After Being Cast Aside, Four Top-Tier Stars Pursue Me 被休弃妇美又飒,四个顶流追着嫁 The Beautiful, Cast-Off Wife Has Four Top-Tier Stars Chasing After Her 449Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Handsome Boy Band Came Right to My Door, So Come On, Boys, Into My Arms 送上门的顶帅男团,都到姐的碗里来 All These Drop-Dead Gorgeous Guys Are Throwing Themselves at Me, So I’m Claiming Them All 248Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Why Should Adults Have to Choose? You Wouldn’t Understand How I Have Fun 成年人做什么选择,姐的快乐你不懂 Why should grown women have to choose? You wouldn't understand what makes me happy. 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
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A May-December Romance Is a High-Stakes Gamble 姐弟恋是一场豪赌
[Older woman-younger man romance + devoted puppy-like boyfriend + sweet pampering] How will a romance between a woman and a man twelve years younger than her end??? When you're in your prime, I'll already be past my youth. When all eyes are on you and you no longer need my protection, that's when I'll have to fade away and disappear. She watches him grow up, mature, and succeed. Knowing that one day his wings will be strong enough to carry him away, she still gives everything to help them grow..
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- 41 I Kicked the Scumbag to the Curb! On New Year’s Day, I Reclaimed an Entire Mountain 踹飞渣男!我在大年初一收回了整座山 I Kicked the Scumbag to the Curb! On New Year’s Day, I Reclaimed the Entire Mountain 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Surrender to Your Tenderness 沦陷你温柔 [They don't get back together after breaking up + He grovels to win her back + The second male lead wins her heart + Sweet romance] Fang Yulan had secretly loved Lin Jingchuan for a year and dated him in secret for three. She spent four years on him, only to end up hearing him say, “I'm not interested in her. She's just a free maid. She did all this willingly. I never asked her to like me. She's the one who threw herself at me.” Heartbroken, Fang Yulan turned and walked away. Lin Jingchuan pan 65Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 43 A Scumbag Wants to Marry for My Money? I’ll Leave Him Penniless! 渣男想吃绝户?我让他倾家荡产! That scumbag wants to marry into my family and take everything? I’ll leave him penniless! 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 After I Offered Myself to the State, the Beijing Heir Was Driven to Regret 我把自己上交国家后,京圈太子悔疯了 After I turned myself over to the state, the capital’s spoiled young heir was consumed with regret 330Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves
- 46 My Neighbor Says My Red Wine-Colored Slip Dress Is Distracting Her Son from His Graduate Exams 邻居说我晒酒红色吊带裙影响她儿子考研 My Neighbor Says Hanging Out My Wine-Red Slip Dress Is Distracting Her Son from His Grad School Entrance Exams 55Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Half Cup of Peach Oolong Appeared at Home, So I Ruined the Lives of Those Two Cheaters 家里出现半杯蜜桃乌龙,我让这对狗男女身败名裂
When half a cup of peach oolong appeared at home, I ruined the lives of that cheating pair
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- 48 The Son I Raised for Five Years Isn’t Mine, and His Birth Mother Secretly Switched Our Babies 养5年的儿子不是亲生,亲妈竟偷偷换走我的娃 The son I raised for five years isn’t mine, and his biological mother secretly switched him with my baby 165Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 We Married by Contract, and My Chaste Husband Helped Me Take Down Seven Unhinged Groomsmen 契约成婚,禁欲老公帮我反杀了七个疯批伴郎 A Contract Marriage: My Abstinent Husband Helped Me Take Down Seven Insane Groomsmen 237Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Transmigrated into a Book as a Terminally Ill Side Character. I Faked My Death and Ran, and Now My Ex-Husband Has Gone Mad 穿书绝症女配?我假死跑路,前夫疯了 Transmigrated into a Book as a Terminally Ill Villainess? I Faked My Death and Ran Away, and My Ex-Husband Went Mad 25Reads—Score—Shelves

















































