Underrated Romance: Engaging and Free of Tired Tropes 小众言情 耐看 不老套路

1. 1101 他 After He Lost His Memory, I Married His Older Brother 他失忆后，我嫁给他哥 Xin Yan欣彦21k WordsCompleted After He Lost His Memory, I Married His Brother 11Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1102 她 Her Smile Is Like a Piece of Candy 她的微笑像颗糖 Xiu Yin休尹Modern Romance518k WordsCompleted Xu Jingshu of Class 1, Grade 11 was quiet and cold. If she weren’t sent out into the hall to stand through every single math lesson, she’d probably be practically invisible in class. “Jingshu, Old Wei sent you out to stand again?” When homeroom teacher Old Ma brought transfer student Chu Youning to the classroom, he spotted the familiar figure and sighed helplessly. “Mm.” Xu Jingshu answered without much feeling, not embarrassed in the slightest by the presence of an outsider. Then came a monthl 4.2kReads9.2Score533Shelves
3. 1103 大 My Lady, I'd Give You My Life 大小姐，命都给你 Xin Yan欣彦23k WordsCompleted Young Miss, My Life Is Yours 11Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1104 年 The Younger Boyfriend's Sweet-and-Obedient Act Has Fallen Apart 年下弟弟的乖巧人设崩塌啦 Drowning Boat溺舟Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] [Genius diver vs. icy beauty reporter] After a work transfer, Shi Fan temporarily moves in with her younger brother. Also living under the same roof is her brother's landlord, a sunny, handsome young man who greets her with a bright smile: “Big Sis.” He looks sweet, harmless, and gentle. Later, the young man corners her against the wall. His sweet facade falls away, though his voice remains soft: “Big Sis, were you planning to use me and then dump me?” Shi Fan hurr 507Reads9.3Score102Shelves
5. 1105 和 Roommates with the Campus Heartthrob 和校草合租的日子 Mi Yang迷阳Modern Romance177k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + one-on-one relationship + mutual devotion] After Xing Hai and Wu Qiong got together, Xing Hai always felt guilty around Professor Wu. The professor had taken pity on her when she had nowhere to live and, on his own initiative, let her stay in the spare bedroom of Wu Qiong’s house. A few months later, not only had she moved into the master bedroom, she had also slept with the professor’s son. What a rebellious student! Wu Qiong, however, encouraged her not to feel guilty. The pro 409Reads9.2Score102Shelves
6. 1106 我 I’m Not Dating a Younger Man 我才不要谈姐弟恋 Succulent Mango多肉芒芒Modern Romance145k WordsCompleted [Cool, aloof dance teacher × younger college student who can be sweet or fierce and loves to cling to her] [A long-planned romance] Before they got together, Chen Yuning confessed his feelings to Shi Yun for the first time. Chen Yuning: “Sis, are you looking for a boyfriend?” Shi Yun: “Are you going to introduce me to one?” Chen Yuning froze for a long moment. How could this woman’s train of thought be so different from what he’d expected? In the end, Chen Yuning replied with three words: “In yo 2.4kReads9.2Score271Shelves
7. 1107 回 I Went Home to Meet a Match, But My Match Asked Me to Fake-Date Her to Handle Her Family's Marriage Pressure 回老家相亲，相亲对象拉我搭伙演戏应付全家催婚 Snow Drifting Through the Borderlands边城飘雪13k WordsCompleted I went back to my hometown for a blind date, and my date asked me to pretend we were dating to fend off our families’ matchmaking pressure. 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A blind date arranged to appease elders brings together former junior high school classmates who sat next to each other after many years. Gao Jin proposes a pretense of romance to help them avoid pressure to get married, agreeing to a graceful breakup six months later when the female lead returns to Beijing. During their time together, he is gentle and attentive, gradually drawing closer to her and awakening her long-dormant junior high memories, a subtle budding romance blossoming. However, the sudden return of his ex-girlfriend jeopardizes their charade, which has blossomed into a real relationship. Unwilling to settle, the female lead resolutely leaves, cutting off all contact. After a long and agonizing struggle, Gao Jin realizes his mistake and travels thousands of miles to Beijing to pursue her. The two clear up their misunderstandings and reunite.

8. 1108 勾 A Kiss at the Corner of the Lips 勾吻 Painted Peach Mist绘桃雾Modern Romance162k WordsCompleted Jiang Shu kissed a handsome man while she was tipsy. He said to her, “Miss, please show some respect.” When they met again, he said, “Do you often pursue other guys like this, sis?” There was a hint of teasing in his voice. Jiang Shu composed herself. “You’re the only one. I can take responsibility for you.” “No need.” He’d never seen anyone force herself on a man like that before. Jiang Shu didn’t rush to argue. One day, he would make her take responsibility for him. 1.3kReads9.2Score168Shelves
9. 1109 奈 Her Highness Nailuan 奈銮殿下 Miss Vera Doesn't Like Fish薇拉小姐不爱吃鱼Modern Romance113k WordsOngoing The female lead’s story is about a dragon-slaying girl who eventually becomes a dragon herself. Xu Weiting is her dear male friend. A beautiful friendship between a gay man and a straight woman. So, in the rainy season, she says to Toei, “You came to this world once. You should see the sun.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 1110 宠 Loving You 宠爱你 Lu Keling鹿客凌Modern Romance130k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion + sweet romance + each other's first love] Lin Er'er came from her hometown to study in the capital. On her first day staying with a host family, she met the person who would take her breath away for the rest of her life: Gu Chaoxi. She spent all three years of high school looking up to him, and after the college entrance exams were over, she finally couldn't hold back her feelings and confessed. Afraid he'd reject her, she packed her bags in the middle of the night and fled ba 39Reads8.6Score—Shelves
11. 1111 白 White Moonlight, Close to My Heart 白月近心扉 Miss Vera Doesn't Like Fish薇拉小姐不爱吃鱼Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted [Mutual healing between the male and female leads, in the style of the Love Trilogy] * [Romance between the second male lead and the heroine’s older sister] A chance encounter is merely a detour in life, but when you look back on it, it becomes fate. A PhD in international relations from Northeast China vs. a Shanghai finance hotshot vs. a college guy from the Greater Bay Area. Lu Xinfei and Shi Jin first met in Teriberka, Murmansk, where they watched the aurora and fireworks together. A late-ni 8Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1112 男 Boy, Like You 男孩，像你 Xi Chen Ke Ai Duo奚宸可爱多Modern Romance107k WordsCompleted He looks so much like him, but in the end, he isn’t him. Su Qianmo: Is it good fortune or misfortune to meet someone who looks so much like you again? Gu Jinchen: Who do you see when you look at me? I’ll wait for you until the day you let him go. Would you be willing to take your first step for me? Gu Jinchen, I like you. I hope it isn’t too late. Perhaps this is the best ending for us. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 1113 千 A Thousand Mountains, a Thousand Snows 千山万雪 Miss Vera Doesn't Like Fish薇拉小姐不爱吃鱼Modern Romance143k WordsOngoing [Russian translation, female sniper He Yulin vs. tycoon's son Jin Shinan vs. Soviet officer Ivan vs. physics prodigy Jin Zhengwen, Jin Shinan's nephew] [Demolitions expert Shen Qingyu vs. Japanese officer Gusi Minchuan vs. celibate doctor Li Sijing] Each volume has a different main pairing. —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 1114 酸 Sour Peach 酸桃 Bu Yan不颜Modern Romance107k WordsCompleted (Everyone, despite the title being Sour Peach, this really, truly isn’t angsty. The title refers to the heroine Li Tao’s tragic background.) Blurb 1: For eighteen years, Fu Xingyuan, the young master of the Fu family, had been interested in nothing. Then he fell for Li Tao, who had come to him to borrow money. After they broke up, Li Tao left the city. She had no idea that someone was losing sleep every day because of her. Blurb 2: When they met again, Fu Xingyuan had become her junior and start 5.8kReads8.4Score743Shelves
15. 1115 偷 Stealing a Sweet Candy 偷一颗甜糖 Bu Yan不颜Modern Romance107k WordsCompleted [One-on-one, both each other’s first love, both chaste, healing] Blurb One: When Ming Yao first met Wei Xi, the young man was in a pitiful state. Seeing something of herself in him, she sighed and offered to help: “Take care of yourself. Not everyone deserves to be a parent.” Little did she know that one day, she would be the one to pull him out of the abyss and into the light. Blurb Two: One day, a handsome young guy hit on Ming Yao. That night, Wei Xi lowered his head and kissed her cheek, his 24Reads6.8Score—Shelves
16. 1116 网 I Was Scammed in an Online Romance for 30 Yuan, Then Reincarnated as a Dung Beetle to Avenge Myself. The CEO’s White Moonlight Is Back in the Country 网恋被骗30穿成屎壳郎，复仇霸总，霸总白月光回国了 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted Scammed out of 30 yuan in an online romance, then transmigrated into a dung beetle. Take revenge on the domineering CEO, whose white moonlight has returned from abroad. 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Niche romance novels that are engaging and avoid clichés: online dating with female leads who are cockroaches, dung beetles, and Ultraman; and male leads who are domineering CEOs, bosses, and even mortal enemies.

17. 1117 甚 Cherished Beyond Measure 甚宠 Qiqi Shujiu柒柒舒玖Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted Childhood friends, both chaste, military doctor romance, uplifting. Main story complete. After drinking too much the night before, Su Muxin got up early the next morning, still groggy, and accidentally put on Qi Congyu's school uniform. As a result, Qi Congyu was punished with a full day of standing because his uniform didn't meet the dress code. The two sat across from each other doing their homework. Feeling so guilty that she nearly buried her head in her books, Su Muxin watched Qi Congyu 1kReads9.2Score113Shelves
18. 1118 网 My Online Date Vanished, and My Boss Took a Cockroach to a Meeting 网恋对象消失了，老板转头带蟑螂去开会 Tangerine Sand桔沙9k WordsCompleted My online dating partner vanished, and my boss turned around and brought a cockroach to a meeting 9Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 1119 故 I Deliberately Started an Online Romance with My Archrival, Then Transmigrated into His Tyrant CEO’s Home as Ultraman to Spy on Trade Secrets 故意网恋死对头，穿死对头霸总家变奥特曼视奸商业机密 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted I Deliberately Started Online Dating My Archrival, Snuck Into My CEO Archrival’s Home Dressed as Ultraman, and Spied on Their Trade Secrets 6Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1120 肩 Side by Side 肩并肩 Shu Yuan殊沅Modern Romance145k WordsCompleted (SC, campus romance in the early chapters, urban romance later) This is a story of hope and redemption. He had no intention of looking, but when he raised his head, he saw the light. Wen Nuan never imagined the world could be so small. Small enough that she would run into that man again on the very night she returned to Chenghua. Later, the man parted his thin lips, his eyes pitch-black and his voice hoarse: “Wen Nuan, I want you to marry me!” A Heng, as the years drift by, I want to give you 1Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 1121 系 After the Campus Heartthrob Transmigrated, His Girlfriend Ran Off with the Top Student 系草穿越后，女朋友跟学霸跑了 You Wouldn't Understand Anyway反正你不懂14k WordsCompleted After the campus heartthrob transmigrates, his girlfriend runs off with the top student 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I genuinely feel sorry for the second male lead. He had a crush on her in his past life but dared not confess, and in this life they finally got together, only for the female lead to regain her memories and want to dump him. In the end, he had to pretend to be drunk to even dare to hug her. Dude, your personality is driving me crazy!

22. 1122 你 You Have a First Love to Sign For 你有一份初恋请签收 Zi Feiyu子非鱼Modern Romance97k WordsCompleted The boys who came into my youth one by one all had the same name: first love Xu Xiaoshi’s Story When I was eighteen, my childhood friend confessed to me! “I always thought we were meant to be together since we were kids, and that everything would naturally fall into place. So I overlooked how you felt. I should have made things clear.” “Xu Xiaoshi, I love you.” Not the love of an older brother for his younger sister, but the love of a man for a woman. Qi Ruan’s Story It’s a shame you’re an ido 58Reads9.3Score—Shelves
23. 1123 难 Love, Impossible to Hide 难掩爱意 Pluck a Star揪一颗星星Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted [Campus romance + sweet pampering] [Jin Jiahan ✘ Xiang Ran] If every encounter is a lucky draw, then meeting you was the luckiest of all... Xiang Ran met Jin Jiahan in her freshman year, when he was a first-year graduate student. She thought it was their first meeting, but in truth, they were reuniting after a long separation... With both their mothers playing matchmaker, they somehow ended up living together. Jin Jiahan wasn't gentle with anyone else, only with Xiang Ran. He gave her all his fa 26Reads8.5Score—Shelves
24. 1124 别 Hands Off My Adorable Sweetheart 别动我家小可爱 Zhi Chu稚初Modern Romance182k WordsCompleted Cheng Rou is timid and sensitive, with an overwhelming need for security. Then she meets Xu Ran, the fierce, unruly king of Qinhuai. Not only is he her neighbor, he eventually becomes her desk mate, and even After someone reports him for bullying her, he shamelessly tells her, “Don't forgive me, or I'll have no excuse to get close to you.” Cheng Rou avoids him like the plague, while Xu Ran keeps pursuing her. At last, Cheng Rou can't take it anymore. “Xu Ran, what exactly do you want?” Without b 60Reads9.1Score—Shelves
25. 1125 亲 Kiss Her Little Dimple 亲亲她的小梨涡 Starward South星之向南Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted [A sweet, adorable girl with dimples X a handsome big brother] At ten, Su Jiayan first met her when she was five and crying her eyes out. He carried her home on his back, and she thanked him with a box of Wangzai milk. He poked her tiny dimples and, for the first time, thought a little girl's cheeks felt so soft. At twenty-three, she had just come of age when she secretly kissed his cheek. She was so excited she could barely sleep all night, never knowing he felt the same. At twenty-eight, as so 300Reads8.9Score—Shelves
26. 1126 你 Your Smile Is Like Candy 你笑起来像颗糖 Mu Gua沐呱Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted Xin Nuan had a secret crush on someone, a man who seemed almost perfect to her. She was willing to play a supporting role and stay by his side forever. Then someone else appeared. The ordinary girl became the leading lady in his life, and he kept her firmly at his side, never letting her out of his sight. In the bedroom, Xin Nuan angrily packed her things, ready to leave. Lu Jingyi blocked the doorway. "Our agreement hasn't expired yet, and you already want to break it?" "Weren't you the one who 28Reads8.8Score—Shelves
27. 1127 怎 Why Are You So Sweet? 怎么那么甜 A Paper Umbrella一把油纸伞Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted The undisputed boss of No. 3 High School set his sights on the new transfer student, and everyone wondered which gorgeous temptress had captured his heart. Then the petite, flat-chested Su Mu, looking utterly helpless, said while on the school bully, “I can't get down...” The six-foot-plus campus heartthrob suddenly confessed his feelings to her. He showered her with flirty lines and sweet nothings every day. Who could resist that? “I didn't believe in love at first sight, but the moment I saw y 829Reads9.1Score107Shelves
28. 1128 那 When I Was Secretly in Love with Him 那时偷偷恋着他 Young Master Dingdang叮当小爷Modern Romance398k WordsCompleted The day Su Ruan transferred to Tianhua, she stood at the lectern introducing herself. Lu He adjusted his glasses and looked up at her. She was so small. How could he describe how much he liked her? Lu He pressed his tongue against his cheek, his eyes full of amusement. Then Su Ruan heard words rushing toward her like waves, leaving her nowhere to hide, though she didn't want to hide anyway. He said, “I've studied language and literature for so long, yet I can't find the words to describe just ho 1.4kReads9.2Score138Shelves
29. 1129 偷 Hidden Away 偷偷藏起来 Jing Xiaoli井小礼Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted [An early work, with a heavy dose of brainless fluff. Don't read if that's not your thing.] Everyone thought this aloof beauty would be impossible to win over. But one day, the usually cold and chaste male idol became completely devoted to a little girl, bowing to her every whim. 278Reads9.0Score100Shelves
30. 1130 相 On the Day of My Blind Date, My Dream Man Carried Me Into the Marriage Registry 相亲当天，我被男神抱着进民政局 Little Bamboo Raft by the Creek溪边小竹排Modern Romance284k WordsCompleted [Whirlwind marriage + mutual pining + sweet romance + both leads are virgins] Complete [Meng Suyu loves to daydream] In her dream, her dream man became her new husband and wanted to kiss her. When she woke up, her dream man was carrying her into the marriage registry! Meng Suyu: “Isn’t this too fast? Shouldn’t we date first?” Jiang Chengyu: “Let’s get the paperwork done first. We can take our time dating after we’re married.” [Their first day living together] Looking at the man’s cool, chaste fa 320Reads9.0Score111Shelves

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    🌠🌠"I read this book, and it really suited my taste. It's not the kind of book that's guaranteed to make you cry or stay on edge; it's the kind that makes you laugh while you read, and it feels very relatable. It's the kind of book you can pick up and read anytime you have, without much effort, and it even resonates with you as you read. It's not popular, but it's very genuine, like an old friend, you know, the kind that doesn't require special maintenance but always gives you little surprises."

31. 1131 两 My Two Childhood Friends Broke Up, but I’m the One Who Got the Short End of the Stick 两个发小闹分手，倒霉的却是我 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted My Two Childhood Friends Broke Up, but I Was the One Who Suffered 106Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is fast-paced, the jokes are frequent, and it's addictive!

32. 1132 弹 The Comments Told Me to Stay Away from the Male Lead, So I Ripped Off His Bathrobe 弹幕劝我别碰男主，我反手扯掉他浴袍 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚11k WordsCompleted The Comments Told Me to Stay Away from the Male Lead, So I Tore Off His Bathrobe Instead 934Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 1133 末 On the Day of the Apocalypse, a Six-Foot-Tall Man-Mom Fell from the Sky 末日那天，天上掉下来一个一米九的男妈妈 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚8k WordsCompleted On the Day of the Apocalypse, a Six-Foot-Two Mama-Boy Fell from the Sky 39Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 1134 京 The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡 A Book Worth a Fortune一本千万利Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing [The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the 7.8kReads8.9Score712Shelves
35. 1135 五 The Boyfriend I Rented for 500 Yuan Is My Boss’s Brother 五百块租来的男友，是我老板的哥哥 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The Boyfriend I Rented for 500 Yuan Is My Boss's Older Brother 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
36. 1136 寡 A Widow Is Reborn, but Her Proper-Minded Brother-in-Law Insists on Spoiling Her 寡妇重生，守礼大伯偏要宠 Yi Si Qi Tong一四七童Ancient Romance330k WordsCompleted The heroine is reborn. Both leads are devoted only to each other. The hero is aloof and proper, and pretends to be impotent despite being the heroine’s uncle by marriage. She falls for his seemingly proper act, and he pursues his wife. [The rating is slowly climbing] In her previous life, Jiang Wanshu was forced by her father to marry into the Marquis’s household holding a memorial tablet, where she was expected to live as a widow. To her surprise, her “deceased husband” returned with his belove 409Reads8.9Score—Shelves
37. 1137 重 Reborn and Rejecting the Marriage, I Left the Scumbag and His Cousin Red-Faced 重生拒婚，我把渣男和他表妹的脸打肿了 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Reborn and Refusing the Marriage, I Beat My Jerk Ex and His Cousin Black and Blue 205Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 1138 嫡 The Crippled Prince My Elder Sister Refused to Marry, I Helped Him to the Throne 嫡姐不愿嫁的残废王爷，被我扶上了龙椅 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted My Elder Sister Refused to Marry the Disabled Prince, So I Helped Him Take the Throne 23Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 1139 小 The Little Lamb and the Three Pickpockets 小肥羊和三只手 Hami e哈蜜eModern Romance155k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, rough-around-the-edges hero, redemption, happy ending, mutual devotion; gentle, kind female PhD student + outwardly rugged, inwardly attentive, shameless male thief] Xue Wanyi is naive and loaded, and the moment she arrives in the shady tourist trap of Qinggang Ancient Town, every unscrupulous shopkeeper sees her as an easy mark. Jiang Mingqi, a pickpocket who has never cared much about feelings, falls for her at first sight. He becomes her personal guardian, showing up whenever 853Reads8.7Score123Shelves

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    My favorite author's style

40. 1140 哥 After My Siblings Came Out, I Became My Family’s Only Hope 哥哥姐姐出柜后，我成了家里唯一的希望 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted After My Older Brother and Sister Came Out, I Became the Family's Only Hope 26Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 1141 别 Stay Away from Me, or You’ll Become a Simp 别靠近我，会变成舔狗 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚7k WordsCompleted Don't Get Too Close to Me, or You'll Turn into a Hopeless Simp 30Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 1142 雪 When the Snow Falls, I Finally Meet You 雪落终遇你 Mu Xiaoqi暮筱七Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted Military marriage, marriage first, love later In her first twenty-eight years, Lin Zhixia had only one relationship, and it ended in failure. As her parents urged her to get married day after day, she had no idea when she might finally tie the knot. Then she met Li Ci. Her father’s hospitalization crushed Lin Zhixia’s last hope, so she registered her marriage to Li Ci, whom she had met only a handful of times. She just made it in time for a late marriage, and it was a military marriage at that. 11kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
43. 1143 我 My Whole Family Is Reborn, and They Battle It Out at Home Every Day 我家全员重生者，他们天天宅斗 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚10k WordsCompleted Everyone in My Family Is Reborn, and They Spend Every Day Fighting for Favor at Home 40Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 1144 管 Who Cares If It’s Real? What’s Wrong with Dying for My Beloved! 管他真的假的，我殉我宝怎么了！ Listening to Snow Fall, No Matter When听雪落无时Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted [Sensitive, Contrasting Beauty in Poor Health × Gentle, Humble, Self-Restrained Handsome Man] [1v1, Both Pure, Contrasting Personalities, Pure Love, Slow Burn] Marriage First, Love Later + Love Grows Over Time + Mutual Healing + Many Plot Twists After her family arranged her marriage, Gu Wanxiao thought she had merely changed places to wait for death. To her, marriage meant rotting away in a new place. But she never expected that he would give her a reason to want to live. Suppressing the dark, 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is absolutely divine! [KISS][KISS]

45. 1145 7 A Seventies Kid’s Diary 70后的青春日记 Gu Yuewei古月薇Modern Romance910k WordsOngoing The author’s real diary: the youth, school life, and everyday moments of the 1990s, along with her growing pains and struggles of the heart. The story follows an ordinary girl as she grows up. It is quiet and true to life. This is not a rural story. I didn’t know how to categorize it when I started writing; it’s about youth and school life. The heroine grows up in a family that favors boys over girls. In middle school, her mother would beat and scold her for no reason, even abuse her, and she de 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author based this novel on their own life, using their real diary entries. It's not a rural story; the author didn't know how to categorize it at the beginning, but it's likely a youth/school/adolescent story. The female protagonist lives in a family that favors sons over daughters. During middle school, she suffered from severe depression due to unwarranted beatings and abuse from her mother. However, limited by her social status, she couldn't escape the control of her family and struggled for half her life in a quagmire of suffering. The novel depicts the ups and downs of youth, school life, and the anxieties and struggles of growing up in the 1990s. The middle school content might seem naive; you can skip directly to the high school content.

46. 1146 那 The Candy I Never Got to Hold 那颗我没有握住的糖 Gu Yuewei古月薇Modern Romance21k WordsCompleted The Candy I Never Held On To 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Chonghua was the last sweet lesson God gave me after knowing I would experience a hellish life after marriage. He was a lifeline God gave me when I cried out to God in vain after marriage. He was a devoted and responsible boy, the kind of man I should have chosen, but I missed him for various reasons.

47. 1147 迎 Welcome Peace 迎宁 Bu Yan不颜Modern Romance172k WordsCompleted [Sultry, irresistible flirt VS gentle, devoted, unconventional CEO] Both are each other's first love, and both are virgins + 100% sweetness + sweet-romance fans, feel free to dive in Yun Changning x Lu Ya 1. Yun Changning never thought of herself as clingy, but ever since she got together with Lu Ya, she wanted to be close to him every single day. In the car, at the office, in the study... they were always cuddling whenever they could. After they got married, everyone else couldn't take it anymo 1.8kReads9.1Score139Shelves
48. 1148 懵 A First Love Nine Years in the Making 懵懂九年的初恋 Gu Yuewei古月薇14k WordsCompleted A Naive First Love of Nine Years 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author's friend's story is based on real emotions; I've simply written down what he recounted. A nine-year first love ended in heartbreak. Meeting the right person at the wrong time—the male protagonist suffered from asthma since childhood, and in that era, there was no effective treatment, constantly struggling on the brink of death. To avoid burdening the female protagonist, they ultimately broke up.

49. 1149 拐 Bring Home a Boss 拐个上司带回家 Little Girl小小姑娘Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Desperate for money, she takes on all kinds of part-time jobs in her spare time. One of them lands her at her boss's house. He does everything he can to make life difficult for her, but she is as tenacious as a cockroach and refuses to be crushed. Only after spending a long time together does he realize that this resilient little cockroach has already made her way into his heart. But when she no longer needs to work part-time, her boss refuses to leave her alone. Huh? What's going on? She was on 53Reads7.0Score—Shelves
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    My acquaintance with him began when he and three classmates rented a room in my house during his high school years. We lived under the same roof. However, he was glib, a womanizer, and extremely rude. He was cunning and manipulative, flirting with girls everywhere and writing love letters to different girls, which I found extremely repulsive and disgusting. Unexpectedly, he used his cunning to invite only me to see him off to the army, effectively positioning me as his girlfriend. Although I didn't agree to be with him, I was labeled his girlfriend, preventing his other friends who liked me from taking things further out of loyalty to me. During this time, he maintained an ambiguous relationship with me, exchanging letters, and my heart gradually began to flutter. But I didn't expect that a year later, when he went back to his hometown for leave, his attitude towards me would change. Some of his friends, not wanting me to be deceived by him while he was seeing several girls at once, warned me. In the end, our breakup wasn't a romantic one, because we had never even started anything; we severed ties, not even becoming ordinary friends.

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