Childhood Sweethearts, Wealthy Families, and a Husband Who Keeps His Wife on a Tight Leash 青梅竹马 家境好 夫管严

1. 51 热 The Romance Plan: Spoiling My Sweetheart 热恋计划：娇养小青梅 Jiu Tang Lu九棠鹿Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted [A sweet, soft childhood friend who's easy to sweep off her feet × A scheming, love-struck, doting older-boy childhood friend] When loving and being loved happen at the same time, you raise your own future wife! When they were children, the little dumpling always used her syrupy voice to wheedle him: “Yaoyao wants candy.” “Yaoyao doesn't want to go to sleep.” “Yaoyao wants some milk.” “Yaoyao wants Brother Chenchen to hold her~” Mu Yichen's heart had already melted into a puddle. This was the li 1.9kReads9.0Score23314d adds
2. 52 青 My Childhood Sweetheart Is Sweet and Fierce, and the Lovesick Crown Prince Dotes on Her 青梅又奶又凶，病娇太子爷超宠她 One Day, a Billion有朝亿日Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted [Short drama now available] [Childhood sweethearts + sweet romance + school life + his everyday devotion to protecting her] [An adorably sweet, silly, soft little darling x a genuinely unhinged, uncompromisingly obsessive yandere demon king] Jiang Xian had three things going for her since childhood: she was brave, strong, and had a huge appetite. She had a brain, too, just not much of one. The little girl had two great loves in life. Love number one: food. Love number two: Shen Yan. The beautifu 33.2kReads8.1Score2.7k14d adds
3. 53 夫 A Lady’s Pampered Life 夫人娇养日常 Mu Yun Cheng慕妘娍Ancient Romance932k WordsCompleted Shen Yuejiao was reborn, returning to the age of ten, when everything could still be changed. She swore she would love her dear Zifei gege well and never let him be sad. She would spoil him and never let him suffer. But in the end, who was spoiling whom? The shameless one who was utterly spoiled by the other said, “Of course I’m the one spoiling him!” Everyone: “Shameless!” 347Reads8.2Score10214d adds
4. 54 菊 Chrysanthemum Pavilion 菊花阁 Nuo Nuozi糥糥子Modern Romance542k WordsCompleted A sweet, naive heroine meets a possessive, obsessive man, and just as sparks of love are about to fly, a domineering CEO barges in at the last moment. The three of them get tangled up in a series of twists: one is her childhood sweetheart, the other fell in love at first sight. Where will this love, fraught with endless complications, lead? 73Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Childhood sweethearts + wealthy family + strict older brother. When the female lead and the male lead start dating, her older brother and the second male lead fight over her.

5. 55 柠 How Sour Is a Lemon? 柠檬有多酸 Seven Four Cheese七四起司Modern Romance438k WordsCompleted Obedient girl who says one thing and does another ^ Fake playboy who'd go through fire and water for his friends Lovers grow together ^ Unrequited love becomes mutual ^ Equally matched ^ Happy ending Sheng's parents were determined to raise Sheng Li into a well-read, refined, and virtuous young woman, capable of studying astronomy and geography and handling herself in the kitchen. In short, a well-rounded warrior. Oh, no, a young lady. Thanks to Jin Yu, Sheng Li ended up straying further and fu 663Reads—Score10214d adds

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   Childhood sweethearts, the female lead comes from a scholarly family, and the male lead is the young master of a conglomerate; they are a perfect match, and their relationship is rekindled after a long separation.

6. 56 竹 Childhood Sweetheart Takes the Lead: You Actually Want to Hit on Me? 竹马上位：你居然想泡我 Listening to Songs Beneath the Moon月上聆歌Modern Romance247k WordsOngoing Lin Xi never imagined her blind date would turn out to be Lu Jingyi, her longtime nemesis whom she hadn’t seen in years! Talk about running into an old enemy! After all these years, the guy still looks respectable on the outside and is just as irritating as ever! “Neither of us is seeing anyone. Why don’t we just settle for each other?” Lu Jingyi leans close to Lin Xi, grinning as he asks. “Settle for you? I’d be afraid you’d ruin my life!” “What are you afraid of? At worst, we’ll just screw eac 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Recommending books: childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree.

7. 57 看 After Seeing the On-Screen Comments, I Lured My Archrival into Pouting 看见弹幕后，死对头被我钓成翘嘴 The Rice Is Cooked米已成炊Modern Romance575k WordsCompleted [Live comments + sweet romance + childhood friends + face-slapping] [High-maintenance heiress and dance student VS sharp-tongued, refined childhood friend and CEO] On her twentieth birthday, Wen Xu happily went to a hotel to celebrate with the man she had pursued for three years. Just as she was about to give herself to her boyfriend, a line of live comments appeared before her eyes. [The supporting female character doesn’t actually think the male lead is coming to celebrate with her, does she? 8.5kReads9.0Score1k14d adds

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   On her 20th birthday, the female protagonist, filled with joy, waited at the hotel for the man she had been pursuing for three years, ready to give herself to him completely. But a sudden pop-up message revealed that he hadn't come at all; it was a setup to sell her out and get a project in return! Trembling, she dialed her nemesis's number.

8. 58 我 My Childhood Friend Is a B-King 我的竹马是Bking Bu ZhiIce不枳IceModern Romance257k WordsCompleted [Proud, energetic kitten × aloof, cool puppy] [Childhood friends + university campus + sweet everyday moments] An Ning and Sheng Yao go to the same university, only to find their classmates looking at them with oddly excited expressions. An Ning hesitates. “I think they're shipping us.” Sheng Yao frowns. “Yeah.” An Ning asks nervously, “Should we clear things up?” Sheng Yao lowers his eyes. “No need.” An Ning stares at him in surprise. “?” Sheng Yao's lips curl. “...I think we're pretty shippabl 6.5kReads9.1Score88914d adds

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   🌈🌈🌸 Childhood sweethearts, born on the same day, and admitted to the same university, we are so in love.

9. 59 娃 Childhood Sweethearts! Be Good, or Your Husband Will Scold You 娃娃亲！乖宝不听话要被老公凶哟 Xi Xi Li惜惜里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted [Childhood friends; doting, devilishly possessive husband × beautiful little airhead; fatherly boyfriend; obsessive, brooding, scheming male lead with an extremely, extremely, extremely strong need for control and possession; groveling chase; reunited after a breakup.] When Bai Yu was six, her mother met a lovely woman while pregnant with Bai Yu's younger sister. They hit it off and arranged a betrothal for their unborn children. But when the babies were born, they were both girls. So the other 2.4kReads8.6Score17814d adds

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   Bai Yu × Qiao Lu | A fateful entanglement "bound" from birth: "If you escape once, I'll catch you once. You can only be mine in this life. We were betrothed since childhood, and the female lead is especially afraid of the male lead."

10. 60 他 His Little Sweet Pomelo 他的小甜柚 Always Happy常乐Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted Original title: His Sweet Pomelo [Transmigration+27-year age gap+secret crush+long-planned romance+both virgins+brooding, obsessive hero who has been to prison+sweet, innocent heroine+Fujian customs+from school uniforms to wedding dresses] In a nutshell: She transmigrates back to her parents’ student days and falls in love with her dad’s sworn enemy. Left You inexplicably transmigrates back to the year 2000, and the moment she appears, Tang Li, who became a young mother without even having to go 257Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Tang Li's future daughter, who traveled from the future, tells her that she has a husband. Tang Li can't believe that her future husband will be a childhood sweetheart who is not funny, has dark skin, loves to laugh, and has a hoarse voice.

11. 61 希 Xi Yin in His Arms: Young Master Xiao's Exclusive Devotion 希音入怀肖少的独家偏爱 Xu Tinglan叙亭兰Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period setting + devoted to one another + favoritism + healing + powerful family] At first, Xiao Yunmo only thought of Song Xiyin as his good friend’s younger sister. Then, without knowing when his feelings began, he fell deeply in love. Everyone around them knows that this sweet, well-behaved girl is the apple of Director Xiao’s eye, and he spoils her without restraint. In psychology, there’s a term called the Dunning-Kruger effect. May we all overcome it, bravely find our way out of the mire 3.9kReads—Score29314d adds

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    Childhood sweethearts, a perfect match in terms of social standing. The male lead is incredibly doting.

12. 62 星 Starry Rain and Serene Orchids 星雨幽兰 Xu Tinglan叙亭兰Modern Romance104k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted to each other + wealthy families + school life + friendship] After weathering countless storms and looking back through the river of time, we finally realize that the beauty of youth has quietly slipped away. He walked up to her and asked softly, “When did you get back?” Lan Ying looked up at Ruan Xingyi, as if she were back in high school, when she used to look up at him just like this. We can never have youth and experience it at the same time. That is why we are always 41Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 63 说 They Say I Bring Bad Luck to My Husband? I’m Clearly His Lucky Charm 说我克夫？我明明是锦鲤妻 Shui Ningshui水柠水Ancient Romance101k WordsOngoing [Family life] + [farming and getting rich] + [face-slapping] Chu Xia is notorious far and wide for bringing misfortune to her husbands and relatives. She is past eighteen, and still no one dares marry her. Song Changqing, the eldest young master of the Song family in Qingshui Town, was a child prodigy. Unfortunately, he fell ill while traveling to the capital to take the civil service exams at fourteen and became an idiot. The Song family’s stepmother hates her stepson Song Changqing with all he 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    My new book [awkward laugh][awkward laugh][awkward laugh] is not recommended by Tomato. I don't know what's wrong with it. Everyone is welcome to read it, and please feel free to comment and point out any mistakes.

14. 64 我 What We Promised Each Other: 我们说好的： Tumi Demon荼靡妖Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted “We’ve grown up. We’re not the same as we were as kids. Do you really think childhood sweethearts would go to all that trouble to find each other just to be friends again?” Lin Yi blinked her clear eyes and laughed carelessly. “I don’t!” Shen Yu blurted out without a moment’s hesitation. “So let’s be together!” Shu Ning looked at Xue Yang and asked, “I’m said to bring bad luck. Aren’t you afraid?” “What’s there to be afraid of? It’s not like I’m a good person!” Xue Yang’s matter-of-fact tone mad 163Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Super sweet and satisfying romance novel! Good-looking, rich, and morally upright characters! Childhood sweethearts reunite after a long separation, a powerful and calculating man has been plotting for a long time, revenge is taken on the spot, and words are spoken face-to-face. A smart academic genius and an athletic school heartthrob, a sexy internet celebrity and a domineering CEO—it gets more and more addictive as you read on! The writing is light and smooth, with strong moral values! The characters are all very well-developed. You have to read it! You have to read it! You have to read it!

15. 65 背 I Can’t Carry On Anymore. I’m Calling Off the Wedding 背不动了，不结了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted I Can't Carry This Burden Anymore. I'm Calling Off the Wedding 5Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 66 你 If You Won't Marry, Then I'll Marry You 你若不嫁，我便娶你 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊40k WordsCompleted If you won’t marry me, then I’ll marry you. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 67 老 My Wife Has Two Sides 老婆是个双面大佬 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance20k WordsCompleted My Wife Is a Double-Sided Powerhouse 20Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 68 顶 A Top Hunter's Guide to Turning the Tables 顶级猎手反杀指南 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance23k WordsCompleted A Top Hunter’s Guide to Turning the Tables 34Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 69 她 She Is a Man 她是男人 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊16k WordsCompleted She Is a Man 33Reads—Score214d adds
20. 70 他 He Forgot Our Agreement, but He Still Remembers Loving Me 他忘了协议，只记得爱我 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted He Forgot Our Agreement and Remembered Only That He Loved Me 10Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 71 娱 The Entertainment Industry’s Guide to Hunting for Love 娱乐圈猎爱法则 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊31k WordsCompleted The Rules of Love Hunting in the Entertainment Industry 10Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 72 予 A Sweet Aftertaste, Just for You 予你回甘 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊21k WordsCompleted A Sweet Aftertaste for You 1Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 73 离 When He Handed Me the Divorce Papers, He Tore Up Appendix Three 离婚协议递来时，他撕了附录三 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted When the divorce papers arrived, he tore up Appendix Three 44Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 74 红 The Oath in the Red Book 红皮书的誓言 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted The Oath in the Red Book 1Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 75 兄 Brother, You’re Really Something 兄弟，你可真行 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted Bro, you really are something. 372Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 76 他 His Favor Is Priceless 他的偏爱，价值连城 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance24k WordsCompleted His Favor Is Priceless 17Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 77 那 I Was Five That Year, and I Flattened a Grave 那年我五岁，平了一座坟 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊38k WordsCompleted I Was Five That Year When I Leveled a Tomb —Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 78 影 The Movie Emperor’s Assistant Is the CEO’s Unforgettable First Love 影帝的助理是霸总白月光 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊18k WordsCompleted The Movie Emperor's Assistant Is the CEO's White Moonlight 47Reads—Score114d adds
29. 79 心 Heartbeats at Full Capacity 心动满格 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊20k WordsCompleted Heart at Full Capacity 1Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 80 骑 My Motorcycle-Riding Bad-Boy Husband 骑摩托的“黄毛”老公 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted The "Blond Punk" Husband Who Rides a Motorcycle 12Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 81 雨 Flirting in the Rain 雨夜撩人 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance36k WordsCompleted Flirting in the Rain at Night 118Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 82 兔 Rabbit Bite Marks 兔子齿痕 Wuer Sheng无二生Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted (The main story is complete, so enjoy without worry.) [A reserved, doting CEO VS a sweet, soft little bunny who sometimes bites] Age gap\Growing up together\Not-quite-uncle-and-niece\Flirtatious tension\Both leads are inexperienced When thirteen-year-old Yun An arrived at the Song household to stay for a while, the only thing she took from the Yun family was a battered, broken rabbit doll. A man stood silhouetted against the light. He bent down and gently took the rabbit from her arms, his voice 111Reads—Score—14d adds

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    What touched me most were those details that no one else seemed to notice—he remembered she didn't eat onions, habitually peeled shrimp for her, and never put chili in his noodles when he cooked them late at night. These habits, formed over the years, had long transcended responsibility and become instincts. Song Qingyu, you've loved her for a long time, you just wouldn't admit it!

33. 83 何 He Fang Luyuan 何方路圆圆 Xu Tinglan叙亭兰Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted [Sweet and spicy + mutual devotion + sweet romance + wealthy CEO] “From beginning to end, all I’ve ever wanted is to marry the girl I’ve loved from afar!” That was He Yanzheng’s one and only wish. He Yanzheng had grown up surrounded by every luxury, but after meeting her, he willingly made sacrifices and changed himself, all because he wanted to be part of her future. The clearheaded top student Lu Yuanyuan was focused on her exams and refused to date, yet she found herself pursued by a persiste 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    From school uniforms to wedding dresses, a story of a wealthy young master from a prominent Beijing family versus a well-behaved, academically gifted girl.

34. 84 爱 Love When the Rosy Clouds Fill the Sky 爱在红霞万丈时 Shell Wei贝壳薇Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing He watched her being born, and watched her grow up. Was his attentive care for her the love of childhood sweethearts, or the affection between siblings from close family friends? She was confident and graceful, dazzling and radiant in her youth, yet sometimes she could be as cute and willful as any little girl. What kind of story will unfold between them? Keep following Love in the Crimson Glow. 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Childhood sweethearts, youthful romance, top-tier wealthy family.

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