Any Normal CEOs Out There? No More Stomping Their Feet and Shaking the Capital 有没有正常的总裁，不要动不动跺跺脚，帝都抖三抖

1. 501 狰 The Vicious Red Rose 狰狞的红玫瑰 Hedge Shadow篱影Modern Romance305k WordsCompleted Your heart, liver, kidneys, corneas… will they all stay safe and sound? My aunt Xia Qing was the person who once protected me with her life. But just before graduating from college, her boyfriend abandoned her, and she leapt from the thirteenth floor. Qiao Linbin was that boyfriend. By chance, I got close to him, and so began my two-year revenge. Behind a series of baffling events lay a cruel truth: people blinded by greed had recklessly taken human lives for enormous profits. It was Zheng Mingx 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The novel ends with a CEO who fits the topic's requirements.

2. 502 觉 After Awakening, the CEO Calls Me Sister-in-Law 觉醒后，霸总叫我嫂嫂 A Bowl of Honey Water一碗蜂蜜水Modern Romance155k WordsOngoing [Devoted Business Tycoon Heir VS Cool, Stoic Beauty] [Both virgins + Falling for her on his own + Intense unrequited love + Real and fake heirs] When Wen He woke up, she discovered that the world was actually a melodramatic body-double novel. And she was the body double. Be a body double? Not on your life! She kicked the scumbag to the curb, put the scheming green tea in her place, then turned around and went after her career. But just as she became single again, Fu Heng, the untouchable heir to 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Both the male and female leads are normal people.

3. 503 惊 What?! The Chaste CEO Seduced and Kissed the Cool, Collected Real Heiress 惊！禁欲霸总诱吻清冷真千金 Er Ba Er Wu Qi贰捌贰伍柒Modern Romance235k WordsOngoing [Cool, true heiress and painter × abstinent, fatherly CEO | childhood sweethearts + mutual secret crushes + reunion after years apart + sweet romance and a determined pursuit] When Fu Jinye learned that He Yanshan had someone else in his heart, she buried her decade-long crush and quietly went abroad to study. Years later, after she returned home, he kept appearing in her life, his eyes full of an all-consuming guilt and obsession. Tired of guessing, she wanted only to focus on painting and spen 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male and female leads are mutually in love but have a crush on each other. The male lead is a normal person and doesn't have any domineering CEO tendencies. The female lead was adopted by the male lead's aunt; they are childhood sweethearts and he dotes on her immensely! The female lead is actually the real heiress who was switched at birth, but her biological parents favor the fake heiress. The male lead's family gives the female lead a new home.

4. 504 玄 Mystic Arts Streamer Live: Your Remaining Lifespan Is Running Low 玄学主播在线：你的阳寿余额不足 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Who is she? She’s the ultimate master of mystic arts, going viral across the internet by livestreaming fortune-telling and making all three realms bow to her! With a single sentence, she can tell whether an editor is a homewrecker. She’ll beat a vicious ghost until its soul is scattered, then angrily demand to know why a college student thinks she’s unfit to write novels! She’s so infamous in the underworld that everyone trembles at the mention of her, honoring her as the Great Fiend! She’s slep 135Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A typical CEO male lead! Extraordinarily? His actions are perfectly normal! And he also really likes the female lead! However, the entire story still revolves around the female lead!

5. 505 开 From the Start, a Jinx! Everyone Kneels and Begs Me to Keep Quiet 开局乌鸦嘴！全员跪求别开口 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾Modern Romance413k WordsOngoing Everyone is waiting for the country bumpkin girl to leave in disgrace? Little do they know that this country girl has a whole stack of secret identities and is a big shot in every field. The most unbelievable and exasperating thing about her is that everything she says with her jinxing mouth comes true! The moment she speaks, payback strikes! No delays! Her adopted sister acts helpless at every turn and lays traps at every opportunity, doing everything she can to drag her into the mire! And her 54Reads—Score113Shelves
6. 506 人 Strangers in Public, but You Want Me to Soothe You to Sleep Every Night! 人前不熟？却要夜夜哄睡！ San Chen Yue叁辰月Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Aloof, celibate hotel CEO & gentle, strong-willed wedding planner] [Love grows over time + Flirtatious push and pull + Age-gap pampering + Both physically and emotionally pure + Extra sweet and steamy] Luo Qianqian, an overworked wedding planner, caught the attention of Shang Chiyu, a man at the very top of the global luxury hotel industry. She also accidentally discovered the secret behind his recurring nightmares. He used a lavish salary to entice her into becoming his personal sleep companio 1.1kReads8.8Score103Shelves

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   The male protagonist in the author's work is the ideal type! Gentle yet domineering, a guiding lover, with eyes full of favoritism, while the soft and cute female protagonist is obedient. They heal each other, and the more you read, the more addictive it becomes.

7. 507 混 Thriving in Chaos, I Slaughter My Way Through With My Husbands 混世中带着夫君们杀疯了 June's Embers六月烬Modern Romance397k WordsCompleted Xu Xing'er was taken in by her master and raised in the mountains from a young age. Her senior brother, seven years older than her, raised her and was the one she cared about most in her youth. When he went down the mountain at fourteen, she waited for years. At last, she set out to find him, and the two stayed by each other’s side. By chance, she stumbled into a hidden laboratory and rescued Qing Mo, a red-haired boy being used as a test subject. From then on, the obsessive, unhinged Qing Mo d —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   She transmigrates into the body of an abandoned baby girl, awakens a personal space, and wins over four male protagonists with tragic pasts, joining hands to overturn the old order in a chaotic world.

8. 508 许 May You Have Sweet Success Year After Year 许你岁岁柿如意 Mo En么恩Modern Romance160k WordsCompleted [Sweet-on-the-inside CEO with a love-addled heart vs. straightforward, adorable heiress] What should you do if you fall in love at first sight with your fiancé’s cousin? Drinking to drown her sorrows, Sang Suisui makes a fool of herself and falls right at her fiancé’s cousin’s feet. “Who are you? You’re so handsome. Can you take me home?” Luan Yunxi looks at his suit jacket, stinking from the filthy vomit, and a meticulous smile flickers in his eyes. “What would I get out of taking you home?” 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Look at mine, it's perfectly normal! 🥺

9. 509 谢 Mr. Xie, Your Secret Identity Is Showing 谢少，你的马甲掉了 Year After Year, I Think of You岁岁念卿Modern Romance606k WordsCompleted I once chased the moon with all my might, because I loved it. And I stand on a branch because birds naturally roost in trees., Shi Zhao The world sees me as mud, but for you alone, I am an abyss willing to sink, only so I can catch you every time you fall., Xie Yan I love your fearless pursuit, your flourishing spirit, the way you run toward me. I feel for your exhaustion, and I let you go, thinking that was the greatest kindness I could offer you., Shen Qingzhou 15Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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   [Take a closer look][Take a closer look] This contemporary romance novel featuring a domineering CEO and a second male lead who rises to power is incredibly good. The immersion and plot are both excellent. 🌈 The pacing is fast, there are no major flaws, and the foreshadowing and plot twists are constant. I highly recommend this book.

10. 510 成 I Became an Assistant and Discovered the CEO Was My Arch-Enemy 成了助理才发现总裁竟是死对头 Qi Meng齐梦Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted I Only Found Out After Becoming the Assistant That the CEO Was My Archrival 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is really good! The male and female leads have sound values ​​and aren't melodramatic; they're just normal people! It's a breath of fresh air in the world of CEO romance novels, depicting the love-hate relationship between a mediocre CEO and his brilliant assistant—it's super enjoyable! [Heart][heart][heart]

11. 511 读 After Reading His Mind, I Got the CEO Wrapped Around My Finger 读心后，霸总被我拿捏了 Yihang以航Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted Qi Wan is a chatty slacker at Die Shan Design, lounging around and munching sunflower seeds on the surface, while secretly possessing incredible talent. Xie Chi is a reclusive, mysterious boss who fears socializing but controls everything. She can hear his innermost thoughts, like the sound of his heartbeat: “If she comes any closer, I'm done for.” When colleagues dump work on her, directors try to suppress her, and her ex threatens her, she hits back with face-slapping comebacks. From plagiaris 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both the male and female leads are intelligent, especially the female lead, who starts from the bottom and works her way up in the workplace, showing great control over her career and incidentally winning over the domineering CEO.

12. 512 鹤 Jade Hidden in the Crane Pavilion, Waiting for an Old Friend to Return 鹤亭藏翠，久候故人归 Qing Ben Cheng Zui卿本程最6k WordsCompleted Greenery Hidden in the Crane Pavilion, Long Awaiting an Old Friend's Return —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A job interview fraudster becomes famous overnight, a safety amulet reveals ancestral secrets, career and love go hand in hand, niche and unique, good-looking and not dragging!

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