#MarriageFirst,LoveLater #先婚后爱

1. 51 毕 A Contract Upon Graduation: I Became CEO Lu’s Wife 毕业即契约：我成了陆总的妻 Nangong Yanxin南宫颜心Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + contract marriage + both leads are each other’s first + unhinged second male lead] With every job application disappearing into a black hole and rent notices piling up on her desk, Su Wanwan’s graduation season was nothing but a frantic mess. Then Lu Tingye appeared with a three-year marriage contract: “One million yuan to become Mrs. Lu.” She signed without hesitation. Compared to the misery of being unemployed, this deal was the only lifeline she had. He was a powerful, 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It has to be this one [The God of Birds and Birds] [The God of Birds and Birds] [The Gods of Birds and Birds]

2. 52 恶 The Vicious Female Supporting Character Went Viral After Causing Trouble on a Dating Show 恶毒女配在恋综花样作妖后爆红了 A Million Peach Blossoms百万桃源Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted [Absurd and illogical] Nan Yan had already completed missions in more than ninety angsty romance novels when she transmigrated into a novel about a beloved star in the entertainment industry, becoming the same-named villainess and being bound to an Anger-Inducing System. She joins a dating reality show alongside the heroine. To rack up anger points, Nan Yan goes all out causing trouble. Unexpectedly... At first, netizens: When is Nan Yan getting out of the entertainment industry? Later, netizens 1.5kReads9.3Score215Shelves

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   Marriage first, love later, love story, venomous and funny!

3. 53 闪 Three Days After Our Whirlwind Wedding, My Husband Woke Up Beneath a Collapsing Wall! 闪婚三天后，老公在危墙下醒了！ Xin Zimeng辛梓萌Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted “Marriage first, love later,” “contract marriage,” “second chance at love,” “reunion after years apart,” “past and present lives,” “power couple.” To fulfill her elders' final wish, Su Aiqing agrees to Lu Chenzhou's proposal of a whirlwind marriage. “You help me fend off pressure to get married, and I'll help you renovate the Lu family mansion. After we marry, we each get what we need.” The contract marriage begins as a transaction, but their time together in the century-old mansion quietly chan 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Marriage first, love later,

4. 54 新 On Our Wedding Night, My Comatose Husband Put His Arm Around My Waist 新婚夜，植物人老公搂住我的腰 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Husband Chasing His Wife + Both Chaste] Tong Yao is forced to take her twin sister’s place and marry Gu Jingchen, a former business tycoon who is now in a vegetative state. The whole city pities her, believing she will spend her life as a wife in name only. But on their wedding night, the sleeping man suddenly wraps an arm around her waist. The once decisive king of the business world wakes up and takes back his immense power. Everyone wait 3kReads6.6Score270Shelves

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   These books are pretty good. The hero and heroine get married first and then fall in love. Sweet and pampering stories. Flash marriages. The cold-hearted president only dotes on his little wife.

5. 55 缅 Back from Northern Myanmar, I Marry a Beijing Tycoon 缅北归来，我嫁给京圈大佬 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance123k WordsCompleted [Forced Marriage + Powerful Tycoon’s Relentless Pursuit + Sweet Age-Gap Romance] After her boyfriend betrays her, Li Shiqi is sold to northern Myanmar. In her darkest hour, she happens upon Mu Tingye, the capital’s most powerful business tycoon, and only then manages to escape. Having fled a living hell, she is instead forced into marriage by the aloof, celibate business magnate. At first, Mu Tingye only wants to keep her under his thumb. But before long, he falls head over heels and spoils her 158Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 56 新 On Our Wedding Night, I Woke My Husband from His Coma 新婚夜，我让植物人老公苏醒了 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance169k WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + winning her back after breaking her heart + age gap + sweet romance + scheming male lead] Her older sister was suffering from kidney failure and urgently needed money for a transplant. Jiang Yawei swallowed her pride and went home to beg her scumbag father to pay for the surgery, only to catch her boyfriend of three years kissing Jiang Feifei, her half-sister. Her father and stepmother seized the chance to hold her sister’s life-saving money over her head, forcing her to 503Reads—Score111Shelves
7. 57 跳 Rescued After Jumping into the Sea, I Married into a Trillion-Dollar Family 跳海被救代嫁给千亿财阀 Yan Fei'er言非儿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Wealthy CEO x Scheming Heir x Sweet Before Angst x Contract Marriage x Marriage Before Love x Witty and Funny Ru Meng's life was simple and happy, until her mother's best friend betrayed them. Overnight, she was saddled with enormous loan-shark debts, and her family was destroyed. Desperate to repay the debt, she was driven into a corner. While fleeing, she fell into the sea, only to be rescued by a wealthy young master. He discovered that she looked exactly like the sister who had run away from 347Reads8.9Score122Shelves

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   Marriage first, love later!

8. 58 予 Yuan Yuan Imprisons Huai 予渊囚槐 Flower Flower Flower Flower Isn't a Flower花花花花不是花Modern Romance295k WordsCompleted [Obsessive, unhinged King of Hell × stubborn, tsundere little white rabbit × marriage before love × love grows with time × 1v1, each other’s only love × groveling to win her back × mild forced romance × intense push and pull] To save her studio, Lin Huai publicly “confesses” to the living King of Hell of Harbor City: “Mr. Ji, I like you! I really do!!” Ji Yuyuan, head of the Ji family and a smiling devil: “Prove your love, or you and your studio will disappear together.” Every day of the three-m 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The pace of this book is fast and not sloppy. It may be a bit bloody at the beginning but it is very interesting later on!! The male protagonist has a yandere attribute and is very proactive and good at flirting. He resisted the female protagonist at first, but then he was gradually impressed and started to like her. As soon as he realized his feelings, he confessed to her!!

9. 59 枕 Tenderness on the Pillow: Professor Gu’s Contract Wife 枕上温柔，顾教授的契约婚妻 Sun Gives Birth to Metal and Wood日生金木Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted (The novel is complete) Marriage Before Love / A sweet, slow-burn everyday romance / Pure romance / Not a fast-paced plot / A literary style A cool, restrained professor of classical literature × a sweet, healing freelance illustrator The socially anxious illustrator Wen Ruan needs a great deal of money to pay for her grandmother's treatment. Gu Qingyan, a professor of Chinese at a top university, needs a quiet, obedient wife who won't cause trouble. He finds her and makes a businesslike offer 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Who can resist a professor who is cold and abstinent in the early stage, and clingy and jealous in the later stage? Wen Ruan was only serious about managing Mrs. Gu's identity, but Gu Qingyan had long been so trapped that he didn't even want the contract.

10. 60 闪 Flash Marriage, Intoxicating Love 闪婚浓瘾 Beauty Like a Song美人如歌Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Modern romance + marriage before love + whirlwind wedding + love that grows over time + both devoted only to each other + doting husband + cherished by everyone + satisfying read + punishing scum with face-slapping] Shen Yan and Zhou Yanxi had been dating for three years. On Valentine's Day, the two planned to register their marriage, but just then, Shen Yan's younger sister, Shen Xiaoyu, called Zhou Yanxi to say she had a headache. He turned around and left Shen Yan at the marriage registry. H 1.2kReads—Score120Shelves

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    This book is super nice

11. 61 闪 After Our Whirlwind Wedding, Mr. Gu Can’t Keep His Heart in Check 闪婚后，顾总心弦难抑 Mountain Wind Turns Cold山风易冷Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted "Contract marriage + Marriage first, love later + Sweet romance + Both leads have no past relationships + Push and pull" Jiang Xingxian never imagined that something as wonderful as an alliance through marriage with the Gu family would happen to her. She entered an orphanage at five and wasn’t taken back by the Jiang family until she was ten. The first time she met Gu Yanyue was at the farewell party for his departure to study abroad at eighteen. That day, she even splashed juice all over him. T 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended. After the male protagonist reveals his feelings, the female protagonist shrinks back. For her, contract marriage is unreal and insecure. It depends on how the male protagonist keeps her later.

12. 62 霸 The Overbearing CEO Secretly Fell in Love with Me 霸道总裁偷偷爱上我 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance253k WordsCompleted Lin Yufeng is a stern, domineering CEO with striking good looks. He deeply resents the marriage his parents arranged for him when he was young, and repeatedly refuses to meet the girl he is betrothed to. Li Xinrui, meanwhile, is a renowned British designer, blessed with both talent and beauty. By a twist of fate, the two meet, and Lin Yufeng is captivated by her looks and talent, launching an all-out pursuit. To his surprise, he eventually discovers that she is the very woman whose arranged marr 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These three books are all super good-looking, so sweet and so sweet

13. 63 霸 The Domineering CEO Falls for Me 霸道总裁恋上我 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted Lin Xue joins Chen Yufeng’s company as a designer, and her beauty and talent instantly light up his world. Her delicate features, bright eyes, and distinctive charm make Chen Yufeng’s heart race, and from then on, he falls deeply in love with her, unable to stop his feelings from growing. So he chooses to watch over her in silence. Meanwhile, in her own emotional world, Lin Xue remains devoted to her high school sweetheart, Li Zhiheng, completely unaware of Chen Yufeng’s deep and secret love. As 120Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 拒 Say No to Mental Overload, Take It Easy When Trouble Comes 拒绝精神内耗有事儿你悠着点 Ya Tang丫汤Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted [Wealthy families] [Winning back his wife] [No unattainable first love] [No over-the-top drama] Her mother married three times and traded her for hundreds of millions. Once the money was gone, her mother sold her off for another hundred million. How long would that last? As for her, you could put it nicely and say she got married. Put less nicely? She put a pair of shackles on herself, with two glaring words stamped on them: “Celibacy by imperial decree!” Before marriage, the screen was full of —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Marriage first, love later, no nonsense.

15. 65 港 A Letter from Hong Kong 港岛来信 Lychee Egg Cake荔枝鸡蛋糕Modern Romance145k WordsOngoing “I want her to be like the rain, falling into my arms of her own accord.” Content warning: The heroine's brother, Zhao Yanchuan, has a BL (also known as danmei) storyline, but he has little page time and it won't affect your reading. If you're particularly uncomfortable with this, please proceed with caution. A pampered, sharp-tongued rich girl from Beijing × a refined, roguish, fatherly smiling schemer from Hong Kong - Zhao Sinian, head of the Zhongzhou Group, has a son and a daughter. As the a 225Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There is no room for anyone who has not watched "Letter from Hong Kong Island"! Beijing's group favorite, Rich Flower × Hong Kong Island yuppie's smiling tiger, 8-year age difference + marriage first, love later, so sweet that I follow it every day

16. 66 甄 Mr. Zhen’s Marriage-First, Love-Later: Twice the Happiness 甄总先婚后爱快乐加倍 Phantom Ink Online幻墨在线Modern Romance326k WordsCompleted [A different take on marriage first, love later + comedy + bickering + constant sparks + age gap + healing] Zhen Xinwei initially misunderstands Qian Haohao. Later, his parents conspire to set them up, and he marries her. Zhen Xinwei says, “I never fake my marriage.” Qian Haohao replies, “What a coincidence. I never take marriage seriously.” Qian Haohao doesn’t believe in love, yet by a twist of fate, she ends up marrying for the second time. After the wedding, she tells Zhen Xinwei, “I’m not af 302Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 67 藏 Hidden Beneath the Pearly Glow 藏于珠光之下 Dancing in the Evening Breeze晚风翩然Modern Romance157k WordsCompleted [Whirlwind marriage + marriage first, love later + marriage alliance + rekindled romance + both leads are inexperienced] [A gentle yet strong, clear-headed and reserved artist VS a cold, self-centered CEO who sees marriage as a transaction] “Miss Su, I've met many talented young people. Some are too fixated on the pain of the past, while others are too eager to forget it.” “But you're different. You turned your pain into nourishment. That's rare.” “But what's passed between us is over. We mis 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Marriage first, love later, highly recommended

18. 68 婚 Wild After Marriage 婚后野 The Way Things Are世间然而Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Powerful Family Alliance + Both Pure + Bickering Couple] A haughty heiress in public and a goofball in private x an heir who pretends to be aloof but is actually a shameless flirt He Xiaoyu and He Fengye couldn’t stand each other. He Xiaoyu once said that if He Fengye were the only man left in the world, she’d use a toy instead. Their marriage was purely for the benefit of their families. They signed an agreement: two years, then they would go their separate ways. 376Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I thought it was just a contract marriage where everyone gets what they need. Unexpectedly, the cold-faced boss's style suddenly changed. During the day, he feeds like a domineering boss, and at night, he guards like a clingy person. From not interfering with each other to pressing forward step by step, who is tempted by this damn possessiveness first? Shuhuang's treasure rushes so fast that you can't stop staying up all night to catch up!

19. 69 雪 Snow-Stained Longing 雪染为念 First Bud 1984初蕾1984Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted [A reunion only to say goodbye? A star-crossed love blooms in the snowy borderlands] [Battle-hardened border guard and aid-work doctor + reunion after a long separation + rekindled love + defending the borderlands] A friendly note: This story moves between two periods of time, told in alternating sections. “The border is too harsh. Don't come after me...” “Wei Yunzhou, if you dare marry me, I'll dare say yes!” Jiang Zhiyue said, her eyes red with tears. Two years later, she found him again at th 1.9kReads9.3Score197Shelves

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    Recommended to friends who like warmth, she said after reading it, "My heart feels warm after reading it, like drinking hot soup"!

20. 70 穿 Transmigrating to a Bygone Era While Pregnant, I Rise to the Top 穿越年代挺着孕肚走上人生巅峰 Years White, Years White岁白岁白Modern Romance36k WordsOngoing [The heroine transmigrates, the hero is reborn, marriage before love, several children at once, both are each other's first, everyday family life, farming and building a fortune, delicious food] Zhou Qin, an unmarried woman past her prime, woke up to find she had transmigrated into a period novel as a cannon-fodder female supporting character. In the book, the original Zhou Qin was Qin Feng's awful first wife. Thinking he was too cold toward her, she eloped with a guy with dyed blond hair, turni —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Sweet articles of the era, love and career have both hands [sneered laugh]

21. 71 新 After the Wedding, President Lu's System Goes Haywire 新婚后，路总的程序紊乱了 Blackie Loves Hot Pot黑黑爱吃火锅Modern Romance246k WordsOngoing Marriage Before Love | Slow-Burn Romance | Clear-Headed Heroine vs. Stubborn CEO | Sweet Everyday Life Lu Yanzheng, head of the Langna Group, is worth hundreds of billions. He’s marrying me only to improve his company’s image with my respectable background. Our prenuptial agreement spells it out clearly: A monthly salary of 500,000 yuan, and a marriage lasting at least two years. Neither of us may develop romantic feelings for the other. Break the rules, and pay an astronomical penalty. Fine. I, 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Well, the male protagonist only marries the female protagonist for business, and the female protagonist just happens to be heartbroken and doesn't want to love again. The two hit it off immediately. What follows is life, but as time goes by, love comes.

22. 72 闪 A Contract Marriage with the CEO 闪婚总裁契约妻 Plucking Flowers, Brushing Willows拈花拂柳Modern Romance4.3M WordsCompleted [Delicate, sweet little beauty vs. Proud, aloof young master] [Sweet romance + Devoted husband + Contract marriage + Marriage first, love later] Gu Xixi was set up and ended up in a powerful man’s bed. After one passionate night, the man pulled out a check. “Here’s five million. Keep quiet about what happened today.” But then she accidentally got pregnant, and the two were forced into a whirlwind wedding, becoming a contract couple. Yin Sichen had thought this marriage was nothing but an act. Bu 2.6kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    🔥🔥🔥🔥 [The sweet and soft little beauty vs the arrogant and indifferent noble man] [Sweet pet + wife doting mania + contract couple + marriage first, love later] Gu Xixi was tricked and mistakenly fell into the boss's bed. She didn't want to accidentally get pregnant with a baby and be forced to have a flash marriage. Yin Sichen originally thought that this marriage was just a show. After the marriage, he didn't know that he was gradually falling into trouble. He was trying to seduce his wife every day.

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