The Male Lead Coldly Rejects the Heroine at First, Then Gets Wildly Jealous Later. He’s the Brooding, Flirtatious Type 前期男主冷漠拒绝女主,后期疯狂吃醋,男主闷骚型
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Before Marriage: Stay Away from Me. After Marriage: Come Snuggle, Wife 婚前:别挨我,婚后:老婆贴贴
[Older woman-younger man romance: arrogant young master VS mature, alluring female CEO] The heir to the Feng family was forced to marry Jiang Tang, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, who was five years older than him. Feng Ling was unhappy about it, so he decided to put Jiang Tang in her place. Before the wedding, Young Master Feng said, “I don't love you, and you shouldn't love me either. After we get married, we'll each do our own thing, and neither of us will interfere in the other's bu
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Falling Hard! A Kiss Out of Control 沦陷!失控诱吻
[Marriage first, love later + the second male lead wins her heart + the ex chases her after the breakup, but she never looks back + both leads are inexperienced] Jiang Li found a revealing swimsuit photo on her boyfriend’s phone. A graceful figure, full of allure. It belonged to his female “best bud.” At the campground, Jiang Li watched coldly as they draped their arms around each other, acting like a couple. She gave a faint smile and turned to leave. “Jiang Mochen, you’re not my boyfriend any
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What If Uncle Is Platonic Toward the Fake Heiress? 万一小叔对假千金是柏拉图呢?
(The untouchable beauty falls from her pedestal + deliberate seduction + seven-year age gap + uncle) [Scheming, well-behaved fake heiress × powerful political heavyweight] Song Ci had a dream. In it, she was a fake heiress who had been switched at birth, while her fiancé's beloved, a poor but brilliant country girl, was the real heiress. Later, her fiancé teamed up with the real heiress, exposed Song Ci's identity, and sent her to a psychiatric hospital. Unable to bear the humiliation, she slit
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Flames and Roses 烈火蔷薇
[Mischievous, foxlike girl × rugged, brash fire chief, nine-year age gap, secret-crush romance. She pursues him at first; he chases her later.] Xu Xingyang had been secretly in love with Li Yulin for six years. By chance, she ended up living at Li Yulin's house. Xu Xingyang thought she could take advantage of being close to him, but then discovered that Li Yulin lived at the fire station every day and barely ever went home. So Xu Xingyang did everything she could to create chances to spend time
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Love Gone Awry 热恋偏差
[An author focused on emotions, with no special tricks. No textual analysis, rankings, or borrowing ideas. Please respect the characters in the book. Infringements will be pursued.] Cold, ambitious man (Xu Kuang) × spoiled rich heiress (Li Shuyu) [Not-quite-siblings + mutual salvation + marriage before love + she leaves with the baby + he chases her after she leaves] 1. Everyone in their circle knew Xu Kuang didn't like Li Shuyu and even went out of his way to avoid her. Few knew that the two of
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Sinking into You 陷落之渝
[Years of secret love from the heroine + the hero realizes his feelings and devotes himself to her] [Gentle, steady hero × strong, sensitive, self-doubting heroine] [Both sexually exclusive / happy ending] Ever since the year the college entrance exam results came out, Lin Zhiyu had kept a secret in her heart: a journal named “Chen Mushen.” Later, at a banquet, she watched the man approach her older sister, Lin Zhilu. “Hello. May I get to know you?” Soon, news broke that the Chen and Lin familie
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Reclaiming the Loyal Male Supporting Character, Starting with a Seductive Beauty 回收忠犬男配,从钓系美人开始
[Quick transmigration + sweet romance + exclusive devotion, 1v1 + extra sweet] (I like push-and-pull dynamics and training the male leads. If that bothers you, please don't read.) (The rating is low because it was only recently added.) As a member of the quick transmigration team, Jiang Wan is lucky enough to join the group tasked with winning over devoted male supporting characters. The male leads are already in love with her, so she doesn't need to win them over. All she has to do is maintain
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Kindling a Passion 引火撩心
[The aloof beauty falls from her pedestal + tantalizing tension + the heroine stops pursuing him halfway, driving the male lead to go mad with love, lurk in the shadows, and completely lose it] Shen Zhinian had been secretly in love with Xiao Hechuan for years, and the two had been dancing around each other for a long time. But just as she was preparing to confess, she caught him rekindling things with his ex-girlfriend. She heard him say: “I was drawn to her because she reminded me of you.” Fur
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Sour-Sweet Green Lime 初涩青柠
[Sweet Campus Romance | Contrasting Sides | Tension Before Tenderness | Secretly Falling in Love] [Proud, aloof top student × Stubborn, competitive ray of sunshine] Everyone at school knew that Zhou Zhi, a sophomore, was a born winner, standing head and shoulders above the rest. He was the student council president, always at the top of his grade. Distant and taciturn, he carried an air of arrogance that warned everyone to keep their distance. Everyone looked up to him, but no one dared approach
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Claiming the Darling for Myself 私占娇娇
[A chaste, aloof, secretly flirtatious Beijing power player VS a dazzling, scheming wild rose] [Age gap + uncle figure + heroine pretends to be obedient + hero is cold on the outside, secretly flirtatious underneath] Rumor had it that Tang Zhan, the jade-faced Buddha known as the “Tang Sanzang of Beijing’s elite circle,” was untouchable and had no interest in women. Until one day, someone spotted him on the balcony at a lavish banquet, holding a young woman by the waist as they kissed passionate
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Falling Into Temptation 诱情陷落
[Important: Wife-chasing crematorium, powerful-family marriage, mutual secret crushes, fictional country, political and business dynasties, aloof political tycoon Qin Xun x soft yet strong actress Jiang Fuxi, sharp-fanged little-rabbit actress x powerful tycoon, the white moonlight is a misunderstanding.] “How could I possibly like someone like Jiang Fuxi?” On the first day of her marriage to Qin Xun, Jiang Fuxi heard him talking on the phone with his uncle outside the bedroom. His haughty, nonc
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The Seductress of the Capital's Crown Prince 京圈太子的狐狸精
The entertainment industry’s gorgeous but talentless beauty of a heroine vs. the aloof heir to a powerful Beijing family An injured fox spirit possesses Cheng Jia and controls her, making her find men to absorb their yang energy. Cheng Jia can’t control herself and ends up pinning a manga-loving boy down. “C-classmate, hurry and push me away. If you don’t, I’ll take that as your permission...” The next day, Cheng Jia’s best friend tells her that a ridiculously handsome transfer student has just
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The Wicked Little Darling of the 1980s Has the Powerful Man Hooked, and Now He Can't Get Enough 八零坏娇娇勾到大佬后真香了
[Sweet romance + a wicked seductress + a factory director’s rise to wealth] Tao Yu is beautiful and bold. On the surface, she’s gentle, quiet, and perfectly normal, but deep down she’s a wicked little black-hearted dumpling. She transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself in a poor, overcrowded courtyard compound, struggling just to get by. She and the favored son of heaven, Song Hecheng, are worlds apart and should never have crossed paths. But in the factory director’s office, she smiles so
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Reborn and Hearing My Husband's Inner Thoughts, I'm Having the Time of My Life 重生后听见老公心声,爽翻了
[Cold, arrogant CEO]✘ [Reborn, spoiled heiress] Both leads are each other's first and only ➕ aloof and arrogant ➕ relentless flirting ➕ sugary sweet, with the occasional silly moment After Chen Nian'an was reborn in Myanmar, she gained a golden finger that let her hear everyone's thoughts. She was stunned as soon as she got home. On the surface: Gu Boyan pulled out a chair at the dining table, his handsome face cold and impassive. In his heart: [Wonderful, I get to eat the leftovers my wife spec
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Jin Se Jasmine 瑾色茉莉
[Powerful Political Family | Older Man/Younger Woman | Nurturing and Guidance | Stern, Stoic, Secretly Passionate Political Heavyweight x Lively, Bunnylike Little Fox] ˇ Murong Jin had always been stern and hard-edged. He never imagined that the sweet scent of jasmine clinging to a girl who was barely grown would leave him so thoroughly unsettled. It was only later that Murong Jin realized Jiang Wanwan wasn't some innocent little bunny. She was a sly little fox who stole the hunter's heart, then
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Burning Bones, Stirring Desire 炙骨撩思
Lu Xi was always a good girl. The only time she ever went against the grain was when she fell in love with her own bodyguard, Shen Zhan, and married him without hesitation. She had thought it would be a story of redemption rooted in their youthful past. Instead, she found herself caught in a vast web of lies and revenge... Shen Zhan once told her, “A debt owed by the father must be paid by the son. I kept you around so you could watch the Lu family fall into ruin.” With hatred clouding his eyes,
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Transmigrated as the Obsessive Male Lead's First Love, His Senior Sister 穿成偏执男主的白月光师姐
Yan Qing had spent seven or eight hundred years in a world of cultivation before discovering during her tribulation to reach the Deification stage that she had transmigrated into a master-disciple romance novel and become the male lead's doomed senior sister, his first love. In the novel, the male lead was in love with his senior sister. The first thing Yan Qing did after waking up was test whether her gentle, refined junior brother liked her. Once she confirmed he did not, she went down the mou
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After Marrying the Sickly Crown Prince Who Practices Buddhism in Her Sister's Place, She Makes Him Break His Vows 替嫁给病弱佛修太子后,他破戒了
[Traditional Historical Romance + Household and Palace Intrigue + Rebirth Revenge Fantasy + Substitute Marriage + Powerful Hero and Heroine + Black Lotus] After jumping from the city tower, Jiang Nanzhi and her legitimate elder sister, Jiang Tanxin, are both reborn. In her previous life, Jiang Tanxin gave up her childhood sweetheart, the young lord Shen Che, to become the Crown Princess, and schemed to make Jiang Nanzhi marry Shen Che as her substitute. But who could have guessed that the Crown
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Mr. Jin, Your Wife Has Run Away with Your Daughter Again! 金总,太太又带小姐离家出走了!
Prissy troublemaker x shameless rogue Childhood sweethearts x regret and redemption x happy ending In their third year of marriage, Lu Ying asked for a divorce. The man sat carelessly, his long, phoenix-shaped eyes nonchalant. “Is this because I went with her to the hospital but didn't go with you?” Lu Ying: “Yes.” “Fine,” he said, clearly not taking it seriously. “Then I won't go with you anymore.” Lu Ying: “I'll leave with nothing.” The unruliness vanished from his eyes. With the speed of
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The Second Wife Is Bone-Deep Allure, and Lord Shen's Body Tells the Truth 继室娇媚入骨,沈大人身体很诚实
Both devoted to each other + transmigration + the husband chases his wife after losing her + household intrigue + angst and sweetness After learning that her sweetheart was engaged to someone else, the original owner was so devastated that she jumped into a river to end her life. Just then, Jiang Sujin from the twenty-first century transmigrated into her body, and was rescued by Shen Yanfeng, the commander of the Imperial Guards. In front of everyone's eyes, the man held her, embraced her, and c
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Keep Torturing Me! One More Time and I'm Running Away! 再虐!再虐我就跑了!
[Win her back at any cost + reunion after years apart + sweet and angsty + happy ending] Jiang Chen had loved Xu Jingnian for more than a decade, but she had always known that he felt only familial affection and friendship for her, never love. She had asked him countless times, “Do you like me?” His answer was always, “Jiang Chen, stop dreaming.” “Jiang Chen, I’ll never love you in this lifetime.” Yeah, right. All talk. When their parting finally came, the man who had always been proud and aloof
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After I Let Go, Mr. Fu Started Chasing Me Relentlessly 放手后,傅总开始穷追不舍
[Just rated, rating will rise] [Love at first sight + winning her back + CEO + possessive + devoted to one person] When Jian Yunxi transferred schools in her second year of high school, she met an exceptional, aloof boy. Everyone knew she liked him. But in her second year of college, Fu Liangzhou dashed her hopes with a single remark made behind her back: he had never liked her. So Jian Yunxi left the country without looking back. She never expected that when they met again three years later, sh
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After Losing Weight and Becoming Beautiful, She Asked for a Divorce Eight Hundred Times 肥妻变美变瘦后,和离提了八百遍
This novel features a devoted couple!!! This novel features a devoted couple!!! This novel features a devoted couple!!! The heroine is a modern-day female CEO who accidentally transmigrates into a book as the fat wife and female supporting character of a future powerful minister. In the original story, she was lazy, arrogant, domineering, and jealous. She not only raised her son to be useless, but also suffered a fatal stroke due to her obesity. The hero is a newly appointed top scholar and the
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Reckless Days and Nights 昼夜荒唐
[Flirtatious Playboy vs. Gentle, Elegant Doctor] [One Couple, Both Chaste + Marriage First, Love Later + Fake Stand-In + Secret Crush + The Ex-Wife Gets Her Revenge] He Wen Zhou and Li Wan'an's marriage began with one man falling for her looks and one woman having nowhere else to turn. But people say He Wenzhou chose Li Wan'an only because her face resembles his first love, the woman he held dear. He just wanted a stand-in to amuse himself. - The rumors are raging. Someone asks He Wenzhou, “Mr.
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The Pivot 执轴
When it came to her contractual marriage to Cheng Che, the heir to a wealthy family, Dai Ci approached it with the mindset of an office worker and refused to waste energy worrying about it. Her husband made a sarcastic remark: “With that gloomy look on your face, are you planning to hold my funeral?” Dai Ci replied calmly, “Sorry, I haven’t prepared an urn yet.” Cheng Che: “...” Her haughty mother-in-law ordered her around On the surface: “Of course, Mom.” In her head: “Damn it, fine.” * When th
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His White Moonlight Returns Home, and Mrs. Zhou Is Done! 白月光回国,这周太太她不当了!
[Suave but wicked, sharp-tongued daddy-type CEO] x [Spoiled, dramatic clingy flower] [Both are each other's first] [Scheming to seize someone + a long, grueling pursuit to win her back + extreme push and pull + a war of love] Ever since Jiang Yue asked Zhou Songnian for a divorce, her life has gone completely off the rails. At first, she thought she'd be dealing with the reality of a dignified catfight among wealthy wives, a cheesy TVB primetime melodrama where two women fight over one man: "She
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The Years We Hated Each Other Most 最纯恨的那些年
[Bittersweet Angst + Reborn Face-Slapping + Heroine Doesn’t Love the Hero + Coercive Possession + Desperate Pursuit of His Wife: Ultimate Edition] Ji Du and Si Nanzhu are sworn enemies. Her enemy is in love with her younger sister, but can’t stand her. After that jerk lands Ji Du in the hospital yet again, she gets into a car accident and dies. Reborn, Ji Du takes on idiots above and bullies below. When she hears the master going on about how their fates are destined, she can only let out a cold
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My Boyfriend Lost His Memory, and Six Powerful Men from Beijing's Elite Circle Treat Me Like Their Sister-in-Law 男友失忆,京圈六位大佬拥她为嫂
[A career-focused, ambitious heroine who admires the strong + a cool, powerful male lead who gives in for love + both are virgins] Capital socialite Lu Qingyan has lost his memory again. He remembers his childhood sweetheart, but has forgotten Yu Xian, the woman he dated for three years. Before she can even feel sad, his friends come barging in, one after another, indignant. “Even when you were just secretly in love with her, you wouldn't let us smoke, saying secondhand smoke could affect your p
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A Pretty, Silly, Lovesick Beauty Sweetly Pursues an Abstinent Tycoon 漂亮笨美人恋爱脑,甜追禁欲大佬
[She pursues him; not a strong female lead; sweet, pampered-wife romance. If that’s not your thing, don’t read! Both devoted; one-on-one.] [Delicate, soft, beautiful young woman × cold, chaste, secretly passionate CEO] After falling in love at first sight with her older brother’s friend, Xie Guanlan, Yin Shuyang launched into pursuit mode. Add him as a friend, go out to eat, visit his home, ask for hugs, ask for kisses, then play hard to get and keep him guessing until he can’t resist her! But X
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Aloof CEO? One Flirt from Me and He’s Secretly Delighted 高冷总裁?娇娇一撩就偷偷暗爽
Original title: At Night, Mr. Mo Gets Hooked by a Sweet, Flirtatious Darling and Pouts [Love after marriage + whirlwind marriage + substitute bride + flirtatious push and pull + age gap + sweet romance + both devoted to each other + one-on-one + fictional setting] The boldest thing Bai Yunxia has ever done is secretly take the household register and marry Mo Yanzhou in her older sister's place, without telling anyone in her family. According to the rumors, the head of the Mo family is decisive a
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Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮
[Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on
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The Kitten’s Late First Love 小猫迟来的初恋
[Scheming, secretly passionate man] vs. [Broken little ray of sunshine] [Happy ending / devoted to each other / second chance at love / reunion after years apart / mutual salvation / groveling pursuit] Four years ago, Lu Huaian lost his entire world with his own hands: the little ray of sunshine who had pulled him out of the gutter. He thought she would wait where she was forever, until she vanished from his world for good. For four whole years, Su Yu kept him hidden in the deepest corner of her
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After Faking Her Death in Disguise as a Man, She Starts Playing the Frail, Scheming Green Tea 女扮男装死后,她开始演柔弱绿茶
The print edition of [Playing Coy] is available on all platforms. [The heroine is everyone’s beloved, with maximum “moonlight in the heart” appeal + doted on by all + universally adored + strong female lead] Qin Buwen disguised herself as a man and played the part of a treacherous official for sixteen years. At the height of her infamy, everyone in Chang’an, even the dogs, would go out of their way to avoid her. Then she was betrayed and abandoned by everyone. She leapt from a tall building, onl
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Wild Seduction, Sweet Delight 野诱生欢
[An elite Shanghai heir from a prestigious family × a mischievous little charmer from a family of scholars] He was like snow atop a high mountain, intimidating and awe-inspiring. Wherever he went, everyone was willing to lower themselves and fawn over him. Only Ning Cheng wasn't afraid of him. Not only was she unafraid, she was determined to drag him down from his pedestal, pressing the mud on her soles against the chest and collar of his immaculate white shirt. Defile him, dirty him; make his e
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When the Flowers Fade, Serenity Remains 繁花落尽是清欢
[The second male lead wins her heart + happy ending + punishing the scumbags + the male lead loves her but cannot have her, and dies alone] When she was five, she met the clear-eyed young Ye Lanqing. Plum blossoms covered the branches, and he came through the flying snow. With just one glance, he transformed Leng Yihuan's world. From then on, she had her beloved Qing-gege to think about. When he was twelve, his parents died in battle. He grew up overnight, turning cold and single-mindedly bent o
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The Sour, Standoffish Campus Heartthrob Is Reborn, but She Couldn't Care Less 强扭的校草酸又涩重生她不稀罕了
[Both reborn + devoted only to each other + groveling for his wife] In her past life, Su Wanyi fell in love at first sight with the school heartthrob. After an unexpected night of passion, she got pregnant and, thanks to the baby, became his wife as she had always wished. Their wedding was sunflower-themed, her husband's first love's favorite, with the meaning: “Always turn toward you.” Three months into her pregnancy, the husband she loved pushed her onto the operating table. “This baby can't b
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Dr. Jiang’s Obsessive Possession 江医生的偏执占有
[Both Leads Are Pure + A Beautiful Cellist / An Obsessive, Untouchable Doctor (Some Showbiz) + The Male Lead Is Possessive and Obsessive, Proceed with Caution] Wen Yin had grown used to living freely abroad. She returned to China for work and moved to Yundu, only to meet a man on her very first day who was already desperate to keep her by his side. “A Sui.” “My name is Wen Yin.” “A Sui.” “…” Wen Yin initially thought Jiang Yubai was a lovesick man, driven mad by longing for his beloved and so co
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Tempting a Wild Rose 诱摘野玫瑰
[The print edition of A Tempting Wild Rose is now available on all platforms] There is a wild rose in Huaguo’s entertainment industry, swaying with seductive grace, born with bewitching charm and captivating everyone who sets eyes on her. In Yunjing’s medical world, there is a master physician, cool and aloof, refined and restrained, adored by women everywhere. Everyone thinks the glamorous movie star and the untouchable beauty will never cross paths, but no one knows that they dated long ago, a
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Miss Shen, Dr. Ji Is in Love with You 沈小姐,季医生他喜欢你
On the very first day they lived together, Shen Yunqing was backed against the wall by her new younger brother. Looking at his handsome face, she couldn't help thinking, Maybe I could go for this! She never expected that little by little, he would find his way into her heart. [Bonus Scene] Moonlight spilled over the quiet grounds of Maple Mountain Villa, while the evening breeze rustled through the leaves. Shen Yunqing was on the balcony, video-calling Ji Lanzhi, when Ji Youran suddenly barged i
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The Sweet Beauty Wants to Break Up, and the Cold CEO Panics 娇滴滴美人要分手,禁欲总裁急了
After three years as a secret girlfriend, Ruan Zhixia is disillusioned and decides to dump the man and focus on her career. The once-arrogant, pampered man keeps exceeding her expectations with how accommodating he is. When a rich second-generation heir pursues her, he says, “Let’s make our relationship public, even though I won’t marry you.” When a scheming woman provokes her, he says, “You’ll always be my girlfriend. Don’t worry.” Ruan Zhixia: ? Lu Jingshen knows Ruan Zhixia would never break
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