Hit a Reading Slump. Any Marriage-First, Love-Later Stories Where the Male Lead Has a Secret Crush on the Female Lead? 瓶颈期 有没有那种先婚后爱 男主暗恋女主的

1. 1 玫 The Rose Crown 玫瑰冠冕 Jiujiu Qi久久萋Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted The print edition of Rose Crown goes on sale August 10. Available on all platforms. [Married First, Love Later + Secret Crush + He Chases His Wife After Losing Her, But She Never Looks Back + Both Are Each Other’s First] She was the Xu family’s adopted daughter, and Zhou Yuetian’s little shadow. She had followed him everywhere since childhood, until she heard him say this at the age of twenty-four: “She’s just the Xu family’s adopted daughter. Why would I actually care about her? People like us 82.4kReads9.6Score9.8kShelves

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   This book is really good-looking and fully meets your requirements. The sweetness is beyond the limit [lick the screen] [lick the screen] [lick the screen]. The plot is also quite novel [send my heart] [send my heart]

2. 2 引 Luring Her into His Embrace 引她沉溺 Xiao Jin小今Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [Gentle, classically elegant dancer vs. distinguished young master of the capital] [Ex-husband's regret arc, male lead has loved her for years and steps in, happy ending] As the most beautiful star of the capital's song and dance troupe, Shen Yao has no shortage of male admirers, yet she has loved Wen Qi for years. During the year she was secretly married to Wen Qi, he was always unsmiling and reserved around her, and never appeared in public with her. She strictly observed the terms of their ag 5.8kReads9.3Score598Shelves

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   But after watching it, you will know that the female protagonist and the male protagonist are both people with a mouth, the male protagonist commits suicide and chases his wife to the crematorium, the second male protagonist is in charge, and the female protagonist is sober, there are no old clichés.

3. 3 生 After Our Baby Trends Online, the Empire's CEO Comes Every Night to Soothe the Child 生崽热搜后，帝国总裁夜夜来哄娃 The Wind Is Warm风很暖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted At the height of her career, top-tier star Shi Muran vanished without a trace. A year later, she reappeared in the headlines after giving birth in a very public fashion! The whole country went wild! The celebrity widely considered the purest in the entertainment industry was a mother? Netizens speculated about who the father was, when the empire’s most distinguished man suddenly appeared on a livestream. Shi Muran did her best to deny it. “It’s a misunderstanding. It’s not what you all think…” T 18.7kReads9.4Score2kShelves

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   The following novels are all original romance novels in Tomato Novels. They are all works of romance novels written by wealthy families. Sweet, sweet. Among them, the male protagonist in I Bad Lin's Rival's Cub has a crush on the heroine Ji Shu without knowing it.

4. 4 我 I'm Pregnant with My Archenemy's Baby 我怀了死对头的崽 Mu Zhenzhen穆蓁蓁Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + no angst + childhood friends + lighthearted daily life] Ji Shu and Jiang Zhijing have never gotten along. Since childhood, they've seen each other as a thorn in their side, and their biggest goal has always been to take each other out. When they grow up and enter the entertainment industry one after the other, their fans become just as fiercely opposed. Ji Shu hates Jiang Zhijing more than anyone in the world. Then one day, she discovers she's pregnant with his child! While film 15.4kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
5. 5 服 Giving In 服软 Lin Qin林檎Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, sweet-natured actress vs. lovesick, doting CEO who embodies the ideal husband] - To help her older sister find love, Lin Yang's own mother set her up for a night together. Lin Yang got pregnant, and the father was the rumored Qin heir who supposedly had no interest in women. Young Master Qin said they should get married. Lin Yang refused. Qin Jue: “I'll give you a hundred million for signing the marriage papers.” Lin Yang: “Woohoo, sounds great!” - The night their child was born, 28.2kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
6. 6 会 Mr. Jiang, Who Knows How to Grow Strawberries 会种草莓的江先生 Point of Starlight点星Modern Romance245k WordsOngoing [Both leads are faithful + secret marriage + flirtation + healing] [Disciplined, studious heiress vs. a chaste doctor who knows how to teach] Newly wealthy heiress Rong Yun was cheated on. Her fiancé said she had no sense of romance and thought she could solve everything by throwing money at people. Rong Yun quietly took note, then turned around to look for someone else. Her best friend said the men at the bars just weren't up to standard. Rong Yun took note of that, too... The handsome guy next 4Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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   It is a new story, but it is about marriage first and love later. The male protagonist is a restrained gentleman, and the female protagonist belongs to a little money, but it is not as exciting as buying a company at once, but it is more daily life.

7. 7 枕 An Addiction at His Side 枕边瘾 Bala La Chen巴啦啦晨Modern Romance325k WordsCompleted [A mischievous, silly beauty and a sharp-tongued, scheming business tycoon] Everyone in the capital says that Jing Li, head of the century-old Jing family, is a restrained, self-controlled, steady, and aloof man. With a cool, captivating face, he is the object of affection for countless heiresses. In the capital's elite circles, he is a fearsome presence. His ruthless, decisive methods in business have made his reputation known throughout the city. The great families of the capital all address h 7.1kReads9.1Score642Shelves

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   They all look good, marriage comes first, love comes later, the male protagonist's secret love comes true

8. 8 尤 The Temptress 尤物 Er Xi二喜Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Enchantress will be released on March 25 at 8 p.m. (A devoted one-on-one romance, with both leads each other’s first and only.) Zhou Yi is notorious in their circle for being a shameless playboy. Everyone thinks he cares about pleasure, not feelings. That is, until a video leaks one day. In it, Zhou Yi looks like a devout believer, clasping a woman’s slender wrist in his hand. His eyes are filled with fervor and tenderness as he murmurs in a low, hoarse voice, “Jiang Yin 4.5kReads9.5Score956Shelves
9. 9 七 A Sweet and Tender Bride on Her Wedding Night in the Seventies 七零新婚夜，知青娇妻身软体甜 Yao Minxi瑶皿夕Modern Romance663k WordsCompleted [Military-marriage romance + both leads reborn + educated-youth era + mutual devotion + feel-good face-slapping + cloyingly sweet + fake white moonlight] At eighteen, Gu Qijiao was smitten with educated youths, so she threw herself at the drunk Zheng Yunsheng and married him. They eventually got married and had a child, but Zheng Yunsheng's white moonlight provoked Gu Qijiao into miscarrying. After losing the baby, Gu Qijiao decided to give up on the man she'd seduced into marrying her. Gu Qijia 10.6kReads9.1Score707Shelves

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   Time flies like water 💫, youth never grows old ♾️, you and I will never be separated 💕. ✨This book is about marriage first and love later. It starts with the wedding night. The male and female protagonists are twins. The female protagonist thinks that the male protagonist is forced by her and only wants a divorce. The male protagonist was a boring gourd in his previous life and feels sorry for the female protagonist. Now he just wants to make up for the female protagonist. He has become eloquent. ✨ The male protagonist has been secretly in love with the female protagonist for many years. At the beginning, he followed the female protagonist back home while she was drunk, and her grandmother found out and forced them to get the certificate. He conscientiously played the role of the down-and-out prince, and then manipulated the female protagonist's heart step by step. ✨In the beginning, the heroine unexpectedly got pregnant, and they had to be tied together. He thought she had plotted against her, and was picky about her. He also stated that he would divorce her immediately in the child's lifetime, but after the child was born, he would not let her go. Follow [please pay attention] @GLZ, so that you will not get lost in the book waste!

10. 10 够 So Wild, He Can't Resist Me 够野，诱他失控 Huai Xia淮夏Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [The short-drama adaptation, Nightingale Says She Misses You, is now available on the Hongguo app] [Both leads are inexperienced in love + marriage first, love later + two powerful Beijing families + sweet romance | lawyer x qipao beauty] Weibo: Shi Huaixia Ya (Wen Qiao's bonus chapters are being updated) Chu Jun, the heir to a powerful Beijing family, is cold-hearted, refined, and aloof, with little interest in desire. Jiang Wanning, the eldest daughter of another prominent Beijing family, is a 16.1kReads9.4Score2kShelves
11. 11 意 After an Unexpected Pregnancy: Mr. Bo Is Truly Irresistible 意外怀孕后：薄总他真香了 Huang Bao黄宝Modern Romance757k WordsCompleted (The print edition goes on sale across major platforms on May 10) [Both leads are each other's first and only] [Marriage Before Love] He was the eldest son of the immensely wealthy Bo family, hot-tempered, brooding, and not to be crossed. She was only the housekeeper's daughter. By a twist of fate, they spent one reckless night together, and she became pregnant. She became the well-behaved granddaughter-in-law of Old Madam Bo. She also became, in his eyes, a shameless woman after his money. Bo X 28.8kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
12. 12 和 After Joining a Dating Show with My Contract Husband, the Whole Internet Ships Us 和协议老公上恋综后，全网磕疯了 I Want to See the Sea我要看海Modern Romance620k WordsCompleted After being missing for years, Shen Yan, the Shen family’s true daughter, finally returned, only to discover that her parents had adopted a sweet, innocent-seeming younger sister. Her parents and brother doted on the girl, leaving Shen Yan with no place to call her own. Shen Yan promptly found a powerful man to back her, married him by agreement, left home, and lived her own fabulous life. After the wedding, her powerful husband’s grandfather protected her. “Anyone who makes my Yan’er suffer is 4.2kReads9.1Score453Shelves
13. 13 撩 Flirting into Marriage 撩婚 Autumn Firefly秋流萤Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted The print edition of Wild Crane is now available on major platforms. He Yunxing comes from a prominent Hong Kong family. The elegant, aloof man has a black tattoo on his hand that looks wickedly sensual, like Satan himself has descended. He's cold and heartless, a complete utilitarian. Everyone is madly infatuated with him. Too bad he married young. Rumor has it that he and the eldest daughter of the Shen family have a terrible marriage and will soon divorce. In their vast room, a slender-waiste 26.2kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
14. 14 一 A Life Full of Joy 一笙有喜 Fish Doesn't Speak鱼不语Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [A breathtaking beauty, a fallen heiress, VS a refined, aloof heir to a powerful Beijing family. Marriage first, love later + sweet romance + clear-headed heroine] After a sudden upheaval, Song Xi has no choice but to marry the refined, aloof heir to the Qiao family. At first, though, the two are like needle and wheat: neither can stand the other. Who could have guessed that they’d later be so sweet together? Their friends all complained, “Leave us single people a way to live!” One day, Presiden 32.9kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves
15. 15 误 Mistakenly Married Into a Tycoon Family: The Runaway Young Mistress 误入豪门：逃情少奶奶 Glowing Orange发光的橙子Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted Mutual devotion only | Age gap | Mature couple | Intense push and pull | Mutual secret crushes | Playing hard to get | Falling deeper with every step Clear-headed, delicate beauty with a soft, yielding nature, like a little white rabbit vs. the abstinent, ruthless demon king of Beijing's elite circle It took Shen Bing five years to finally understand that her marriage to Bo Qiang had been a complete and utter mistake. When she finally decided to let go with dignity, she discovered that Bo Qiang 53Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Youth difference, mature man and mature woman, extreme pulling, marriage first, love later, two-way secret love, forced love, taking by force, playing hard to get, getting deeper and deeper step by step, the white rabbit with a clean body and soft body vs. The abstinent devil in the Beijing circle. It took Shen Bing 5 years to finally understand that her marriage to Bo Qiang was a complete mistake. When she wanted to let go, she found that Bo Qiang was far more complicated than she imagined. She never understood her husband. Shen Bing: Get a divorce! Bo Qiang looked at her with interest and smiled frivolously. "Okay, I don't mind getting an extra marriage certificate with you." Everyone said that Shen Bing's ability to marry Bo Qiang was a blessing earned over several lifetimes. Only she knew best that Bo Qiang's love was like a prison, trapping her for the rest of her life. "In this life, there are high buildings and dangerous towers, and life is rich and luxurious, but I only fall for you.

16. 16 服 Giving In 服软 Mingzhu明珠Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 35.4kReads9.0Score3kShelves

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    The well is very beautiful

17. 17 臣 Surrender to the Rose 臣服于玫瑰 Thin Persimmon Tea薄柿茶茶Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted [Gentle, Cool-Headed Girl vs. Free-Spirited, Edgy Rapper] The young master of the Chen family had been rapping and forming bands overseas, making a name for himself, when his father suddenly dragged him back to China to attend school. Then he was sent off to live in a teahouse against his will. His father wanted him to settle down and study in that quiet, old-fashioned place, and hoped it would smooth out his unruly streak. But Chen Mu was the kind of person who drew attention wherever he went. 21.7kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
18. 18 内 The Pampered Wife in the Inner Household Is No Easy Target 内宅娇妻不好惹 Bai Su Yue白苏月Ancient Romance506k WordsCompleted After dying a tragic death in her previous life and being reborn, Gu Yunzhao decided to live differently and settle the score with everyone who had wronged her. Her white-lotus sister had deceived her for a lifetime, so Gu Yunzhao would gladly hand the scumbag over to her and watch them live happily together before growing to despise each other. Lord Pei and the scumbag were locked in a bitter rivalry, so she would do whatever it took to win Lord Pei over first, help him kill the scumbag, and ri 46Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    Basically, it's about marriage first and love later. I recommend the fourth book! The male protagonist is super awesome. He has been secretly in love with the female protagonist for a long time. He keeps giving and is very scheming and finally catches up with the beautiful woman.

19. 19 被 After Getting Dumped, I Flash-Married My Ex's Uncle 被渣后我闪婚了前任他叔 Meow-Flavored Toffee喵味太妃糖Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Zixi was set up, gave birth to two little brats whose father she didn’t know, and was saddled with enormous debt. Then her scumbag fiancé publicly called off their wedding, making her the laughingstock of the entire city! Faced with everyone’s ridicule, Xu Zixi wasted no time in dragging her handsome, single, blind neighbor, Yan Yincheng, off to get married. Sure, his eyesight was poor and his family was ordinary, but he was gentle and considerate, treated her two kids as his own, and, most i 3Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 说 He Said I Was Sickly and Would Die Young, Then Cried When I Really Died 说我病弱能早死，真死了他又哭了 Han Dabai韩大白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Delayed Heartbeats is now available. You can buy it at the Little Tomato Books flagship store!] Rumor has it that Sheng Shi is hot-tempered and ruthless. His elders hope marriage will change him and make him more mild-mannered. When Sheng Shi first met Yu Weiyi, he laid down three rules: “Don't follow me. Don't tell anyone about our relationship. Don't interfere in my personal affairs.” Later, Sheng Shi introduced her to everyone he met: “This is Yu Weiyi, my wife.” Later s 57kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves
21. 21 佞 The Treacherous Minister's Beloved 佞臣的掌中娇 Shi Cucu石醋醋Ancient Romance388k WordsCompleted Reborn, she found herself the fiancée of her sworn enemy, Lin Xiangyi! In their previous lives, the two had been at each other's throats, constantly at odds! She knew he was a treacherous schemer, a man who held all power in his hands and stirred up trouble at court. He was her sworn adversary. How could a man like that be someone she could entrust her life to? All of Great Zhou was waiting to see how things would end for the delicate young woman forced to marry the traitor Lin Xiangyi. Until on 9Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 替 The Substitute Bride Physician Wants a Divorce 替嫁医妃要休夫 Moon Fish月亮鱼Ancient Romance597k WordsCompleted Wei Liu was a country girl raised by a reclusive poison doctor. She had planned to spend her life roaming the martial world, carefree, but a trip into the city to catch up on the latest gossip turned her into the capital’s biggest scandal. Chancellor Wei Jun had her childhood sweetheart in his grasp and backed her into a corner. “Will you acknowledge your family and marry in your sister’s place, or do you want your friend buried with you?” With no choice but to take someone else’s place in the b 2Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 嫁 Marrying Mr. Yu 嫁给喻先生 Da Er Lin达尔林Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted [The print edition of the same name is now available / The short drama of the same name is now streaming] [Cheerful artist vs. aloof, calculating professor] [Age gap + marriage before love + sweet romance + long-planned courtship + slow-burn love] Shi Sheng and Yu Wenzhou met on a blind date. But even on their wedding day, she still couldn't figure out what Yu Wenzhou saw in her. Since they didn't have much of a romantic foundation, Shi Sheng thought it would be good enough if they could at leas 21kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves

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    Of these two books, the first one marries first and then falls in love, with the second male lead taking the lead, and the male protagonist pursuing his wife in the crematorium, and reuniting without breaking the mirror. In the second book, the father is the boyfriend, the male protagonist is an old man, and the female protagonist is attacked.

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