A Little Angst Makes the Happy Ending Sweeter 小虐怡情HE

1. 51 他 His Burden 他的累赘 Dandelion Drifting Down飘落的蒲公英Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush + Sweet and Angsty Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Personal Growth + Mutual Devotion + A Captivating Side Couple] One believes the other never said he liked her, and that everything was nothing more than wishful thinking. The other thinks she broke her promise. They had an unspoken understanding, yet she betrayed him without a second thought. After seeing her “get married” with his own eyes, then hearing her say “I like you” with his own ears, the feelings he had suppressed f 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The previous sweetness started when the male protagonist went abroad!

2. 52 京 A Marriage Wave in Jinghai 京海婚潮 Holding Xiuqi, Picking a Fine Horse手握修齐摘骏马Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (The rating has only just opened, so it may rise later.) Li, heiress to Xiaonan Airlines, and Zhan Nanpei, heir to Yunting Airlines, entered a prestigious family marriage alliance, only for it to end in regret. He had his “white moonlight,” and she had a childhood sweetheart she’d loved for years. In a marriage alliance between two equally powerful families, neither could be the first to back down. * Shortly after the divorce Someone asked him, “You really got divorced just like that? Don’t you 14.6kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves

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   [Bright and stubborn lady in the Beijing circle - the beautiful female pilot who hides her waistcoat] Li Qianqian VS [cold and arrogant CEO of Yunting Airlines] Zhan Nanpei. Two rich families, two cleanses, love first (love after divorce), running with the ball, strong men and strong women, reunion after a long absence, reunion after a long separation, chasing his wife in the crematorium, extreme pulling. . . . . ——The story of the daughter of the Li family of Xiaonan Airlines and the prince of the Zhang family of Yunting Airlines got married to a wealthy family and then left the marriage sadly. The story has always been circulated in the sky above Haicheng, with different versions. The only thing that can be considered is that he has "White Moonlight" and she also has a childhood sweetheart who has a deep love for each other. In an evenly matched wealthy marriage, no one can bow first. As expected, the marriage only lasted less than three years before ending in divorce. A few years later, we met on a narrow road. He brought back his "aviation talent" and his "white moonlight" with honors and looked at the mortal world with a smile. She hid her identity as a wealthy woman and stubbornly pursued her blue sky dream. Step by step, she grew into a female captain and soared into the sky. Just when the whole sea city was looking forward to Bai Yueguang marrying into a wealthy family and composing the century fairy tale of "Cinderella" marrying a prince; Ten thousand meters above the ground, on a private plane, the man who had always been restrained and forbearing kissed her over and over again, his eyes were red and his voice was hoarse, "You already have a child. Wife, please marry me again, okay?"

3. 53 破 After Bankruptcy, Miss Tang Falls Sweetly in Love 破产后，唐小姐甜蜜沦陷了 Fish Head 1222鱼头1222Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted Tang Yimeng was once the heiress to a vast fortune, but no one could have predicted that her family would fall into decline. Han Qiyan is the sole heir to the most powerful family in the country, and a forceful man who calls all the shots. Tang Yimeng never imagined that after falling on hard times and experiencing the fickleness of human nature firsthand, the untouchable Han family would be willing to help her. The price was a one-year contract marriage to heir Han Qiyan. She thought it would b 78Reads—Score—Shelves

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   You can read these two books~

4. 54 从 Mr. Yan, Straight From the Sky 从天而降的严先生 Fish Head 1222鱼头1222Modern Romance118k WordsCompleted Before meeting Yan Jingchen, Lin Susu thought her life was an absolute disaster. She was kidnapped as a child and endured a period of indescribable misery in a living hell. After finally escaping, she was constantly overshadowed by her older sister, who wasn’t even related to her by blood. Even the boyfriend she’d found stood her up on their anniversary. Faced with a hellish start, Lin Susu was convinced that as long as she worked hard at acting, even if she became typecast as the other woman, s —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 老 Don't Be Afraid, Honey. I Have a Redemption System to Help Me Win You Back 老婆别怕，我有赎罪系统换我追你 One Bored Rich Lady无聊富婆一枚Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted “Runaway Heiress x Possessive New Money Peacock” “Mind Reading + Both Reborn + Wife-Chasing System” * In her previous life, Song Yi was an untouchable heiress who treated Jiang Lin like a plaything. She took him by force, abandoned him, then left the country without a second thought. Later, when the Song family went bankrupt, he was the only person who could save her. He trapped her in a five-year marriage, holding her captive. Everyone said Jiang Lin was a distant, untouchable flower: cold, ele 2kReads—Score100Shelves

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   In the previous life, the eldest lady took over the male protagonist and then abandoned him. He imprisoned his family for five years with his marriage, and eventually died in a car accident. Once the twins return to the age of seventeen, the heroine uses mind-reading skills and just wants to avoid each other, but the hero is bound to a wife-chasing system, changing the coldness of the mountains and starting a stalker-chasing mode. [Blowing kiss][blowing kiss]

6. 56 逾 Sinking Into Love Past the Deadline 逾期沉溺 Mi Anxia米安夏Modern Romance648k WordsOngoing Tang Yiming and Sun Jia first met three years ago, when they signed a prenuptial agreement. She thought their marriage was nothing more than a deal that suited them both. But he loved her and was afraid to reveal his true feelings, so he hid them behind a facade of absurdity. She didn't love him, but was grateful that he'd helped her when she was down. Then she happened to find him keeping silent vigil by her grandmother's sickbed. She accidentally caught him tearing up the suggestive invitation 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves

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   If you think this is another cliché story about "the boss falls in love with me", you are totally wrong. This is a profound fable about secret love, redemption and self-reconciliation, a masterpiece of affectionate sadomasochism under the cloak of "marriage by agreement".

7. 57 鸡 Chickens and Ducks in One Cage! Dr. Sheng's Nine-to-Five Love 鸡鸭同笼！晟医生的爱朝九晚五 Summer Roses Are Stunning夏季的玫瑰美艳动人Modern Romance212k WordsOngoing After a long-planned family banquet, Chaoyan’s world comes crashing down! Her own parents actually sent her straight into the bed of her sworn enemy, and even had their marriage registered on her behalf! She was determined to tear up the courtroom and become a champion of justice, a true “legal golden hen.” But instead, she ran into a doctor as green as Biluochun tea, a “white-cut duck” named Sheng Shiyan! - When they were children, he stomped on her beloved pet and summer vacation insect sp 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A little [grievance] in the middle

8. 58 红 A Knotty Red Thread: A Love Bet with a Vengeful Spirit 红线难牵：与怨灵的爱情赌约 Looking Forward to a Sunny Day期待小晴天Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted The little matchmaker spirit Ling Que descends to the mortal realm to meet her KPI, only to be ambushed by a wager from her sworn enemy, the vengeful spirit Jinying. He takes on the role of her direct supervisor, using romantic-drama clichés to win the heroine's heart while creating real-life dilemmas to drive a wedge between childhood sweethearts. As workplace sexual assault and difficult choices over personal gain erupt one after another, Ling Que's red thread of fate is on the verge of snappi 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The infatuated and dedicated male protagonists are sweet and sad~~

9. 59 他 The Years They Loved Each Other 他们相爱的那些年 Wen Zhixu温芝絮Modern Romance118k WordsCompleted Everyone in Nancheng knows that Wen Wan is the happiest princess in the city, adored by Lu Zhiyan, a decisive and ruthless man who gets things done. Everyone also knows that Wen Wan looks just like Lu Zhiyan’s ex-girlfriend, Bai Xi. Five years ago, Wen Wan was driven out of the Lu family villa in disgrace. The happy years they had shared became a blade after blade piercing her heart. Five years later, Wen Wan seals away her feelings and focuses on her career, finally becoming a CEO and brutally 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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   He first paid attention to her because she looked like her ex, but then he fell in love with her. He, a high-minded person, learned to cook just to take care of her with stomach problems. She spoiled him like a child, but he still left him and went abroad with his ex-girlfriend. Five years later, when he returned to China, they reunited. She had become the female president of the company. He knelt down on one knee at the beach where they fell in love and begged her to marry him. [Laughing and crying][laughing and crying][laughing and crying]

10. 60 再 Meeting Again 再次遇见 Xian Geng闲庚6k WordsCompleted Meeting Again 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    As a passerby NPC, does God have to arrange so many things for me?

11. 61 真 I Really Didn't See That Coming 真的是始料不及 Xian Geng闲庚6k WordsCompleted Truly Unexpected 21Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 62 无 The Time Difference No One Entered 无人入局的时差 Xian Geng闲庚6k WordsCompleted The Time Difference No One Entered 26Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 63 护 The Escorting Scandal 护航的风波 Xian Geng闲庚9k WordsCompleted The Escort Mission Controversy 6Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 傅 President Fu, Come Here! I Can't Resist Your Burning Passion 傅总，来吧！你的炽热我抵挡不住 Sea Street and Yun海街与蕴Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted [Sweet and angsty + reunion after a long separation + intense romantic tension + carefully laid plans + revenge] Also known as: “A Secret Love and a Vengeful Heart: Young Master Fu, Don't Be So Devoted” When Ling Jiadai was little, her parents died in a fire. After two years of darkness in an orphanage, she was adopted by a kind couple. She falls in love at first sight with wealthy heir Fu Jingxu at university, but they part ways because of a misunderstanding. Three years later, Jiadai discover 7Reads8.5Score—Shelves
15. 65 涅 Reborn From the Ashes, I’ve Returned to Settle Every Score 涅槃重生归来有仇报仇有怨报怨 Author Tao Yaoyao作者逃妖夭Ancient Romance627k WordsCompleted “Reborn after returning from Nirvana, she settles every score and repays every grievance. A bond from a past life becomes a fate in this one.” Eight hundred years ago, she and he vowed to be husband and wife in their next life, promising to love each other for all eternity. Centuries passed, the world changed, and the past faded like smoke. Eight hundred years later, she was reborn, but fate had other plans. It was as if she'd been born into the wrong family. Her father showed her no affection, 2.4kReads8.6Score138Shelves

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    After losing the love of his past life and this life, his head turned gray overnight. "In this life, I obviously met her first, and we fell in love first, so why did I lose her." Bai Jingxuan hated himself, and he beat his head to vent his anger. Thinking of the scenes of love between the two of them in the past life and the present, the longing and pain of the two lives intertwined and merged into a river. He was so grief-stricken that he couldn't breathe. He couldn't suppress the grief that spewed out and burst into tears. His painful sobs floated in the yard. The originally brilliant young master Bai couldn't bear the blow of losing his beloved, and his head turned gray overnight. He stepped on the snow in the yard and walked towards the door of the mansion. His clothes were fluttering, his silver hair was flying, and the white snow was flying. He seemed to be integrated with the ice and snow, inseparable from each other. After he left the mansion, he headed directly towards Prince Annan's Palace, Annan followed silently not far away. !

16. 66 落 You Can't Bring Back a Runaway Bride 落跑娘子追不回 Author Tao Yaoyao作者逃妖夭Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted I make my own fate, not heaven. She is no innocent little flower, no frail girl everyone can bully and trample on. If someone takes a swing at her or sets her up, she'll pay them back twice over. Su Wan, a merchant's daughter full of schemes, defies fate, plots her escape, and seeks refuge with one of the capital's most powerful families. Using their influence, she secures a good marriage prospect and gives her whole heart to her fiancé's family. But things don't go as planned. A spiteful woman 1.1kReads8.6Score—Shelves
17. 67 前 You Doted on Me in My Past Life, So Why Make Me Your Concubine in This One? 前世宠我入骨今生纳我为妾？ Author Tao Yaoyao作者逃妖夭Ancient Romance320k WordsOngoing Several hundred years later, she is reborn as a human. After more than a decade spent in a fog of madness, she returns to her own body with memories of her past life and searches among the masses for the lover she once cherished above all. But he wears a mask, consumed by a deep hatred and forced to bide his time as he seeks revenge. The lovers meet for the first time in this life, and one look spans a thousand years. She recognizes him, but he treats her as a pawn in a beauty trap. With the ene 766Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 68 与 Regretting Breaking Up with the Campus Heartthrob, We Keep Getting Divorced and Remarried for Three Days Straight 与校草分手后悔，三天反复结离婚 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted Regretting the breakup with the campus heartthrob, they go through three rounds of divorce in three days 200Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Little sadistic HE, the hero and heroine broke up in the early graduation season, he went abroad for further studies, she searched for a forced marriage for many years, she cheated on him during and after marriage and chased her husband to the crematorium, he was jealous, divorced and couldn't bear to remarry.

19. 69 晚 Tales from the Late Tang 晚唐遗事 Tang Tang de Pang Pang唐唐de胖胖Ancient Romance80k WordsCompleted After transmigrating as Huang Chao’s empress, Shen Shu has the script in hand and knows the brutal end awaiting him. She tries to find a glimmer of humanity in the man destined to be reviled for all eternity, in the narrow spaces between the cracks of history. Will she redeem him, conspire with him, or fall with him amid a romance stained red with blood? In the tyrant’s palm, she composes a doomed love song amid the flames of war. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She knew his entire fate: starting in the grass, becoming emperor of Chang'an, and finally being defeated and killed in Langhu Valley. But she still stayed by his side, watching him sink in blood and fire, and embracing his soul like a lonely beast in the middle of the night that is not recorded in history...

20. 70 爱 Love Will Come to Rest 爱会停歇 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [A playboy turns devoted + love grows over time + sweet with a touch of angst + status gap] Chen Chao, a wealthy playboy, falls sincerely in love with Yu Jiawen, who comes from an ordinary family. He knows he isn't the kind of man she'd ideally choose, but he can't let go of his feelings for her. “Yu Jiawen, do you know? Meeting you made me feel like I could have a proper relationship too.” “I've thought about giving you up, but I can't bring myself to. Just imagining watching you date, marry, a 2.3kReads8.4Score140Shelves

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    These romance novels are realistic, not exaggerated, and progress quickly without delay.

21. 71 重 A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [The right people will find their way back to each other, no matter how many twists and turns it takes.] [One true pairing, both leads are each other's only ones + reunion after a long separation + winning back his wife and claiming his child + adorable kids playing matchmaker] Zhou Yuan met Qin Yue by chance and fell in love at first sight. After one passionate night together, an urgent assignment sent him overseas. Before leaving, he thought he'd arranged everything properly, never imagining t 3.2kReads8.8Score175Shelves
22. 72 过 Never Forget What You’ve Seen 过目不妄 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Older Woman, Younger Man + Redemption + Realistic Romance] Three-year age gap. [Secret Love Becomes Mutual, from the Male Lead’s Perspective; Marriage First, Love Later, from the Female Lead’s Perspective] Everyone is level-headed and clear-minded. The woman Zhou Wang had kept in his heart for three years. He thought there could never be anything between them and was ready to give up, but then he unexpectedly learned what she had been through. His heart ached for her, and at the same time, he f 1.1kReads8.2Score110Shelves
23. 73 亦 Meeting Xin Again 亦见倾芯 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Mutual Devotion + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance] Their first two meetings were accidental. Every coincidence after that was part of his carefully laid plan. When Jiang Yi Shen met Tang Xin, he fell for her at first sight. He quietly set his plans in motion, and the two got to know each other, fell in love, and walked hand in hand into marriage, sharing the warm everyday moments of life from the first flush of romance to raising children. Side story one: Xu Man thought sh 2kReads8.7Score147Shelves
24. 74 和 The Time I Spent in Love With Her 和她相恋的时光 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + devoted one-on-one romance + rekindled love + healing with a touch of angst] A grounded, everyday story with smart characters. Gao Yuchen, an isolated orphan, happens to meet her next-door neighbor, Mu Yang. Mu Yang pursues her passionately, and they soon fall in love. She thinks they’ll be happy together, only to discover that their happiness was built on a lie, albeit one told with good intentions by the male lead. She coldly tells him she never wants to see him again. I 516Reads8.1Score—Shelves
25. 75 初 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + heroine pursues hero + nine-year age gap + sweet, down-to-earth romance + happy ending] The lively and spirited Chen Luochen meets Chu Yun when she's twenty. She falls for him at first sight, unable to hide the light in her eyes. She has only one thought: make him hers. After confirming he's single, she boldly confesses, “Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?” Chu Yun gently turns her down with a single line: “We're not right for each other.” But Chen Luochen doesn't back 1.1kReads—Score104Shelves
26. 76 遇 Meeting Her Made My Heart Beat Faster 遇见她心动不止 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + mistaken identity + mutual secret crushes + healing + female growth] Everyone is level-headed and knows what they’re doing, so read without worry. Jiang Nan, insecure and neglected by her family, meets He Chengyang. A twist of fate sends their budding romance down the wrong path. He Chengyang mistakes Jiang Nan, the girl he fell in love with at first sight, for her older sister, Jiang Xue, and they begin a brief relationship. (Nothing inappropriate happens between them.) W 4.2kReads8.5Score243Shelves
27. 77 岁 After All These Years, We Finally Meet Again 岁月流转终相见 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + Rekindled Love + Healing Through Family + Realistic Happy Ending] After drifting apart like clouds, ten years passed like flowing water. When we met again, my heart recognized you before I did. A summer romance came to an abrupt end because of an unfortunate misunderstanding. More than ten years later, thirty-five-year-old Gu Yan discovered by chance that he had a daughter in high school, and was reunited with the girl he had loved when he was young. Long-buried memo 4.5kReads7.4Score165Shelves
28. 78 卷 The Workaholic CEO Loves Overtime, So His Overworked Secretary Runs Off with the Desk 卷王总裁爱加班，牛马秘书扛桌跑 Mrs. Ocherov奥切罗夫人Modern Romance790k WordsCompleted [Sweet, soft-hearted, adorable overworked secretary X ruthless, seductive, scheming CEO with a fragile side | HE + sweet romance + mutual devotion + funny and lighthearted + mutual healing + gentle comfort] At 10 p.m., in an office tower in Shanghai’s CBD, CEO’s secretary Li Li eats instant noodles and gnaws on a cold meat bun in front of her computer. She can’t take any more overtime at this lousy job. It just never ends! After losing her job, she gets referred by a relative and lands a positio 242Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Under Ye Li's overtime pressure, Li Li went from being disgusted to feeling distressed, and he went from routine to sincerity. The two of them had a sweet affair in an office building in the CBD of Shanghai. The plot was amazing!

29. 79 永 The Thirteenth Year of Yongli 永历十三年 The Little Student Who Loves Meat爱吃肉的小同学Ancient Romance774k WordsCompleted Now being serialized~ [Nation and people above all + no golden finger, transmigration, or rebirth + one-on-one romance + happy ending] [Cunning, ruthless, brilliant villainess VS a lone official who has endured humiliation + mystery and investigation] To find her father's whereabouts, Xu Mingyu leaves her home and travels far to Lan County. There, amid the Yellow River's towering, turbid waves, she strikes a dangerous bargain with a tiger. She never expects to cross paths with Pei Wenzheng, the 675Reads8.3Score117Shelves

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    Thirteen years of Yongli, her and his two-way redemptive love

30. 80 我 Our Meeting Among Billions of Stars 我们的相遇是亿万星辰 Summer Roses Are Stunning夏季的玫瑰美艳动人Modern Romance126k WordsOngoing [Pure romance... slow-paced. If nobody reads it... I'll read it myself, haha. Yay~ (σ≧∀≦)σ] Our meeting was a miracle, both accidental and inevitable, amid the turning of billions of stars. In this vast universe, it was a unique, silent yet grand expression of love. - Losing someone is heart-wrenching, of course. It leaves a hard-to-heal crack in your life and ushers in a long rainy season. But falling in love with you, that itself is the one rose blooming on my barren wasteland, never to wit —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A little [grieved]

31. 81 狼 The Alpha CEO's Contract Wife 狼性总裁的契约妻 Roll, Tomato Fried Rice翻滚吧番茄炒饭Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted Lin Qianqian is a pure-hearted, resilient young woman whose journey in love begins with a secret crush, but is destined to lead to a marriage strewn with thorns. Zhou Chumu, a cold, ruthless, scheming man, binds her to his side with a contract. After five years of quietly watching over him, she gets a loveless marriage in return, becoming the perfect stand-in he uses to deal with pressure from his family elders. But as their hearts gradually draw closer through all their mutual torment, just whe —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists began to get married first and then fall in love. Their relationship gradually heated up as they got along. As a result, the male protagonist's Bai Yueguang came back, and they were slightly abused in the middle.

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