Any Stories with a Gentle, Self-Restrained, Courteous Hero and a Smart Heroine? 男主是温柔克己复礼，女主智慧。类似于这种的书吗

1. 1 潮 Tidal Boundaries 潮汐界限 Milky Candy Puff奶糖酥Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available, published under the title Tidal Boundaries] There were two unspoken sayings around the office building: First, when Zhou Yushen's car passed Guanfujie, even the snow on the ground would sensibly melt away a little. Second, he never let his schedule stop for anyone. Only later did Wei Xi learn that both sayings were wrong. * At an industry forum, Wei Xi was unexpectedly called up to sit in the front row. With every gaze fixed on her, she spoke quickly and prec 55.6kReads9.4Score7.3k14d adds

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   The male protagonist deeply respects the female protagonist. In the early stages, he perfectly embodies the principle of "love within the bounds of propriety." While the female protagonist hasn't fully crossed her inner boundaries, he gently guides her, never abusing his power. The text doesn't forcefully emphasize the male protagonist's self-discipline, gentleness, or noble qualities, yet these are subtly conveyed between the lines. This book was incredibly satisfying; there were no nonsensical plot points, only the author's meticulous attention to detail. So, please enjoy it slowly.

2. 2 宠EN Favoring a Concubine and Disgracing Your Wife? I Quit as the Marquisate's Matriarch! 宠妾灭妻？这侯门主母我不当了！ Li Wu礼午Ancient Romance598k WordsCompleted [Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking] Voting has begun! Search for “Annual Top-Rated Novel Ranking” to vote for this book, A Return to the Boudoir. Thank you! [Traditional historical romance + inner-courtyard drama + reborn revenge and face-slapping + a prince pursues his wife] Lin Yunwan was the legitimate daughter of the prestigious Lin clan. When her Marquis household was on the verge of losing its title, she married Lu Zhengliu, the heir to the marquisate. On their wedding day, her husband coldly 53.2kReads9.3Score7.3k14d adds

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   A novel whose title doesn't do it justice—it's definitely worth reading! The writing is smooth, the logic is clear, both the male and female leads are intelligent, and the supporting characters are also vividly portrayed. Highly recommended! It's just not finished yet, so you can wait until it's more complete before reading. 🤭

3. 3 官 Official Announcement! I Secretly Married the Ice-Cold Top Student Next Door 官宣！我和隔壁高冷学霸闪婚了 Jin Hao今好Modern Romance160k WordsCompleted The two people who live next door had barely seen each other in over twenty years. Who would have thought they'd suddenly get married on a whim? Cheng Xi: He Qiao is so cold! Cheng Xi: He Qiao is so sweet! Cheng Xi: He Qiao is so domineering! Cheng Xi: I love He Qiao so much. He Qiao: To make up for all those years we barely saw each other, I'll punish myself by kissing you lots of times every day. 1.3kReads7.3Score19714d adds

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   The male lead is really gentle

4. 4 我 My Proud and Talented Lady of the Marquis’s Manor 我的侯府傲娇才娘子 When Bai Ze Arrives白泽来时Historical1.8M WordsCompleted Also known as: “I Just Transmigrated and Picked Up a Proud Marquis Household Heiress” and “One Female Lead” Food gives life continuity. Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and song give it charm. A little wealth, fame, and success give it grandeur. Gu Zhengyan transmigrated and unexpectedly won first place in a poetry competition. He even married a young lady from a marquis’s household, only for the furious marquis to throw them both out. Gu Zhengyan took his wife back to his impoverish 31.7kReads9.0Score2.9k14d adds

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   This one fits the bill quite well, but it's a male-oriented novel. The female lead in this one has the most distinctive personality I've ever seen.

5. 5 二 Transmigrating a Second Time, the Crown Princess Seeks Revenge, Not Romance 二次穿越，太子妃不谈恋爱只复仇 Air Fryer, Fry Me空气炸锅炸我Ancient Romance358k WordsCompleted [Two Strong Leads] [Marriage Before Love + Palace Intrigue + War + Political Scheming + Angsty Romance] For readers who like a gentle hero with a strong, steady core! Not a mindless story! Not a story about trivial romance! The relationship develops gradually. They don’t fall madly in love right away! The heroine isn’t love-struck! Lin Yunying, a modern female scientist, transmigrates to the Jiuzhou Continent and becomes a woman general guarding the borders of the Great Qi Dynasty. It was suppos 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This is the story of a strong, independent female protagonist, a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, palace intrigue, war, political maneuvering, and a tragic romance. If you like gentle, strong, and stable male leads, this is for you! Not a mindless, brainless story! Not a romance novel! The romance develops gradually, not with an immediate, dramatic love story! The female lead is not a love-struck fool! If you like love-struck characters, please look elsewhere! Thank you to the modern female scientist Lin Yunying for transmigrating to the Nine Provinces Continent and becoming a female general guarding the borders of the Great Qi Dynasty. Originally a transmigration experiment, she developed an unbreakable bond with her family in this world and also formed a life-or-death friendship with Crown Prince Yin Yi. However, Lin Yunying tragically died in the war to defend the country, ending the experiment. But it wasn't over. Her entire family was about to be beheaded, and Lin Yunying violated the experimental rules to transmigrate again. But it was too late; her parents and brothers had already been framed and beheaded. What Lin Yunying couldn't accept was that her second transmigration was random, and she ended up as the daughter of the villain—Liu Qingyan. Hatred burned within her, yet the villains still believed she was their prized possession. Driven by revenge, she sought out her former sworn brother. "Your Highness, I am your best choice!" "Very well, I will soon welcome Miss Liu into the Eastern Palace!" The moon on the sea is the moon in the sky, the person before her is the one in her heart. Yin Yi, do you know who I truly am?

6. 6 蛊 The Gu Master's Golden Daughter 蛊道千金 Dancing Through the Years凤舞流年Modern Romance314k WordsOngoing Episodic stories + transmigration and rebirth + rewarding good and punishing evil Linglong, a young woman from the Miao borderlands, made a pact with a god, mastered the art of Gu and other mystic arts, and was raised to adulthood by an elderly shaman. By the will of Heaven, she descends the mountain and enters the mortal world! Wherever she goes, evil forces, poison Gu, demons, and ghosts have nowhere to hide! She also has a little secret: her life-bound Gu is about to hatch! (Content warning: 5Reads—Score114d adds

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   It's so good!

7. 7 绝 The Bewitching Beauty Who Enchanted the World 绝色妖女惑天下 Dancing Through the Years凤舞流年Ancient Romance310k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Strong Female Lead + Fantasy + Face-Slapping and Punishing Scum] Zhuang Qingfeng is the legitimate daughter of the Qingyun Marquis’s household in Yunqi, and a noble princess. She should have been the darling of the heavens, but the world pitied her for being blind. As a child, her eyes showed double pupils. Fearing others would think she was a monster, her mother sent her to cultivate under the masters of Feiyun Peak. Years later, she came down from the mountain and returned home, rea 1Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 8 女 The Vicious Villainess in a Matriarchal World Raises Her Fish Online 女尊恶獠在线养鱼 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Matriarchal society + sweet romance + one-on-one + devoted to each other] [Calculating and ruthless princess × obedient, loyal guard] The capital's good-for-nothing Second Princess is beaten in the street by another woman for pursuing a man, then crashes into a stone lion. After recovering from her serious injuries, the Second Princess seems like a completely different person: kind to others, uninterested in competing, and always helping her sisters. It isn't until the day this powerful princes 15.2kReads9.5Score1.7k14d adds

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   1. She knows her own temperament too well. Someone like her, who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals, would never allow her interests to be tied to another person's. She might like someone, but she would never align her interests with anyone else's. 2. Each system administrator governs their own little world, and there are no conflicts of interest between them. Therefore, sharing data is perfectly normal and helps them expand their databases. There are no conflicts of interest, only a shared enthusiasm for mutual assistance. [In this respect, your interests are intertwined. Apart from that, you have no other vested interests.] 3. But their interests don't conflict. The sisters can do things for her, and she's only doing so while dealing with political enemies, incidentally avenging the Jiang family for the two sisters. There's no conflict. Her persuasion sounds like coercion and enticement to Jiang Pingchuan. Only Jiang Yuanshan's persuasion sounds like genuine persuasion to Jiang Pingchuan. Jiang Yuanshan is very clear-headed and unlikely to do anything that contradicts her interests. The premise for her using Jiang Pingchuan as a pawn must be that Jiang Pingchuan has established at least a basic connection of interests with her. Jiang Pingchuan needed to understand one thing: only if Wei Xin was well could the sisters be well, and only then would there be a chance to avenge the Jiang family. 4. The vicious woman would bare her fangs at everyone, judging everyone's worth based on her own interests and deciding their life or death according to her needs. But in a moment when no one was around, she would turn around, lock her gaze on him with her cold and terrifying eyes, lower her blood-stained head, and gently lick his ear. 5. How many people walking in the court are truly helpful? Whether moving upwards or downwards, if there's no conflict of interest, who would actively seek connections? It's either she extracts benefits from you or you stab her in the back; there's no third way to get along. "Only connections with shared interests are true networks; what kind of connections are those without? They're just acquaintances." 6. Within selfish desires lies the essence of morality. Everything people strive for is related to their interests. 7. Emotions themselves are not something that can be confused with transactions. Interests are controllable, emotions are uncontrollable. 8. With her master's orders at the forefront, what could she do? On the battlefield, isn't it obvious which is more important: personal grudges or the interests of the entire army? 9. The reason the soldiers were willing to follow her, even to the point of staging a coup, lies in the fact that she could provide the equal treatment that military officers desired! They knew that only by helping her ascend the throne could they change the three-generation-long system of valuing civil officials over military ones. Only by helping her ascend the throne could the families and even grandchildren of many soldiers have a tangible future! When sufficiently great benefits are presented, the soldiers will not hesitate to stage a coup for her, even to force her to abdicate! The reason the soldiers were willing to follow her, even to the point of staging a coup, lies in the fact that she could provide the equal treatment that military officers desired! They wanted a good life, and she was the only emperor! 10. Relationships based on interests must, of course, be maintained by interests. If anyone conceals their own affairs and harms the interests of their ally, the relationship will naturally crumble quickly. After a brief period of cooperation, when their interests are no longer intertwined, or even conflict, the relationship will crumble.

9. 9 穿 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 86.4kReads9.6Score11.3k14d adds
10. 10 女 Disguised as a Man: The Tyrant Charms with Her Beauty 女扮男装：暴君她美色撩人 Flower Roll Rice花卷饭Ancient Romance750k WordsCompleted [Woman disguised as a man + no romance + strong heroine + gradually becomes everyone’s favorite] Jun Lin was born into the modern world and then reborn in another era. After disguising herself as a man, she finally managed to ascend the throne, only to be poisoned by her childhood friend and turned into a puppet under his control. Her memories became jumbled and her personality changed drastically. After five years of tyranny, she died in court. Jun Lin: “Thanks for asking. I woke up in a mass g 2.9kReads9.5Score48214d adds
11. 11 总 The CEO Caught Her Heart 总裁的一网情深 Xiao Yuan Bao'er小源宝儿Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted A sweet romance about winning someone over by any means necessary. The president of the Duan Group, Duan Yichen, never imagined he would fall in love at first sight with his younger sister’s best friend. Unfortunately, Tang Xi already had a boyfriend she was deeply in love with... But in his thirty-two years, Duan Yichen had only ever fallen for someone once. How could he possibly let go so easily... 14kReads9.1Score2k14d adds

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    To recommend three good books, I've chosen these three books because I think they're quite good and enjoyable to read. The writing is clear and logical, so I'm recommending them to you. I hope you like them. Give them a look! Like, like, like!

12. 12 一 Love at First Sight: The Overbearing CEO’s Super Spoiling! 一见钟情：霸道总裁超级宠！ Summer Bamboo Listening to Rain夏竹听雨Modern Romance207k WordsOngoing My name is Qin Huimin. I'm 24 years old and the little princess of the Qin Group. When I was 18, I was told that my parents had chosen a fiancé for me, and that he attended the same university. At first, I resisted the idea. But the moment I met him, I fell in love at first sight. My fiancé, Mo Junhao, is the CEO of the Mo Group. To get closer to him, I hid my identity and lived as an ordinary person. After working hard in every way I could, I finally got a job at the company he runs. At last, I —Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 13 不 Not the Right Words 不是佳辞 A Meng Zai阿猛崽Modern Romance391k WordsCompleted At eighteen, Fu Jiaqi loved beauty more than life itself. At twenty, Fu Jiaqi loved Jiang Min more than life itself. When they reunite at twenty-eight, Jiang Min is even more distant than before. Fu Jiaqi realizes she doesn't care as much about her looks, and perhaps she doesn't love Jiang Min as much anymore, either. A story about two people at odds with themselves who heal each other. 26Reads9.4Score—14d adds

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    These are all well-written books, including both short and long stories. Those who enjoy side couples can also check them out. They're not angsty, and the themes are relatively fresh. If you're interested, give them a try.

14. 14 男 The Male Lead Is So Poor 男主好穷 Love Drinking Water爱喝水Modern Romance333k WordsCompleted "Taxidermist X funeral industry worker He Guan wanted to give Xu Baiyou diamond rings, yachts, and mansions, just like a rich male lead. But he was broke, so the best he could offer was a shampoo, a massage, or the full-service treatment. He Guan also wanted to pin Xu Baiyou against the wall in a back alley and kiss him, just like an overbearing male lead. But he wasn't the one in charge. Xu Baiyou dared to hurt him, burn him with cigarette butts, and slap him across the face once, twice, and 432Reads9.0Score3614d adds
15. 15 佔 Possessing Jiang Xi 佔有姜西 Fish Doesn't Speak鱼不语Modern Romance4.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads + PDA-Filled Romance + Mutual Devotion] A job interview at a bar leads two people with nothing in common to meet for the first time. One is a private tutor, the other a cold-faced King of Hell. One does the flirting, the other does the pampering. Later, no one could have guessed that the elegant, aloof Qin Zhan would turn into a clingy burr. Their everyday life after getting together is even too much to watch... “Wifey...” “Hmm?” “Could you comfort me 47.7kReads9.5Score4.8k14d adds
16. 16 日 Day and Night, I Obsess Over You 日夜妄想 Fish Doesn't Speak鱼不语Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + two powerful leads taking down scumbags + mutual secret crushes + world-class stubbornness + two scene-stealing power players] He’s a cold-blooded business tycoon, with enough rumored girlfriends to fill ten mahjong tables. She’s a ruthless heiress from a prominent family, with admirers and followers lined up all the way to Paris. A marriage of convenience, with each side keeping their distance. On the rooftop, they smoked side by side. Jiang Chenglin asked, “Ever conside 7.9kReads9.5Score1.1k14d adds
17. 17 卧 Undercover Policewoman 卧底警花 Li Zhuoma李卓玛Mystery191k WordsCompleted He Yu, a young policewoman fresh out of the police academy, is assigned a highly specialized undercover mission: to enter Changhe Corporation, the largest business conglomerate in Yingang, and find evidence of smuggling. How will she cope with the materialistic world of business? As she struggles to find evidence, she is also worn out by the advances of the conglomerate heir. This young policewoman faces a severe test of both heart and body... 535Reads9.1Score10514d adds
18. 18 乙 How Should the Villainess in an Otome Game Survive? 乙女游戏的女配该如何生存 Black Flame黑火焰Modern Romance452k WordsCompleted [Note: Around chapter seventy, the story introduces a new male lead, who is not a virgin.] Feng Yueyi transmigrates into an otome game she has played, becoming a female side character in a dark-themed game. The character is killed by the brother of one of the male leads for having a secret crush on a prince and bullying the heroine. After transmigrating, her first priority is to survive. Then she plans to save money, grow stronger, and leave for good. But more and more people who never appeared 166Reads9.1Score—14d adds

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