Looking for a CEO Romance Where the Leads Marry First and Fall in Love Later, and the Female Lead Has a Secret Crush on Him Before Their Arranged Marriage 想看先婚后爱的总裁文，女主暗恋男主联姻嫁给他
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I Married My Secret Crush First, Then Fell in Love 和暗恋对象先婚后爱了
A cold, abstinent, jealous CEO who’s a devoted husband x an adorable employee Marriage first, love later · secret crush becomes mutual · sweet pampering / one-on-one, first love for both, both pure At twenty-five, Jiang Mansheng married the high school heartthrob she had secretly loved. Back then, Lu Qichen came from a wealthy family and was exceptionally handsome, a favored child of heaven whom everyone envied. Jiang Mansheng, by contrast, was quiet and mild-mannered, just an ordinary girl fro
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Marriage Before Love: Mr. Pei Falls for Her 先婚后爱：裴总他沦陷了
[Marriage first, love later + secret crush comes true + mutual salvation + devoted to each other, one-on-one] (The heroine seems sweet and gentle but is independent and clear-headed inside; the hero is no typical domineering CEO; she has a secret crush on him; slow burn.) Pei Yu was aloof and indifferent by nature, and he looked down on women even more. Everyone in his circle wondered what kind of woman could possibly win the heart of this unattainable man. Later, he fell out with the Pei family
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Dreaming Back to the Beginning 梦回伊始
A chief cardiac surgeon and a haughty heiress are forced into a marriage arranged by their families. Living together before the wedding, they go from constant clashes to gradually falling in love and standing by each other. But happiness never comes easily. Fate plays a cruel trick, and overnight she falls from heaven into hell. When she wakes from her dream, she learns that the man she loves and his rumored girlfriend are the ones truly in love, while she was merely a sacrifice to money and fam
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The CEO Mistakes Someone Else for His True Love, Then Spends Every Day Trying to Make Amends 总裁眼瞎认错白月光后天天火葬场
[A groveling arc for the male lead: BE fans, skip the extra chapters] Qin Nuan loves Lu Hanze and willingly becomes his substitute. But two years of her devotion can’t compare to the moment Qin Lan returns from abroad. He won’t even hear her explanation or pleas for help before forcibly sending her to prison. In jail, her hopes slowly turn to ashes, and her love is gradually worn away. But Qin Nuan never expected that, upon her release, she would be told to “donate bone marrow to Qin Lan.” With
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Stop Kneeling, Madam Has Rejected Your Request to Remarry 别跪了，夫人退回了您的复婚请求
[The Ex Wants Her Back / The White Moonlight Was a Misunderstanding / One True Pairing] After three years of secretly loving him, she finally married the man who had made her heart skip at first sight. For two years of marriage, she gave him everything without reservation, hoping only that he would spare her a glance. She had humbled herself to the extreme. At last, one day, she met his white moonlight and learned she was nothing but a worthless substitute. Outside the Civil Affairs Bureau, the
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The Substitute Bride: Young Master Huo, Please Keep Your Distance 替身娇妻：霍少请靠边站
After years of marriage, she willingly played the part of his idealized first love, always fulfilling her duties as his wife. She knew their marriage was only a contract, but she still fell for him. When his first love returned to the country, proud and beautiful, she couldn’t help comparing herself to her: she was nothing but a fake substitute. She fled and went into hiding. One day, Huo Huaishen found her, looking utterly exhausted. He gazed at her as if she were a treasure. “A Ling, come back
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The Coldhearted Fu Young Master’s Substitute Wife 冷情傅少替身妻
After three years of marriage, Wen Dong was doted on by her husband and finally got pregnant, just as she had always hoped. But when she showed him the pregnancy test results, all she got in return was a divorce: "I, Fu Jingyan, will never allow another woman to carry my child!" Her head rang. "Why?" The man replied coldly, "Because... I never loved you!" It turned out she was the only fool in this world! She had thought this man was so devoted, but in truth, he only loved her because her face r
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Mr. Lu, Stop Pretending. Your Wife Sacrificed Herself for You 陆总别演了，夫人为你殉情了
To save her brother’s company, Xu Yuyao married her neighbor’s older brother, Lu Jinsheng, at the age of twenty-four, becoming his contract wife. These days, he can be tender one moment and cold the next. He seems nothing like the sincere boy he once was, but she later discovers that there may be more to it than meets the eye... At the beginning of the story, he says, “Call me Brother Sheng, and I’ll be your Brother Sheng for life.” At the end, she says, “Lu Jinsheng, I’ve come to find you.” As
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I Woke Up My Husband from His Vegetative State 我让植物人老公苏醒
[Love after marriage + age gap + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + powerful man lowering his head] Su Tong is the Su family’s adopted daughter. Clever from a young age, she excelled in school and graduated from Harvard, becoming an outstanding neurosurgeon. The Su family’s biological daughter, Su Shishi, refuses to honor the betrothal arranged for her when she was young and marry Huo Yunzhou, a business magnate from Haicheng who has been in a vegetative state since a car accident. So her adop
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The Comatose Tycoon Falls in Love with Me 植物人大佬，爱上我
[Marriage first, love later + devoted to one another + sweet romance] An Ran is a highly skilled neurosurgeon who should have been making a name for herself saving lives. Instead, her greedy stepmother and father force her into the dark depths of fate. Tempted by money, they push her into what seems like an endless, loveless marriage, marrying her off to Mu Tingchen, a legendary business tycoon left in a vegetative state after a car accident. Once, Mu Tingchen ruled the business world with an ir
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I Restored the Capital’s Tycoon’s Sight, and He Spoils Me Rotten 我让京圈大佬复明，他把我狠狠宠
[Substitute marriage, love after marriage, ex-husband’s redemption, sweet romance, both leads are virgins] Huo Jingchen had a fiery temper, devastating looks, and a decisive, domineering way of doing things. He was arrogant and unruly, with a strong streak of tsundere pride. He was recognized throughout the business world as a genius, famous for his ruthlessness and cunning. His decisive, ruthless methods earned him the nickname “Living Yama,” and made his business rivals tremble at the mere men
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My Flash-Marriage Husband Is Actually a Trillionaire CEO 闪婚老公，竟是千亿总裁
[Marriage First, Love Later + The Husband Chases His Wife to Win Her Back + Sweet Romance + Both Pure in Love + Age Gap + The Powerful One Bows His Head] Su Shiqi works at a hospital and often hears her colleagues gossip about Gu Tingye. They say that despite his young age, he already controls a business empire. He's the well-known head of one of Jiangcheng's wealthiest families, the dream man countless socialites pursue, and, at just thirty, he holds the reins of half the city's economy. He's
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The Capital’s Power Player, His Wife’s One and Only 京圈大佬，独宠娇妻
[Marriage first, deep love later + sweet romance + scheming male lead + regretful groveling + age gap] Su Tong never imagined her own father could be so blinded by greed that he’d use her as a bargaining chip and heartlessly send her to the bed of Gu Tingshen, a powerful figure in the capital’s elite circles. Gu Tingshen was notorious among the capital’s elite for being abstinent and calculating, intensely controlling, cold, domineering, and sharp-tongued. Everyone treated him with awe and fear.
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As a Great Demon of the Primordial World, She Begins Quick Transmigration 当洪荒大妖她开始快穿
[Quick Transmigration] [No Romance] [Strong Female Lead] Li Ku was once a piece of deadwood from the Primordial Realm, rootless and adrift in the abyss. Her daily routine was to watch countless great demons enter in perfect shape and leave missing limbs. One day, someone claiming to be a Tasker mistook her for a treasure and brought her back to the Time and Space Administration. No freeloaders were allowed there, so Li Ku, gathering dust, was kicked into a mission world. What was a mission? In t
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The System's a Clown, I Make Things Worse: Rebellious to the Core 系统沙雕我添堵，一身反骨离大谱
They came from distinguished families and were beautiful, talented, and exceptional. But whenever they crossed paths with the male and female leads, they became brainless cannon fodder, burning themselves up to make the leads’ romance flourish until their dying breath. And now Gu Mo has become all those women from countless novels. System: Boss, you can face-slap the villains and break up those couples! Go get ’em! Gu Mo: I’m awesome! I can do this! Much later, the System stares in bewilderment
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Quick Transmigration: My Host Is Frail and Helpless, but Completely Unhinged 快穿疯批：我那宿主柔弱不能自理
In every tragic romance, the heroine is tormented by the hero until her heart is torn apart, and her heart, kidneys, and brain are cut out. Yet the heroine loves the hero without fail, devoting herself wholeheartedly to her career as his doormat. Now Jingsha has become the heroine of a tragic romance. She's obsessive, unstable, scummy, and downright crazy. She torments the male lead, then the male supporting character, then the female supporting character. In the end, they all love her but can n
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His Fiancée Ran Away, Young Master Cheng 未婚妻跑了，程少
Because of a secret no one else knows, Li Yan’s relationship with her college boyfriend fell apart. But he had no idea she was six months pregnant. After he dumped her, she was heartbroken and agreed to go on a blind date. Thinking there shouldn’t be any problems if someone they knew had made the introduction, she agreed to a quick marriage so her child could have a name and a place in the family. The two of them skipped all the usual stages of dating and went straight to the marriage certificat
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