Recommendations for Stories Where the Second Male Lead Takes the Lead, Especially Well-Written Ones! 男二上位文推荐,重点是文笔好!!!!
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The Rose Crown 玫瑰冠冕
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
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A Summer Night's Melody 夏夜乐章
Miyue was engaged to Wen Chen when she learned that he was in love with someone else. He had only chosen her because she was obedient and sensible, and because the elders liked her. After breaking off the engagement, she went to a small island by the sea to clear her mind. There, she met Xie Buzhuo, a handsome, aloof man who was carefree and unruly. At first, she thought he was just a passing stranger. Then an accident left them waking up in the same bed. She thought he was an old hand at this s
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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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My Fiancé Cheated, and His Best Friend Had Been Plotting for a Long Time 未婚夫出轨,他兄弟蓄谋已久
[Second male lead wins + no angst throughout + mutual pining + clear-headed, independent heroine + sharp-tongued, devoted hero + both chaste, one-on-one romance] The day Yan Yue found out that her fiancé, Xu Shaoyang, was cheating with her best friend, Yu Huanhuan, she went to see Su Jingnian. Su Jingnian had just finished showering and was wearing a bathrobe, looking both seductive and alluring. Yan Yue couldn’t swallow her anger. Just thinking about Xu Shaoyang kissing someone else, and that
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Bound by Spring 缚春情
[The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef
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I Married the Sickly Chief Minister with a Farming System, and He Flirts with Me Every Day 带种田系统嫁病娇首辅,日日被撩
[Farming + putting scumbags in their place + strong heroine + sweet romance + devoted couple] Lu Zhaozhao, head of a family of merchants, accidentally gets bound to a farming System that brings her into a lucky-charm farming novel called The Imperial Consort of the Peasant Household. There, she becomes a cannon-fodder supporting female character who dies as soon as she appears. When she opens her eyes, she has to choose between two newlywed husbands. She faces a greedy, vicious mother-in-law, th
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After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子
After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye
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Help! My Chaste Husband Has Me Blushing and Breathless 救命,被禁欲老公撩得脸红耳赤
"The print edition of Love You, Until I See the Light has been published, and a short drama adaptation is now available" [Married first, love later + long-planned scheme + covert flirting + off-the-charts chemistry] [Cool, elegant agent in a qipao (little bunny) vs. abstinent, secretly flirtatious Beijing big shot (big bad wolf)] Jiang Qinian is a movie star, and Jiang Zhi is his agent. Jiang Zhi thought he was her salvation, never realizing he was her nightmare. On his birthday, she planned to
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My Childhood Friend Spoils Me More! Who Still Chases the Cold School Hunk? 竹马更宠!谁还追高冷校草啊?
[The print edition of Heart-Pounding Secret Crush: My Childhood Friend Is Beautiful and Sweet-Voiced is now available. Search for it on major platforms. Details: @Yueye Shanhu] [Sweet Campus Romance | Childhood Friend Takes the Lead | The Pursuer’s Road to Regret | Secret Crush] Qiao Zhen dreams of fragments of memories from her past life: “For seven years, she followed the aloof campus heartthrob Ji Xian, obedient and gentle, offering him her whole heart, only to be casually cast aside.” When
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Back to High School Before the Divorce: This Time, I Won't Fall for You 离婚前重回高中,这次我不心动了
(Print edition signed) [Campus rebirth + regretful pursuit + bad-boy wins her heart + living-under-one-roof romance] [Slightly rebellious good girl x laid-back, aloof bad boy] After her grandmother passes away, both the Tan and Lu families feel sorry for Xu Entang, who has no family left, and want to take her in. When she arrives in Beicheng, she sees again the boy she never forgot after meeting him once. Lu Jin is brazen and unruly. Over the years they grow up together, she watches one woman af
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After She Was Reborn, the Young Master of the Guan Family Was Reborn Too 她重生后,关氏小少爷也重生了
[Gentle, powerful puppy-like CEO × clear-headed, icy beauty who fights her way back] [Both reborn + sweet romance + one-on-one + revenge on scumbags + mutual healing + entrepreneurship] Lin Bai is reborn before her wedding to a scumbag. This time, she'll repay every wrong and settle every score. She never imagined that her changes would draw the attention of the young master of the Guan family. Then, one day, the young Master Guan, who had treated life like a game in his previous life, is reborn
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My Master's Dual Cultivation Art Always Leads to Naughty Things 师尊他修的合欢道,总想酱酱酿酿
Chu Weiliang was stunningly beautiful and a peerless cultivation vessel. She raised nine demon emperors who all had something wrong with them, and half the cultivation world had been linked to her in rumors. But she had always been fiercely independent and refused to live off her looks. That was, until she died and came back to life with a new master... Sword Lord Wen Shubai was handsome, of impeccable background, and fiercely protective of his own. He was also a patient and persuasive teacher.
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Quick, Give Him a Hug! 你快抱抱他!
[Both leads are faithful to each other + Marriage before love + Secret crush takes the upper hand + Scumbag husband chases his wife to the crematorium] [Clear-headed, independent, sunny heroine + Hero is a big, affectionate dog who loves putting on an act] Ruan Tingxia was the “little child bride” her elders picked out for Zhou Yanchen. She spent eight years chasing after him. She gave him her whole heart, only to be told he was getting engaged to someone else. Heartbroken, Ruan Tingxia left, an
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At Night, He Becomes Addicted 入夜,他沉迷
Completed. The short drama Night's Gentle Embrace is now available. [Marry first, fall in love later + reunion after a long separation + long-planned romance + the second male lead wins + unrequited love becomes mutual + chasing his wife to the crematorium, but she never looks back + both leads are each other's first] (P.S. All sweetness, no angst.) Everyone in their circle knows Wen Yan is a servant in the Chu household and Chu Shiyu's nanny. She's been by his side since childhood, taking care
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Miss Lin's Scheming Little Wolf 林小姐的腹黑小奶狼
[Angst before sweetness + sweet romance + older woman/younger man + both devoted to each other + the second male lead wins] The male lead gets his comeuppance trying to win her back, but never succeeds! Lin Ning liked Li Zhoucheng. After three years of secretly loving him and six months of dating, she thought they had finally made it through the storm and into the sunlight. Then his one true love came back from abroad... and the two of them got together behind her back. Lin Ning ended things dec
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Claiming Her as My Wife 夺她为妻
[The male lead’s desperate pursuit to win her back + the second male lead takes his place] Yu Sheng was the heir to a prestigious family with a century of history. His secret wife was an obscure hand model. When his wife asked for a divorce, he readily agreed. He chatted over drinks with his friends. “I’m just trying to teach her a lesson. Give it some time, and she’ll come back on her own.” But when Yu Sheng finally turned back, his eyes red, she had already become someone else’s wife. Yu Sheng
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A Kiss That Heats Things Up 升温诱吻
[Signed for print publication] [Age gap + married first, love later + exceptionally gentle, fatherly male lead + both leads are each other's first] A restrained cardiac surgeon x a sweet young woman who grows into herself *Complete. A sweet, everyday romance with no melodrama. - On the eve of her engagement, Jiang Qiao catches her boyfriend passionately kissing another woman. As she stands there in a pitiful state, Pei Zhihe's tall figure appears beside her. His deep, dark eyes look at her from
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You Stood Me Up at the Courthouse? I'll Marry Your Uncle Instead 领证爽约?我嫁你小叔疯什么
[Broken Relationship That Stays Broken] [The Second Male Lead Comes Out on Top] [Seven-Year Age Gap] [Uncle Steals His Nephew’s Wife] [Putting Trashy Exes in Their Place] On the day Shen Shuning and Lu Tingxuan were supposed to register their marriage, he stood her up. It turned out his adoptive sister, who shared neither parent with him, had returned from abroad. Only then did she see clearly that she had never been the most important person in his heart. That place had always belonged to the a
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The Playboy Won Me a Noble Title, and the Reborn Matriarch Went on a Killing Spree 纨绔为我夺诰命,重生主母杀疯了
[Signed for publication] [Clear-headed, independent true heiress x play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger fake wastrel] [Female-oriented fiction + heroine reborn + hero transmigrates + political intrigue] After more than ten years as the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis's heir, managing the household and dutifully serving her parents-in-law, Shen Tangning believed she had done nothing wrong. Not until the usually distant heir began an affair with her half sister, now married to his younger brother, and they
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I’m Done Chasing Him. I’m Turning Around to Marry My Childhood Friend 不舔了,转身就和竹马领婚书
[Childhood sweethearts + the second male lead's unrequited love comes true + scumbag chases his ex in a groveling arc + devoted 1v1] After four years of pursuing him, the orphan Zhen Bao thinks she's finally won the heart of her fiance, Zhou Jinnian, only to witness him get engaged to Liu Ruyan, the daughter of a powerful minister. The Liu family's legitimate daughter confronts him in the street. “I hear there's a Miss Zhen at your residence?” Zhou Jinnian sneers. “She's just a bedchamber maid.”
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She Walked Away, and His World Came Crashing Down 她转身,他的世界塌了
The year Ye Muling loved Xu Fuang most, she got her wish and married him. Throughout their three years of marriage, she thought Xu Fuang was cold and indifferent toward everyone, and told herself it was only natural that he treated her the same way. That was until she learned about An Yurong. It turned out Xu Fuang could look at someone with tenderness. That someone simply wasn't her. On a rainy night when she was twenty-five, Ye Muling heard An Yurong's tearful, tender voice with her own ears a
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Your Stand-In of Five Years Won’t Renew Her Contract, So Why Are You Rushing to Marry Your Brother? 替身五年不续约,嫁你兄弟急什么
[Male Lead’s Long Game + Second Male Lead’s Regret and Pursuit + Sweet Romance, Both Pure + Face-Slapping and Smacking Down Scumbags] The short drama The Five Years They Stole has premiered. A scheming, abstinent, dangerously charming tycoon × a radiant, pampered beauty with a stubborn streak Mu Qingyou is the fake heiress who was switched at birth into the Mu family. Overnight, the haughty little princess became a fake whom everyone despised. Mu Qingyou would never forget that heavy rain when s
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I Just Got My Divorce Papers, and Young Master Yan Is Taking Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 才领离婚证,燕少哄我去民政局
[Broken relationship, no getting back together + both leads' first love + second male lead rises to the top + heroine's growth + face-slapping + punishing scumbags] A dazzling financial journalist × a restrained, deeply devoted big shot After three years of marriage, her husband's first love, the woman he'd mourned as dead, came back to life. Ji Wanying was crushed. At last, she realized she'd wasted all those years giving her sincere love to a man who didn't deserve it. “Ji Wanying, your family
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A Special Kind of Love 心动偏宠
[She falls pregnant before falling in love + He has loved her in secret for years, and gets his happy ending] The night Liang Yin and Gu Zhique broke up, she accidentally ended up in Xie Ruzhou's bed. He was her immediate supervisor. Xie Ruzhou was the cold, abstinent type, and always hated women taking advantage of him. With her head pounding, Liang Yin's first thought was to leave a resignation letter and run without a second thought. - They met again a month later at a matchmaking dinner. Lia
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Mr. Gu, Your Wife Sent You These Divorce Papers 顾总,这是太太给您的离婚协议
(The male lead loves his first love without realizing it. After she dies, her replacement takes her place. The heroine leaves without looking back, while the second male lead quietly stands by her. In the end, the lovers are together.) The day Shen Zhiqiu found out she was pregnant with twins, her husband, Gu Qingyan, brazenly moved his first love, Xiao Wanqing, into their marital home. Heartbroken, she hid her pregnancy and asked for a divorce! “I am officially separated from Gu Qingyan, presi
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A Whirlwind Wedding: My Sweet Bride Is the Whole Army Family’s Darling 闪婚,小娇妻成军爷全家团宠啦
Beautiful, unhinged heroine + first marriage for both + top-tier older man + ten-year age gap + sweet, flirty daily life + face-slapping and healing + indulgent wish fulfillment Rugged mechanic when he takes his shirt off, handsome older businessman when he gets dressed VS a beautiful, unhinged little troublemaker - After narrowly escaping death, Gu Xuefu, the stunning beauty of Hong Kong who had been abandoned by everyone, impulsively marries the man who saved her life. Huo Zhouli, owner of a s
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The Eighth Year of Loving Her in Secret, and I Finally Get to See Her Break Up 暗恋她的第八年,终于等到她分手
[The Male Lead Fights to Claim His Place + No Turning Back After the Regret + Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Sweet Romance] Shen Zhixing pursued Jiang Yizhou for six years before he finally agreed to be her boyfriend. To Jiang Yizhou, Shen Zhixing was his salvation. She had illuminated his life. The day they officially became a couple, he said, “I’m sorry I kept you waiting so long.” Shen Zhixing thought it was the beginning of a happy, sweet relationship. A year into dating, however, she discov
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A Bite of Pink Pomelo 咬一口粉柚
[Redemption + healing + the second male lead takes the lead + marriage before love] “She keeps clinging to me, and it’s so annoying. People have misunderstood us for more than ten years. If I don’t marry her, how will she ever get married?” The boy’s frivolous smile meets a pair of clear, bright eyes. Su You and Shen Qi have been childhood friends for more than ten years. She thought she could never leave him, but it turns out no one is truly indispensable. When they meet again, she is Mrs. Fu.
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My Scumbag Husband Gets His Marriage License with His True Love, So I Marry a Powerful Man 渣夫领证白月光,我转身嫁给大佬
[Clear-Headed Female Lead + Cheating Husband Begs for Her Back + Cold, Powerful Tycoon Dotes Only on His Wife] One-Sentence Summary: On their wedding night, her cheating husband marries his first love, so she marries a tycoon. He ends up kneeling and begging her to take him back. Everyone in their circle knew Lin Xi had loved Mu Sihua for seven years, only to be humiliated with his demand that she bear him a son before he would register their marriage. On their wedding night, her scumbag husband
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The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕
[The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai
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After Marrying a Tycoon, I Can’t Stop Wearing Haute Couture 嫁给财阀掌舵人后,顶奢戴到手软
Also known as: After My Husband Cheated, I Slept with His Brother [Sweet Romance + The Ex Begs for Her Back + I Scattered His Ashes + The Second Male Lead Wins + Chaste Leads + Neither Has Been with Anyone Else] [Content warning: Early on, the heroine enters a marriage of convenience for business reasons, but the marriage is in name only.] Ruan Rong had been married to Ling Ye for two years when he asked for a divorce. She agreed without hesitation. With a vast fortune in hand, she decided to li
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Her Soft Little Lips 她的小软唇
[Marriage before love + secret crush becomes reality + second male lead wins her heart + no going back after the breakup + both leads are romantically inexperienced] Qi Haochuan was Su Mian's childhood sweetheart and boyfriend, but on his twenty-third birthday, she caught him cheating with her own eyes. Su Mian threw away the engagement ring and broke up with him on the spot. Lu Zheng, always refined and aloof, spoke up first. “Want to get back at your ex? Pick me. I'm very useful.” In a moment
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I Wish You Were Braver 许你不勇敢
Ex-wife-chasing inferno + domineering CEO + wealthy heir + devoted second male lead takes the win + an adorable heroine! The heroine has a crush on the hero and boldly confesses her feelings, but he responds coldly and turns her down! Heartbroken, she finds comfort in the second male lead and starts to move on from her breakup! As she is moved by his care, she realizes she has fallen in love with him. The second male lead is a chief surgeon and a wealthy heir, a bona fide rich second-generation
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When a Sweet, Soft Girl Falls for a Stoic Older Man 当软萌妹子恋上禁欲大叔
(Cold and aloof at first + later desperately trying to win her back + domineering CEO who cares for her tenderly; the ultimate showdown between a chaste older man and a domineering CEO!) The sweet, adorable Shu Jingjing falls in love with the chaste older man Jiang Lingyu. She finally manages to open his heart, only for him to back away because he can't defy his father's wishes! Heartbroken, Shu Jingjing gradually opens up to the attentive care of Doctor Lin, a domineering CEO! Just as she's rea
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The Ravishing Beauty Is So Irresistible, the Celibate Regent Grabs Her Waist and Kisses Her 娇娇美艳动人,禁欲摄政王拦腰吻
Double rebirth + a husband chasing his wife to the crematorium + sweet pampering + punishing the scum. A delicate, beautiful heroine + an ex-husband who loves her but cannot have her + a devoted second male lead who wins her heart Ling Shushu was the only daughter of the Grand Tutor. She was breathtakingly beautiful, with a bewitching figure. Unfortunately, in her previous life she fell for the cold, heartless Third Prince, Chu Junli, and never hid how deeply she loved him. She always thought l
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Liu Mu, Like Smoke 柳慕如烟
Lin Yan gave everything for Chi Mu, only to be told in the end that it had all been just for fun. Later, Lin Yan finally let go of Chi Mu and faced him with a heart as still as water. But Chi Mu told her that everything he had done was only to protect her and be with her!
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Don’t Mess with My Great-Uncle’s Wife 表叔公的老婆惹不起
My fiancé cheated on me, so I turned around and became his cousin’s aunt, making him kneel and pay his respects with a cup of tea. My great-uncle and I fell in love after marrying first, and our life together was blissful. He spoiled me rotten, making everyone else envious.
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Out of the Fire Pit, Miss Jian's Happy Life Begins 出火坑,简小姐要开始幸福了
[Modern romance + sweet and angsty + second male lead takes the lead + male lead grovels to win her back + healing + mutual devotion. Note: The heroine may frustrate you a little at first, but she changes later.] Jian An loves Fu Mingchen wholeheartedly. For him, she willingly leaves her family and friends behind, confining herself to a small world of their own. She thought she had found a beautiful love, until another woman came along and shattered everything. As she teeters between life and
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A Tangle of Longing 相思绕
“I only think of her as a younger sister.” On their wedding day, the groom left her with those words and never showed up. The entire city watched Hua Zhuo become a laughingstock. Fourteen years of growing up together, of keeping each other company every day, still hadn’t been enough to make him honor their engagement. She was mocked and gossiped about, brought lower than dirt. Then the young general of the Xie family, famed for his brilliance and elegance, arrived in a groom’s robe and offered t
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The Little Darling Has Her Heart Set on Him 小祖宗心系于他
[A boyfriend who raises her] [Childhood sweethearts] [Will the second male lead get his chance?] [A groveling pursuit] At thirteen, the aloof young Mu Mohan first met five-year-old Gu Qingxin and wondered how a little girl could be so adorable and sweet, like a doll. They met again when he was twenty-two and she was fourteen. Her family had been destroyed, and with nowhere to go, he brought her home and cherished her above all else. At sixteen, she realized she had fallen for this uncle figure,
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Step Aside, Heavenly Dao. It's My Turn to Take Over 你起开天道换我来当
An ancient True God is reborn as an ordinary mortal? This isn't just having your secret identity exposed, you're being crushed to smithereens! You call that fair, Heavenly Dao? Move aside. I'll take over as Heavenly Dao! Why shouldn't a god be allowed to fall in love? A god loves all people, but can also love just one!
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Twilight Clouds, Spring Dawn 暮云春晓
[Gentle, powerful, healing older man x clear-eyed, independent working woman] Reunion after years apart x childhood sweethearts x the long road to winning her back x slash career “I want a divorce.” Nan Xiao finally ended the marriage that had brought her so much pain. Then she met the man destined for her, reached the pinnacle of life, and had triplets. Standing outside her door, he sent her a message: “You were wonderful and beautiful, someone I once thought I could never reach. Now you're som
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