Looking for an International Romance!!! A Powerful Male Lead and a Female Lead Who Isn’t Saintly or Stupid!! 跨国恋求！！！男主有权有势，女主不圣母不傻！！

1. 201 屈 Surrendering to Tenderness 屈于温柔 Ying Xi赢兮Modern Romance426k WordsCompleted [Cool and radiant genius violinist girl x gentle, distinguished rising star in the business world] [Devoted romance with no past relationships + long-planned courtship + doting boyfriend + two wealthy families + age gap] Everyone knew that the eldest young master of the Shen family was handsome and distinguished, and had become a rising star in the business world at a young age. Who could have imagined that someone so utterly level-headed would one day be troubled by love? Shen Minghuai had nev 17.3kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
2. 202 跑 Run, and Pray You Don't Get Caught 跑吧，祈祷别被抓到 Little Mo Throws Mushrooms小莫扔蘑菇Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted Sweet, resilient little miser VS cruel, unhinged, scheming man [Foreign tycoon romance, coercive courtship, strong male lead and weak female lead, both leads' first love] Short blurb: A sensitive, conflicted stray kitten meets a domineering, scheming big bad wolf, and finds herself on the receiving end of his obsessive love. ★ Full blurb: Her past has left Yu Ran insecure and self-conscious, yet resilient. Meeting Si Zekai changes everything. Yu Ran thinks he's a bad person: cruel and domin 1.9kReads9.1Score17114d adds

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   In a foreign land, Wen Ran was on the verge of despair and collapse. A man saved her in the bloodiest way possible. In an instant, however, she was accused of being a spy. Facing the prospect of having her eyes gouged out and her skin ripped off, Wen Ran could only invoke her unknown, powerful fiancé, trembling as she said, "I'm Zhou Qixiao's fiancée, and he loves me very much!" Upon hearing this, the man named Zhou Qixiao's blue eyes gleamed with amusement, his smile both wild and wicked. "What a coincidence," he said, "Zhou Qixiao and I are sworn enemies!" Wen Ran: ?!

3. 203 极 Pushing Patience to the Limit 极限隐忍 Da Ya大呀Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted [Reunion after a long separation] + [Fictional setting] + [Chaste male lead] + [Dark] + [Villain literature] + [Happy ending] [Powerful, roguish, pure-hearted crown prince vs. carefree, down-and-out heiress] Synopsis: Fang Li once bullied a boy. Back when she was highborn and arrogant. Later, their positions were reversed, and the boy became the crown prince of Mengbang District. She, meanwhile, faded into obscurity, with no powerful backer left behind her. Everyone assumed that the ruthless cro 7.9kReads9.1Score79814d adds

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   I recommend this book.

4. 204 禁 Imprisoning the Dark Moonlight 禁锢黑月光 Only for You独予卿Modern Romance538k WordsCompleted Possessive scion of a powerful family VS bewitching little troublemaker He was the heir to a powerful family in Southeast Asia. Cool and elegant on the surface, he was actually scheming, domineering, and arrogant. After a little enchantress deliberately seduced him, he fell under a curse and became a demon for love… She was a mischievous little troublemaker in China, attending a lousy university and dreaming of finding a generous rich playboy who’d pay her a hefty breakup fee. By a twist of fate 526Reads9.2Score—14d adds

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   🍊"Baru, I want to ride on your shoulders!" Her biggest regret as a child was that while other children could ride on their fathers' shoulders, she had never. Let alone her father, he rarely even held her. She understood her father's reserved nature, but the regret remained. For some reason, she suddenly wanted to try it. "Nan Xiaoxi, you're really spoiled," Baru said, squatting down with a hint of disdain. Nanxi sat on his shoulders, pulling his ears with both hands. "Wow, so this is what riding on your shoulders feels like…" Her eyes crinkled with laughter. Suddenly, she felt that a small void in her heart had been filled. This feeling was subtle, no longer regretful; it was a kind of high-level spiritual therapy.

5. 205 强 A Forceful Romance! My Sweet, Soft Wife Can't Escape! 强势婚恋！香软小乖妻逃不掉！ Mo Jiu Xuan He墨酒玄鹤Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Unhinged, obsessive, sickly love + rugged man + 20-year age gap + ruthless hero + dark themes + unscrupulous tactics + marriage before love + both virgins + strong hero, weak heroine + innocent heroine + possessiveness + control + no escape] Unhinged, ruthless, possessive big shot × fragile, innocent college student He Xue was taking a boat to attend a lecture by a renowned teacher when a local conglomerate kidnapped her. Its chairman, Fu Zhenlong, forcibly took her away and made her marry him 24.1kReads8.1Score2.1k14d adds
6. 206 怪 The Monster CEO Is Having Another Meltdown 怪物总裁又发癫了 Eleven Pigeons十一鸽Modern Romance625k WordsCompleted [Top European and Asian tycoon + mercenary leader + Italian underworld boss + Chinese-Italian mix vs. sweet, soft little bunny] [Forced love ✘ unhinged boss ✘ 10-year age gap ✘ height and build difference ✘ possessive romance ✘ powerful man learns to lower his head ✘ devoted husband ✘ both pure] Wen Xiaonuan falls into the hands of criminals. Then a strange man with green eyes appears and keeps her captive in his castle. Ye Yan grips her throat and says, “Hand it over, or I’ll snap your neck. 4.8kReads9.2Score45814d adds

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   🌈✨A transnational romance. ①Age difference + height/physical size difference. The male lead is a top-tier conglomerate in Asia and Europe, an arms dealer tycoon, incredibly wealthy and powerful, even disregarding the president. The female lead is a delicate and innocent girl. At 18, she fell into the hands of thugs and was rescued by the male lead. He kept her in his castle, infatuated with her, and showered her with all his affection.

7. 207 上 Hooked! Swept Off My Feet by a Powerful Foreign Tycoon 上勾！被洋大佬强势拐走 Handsome Millionaire靓仔百万Modern Romance325k WordsCompleted [East Asian jaded young woman VS Western, scheming, two-faced tycoon] [Romance across cultures + domineering possessive love + human pet substitute + both leads are virgins + the man pursues the woman, one-way salvation] At twenty-five, Zhou Xiaofei encountered the biggest turning point of her life in a foreign country: Leo Hart, a passionate, free-spirited Westerner. She went to kill herself, but by a twist of fate, she saved him. From then on, the foreigner kept her like a pet, all in the nam 3.3kReads6.6Score23914d adds
8. 208 在 Urgent! My Ex-Boyfriend Turned into a Zombie and Came Looking for Me 在线急！前男友变成丧尸找上门了 Writing Sauce码字酱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse448k WordsCompleted Male lead: villain, zombie big shot, possessive, devoted only to her. Female lead: useless, bratty, pampered. Mind-reading. No System, no superpowers. An apocalypse story where human nature is dark. Readers with strong morals and upright values, please stay away. The male lead is a zombie who blindly spoils the female lead. If that bothers you, don't read. One last thing: don't overthink it. This is a work of fiction, so don't apply it to real life. When the apocalypse suddenly broke out, a litt 41.8kReads9.1Score4.4k14d adds
9. 209 雪 Snow Falls on Marrakesh 雪落在马拉喀什 AutumnwayModern Romance185k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Independent, ambitious heroine X gentle, rational hero X sweet romance across multiple countries] “No matter what happens, whatever the ending, you'll always be free to be yourself. I'll never force you into anything.” Later, Yu Wenting made this promise to Li Xixun. A graduate of Central Saint Martins in London, Li Xixun had just left a luxury fashion brand when she met Yu Wenting, a wine merchant traveling alone, in Marrakech, Morocco. [They met in North Africa and fell in love 1.3kReads8.5Score30714d adds

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   Several of these are cross-cultural romances, all featuring powerful and influential male leads. Highly recommended for their intellectual and erotic themes.

10. 210 跨 Love Letters Across the Ocean 跨洋情书 Shi Er时贰Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted They first met in China, then reunited in Europe. An eight-year age gap. The nineteenth-generation heir to a fortune and a clear-headed girl who wasn’t ruled by romance collide: freedom and arrogance, restraint and intensity, with the push and pull turned up a notch. Six years later, they met again in Germany. When she heard him speak, his voice was as cold as falling snow, yet like a ray of light on a winter sea. “Didn’t we agree you wouldn’t get into a stranger’s car so casually?” Liang Sui st 2.8kReads9.3Score36814d adds
11. 211 我 With Just a Little Trick, I Made the Mafia Boss Blush and Lose His Cool 我只略施手段，黑帮霸总被撩红温 Well-Read Gentleman八面书生Modern Romance823k WordsCompleted Yu Beicheng transmigrates into a book as the vicious stepsister who frames the heroine in a crime-world novel. She took credit for saving the male lead when they were kids. The heroine’s kidney is inside her body. The heroine’s man is in her bed. Oh, great. She’s hit every part of a hopeless mess. According to the novel’s clichéd plot, the original owner of her body keeps sabotaging and slandering the heroine. After the male lead discovers her true nature, she ends up turned into a human pig. Wh 1.4kReads8.0Score10214d adds

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    You absolutely have to watch this! The female lead is incredibly unique and super interesting.

12. 212 我 My British Childhood Friend 我的英国竹马哥哥 Bodhi Luoxue菩提洛雪Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted Twelve years ago, a blond, blue-eyed boy fell into my barren childhood like a handful of pure snow. He was my dear Engege, always chasing away the mean kids who bullied me and holding my hand on every walk home from school. I used to think he was a guardian angel sent by the gods just for me. Twelve years later, we meet again after I turn eighteen. As the powerful head of the Davis family, he sees me as a gift someone has sent him. The angel who once tenderly protected me now locks me in the mos 318Reads—Score10514d adds

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    🌟Take a look at this: the male lead is the top figure in a British family, and the female lead grew up in China🇨🇳, became an orphan, was adopted by the Japanese and trained to be an assassin🥷, and was later forced to go to South Korea to become a top girl group member...

13. 213 乖 My Sweet Little Sister's Tears, the Madman's Melting Poison 乖妹宝的小眼泪，疯批哥的化骨水 Digging for Vegetables in the Dark摸黑挖菜Modern Romance765k WordsCompleted Mixed-blood heir | Brooding, dangerous madman | Early-stage tension and heart-fluttering chemistry | Later-stage obsessive love Cheerful, kind-hearted little white-flower girl x laid-back, scheming, ruthless young master Shi Luyu followed her parents abroad to attend university, where she began dating a boyfriend everyone envied. In her eyes, Xu Yuanjia was handsome and well-built, a genius mixed-blood campus heartthrob with an exceptionally high IQ. Even more perfect, he was cool and indiffer 20.2kReads7.7Score2.1k14d adds

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    They're all cross-cultural romances, involving forced love; every single one is irresistible [a masterpiece by Sparrow Eater].

14. 214 恶 Cruel Captive Darling 恶劣囚宠 Trembling Sheep颤栗绵羊Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing (Newly released chapters, score will rise) [Possessive love|Size difference|Age gap|Unhinged thug × soft little bunny|Both are virgins] Well-behaved Shini Sha never imagined that after eighteen years of being obedient and sensible, the boyfriend she found would turn out to be a thug who was outrageously brazen and shameless. Nearly 1.9 meters tall, of Russian-Thai descent, with gray-blue eyes, a black shirt left unbuttoned, and scars all over his body, he looked roguish and wicked when he smiled 5.4kReads8.9Score55414d adds
15. 215 恶 Wicked Desire 恶劣觊觎 Wen Caiyuan文财源Modern Romance453k WordsCompleted At a dinner party at a private residence in Macau, he saw her for the first time. She was young then, laughing as if she had no idea how high the sky was. She swayed a glass of champagne in her hand, her skirt brushing past the gazes of everyone in half the room. That night, Victor Borghese was not yet the head of the family, just a young guest at the party. As she passed him, champagne spilled over half his sleeve. She tilted her head up, eyes curving with a smile. “Oops, sorry.” He remembered 11kReads8.7Score1k14d adds
16. 216 黑 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [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 305.9kReads9.5Score42.1k14d adds

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    The first book features a female protagonist adopted by the head of the Shen family and raised in a large, prestigious family. The male protagonist is a descendant of royalty from another country and was recognized as an illegitimate son of the Shen family, growing up in Shen Garden. Both are strong characters. In the second book, the female protagonist saved the male protagonist when they were children, and he remembered her green hair and green eyes, becoming obsessed with her and transferring to her school from another country.

17. 217 拿 I Took the Wrong Phone, and Now the Abstinent Tycoon Won’t Leave Me Alone 拿错手机，我被禁欲大佬缠上了 Dust-Free Plain Sleeves素袂绝尘Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted [Top Student + Both Pure + Secret Identity + Real and Fake Heiresses + Suspense + Male Rivals Competing] Fu Yiyi, the campus belle of Qing University, accidentally collided with the aloof campus heartthrob Lu Zhiheng, and they picked up each other's phones by mistake. Through a twist of fate, they signed an agreement to pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend, beginning an unforgettable romance. Female Lead: Fu Yiyi is a top student and campus belle. Raised in an orphanage, she earned her way int 5.9kReads9.3Score79214d adds

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    Absolutely fantastic! A story featuring two clean-living, domineering CEOs, and the male lead with numerous aliases!

18. 218 未 She’s Never Met Her Fiancé, Yet He Spoils Her Like a Queen 未婚夫素未谋面，依旧把她宠上天 I Don't Eat Carrots, Okay?不吃胡萝北啊Modern Romance143k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Heir to a mafia tycoon VS. A fiancée from a powerful family with a hidden identity!! Both are intelligent and emotionally intelligent!! A tug-of-war and strategic game! The male lead wants to devour his fiancée's family, while the female lead uses this opportunity to hide her identity and gather information from his side. Their sweet romance begins even before they know her true identity!

19. 219 疯 Crazy Flirting Is the Only Way to Make It Exciting 疯撩，才够带劲 Drink Up the Winds and Moonlight饮尽风月Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted [Both leads are faithful to each other + Equally matched + Intensely flirtatious + Extra sweet] [A billionaire family head with a max-level love brain] vs. [A dazzling, proud young lady who’s sharp-tongued but soft-hearted] Mo Zhenyue was born into the Mo family, the foremost of the four great families of Shengjing. Raised in luxury from childhood, she was the apple of everyone’s eye. She was also stunningly beautiful, as if favored by the heavens. Everyone thought that for a woman like her, lov 5.3kReads9.3Score62814d adds

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    The male lead is a foreign tycoon; both are strong.

20. 220 海 Two Overseas Yandere Twins Play Along, Spoiling Their Wife Rotten! 海外双生病娇陪飙戏，宠坏老婆！ Moon in Its Prime盛时月Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted [A powerful man with two souls in one body, both possessive and emotionally volatile X a drama-loving, sweet girl with off-the-charts possessiveness] [Love at first sight + no abuse of the heroine + super sweet + older man] Lazybones Song Anyao transmigrates into an angsty novel to play the vicious second female lead and save her own life. All she has to do is act alongside the heroine and the obsessive villain. Easy. What? The System is blind? It mistook someone else for the villain and still a 3.3kReads8.9Score44714d adds

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    This is pretty good.

21. 221 漂 The Beautiful Girl Next Door Wakes Up and Joins the Army. Officers Fight Over Her 漂亮白月光觉醒随军，首长争又抢 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Second Chance at Love, Spatial Ability, Everyone’s Favorite, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Adorable Baby, Military Marriage” In the third year of living apart from He Shaoyan and fighting over a divorce, Ye Qingzhi began having prophetic dreams. At first, they were just trivial things, until one day she dreamed that her brother-in-law imprisoned her, while her sister became his accomplice and drove her insane before she died a gruesome death. After she died, the man who had repeatedly cl 27.7kReads7.0Score2.5k14d adds

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    When He Shaoyan saw her, he paused for a moment, then his face turned cold. He said, "What are you doing here?" She said, "Going home." He smiled, a smile more painful than a grimace: "You still have a home?" She didn't speak, placing her luggage at his feet. He glanced at it, but didn't move. She didn't move either. The two of them stood there like that, until even the sentry couldn't bear to watch anymore.

22. 222 京 The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡 A Book Worth a Fortune一本千万利Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing [The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the 8.1kReads8.9Score74014d adds

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    On the surface, she's the most carefree heiress in Beijing's elite circles, but in reality, she's a Stanford PhD and a Nobel laureate. The Shen family in Hong Kong thought they'd married a pretty face, but little did they know they'd let a wolf into their home.

23. 223 拿 You Treat My Mother-in-Law Like She’s Nothing? I’ll Make You Get Lost 拿丈母娘不当妈，我让他滚蛋 Mulan Says木兰说Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted He called her "mother-in-law" at every turn, and she thought he treated her mother so well. She never imagined that in private he called her mother a country bumpkin and ordered her around. If Ye Ya had come home any later from work, she would have missed the sight of her mother kneeling before that scumbag. He dared treat his mother-in-law like she wasn't family? Then he could get lost. Ye Ya took her mother away in the middle of the night, but they were in a car accident, and her mother died. 43Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I'm shamelessly recommending this...

24. 224 咱 Our Prince He Has Fallen 咱们赫太子爷陷进去了 Matcha Milk Pudding抹茶奶冻冻Modern Romance209k WordsOngoing [Cool, poisonous rose × born-bad playboy] [High school and college / angsty push-and-pull / neither is sexually inexperienced / adversarial couple / genuine playboy turns over a new leaf / morally gray cast / plot twists] At this school, where even the principal had to bow to power, a group of transfer students arrived. These party-loving troublemakers stirred up an already chaotic school, causing one upheaval after another. Xiao Yun never imagined she would get involved with Xi Heling, much les 641Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male lead is powerful and influential, while the female lead pretends to be a well-behaved girl but is actually a madwoman; the characters of the male and female leads are compelling.

25. 225 折 The Moon-Folding Journey 折月行 Drunken Delight醉欢儿Ancient Romance217k WordsCompleted Shen Yuexi, a descendant of the previous dynasty and an heir to the art of mechanical devices, sneaks into the Western Regions in search of her family’s keepsake, only to accidentally cross paths with Mo Jue, the Western Regions’ powerful governor, whose beauty is peerless and whose heart is ruthless. She intends to leave as soon as her business is done, but by a twist of fate, she “kidnaps” him back to Dongchen. From then on, one races ahead in pursuit of the mystery of her origins and the path 15Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Starfall on the homepage

26. 226 只 I Only Want to Love You 只愿钟情与你 Always Twelve一直十二Modern Romance99k WordsCompleted Clear-headed beauty × calculating, controlling powerhouse (1v1 coercive romance, forced love, a tragic love story, not for everyone) The thing Xi Yuanwan regrets most in her life is marrying Jiang Chengshen. _ After her parents passed away, she inherited the company’s assets on her own. Her third uncle, the only elder in the family, looked after her devotedly. - Xi Yuanwan first met Jiang Chengshen at a dinner party, where she was taken in by his outward appearance. At the time, he was a promisi 3.8kReads—Score14914d adds

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    This is great, it's really amazing!

27. 227 藏 Snow Reflected in the Hidden Abyss 藏渊映雪 Drunken Delight醉欢儿Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted Hidden Abyss Reflecting Snow 19Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 228 寡 A Widow Is Reborn, but Her Proper-Minded Brother-in-Law Insists on Spoiling Her 寡妇重生，守礼大伯偏要宠 Yi Si Qi Tong一四七童Ancient Romance330k WordsCompleted The heroine is reborn. Both leads are devoted only to each other. The hero is aloof and proper, and pretends to be impotent despite being the heroine’s uncle by marriage. She falls for his seemingly proper act, and he pursues his wife. [The rating is slowly climbing] In her previous life, Jiang Wanshu was forced by her father to marry into the Marquis’s household holding a memorial tablet, where she was expected to live as a widow. To her surprise, her “deceased husband” returned with his belove 450Reads8.9Score—14d adds

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    The dialogue is evocative, with lines like, "This umbrella of mine might not be made of paper." And "An umbrella is for blocking the rain. It hasn't even started raining yet, what's the rush?" The subtle wit and profound meaning are captivating.

29. 229 伏 Hidden Threads 伏脉 Drunken Delight醉欢儿Ancient Romance22k WordsCompleted Hidden Meridian 25Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 230 十 Ten Realms: I Was Ordinary 十界：我本平庸 Sanqi Confused Fish三七糊涂鱼Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing (We are all ordinary people. Some say they don’t understand what I’m writing! The truth is, I simply want to tell the story of an ordinary person who keeps growing, improving, and learning. He feels lost and helpless, never knowing what to do. His life is full of stumbles, but through repeated setbacks and lessons, he slowly grows! Some people are born in Rome, while he is stuck in the mud. In Rome, it’s easy to cross the finish line. But there’s something all the more inspiring about perseverin 7.1kReads9.1Score59514d adds
31. 231 墨 Master Mo’s Beloved Turns Out to Be from Another World 墨爷心上人儿竟是穿来的 Green Times青时光Modern Romance247k WordsCompleted [Soul Transmigration, Seduction, Two Strong Leads, Cunning Schemes, Slow-Burn Romance, Western Fantasy] When Mu Wanxin opened her eyes again, she found herself pinned beneath a man... Memories that weren't hers flooded her mind: her soul had transmigrated into Ye Mei! And the man was none other than Mo Yan Heng, the feared Black Hell King of the Mo family in S Kingdom. They said a terrifying monster lived inside his body. They said he never went near women. They said every woman who tried to app 80Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    Good-looking, worth watching

32. 232 病 The Sickly Tycoon's Favorite 病娇金主的掌心宠儿 Green Times青时光Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted [Coercive guidance + jealousy gone wild + doted-on captivity + a touch of angst + happy ending] Her childhood friend was the only glimmer of light in her bitter youth... A gentle, warm-hearted senior shone into her life like the sun... And he was the young master of the Pei family, high above in the clouds... She was just the most unremarkable student on campus, struggling with poverty... A mysterious scholarship drew Wen Wan into the web Pei Xuan had carefully spun. The butterfly effect unleash 119Reads7.4Score—14d adds

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