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Romance Novels with a Realistic Feel and Beautiful Writing 没有那种比较贴近现实，文笔比较好的言情小说

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  1. 101 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. 28Reads9.4Score—Shelves
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  2. 102 I Wish You a Love as Deep as the Sea 许你情深深似海 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 46.3kReads9.5Score4.8kShelves
  3. 103 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 11.2kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
  4. 104 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... 469Reads9.1Score105Shelves
  5. 105 After a Flash Marriage to a Billionaire CEO, His Wealthy Parents Came Looking for Him 闪婚亿万总裁后，豪门父母找来了 North Moon Xiaomu北月小木Modern Romance409k WordsCompleted [Married First, Love Later + Pampered by the Whole Family] Twenty-year-old Xia Nanxi lives in a city village in Huadu. Her family runs a baozi shop, and she is cherished by her parents and doted on by her three older brothers. She had hoped to live an ordinary, carefree life forever, but her grandfather forced her into a whirlwind marriage with a poor country boy. He may be poor, but he sure is handsome! He is better-looking than any top-tier star in show business, great at mahjong, and knows ho 59.6kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
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  6. 106 The Rose-Colored Slope 玫瑰的斜坡 Chen Shenqi陈神奇Modern Romance111k WordsCompleted The second book in the three-part series about life in government service. [A workplace novel about township officials, not a domineering-CEO power fantasy] [Zhou Zezhen, Xie Jiuyang] Before Xie Jiuyang took that knife for Zhou Zezhen, she already knew: He loved power more than he loved her. During the Yanshan Valley incident, both she and Shen Zhixi were suffering from hypothermia, but he went to Shen Zhixi. She knew then that it was finally over between them. She took that knife for him, r 205Reads6.0Score—Shelves
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  7. 107 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 1.2kReads8.2Score110Shelves
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  8. 108 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 2.5kReads8.4Score158Shelves
  9. 109 Love Amid the Fireworks of Life 烟火今生情 Witty and Clever妙语玲珑Modern Romance108k WordsCompleted The story of a young woman studying biopharmaceuticals as she grows from an inexperienced college student into an adult making her way in the world, encounters a terrible man, and struggles through a thorny path. Along the way, she finds a close male friend and a soulmate, and grows through her independent efforts... 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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  10. 110 Apricots Beneath the Flames of War 烽火栓杏 Witty and Clever妙语玲珑Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted The 1930s: a turbulent and unsettled era. The extraordinary story of a remarkable woman, who weaves her own spectacular life. Join the author as we open the door to that tumultuous age through a unique perspective. 26Reads—Score—Shelves
  11. 111 All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心 Hedge Shadow篱影Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted A realistic story set in the 1970s. Even readers born in the 1990s and 2000s love it! [Traditional] [No Gimmicks] [Not a Power Fantasy] [No Cheats] In the 1970s, Li Laoman has no sons, so he wants to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refuses, then steals her second sister Li Ting's fiancé! Now not only has Li Ting's man been stolen, she also has to take on the task of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. Pressured by Li Laoman, she has no choice but 9.8kReads8.9Score825Shelves
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  12. 112 The Internet Takes the World by Storm 网事成风 Hedge Shadow篱影Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted She was born in the 1980s and sent away to be fostered soon after birth. Her greatest childhood hope was to live with her parents. She spends her life healing from her childhood wounds. After enduring one heartbreak after another, she finally finds the right person. This is a healing story, but it is not a clean romance. Read with caution if that bothers you. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
  13. 113 At the Crossroads of Fate 站在命运的十字路口 Zhang Guofu张国富Urban243k WordsCompleted This book explores Standing at the Crossroads of Fate through five major sections. 1. Fleeing for Their Lives: This section recounts how the protagonist Sun Shigui’s grandparents left their landlord’s household to make a life of their own amid the hardships of the old society, and how, after enduring countless trials during the War of Resistance Against Japan, they fled all the way from Nanjing to Shiqi Village and finally settled there. 2. A Life of Hardship: This section follows the many hards 35Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 114 Awakening from a Mirror Dream 镜梦觉 Zhang Guofu张国富Urban119k WordsCompleted What is a dream? Is it an illusion, an extension of reality from the tangible to the intangible, another “distorted” reflection of life, or perhaps all of these? And what is a mirror dream? I think it is a process of introspection: by observing, examining, and reflecting on dreams, one comes to an understanding and is then able to see what kind of person “I” ought to be. This book explores the theme “See as it is, think as it is, act as it is” through three main sections: Mirror Dream, Looking 21Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 115 Life, with Nowhere to Land 人生，无处安放 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted By middle age, Li Shu's life had become a complete mess. Her marriage had turned cold and distant, her grown son was going down a rebellious path, and her body and mind were steadily wearing down. How could she go on living such a miserable life? 1.2kReads8.9Score107Shelves
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  16. 116 The Dust of Mortal Life 尘事 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance194k WordsCompleted This book chronicles a family across a hundred years. An illiterate country woman is forced to abandon her newborn child, then wanders from place to place amid the chaos of a turbulent era, struggling to survive in the cracks. Told as a work of documentary fiction, this story depicts the joys and sorrows of several generations of an ordinary family, bringing a long-buried past to light. Let posterity decide who was right and who was wrong! 1.4kReads8.9Score128Shelves
  17. 117 A Working Stiff's Little Journal 打工小记 The Village Is Not Late村不晚Urban270k WordsCompleted Urban daily life + earning a living through hard work + multiple heroines + healing The story of an ordinary wage earner: from drifting to Guangzhou to drifting to Beijing, from Shaoxing to Foshan and then to Majiaqiao in Beijing. Fifteen years in all. See how a worker at the bottom makes his way through life... I went south at fifteen and drifted north at thirty. The fiercest gamble of my life took fifteen years to pay for. Over those fifteen years, I worked in an electronics factory, served 31Reads—Score—Shelves
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  18. 118 What? I Freaking Became a Cat 什么？我他喵的成了一只猫 The Village Is Not Late村不晚Modern Romance155k WordsCompleted A loser drifting in Beijing, he’s known for being a pushover and a shut-in. An accident turns him into an orange tabby. This is a story about rescuing stray animals, rethinking one’s attitude toward life, settling scores, finding oneself again, and healing. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 119 Teacher's Wife, Please Answer 师母，请回答 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Completed Teacher’s Wife, Please Answer —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  20. 120 Love Makes a Home 有爱才有家 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern RomanceCompleted Where There Is Love, There Is a Home —Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 121 A City Romance Between a Top Student and a Sales Goddess 逆袭学霸和销售女神都市情缘 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance18k WordsCompleted A City Romance Between a Comeback Scholar and a Sales Goddess 44Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 122 The Happiness We Waited For 等来的幸福 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted In this blended family, the male and female leads grow up calling each other brother and sister. After her mother dies, the heroine goes abroad with her biological father. While overseas, she and the male lead begin a relationship. 679Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. 123 Journey West 此去西行 User36859979用户36859979Urban46k WordsCompleted Also known as Journey to the West in the Military. This novella explores marriage, love, faith, character, filial piety, perseverance, and development. Through the story of a young man from the countryside who joins the army and endures a half lifetime of hardships as he grows up in western China, along with his tangled relationships with three women, the novel reveals the profound impact of national policies on people's faith, livelihoods, love and marriage, childbearing, elder care, and the ru 90Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 124 One Kiss, Deep Love: The Trillionaire CEO's All-Consuming Devotion 一吻情深：千亿霸总宠妻入魔 Lotus Bone Is a Soul莲骨是条灵魂Modern Romance274k WordsCompleted [A Must-Read for Every Young Woman Marrying Into a Wealthy Family + Marriage First, Love Later + CEO + Sweet Romance + Face-Slapping] Lin Yingmo, a beautiful and kind-hearted country girl, somehow ends up in a whirlwind marriage with the richest CEO in the country. But she has no idea who her husband really is. Any man who tries to get close to her meets a terrible end, while whenever she runs into trouble, he secretly takes care of it for her. One after another, the people around her discover t 43Reads6.5Score—Shelves
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  25. 125 Flowers Bloom When It Rains 有雨添花 San You Muni三又木尼Modern Romance128k WordsCompleted It doesn't matter if fate isn't strong enough. What matters is how many tricks there are in the romance. The leads keep running into each other. They might as well fall in love, or they'd be letting the readers down. A breezy, sweet urban romance. A realistic story about women in the workplace, with no melodrama. “Looks like Heaven has sent someone to help you, heal you, and take care of you...” “He's not a therapist...” 178Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  26. 126 After Teaming Up with a Cold and Aloof Taoist Priest 与高冷道长组队后 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物40k WordsCompleted Teaming Up with a Cold, Aloof Daoist Priest 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  27. 127 A Million Followers on the Field Path 田埂上的百万粉丝 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物9k WordsCompleted A Million Followers on the Ridge 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 128 The Life of an Atypical Supporting Female Character 非典型女配人生 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物25k WordsCompleted An Unconventional Supporting Woman's Life 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. 129 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 580Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 130 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De —Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. 131 The Matchmaker’s Comic and Tragic Fate 红娘啼笑因缘 Swallowtail Butterfly闪蝶Urban1.7M WordsCompleted A matchmaker who transmigrated, still so young and already arranging marriages. What a farcical situation! The matchmaker Hongniang in the Peking opera The Story of the Western Wing is famous for helping lovers find happiness. Could a real-life matchmaker actually be the reincarnation of the Hongniang from The Story of the Western Wing? Can the Book of Changes really predict love and marriage? 4Reads7.0Score—Shelves
  32. 132 I Used to Want to End It All 曾经我也想一了百了 Little Dhara小陀罗Modern Romance117k WordsCompleted Grandma was gone. Her mother had left. They didn't want her anymore. She graduated, so now she was unemployed. She stood atop the Starry Sky Tower. One more step and it would all be over! Would it really be over? He was a rich, handsome playboy who treated life like a game. He had never met her before. A dream and a red string tied the two of them together. A voice said, “Save her, and you won't die!” Half-convinced, he began his rescue mission to save his own skin... But then he realized things 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 133 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 4.2kReads8.5Score249Shelves
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  34. 134 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 5.5kReads7.4Score198Shelves
  35. 135 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 550Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  36. 136 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 1.5kReads—Score104Shelves
  37. 137 Goodbye, I Still Only Like You 再见还是只喜欢你 Watching the Autumn Wind at Leisure闲看秋风Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted In their senior year of high school, Fang Yin secretly starts dating Zhou Wenhao, the top student in their grade. During the college entrance exam, Zhou Wenhao misses one of his tests for personal reasons. He also receives a breakup message from Fang Yin. Seven years without contact later, Fang Yin unexpectedly runs into Zhou Wenhao at work. You shouldn't meet someone dazzling when you're young. No matter how far life takes you, you may find that you're still only in love with them. A campus rom 92Reads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 138 My Dream Guy Happens to Love Me Too 男神恰好也爱我 Watching the Autumn Wind at Leisure闲看秋风Modern Romance441k WordsCompleted [A pale-as-a-glowstick shut-in author × a gentle, handsome rising star of the entertainment world] [Love at first sight + a deliberately arranged reunion + sweet romance + past and present lives] Whether you’re the actor Ye Cheng or Ye Cheng, Commander of the Imperial City Bureau, you’re mine. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
  39. 139 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance81k WordsCompleted Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 140 A Garden of Students, Growing Old Together in Love 桃李满天下恩爱共白头 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted Wu Xiaomin was a country girl, born and raised in the countryside, but she had always been a good student and was naturally beautiful. Unfortunately, after she started high school, her surroundings changed dramatically, leaving her confused and lost. In her sophomore year, she met a new homeroom teacher who helped her find her way again. After graduating from college, Wu Xiaomin gave up a job placement back in her hometown and introduced a female college classmate to her former high school teach 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
  41. 141 My Online Romance 我的网络情缘 How Are You All你们都好吗Modern Romance36k WordsCompleted I know that one day, old age will blur my memories. The smiling faces that once made my heart race, the warm embraces in the dead of night, will all fade with the years. I will forget the passion of my youth, forget the people who stood by me through storms, and in the end leave this world as silently as a mote of dust. I'm afraid of being forgotten, and even more afraid of forgetting. So I write these words to prove that I lived wholeheartedly, and to thank all the women who came into my life. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 142 Her in 2005 2005年的她 How Are You All你们都好吗Modern Romance25k WordsCompleted Life is a train journey. Some people get off at one stop, while others board at a new platform. Those who couldn't stay with us until the end aren't regrets, but gifts time has given us. They let us carry those warm fragments onward. Knowing that we were once illuminated so sincerely is enough. To keep the good memories in their own little corner of the past, without disturbing, questioning, or forcing a reunion, is the gentlest tribute to what has passed and the clearest way to cherish the pres 7Reads—Score—Shelves
  43. 143 An Old Stock Trader's Careless Purchases 老股民胡乱买同志 How Are You All你们都好吗Urban31k WordsCompleted I first encountered stocks in 1993. Thirty-two years have passed since then, yet I still strive and fight on in the stock market, a “battlefield” full of opportunity and challenge. In this book, I'll look back on my long journey of stock trading from 1993 to 2025, recounting the moments of suspense and excitement, as well as those of reflection and sudden insight. I'll lay out the judgments and decisions made amid the market's ups and downs, along with the lessons learned and growth gained throu 104Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 144 Those Red Boots at Eighteen 18岁的那双红靴子 How Are You All你们都好吗Modern Romance22k WordsCompleted A middle-aged man always keeps a few amber pieces of time tucked away in his heart. In the autumn when he was eighteen, he met a girl wearing red ankle boots. Their crisp taps sounded like a heartbeat echoing through time. They once walked side by side through the streets and shared their youthful secrets, until their story came to an end. The years blurred many details, but they could never dim the bright red of those boots. They became the most vivid footnote of his youth, holding a tenderness 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  45. 145 Three Years of Dating, and We Haven't Even Held Hands 恋爱三年没拉手 How Are You All你们都好吗Modern Romance24k WordsCompleted In old movies, the wooden-headed male lead always wins the girl’s heart by being “honest.” Our generation believed it. We mistook silence for deep affection, backing off for respect, and treated “knowing our place” like holy writ. Only after the person we liked had gone did we understand: awkwardness is romantic in movies, but in real life it means missing your chance, and all you’re left with is regret. An old friend passed through my heart, and when I looked back, autumn had already fallen acr 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. 146 The Legend of a Huacheng Programmer 花城程序员传 Little Vampire Cat血族小猫Urban877k WordsOngoing The story takes place in a beautiful flower city in the south. A group of IT professionals from a major metropolis have gathered to form a community they grandly call the “Flower City Programmers’ Home.” In truth, it’s a motley crowd: mostly IT elites and code slaves (programmers), mixed in with bosses, HR staff, stock-market gurus, lawyers, accountants, the unemployed, club princes, and nightlife goddesses. As the saying goes, wherever there are people, there’s a world of its own, and every day 25Reads7.1Score—Shelves
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