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Within and Beyond the Red Walls, Spring Breeze Enters the Game 红墙内外，春风入局
[Older, Powerful Man] [Age Gap] [Junior Clerk] [Career Growth] [Guiding Lover] [Sweet Romance] One chance encounter, one moment of curiosity, and one... At some point, everything began to change.
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- 52 The Cunning Tycoon: My Aloof Boss's Tender Trap 腹黑大佬：高冷领导的温柔陷阱 [Workplace drama in the public sector + age gap + forceful love that later becomes passionate devotion + secret crush turned real + romantic tension + career growth.] After graduating, Shiqing takes the civil service exam, never imagining she would end up working under Lu Tingyuan, her best friend's older brother. Even more surprisingly, the icy, imposing man who had intimidated her ever since their school days has apparently been watching her all along! After an accidental drunken encounter, he 13.7kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
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Designing Love: My Dream Guy Insists We Get Married 设计爱情！男神非要跟我结婚
[A designer's workplace romance and daily life + women's workplace story + escaping a small town] [Sweet romance + one-on-one pairing + no angst + no misunderstandings + no golden finger + no face-slapping] [Scheming architectural designer + naive newcomer to the workplace] Architectural designer Lu Yuan is known in the industry as an irresistible dreamboat of a designer. Every project he designs becomes a hit, and people never stop talking about his work. But nobody could have guessed that behi
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- 54 Falling Into My Boss’s Favor: Qingzi’s Heartfelt Story 误入领导心尖：清姿叙心 18.3kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 55 The Sinking Boat and the Evening Sun 沉舟与晚晴 [Government Insider + Powerful Official Romance + Age Gap + Sweet Romance + Workplace Love] He was a powerful figure with an infinitely bright future, a dazzling yet cold star in the political firmament. Calm, restrained, and indifferent to women, he remained that way until a work meeting, when one glimpse of a girl with a smile bright as the morning sun left him utterly captivated: Su Wanqing. 2.6kReads6.8Score235Shelves
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I Called Off the Wedding and Chose Myself, but the Finance Mogul Took Me Home 退婚独美，却被金融大佬叼回了家
[Workplace fiction + two equally strong leads + sapiosexual romance + both leads are sexually inexperienced + happy ending] This is neither a fast-paced wish-fulfillment story nor a pure romance. The heroine's career and workplace life take center stage, so please don't read if that's not your thing. More than one man falls for her, but this is not a one-woman-many-men story. Lin Shu Qiao is a dynamic, capable venture capital director at Mingsheng Capital, equally skilled with words and action.
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Dear Director Wen 亲爱的闻总监
[Strong female lead, feel-good revenge, humiliating scumbags and making them eat their words, rekindled romance, sweet indulgence, the male lead rises to the top, and a love triangle] [Devoted, puppy-like CEO boyfriend of many years × bold, decisive, stubborn director who refuses to back down] After dating for three years, Wen Ruan finally learned she had only ever been a stand-in. When they broke up, Wen Ruan said, “Jiang Qingyan, I hope you die alone.” After being unjustly fired, Wen Ruan join
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From Getting Scammed to the Youngest VP at a Publicly Listed Company 从被坑到上市公司最年轻VP
She started out as a receptionist at a client-side company, where she was bossed around, framed, and condemned online as a “workplace disgrace.” She had no golden finger, only a notebook filled with users’ honest words and the stubborn resolve to keep working with a smile, even if it killed her. Five years later, she became the youngest VP at a publicly listed company, earning every step of the way through her own hard work. The aloof man who recruited her and taught her, step by step, how to se
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Flowers Bloom in the Buckwheat Grove 荞林生花
[Reunion] + [Both Pure] + [Secret Crush] + [Career Growth] + [Supportive Lover] Shiyao Group, a publicly listed company in one of China's top-tier cities, held a campus recruitment drive at Jiang University. Su Qiaonan submitted her resume, thinking she might as well give it a try. There were too many competitors, so she hadn't expected much. Then, a month later, she received an offer. It was the only offer Shiyao made at Jiang University. After joining the company, she was entrusted with high h
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A Dignified Game of Wits 体面博弈
[Investment Banking Elite × All-Purpose Assistant] [Urban Romance × Emotional Games] [Workplace Romance] [Funny Little Scenes] [The Powerful One Bows Their Head] [Desire and Tension] Li Duoli has only one rule for survival: be a respectable professional woman. She is cautious, capable, tasteful, and elegant. She thought that was simply who she was. Until the night she met Xie Zhifei, when instinctive desire tore everything apart. She only wanted his body. By the next day, she had forgotten every
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- 61 Love Affairs in Haicheng 海城情事 [Government workplace romance] + [Love at first sight] + [Both leads are each other's first and only] + [Happy ending] A love story between a deputy director and a young woman still on probation. One fleeting glimpse in the talent recruitment building was enough for Sun Feilin to fall for Shao Chen at first sight. And one backward glance by the Pujiang River left Shao Chen with a lasting impression of Sun Feilin. He is the most handsome man in the administrative complex, a genius with a high-ran 2.7kReads9.0Score324Shelves
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Five Years After I Quit, My Former Colleague Became My Boss 离职五年后，同事成了我的老板
[Aloof Venture Capital CEO vs. Gorgeous Medical School Top Student: They’re Both Fighting to Win Each Other!] [Sweet Modern Romance × Workplace Growth × Guiding Lover × Second Chance at Love, with a Sweet HE] Years after they last saw each other, her former startup partner has become a venture capital mogul. His life is going swimmingly, and he hasn’t forgotten to give her a hand. She thinks she’ll be living the high life by sticking with him, but in the end, he’s the one who gets her complete
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- 63 Mistakenly Climbing into a Life of Luxury 误攀浮华 I just got a notification from the platform that this is being adapted into a comic drama! This is not the same old story!!! You'll be captivated by the protagonists' charm, especially the male lead! [Guiding male lead | Not a domineering CEO | Realistic | Down-to-earth | Not over-the-top | Slow burn | No angst | Funny] [Sharp-dressed, devilishly handsome boss with a thousand schemes & pure, obedient girl who refuses to cling to the powerful] Original title: Mistakenly Climbing into the World of 36.6kReads9.1Score4.6kShelves
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We Had Eight Days Off for National Day. I Turned Our Homebody Vacation into a Seven-Day Trip, and Now Mom Regrets It 国庆放八天，我把家里蹲改成七日游后，我妈悔疯了
I Had Eight Days Off for National Day, So I Turned My Stay-at-Home Life into a Seven-Day Trip. Now My Mom Regrets It
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A Heartbeat Beyond Calculation 算不尽心动
[A battle of equals + reunion after a long separation + love that goes unrequited] Lin Zhixu is a cool, beautiful, and brilliant quantitative trader who has made her own place in the highest echelons of finance. She spends her days navigating high-pressure rivalries and contests for fame and fortune, living with sharp clarity and never showing a weakness. Focused entirely on reaching the top of her career, she keeps her ambition hidden and shoulders every burden and lonely moment alone. Her pr
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- 66 After Being Struck by Lightning, I Could Understand My In-Laws’ Dialect 被雷劈后，我听懂了婆家方言 After Being Struck by Lightning, I Could Understand My In-Laws' Dialect 277Reads—Score—Shelves
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Mr. Song's White Moonlight Has Gotten Carried Away 宋总的白月光膨胀了
[Both Leads Are Each Other’s First, One-on-One Romance, Sweet Everyday Love, Female Growth, Nontraditional CEO, No Angst or Over-the-Top Drama] [Orange Cats Rule, Round as a Jade Plate: Ambitious Female Secretary VS Penniless Mascot, Devoted Male CEO] Also known as: The White Moonlight in Mr. Song’s Heart Has Filled Out Shi Qi’s perspective: A father who ran away, a mother with depression, a younger brother still in school, and her weighing 140 jin. A mountain of debt, earning money to support
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A Fingerprint Away from Falling in Love 指纹解锁的心动
[Reunited after years apart + mutual devotion + beloved by everyone, 1v1] Li Linxi, a fourth-year archaeology student, discovers the fingerprint of an artisan from three thousand years ago in “noise” data from a digitization project. She also reunites with Xiao Heyang, the “Third Brother” who tutored her four years earlier. The discovery not only leads her to rewrite her company’s data collection standards, but also draws her into an adventure where academia and business collide. She must navi
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Chasing the Light: When the First Star Shines 逆光追途：初星闪耀时
[Love Triangle! Bankrupt Designer’s Comeback vs. Unconventional CEO Who Insists on Marrying Her vs. Music Idol’s Devoted Love + Authentic, Logical Business Battles] The whole internet mocks her for “climbing the ladder by seducing a sugar daddy,” but she turns around and conquers the cutthroat world of finance to become its queen! Ruan Ruchu, a bankrupt fashion designer and entrepreneur, joins top consulting firm McKensen to make her comeback. By day, she’s CEO Cheng Yanqing’s “number-one strate
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At the Crossroads of Love and Marriage 站在爱与婚姻的十字路口
“Yu Meiren: Written on a Visit to My Alma Mater” “After many years, I return to the place where I studied, and memories drift on the gentle breeze. I recite poems by the stone boat until moonlight shines, while rippling waters reflect green silhouettes. Though I have come here, my heart remains; I wave goodbye and take my leave. How many kindred spirits can one find in life? Even after roaming the ends of the earth, I still think of my classmates.” Xu Ming combined the refined pleasures of a man
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- 71 Reborn, I Only Want to Build My Career, but I Keep Finding True Love 重生后我只想搞事业，偏偏遇真爱 Rising from the ashes, she leaves old dreams behind. She devotes herself to business and breaks free of her confines. She never meant to fall in love, but love found her anyway, and both her career and romance flourish. That year, Su Wan was reborn with the regrets of her past life and vowed to escape her tragic fate and focus on building her career… “In my past life, I let love ruin everything. In this life, I’m chasing money and never looking back.” Drawing on her knowledge of the future, she 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Love Like a Sea of Stars 爱意如星海 [Clever, sharp-witted female executive × gentle, scheming company president] [One-on-one, love at first sight, falling deeper in love at their next meeting, happy ending] Shen Muqing only wanted to make money to pay for her mother's treatment and bring down her scumbag father. But somehow, she got involved with Ji Yancheng. Church doves don't kiss crows. She deliberately tried to keep her distance, until he cornered her against a wall and said, “I might be a more reliable choice than the men you 5.4kReads9.2Score640Shelves
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Picking Sweetness 摘甜
Urology “plumber” × intern doctor * Yue Qi first met Luo Jingbei at the hospital at two in the morning. He was strikingly handsome, with a refined, comforting face that still held an imposing, heroic air. A chunky platinum chain peeked out at the base of his neck, hinting at his wild, unconstrained nature. She worried that a doctor like him might be... “Not very capable.” Who could have guessed he was a doctor with outstanding ethics and superb skills, a bona fide prodigy? * When Luo Jingbei fir
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- 74 Crossing the Line: Surrendering While Wide Awake 越界，于清醒中沉沦 [Independent, clear-headed female secretary + heir who has been plotting for a long time] [One-on-one, both virgins, love grows over time, secret crush becomes mutual, happy ending] * Fu Ning worked herself to the bone for three years at Shengshi Group to repay a debt of gratitude. Before things became completely unmanageable, she decisively walked away. All of Yuncheng was saying she had tried to seduce the young master of Shengshi, failed, then lost her temper and was forced to resign. They ca 3kReads8.9Score343Shelves
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Captain Lu's Love Story 陆队的恋爱
[Special forces team captain & auditor] [Devoted romance + happy ending] Their love is unlike anyone else's. When Lin Xi held a red rose to greet Lu Xiao at the airport, Captain Lu bashfully covered his face. Captain Lu is stern and cold toward everyone, but in front of her, he either gives in or backs down, completely under her thumb. At first, Lin Xi thought he was a cold, fearsome grouch and wanted to stay as far away from him as possible. Unexpectedly, the more she avoided him, the closer th
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Falling Into Your Magnetic Field 跌落你的磁场
Lan Siyu is a newly graduated lawyer’s assistant just starting out in the workplace. After several misunderstandings, she becomes prejudiced against her “mentor,” Attorney Guo. But as they spend more time together, she comes to admire and rely on him, and gradually falls for him. Top lawyer Gu Jiachen makes anyone who wants to be his assistant endure his “torment.” He keeps sending Lan Siyu on errands, yet without realizing it, the hard shell around his tender heart begins to crack. There’s a
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Tales of Old Harbor City 港城旧事录
A rational, formidable investment queen who stays true to herself × a fallen nobleman with a hidden dark side, raised into a vengeful young wolf At first, this was just a little game of raising someone to pass the time for Su Ling. Louis wanted the ladder to success she could offer him. She wanted the pleasure of taming a clever, beautiful little wolf cub. But later, things seemed to slip out of her control. “Would this ring look good here?” He took the ring from the middle finger of her left h
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I Ran Into My Ex While Getting Hemorrhoids Removed 割痔疮偶遇前男友
Adorably goofy girl × proud, sharp-tongued guy Lu Yunzheng was the brother Jiang Lanyue got as part of a bargain. Their parents had both remarried, and the siblings didn’t get along. Lu Yunzheng couldn’t stand Jiang Lanyue’s freeloading father, so he picked on his stepsister too. Then, somehow, he started developing feelings for Jiang Lanyue...
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A Record of the Iceberg's Collapse 冰山沉陷实录
There's a legend at the top-tier hospital: Fu Qingyan was born without the ability to feel emotions. At twenty-eight, he'd never dated, and the confessions he'd turned down could fill an entire hallway. Ning Xia wasn't convinced. She drew up a detailed “Operation Win Over Doctor Fu” plan. From arranging chance encounters and borrowing water to bringing him meals and keeping him company overnight, she advanced step by step. In the face of his coldness and rejection, she smiled brightly. “It's fin
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She Is Above the Clouds 她在云端
Love or career: which would you choose? In the financial hub of the 21st century, known as the age of paper gold, everyone thinks they’re just one step away from success. Jiang He is a coolheaded, perceptive girl from an ordinary background. Through her own hard work, she gets a foot in the door at a prestigious securities group, while her other foot steps into the elite social circle of upClass. With keen insight and ability, she presses on along a thorny path, yearning for success and dreami
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Refusing to Marry Into a Rich Family: CEO Daddy, Let Me Go 拒当豪门媳：总裁爹地请放手
[Slow-burn romance] + [Love grows over time] + [Workplace romance] No characters lose their intelligence, and no one lets love cloud their judgment. They stay rational and clear-headed, but they must learn to endure loneliness. The heroine is a senior executive at a company. Helping the chairman's heir is one of her key performance targets. If he works hard and strives to improve, her career takes off. If he spends his time chasing cats and dogs, she ends up destitute. But just when she has made
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The Jerk I Cursed Turned Out to Be the Boss Who’d Secretly Loved Me for Seven Years 骂过的渣男竟是暗恋我七年的老板
Gorgeous, Easygoing Assistant vs. Sharp-Tongued, Scheming CEO One-on-One Romance | Reunited After Years Apart In a brutal job market, Song Lingyun’s life motto was to graduate, move back to her hometown, and find a stable job where she could keep her head down. Who knew that keeping her head down would land her a position as the CEO’s assistant, complete with a rapid promotion and raise within a year? Over the moon, she booked an all-night session at an internet cafe. While she was there, she s
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Every Tree Has a Name 每棵树都有名字
Theme: Protect the environment and prevent pollution. Tags: mature leads // intense push and pull // reunion after a long separation Character setup: a taciturn, ruthless, rugged man who keeps his feelings bottled up VS a gentle, unassuming female artist Blurb 1: Among all the trees in the world, with their lush branches and leaves, there must be one that knows my name. I buried my ashes there, and it helped me grow strong, standing through scorching heat and wind. Blurb 2: "In this life, ever
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Her Heartbeat Made an Exception for Him 她的心跳，为他破例
Her Heartbeat Makes an Exception for Him
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- 85 Years of Su Embroidery 苏绣年华 Years of Su Embroidery —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Brocade Hues 锦色 Brocade Hues —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Chronicles of the Mountain's Embrace 衔山记 Chronicle of the Mountain Range —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Begonia Spring Lodge 海棠春坞 Haitang Chunwu —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Lovebird: A Phoenix Girl Has Phoenix Blood 爱情鸟：凤凰女有凤凰女的血液
[Hard-Luck, Determined Heroine VS. Disabled, Down-on-His-Luck Rich Heir] [Teacher-Student Romance + Second Chance at Love + Through Thick and Thin + High-Stakes Business Warfare] Yu Xiaolei, formerly known as Tang Yishan, bears the weight of a painful past. Her mother, Yu Rui, gave everything she had to selflessly support Tang Zhengze, only to be abandoned. Yu Xiaolei was left struggling to find her place as an illegitimate daughter. Growing up dependent on others, Yu Xiaolei experienced the wor
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Between Breaths 沉息之间
Hoping to start a new life, Ran Lin secretly pursued her career in the laboratory. When she returned to the manor with the results of her research, she was eager to reclaim her identification papers and assets. Instead, she discovered that Su Qin, who had raised her for thirteen years, had disappeared, and his illegitimate son had taken his place as the new master of the manor. Who exactly was this strange new master? Why had he suddenly appeared here? He seemed to have known Ran Lin for a long
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Her Second Game: A Future Full of Promise 她的二次博弈：遥遥可期
An older, guiding lover, by your side every step of the way. A ten-year age gap. Love is a journey of healing, and a lighthouse that guides us as we grow. The best kind of love isn't rescue when you're down and out. It's walking side by side and helping each other become better versions of ourselves. She had been through a failed marriage. When love quietly began to appear, she was confused, retreated, hesitated, afraid, and too scared to take the leap... Shen Qiyu said, “Being good to you was n
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Mr. CEO, Please Stop Your Workplace Gaslighting 总裁大人，请收起你的职场PUA
Lin Wei, a modern workplace ace well-versed in psychology and labor law, transmigrates into a CEO romance novel as a disposable secretary who was bullied to death at work by CEO Gu Yechen. Faced with Gu Yechen’s psychological abuse, crushing workload, and emotional manipulation, Lin Wei refuses to take it lying down. Instead, she hands him an Employee Rights Protection Handbook, a therapist’s business card, and a resignation letter to use as leverage. Under her ongoing “education,” Gu Yechen goe
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- 93 After Work, I'm a Whole Different Person 下班后，我判若两人 Lin Xiao, an ordinary 28-year-old office worker, is the quiet, dependable “office pushover” who gets dumped on by her boss and shut out by her coworkers. No one knows that after work, she becomes a mysterious, free-spirited star: sometimes she's “Siren,” the genius DJ hailed as the “elf of the night” in the underground music scene; other times, she's “Ghost,” a fighter feared in the ring. She handles these two wildly different lives with ease, until Cheng Yu, the company's new president, a sharp —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Professor, You’ve Got Your Hand in the Wrong Place 教授，你的手伸错位置了？ A fresh take on dark, sweet romance that blends suspense with business warfare: This story breaks free from the usual school romance formula, deftly weaving together three elements: revenge, corporate intrigue, and suspense. The heroine infiltrates a school to investigate her sister’s death, only to enter a dangerous battle of wits with the hero, a man who is both a professor and a financial magnate. The plot is tightly interwoven, with hidden currents running beneath their sweet exchanges. It d 148Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Dying Lamp Rekindled: The Prison Rose Returns 枯灯复燃，狱中玫瑰归来
Five years ago, she was the eldest daughter of the Qian family, admired by everyone. But she was framed over her family's reputation and charged with murder, falling from the clouds into the mire and ending up behind bars. Behind those high walls, she met Zhao Yi, a woman imprisoned for financial crimes who nevertheless wielded absolute power inside. In their sunless days, they became each other's light, enduring more than two thousand nights together. Five years later, Qian Xin walks out of p
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- 96 My Years as the CEO's Daughter 我当总裁千金的这些年 CEO romance + face-slapping + satisfying revenge + youth + love + the worlds of politics, business, and the military + fierce battles A poor girl rises to become a wealthy beauty, taking on the worlds of politics and business in turn! The plot is thrilling: her secret crush confesses his feelings! A domineering CEO pursues her relentlessly! The political world treats her like a treasure! The business world holds her in awe! The heroine is clever, intelligent, emotionally savvy, and financiall 54Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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Reporter Su, I Like You 苏记者，我喜欢你
[Hong Kong Elite Families + Realistic Workplace + Female Growth + Office Romance + Age Gap] [Devoted Love + Mutual Pining + Powerful Man Bows for Love + Hopeless Romantic Male Lead + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First] [Clear-Eyed, Sharp-Witted Journalist × Cool-Headed, Aloof, Elegant Young Gentleman] Su Jinyou idolized Qin Size and was determined to work hard and stand beside him. When she first entered the workforce, she ran into obstacles at every turn. Qin Size was endlessly patient with her
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Gentle as Twilight, I Only Want You 暮色温柔，偏爱你
One chance collision at dusk brings Su Wanxing into Shen Zhiyan's world, completely disrupting his unchanging life. He is a cold, aloof business tycoon who controls everything, a rule-maker everyone fears. She is an insignificant, ordinary girl, a glimmer of starlight that unexpectedly enters his sight. Everyone knows Mr. Shen is detached and ascetic, and never makes exceptions for anyone. But when he meets Su Wanxing, every boundary gives way again and again, and every bit of tenderness is re
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Yunluo Weiguang: A Winding Career Path 云落薇光：职场逆旅
[Career comeback + women's growth + face-slapping wish fulfillment + power struggles + romance] Yun Luowei is focused on making money when her company ruthlessly fires her for her outstanding performance and withholds the bonus she is owed! Injustice at work drives her to the brink, but it also ignites her fury, and she resolutely takes up the law as her weapon. This is not only her fight against injustice, but the beginning of her transformation. How does the pushover who was once at the mercy
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The Junior Clerk and the Heir to a Fortune Are Secretly Married 小公务员和豪门继承人隐婚了
[Cold on the outside, warm on the inside male lead + warm on the outside, guarded on the inside female lead + older man + secret marriage + marriage first, love later + devoted only to her] A marriage brought about by a twist of fate stirred up no waves for either of them. What difference did it make whom she married? What difference did it make whom he married? After getting their marriage licenses, they agreed to keep the marriage a secret for the time being… But her husband’s secret identity
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