The Male Lead Has a Past, but He Truly Loves the Female Lead. She Is His Life!!! 男主不洁，但他真的很爱女主，她是他的命！！！

1. 751 退 After Three Years in Retirement Back in the Village, I Lost but Was Not Defeated 退休回村三年，我输了但没有败 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Urban151k WordsCompleted After retiring, I was sent back to my hometown to serve as the village's First Secretary. I had barely reached the village entrance when someone smashed a jar at me: “Huai Shu Village doesn't welcome you!” An old flame brought me a bowl of fish soup, with a letter at the bottom that had never been sent, forty years ago. Someone sent an anonymous report to the disciplinary inspection committee, accusing me of misconduct. Three months on the clock. Nobody believes me. Three years later, the person 97Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 752 6 Sixty-Year-Old Lovers: The Past of Maitreya 60岁恋人：弥勒往事 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Urban147k WordsCompleted At the age of sixty, he jumped into a shallow pool where the water barely reached his thighs. The water was shallow, but he didn't know that. Just as he didn't know that this jump would bring him together with a thirty-seven-year-old divorced woman, that they would have a child, and that he would pursue her from Hefei to Nanjing, then on to Shenzhen. Later, someone asked him, "Why jump when the water was so shallow?" He said, "Because that person was about to fall in." What matters isn't how d 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves
3. 753 女 She Went to Heal Her Broken Heart, but Came Back with a Huge Surprise? 女生疗情伤，疗出个大雷？ Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted On the eve of her wedding, bank supervisor Li Xiaoqi catches her fiancé cheating with her best friend. The next day, nude photos of her go viral across the internet. They were taken when online lenders coerced her into posing for them in college so she could pay her tuition. Pregnant with the cheating man's child, she flees to Huazhai, deep in the Dabie Mountains. Her neighbor, Wanxia, who cannot have children, promises, “You give birth to the baby, and I'll raise it.” During her pregnancy, she 45Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 754 拥 She Fell into His Abyss 拥她入深渊 Ying Xi赢兮Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A seemingly fragile girl who’s secretly a ruthless schemer × a gentle, doting, fatherly tycoon] [Devoted husband, age gap, love at first sight, both leads are pure and devoted, romance across borders] Everyone knows Jiang Xu, head of the Jiang family in Southeast Asia, is refined and handsome, but also cold, restrained, and uninterested in women. But one night, as the tension between them grows without restraint, the girl, bullied until her eyes are red, uses the last of her strength to prop he 11.1kReads9.2Score844Shelves

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   The male lead is a refined and aristocratic business tycoon who falls in love with the female lead at first sight and then deliberately approaches her—it's incredibly captivating.

5. 755 谁 Whose Daddy-Type Boyfriend Is This Scheming, Brooding One? 谁家爹系男友这么心机阴湿啊 Bi Ying Xi毕赢兮Modern Romance461k WordsCompleted [A seemingly fragile but truly haughty little fox + a possessive, fatherly tycoon] [Long-planned pursuit + age gap + both leads are inexperienced and devoted + sweet romance + happy ending] Word has it that Huan Ting'an, heir to the top-tier Huan family, is refined and elegant, aloof and abstinent, and has a beloved woman he can't have whom he's searched for in vain for years. After hearing this, Sheng Wen'ying looked in the mirror, then at a photo of the woman he loved, and thought long and har 3.2kReads—Score267Shelves
6. 756 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 15.6kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
7. 757 非 Irrational Surrender 非理性沦陷 Ying Xi赢兮Modern Romance463k WordsCompleted [A gorgeous, haughty heiress × a cold, roguish foreign powerhouse] [Devoted, sweet romance with both leads’ hearts belonging only to each other + age gap + two powerful families + doting, fatherly boyfriend] Yu Nanyan, the cherished young lady of the Yu family in Hong Kong, had been spoiled rotten ever since she was a child. But after an accident, she was forced to use a wheelchair. The exasperated heiress suddenly noticed that the new bodyguard she had hired looked at her with anything but inno 3.2kReads8.6Score281Shelves
8. 758 君 Jun Huazhi 君花芷 Go to Bed Early if You Have Nothing to Do无事早睡Ancient Romance253k WordsCompleted I transmigrated to ancient times one day. I couldn't go back, and I couldn't settle in, so I gave up trying. Who would have thought I'd become the heir's darling... Well, whatever. I'll just go with it... Wait, no! The heir has started romancing himself into falling for me... 186Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male lead spoils and indulges the female lead in every way, his favoritism is blatant.

9. 759 好 Good Pregnancy System! The Noble Consort Is Sweet and Soft 好孕系统！贵妃她又娇又软 Zhao Qingyue赵清樾Ancient Romance368k WordsCompleted [A soft, sweet, calculating little bunny heroine X a domineering, cold-blooded emperor with a love obsession] Shen Cihuan is the youngest daughter of Chancellor Shen. Innocent, lively, sweet, and adorable, she enters the palace to compete for the emperor’s favor in her older sister’s place. What if she doesn’t know how to compete for his favor? No problem. She has a palace intrigue and fertility System. An intoxicating natural scent Love at first sight from the emperor Fertility pills, dragon-an 22.2kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves

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   Although the male lead is not pure, he falls deeply in love with the female lead after meeting her. The plot develops quickly but at a moderate pace, avoiding any dragging or overly fast-paced scenes. Several characters are time travelers, all of whom are women. For example, the current empress is a time traveler who has a daughter. There's another character, whose identity I've forgotten (it's been a while since I read this), who also has a daughter. Later, the female lead, in order to earn money, engages in trade with outsiders and encounters a time traveler—a rather independent individual. Afterwards, the emperor rules the land, and peace reigns. She encounters women sent by other vassal states. These women then go to the battlefield in the male lead's country to defend their homeland (because they all have their own ideas and don't want to be confined to the harem; they volunteered for the battlefield). They all eventually find husbands. The female lead is a pure ancient person. It's incredibly sweet, and it's an audiobook with two voice actors to choose from. The female lead enters the harem to avenge her mother. The emperor falls in love with her at first sight, and they eventually get together. After the system was upgraded, it began to remember its own memories and reunited with the female lead. (Because the system was the female lead's mother. To survive and seek revenge, and because it desperately wanted the female lead to become the system, it diligently completed tasks, hoping to see its daughter.) (She's probably the female lead who has given birth to the most children in my reading history.) She's had over a dozen children, almost 20.

10. 760 与 After a Blind Date with My Boss, the Good Times Were Over 与老板相亲之后，好日子到头了 Benevolent Breeze仁爱微风Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted After Su Luo did something unforgivable, her family sent her from the southern backwater of Nanman to a mediocre two-year college in Ningguta, thousands of kilometers away in the north. After graduation, they arranged a blind date for her with her boss. The moment Su Luo saw that her date was the very boss who had been tearing into her just moments earlier, she turned and ran without a second thought. From then on, she made an enemy of her vindictive boss, and he was furious. The consequences we 1.5kReads7.1Score102Shelves
11. 761 去 I Went Looking for My Family and Mistook the Wrong Guy for My Brother, While My Amnesiac Ex Loses His Cool Every Night 去寻亲认错哥，失忆前任夜夜红温 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + spatial powers + adorable baby + military marriage + rekindled love + reunion after years apart + supernatural abilities] In the third year after Jiang Xuxue retired from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and returned to the village to farm, her biological parents came looking for her. “Darling, someone deliberately switched you back then. We never abandoned you!” Unfortunately, just after finding her, her biological parents were sent to the far northwest. Her mother press 11.7kReads6.8Score1.3kShelves

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    🥺Ahem, this amazing Tomato novel had me grinning from ear to ear the whole time, laughing until my stomach hurt! The female lead retires from work due to a work injury and returns to her village to farm, only to have her biological parents suddenly show up: they were switched at birth, you have to acknowledge them! They even hand her a letter of introduction: go and join your relatives in the military! The female lead obediently calls him "brother," and the cold-faced commander silently begins preparing their wedding home… Three months later, the truth comes out: Wait, I'm not your fiancée?!

12. 762 我 My Blind Date Is a Construction Contractor 我的相亲对象是个包工头 Benevolent Breeze仁爱微风Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted At their first matchmaking meeting, the fierce, ugly-looking He Feng scared the sweet-natured He Lin so badly that she refused to see him again. But He Feng had already taken a liking to her. What was he supposed to do? He Feng said that, aside from looking fierce and ugly, he was good at sweet-talking and tricking people. He Lin never imagined that, as someone who was a sucker for a good voice, she’d fall for it. How could someone have such a lovely voice and such a fierce, ugly face? And hadn’ 7.7kReads8.1Score674Shelves
13. 763 陆 President Lu, Don't Lose It Yet. Turns Out You're the Clown 陆总先别疯，原来你才是小丑 Fufuzi芙芙滋Modern Romance212k WordsOngoing Sweet romance + no more stand-in + winning her back + mutual secret crush Sharp-tongued but soft-hearted CEO (does more than he says) × clear-headed young star (speaks up and asks questions) Two years ago, young star Shen Wanxing knelt outside his villa, eyes red, begging him to take her in. On a whim, he kept her in his riverside penthouse, like a canary to dispel his loneliness. Everyone outside condemned Shen Wanxing for shamelessly clinging to President Lu, groveling for his attention. Only —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is followed by the clown; the female lead is acting like a complete idiot. She gets jealous, and the male lead chases away all the female supporting characters. There's even a second male lead next to her! Hahaha, the male lead has gone mad!

14. 764 月 Moonlit Night, Conquest 月夜，征服 Long Wind Chasing Waves长风逐浪Urban387k WordsOngoing Lin Fan, a poor country boy from a mountain village, awakens an ancient medical inheritance by accident. From then on, his medical skills are divine, and his fate takes a turn for the better. By day, he's an unremarkable village doctor. But who could have guessed... 217Reads6.9Score118Shelves

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    The conflict design is very layered; it doesn't just create conflict. The buffering and reconciliation parts after the conflict erupts are also well written.

15. 765 大 A Great Nation’s Middleman: I Saved Countless Soviet Girls 大国倒爷，我拯救众多苏联少女 Jungle Mage打野的法师Urban882k WordsCompleted Transmigration + System + running goods in Russia + foreign beauties + womanizer + hugely profitable smuggling Two women stood at the door. Two Soviet women with blonde hair and blue eyes, wrapped in tattered headscarves. Wang Teng's first reaction: Holy shit. His second reaction: Am I fucking seeing this right? A line of text automatically appeared in Wang Teng's mind: [Ding! System notification: Your foreign beauties have arrived. Please sign for them.] Don't get excited, that was just hi 341Reads5.7Score316Shelves
16. 766 傻 You Silly Boy, Mind Your Manners 傻小子，你斯文点 Long Wind Chasing Waves长风逐浪Rural Life342k WordsOngoing Chen Fan is a down-and-out village fool who unexpectedly inherits the legacy of an ancient medical immortal. From then on, he is transformed. His astonishing medical skills can bring the dead back to life, while his heaven-defying cultivation lets him look down on all challengers. He grows medicinal crops, opens a clinic, and builds a farm, leading his neighbors to prosperity. ... See how the fool stirs up the world, growing from an object of universal ridicule into an unparalleled divine physic 1.2kReads—Score105Shelves
17. 767 谁 Who Told You to Be So Addictive? 谁让你戒不掉 Green Pomelo Juice青柚汁Modern Romance201k WordsOngoing [Reunion after years apart & going crazy for love & coercive love] Please note: Neither the male nor female lead is a virgin. If that bothers you, don’t read this. One midsummer five years ago, Jiang Lu casually told Lin Shen to his face that they were breaking up. Her reason was blunt and cruel: “I’ve fallen in love with someone else.” Back then, Lin Shen had nothing. Five years later, Lin Shen has built a successful career and become a celebrated young entrepreneur in Jiangcheng. He has also m 136Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is good, it's enjoyable.

18. 768 江 Mr. Jiang, She Really Isn't Coming Back This Time 江总，这次她真的不会回来了 Quan Xin荃昕9k WordsCompleted Mr. Jiang, She Really Isn’t Coming Back This Time 996Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 769 雪 Snow-Buried Eyes, Love Reduced to Zero 雪葬双眸，爱意归零 Quan Xin荃昕10k WordsCompleted Snow buries her eyes, and love fades to nothing 464Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 770 未 My Fiancé Tortured Me to Death, Then Wanted to Die for Me 未婚夫把我折磨至死，他却要殉情 Quan Xin荃昕Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted My Fiancé Tormented Me to Death, Yet He Wants to Die for Love 441Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 771 新 New My Fair Princess: A Heart Full of Worry 新还珠之心慌慌 Payne Loves Foie Gras Fried Rice爱吃鹅肝炒饭的佩恩Female-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted A Housewife Transmigrates into New My Fair Princess The previous second: Ah! Uncle Qiu! I have to say, Uncle Qiu is really handsome!!! The next second: Pah, pah, pah!!! What am I thinking? He's the emperor! The living, breathing Son of Heaven! 299Reads6.7Score177Shelves
22. 772 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 624Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 773 一 A Room With the Lights Dimmed 一室暗灯 Diving into the Sea to Dodge Fish跳海躲鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing That day, I groveled before a billionaire, wagging my tail for his approval. I thought he was my salvation when I had nowhere else to turn. All I got was one humiliation after another. I became the biggest joke in his circle. Later, I accidentally stumbled upon his secret, peeling back layer after layer of his heart until grief brought me to tears. And he peeled mine open too, only to stab it viciously, once, twice... countless times. Ruan Qing, who brought me into the industry, was once an inn 483Reads8.7Score163Shelves

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    It looks so good I could cry, and it tastes absolutely delicious!

24. 774 我 After I Washed Off My Heavy Makeup, the Cold CEO Regretted Everything 我洗掉浓妆之后，高冷总裁后悔了 Teacher Xiao Guo小郭老师Modern Romance651k WordsCompleted [Max-level powerhouse heroine and a husband who brings his wife good fortune] After transmigrating into a book, Gu Nian casually rescues a down-and-out young man. He raises his head from the mire. Bruises can’t conceal his refined features, and he hoarsely vows to repay her kindness. His gaze falls on her face, and his dull eyes light up for a moment. The young man works three jobs every day, saves up to buy a gold bracelet, then presents it to her like a precious treasure. Gu Nian gives it a gl 1kReads8.0Score101Shelves
25. 775 西 No Old Friends in the West City 西城无故人 Xu Zhi绪至Modern Romance350k WordsOngoing Cool-headed power broker x Dashing female CEO x Aloof heir apparent x Headstrong heiress x Upright and steadfast unrequited love Sometimes the hand that turns fate upside down is hidden in a single word: timing. In the winter of 2019, in the cramped carriage of a train, Chen Mingbo said to Wan Lin, "I'm not strong enough to protect you. Don't wait for me." So Wan Lin went far away to Southeast Asia. Three years later, they met again in a conference room in the capital. He looked at her bare ne 2.6kReads—Score243Shelves

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    I found a few good novels with good plots and pacing; those who are interested can take a look.

26. 776 致 To the Souls in Beijing Searching for a Safe Harbor for the Rest of Their Lives 致那些在北京，用余生去寻找避风港的灵魂 Xu Zhi绪至Marriage & Romance33k WordsCompleted To the souls who came to Beijing and will spend the rest of their lives searching for a safe haven 371Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 777 北 Are the Begonias Blooming in Beijing? 北京的海棠花开了吗 Xu Zhi绪至16k WordsCompleted Are the Begonias in Beijing Blooming Yet? 528Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 778 半 Halfway Through the Rain 半程雨 Xu Zhi绪至41k WordsCompleted Halfway Through the Rain 492Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 779 总 The CEO Ex-Husband Married Her for Revenge, but Fell for Her First 总裁前夫娶她只为报复，却先动了心 Xu Zhi绪至17k WordsCompleted The CEO ex-husband married her just to get revenge, but he was the first to fall for her. 62Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 780 京 Love Beyond the Capital 京谈不及情 Xu Zhi绪至Modern Romance333k WordsOngoing [Powerful families of Beijing · Two formidable childhood friends · Intense push and pull · Heartbreaking forbidden romance] Everyone in Beijing’s elite circles knows: Song Qingzhu and Xu Nianzhi were born to be co-conspirators. He is the Song family’s heir apparent, advancing his position one careful step at a time. She is a ruthless, decisive star lawyer at a top-tier firm. Childhood friends from the same government compound for twenty years, from a small courtyard by Houhai to the top floors o 1.1kReads—Score100Shelves
31. 781 分 Three Years After Their Breakup, the Capital's Power Broker Waits Beneath Her Window Every Night 分手三年，京圈大佬夜夜守在她楼下 Xu Zhi绪至Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted Three years after their breakup, the powerful Beijing socialite keeps watch outside her apartment every night 82Reads—Score—Shelves

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