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. 251 青 The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 青乌秘录之风水师 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 84Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 252 雇 The Hired Other Woman 雇来的第三者 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted The Hired Third Wheel 3Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 253 她 She Wandered for Ten Years Without Marrying 她漂泊十年未嫁 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted She Wandered for Ten Years Without Marrying 76Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 254 被 After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Expose a Shocking Scam by a Top Tycoon Family 被全网唾骂后，我曝光了顶级豪门的惊天骗局 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Exposed a Shocking Scam by a Top-Ranking Family 246Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 255 综 Film and TV Crossover: Jade Leaves of Lanxiang 综影视：兰乡玉叶 Chuo Xi婥兮Female-Channel Fanfiction2.6M WordsCompleted Wouldn’t it be more interesting if the people themselves could watch the sky screen appear in their own historical eras, as it tells stories of the true love of countless emperors… Want to find out what kind of hopeless romantic you are? Yinzhen has a younger cousin. He’s the older cousin, after all~ 1.1kReads7.1Score—Shelves

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   🔥🔥🔥Everyone thought the emperor had gone mad, but Hongli was content. With just a slight tilt of his head, he could clearly see Erqing's every move, every smile. Looking at Erqing's peaceful sleeping face, Hongli felt truly alive. The more morbid the love, the more lucid the pain.

6. 256 那 After That Night, I Became the Cultivation World's Public Enemy 那一夜之后，我成了修仙界公敌 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊18k WordsCompleted After That Night, I Became the Public Enemy of the Cultivation World 72Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 257 睡 After Sleeping with the CEO, I Walked Away 睡了霸总后我转身就走 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊24k WordsCompleted I Slept with a CEO, Then Walked Away 198Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 258 我 My Overbearing Wife 我的老婆霸道大人 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted My Wife, the Overbearing Lady 182Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 259 大 On Our Wedding Night, the Bride Urged Me to Go After My Ex-Girlfriend 大婚之夜，新娘催我去追前女友 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Historical10k WordsCompleted On Our Wedding Night, the Bride Told Me to Go After My Ex-Girlfriend 56Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 260 重 Reborn Noble Daughter, Refusing to Be My Brother-in-Law's Caged Bird 重生嫡女，拒做姐夫的笼中雀 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Ancient Romance43k WordsCompleted Reborn as the Legitimate Daughter, I Refuse to Be My Brother-in-Law's Caged Bird 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 山海经·大荒归墟 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Female-Channel Fanfiction16k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 118Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 262 她 She Was Already Married When She Wed Me, Yet It Took Her Ten Years to Make Me Willingly Fall for Her Lies 她嫁给我时已是人妻，却用十年让我甘愿被骗 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted She was already another man’s wife when she married me, yet it took her ten years to make me willingly accept the lie 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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    At 38, my second marriage ended with my wife holding a knife to our child's neck. She said she had fallen in love with the man who picked up my child and begged me to let her have him. My hands trembled violently as I signed the papers, but I smiled and said okay. After all, who could I ask for when I was away so often, leaving her to raise two children and a sick father alone? After the divorce, she begged me to keep it a secret, and I begged her to keep it from my seriously ill father. We each got what we wanted, like two skilled actors, playing the role of a loving couple in front of the children. Until my father, on his deathbed, held her hand tightly and said, "Thank you for taking care of my son all these years..."

13. 263 戏 You’re All I See, Onstage and Off 戏里戏外全都是你 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted You’re All I See, Onstage and Off 7Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 264 复 Remarry? Maybe in My Next Life 复婚？下辈子吧 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance14k WordsCompleted Remarry? Maybe in Your Next Life 288Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 265 春 A Spring Breeze Brings Beauty 春风渡佳人 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted Spring Breeze Carries a Beauty Across 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
16. 266 娇 The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces the Cold Emperor, and He Falls for Her 娇娇蓄意勾引，清冷帝王沦陷了 Mu Niannian慕年年Ancient Romance651k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue + push and pull + seduction and rising to power + falling deeper at every step + devotion to one woman in the later story Loving her and knowing it + a man in power bowing his head for love * The short drama is out now. Search for “The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces Him, and the Cold Emperor Falls” on Fanqie or Hongguo to watch the full series. * Pei Tingyue transmigrated into a book. She became a disposable consort in The Palace in Power. In the original story, she was simple-m 38.3kReads9.3Score4.4kShelves

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    The first and fourth books were written by the same author. I read the fourth book first, and I was immediately struck by its audacity: "Wow! I didn't know palace intrigue could be like this!" The author's portrayal of Shuyi as a dog trainer was particularly impressive. Later, I saw the animated adaptation of the first book on Douyin (TikTok), and I thought it was exceptionally well-made. The characters' names seemed familiar, so I searched for the novel online, and wow! I gave up halfway through. But I persevered and finished it all. After finishing it, I can only say: I'm a huge fan of the author! They made Yaoyao and Shuyi incredibly charming. I also absolutely loved the second book; the extra chapter about Tuantuan Cat brought tears to my eyes. The third book was entirely about two little bitter gourds.

17. 267 大 The Great Sage Returns: I Just Sealed the Demon Ancestor, and the Jade Emperor Made Me Emperor 大圣归：我刚镇魔祖，玉帝就封禅 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Eastern Fantasy127k WordsCompleted Sun Wukong shattered his own divine bones to forge a lock, sealing the Demon Ancestor Rahu as he tried to break through the Chaos. The Jade Emperor descended with the gods and Buddhas of the heavens. Facing Pangu’s remnant soul, returned from the void, and Nuwa’s sacred statue, he claimed to have slain the Demon Ancestor with the Haotian Mirror. In his previous life, Wukong exposed the truth in anger, only for Heaven to accuse him of “slandering the Supreme One.” They locked him in the Golden He 148Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 268 拉 I Landed a 1.7-Million-Yuan Job 拉了一单170万的活 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted I Landed a 1.7 Million Job —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 269 攀 Ascending to the Dragon's Heights 攀龍 Kaji Yellow Peach咔叽黄桃Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A flirtatious widow with a child ✖️ a reserved warlord who becomes the founding emperor [Complete] Lou Mizhi was born a woman who never learned to accept her lot in life. If she wanted something, she took it by her own merit, even if she had to snatch it away. Her first husband was short-lived and ill-fated, and his family wanted to burn her and her child to ashes? Bah! As if I’d let you! She hid her savings and took her child away from her late husband’s family. With no one to protect them in t 40.4kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves

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    🌷1 (Both Not Clean): An ambitious widow with a child vs. A reserved founding emperor. After her husband's death, the female lead, to protect herself and her child in the chaotic world, goes to work in the royal palace. Once she establishes herself, the matriarch pushes her towards the male lead to share the emperor's favor, which suits her perfectly—power is a wonderful thing. When the male and female leads first meet, the female lead only tells him her name. The male lead: Lou Shi, don't vie for favor recklessly. The female lead: ? The male lead gradually and consciously indulges his emotions, their true feelings mixed with self-interest. The female lead experiences genuine, pure love with her deceased husband, while her ambition flourishes with the male lead. The deceased husband is the complete opposite of the male lead; one is a gentle, refined gentleman with a physical disability, the other a reserved, domineering, hypocritical general leading troops. I've been searching for sweet moments between the female lead and her deceased husband in the margins. Ding—Today's book list has arrived, please check it~🥰

20. 270 我 My Silly Girlfriend, Little Rabbit 我的傻子女友小兔 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Modern Romance175k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Is a Sweet, Naive Fool… 287Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 一 A Hundred Million to Buy My Man? 一万两想买我男人？ Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted Ten thousand taels for my man? 33Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 272 我 I Should Fly Toward the Clear Sky 我应像鸟飞往晴空 Xiao Si Shi小肆莳11k WordsCompleted I Should Be Like a Bird, Flying Toward the Clear Sky 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead was kept in the dark from beginning to end, and his annulment of the engagement with the female lead was only to protect his family. He was too cowardly in the early stages. Later, when he returned to pursue his wife, he even sent his own father to prison after learning the truth… Both of them are quite tragic.

23. 273 她 Her Forbidden Zone [GB] 她的禁区【GB】 Jiang Yingaoa江荧aoaModern Romance281k WordsCompleted Shen Ruohan is a germaphobe, both physically and emotionally. What she despises most is people who sell themselves for money. Lu Zhiheng is the most popular male model at the nightclub, and exactly the kind of man she looks down on. But he kneels before her, his eyes red, and says: “I know I've been tainted… but there's one part of me no one has ever touched.” “I want to save it for you.” She should turn him down. But she sees the humility and sincerity in his eyes, so profound it's as if he has 4.4kReads8.0Score491Shelves
24. 274 高 Sleepless on the Highway at Night: The Immortal Venerable Returns 高速夜未眠：仙尊归来 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted Sleepless on the Highway at Night: The Immortal Venerable Returns 3Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 天 Heavenly Profound Venerable Beyond the Heavens: Every Disciple I Take Is Supreme in the Three Realms 天外玄尊：我收的徒弟都是三界至尊 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭8k WordsCompleted Mystic Exalt from Beyond the Heavens: My Disciples Are All Supreme Beings of the Three Realms 98Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 时 Mr. Shi, You Can’t Hide Your Secret Crush Anymore 时先生，你的暗恋藏不住啦 Wu Jiu舞九Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [An ultra-sweet romance!!] [No getting back together, the second male lead’s unrequited love takes center stage, whirlwind marriage, marriage first and love later, pure romance.] Qin Shuzhi stood by Shen Yichen through his darkest days and helped him rise again. Just as they were about to get married, his first love returned from overseas. She never could have imagined it: Shen Yichen would abandon her alone on a mountaintop on her birthday, all because of a phone call from Zhou Siyan. He said, 92.6kReads8.9Score5.1kShelves

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    "Shen Yichen, today is my birthday. Are you sure you want to go see her?" Qin Shuzhi looked at the man who was in a hurry to leave after finishing the phone call. Shen Yichen frowned. "I told you, Yan Yan fell at home and needs me to take her to the hospital." Qin Shuzhi found it ridiculous. "Why didn't you call an ambulance when she fell? Why didn't you ask another friend? Why did you have to call you, the man who's celebrating his girlfriend's birthday?" "Enough! Can you stop being unreasonable?" Shen Yichen shouted at her. "It's just a birthday, it happens every year. What's wrong with missing one? Yan Yan isn't feeling well right now. Do you expect me to ignore her and stay here with you on this mountaintop, watching the wind and stars, waiting for the sunrise?" Qin Shuzhi's heart was pierced. "So, you're asking me to spend my birthday with you… is that too much to ask?" "I don't have time to argue with you." Shen Yichen looked impatient and glanced at her high heels. "You'll be slow going down the mountain in those heels. I'll go first. You can call a taxi home later. We can talk about it tomorrow." Qin Shuzhi watched the man turn and head down the stone steps, anxiously rushing towards his ex-girlfriend, and felt utterly disheartened.

27. 277 乡 Village Rumors 乡里流言 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭15k WordsCompleted Rumors in the Village 127Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 278 病 The Virus Keeps Trying to Suppress Me 病毒总想压制我 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted The Virus Keeps Trying to Suppress Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 279 今 Jade's Farewell 今玉辞 Half a Cup, Never Idle半盏不闲Ancient Romance667k WordsCompleted Angst first, then sweetness / marriage first, love later / rekindled love / court intrigue / ensemble cast Crown Prince Xiao Xun marries his principal consort, Jin Yu, and his secondary consort, Li Qingwan, on the same day. One marriage, three parties vying for power. Jin Yu is a pawn placed by Consort Lan, while Xiao Xun has someone else in his heart. Before entering the palace, she lays down three rules with him: affectionate in public, strictly separate in private. Each will keep to their pla 699Reads8.4Score102Shelves

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    This is a must-read! You absolutely have to read it. The male lead is truly in love with the female lead, and the female lead feels the same way. The beginning is a bit angsty, but it gets really sweet later on. And it's not just the male and female leads, but also the other side couples!!!

30. 280 一 One Kick, One Big CEO 一脚踢出个大总裁 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted One Kick Lands Her a CEO Husband 3Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 281 天 The Celestial Immortal Sect 天外仙宗 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Immortal Sect Beyond the Heavens 23Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 282 她 She Is a Zombie 她是僵尸 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊32k WordsCompleted She Is a Zombie 16Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 283 竹 The Young Master Childhood Friend Searches the Internet for His One True Love, Who's Delivering His Takeout 竹马少爷全网找白月光，正在给他送外卖 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted The young master is searching the entire internet for his childhood sweetheart, who's currently delivering food to him. 104Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He was impure, but he truly loved her; she was his life. After they separated, she loved him deeply but had no choice but to leave him. He searched for her for a long time, unaware that the person who delivered his takeout was her. It was heartbreaking; her happiness was gone, but her love for him remained. To save her mother, she contacted him to borrow money, but he gave her the money and then withdrew it. Desperate, she sought help from the second male lead, who paid her medical bills. When he arrived, his fiancée was standing there. She was heartbroken; the person she loved most was by her side, yet someone else was holding his hand. She thought he liked his fiancée, and he loved her too, but thought she liked the second male lead. When her mother needed to donate blood, he actually knelt down and begged his fiancée to donate blood for her mother. Did he really love her that much? But why did he take back the money he gave her? Torn between the person she loved most and the person she liked, she was caught in a love triangle—who would she choose?

34. 284 山 Night on the Mountain 山上的夜晚 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Modern Romance16k WordsCompleted A Night on the Mountain 48Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 285 跟 The Prince Came Back to Life After Being Buried with Ten Concubines 跟十个小妾合葬后，王爷气活了 Mango Eats Potatoes芒果吃土豆Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The rating is low because this novel just came out. It’ll go up later~ [Double rebirth + both were unchaste before rebirth; after rebirth, the heroine is unchaste and the hero is chaste] [Pursuing his wife at the crematorium + multiple male leads] The heroine is sometimes a little scheming, sometimes coy, and loves putting on an act. Read with caution if that bothers you. Only after his death did Xiao Poye learn that his wife had never loved him! She had ten concubines buried with him, making h 17.1kReads7.9Score2.4kShelves

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    ✨The male lead is impure, but truly loves the female lead. When he dies, he thinks she wants to commit suicide for him, but instead, she finds ten of his already deceased concubines to be buried with him... After his death, she continues to date various young men, and seeing them with her makes him so angry that he is reborn...

36. 286 司 Master Si Won’t Leave Me Alone Night After Night 司爷夜夜缠宠 A Dreamlike Yellow Millet黄粱一萌Modern Romance467k WordsCompleted Marriage First, Love Later · The Sweetest Devotion | Spoiled to the Death Jiang Wanwan was forced to marry the second young master of the Si family, Si Mohan, who was supposedly lame, blind, and impotent. She had already resigned herself to spending her whole life as a wife in name only. But after they married, the man turned out to be neither lame nor blind. Every night, he teased her until her cheeks burned and her heart raced. “Be good, darling. Give me your waist, and I’ll give you my life.” 53.6kReads6.9Score3.5kShelves

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    🤫🤫Don't say anything, just peek! It's so sweet it's unbelievable! [Shy][stunned][shocked]

37. 287 桃 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 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book's male lead is the female lead's high school mentor. After graduating from university, to repay her mentor, the female lead introduces a female classmate to him as his girlfriend. To develop her career, the female lead gives up her assigned job and stays in the city to work.

38. 288 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical885k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 5.4kReads—Score385Shelves

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    The male protagonist is reborn and leads his fellow villagers and soldiers out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, creating a new world for the Han people.

39. 289 她 She's My Underling and My Wife 她是我小弟，也是我老婆 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊27k WordsCompleted She's My Little Brother, and Also My Wife 962Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 290 我 I Willingly Took the Bait 我，甘愿上钩 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊10k WordsCompleted I Willingly Took the Bait 3Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 291 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.6kReads—Score107Shelves
42. 292 中 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 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
43. 293 三 Three Years Later, She Begged on Her Knees for Mercy 三年后，她跪着求饶 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Historical10k WordsCompleted Three years later, she knelt and begged for mercy 387Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 294 那 The Love Confession That Night Was Meant for My Father-in-Law 那晚情话，全说给老丈人听了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted Those Sweet Words That Night Were All Meant for My Father-in-Law 7Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 295 清 Tales of the Qingshui River 清水河往事 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted Zhao Xinran was once a young high school teacher. He left the classroom to take the civil service exam and became the mayor of a town. Thanks to his dedication and strong results, he was promoted to director of a county bureau, and eventually became the director of a municipal department. Two female students worked under him, one specializing in the humanities and the other in the sciences. Both made significant contributions to their hometowns, earning Zhao Xinran political achievements while d 677Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 296 狗 You Bastard, You Win This Time 狗男人，算你厉害 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted You Bastard, You Win This Time 3.1kReads—Score—Shelves
47. 297 神 The Divine Emperor's Contract Beast Is Actually Female?! 神帝的契约兽竟是母的？！ Ten Thousand Gu万蛊15k WordsCompleted The God Emperor’s contracted beast is actually female?! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 298 不 The Court I Cannot Return To 不归朝 Three-Call Cat三叫猫Ancient Romance405k WordsOngoing [1v2, Not a Pure Couple, Multiple Couples, Traditional Historical Romance, Second Male Lead Takes the Lead, Court and Martial World] The frail Crown Prince has been held hostage for years in an "allied kingdom." The former heir has long since gone mad, blind and crippled, and grown ever more twisted and possessive. Then the emperor dies suddenly! A son born of a concubine takes the throne before the coffin! The Crown Prince is left alone and forgotten! The princess of the allied kingdom, who has 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Neither of the two male leads is virtuous; both have their flaws, but their love for the female lead is genuine.

49. 299 爸 Dad, I’m Not Going 爸爸，我不去 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted Dad, I Don't Want to Go 342Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 300 掌 Sect Leader, Please Behave Yourself 掌门，请自重 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊10k WordsCompleted Sect Leader, Please Mind Your Manners 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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