Looking for Well-Written Novels Where the Leads Aren't Both Pure, From a Longtime Reader 有没有不是双洁的小说，文采好一点的，老书迷了

1. 101 爱 Love Will Come to Rest 爱会停歇 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Playboy Turns Devoted] [Love Grows Over Time] [Sweet with a Little Angst] [Class Difference] Chen Chao, a rich playboy, falls sincerely in love with Yu Jiawen, who comes from an ordinary family. He knows he isn't the kind of person 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 just can't accept it. Watching you date, marry, and have childr 3.3kReads8.4Score160Shelves

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   These books are of different genres, some sweet and some angsty. See the synopsis for details.

2. 102 深 Deep Inside My Core 深入我芯 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Mutual Devotion + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance] Their first two meetings were accidental. Every coincidence after that was part of his carefully laid plan. When Jiang Yi Shen met Tang Xin, he fell for her at first sight. He quietly set his plans in motion, and the two got to know each other, fell in love, and walked hand in hand into marriage, sharing the warm everyday moments of life from the first flush of romance to raising children. Side story one: Xu Man thought sh 2.4kReads8.7Score146Shelves
3. 103 岁 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 5.5kReads7.4Score213Shelves
4. 104 重 A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [The right people will find their way back to each other, no matter how many twists and turns it takes.] [One true pairing, both leads are each other's only ones + reunion after a long separation + winning back his wife and claiming his child + adorable kids playing matchmaker] Zhou Yuan met Qin Yue by chance and fell in love at first sight. After one passionate night together, an urgent assignment sent him overseas. Before leaving, he thought he'd arranged everything properly, never imagining t 5.4kReads8.9Score290Shelves
5. 105 遇 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 6.9kReads8.5Score332Shelves
6. 106 初 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] [She Pursues Him] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [Sweet, Realistic Romance] [Happy Ending] At twenty, the lively and spirited Chen Luo Chu meets Chu Yun. One look is all it takes for her to fall for him. She can barely hide the light in her eyes, and there is only one thought on her mind: make him hers. Once she confirms he is single, she boldly confesses, "Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?" Chu Yun gently turns her down with a simple, "We're not right for each other." But Chen L 1.4kReads—Score104Shelves
7. 107 和 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 806Reads8.1Score—Shelves
8. 108 单 Mr. Zhou, My Unrequited Love 单恋的周先生 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 1.5kReads8.2Score103Shelves
9. 109 独 Your Tattoo, Mine Alone 独占你的刺青 Nong Ying侬影Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted Scheming black swan × rowdy rich playboy (married first, love later / a playboy turns over a new leaf / two wealthy families / adversaries in love / a tragic romance) “You have your cinnabar mole, and I have my white moonlight.” 1. Song Yan used a few tricks to get Jiang Mingzhou to marry her. The second son of the Jiang family was a shameless troublemaker, and in truth he was even worse than she'd imagined. On their wedding day, he went everywhere with his cinnabar-mole first love. That night, 973Reads8.7Score225Shelves

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   Highly recommended! A story about a prodigal son returning home; the writing is superb, and the male lead is the female lead's little sun. 🥹

10. 110 不 After Leaving My Lover's Place, the Sweet Beauty Married Up 不做外室后，娇娇美人再嫁攀高枝 Clear Breeze in the Grove林苑清风Ancient Romance487k WordsOngoing [Abduction and possession | He chases her after losing her | Second male lead wins | Neither lead is a virgin | Everyone is a local] Lu Jinshu is a prestigious top scholar, refined and distinguished in public, with astonishing talent and peerless good looks. In a secluded corner, he keeps a little plaything who eases his fatigue, keeps him company, indulges him, caters to him, and depends on him. At first, he doesn’t think much of her. Like other powerful men, he keeps a Yangzhou beauty at his w 64Reads8.1Score103Shelves

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    Sometimes I want to remember your bad points, but my heart doesn't want to. It remembers your good points, and with each beat of its heart, the bad points fade a little. Where is my heart? It's not with me.

11. 111 穿 Transmigrated to the Six Dynasties Cultivation World, My Modern Knowledge Gives Me a Huge Edge 穿到六朝修仙界，现代知识赢麻了 I Eat Preserved Mustard Greens我吃梅菜Fantastical Romance102k WordsOngoing [Nontraditional cultivation + multiple male leads + not all relationships are exclusive + dark themes + rivalry among men] (Readers with strong preferences for purity, proceed with caution) Cheng Xiaoxiao transmigrates to another world! In ancient times, six kingdoms stood side by side in this realm. One fell several hundred years ago, leaving the five kingdoms of Jin, Liang, Chu, Yan, and Donghu. Yet the heartland of the continent still follows the old custom of calling it the Six-Dynasty Conti 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a reverse harem story that isn't about two clean protagonists, but the writing is quite good.

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