The Female Lead Is a Civil Servant or a Selected Graduate and Pursues a Career in Politics 女主是公务员，或者选调生，从政。

1. 51 想 You Want a Platonic Relationship? Don't Make Your Big Brother Laugh 想搞柏拉图？别逗你哥笑了 Jin Chuan锦川Modern Romance464k WordsOngoing (Not a power fantasy with a strong female lead. A funny, meme-filled story set in a CEO romance. Complete.) [Academic workhorse x love-struck assistant who throws herself at him] Age gap / comedy and memes / happy ending Wen Xing suspected she was the second female lead in a CEO romance. The heroine was her best friend. Her friend’s family fell on hard times, and the CEO swept in to marry her by contract. Her friend twisted her ankle, and the CEO appeared in a flash, wrapping an arm around her w 138.4kReads9.3Score23.1k14d adds
2. 52 金 After I Handed My Golden Finger Over to the State, I Got a Government Job 金手指上交国家之后我有编制了 Add Three Lines to the Door门加三行Modern Romance773k WordsCompleted The rating just came in, but it'll go up later. A story about strengthening the nation, with a heroine who's basically a tool. After a car accident, Luo Ying was not only unharmed, but suddenly gained a golden finger that let her travel between different planes. Only after actually traveling to another plane did she confirm it was real. The first thing she did was contact her country. The things she brought back from different planes helped her country soar to new heights. 833Reads6.4Score10214d adds

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3. 53 褪 Shedding My Uniform for a Career in Politics, I Fear No Man 褪去戎装入官场，巾帼何惧男儿郎 My Wife, Liu Ruyan家妻柳如烟Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The rating just came out. It should go up later. Probably. Enjoy! Women's fiction + politics + strong female lead At 28, Shen Ke leaves military service as a regimental-level female officer and is assigned as executive vice county magistrate of economically underdeveloped Qing County. On her very first day, she is confronted by a mass petition. Watch Shen Ke show her unique strengths in a political world dominated by men and carve out her own path to success. 588Reads7.7Score10014d adds

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4. 54 八 An Eighties College Student Rises to Great Heights Through Sign-In Rewards 八零大学生，靠签到扶摇直上 Twelve Lan十二澜Modern Romance406k WordsOngoing Lin Zhiyu is the golden girl of the staff housing compound. She is strikingly beautiful, gets into a top university, and is so sweet and gentle that everyone in the neighborhood adores her. A dream reveals that her second-eldest sister, who went to the countryside, is the heroine of the story. She has a spiritual field space, and will eventually build a thriving business, making the whole family prosperous. In the original story, Lin Zhiyu grows jealous of her sister's successful business, ruins 323.4kReads8.5Score48.5k14d adds
5. 55 沉 The Sinking Boat and the Evening Sun 沉舟与晚晴 Momo's Little Words墨墨小语Modern Romance106k WordsCompleted [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. 2.6kReads6.8Score23814d adds

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   Both the male and female leads work within the system! It's realistic and down-to-earth, not melodramatic! First book: When a strict boss makes exceptions for you 100 times, is it love or obsession?

6. 56 江 Director Jiang’s Special Favor 江主任的偏爱 Momo's Little Words墨墨小语Modern Romance104k WordsCompleted [Government sector + both leads have no past relationships + age gap] He came from a powerful family and was cold and aristocratic, yet he fell in love with her at first sight. With their age difference, he strategically won her heart, advancing step by step until she had nowhere to run. He wove a gentle net around her, pampering her endlessly and claiming her for life. What to look forward to: ✅ An authentic look at workplace life in the government sector, plus sweet everyday romance ✅ A mat 2.2kReads8.0Score16914d adds
7. 57 重 Reborn as a Top-Tier Star Heiress: The Rich Fight Over Me 重生商界顶流千金：豪门疯抢 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted [Revenge against scumbags + forced possession + reborn heroine + romantic rivals competing] [Sweet-faced, scheming seductress × unhinged heir / abstinent CEO / rugged military king / refined but depraved bureau chief / financial predator] [In her past life, she was abandoned by her own family, betrayed by the one she loved, and bullied and framed, until she lost her reputation and died with bitterness in her heart!] [Reborn in the year 2000, Li Muan returns from the ashes with memories steeped i 661Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This book redefines what it means to effectively feign weakness! While others are still confronting each other head-on, the female protagonist has already used her acting skills to manipulate the entire situation with ease, and every moment of feigning innocence is a foreshadowing of a grand strategy.

8. 58 陷 Fallen Rose: The Dark Moon and Her Counterattack 陷落玫瑰：黑月光与她的反杀局 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Revenge Against Scum] [Forced Possession] [Awakening to Her True Identity] [Rivalry for Her Affections] [One Woman, Four Men] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark and Scheming on the Inside, a Seductive Strategist × Her Possessive Adoptive Brother / Abstinent CEO / Gentle Young Nobleman / Capitalist Predator] ▲ Her true identity awakens, and a bloody revenge begins Abandoned at an orphanage as a child, she was later molded by the Song family into a tool for a marriage alliance. She bides her time, turni 337Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 59 惟 Only the Southern Star in Sight 惟见南星 Zhou Weiqing, Who Loves Ginger Soup Mushrooms爱吃姜汤蘑菇的周惟清Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Yinglin County welcomes its new county chief, Zhou Weiqing, a hands-on leader carrying old wounds and devoting all his energy to the fight against poverty. Meanwhile, Jiang Nanxing, a highly accomplished agricultural graduate, puts down roots at the grassroots level, using her expertise and passion to drive change in the rural economy. Their work brings them together again and again. They visit fields and villages, tackling problems such as abandoned farmland and the disconnect between productio 47Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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   So sweet it's unfair! The serious and powerful man is only gentle to her in private, teaching her step by step and then sending her all the way to success.

10. 60 穿 The Woman in High Heels 穿高跟鞋的女人 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted Wen Xinzhu, born in the countryside, earns a place in the civil service through her own hard work and becomes a grassroots official in Taohua Town. She thinks that putting on high heels and securing a stable government job will bring her a peaceful life. But the world refuses to stay still. Inside this seemingly glamorous bureaucratic fortress, her beauty becomes her most conspicuous label, and her heaviest burden. Men’s covetous eyes follow her everywhere, while women’s jealousy hides lethal in 95Reads—Score—14d adds

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11. 61 别 Don’t Mess with Me, I’ve Got Connections in the Capital 别惹我，哥朝中有人 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban142k WordsCompleted I’m Lin Ce, a rookie at work. My boss publicly dumped the blame on me, pinning a three-million-yuan disaster on me so neatly there wasn’t a crack in it. Just as I was about to pack up and leave, my ancestral jade pendant suddenly grew hot: “Tsk, even those censors in the Wanli era cited chapter and verse when they framed someone. Your boss is way too crude.” Zhang Juzheng, Grand Secretary of the Ming dynasty, is living inside my jade pendant! From then on, being made a scapegoat? Not happening. 36Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 62 我 I Navigate Officialdom with Geology 我靠地质学纵横官场 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban254k WordsCompleted The top student Fang Jue had studied such an obscure field that, when he first entered government service, people dismissed him as a bookworm who knew all about mountains and rock formations but nothing about the real world. Then, on the eve of a once-in-a-century torrential downpour, he used his formidable expertise to issue a precise landslide warning despite withering skepticism. Overnight, the once-underestimated tech geek became the hero who saved 78 lives in the town. But behind the honors 28Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 63 权 The Women in the Shadow of Power 权力阴影下的她们 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban441k WordsCompleted Ten years in discipline inspection, and enough corruption case files to fill half a lifetime. Among the countless cases I've handled, I've found one hidden rule: behind every fallen corrupt official stands at least one woman, often a whole group of them. To thoroughly investigate a corrupt official, you first have to understand the women behind him. They are mistresses, money mules, and bait used to ensnare officials. They are also where power, money, and sex intersect, living keys to the code o 586Reads6.3Score10014d adds
14. 64 官 The Hidden Rules of Politics 官场暗格 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban396k WordsCompleted In July, Yun City sweltered under the heat. The resume of fresh graduate Lin Hao, much like the man himself, was trampled beneath the crowds at the job fair. Graduation led straight to unemployment, and reality weighed heavily on him, until one phone call opened a door: an internship at a subsidiary of the City Investment Group. A monthly salary of 1,750 yuan, with no guarantees and no promises. It was the only straw within reach in his desperate circumstances, and a dusty entrance to an entirel 394Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 65 一 I Accidentally Committed a Crime 一不小心犯了罪 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Rural Life243k WordsCompleted In the February chill of Wushi Village, five-year-old Ding Ding lay collapsed in a vegetable patch, her tiny, cold body wrapped in a bright yellow cloak. A rusty nail embedded in her foot, a fatal bruise from a skull fracture at her temple: Detective Jiang Yuan knew at a glance this was no accident, nor a simple act of murder! As the investigation deepened, the case grew shrouded in mystery. Beneath the village entrance’s parasol tree, three black stones had been arranged in a sinister “Three Yi 33Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 66 归 As Evening Falls 归晚时分 Half a Life Gone 219半生已过219Modern Romance365k WordsCompleted [Older man + quality writing + heroine's growth] This is a story set within the system. No wild fantasy, no melodrama, just the hopes of rural life and a beautiful romance. __ Her boyfriend of three years sells her out for the sake of a contract; the man she spends one passionate, tangled night with travels to another city for her. __ When her family questions him, he says: I've always been the one who couldn't live without her. This is a reunion he's been plotting for a long time. He's waited 56Reads7.2Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist is an ordinary junior staff member who, under the guidance of her boyfriend, the county party secretary, gradually builds her own career.

17. 67 抱 Sorry, I'm a Civil Servant 抱歉，本宫体制内的 It's Hard Not to Go to Bed Early很难不早睡Ancient Romance295k WordsOngoing Zhu Yu transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking palace maid in the Cold Palace. Faced with a hopeless start, she pulls out her copy of 8,000 Real Civil Service Exam Questions. Palace intrigue? She submits a request titled Proposal to Optimize the Harem’s Personnel Structure and Implement KPI Performance Management. Competing for the emperor’s favor? She writes a report titled An Analysis of the Relationship Between His Majesty’s Visits and the Productivity of Imperial Heirs. When her sworn e —Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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    This story is quite original. The female lead works within the system and is transported to ancient times as a palace maid. She's framed right from the start, and then she uses what she learned within the system to deal with the situation, writing reports and such. It's quite interesting, haha! 😆👍

18. 68 风 The Winds Rise Within the System 风起体制内 Li Wai'en李歪恩Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted The pain of love and the pressures of life forced Lin Jinhuan to grow up quickly. After passing the civil service exam and securing a government job, she seemed like a different person: composed and reserved. She thought she would spend the rest of her life as still as a placid pool. Later, she discovered that mature love can coexist with a solid sense of self. I hope you’ll enjoy "The Wind Rises in the Civil Service". Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every 6Reads—Score214d adds

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    I recommend this story; the female lead grows gradually while romance unfolds, it's quite good, everyone should give it a try!

19. 69 何 He Fang Luyuan 何方路圆圆 Xu Tinglan叙亭兰Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted [Sweet and spicy + mutual devotion + sweet romance + wealthy CEO] “From beginning to end, all I’ve ever wanted is to marry the girl I’ve loved from afar!” That was He Yanzheng’s one and only wish. He Yanzheng had grown up surrounded by every luxury, but after meeting her, he willingly made sacrifices and changed himself, all because he wanted to be part of her future. The clearheaded top student Lu Yuanyuan was focused on her exams and refused to date, yet she found herself pursued by a persiste 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A haughty, roguish young master versus a high-IQ, beautiful, academically gifted woman. The female lead is a politician.

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