Strong Male and Female Leads, a Marriage of Convenience, Love After Marriage, and Constant Bickering 男强女强，利益联姻，先婚后爱，互怼的相处方式
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Mrs. Shen, Take It Easy 沈太太，轻点作
[Sweet Romance]+ [Marriage Before Love]+ [Childhood Sweethearts]+ [Domineering CEO] For the sake of her family, Ji Ruanuan married Shen Yu. She thought it was just a business marriage: they would put on a show of affection in public and loathe each other in private. But she discovered that Shen Yu had planned everything from the start. A wife he'd schemed to win was naturally someone he'd cherish above all else. The famous Young Master Shen of Beicheng only asks that Mrs. Shen go a little easier
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Sharing His Bed 与他共枕
(Adapted into the short drama "Miss Xu, Don’t Settle". The Tomato-produced short drama "Sharing His Bed" launched on Tomato on November 26.) Shang Yiran and Xu Mubai have been married for five years, and have spent all five fighting. Three years into their marriage, Xu Mubai became pregnant. She tried to tell Shang Yiran, “Let’s make a real go of this.” He responded with cold indifference. After that, they each went their own way. One is cold, arrogant, and conceited; the other is stubborn and u
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The Marriage-for-Love Plan 为爱联姻计划
[Cool, powerful female CEO vs. refined, prestigious CEO; two powerful leads; marriage first, love later; evenly matched] To Su Nianshang, this marriage is nothing more than an exchange of benefits and a business deal. She needs the shares in Zhou Xu's hands to secure the position of CEO at Su Yu Group. She assumes that Zhou Xu, the unattainable prize of the business world, is also interested in the practical benefits their marriage can bring. She has no idea that what he wants is her. From her
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Reckless Kisses 肆意热吻
[Bickering couple + marriage before love + romantic tension] [Radiant, confident female CEO X tough-talking but soft-hearted male CEO] - Lin Ting and Zong Qin were both famous young power players in Beijing. But even more famous than their status was their romantic history. On the day they registered their marriage, the official social media accounts of both companies announced the news in the most formal way possible. The couple, who had each had more than twenty exes, didn’t disappoint. They w
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This Marriage Has Me Reeling, and Married Life Is Crazy Sweet 这婚结的发懵，婚后甜到发疯
[Marriage first, love later × Sweet romance × Two schemers flirting all day] [No melodramatic misunderstandings, and intelligence is respected. Only sweetness here.] [Mutual devotion, healing, and redemption] The original title of this book was Who Has Seen the Floating Fish Peering at the Lotus? Trust me, I have good taste… · When a clever person falls in love, fools bow until their backs break. Want a romance between two smart people? A blind date over dinner from the start, a date at their se
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How Awful! I Got Pregnant with My Archenemy's Baby Right After Our Marriage Alliance 太坏了！刚联姻就怀了死对头的崽
[Pampered young heiress from Beijing’s elite circle X elegant, roguish young master, childhood friends, secret crush, marriage before love, both devoted to each other] Yin Huan is Beijing’s most beautiful, precious, spoiled, free-spirited wild rose. Every woman in Beijing envies her, and every man wants her. After twenty-two years of doing whatever she pleased, the news hits like a bolt from the blue: her family has arranged for her to marry into the Bo family, their sworn enemy! She hates Bo Xu
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Spoiled After Marriage 婚后侍宠
Adapted title: A Flourishing Summer The high-hanging moon x the aloof beauty A beautiful, bold university lecturer and her tsundere, secretly passionate gentleman in a qipao [Everyday life + strangers marry first, fall in love later + two strong leads + age gap + face-slapping and taking down scumbags + slow-blooming romance + twins, boy and girl + growing old together + buried together after death + extras] Xia Kui was raised by her grandpar
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A Song of Flowers by Night 花夜吟
Synopsis: [A cruel, possessive male lead + a beautiful, strong, tragic, and icy female lead + fantasy setting + manipulation + control + revenge + marriage before love + love that grows over time + mutual salvation] The Phantom Night Witch, Hua Li, bears the demonic breath of Taotie. After the ruler of Chiyu seals it, she is married off to Ling Ye, Prince of the Southern Commandery. Ling Ye drains her blood to cure his poison, turning her into his “medicinal catalyst.” She also swallowed Qiongqi
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Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉
(The print edition is now available) [Love after marriage, age gap, slow-burn everyday sweetness] *A gentle beauty from a family of scholars × a refined, fatherly man *A comic artist with a billion in assets × an influential Beijing aristocrat and chamber of commerce chairman Chu Shuang knew from childhood that she was promised to the Sheng family of the imperial capital, but she had never met her fiancé. Later, by a twist of fate, she moved into the Sheng residence and met her friend’s older br
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He Kisses and Tempts Her, Then the Powerful Tycoon Can’t Get Enough After Marriage 吻她诱她，婚后豪门大佬缠欢上瘾
[One-on-one, devoted couple, sweet romance, teasing seduction, possessive, coercive love, wealthy family alliance, married first and fall in love later] Marrying Pei Yan was a business alliance forced on her by family pressure. After three years of marriage, they had met zero times and spoken on the phone three times. Ruan Zhiyou had nearly forgotten she was married. Her friends teased her for being “married in name only.” Then, at a grand banquet, Mr. Pei came back. From then on, night after ni
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Playing Chess with You: The Phoenix's Power 与君奕：凰权
(The rating has only just opened and will rise later) “Political intrigue + evenly matched leads + marriage before love + traditional war for supremacy in a chaotic age + ensemble cast + powerful female lead + nation and family” In these chaotic times, even a monarch can hardly hope for a lifetime of peace. Crowned heir to the throne at six, named crown prince at eight, and enthroned at twelve, Yan Xi was the “future savior of the Yan Kingdom” foretold by an astrologer, blessed with the Purple
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After Our Arranged Marriage, Miss Su Wants to Be a Caged Canary 联姻后，苏小姐想当金丝雀了
Also known as: After Our Arranged Marriage, the Money-Obsessed Wife Set Out to Empty Mr. Lu's Wallet [Complete, very sweet with no angst] (Marriage first, love later × modern romance × powerful leads × one-on-one romance; aloof, scheming CEO vs. quirky, mischievous young wife) Before the arranged marriage, Miss Su was busy building her career. After all, what man could compare to a career? Money can make the world go round, but men can't! After the marriage, Miss Su's daily routine was: build he
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Defying the Odds in a Family That Favors Sons 在重男轻女的家中逆风翻盘
The third daughter of the Lin family, she was born into a household that favored sons to an extreme. To escape a life spent running a street stall and working for her younger brother, she partnered with Xie Yi’ang, CEO of Ming Tian Group, while also joining forces with musical prodigy Liang Muchen to grow a tech company. Step by step, she built a career of her own and ultimately became the head of the Lin Group. For the sake of business and mutual benefit, she agreed to a two-year marriage of co
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What?! My Arranged Marriage Match Is an S-Rank Big Shot? 惊！联姻对象竟是S级大佬？
[Dual Male Leads + ABO + Intense Seduction + Face-Slapping and Falling for Each Other + Two Strong Leads] A sharp-tongued but secretly devoted top versus a bottom who plays dumb to outsmart his enemies After an accident, Shi Yanci is framed. With nowhere else to turn, he rushes into a bar restroom and stumbles into a man's arms. The man's rich, whiskey-like pheromones leave him entranced. When they meet again, Shi Yanci locks eyes across the crowd with the man seated at the head of the table.
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Faux Refinement 假斯文
[One-on-one romance, mutual first love, groveling redemption, intense push and pull, master of verbal sparring, bad man bows to love, aloof beauty descends from her pedestal.] Clear-headed heroine × gentlemanly scoundrel hero Wen Ying was Huo Xingzhou’s kept woman for three years, so she knew just how wild he was beneath the surface. She accidentally glimpsed the true face beneath his devilishly refined exterior and wanted nothing more than to stay far away from him. He simply refused to let her
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After Their Flash Marriage, the Arrogant CEO Sheng Humbly Begs for Her Affection 闪婚后，傲娇盛总卑微求宠
A refined, abstinent, cold-faced CEO turns into a domineering wife-spoiler after marriage. Sheng Qing, head of the Sheng family, was twenty-eight and had never touched a woman. To avoid being pressured into marriage, he fled abroad. On his one trip back to China, a twist of fate led him to lose his virginity to the legitimate daughter of the Luo family, who had only just been brought back from the countryside. After a night of passion, he was hooked and vowed to keep her by his side, indulging h
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Biting the Sweet Pear 咬清梨
(Print edition now available) [Romantic tension + bittersweet angst + unrequited love + healing] Shen Qingli’s greatest regret was probably sleeping with the man she had secretly loved for eight years, then asking him to pay her. After that, Gu Heng couldn’t get enough of her. They spent the nights tangled together, then acted like strangers by day. When she found out Gu Heng was getting married to form a family alliance, she drew a line between them. She thought they could part on good terms, b
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On My Wedding Night, I Revived a Comatose Tycoon 新婚夜，我救活了植物人大佬
[Marriage First, Love Later] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Scheming Male Lead] Jiang Yan grew up in a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. From childhood, she studied medicine under her grandparents, both seasoned physicians, and mastered the art of acupuncture. However, fate had other plans. Her father's company was on the brink of collapse, and to save it, she was forced to marry Lu Jingming, a business genius who had been left in a vegetative state by a car accident. Known for h
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The Comatose Tycoon Falls in Love with Me 植物人大佬，爱上我
[Marriage first, love later + devoted to one another + sweet romance] An Ran is a highly skilled neurosurgeon who should have been making a name for herself saving lives. Instead, her greedy stepmother and father force her into the dark depths of fate. Tempted by money, they push her into what seems like an endless, loveless marriage, marrying her off to Mu Tingchen, a legendary business tycoon left in a vegetative state after a car accident. Once, Mu Tingchen ruled the business world with an ir
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Capital City: Kill 京，杀
[Heiress to a Fortune x Scion of a Powerful Family] [An Intense Push and Pull] Jin Chu had spent half her life dazzling everyone, a socialite admired by all in the capital. She lost just once in her life, betting everything on a man. She lost completely and gave up everything... Until one day, someone came to ask for peace. Her gaze was cold, her tone flat and devoid of emotion. “I’d quite like to see what a heaven-blessed prodigy looks like when he’s brought low.” The man’s dark eyes roiled
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I Woke Up My Husband from His Vegetative State 我让植物人老公苏醒
[Love after marriage + age gap + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + powerful man lowering his head] Su Tong is the Su family’s adopted daughter. Clever from a young age, she excelled in school and graduated from Harvard, becoming an outstanding neurosurgeon. The Su family’s biological daughter, Su Shishi, refuses to honor the betrothal arranged for her when she was young and marry Huo Yunzhou, a business magnate from Haicheng who has been in a vegetative state since a car accident. So her adop
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I Restored the Capital’s Tycoon’s Sight, and He Spoils Me Rotten 我让京圈大佬复明，他把我狠狠宠
[Substitute marriage, love after marriage, ex-husband’s redemption, sweet romance, both leads are virgins] Huo Jingchen had a fiery temper, devastating looks, and a decisive, domineering way of doing things. He was arrogant and unruly, with a strong streak of tsundere pride. He was recognized throughout the business world as a genius, famous for his ruthlessness and cunning. His decisive, ruthless methods earned him the nickname “Living Yama,” and made his business rivals tremble at the mere men
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My Flash-Marriage Husband Is Actually a Trillionaire CEO 闪婚老公，竟是千亿总裁
[Marriage First, Love Later + The Husband Chases His Wife to Win Her Back + Sweet Romance + Both Pure in Love + Age Gap + The Powerful One Bows His Head] Su Shiqi works at a hospital and often hears her colleagues gossip about Gu Tingye. They say that despite his young age, he already controls a business empire. He's the well-known head of one of Jiangcheng's wealthiest families, the dream man countless socialites pursue, and, at just thirty, he holds the reins of half the city's economy. He's
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The Capital’s Power Player, His Wife’s One and Only 京圈大佬，独宠娇妻
[Marriage first, deep love later + sweet romance + scheming male lead + regretful groveling + age gap] Su Tong never imagined her own father could be so blinded by greed that he’d use her as a bargaining chip and heartlessly send her to the bed of Gu Tingshen, a powerful figure in the capital’s elite circles. Gu Tingshen was notorious among the capital’s elite for being abstinent and calculating, intensely controlling, cold, domineering, and sharp-tongued. Everyone treated him with awe and fear.
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Married First, Love Later: The Passionate Soldier Devotes Himself to Her Alone 先婚后爱，烈爱兵锋独宠她一人
[Top-Tier Wealthy Family + Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Marriage First, Love Later + Intense Push and Pull + Ruthless and Decisive] What Qin Huanhuan regrets most is giving herself to Xiao Zhan when she was left with no other choice. They spent one night together, each getting what they wanted. She thought they would never have anything to do with each other again, but fate brought them together once more. One wants money, the other craves beauty, and so the two become entangled again. Their r
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The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡
[The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the
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The Substitute Bride's Marriage: Mr. Gu's Many Ways of Spoiling His Wife 替嫁婚宠：顾少宠妻花样多
Her boyfriend set her up, then her stepmother forced her to take the place of the bride and marry the Gu family's young master, who was rumored to have a hidden ailment. “I'll treat your illness. You can't hold it against me for being a stand-in bride.” “Deal.” She was delighted to have struck an agreement, unaware that she was falling right into the trap he'd laid for her. Until one day, she suddenly couldn't stop retching. She went to the hospital intending to secretly terminate the pregnancy,
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Mr. Gu Spoils His Wife Without Restraint 顾先生宠妻无节制
“I'm great at everything from laundry to cooking. Sichuan food, Cantonese food, Japanese cuisine, French fine dining, which would you like first? Marry me and you'll eat well every day! Mr. Gu, marry me?” “Okay!” Taking the lessons from her failed first marriage to heart, Lin Nai only wants to find an ordinary man and settle down for her second. But can someone tell her why the owner of an unremarkable little company suddenly turns out to be the top heir to the country's richest family? After th
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The Trillionaire's Cherished Wife 千亿盛宠天价小娇妻
An Xiaotu thought her husband, whom she married on a whim, was just an ordinary man. Who knew he would turn out to be the head of a fortune worth more than anyone could imagine? More importantly, this trillionaire CEO is utterly devoted to her, cherishing her with all his heart...
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The Billionaire CEO's Addicted Wife 亿万首席宠妻成瘾
After her cruel best friend set her up, she went looking for a man to take her mind off things. Who could have known he was Jiangcheng’s biggest power player? A windfall dropped out of the sky and knocked Mo Wanxi senseless. She used to be a poor little nobody whose father didn’t care about her and who was bullied everywhere. Now she had a powerful backer, and she could swagger through all of Jiangcheng.
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The Billionaire's One and Only Beloved Wife 亿万富豪独宠小娇妻
He was a billionaire, while she had fallen from the only little princess of the Yun family to the lowest and most wretched position after her family’s fortunes declined. A twist of fate made her his savior. Everyone said he liked men. Then he said, “I’m missing a woman by my side.” From then on, his world had one person who could order him around, and she was the only one!
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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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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
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Bound to an Ancestor, I Make a Fortune in the Modern World 绑定老祖宗，我在现代疯狂暴富
[Rewriting history from the moral high ground + cause and effect + unwavering devotion] She loved Gu Sinan for five thousand years. But her ancestor, Gu Mingze, erased all her memories! Fate took an unexpected turn. In a new world, she fell in love all over again with the cool, calculating Gu Sinan... Though Gu Shengwan was born unlucky and ill-fated in this new world, with little affection from her family and misfortune at every turn, she spent half her life struggling under a cloud of despa
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Day and Night, I Obsess Over You 日夜妄想
[Marriage before love + two powerful leads taking down scumbags + mutual secret crushes + world-class stubbornness + two scene-stealing power players] He’s a cold-blooded business tycoon, with enough rumored girlfriends to fill ten mahjong tables. She’s a ruthless heiress from a prominent family, with admirers and followers lined up all the way to Paris. A marriage of convenience, with each side keeping their distance. On the rooftop, they smoked side by side. Jiang Chenglin asked, “Ever conside
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