Female Lead Returns to the Countryside and Meets the Male Lead (Not Set in a Specific Historical Era) 女主回农村，遇到了男主『非年代文』

1. 1 娇 The Pampered Heiress Returns to the Countryside, and Her Lovesick Suitor's Tactics Are Shocking 娇娇小姐回农村，痴汉手段太惊人 Yi Shuilan易水岚Modern Romance549k WordsCompleted [Both leads’ first love + a domineering CEO from the southwest goes rural + intense romantic push and pull + quiet devotion gets a response + realistic, sweet romance] A gentle, abstinent old flame × a stunning, pure and alluring little white rabbit City girl Chen Man returns to the countryside to care for her grandmother and discovers that her neighbor is an incredibly handsome, domineering CEO. In outsiders’ eyes, Chen Man is refined and elegant. But no one has ever seen her other side. In 153.1kReads9.5Score23.9kShelves

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   The background should be Sichuan. Both books are written by the same author. They are lighthearted, funny and interesting. There are no great relatives, they are all kind-hearted family members. Returning to the countryside and reminiscing about my childhood, I felt like I was back when I was a child when I read the book. It was very comfortable. My aunt was smiling throughout the whole process. She was not the same overbearing president, but the overbearing president in the countryside.

2. 2 陷 Lost in a Spring Night 陷于春夜 Yi Shuilan易水岚Modern Romance397k WordsCompleted |Both are each other's only partners|Carefully planned seduction|Charged with flirtation|Dialect that'll get you hooked|A record of heart-pounding summer nights in the countryside| (An apparently sweet but actually seductive fox × an apparently aloof but actually innocent southwestern business tycoon) As soon as Jiang Yueyin graduated from university, she dragged her suitcase back to her rural hometown. She heard that the richest family next door had returned. Her grandmother told her to greet t 4.4kReads8.8Score709Shelves
3. 3 回 I Came Back to the Village to Lie Flat, but My Shamate First Love Won’t Leave Me Alone 回村躺平的我被杀马特初恋缠上了 You Li右黎Modern Romance236k WordsCompleted [Farming + healing + infrastructure-building + everyday life + a touch of ensemble cast + no awful characters + cozy + sweet romance + rekindled love] What's it like to win a million at a concert? Meng Jinhuan's answer: quit her job, block her boss, and buy a ticket back to the village that very night. A little courtyard with gray tiles and brick walls, a few rows of vegetables, and chickens and ducks to watch while she pets the dog. She'll live like a happy, lazy fish. But as soon as she got 1.9kReads—Score236Shelves

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   The heroine returns to the countryside and meets the hero

4. 4 审 An Auditor’s Daily Life Back in the Village, Living Off His Parents 审计狗回村啃老日常 You Li右黎Modern Romance256k WordsCompleted [Healing country life + everyday moments + sweet romance + anti-hustle culture + childhood friends] Looking at a health check report with more abnormal results than an audit, Li Ruisheng suddenly burst out laughing. This wasn't a health report at all, it was a workplace edition of Death Note! In a daze, Li Ruisheng seemed to see Grandpa lounging in a rocking chair beneath the grapevines. The sweet aroma of grapes from her memories wafted over, and the recollection of a gentle summer day filled 980Reads8.3Score—Shelves
5. 5 乖 The Sweet Young Lady Returns to the Countryside, and Her Village Doctor Brother Spoils Her Rotten 乖乖小姐回农村，村医哥哥宠上天 Xue Shier雪十二Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted [Powerful CEO doctor + sweet, well-behaved heiress + both return to the countryside + intense, flirtatious push and pull + healing, down-to-earth rural life + slow-burn romance + both leads are sexually inexperienced] A big-shot doctor who loves to act spoiled and a sweet, soft girl who's both adorable and alluring The Song family's eldest daughter got into the wrong bed and, in a fit of anger, ran back to the countryside. She never expected to run into the man who had slept with her and then ru 2.9kReads8.3Score326Shelves

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   I don't allow anyone who likes rural themes not to have read this book yet. It's really great and I've recommended it n times.

6. 6 辞 After Quitting My Job and Returning to the Village, the Big Shot Next Door Carried Me Home 辞职回村后，被隔壁村大佬抱回家 Peeled Grapes葡萄没皮Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted [A CEO Returns Home to Invest + A Carefree Little Bunny Seeking a Peaceful Retirement + The Slow, Gentle Pace of Rural Life] Jiang Zao was a hard-working wage slave. After graduating, she spent three years working as a substitute elementary school teacher in Z City. It looked like she worked from seven in the morning to six at night, but she was swamped with work and paid a pittance. She promptly quit and returned to her hometown. There, she discovered that the village heartthrob next door was i 6.9kReads7.5Score870Shelves

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   The story is well chosen, sweet and warm, with ordinary life, and the male and female protagonists love each other very much.

7. 7 下 I Went to Teach in the Countryside, but the Rugged Farmer Took Me Home and Spoiled Me 下乡支教，却被糙汉娶回家宠 Fresh Radish Skin新鲜萝卜皮Modern Romance371k WordsCompleted [23 cm Height Difference + Size Difference + Intense Romantic Tension + Sweet Romance + Healing] (The male lead is utterly devoted to his wife) Ji Tao was born into poverty and hardship. She worked hard to get into college because she never wanted to live that kind of life again. At first glance, Zhou Lu seemed poor and nasty. He was absolutely not her type. But the man clung to her like a vine in the mud, wrapping himself around her so tightly that she couldn't escape or fight him off. All she 15.1kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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   The heroine's family is not well off and she just wants to find a rich man. The male protagonist blocked her, held her hand and said: Come here, I have money

8. 8 不 No Rat Race, No Burnout: I Lie Flat Back Home and Meet a Rugged Man 不内卷不内耗，回乡躺平遇糙汉 Tomatoes Without Skin番茄没有皮Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, both leads’ first and only love, height difference, very fast romantic progress. They’re a little tight-lipped at first, but soon learn to speak their minds.] [Dating and married life, standing by each other through everything, with no major misunderstandings.] Lin Man lives in a big city, but when she can no longer keep up with the rat race, she decides to return to the countryside with the few tens of thousands of yuan she has saved. She hopes to spend some time growing ve 13.1kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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   It's all about the heroine being unable to get married in the city, and returning to her hometown to meet her one and only. In the first book, the heroine immediately jumped on the hero and started her own love story. In the second book, the hero fell in love with the heroine at first sight, and a long-lasting love story began!

9. 9 良 My Beloved Has Waited So Long 良人久候 Autumn Colors Enchant秋色撩人Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + whirlwind marriage + sweet mutual devotion + everyday life + romance and marriage + love that grows over time] (The leads aren’t exceptional prodigies, princes, or princesses. They’re ordinary working stiffs: no wish fulfillment, no grand romance, just a realistic story.) A sweet romance that starts bitter and ends sweet. After setbacks at work leave Bai Zhanying physically and emotionally exhausted, she returns to her hometown, only to face her parents’ relentless pres 8.3kReads9.0Score897Shelves

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   Although the title of this book is about the workplace, it is also about the daily life of the heroine when she returns to her hometown and meets the hero. The story is really daily and very relevant to life. It feels like it is happening around you. The plot is also very good. Two little bitter gourds are destined to love you. It has been well received and praised.

10. 10 情 Love Comes from Nowhere: A Rugged Man and His Sweet Wife 情不知所起，糙汉与娇妻 A Little Morning Glory一支小小的牵牛花Modern Romance739k WordsCompleted [One-on-one, both leads are each other's only one + slow-burn romance + flirtatious tension + intense push and pull + feel-good romance + a man with an intensely chaste aura + a sweet and alluring young woman] Ning Minger returns to her village to take it easy, only to run into her childhood friend's older brother, now a cool, reserved, and fabulously wealthy CEO. Impeccably dressed in a suit, the man is refined and aloof. He's returned to the countryside for a project worth hundreds of millio 4.8kReads7.7Score646Shelves

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    This book is about the heroine returning to the countryside. The heroine and the hero's sister are best friends.

11. 11 嫁 Married Into a Mountain Village and Moved Into a Villa, My Secluded Life Has Everyone Envious 嫁进山村住别墅，隐居生活全网慕 Fallen Leaves Become a Sea落叶成海Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [1v1 + two strong leads + farming + laid-back living + cozy everyday life + healing + rural life] After three years at work, Xu Youyou grew tired of the fast pace of big-city life. One day, she finally worked up the courage to quit her job and head for the mountains, where she moved in for a while with a reclusive metaphysics blogger, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. ♡ After love blossomed over time, she chose to marry into the mountains. Every day, she gazed at breathtaking, healing 587Reads—Score101Shelves

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    After falling in love for a long time, she chose to marry in the mountains. She looked at the beautiful healing scenery every day and fell asleep listening to the sound of pine waves. She was happily married and had both cats and dogs. Her eyes gradually regained light.

12. 12 在 Farming in the Mountains, I Snagged a Good Man 在山上种田，拐到一个好男人 Erbao Er二宝二Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted When Lu Shuyi turned thirty, she had saved up one million yuan. She quit her job without a second thought, returned to the mountains of her hometown, and began her “retirement life.” Her days of eating, drinking, and farming catch the attention of a little yellow dog, and, by extension, its owner. From then on, her days are filled with eating, drinking, farming, and a little flirting. 5.4kReads9.1Score440Shelves

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    Beautiful, don't miss it

13. 13 刚 Just Got Back to the Village and Started Slacking, Then I Got Married at First Sight 刚回村摆烂就闪婚了 It's Tu Tu是荼荼啊Modern Romance354k WordsCompleted [Modern Romance + Sweet with a Touch of Angst + Wealthy CEO] When the new finance director forced Liang Xiaowen to take the blame, she stood her ground: “You want to go for further training? I’m with you all the way.” The new finance director flew into a rage and said, “If you don’t want the job, then get lost.” Liang Xiaowen promptly sent a recording of their conversation to the company’s leadership. In the end, she took her compensation money back to the village, where she lazed around and li 877Reads—Score106Shelves
14. 14 吾 My County Magistrate Boyfriend Is Growing Up 吾家县长男友初长成 Wan Qian, Who Loves Cantonese Soup爱吃广府汤的万千帝主Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rural revitalization · Workplace maneuvering · Intellectual romance · Family warmth] [Healing] [A gentle, steady pace] [Leaves a lasting impression] [Public sector] [Contemporary realism] Here, you’ll find: √ How a highly intelligent male and female lead pursue their careers while falling in love √ Solid, compelling depictions of rural revitalization and the political landscape √ Warm, witty, and insightful family life and intergenerational communication √ The respectful, restrained, profound 1.2kReads8.0Score112Shelves

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    The heroine returns to the countryside from the city and the countryside is revitalized. It is an excellent article about "reality turns to romance" and "workplace within the system + power game". It contains family life, rural fireworks, and family bonds, and is a good story with texture, warmth, and comfort.

15. 15 末 Doomsday Island: I Pick Up a Big Shot and Start Farming Together 末日孤岛：捡个大佬一起来种田 Left and Right, Just Right左宜右有Sci-Fi & Apocalypse455k WordsOngoing [Island Farming] + [Slow Pace] + [Max-Level Expert] + [Cozy and Healing] + [Good Food] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm struck Earth, leaving the world with nothing but countless isolated islands. Floods, scorching heat, extreme cold… Humanity has been reduced to primitive farming and hunting. While survivors fight over half a moldy loaf of bread at sea, Mu Yao is reclining on a beach chair on her own island, enjoying chilled lychees from her refrigerator. She pos 2.9kReads8.4Score243Shelves

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    This book is very consistent with the story of survival and farming on an isolated island. Mainly farming, slow pace. The writing is very good. A must-see if you like to see the detailed farming process - weaving fishing nets, drying fish, doing automatic watering, and building double-layered stone walls, it's so enjoyable.

16. 16 中 I Won the Lottery and Returned to My Hometown to Retire 中了彩票回乡养老 Meaty Paws Meow肉爪喵Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted [Healing, slow-paced, family bonds, leisurely slice of life, no over-the-top villains] [A levelheaded, resilient heroine with a touch of vanity × a rapper superstar who seems like a cocky bad boy but is actually childish and proud] It was supposed to be just another ordinary business trip abroad, but Li Xiayu never imagined that the lottery ticket she bought on a whim would win the jackpot! With her unrequited crush going nowhere and no courage to confess, Li Xiayu quit her job without hesitatio 2.1kReads8.8Score170Shelves

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    🍁🍁The female protagonist is the assistant of the male protagonist. She has a crush on the male protagonist for a long time, but she doesn't dare to confess her love. After winning the lottery, she quit her job and returned to the countryside. She hid her secret love in her heart and lived a pastoral life of growing flowers and raising fish. The male protagonist came to the female protagonist's house while recording the show. After meeting the female protagonist again, he realized that he liked her and chased her for a long time...

17. 17 墨 Sweet Potatoes Stewed in Ink 墨汁炖红薯 Li Liangliang凉凉李Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted [Brooding, possessive man + warm and healing romance + sweet enough to make you feel like an auntie] He suffers from severe depression and has been rescued after three suicide attempts. He fears crowds and hates the sunlight. All he wants is to hide in his dark world until the day he can finally be free. But that changed when he followed the family driver to the countryside. “Pig, want a sweet potato?” “Good, mean chicken.” “Ah, that goose bit me!” He stared wide-eyed in fright and turned to run 6.5kReads9.2Score714Shelves

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    The magical combination of a depressed male protagonist and a female student from Agricultural University! The famous scene in which a sickly young man in the city is chased by a goose, a village tyrant, and the heroine catches the goose with her bare hands until she laughs and beats the ground begins her journey of healing.

18. 18 带 I Speedily Married into a Wealthy Family with My Blonde-Haired Little Brother, and Became Everyone's Favorite 带黄毛弟弟闪婚嫁豪门，成团宠了 Li Liangliang凉凉李Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later] [Flash Marriage] [Opposite Personalities] [Seven-Year Age Gap] [Sweet Romance] Lu Luozhi was from the countryside. She had been promised in marriage as a child, and after her grandmother died, she set out from her village with her bleached-blond younger brother to find her fiance, whom she had never met. When they discovered that her fiance was actually the eldest son of a top-tier wealthy family, the two country bumpkins were completely dumbfounded. "Sis, your futur 33.6kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves

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    This book is super funny. The male protagonist and the female protagonist return to the countryside and even burn the kitchen hahahahahaha

19. 19 灵 With a Spirit Spring in Hand, I Make a Fortune Through Farming 灵泉在手，我靠种田暴富 Meaty Paws Meow肉爪喵Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Spiritual spring pocket dimension] + [Farming] + [One female lead] + [Cute kid] + [Cute pets] + [No awful antagonists] + [Laid-back everyday life] Lin Bingnan is an exceptionally handsome man, though otherwise perfectly ordinary. He’s walking along the road with a coworker when, out of nowhere, disaster strikes. Someone tries to hit a dog but misses, smashing a jar the shopkeeper had put outside instead. A shard flies out and cuts Lin Bingnan’s arm. His luck really is terrible. But when he take 2.5kReads7.4Score150Shelves

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    These books are all about the male and female protagonists meeting and falling in love in the countryside. The first and fourth books are about the male protagonist and there is room for them. They are a little different. You can check them out.

20. 20 有 Money and Free Time: Romance and Farming on the Side 有钱有闲，一边恋爱一边种田 Dreaming Fat Panda做梦的胖哒Modern Romance699k WordsCompleted [A heartwarming, healing slice-of-life romance] [Cool, gentlemanly top-tier star and actor * cheerful, sunny little rich girl] How can anyone be this unlucky? She was just going to work when an elevator accident left her with nothing more than a sprained ankle after she was rescued. Then, at the hospital, she got caught up in a dispute with a patient, and the innocent woman was hit on the head and left unconscious for an entire week. At least the compensation was decent. Sheng Xia took the payou 2.5kReads8.8Score203Shelves
21. 21 我 My Husband Has a Spirit Spring Space 我的老公有灵泉空间 No Shiitake Mushrooms不吃香菇Modern Romance526k WordsCompleted Female lead: After returning from her slow-paced transmigration, Zhao Han takes her cat and moves back to the countryside, where her grandparents built her a utopia. She tends the garden and orchard and makes things every day, accompanied by adorable pets. Though she sometimes gets exhausted, her inner world is deeply fulfilled. Male lead: After the pandemic ends, Xiang Zheng discovers a spiritual spring dimension, something previously found only in legends and novels, during a company retreat. 569Reads9.1Score102Shelves
22. 22 乡 A Country Home in the Wilds: The Handsome Guy Next Door Can't Hold Back Anymore 乡野画居：隔壁帅哥克制不住了 Mengmeng, Forever Childlike at Heart内心保持纯真的梦梦Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted After enduring years of workplace bullying, Su Qingran quits in a fit of anger, takes her savings, and escapes to the countryside. She renovates an old house and starts livestreaming her paintings, where she unexpectedly crosses paths with the abstinent, handsome man next door. He’s quiet, restrained, and impossibly charismatic, but when no one is watching, he saves all his tenderness for her. An anonymous guardian in her livestream, medicine delivered when she’s sick, someone who stands up for 5.5kReads8.0Score651Shelves

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    Unable to stay in the city, the heroine decided to go back to the countryside to develop, and she unexpectedly developed a man with an extraordinary temperament.

23. 23 供 I Put My Childhood Bride Through College, and Now She Wants to Dump Me 供童养媳上大学，毕业就想甩夫君 Yuan Kai Yuan Xin元凯元心Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Completed] [Family-Loving, Patriotic Chaoshan, 1988] "I want to call off the engagement!" he said. "All right, then let's consummate the marriage." A rough-hewn country man from Chaozhou got himself a beautiful bride in one night, only for her to run away the next day! He chased her to a newspaper office in Guangzhou, the University of Munich in Germany, the Xi'an Mecha Research Institute, the Jiangmen Mecha Experimental Base, and the Dahao Subsea Tunnel Mecha Experimental Base! Human-machine n 1.9kReads8.1Score103Shelves

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24. 24 被 After Being Laid Off Twice, I Bring AI Back to the Village to Save the Crops 被裁两次后，我带AI回村救庄稼 Jintong Alley at Dusk瑾桐巷晚14k WordsCompleted After Being Laid Off Twice, I Bring AI Back to the Village to Save the Crops 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let's forget these two short stories [laughs] Resigning and returning home/being laid off and returning to the village, meeting the secretary/tech boss, the pace is super fast and very enjoyable!

25. 25 巷 Fireworks at the End of the Alley, the Secretary's Darling 巷尾烟火，书记掌心宠 Jintong Alley at Dusk瑾桐巷晚Completed Firelight at the End of the Alley, Doted on by the Party Secretary —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 你 You Are the Bright Cure I Need 你是我的明媚解药 A Juan from Huli Island霍利岛的阿卷Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted [Female lyricist × male B&B owner · sweet romance · simmering tension] [One-on-one · both each other’s first · happy ending] - On her first night staying in Xining Town, Lan An boldly made a move on Shisong, the owner of the B&B. Shisong coldly turned her down. “This is a respectable establishment. Please don’t try to engage in any indecent transactions, Miss Lan.” Later, Lan An spotted an extra toothbrush and towel in the bathroom. “Is Boss Shi trying to turn his B&B into an indecent establishm 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Laughing] The sweet story of a female lyricist traveling in China and a B&B owner

27. 27 小 Xiao Dai Farms and Raises Her Child 小黛种田养娃 Loneliness Is Coming孤独将至Modern Romance587k WordsCompleted [Spirit spring + everyday country life (with a small ensemble cast)] A heads-up: [The heroine returns to the countryside to make a fortune! The male lead appears late, so don't fuss over prices. Don't compare it to real life, and if anything seems unrealistic, just assume it's an author's invention!] In her previous life, Dai Fanfan graduated from college and spent ten years twisting screws at a steel mill. After a nap, she wakes up back at her college graduation reunion! Before she can even thi 5.8kReads9.1Score623Shelves

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    The heroine, who was reborn and returned to college during her graduation, decisively returned to the countryside with her unborn baby to start farming life. The daily life of Lingquan Golden Finger + Cute Baby is warm enough, but I didn't expect to meet a mysterious man who always comes to help repair the house on rainy nights.

28. 28 漂 The Beautiful Girl Next Door Wakes Up and Joins the Army. Officers Fight Over Her 漂亮白月光觉醒随军，首长争又抢 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Second Chance at Love, Spatial Ability, Everyone’s Favorite, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Adorable Baby, Military Marriage” In the third year of living apart from He Shaoyan and fighting over a divorce, Ye Qingzhi began having prophetic dreams. At first, they were just trivial things, until one day she dreamed that her brother-in-law imprisoned her, while her sister became his accomplice and drove her insane before she died a gruesome death. After she died, the man who had repeatedly cl 32.5kReads6.9Score2.7kShelves

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    💔Foreseeing her tragic death in the dream, he killed his sister for her and ruined his future. When she woke up, she stabbed the scumbag with a knife and ran to the army to get back together with He Shaoyan. He said with a cold face: "Ye Qingzhi, don't try to lie to me again." But when he saw her with her pregnant belly being courted by a single military officer, he stormed on the spot: "My wife! Who dares to touch her!" Later, he knelt down and begged her not to leave, and the crematorium was burned down to nothing. Space + group pet + cute baby, go!

29. 29 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 11.9kReads6.7Score1.3kShelves

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    🍎Laughing till my stomach hurts! The heroine went to the Corps with a letter of introduction, and the cold-faced leader came to pick her up in person. She almost called her brother, and he silently began to prepare the wedding room. She thought the blood relationship was magical, and he thought his fiancée was so well-behaved. Until she went to deliver the information and heard him call and say, "The wedding room doesn't need to be too big." Wait, is this wedding room prepared for me?!

30. 30 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Takes the Business World by Storm 重生八零：营销女王横扫商界 CPOModern Romance41k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Conquers the Business World 76Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Finally, there is a rebirth novel where the heroine is not in love! The science and engineering brain is engaged in career, and there is no internal friction in the whole process. It looks super cool [I will be blessed immediately] [Send my heart]

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