The Leads Are Married with a Child, but Their Relationship Is Strained 男女主结婚了有孩子，但感情不好

1. 201 穿 After Becoming the Villainess, the Princess Gives Up! 穿成恶毒女配后，公主她摆烂了！ Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted [Short drama now streaming] [Showbiz + CEO + Secret Crush + Married First, Love Later + Face-Slapping Everyone + Sweet and Satisfying] Jiang Yue transmigrated into a book. She became the villainess in a CEO romance novel. In the original story, she did every evil thing imaginable: drugging the male lead, abusing her biological son, who would grow up to become the villain, bullying the female lead, whom everyone adored, and tormenting the male supporting characters, who would all go on to become 37.8kReads9.2Score3kShelves

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   When Zhou Ji met her dark, clear eyes, he felt as if his heart had been brushed by her eyelashes, and he trembled slightly uncontrollably.

2. 202 她 Seventeen Years After Her Death, Her CEO Husband Went Mad 她死后的十七年，霸总老公疯掉了 Nian Xiaokui年小葵Modern Romance340k WordsOngoing The rating just came in. It’ll go up. Married life + the husband’s long road to winning back his wife Radiant, high-maintenance heiress × cold-blooded tycoon * Ji Mingyao always thought her husband was a man who put profit above everything, cold-hearted and excessively controlling. The day after their wedding, he went abroad for three months. His attitude toward her was neither warm nor cold. She despised his coldness and ruthlessness. She threw tantrums and made a scene, but never managed to wi 22.6kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves

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   Their love is always in a time difference [thumbs up] It's so beautiful (♥∀♥)

3. 203 今 No One Sleeps Tonight 今夜无人入眠 Lai Ji来汲Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted Xu Qingqie always thought his marriage to Li Simei was just a convenient arrangement at the right time. But she often looked at him with the hopeful eyes of a wife waiting for her husband, and little by little he began to think that maybe things could go on like this. It wasn’t that he had fallen for her. He just pitied her. Until one day, he realized Li Simei had never truly entered into their marriage, nor given him her heart. His rival, Xu Chuang, whom he looked down on and considered inferio 19.8kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves

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   This one. No children.

4. 204 非 Neither Moon nor Me 非月非我 Water Primrose水芫花Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted (Everyone suffers in love + possessive, emotionally needy male lead + clear-eyed, resilient female lead) The grudges and tangled relationships of the previous generation ensnare this generation in heartbreaking turmoil. He plotted for a long time, then took her by force. She observed propriety and had no choice but to marry him because she was pregnant. Raised in a loveless, dark home, he longed to know what it felt like to be loved. He drew her into the abyss, thinking of her as his salvation. 7.7kReads6.2Score278Shelves

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   The male and female leads get married, but because the male lead forces the female lead into marriage, she is forced to marry him because she is pregnant, so their relationship is not good. The male lead is obsessive, the kind of crazy, ruthless tycoon who falls in love with the female lead at first sight! He has been plotting against her for many years! With the child still young, the male lead uses the child to force the female lead to stay with him and forcibly take her away. The female lead is a gentle and refined young lady from a wealthy family in the Jiangnan style. She is beautiful, well-mannered, and not naive or hypocritical. The female lead is tricked into getting pregnant by the male lead. The male lead pretends to be innocent! The male lead is a crazy, despicable man!! The male lead is a crazy tycoon who falls in love with the gentle female lead at first sight and has been plotting for a long time. His reunion is solely for the purpose of forcibly taking her away!! To get the female lead engaged to her childhood sweetheart before he does, the male lead forces her to break off her engagement and marry him because she is pregnant, forcibly taking her away.

5. 205 惊 What?! The Beautiful Girl Woke Up to Find Her Child Was Three! 惊！美少女一觉醒来孩子三岁！ Yu Yier余宜尔Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [Published print edition: Nian Nian Xiang Xu] [Both leads' first love + adorable child + CEO + sweet romance + healing + villain] Original title: What?! A Beautiful Young Woman Woke Up to Find Her Child Was Three! At eighteen, Xu Chuniann confessed her feelings to her crush. After a night of drinking, she woke up six years in the future. From what she could tell, her twenty-four-year-old self was difficult and capricious. Her husband, whom she had secretly loved for years, had given up on her, a 44.1kReads9.2Score5.3kShelves

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   This book! There's a lot of drama in the beginning, but it gets really sweet later on [shy]

6. 206 吻 Kissing His Wife Is Addictive, and CEO Ji Hasn't Turned Dark 吻妻成瘾，季总他不黑化了 A Single Spark一颗星火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Wen Yan woke up, she was in bed. The handsome man before her looked at her with nothing but disgust. She accidentally transmigrates into a CEO novel and becomes a sacrificial female supporting character. She has a rich, handsome husband, yet she’s bewitched by the male lead and loves him obsessively. After all her reckless antics, her husband and son are about to turn evil, and her own ending is a truly tragic one. To save herself, Wen Yan starts acting coy and playing the pampered wife. Sh 2.6kReads8.7Score181Shelves

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   Transmigrating into a book with a child at the beginning

7. 207 长 Elder Sister, Your Emperor Is Mine Now 长姐，你的陛下是我的了 Yi Yi咿伊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: Tell Me, Your Majesty, Exactly How Many Men Have You Had Children With? [Palace intrigue + the male lead’s redemption arc + neither lead is chaste + three sons and one daughter + physician consort + scheming, delicate beauty] Yun Yan’s death was the unanimous decision of her entire family, made solely to use her child to pave the way for her elder sister, the empress. Five years later. Defying death, Yun Yan returns with a new face and takes the name Shen Zhiyi. On the surface, s 10.4kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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   His wife became his elder sister, and even found the emperor himself, becoming his concubine and pregnant with his child. He still had to pretend nothing had happened and continue as before.

8. 208 抛 Abandoning My Father and Child? Turns Out I'm the Heartless Woman! 抛父弃子？渣女竟是我自己！ MAY7Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted When Yun Sui wakes up, she sees a little boy in front of her who looks a bit like her. She assumes he’s a younger brother her father had outside the family, but it turns out he’s the child of her future self and her ex-boyfriend’s cousin. Yun Sui: “Did I wake up from a nap as a scumbag who abandoned her husband and child?” – Scene one Yun Sui puts on a prim face. “Could you clear the things off the table?” Every item in sight belongs to her. Qi Yuchuan smiles gently. “Of course, honey. I w 544Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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   🎉The male and female leads got married, but their relationship was strained, and they were even going through a divorce. The female lead also had a bad relationship with her child.🥳 Later, the female lead was reborn and woke up to find herself married and with a child, which allowed them to slowly repair their marital relationship. The male lead is obsessive but very gentle.

9. 209 心 The Gold-Digging Schemer Only Wants Wealth and Glory 心机拜金女，她只想荣华富贵 Honestly, Honestly港真真Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted Female lead: stunningly beautiful + vain and money-hungry + self-serving to a fine art + willing to do anything to get what she wants + low moral standards + not a good person The female lead always loves herself most!!! One-line description: She just wants a comfortable life with no worries about food or clothing. What’s wrong with that? A quick transmigration series. Each story stands alone. The female lead’s personality varies slightly from story to story, but she’s always vain, money-hungry, 504Reads6.6Score—Shelves
10. 210 重 Reborn, I Lure Him into Addiction 重生后，诱他上瘾 Today Is Like Yesterday今妍如昔Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted Ye Qingyin had been married to Yu Shaoning for years without having a child. When they divorced, his first love hired someone to run her down in the street, killing her. When she opened her eyes again, she had somehow been happily married to Yi Chuhan, Yu Shaoning’s friend, for six years. Even more astonishing, without her knowing, she had given birth to an adorable little one, making up for the regret she’d carried in her previous life. Ye Qingyin had planned to stay with Yi Chuhan as a couple 362Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    The male lead marries because of pregnancy, but his love is humble. He often gets jealous and sulks because the second male lead is close to the female lead, but he doesn't dare tell her. He raises the child himself, and he's content as long as the female lead maintains a superficial marriage for the sake of the child. After the female lead is reborn, she spoils him rotten and constantly makes up for it. It's a heartwarming and healing story of mutual love.

11. 211 娇 Delicate 娇气 Cute Little Porridge萌粥粥Modern Romance912k WordsCompleted Qiao Yue thought Guo Yizhou would love her someday, only to discover in the end that it was all a ridiculous fantasy. Five years together earned her nothing but a cold divorce agreement. Disappointed beyond words, she left alone. Guo Yizhou himself probably never imagined that after Qiao Yue left, she would become the one he longed for day and night. When they meet again, Guo Yizhou sees the ring on her left ring finger. His eyes turn bloodshot as he grabs her wrist. “You think you can run after 222Reads8.2Score113Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists are married and have children, but their relationship is not good.

12. 212 软 Soft Bones 软骨 Cute Little Porridge萌粥粥Modern Romance409k WordsOngoing [Pseudo-taboo + possessiveness + long-planned scheme + ten-year age gap + older man/younger woman romance + revenge + sweet romance + equally matched leads] [Falsely obedient black-lotus heiress VS aloof, refined, secretly passionate mogul] When Shi Qian was five, someone locked her in a dilapidated house as a cruel prank, nearly costing her life. Yan Chi rescued her. The boy in a white shirt bent down toward her. “Big brother’s here to take you home.” Later, after an accident, Yan Chi grew to h 216Reads6.4Score—Shelves
13. 213 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 33.4kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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    The female lead insisted on marrying the male lead, but after marrying him, she found him too cold and indifferent, so she eloped with her childhood sweetheart, leaving her child at home...

14. 214 嘘 Shh! Let’s Gossip! A Top-Tier Star’s Pregnancy Care Guide! 嘘！吃瓜！女顶流孕期养护指南！ Mo Xunzhou茉寻舟Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Showbiz comeback + sweet romance + secret marriage + a little angst early on, running away while pregnant + a taciturn domineering CEO gets flirted with in return on the road to a comeback] She found out she was pregnant on the day she divorced him?! With a baby in her belly, Ruan Yu secretly signed the divorce papers with Gu Youci. She felt as if she’d been handed the script of a woman who runs away while pregnant. But she’d originally planned to abort the baby. Then he signed and looked up at 7.8kReads8.8Score589Shelves

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    🎊🎊The female protagonist only wanted a divorce and an abortion from the start, but was told she was "28 days pregnant." Was she... Carrying a baby? 🌿But the doctor's next words left her speechless—"Ms. Ruan, your health isn't very good, and you're not in a position to conceive easily. If your husband didn't come with you, it's best to contact him." "I'm currently preparing to divorce my husband." Ruan Yu smiled faintly, put on her sunglasses, 🍧and politely took the examination report from the doctor. "He should have a new wife soon."

15. 215 全 My Whole Family Are Villains 全家皆反派 Bone-Leak Gua Wen骨漏呱闻Urban313k WordsCompleted [No Romance] Only after taking a turn through the cultivation world did Qin Yu discover that he was living inside a book. And he wasn't the protagonist. What's more, his entire family were the book's villains. His father was a ruthless, heartless capitalist who drove the female lead's father's company into bankruptcy. His mother was a sharp-tongued, petty, three-time Best Actress who blocked the female lead's rise to stardom. His eldest brother was a corrupt, scheming politician who forced the m 1.3kReads9.1Score121Shelves

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    I recommend checking out the male lead's parents (˵¯͒¯͒˵), they're so sweet! It's a single-male-lead story, and it feels like a very unique one where the protagonist knows he's the villain. The protagonist transmigrated to the cultivation world as a child and then back again, discovering his villainous nature and saving his family. His family relationships are quite cold, and his parents seem to have a loveless arranged marriage but had three children. It gets better and better as you read on [smirk]. Overall, this story is very good! [Learned something]

16. 216 热 Love Gone Awry 热恋偏差 Nong Ying侬影Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted [An author focused on emotions, with no special tricks. No textual analysis, rankings, or borrowing ideas. Please respect the characters in the book. Infringements will be pursued.] Cold, ambitious man (Xu Kuang) × spoiled rich heiress (Li Shuyu) [Not-quite-siblings + mutual salvation + marriage before love + she leaves with the baby + he chases her after she leaves] 1. Everyone in their circle knew Xu Kuang didn't like Li Shuyu and even went out of his way to avoid her. Few knew that the two of 16.8kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    They're all stories where the male and female leads are married and have children, but their relationship isn't good. They're all good!

17. 217 女 After the Empress Consort Divorced Him, the Fox-Demon Ex-Husband Rose to Power Through Their Child 女帝君休夫后，狐妖前夫父凭子贵 Young Master Wuwang公子无妄Ancient Romance689k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, sweet and angsty, a cool and handsome female empress versus a cold and aloof celestial fox demon, the male lead chases his wife with a child in tow and suffers for it, strong female lead, the male lead gets put through some angst, female master and male disciple] Baili Muxue, the foremost of the five sovereigns of the Ninth Heaven, is publicly divorced by Hua Jiuli on the grounds of the “Seven Grounds for Divorce.” The female sovereign Hua Jiuli pursued Baili Muxue for ten t 2.2kReads9.1Score178Shelves
18. 218 民 So What If I Threw Up at the Marriage Bureau? I Want a Divorce, and I Want It Now 民政局孕吐又怎样，婚说离就要离 Bing Yan炳炎Modern Romance476k WordsCompleted [Both leads have only ever been with each other × One-on-one romance × Will shamelessly do anything to win his wife back × Their bodies swap for a short time] Everyone knows Xie Yuci has no feelings for his secretly married wife, including Cheng Sheng herself. She knows it perfectly well. When their two-year agreement expires, Xie Yuci doesn’t want to wait another moment. “Let’s get divorced at the civil affairs bureau tomorrow.” Cheng Sheng feels a sting in her heart, but doesn’t want to hold h 3kReads7.9Score175Shelves

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    🐱When the divorce agreement expired, the male lead coldly said, "We're getting a divorce at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow." But when it really came down to it, he kept avoiding her, refusing to meet her. In the end, the female lead, heavily pregnant, had to corner him in her office before he finally went to the Civil Affairs Bureau. And so began his long and arduous journey to win her back—serves him right for his antics!

19. 219 厮 Hidden Away 厮藏 Water Primrose水芫花Modern Romance213k WordsCompleted [Willing to be the other woman for love + psycho romance + revenge and forced love + a little morally gray + angst] [A cold, seductive psycho male lead x a cool-headed female lead studying journalism] He was Cheng Jiu, and he was also Fu Yu. In the pitch-black night, beneath the bright moonlight, osmanthus blossoms drifted down from the sky. Eight-year-old Tu Jing stood in a tree, nervously gripping her cloth bag as she looked down at him. They fell in love at first sight. Later, he plunged a k 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The child was born through forced marriage, and the female lead was forcibly married by the male lead. It's a tragic story of a long-awaited reunion and heart-wrenching moments from the beginning. The female lead's life is particularly miserable at the start. The male lead forced her into marriage, and they have a blood feud involving the murder of their own family. The male lead is truly insane, driving the female lead to several breakdowns. When the female lead is the male lead's future sister-in-law, he's quite deranged and prone to fits of madness and jealousy. Early on, the male lead tries to kill the female lead in revenge, but she survives. The male lead is incredibly possessive and insane. The story's style and character design are very fresh; I've been a bookworm for years and haven't read anything like it before. The author's writing is good. PS: Also, is the female lead going crazy because she's so strong?

20. 220 穿 A Transmigrate-Into-a-Book Heroine's Plan to Heal the Villain 穿书女配治愈反派计划 Yu Yier余宜尔Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted [One True Pairing + Adorable Child + Powerful CEO + Sweet Romance] [Cold, scheming CEO Gu Hengzhi x Gentle, kind heiress Su Wanqing] Su Wanqing transmigrates into a book, landing in an old-school CEO romance where the hero spoils his wife without limits. Unfortunately, Su Wanqing isn’t the heroine. She’s the villainess who does every terrible thing imaginable, a colossal obstacle on the hero’s smooth road to winning the heroine’s heart. Her story ends with her family ruined and dead. The story’s 7.7kReads9.2Score560Shelves

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    The first story is incredibly well-written, a tale of a villainous female supporting character and a second male lead! The female protagonist dies of illness in the real world and transmigrates into the body of a villainous female supporting character with the same name and appearance in a novel. Her husband is the second male lead, and both are in love with the original male lead. However, the truth is different, and there's a twist later on. This novel doesn't vilify the original female lead; she also has her own storyline [heart emoji]. The epilogue is truly touching [crying emoji]. The female lead heals the male lead, and he waits for her for ten years.

21. 221 浅 A Brief Marriage 浅婚衍衍 Shui Zheer水折耳Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted The first time Yan Yu saw Lu Yan, he was lying in bed, on the verge of death, and she was about to donate her bone marrow to him. The second time they met, she said, “I’ll donate, but will you marry me?” The media called her vicious, accused her of taking advantage of him, and said she had broken up Third Young Master Lu and his childhood sweetheart. Some said she didn’t know her place, that a poor, fat girl was delusional to think she could marry into a wealthy family. Lu Yan said coldly, “Yan 1.2kReads8.4Score141Shelves

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    This one!!! It seems like everyone's forgotten about it. It's Tomato's first book, and it even appeared in our school library!! Does anyone know about it? It's really good, exceptionally well-written, and the writing style is excellent.

22. 222 首 The Commander Broke Off Our Engagement for His White Moonlight. Reborn, I Won't Marry Him 首长为白月光悔婚，重生我不嫁了 Jiang Youchu江柚初Modern Romance670k WordsCompleted [Reborn + spatial storage + the regretful husband pursues her to the crematorium, then realizes she's wonderful and gets face-slapped + one-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only] In her previous life, Jiang Xiachu loved Lu Huaiyan for ten years. In return, she got three years of military marriage without seeing him. He didn't even come to see her after she gave birth to their daughter. Everyone said she had forced the marriage on him. His absence from their engagement banquet had ma 6.1kReads7.8Score266Shelves

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    In her past life, Jiang Xiachu loved Lu Huaiyan for ten years. In return, she endured three years of separation during their military marriage; he didn't even return to see her after she gave birth to their daughter. 🌿Upon waking up before they even registered their marriage, Jiang Xiachu publicly broke off the engagement. She wouldn't marry him. Since he treated her like a sister, like family, she wouldn't love him either. 💥

23. 223 卿 My Love, Come Into My Arms: The Art of Winning Your Heart 卿卿入怀，我的攻心战役 Good Little Nuobao乖乖诺宝Modern Romance712k WordsCompleted One night of passion forces them into marriage. Amid her resentment, Zhixia discovers that she looks remarkably like the Fang family’s youngest daughter, who died on the battlefield. The family transforms their longing for their lost loved one into an overwhelming, misplaced affection for her. Her grandfather, Fang Yuzhao, presses a family heirloom jade pendant into her hand. “Fang Chu owes you. We’ll make it right.” Her father-in-law, Fang Zheng, uses every connection he has to get her trans 2.4kReads6.4Score210Shelves

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    The female lead was forced to marry the male lead; it was a marriage of convenience without love. She stayed with him for the sake of their child. The male lead's family adored her. The male lead was dramatic, jealous, and imperfect.

24. 224 夫 My Wife Has Me on a Short Leash: Abstinent Uncle, Please Spoil Me 夫管严：禁欲大叔请宠我 Huai Xi淮夕Modern Romance2.9M WordsOngoing Powerful Older Man in Control & Beautiful, Kind-Hearted Little Troublemaker Age gap, growing-up romance That snowy night, the sight of a tearful young girl standing beneath the steps at Xizi Bay became a pain Chen Zongsheng could never put into words. I lost her. I have to find her again. By then, Chen Zongsheng was forty, with power firmly in his hands. He was mature, refined, and irresistibly charming. Just as countless people were preparing to send women his way, someone else got there first 8.6kReads9.0Score556Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists got married and had children.

25. 225 你 You Are on the Cliff 你在悬崖上 Tang Yingxiao唐颖小Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Ji Wujing stayed with Ye Lansheng for seven years, without a name or a place in his life. When she was young and naive, she fell in love with him and foolishly dreamed of becoming his bride. But she no longer wants that. All she wants is to leave him in the best way possible. 4kReads9.0Score397Shelves

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    ☘️① A year after their marriage, the female lead became pregnant, but the male lead's reaction chilled her heart. He showed no joy or anticipation. During her pregnancy, she divorced him, but he tried to win her back by using the child. ☘️② The female lead had been with the male lead for seven years without any official status and even bore him a child, but during her ten months of pregnancy, he didn't spend a single day with her. When she finally wanted to leave, he asked her to leave the child behind.

26. 226 穿 I Become the Villain's Wicked Mother and Nurse Kids on a Parenting Show 穿成反派的恶毒亲妈，在娃综奶娃 Jinjin Chenghuan今今承欢Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later × two people in the entertainment industry × adorable child × parenting variety show × livestream × scumbag's road to redemption] Xu Zhaozhao was completely screwed. She woke up to find she'd become the vicious mother of the book's big villain. According to the original story, the villain's birth mother beat or scolded him when he was little, causing him to turn evil and become twisted, until he eventually murdered her in cold blood. Fortunately, the future villain is 109.2kReads9.0Score11.2kShelves

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    ① [Arranged Marriage Before Love × Double Entertainment Industry × Cute Baby × Baby Variety Show] Xu Zhaozhao is absolutely furious! She woke up one morning to find herself transmigrated into the body of the villain's wicked mother in a book. ② [Clever and cunning little fox heroine VS calm, aloof, and humble male lead][1V1 sweet and adorable childhood sweetheart][Abuse of the male lead] Shen Zuihuan: Wow! After losing her memory, she became the apple of her childhood rival's eye. She thought it was unrequited love, but it turned out to be mutual, a love story full of ups and downs.

27. 227 萌 Baby on Board: The Movie Emperor's First Love Is Cold and Adorable 萌宝出没，影帝的白月光又冷又娇 Enli恩莉Modern Romance171k WordsCompleted [Adorable child + older woman-younger man romance + healing + doting pursuit of his wife + cool and aloof heroine] A three-time award-winning actor was exposed as having a three-year-old illegitimate son. Rumors swirled about the child's mother, until an insider revealed that she was Fu Shiyan's college girlfriend, now a famous violin virtuoso and the girl his aunt had sponsored. Someone even dug up photos of the two kissing on the street. “Dad, has Mom abandoned Zining?” “No.” The man's heart c 1kReads8.4Score—Shelves

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    🍒✨️After giving birth to her baby, the female lead did not give the baby the maternal love he deserved. She left alone and ignored the child. Even years later, when she returned and the baby happily asked her if she was his mother, she coldly replied "no." Although the female lead repeatedly hurt the male lead, he still couldn't help but love her, a love that made him feel inferior and sensitive.

28. 228 离 After the Divorce, Mr. Bo Pursues His Ex-Wife to the Ends of the Earth! 离婚后，薄总他追妻火葬场了！ February Blade二月刀刀Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted The Nan and Bo families are both major business clans in the capital. Nan Xi and Bo Shaoqing had known each other since childhood. They grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and eventually she became Bo Shaoqing’s bride. She thought that even though her marriage to Bo Shaoqing had been arranged by their families, they had grown up together and shared real feelings. But married life wasn’t what she had hoped for. Bo Shaoqing was cold and distant. She was always the one chasing after him. At 427Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    ✨The male and female leads were childhood sweethearts who married after growing up. Even after having a son, the female lead received no reciprocation from the male lead and spent her days alone. After being reborn, the female lead decided to divorce and take her son with her. The male lead thought he and his "white moonlight" (his ex-girlfriend) would have a child anyway (just wait to be proven wrong [facepalm]). Only after the divorce did the male lead realize the female lead's goodness and his neglect of their son, leading to a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" scenario.✨The male and female leads had a business marriage, and their child, already three years old, had never met his father who worked abroad. The female lead simply focused on her career and raised the child alone.

29. 229 穿 I Went Viral After Transmigrating into a Book, Bringing My Kid to Conquer the Entertainment Industry 穿书后爆红，带崽勇闯娱乐圈 Wandering Through Snow漫渡雪Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [One-on-one romance + devoted couple + adorable kids + variety show + livestream + showbiz] Original title: After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Became Famous and Took My Kids Into Showbiz When the apocalypse suddenly erupted, Jiang Huiyin was doing her usual supply run with her squad. She never expected her best friend behind her to shove her in front of a zombie lurking in the shadows. When she woke up again, she had transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting actress with the same 1.2kReads8.9Score111Shelves

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    The male lead is deeply in love with her; he's married with a child and is constantly subtly flirting with her.

30. 230 改 One Hundred Ways to Fix a Suffocating Marriage 改造窒息婚姻的一百种方法 The Long Family's Eldest Daughter龙家大小姐Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Game + System + realistic marital issues + reforming all kinds of scumbag husbands + one-on-one romance + wise people don’t fall in love] [A story for every woman about to get married, in love, already married, divorced, or without a boyfriend.] [Six chapters updated daily. Twelve story arcs completed, with more to come.] Shi Xin went on 99 blind dates without managing to get married. Then she was forced to accept a game that tasked her with reforming scumbag husbands. From then on, she set out 1.7kReads8.7Score140Shelves

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    The male and female leads are married and have a child, but their relationship is strained due to issues with the male lead's parents.

31. 231 今 Are We Divorced Yet? 今天和离了吗 Xin Moran心陌然Ancient Romance360k WordsOngoing The new book's starting price has just been set. It'll go up later! [Mutual purity x fictional setting x love at first sight x forced possession x fleeing while pregnant x power struggles x winning back his wife] Daughter of a general's family x heir to a prince's estate Shen Zhiwei had always thought their three-year divorce agreement was her way out. Until the agreement expired, and the kite she had set free with her own hands, like fate come undone, crashed before the Emperor... This story is 3.6kReads6.8Score108Shelves

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    The story begins with a clean break: the female lead is pregnant and going through a divorce. She's incredibly beautiful and tries to run away while pregnant, but fails and is punished by the male lead. She experiences various pregnancy symptoms, abdominal pain, and threatened miscarriage. The male lead feels sorry for her and regrets his actions, even risking his life to win her back. The female lead is sickly during her pregnancy, has a long pregnancy, and is already pregnant with her second child shortly after giving birth.

32. 232 掌 Paulownia in the Palm 掌中疏桐 Xin Moran心陌然Ancient Romance900k WordsOngoing The main story is complete. Originally titled A Paulownia in the Palm, the first chapters are free, but the price will go up later! [Mutual Devotion] [Fictional Setting] [Forced Possession] [Beautiful Wife] [Powerful Minister] [Adorable Baby] [Pregnant and on the Run] [Ancient-Era Court Intrigue] [Secret Marriage] Luo Shutong, the most proper young noblewoman in the capital, woke one morning to find Ye Chuan, the all-powerful chief minister, lying beside her. Trembling, she pulled out all the mo 10.6kReads8.0Score495Shelves

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    The story begins with a marital breakdown, both the male and female leads being virgins, the male lead being a madman and the female lead being a pure, delicate, and stunningly beautiful woman. The story opens with the female lead, who has a fiancé, being tricked into getting pregnant by the male lead and imprisoned in his home with his child. She tries to escape while pregnant but fails. The male lead is cold and constantly frightens her, making her feel insecure and causing various pregnancy symptoms, abdominal pain, and threatened miscarriage.

33. 233 诱 Wooing the White Moonlight 诱哄白月光 Half a Lifetime of Peach Blossoms半世桃花Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted [Childhood friends + older woman-younger man romance + two-year age gap + not a strong female lead + obsessive, slightly scheming male lead + gentle, doting female lead + both leads are virgins] Rong Qingchi, the young heir to one of the capital’s most powerful families, has a little secret: he’s in love with the girl next door. To get closer to Qi Yuan, he broke her up with her first love, then successfully won her over four years later. As time goes by, one mistake after another from his past 275Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    🍁🍁🍁①The male protagonist in this book is in love with the older sister next door. To get closer to her, he broke up Qi Yuan and his first love, and then successfully took her place four years later. As time goes by, his past mistakes come to light one by one. In the end, he successfully uses his son to gain status and marries the female protagonist. But Qi Yuan treats him like a stranger. But it doesn't matter; as long as he raises his child to be adorable and sweet, he's sure Qi Yuan will come back to him.

34. 234 醉 Drunken Marriage 醉婚 Not Too Late时非晚Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jing Yao never took his childhood betrothal seriously. At school, he had a flashy romance that ended without a happy ending. Under pressure from his family, he eventually proposed marriage to Chu Xi. After they married, they settled into an ordinary life, raising a daughter. To outsiders, their relationship was steady, their home harmonious, and they were the model couple among their friends. Like fish in water, only the couple themselves knew whether their marriage was warm or cold. Chu Xi had 11.4kReads7.3Score709Shelves
35. 235 心 Cherished Darling 心肝宠 Jiu Ling九棂Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted (Top-tier wealthy family, a modern Jiangnan beauty as the heroine, an obsessive male lead, the heroine pursues him at first, then he spoils her relentlessly, devoted to each other, happy ending) For the sake of the child in her belly, Lu Zhiling was forced to marry an obsessive tycoon. Everyone thought she wouldn’t live long enough to give birth. To stay alive, she began winning him over. Before she knew it, she had become the apple of his eye. Later, she prepared to run away. His car was perche 79.8kReads9.5Score8.2kShelves

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    The female protagonist initially sees herself as a breeding machine for the male protagonist's family. Shortly after giving birth, she returns home to seek revenge for her family. However, she gradually falls in love with the male protagonist due to his strong favoritism (during her time at home, the male protagonist accompanies her under another identity). Overall, it's a good read that fits the theme and is worth watching.

36. 236 沉 Sinking into Rouge 沉沦胭脂色 Yue Manman月蔓漫Modern Romance705k WordsCompleted [Ruthless courtship + marriage first, love later + the regretful chase] That stormy night, kidnappers were right behind Gu Ci. She clutched the crisp suit trousers of the man in front of her. “Please, save me...” Jiang Qiyun stood beneath his bodyguard's umbrella and kicked her fingers away with the tip of his shoe. “Why should I save you?” She gritted her teeth. “Save me, and I'll do anything you want.” Jiang Qiyun crouched down with an air of refined aloofness, pinched her chin between his fin 11.8kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves

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    🌼The two married only because of their child—the man was tricked into having a relationship with the 18-year-old woman, who was then forced to give birth. Unable to accept the relationship, she suffered severe depression and later lost her memory in a car accident. The man, with the adorable child, then pursued his wife who had abandoned him and their child. [Note]

37. 237 她 Her Waist 她的腰 Shen Yubai沈郁白Modern Romance116k WordsCompleted [Spoiled, willful, haughty heiress vs. carefree playboy second young master] [He falls for her in secret + obsessive and unhinged + long-planned pursuit] The Fei family's second young master and the Chang family's eldest daughter have never gotten along. They've been fighting since childhood. Even as adults, they're still infamous rivals in their social circle. But no one knows that Chang Yu and Fei Jin have been married for three years. They spend every night in each other's arms, driven by des 13.1kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    A spoiled and arrogant young lady meets a carefree and irresponsible playboy. The man harbors a secret crush on the woman, obsessive and insane! Seemingly mortal enemies, they've actually been secretly married for three years. Before their divorce, she becomes pregnant and wants an abortion. He loses control, kicks open the operating room door, and locks her villa. Nine days after giving birth, she escapes. Four years later, they meet again, and he tells his son, "Your mother doesn't want us anymore..." A madman's unrequited love, premeditated and long-planned.

38. 238 穿 After Becoming a Vicious, Fat Wife, I Help the Whole Family Thrive 穿成恶毒肥妻后，我带飞全家 Miss Fan范氏女子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in a past era + pocket dimension + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + cozy daily life] Su He wakes up one morning to find that she has transmigrated into a book as the villain's wicked mother. In the story, her villainous son eventually dies in a fire, while her villainous daughter is sold overseas. Both children meet tragic ends. Their mother, meanwhile, is a wicked woman whose name never even appears in the book. Looking at her current obese b 5.1kReads9.0Score478Shelves

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    🌿The male and female leads are married with children, but their relationship is not good. The male lead is educated and was a military doctor in the early stages and later worked in a hospital. He is noble and has a refined demeanor.

39. 239 离 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Begged Me to Love Him One More Time 离婚后，前夫哭着求我再爱他一次 Big Fish Can Fly大鱼会飞Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted [Love After Marriage + Cozy, Sweet Romance] “Let's get divorced.” “Okay!” During their three years of marriage, Xu Yiwan loves Mu Nianxing with painstaking care, asking only for the tiniest bit of love in return. Even that small wish is slowly crushed by one misunderstanding after another. Wounded all over, she takes their daughter and divorces him... For Mu Nianxing, she was a wife he married simply to avoid trouble. He never imagined that one day she would ask for a divorce. But after they spl 890Reads8.8Score102Shelves

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    🍀① Married for three years, she loved him cautiously, hoping for only a sliver of his affection. 😭 After being deeply hurt, she left him with her daughter. After the divorce, he discovered he had already fallen for her. 🍀② In her past life, the female lead fell in love at first sight with the school heartthrob. She eventually became his wife through despicable means. 🥀 But he remained unmoved. Gradually, her heart grew cold. Returning to the time before her college entrance exam, this time she gave up and decided to stop loving!

40. 240 完 Oh No! I Forced Him to Marry Me, Asked for a Divorce, and He Still Refuses 完蛋！强嫁首长提离婚他还不同意 Leisurely Half-Day半日閑人Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted [Super sweet mutual devotion · one-on-one romance · cozy daily life · golden finger · adorable kids] Nan Yan woke up and found herself in a period novel, as the male lead's difficult, cannon-fodder first wife, destined to serve as a foil to the reborn heroine, who was her children's stepmother. - In her previous life, the heroine dumped her childhood sweetheart, the male lead, because his border unit kept him away from home for years. She then married a factory director's son. After the wedding, 328Reads7.7Score103Shelves

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    It looks pretty good. 👀

41. 241 亲 Parent-Child Variety Show: Mom, I Have Eighteen Special Skills 亲子综艺，妈妈我有十八般武艺 Careful, Chubby Shrimp小心胖虾仁Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted An accident Sheng Xi, a top assassin from the year 30333, accidentally transmigrated into an entertainment-industry novel as the cannon-fodder fake heiress, making her a bona fide professional at playing doomed supporting characters. The real heiress was gentle and kind, a wonderful mother, and a role model young mothers eagerly sought to imitate. Her boy-girl twins became popular child stars as a result. Meanwhile, Sheng Xi was supposed to abuse the children and use them as tools for publicity, 30.7kReads8.9Score4.7kShelves

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    🥳🥳🥳Married + With Children + Poor Relationship💥①The male and female leads had a business marriage with no real feelings for each other. They had three children, all cared for by a nanny. ☘️Until one day, she witnessed that scene, and that night, the female lead had a dream… 🎄④The female lead was poisoned and rendered mute as a child. Later, she was poisoned by her own brother and given away. 💘After giving birth to his child, their relationship remained lukewarm…

42. 242 穿 After Becoming the Military Officer Hero’s First Love, I Faked My Death and Disappeared 穿成军官男主的初恋后，我死遁了 Schoolgirl女生徒Modern Romance399k WordsCompleted 1980s + military marriage + personal space + supplies + adorable baby + reunion after years apart + the male lead is head over heels After Zhao Yunsheng died unexpectedly, she transmigrated into a book and became the first love of the male lead, Pei Hechuan. She followed the original story and did her best to play her role, staying by his side through his hardest times and dying in the year he loved her most. After completing the plot and faking her death, Zhao Yunsheng bowed out in triumph, onl 4kReads7.7Score173Shelves
43. 243 怀 Pregnant with Twins Blessed by a Spirit Spring! The Cold-Faced Officer Spoils Her to No End! 怀灵泉双胎！冷面军官宠她入骨！ Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cool military officer + alluring beauty] (Multiple transmigrators + daily life with the army + married first, love later + raising kids and pregnancy + devoted to each other) [She opens her eyes to a whirlwind marriage and a child.] When Jiang Nian opens her eyes, she finds herself in the 1970s story her roommate wrote, as a busty, airheaded supporting character with a tragic fate, and a cute little daughter to boot. After she runs away and gets caught again, she finds herself standing beside h 10.4kReads8.7Score842Shelves
44. 244 也 Neither Storm Nor Sunshine! 也无风雨也无晴！ The Kitty Isn't Being Good小猫咪不乖乖呀Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted Marriage Before Love, a realistic urban romance about everyday married life! Su Qin and Zhou Xinping marry after being introduced through a matchmaking arrangement, and they bicker constantly. Just as Su Qin feels disappointed and lost, a new dawn arrives. She discovers that her husband truly cares for her, and together they take on a new stage of life! 411Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Daily life after marriage

45. 245 季 When Ji Comes, Make Yourself at Home 季来之，则安之 The Kitty Isn't Being Good小猫咪不乖乖呀Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted As the empire teeters on the brink of collapse, Ji Shuhe sees through her fiancé’s false affection and turns around to marry Ji Bai. She intends for them to spend their lives treating each other with polite respect, but finds herself falling deeper and deeper under his doting care... 121Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 246 有 What Should I Do About the Second Male Lead’s Baby? 有了男二的崽怎么办 Quiet Rainy Day安静下雨天Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted “Miss, you’re pregnant!” The masked doctor looked at Pei Xi. Pei Xi: “???” Pei Xi remembered. The last time she had a one-night stand, something else came up, and she forgot to buy the morning-after pill right away. When she remembered later, she rushed out and bought it! Wasn’t it supposed to work if you took it within 72 hours? So how did this happen? Could she have bought fake pills? “According to the test results, your body isn’t suitable for an abortion. You might lose the ability to become 17.8kReads7.9Score1.4kShelves

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    [Heart][Heart] "Miss, you're pregnant!" The female doctor wearing a mask looked at Pei Xi. Pei Xi: "?? Wasn't it said that the medicine was effective if taken within 72 hours? How did I still get pregnant? Did she buy fake medicine?" "Based on the examination results, it was found that Miss Pei's body does not support abortion, so as to avoid losing the ability to be a mother in the future." Very well, the path has been blocked. Since she can't have an abortion, she can only give birth. Later, she looked at her husband changing their son's diaper: "Fine, fine, her husband is actually the devoted second male lead? Is it too late for her to divorce him now?"

47. 247 不 The Not-So-Dominant CEO and His Lazy Stepmother 不霸气总裁与咸鱼后妈 Scallion Pancake with an Extra Egg手抓饼要加鸡蛋Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted The short drama The Not-So-Dominant CEO and His Lazy Stepmom is now available on Tomato. [Sweet Romance + Comedy + Married First, Love Later + Straightforward Leads + Both Leads Speak Their Minds] [Warning 1: The son is the male lead's biological child. Skip this if that bothers you.] [Warning 2: About twenty chapters involve entertainment-industry variety shows, but they're just the female lead's gossip-watching side quest! She won't enter the industry herself. Skip this if that bothers you.] T 31.6kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves
48. 248 影 The Movie Emperor's Adoring Wife Coasts on a Parenting Reality Show 影帝娇妻靠娃综躺赢 Mu Ning Sauce沐柠酱Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Celebrity-kid livestream show + marriage first, love later + married couple + adorable child + movie star + wealthy family’s stepmother] In her previous life, Lin Zhixi gave her heart to the wrong man. Unable to let go of her obsession, she caused one disaster after another for that scumbag, until she was backed into a corner. Only at death’s door did she realize how deeply she regretted it. Reborn, she looked at her movie-star husband, whom she had married by contract, and their adorable littl 3.5kReads9.3Score526Shelves

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    💞I don't ask for much, just for your gaze to linger for a moment.💞 ①[Eating popcorn] The male and female leads have a business marriage. They live a mundane life with no feelings for each other, having three children. 🙃The female lead seems to have completed a task—marrying, having children, and living the life of a wealthy socialite. She's indifferent to the male lead and indifferent to the three children… ②[Eating popcorn] The male and female leads have been married for over five years, but they still act like strangers with little communication. They have a child, but the child lacks security and clings to the female lead…

49. 249 救 Help! My Chaste Husband Has Me Blushing and Breathless 救命，被禁欲老公撩得脸红耳赤 Tea Brewed with Autumn Water秋水煎茶Modern Romance740k WordsCompleted "The print edition of Love You, Until I See the Light has been published, and a short drama adaptation is now available" [Married first, love later + long-planned scheme + covert flirting + off-the-charts chemistry] [Cool, elegant agent in a qipao (little bunny) vs. abstinent, secretly flirtatious Beijing big shot (big bad wolf)] Jiang Qinian is a movie star, and Jiang Zhi is his agent. Jiang Zhi thought he was her salvation, never realizing he was her nightmare. On his birthday, she planned to 23.6kReads9.4Score4.6kShelves
50. 250 穿 Transported to the Future, My Husband and Son Compete to Win My Affection 穿到未来，老公儿子各凭本事争宠 Don't Dream of Rain别梦雨Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.1kReads6.7Score108Shelves

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    Upon opening her eyes, the female protagonist finds herself fifteen years in the future, where her husband, son, and daughter have all become yanderes (obsessive and possessive individuals).

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