Both Leads Work in Government, with Stable Jobs and a Realistic Slice-of-Life Feel 男女主体制内，铁饭碗，贴近真实生活
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- 101 EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
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In a Small Town, His Down-to-Earth Boss Fell for Him First 在小城遇到他的烟火领导先动心了
[Government workplace, high-ranking official, age gap, sweet romance, This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] The first time they met, Lin Weiyu thanked the “kind uncle” who had pressed the elevator button for her in the residential complex where she was making a delivery. The second time they met, the “uncle” was seated at the very center of the stage at a citywide officials' conference. He was Zhou Jiming, the city's newly appointed t
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Lucky to Have Found Love on a Blind Date 有幸得之，相亲遇到爱
[Age gap, mutual devotion and support, doting romance with no angst] Twenty-six-year-old Jiang Xuerong met Xie Mingyu through a coworker. They were like parallel lines that should never have crossed, but after one chance encounter after another, they were drawn to each other and came together. Everyone said Jiang Xuerong was a flower planted in a pile of cow dung when she married Xie Mingyu. Only she knew that choosing him was the best decision she had ever made. His tolerant nature and steady t
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Tidal Boundaries 潮汐界限
[The print edition is now available, published under the title Tidal Boundaries] There were two unspoken sayings around the office building: First, when Zhou Yushen's car passed Guanfujie, even the snow on the ground would sensibly melt away a little. Second, he never let his schedule stop for anyone. Only later did Wei Xi learn that both sayings were wrong. * At an industry forum, Wei Xi was unexpectedly called up to sit in the front row. With every gaze fixed on her, she spoke quickly and prec
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- 105 The Equation of You 关于你的方程式 [Devoted, restrained poor boy x smart, clear-headed rich beauty] Shu Qiao couldn't accept breaking up with Li Zheng, so she swallowed her pride and went to talk things through with him. Instead, she overheard him telling one of her classmates, “Shu Qiao and I have no future. I dated her because I didn't want to have any regrets about my college years.” Love is a multivariable linear equation. Li Zheng, who had always aced math, knew perfectly well that Shu Qiao wasn't his optimal solution, so he 10.8kReads8.9Score993Shelves
- 106 The Little Moon of the Auto Shop Owner 修车铺老板的小月亮 Both leads have only ever been with each other. (Please leave a rating!) Rugged auto mechanic (rough around the edges, but also a dropout and top student with excellent college entrance exam scores) × female lead, a newly employed assistant to a judge (sweet and gentle, but clear-headed and strong-willed, with no saintly self-sacrifice) Before Shen Jia returned to the small town, Tan Linsong did nothing but fix cars and save money every day. As long as he had food, clothes, and a roof over his 2.1kReads8.6Score224Shelves
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Team Leader Lin's Beloved Wife 林组长的心尖娇妻
[Completed, dive right in] Lin Zhizhou, a levelheaded and prudent leader of the inspection team with a keen eye for justice, and Shen Tinglan, an optimistic, confident, kindhearted party girl. From the male lead's perspective: love at first sight. From the female lead's perspective: she had been plotting it all along. One day, Shen Tinglan turned back and teased Lin Zhizhou, calling him a “gentleman.” The man furrowed his brows slightly and lowered his voice. “What does that mean?” Shen Ting
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- 108 Yang Gonggong's 2nd Book 羊拱拱的第2本书 [Both leads are each other’s only love + mutual devotion] A nine-year age gap. His name contains “river,” and evokes mountains. Her name contains “water.” Mountains and rivers form a picture, yet they cannot coexist. Tong Yang is an ambitious and idealistic couch potato. Her ideal is to retire as soon as possible. Her ambition is to earn and save money, become a wealthy couch potato, and enjoy a more comfortable life of lying flat. But ever since she met Lei Lichuan, she’s gone from being a swee 90Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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Tongwei's Path to the Department 同伟进部之路
My new novel is out: The Laid-Back Criminal Police Officer. It's the same familiar political workplace genre, so I hope my longtime readers will give it a look. This isn't a conventional power fantasy. It's a slow-burn political drama told from Qi Tongwei's perspective. He leaves Handong, quietly builds up his strength, and eventually returns to take it back. It includes plenty of realistic details and thorough descriptions of all kinds of work. Stick with it, and you'll definitely find some sur
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The Road to Officialdom: Starting at the Grassroots 官道：从基层做起
[Officialdom + Power + Romance + Workplace] Once you figure out how the system works, it’s like activating a cheat code. It’s an exciting ride from the start. This realistic novel about officialdom follows Lin Yaodong’s step-by-step rise from the grassroots to the heights of power.
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Luring the Sweetheart: The Wild Captain Takes Her by Storm 诱捕小乖宝，野痞队长强势攻陷
A heads-up: the adapted short drama “Waiting for You When the Roses Bloom” is now available~ [Marriage Before Love + Mutual Pining + Long-Running Scheme + Healing + Six-Year Age Gap + Sweet Romance] [Beautiful, sweet-voiced intern reporter x Wild, wolfish captain of the criminal police] Chen Mo married his brother’s younger sister, but no one knew she was the moonlight in his heart, the little moon he had wanted all to himself for so many sleepless nights. The year Song Zhiyi turned twenty-one,
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The 1990s: They Look Down on Me? I’m a Reborn Workaholic 九零：被瞧不起？呵呵我卷王重生
Tags: Clear-headed, independent heroine! After a difficult life, Li Xiaonan got to wipe the slate clean and start over. Back on the day she was tricked into buying a job, Li Xiaonan firmly said no! She resolutely decided to return to school and take the exams, and unexpectedly crossed paths with the big shot Zhou Qingbai from her previous life. Li Xiaonan: Big brother, how about being a useful connection for me?
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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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- 114 The Beloved Doctor of Big Shot Pei 裴大佬的小娇医 (A composed, shrewd political big shot vs. a clever, leopard-cat-like young doctor, seven-year age gap, both with no prior relationships, love at first sight) Synopsis: The first time they met, Xiao Nanxing took Pei Zhengping for an ordinary patient and briskly stitched up his eight-pack abs. The second time, she flung herself onto the hood of his expensive car. The third time... Xiao Nanxing realized her luck was improving: she won the lottery and got a promotion. As for the man, could she thin 5.6kReads8.7Score614Shelves
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Xiang Beixun 向北浔
[Secret crush becomes love + reunion after years apart + a partner who guides her + both leads are romantically inexperienced] [Government-sector client ✖️ female cost estimator at a construction company] “If you can do the job, do it. If you can’t, we’ll find someone else!” Lu Tingxi never expected to see Jiang Xun again. When he does, her project manager is scolding her until she looks like an ostrich with its head buried in the sand. “When one door closes, another opens. If the south is dark,
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- 116 Three Years After Faking My Death, My One True Love Is Married 死遁三年，白月光已婚 [Marriage first, love later + both leads have no past romantic entanglements + powerful family background + age gap + intense romantic tension][On-location weather reporter ✖️ powerful man in government] Because she loves the wilderness and the wind, Lu Jinqiu stands in the middle of a typhoon, clinging to the principle, “Life is nothing but scallions, ginger, and garlic. Be a little scallion-smart, ginger up a little, and if all else fails, garlic it.” And so, muddling through, she spends three 354Reads—Score108Shelves
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The Path to Officialdom: A Swift Rise to the Top 官途之青云直上
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Mr. Gu's Perfect Little Romance 顾先生的小圆满
[Big Tech content moderator vs. cold, calculating official from an elite family] [High-ranking official romance + five-year age gap + both leads are each other’s first and only + sweet romance + the powerful one bows to love] The thing workplace newcomer Li Xiaoman regrets most is making a mistake while screening explicit content. The cold, fearsome section chief Gu Yanshen comes to the company to oversee a cleanup. Before that, the two had an accidental one-night stand ₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎ ༘♡ ₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎ ༘♡ She k
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- 119 Don’t Mess With Him in Politics: When Trouble Comes, He Shows Up for Real 官场之中别惹他，他有事，是真上 The official career ladder has ten rungs. Liu Yuxian returns to 2006 and, with the advantage of knowing what lies ahead, decisively seizes the right moment and opportunities, starting out as a grassroots discipline inspector. In this life, Liu Yuxian must make full use of his abilities and do good things for ordinary people. In this life, Liu Yuxian must make up for some of the regrets he had in his previous life. 456Reads7.4Score—Shelves
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Stars Rise from the Abyss to Light the Wilderness 深渊升起星星，照亮旷野
[Powerful Family + Age Gap + Mutual Healing] She had known since childhood that she was unwanted. Her mother called her “the bastard child,” her aunt gave up everything for her, and her biological father was a man who had never once appeared in her life. She turned herself into a silent wall, until at eighteen she saw a man looking at his wife outside an auditorium. So this was what a loving gaze looked like. Five years later, he became the unexpected god in her life. He stood in the bookstore
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- 121 Reborn to a Career in Politics 重生之政途 In her previous life, she was the eldest daughter of a powerful family. After her family lost a power struggle, she became a supermarket cashier to escape her enemies, barely scraping by in obscurity. By a stroke of luck, she was reborn and returned to her youth, reuniting with her family. To keep them safe, she carefully laid her plans and proceeded one step at a time, rewriting her tragic fate through her own efforts. They say politics is a man's world, but she refuses to believe it. Enterin 5.2kReads8.9Score543Shelves
- 122 Thunderbolts in the Radiance of Xi 熙照雷霆 [Reunion after years apart + winning her back + both virgins + ten-year age gap] The youngest police chief in the city × a bank employee secretly born into a wealthy financial family For all four years of college, Qiao Xi pursued Dang Lei with such fanfare that everyone knew about it. Back then, Dang Lei was a young, handsome visiting professor in the finance department with a bright future ahead of him. Qiao Xi was like a spirited little planet, stubbornly revolving around him. Whenever Dang Le 2.8kReads7.8Score317Shelves
- 123 I, Qi Tongwei, Refuse to Curry Favor With the Powerful. I'll Start as a Village Official 我祁同伟，不事权贵，从村官干起 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 35.5kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
- 124 Don’t Call Me Judge Gu. Call Me Uncle 别叫顾法官，叫叔叔 [Government job + age gap + guiding partner] Qin Hengyu comes from a family of lawyers and was cherished by her parents from childhood. Yet after graduating from university, she worked in the legal profession for only a year before choosing to sit the civil service exam and join the court, where she took a front-desk post that almost everyone else shunned. No one knows about her family background. Her parents don’t understand why their once cheerful, bright daughter has gradually grown quiet an 327Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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After Falling for an Officer Online, He Transfers Away for Three Years and Comes After Me Again 网恋军官后，他调岗三年又追我
They fell in love at first sight while chatting online. The gentle look in Yin Ruowan’s eyes captured officer Xu Yi’s heart, and the feelings they shared through a screen spoke louder than a thousand words. They thought meeting in person would mean spending their lives together, but an urgent reassignment in his unit forced them into a sudden long-distance relationship, tearing their budding romance apart. They endured longing across mountains and seas and the twists and turns of life. In the en
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- 126 Officialdom: I Became a Powerful Figure’s Most Trusted Aide 官场：我成了大佬的铁杆心腹 Su Jin was reborn at the moment he started his career in government in 2013. From the start, he was at the civil service provincial exam interview. Sorry, interviewers, but to take first place, I’m going to quietly set a little trap and get you all to back me… 903Reads6.7Score—Shelves
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The Road to Power Begins with a Disaster 权途，从一场灾难开始
A dam burst, and Yang Yi turned the tide against disaster. From that moment on, he began climbing step by step. Serving the people is the foundation of everything. See how he reaches the pinnacle in the name of the people.
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Plans Amid the Plane Tree Fluff 梧桐絮里的规划图
[A principled struggle within the system, unexpected turns, power, sex, and an anti-corruption campaign, love that brings a powerful man to his knees, sacrifice for love, realism] Yu Wanqing stood before the mirror in the restroom of the Yuecheng Grand Hotel’s conference center and took a deep breath, straightening the collar of her dark blue blazer. The woman in the mirror was twenty-eight, her shoulder-length black hair neatly tucked behind her ears. As a rising talent at the Municipal Plannin
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- 129 Inside the System: Musings on Officialdom 体制内：宦海自话 The officialdom is a sea of bureaucracy. A self-talker speaks only for himself, indifferent to the current state of affairs and everything else. As the saying goes, there is no shortage of rights and wrongs in the rise and fall of official careers, but among ordinary folk, one can still find one's true self. See how a young man past his prime learns to navigate the ups and downs of officialdom and find his own peace. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Wild Apricot Blossoms Bloom Across the Countryside 乡村红杏遍地开
As a rural woman left behind in her village, Hong Xing seized the opportunities created by the country's favorable climate and made the most of her village's resources to forge her own path to prosperity! In the early days, Hong Xing experienced firsthand the hardships faced by women left behind in the countryside. She worked hard to change things, but for a woman, hard work alone wasn't enough. Hong Xing made full use of the people around her and the connections she could draw on, discovering h
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Transmigrate Across Mountains and Seas Just to Meet You 穿越山海，只为遇见你
[A man accustomed to power lowering his head for love, 13-year age gap, sweet romance, devoted couple] He is a powerful figure with deep connections in the government. She graduated from a well-known university in Shanghai, gave up a high-paying job, and returned to take the civil service exam for a low-level post. An unexpected encounter at a meeting brought her into his orbit, and he fell helplessly in love. The misunderstandings caused by their 13-year age gap and the differences in their sta
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- 132 After Graduation, I Went Home to Become a Civil Servant 毕业后，我回家做了一名公务员 Liu Yifan, who had just earned his master’s degree from a top university, turned down his wealthy, beautiful girlfriend’s invitation to stay in Beijing and chose instead to return home and become an ordinary civil servant. Tasked with a special mission, he had hoped to quietly pursue academic research and do something tangible for his hometown. But faced with one real-world problem after another, he had no choice but to... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Director Qiu’s Cherished One: No Escape, Even with Wings 邱局长的掌心宠，插翅难逃 Five years ago, she gave up their love with her own hands to pay for her mother’s medical treatment. For five years, he drifted through life, becoming a heartless work machine. Five years later, they meet again at a dinner party. He swears he’ll make her suffer every hardship he endured over those five years. Revenge follows revenge, and only when the truth comes to light does he realize he misunderstood her. Everything has changed, and there is nothing left to say. Before she can speak, tears f 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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Love Affairs in Haicheng 海城情事
[Government workplace romance] + [Love at first sight] + [Both leads are each other's first and only] + [Happy ending] A love story between a deputy director and a young woman still on probation. One fleeting glimpse in the talent recruitment building was enough for Sun Feilin to fall for Shao Chen at first sight. And one backward glance by the Pujiang River left Shao Chen with a lasting impression of Sun Feilin. He is the most handsome man in the administrative complex, a genius with a high-ran
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Officialdom: The Eyes of Insight 官场：透视之眼
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Quick Transmigration: This Time, I Refuse to Be a Jerk! 快穿：这一世，拒绝当渣男！
(Quick transmigration / no fixed couple / fictional setting / pocket dimension / scumbag redemption) 1. An honest man in ancient times 2. An Eighties simp 3. A victim of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law war 4. A dutiful son 5. A gambling addict 6. A golden phoenix who flies out of the mountains 7. An educated youth sent to the countryside 8. A younger sister living with her parents …
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Nan Yuezi’s Ninth Book 楠月子的第9本书
My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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An Old Salty Fish 一条老咸鱼
Lin Xiaohui is an older single woman. At first, she works as a PE teacher at a private school in a small county town in her hometown, earning a modest salary. After passing the civil service exam, she switches into clapback mode: We were all people for the first time, so why should I have to put up with you? The story starts at a leisurely pace and focuses on everyday life. Later, it centers on leveling up as she tackles challenges in the workplace!
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The Sixties: You Don’t Want the Real Heiress? Then I’ll Cut Ties 六零：真千金不要？我反手断亲
[Pocket dimension + formidable partners + career-driven heroine] Reborn as the real daughter, she finds that her city-dwelling parents don't welcome her. So she returns to the countryside to live with her widowed mother, determined to change her fate through her own abilities. Become a cadre, earn a recommendation to attend university, rise to leadership, and win everyone's respect! “Did you hear? Widow Zhang's girl was switched at birth with a city girl.” “Yeah, and they still kicked her out an
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- 140 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.5kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
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The Fierce and Charming Female Soldier of the 1960s: Winning the Cold Commander's Heart 六零娇辣小女兵：狠撩高冷首长心
[A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa
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Lu Beifang, Tonight the Officialdom Runs Red with Blood 路北方，今夜官血沸腾
[High-Octane, Passionate, and Deeply Sentimental Political Intrigue!] With power comes responsibility. One thought can separate public duty from private interest, like heaven and earth. Only by holding fast to your principles can you avoid being swept away by the storms or trapped by the gains and losses of personal relationships, and achieve great things. Lu Beifang came from humble beginnings, but lived an extraordinary life. He became a town mayor at 23, a county magistrate at 25, and married
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The Road to Officialdom: Step by Step 官路之步步为营
The protagonist, Lin Feng, carefully plans every step, starting out as a low-ranking civil servant. Amid a complex political landscape, he maneuvers with skill and maintains a balance in his official career, all while staying true to his original purpose: serving as an official and bringing prosperity to the people he governs.
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- 144 The Road to Power, Starting as a Deputy Town Mayor 通天官路，从副镇长开始 60Reads6.5Score—Shelves
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Sand in the Palm 掌间砂
[Elegant, handsome bureau director] VS [Landlady with hidden depths] [Second chance romance] [Each other’s first love] I could give up the whole world. You alone are the cinnabar mark in the palm of my hand. When he returned, he was no longer the young office director who had once written her an entire guide to the civil service exams. After years of rising steadily through the ranks, he had become a bureau director who helped bring peace and prosperity to the land. But an unexpected turn of e
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- 146 I Am His Peach 我是他的水蜜桃 She was innocent and had loved her boyfriend for six years. They agreed to spend that night at a hotel to celebrate their true love, never suspecting it was all a trap he had laid. To win over his boss, her boyfriend got her drunk and sent her to the equally drunk man… She thought everything would happen naturally, but to her surprise, she was sent back untouched… 1.9kReads9.1Score266Shelves
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Banquet of Sunshine 宴阳
When Yan Yang was a sophomore in college, she met Wei Mingshen, who was ten years her senior. He left a deep impression on her. A few years later, Yan Yang went with her classmates to visit a private courtyard residence. She wandered into a side room and came across the owner, Wei Mingshen, who was resting there. They quickly recognized each other, and in a flash, feelings sparked between them. After spending some time together, they confirmed their feelings and soon fell deeply in love. But the
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Middle-Aged Man: My Lovely Wife Is Just Young 人到中年：娇妻她只不过岁数小
At forty, Xiao Zhenglong had a pretty relaxed outlook. He’d been married and had a daughter. He’d been in love, and it hadn’t meant much. His position wasn’t especially high, but in Hong City, he wasn’t exactly a nobody. As the youngest son in the family, he had older brothers to carry on the family line and older sisters to bring honor to the family. He could just enjoy life with his brothers, live freely, and settle scores as they came. That seemed like a pretty good way to spend his life. Why
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Glad to Have You on a Spring Night 春夜喜你
[The rating has just been posted and will rise!] [Both work in government + both are each other's firsts + love grows over time + sweet romance + happy ending] Qu Zhan, 32, is the newly appointed deputy district head of Huacheng. Jiang Yining, 28, is an ordinary civil servant in Liangxiang, Huacheng. A temporary assignment is where their connection begins. A blind date further binds their hearts together. Qu Zhan has long since committed himself to this love, but Jiang Yining hesitates befor
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Boss, We're Not Close 领导，我们不熟
When they first met, he was the vibrant boy next door, and she was a sensitive, insecure girl who knew little of the world. Song Jinyan would grin and call Su Niannian “Little Stutterer,” and he would also patiently tutor her in her studies. When they met again, he was an ambitious senior leader, and she was an earnest staff member. Su Niannian thought Song Jinyan had long since forgotten the girl next door, until one day after an event, a drunk Song Jinyan stopped her in the corridor and asked
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