The Male Lead Has Taken Care of the Heroine Since Childhood and Is Extremely Possessive of Her, and She Lets Him Get Away with It 男主从小开始照顾女主对女主占有欲很强女主还纵着

1. 101 只 If He Just Wants a Hug, What About Me? 只要他抱？那我呢？ You You Wants to Get Up Early柚柚要早起啦Modern Romance326k WordsCompleted [One woman, two men + Stealing someone's partner + Rivalry between men + Male lead's reluctant compromise] *Cool on the outside, warm on the inside, mixed-race sugar daddy × Scheming, sister-obsessed older brother × Sweet, soft, and adorably carefree girl* - Asked how to turn a casual encounter into a done deal, Shen Anzhi's answer is: be brazen, dream big, and go for it. Her sugar daddy warned her more than once, “If you dare hide anything from me, you know what will happen.” Her older brothe 17.3kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
2. 102 新 On Our Wedding Night, My Husband Held Me and Cried All Night 新婚夜，丈夫抱着我哭了一整夜 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted On our wedding night, my husband held me and cried all night 29Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 103 阴 A Clingy, Brooding Puppy Won't Leave Me Alone: Sister, Please Be Gentle with Me! 阴湿小狗缠上身，姐姐！疼疼我！ Clear Dreams in March三月清梦Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted [Obsessive, Dark, Ghostly Male Lead / Sickly, Spoiled Heiress Female Lead] In her previous life, Su Li feared no one more than Huo Xieshan. In public, he pretended to be impeccably dressed, refined, and elegant. In private, his gaze was always fixed on her as he exacted his revenge, claiming and devouring every inch of her skin. No matter where she ran, she could never escape his control. His cold, damp gaze followed her like a shadow as he closed in on her trembling figure. Smiling, he reached 67.5kReads9.3Score7.7kShelves
4. 104 五 Five Join Forces to Win Back That Beijing Girl 五人成团，追回那个京城大妞 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊37k WordsCompleted Five Form a Team to Win Back That City Girl 136Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 105 难 So Hard to Win Over! The Little Rose Mr. Xie Raised Himself Is So Delicate 难哄！谢总亲手养大的小玫瑰超娇 Keep It Up, Mang Mang忙忙加油Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love] [Mutual devotion, sweet pampering] [The regretful chase ends in total failure] Everyone in Nancheng knows that Shen Rang has a beautiful, gentle fiancée. Her eyes curve when she smiles, her voice is soft, and she’s so good-natured she seems willing to be molded any which way. Most importantly, she has loved him for three years, looking up to him from afar. Shen Rang used to think so, too. So even after she caught him cheating, he placated her with casual indifference: “Don 20.8kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
6. 106 诱 Luring Her into His Arms: The Boy Next Door Is So Good at Flirting 诱她入怀，邻家哥哥好会撩 Tea Brewed with Autumn Water秋水煎茶Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Reunion After a Long Separation + Childhood Friends + Long-Planned Romance + Both Pure + Mutual Secret Crushes + Sweet and Angsty] Song Tang knew from childhood that she and the boy next door had been betrothed before they were even born. When they grew up, she would marry him. But when she was a teenager, the boy next door, who had doted on her like a princess, suddenly started avoiding her as if she were a snake or a scorpion. That year, he was a sophomore in college, surrounded by 4.6kReads8.9Score290Shelves
7. 107 出 The Day I Left the Country, My Unhinged Uncle Claimed Me as His Own 出国当天，被疯批小叔叔强取豪夺 Early Winter in November十一月初冬Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted [Forced Marriage and Domination + Age Gap + Locked Away + Obsessive, Unhinged Hero + She Runs, He Chases] Zhou Linyuan fell for a girl nine years younger than him. She lived in his house, always wandering right under his nose. The longer she stayed, the more delicious this little rabbit seemed. The wolf bared his fangs, wanting to pull her into his arms. But she wanted no part of it. She was determined to leave him, so the wolf went mad and used a few tricks to force her to stay by his side. Sh 645Reads8.7Score111Shelves

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   I can't take it anymore! The main couple and the side couple are so captivating! I can only say that if you don't think too much about it and just rely on your own fantasies to get into this novel, it's absolutely amazing. The female lead doesn't accept her elders' affections, runs away, and gets caught again—it's just so incredibly exciting! (Friendly reminder [heart]: If you're a female lead enthusiast and can't accept the female lead suffering any hardship, please don't read this!)

8. 108 糙 The Rugged Military Officer Raised a Delicate Darling in the Great Northwest 糙汉军官在大西北养了个娇气包 Wang Xiaotiao旺小跳Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted A new book’s rating will go up as more people read it~ [Period setting + sweet romance + following him to the military base + older, rough-and-tumble fatherly type x pampered, adorable girl + seven-year age gap] The Wen family falls from grace, and overnight their young heiress becomes a hated capitalist. Her parents pull strings to arrange a fake marriage with a soldier so she can follow him to his military base and lie low. At the reception desk, the man leans back in his chair and speaks in a 81.9kReads9.0Score12.6kShelves

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   This is a childhood sweetheart relationship, but there's not much description of their childhood. [Thinking]

9. 109 竹 Childhood Sweetheart Turned Husband 竹马变老公 The Cat in the Stars星星的猫Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted [Childhood sweethearts] [Mutual secret crush] [Growth and healing] Jiang Tingbai was quiet and reserved, while Shu Li was quirky and mischievous. Despite having completely different personalities, the two spent fifteen years side by side. Shu Li’s friend once grabbed her and exclaimed, “How have you managed to survive so many years next to Jiang Tingbai?” Shu Li looked puzzled. “Isn’t Xiao Jiang really easy to get along with?” Her friend stared at her in horror. Jiang Tingbai knew he was autis 15.4kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

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   🍤✨① Fu Jingyuan is a powerful and influential figure in Beijing. Ji Ran and he are old friends, and Ji Ran calls him "Uncle." She stays at his house while attending school. This man is extremely controlling, always demanding that Ji Ran be a good girl, reporting everything she does every day, and forbidding her from dating early. Ji Ran is terrified of him and, after suppressing her feelings for a long time, wants to move out. From then on, Fu Jingyuan sheds his pretense and seems like a different person. Ji Ran is locked in her room every day, bullied and whimpering, wanting nothing more than to escape this obsessive and pathological man.

10. 110 雪 Snow Mountain Rose 雪山玫瑰 The Arrogant Sweet Romance Killer不可一世的甜文杀手Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted [Delicate, naive little princess × ruthless capitalist] One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced, happy ending, pretend-raising, sweet and indulgent romance, love at first sight “Without me, she would only lose one among the millions who love her. But if I lose her, I lose the moon, the roses, and the only glimmer of light in my barren, gray life.”, Qin Yanqing Qin Yanqing was a ruthless capitalist and a notorious businessman. When his friend met with misfortune, he took in the man’s 6kReads9.2Score546Shelves

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    The male lead is definitely of an uncle's generation, and the female lead is incredibly beautiful. She insists on having the male lead personally check everything from her clothes to her food, treating her like a doll.

11. 111 白 The White Moonlight Returns from the Dead, and the Mad Emperor Fights to Be Her Dog 白月光死而复生，疯批帝争着当狗 Red Rabbit红兔Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (The rating is new and will rise) [Dotingly Cherished by Everyone + Devoted Couple + Male Lead as Her Dog + Unhinged + Pursuing His Wife + Wish Fulfillment + Happy Ending] Pei Yangyang has come back to life. She crawls out of her grave only to discover that, in his quest to find her killer, her father became chancellor, her eldest brother became a deputy minister, and her second brother rose to the rank of general. Her childhood sweetheart has also turned into a... complete lunatic! He sleeps be 34.5kReads8.3Score4.1kShelves

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    Who could understand that the white moonlight he'd been longing for had suddenly been reborn?! After meeting again, the male lead was no longer as restrained and polite as before; he wanted to possess her completely! [Laughing and crying emoji] (Of course, this was just the male lead's true inner thought, which he dared not reveal for fear of scaring the female lead away).

12. 112 七 In the Seventies, She Marries a Rugged Man Who Can’t Have Children, but the Spoiled Female Lead Sleeps In Again 七零嫁绝嗣糙汉，娇纵女配又起晚 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Wild Plot] [1970s] [Everyone's Darling] [Marriage Before Love] [Redemption] Jiang Nanxi grew up pampered and couldn't endure hardship. Who would have thought that when she opened her eyes, she would transmigrate into a book, becoming a vain, troublesome supporting character in a novel set in an era of poverty, beautiful but utterly stupid? In the original story, a forty-two-year-old woman stole her twenty-year-old fiancé, the male lead. In a fit of madness, she married Zhou Ji, the 3.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    🍒🍒 My first book, a historical romance where the male lead finds a little sister as a child and the female lead raises her. In fact, all three of them raise her together. The female lead is a cunning and ruthless woman who, in order to win over her three brothers, fakes an elopement… The male leads' possessiveness explodes, causing all sorts of trouble and ruining her wedding plans.

13. 113 绝 The Unparalleled Little Scapegoat 绝世小冤种 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I Pay, You Risk Your Life, and We Both Go Crazy; The Ultimate Scapegoat; Power Over All, Sword to the Heavens Someone has set a trap to make everyone turn against me. "It's fine. I have a System..." Luo Yinyou comforted herself. "Even if the System is a total troll!" The world order had changed drastically, and the flow of destiny had been redistributed. Countless geniuses emerged, but the most dazzling of them all was the young lord Ye Ci of Dragon Island, hailed as the greatest 32.4kReads9.6Score4.5kShelves
14. 114 超 So Pampered! The True Heiress Is Taken Home by Her Billionaire Adoptive Father 超宠！真千金被首富养父捡回家啦 Grape Milk Tea with Pearls芝芝葡萄加珍珠Modern Romance354k WordsCompleted [Real and fake heiresses + feel-good story + adored by everyone + capital's socialite heiress] [The heroine is calm and rational, well-rounded in every way, and neither a bleeding heart nor a drama queen.] [Fair warning: The Mu family appears often, and the story focuses on the ensemble cast. The heroine has fewer storylines early on, so please keep that in mind before reading. (Please don't leave a bad review after just two chapters. It really hurts.)] The Heiress's Handbook, Rule One: The heir 7.4kReads8.4Score628Shelves

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    Both are very good. The male lead has been by the female lead's side since childhood, and her friends are also very kind to her. They are both ensemble pieces.

15. 115 管 Call Me a Fake Heiress If You Want, I'm Born Lucky as a Koi 管你真假千金，我天生锦鲤好命 Grape Milk Tea with Pearls芝芝葡萄加珍珠Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted [Everyone's Favorite + Fake and Real Heiress + Secret Identity + Childhood Friends + Satisfying + Admiring the Strong + No Angst, Extra Sweet] After living for seventeen years as the Tang family's heiress, Meng Wan very sensibly left with a million yuan when the real heiress showed up. Her family was simply too poor? No problem, she happened to have a teeny-tiny bit of social connections~ Her parents were unemployed layabouts? Her younger brother with autism was an artistic genius? Her second br 84.5kReads9.4Score6kShelves
16. 116 宠 Spoiled Rotten! The Sickly Tycoon and His Sweet, Well-Behaved Doll 宠坏！病娇大佬和他的乖软洋娃娃 Bai Huanxi白歡喜Modern Romance482k WordsCompleted [A deranged, lovesick nobleman and a sweet, willful doll] [Obsessive love + raising her + coercion + sweet romance + memories from two lifetimes] At a banquet, seven-year-old Ruoang sees the impeccably dressed Kelisiman. “Father! Don't you think she's prettier than a doll?” Pointing at Kelisiman, Ruoang behaves without a trace of decorum. His tone is full of certainty that she will be his. He flashes a strange, enormous grin, looking even more unhinged as he turns to his father. The next day, Ke 31.2kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves

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    This absolutely meets the requirements; it's genuinely sweet, and the male lead's care for the female lead borders on obsessive.

17. 117 疯 My Unhinged Wife Is a Little Pig 疯批媳妇儿是小猪 Shi Qibao十柒宝Modern Romance257k WordsOngoing [Childhood Friends] [Loyal Dog] [Unhinged] [Wife-Obsessed Protector] He Pingye was knocked silly, and became both crazy and domineering. But nobody knew he had simply been reborn. In his previous life, he died horribly. His soul drifted without a home as he watched the "little pig" he had personally cared for and protected for twenty years, his little moon, sacrifice her freedom and lose the use of her legs for dancing in order to avenge him. She endured everything in silence, suffering one humi 3.6kReads—Score209Shelves

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    This new book has a very strong possessive streak.

18. 118 今 Jinjin, You Have Captured My Heart 今今绾君心 Yu Yang Xiaohe鱼羊小和Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [Level 1: Devoted couple, sweet romance, an eight-year age gap, happy ending] [Bright and alluring orphan of a military family vs. cool and noble Crown Prince] A war breaks out. Song Zhiwan is the only living person Xiao Yan finds amid mountains of corpses. He sees her as the hope of the countless fallen soldiers and brings her back to the Eastern Palace. He pities her and spoils her until she can do whatever she likes, letting her throw tantrums and roll around on top of him. When the Princess 12.2kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    Raised from a baby to adulthood, the kind of child you can't live without.

19. 119 真 The Real Heiress Just Wants to Be a Couch Potato 真千金她只想当咸鱼 Xi Xi兮浠Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted When she was five, little Wen Ran saw a shooting star and made a heartfelt wish: Please let me be a lazy fish! Let me coast through life without ever having to work hard! The little boy beside her, her childhood sweetheart, made a wish with ten thousand times more sincerity: Please let me eat lazy fish for the rest of my life! Little Wen Ran: ? Fifteen years later, the real eldest daughter of the Wen family, who had lived in the countryside for twenty years, was brought back to the wealthy Wen f 2.9kReads8.8Score327Shelves
20. 120 养 Raising App! The Emperor Goes Crazy Spending Money on Me! 养成app！皇帝为我疯狂氪金！ Miao Zi妙紫Ancient Romance449k WordsCompleted [Emperor + raising a character + virtual character] [The emperor is the male lead!!!!] After Emperor Xiao Heng of the Xuan Yu era puts down a rebellion, he accidentally obtains an unfamiliar little black box from the rebel king: a mobile phone. "Beautiful Girl Raising Plan" What a ridiculous name. Xiao Heng later: Never lets the phone out of his hands. Watching the little girl in the game grow from a tiny child into a graceful young woman of peerless beauty, Xiao Heng becomes increasingly obsess 2.5kReads8.6Score414Shelves

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    Raising a cute girl + anime character, super sweet and virginal! 💕 A phone falls from the sky, and the emperor scoffs at the "Beautiful Girl Raising Project." Poor? Give her some food to increase her satiety. Stupid? Give her some calligraphy and paintings to increase her intelligence. Weak? Teach her some kung fu to increase her stamina… Just a little bit of spending money…🤏 Emperor: "Why are there restrictions? Is this a lot of money?"

21. 121 拜 Please! After I Was Reborn, the Little Madman Clung to Me and Wouldn’t Let Go 拜托！重生后小疯子抱着我不撒手 Ganlu Temple's Iron T Mo Yan甘露寺铁T莫言Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted A madman driven insane by love x the sweet girl who heals him Lu Miaomiao is kept by the mysterious madman of the Feng family for more than ten years. At first, Lu Miaomiao is afraid of him and always wishes she could stay as far away from him as possible. But after she dies, the madman everyone fears becomes a fool, lost in his own fantasies and unwilling to wake up. At last, on a lonely night no one knows about, he follows her into death. Reborn, she plans to keep her distance from the mad 11.1kReads9.3Score998Shelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing! The female lead is reborn as a child and saves the male lead; it's a complete nurturing story. The male lead is a yandere, controlling, and possessive character—it's fantastic!!!

22. 122 顾 A Little Sour Gourd Comes to the Gu Family 顾家来了个小苦瓜 Wang Liubing王六饼Modern Romance167k WordsOngoing [Mutual Healing / Face-Slapping / Protective Love / Coming of Age / Feuds Among the Wealthy / Dramatic Household Intrigue] [Mad Young Master x Resilient, Delicate Flower] (The story begins in childhood) When she was eight, Lu Yinan moved into the Gu family home with her mother. In this wealthy household, where people devoured one another without a trace, her mother was a mistress, the Second Madam ran the household, and the First Madam had mysteriously disappeared. With no blood ties to the fami 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one is good; it features childhood sweethearts and a guiding male protagonist.

23. 123 小 The Sweet-Talking Girl with the Soft Waist Has the Chaste Older Man Falling for Her 小姑娘腰软嘴甜，禁欲大叔沦陷了 Ji Xueyi季雪意Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion and sweet romance + scheming male lead carefully lays the groundwork as he pursues his wife + daddy-type boyfriend + age gap + a touch of secret identity + satisfying takedowns of scumbags] On a stormy night, Jiang Yousheng is rescued when she's on the verge of death by a tall, handsome man. She stays at his house, has to tell him before going out, isn't allowed to stay out all night, and even needs his permission to wear a short skirt. Even when it comes to dating, she has to i 12.8kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
24. 124 读 After Reading Minds, I Found Out My Crown Prince Cousin Is a Total Madman! 读心后，发现太子表哥是疯批！ Warm Wine, Fading Ink温酒残墨Ancient Romance378k WordsCompleted [Sweet, delicate cousin × mad Crown Prince + possessive pursuit + forced love + mind-reading + devoted couple + sweet romance + happy ending] Shen Qingtang is the adopted daughter of a marquis’s household and has been doted on since childhood. Not only does her maternal aunt, the Empress, adore her, but her cousin, the Crown Prince, treats her like his own little sister. Until the day after her coming-of-age banquet, when she suddenly gains the ability to read minds! She hears that her Crown 13.8kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves

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    Sisters! I really love this book; that itch in my heart has returned. The male and female leads are childhood sweethearts, and the female lead has a fiancé, but she doesn't truly love him—she doesn't understand love. Then one day, she overhears the male lead's inner thoughts, learning his feelings for her and his ruthlessness… She decides to distance herself from him, but he keeps trying to win her over.

25. 125 被 I'm Being Pestered by the Crazy Man I Used to Date 被缠上了，穿成疯批的作精前女友 Wen Yanjiu温言久Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [Publication rights acquired; comic adaptation now available] [Transmigrating into a book + socially anxious heroine + unhinged hero + only ever devoted to each other] [Super, super sweet!!] Wen Chu seems like a well-behaved girl to everyone around her, but in reality she has severe social anxiety. That is, until she transmigrates into a college romance novel and becomes the male lead’s troublesome ex-girlfriend. According to the plot, she is supposed to ruin their romance by being unreasonable 61.9kReads9.3Score5.9kShelves

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    Although she wasn't raised from childhood, the female lead perfectly embodies the male lead's possessiveness and obsessiveness, as he's somewhat yandere. The female lead also deeply cares for him, knowing his possessiveness and insecurity, yet she indulges him—it's incredibly sweet.

26. 126 强 Spoiled Relentlessly! After Losing Her Memory, the Picky Little Darling Just Wants to Run Away 强宠！失忆后小作精只想跑路 Liu Yuyu柳鱼鱼Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted [Amnesia + sweet romance + fake idealized first love + possessive pursuit + both leads are virgins] Spoiled, dazzling little drama queen vs. an overindulgent, possessive tycoon Yan Jiaojiao has lost her memory. Her memories are even jumbled, making her think she's living inside a book, where she's the utterly wicked villainess! Being the villainess is bad enough, but her obsessive, possessive fiancé treats her as a stand-in for someone else. The heroine, his gentle and considerate first love, di 3.1kReads8.9Score189Shelves

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    In this story, the female lead gets into a car accident and thinks she's in a tragic romance novel, so she acts all demanding towards the male lead, who dotes on her (in reality, she has amnesia and is just projecting her own experiences). [Drooling][drooling]

27. 127 她 Her Little Bellflower 她的小桔梗 Sweet Peach Yaoyao甜桃夭夭Modern Romance496k WordsCompleted A short drama adaptation is now available under the same title. [Fatherly devotion + nurturing romance + secret love] After a car accident leaves Wen Li in a vegetative state, her unrelated uncle, Fu Zheng, cares for her for three years. Her only wish before she dies is to hug the older man who stifles his sobs at night. Reborn at eighteen, Wen Li decides to return the older man Fu Zheng’s restrained, unspoken love. Her sudden closeness catches the usually composed and intelligent man off guard. 22.9kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves

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    I've been looking for ages, why hasn't anyone recommended this one? It's super good, with lots of emotional ups and downs. The main text doesn't focus much on childhood upbringing, but the epilogue does. [Shy][shy][shy]

28. 128 公 The Princess Is Spoiled and Willful, and the Cold-Faced General Defies His Station 公主娇纵，冷面将军以下犯上 Jiang Baofu江宝芙Ancient Romance418k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's first and only love + intense push and pull + over-the-top pampering + fiercely possessive] [Willful, scheming little princess X cold, ruthless, calculating young general] Shen Ran didn't want to be sent off in a political marriage. On the journey back to the capital under Xie Yanli's escort, she thought up a hundred ways to make him let her go. Play the victim: No. Pretend to be sick: No. Act obedient: No. Seduce him: Yes. She realized Xie Yanli wasn't impossi 12.3kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    The abstinent general transforms into a lewd and eccentric man. The male lead initially takes meticulous care of the female lead, having known her since childhood and always protecting her. He falls for her and then forcefully pursues her. She runs, he chases—it's incredibly exciting. Male lead: That's how bad people are; if they like something, they'll take it.

29. 129 娇 I Raised Her as My Treasure, But When She Grew Up, She Married Someone Else 娇养心肝长大后，她和别人拜了堂 Flower Roll Rice花卷饭Ancient Romance260k WordsCompleted [Raising a child at first; a romance develops when she grows up. All the male leads are chaste; not a one-on-one romance.] When An Lan was six, Wen Renqiu took her in, but she still wasn’t satisfied. “Why don’t you all raise me together?” With that breezy little question, she roped in Wen Renqiu’s two friends to raise her for the rest of their lives. The three of them had very different lives: one manipulated court politics, one lived by the blade in the martial world, and one traveled far and w 2.6kReads9.1Score414Shelves

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    🍎The male and female leads are childhood sweethearts. The male lead takes good care of the female lead and has secretly loved her for many, many years. The female lead has always treated him like a brother and never imagined that he would love her so deeply.

30. 130 太 The Beautiful, Sweet Crown Princess Who Made a Mad, Powerful Official Bow to Her 太子妃美又娇，引疯批权臣竟折腰 Zhao Zou Zou赵走走Ancient Romance572k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + True Forced Possession + Beloved by Everyone + Rivalry Among Men + All Male Leads Are Unhinged + 1vN] Everyone knows the Crown Princess was taken by the Crown Prince. The Crown Princess is peerlessly beautiful. Though she is the unwanted legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's household, she has become General Xie's most beloved person and the dream girl of the tutor's son. She has even caught the eye of a prince from an enemy kingdom. The Crown Prince is ruthless and vindictiv 4.1kReads8.8Score406Shelves
31. 131 东 A Battle for the Crown Prince's Favor 东宫夺娇 Endless Days and Nights朝暮漫漫Ancient Romance367k WordsCompleted [BG + Modern Woman in an Ancient World + Coercive Possession + Obsessive Yandere + Innocent on the Outside, Dark Within + A Long-Standing Plot] Jiang Shuyao had always believed that the young man she’d raised herself was a gentle, refined gentleman. Even when she had certain unmentionable dreams about him before her wedding, she thought the problem lay with her. Only when he forcibly abducted her to a villa on her wedding day, the same young man she had protected and raised, did she finally see 5.2kReads8.6Score404Shelves
32. 132 贵 The Noble Lady Is So Charming, She Makes the Tyrant Bend at the Waist 贵女多娇，引暴君折腰 Bishan Jihe碧山芰荷Ancient Romance246k WordsCompleted (The main story is complete) (The ruthless beauty of a princess consort versus a deranged, black-hearted emperor) (Not a transmigration or rebirth story. The leads are not your traditional good people.) Can a pure emperor’s love serve as a get-out-of-death-free token? Jiang Ning, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, volunteers to marry Rong Yu, the late emperor’s youngest brother and Prince Chen’an. Rumor has it that Prince Chen’an is frail and won’t live past twenty-five, but the marriage 490Reads8.3Score—Shelves
33. 133 雨 Thick with Rain and Mist 雨雾浓浓 Sweet Woodruff繁缕花Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted Original title: Falling into the Rain Tide [Powerful man x soft but resilient woman + living-under-one-roof trope + older man + groveling pursuit + both leads' first love] Everyone in the business world knew Wen Huaixu was aloof and capricious, the last person anyone wanted to cross. No one in their circle dared take him lightly. Yet this unrestrained man would make an exception for just one person. One time, after drinking himself nearly unconscious, he saw Yu Tingyu holding a bowl of hangover 43.8kReads9.1Score5.4kShelves

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    Who understands?! The contrast between the older brother/younger sister/male lead, the unrequited love, and the "chasing after his wife" scenario is so powerful it completely captivated me! The more stubborn he is at the beginning, the more humble he becomes later. Every "Little Fish" he calls out touches my heart. No melodramatic misunderstandings throughout, a clean 1v1 story, highly recommended!

34. 134 师 If Junior Sister Wants It, Senior Brother Will Naturally Offer It with Both Hands 师妹想要，师兄自然双手奉上 Er Guo Tou贰锅头Fantastical Romance312k WordsOngoing [Romance] Bright and sunny junior sister x gentle, refined senior brother in a position of power Synopsis: The mastermind behind the separation of her parents thirteen years ago has returned. What are they looking for? His first love? The true heroine? The System? Was it fate, or was someone pulling the strings? Content warnings: Ensemble cast, includes a woman pursuing a man. The story is roughly 70% plot and 30% romance. No tragic treatment of the heroine. Not a wish-fulfillment story 🌹. It s 1.7kReads—Score292Shelves

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    Childhood sweethearts, silently protecting each other, gentle male lead, so sweet!

35. 135 可 Could You Please Comfort Me? 可不可以哄哄我 Er Li二厘Modern Romance295k WordsCompleted [Both leads are inexperienced in love | Forced love | The childhood friend who came out of nowhere is direct about demanding love | Reunited after a breakup] As a child, Shen Shengsheng once played house with an older boy and promised she would be his wife when she grew up. It was something a three-year-old said. As time passed, no one took it seriously. But more than ten years later, a boy came to Jincheng and wouldn't leave her alone. Shen Shengsheng gently tried to reason with him. “I think w 7.6kReads8.9Score442Shelves

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    The male and female leads met in kindergarten, and the male lead couldn't forget the female lead from the start. Later, the female lead transferred schools, went abroad, and returned, but she no longer recognized him and forgot her promise. The male lead relentlessly pursued her; whenever any woman got close to her, he would kiss her frantically, seemingly gentle, but actually obsessive.

36. 136 娇 The Sweet Little Darling Is Forced into Love by Her Evil Brother 娇娇妹宝被坏种哥哥强制爱了 Only Knows How to Fish只知漁Modern Romance243k WordsOngoing [Yandere Forced Love + School Days to City Life + Regretful Pursuit + Mutual Devotion, HE] [Sweet, Gentle, Resilient Wallflower × Cruel, Love-Struck Nepo Baby] From childhood, Yu Yinyin lived with her mother in the Pei household. She was raised to believe that he was the master and she the servant, and that she had to obey and carry out the young master’s orders without question. Pei Zhiye was born into a century-old family of aristocrats and wealth. A peerless genius beyond anyone’s reach, he h 4kReads—Score286Shelves

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    This is such a wonderful story! [Admiration][Admiration]

37. 137 独 Only Spoiling Lili 独宠梨梨 Clouds with the Moon乌云伴月Modern Romance164k WordsCompleted [Business tycoon x sweet, well-behaved girl] [Sweet romance + age gap + sharp tongue, soft heart + lighthearted and cheerful + happy ending] Ding Li moved in with the Pei family when she was seventeen. The lofty man lounged on a black leather sofa in a dark suit. His eyes were pale, and he gave her a cold, mocking look. “I don’t take care of kids.” - Later. When news broke that Pei Jingsi was to marry the eldest daughter of the Cheng family, Ding Li packed her bags and moved out of the Pei home 8.3kReads9.0Score812Shelves

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    So good! Happy ending! The male lead is tough on the outside but soft on the inside, and the female lead has liked him since childhood—it's so sweet! At first, the male lead thought the female lead was too young for him, but later, when she wanted to leave him, he regretted it and said, "Lili, I only want you. Let's go home together, okay?" Super sweet! [Shy][shy][shy][shy][shy]

38. 138 睁 Wake Up! The Reborn Troublemaker’s Beautiful, Strong, Tragic Brother in His Youth 睁眼！作精重生美强惨哥哥少年时 There'll Be Cats会有猫滴Modern Romance326k WordsCompleted [Mutual redemption + stunning heroine + growing together + one-on-one romance + devoted to each other] Ci Mengdie and Ci Jinzhao are orphans who depend on each other like siblings, though they aren't related by blood. Spoiled rotten by her brother, Ci Mengdie does whatever she pleases. At eighteen, she finally works up the nerve to confess to Ci Jinzhao. After he turns her down, she decides to stop speaking to him. But that very night, Ci Jinzhao sneaks into her bedroom. “Mengmeng, I’m sorry.” “ 1.3kReads—Score226Shelves

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    [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts] This!!! The male lead is incredibly doting!!

39. 139 娇 A Rose Between Her Teeth 娇咬玫瑰 Would You Like Some Orange Juice?喝橙汁儿吗Modern Romance472k WordsCompleted [Cool, aloof, flirtatious little fox VS wild, swaggering heir to a wealthy family] [Age gap + saying one thing and meaning another + openly flirting and secretly doting + long-laid plans + mutual salvation] Wei Sichu had never been a good person. All she wanted was to do whatever it took to survive. She was sick of living under someone else’s roof, and wanted to become Sheng Fang’s wife. Everyone said they were worlds apart and that she was delusional, but she was the only one carefully plotting 3.8kReads9.0Score277Shelves

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    These are all books where the male lead is always taking care of the female lead; some are like older brothers, and some are about the same age. They're all super good, and the writing is excellent.

40. 140 过 Expired Longing 过期眷恋 Dai Bojia代卜加Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted Sweet romance, both leads’ first love, marriage before love, reunion after a long separation, 6.67-year age gap Gentle, childish, and always pretending to be the big brother (a natural flirt who has no idea how alluring he is) Sweet-natured, decisive, and unbothered (a devoted wife, with a special berserk-dragon mode) - On the day she was to marry into the wealthy Qi family, Lan Zhijun leaped without hesitation straight into her future husband’s arms. The refined, jade-like master painter she ha 237Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Although the male and female leads didn't grow up together—they were together as children but separated and reunited as adults—the male lead takes special care of the female lead. Despite their age difference, he likes to boss her around, and the female lead is very obedient, dependent on, and trusting of him, enjoying being managed by him. It's a sweet romance novel about marriage before love, with incredibly loving interactions.

41. 141 所 Everyone Wants to Win Over My Childhood Sweetheart 所有人都想攻略我的青梅竹马 Little Caizi小财子Modern Romance169k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Low-EQ, soft and adorable heroine VS sharp-tongued childhood-friend hero] What would you do if you discovered that the world you’d lived in all your life was actually a novel, and your childhood sweetheart was its male lead, the kind who would eventually destroy the world? Gu Siyu says… Why not just give up? She’s only a minor cannon-fodder character. There’s nothing she can do to help. Hopefully those people who transmigrated into the book will try harder and stop the world from bein 67.1kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves

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    (づ˘ﻬ˘)づ~~~The female lead knows that her childhood friend is the main character and she is just a supporting character, so she decides to stay away from the male lead again. But our male lead is like a leech, sticking to the female lead and not giving her a chance. The later plot is also very good, very good, I recommend watching it. For me, there are no bad parts!!! (ÒωÓױ)!!!

42. 142 反 The Villainous Young Lady Is Still Working Hard to Do Evil Today 反派大小姐今天也在努力作恶 Pei Nanzhu裴南烛Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Sweet Romance + One-on-One, Both Pure] A haughty, domineering heiress who’s impossibly beautiful ✖️ a sinister, unhinged, refined scoundrel of a villain Pei Zhiyan was once a hundred-year-old bird, a long-tailed tit from the north. Reborn one day, she transmigrated into a vintage-rich-family novel and became the sickly fiancée who was barely mentioned, existing only to highlight the villain’s twisted nature. Luckily, according to the story, she would eventually earn t 10.4kReads9.2Score914Shelves

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    Highly recommended! The male lead has been taking care of the female lead since she was 3 years old, and he dotes on her immensely. They're childhood sweethearts, guaranteed to be a great watch! [Heart emoji]

43. 143 告 Confession Mix-Up! I Flirted with My Brooding Childhood Friend by Mistake, and He Went Crazy 告白乌龙！错撩阴湿竹马后他疯了 The Fork Disappeared While I Was Eating Instant Noodles吃泡面叉子不见了Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted [Rivals use an alt account to flirt with me + a green-tea older brother + online romance turns real + flirting with the wrong person exposes their identity + sweet campus romance] Xu Youning has had three mortal enemies in this life: Shen Shiji, Shen Shiji, and still Shen Shiji! He stole her top ranking, tugged her braids, and snatched away the drink she was offering. This grudge is irreconcilable. Then she nearly drowned and was rescued. She mistakenly thought it was the passing senior Wen. T 325Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Even if the female lead blows up the sky, the male lead's whole family will still spoil and pamper her. [Licking screen][licking screen][licking screen]

44. 144 呦 The Deer Calls, and My Heart Holds the Brush 呦呦鹿鸣，执聿于心 Taro Baby芋宝儿Modern Romance371k WordsCompleted To Gu Zhiyu, Lin Youyou is the crush he had as a boy, the love he found as they grew up, and the person he’ll cherish for the rest of his life. To Lin Youyou, Gu Zhiyu is a jealous sourpuss, a sweet romance, and the source of endless affection. Childhood sweethearts who have been inseparable since they were little. The heroine is cheerful and optimistic, and gets along with everyone. The hero is cold on the outside but warm within, possessive, and prone to jealousy. They both know how to communi 1.6kReads—Score122Shelves

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    This book is very sweet and very enjoyable.

45. 145 我 My Uncle Yu Le 我的叔叔于玏 A Family of Modest Means for Generations祖上世代小康Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted Cold-Blooded Power Player x Teenage Murderer [Nurturing Romance + Age Gap + Fatherly Male Lead + Tragic Ending + No Happy Endings for Anyone] Chen Zui is a bad kid. The day she met Yu Le, she swore she would be with him. “Will you give me a home?” she asked. From then on, Chen Zui moved into the diamond house Yu Le had prepared for her. Everyone in their circle knew Chairman Yu had a girl by his side, but who was she? Why was Yu Le so good to her? Rumors abounded. His indulgence fueled her desir 15.9kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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46. 146 京 Spoiled in the Capital 京娇宠溺 Floating Bamboo Boat浮竹舟Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Reserved, Restrained, Fatherly Hero × Scatterbrained, Straightforward Sweetheart (Seven-Year Age Gap)] Lin Chaoque had lived with the Zhou family since she was little. She couldn't help falling for the cold, desireless man of the Zhou family, as immovable as a snow-covered mountain. She wanted to make that mountain crumble. The day she learned that Zhou Guanji was getting engaged, Lin Chaoque kissed the corner of his lips on tiptoe, where no one could see, and asked timidly, “Brother.” “Didn't 14.4kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    I think this fits the male lead's separation anxiety towards the female lead, which led him to seek treatment abroad (this part wasn't detailed in the text). Four years later, the male lead returns to China (although his illness isn't fully cured). There will be a short period of confinement in between (the female lead doesn't resist much but is a little scared). After the confinement, the couple will have a brief argument, then make up and finally live a sweet and happy life together.

47. 147 压 Pin Me Against the Wall! Lock My Heart Away! The Tycoon Is Brooding and Clingy 压墙角！囚心门！大佬闷骚又粘人 Little Daidai Has No Brains小呆没脑子Modern Romance578k WordsCompleted [Twelve-year age gap: a sweet, soft doll-like girl × a possessive, obsessive older man] Jing Jichen, heir to the most powerful family in the capital, founded a business empire through his own efforts at just eighteen. What outsiders don't know is that this stern, aloof, impossibly distinguished man has a secret fondness for raising a living doll. When Jing Jichen was twelve, he found a little girl overseas who couldn't even walk. With her fair, chubby baby face, clear, bright eyes, and little cu 3.5kReads8.6Score303Shelves

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    The male lead raised the female lead since childhood; they are 12 years apart in age. The male lead is very possessive of the female lead, and the female lead knows how to indulge him.

48. 148 妹 Reborn: The Campus Heartthrob and Childhood Friend Can Both Forget Her 妹宝重生，校草和竹马她都不要了 Cloth Bag Qimu布袋七木Modern Romance176k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + Staying as a Guest + Male Secret Admirer + College Campus + One-on-One Romance + School Heartthrob and Childhood Friend's Ex-Chasing Funeral + Devoted, Fatherly Male Lead Takes the Crown] [Bright, Sweet, and Obedient Darling x Steady, Restrained Older Brother] The first thing He Qingyu did after being reborn was get away from the jinx of a school heartthrob and her childhood friend, then resolutely follow Pei Yichuan to the capital. Everyone thought she was crazy. Only He Qingyu knew 196Reads—Score239Shelves

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    The male lead is a doting father figure; he lived in the female lead's house for ten years and was incredibly doting on her. After the female lead is reborn, in order to escape the unlucky school heartthrob and her childhood sweetheart, she moves back home with the male lead.

49. 149 醉 A Drunken Nighttime Kiss! One Flirt from Her, and the Arrogant Big Shot’s Heart Races 醉吻夜！她一撩，桀骜大佬心狂跳 A Crescent Moon一剪月Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Climbing the Capital’s Family Tree is now available on all platforms.] [Top Capital City Tycoon · Rebellious, Devoted Suit-Wearing Bad Boy vs. Ballet Princess · Radiant, Proud Little Swan] Li Zhi and Fu Yanze grew up together, but Li Zhi turned out to be the fake heiress. For the sake of his own interests, Fu Yanze chose to get engaged to the real heiress, a leading actress in the entertainment industry. He hoped Li Zhi would understand and said he would come back to marr 59.4kReads9.5Score7.3kShelves
50. 150 肆 Kiss My Childhood Sweetheart: Tempt Her, Lure Her, Spoil Her Rotten 肆吻青梅，引她，诱她，宠坏她 Hua Nian Dong花念峒Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Childhood friends + flirtatious male lead + wealthy families + both leads’ first love + two powerful figures in the capital’s inner circle + maximum tension + intense push and pull + mutual healing] [Arrogant, roguish male lead × dazzling female lead with overwhelming fighting ability] Shen Xitang is the cherished young lady of the capital’s elite circle, adored by everyone and free to live as boldly and carefree as she pleases. Several powerful families in the capital protect her, her three ol 5.9kReads8.2Score682Shelves

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