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1. 1 邱 Secretary Qiu's Marriage 邱秘书的婚事 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted Qiu Yu is the secretary to Ji Xiangdong, the owner of a real estate company. She's a chubby little foodie who loves to eat and works hard. Her parents always hoped their daughter would marry a son-in-law who could eat as much as she could and wouldn't look down on her. After a long search and many twists and turns, she finally found the right man. No angst. 53.5kReads9.5Score5.9k14d adds

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   Human love that can convince you to believe

2. 2 温 The Gentle Hunter 温柔猎手 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Modern Romance198k WordsCompleted The short drama is now available to watch on Hongguo and Tomato Short Drama. This is a story about a hunter and her prey. Xinyi is a girl from a small county town who works part-time as a tour guide to pay her tuition. She meets the wealthy Yang Haichao, who is attracted to her at first sight. Their encounter changes both their lives, and in the end, the hunter becomes the prey. Xinyi’s growth and transformation come at a bloody cost. You think it’s just a fleeting night of pleasure, but I want 7.4kReads9.3Score66314d adds
3. 3 六 The 1960s! I Transmigrated into an Erotic Novel 六零！我穿进辣文里了 Qing Mu青 沐Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted P.S. The female lead will not fall in love with the male lead, and she's no lovesick fool. [Born into the world + transmigrates into a steamy novel + educated youth sent to the countryside + strongwoman + male lead transmigrates from the apocalypse with special abilities + everyday family life] Shen Shuyue is a darling little fairy, born into this world with a golden finger, money, beauty, and influence. At seven or eight, she awakens memories of her past life and learns that troubled times are 4.5kReads6.9Score21914d adds

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   It's so good, I stayed up all night to watch it.

4. 4 综 Variety Shows Are Full of Fools, So I Become the Big Shot with My Silly Antics 综艺水浅王八多，我靠沙雕做大哥 Sanyingli三樱里Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + showbiz + secret marriage to a tycoon + outrageous nonsense + everyone’s favorite] Qin Wanyin is a professional human shield, the sort who takes the hit for others. After retiring, she unexpectedly transmigrates into the role of a tycoon’s universally despised fiancée. The tycoon and his sweet, innocent sweetheart are all lovey-dovey on a dating show, while netizens slam Qin Wanyin as the other woman. Qin Wanyin: “I’m over it. Let’s call off the engagement.” The sweetheart pouts 13.9kReads9.5Score2.4k14d adds
5. 5 发 After Discovering My Ex-Husband Could Read Minds, My Acting Skills Went Through the Roof 发现前夫有读心术后，我演技爆棚 Cute Guy萌汉子Modern Romance531k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Su Weiwei schemed against Lu Yushi and ended up blind and crippled. Reborn on the day of their divorce, Su Weiwei wanted nothing more than to kill Lu Yushi! That very day, Lu Yushi was knocked out by a leaking water dispenser and inexplicably heard Su Weiwei’s thoughts: “One day, I’m going to sell him to a rich woman’s pleasure palace!” Lu Yushi: “?!” At a party, Su Weiwei stared at Lu Yushi’s wineglass: “Will a packet of laxatives be enough to make him die on the toilet?” 240Reads9.1Score—14d adds
6. 6 救 Help! After Being Reborn, I Still Married a Madman 救命，重生后我还是嫁给了疯子 Xie Xue'er谢雪儿Modern Romance776k WordsCompleted [Period drama + military marriage in the 1980s + medical skills + space + a heroine who grows over time + an obsessive male lead] Ning Mo was reborn, but she still married that madman. When her soul witnessed him torturing someone to death, she became terrified of him to her core after being reborn. Her first thought was to divorce him, but he refused, afraid she might disturb the life of his beloved. Given another chance, she was determined to live life on her own terms, so she ran away while h 39Reads7.2Score—14d adds
7. 7 配 How Hard Can It Be to Make a Potion? 配个药而已，有多难？ Gobi Desert Beach戈壁沙滩Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted [Not Reborn + No Transmigration + No System + Everyday Life in a Native Setting] Zhou Ting thought she would marry her boyfriend when she turned eighteen, have a child a few years later, and live an ordinary, uneventful life. But a month before her eighteenth birthday, her boyfriend called off their engagement. The reason? He had gotten together with her cousin, Zhou Sixue, who had awakened the rarest of all talents: that of an alchemist. Alchemists were the most esteemed people in the entire em 4.2kReads8.4Score37814d adds
8. 8 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds

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   Without a female lead, would the female lead be considered lucid?

9. 9 不 If the Male Lead Is Out of Reach, the Villain Is a Better Deal 不是男主要不起，反派更有性价比 Taishi Ying太史婴Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of Quick Transmigration: Spoiled and Cherished is now available on Fanqie, the comic is out, and a print edition is in the works. Please show your support. [Sweet romance + yandere, one-on-one] To stay alive, Sheng Nuan must transmigrate into different worlds, play doomed cannon fodder, and save the darkest villains. They're cold-blooded, obsessive, and ruthless, capable of leaving a million corpses in their wake with a laugh and destroying the world with a wave of the 67.7kReads9.5Score6.4k14d adds

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   This is a very good book.

10. 10 震 Shocking! My Betrothed Has Gone Bankrupt 震惊！联姻对象破产了 Qi Qihar祁祁哈尔Modern Romance124k WordsCompleted In the imperial capital, where splendor and decay intertwine, Shen Yiqing, daughter of the Shen family, was born a jewel admired by all. Her beauty was breathtaking, but her madness struck fear into people's hearts. Her eyes were like an abyss, concealing endless secrets and madness, as though everything in the world were an illusion to her. She shone alone, yet sank into ruin alone. Every moment she lived was a punishment for the living. Shen Yiqing's marriage alliance with Xie Ze, son of the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 11 职 Office Intrigue: Love and Hate Entwined 职场风云之爱恨交织 Purple Star 520紫薇星辰520Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted Lin Xiao enters the workforce full of hope and enthusiasm, only to repeatedly run into obstacles in its unforgiving world. Shen Yi, meanwhile, is a cold and ruthless official's son, a figure everyone at the company fears. A chance encounter brings Lin Xiao and Shen Yi together, but this is no happy beginning. It is the prelude to a nightmare. Shen Yi's heartlessness deals Lin Xiao unprecedented setbacks and blows, costing her even her job. Driven to despair, Lin Xiao decides to take revenge and —Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 12 亲 After Their Parenting Variety Show Goes Viral, Everyone Online Wants to Call Me Mom 亲子综艺爆火后，全网都认我当妈 Camellias and Wine茶花与酒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Xuanxuan is an orphan, not her biological daughter] Jiang Sui transmigrates again, this time into the body of a C-list star with a terrible reputation. On a parent-child livestreaming variety show, she and her daughter become the foil to a mother-daughter duo whose motto is to do absolutely nothing. The laid-back duo wins countless fans by slacking off, while Jiang Sui's group attracts nothing but haters. In a triathlon challenge: The laid-back mom makes her son drag her along. Comments: “What 9.6kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
13. 13 玄 The Mystic Girl Says You’ll Die at Three in the Morning. Pay Up to Change Your Fate 玄学少女说你三更死，打钱改命 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + ghost-catching + satisfying read + lighthearted + sweet romance + CEO + wealthy family + no angst] After enduring a tribulation, Wu Yin is struck by lightning and sent back to the twenty-first century. With no money to her name, she can only set up a fortune-telling stall online. She tells fortunes, catches ghosts, and treats illnesses. If you can pay, she’ll take the job. “Master, if you’re really any good, tell me where my daughter, who was kidnapped years ago, 59.2kReads9.4Score34.1k14d adds

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    Metaphysics Master's Article

14. 14 玄 Mystical Livestream: The Big Shot Moves Bricks Online 玄学直播间：大佬她在线搬砖 Yi Yao伊瑶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The heroine goes solo early on; the male lead is just a supporting character, and she doesn't get into petty fights with the fake heiress.) A metaphysics expert fails her tribulation and wakes up in the body of a girl hauling bricks at a construction site. To gather faith, she starts livestreaming fortune-telling, only to accidentally read her own biological father's fortune. So she's actually the real daughter of a wealthy family? Back in the wealthy household, she faces three unfamiliar broth 18kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
15. 15 恶 The Villainess Is Reborn, Goes on a Rampage, and Takes Everyone Down 恶女重生，发疯创死所有人 Peachy Trouble桃了个夭Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted (No male lead + male characters suffer later + reborn for revenge + rivalry for the heroine + everyone dies in the ending) In her previous life, Wen Ying was bullied by everyone around Li Zhao, the villainous female protagonist of a story about tormenting women. In the end, Li Zhao even caused her death. Reborn, Wen Ying plots to get close to every one of them and make them pay, one by one. Later, they all fall in love with her and scheme to make her theirs. The original male lead: Shen Shi Befo 675Reads8.8Score11114d adds

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    In her past life, the female protagonist was bullied by the original female protagonist, and those around her also bullied her. Reborn, she wants to take revenge on the original female protagonist and her lackeys. In her interactions with all the men in the book, she does not forget her purpose because these people who hurt her fall in love with her. The female protagonist's intelligence is always on point!

16. 16 公 The Princess Is Too Alluring, and Her Little Death Soldier Is Spoiled to Tears 公主太撩人，小死士被宠哭了 Clear Night Moon清夜月Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + transmigrating into a book + two formidable leads + obsessive love + sweet romance] Xie Fengyao transmigrated into the body of the fifth princess of the Western Chu Kingdom, a debauched and cruel cannon-fodder character who would soon die suddenly in her princess’s residence. To stay alive, she had no choice but to keep a highly skilled young death warrior by her side as protection. The young death warrior was as cold as ice, merciless, and kept everyone at a distance. Until on 2kReads9.2Score29714d adds

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    The books I'm recommending are all rated 9.0, they're all very good, and you can give them a try.

17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Enters a BE Script 快穿白月光穿进be剧本 Carefree Chatterbox佛系叽歪Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted #Shocking! The Dream Girl Meets a Love-Struck Hero in Every World!# [Dream Girl + Satisfying Romance + Healing and Redemption + No Fixed Couple] After Qing Dai’s fiftieth blind date ends in failure, she’s told it’s because the fragments of her soul scattered across different little worlds have left a trail of broken hearts: They were the CEO’s dream girl, the campus heartthrob’s secret wife, the regent’s cinnabar mole, the secretly adored imperial princess in a matriarchal world… As the dream gi 32.9kReads9.2Score2.1k14d adds
18. 18 重 Reborn, She Is Spoiled by the Obsessive Lord Huo 重生后，她被偏执霍爷宠坏了！ Qing Huaijin Xuan卿淮锦萱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + secret identities + two equally strong leads] Only after watching the man who loved her deeply die right before her eyes did Ye Xiaoxi realize just how stupid she had been! Living her life over again, Ye Xiaoxi reclaims the intelligence she’d lost to her love-addled brain and gleefully takes down one scumbag after another. It’s just that, before she knows it, her husband has uncovered her secret identities one by one… Before she even gets a chance to apologize, her biologi 838Reads9.1Score12014d adds
19. 19 重 After Being Reborn, I Became the Obsession of a Man with a Drug Addiction 重生后，我成了偏执大佬的药瘾 A Boat Adrift in the Distance浮舟遥Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Both leads are virgins] [Sweet romance] [Mutual healing] In her previous life, Shi Wan died a tragic death. Fu Tingchen gave his life for her and perished in a sea of flames. Reborn, Shi Wan has the advantage at every turn. She plans each step carefully, vowing to protect the person she loves most. Fu Tingchen is possessive by nature, violent and ruthless. Yet he doesn’t know that after they marry, he’ll dote on one woman without restraint, treating her with tender affection. “A Chen, why didn’ 61.3kReads9.4Score6.2k14d adds
20. 20 重 Reborn Flirt: The Sickly Big Shot Takes Me in His Arms 重生小撩精：病娇大佬揽入怀 Little Carrot Bunny胡萝卜小兔几Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted [Obsessive Love and Two Rebirths, With a Cat] “Yuanyuan, your dancing legs are beautiful, but they don’t listen. If you run away again, I’ll lock you up for life. You’ll never leave me.” In her previous life, Yu Qingyuan gave her heart to the wrong man and died in Mo Jingyu’s arms. Reborn, she held the orange cat that had been reborn with her, her beautiful eyes shimmering. “A Yu, from now on, I’ll dance only for you, okay?” Later, every dance she performed brought him a little more clarity. Whe 159Reads9.2Score—14d adds
21. 21 重 Reborn on My Wedding Night, I Was Kissed Senseless by the Possessive Tycoon 重生新婚夜，被偏执大佬亲疯了 Roast Chicken烧鸡Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Revenge + secret identities + feel-good power fantasy + lots of sweet affection] After being reborn, Shi Jiunian looked at her handsome husband, so gorgeous he could make anyone's knees buckle, and swallowed hard. How blind had she been in her past life to reject such an incredible husband, trust a scumbag and a scheming woman instead, and end up with her family destroyed? In this life, she reclaimed her beauty and brains and set out to crush the villains and win powerful allies! But somehow, s 18.5kReads9.5Score2.2k14d adds
22. 22 超 So Sweet! She's Sweet and Flirty, and the Big Shot Would Give His Life for Her 超甜！她乖又撩！大佬命都给她了 Su Qianqian苏钱钱Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [Complete Short Story] [Mutual healing, secret love comes true + Both inexperienced in love + Happy ending] [Possessive, puppy-like bad boy at first, clingy sweetheart later] [Sweet romance + Rebirth + Devoted husband] Reborn on the first day of freshman year, Lin Suisui ran frantically up to the rooftop. When she saw the man sitting there smoking, exactly as he had on the rooftop in her previous life, her eyes turned red. “Chen Suifeng, is that cigarette really so good?” “Want to try something 88kReads9.2Score11.8k14d adds
23. 23 重 Reborn and Doted On by Seven Powerful Figures 重生团宠：我是七个大佬的心尖宠 Yao Ling遥玲Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was the real heiress who was switched at birth and later brought home, only to be tortured to death. After being reborn, seven powerful older brothers appear out of nowhere, but they look at her with disdain. “A country bumpkin from the sticks is bound to be ugly and stupid. Whoever wants her can have her!” Later, she tears into the trash one by one, revealing secret identity after secret identity, while her seven brothers spoil her rotten. Her seven brothers say, “Litt 1.2kReads9.0Score29414d adds
24. 24 小 Little Temptress, You Can't Escape! The Tyrant Is Obsessed with Me 小妖精逃不掉！暴君对我痴缠入骨 Round Little Egg圆滚滚蛋Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Shen Suisui was an innocent, naive little fox. After the tyrant Xiao Chen brought her back to the palace, he would go mad if anyone so much as looked at her for a moment too long. When she came back to life, she found herself back at the time she first met Xiao Chen! She failed to escape and was brought back to the palace again. To break free from Xiao Chen’s control, Shen Suisui could only save herself by acting cute and sweet-talking him from time to time. “Xiao Chen, I l 16.6kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
25. 25 宝 Be Good, Baby. Daddy Knows He Was Wrong. He'll Kneel on the Keyboard Tonight 宝贝乖，老公知错了今晚跪键盘 A Piece of Coffin Wood一块棺材板Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she stole Fu Corporation's trade secrets for a worthless man and took the fall for him, leaving the man who loved her deeply paralyzed and ultimately causing his death when he could not be treated. Given a second chance at life, she opens her eyes, tears the scoundrel and his shameless mistress to shreds, and dotes on her husband! Dotes on her husband! Dotes on her husband! “Honey, I can't sleep. Won't you hold me...?” “Honey, I forgot to bring a towel when I went to shower 3.1kReads8.9Score19414d adds
26. 26 身 You Can Steal My Identity, But What About My Mental Illness? 身份可以偷走，那我的精神病呢？ Flickering Candle Stub残烛跳荡Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed ✚ Absurd memes ✚ Chaotic variety show ✚ Animal mind reading] Ming Li wakes up in the body of a celebrity who was sent to a psychiatric hospital by her family. From the start, she’s mocked by the entire internet, saddled with a family that leeches off her, and called mentally ill! Ming Li: Whatever. The things that don’t kill her will only make her even crazier! When a sharp-tongued entertainment reporter comes after her, she says, “A tadpole with a frog tattoo, and you 54.7kReads9.6Score7.6k14d adds
27. 27 女 A Woman's World: She Uses Her Superpowers to Cherish Her Husband 女尊穿越，她靠异能娇养夫郎 Flowers Flourish, So Shallowly繁花似谴浅Ancient Romance821k WordsCompleted In a post-apocalyptic world, Ran Yuening awakens only ordinary speed- and strength-based abilities. With no other choice, she takes revenge, then blows herself up and dies while being pursued. But just before she dies, a jade pendant, beautiful beyond compare, comes flying straight at her heart. And then Ran Yuening transmigrates. She arrives in a world ruled by women. The moment she wakes, she finds her own mother selling her husband. Selling your daughter’s husband? Hold on, old woman. Did you 5.9kReads9.1Score70114d adds
28. 28 病 My Yandere Little Brother Tries to Seduce Me, Then Wraps His Fox Tail Around My Waist 病娇弟弟欲诱撩，又用狐尾缠她腰 Bei Cangwei北藏尾Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s darling and a total heartthrob + dating-show love polygon + school life + a little goofy; sweet, airheaded heiress X outwardly sweet, inwardly twisted yandere younger brother, who gets seriously crazy when the yandere side comes out •᷄ࡇ•᷅] In her previous life, You Tao raised a pitiful little brother, only to be stabbed to death by his so-called fiancée. After being reborn, she swears: “Being a flirt can get you killed. I’m never going near another man again!” She joins a dating show 5.8kReads9.3Score89314d adds
29. 29 我 You’re the Only One in My World 我的世界仅一个你而已 Woodfall Shadow木落影Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted An animated comic adaptation of this book is in production. Stay tuned! [Rebirth + secret identities + adorable baby + sweet romance + domineering CEO + two strong leads] In her previous life, she was blinded by love and trusted the wrong man and woman. She treated him and their child as a disgrace and avoided them at all costs. She made trouble everywhere and caused their child’s death, leaving him with nothing. But when she lay dying, that man still protected her, willing to die rather than be 18kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
30. 30 影 The Movie Emperor and a Top-Tier Star Joined My Dating Show, and I Became a Sensation 影帝和顶流陪我上恋综，我爆火了 Eating Tomatoes Without Gaining Weight吃番茄不长胖Modern Romance933k WordsCompleted The early plot is all a smokescreen! [Reborn sweet romance + light mystery + live-streamed dating show full of romantic moments + entertainment industry + later family variety show + one-on-one romance] They say that celebrity actor Xie has a mysterious wife whom he cherishes beyond measure. The whole internet has been trying to uncover her identity, but no one has succeeded. At last, one day, the celebrity actor Xie appears on a dating show with his mysterious wife! The whole internet goes wild 1.5kReads8.8Score81314d adds
31. 31 睁 I Opened My Eyes and Returned to the Day Before the Big Shot Turned Evil 睁开眼，回到大佬黑化前一天 Chirp Chirp Wants to Get Rich啾啾要暴富Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted [Healing + dark obsession + sweet enough to ache + long-planned pursuit + from school days to wedding bells, one-on-one] Delicate, flirtatious beauty with a slender waist vs. a powerful, possessive yandere who says one thing and means another, and knows how to put on an act [The school arc is over. The baby-and-toddler arc, set after their wedding, has begun] The little one is adorably sweet and cuddly~ In a nutshell: My fearsome big shot, Brother Ji, is ruthless with everyone but afraid of his 681Reads9.0Score10714d adds
32. 32 皇 The Empress Leaped to Her Death, and the Mad Tyrant Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 皇后纵身一跃，疯批暴君哭红了眼 Huang Dandan黄蛋蛋Ancient Romance635k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we 21.3kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
33. 33 霍 Mr. Huo, Don't Cry. Your Wife Is Reborn to Spoil You! 霍总别哭了，夫人重生来宠你了！ Jasmine Sheng茉莉笙Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Rebirth, Sweet Romance, Devoted Love, Mutual Firsts] When the scumbag lit the torch, Huo Sichen, the man Ruan Yan had hated all her life, walked toward her without fear of the flames. A falling beam pinned him down, and flames licked over his body, but the arms holding her never budged. Even after being reborn, Ruan Yan couldn’t forget that scene. Amid the blazing fire, he whispered in her ear, “Yanyan, I’m not afraid of being reduced to ashes. I only want to take you home.” He was 1.9kReads8.9Score17014d adds
34. 34 救 Help! The Villain Overhears Me Rewriting the Plot with Puns 救命！反派偷听我用谐音梗改剧情 Sanyingli三樱里Modern Romance563k WordsCompleted Also known as: Help! The Villain Overhears Me Rewriting the Plot with Homophones [Wealthy-family comedy + everyone’s darling and gossip + variety-show face-slapping] Qin Yiyang awakens to the truth. In the book, she grew up in a pigsty, then was brought home by her wealthy family and spoiled rotten. Great! She’s got the everyone’s-darling heroine’s script! But it turns out the fake heiress is the real heroine. Unhappy that her family dotes on Qin Yiyang, the fake heiress transforms into the daug 50.4kReads9.4Score8.2k14d adds

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