The Heroine Is a Celebrity, the Male Lead Is an Outsider 女主明星，男主圈外素人

1. 1 影 The Movie Queen's Non-Celebrity Husband Goes Viral on a Couples Variety Show 影后的圈外老公在夫妻综艺爆火啦 Wild Dance in Spring乱舞一春Modern Romance230k WordsCompleted [Acting-obsessed career woman award-winning actress × devoted, calculating tycoon CEO. 1v1, both each other's first and only, married, pure sweetness] Li Zhizhi, the entertainment industry's goddess-like award-winning actress, actually appeared on a couples' reality show. She was so famous that every netizen had to tune in for a look. Even more unbelievable, when the show aired, the top trending topic wasn't Li Zhizhi's heavenly beauty, nor her rival's daringly revealing outfit. The most popular 2.1kReads7.1Score12714d adds

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   This book is so good, why is the rating so low?

2. 2 闪 A Whirlwind Marriage, A Firefighter Husband Who Flirts With Her Every Day 闪婚超甜，日日被消防军官撩拨 Le Miaomiao乐淼淼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Firefighter Officer VS High-Maintenance Celebrity, Marriage First, Love Later, Sweet! Swoon-Worthy! Flirty!] Lu Jiajia, a high-maintenance star adored by the entertainment industry, suddenly announced her whirlwind marriage!!! Curious netizens frantically dug into the groom’s identity, but came up empty-handed. They’d thought she’d enjoy a sweet life as a legally married couple, free to sleep together whenever they wanted. But instead, Lu Jiajia was put through all kinds of heart-wrenching a 3.8kReads9.3Score44314d adds

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   The female celebrity and the firefighter are super sweet.

3. 3 温 An Uncontrollable Temperature Gap 温差失控 Bamboo Shade and Butterfly Robes竹幽蝶衣Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted [Zen-like actress × tech tycoon | marriage before love | two strong leads who dote on each other] Everyone online thinks Song Zhiyuan is a laid-back actress who wants nothing from the world, taking roles as they come and caring little about whether she becomes famous. No one knows that she holds a cutting-edge AI algorithm and is the hidden tech magnate “Z.Y.Song,” capable of shaking up the entire chip industry. To secure some peace and quiet, she signs a marriage contract with tech up-and-comer 53Reads—Score—14d adds

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   I recommend this book; I stumbled upon it recently during a reading slump. The female lead is a celebrity, and the male lead is not in the entertainment industry. They meet through a blind date and get married. The process of falling in love from being strangers is very sweet and enjoyable.

4. 4 揽 Gathering Her Close 揽倾入怀 Xia Mier夏弥尔Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [A short story focused on sweet romance] [Doctor VS actress] [All sugar, no angst] [One-on-one, doting romance, medical fiction, showbiz] Bai Qing, already a top-tier star, suddenly made a high-profile announcement that she was in a relationship. Her boyfriend wasn't in the entertainment industry, and she hoped everyone would give them plenty of privacy. Naturally, netizens started digging. It turned out Bai Qing's boyfriend was a doctor: young, talented, from a prestigious family, and, most imp 10.1kReads9.4Score1k14d adds

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   Super super super super ✧٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧ It looks great!

5. 5 领 Tie Torn! The Glamorous Hong Kong Beauty Is Held Close by a Big Shot 领带扯断！港风美人被大佬揽腰宠 Lots of Pudding Milk Tea布丁多多奶茶Modern Romance576k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Romantic Push and Pull + Sweet Everyday Life + The Male Lead Has Been Scheming for Love for Ages and Is Hopelessly Devoted] Yan Zhuoyu is the entertainment industry's one and only Hong Kong-style beauty. She shot to online fame at eighteen after a video of her performance went viral. In the video, amid a war-torn battlefield, a young woman wore gleaming silver armor. Her long black hair was tied high with a vivid red ribbon. Armed with a long spear and astride a fie 3.8kReads8.9Score35314d adds
6. 6 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 59.5kReads9.5Score7.3k14d adds
7. 7 婚 He Gave the Wedding Ring to a Dog! She Joined a Hate-Fest Show and Punched the Internet in the Face 婚戒送狗！她转头上恨综肘击全网 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Super-sweet 1v1 + silly humor and memes + variety show] A variety show called The Haters Rule the World appears out of nowhere. It invites three celebrities hated across the internet, along with their haters, to take part. Any celebrity who fails on the show will be blacklisted for three years. The director calls this test of pure hatred between celebrities and their haters the Hate Show. - Chi Qiuli is the adopted daughter of the wealthy Huo family. Everyone thinks she's a resource-backed 77.3kReads9.3Score9k14d adds
8. 8 火 After Cremating My Scumbag Ex, I Became a Hit on a Dating Show 火葬渣男后，我上恋综爆火了 Gu Huo故火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Dating Show Livestream + Satisfying Comeuppance + Showbiz] After breaking up with a top-tier star, Chi Yang, an actress from the lowest rung of the industry who was hated across the internet, joined a dating show. Her antis mocked her: “You got dumped and now you’re going on a show to leech off your ex? You’re so desperate to get famous. Does anyone actually like you?” But once the show began, viewers saw a very different picture: The refined, handsome, nationally acclaimed 20.6kReads9.3Score3.3k14d adds
9. 9 重 Reborn, and the Whole Internet Is Guessing Who My Husband Is 重生后，全网都在猜我的老公 Mangosteen Pig山竹猪Modern Romance185k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + athletes + one-on-one romance + reborn + sweet romance] [Top-tier original singer x broad-shouldered swimmer] Mu Zhixin, a rising star who has just shot to fame, turns around and blissfully announces that she's registered her marriage. In an instant, she faces a torrent of insults, doubts, and regretful comments. Her name becomes synonymous with “love-brained.” Speculation about her husband runs wild, but she never responds. Then one day, someone notices that world swimming champion X 3kReads9.0Score31214d adds

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   🌈Female lead: Singer; Male lead: Athlete✨ Newly popular A-list singer Mu Zhixin has announced her marriage registration! 🌱🌱 Speculation about her husband abounds, but she has remained silent until one day, someone noticed that world swimming champion Xiao Yan had changed his profile picture~

10. 10 报 Breaking News! I Became Famous in Showbiz by Living Healthily 报！靠养生在娱乐圈爆红了 Viral Little Sun爆红小太阳Modern Romance688k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + entertainment industry + power fantasy + traditional Chinese medicine and wellness + lighthearted + ensemble cast + popular science + a little romance (the male lead gets very little screen time!)] After escaping a looping world, Su Duruo transmigrates into the body of a D-list actress who's been boycotted by the entire internet. She hastily sips some premium Hangzhou white chrysanthemum tea. Thank goodness it's the entertainment industry! She can afford employee health insur 1.8kReads8.7Score23414d adds

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    What seems like a lighthearted entertainment novel is actually Xiao Su's health and wellness diary [laughs][laughs]. Reading the whole thing was so refreshing! Not only did I follow Xiao Su in promoting intangible cultural heritage, but I also learned traditional Chinese medicine from her. I can do the Eight Pieces of Brocade with my bare hands, and acupuncture and pulse diagnosis are no problem for me. I love it so much 🥺 While reading this novel, I unconsciously started taking care of my health myself [laughs]. I hope that in the future I can continue to explore the world of health and wellness with Xiao Su. We're also looking forward to the second season of "A Beautiful Life"!

11. 11 顶 The Top-Tier Star Only Wants to Live Off a Woman 顶流他只想吃软饭 Drinking Alone独酒自酌Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Entertainment industry + Chinese entertainment + variety shows + TV dramas + movies + battling the big players + cultural export + one heroine] The day Lin Yi transmigrated, he made up his mind: He'd worked himself to death onstage in his previous life. No matter what, he wasn't going to do that again. A full-time househusband, with fifty thousand yuan a month in spending money from his wife, cooking, taking walks, and playing games... He wouldn't trade this life for anything, not even immortal 731Reads6.7Score11814d adds

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    To be honest, the rating is too low.

12. 12 春 Spring Mountain in Uproar 春山喧 Biyou彼呦Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [Faithful couple + older-sister-younger-man romance + reunion after years apart + secret crush + healing + slow-paced travel variety show + happy ending] "Straightforward, loyal F1 driver x glamorous, gentle actress" - At the height of her fame, Wen Wanning was filming in Northeast China. On a snowy night with temperatures at minus twenty degrees, her van broke down halfway up a mountain. Not long after she hung up with the repair shop, a battered Santana came skidd 72.3kReads9.6Score10.5k14d adds

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    A long-awaited reunion: a female celebrity and a race car driver, younger and older.

13. 13 国 The Nation's Beloved: Long Live the Goddess 国民团宠：女神万万岁 Baili Cha Cha百里茶茶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Zhiwei finds an injured man with amnesia. Since she's a sucker for good looks, she immediately claims him: “I'll take care of you. I'll buy you anything you want!” Ninth Master Bai: “I'm expensive. I only use the best of everything.” Lin Zhiwei: “That's easy. I'm so rich, money's all I've got!” Ninth Master Bai: “My bloodline is pure and noble. You can't let me suffer.” Lin Zhiwei: “You can have it all. Whatever you want, I'll give it to you. Even my life!” Her agent: ? Did you two get your 560Reads9.3Score10214d adds
14. 14 厉 Officer Li Comes to Hear Me Sing 厉警官来听我的演唱会 Mu Tongyaozhi慕桐瑶芷Modern Romance185k WordsCompleted A gentle singer and a handsome, scheming police officer, with a love that goes both ways. Eight years later, Yan Xiaoxiao saw him again when she was trying to evade paparazzi. She couldn't brake in time and rear-ended his car. Looking at the man she'd had a crush on as a girl, now standing tall in his police uniform with an air of righteousness, she fell for him all over again. A little scene: "So you told her you fell for me because of my looks." His deep, sharp eyes fixed on her, his ex 1.8kReads9.3Score23614d adds

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    The female lead is a singer, and the male lead is a police officer. Eight years later, Yan Xiaoxiao meets him again when she rear-ends his car while trying to avoid paparazzi. Seeing her childhood crush now dressed in a police uniform, exuding an air of righteousness, she feels her heart flutter once more.

15. 15 靳 Mr. Jin’s Secret Wife Is Trending Again 靳总的隐婚甜妻又上热搜了 Guan Yangni官养呢Modern Romance835k WordsCompleted [Flirting with each other + Sweet romance + Variety show livestream + Marriage before love] Yu Yao has spent her career being both famous and infamous. Wherever she goes, people criticize her: stealing opportunities, wearing knockoffs, being kept by an older man, and having nothing going for her except her looks. That is, until she appears on the reality show "24h". Viewers discover that she owns every bag in a luxury brand's entire collection, has so many rare diamonds she could play gomoku wit 949Reads7.6Score10214d adds

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    💎The female lead is a celebrity, and the male lead is not in the entertainment industry! She appeared on a variety show, and as the show was about to end, a man's face appeared in the remaining camera. The man who was decisive and ruthless in the business world was bending down to put shoes on her, his voice deep and tender: "Wife, it's time to go for your prenatal checkup."

16. 16 心 The White Coat Close to My Heart (Dr. Gu, You've Stolen My Heart) 心尖上的白大褂（顾医生，我心动了） Xin Yan欣彦26k WordsCompleted The White Coat Closest to My Heart (Dr. Gu, You Make My Heart Flutter) 13Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female star

17. 17 律 The Lawyer Is Here, and Married Life Is a Little Sweet 律师大人嫁到，幸福有点甜 Xin Yan欣彦26k WordsCompleted The Lawyer Is Here, and Married Life Is Pretty Sweet 8Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 18 生 After Our Baby Trends Online, the Empire's CEO Comes Every Night to Soothe the Child 生崽热搜后，帝国总裁夜夜来哄娃 The Wind Is Warm风很暖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted At the height of her career, top-tier star Shi Muran vanished without a trace. A year later, she reappeared in the headlines after giving birth in a very public fashion! The whole country went wild! The celebrity widely considered the purest in the entertainment industry was a mother? Netizens speculated about who the father was, when the empire’s most distinguished man suddenly appeared on a livestream. Shi Muran did her best to deny it. “It’s a misunderstanding. It’s not what you all think…” T 16.9kReads9.4Score2k14d adds

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    🌷🌷The story begins with the female lead giving birth underwater on live stream! Netizens speculate about the father's identity, then suddenly, the most prestigious man in the empire appears on camera!

19. 19 荧 The On-Screen Couple Are Real [Entertainment Industry] 荧幕情侣是真的[娱乐圈] Auntie in a Rain Hat蓑笠姑姑Modern Romance625k WordsCompleted Everyone in the entertainment industry knows that Xu Musheng, the top of the Four Young Actresses, is incredibly talented. But when scandals hit and the whole internet turns against her, everyone discovers that the young actress has been using a secret identity. The group leader has become the group's darling? The aloof idol has turned into a soft, sweet crybaby? People outside the industry are all bashing her, while insiders dote on her? After clearing her name and showing off her talent, she r 76Reads8.7Score—14d adds

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    The only one on the entire internet with a runtime of 50,000 hours, look at my runtime 😍 He hates Xiao Yan purely because he knows that Xiao Yan also likes Mu Zhixin, and even knows his goddess. He saw her come to the base to see Xiao Yan, and the two obviously have a close relationship.

20. 20 开 Opening an Idol Agency to Dominate Chinese Showbiz 开偶像公司称霸内娱 AT0MModern Romance442k WordsCompleted One-line pitch: If I can't be an idol, I'll be the boss who rules the industry! [Idols of all genders + ensemble cast + entrepreneurship + no romance] [A young person's dream is summer fireworks] After ten years as a trainee, Xu Jialan still failed to make her debut in the cutthroat world of show business. Furious, she packed up and went home to live off her parents as soon as her contract expired. She casually opened a dance studio to make ends meet, and somehow it became a hit. Was she born wi 4.2kReads9.3Score40314d adds
21. 21 顶 The Top-Tier Star Is My High School Rumored Flame 顶流竟是我的高中绯闻对象 Huggy Gurgle抱抱咕噜Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [Runaway heiress of the entertainment industry] X [Cunning, calculating, flirtatious top-tier star] Everyone says Lin Luoluo is the entertainment industry’s notorious clingy pest. So why does the rising young actress cuddle up to her, why does the boy band’s powerhouse vocalist chat with her about fashion, and why is even the industry’s top-tier star so close to her? Audience: So who’s using whom for clout? Being a star means accepting that people will dig through your past, but Lin Luoluo ne 578Reads8.5Score10014d adds
22. 22 都 I'm Already a D-Lister! Why Won't You Leave Me Alone? 都十八线了！还不放过我吗？ Riding a White Dog骑只白狗Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted [Dating reality show + love rivals + livestream + gorgeous cast + male competition + showbiz] “I’ve already given you four million. Our fake relationship contract ends here.” Jiang Nanxing is a little-known C-list actress. After offending a powerful figure and being blacklisted by her company, she’s forced to “break up.” Scandalous rumors are everywhere. Who’s trying to destroy her? She joins a dating reality show with her “ex” and the person rumored to be involved with him, creating a battlefie 62Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 23 大 The Young Lady Charges Into a Talent Show and Somehow Becomes the Only Big Sister 大小姐勇闯选秀节目竟成唯一的姐 Zhujing竹京Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The Nation's Daughter · Contrast · No Male Lead · Friendship and Careers Above All · Passionate Ensemble Cast · Gen Z Takes On the Workplace · Sunny Personality · All-Round ACE] Child star Yun Xiao was nominated for Best Actress at fifteen. Her father is an award-winning actor, her mother a pop diva, and now she's joining a talent competition? Netizens joked: The real heiress has arrived! Before the show premiered: Netizens: She's definitely an imperial favorite, the crown princess! After the s 1.9kReads9.3Score23314d adds
24. 24 重 Reborn in the Entertainment Industry: I Love My Sugar Daddy 重生娱乐圈之我爱金主干爹 Yun Chu Loves Shrimp Paste爱吃虾酱汁的云初Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted (This story leans toward realism, with a slightly dark tone and questionable morals. The male lead isn’t chaste. If you’re looking for a brainless, fluffy romance, this may not be for you.) Lin Xiaoxiao is reborn, back at the beginning of her career in showbiz. Staring at the dazzling man before her, she wonders how she ever let a useless jerk turn her into a lovesick idiot in her past life. If she can just land the man in front of her, wealth and luxury will be hers for the taking. Who needs an 45Reads8.7Score—14d adds

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    🌈🌈The female lead is a celebrity, and the male lead is a powerful figure who isn't particularly handsome and is more than 10 years older than her! Because the female lead is a reincarnated person, she initially relies heavily on the person who warmed her heart in her previous life!

25. 25 重 Reborn as a Top-Tier Star Heiress: The Rich Fight Over Me 重生商界顶流千金：豪门疯抢 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted [Revenge against scumbags + forced possession + reborn heroine + romantic rivals competing] [Sweet-faced, scheming seductress × unhinged heir / abstinent CEO / rugged military king / refined but depraved bureau chief / financial predator] [In her past life, she was abandoned by her own family, betrayed by the one she loved, and bullied and framed, until she lost her reputation and died with bitterness in her heart!] [Reborn in the year 2000, Li Muan returns from the ashes with memories steeped i 661Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Her ultimate state is to dance with the universe. She is both a focused creator and a relaxed witness; both giving her all and going with the flow. In this state of oneness with nature, she enjoys the abundance, joy, and freedom of life itself.

26. 26 陷 Fallen Rose: The Dark Moon and Her Counterattack 陷落玫瑰：黑月光与她的反杀局 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Revenge Against Scum] [Forced Possession] [Awakening to Her True Identity] [Rivalry for Her Affections] [One Woman, Four Men] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark and Scheming on the Inside, a Seductive Strategist × Her Possessive Adoptive Brother / Abstinent CEO / Gentle Young Nobleman / Capitalist Predator] ▲ Her true identity awakens, and a bloody revenge begins Abandoned at an orphanage as a child, she was later molded by the Song family into a tool for a marriage alliance. She bides her time, turni 337Reads—Score—14d adds

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