A Proper High-Level Official Romance, Not Some Weird CEO-Boss Romance 真正意义上的高干文，别整啥乱七八糟的霸道总裁文
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- 51 The Twenty-First Reply 第二十一封回信 (Daddy-type romance, age gap, devoted and doting, both inexperienced, slow burn) A sweet-looking, soft-spoken but cunning little rabbit versus a cold on the outside, warm on the inside, possessive younger uncle. That year, a tragedy left Ye Zhirang an orphan with nowhere to go but the Pei household. She began living with her younger uncle, Pei Jinghuai. Pei Jinghuai was stern and aloof, attached to his routine and always careful to keep his distance from others. At first, in his eyes, Ye Zhirang 4.9kReads9.2Score644Shelves
- 52 He's Rotten to the Core 他坏透了 [Roguishly handsome powerhouse tattoo artist × gentle, well-behaved chemistry student] Han Yueting studies chemistry at Tongji University. She's an excellent student with a gentle personality, and has never rebelled in her life. One day, she steps into a tattoo shop near campus. Surrounded by walls covered in large, black-and-gray photorealistic tattoos of rugged men, she pulls out the delicate little tattoo design she'd saved and shows it to him. The man's pale eyelids lift. Expressionless, he 4.1kReads9.3Score584Shelves
- 53 Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮 [Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on 179.3kReads9.6Score27.7kShelves
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Hidden Charms of the Capital 京华藏娇
[Marriage First, Love Later / Sweet Romance with a High-Ranking Official / Age Gap / Well-Matched Families] [Smiling-Tiger Dad-Type Official × Mischievous Little Darling] The most pampered little princess of Beijing’s elite compound, Guan Jingyi, graduates from Peking University with a master’s degree at 22. Just as she starts work at a key government agency, her family pushes her into an arranged marriage. Her match is the famous “smiling tiger” from the upper echelons of decision-making, fourt
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- 55 Drinking, Dreaming, and Revelry 饮酒梦醉欢 “I married him to repay a debt, but I didn’t fall in love with him for that.” Love after marriage / Xu Zuihuan / Jiang Zhengning The eldest son of the Jiang family, with a mysterious background and an illustrious family. Their lives follow completely different paths, and by all appearances, Xu Zuihuan should have no connection to him. They meet once, then eight years pass. A call from an unfamiliar number, a simple “Let’s get married,” and Xu Zuihuan calmly replies, “Okay.” How much does she o 11.8kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
- 56 My Secret Crush Echoed Back 暗恋听见了回响 [Patriotic Entrepreneur × Cultural Relics Restorer] [Love After Marriage + Secret Love Comes True + Both Pure + Cadet Family Backgrounds + Seven-Year Age Gap + Slow-Burn, Sweet Slice of Life] Huo Silü always thought his marriage to Lin Jinxue was a matter of mutual convenience. She was quiet and low-maintenance, the perfect match in the eyes of their elders. He, too, had always played the role of an exemplary husband, fulfilling his duties. But his wife seemed a little too low-maintenance: she n 2.6kReads8.9Score394Shelves
- 57 Warm Days and Drizzly Nights in Jiangnan 江南日暖夜微雨 [Signed for a print edition] [Elegant Jiangnan power player VS Radiant Beijing socialite] [Older man + both each other's first + 11-year age gap + love at first sight + healing romance] Meng Xi was Beijing's most dazzling ray of sunshine, born into a distinguished family, bright and bold. That year, during a misty, rainy trip to Jiangnan, she accidentally smashed a box of pastries from a century-old shop, and also found her way into the heart of a gentle, refined man. Mu Qian, heir to a century- 4.7kReads8.6Score581Shelves
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Paper Rose 纸玫瑰
[Bai Yan and Kang Jian | Marriage First, Love Later + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + Revenge + Powerful Families + Angst Before Sweetness] Lin Die'er's most iconic work in her Marriage First, Love Later Rose series! Bai Yan, a young nurse, impulsively marries the talented young Kang Jian, only to suddenly realize this isn't a Cinderella-and-prince story. He already has another woman in his heart, his mother treats Bai Yan like a thorn in her side, and her father-in-law and Bai Yan's mothe
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An Ordinary Passerby, Yet I Got Matched with a Cadre's Son from a Military Compound 路人，但相亲到了大院高干子弟
[The 1990s] + [Family life] + [Ensemble cast] + [Not a power fantasy, not a strong female lead] After her own younger sister steals her boyfriend, Wang Lanlan goes home with her blind date to meet his family. She calls the lame man “Third Brother.” Later, Third Brother becomes her husband. Wang Lanlan: Who could’ve guessed? My newlywed husband is abstinent by day and clingy by night. He wears me out mentally during the day and physically at night.
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The Golden Pearl’s Caged Bird: A Guide to Redeeming the Villain, My White Moonlight 金珠笼雀：白月光反派救赎指南
Powerful heiress and villainous heroine (beautiful, strong, and ambitious) x transmigrated hero with an exceptional sense of order (a secretly passionate financial strategist) A lord and his strategist, two powerful people drawn to each other Focused on political maneuvering and business warfare, with a slow-burn romance. Not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy or a sugary romance. The hero falls first, talks himself into it, and knowingly spirals into obsession. He is wholly devoted to Qin Ouzh
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The Powerful Tycoon of Beijing Waited All Night at the Civil Affairs Bureau for Me, His Twice-Married Bride 京圈大佬在民政局等一夜二婚的我
After something terrible happened to her as a child, 26-year-old Jiang Wan Ning developed a fear of men. She didn't want her parents to worry, so she could only enter a marriage of convenience. After a year, she divorced and married up, and her fear of men was cured. Lu Jingshen, 35, was transferred to Wanan City to take up a leadership position. The youngest and most doted-on in his family, he had always made them worry about his marriage. They never expected him to marry a divorced woman! The
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The Dominating Workplace Big Shot and the Newly Widowed Woman 霸道的职场大佬，新寡的她
Her husband died unexpectedly, leaving her a new widow whom everyone avoided. She had planned to spend the rest of her life in peace, but accidentally fell into the arms of the most powerful man in the city. He was a ruthless, cold-hearted business tycoon who could make or break anyone, and had no interest in women. Yet with her, he pursued her at every turn and kept her firmly by his side: “From now on, your body and your heart belong to me alone.” Everyone urged her to remain faithful to her l
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- 63 How Did Bringing Him Lunch Get Me on the Big Boss's Radar? 送个饭怎么就被大BOSS盯上了 [Powerful Man Bows His Head + Sweet Innocent Girl + Fluffy Romance + Both First-Timers + Age Gap] Luo Fanshuang is about to graduate from college when she accepts her boyfriend’s invitation to meet his parents. Instead, she witnesses his bizarre parents pulling an outrageous stunt. They look down on her for being from out of town, so Luo Fanshuang tears into the scumbag mother and son. Give in and put up with them? Not a chance. She’s done catering to them! After graduating, she goes home to pre 30.8kReads8.6Score4.1kShelves
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Within and Beyond the Red Walls, Spring Breeze Enters the Game 红墙内外，春风入局
[Older, Powerful Man] [Age Gap] [Junior Clerk] [Career Growth] [Guiding Lover] [Sweet Romance] One chance encounter, one moment of curiosity, and one... At some point, everything began to change.
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We Agreed to a Marriage of Convenience, but This Crazy Man Won't Let Me Go Now That He's Got Me 说好协议结婚，疯批他到手不放人
[Published as Low-Temperature Flight, now available] [Powerful Beijing-circle couple] [ABO (AB romance)] [Pheromone allergy] [Secret love becomes mutual] [Difference in status] [Angsty story about powerful families] [Everyone's favorite Beta recipient has no pheromones, driving those in power insane] Xu Ke is a Beta civilian airline captain and the tool spouse of the Ji family. His husband, Ji Bochen, is an S4-level Alpha and the head of Donghe Civil Aviation. He is of noble status, but suffers
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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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Yan's Passion, Wei's Seduction 琰情诱薇
At eighteen, Shi Wei entered Jing University with dreams of becoming a translator. At the college welcome booth, she asked, “Hello, could you tell me how to get to the women’s dormitory for the School of International Relations?” A young man in a white shirt smiled at her. “Hi, I’m Mu Qingzhou, a junior in the School of International Relations. I’ll walk you there!” Before long, Mu Qingzhou became Shi Wei’s whole world. He was brilliant and dazzling, and he cherished and loved her. She was sweet
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A Garden of Students, Growing Old Together in Love 桃李满天下恩爱共白头
Wu Xiaomin was a country girl, born and raised in the countryside, but she had always been a good student and was naturally beautiful. Unfortunately, after she started high school, her surroundings changed dramatically, leaving her confused and lost. In her sophomore year, she met a new homeroom teacher who helped her find her way again. After graduating from college, Wu Xiaomin gave up a job placement back in her hometown and introduced a female college classmate to her former high school teach
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- 69 Rain Falls, Tides Rise 落雨生潮 [Older, Powerful Man] & [Female Graduate Student] [Ten-Year Age Gap] + [Career Growth] + [Guiding Lover] + [Slow-Burn Romance] + [Devoted Love] + [Both Pure] Song Yuheng first met Wen Zhaoyu at an award ceremony. He was there to present an award, and she was an outstanding graduate. He handed her the certificate and shook her hand. “Wen Zhaoyu, you’re exceptional.” She smiled brightly. “Thank you for your encouragement.” The rain fell in torrents that night. The man trapped her by the window. 25.4kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves
- 70 Critical Deal 临界交易 [Career growth + supportive lover + older man + carefully laid plans] (Not a story about saints, so please skip it if that bothers you.) At Anding Capital, two things were always said about Cheng Lizhou: First, none of the projects he signed ever fell through before the roadshow. Second, the Chinese partner who had returned from London led an almost absurdly clean private life. His calendar showed nothing but flight numbers and meeting times. Only later did Ye Shuwan learn that neither of thos 31.1kReads9.2Score4.1kShelves
- 71 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
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Snow Falls over Northern Beijing Tonight 今夜京北有雪
[Noble, Aloof Scion of an Elite Family] ✖️ [Radiant Beauty and Artifacts Restorer] [Happy Ending] [Six-Year Age Gap] [Beijing Circle] [A Subtly Unexpected Side to the Heroine] Content Warnings: [Angst and Sweetness] [Neither Lead Is the Other’s First] [Pseudo-Substitute Romance] (The man has a past, the woman doesn’t) “Love is something only the best of the best can afford. True romantics are born into wealthy families.” A friend once warned Jiang Wanhao, “Wanhao, Mr. Shen once had a lover for
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The Big Shot Can’t Have Children, So I Show Up with Twins and Turn Beijing North Upside Down 大佬绝嗣，我踹双胎上门炸翻京北
At the hotel, Su Zhiyi looked at her husband of five years and her former friend, her expression utterly calm. The mistress was brazen and arrogant. Su Zhiyi tossed down a stack of cash and said coolly, "This is for all your hard work servicing my husband. What rich young master doesn't keep a few low-class mistresses? If we were in ancient times, I'd have to arrange concubines for him myself. All right, you can go now." The mistress fled in a panic. Su Zhiyi tossed down the divorce papers. "Let
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The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】
[Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He
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- 75 Rose with a Blade 执刃玫瑰 Print edition on sale June 20 [The Second Male Lead Takes the Spotlight + Crime Mystery + Marriage Before Love + Age Gap] [Cool, aloof high-ranking official with a fatherly streak + elegant, reserved beauty who works as a mortician] After the Nan family went bankrupt, Nan Qing was raised in the Gu household for decades. She and Gu Zhun were childhood sweethearts, with their wedding date fast approaching. But on the eve of their engagement party, a scandal involving Gu Zhun broke. In a video, Gu 36.9kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves
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1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代
[Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn-
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The Road to Officialdom: One Text Message Changes My Fate 官途：一条短信改变命运
A breakup text quietly rewrites the career trajectory of a young official. In the world of politics, every step forward or back involves both calculations of the human heart and contests of power. Standing at a crossroads in his life, Li Anping takes his first steady step...
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Terrifying! I Got a Marriage License on a Blind Date with a Sullen Tycoon 惊悚！与阴鸷大佬相亲当天领证
Xu Zhiyan was a renowned special effects makeup artist. When she entered a competition, her best friend framed her for plagiarism. Before long, her reputation was in tatters, and she became a pariah whom everyone wanted to condemn. On the same day, her sick older sister passed away. Hit by both tragedies at once, Xu Zhiyan decided to retire from the industry. At her sister's farewell at the funeral home, fate brought Xu Zhiyan together with He Lanzhe, the heir to a wealthy family. A year later,
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- 79 After 33 Blind Dates, I Married Into a Top-Tier Family! 相亲三十三次后我嫁进顶尖豪门！ [One-on-One Romance + Devoted to Each Other + Sweet Romance + Wealthy Families + Made for Each Other + Relentless Face-Slapping + Envy of All] On the day of her thirty-third blind date, Li Yuanyuan once again cussed out a jerk and sent him running. As luck would have it, she then spotted a poor guy at the next table who was dealing with an equally awful woman. Their eyes met across the room. They couldn’t help feeling a kindred spirit in each other, and that was where their fates began to intert 7.9kReads9.2Score949Shelves
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Spring Blossoms at the Touch of Her Beauty 娇色惹春山
Synopsis [Commanding leader × gentle teacher] Senior official and darling wife, eight-year age gap, devoted to each other. Once the male lead realizes he’s in love, he fiercely pursues her and protects her at every turn. In a sentence: A calculating senior official carries off a sweet, soft little bunny, only to be thoroughly outmaneuvered by her. Campus belle Jing Ni has a boyfriend everyone envies, Zhou Li. He’s not only a star at their university, but also the son of a bureau chief and a
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- 81 From the Start, I Had a Black Card: A Carefree Fish in a CEO Romance 开局一张黑卡，我在霸总文当咸鱼 “After we’re married, you can do whatever you want and buy whatever you like, but don’t go coveting things that are beyond your reach.” Shen Moze tossed a black card in front of Gu Miaomiao with a cold expression. The vicious supporting actress, Gu Miaomiao, was ecstatic inside: My cold husband never comes home, and I still get to spend his money! So Gu Miaomiao started living however she pleased. She casually joined a variety show, and somehow became an overnight sensation across the internet! 5.3kReads9.1Score701Shelves
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A Writer’s Brush Meets the Political Arena 笔尖遇政途
A promising 29-year-old district Party committee secretary-general × a freshly graduated intern reporter When they first meet, she looks at the man in the administrative jacket. He seems only twenty-five or twenty-six, young enough to be a generation below the bureau chiefs standing nearby. Yet his manner is perfectly composed, and he has a steadiness and wisdom beyond his years. With the air of someone accustomed to authority, he asks her supervisor, “What’s this young colleague’s name?” He tea
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- 83 After a Flash Marriage to an Engineer, I Became the Wealthy Family's Eldest Daughter-in-Law 闪婚理工男后，我成了豪门嫡长媳 [Marriage first, love later + stunning beauty + male engineer + adorable baby] They say lust is a knife hanging over your head, and even the gorgeous Li Xi can’t escape it! She makes the first move: “Are you hot?” The engineer blushes to the tips of his ears. “A little!” Afterward, one tiny mistake on her part is all it takes for two adorable little beans to sprout in her belly! Her domineering engineer switches into action: “Marry me!” 12.4kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
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Glory Disqualified 荣耀失格
She was once the most proud girl in the compound, born bold and reckless in her youth. One accident sent her tumbling from the clouds into the mire. In the shadows of a prison cell, she buried her former glory with her own hands. Years later, she returned to the world. Everyone she once knew had risen to high positions, while she was left battered and broken. Rumors swirled, and the past could not be reclaimed. She walked step by step along the edge of a blade, seeking only to have a clear consc
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The Capital’s Tycoon and the Jiangnan Professor 京圈大佬与江南教授
[Capital power player vs. Jiangnan beauty | Sweet romance with a high-ranking official | Two strong, devoted leads] Zhou Yanshen grew up in a military compound and took charge of his family’s power at a young age. In the capital’s social circle, he is a formidable business tycoon whom everyone fears. Always impeccably dressed in a suit, he acts swiftly and decisively, never wasting time on anything pointless, until he encounters Shen Shuyi at a cultural forum, dressed in a pale green qipao and d
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An Official Marriage 官嫁
[Older, gentle support | Deeply devoted but restrained | Possessive, exclusive love | Saving each other and reaching the top] Everyone says Chen Zhixing is gentle and self-possessed, free of worldly desire, and always distant and aloof. He never makes an exception for anyone. Except for Wen Qiu, the exception and obsession he has kept hidden for half his life. Her road ahead is full of brambles and treacherous currents. Alone, Wen Qiu struggles to make any headway. Determined to escape her pre
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A Smile from Fu 符之一笑
Young Master Tang said with complete confidence, “Fu Xiao, you like me.” Fu Xiao stared at him in disbelief. “You’re crazy.” “When I kissed you, you felt something.” “That was my first kiss. Anyone would feel something if they were kissed out of the blue, okay? I’m not dead!” “Your first kiss?” Young Master Tang was quite pleased. “See? You’re destined to be my wife.” So all that gentlemanly behavior was an act. He was nothing but a shameless rogue!
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The Gray Lotus 灰莲花
[A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa
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A Good Match for Marriage 宜嫁宜娶
Welcome, drama fans! Two storylines: [son of a bureau chief x daughter of a deputy director] & [high-ranking official’s family x heiress] Ji Yunjia found Song Jiming holding her camisole, looking puzzled. “How is this so padded when you haven’t even put it on?” His gaze drifted to her chest. It wasn’t big, but it didn’t look small either. He chuckled. “Ms. Ji, you’ve got quite a lot of padding there.” Ji Yunjia’s face burned. She hurriedly snatched it from him. “What do you know?” She was wearin
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The Big Shot Spoils Me Too Much, and the Sweetness Is Off the Charts 大佬太宠，甜度超标了
Insider romance + mutual firsts + age gap + exclusive devotion + love at first sight A scheming, devoted man in power VS a laid-back, sweet junior employee Ji Shengyu fell in love with Bei Ling at first sight. When they meet again, his feelings run even deeper. He is trapped by the shackles of rules, interests, and calculated compromises. She is the only softness in his otherwise formidable heart.
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Gu Jiu Si's First Book 一顾九思的第1本书
[Dual Civil-Service Careers + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First Love + Secretly in Love with Each Other + Sweet Romance] The male and female leads are each other’s first love. Five years ago, a misunderstanding kept them apart. Five years later, he has become a district Party committee secretary, while she is an ordinary civil servant in a township under his jurisdiction. She had planned to live out a quiet, ordinary life, but he is determined to take her into his arms, no matter what. You don’t
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Quicksand 浮沙
First, Zhou Yang always thought Zhou Yan loved her. They had been secretly dating for three years, until she saw him standing before her with his girlfriend, who was already pregnant. Only then did Zhou Yang finally realize that he had never loved her. All he had ever offered her was deceit... When they met again, she was married, and he was consumed with jealousy. The man grabbed her hand and refused to let go. “Yangyang, come home with me...” Second, Jiang Yan and Zhou Yang's marriage was not
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My Professor Stepmom and Her Darling Zhaozhao 教授后妈和她的昭昭小宝贝
[Second marriage for the male lead + the child is his biological daughter + they never fully fall in love + neither is chaste] [Highly educated families + prominent political families, both strong-willed, neither a typical good person] After earning her doctorate, Xie Qingwei smoothly stayed on as a university lecturer. Through a twist of fate, she, a committed non-marriage type, married Lin Jinghe, a retired high-ranking official who had already been married once and had a daughter. [Before the
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Waiting for the Grapes to Ripen 等葡萄熟透
[Upcoming Drama Adaptation] [Hong Kong Underworld Tycoon X Top-Tier Starlet] [Mutual First Love] [Sweet Romance] The first time Jiang Li met Luo Jinyan, he was sitting in the front of a Maybach, a cigar between his fingers and smoke curling around him. “You wrecked my place. How are you going to make it up to me?” Jiang Li knew who he was: Luo Jinyan, heir to Hong Kong's leading family. That year, on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, he bought her first kiss for a million yuan. He brushed her l
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Lin Meets Clear Creek 霖见清溪
This book is also known as: Before I Met You, I Never Knew What It Meant to Fall [Steady, in-control man & clear-eyed beauty] | Two strong leads | One-on-one romance | Deep, restrained love | Ten-year age gap | Angst before the sweetness | An overwhelming sense of security | [Blurb] After seven years of love ended in heartbreak, Lin Qingxi chose to hide every sharp edge and turn herself into the most inconspicuous shadow at work. She thought that if she stayed quiet enough, she could avoid eve
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Mrs. Zhou Has Powerful Backing in the Government 体制内，周太太她自有靠山
[Clear-headed, timid kitten × gentle hunter of a powerful man | devoted couple + eight-year age gap] The day Song Tang ran out of options, her boss handed her a hotel key card. Then Song Tang did two daring things: she knocked on Zhou Yushen’s door and tugged open his tie. In the car on a stormy night, he kissed her rain-damp lashes. “Tangtang, will you marry me?” She clutched his soaked shirt with her fingertips, her lashes fluttering as she turned her face away. “Boss… you’re the one who sa
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- 97 The Canary’s Flight Against the Wind 金丝雀的逆风飞翔 [Possessive pursuit + powerful man lowering his head + rekindled romance + age gap, fatherly type + high-ranking official, mutual first love and devotion] The first time Chen Zhansaw Mr. Zhou, he had been asked to visit an elderly person, and she opened the door for him. Her grandmother warned her to take the long way around whenever she saw him from then on. The second time they met, someone was harassing her, and he stepped in to help. The third time was at school, where she accompanied someon 19.8kReads8.9Score2kShelves
- 98 Plucking Stars 摘星 [Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Military Romance + Love Grows Over Time + The Pinnacle of Powerful-Family Fiction] [Steady, brilliant young major general × National Defense University's genius hacker] He is a young major general: steady, learned, and imposing. She is a naive newcomer to society, fresh out of school: impulsive, loyal, and optimistic. An accident ruins his reputation and leaves him disgraced, branding him a heartless man condemned by everyone. She becomes the infamous other wo 20.9kReads9.6Score2.7kShelves
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Reborn into a Wealthy Family: Day N of Lying Flat and Getting Rich 重生在豪门，躺平暴富的第N天
[Super Mary Sue + reborn slice of life + light, feel-good story + campus life] When Wen Yuqin woke up, she discovered she had been reborn. She had returned to seven years earlier, to the sweltering summer after graduating from middle school. Let’s do the math... She still had to go through three years of high school, the college entrance exam, and university all over again. * Wen Yuqin (flips the table): &**#& (╯￣Д￣)╯╘═╛ * But, wait! Something didn’t seem quite right... Wen Yuqin gradually reali
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- 100 The Charming Nanny and Her Spoiled Billionaire Husband 俏奶妈和她的首富娇夫 In the depths of postpartum desperation, Liu Zaozao lands a lucrative live-in nanny contract. When she opens the door, she’s stunned to discover that the employer is her ex-boyfriend, Jiang Yu, who once said he never wanted children. And the baby she’s supposed to care for is the son she thought had died at birth! To protect her child, she swallows her emotions and stays with the Jiang family, earning her place with her professional nanny skills. She keeps her top-level English qualification und 4kReads—Score147Shelves
