“A God Who Rules Southeast Asia, but a Nobody in Love.” Looking for Stories About Powerful Foreign Tycoons “东南亚通天的神，感情里下等的神”求异国大姥文

1. 1 东 The Rose Raised by a Southeast Asian Mad Dog Is Delicate and Alluring 东南亚疯狗养的玫瑰又娇又媚 Miss 8484小姐Modern Romance408k WordsCompleted The new book’s rating has just opened! It’ll go up! [Forced Love + Dirty Talk + Southeast Asian Crime Boss + A Groveling Pursuit + Rekindled Romance + Rough-and-Ready Romance] Southeast Asian mad-dog crime boss vs. a spoiled, capricious little darling After being framed, Xiao Xiao opens her eyes to find herself wearing nothing but underwear, up for auction. No matter what she offers, Ruan Huang, known as the Southeast Asian mad dog, won’t be swayed. After struggling in vain again and again, Xiao 4.6kReads8.5Score477Shelves

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   These two books are absolute gems! They solved my reading slump! Highly recommended! Especially the second one! It's absolutely Daddy level!

2. 2 御 Impossible to Escape Your Heart 御心难逃 Mu Chenyang慕晨阳Modern Romance912k WordsCompleted [Age gap + size difference + the powerful never backs down + no groveling chase + fictional setting] Powerful financial tycoon x sweet, naive flower from Huaguo Tricked into a restricted zone by her own uncle, nineteen-year-old college sophomore Xia Zhiyao became a lamb led to slaughter. At the brink of life and death, the man who had established order descended like a god and rescued her from hell. He was her salvation, but also her abyss. Before Shen Yu, the uncrowned king, Xia Zhiyao was as i 102kReads9.3Score11.1kShelves
3. 3 顶 Over-the-Top Devotion: I'm Just His Plaything 顶级狂爱：我只是他的掌中玩物 Yin Shuyi尹姝伊Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing A godlike Western male lead × a resilient, delicate Chinese heroine The main story is complete. [Dominant daddy type + transnational forced romance + wild and unhinged + mature man who takes the lead + devoted husband + jealous of everything + height and build difference + eight-year age gap + heroine is vulnerable early on] A carefully planned scheme gets Qiao Yimo kidnapped and sold on the black market. She can't speak the language, has no one to rely on, and is put through hell. Only one for 129.8kReads9.0Score12.6kShelves

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   These three novels are well-written, have great plots, and are super enjoyable. They even have some explicit content! Personally, I think they are the best transnational novels I've ever read, really! Really! They're so good!!!

4. 4 京 After the Little Princess of the Capital's Elite Fell from Her Pedestal, She Was Ruthlessly Claimed 京圈小公主拉下神坛后，被豪夺了 Nan Yue Zi楠月子Modern Romance393k WordsOngoing [Beloved Heiress of the Capital’s Elite + Multiple Male Leads Battling for Her + Forced Love + Amnesia] Shen Zhiyin, daughter of the capital’s top tycoon, grew up pampered, spending money lavishly and living in extravagant luxury, adored and admired by everyone. Then the Shen family suddenly went bankrupt, and she plummeted from the heights of privilege. After a car accident left her with amnesia, she became a village girl in a small fishing village. Now the powerful competed to claim her, seize 10.7kReads5.5Score516Shelves

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   Multiple male leads, with a Southeast Asian tycoon forcibly pursuing her later on. The female lead is a princess from the Beijing elite circle who goes bankrupt, loses her memory, and becomes a village girl, becoming the object of desire and secretion for the powerful and wealthy. It's a captivating and addictive watch, definitely worth watching!

5. 5 殊 Fated to Part, Never to Return: The Top Madman's Unruly Bunny 殊途不归：顶级疯批的掌心兔不乖 Only My Own Life维己命Modern Romance190k WordsOngoing A deranged Southeast Asian arms boss / the obsessive, unhinged Xiao Shu × a sweet, obedient little bunny [Southeast Asian power player + powerful man bows his head + forced possession + age gap + fake relationship] Qi Weiwei had lost her grandfather, father, and mother. With no other choice, she had to follow Qi Huo, a deranged man she had met only a few times, who sold her to an underground club the very first time they met. Qi Huo thought she was a rabbit without ambition. His brutality soften 5Reads—Score100Shelves

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   This is a must-read! It's a really good Southeast Asian novel. The male and female leads are pseudo-uncle and niece (though the female lead doesn't know it yet), and the forbidden tension is off the charts! I love it! The female lead is a delicate, innocent little rabbit, but very smart, logical, and has her own ideas. The male lead is a total madman, with overflowing charisma, and his career path is so exciting! It feels like he controls the entire Southeast Asian arms trade. The author's imagination is incredible; there are still so many foreshadowing elements, and I'm getting more and more excited for the rest of the story! The development of the relationship between the male and female leads is very delicate; I want to read to the climax in one go! Author, please keep updating!

6. 6 自 Since Ancient Times, Forbidden Affairs Have Ended in Death: A Fateful Bond 自古奸情出人命之孽缘锁 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭8k WordsCompleted A Fateful Bond: Where Forbidden Affairs Have Always Led to Bloodshed 8.7kReads—Score137Shelves

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   Nice!!!

7. 7 春 A Spring Breeze Brings Beauty 春风渡佳人 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted Spring Breeze Carries a Beauty Across 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 错 I Messed With a Wild Uncle, and I Can’t Take It Anymore 错惹狂野小叔，我受不了了 Yuan Yue元阅Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing The book's rating has just come out, and it will keep rising! [Obsessive powerhouse VS soft and adorable little bunny] In a nutshell: The story of an obsessive, unhinged, intensely jealous man who meets a soft little bunny. At first, he thought she was just another useless little thing kept by his useless older brother. But gradually, both his heart and his eyes began to follow the little creature against his will. In the end, things spiraled out of control, and for her, he broke the rules aga 8.6kReads7.1Score517Shelves

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   I highly recommend this book! I absolutely love Southeast Asian gangster novels. I've been following this one for over three months, it's really good. It's a pseudo-uncle-niece forced love story, the male lead is both wicked and lecherous, and the female lead is the delicate and sweet type. It's a great read, highly recommended!

9. 9 掌 Paulownia in the Palm 掌中疏桐 Xin Moran心陌然Ancient Romance900k WordsOngoing The main story is complete. Originally titled A Paulownia in the Palm, the first chapters are free, but the price will go up later! [Mutual Devotion] [Fictional Setting] [Forced Possession] [Beautiful Wife] [Powerful Minister] [Adorable Baby] [Pregnant and on the Run] [Ancient-Era Court Intrigue] [Secret Marriage] Luo Shutong, the most proper young noblewoman in the capital, woke one morning to find Ye Chuan, the all-powerful chief minister, lying beside her. Trembling, she pulled out all the mo 11.1kReads8.0Score519Shelves

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   The Canary: The female lead has a fiancé, becomes pregnant unexpectedly with the male lead, who is a powerful minister, and has an adorable child.

10. 10 乡 Village Rumors 乡里流言 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭15k WordsCompleted Rumors in the Village 127Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 山海经·大荒归墟 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Female-Channel Fanfiction16k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 118Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 浪 The Waves Trust the Clouds’ Whiteness 浪花信任云的白 Qinghe Qinghe清和清和Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted Two souls fall into a campus dream; reunited on a Middle Eastern battlefield | Doctors Without Borders × frontier defense hero | unhinged yet restrained, healing regret | sweet, bittersweet tension | rekindled romance | devoted to each other, happy ending A three-day romance in their youth, followed by twelve years apart across mountains and seas · Mature adults wearing the guise of high schoolers, falling into the most heart-wrenching romance in a dream · Each other's cure and salvation; a god 80Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The main story is complete. The female protagonist of the Doctors Without Borders novel is rewritten; she learns that the male soldier is wounded and in shock, and on his deathbed, he believes he has been reborn in high school. She returns to the past six months, to the time she has dreamt of him every night… Finally, the male protagonist awakens, like a god descending, amidst the perilous battlefield, and they have a whirlwind marriage in reality. (The last line is a separate, unrelated sentence: "Trust in the White Waves of Clouds.")

13. 13 天 The Celestial Immortal Sect 天外仙宗 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Immortal Sect Beyond the Heavens 23Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 非 Irrational Choice 非理性选择 Jie Xi芥夕Modern Romance421k WordsOngoing [Hong Kong-Style Tycoon Romance] [Secret Marriage] [Rekindled Love] [Two Strong Leads Playing Each Other] [Raising a Child] [Business Revenge] Carefully handcrafted with love, not a single trick for chasing traffic In 1985, to help her fiancé rise to power, Tingting went alone to Hong Kong City to conceive a child. But the person meant to pick her up never came. Instead, she ran into Chen Yanchuan, a gang's young thug being hunted down. She saved him, then threw herself into his arms for three 256Reads—Score161Shelves

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    From a down-on-his-luck young master to the leader of a gang, he destroyed a gang and avenged his father, but he couldn't escape the lying rich young lady.

15. 15 蓄 Calculated Cruelty: The Mad Brute's Possessive Love 蓄谋恶劣侵占！被疯批暴徒强制爱 Only My Own Life维己命Modern Romance157k WordsOngoing Three years later, freezing rain pelted the wreckage of a plane that had crashed mid-flight. "Wu Weiwei." "Y-You've got the wrong person," the girl replied timidly. Her face had lost some of its childishness and gained a young woman's delicate beauty, but the hostility and wariness in her eyes were no less than before. If anything, they had grown stronger. She lied with effortless ease, her pearly teeth flashing as she spoke. The faint sweetness lingering at her neck was unchanged, alluring and 293Reads—Score140Shelves

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    The Uncrowned King of the Heavenly God

16. 16 驯 Taming Him: He Plucks Roses in the Abyss 驯养：他于深渊折玫瑰 Long-Wave Wanderer好长浪人Modern Romance384k WordsOngoing Just started collecting ratings, so the score will rise. [The Underworld Boss Falls for Her, Step by Step x The Hothouse Rose Fights Back Against All Odds] + [All Characters Are Chaste] (Content warning: The male lead is genuinely unhinged at first, with lots of coercive scenes!!!) In Boler City, money paves the way, and desire is addictive. Everyone here knows that Ruan Mian is a rare, delicate flower, cherished by Fu Jingshen for fourteen years. Then the Fu family falls, and a deal puts her 15.2kReads6.6Score1.4kShelves

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    It's really good! The writing is excellent, and the premise is very engaging. It's set in Southeast Asia, with twins in a love triangle and the foster brother facing a tragic end. It has a bit of a marriage-of-convenience-to-love feel to it (but they're not married yet; it's currently in a forced phase).

17. 17 山 Night on the Mountain 山上的夜晚 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Modern Romance16k WordsCompleted A Night on the Mountain 48Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: A Bestiary of Strange Beasts 山海经.异兽录 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Record of Strange Beasts 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 上 Ancient Legends 上古传说 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭13k WordsCompleted Ancient Legends 418Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 我 Those Years I Spent in Dongguan 我在东莞那些年 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭6k WordsCompleted My Years in Dongguan 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: With a Mortal Heart, I Subdue Ten Thousand Demons 山海经：我以凡心镇万妖 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭16k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: I Hold Back Ten Thousand Demons with a Mortal Heart 80Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 大 Bone Maiden of the Great Wilderness: I, a Mortal, Subdue Gods and Demons 大荒骨女：我以凡躯镇神魔 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭17k WordsCompleted Daughter of the Great Wilderness: I Hold the Gods and Demons at Bay with a Mortal Body 258Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 虎 The Tiger Carries His Beloved Home! 虎驮良人归！ Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭6k WordsCompleted A Tiger Carries the Good Man Home! 66Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 青 The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 青乌秘录之风水师 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 84Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 被 After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Expose a Shocking Scam by a Top Tycoon Family 被全网唾骂后，我曝光了顶级豪门的惊天骗局 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Exposed a Shocking Scam by a Top-Ranking Family 246Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 我 My Overbearing Wife 我的老婆霸道大人 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted My Wife, the Overbearing Lady 182Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 大 The Great Sage Returns: I Just Sealed the Demon Ancestor, and the Jade Emperor Made Me Emperor 大圣归：我刚镇魔祖，玉帝就封禅 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Eastern Fantasy127k WordsCompleted Sun Wukong shattered his own divine bones to forge a lock, sealing the Demon Ancestor Rahu as he tried to break through the Chaos. The Jade Emperor descended with the gods and Buddhas of the heavens. Facing Pangu’s remnant soul, returned from the void, and Nuwa’s sacred statue, he claimed to have slain the Demon Ancestor with the Haotian Mirror. In his previous life, Wukong exposed the truth in anger, only for Heaven to accuse him of “slandering the Supreme One.” They locked him in the Golden He 148Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 难 There's No Escape! You Provoked an Obsessive Villain and Still Think You Can Run? 难逃！惹上偏执恶徒还想跑？ Little Mo Throws Mushrooms小莫扔蘑菇Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted My new story is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it! Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2kReads8.9Score132Shelves

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    This book is amazing! I just finished reading it all night. The male lead is involved in the mafia and is an arms dealer, while the female lead is studying piano abroad.

29. 29 我 My Silly Girlfriend, Little Rabbit 我的傻子女友小兔 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Modern Romance175k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Is a Sweet, Naive Fool… 287Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 天 Heavenly Profound Venerable Beyond the Heavens: Every Disciple I Take Is Supreme in the Three Realms 天外玄尊：我收的徒弟都是三界至尊 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭8k WordsCompleted Mystic Exalt from Beyond the Heavens: My Disciples Are All Supreme Beings of the Three Realms 98Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 他 He Burns Brighter Than the Sun 他比骄阳热烈 Only for You独予卿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Love at first sight + possessive pursuit + loyal, rugged hero + devoted husband Arrogant, pampered heiress vs. fierce, rough-edged military officer from northern Myanmar She was the heiress of the most powerful family in Yuncheng, Huaguo. He was a lone, wandering young dragon. She was a sheltered darling who knew nothing of life's hardships. He was the nocturnal king of the forests of northern Myanmar. When he was eighteen, he sat on a street corner in the middle of the night, bandaging his 29.7kReads9.3Score3.1kShelves

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    These three books are by the same author, Juejuezi. Read them in order. The author portrays the male and female protagonists very well. The male protagonists are both powerful figures in Southeast Asia, and the female protagonists are not dependent; they are intelligent and resourceful, successfully training the male protagonists to be their loyal followers. The male protagonists are absolutely adoring. They are part of a series, and reading them in order is recommended. The second and third books tell the love stories of the protagonists from the first book and their siblings and descendants. However, the third book is not yet finished; you can read the first two first.

32. 32 顶 Top-Tier Villain's Twisted Love 顶级恶种病态爱 A Breeze Rises in the Grain l尽起风禾lModern Romance283k WordsCompleted [Living by the blade + Russian-Chinese superhuman hybrid / ruthless Southeast Asian business kingpin / top hacker across all seven continents + a beast in human skin / wolfish and depraved + sexual tension] - On the day hail fell in Chonburi Province, Xia Koukhou was sent by her parents to live with a man as depraved as a wolf. Xia Koukhou remembered him. Her mother had said he was a bad man she must never provoke. Of course, the bad man remembered Xia Koukhou too. He had seen her twice. The fir 2.9kReads8.3Score261Shelves

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    This book—the teacher initially wrote it exceptionally well, but then it got targeted and maliciously attacked, with people badmouthing the teacher's work… Actually, it's a very good book.

33. 33 明 Prisoner of the Pearl 明珠囚徒 Only for You独予卿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A devoted couple, mutual pining, a loyal protector, doting husband The chanting at Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda could not free Ling Yuhao from ten years of obsessive longing. No matter how many times the sacred chants circled, he still wanted her. Her name, etched in Burmese on his unyielding body, was the faith for which he would brave fire and water all his life. Her name was Nan Zhao, the most dazzling jewel atop Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda, a deity he had prayed to for ten years but never dared p 7.2kReads9.3Score858Shelves
34. 34 她 She's a Brat, He's Happy to Be Played, and He Spoils Her Relentlessly 她不乖，他甘愿被玩，死命哄着 Er Li二厘Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted [He secretly loves her + she’s only having fun + after years apart, a poor boy returns as a Southeast Asian power broker] [Carefree, spoiled heiress X cold on the outside, wild and passionate poor boy] A bet gives Cen Wan one month to make Shen Qingci, the aloof campus heartthrob, fall for her. He is the untouchable flower no girl has ever managed to win over. She gets him in just three days. Cen Wan has never cared much for anything that comes too easily. Once she gets bored, she plans to dump 10.6kReads8.5Score881Shelves

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    🌼The poor boy from back then became a Southeast Asian tycoon and topped the list of richest people in Beijing, known for his ruthless and cruel methods. The female lead made a bet with her friends to pursue him, but after winning him over, she dumped him and went abroad. He hated her, but as soon as she returned, he clung to her—a master of romantic infatuation.

35. 35 劣 Inferior Believer 劣等信徒 Only for You独予卿Modern Romance634k WordsCompleted Mutual devotion + happy ending + possessive love + sweet and angsty He was the rebellious young heir burdened with his family's hopes in Southeast Asia. She was the secret crush of a young master from the capital's elite circle in Huaguo. One twist of fate placed that secret crush in the heir's heart. From then on, he would never let her go, even in death... She said, “You don't love me. Why won't you let me go?” He said, “Only the hundred thousand mountains of northern Myanmar know how much I l 16.5kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
36. 36 权 Below the Pinnacle of Power: A Tangled Web of Revenge and Passion 权巅之下：仇局迷情 Huohuo Wants to Shine火火要火Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The main story and all the extras are complete...) A highly intelligent male lead focused on career and political scheming, paired with a clever, patient heroine bent on revenge Male lead has a past, heroine doesn't / Coercive love / Absolute control / Intense push and pull / Some ensemble cast Male lead: An elite family operating behind the scenes + a resource-trading monopolist + commander of a covert mercenary force Heroine: Daughter of a police officer + adopted daughter of a senior militar 8.4kReads9.1Score898Shelves
37. 37 曼 Bangkok's Big Shot, Please Spare This Delicate Little Thing 曼谷大佬，娇气包求放过 Rick's Base瑞克的基地Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted The male lead is not the female lead!!! She knelt in a pool of blood, begging him to spare her family. He was a ruthless man from the Golden Triangle. Gripping her chin, he said, “Only my woman gets to negotiate with me.” She cried, and he snapped, “What the hell are you crying for? I'll let you go when I'm bored of you.” But later, when Zhou Zhining asked him when he'd get bored, Zhao Lintian's eyes turned red. “Ningning, I think... I'm getting more and more addicted to you.” Zhou Zhining is 19 18.7kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves

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    These two are absolutely amazing! [Admiration][Admiration] Especially the first one, it's divine, absolutely divine, so beautiful! I'm a very picky person, but the first one is truly beautiful. I must strongly recommend it; the fact that both characters are virgins is incredible!

38. 38 他 His Endless Daylight, Her Starlight 他的永昼，她的星光 Sweet and Sour Soft Cookie酸甜软曲奇Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted (Read the author’s note at the start of Chapter One before deciding whether to read this!) “Lost in Southeast Asia: The Dark Emperor’s Beloved, Wounded Love” He is Southeast Asia’s most dangerous devil, yet he is willing to bow before her. When Mo Xiaohan was ten, he struggled to survive in the muddy slums, like a beast abandoned by the world. Then a girl in a sunflower dress appeared. She gave him a biscuit, taught him to write his own name and draw sunflowers, and folded him a little boat from 14.4kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves

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    These two are a must-read! [Kissing emojis] The first one is about Mo Xiaohan and Ruan Xingchen, and the second one is about their daughter. They're both really good.

39. 39 掉 After My Secret Was Exposed, My Childhood Friend Turned Southeast Asia Upside Down 掉马后，我的竹马掀翻了东南亚 Sweet and Sour Soft Cookie酸甜软曲奇Modern Romance377k WordsCompleted “By day, she is an ordinary international student.” She enjoys her classes, keeps her identity secret, and dates for fun, treating love like a game. “By night, she is the most precious ‘Night Pearl.’” On the other end of the video call are her parents and childhood sweetheart, whose roots run deep across Nanyang. “One carefully planned trip tears every illusion to shreds.” Just as her self-important “boyfriend” thinks he can win her heart this way, just as her vicious fiancée thinks she can driv 4.5kReads8.9Score614Shelves
40. 40 娇 Be Good, Sweetheart! Day and Night in the Hands of a Brutal Man 娇娇乖！被暴徒盯上的日日夜夜 Rose in the Mist薄雾玫瑰Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted [🖤 Unhinged mixed-race brute x 💖 sweet, innocent doll] [Striking size difference and sexual tension + wild, rugged tough guy + school and city life + intense, coercive love + mutual salvation] The boy Sang Moli once saved lived in a world of darkness and filth. When he fought, every punch drew blood. He was violent and impossible to tame. The little princess was born in a tower. Compared to a beast like him, they were worlds apart. Moli was innocent and naive, and thought Mufasa was the best. As 5.7kReads9.0Score566Shelves

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    I really love these books, especially the third one, it's so sweet! (My favorite 😍)

41. 41 野 Wild Desire! The Powerful Tycoon Kisses His Little Wife Until She Cries 野欲！小娇妻被强权大佬亲哭了 Rose in the Mist薄雾玫瑰Modern Romance681k WordsCompleted [🔥Power Above All: A Ruthless, Rotten Heir to a Foreign Throne x 🌸 A Sweet-Talking, Delicate Little Fairy] [Supreme Control + A False Gentleman, a True Lunatic + Height and Build Contrast with Sexual Tension + High Libido and Coercive Love] An incarnation of a god, worshipped by madmen. His honorific: Evil Spirit. A man with a honeyed tongue and a venomous heart, his features rough, roguish, and cruel, enough to make anyone's heart skip a beat. Chen Zhi is a pretty little fairy, blessed with a f 9.3kReads9.1Score717Shelves
42. 42 强 Possessive Devotion: A Powerful Mogul’s Love Across Borders 强势溺宠：偏执大佬跨国爱 Bu Er Tu不二图Modern Romance388k WordsCompleted Both leads are romantically inexperienced [A bewitchingly beautiful, sweet young woman who charms without realizing it and is great at coaxing people & a possessive, high-libido, mixed-race big shot who seems gentle but is actually dark and obsessive (he’s completely smitten)] An unexpected encounter brought Jiang Xuning to the attention of a man powerful enough to control everything. Callisto was born at the pinnacle of power. By day, he was the power broker stirring up the world of finance. B 86.7kReads9.1Score10.6kShelves
43. 43 强 Forced Love! My Beastly Husband Falls for Me Step by Step 强制宠爱！野兽老公他步步沦陷 The Untamed Mustang野马无疆Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available at major bookstores] [Cross-cultural romance × sweet love in a wealthy family] [Gentle, delicate qipao designer × brooding German investor with a background in psychology!] A heartwarming international romance about two people saving each other! The Fred family is Germany’s most powerful dynasty, with a legacy spanning a century. They have not only built their own business empire but are also the world’s largest investors. The current head of the family is even more 28.9kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves

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    The female lead is a classic Eastern beauty, delicate and gentle, while the male lead is the head of Germany's largest family, cold and ruthless, but possessive and protective of the female lead. It's super sweet, with no misunderstandings or other messy situations.

44. 44 异 An Exotic Romance: Fate in the Mountains Brought Me to You! 异域奇情，山里缘来只为你！ Lan Yu Xi蓝语兮Modern Romance420k WordsOngoing She's ordinary, yet she's special! She's delicate, yet she's determined! No matter when or where, she never forgets her dreams or the lines she will not cross! That's why, once they meet, he can't forget her! He's her calamity, her curse, her salvation, and her protector! After facing life and death, making difficult choices, and losing their memories, they save each other and create a new life! She still chooses to be herself, and being herself doesn't keep her from loving me! 99Reads—Score100Shelves

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    The Humble Master Yan's Captive Love Story: Slow-burning, Delicate, and Unconventional

45. 45 禁 No Trespassing 禁止侵入 Tong Si橦肆Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted 1v1, both leads are sexually inexperienced. A roguish, shameless [mafia heir] vs. a domineering, proud [crime lord’s daughter] A couple at war, united by pure hatred; a fake-to-the-bitter-end loyal puppy; tailbones that just want to kill each other; and a push-and-pull so intense it feels like their tendons might snap. In public, they act like a loving couple. In private, they point guns at each other. She pressed a gun to his suit pants and pulled the trigger without hesitation. He dragged her 33.3kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves

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    You'll definitely read until the very last book.

46. 46 惊 Shocking! The World-Weary Darling Was Forced into Love by Her Mafia Uncle 惊！厌世妹宝被黑道小叔强制爱了 Shulin's Little Book Nook书林的小书库Modern Romance614k WordsOngoing [Just rated, guaranteed to be good~] Pseudo uncle and niece | forced love | nine-year age gap | SC [World-weary, touch-starved girl × uncle who says one thing and means another] On her eighteenth birthday, Lu Zhiyu was sent by air freight to Italy and dumped with an “uncle” she’d never met. He was the youngest Don in the Mafia, sinister and cold-blooded, and saw her as a troublesome burden. The first thing he said when he met her was, “Don’t cause me trouble.” She really was trouble. When her to 13.3kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    This is so beautiful!

47. 47 金 Rules for a Caged Canary: Don't Expose the Powerful Man's Fake Blindness 金丝雀守则，别拆穿大佬装瞎 Tong Si橦肆Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted [Print edition in the works] [Physiological obsession] [Mild yandere male lead] [Both leads are inexperienced in body and heart] The male lead is not a criminal. A tribute to every unsung hero who bears the burden and keeps going. When Li Yang is expelled from the police academy, she is recruited for an undercover mission. Li Yang: “Do I need to seduce him?” Officer: “No. You’ll just be making tea.” Li Yang: “Who is the target?” Officer: “The most doted-on son of a prominent Southeast Asian 70kReads9.3Score7.5kShelves

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    I got hooked on "The Heart Is Hard to Escape" and then couldn't stop... Books 1 and 2 are by the same author, and the author's writing style is totally my cup of tea [sending heart]. These two books are related works, so I recommend reading them together~ I absolutely love the second book, and I followed it from beginning to end!! A couple on opposite sides of the road, top-notch tug-of-war, I'm physically attracted to it, and who can resist cats and dogs [kissing emoji] Book 3 was my gateway into Southeast Asian fiction, and it was also the first book I followed~ A ten-year age gap, the older man/younger woman dynamic is really evident in this book. Book 4 became my ultimate fan after reading this one; the author's writing style is broad and profound. I plan to slowly finish this series; I've already read books 5 and 6~ Book 5 is bittersweet, I can't explain why, but while reading about them, I felt like crying, yet I also really loved their characters. The author has truly given each character, including Xiao Peise, a very three-dimensional feel. One of my treasured authors! [Kiss] 6️⃣ I absolutely love "Xiao Gongju" and Sai Sai; I was surprised to find out later that they're siblings, hahaha. 7️⃣ Currently being updated, and it's also very good. This topic seems tailor-made for him, hahaha. Also, this book has a fantastic crossover with 6️⃣—why isn't this a side story for "Xiao Gongju" and Sai Sai? I'm so happy!

48. 48 疯 A Madness That's Hard to Tame 疯瘾难驯 Only for You独予卿Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted [Complete] Taking by Force + Love at First Sight + Brothers Fighting Over a Woman + Forbidden Love + Reverse Taming + Over-the-Top Drama She is the “Devil Flower” fallen into hell. Beneath her dewy, enchanting beauty lies deadly “poison,” and wounds no one knows about. He is the ruthless, cold-blooded heir to a warlord family, a “mad wolf.” He is an illegitimate son, a “venomous snake” lurking in the damp, shadowy corners, waiting to strike. He is the “scorching sun” who vanished at the border… 32.5kReads8.8Score6.6kShelves

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    They're all written by the same author, super good, and both are set in Southeast Asia.

49. 49 对 I'm Sorry, I Was Wrong. I'll Do It Again 对不起，我错了，下次还敢 Seven-Minute-Ripe Tomato七分熟洋柿子Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing A scoundrel's true heart, a wicked man and a pampered beauty, love and hate as deep as the sea [Rogue Southeast Asian crime lord x pampered, pure and alluring white rose] [Master manipulator + fake gentleman, real madman + forced love + a touch of mystery + sweet romance with a hint of angst] After one fleeting glance in the back seat on a stormy night, Southeast Asian crime lord Zhan Nan Heng set his sights on Gu Nian, a pure and alluring white rose. When they met again, there was no stopping w 3.5kReads8.5Score598Shelves

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    A Southeast Asian tycoon forcibly takes advantage of a pure-hearted female protagonist. [Almost crying][What?]

50. 50 恩 Oh? The Gentleman Is Still Trying to Win the Little Moon 恩？先生还在想办法追求小月亮 I Don't Feel Like Eating Strawberries Today今天不想吃草莓啦Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted [A robot gentleman with alexithymia × a lively girl with a delicate heart] [Transmigrate into a book | Both virgins in body and heart | Both are possessive | They choose each other] [Destiny | Fate | Favoritism | No one but you] [Everything about you matters to me. Whatever you're like, you're still the one I love.] Little Moon, in the twenty-eight years before I met you, my world was barren, bleak, and cold. But after I met you, everything became bright and full of life. Loving you is instinct, 1kReads—Score101Shelves

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    Then my Sylvin must be on the list.

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