Looking for Older-Man Romances, Preferably with a Big Age Gap. The Older Guy Should Be Flirty, Not Sleazy 求大叔文 最好年龄差大点 大叔不油腻特撩的那种

1. 51 误 Falling Into My Boss’s Favor: Qingzi’s Heartfelt Story 误入领导心尖：清姿叙心 Momo's Little Words墨墨小语Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted 19.9kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
2. 52 重 After Being Reborn, I Married My Ex's All-Powerful Dad 重生后，我嫁给前任权势滔天的爸 Chestnut Who Loves Fried Rice Cakes爱吃炒年糕的栗子Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted [Reborn revenge and putting scumbags in their place + marriage first, love later + revenge + sweet romance] A sweet 1v1 love story. In her previous life, Gu Yunqing chose the wrong man and married into the Qin family. Little did she know that Qin Chutian was a scheming scoundrel. He not only bled the Gu family dry, but had also been having an affair with her best friend before they were even married, all while keeping Gu Yunqing in the dark. In the end, Qin Chutian heartlessly engineered a car a 232Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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   The female protagonist in this novel is reborn and marries her ex-boyfriend's adoptive father, who is 15 years her senior. The male protagonist has a crush on her, and the story revolves around a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love. Overall, it's very sweet, featuring a clean-living couple, rebirth, revenge against villains, sweet romance, and a scheming male lead.

3. 53 将 The General's Control 将军的控制 Liang Wang两汪Two Male Leads234k WordsCompleted * [An older man guiding and supporting a younger one, control and dominance, love and rivalry, historical BL] (A proud, fiery, rebellious beauty of a general × a great general who knows just how to deal with all his nonsense) (the one in the lower position pursues the one in the higher position, with a torturously intense push and pull) In public, he is the great general who strikes fear into the Northern Barbarians, a once-in-a-century military talent of the Southern Kingdom, honored by the peo 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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   More than ten years apart

4. 54 娇 A Lifetime of Pampering: A Beauty in Her Golden Age 娇宠一生之盛世娇颜 Sheng Shijin盛世金Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A devoted couple + Students + CEO + Love at first sight + Age gap + Romantic push and pull + Inspiring + Sweet romance Xu Jiaojiao and her younger brother were born because their father suspected their mother had cheated on him with someone else. As a result, she, her brother, and their mother became regular targets of their father’s violence. Xu Jiaojiao also became the subject of gossip and ridicule. She grew up insecure and lacking any sense of safety. She always knew her place and kept her d 1.7kReads—Score119Shelves

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   Super good read! The female lead is 18 and the male lead is 29. A very enjoyable story.

5. 55 大 Hey, Mister, Need a Wife? 大叔，你缺老婆不 The Little Tomato Who Loves Chasing Dreams爱追梦的小番茄Modern Romance327k WordsCompleted [Highly Intelligent Male Lead in Government × Sweet, Healing Young Woman × Ten-Year Age Gap × Both Leads Are Inexperienced in Love × Sweet Romance] The brilliant, highly intelligent Lu An has wealth and power at his fingertips. A youthful accident left him with a leg injury, and he has suffered from frail health for years. Accustomed to being alone, he has long felt that nothing can grow in his heart. Until soft and warm Su Nuannuan stumbled into his lonely world. The young woman blinked her smi 3.9kReads6.6Score387Shelves

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   A wealthy, handsome, and powerful disabled man gently dotes on the female lead, and their daily interactions are sweet and loving.

6. 56 糙 The Rugged Man’s Overwhelming Love: His Sweet Little Wife Falls for Him 糙汉强势爱，娇软小媳妇沦陷了 Su Jiabai苏加白Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Originally titled “A Lonely Bed Is Hard to Bear, While the Rugged Neighbor Scratches at Her Wall Night After Night” [lonely nights / maximum sweetness / period setting / delicate beauty / devoted love / slow-burn romance / building wealth / glimpses of an ensemble cast / love at first sight / close proximity / sisters-in-law as foils] Delicate young wife × iron-willed, rugged man Hua Xiaoyue is left alone in an empty bed, the long nights hard to endure. Her family scolds her, her in-laws berate 9.3kReads8.5Score563Shelves

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   Ten-year age difference

7. 57 恶 The Villainess Awakens? Wait, I Married the Wrong Man 恶毒女配觉醒？等等，我嫁错人了 Flowers Across the Nine Provinces花漫九州Modern Romance998k WordsCompleted Mu Chunfeng, a barefoot doctor pushed off a cliff by her stepsister Mu Baizhi, awakens. It turns out Mu Baizhi is the heroine of a rebirth story, while she is nothing more than a supporting female character, meant to make her stepsister seem kind and help her steal every opportunity! In the book, her stepsister steals her fiancé, Fu Baichuan, and marries her off to a gambler. In the end, she dies a tragic death. “Make me your stepping stone? Not a chance!” Mu Chunfeng’s eyes glint with cold calc 137Reads5.8Score102Shelves
8. 58 军 A Powerful Military Marriage: I Married the Strongest Soldier and Had Triplets 军婚霸宠：嫁最强兵王生了三胞胎 Su Jiabai苏加白Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Triplets / Love at First Sight / Devoted Love / Adorable Kids / Scheming / Deep Devotion / 1980s / Alternate Setting / For When You’re Out of Books A sweet, soft-spoken little rabbit with steel teeth × a domineering, protective, fierce big wolf with a scheming side Ye Suisui was born in the 1980s. Fair-skinned and frail, with slender arms and legs, she looks like an easy target. Lu Zhengyao is 1.9 meters tall, with a fierce, icy presence. He can kick his cousin’s leg hard enough to break it, and 2.2kReads7.7Score245Shelves
9. 59 综 Film and TV Crossover: My Ferrari Boyfriend 综影视：我的法拉利男友 gaoxinxin587Two Male Leads393k WordsCompleted Completed: Jin Yue and Xu Jingfu pairing; Under the Microscope and Su Jinhui pairing. Two male leads. Most worlds have no System. The protagonist is extremely charming and comes with a golden finger. 6.4kReads—Score183Shelves

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   [Cool][Cool][Cool] 2026's latest dual male lead variety show, original male lead "↓", the CP are all uncles from TV dramas, with a large age gap, completed Dark River Chronicles, Brocade Moon Like a Song, Young White Horse Drunk in the Spring Breeze, Longing for You, Seven Hearts Simplified, Tang Palace Mystery, Southern Archives, Dream of the Red Chamber, Hundred Flowers Kill [Already on my wish list][Already on my wish list][Already on my wish list]

10. 60 别 Don’t Call Me Judge Gu. Call Me Uncle 别叫顾法官，叫叔叔 Farmer, Scholar, Fisherman耕读渔夫Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted [Government job + age gap + guiding partner] Qin Hengyu comes from a family of lawyers and was cherished by her parents from childhood. Yet after graduating from university, she worked in the legal profession for only a year before choosing to sit the civil service exam and join the court, where she took a front-desk post that almost everyone else shunned. No one knows about her family background. Her parents don’t understand why their once cheerful, bright daughter has gradually grown quiet an 336Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Older man type - guiding lover

11. 61 熙 Thunderbolts in the Radiance of Xi 熙照雷霆 Farmer, Scholar, Fisherman耕读渔夫Modern Romance556k WordsCompleted [Reunion after years apart + winning her back + both virgins + ten-year age gap] The youngest police chief in the city × a bank employee secretly born into a wealthy financial family For all four years of college, Qiao Xi pursued Dang Lei with such fanfare that everyone knew about it. Back then, Dang Lei was a young, handsome visiting professor in the finance department with a bright future ahead of him. Qiao Xi was like a spirited little planet, stubbornly revolving around him. Whenever Dang Le 2.8kReads7.8Score317Shelves
12. 62 你 You Don't Want Her? The Daddy-Type Tycoon Is Thrilled: I Do! 你不要她？爹系大佬狂喜，我要！ Honorary Staff of the Tongfu Inn同福客栈编外人员Modern Romance460k WordsCompleted The rating was just released and will rise [Gentle, calculating older man with a fatherly vibe + Powerful men fighting over her + Eight-year age gap + Scumbag regrets it bitterly] A guileless, soft-hearted beauty who dances classical ballet × A powerful man who seems gentle and refined but is actually calculating and possessive. Rong Zhen had been with her boyfriend for ten years. He didn't like her being in the spotlight, so she gave up her position as the dance troupe's lead. He casually menti 4.2kReads8.0Score534Shelves

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    This one has an 8-year age gap; the male lead is gentle and gentlemanly, while the female lead is a softie. The female lead had a jerk boyfriend before, and the male lead, after finally getting her to break up with him, immediately takes her place and spoils her rotten.

13. 63 冷 Assistant Leng! President Ye Is Looking Everywhere for You! 冷助理！叶总到处找你！ Bai Sanqianqian白三千千Two Male Leads417k WordsCompleted Assistant Leng! President Ye is looking everywhere for you! Assistant Leng! President Ye can't find you and is getting angry! Assistant Leng! Hurry back and talk him down! Leng Yuchen: Can you all leave me alone for a minute? I'm done with this job! Ye Tianling: Where's Assistant Leng? I want him in my office, right now! Everyone else in the office: Have President Ye and Assistant Leng made up today? 2.7kReads—Score148Shelves

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    Nine-year age difference

14. 64 新 Newlyweds, Fast and Furious 新婚快热 Returning South南归Modern Romance302k WordsCompleted Flash Marriage + Love After Marriage + Six-Year Age Gap + Both Inexperienced + Sweet Everyday Romance The Su family went bankrupt, and her fiance asked to call off the wedding. Su Yi splashed cold water in his face and walked away. The moment she stepped out of the restaurant, rain poured down. Just as she was getting soaked to the bone, a black umbrella appeared above her, shielding her from the storm. Yan Tingnan, whom she'd met once before, invited her into his car and even asked, “Would you 6.2kReads8.9Score766Shelves

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    This book features a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, a 6-year age gap, both protagonists are virgins, and it's a sweet and heartwarming story. One thing I really love about it is that the characters fulfill their marital obligations without any hesitation or awkwardness; they act as they're supposed to, making it very engaging and keeping you reading. I love it! [Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece]

15. 65 欲 Desire in the Capital: Entangled at Every Turn 欲染京屿，步步缠深 Mu Ziyu Qiao牧子羽樵Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted [Cool, delicate beauty with a scheming little fox inside x the most extravagant, abstinent Buddha-like lord of the capital] [The capital’s elite circle + 10-year age gap + possessive to the extreme + irresistible push and pull + uncle steals his nephew’s wife + satisfying face-slapping + devoted couple HE] [Original title: Little Uncle, Isn’t This a Little Too Thrilling for Us?] Pei Jinshen is the most abstinent man at the very top of the capital’s elite circle, ten years older than Lu Yu. On th 6.3kReads8.7Score795Shelves

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    With a ten-year age gap, how could the Buddha be considered greasy?

16. 66 封 The Feudal Tycoon Goes Wild Across the City After His Divorce 封建大佬离婚后，发疯全城 May You Stay Curious and Hopeful你有趣有盼Modern Romance559k WordsOngoing A powerful military, political, and business tycoon with a strong appetite + a delicate beauty in frail health + mutual devotion Jiang Qingwu was born with a special constitution. After marrying Gu Yunzhou, she was gentle and obedient, but she never dared to share a bed or get close to him. The mighty tycoon of the military, political, and business worlds had married a young wife, yet they could only treat each other with icy courtesy. At last, Gu Yunzhou could take it no longer and arranged for 25.7kReads5.6Score1.2kShelves

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    A powerful, ambitious older man in the military, political, and business worlds, and a frail, beautiful woman! Jiang Qingwu followed Gu Yunzhou back to Z City from her small town. Because of her sensitive body, she refused to let him touch her, and the two never consummated their marriage. So the man arranged for her to move to another city. The next time she saw him was when he came to her door with divorce papers…

17. 67 6 Sixty-Year-Old Lovers: The Past of Maitreya 60岁恋人：弥勒往事 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Urban147k WordsCompleted At the age of sixty, he jumped into a shallow pool where the water barely reached his thighs. The water was shallow, but he didn't know that. Just as he didn't know that this jump would bring him together with a thirty-seven-year-old divorced woman, that they would have a child, and that he would pursue her from Hefei to Nanjing, then on to Shenzhen. Later, someone asked him, "Why jump when the water was so shallow?" He said, "Because that person was about to fall in." What matters isn't how d 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves

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    These short stories all meet the requirements of the questioner. They are also quite interesting to read.

18. 68 真 True Love Can’t Stand the Light, So She Married a Fool 真爱见光死，她嫁给傻子 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted At nineteen, He Yang met Chen Mo for the first time. Her card got swallowed, and she grabbed him by the sleeve. The restraint of a middle-aged man and the recklessness of a young woman threw everything into chaos from that day on. She married a fool as a cover, just so she could stay by his side. Years later, when she had everything, she finally realized that the person she loved had never been him. It was the respectable life that man represented, a life beyond her reach. Amusingly, the fool wh 76Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 69 退 After Three Years in Retirement Back in the Village, I Lost but Was Not Defeated 退休回村三年，我输了但没有败 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Urban151k WordsCompleted After retiring, I was sent back to my hometown to serve as the village's First Secretary. I had barely reached the village entrance when someone smashed a jar at me: “Huai Shu Village doesn't welcome you!” An old flame brought me a bowl of fish soup, with a letter at the bottom that had never been sent, forty years ago. Someone sent an anonymous report to the disciplinary inspection committee, accusing me of misconduct. Three months on the clock. Nobody believes me. Three years later, the person 95Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 70 我 I Held It In for Thirty Years, Until My Daughter Said, 'Dad, You Should Leave' 我忍了三十年，直到女儿说：爸，你走吧 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted I Endured for Thirty Years, Until My Daughter Said, "Dad, You Should Go" 140Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 为 I’m Being Hunted Across the City for Pursuing an Old Guy 为追老登，我被全城搜捕 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted I Went on the Run from the Whole City to Pursue an Old Geezer 103Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 72 我 I 'Bought' an Old Man for Fifty Thousand 我用五万“买”个老头 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错8k WordsCompleted I “Bought” an Old Man for 50,000 120Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 当 When the Coin Is Tossed 当硬币抛起 The Fawn Who Flips Coins抛硬币的小鹿Modern Romance134k WordsCompleted [Dual careers, a reunion after years apart, old flames rekindled, powerful families, a seventeen-year age gap, the powerful man lowering his head for love, the underdog bravely pursuing love, a guiding male leader x a growing female subordinate] Twelve years ago, they first met. She thought: Men really are at their best at forty. He smiled softly: A young girl who's never been through much, a blank sheet of paper. Twelve years later, they met again. She blushed, her heart racing: A Ferrari is st 825Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Within a dual-system organization, with a 17-year age gap, the superior bows down for love, while the subordinate bravely faces love alone.

24. 74 这 This Uncle Is a Little Cold 这个大叔有点冷 Fragrant and Graceful Floral Words花语馨婉娩Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted (Daddy-type older man x age gap x reverse pursuit x Southeast Asia) At 43, Zhou Ziyu is divorced, has been cheated on, and is cold as ice. (Man 43, woman 23 + daddy-type boyfriend + love at first sight + cold and domineering, with both sweet and angsty moments) After his wife cheats on him, the 43-year-old divorced tycoon in foreign trade decides to play the field and never marry again. Then, in an accident, he runs into Fang Xiaoyu, a 23-year-old who has just graduated. The young woman falls in 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Despite a twenty-year age gap, the naive young woman only wanted to open a shop, but the tycoon gave her a global warehouse.

25. 75 E E's Golden Cage: A Love Prison for a Broken Old Beta E的黄金笼囚爱老Beta残鸟 Shuizezhou水泽州Two Male Leads614k WordsCompleted [Complete] The groveling pursuit begins in earnest from Chapter 61 [Entertainment industry | EABO | Younger man | Status gap | Rivals in love | Raising a child] Main story, EB | Qin Jian × Mu Yansheng (amnesiac, cold-hearted, crazy, controlling top-tier star enigma seme | honest, domestic older beta uke, disfigured) At nineteen, Mu Yansheng was disfigured in a fire while saving Qin Jian. His dream of becoming an actor was shattered, so he could only do odd jobs and work as a script supervisor on 3kReads—Score200Shelves

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    This book is completely in line with

26. 76 总 CEO Uncle, Remember Your Little Wife’s Devotion 总裁大叔，小娇妻的痴心愿记取 Tend to the Little Things in Life with Care点滴生活用心经营Modern Romance492k WordsCompleted At a class reunion, a 22-year-old third-year university student unexpectedly met a divorced older man. They fell for each other at first sight, exchanged contact details, and began a passionate, sweet romance. 773Reads7.6Score100Shelves

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    They're all great!

27. 77 你 You Cheated! I'll Marry Your Uncle! What Are You Freaking Out About? 你出轨！我嫁你小叔！你疯什么？ Handwritten Meatball手写的丸子Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted Both leads are virgins + second male lead gets the girl + impulsive marriage + love after marriage + planned for a long time + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + tycoon spoils his wife without limits Steady, fatherly gentleman with a possessive streak × sweet, gentle, well-behaved girl who later becomes a little brat (because the male lead spoils her) On her wedding day, her fiancé runs away to comfort the impoverished student they once supported together. Every trending topic that day is ab 5.7kReads8.7Score663Shelves
28. 78 相 After a Failed Blind Date, I Impulsively Married a Twice-Divorced Uncle 相亲失败后，和二婚大叔闪婚了 The Little Penguin from Lingzi's Home玲子家的小企鹅Modern Romance584k WordsCompleted My new book, After Cutting Ties with Her Family, She Becomes the Darling of a Powerful Family, is complete. I hope you’ll show it lots of support. [Second-Chance Marriage: Older Divorced Dad vs. Kindergarten Teacher] A sweet romance. P.S.: Multiple couples. Hua Yan’s father has cancer and doesn’t have long to live. His greatest wish is to see his daughter get married and have children. To keep her father from leaving this world with regrets, Hua Yan starts going on blind dates, only to meet one 2.9kReads8.6Score314Shelves
29. 79 松 Fragrance Amid the Sound of Pines 松涛声处闻清香 Pavilion Master Xiyun兮沄阁主Modern Romance463k WordsCompleted [Powerful Official × Divorced Goddess | Long-Prepared Pursuit & Bone-Deep Tenderness] Known in the capital as the “Black-Faced King of Hell,” Shen Tingtao is the most unapproachable man in government circles: a proud pine on a snow-covered mountain, cool and chaste. The one exception in his life began with a glimpse through a car window after an accident: the gentle profile of Shi Feng. At the time, she was trapped in a marriage engineered against her. After decisively divorcing, she kept her di 2kReads7.3Score166Shelves

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    Let's work through this book together, it's really interesting! [Smirk]

30. 80 川 The River Flows On, and You’re My Pearl 川流不息，贝中有你 Lively Xiuer灵动的秀儿Modern Romance123k WordsCompleted Chen Zelin, an employee of the Han Group, died in a workplace accident. Han Tingchuan brought his personal lawyer to handle the compensation. In that impoverished mountain village, Chen Zelin had been the family’s only provider. With the old man gravely ill and unable to raise his granddaughter, he tearfully entrusted her to Han Tingchuan. From that day on, Chen Xiaobei became Han Tingchuan’s responsibility for life. 673Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 81 军 Blazing Sun, Military Love 军恋炽阳 Qi Shang琦尚Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted A slow-burn romance / Sweet romance / Eight-year age gap Song Yanci is a special forces officer in the Rocket Force. A refined, gentle man, he has become detached from all matters of the heart amid the monotonous life in the military. During a mission, a comrade-in-arms died on the battlefield, and Song Yanci adopted his young son. Su Yan is a homeroom teacher at a school for military families. Gentle and quiet, she shut her heart away after her college boyfriend left her to study abroad. Son 4.1kReads7.7Score445Shelves

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    Both books are military-themed, but their styles are slightly different. The first book is about a slow and steady love, with an older man leading the relationship, while the second book is about a soldier going undercover.

32. 82 极 Love on the Front Lines 极限军恋 Qi Shang琦尚Modern Romance396k WordsCompleted I wanted to add a little sweetness to the lives of the nameless heroes who move unseen through the night. Even though real life is cruel, I hope they can taste something sweet in these stories. In the darkness, they conceal their devotion; tempered by the flames of battle, their true hearts shine through. Undercover agent Song Ze, warm and gentlemanly, holds fast to his mission amid the fog. The tenderness of Dan Ning, a literary young woman, is the only light in his long, endless nights; The mu 1.1kReads—Score104Shelves
33. 83 暗 The Sixth Year of Secretly Loving a Pretty Boy 暗恋漂亮宝贝的第六年 Wind and Moon in This Place此间有风月Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted Bright, sunny nurse × refined senior official, pretty and rebellious × powerful and influential × obsessive male second lead [marriage before love + sweet romance in high society + female growth + whirlwind marriage + secret crush] A moving, heartwarming story of redemption centered on human trafficking prevention. In a nutshell: The moment I saw her, I wanted her. I’m not getting divorced. On her flight home, Nan Xi met a man. They almost slept together. When they met again, he was her brother- 3.6kReads8.6Score473Shelves
34. 84 偏 The Snow-Soft Flower Is Spoiled by Everyone 偏宠雪柔花 Everything Is About Romance风月都相关Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted A composed, imposing senior official × a pure, stunning academic beauty. Height gap + age gap + status gap, with intense push and pull. [Song Qingchen & Li Man] Originally titled “Drowning in His Palm” [In a nutshell] Breaking free from the cocoon hurts, but embracing spring is beautiful. He gave her a ticket into the pyramid; she worked hard to turn it into her trump card. Song Qingchen is the quintessential son of a distinguished family: a seasoned, dignified official, mature and stead 63.1kReads9.4Score7.7kShelves
35. 85 溺 Doting on My Darling Captive 溺养娇脔 Everything Is About Romance风月都相关Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [A proud young nobleman from a powerful family vs. a cool, refined beauty from Jiangnan] Updates ongoing for the side couple Tan Dingsong and Lin Yin’s bonus chapters: a by-the-book older man and a female celebrity, a hate-to-love story. [Stunning heroine, weak at first then strong + devoted hero who falls from grace and humbly begs for love] After meeting her, he learns how to love. His mature, passionate love heals her wounds and warms her whole life. Yu Wanwan, Nancheng’s “moonlight of the h 30.7kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
36. 86 小 When Uncle Smiles, Life and Death Hang in the Balance 小叔叔一笑，生死难料 Bai Sanqianqian白三千千Two Male Leads100k WordsOngoing [A refined scoundrel and entertainment-industry mogul x a beloved, tsundere young star] Zheng Yue is a cool, dignified entertainment-industry mogul with a mysterious background, an obsession with cleanliness, and an unpredictable temper. He never takes on newcomers without good reason. Song Minxiu is a spoiled third-generation rich kid whose family has fallen on hard times. Forced to live under someone else's roof, he has to watch everyone's mood. He puts up with it for the sake of his dream of 2.6kReads—Score395Shelves
37. 87 糙 Rugged Farmer Dotes on His Simple Wife: Growing Rich and Winning Her Heart 糙汉宠傻妻：种田暴富伴红颜 Tomato Loach番茄泥鳅Marriage & Romance781k WordsOngoing [Rugged Husband and Delicate Wife | Tough on the Outside, Tender Within | Born Lucky | Everyday Life in the Seventies | Building Wealth | Heartwarming Healing] [Many Admirers] In a poor northeastern village in the 1970s, farmer Li Changgen has the most miserable life of all! His home is bare, he's forced to marry a sweet but mentally disabled wife, and the villain Liu Ergou has his eyes fixed on him, laying traps at every turn and relentlessly trying to ruin his family and leave them penniless! 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Older men's novels might be a good solution to your reading slump!

38. 88 隔 The Neighbor's Young Wife Schemed Against Me and Ruined Half My Life 隔壁小媳妇算计我，毁我半生 Tomato Loach番茄泥鳅Modern Romance99k WordsCompleted [Period drama] [Northeastern factory district] [Forbidden affair] [Deception and schemes] [Pregnancy troubles] [Long-buried secrets] [Redemption through guilt] [A painfully realistic tragedy] In a northeastern chemical factory neighborhood in the 1980s, the life of honest factory worker Jia Jun is ruined by the young wife next door! One act of misplaced trust draws him into the enormous lie Su Min has spun. One wrong step, and he's trapped in a forbidden affair, lost beyond redemption! An unexpe 5.7kReads8.1Score271Shelves
39. 89 鸡 Sunny Skies Above the Humble Life 鸡毛之上有晴天 Tomato Loach番茄泥鳅Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted [Marriage and love] [Heartbreak] [Betrayal] [Comeback] [Redemption] [The truth about marriage] [Urban romance] [Realistic relationships] [Healing] A broken marriage has worn away every last trace of warmth, leaving two lives utterly out of step! He fought his way up from being a low-level technician at a chemical plant, only to have his own brother steal his hard work and stab him in the back! His former lover suffers through pregnancy; old love and hatred entangle them, betrayal cuts deep, devo 1.2kReads8.1Score104Shelves
40. 90 屈 Surrendering to Tenderness 屈于温柔 Ying Xi赢兮Modern Romance426k WordsCompleted [Cool and radiant genius violinist girl x gentle, distinguished rising star in the business world] [Devoted romance with no past relationships + long-planned courtship + doting boyfriend + two wealthy families + age gap] Everyone knew that the eldest young master of the Shen family was handsome and distinguished, and had become a rising star in the business world at a young age. Who could have imagined that someone so utterly level-headed would one day be troubled by love? Shen Minghuai had nev 17.3kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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    Age gap + gentle dad type! The male lead is incredibly charming, giving the female lead a strong sense of security and affection.

41. 91 拥 She Fell into His Abyss 拥她入深渊 Ying Xi赢兮Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A seemingly fragile girl who’s secretly a ruthless schemer × a gentle, doting, fatherly tycoon] [Devoted husband, age gap, love at first sight, both leads are pure and devoted, romance across borders] Everyone knows Jiang Xu, head of the Jiang family in Southeast Asia, is refined and handsome, but also cold, restrained, and uninterested in women. But one night, as the tension between them grows without restraint, the girl, bullied until her eyes are red, uses the last of her strength to prop he 12kReads9.2Score925Shelves
42. 92 谁 Whose Daddy-Type Boyfriend Is This Scheming, Brooding One? 谁家爹系男友这么心机阴湿啊 Bi Ying Xi毕赢兮Modern Romance461k WordsCompleted [A seemingly fragile but truly haughty little fox + a possessive, fatherly tycoon] [Long-planned pursuit + age gap + both leads are inexperienced and devoted + sweet romance + happy ending] Word has it that Huan Ting'an, heir to the top-tier Huan family, is refined and elegant, aloof and abstinent, and has a beloved woman he can't have whom he's searched for in vain for years. After hearing this, Sheng Wen'ying looked in the mirror, then at a photo of the woman he loved, and thought long and har 3.7kReads—Score316Shelves
43. 93 非 Irrational Surrender 非理性沦陷 Ying Xi赢兮Modern Romance463k WordsCompleted [A gorgeous, haughty heiress × a cold, roguish foreign powerhouse] [Devoted, sweet romance with both leads’ hearts belonging only to each other + age gap + two powerful families + doting, fatherly boyfriend] Yu Nanyan, the cherished young lady of the Yu family in Hong Kong, had been spoiled rotten ever since she was a child. But after an accident, she was forced to use a wheelchair. The exasperated heiress suddenly noticed that the new bodyguard she had hired looked at her with anything but inno 3.6kReads8.6Score334Shelves
44. 94 在 Rolling Around in Major Daddy's Arms 在少校爹地的怀里打个滚 Fantastic Little Star奇幻小星星Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted New book: Sweet romance | Fatherly boyfriend | Military uniforms | Age gap | Size difference | Neighbors living next door The soulmate I’ve been dating online for three years is my direct superior, the man who stands outside my door every morning at 6:15 and makes me run three kilometers. A slow-burn sweet romance with substance, not fast-food fiction. Winnie Chen, twenty-five, is an intelligence analyst newly assigned as deputy intelligence officer to a special forces unit. Her new boss, Ma 57Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 95 我 All My Tenants Are Crazy Girls 我的房客全是精神小妹 Ni Linsheng逆鳞生Urban338k WordsOngoing [Middle-Aged Comeback | Urban Power Fantasy | Spirited Girls | System] At thirty-five, I was laid off, swindled out of my down payment by a marriage scammer, and saddled with a two-million-yuan mortgage. Just when I was at the end of my rope, a chime rang in my head. [Rebellious Girl Shelter System bound: Only spirited girls may move in. Two hundred yuan per person per day, paid instantly. No empty promises.] To everyone else, spirited girls were foul-mouthed troublemakers who smoked, drank, ran 338Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good story about an older man.

46. 96 意 My Italian Roommate Somehow Became My Husband 意大利室友居然成了我老公 Ji Yu姬雩Two Male Leads178k WordsOngoing When his eight-year relationship came to an end, Yang Shuheng thought he would never love again. That is, until an unexpected encounter brought Marco, who came from Italy, into his world. Steady, restrained, and gentle, Marco was never good at expressing love in grand gestures. But whenever Yang Shuheng needed him, he was always there, quietly by his side. Little by little, he melted the walls Yang Shuheng had built around his heart, and made the man who had once lost all faith in love fall for 502Reads—Score101Shelves

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    What's it like working with Italian men?

47. 97 极 A Dangerous Obsession 极限纠缠 Benevolent Breeze仁爱微风Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted [Mutually devoted, one-on-one romance, older man, happy ending] The push and pull between a seasoned IPO lawyer and a newcomer in the workplace My name is Chen Yin, and his name is Wang Cheng'an. We’re nine years apart. When I met him, I was a 21-year-old college senior, while he was already 30. He wasn’t married, but he had a twelve-year-old son. My family said he was my undoing, but to me, he seemed more like my salvation. “No,” he said. “You’re my salvation.” Some people called him a pervert, 7.5kReads6.7Score911Shelves
48. 98 禁 The Abstinent Professor Can’t Hide It Anymore, So I Use Him for Revenge 禁欲教授藏不住了，我靠他复仇 Probably No One Is Lazier Than Me大概没人比我懒Modern Romance119k WordsCompleted Short synopsis, under 500 Chinese characters At university, Jiang Nuannuan was Shen Zhiyan's student. They called each other friends and trusted one another. After a conspiracy, her stepmother and a family that favored her siblings forced her to go to America. She spent years abroad, enduring hardship and mistreatment. Now she has returned home, bearing a body full of wounds and seeking revenge. With nowhere else to turn, she can only ask Professor Shen, once so gentle, for help. He is still coo 46Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A super sweet and satisfying story about a husband with a 12-year age gap who slaps his wife in the face, and a doting husband. It's so sweet and so easy to read!

49. 99 去 Go Where You Went, and Meet the You of Long Ago 去你去过的地方，与曾经的你相遇 Pretending to Be a Scholar假装文人Two Male Leads139k WordsOngoing [Danmei] [Love Rival] [White Moonlight] [Powerful Male Lead] [Tormented Romance] [Bad Ending] Young Gu ventures alone to G City. After finally landing a powerful boyfriend, his friend steals him away. Lin Kang, who do you really love? Young Gu: “Zhang Kexing, you home-wrecking little bastard! You’re my friend, and you still steal my boyfriend!” Lin Kang: “I love Young Gu, but I just can’t control my lower half.” “Who could turn down something beautiful?” “Lin Kang, I still love you so much. I lo 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There's also this book, "My Heart Has a Hole, Uncle, Please Let Love Shine In".

50. 100 戴 Prince Daimon’s Revenge 戴蒙王子复仇记 Pretending to Be a Scholar假装文人Two Male Leads110k WordsCompleted [Western fantasy + dreamlike otherworld + two male leads + pure love + transmigration to another world + nobility + revenge + evenly matched leads + angst + secret love + age gap] [Beautiful, tragic prince + devoted manservant + kingly, dominant king] On the night his uncle murdered his father and usurped the throne, the loyal servant A Luo said to the prince, "Your Highness, drink this potion. You will die once, then be reborn in another world." Ten years later, having crossed countless worlds 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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