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After Three Years of Cold War, She Asked for a Divorce, but His Eyes Turned Red 冷战三年,她提离婚他却红了眼
[Hong Kong elite vs. fallen socialite] [Marriage first, love later + a long road to winning her back] [One-on-one romance] They’d been married for three years. He’d never cared about her, she’d had a crush on him for years, and he had someone else in his heart. Then she finally saw the light! After Li Qian watched Gu Tingchen abandon her for his first love for who knew how many times, she suddenly understood something. If someone doesn’t love you, it won’t matter how careful you are or how despe
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Haunted by Longing and Desire 魂牵梦撩
[Marriage first, love later + long-planned romance + sweet, flirtatious Beijing elite circle] Fair-skinned, gorgeous little troublemaker VS scheming, devoted, abstinent madman of a powerful man “She is my rose, and my princess.” The Ji family is the most famous of all the prominent families in Kyoto, with a fortune worth billions and wealth rivaling a nation’s. But one sudden upheaval nearly ruined the Ji family’s reputation. After lying low for ten years, Ji Yuchen returns to Kyoto. In no time,
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Roses of the Capital at Night 京夜玫瑰
(The rating has just been released~ [Marriage first, love later + A long-laid plan + Devoted, sweet, and seductive romance + Mutual teasing and coaxing] [Cool and radiant designer ✖️ Cultured yet wicked power player in Beijing's elite circle] Hailed in business circles as an untouchable beauty, Xie Chengci has a refined, handsome face that is always cool and distant. His intentions are impossible to read, and he acts with swift decisiveness. He's known as the one big shot in Beijing's elite circ
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His Iris 他的鸢尾
[Marriage Before Love] [Long-planned scheme] [Secret crush] [Sweet romance] [Devoted one-on-one couple] Pei Chi was a notorious playboy in the capital, a real ladies' man. Then, quite out of character, he agreed to the arranged marriage that the other privileged young heirs looked down on most. After the wedding, he came home late and left early every day, as if marriage had completely chained his freedom. The privileged young heirs were in an uproar. Ruan Yuan must be a tyrant! They had thought
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After Marriage, the Aloof Beauty Is Held by the Weary Tycoon, Who Kisses and Clings to Her 婚后清冷美人被厌世大佬搂腰缠吻
[Short drama now available] [Both Pure + Marriage First, Love Later + Secretly Planned for a Long Time + Sweet Everyday Romance] A devoted-to-his-wife young master × a cool, aloof finance department beauty Gu Zhiyan confidently believes that with Shen Nanyin's family background, she'll come crawling back to him sooner or later. Until he sees her get into the Lu family's exclusive luxury car with his own eyes. One night, Gu Zhiyan gets blackout drunk and pounds on the door, his eyes red as he beg
41.5kReads9.4Score5.1kShelves
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Flirting After Marriage 婚后撩惹
[Scheming, aloof, and ascetic CEO vs. dazzling, cold-hearted young lady] [Mutual pining, the male lead's secret love comes true, the heroine falls in love after marriage, devoted to each other, equally matched, 1v1] Everyone in Kyoto knows that the second young lady of the Shu family, Shu Hua, and the Cheng family's eldest son, Cheng Shiyan, don't get along. Because their families arranged a marriage, they had no choice but to tie the knot. Shu Hua and Cheng Shiyan had disliked each other ever s
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Beloved and Spoiled 至爱偏宠
“Easygoing heiress × gentle, refined second young master. Both leads are devoted only to each other, sweet romance, you won’t regret picking this up!” Wen Ruoshu never expected that the reason she’d return to the capital one day would be an arranged marriage! But it was only an arranged marriage, and she could accept that. As for whom she married, she didn’t particularly care. After all, as far as she was concerned, anything that didn’t threaten her life was a minor matter. They had agreed on a
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The Arrogant Little Drama Queen and the Abstinent CEO: A Love Story 骄纵小作精,禁欲总裁宠妻成瘾
[Marriage first, love later × Two powerful families × Secret love fulfilled × Long-planned romance] News of the marriage alliance between the Cen and Sheng families sends shockwaves through Beijing’s elite circles. Everyone knows the Cen family’s young heiress is dazzlingly beautiful, but spoiled and willful. No one dares to cross her. With the Sheng family patriarch gravely ill, a battle over the inheritance breaks out within the family. To get what he wants, Sheng Tangzhou, the Sheng family’s
3.2kReads8.7Score340Shelves
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Then Let Me Cheer You Up 那我哄哄你
{A flamboyant, unruly rich young master x A stunning, refined heiress} {Marriage first, love later + Two wealthy families + A long road to winning back his wife + Both leads are chaste} Everyone knows that Second Young Master Cheng is arrogant and untamable, flamboyant and reckless, with a haughty, cold-hearted streak. He’s notorious for being impossible to deal with, and no matter how well-behaved the Xu family’s daughter is, she won’t be able to tame this wild horse. The public’s verdict on t
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Where Thorns Meet Warmth 荆棘遇暖
“Since you're so eager to make this marriage official...” He began fulfilling his duties as a husband... Again and again, they lost control, sinking into pleasure until neither could stop. She endured in silence and bravely stood by him, while love spread through both their hearts… Through all the thorns, they would eventually find warmth. He declared firmly, “She is my wife. There will never be anyone else.”
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My Arranged Marriage Wife Is So Sweet, the Capital's Big Shot Can't Hold Back 联姻老婆好甜,京圈大佬节制不住
Marriage first, love later / A sweet, slow-burn romance / Older man / Both are each other’s one and only A cool, distant beauty x a steady, calculating, fatherly type At twenty-two, Jian Xi accidentally discovered that she was the biological daughter of a wealthy business tycoon. She gained a pair of rich parents, and a husband through an arranged marriage. Her husband was Zhou Boting, the current head of the Zhou family. Rumor had it that he was disciplined and reserved, and at twenty-six had n
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Spoiled After Marriage 婚后侍宠
Adapted title: Yan Yan's Midsummer A brilliant, beautiful university lecturer and her reserved, proud qipao-wearing gentleman A sunflower-hearted softie x a flamboyant older man [Mostly slice of life + strangers to lovers after an arranged marriage + two strong leads + age gap + face-slapping and putting scoundrels in their place + slow-burn romance + twins, a boy and a girl + growing old together + buried together after death + bonus chapters] Xia Ku
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Silken Threads 缠丝
[Extra-sweet romance, married first and falling in love later, both pure! Medical genius from a top-tier wealthy family x a dazzling beauty] Lin Ci opened her eyes and found herself five years in the future. She had gone from an eighteen-year-old girl with nothing to her name to the young madam of the Lu family, able to get anything she wanted. With five years of memories missing, Lin Ci could hardly believe that Lu Bochuan, a powerful, handsome medical genius who could even build machines, had
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Love Gone Awry 热恋偏差
[An author focused on emotions, with no special tricks. No textual analysis, rankings, or borrowing ideas. Please respect the characters in the book. Infringements will be pursued.] Cold, ambitious man (Xu Kuang) × spoiled rich heiress (Li Shuyu) [Not-quite-siblings + mutual salvation + marriage before love + she leaves with the baby + he chases her after she leaves] 1. Everyone in their circle knew Xu Kuang didn't like Li Shuyu and even went out of his way to avoid her. Few knew that the two of
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A Kiss for My Love 吻心上
Gorgeous troublemaker × aloof bad boy [Not a strong female lead | Marriage Before Love | The husband chases his wife | Some coercive elements] Lu Yubei stands at the very top of Jingjiang’s elite circles. His methods are ruthless and merciless, yet his handsome face makes countless noblewomen in Jingjiang swoon. They’ve been married for nearly a year, but Yun Wei has only seen him twice. She barely knows her husband in name, and still has to pretend they’re a loving couple in front of his grandf
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Marriage Before Love: Kissing His Blushing Ears 先婚后爱:吻红他的耳
[Marriage First, Love Later + Healing Romance + Both Leads Are Chaste + Caring Boyfriend + Sweet Romance] [Gentle, world-weary “little orphan” VS the old-fashioned, upright man in power] The first time they met, Zhou Yanchen was her brother-in-law. The second time they met, he became her fiancé. To Song Xiangsi, Zhou Yanchen is old-fashioned and proper, a courteous gentleman, and of course not at all romantic. But she doesn’t mind. To Zhou Yanchen, a business marriage is a deal that needs to be
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The Young Lady Has a Soft Waist and a Sweet Voice, Leaving President Jiang at a Loss 大小姐腰软声甜,姜总难以招架
[Daddy-type husband, sweet romance, both leads are inexperienced, marriage before love, warm and healing, not a strong female lead] When her parents gave her a list of potential marriage matches, Xiang Qisong was immediately drawn to Jiang Huaizheng’s handsome looks and steady demeanor. After they married, she discovered some good news: Jiang Huaizheng really was steady. The bad news was that he was too steady. Whether in public or in private, he was always prim and proper, restrained and aloof.
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Flash-Married to a Billionaire CEO, the Little Wife Is Spoiled Rotten 闪婚千亿霸总,小娇妻被宠上天
[Powerful Man Bows His Head + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First + Devoted Wife-Doting Husband + Size Difference + Eight-Year Age Gap + Obsessive + Possessive + Super Sweet] [A word of warning: Please put your brain away and just enjoy the story... Life is hard enough, so when you read a sweet romance, don’t overthink it.] Duan Tingzhou: Kyoto’s richest man, with investments across a vast range of industries. If it can make money, he’s involved in it. He’s ruthless in business and cold by nature.
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Deep Love for Ci Yuan 辞鸢情深
[Rich Heir × Top-Tier Beauty and Designer] (Full-cast audio edition now available) "Love at first sight on both sides + Class difference + Winning her back + Rekindled romance + Both chaste" They were both struck by love at first sight! An irresistible physical attraction! Everyone says that the rich heir Ji Ke is only playing around with the student Ruan Yuan. Ruan Yuan gives him her whole heart, but... Ruan Yuan: “Let’s get married!” Ji Ke: “What are you thinking? You’re only 21.” Ruan Yuan: “
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Crazy, Toxic Male Lead, I Don't Love You. Please Let Me Go 疯批坏男主,我不爱你,求放过
"Villainous Male Lead + Possessive Domination + Angst + Groveling Chase + Mutual First-Time Partners" Male lead: Su Mo, 190 cm tall, 22 years old, with an angel’s face and a devil’s heart. Female lead: Ye Ran, 160 cm tall, 22 years old, a delicate little white rabbit, and a mute one at that. Second male lead: Ouyang Jun, 190 cm tall, 25 years old, handsome and principled. The heroine has a sick mother, an elderly grandmother, and a younger brother. The four of them depend on one another, and bec
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After Being Reborn, I Became the Obsession of a Man with a Drug Addiction 重生后,我成了偏执大佬的药瘾
[Both leads are virgins] [Sweet romance] [Mutual healing] In her previous life, Shi Wan died a tragic death. Fu Tingchen gave his life for her and perished in a sea of flames. Reborn, Shi Wan has the advantage at every turn. She plans each step carefully, vowing to protect the person she loves most. Fu Tingchen is possessive by nature, violent and ruthless. Yet he doesn’t know that after they marry, he’ll dote on one woman without restraint, treating her with tender affection. “A Chen, why didn’
58kReads9.4Score6.1kShelves
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A No-Risk Marriage Pact 零风险婚约
[Completed] [Scheming fox of a man × playful drama queen] [Secret marriage + happy ending + lighthearted comedy + reunion after years apart] Everyone knows Lin Nianqing is famous for being sharp-tongued and devious. Take new hire Leng Xixi, who had barely started when she accepted a bouquet from a business partner and was called into the office. She “cried” over a whole desk’s worth of tissues. Who knew what was going on behind the locked door and closed blinds? The man was mad with jealousy, ho
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Azure as the Sky, Waiting for Jade Through the Mist 天青色等烟玉
[Ruthless, sharp-tongued businessman × adorable deaf-mute artist] Zheng Qingming is just a shrewd businessman. He doesn't love porcelain; he only loves that silly girl who can't hear or speak. Chen Yu can neither hear nor speak, and her world is quiet. She loves nothing but porcelain. But one day, she realizes that some things matter more than porcelain, like that grumpy man who is always snapping at her. [Warnings] The male lead is hard to like, especially because he can't stop running his mou
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The Little Highness Has a Screw Loose 小殿下他脑子有坑
[Sweet, bold, and outspoken young princess X gentle, seemingly innocent but secretly calculating young prince] Shi Sui transmigrated into the heroine of a classic tragic romance. In the original, the male and female leads' melodramatic love story tortured them from the first chapter to the penultimate one, and still ended in a tragic finale. Shi Sui: Bye-bye, then. I'll pick the devoted second male lead. Basically, it's a story about a laid-back girl using her wonderfully quirky imagination to s
11.7kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
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Listen to Her Murmur 听她呢喃
Heiress of a wealthy family x refined but wicked tycoon [Sweet Romance + Married First, Love Later + One-on-One] Lin Yan and Xie Ting went from meeting to getting married in just two days. After the wedding, they went about their own business and kept out of each other’s way. One day, at a party in a bar, Lin Yan was resting on a sofa in the corner when her phone buzzed twice. Xie Ting: [What are you doing?] Lin Yan typed with one hand: [Getting ready to sleep.] After replying, she put down her
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Flirting into Marriage 撩婚
The print edition of Wild Crane is now available on major platforms. He Yunxing comes from a prominent Hong Kong family. The elegant, aloof man has a black tattoo on his hand that looks wickedly sensual, like Satan himself has descended. He's cold and heartless, a complete utilitarian. Everyone is madly infatuated with him. Too bad he married young. Rumor has it that he and the eldest daughter of the Shen family have a terrible marriage and will soon divorce. In their vast room, a slender-waiste
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You and the Sun and Moon 卿与日月
[Originally titled My Love, the Sun and Moon. Everyday life in an ancient setting + mutual salvation + seemingly delicate but inwardly strong heroine who grows over time + hero who still holds on to kindness and honor after falling from his position as a favored son of heaven] Wen Shining, the legitimate daughter of the Wen family, was confined to her home for sixteen years because of a curse claiming she would bring death to her parents and disaster upon her family. Fu Wenzhou, the second son o
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A Private Spring in the Courtyard 私藏庭春意
[Male Lead's Perspective: Marriage First, Love Later; Female Lead's Perspective: Unrequited Love Comes True] [Cool, Elegant TCM Beauty x Cold, Flirtatious Beijing Playboy] The day Ji Niao waited for Li Dongting to return to China was his favorite season, spring, and the spring when she first met him. She had seen him live wild and carefree, and seen women flock around him. Everyone said that the one thing Li Dongting never lacked was women, especially ordinary women like Ji Niao. But Ji Niao sti
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Recklessly Tender: President Zhou Is Flirtatious and Full of Tricks 肆意温柔,周总他又撩又茶
Everyone says Zhou of Hengyan Group is so refined and dignified that he’s beyond reproach. Then someone overhears his friends teasing him for being whipped. He curls his lips into a smile and casually takes a jab at everyone present. “Still drinking? I’ll pass. My wife would worry about me.” “Quiet, everyone. I need to call and check in with her!” “Wait, you guys don’t have wives keeping tabs on you? How pitiful.” Everyone else: ... After finally marrying the woman he’d had a crush on throughou
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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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Livestream on Our Wedding Night! The Obsessive Movie Emperor Kisses Her to Tears 新婚夜直播!她被偏执影帝亲哭了
[Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Silly, Spoiling Love + Adorable Baby + Irresistibly Charming] After three years of marriage, she thought they were just a couple in name. She never imagined that he had been plotting this for years and had secretly loved her for ages. The abstinent, restrained, impeccably dressed Best Actor Chi was actually a refined scoundrel, all sultry charm and sweet talk? Ever since her actor husband stopped pretending, Ji Nanyou has been blushing and swooning e
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A Whirlwind Wedding: The Proud Captain Is a Sweet Talker in Private 闪婚,矜傲机长私下好会哄
[Aloof, proud commercial airline captain x sweet-voiced, beautiful air traffic controller. She has a longtime crush on him; they marry first and fall in love later. The print edition goes on sale February 28; the short drama is already out.] Before she was urged to go on a blind date, Meng Liyue never imagined the man she was meeting was the person she’d secretly loved since her student days. She had written his name countless times in her diary. After she married him, everyone thought Meng Liy
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Help! My Husband, Who Married Me for Good Luck, Is Actually My Professor! 救命!冲喜老公竟是我教授!
[The short drama is now streaming] [Print edition forthcoming] [Both leads are each other's first and only + married first, love later + sweet romance + six-year age gap + no misunderstandings] [Ascetic university professor vs. lively surfing student] When Hua Yu was little, she met a fortune-teller. The old man told her that when she turned twenty, she had to find a partner born in the year of Ding Chou, the month of Ding Wei, and the day of Geng Xu. Otherwise, a terrible disaster would befall
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A Gentle Seduction 软诱
The print edition of Rose Crown goes on sale August 10. Available on all platforms. [Married First, Love Later + Secret Crush + He Chases His Wife After Losing Her, But She Never Looks Back + Both Are Each Other’s First] She was the Xu family’s adopted daughter, and Zhou Yuetian’s little shadow. She had followed him everywhere since childhood, until she heard him say this at the age of twenty-four: “She’s just the Xu family’s adopted daughter. Why would I actually care about her? People like us
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You Watch Her Perform, I’ll Announce Our Divorce 你看她表演,我公告离婚
Tomatoes are the most satisfying! The hero and second male lead get divorced The male lead watches the green tea put on a show, while the heroine goes straight to the newspapers and announces their divorce! A powerful financial magnate * a young lady whose family has fallen on hard times Married first, love later * both leads are sexually inexperienced Every male character in the story is a virgin, whether he's the second or third male lead... Xu Qing'an married Shen Yuanyuan simply because he t
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I Married My Secret Crush First, Then Fell in Love 与暗恋对象先婚后爱了
[Cool, aloof beauty × rebellious young master] Jiang Shuyue is distant by nature and dislikes dealing with people. Even her parents are at a loss over her coolness, and often criticize her for it. She has always known the truth: her parents criticize her simply because they don't like her. The one they love is their adopted daughter, who grew up in the Jiang family. When she was twenty-five, she made a deal with her parents: she would agree to an arranged marriage, on the condition that they nev
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I Married My Secret Crush First, Then Fell in Love 和暗恋对象先婚后爱了
A cold, abstinent, jealous CEO who’s a devoted husband x an adorable employee Marriage first, love later · secret crush becomes mutual · sweet pampering / one-on-one, first love for both, both pure At twenty-five, Jiang Mansheng married the high school heartthrob she had secretly loved. Back then, Lu Qichen came from a wealthy family and was exceptionally handsome, a favored child of heaven whom everyone envied. Jiang Mansheng, by contrast, was quiet and mild-mannered, just an ordinary girl fro
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Qingfeng Villa 清风墅
[Print edition now available] [Marriage first, love later + Age gap + Literary family + Slow-burn romance + Both leads are each other's first] *Theme: Children who are cherished don't have to say they're sorry.* As a child, Shu He was utterly broken by her coldhearted father. During an extreme snowstorm in Jingbei, she wandered alone by the roadside, clutching the doll that had grown up with her. The blizzard raged, and she eventually collapsed, frozen stiff. A Bentley pulled over. The young man
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What?! The Villainess's Husband Is Actually the Crown Prince of the Capital's Elite 惊!恶毒女配老公竟是京圈太子
[Print edition signed, awaiting release] Marriage first, love later / older, fatherly male lead / devoted couple, sweet romance Carefree, high-maintenance heroine × abstinent, scheming older man Jin Zhao transmigrates into a sweet romance novel as the vicious supporting heroine. Not only is she beautiful, with fair skin, but she's also secretly married to the heir of a powerful family in the capital. But she'd heard her bargain husband was abstinent, so she decides to cling to his coattails. “Ho
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The Feudal Tycoon Goes Wild Across the City After His Divorce 封建大佬离婚后,发疯全城
Overbearing, possessive father figure + frail beauty + chasing his wife + devoted to each other Jiang Qingwu was born with a sensitive constitution. After marrying Gu Yunzhou, she was gentle and obedient, but didn't dare get close to him. The mighty tycoon of the military, political, and business worlds had married a young wife, yet never shared a tender moment with her. So, when Gu Yunzhou could bear it no longer, he made arrangements to send his young wife to live alone in another city. From t
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Everyone Died Before My Scumbag Husband Realized I Was His One True Love 都死了,渣夫才知道我是他白月光
Yu Zhijin’s previous life was a joke. Her scumbag live-in father took advantage of her family’s wealth and gave it all to his illegitimate daughter. Then he told her to be magnanimous: “You’ve only lost a few billion. Your sister’s the one who lost her childhood!” Her husband’s white moonlight sat on her bed in disheveled clothes, then accused her as though she were the victim: “You already have the title of his wife. Do you still want to claim his body and his heart?” The Fu family’s second wif
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On Her Wedding Day, the Fake Heiress Married the World's Richest Man Instead 大婚当天,假千金改嫁世界首富了
Hooray! What a joyous occasion! The short drama is now streaming!!! Search for “Knowing Love Is Right, Bai Wan.” [Fake heiress + doted on by everyone + whirlwind marriage + secret identity + no angst] On her wedding day, the groom is found in her best friend's bed, so she impulsively marries someone else on the spot! She thinks she's married an ordinary office worker, but it turns out he's not only the uncle of her former fiancé, he's also the richest man in the world...
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