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  1. 201 Sweet-Talking: Mr. Yu's Openly Obvious Favoritism 诱哄:郁先生的偏爱明目张胆 Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted A powerful-family romance about winning back a wife: a cool, fragile little flower and a rigid old-fashioned man who always keeps himself in check Rekindled love + the powerful one learning to bow his head + both untouched + ten-year age gap When Ruan Xitang was young, she fell in love with Yu Zheng. Later, Yu Zheng was expected to marry for an alliance, so she left him. Only afterward did she learn that Yu Zheng had thought she was dead. Three years later, she arrived at the airport in Jing Cit 5.1kReads8.5Score377Shelves
  2. 202 Wild to the Bone, He Spoils Only His Soft Butterfly 他一身野骨,独宠软蝶 Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted Clear-headed, powerful business magnate & stunning damsel in distress [He Canglan x Lan Die] Both are each other’s first and only + Devoted love + Age gap + Sweet romance + Love at first sight In one sentence: A ten-year contract leads to a heartfelt promise. He Canglan, heir to a powerful family, has always known how difficult it is to cross class boundaries. So he cleverly passed off love at first sight as simple lust. What should have been a romantic story of a hero saving a beauty instead en 19.9kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
  3. 203 The Hong Kong Island Rose Is Cool and Alluring, and the Capital's Big Shot Is Head Over Heels 港岛玫瑰冷又艳,京圈大佬爱死了 Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted [Both have only ever been with each other + 1v1 + planned from the start + winning back his wife + happy ending] The jewel of Harbor City, Lu Xingyao, was kidnapped at twenty. The year after news of her death spread, everyone learned she had spent two years undercover in northern Myanmar. “Baby, I really like you.” “Baby, give me a little more time. I’ll get you out of here.” The crime boss Huo Yilin doted on her every day, but that didn’t stop Lu Xingyao from shooting him dead with three bulle 597Reads8.1Score102Shelves
  4. 204 Captive Beauty of the Capital 京锁娇色 Modern Romance296k WordsCompleted 1v2: Flirty fox VS powerful high-ranking official + first love from her days studying Chinese medicine (Revenge + intense push and pull) The heroine has a dual personality [In a nutshell] A powerful man humbly begs for love, while his unattainable first love is always ready to run. Two men patiently help a rose deprived of love find salvation. The capital's beauty had skin like jade, a figure soft as mist, and a rare, seductive allure. Her name was Bai An. Bai An was once the little princess of 1.3kReads8.4Score141Shelves
  5. 205 Doting on My Darling Captive 溺养娇脔 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
  6. 206 Spring Blossoms at the Touch of Her Beauty 娇色惹春山 Modern Romance466k WordsCompleted Synopsis [Commanding leader × gentle teacher] Senior official and darling wife, eight-year age gap, devoted to each other. Once the male lead realizes he’s in love, he fiercely pursues her and protects her at every turn. In a sentence: A calculating senior official carries off a sweet, soft little bunny, only to be thoroughly outmaneuvered by her. Campus belle Jing Ni has a boyfriend everyone envies, Zhou Li. He’s not only a star at their university, but also the son of a bureau chief and a 15.4kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
  7. 207 No Escape! The Big Shot Has Been Plotting This for Ages! 难逃!大佬他蓄谋已久! Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Relentless Pursuit + Age Gap + Sweet Everyday Romance] Steady, scheming senior executive X gentle, perceptive newcomer The first time they met, she was interviewing onstage, and he was the mysterious senior executive on his first day in the position. Remembering the clever young woman who had once cited classics and dazzled everyone with her wit, he posed her a difficult dilemma. The fearless young newcomer turned the tables on him in front of everyone. After more than thi 12kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
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  8. 208 Director, Please Behave Yourself 主任,请自重 Modern Romance139k WordsOngoing [Government Officialdom + Age Gap + Devoted to Each Other + Forced Love] A powerful and highly capable director of the General Office unexpectedly encounters a young woman he once met briefly, setting the wheels of fate in motion. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 209 The Sinking Boat and the Evening Sun 沉舟与晚晴 Modern Romance106k WordsCompleted [Government Insider + Powerful Official Romance + Age Gap + Sweet Romance + Workplace Love] He was a powerful figure with an infinitely bright future, a dazzling yet cold star in the political firmament. Calm, restrained, and indifferent to women, he remained that way until a work meeting, when one glimpse of a girl with a smile bright as the morning sun left him utterly captivated: Su Wanqing. 2.6kReads6.8Score238Shelves
  10. 210 He Seems to Be Sick 他好像有病 Modern Romance333k WordsCompleted [Powerful families] + [older man] + [a man in a position of power bows to love] + [both virgins] Wen Sheng is a criminal profiler who can solve the world's most difficult cases, but she can't break down the wall around her own heart. When she meets Lu Zheng'an, she observes him from a professional perspective and decides he's got issues. In the end, though, he's the one who helps her smash down the wall around her heart. He tells her, “When you encounter a case, you can step into it, but you mus 22.3kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
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  11. 211 Peacefully Into My Heart 安然入心 Modern Romance371k WordsCompleted [Steady, powerful political figure x Gentle, soft-spoken junior civil servant, government workplace, age gap, sweet romance] On the day Gu Zhixing first arrived in An County, he heard a woman crying on the phone in the stairwell of the office building. She said the new leader had frightened her. Gu Zhixing stopped in his tracks, wondering how he could possibly be so terrifying that he had made someone cry. Six months later, he pinned the woman, Xu Anran, against a wall. Frowning, she hurriedly d 8.8kReads8.5Score1kShelves
  12. 212 There’s No Evening Breeze on Changning Street 长宁街没有晚风 Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted [Slow-paced, full of romantic tension] Stay on Changning Street long enough, and some rules spread without anyone having to spell them out. For example, Lu Yanzhou’s car never stops where it shouldn’t. For example, his schedule never leaves room for the words “while you’re at it.” Shen Moning later decided that these two things were probably the least accurate pieces of information in the whole compound. 6.8kReads7.4Score767Shelves
  13. 213 My County Magistrate Boyfriend Is Growing Up 吾家县长男友初长成 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rural revitalization · Workplace maneuvering · Intellectual romance · Family warmth] [Healing] [A gentle, steady pace] [Leaves a lasting impression] [Public sector] [Contemporary realism] Here, you’ll find: √ How a highly intelligent male and female lead pursue their careers while falling in love √ Solid, compelling depictions of rural revitalization and the political landscape √ Warm, witty, and insightful family life and intergenerational communication √ The respectful, restrained, profound 1.5kReads8.0Score146Shelves
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  14. 214 Sweet! The Traffic Police Captain Is My Childhood Friend 甜!交警队长是竹马 Modern Romance214k WordsCompleted [Adorable, lively, flirtatious surgeon x Stoic, gentle traffic police captain] [Childhood sweethearts | Both virgins | Older woman, younger man | Speedy marriage | Secretly in love with her] The first time He Tingyu saw Jiang Yijin again was on the main road. Captain Jiang detained her for riding without a helmet. After all those years apart, He Tingyu didn’t recognize the tall, imposing man as the chubby little boy who used to follow her around. He Tingyu protested, “So many people ride without 12.3kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
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  15. 215 The Little Girl from the Big Leader’s Family 大领导家的小姑娘 Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted Daddy-type senior official x gentle, clear-headed guzheng teacher [The second male lead fights for her too + the male lead's desperate pursuit is doomed + twelve-year age gap + everyday-life romance + sweet little love story] At first, Tang Shining thought Lu Yanliang was just a friend of her father's, so she was always careful around him. It wasn't until Lu Yanliang moved into her home that she realized something was wrong... 1.9kReads7.1Score154Shelves
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  16. 216 I Accidentally Brought the Wrong Diagnosis Report, and My Contract Wife Broke Down in Tears 误带道具诊断书,合约妻子哭惨了 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Su Miaohan, the cherished heiress of the trillion-yuan Su family, signs a three-year marriage contract with Shen Lang, a little-known actor, to fend off her family's pressure to get married. Once the three years are up, they agree to end the marriage immediately. For three years, Shen Lang does his utmost to play the part of her husband, but he never manages to earn even a hint of a smile from Su Miaohan. Because Su Miaohan has always kept an unforgettable first love in her heart. Just as their 38.5kReads7.2Score4.6kShelves
  17. 217 My Secret Husband Turns Out to Be the Bank President! 隐婚老公竟是我的行长大人! Modern Romance247k WordsCompleted [Whirlwind marriage]+ [secret marriage]+ [Marriage Before Love]+ [sweet romance]+ [love at first sight]+ [workplace] PS: Set in the banking world. Also known as: My Secret Husband Is Actually the Bank President! [Looks-first little sweetheart VS calculating bank president] Luo Jiayi never expected a game of truth or dare to make her flirt with her boss by mistake. Once she learns who he is, regret and embarrassment overwhelm her, and all she wants is to run. But he draws her into one trap after 818Reads9.2Score135Shelves
  18. 218 Tales of Joy and Sorrow in State-Sector Marriages 体制内婚姻悲欢录 Modern Romance221k WordsCompleted Lin Xi fell in love with Shu Yuan at first sight. Their pairing of a city girl and a man from a humble background brought not sweetness, but indifference. Was she in the wrong, or was he? Where can their marriage go from here? 18Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 219 I Flirted, Then Dumped Him, But My Ex Only Has Eyes for Me 先撩后甩,前男友只为我心动 Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted [Flirtatious heroine x aloof, obsessive senior leader | She makes the first move, then dumps him + he chases her back + a happy ending] More than ten years ago, Fang Qing deliberately got close to An Duo, flirting with him at every turn until she won over the stone-faced officer. Once he fell for her, she coolly walked away without a shred of mercy. When they met again, she was an employee under his command. The man who had once been aloof and cold-hearted had long since buried all his pride. No 249Reads—Score102Shelves
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  20. 220 The Rose-Colored Slope 玫瑰的斜坡 Modern Romance111k WordsCompleted The second book in the three-part series about life in government service. [A workplace novel about township officials, not a domineering-CEO power fantasy] [Zhou Zezhen, Xie Jiuyang] Before Xie Jiuyang took that knife for Zhou Zezhen, she already knew: He loved power more than he loved her. During the Yanshan Valley incident, both she and Shen Zhixi were suffering from hypothermia, but he went to Shen Zhixi. She knew then that it was finally over between them. She took that knife for him, r 158Reads6.0Score—Shelves
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  21. 221 The Wind Sweeps Through Xizhou City 风过西周城 Urban260k WordsCompleted The long-running anti-corruption novel The Wind Sweeps Through Xizhou City has thirty-one chapters and a total of 260,000 words. It tells the story of the offices in Xizhou County, a county town on the western plains. Career and romance, social relationships and the ways of the world, survival and workplace advancement: a series of collisions between people and events, feelings and rules, conscience and human nature paints a vivid, tangled portrait of ordinary people at the grassroots level. It 254Reads6.7Score101Shelves
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  22. 222 Half Coaxed, Half Spoiled, I Fell into His Tender Trap 半哄半宠,落入他温柔陷阱 Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love] [Sweet romance] [Whirlwind marriage] [Powerful man lowers his head] [Overwhelming possessiveness] (Gentle, elegant beauty / slow to warm up) ✖ (Steady, powerful man) Meng Jingsi was forced to break up with her first love and marry the “perfect man” her parents had chosen. She always believed in treating each other with respect and courtesy, and fulfilled her “marital duties” to the letter, leaving no room for complaint. Zhou Zhengyan held a powerful position, and countle 4.9kReads8.4Score411Shelves
  23. 223 Reborn in the 1980s: I Married into Hong Kong's Elite Circle 重生八零改嫁港圈大佬 Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted [A gentle yet strong princess x a powerful man from Hong Kong's elite circle. Two strong leads, focused on their careers, with face-slapping, revenge against scumbags, and no frustrating setbacks] In her previous life, Shen Nianchu married down to Wen Qinglin, a man from a humble background. She helped him build his fortune from nothing and climb into Hong Kong's upper class. Unable to have children, she adopted her elder uncle's posthumous twins, treated them as her own, and raised them with ca 581Reads8.1Score115Shelves
  24. 224 A Man of Official Bearing 官人官相 Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted My new work is here! Feel free to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 280Reads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 225 Best Friends Transmigrate Together to the 1990s and Become Army Wives 闺蜜齐穿九零,一起当军嫂 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Military romance in the 1990s, marriage before love, a charming and alluring clinic owner with a flirtatious streak VS an officer who looks refined but is a jailbird at heart, two heroines and two heroes, both couples devoted only to each other) Bo Munian and Chen Sibin are two of the finest men in the Marine Corps. Neither expected that their first mediation assignment would end with them getting swept up in the mess themselves: both wound up marrying women they’d just met, and on the very sam 750Reads7.1Score100Shelves
  26. 226 The ’90s Bride Is Fierce and Wild, and Her Soldier Can’t Handle Her 九零媳妇又辣又野,兵哥H不住 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (1v1 military marriage set in the 1970s) They say the Jiang family's twin sons are both exceptionally handsome and talented. The brothers made a name for themselves when they both achieved the highest scores in their respective arts and sciences exams across the province and got into prestigious universities. Sadly, although they look identical, their personalities couldn't be more different. The elder, Jiang Yize, is aloof and cold, with a na 4kReads8.8Score450Shelves
  27. 227 In the 1980s, I Became a Military Wife Through My Own Merit 我在八零靠实力成为了军嫂 Modern Romance788k WordsCompleted (Sweet period romance + military marriage + intense romantic tension + pure romance + gourmet cooking + 1v1) People often say, “A stranger is as lovely as jade, a gentleman peerless in the world.” Lu Sinian, a prominent figure in the military compound, has always seemed like an immortal being to the unmarried young women there: lofty and untouchable. Then Zhang Yaoyao moved into the compound. One look at Lu Sinian was enough to leave her awestruck, and she announced in front of everyone that she 337Reads7.5Score—Shelves
  28. 228 Siheyuan: Becoming a Rogue Everyone Loves 四合院:做一个人见人爱的流氓 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [System] [Multiple Heroines] [Low on Grimness] [Historical Fantasy] Lin Muzhi, a down-and-out writer from the 21st century, wakes up as Lin Weidong, a backward young man in a 1965 courtyard. His neighbors are rubbing their hands together, ready to crush this “troublemaker” and take everything from him. But... The whole courtyard soon realizes that this time, the newcomer isn't prey. Armed with the perspective of a modern civilization, he's come to rule this world of tangled relationships like it 40.3kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves
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  29. 229 Siheyuan: My Revenge Begins at the Mass Grave 四合院:从乱葬岗开始复仇 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn on a mass grave, Zhang Aiguo returns with a System. The scoundrels stole my family’s property, sold my younger sister, and left me for dead. This time, they’ll pay for every drop of blood! The hypocritical patriarch, the venomous old woman, every last one of them: none will get away! Watch as this young man delivers the ultimate judgment and gets his revenge in this man-eating courtyard! 373Reads8.8Score145Shelves
  30. 230 In the Siheyuan, Silly Zhu Stops Being a Doormat 四合院傻柱不在做冤大头 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Snow blanketed the world. As he lay dying beneath a bridge, He Yuzhu watched his archrival, Xu Damao, summon the last of his strength to carry him back to the courtyard, and regret tore at his heart. Reborn as a young man, he awakens a mysterious pocket dimension and gains the skills of a culinary god. He immediately cuts ties with the Jia family. He will repay the deaf old lady's kindness, ease his younger sister's suffering, and rekindle his bond with Lou Xiao'e. As for those bloodsucking para 918Reads8.6Score101Shelves
  31. 231 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Settle Every Score 四合院:重生后,我一一清算 Male-Channel Fanfiction307k WordsCompleted Synopsis of "Siheyuan: After Being Reborn, I Settle Every Score" In 1958, in a Beijing siheyuan on Longxugou, Chen Feng goes from a vengeful ghost in a freezing prison to a young man in his prime after being reborn. In his previous life, he watched his parents get framed through the collusion of the Third Master, Niu Degui, the Second Master, Li Mengcang, and the First Master, Yan Daomao. Their property was seized, and they died with their names unjustly stained. The Jia and Xu families took adv 5Reads7.4Score—Shelves
  32. 232 The Billionaire CEO Is Obsessed with Spoiling His Wife 千亿总裁宠妻上瘾 Modern Romance3.6M WordsCompleted “Honey, come look! This man on TV is just as handsome as you!” Mo Wanxi is astonished when she sees a man on television who looks exactly like her husband. He Yucheng rubs his forehead. “Are you sure he just looks like me?” “Wait, why does he have the same name as you?” Her wicked best friend goes to great lengths to steal her fiancé and even finds a man to set Mo Wanxi up. Who would have thought that the man is Jiangcheng’s biggest moneybags? A windfall drops from the sky and leaves Mo Wanxi re 5.4kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
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  33. 233 Doting on My Wife Without Restraint 宠妻无度 Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Gu Yao was adopted at the age of six. The person who took her in was the notorious Living Yama! One was a moth rushing into the flame; the other stood as still as a mountain. Years later, she was an irresistible beauty no one dared profane, while he was a tyrant who made an entire city tremble. Would her tenderness soften his iron will, or would something else entirely await them...? 28Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  34. 234 Old Flames Rekindled: The Scheming CEO Is My First Love 旧情复燃,腹黑总裁是初恋 Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted [Reunion after years apart, long-planned romance, mutual pining] [Big bad wolf and little white rabbit] Four years ago, Lu Jianing left without a word, and Yan Xuyao fell into an abyss. From then on, his personality changed completely. Rumor had it he’d become ruthless, coldhearted, reckless, and unfaithful. But after marrying him, Lu Jianing discovered he was nothing like the rumors said. He doted on her, loved her, and helped her grow. Later, the rumors changed again. People said Yan Xuyao had 195Reads7.4Score—Shelves
  35. 235 The Domineering CEO Spoils His Wife Like His Life Depends on It 霸道总裁宠妻如命 Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted Three years ago, after a misunderstanding, Yi Ruyan angrily followed her family’s arrangement and accepted a fiancé. But then he hooked up with her half-sister. At the wedding, her sister taunted her: “Even if I don’t like your things, I’ll still take them from you. But your man isn’t good enough for me. Only Leng Haotian is worthy of me.” Yi Ruyan picked up her phone and called Leng Haotian. “I’m going to marry you!” From then on, Leng Haotian devoted himself to spoiling his wife. “Young Master 1.2kReads8.6Score183Shelves
  36. 236 The Wolfish CEO’s Unrestrained Devotion to His Wife 狼性总裁,宠妻无节制 Modern Romance392k WordsCompleted Aggressive seduction + Angsty indulgence + Both leads are each other’s only partners + Powerful CEO pursues his adorable wife + Devoted husband On her boyfriend’s birthday, she plans to give him her first time. But her best friend tricks her into the wrong room, and she ends up in the male lead’s bed. After one passionate night, he becomes addicted to her. When they meet again, she never expects him to be an important client at her company. She needs a job, and the man wants her beauty and her s 5.9kReads9.2Score792Shelves
  37. 237 My Flash-Marriage Husband Is Actually a Trillionaire CEO 闪婚老公,竟是千亿总裁 Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted 4.9kReads—Score170Shelves
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  38. 238 On My Wedding Night, I Revived a Comatose Tycoon 新婚夜,我救活了植物人大佬 Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Scheming Male Lead] Jiang Yan grew up in a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. From childhood, she studied medicine under her grandparents, both seasoned physicians, and mastered the art of acupuncture. However, fate had other plans. Her father's company was on the brink of collapse, and to save it, she was forced to marry Lu Jingming, a business genius who had been left in a vegetative state by a car accident. Known for h 2.5kReads6.8Score148Shelves
  39. 239 The Comatose Tycoon Falls in Love with Me 植物人大佬,爱上我 Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + devoted to one another + sweet romance] An Ran is a highly skilled neurosurgeon who should have been making a name for herself saving lives. Instead, her greedy stepmother and father force her into the dark depths of fate. Tempted by money, they push her into what seems like an endless, loveless marriage, marrying her off to Mu Tingchen, a legendary business tycoon left in a vegetative state after a car accident. Once, Mu Tingchen ruled the business world with an ir 1.1kReads6.4Score—Shelves
  40. 240 The Capital’s Power Player, His Wife’s One and Only 京圈大佬,独宠娇妻 Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, deep love later + sweet romance + scheming male lead + regretful groveling + age gap] Su Tong never imagined her own father could be so blinded by greed that he’d use her as a bargaining chip and heartlessly send her to the bed of Gu Tingshen, a powerful figure in the capital’s elite circles. Gu Tingshen was notorious among the capital’s elite for being abstinent and calculating, intensely controlling, cold, domineering, and sharp-tongued. Everyone treated him with awe and fear. 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
  41. 241 I Restored the Capital’s Tycoon’s Sight, and He Spoils Me Rotten 我让京圈大佬复明,他把我狠狠宠 Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted [Substitute marriage, love after marriage, ex-husband’s redemption, sweet romance, both leads are virgins] Huo Jingchen had a fiery temper, devastating looks, and a decisive, domineering way of doing things. He was arrogant and unruly, with a strong streak of tsundere pride. He was recognized throughout the business world as a genius, famous for his ruthlessness and cunning. His decisive, ruthless methods earned him the nickname “Living Yama,” and made his business rivals tremble at the mere men 1.2kReads—Score100Shelves
  42. 242 The Road to Officialdom: After Saving a Leader, I Rose to the Top 官途:救了领导后我扶摇直上 Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [A classic political drama, not to be missed] Reborn on a stormy night, Yang Jianguo opens his eyes in the year 2002, with floodwaters bearing down. While everyone else flees for their lives, he heads against the current to fight the flood. A beautiful reporter captures him on camera, and the story makes the front page. From then on, this grassroots civil servant rises steadily through the ranks, step by step reaching the pinnacle of power! 2.4kReads7.2Score159Shelves
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  43. 243 Meeting He at Summer's End 暮夏逢禾 Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [A restrained, gentle power player in Beijing’s elite circles × a cool, resilient fashion student] [Reunion after years apart + six-year age gap + mutual devotion + devoted husband + happy ending] A serious illness at the age of seven left Xu Heqiu with gaps in her childhood memories. After eleven years apart, they meet again in the height of summer, and one glance throws their lives into disarray. Xu Heqiu returns to China and gets into Jing University, where she meets Gu Shuo, the aloof, dista 88Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 244 The Doctor’s Road to Officialdom 医路官途 Urban5.1M WordsOngoing After graduating from university, genius Chinese medicine doctor Ling You returned to his village to observe three years of mourning for his late grandfather. He also inherited the clinic his grandfather had run, Sānqītáng. Then one day, the arrival of a group of powerful figures changed his life. He had planned to spend his life practicing medicine, but after enduring a series of harsh realities, he came to understand that an ordinary doctor treats people, while a great doctor treats the nation 160.1kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves
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  45. 245 The Fake Sweetheart: I Flirted with the Aloof Senior, Only to Be Spoiled in Return 伪装甜心:撩倒高冷学长反被宠 Modern Romance112k WordsCompleted [Radiant, flirtatious top student × cool, calculating male god: a sweet trap of mutual pursuit!] Lin Shu thinks she's the hunter. To win over her upperclassman Gu Yunshen, she disguises herself as an innocent underclassman, stages chance encounters, and pretends to be clumsy, never realizing he's seen through her from the start. Gu Yunshen is the real master of the game. He seems cool and restrained, but every move is part of his plan. He watches her awkwardly flirt and waits for her to fall rig 35Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 246 Jade of Passion 艳玉 Urban182k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, Qiu Yuyu, a beautiful young woman from a mountain village, entered city life by chance and embarked on a career in government. But she soon became trapped in a mire of worldly entanglements and twisted romances, unable to pull herself free… The men and women in this story are not bad at heart, and they all had their original ideals. But they could not resist the temptations of worldly desires, and strayed further and further from their paths. In the end, none could avoid the danger 1.1kReads6.8Score153Shelves
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  47. 247 Xue Wutong 雪梧桐 710k WordsCompleted [Republican-era ensemble cast + love of country + two powerful leads + older man/younger woman + sweet romance + pursuit of love + powerful man bows his head + heartbreaking angst + bad ending] In the Republican era, Nanjing was home to two renowned romantics. I do not believe in Buddha, but I would kneel at every temple in Nanjing if only Heaven would give me back my wife. Zhou Qingshi, courtesy name Changyu, was the eldest son and eldest grandson of the Zhou family, and ninth in birth order. 400Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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  48. 248 Tales of the Qingshui River 清水河往事 Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted Zhao Xinran was once a young high school teacher. He left the classroom to take the civil service exam and became the mayor of a town. Thanks to his dedication and strong results, he was promoted to director of a county bureau, and eventually became the director of a municipal department. Two female students worked under him, one specializing in the humanities and the other in the sciences. Both made significant contributions to their hometowns, earning Zhao Xinran political achievements while d 676Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 249 A Female Teacher's Coming-of-Age Story 一个女教师的成长史 Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted Fang Li, a teacher in a county town, trades her body for opportunities to transfer and get promoted. After growing and coming to her senses, she finds her life taking off. Pressured by both work and family, how will she break through her predicament and emerge transformed? 32Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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