Male-Male Romance, Childhood Friends, Mutual Secret Crushes, and Testing Each Other 双楠,竹马竹马,双向暗恋,互相试探
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My Possessive Childhood Friend Is So Clingy 偏执竹马太黏人
Gentle, slow-witted beauty on the bottom × younger, jealous, loyal guard-dog type on the top The top is three years younger than the bottom The first time Lin Qingyu met Chi Yue, the boy grabbed his hand. “I want this pretty big brother,” young Chi Yue said, turning to his mother. From then on, Lin Qingyu had a little shadow following him everywhere. The little shadow gradually grew taller and stronger than him, but stayed just as clingy as ever. He wanted to live and sleep with Lin Qingyu,
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Burn Until Nothing Remains 燃烧直至灰烬
[Childhood friends / raising each other / two strong leads / school life / ensemble cast / period setting] He looked at his face and saw those ten years, both unfamiliar and familiar. An old phone filled with text messages, a damaged photo pulled from a raging fire, and a relationship steeped in resentment and push and pull. Two boys who made their unsteady way through the 1990s, a broken moon and a butterfly flying into the flames. In their short lives, they save themselves, set each other a
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The Cat Owner’s Handbook 猫咪驯养手册
[Ancient setting, two male leads, one-on-one romance, sweet story, contrasting charm] Notes on Caring for Cats: Rule One: Cats make the same mistakes over and over, and never regret it. Rule Two: Cats are very vengeful. If you hit one, it will remember and find a chance to hit you back before long. Rule Three: Don’t try to train a cat to obey commands. Cats never obey commands. Rule Four: Pay attention if a cat that usually ignores you suddenly gets affectionate. It may have a health problem. Ru
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Would You Like to Come Over for Dinner, My Deaf Boyfriend? 听障男朋友,要来我家吃饭吗?
[A gentle top who loves to cook x a deaf dance student who knows nothing about life] [Two male leads + childhood friends raised together + top's perspective + four-year age gap + very sexy size difference + doting on his wife + strictly monogamous 1v1 + mutual secret crush + older, fatherly top + sweet romance] During the six months since the neighbors moved in, Fang Yuling had stayed home and never once gone out of his way to meet them. By chance, Shen Yan agrees to Fang Yuling's father's reque
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His Heart Skipped a Beat Two Years Too Late 他的心动时差两年
Liang Yu was drawn to Ji Qinglan the moment they met, and wondered if it was nothing more than attraction to his looks. They met again two years later at a class reunion, where Liang Yu couldn't help fussing over Ji Qinglan. At their third meeting, Liang Yu's efforts finally paid off, and the two began dating. At their fourth meeting, Liang Yu mustered the courage to propose to Ji Qinglan. In Ji Qinglan's eyes, Liang Yu was just his childhood friend's roommate. He remembered him as handsome and
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I Thought He Was My Moonlight, but He Thought I Was a Psycho 我把他当白月光,他却把我当疯批
[Childhood Sweethearts + The One He Never Forgot + Obsessive, Unhinged, Devoted Loyalist + Elegant, Noble, and Adorable] “Listen up, all of you.” “Fu Erbao belongs to me!” Everyone knows that Jun Wujuan loves Fu Yue Bai. Maybe from the very first time he saw him, Fu Yue Bai was destined never to escape his grasp. He lets Fu Yue Bai struggle because he knows that sooner or later, Fu Yue Bai will belong to him. Fu Yue Bai has grown used to struggling. Perhaps he understands that he’ll never escape
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My Ex-Boyfriend Hopes I'll Go Broke Every Day 前男友天天盼着我破产
[Two male leads + reunion after a long separation + rekindled love + both are pure + sweet romance + scheming characters] Three couples: reunions after long separations, an obsessive substitute, and a sweet romance with no feelings at first Qu Tao vs. Xi Mozhou One night three years ago in Yanshi, Qu Tao nestled in Xi Mozhou’s arms as Xi Mozhou gently kissed his forehead. “Tao Tao, do you love me?” “I do. I love you so much, and I’ll love you for the rest of my life.” The sweet nothings were so
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The Possessive Tycoon Begs for Forgiveness: The Beauty Soars to New Heights 偏执大佬求原谅:美人一飞冲天
[Two Male Leads, Coercive Possession, Intense Push and Pull, Multiple Couples] Domineering, possessive young master x aloof, gentle beauty The young master had always had an ulterior interest in Lin Qingci, who had grown up alongside him. He went to great lengths to get rid of everyone around Lin Qingci, only to fall victim to a scheme himself. When they met again, he still refused to give up. But once again, he was dumped. Like an unkillable cockroach, he kept trying, determined to win Lin Qing
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The White Moonlight Is Forced Into Love by His Unhinged Childhood Friend 白月光他被疯批竹马强制爱了
[EABO + two male leads + sweet romance + lots of personal worldbuilding + devoted to each other + short sweet story + crazy yandere Enigma childhood friend vs. laid-back, easygoing little Omega who becomes an Alpha] (Also known as: My Crazy Childhood Friend Turned Me into an Omega!) Everyone in the capital knew that the big shot had a white moonlight, but no one had ever even caught a glimpse of this mysterious person. On the very first day Mu Zi'an returned to the country, he was tied up and lo
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A Sweet Encounter: The Arrogant Young Master's Star Baker 遇甜记:傲娇小少爷的金牌烘焙师
[Two male leads + love at first sight + both pure + doting on each other + no angst + sweet romance] A reserved, gentle baker * an aloof, pampered young master A baker quietly kneading dough amid the warmth of everyday life crosses paths with a fallen young master from a cold, wealthy family who longs for something sweet. One cake, one accident, and the red thread of fate is tied. He thinks he simply happened to save someone, unaware that he has saved the person who will become the deepest bond
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My Childhood Friend Spoils Me More! Who Still Chases the Cold School Hunk? 竹马更宠!谁还追高冷校草啊?
[The print edition of Heart-Pounding Secret Crush: My Childhood Friend Is Beautiful and Sweet-Voiced is now available. Search for it on major platforms. Details: @Yueye Shanhu] [Sweet Campus Romance | Childhood Friend Takes the Lead | The Pursuer’s Road to Regret | Secret Crush] Qiao Zhen dreams of fragments of memories from her past life: “For seven years, she followed the aloof campus heartthrob Ji Xian, obedient and gentle, offering him her whole heart, only to be casually cast aside.” When
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Senior Brother, My Childhood Friend, Please Stop Flirting 竹马师兄求别撩
Ye Jibai is the son of a renowned Daoist, yet in the eyes of righteous cultivators, he is a vile wretch, reviled by all. He stands accused of murdering his father and fleeing, his crimes unforgivable. Three years later, the Bliss Palace assassin Bai Ye has risen to fame. He kills only evil cultivators, and is in truth a pillar of the Daoist sect’s future. Ye Jibai wants to rise above everyone else. He wants to clear his name and take revenge, though the road ahead is full of thorns and danger. H
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The Transfer Student Is Young Master Ji’s White Moonlight 转学生是季少的白月光
[Mutual pining + Campus romance + Childhood sweethearts + Beijing elite circle] [Cool, fallen heiress + Proud, unruly young master] I: An unexpected guest crashed the birthday party of Xia Lin, the Xia family’s heiress. Xia Mo arrived in plain clothes, carrying a cello, her graceful, cool poise outshining everyone there. Two notorious troublemakers even volunteered to carry her luggage. And the all-conquering young master of Beijing’s elite circle, Ji Nanchuan, scrambled to carry her cello, look
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I Woke Up Married to My Archrival 一觉醒来,和死对头结婚了
The rating just came out, so it'll be very low ( [Dual Transmigration] [Both Pure] [Mature, cunning top x sharp-tongued, tsundere bottom] A well-known live-wire in the entertainment industry, Chi Le'an has been utterly unrestrained throughout his five years since debut. He says whatever he wants to whoever he wants, often adding fresh, authentic gossip to the otherwise boring world of showbiz. Most of the people he goes after have it coming. Pei Yan is the one exception. In his eight years since
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My Childhood Friend Came Back: Of Course He Has Designs on Me 竹马回国:他果然对我心怀不轨
[Two male leads + campus life + gaming + childhood friends + sweet everyday romance] On the first day of college, Xie Wenjing met someone with exactly the same name as his childhood friend. The guy was also his roommate, handsome, and exceptionally good at video games. He always thought they just happened to share a name, until One weekend, he went home to get some things and discovered that his roommate had followed him all the way to his neighborhood, stopping right next door to his house. Xie
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My Ex Regretted Our Arranged Marriage, While I Fell for His Cousin 联姻前男友悔哭,我和他表哥热恋了
My Ex-Boyfriend Regrets Our Arranged Marriage, but I’m Madly in Love with His Cousin
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The Elite CEO Gets Clingy with a “Puppy” 精英总裁粘上“修狗”
The Elite CEO Gets Attached to a Puppy
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A Cold Blade Meets Its Master 寒刃逢君
When the Cold Blade Meets You
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Returning to Farm Life to Dote on My Childhood Sweetheart 解甲归田独宠竹马小夫郎
[Farming story + two male leads + sweet childhood friends romance + gentle and gradual + slow-paced story about natives] Three meals a day, four seasons of peace and joy. Song Jia looked up at Lu Ning, working nearby. The bamboo shed kept the sun out. Inside, Lu Ning was shaving a piece of wood, sending shavings fluttering onto his hands and legs. A breeze brought a hint of coolness. The sky screen was deep blue, with a few white clouds drifting past now and then. A puppy slept nearby, snoring,
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Yearning for You, Year After Year 盼年年
[School life]+ [Nurturing relationship]+ [Reunion]+ [Both leads' first love]+ [Angst and sweetness] [A soft and sweet puppy with a mercurial personality + a loyal guard-dog type: aloof in public, obsessively doting in private] Zhou Yinghuai was brought to Song Jiali by Lin Sang one winter. That winter, snowflakes fell from a vast, white sky. Song Jiali once told him, “I hope you'll always stay by my side.” But Zhou Yinghuai broke his promise. He had lost the ring his biological parents had left
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After I Turned the Server's Number One Player Into a Simp in a Danmei Novel 关于我把全服第一写成耽美文舔狗后
After I Made the Number One Player on the Server Into a Simp in My Danmei Novel
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My Archenemy Insists on Queuing With Me as a Duo 死对头非要和我双排
My Mortal Enemy Insists on Duo Queueing With Me
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How to Conquer the World’s Best Mid Laner with Terrible Cooking 论如何用菜征服世界第一中单
How to Conquer the World’s Number One Mid Laner with Terrible Plays
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Fake Lessons, Real Schemes: The Childhood Friend Tutor’s Epic Fail 假教学真套路,竹马导师翻车实录
The Fake Lesson, the Real Seduction: A Record of My Childhood Friend Mentor’s Epic Backfire
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
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Let’s Go Together 共赴~
Let’s go together~
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Irresistibly Tempting! Master Shao’s White Moonlight Is Wild and Unhinged 极限撩惹!邵爷的白月光又疯又野
[Two Male Leads, 1v1, Mutual Devotion, Both Strong] [Cold, world-weary, sharp-tongued beauty and mercenary powerhouse vs. the domineering, spoiled young heir of Beijing's elite] Shen Qingyan, the illegitimate son of Beijing's wealthy Shen family, looked delicate and soft, but was astonishingly skilled in a fight. After years abroad, his return sent Beijing's elite circles into a frenzy: “The Shao family's young heir's unattainable first love is back?!” Shen Qingyan opened a browser and silently
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Vampire: Why Does His Blood Taste So Good? 血族:他的血怎么这么好喝
Originally titled “Vampire: Why Does His Blood Taste So Good?” [Two Male Leads + Devoted to Each Other + Equally Matched + 1v1 Happy Ending + Urban Fantasy + Reunited After a Breakup] A cool, aloof vampire who acts spoiled in private x a crazed, scheming, roguish wolf king Wen Qian (Hill) x Qin Zhao (Eli) Qin Zhao is handsome, tall, and good-natured. No one at Jing University is more popular. Except Wen Qian. Qin Zhao: Senior, could you help me with this code? Wen Qian: I don't have time. Qin Zh
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My Wife of Convenience Is Surprisingly Fierce 我的闪婚老婆有亿点猛
[Original title: Whose Beta Is More Ferocious Than an Alpha? [An Alpha who gets clingy and sweet | A fierce, icy-beautiful Beta with long hair as the bottom] [Sweet romance] [ABO + 1v1 + mutually devoted and faithful + equally matched strong leads + campus + wealthy families + marriage first, love later + soul transmigration + play the pig to eat the tiger and face-slapping] A 193 cm Alpha, ferocious as hell on the outside, but blushing so hard he practically smokes if his wife so much as touche
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The B-King Is Flirting with the Alluring Senior Again Bking又勾搭钓系学长了
[Two male leads / younger seme / both top students / university campus / sworn enemies become boyfriends] The characters are adults, and the story is set at university. Gu Xingzhi has liked Lin Chen for three years. Lin Chen treats him so well that everyone thinks Lin Chen is in love with him, but after finding a boyfriend, Lin Chen tells Gu Xingzhi they should stop being friends. Gu Xingzhi understands that Lin Chen knew how he felt all along, yet pretended not to for three years. Among all th
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The Cool Beauty Is Surprisingly Good at Acting Cute 清冷美人超会撒娇的
[Two male leads, 36 and 19, love at first sight, both devoted to each other, Book 1 of a trilogy] A steady, strict, doting, fatherly top meets a beautiful bottom who seems cool and aloof to others but is soft and sweet with him. ⚠️Seventeen-year age gap! Ji Jinbai is a sophomore in the fine arts department at Qingcheng University. Cool, elegant, and beautiful, with a flawless, delicate face, he is like a bright moon in the night sky. He didn’t think about falling in love until the day he met tha
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Watching Pear Blossoms with You 陪你一起看梨花
When he was five, he gazed longingly at the thirteen-year-old. At eighteen, he looked at the twenty-six-year-old with eyes like fire. Throughout their eight-year age gap, he never stopped following in his footsteps, gradually going from trailing behind him to standing by his side. Over more than a decade, their laughter and tears had long since blended together.
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Guys, What Should I Do? My Roommate and Bro Stole a Kiss 家人们,室友兄弟偷亲我怎么办
[Two male leads + both inexperienced in love + everyday school life + first love for both + nurturing a secret crush + equally matched leads + a little romantic push and pull] It wasn’t love at first sight, but he favored him in every way. Xiao Mingzhao looked down at Lan Yibai beneath him. Before he knew what he was doing, he bent down and kissed him. Their eyes met: one gaze full of affection, the other full of alarm. “Lao Liu, what’s wrong with you? You didn’t just… kiss me, did you?” Lan
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I Brought a Man Home: Like Stars Falling into My Eyes 捡个男人回家:恰似星子落进眼眸
[Two male leads + younger man + coming of age + mutual healing + contrast + doting on each other + happy ending] As a child, Cheng Cheng suffered trauma. Fortunately, while he was still in school, he met the person he cherished most, who stayed by his side through those bleak days. But their ten-year relationship eventually came to an end. Cheng Cheng moves far away on his own. On a freezing Spring Festival night, Zhang Tongfei, a migrant worker, finds him and takes him home. From an unexpect
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General, Your Ways Set My Heart Strings Aflutter 将军这般,乱我心弦
Su Ling, second son of the Duke of Yu’s household, was struck by a strange poison as a young boy. By Heaven’s grace, he met a benefactor who barely managed to save his life, but as a result, he was forced to leave home for more than a decade. The years in the mountains passed in a flash, while worldly splendor brought both fortune and misfortune. When he finally returned, the only person in his heart was the young general Chu Yan. A loyal minister is framed and imprisoned, the empress dowager’s
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Starfall King 星罗王
Prince Tuyang Danzhen of the Xingluo Kingdom grew up starved of love. Then he found his sun: Fu Wangtian. His heart opened for his sun. When the light came, he became happy and warm. When it disappeared, he closed his heart and silently endured, armoring himself with coldness and strength. Though covered in wounds, he never gave up on love! Was that right or wrong?
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Wu Guo Has a Master 吴过有师
The main characters are adults. Two male leads, no System, no transmigration, mutual healing, quirky everyday life, comedy and lighthearted fun. They met in winter, during the year they spent every day pondering the meaning of life. Life is a gem God gives us to shape with care. It might also be a headless fly that we can’t stand. They go from misunderstanding each other to understanding each other, growing together along the way. Whether in friendship or love, the ultimate goal isn’t finding
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Where Does Angelica Return? 当归知何处
[Transmigration | Push and Pull | Mutual Healing | False Replacement] [Transmigrated Impostor Physician vs. Cold-Faced General] A modern-day chef unexpectedly transmigrates and finds himself appointed by imperial decree as the physician to a great general in the northern frontier. With no System or golden finger to help him, he still manages to quietly win the cold-faced general's heart. But the court is in turmoil and danger lurks everywhere: spies sow discord, his achievements threaten the thr
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Awakening in Midsummer 觉醒盛夏
[Two Male Leads + School Life + Mutual Firsts + Falling for Each Other + Healing + “Straight Guy Pretending to Be Gay” + “Friends to Lovers” + Happy Ending] How did two good friends end up as a couple? As it turned out, the signs had been there all along After suffering an emotional setback just before the exams, Zheng Yusheng, a well-known top student at No. 1 High School, failed the college entrance exam and missed out on a place at a top university. He fell into deep self-doubt. Zhang Yuanq
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Soberly Falling Apart [Male-Male Romance] 清醒沦陷【双男主】
Hard tech, financial rivalry, and sapiosexual romance: rigorous storytelling with airtight logic. A clash between equals, a contest between worthy opponents, judgments made with careful timing, and a clear-headed surrender to love. This is a rational romance that begins with business rivalry and ends with building a System. If emotions can be modeled and trust can be governed by a protocol, how should two people who fear losing control plan their “risk management” and design the “resilience syst
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True Love Between Men 同性有真爱
Fate brought Liu Hao and me together in a chance encounter, and we fell deeply in love. Six months later, in the second part of the story, I accidentally discovered that our boss and a client were in the same kind of relationship. Then my college classmate Zhang Hui came along, and the three of us became a love triangle, even though we all loved one another deeply! Later, on a trip, we unexpectedly stayed at the Rainbow Inn. That's when we realized there were many more gay people than just the f
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Love in Heaven: An Unforgettable Debt of Gratitude, Part Two 天堂的爱之恩情难忘二
When I was thirteen, my father passed away after a serious illness. Early the following year, when I was fourteen, I went out with my brother-in-law and accidentally got separated from him on a train. Lost and confused, I stumbled upon my foster father. With his wholehearted support, I was able to return to school once more! Later, I fell in love with his daughter, Chen Xi. We had a son, and I thought our two families would finally live happily together. But an accident during my sophomore year
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I Fell into the Abyss and Met an Ancient Patriarch 掉下深渊遇老祖
After an accident sent me plummeting into a bottomless abyss, I never expected to find the Old Ancestor cultivating in Carefree Valley. Ten years later, I returned with the Old Ancestor, only to discover that even centuries later, his Carefree Token could still shake the entire capital!
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A Trainee's Summer Deadline 练习生的夏日期限
[Two Male Leads] [Both Pure] [No Female Lead] [Entertainment Industry] [Cross-Cultural Long-Distance Romance] [Scheming] [Possessive] [Bottom Takes the Lead] [Happy Ending] One summer in Seoul, South Korea, 22-year-old Park Chanwoo met Wen Haochen, a Chinese boy his age. Park Chanwoo and Wen Haochen were both trainees, and they hit it off right away. As they spent day after day training together and working toward debuting with their group, Summer, the story looks back on that summer as a traine
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Criminal Synopsis 犯罪提要
Silver-haired beauty with a genius IQ [Qin Yinluo (Chong Hu)] vs. shameless, scheming, lovesick big shot [Long Jinfeng] [Double purity, equally matched, two big shots, two male leads + crime solving + undercover criminal investigation + comedy + happy ending + sweet romance] What should you do when the one who got away returns home after years apart? Long Jinfeng's answer: Easy. A golden cage and chains. Qin Yinluo had been away for many years and met all kinds of people, but few had ever struck
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The Spoiled Girlfriend’s Everyday Life with Her Fatherly Boyfriend 被爹系男友宠上天的娇气包日常
Childhood sweethearts, sweet romance with no angst, both from wealthy families, older man, everyday romance between a young couple. Su Nian isn't portrayed as a helpless flower. Daddy-type boyfriend: Chu Yan, CEO of a group (corporate wage slave) Pampered sweetheart: Su Nian, owner of a small flower shop (just a hobby) Chu Yan took a deep breath, opened the box, and held the ring out to Su Nian. “I don't have any grand promises to make. I just know that every day from now on, I'll cherish and sp
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