The Hero Has Long Been Secretly in Love with the Heroine, Carefully Plotting Every Step from Senior Brother to Husband 男主暗恋女主蓄谋已久，步步为营从师兄变成老公
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A Long-Planned Seduction: The Sickly Sweet Big Shot Coaxes Her Softly 蓄谋已久：病娇大佬他低声诱哄
[Reborn + Sweet Romance + Long-Planned Love + Mutual Devotion + One True Love] A quirky, spirited, sweet princess vs. a gentle, fatherly CEO boyfriend “The sun belongs high in the sky. It shouldn’t be held back by the mire of family ties.” Even without the title of Third Miss of the Ruan family, she is still the little princess cherished by someone. After enduring endless torment and being buried alive, Ruan Zhichu is reborn with a heart full of hatred! The Ruan family’s third daughter is found
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Secretly in Love 偷偷恋慕
[Print edition now available] [Roguishly handsome hero + sweet, well-behaved girl] [Secret crush comes true + sweet romance + devoted to each other] Zhou Jingsi once found a pink love letter tucked inside his math textbook. The young girl's handwriting was elegant, her strokes shy and hesitant. The letter was short and unsigned, containing only one line: “Seeing you today, I suddenly wanted to take you to Kekexili to see the sea.” Wen Shu did two daring things in her life. First, she wrote a
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What?! My Flirtatious Childhood Friend Has Been Secretly in Love with Me 惊！浪荡竹马竟然暗恋我
(Completed) [Marriage first, love later x secret crush comes true + childhood friends + bickering couple + both are each other's first] [Seemingly sweet, aloof beauty, florist VS seemingly playboy, refined young master, peacock] On her first love's birthday, Shen Youyi traveled abroad to surprise him, only to catch him passionately kissing another woman. And that woman was none other than her distant cousin, with whom she had a strained relationship. After smearing cake all over his face, she le
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So Sweet! Living with the Reserved CEO I’ve Had a Crush On 超甜！和暗恋的禁欲总裁同居了
[Sweet yet wild beauty illustrator ✖️ cold, calculating genius architect] Childhood friends ➕ strict husband ➕ reunion after years apart ➕ sweet, pampering romance What is it like when the boy next door you haven't seen in nine years suddenly becomes your fiancé? What's the first thing you do after returning home? Head to a bar to catch your girl in the act? Yan Tang knows. She knows all too well. One moment, she was grinning as she dealt with a sleazebag. The next, she had turned into a timid l
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The Wild Mustang Wife Yuan Always Let Run Free 原总散养的野马夫人
He was her childhood sweetheart and bargain-bin husband, while she was his free-range, hot-tempered little wife. Like a weary bird returning to its nest, Cheng An'an finally boarded a flight home after three years away. “Young Master, Young Madam is back!” One call from Manager Zhang was enough to make the man abandon a billion-yuan investment meeting and race over by car. He pushed through the surging crowd and pulled her into his arms, his voice low. “You finally decided to come back...”
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Flirt with Him! Kiss Him! The Enemy You Force to Love You Is the Sweetest 撩他！吻他！强扭的死对头最甜啦
[Hilarious, Everyone's Favorite + Entertainment Industry + Two Top-Tier Stars + Sweet Romance + Mutual Salvation] Top-tier starlet Jiang Wannian was born with a pair of fox eyes, bright and bewitching, beautiful enough to steal anyone's soul. She has one sworn enemy she hates more than anyone: Shen Wang, a legendary top-tier star whom countless fans worship like a god. They appear together for the first time on a variety show livestream. Shen Wang loses a game, and the host makes him call the fi
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How Awful! I Got Pregnant with My Archenemy's Baby Right After Our Marriage Alliance 太坏了！刚联姻就怀了死对头的崽
[Pampered young heiress from Beijing’s elite circle X elegant, roguish young master, childhood friends, secret crush, marriage before love, both devoted to each other] Yin Huan is Beijing’s most beautiful, precious, spoiled, free-spirited wild rose. Every woman in Beijing envies her, and every man wants her. After twenty-two years of doing whatever she pleased, the news hits like a bolt from the blue: her family has arranged for her to marry into the Bo family, their sworn enemy! She hates Bo Xu
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Forced Spoiling! My New Husband Cherishes Me Above All Else 强制娇宠！被闪婚老公捧在心尖宠
Everyone in their circle knew that Su Wanci, hailed as a “fairy among mortals,” had been kept by Fu Jingzhou for eight years. People all thought they were about to get married, but overnight, Fu Jingzhou cruelly clipped all of Su Wanci’s wings. He thought he could finally control her completely, keep her as a canary in a gilded cage, and possess her for the rest of her life. He never expected that she would turn around and marry Lu Yu, heir to a powerful family with a century of history, the one
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A Drunken Nighttime Kiss! One Flirt from Her, and the Arrogant Big Shot’s Heart Races 醉吻夜！她一撩，桀骜大佬心狂跳
[The print edition of Climbing the Capital’s Family Tree is now available on all platforms.] [Top Capital City Tycoon · Rebellious, Devoted Suit-Wearing Bad Boy vs. Ballet Princess · Radiant, Proud Little Swan] Li Zhi and Fu Yanze grew up together, but Li Zhi turned out to be the fake heiress. For the sake of his own interests, Fu Yanze chose to get engaged to the real heiress, a leading actress in the entertainment industry. He hoped Li Zhi would understand and said he would come back to marr
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Rose with a Blade 执刃玫瑰
Print edition on sale June 20 [The Second Male Lead Takes the Spotlight + Crime Mystery + Marriage Before Love + Age Gap] [Cool, aloof high-ranking official with a fatherly streak + elegant, reserved beauty who works as a mortician] After the Nan family went bankrupt, Nan Qing was raised in the Gu household for decades. She and Gu Zhun were childhood sweethearts, with their wedding date fast approaching. But on the eve of their engagement party, a scandal involving Gu Zhun broke. In a video, Gu
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After the Heiress Returned, the Whole City Doted on Her 千金归来后被全城团宠
[Retired soldier and heiress of a gambling king’s family × refined young master of a scholarly family] [Long-planned scheme × marriage first, love later × both are devious] Sheng Lanyin, the gambling king’s heiress from the Sheng family of Aocheng, was a vain, beautiful, willful young lady. She was also a retired soldier, bold and commanding. Her reason for retiring was: [Go home, deal with my scumbag father and his string of mistresses, and inherit the family fortune on the way.] Xie Yanci, the
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Burning Hot! 炙热沦陷！
(The print edition, titled Song of Sheng, is now available, and the online comic of the same name is complete.) [Flirty Romance]+ [Reborn School Life]+ [Mutual Healing]+ [Obsessive Sweet Romance] A striking, warm, and gentle girl with vivid features × a brooding, handsome, and rebellious young man Only when Shengge was dying did she learn that a boy had loved her with all his heart. The first time they met in her previous life, the carefree boy asked her, “Hey, new student, what's your name?” Sh
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The Little Hope He Cherishes and Spoils 他娇养独宠的小希望
[Both Leads Are Faithful + Sweet Romance + Marriage Before Love + Powerful Pursuit + Male Lead Has Planned This for a Long Time + Devoted Husband] That night at the Zhuang family's home, Qiu Yixun fell in love at first sight with the little fairy, Zhuang Jianxi. He disregarded her wishes and reached an understanding directly with the Zhuang family elders. He invested enough money to save the Zhuang family from bankruptcy. In return, she would belong to him alone from then on. To make their relat
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She Broke Up with Him a Long Time Ago 等她分手很久了
[Airline Captain/CEO, Second Male Lead Takes the Crown, Gentle Persuasion, Seeking an Official Relationship] Everyone knew Doctor Nan had been in love with Zhou Jili for years. Until one day, she saw photos of him tangled up with his first love in a hotel. * Later, Zhou Jili, frantic with anxiety, appeared at the Nan family home bearing flowers and diamonds, pleading earnestly, “Uncle Nan, I'm here to propose to Zhizhi. Please let me see her.” Nan Lingyang was uncharacteristically cold. With bot
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Pampered Black Rose 娇宠黑玫瑰
[Both leads are sexually inexperienced, long-planned scheme, marriage first and love later] Female lead: timid and meek in public, but clear-headed, clever, and dangerously beautiful in private. Male lead: a sinister, violent demon king on the surface, but a devoted, jealous, doting boyfriend at heart. Rumor has it that the current head of the Qi family murdered his father to seize power. He is cold and heartless, and everyone fears him. Then one day, a video leaks. In the video, Qi Yi is crouch
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The First Book of Liyuan 荔园的第一本书
[Super sweet, no angst + the male lead has been plotting to win the heroine's heart for ages + the male lead is incredibly flirtatious!] Chi Wan, a C-list actress, only wants to be a hardworking, ordinary actress. Who could have guessed that one night, unable to resist, she'd accidentally provoke a big bad wolf? She takes a step back, and he closes in another step. He saves all his tenderness, affection, patience, and indulgence for her, waiting only for her to fall. Xie Sui: Sis, you can't get
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The Rose of Calculated Indulgence 故纵玫瑰
[The web series Taking What Isn't Yours is now streaming on Youku] A marriage of convenience means you're married in name only, and each person does their own thing. When Xu Wei heard that Bai Qingyu was at a bar with an arm around two hot girls, she found four handsome young guys to play dice and drink with. When she heard he had driven a gentle young woman up a mountain in his Lamborghini to enjoy the breeze, Xu Wei took a Ferrari to go beach camping with a sunny male model. - Someone asked, “
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I Thought the Imperial Palace Was a Prison, but the Emperor Held Me by the Waist and Spoiled Me 原以深宫似海，却被帝王锁腰娇宠
[Pure historical romance + Empress + Devoted couple and sweet romance + Male lead has planned this for a long time + Not a serious palace-intrigue story] Lu Zhiyuan is the cherished youngest daughter of the Duke of Dingguo’s household. She is exquisitely beautiful, with an accomplished elder brother who supports the family’s prestige and a second elder sister skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting who brings the family honor. She has no need to contribute anything to the family, and
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Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂
[Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and
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A Professor by Day, Softly Comforting His Student in His Arms by Night 白天是教授！晚上抱着学生轻哄！
[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 Little Smooch! Now the Capital’s Young Master Won’t Leave Me Alone 吧唧亲一口！我被京圈太子爷缠上
[Marriage before love + fourteen-year secret crush comes true + sweet romance + both are each other's first and only love + intense mutual flirting] [Sensual and untamed bank president × gentle, radiant qipao-clad beauty] Gu Qingcheng meets Fu Xiaochen in a hotel bed. He's wild and seductive, crazy and bad. She thinks it'll be a one-night stand, but instead, he clings to her relentlessly. He pins her against the hotel's floor-to-ceiling window, refusing to let up, coaxing and tempting her as he
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Small, but Wilder 小，才更野
[Signed for publication] [Several short-drama adaptations are now streaming] [Flirting + Younger man + Sweet-faced but dark younger brother + Intense push and pull + A long road to winning her back + Obsessive and unhinged + Devoted couple, 1v1 + Four-year age gap] [Soft, slender, stunning superstar older sister VS obsessive, unhinged, sweet-faced but dark younger brother] Four years ago, Ning Yu sponsored a young man because of his beautiful eyes. Only afterward did she discover that he was an
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Absolute Control! The Madman Loves Her to the Bone 极致掌控！疯批他狂宠入骨
[The seemingly gentle but secretly unhinged top-tier star x the gorgeous, no-nonsense top makeup artist] [Long-planned scheme + Dating show + Coercion + Both inexperienced in love + Sweet romance] Everyone knows that top-tier star Fu Shili is gentle, refined, and always proper. He's like the moon in the sky, too sacred to defile, and revered like a god. Su Qingke thought so too. Until one day, she caught him punching the man who'd tried to take advantage of her, over and over with brutal fury. O
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After Our Flash Marriage, Dr. Fu Wants a Kiss Every Day 闪婚后，傅医生每天要亲亲
Completed novel [Mutual first love + doting romance + childhood sweethearts + reunion after years apart + long-planned love] [Secretly in love from the hero's perspective + marriage first, love later from the heroine's perspective] [Carefree woman who returned from overseas vs. calculating, obsessive, self-controlled doctor] Ten years ago, Fu Chonglou accidentally saw Bai Lu bathing. The embarrassing incident was so awkward that they didn't speak for the next ten years. Less than a month after t
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Secretly Plotting 偷偷蓄谋
[Cold, Cunning CEO × Sweet Little Princess, Six-Year Age Gap] [Marriage First, Love Later + Long-Held Schemes + Sweet Romance] The Xu family had a little princess, with twin older brothers and parents who had doted on her since she was a child. She grew up carefree, wanting for nothing and spoiled rotten. At twenty-two, the Xu family joined forces with the Ji family through marriage, and she married Ji Chengze, a refined and aloof man whose methods in business were ruthless. Xu Wan was afraid of
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Marrying Mr. Yu 嫁给喻先生
[The print edition of the same name is now available / The short drama of the same name is now streaming] [Cheerful artist vs. aloof, calculating professor] [Age gap + marriage before love + sweet romance + long-planned courtship + slow-burn love] Shi Sheng and Yu Wenzhou met on a blind date. But even on their wedding day, she still couldn't figure out what Yu Wenzhou saw in her. Since they didn't have much of a romantic foundation, Shi Sheng thought it would be good enough if they could at leas
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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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She Seduces Him, and the Hong Kong District's Little Tyrant Turns into a Lovable Goofball 诱她，港区小霸王秒变二哈
[Secret crush x sweet romance x the second male lead wins] [Can be both cool and sweet x the little tyrant of Hong Kong] That July, Feng Wu climbed a tree to rescue a cat. Xu Xingchi happened to pass by and pulled up the hem of his T-shirt. “Awu, toss the cat down. Your big brother will catch it.” In the blink of an eye, Xu Xingchi had grown up. He gave her a cold smile. “Feng Wu, eat the mango for her, and I’ll agree to get engaged to you.” With everyone watching, Feng Wu ate the mango bite by
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The Untamed: The Song of Chenqing Rises Again 陈情令：陈情再起
The backlash of ten thousand ghosts made everyone think the Yiling Patriarch was as good as dead. Little did they know that, during the backlash, Wei Wuxian struck a bargain with the ghosts, offering his own resentment and body in exchange: everything would start over.
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A Kiss Beneath the Collarbone 锁骨生欢
Everyone in their circle knew Su Qingyun loved Lu Shuyan. She had waited for him for six years, never imagining that with their wedding day approaching, all she would get was a declaration from the Lu family: Their engagement had been nothing more than a joke between the older generation. And the man she was engaged to had never said a word about it, from beginning to end. Everyone was waiting to see the once-adored young heiress become a laughingstock. Su Qingyun simply turned away and, in no t
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Reborn and Doted on by All: The Empire’s Heiress Shocks the World 重生团宠：帝国大小姐惊爆全球
[Two powerful leads, nonstop feel-good thrills, no angst] Quan Ji is the empire’s sole officially ennobled young lady. Everyone in humanity must address her respectfully as “Young Lady!” In her previous life, she became a sacrificial pawn of the empire, and made the entire empire pay for it! Reborn, she lets her brilliance shine, and the whole world regrets what it did to her! The empire coddles her and expects her to marry for an alliance? She’s already masterminded control of the powerful nati
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Possessive Obsession: The Sweet, Obedient Girl Is Always Kissed to Tears by a Madman 强势侵占：娇软乖乖总被疯批亲哭
[International romance + mixed-race + coercive love + off-the-charts sexual tension + happy ending] In a bloody encounter in a foreign land, the moment Kou Li sees Jiang Yiqiao, he wants her. Jiang Yiqiao: “I have a boyfriend.” Kou Li orders, “Break up with him.” Jiang Yiqiao: “Impossible. I love him.” Kou Li: “There's nothing in this world I can't take.” Only later does he realize that claiming this one thing nearly cost him his life. He takes her captive and keeps her close, wearing her down d
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Echoes of a Secret Crush 暗恋回音
[Secret Crush Comes True + Sweet Romance + Mutual First Love + Playboy Turns Over a New Leaf + Chasing His Wife] [Fake Playboy, True Romantic × Gentle, Sweet Girl] The boldest thing Wen Zhi ever did was secretly love Jin Huaisi for four years without telling anyone. / In high school, she secretly liked Jin Huaisi, day after day. His name filled her rough-work notebooks, and she watched him through the gaps between the library shelves. Her feelings for him were like a flood. On the day she learne
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Luring the Sweetheart: The Wild Captain Takes Her by Storm 诱捕小乖宝，野痞队长强势攻陷
A heads-up: the adapted short drama “Waiting for You When the Roses Bloom” is now available~ [Marriage Before Love + Mutual Pining + Long-Running Scheme + Healing + Six-Year Age Gap + Sweet Romance] [Beautiful, sweet-voiced intern reporter x Wild, wolfish captain of the criminal police] Chen Mo married his brother’s younger sister, but no one knew she was the moonlight in his heart, the little moon he had wanted all to himself for so many sleepless nights. The year Song Zhiyi turned twenty-one,
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Craving Mrs. Fu 贪恋傅太太
[Lazy and scheming heroine × gentle man who only pretends to be composed] [Married first, fall in love later + slow-burn romance + devoted couple with a long-standing plan + mutual secret crushes] In her previous life, Jiang Ling loved that bold, carefree young man. But before she could summon the courage to tell him, they lost touch. Later, she happened to see an interview with him. By then, the man had gray at his temples and gazed calmly into the camera. The head of the Fu family had never ma
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Muddy Waters 泥泞
Lin Ruan is Jiangcheng’s most notorious cripple. People trample on her and look down on her, until she rises in status through her child, wins Gu Minxing’s favor, and becomes the envy of everyone as Mrs. Gu. Only later does Lin Ruan realize that he was never her refuge. He is the harbinger of her doom. He wants her to submit willingly, to beg at his feet.
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My Husband Ran Off with His Mistress, So I Kept the Capital’s Crown Prince 老公和小三私奔，我包养京圈太子
Tomato Short Drama: My Toyboy Is the Powerful Young Master of the Capital On her wedding night, her husband eloped abroad with his mistress. Did Jiang Ciyou cry? No! She turned around and kept an impossibly handsome toyboy. Why not? They could all have a good time together! The toyboy had broad shoulders, a slim waist, and was clingy. He could be both wolfish and sweet, and loved to act cute. After three carefree years, Jiang Ciyou handed him an enormous check. “Darling, my husband is back. Let’
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Spoiled Above All 偏宠至上
[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
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Honey with Green Pear 蜂蜜伴青梨
[Small-Town Daily Life + Rural Countryside + Multiple Narrative Perspectives + Healing + Fleeting Memories + Tragedy + Mutual Secret Crushes] [A story about a rebellious, sensitive girl and a lonely boy with a terminal illness] Ye Ling, a girl from a small town, transfers to Jiangcheng Middle School. She can't help looking back at the boy who seems to have stepped out of a painting. Fragmented images keep rising in her mind. "Have I seen him somewhere before?" On the evening of the Mid-Autumn Fe
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Be Good. No Cheating. 你乖点，不许耍赖
[Campus romance + sweet love + a secret crush comes true] Stories often begin with an ill-timed encounter that catches you completely off guard. That day, she accidentally lost her phone, and ended up finding herself a clingy, sweet-talking puppy. After class on Friday, a young man blocked Lin Qingwei’s way. He wore black from head to toe, his hair was messy, and his face was somber. He looked as though he’d just woken up. His lips pressed tightly together, his eyes gradually reddening, and his
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Dear Director Wen 亲爱的闻总监
[Strong female lead, feel-good revenge, humiliating scumbags and making them eat their words, rekindled romance, sweet indulgence, the male lead rises to the top, and a love triangle] [Devoted, puppy-like CEO boyfriend of many years × bold, decisive, stubborn director who refuses to back down] After dating for three years, Wen Ruan finally learned she had only ever been a stand-in. When they broke up, Wen Ruan said, “Jiang Qingyan, I hope you die alone.” After being unjustly fired, Wen Ruan join
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The Rose Crown 玫瑰冠冕
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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The Capital's Crown Prince's Beloved Is Wild and Coldhearted 京圈太子爷的心尖宠又野又冷情
Mutually devoted, equally powerful, secret identities, adored by everyone A cool, proud little fox versus a cunning, gentle-hearted young master Yu Xuefei should have been the most honored princess, cherished and spoiled. Instead, her father and family abandoned her. When she was five, her mother locked her in the lightless basement once again. Her brother took her away from that endless torment. He became the deity who saved her. Yu Xuefei stayed by her brother's side for thirteen years, and he
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The Sweet Wife He Brought Back From the Mountains Is His Whole World 山里拐的小娇妻，闷骚少爷他超爱
[Hardworking office girl who wants to make money vs. reserved CEO who retreats to the mountains to clear his head] Love at first sight, and love at second sight, too. Beneath his handsome looks was a fascinating soul, exactly to his taste. As a diligent wage slave, Tian Yimo had gone home for the New Year holiday. She was playing cards with her childhood best friend, her face covered in paper slips. She stood up, planted one long, boot-clad leg on the chair behind her, and declared, “Jokers! I w
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The Top Assassin’s Everyday Identity Reveal 顶尖杀手的掉马日常
[Strong leads of both genders + secret identities + face-slapping + punishing scumbags + sweet romance + satisfying revenge] Li Zhi grew up in the countryside, with parents who neither loved nor cared for her. Every day, all she got was beatings, insults, and leftovers to eat. She slept wrapped in a torn straw mat in a drafty shack. A kidnapping left her missing for eight years. Eight years later, she returned, covered in blood! Top universities Qing University and Jing University both competed
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The Young Widow Is the Governor’s Most Cherished One 小遗孀竟是总督心尖宠
Everyone in Qingcheng knows that Lord Chen has taken a new, beloved wife and dotes on her like a precious jewel, though no one outside the family has ever seen her. Only after Lord Chen dies and jealous members of the Chen family's collateral branches come looking for trouble do people finally glimpse a woman dressed in plain white mourning clothes. The woman is ruthless and takes control of the Chen family. The collateral branches quiet down, but when a picture of her appears in the papers, it
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Intoxicated by Possession 私有醉意
[A proud, aloof business tycoon from the capital and an affectionate, clingy comic artist] [Two-year age gap + childhood sweethearts + mutual secret crushes + flirtatious push and pull + constant sweet moments] Ever since she was three, Shi Wan had loved following Fu Qi’an around, happily calling him Brother Qi’an. The adults all said that once Wanwan grew up, she was destined to marry Fu Qi’an, and she had always believed it, too. But at her eighteenth birthday banquet, just as she was excitedl
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After the Divorce, I Married His Brother 离婚后我嫁给了他兄弟
Shi Chuli fell in love with his best friend's wife. He brought his best friend's first love back to the country. As he watched his friend and his old flame rekindle their relationship, he grew more and more excited. Then, after she divorced him, he rushed back to the country at once...
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The Young Lady Has Too Many Admirers, and Her Imperial Tutor Turns Dark 小姑娘桃花太多，帝师大人黑化了
[Master and disciple + princess x half-raising x doting, fatherly boyfriend x scheming x age gap x mutually devoted] [One-line synopsis: The aloof beauty atop the peak is brought down from her pedestal by a clever, beautiful princess] One day, after learning the secret of the White Crane Gu, Ling Xiao worked up the courage to ask Li Changfeng, “What if none of my three royal consorts are willing to divorce me?” Li Changfeng lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, though his gaze was filled with a c
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They're Perfect! The Gorgeous Couple Is Serving Up Sweet Moments on the Dating Show Again 磕爆！神颜夫妇今天也在恋综撒糖
[Silly sweet romance + gorgeous couple + sweet fairy + cool, flirtatious heartthrob] Bo Zhi is famous in the entertainment industry as a rebellious queen. She has a fairy-like face, peach-blossom eyes, and a graceful figure, but a mouth that never spares anyone. On a dating show, while everyone else is busy showing off their sweet romance, she’s busy face-slapping scumbags and shameless women. “Love, schmove. It’s such a pain. My goal is to become the top-tier star of domestic entertainment, a o
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