Arranged Marriage to Love: The Heroine Seems Unlikable at First, but Her Husband Slowly Falls for Her 先婚后爱，开始觉得女主不好，婚后慢慢喜欢上女

1. 1 先 Married First, Fell in Love Later: Winning Over CEO Lu 先婚后爱，撩倒总裁陆先生 Lu Feiyu鹿非鱼Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + domineering CEO + sweet romance + play the pig to eat the tiger] Su Mu walks into the wrong room and accidentally “picks up” a domineering CEO. Rumor has it the CEO has no interest in women, is a workaholic, and is moody and unpredictable. Su Mu knows none of this. She draws him into the everyday world of ordinary life, and they fall in love, building a happy life together. Until one day, she discovers that her boss acts meek and deferential in front of her husband, 1.8kReads8.9Score19114d adds

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   This is the book I'm talking about! Everyone should read it! You won't regret it! It's super sweet! The plot is incredibly addictive!!

2. 2 抛 Abandon Her Husband and Daughter? The Wicked Supporting Character Refuses to Follow the Plot 抛夫弃女？恶毒女配偏不走剧情 Lu Feiyu鹿非鱼Modern Romance491k WordsCompleted [Bold, independent auctioneer vs. devoted, ascetic, extremely jealous husband] When Xia Xingluo opens her eyes, she has become the most miserable white moonlight in a domineering CEO novel, with an utterly horrific fate! Is Xia Xingluo panicking? No. She turns and runs straight into the arms of the powerful man behind the scenes. So what if she refuses to follow the plot? With a peerless, handsome husband with a strong, supple waist protecting her, what does she have to fear from being the white 195Reads6.7Score—14d adds
3. 3 昼 Reckless Days and Nights 昼夜荒唐 Seven-Color Little Wind Chime七色小风铃Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Flirtatious Playboy vs. Gentle, Elegant Doctor] [One Couple, Both Chaste + Marriage First, Love Later + Fake Stand-In + Secret Crush + The Ex-Wife Gets Her Revenge] He Wen Zhou and Li Wan'an's marriage began with one man falling for her looks and one woman having nowhere else to turn. But people say He Wenzhou chose Li Wan'an only because her face resembles his first love, the woman he held dear. He just wanted a stand-in to amuse himself. - The rumors are raging. Someone asks He Wenzhou, “Mr. 8kReads8.2Score51514d adds

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   The second book, "Marriage First, Love Later," features a male and female protagonist who both like each other but mistakenly believe they have feelings for someone else. The male protagonist's journey to win back his wife is long and arduous.

4. 4 克 After Three Years of Restraint, the Big Shot Drops the Act When They Divorce 克制三年，离婚时大佬不装了 Fat Persimmon胖头柿子Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted [Long-Planned Scheme + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + 1v1 + Both Leads Are Pure] [Spoiled, high-maintenance heiress vs. Scheming, devoted tycoon] No one knew Gu Qingyu liked Shen Yize. Just as she was about to forget it herself, a twist of fate brought her and Shen Yize into marriage… To her, Shen Yize was a perfect husband: handsome, rich, and great in bed. The only thing she could complain about was that he rarely came home. Just as she was ready to throw herself into her happy marriag 77Reads5.8Score—14d adds
5. 5 傅 Master Fu, Your Son’s Scandalous Secrets Are Out 傅爷，你儿子爆黑料啦 Lu Qianyi陆千亿Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted (Fans of sweet romance, come on in!) In the middle of the night, a little boy posted a video online, crying that his biological father had abandoned his wife and children. The man he accused was none other than President Fu, the fearsome richest man in North City. The video quickly dominated the trending headlines across all the major media platforms. Five years ago, Nan Xia had hidden her pregnancy and left the place where her heart had been broken. She never expected that five years later, her 8.1kReads8.5Score97414d adds
6. 6 和 After Swapping Marriages With My Stepsister, I Became the White Moonlight of a Period Novel 和继妹换亲后，在年代文当白月光 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance503k WordsOngoing Eighties, marriage first and love later, slice of life, period setting, transmigration into a book Lou Xia, a homebody, dies suddenly while reading late at night and transmigrates into a book. She becomes the doomed, beautiful but useless first love of the overpowered male lead. The first love has a tragic background: her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and her stepsister forces her to switch betrothed husbands, marrying the male lead’s doomed older brother instead. Not 38.6kReads8.7Score3.5k14d adds

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   The female lead transmigrated into a book. The male lead initially thought she was spoiled, but after gradually falling in love with her, he voluntarily handed over all his savings. The female lead refused to accept them, which saddened him, as he believed only couples with strong relationships would hand over their savings.

7. 7 夫 After His Wife Divorces Him, the Warlord Goes Gray Overnight 夫人离婚后，军阀大佬一夜白头 Chu Diandian初点点Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, “Qi Mi,” is available by searching on Tomato. Ning Zhen is forced to marry the warlord Sheng Changyu. Sheng Changyu has a beloved first love, as well as two concubines, and the Sheng household is rife with danger. Ning Zhen is a young heiress who has returned from studying abroad. She can’t adapt to the infighting in the household, and everyone is waiting to see her make a fool of herself. Less than three years later, just as everyone predicted, Ning Zhen wants 78.3kReads9.5Score9k14d adds

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   Beautifully packaged marriage of convenience that blossoms into love

8. 8 泪 Reunited Through Tears 泪光中重逢 Xuan Shi悬时Modern Romance801k WordsCompleted They meet again after many years at Ming Jing'an's wedding. At the wedding, he is cold and aloof, while she is gentle and broken. From saving each other in high school to going their separate ways after helping each other become who they are, from their families' opposition to secrets they can't speak of, Lin Qinghao has always blamed it all on fate's cruel tricks. Faced with one obstacle after another, how helpless did they feel? What exactly did the two of them go through to make their despair 2.2kReads—Score16214d adds

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   The female lead has been abroad for many years, and her misunderstandings with the male lead have deepened. After returning to China, she discovers that there is another hidden story, and the male lead is already married.

9. 9 糟 Oh No! I Flirted with My Archenemy and Hit the Jackpot 糟糕！撩拨死对头后喜提荣华富贵 Xianli仙里Modern Romance731k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance, 1v1 + Wealthy Family Marriage + Flirting and Tension + Enemies by Day, Kissing by Night + Both Pure] Shen Lizhou had a whirlwind wedding with her wealthy-family nemesis and became his wife. After the wedding, she discovered that her nemesis looked at her strangely! Like his eyes were glued to her?! The young master had plenty to say about it. “Does kissing you mean I like you?” “Does it mean I like you if I kiss you?” “You're my wife. What's wrong with me holding you?” “Can you s 3.2kReads9.0Score32514d adds

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   They're all pretty good, but not suitable for people with diabetes—they're too sweet.

10. 10 避 The Birth Control Failed, and I Got Pregnant with the Billionaire CEO's Heir 避孕药失效，我怀上了亿万总裁的继承人 Shan Wanjia单晚嘉Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted Gu Fanxing had just told Su Muchen she was pregnant. The very next moment, the two of them went to the Civil Affairs Bureau, and that same night she moved into Mr. Su's mansion, which was over a thousand square meters. As Su Muchen's chief secretary, she didn't believe in free lunches. “Once the baby is born, we'll get divorced, and the child will be mine.” With her own difficulties to contend with, Gu Fanxing had no grounds to fight him for the child. She also knew he would never give the baby 7.4kReads8.8Score77914d adds
11. 11 先 Love After Marriage: The Crown Princess Keeps Pretending to Be Good Again and Again 先婚后爱，太子妃又又又又在装乖 I Want to Be a Rich Lady我想当富婆Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] Song Yao, who was born into this world, got married to Nangong Yi, the notoriously violent crown prince. After their wedding, they acted like a proper couple, treating each other with courtesy and respect. Gradually, Song Yao discovered that the crown prince was nothing like the violent man of the rumors. He was gentle, considerate, and easy to get along with. So she let her true nature out and started doing as she pleased. - At first, when facing the crown prince: Song Yao: gent 21.7kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds

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    At first, I was indifferent. Xu Wei had no idea she was a supporting female character in a sweet romance novel; she had loved the male lead for over a decade. Despite her unreasonable demands and scheming, the male lead and female lead still got married. In a fit of anger, she married the second male lead, who also loved the female lead. I thought they would be tormenting each other in their next life, but a one-night stand changed everything...

12. 12 相 My Blind Date Turns Out to Be a Wealthy Heir 相亲老公竟是豪门继承人 Seven Shu Rain and Mist七舒雨雾Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Complete: binge-read to your heart’s content] [Full-cast audio drama of the same name now available, featuring professional voice actors bringing this pure and romantic Cinderella story to life] [Short dramas now streaming: Flash Marriage to the Big Boss and I See You When the Wind Rises] [Flash marriage + sweet romance + face-slapping the scumbags] The man she loved married someone else, and the woman he loved moved far away. A blind date brought the two of them together. As newlyweds, they tr 66.2kReads9.3Score6.2k14d adds
13. 13 肆 Recklessly Tender: President Zhou Is Flirtatious and Full of Tricks 肆意温柔，周总他又撩又茶 A Spring一个泉Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted 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 35.6kReads9.4Score3.5k14d adds

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    See? See? Extreme stretching.

14. 14 和 I Married My Secret Crush First, Then Fell in Love 和暗恋对象先婚后爱了 A Jasmine-Scented Tea一个茉莉香片Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted 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 10.2kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
15. 15 先 Marriage Before Love: The Young Master’s Wife Is Not to Be Provoked 先婚后爱：大少奶奶不能惹 Chong Xiaobian虫小扁Historical151k WordsCompleted Yan Ning, a woman as mild as a wisp of smoke, actually showed up at the door demanding they marry!? They were betrothed as babies, how novel. Young Master Liu, Yun Tao, agreed. After the wedding, news that the young master planned to take a concubine spread through the entire Liu household in no time. Everyone knew, from Liu Yi right down to every goldfish in the manor, that the young master had flown into a rage at Qingxin Courtyard because Yan Ning couldn't bear him a child, and had threatened 4.4kReads9.4Score31614d adds
16. 16 分 After We Broke Up, I Made My Trashy Childhood Friend Kneel and Call Me Auntie 分手后，我让垃圾竹马跪地喊婶婶 Nalan Xuebao纳兰雪宝Modern Romance3.1M WordsOngoing Before the college entrance exams, Sheng Shaoze fell for Lin Muyiao, the girl who saved him, and insisted on breaking off his engagement to me. His parents were fiercely opposed. After college, we held our wedding as planned. But Lin Muyiao died in a car accident, taking the baby she was carrying with her. From then on, all that awaited me was endless humiliation. Even to his dying day, Sheng Shaoze never knew that Lin Muyiao was a serial heartbreaker, and that the baby she carried wasn’t his at 2kReads7.9Score1.8k14d adds

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    The premise is quite satisfying, but the female lead is still love-obsessed even after her rebirth. Her attitude towards her uncle in the early stages is the same as her attitude towards her childhood sweetheart in her previous life—she even said, "I'll be sad if he gets close to other women." It's just that this time she chose the right person, and both of them are love-obsessed. Although neither the male nor female lead has a mouth, it's still a very sweet love story.

17. 17 重 Reborn and Married Off: I Become the Mistress of the Prince's Manor 重生换亲：我在王府当主母 Xia Tian夏甜Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Shen Wantang's reborn elder sister stole her engagement and pushed the Prince of Ning's heir, who had become a monk, on her. “The prince's residence is grand and splendid. Little sister, go enjoy your good fortune!” Shen Wantang laughed. “Then thank you, Sister.” Was she not reborn too? In her previous life, her elder sister married the Prince of Ning's heir and drove the woman he loved to her death. He would rather die for love than live as her husband. After he died, her sister was imprisoned. 20.4kReads7.7Score1.9k14d adds

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    These are all stories of arranged marriages that blossom into love, involving swapping spouses, or two sisters reborn and swapped spouses. Initially, the female lead is perceived as unsuitable, and feelings develop gradually, leading to a happy ending. The fourth representative work: When the female lead marries into the male lead's family, the male lead already has a wife, who is a time-traveling woman. The female lead is initially labeled a mistress, but she is quite cunning and beautiful. Gradually, the male lead falls for her, finding the time-traveling woman unreasonable. The woman he swapped spouses with in his previous life becomes a whetstone for their conflict.

18. 18 跪 After Begging Me to Switch Marriages, My Cousin Cried Herself to Death in the Slums 跪求我换亲后，堂妹哭死在贫民窟 Chai Bao柴宝Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 941Reads9.2Score26814d adds
19. 19 驭 The Art of Taming a Husband: I Turned a Delinquent into a Devoted, Rich Man 驭夫有道：我改造混混成宠妻首富 Carefree July七月逍遥Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period setting + no pocket dimension + family life + building a fortune + devoted couple] Gu Wanwan died unexpectedly, then awoke in a period novel as the overlooked second daughter. She was forced to marry Qin Feng, a lazy good-for-nothing, in her younger sister's place. It was bad enough that Qin Feng did nothing but loaf around all day. He was also destined to die young. To change their circumstances, Gu Wanwan brought out her best tricks. She showered him with endless, free praise, and 4.7kReads8.4Score40914d adds
20. 20 重 My Reborn Sister Wants to Switch Betrothals, So I Sit Back and Enjoy Wealth and Glory 重生嫡姐要换亲，我坐享荣华富贵 Liu Lanting柳兰亭Ancient Romance563k WordsCompleted [Sisters swap betrothals + both reborn + a transmigrated woman + household intrigue + seduction + coercive possession + both leads remain faithful; the male lead is not the heir] In her previous life, Quan Daier and her legitimate elder sister were betrothed at the same time. Her elder sister entered Prince Pingyang's household as a secondary consort, while she married a poor scholar as his principal wife. Who could have known that the prince's heir and his wife were so devoted to each other tha 3.8kReads7.5Score28614d adds
21. 21 换 They Forced Me into a Marriage That Would Kill Me, but I'll Claim the First Wife's Seat 换亲让我死，我偏稳坐主母位 Jin Wanwan金万万Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Adapted into a short drama: The Matriarch Just Wants to Slacken Off, but Goes on a Rampage in the Marquis’s Household After Being Reborn Jiang Shuwan and her legitimate younger sister, Jiang Yao, are both reborn. In their previous lives, both she and Jiang Yao were transmigrators. A workaholic who earned more money than she could spend, Shuwan worked herself to death. In this life, she’s determined to slack off. Jiang Yao is ambitious. She makes a name for herself by plagiarizing poems while sec 970Reads8.2Score10114d adds
22. 22 冬 Warm Sun in Winter, Sweet Candy in Summer 冬有暖阳夏有糖 Tongtong童童Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted The modern-day version: She always thought he was a pretty face, all show and no substance. She never imagined his shirt hid a six-pack. Tang Jinhua discovered that her husband was a treasure! Xu Jiayun’s energetic tigress of a wife cured his insomnia completely. He couldn’t help marveling at how wonderful it was to be young, and her energy also breathed new life into him. The literary version: He was the blazing sun, and she was sugar. Together they protected the world, yet forgot how much they 563Reads9.1Score10614d adds

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    A marriage of convenience that blossoms into love. ① The female lead is a police officer, energetic and highly motivated, always on her way to or from a case. The male lead is a former military officer, a handsome, suave, and charismatic man, brimming with hormones. 🈵 ... ② The male lead is a soldier, and the female lead was tricked into becoming a surrogate by the male lead's ex-wife. The two fall in love while living together. It turns out the female lead is actually the male lead's uncle's daughter. Super good.

23. 23 摘 Plucking Stars 摘星 Lin Di'er林笛儿Modern Romance769k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Military Romance + Love Grows Over Time + The Pinnacle of Powerful-Family Fiction] [Steady, brilliant young major general × National Defense University's genius hacker] He is a young major general: steady, learned, and imposing. She is a naive newcomer to society, fresh out of school: impulsive, loyal, and optimistic. An accident ruins his reputation and leaves him disgraced, branding him a heartless man condemned by everyone. She becomes the infamous other wo 21.4kReads9.6Score2.8k14d adds
24. 24 穿 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Raise a Sweetheart 穿到古代养乖宝 Lucky Taotao幸运的淘淘Ancient Romance328k WordsCompleted When Su Xuanning wakes up, she finds herself in a drafty house with a son as thin as a skeleton and a husband with a scarred face. Her circumstances are even worse than the life she had before. But that’s all right: since she’s here, she might as well make the best of it. Raising her well-behaved little one into a fine adult and getting her husband in line would be quite an achievement, wouldn’t it? 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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