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1. 1 惊 What?! The Beautiful Girl Woke Up to Find Her Child Was Three! 惊！美少女一觉醒来孩子三岁！ Yu Yier余宜尔Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [Published print edition: Nian Nian Xiang Xu] [Both leads' first love + adorable child + CEO + sweet romance + healing + villain] Original title: What?! A Beautiful Young Woman Woke Up to Find Her Child Was Three! At eighteen, Xu Chuniann confessed her feelings to her crush. After a night of drinking, she woke up six years in the future. From what she could tell, her twenty-four-year-old self was difficult and capricious. Her husband, whom she had secretly loved for years, had given up on her, a 47.2kReads9.2Score6.5kShelves

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   The male protagonist is humble in the front and transforms into a humble puppy. I couldn't help crying while watching it under the covers at night. In the later stage, he and the female protagonist are super sweet and very happy.

2. 2 狗 The Caged Canary in a Trashy Romance 狗血文里被囚禁的金丝雀 The Snoring Cat打呼噜的猫Two Male Leads286k WordsCompleted Fourth escape attempt: failed. A black metal collar now encircled Jiang Ye’s neck, fitted with a tracker. The moment he stepped outside the villa, an electric shock would knock him unconscious. Everyone knew that Young Master Bo kept a canary, pampering him like a treasure and never bringing him out in public. While people gossiped and even started betting on how much longer the canary would last, news broke that the Bo family heir was getting married. That canary stood fearlessly beside the hea 10.4kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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   Low self-esteem, I love him, look at it~😍😍😍😍

3. 3 强 Forced to Surrender 强迫沉沦 March White Elm三月白榆Modern Romance270k WordsCompleted (Just started, rating will rise) [Forced love / second chance at love / intense push and pull / possessive hero / reunion after years apart / both leads are chaste / happy ending] Qipao designer x Beijing's most powerful young heir In high school, Jin Yanshen was a heaven-blessed prodigy, admired by everyone. Li Nian pursued him relentlessly until the aloof, untouchable boy finally yielded to her. He bowed his head for her alone, yet she still crushed every bit of his pride. On a rainy night, t 3.9kReads8.9Score365Shelves
4. 4 盼 Hoping She’ll Look My Way 盼她垂怜 Ganlu Temple's Iron T Mo Yan甘露寺铁T莫言Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted [Healing, redemption, and sweet romance] A deeply devoted, obsessive CEO with an eating disorder and frail health x a warmhearted food blogger with a talent for cooking. Both books are complete and rated 9.3~ When Lu Lihuan was a child, she rescued a pitiful, down-on-his-luck boy who was locked up and abused in a remote mountain village. At first, he hid in a cramped, lightless room and refused to see her. He bared his teeth at her and drove her away without mercy. She thought he hated her, neve 5.1kReads9.3Score463Shelves
5. 5 再 Run Again, and I'll Break Your Legs 再跑，朕打断你的腿 Little Wolf Has No Fangs小狼不长牙Two Male Leads674k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads!!! Exotic, Frail Beauty x Dominant, Possessive Emperor] Li Yan is a treasure Chu Dijin discovered on the grasslands. But before he can make a move, someone has already sent Li Yan to him, so he naturally takes him back to the imperial palace. But he never expected this little thing would dare to run away. And not only that, he dares to seduce the brother Chu Dijin grew up with. A disobedient little thing like this deserves to be punished! 2.7kReads8.4Score276Shelves
6. 6 失 After Losing My Memory, I Was Kept by an Obsessive Big Shot 失忆后被病娇大佬圈养了 Lin Jingjiu林惊啾Two Male Leads207k WordsCompleted Two male leads, obsessive x unhinged, confinement, twists, sweet indulgence, salvation, 1v1, happy ending, dark fairy tale, over-the-top melodrama, groveling-after-the-divorce trope *Well-mannered but depraved obsessive man X hot-tempered, spoiled, unhinged young master *Pei Yi X Yuan Song After losing his memory, Yuan Song was taken home by a man who claimed to be his boyfriend. His boyfriend, Pei Yi, was wonderful. In public, he was refined and elegant. With Yuan Song, he was gentle and attent 2.2kReads9.2Score290Shelves
7. 7 怪 You're Too Dazzling! 怪你太耀眼！ Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted The print edition is now available. [Happy ending, both leads devoted to each other + healing + secret love becomes mutual] [Sunny girl X hearing-impaired boy] Jiang Er was killed by a tractor. Jiang Er was reborn. The bad news: she's now a high school sophomore with more resentment than a ghost. The worse news: Fu Tinghan, the not-so-familiar husband she'll have in the future, is in her class. In their previous life, they were married for two years, yet remained strangers. An arranged mar 13.5kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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   What a coincidence that it came sooner than it came [smile][smile] I happened to read this type of book recently. I had a crush on two lives, and finally got what I wanted in the second life. I feel sorry for the heroine's puppy [sending my heart][sending my heart]

8. 8 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 235.8kReads9.5Score34.4kShelves

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   The heroines are all little angels~

9. 9 春 Spring Mountain in Uproar 春山喧 Biyou彼呦Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [Faithful couple + older-sister-younger-man romance + reunion after years apart + secret crush + healing + slow-paced travel variety show + happy ending] "Straightforward, loyal F1 driver x glamorous, gentle actress" - At the height of her fame, Wen Wanning was filming in Northeast China. On a snowy night with temperatures at minus twenty degrees, her van broke down halfway up a mountain. Not long after she hung up with the repair shop, a battered Santana came skidd 107.4kReads9.5Score17.9kShelves

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   Super healing, gentle sister, clingy little puppy

10. 10 我 My Mr. Lin Doesn’t Talk 我的林先生不说话 Xu Xiaoyu徐小雨Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted [One couple + first love + love at first sight + mutual devotion and affection] [Warm, attentive special education teacher ✖ insecure, sensitive full-time writer] * After moving into her new home, Lin Zhaozhao always assumed her neighbor was a beautiful, kind-hearted young woman who loved life, until one evening she saw the handsome Lin Xingye step out of the elevator. One day, Lin Zhaozhao announced to her parents, “You two are going to have a son-in-law!” Another day, faced with her editor’s r 36.6kReads9.5Score5.6kShelves

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    🌾🌾A healing love story between Lin Zhaozhao, a gentle and delicate special education teacher, and Lin Xingye, a full-time writer with low self-esteem and sensitivity. The male protagonist Lin Xingye has low self-esteem due to aphasia. After every quarrel, he always uses sign language tremblingly and carefully coaxes the female protagonist. The heroine Lin Zhaozhao deliberately teased him and turned her back. Lin Xingye immediately followed, but she covered her eyes and felt so aggrieved that tears fell down. She even ran to the heroine's parents to "complain".

11. 11 重 Reborn: The Obsessive Tycoon’s Secret Insecurity 重生之偏执大佬他自卑了 Orange Jasmine九里香Modern Romance253k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Xu Nuo lived in a daze. She trusted a scumbag, mistook a two-faced woman for a friend, and let herself be deceived at every turn. In the prime of her youth, she died a terrible death. After she died, a young man she had barely known gave his own life to avenge her. Only then did Xu Nuo realize that he had always loved her. Given a second chance at life, Xu Nuo is determined to protect the young man who has loved her in silence. She'll protect him, love him, and then marry h 2.2kReads9.3Score185Shelves
12. 12 重 Reborn: I Took Revenge After Saving a Self-Conscious Boy 重生之救赎自卑少年后我报仇雪恨 Wasp Who Likes Four-Legged Fish喜欢四脚鱼的马蜂Modern Romance103k WordsCompleted A sunny, talented painter heroine VS a gloomy, insecure color-blind boy “Shen Zhian, you’re the only light in my wretched life, the only color in my black-and-white world.” A bright, multitalented young woman is reborn and falls in love with the color-blind boy who helped her get revenge in her previous life and died for her. “Su Yan, this isn’t pity or gratitude. It’s the love I gradually discovered as we spent time together. Do you hear me?” It turns out fate really can be rewritten. The insec 17Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 糟 Oh No! The Beautiful, Strong, Tragic, and Obsessive Boy Is a Hopeless Romantic 糟糕！美强惨偏执少年是恋爱脑 Sanri Sauce三日酱Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted [Handsome, tragic mute boy X sweet, delicate art student] [Obsessive insecurity + mutual salvation + love at first sight + devoted to each other] (A healing romance! The male lead is miserable and mute at first, but recovers and makes a comeback later. He remains very humble in front of the heroine, so proceed with caution if that bothers you!) One summer, eighteen-year-old Ling Zhi met twenty-year-old Su Ye. Back then, he was taciturn, got into fights, had no parents, and owned nothing. Someon 654Reads8.7Score101Shelves
14. 14 孤 Reclusive Boy, Your Secret Crush Has Been Reborn 孤僻少年，你暗恋的小仙女重生了 Clear Skies in Winter晴冬的晴空Modern Romance396k WordsCompleted [Insecure Poor Boy * Bright and Cheerful Heiress] Sweet Romance + Healing After being reborn, Song Yun discovers that Lin Qiao, who had silently protected her in her previous life, was a lonely, sensitive, pitiful boy as a child. Song Yun only meant to repay him, but she ends up giving him her heart... Song Yun: “Do you know what it means to like someone?” Lin Qiao’s face turns red as he thinks to himself, “I know, but I’m not worthy of telling you.” Song Yun takes the trembling boy’s hand. “Tha 161Reads9.0Score—Shelves
15. 15 重 The Reborn Jiang Shao’s Unforgettable First Love 重生偏执江少的白月光 Baby Ditou呆头宝宝Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Healing + Obsessive Love] She was the goddess everyone admired. He was the gloomy boy everyone avoided. She was a wealthy heiress. He was a penniless orphan. She was sunny and gentle. He was dark and obsessive. He lived in a mire, while she lived like a fairy, cherished by everyone around her. Jiang Yan never imagined that the girl everyone thought was impossibly out of his league would come to him with all the warmth in the world. She gave him everything she had and spoiled him 15.5kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves

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    The boy with low self-esteem will eventually meet his sunny little sun. The fog will eventually dissipate and I will be by your side🌸

16. 16 重 Reborn as the Obsessive Tycoon's Little Fairy 重生成了偏执大佬的小仙女 Autumn Colors Leave No Leisure秋色不暇Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted #Redemption and Sweet Romance# #Insecure Boy x Nation’s First Love# At eighteen, Wen Yue was everyone’s precious darling, cherished in the palms of their hands, like the moon in the sky: beautiful, but out of reach. At eighteen, Ji Yan had no one to care for or love him. He was gloomy and hard to get along with. That lonely, shadowy boy would one day become a big shot everyone dreaded crossing paths with. If she hadn’t been reborn, Wen Yue would never have imagined that the gloomy, cold boy woul 1.7kReads9.1Score173Shelves
17. 17 我 I Kissed the Aloof Mute Boy Senseless 我亲懵了那个孤僻的哑巴少年 Li Liangliang凉凉李Modern Romance412k WordsCompleted [A tormented male lead] [Obsessive secret love] [Healing and redemption] [Sweet romance] [Spanning seven years] [Push and pull among the wealthy] Ye Qinghuan was burned to death in a fire. Then she returned to the age of eighteen. She was an outstanding top student at school, brilliant and dazzling. She had taken first place in her grade so many times she was tired of it. At first, all she wanted was to get a little revenge. Who knew that a strange boy she would never have noticed would become h 1.8kReads8.5Score296Shelves
18. 18 温 Warm Him, Heal Him 温暖他，治愈他 Mian Yang眠洋Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted A cold, depressed male college student vs. an outgoing, talkative high school girl [Mutual pining + healing from depression + both inexperienced in love + love at first sight] Shi Jing has a crush on Mu Si, but she has no idea. He quietly watches over and protects her. There aren’t that many coincidences. He’s been planning this for a long time. His depression and unstable emotions make him pull back again and again just as he’s about to get closer to her. Later, she learns about his family and 511Reads8.9Score—Shelves
19. 19 阴 The Gloomy Villain Boy Was Stunned by My Kiss 阴沉沉反派少年被我亲懵了 Little Little Little Grain of Rice小小小米粒Modern Romance277k WordsCompleted Redemption story! Originally titled The Gloomy Villain Boy I Kissed Into a Daze Tang Susu unexpectedly transmigrates into a school romance novel as a cannon-fodder supporting character. Having read only half the novel, Tang Susu looks down at the breathtakingly beautiful boy standing in the rain. He became disabled when he was young and suffered one injustice after another, yet he never complained. Before returning to her original world, she decides to stay by his side and watch him grow. T 29.6kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
20. 20 救 Salvation Turns to Calamity! His Sick Love Offers Devotion to the Gods 救赎成灾!病娇的他为神明献偏爱 Candied Hawthorn Kid!冰糖葫芦娃呀！Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted [Healing + School Life + Obsessive Love + Sweet Romance] Delicate little fairy vs. gloomy, insecure mad dog Yan Qin was nothing but a stray nobody wanted, while Yu Yanyan was a princess adored by everyone. But when he returned, he had become so powerful that he could imprison and keep the eldest daughter of the Yu family. They shared a bed every night, and their relationship deteriorated. Only after Yu Yanyan died did she learn that the man had loved her to the point of madness. After being rebo 256Reads8.8Score106Shelves
21. 21 乖 Be Good! The Mad Boy Draws Me In with Every Kiss 乖！疯批少年步步诱吻我 Ming Zhijiu明之九Modern Romance145k WordsCompleted [Reborn at school + mutual healing + obsessive sweet romance + a mix of sweetness and angst] She was a proud little princess; he was a wild boy who had been abandoned as a child and grown up roughing it on the streets. No one believed they would ever end up together. Chi Ye had never imagined that one day the little princess would give him all her love. Until the night of the graduation party, beneath branches laden with pure white pear blossoms, everyone saw it. The little princess was held in 548Reads8.7Score100Shelves
22. 22 人 Life Is Short, Love While You Can 人生苦短该爱就爱 Hu Luo Bo Chao Qing Cai胡萝卜炒青菜10k WordsCompleted Life is short. Love while you can. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist pursues his wife in the crematorium, and the affectionate second male lead takes over. My boyfriend is getting married. During the day, he comforted me. "It's just acting, nothing will happen between me and her." In the evening, I received intimate photos of him and his little childhood sweetheart. I blocked him in all ways and turned around and went to Iceland. When he was looking for me all over the world like crazy. Under the aurora sky, I was kissing his younger brother.

23. 23 男 My Boyfriend Is Insecure and Cries Easily. How Could He Be the Villain? 男友自卑又爱哭，怎么可能是反派 Little Duckling小鸭鸭Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Devoted and equally powerful couple + mildly scary infinite worlds + indulgent wish fulfillment] [They seem perfectly normal on the outside, but both are crazy inside. The heroine trains her man like a dog, while the hero is insecure and pitiful.] Yu Li and her boyfriend had known each other for four years and been together for three. They were deeply in love. Her boyfriend was gentle and considerate. Aside from being a little clingy and insecure sometimes, and always wanting her to watch horro 20.4kReads9.5Score2.6kShelves

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    The male and female protagonists appear to be normal people but are mentally insane. The female protagonist trains a dog and the male protagonist has low self-esteem and is pitiful.

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