A Smart Heroine With a Male Lead Who Runs a Business Empire and Is Her Puppy. Original Stories Are Fine Too 女主有脑男商业帝国是女主的小奶狗自己写的也行

1. 51 恶 Reborn Wicked Mother: The Tough 1970s Man Wants to Kill Me 恶娘重生：七零糙汉要弄死我 Nalan Yi纳兰翊Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + reborn + rugged man + sweet romance + adorable baby + pocket dimension + devoted couple) Gu Wenshu, general manager of a large supermarket chain, transmigrates to the resource-strapped 1970s after a plane crash. From the start, she's become a wicked mother who sells her children. Her mother-in-law curses her, her sister-in-law slanders her, her stepmother pressures her, and her husband, who has returned from the brink of death, wants to kill her. She's a little panicked. If sh 8.1kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds

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   "This... This is a ghost in broad daylight?" "A corpse has risen from the dead?" In an instant, the people gathered outside the courtyard all stepped back. But someone was quick-witted. He glanced at the ground and exclaimed, "There's a shadow. The third son of the Li family isn't dead. He's alive."

2. 52 做 Be His Heart's Darling: The Cool, Composed CEO Is Softly Wooing Me 做他心尖宠，清冷时总低声诱哄中 Frost and Snow Crossing South霜雪南渡Modern Romance322k WordsCompleted (One-on-One Romance + Sweet Devotion + Childhood Friend's Love-Chasing Redemption) Overnight, she goes from being the envy of everyone in the Jiang family to an orphan accused of usurping someone else's place. Jiang Suilan thinks that must be the biggest bug in life. Until she hears a friend ask her childhood sweetheart, “Young Master Chi, aren't you worried that little Suilan will get mad if you agree to marry Jiang Muyan?” Jiang Muyan is the Jiang family's biological daughter. And he answers w 34.4kReads9.3Score3.4k14d adds
3. 53 顶 Irresistibly Sweet: A Kiss Branded on the Heart of Young Master Gong 顶级甜诱：在宫少的心尖上烙个吻 Sheng Huaijin盛淮锦Modern Romance447k WordsCompleted [Two CEOs + reborn + everyone’s favorite + secret identities + extra-satisfying and sweet!] A devil had always lived inside Gong Yancheng, driving him to coerce, possess, and imprison… But one frown from Nan Chu was enough to make him lose completely. After being reborn, Nan Chu decisively dumped the scumbag and clung to the man who had died for her. At first, Gong Yancheng tried to restrain himself. But one kiss from Nan Chu made him crumble and fall from his pedestal. Looking at the girl who h 19.7kReads9.5Score2.3k14d adds
4. 54 重 Reborn: The Cold CEO Knows How to Soothe, Flirt, and Act Cute 重生，禁欲总裁会哄会撩会撒娇 Er Fu二伏Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Sweet, gentle beauty VS devoted, humble, obsessive CEO] [Mutual salvation + sweet wealthy-family romance + humble male lead + both leads' first love] Only after Bai Moqing died did she learn that Shang Sinian had loved her deeply, yet hadn't even dared to get close to her. After she was killed by a scumbag, he took revenge for her and then died with her. Reborn, all she wanted was to cling to her CEO husband's coattails, take down the scumbag, and turn her life around! She never expe 13.8kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
5. 55 团EN Everyone's Darling, Doted On by Brothers: Global Big Shots Are All Begging to Be My Brother 团宠妹控：全球大佬都求着做我哥 My Branch Basks in Moonlight吾枝晒月光Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she endured endless humiliation, was disfigured and lost a limb for the sake of a single family bond, then died in despair. Reborn, the formidable Ji Chuxing wanted nothing more than to make money, curl up with some snacks, and coast through life. But before she knew it, her identities as a top scholar, a leading scientist, a genius doctor, a business mogul, and more were revealed one after another. The head of the world’s most powerful family hugged her and called her h 8.7kReads9.4Score1.3k14d adds
6. 56 校 Campus Ace: The Big Shot Is Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger Again 校园王牌：大佬又在扮猪吃虎 Black Ink on White Paper白纸黑字Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] She was the world's number one genius assassin, a name that struck terror into the hearts of all who heard it. Cold and ruthless, she killed without a trace, only to be deceived and used by her organization and brutally murdered. Then she was reborn as a fat, stupid, good-for-nothing female student? Fat? Once she slimmed down, she stunned everyone! Stupid? The president of Jing University personally came to recruit her! Good-for-nothing? A legendary hacker begged to call h 57.9kReads9.3Score5.3k14d adds
7. 57 确 A Love That’s Real 确有情 The Sixteenth Night既望Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted [Part Two Has Been Updated] Yang Huiqing spent many years abroad. The first thing she did after returning home was insist on marrying Ji Qinglin. Just how little did the two of them know each other? They didn't meet until the day of their wedding photoshoot, and neither of them even had the other's contact information. She had assumed that in this marriage of convenience, forged for the benefit of their families, they would at most treat each other with polite respect. But who could have guessed 11.8kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
8. 58 科 Imperial Exam Triumph: The Strongest Female Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：最强女首辅 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted After finally becoming the first female heir in her family, she opens her eyes and finds herself back before the revolution. Her father is dead from the start, leaving her with a frail mother and three beautiful older sisters. She is the only son who can carry on the Cheng family line... Cheng Qing looks down at her slightly developed chest, wondering what on earth went wrong. Surrounded by scheming wolves, Cheng Qing, now with a new soul in her body, sets herself two small goals: First, keep pr 8.2kReads9.5Score1.3k14d adds
9. 59 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 18.2kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds
10. 60 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
11. 61 深 Deeply Entwined, Forever True to You 深情缱绻不负君 Ink's Charm and Orchid Fragrance墨韵兰香Modern Romance157k WordsCompleted Lu Mingxuan said to me, “Let’s get divorced. You’re leaving with nothing.” The man who once held me in his arms and promised to love me for the rest of his life stood before me with someone else in his embrace. I collapsed on the ground and watched them walk away. To get revenge, I went to Bo Shaochen. He remained composed, but agreed to my request. I knew I wasn’t worthy of him, and that what we had was only a transaction. But when I was about to leave, he said, “Marry me. I’ll treat you well.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 62 华 The Song of Hua Xu 华胥引 Tang Qi唐七Anime Fanfiction291k WordsCompleted If you could trade your life for a perfect illusion of the past, would you agree? Perhaps you would shake your head, but they said yes. In this story set amid a world in chaos, the Princess of Wei gives her life for her country, then returns from the dead with the help of a mermaid's pearl. When she plays the Huaxu Melody, she can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bone, as well as enter dreams and memories. Trading life for a dream, she can only sigh at the joys and sorrows of a f 2.1kReads9.5Score75314d adds
13. 63 蔓 Green Radish Vines (Two-Volume Set) 蔓蔓青萝（全两册） Zhuangzhuang桩桩Anime Fanfiction521k WordsCompleted Li Qingluo, the third daughter of the Right Chancellor of Ning, was born to a concubine and despised by the First Madam. She rarely dressed up, not wanting to draw attention, but quietly taught herself the guqin and cooking in private. By chance, Qingluo met the Fourth Prince, Zili. Graceful and gentle as jade, he regarded her as a kindred spirit, and the two shared an easy rapport. Liu Jue, heir to the title of Prince Anqing, was proud and domineering, and he and Qingluo clashed from the moment 6.8kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds
14. 64 豪 The Tycoon’s Spoiled Wife: She Pins the CEO Down Again 豪门枭宠：夫人又把总裁摁住了 Chive Treasure韭菜宝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Strong leads who dote on each other] Everyone knows the most hated woman in the imperial capital is Miss Wei. She’s filthy rich and throws her weight around. Using her peerless beauty, she married Lin Du, CEO of the capital’s number-one conglomerate. How despicable! Using her wealth, she constantly bullies her half-sister and starts a company to hype up and lavish promotion on her own younger brother. Hate points +50! Using her status as Mrs. Lin, she makes her stepson call her Mom. Hate points 169Reads7.2Score—14d adds

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    The female leads are all quite capable.

15. 65 总 The CEO Can’t Keep His Young Wife in Line Anymore 总裁镇不住少奶奶了 Jiu Ling九棂Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted When Chu Mian was picked up from the slums by the powerful CEO Li, she had nothing. Later, he pampered her to the heavens. “That Chu Mian? She’s a foundling, and she looks so poor.” The speaker then ran into Chu Mian signing dozens of property agreements, nodding off as she went. “That Chu Mian? She has no connections. I don’t know what she’s so smug about.” The speaker then saw Li Tianque, the tycoon at the top of A Nation’s financial world, publicly announce that they were married. “That Chu M 44.7kReads9.4Score5.9k14d adds
16. 66 重 Reborn as the Beloved of Everyone: The Movie Emperor's Wife Is Poor and Fierce Again 重生团宠：影帝夫人又穷又凶 Not Dim-Witted After Waking Up睡醒不呆Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Print edition signed for publication] [Insanely outrageous wish-fulfillment + a few secret identities + savage online roasts + devoted romance with both leads’ first love + dazzling the world] In her previous life, she died with regrets. Now she has been reborn in the middle of a massive online hate campaign! If they’re going to hate on her anyway, she might as well stop pretending! Her scumbag fiancé gets shoved into a cold pool, then coughs and blames her? Sheng Wenyin: “What, caught a cold? 137kReads9.6Score14.4k14d adds
17. 67 小 The Poor Little Thing Is Pregnant and Crying in Secret: President Fu Takes Her Away and Spoils Her 小可怜怀崽偷哭：傅总抱走狠狠宠 Yu Qian Ning虞千凝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + devoted to each other + age gap + sweet romance + abstinent CEO + supposedly infertile] To pay her grandmother’s medical bills, Xiao Xixi is introduced by a neighbor from her village to a “job” in the capital. That night, she is taken to a dinner party. After being drugged, she is chased by five old men and, by a twist of fate, stumbles into the room of an influential man who is supposedly infertile. “Uncle, please save me.” He doesn’t take advantage of her, but she begs 40kReads8.5Score3.2k14d adds
18. 68 替 The Foolish Bride Is a Powerful Big Shot 替嫁傻妻是大佬 Unspoken Words不经语Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted One pretends to be crazy and stupid to stay alive; the other pretends to be crippled and blind for the sake of his career. A conspiracy brings them together as husband and wife. After the wedding, each focuses on their own ambitions while keeping their secret identities under wraps. To their surprise, the road to wealth brings one delightful surprise after another. One day, the tall, long-legged CEO corners her against a wall. “Wife, you’ve been playing dumb and dodging your duties for so long. 833Reads8.8Score15114d adds
19. 69 从 From Abandoned Baby to CEO 从弃婴到总裁 A Pig Flew Here from Flower-Fruit Mountain花果山飞来一只猪Modern Romance5.0M WordsOngoing [Inspirational] [Youth] [Contemporary romance grounded in reality] [Modern urban fiction] Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths, but Sun Xue was abandoned by her parents at birth. Heaven showed her no mercy because of the circumstances of her birth. Her relatives died one after another. Poverty, bullying, injustice, career setbacks, and betrayal by her lover... One blow after another overwhelmed her. Desperate, dejected, and depressed, she even thought about ending her life. A 14.6kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds
20. 70 傻 The Foolish Wife Is a Big Shot 傻子夫人是大佬 Very Nice歪瑞奈斯Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Rumor has it that the mysterious eldest young master of the Li family married a fool. The fool is dim-witted and doesn’t understand anything. Doesn’t understand? Li Sicheng lets out a cold laugh. “Wife, should I tell them that when it comes to that, you’re a natural?” 9kReads7.9Score62714d adds
21. 71 到 I Went to the Military Base to Divorce Him, but the Cold-Faced Young Officer Kissed Me to Tears 到部队离婚，被冷面军少亲哭了 Seven Kinds of Grain七种谷米Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [1980s + Military Marriage + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Raising Kids + Farming in the Mountains] (The male lead appears later; cozy everyday life following her husband to his post) Wang Ziru, a renowned obstetrician, is transported to the 1980s. Less than half a day after opening her eyes, she finds out her son nearly drowned. To protect her young son, she stands up to her husband’s family. At long last, they split the household. The very next day, her soldier husband returns home on leave. 3.3kReads9.0Score93314d adds
22. 72 神 The Divine Doctor's Young Wife: Wrongfully Married to a Powerful Tycoon 神医少夫人：错嫁豪门大佬 Little Fullness Is Good Fortune小满是福Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted Also known as The Substitute Bride Becomes Cherished: Crazy Husband, Please Take a Number [Top-tier wealthy family + cool, beautiful female TCM doctor + unhinged male lead + substitute marriage + love grows over time + the male lead becomes fiercely devoted to her later] Xie Nancheng, heir to a top-tier wealthy family, suddenly develops a mysterious illness. His bride-to-be is switched out, and a young foster daughter from the countryside is sent in as a replacement. Rumor has it that the litt 40.5kReads9.1Score4k14d adds
23. 73 无 My Husband Has No Car or House, Yet He’s Actually a Tycoon CEO 无车无房老公，居然是豪门总裁 Tang Xiaomiao唐小喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love] + [Sweet romance, devoted to one another] + [Strong, principled leads] Nan Xi thought she had married an ordinary man. But one day she discovers that the “ordinary man” she impulsively married is actually the CEO of a wealthy family... After marriage: Gu Zhinian [devoted puppy of a husband]: My wife is too kind. I have to protect her and never let anyone hurt her. Qiu Xueying [the heroine’s mother-in-law]: My daughter-in-law is too gentle. If she argues with someone, 6.5kReads9.2Score73814d adds
24. 74 上 The Live-in Son-in-Law 上门姑爷 Young Master Ding丁公子Urban2.4M WordsCompleted The pivotal moments in life aren't actually caused by a lack of money. They're caused by what's going on in your head. Once someone gains the backing of a mysterious power, they'll inevitably soar to success. Come on, everyone, let's charge! 22.7kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
25. 75 凡 The Mortal's Immortal Gourd 凡人仙葫 Ximen Woxue西门卧雪Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing Er Gouzi is an honest, hardworking farmer. His greatest dream is to save up enough to buy a few acres, become a small landowner, and marry a buxom, strong-legged wife. Then his life would be perfect. But after an accident leaves him with a gourd and an old swindler talks him into it, he blunders into the path of immortality and gets dragged into conflict. Even so, he never forgets his original goal: he just wants to farm... 237.8kReads9.0Score16.4k14d adds
26. 76 入 Nightfall 入夜 Empty-Headed脑袋空空Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The door opened, and a tall, slender man stepped out. Lin Mian stared at him, dumbstruck, forgetting even to snap out of it. “What are you looking at, hmm?” 7kReads9.3Score2.5k14d adds
27. 77 出 After Prison, I Flash-Married a Billionaire 出狱后，我闪婚千亿老公 A Meter of Longing一米相思Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted On the day of her wedding, Li Man was framed and thrown in prison. After her release, she impulsively married a driver and decided they would make a simple life together. Little did she know, the driver was a powerful man who controlled everything, and the scumbag's uncle! After they married, he faithfully fulfilled his duties as her husband and took excellent care of both her and her grandmother. As a husband, he was faultless, but Li Man knew he didn't love her. She thought their quiet life wo 24.5kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
28. 78 春 Spring Hues 春天色 He Wuzhou of Qin'an秦安的贺五洲Sci-Fi & Apocalypse340k WordsCompleted Spring arrived right on schedule. After experiencing it once, the familiar feeling returned, born of souls colliding and a heart racing again and again, blurring the eyes with its power amid a planetary journey. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The potential for planetary exploration technology development

29. 79 穿 Transmigrated: The Tyrant CEO Mo Mo's Darling Wife, Zhao Zhao 穿越之霸总墨墨的小娇妻昭昭 Jiao Yunshu娇韵书Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Transmigrated: The CEO Mo Mo's Beloved Little Wife, Zhao Zhao —Reads—Score—14d adds

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30. 80 九 Ninefold: The Heartbreak Tribulation of Chong Zimo 九重–重紫陌殇情劫 Jiao Yunshu娇韵书Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted Ninefold: A Love-and-Tragedy Fate in the Purple Dust 2Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 81 与 The Time We Spent by Your Side 与你并肩的时光 Jiao Yunshu娇韵书Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted The Days We Spent Side by Side 1Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 82 禁 The Chaste Older Man's Only Love Is His Sweetheart 禁欲大叔独宠小娇妻 Jiao Yunshu娇韵书Modern Romance503k WordsOngoing [Older-man romance, ten-year age gap, one-on-one, both leads’ first love] There was a ten-year age gap between them. They met on a messaging app. Guan Yanxi met an older man on a messaging app. After her college entrance exams, things between them developed quickly. Guan Yanxi’s goal was, “If I can’t have him, I’ll sleep with him, then break up.” But she never expected to get in too deep. Shi Yan had never imagined being with a young woman, but everything about her drew him in. He didn’t want to 10Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 83 画 A Painted Heart's Ordeal: Bound by Fate for Three Lifetimes 画心劫：情定三生缘 Jiao Yunshu娇韵书Ancient Romance15k WordsCompleted Heart's Tribulation: A Fated Love Across Three Lifetimes —Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 84 佛 The Buddhist Monk Breaks His Vows: Coaxing His Sweet Young Wife 佛子破戒：诱哄小娇妻 Jiao Yunshu娇韵书Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted The Buddha's Disciple Breaks His Vows: Coaxing His Sweetheart 1Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 85 刺 Scandalous! My Secret Lover Is My Fiancé’s Uncle 刺激！我的地下情人是未婚夫小叔 Demon Bones妖骨头Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted [A prim lady with a rebellious streak and the bearing of a grand opera star VS a pseudo-Buddhist prince who does as he pleases, an Asura] They’ve been engaged for four years, and her fiancé has had 52 lovers. He’s just one short of a full deck of cards. Jiang Fu looks like she’s sobbing on the outside, but inside she’s all smiles: She gets to marry into a wealthy family without having to fulfill any wifely duties. Where else could she find a deal this good? She runs into a gorgeous man in the el 9.1kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
36. 86 袅 Delicate and Enchanting 袅袅妖娆 Ying Xiang赢香Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [Satisfying power fantasy + seductive troublemaker heroine + face-slapping and tormenting scoundrels + love at first sight based on looks + love grows over time + ten-year age gap] A beautiful, sweet-voiced heroine who plays the fool: a cunning, foxlike, black-lotus beauty. A hero who says one thing and means another: a strict, upright royal uncle who works as a school disciplinarian. Everyone knows Prince Ying, Huo Yin, is handsome and refined, with a face like an immortal's. But he never smile 9.1kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
37. 87 好 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 30.4kReads9.5Score4k14d adds
38. 88 山 The Mountain Village's Divine Doctor 山乡女神医 A Great Hero Who Loves to Write一代大侠爱写作17k WordsCompleted The Mountain Village's Divine Doctor 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Listening to audiobooks, reading books

39. 89 都 Legend of the Urban Mystic Doctor 都市玄医传奇 A Great Hero Who Loves to Write一代大侠爱写作Urban480k WordsOngoing Hong Zhendong is an ordinary young man living in a corner of the bustling city. The morning sun streams through a gap in the somewhat shabby curtains and falls across his cramped rented room. The alarm rings sharply as usual, breaking the room's silence. Hong Zhendong furrows his brow slightly, sits up in bed, and stretches at length. His rented room is in an old residential compound on the edge of the city. It's small and sparsely furnished. A single bed, a simple wardrobe, a small table, and a 36Reads—Score414d adds

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