Historical Romance with a Slightly Plump, Alluring Female Lead 古言＼微胖妩媚女主

1. 1 娇 The Pampered Madam 娇宠夫人 A Journey Through Mountains and Seas山海一程Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted Su Yuan was born into the Great Sheng Dynasty, where people prized slender figures. But when she grew up, she was a voluptuous beauty, which made it difficult for her to find a husband. Then, after being selected as a concubine, she was assigned to Prince Qin, Pei Jingheng. Since she was here, she decided to make the best of it. Su Yuan planned to shut the door and live a quiet life of her own. She hadn't expected Pei Jingheng to be handsome and perceptive, with no prejudice against her, even th 27.7kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves

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   I just finished watching this. It was alright, but it wasn't a virgin story.

2. 2 小 The Palace Maid Is Soft and Sweet, and the Emperor Cherishes Her 小宫女又软又娇，皇上宠她入骨 Silver Charm银娇Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted [HE; a cold, powerful emperor VS a carefree little palace maid, not both virgins] A Zhi grew up in the palace and knew all its twists and turns. Her goal was clear: eat well and wait to die! Who could have guessed that one day, while delivering a meal, she would catch the emperor’s eye? Terrified, A Zhi packed her little bundle that very night, determined to make a run for it at dawn! But before she could get away, she and her pitifully small bundle were sent straight to Taihe Palace. Only after 20.9kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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   This is a very sweet and enjoyable novel. The female lead is adorable, and there's not much palace intrigue involved. The male lead is also incredibly kind; he unconditionally believes her every time someone falsely accuses her. Overall, it's a highly recommended book.

3. 3 成 On Our Wedding Night, the Obsessive Crown Prince Took Me to the Eastern Palace 成亲当晚，偏执太子夺我入东宫 Jiang Xiaoshi江小十Ancient Romance504k WordsCompleted The aloof, possessive Crown Prince × the dazzling beauty who loves money Everyone in the Eastern Palace knows that the Crown Princess was snatched away from someone else by the Crown Prince. Once the Crown Prince, as elegant as jade and as clear as moonlight, fell into the sea of love, there was no climbing back out. He Yue transmigrated to ancient times and became the owner of a rouge shop. She wasn’t rich or powerful, but her life was peaceful and carefree. Then one day, the woman she liv 35kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves

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   You should definitely give this a try! The male lead is the obsessive-compulsive, yandere type.

4. 4 东 The Eastern Palace's Beauty: This Favorite Consort Is Mine! 东宫姝色：这宠妃我当定了！ Sheng Qian笙浅Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted [The heroine is doted on from the very beginning. The story focuses on sweet romance, not scheming palace intrigue. The hero adores the heroine and is even a little lovesick. If that's not your thing, please move along, and don't leave a bad review over it. The heroine rises from a junior consort to a favored consort, Crown Princess, and Empress. The hero is a crown prince at first and becomes emperor later.] Su Niannian has landed in a male-lead-centric novel! Her new identity is Su Ling, the 30.2kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves

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   A sweet romance novel set in ancient times!

5. 5 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 21.7kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
6. 6 掌 The Darling in the Palm 掌上娇娇 Zhi Yun支云Ancient Romance907k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co 84.3kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves
7. 7 我 Born with a Fertile Body, I Married a Barren Emperor and Kept Bearing His Children 我天生孕体，嫁绝嗣帝王连连生子 Jiu Yaohuo九遥火Ancient Romance361k WordsCompleted Traditional historical romance + palace and household intrigue + satisfying revenge + sweet romance + many children A barren emperor X a woman born with a fertile body Shen Roujia was born with a fertile body. She was plump and curvy, but in a dynasty where thinness was the ideal of beauty, her figure brought her nothing but ridicule and scorn. At fifteen, she was married off by imperial decree to the young general Lin Xiuyuan. Seeing her round face and ample figure, her husband found her vulgar 1.1kReads7.5Score101Shelves

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   1. *My Husband Dislikes My Fat? I Married a Childless Emperor and Gave Birth to Many Children*: by Jiu Yao Huo. Shen Roujia was born with a pregnant body and a plump, slightly overweight figure, suffering endless ridicule. After being betrothed to General Lin Xiuyuan, she was disliked and divorced. Later, she was rescued by Emperor Xiao Lingce. To repay his kindness, Shen Roujia sacrificed herself to save the emperor, and then returned to the palace with him, beginning her life in the palace. 2. *Beauty in Fat*: by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang. Princess Li Yuanyuan of the Tang Dynasty was troubled by her thinness in the Tang Dynasty, where plumpness was considered beautiful. After transmigrating to the modern era, she became overweight, possessing Tang Dynasty aesthetics. She was oblivious to handsome men, but fell in love at first sight with her classmate, Xiao Pang. She and her personal bodyguard, Yan Sicheng, began a hilarious yet heartwarming love story on a modern university campus.

8. 8 以 The Beauty of Plumpness 以胖为美 Jiu Lu Feixiang九鹭非香Modern Romance156k WordsCompleted [Ancient times to modern day + sweet campus romance + princess and her guard] A princess and her guard transmigrate together, skipping class, studying, and falling in love. A contemporary fantasy romance from beloved author Jiu Lu Fei Xiang! A sweet, soft Tang Dynasty princess × a cold-faced, loyal guard. Childhood sweethearts, both devoted to one another, bound together across past and present lives. Catch up on assignments, study English, and enjoy the sweet everyday life of a chubby Tang prin 467Reads9.4Score109Shelves
9. 9 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is Being Aggressively Pursued by the Villain 快穿：宿主她被反派强撩了 Ye Feige叶非歌Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted Ruan Mei goes on quick transmigrations just to complete missions, but a mysterious man relentlessly pursues her. She thinks he's a poor little thing, only to discover he's the real deal! Villainous CEO: “Ruan Ruan, marry me.” Villainous underachiever: “Ruan Ruan, please tutor me.” Entertainment industry's Best Actor: “From now on, I'll only play married couples with you!” Villainous Crown Prince: “I want both the empire and you.” Villainous master: “When you're tired of playing, come back.” 3kReads9.3Score253Shelves

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   🍀🍀The first book is Ruan Ruan, the genius young lady who was crippled. This book is really good; you can read every little world over and over again without getting tired of it. →_→O(≧▽≦)O ←_←

10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: Her Majesty Never Bullies Anyone 快穿：陛下她从不欺负人 Heaven and Earth in a Tipsy Haze天地醺然Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] The heroine is bold and dazzling, a strong woman who takes charge while her male love interests are soft and submissive. She dotes on men, and both she and her male lead are formidable. A revered saintly expert suffers a cultivation deviation, and fragments of her soul fall into three thousand worlds. Fortunately, a foolish System comes looking for her. This mighty ruler of a realm begins traveling through the three thousand worlds in disguise, using the mission of saving 365Reads9.0Score103Shelves

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    This quick transmigration novel is pretty good! The female lead is super cool and sassy, and it's a story where the female lead dotes on the male lead, who is also very strong. Overall, the female lead is the dominant one, and the male lead is the submissive one.

11. 11 致 Deadly Quick Transmigration: The Vicious Female Supporting Character Always Crashes and Burns 致命快穿：恶毒女配她总是在翻车 Flying Fish Is No Fish飞鱼非鱼Ancient Romance490k WordsCompleted [A nontraditional take on a villainess's comeback story. Read with caution if that's not your thing. The male lead is not normal: he's a deranged, darkened obsessive!] [This is NOT a story about a strong female lead!!] [Quick Transmigration]+ [Yandere]+ [Corruption]+ [Everyone's Favorite]+ [No Romance]+ [Love at First Sight]+ [Angst] The heroine is Wei Jiaojiao. She was once bound to a villainess-role-playing System, serving as a mere backdrop for all the beloved white-moonlight heroines across 2.4kReads8.9Score127Shelves

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    There's a slight edge banding, but it really looks great.

12. 12 快 Quick Transmigration: The Chubby Girl Is Bound to the Male-Idol System 快穿：胖妞绑定了万人迷系统 The Writing Auntie写作的阿姨Ancient Romance626k WordsCompleted Also known as: Not a proper quick transmigration novel. Proper people, stay away! [Quick transmigration + Multiple men + Points + Attributes + Becoming beautiful + Everyone’s darling + Mystery boxes + Completed + Extras] You Fu was bound to the Everyone’s Darling System and transmigrated through various small worlds. She got close to different Children of Fortune, collecting their sweat to become more beautiful and powerful. 7kReads9.2Score532Shelves

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    This looks good! [Learned it!] I think it was mostly male characters 🤭

13. 13 够 So Dreamy! He’s Both Seductive and Wild 够苏！他又欲又野 ViVi1223Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted [Roguishly handsome, cocky race car driver X glamorous jewelry designer] [Two powerful families + sweet romance + both leads are each other's first] Jiang Yu is the heir to one of the capital's top families, yet instead of inheriting the family business, he spends all day tinkering with race cars. A line of English is tattooed on his forearm: Freedom is supreme. He has a face that draws women like bees to honey. Countless women want to ride in the passenger seat, but none of them get their wish. 21.7kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
14. 14 惊 What a Shock! The Sultry Beauty Sets Her Sights on President Gu 惊！妩媚尤物强撩顾总 Sweet-Bitten Chestnut甜咬栗子Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [Untamed, abstinent heartthrob X glamorous, alluring supermodel] [Both virgins + love at first sight + mutual push and pull] Alluring and sensual, with a pair of stunningly beautiful, foxlike eyes. That was Gu Ye’s first impression of Rong Yi. Gu Ye, thirty years old, is the founder of G&Y Wilderness magazine and a born rebel with a wild streak. He turned down the family business to pursue photography and founded his own magazine, which has since become famous far and wide. The black tattoo ben 14.7kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
15. 15 软 Soft Waist 软腰 This Little Fish Cares这条小鱼在乎Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.3kReads8.6Score179Shelves
16. 16 甜 Sweet Romance: My Rough-and-Ready Roommate Is Fierce and Mean 甜宠：合租糙汉又凶又坏 Mu Zhi Xia木之下Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted [Wild, rough-edged bar owner x sweet, innocent radio host] [Love at first sight · Both are sexually inexperienced] The heroine is not a strong, take-charge type. Please don't read if that's not your thing! Ming Xia worked up the courage to confront her scumbag ex and get her money back, only to run into a man who was rotten to the core. From then on, a poor little white rabbit began stepping into the trap laid by a big bad wolf, one step at a time… Yan Ceye was wild, brazen, and a total bad 2.6kReads9.2Score282Shelves
17. 17 独 Claiming the Springtime All to Myself 独占春光 Wild Strawberry野草莓Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted [Rugged, Testosterone-Fueled Hero, Size Difference, Sweet Romance, Mutual Firsts, Northern Man x Southern Girl] Seductive sweetheart x rugged veteran Wen Li and He Dong had nothing to do with each other, but by the rules of seniority, she had to call him Uncle Dong. The man was tall and imposing, with a stern face that made him look unapproachable. But he treated her wonderfully, and they got along well enough. Until she lost her head and kissed him by force. After that, everything began to spi 12.2kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
18. 18 女 The Side Character Is So Alluring 女配身姿多妩媚 Tea Illusion茶幻Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted “Getting struck by lightning and transmigrating: an incredibly cliched way to transmigrate. Lu Zhichu has had the good fortune to experience it, countless times. She barely gets used to having a boyfriend in one world before, zap, she transmigrates to the next. Is there no justice? Is there no law? She just wants to have a serious relationship. Is that so wrong?” 16Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 蜜 A Bite of Peach 蜜桃咬一口 Xiao Yingzhi小樱知Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted 95Reads8.9Score—Shelves
20. 20 技 The Concubine with Maxed-Out Skills Is Turning Herself into an Empress? 技能拉满的侍妾，卷成皇后了？ White Peppercorn白藤椒Ancient Romance620k WordsCompleted Empress Wenzhao was a famously bewitching consort and the most talented empress. The way she has been judged and defined throughout her life has changed many times, but that has never diminished her status or the value of studying her. [System + Raising Kids + Relentless Competition] Thanks to being well fed at home, Qi Jiao was plump and rosy-cheeked. After a flood, she was sold into the palace as a maid, and when she got a little older, she was assigned to the empress’s palace. A few years lat 12.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    This is so beautiful!

21. 21 重 Reborn: The Plump Beauty Is Proud and Radiant 重生肥妻美又骄 Mu Yunfeng木云风Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Qiao Su trusted the wrong people. A scumbag deceived her, leaving her penniless and costing her life. She should have been a glamorous beauty, but she was reborn at nineteen, the ugliest and fattest point of her life. Then, by accident, she knocked Gu Jinlin, the little tyrant of Hongcheng, unconscious. Using her hefty figure to become a face-slapping fiend, she accidentally broke the domineering CEO, and crippled the female rival and the scumbag. Second Master Gu flew into 17Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    These are all stories about people who started out fat and chubby, worked hard to lose weight, and then were proven wrong.

22. 22 胖 My Chubby Wife Is Sweet and Soft, and the 1970s Officer Spoils Her With His Life 胖媳妇又娇又软，七零军官拿命宠 Gu Xi Ci故夕辞Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Seeking adaptation for a short drama] [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] After transmigrating, Su Mei goes from a senior doctor to a lazy, nasty military wife in a 1970s military compound. In her previous life, she had worked hard her whole life, only to die suddenly. Su Mei is determined to lie flat and be lazy this time around. But when she sees the original owner’s situation, she 8.6kReads9.1Score1kShelves
23. 23 九 Ninefold Brocade 九重锦 Evening Breeze Under the Moon月下晚风Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest 33.5kReads9.3Score5.8kShelves

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    1. Domestic intrigue and palace drama, not featuring two virgins. Fictional setting, all ranks are based on Du Kui. A developing female protagonist, not driven by romance. A concubine's daughter suppressed for over a decade, her fate is suddenly rearranged, entering the royal palace, fueling her ambition. Her biological father's indifference allowed her stepmother to bully her and her mother for half her life, never offering any protection. Her elder sister thought she was a beautiful but useless woman, wanting to use her beauty to secure her own favor. Unexpectedly, she broke free from everyone's control. To climb the social ladder, she used every means possible, navigating the complexities of love and relationships, until she finally understood reality. All these people and events taught her how to be an invincible woman. Years later, the man in a high position asked her with red eyes, "Did you ever have true feelings for me?" Looking back, she did, but he hadn't paid attention.

24. 24 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Big Shot’s Lazy Pillow 穿书后成了大佬的咸鱼抱枕 Xi Yin奚音Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted Outside, a raging storm howled and battle cries filled the air. Inside, Ning Xihua suddenly jolted awake on the bed. Propping herself up halfway, she looked confused. “What’s going on?” The man held a book in one hand and pulled her into his arms with the other. “Nothing. Go back to sleep.” “Oh.” Ning Xihua lay back down and promptly fell asleep. If the big shot was this calm, then even if knives were raining down outside, it had nothing to do with her. After transmigrating into a book, Ning Xi 49.3kReads9.4Score5.5kShelves
25. 25 小 The Little Palace Maid's Thoughts Were Read 小宫女被读心了 Jiang Xiaoshi江小十Ancient Romance254k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the palace as a maid, Qin Jianjian works diligently, flatters those above her, and deceives those below her. In the end, she becomes the top-ranked maid serving the Empress Dowager. She has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of her profession. Money she’s openly entitled to, along with money she shouldn’t have, keeps flowing into Qin Jianjian’s pockets. Delighted, she just has to wait until she’s old enough to leave the palace and retire early. Who could have guessed the 15kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
26. 26 玲 Exquisite Pagoda 玲珑塔 Hua Ying华楹Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted The Tang dynasty is at its height, and Empress Wu holds power. He is the Empress's dashing young son, named Chaoyang, radiant as the morning sun. Yet among hundreds of palace maids, he singles her out at a glance: sly and suspicious, willing to do anything to get her way. That is exactly what he wants. He personally trains her and sends her into the heart of the power struggle, then spends his life protecting her rise to power and bringing her back to his side. 880Reads9.1Score123Shelves
27. 27 青 After Losing Her Memory, the Childhood Sweetheart Became the Young General's Cherished Love 青梅失忆后成了少年将军掌中娇 Kelisiting克莉斯汀Ancient Romance223k WordsCompleted [Clever, Cunning Foxlike Heroine VS Steady, Stern, Humble Hero] [One-on-One Romance, Sweet Pampering, Adorable Child, Childhood Sweethearts] [The Hero Suffers] The night before, Shen Zuihuan was still preparing for her engagement ceremony. The next morning, she woke up in shock to discover she had been married for five years already! Her fiancé was nowhere to be found, and her current husband was the childhood friend she had hated most of all. He was even holding a child who looked exactly like 25.9kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
28. 28 震 Shocking: The Country Girl Princess Is Defying Heaven! 震惊：村姑长公主要逆天了！ Oh, Little Dried Fish呜呼小鱼干Ancient Romance362k WordsCompleted [Powerful princess + bold and decisive + System + raising children + command over all under heaven] Seated upon a splendid phoenix throne, Lin Xiran looks back on her life: from a country woman who could not recognize a single character and raised pigs, to a princess who supported her husband and raised her children, to the Princess Anyang, whose power reached across the realm and whose ministers stood in awe of her, and even to the Sun Queen who conquered Fusang and struck fear across the land! 3.5kReads7.4Score636Shelves
29. 29 穿 Reborn as a Concubine? I'm Done Serving Him! 穿成外室？姐不伺候了！ Southern Mulberry Leaves南边桑叶Ancient Romance368k WordsCompleted Yun Siyi blew up three ability cores and perished with the scumbag man. But she transmigrated to ancient times and became a lowborn daughter with no mother and a father who couldn't care less about her. She was even sent to a man as an antidote and forced to become his concubine outside the household. To stay alive, she used her status as an outside concubine as cover, awakened her abilities, and ran away. But then she unexpectedly discovered she was pregnant... From then on, she took her child 6.7kReads9.0Score664Shelves
30. 30 首 The Chief Minister Says He Dares Not Divorce Me 首辅大人说他不敢和离 One Hundred Winds一百风Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [1V1, adored by everyone, hidden identity revealed, System] [Genius medical PhD carrying a medical System × cold-hearted young marquis bent on seizing the throne] Headline: Genius medical PhD dies a tragic death in the lab! Mu Rubao thinks life is one big melodrama. Dying was bad enough, but then she transmigrated into the body of a madwoman. Now that's a disaster! She gets a husband for free, and he's on the verge of kicking the bucket? No way. She has to save him! Remarriage is hard in ancient 1kReads8.2Score131Shelves
31. 31 快 Quick Transmigration: The Short-Tempered Heroine Goes on a Rampage 快穿之暴躁女配在线发疯 Blazing Like a SongW烈焰如歌WModern Romance562k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + lighthearted comedy + violent literature + groveling chase~ + mild angst + romance pairing, pairing not fixed] 1. The pro heroine in the supporting role is so bizarre~ Xiaojiu, do you think this is just a simple pro story? Hongdou: What else would it be? Xiaojiu, smiling.jpg 2. A slack-off-and-raise-kids System? Rampaging Doudou is raising children... Xiaojiu, can I give up on this mission? I’m seriously about to lose it~ Aaaah, I can’t handle this brat~ Xiaojiu smiles and says 199Reads8.3Score—Shelves
32. 32 穿 Transmigrated as Xiao Qing, I Fight for Humanity 穿越成小青我为人族战 Blazing Like a SongW烈焰如歌WAncient Romance264k WordsCompleted [Spatial powers #Scheming #Invincible #Play the pig to eat the tiger #God-Slaying Tribulation #Gods and Buddhas of the Heavens #Demons across the sky] A modern person transmigrates into The Legend of the White Snake, only to gradually discover that this world isn’t as beautiful as the TV drama made it seem. This is a terrifying conspiracy cloaked in romance. The God-Slaying Tribulation begins, and Heaven and Earth are cruel, treating all things like straw dogs! The gods and Buddhas are cruel too 30Reads8.5Score—Shelves
33. 33 影 Film and Television Across the Myriad Worlds: My Wife Is Irresistibly Alluring 影视娱乐诸天万界之娇妻太撩人 Blazing Like a SongW烈焰如歌WMale-Channel Fanfiction400k WordsCompleted [Strong male lead + strong female lead + invincible + mutual seduction + fanfic + film and television + entertainment + space + System] Everyone, there's one System and two masters. How about a story where they try to win each other over? Watch the male and female leads match wits. 1. Courtyard life, 2. Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms [Fan-request bonus world: Let's Watch Meteor Shower] 3. Ye Luoli, 4. Painted Skin: The Resurrection of Love 5. The Mystic Nine, 6. Interstel 746Reads8.6Score—Shelves
34. 34 快 Quick Transmigration: For Country and Love, Bad Women Are Loved by Men 快穿国与卿之女人不坏男人不爱 Blazing Like a SongW烈焰如歌WModern Romance238k WordsCompleted "Loyalty to the Nation + No Fixed Couple + Strong Female Lead + Sweet and Angsty + Domineering CEOs + Villains + Wingmen" 1. "Undercover: The Black Market Boss's Lustful Girlfriend" “Cough, cough!” Zhou Zechen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and clutched the bullet wound in his chest. His eyes red, he asked, “Did you ever love me?” Hong Yan gave a bitter smile. “Ha! Someone like me, who is burned by the light but doesn't belong in the dark either, has no right to talk about love.” 18Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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