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Thunderbolts in the Radiance of Xi 熙照雷霆
[Reunion after years apart + winning her back + both virgins + ten-year age gap] The youngest police chief in the city × a bank employee secretly born into a wealthy financial family For all four years of college, Qiao Xi pursued Dang Lei with such fanfare that everyone knew about it. Back then, Dang Lei was a young, handsome visiting professor in the finance department with a bright future ahead of him. Qiao Xi was like a spirited little planet, stubbornly revolving around him. Whenever Dang Le
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Within and Beyond the Red Walls, Spring Breeze Enters the Game 红墙内外，春风入局
[Older, Powerful Man] [Age Gap] [Junior Clerk] [Career Growth] [Guiding Lover] [Sweet Romance] One chance encounter, one moment of curiosity, and one... At some point, everything began to change.
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Falling Into My Boss’s Favor: Qingzi’s Heartfelt Story 误入领导心尖：清姿叙心
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- 4 The Cunning Tycoon: My Aloof Boss's Tender Trap 腹黑大佬：高冷领导的温柔陷阱 [Workplace drama in the public sector + age gap + forceful love that later becomes passionate devotion + secret crush turned real + romantic tension + career growth.] After graduating, Shiqing takes the civil service exam, never imagining she would end up working under Lu Tingyuan, her best friend's older brother. Even more surprisingly, the icy, imposing man who had intimidated her ever since their school days has apparently been watching her all along! After an accidental drunken encounter, he 14.8kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
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May Those on Different Paths Never Meet Again 殊途莫同归
[Sweet Romance] [Beijing Elite] [Highly Educated Heroine] [Two Strong Leads Growing Together] He was a polished young gentleman from Beijing’s elite circles. She was a 21-year-old medical doctorate. They met on campus and shared a childhood bond. Then everything changed, and they became strangers. He thought she had married someone else, and from then on, she became a thorn in his heart… When they met again, he had married someone else, while she was still alone. The man once asked, “Yiyi, you r
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- 6 A Springtime Spark 春日撩火 74.2kReads9.2Score10.1kShelves
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Glory Disqualified 荣耀失格
She was once the most proud girl in the compound, born bold and reckless in her youth. One accident sent her tumbling from the clouds into the mire. In the shadows of a prison cell, she buried her former glory with her own hands. Years later, she returned to the world. Everyone she once knew had risen to high positions, while she was left battered and broken. Rumors swirled, and the past could not be reclaimed. She walked step by step along the edge of a blade, seeking only to have a clear consc
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Spring Blossoms at the Touch of Her Beauty 娇色惹春山
Synopsis [Commanding leader × gentle teacher] Senior official and darling wife, eight-year age gap, devoted to each other. Once the male lead realizes he’s in love, he fiercely pursues her and protects her at every turn. In a sentence: A calculating senior official carries off a sweet, soft little bunny, only to be thoroughly outmaneuvered by her. Campus belle Jing Ni has a boyfriend everyone envies, Zhou Li. He’s not only a star at their university, but also the son of a bureau chief and a
15.4kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
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The Snow-Soft Flower Is Spoiled by Everyone 偏宠雪柔花
A composed, imposing senior official × a pure, stunning academic beauty. Height gap + age gap + status gap, with intense push and pull. [Song Qingchen & Li Man] Originally titled “Drowning in His Palm” [In a nutshell] Breaking free from the cocoon hurts, but embracing spring is beautiful. He gave her a ticket into the pyramid; she worked hard to turn it into her trump card. Song Qingchen is the quintessential son of a distinguished family: a seasoned, dignified official, mature and stead
63.1kReads9.4Score7.7kShelves
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A Shocking Swan Amid Ashen Snow 惊鸿烬雪
[Jiangnan Kunqu Opera Star × Cold-Blooded Tycoon Heir] On a stage veiled in Jiangnan's misty rain, Fu Yinong wears a plain brocade qipao. A vivid red beauty mark rests between her brows as her water sleeves flutter and her lilting Kunqu voice sings of love and longing. She is a renowned Kunqu opera star, and also a carefully honed pawn in a plan for revenge. Chang Xun, heir to a powerful financial empire, is cool and inscrutable, and has never believed in romance. But one glimpse of that fragile
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The Winter of the Thirty-First Year 第三十一年冬
[Proud, aloof dance actress] × [Steady, modest son of an illustrious family] [Golden boy] × [Down-and-out heiress] [Happy ending] [Seven years in love] [Childhood sweethearts] [Bittersweet push and pull] [Reunion after years apart] [Both pure] [Beijing elite circle] Content warning: The male lead enters a marriage of convenience. The story unfolds through a documentary's use of flashbacks and non-chronological scenes. “He was the most devout worshipper, yet not a single god heard his prayers.” “
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Nan Yuezi’s Ninth Book 楠月子的第9本书
My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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No Old Friends in the West City 西城无故人
Cool-headed power broker x Dashing female CEO x Aloof heir apparent x Headstrong heiress x Upright and steadfast unrequited love Sometimes the hand that turns fate upside down is hidden in a single word: timing. In the winter of 2019, in the cramped carriage of a train, Chen Mingbo said to Wan Lin, "I'm not strong enough to protect you. Don't wait for me." So Wan Lin went far away to Southeast Asia. Three years later, they met again in a conference room in the capital. He looked at her bare ne
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- 14 To the Souls in Beijing Searching for a Safe Harbor for the Rest of Their Lives 致那些在北京，用余生去寻找避风港的灵魂 To the souls who came to Beijing and will spend the rest of their lives searching for a safe haven 371Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Are the Begonias Blooming in Beijing? 北京的海棠花开了吗 Are the Begonias in Beijing Blooming Yet? 552Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Halfway Through the Rain 半程雨 Halfway Through the Rain 533Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The CEO Ex-Husband Married Her for Revenge, but Fell for Her First 总裁前夫娶她只为报复，却先动了心 The CEO ex-husband married her just to get revenge, but he was the first to fall for her. 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Love Beyond the Capital 京谈不及情 [Powerful families of Beijing · Two formidable childhood friends · Intense push and pull · Heartbreaking forbidden romance] Everyone in Beijing’s elite circles knows: Song Qingzhu and Xu Nianzhi were born to be co-conspirators. He is the Song family’s heir apparent, advancing his position one careful step at a time. She is a ruthless, decisive star lawyer at a top-tier firm. Childhood friends from the same government compound for twenty years, from a small courtyard by Houhai to the top floors o 1.1kReads—Score100Shelves
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Mr. Pei Has Fallen for Her, and Miss Xuan Can’t Escape 裴先生已心动，宣小姐逃不掉
Government circles + age gap + winning her back + sweet romance + well-matched families Pei Shuchen is the legitimate grandson of the Pei family’s third generation. His family is deeply rooted in government, and his mother comes from one of Shanghai’s prominent families. On the surface, he is a refined and urbane rising star in politics. Behind his gold-rimmed glasses is a pair of eyes that can see right through people. He speaks with humble courtesy but acts with ruthless decisiveness, earning
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- 20 A Fog Too Dense to Cross in the Capital 京雾难渡 [Cool, stubborn heroine x vicious troublemaker] [Beijing elite circle x forced love x broken up and reunited x angsty melodrama with a happy ending] When Song Qingwu broke up with Zong Yu, she did it decisively. He didn't try to stop her at all. He just stood with his back to her, smoking on the balcony. “Think it through. I don't get back together with ex-girlfriends.” Song Qingwu nodded. “I know.” Maybe he was embarrassed because she was the one who dumped him, or maybe her answer had come to 41.1kReads8.6Score4.5kShelves
- 21 The River Huai Cannot Be Crossed 江淮不渡 Zhang Wanwan never imagined she would see Zhou Zhiqian again one day. Nor did she imagine that the four years she had spent loving him with all her heart would, in the eyes of outsiders, amount to nothing more than a wealthy young man from the capital’s social scene having a fling while studying under an assumed name. * Qin Yanzhou was a celebrated figure in Beijing, wielding enormous power and a ruthless hand. His life had always been like a precisely plotted chess game, every move accounted fo 4kReads6.6Score432Shelves
- 22 Reborn, I Meet Director Gu, Who Has Missed Me for Half His Life 重生遇上顾厅，他却已念我半生 The score is low because the book has only just started; it’ll rise later. Scores on Tomato Novels are tied to readership, and this author’s writing is pretty niche, so please don’t let that put you off. The leads have a 26-year age gap. Don’t read if that bothers you. A slow-blooming love story, both are each other’s first, happy ending. [Steady, mature man in a position of power x cute, naturally gifted designer] The male lead is aloof and commanding, with a calculating mind, but he’s gentle a 362Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 23 She Insists on Reaching for the Highest Branch, and Secretary Shen Loses His Cool 偏要折高枝，沈秘书长破防了 Completed [Secretary Shen, a government official + an uncontracted teacher + rekindled romance + devoted to each other] It took Song Cenxi a year to win over Shen Jingmo, the heartthrob of the law and political science college. Less than two months later, "Shen Jingmo, let's break up." Song Cenxi stopped Shen Jingmo as he was about to leave. Her bright eyes were full of earnestness. At her words, Shen Jingmo's throat bobbed. His expression gave nothing away. "Are you serious? Song Cenxi, you onl 7.4kReads8.2Score676Shelves
- 24 Tidal Boundaries 潮汐界限 [The print edition is now available, published under the title Tidal Boundaries] There were two unspoken sayings around the office building: First, when Zhou Yushen's car passed Guanfujie, even the snow on the ground would sensibly melt away a little. Second, he never let his schedule stop for anyone. Only later did Wei Xi learn that both sayings were wrong. * At an industry forum, Wei Xi was unexpectedly called up to sit in the front row. With every gaze fixed on her, she spoke quickly and prec 55.6kReads9.4Score7.3kShelves
- 25 No Rules in the Capital at Night 京夜不轨 A short drama adaptation with the same title is available for licensing. Reunited after years apart + mending a broken relationship + a groveling ex-husband + both leads are faithful, with a child Six years later, Chi Ran, holding her daughter’s hand, runs into Zhou Qiyu and his family of three at the hospital. As they pass, the woman beside him asks, “Qiyu, what are you looking at?” She hears his cold reply: “Someone who means nothing to me.” - Zhou Qiyu is the future heir to the Zhou family. 9.1kReads7.8Score678Shelves
- 26 His Sweet, Tempting Moonlight Has the Crown Prince Losing Control and Clinging to Her Night After Night 白月光乖又欲，太子爷失控夜夜缠 [Cool, seemingly obedient heroine × wild, rebellious troublemaker] [Rekindled romance | Reunion from the start | Combative couple | Extreme romantic tension | Both virgins] Zhou Yanjin is blessed with exceptional looks and a prominent family, the very picture of a born winner. To escape his family’s control, he went to Huaicheng for college and took up racing. But he fell for Chu Tang, and willingly surrendered to her. Then everything changed overnight. Chu Tang dumped Zhou Yanjin. Her usually s 16.5kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
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The Gray Lotus 灰莲花
[A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa
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Ink-Washed Qiao Xin 墨染乔心
Just started, so the score will go up! (All characters are based on real people.) The male lead isn't very likable at first, but he gets better and better! [Second chance at love] [Childhood sweethearts] HE Seven years ago, after her family suffered a sudden upheaval, she received a “breakup payment” and a warning from his family. She had no choice but to sever their relationship and leave without a word. Seven years later, she is Shanghai's top wedding planner, dazzling and captivating. He, me
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- 29 Autumn Leaves Fall in the Capital 京秋叶落 [Beijing socialite × Rising Art-World Star + Devoted Love + Misunderstandings + Happily Ever After] A story set in Beijing, inspired by real life... He said, “Do you think you’ve got me wrapped around your little finger?” He said, “Ye Zhiqiu, there’s really nothing I can do about you.” She said, “Beijing is huge, so huge you can’t take it all in at a glance. But it’s also small, small enough that one look was all it took for me to meet the person I want to spend my life with.” Mu Chi, a Beijing 1.4kReads8.2Score108Shelves
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A Night in the Capital Is Hard to Escape: He Planned It All Along 京夜难逃，是他的蓄谋已久
[Powerful High-Ranking Official + Rekindled Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Age Gap + Stealing Her Away + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When she first met Zhou Jingyan, everyone warned her that he was cold and heartless, incapable of loving anyone, and that she should stay away from him. She refused to believe them, and ended up battered and broken. Years later, when they met again, she already had a boyfriend who cherished her beyond measure. In secret, Zhou Jingyan's eyes burned red wi
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- 31 Rise to the Clouds: Women Can Climb the Official Ladder Too 直上青云，女子也能爬官梯 Study and build skills in the early years, then climb the ranks in government later on. The first time Song Lanchu experienced intimacy with a man, she woke up in the 1990s. Framed and slandered? She slapped the culprit right across the face. Trying to steal someone else's place at university? Do you even understand the subject I got into university to study? Trying to force me into marriage? Sorry, I just got into the provincial party committee. Make plenty of money, get into a top university, 188Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 32 Oh No! The New Big Boss Is My Ex-Boyfriend 糟糕！新来的大领导是我前男友 Dual government-system careers & both leads are virgins & an unexpected reunion after years apart & age gap & pure sweetness After three and a half years working in the Organization Department, Tao Zhijing considers herself a jaded old hand. When she returns from sick leave, she discovers that the new senior leader, Zhang Zhiyao, is her ex-boyfriend! Her era of deciding to lie flat is over. The big boss keeps making things difficult for her, and she has never been as busy as she has been these p 3kReads8.3Score263Shelves
- 33 The Boss Plays His Moves One by One 领导步步为营 Government Official + Scheming Hero + Age Gap + Sweet Romance Autumn was in full swing on the campus of Jing University. Qin Baizhou, 35, had quietly arrived to take up his new post as Party Committee Secretary. Strict and disciplined, he was known throughout academia for his iron-fisted approach to scholarship. His transfer was recognition from his superiors of his abilities. One weekend, Qin Baizhou went alone to Moxiang Bookstore near campus to buy books on management. Through a gap between t 10kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
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I Refuse to Fall for the Big Boss 才不要和大领导谈恋爱
Forced love + love at first sight + doting romance + happy ending + obsessive hero + workplace romance + powerful families Su Niannian is new to the workplace, as blank as an unpainted sheet of paper. On her first day, she takes the wrong elevator and stumbles, in a panic, into a meeting of senior leaders. Her documents scatter across the floor. In the sudden silence, the stern-faced man at the head of the table slowly raises his eyes. One glance from him, and his silent authority sends her fle
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During the Cooling-Off Period After Our Divorce, My Straight-Laced Husband Suddenly Gets It 离婚冷静期，直男老公突然开窍了
[Deputy director in government × dermatologist] [Marriage first, love later, winning her back, age gap, sweetness toggles between all sugar, half sugar, three-tenths sugar, and sugar-free] After marrying Director Zhou, who believes rules are more important than anything, Chen Jiayi found herself living a very unusual married life: She had to file a report for everything, including sleeping, eating, and watching short dramas. She was done with this life. She dragged Zhou Jingcheng to get a divorc
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A Wild Ride to Power: From the Siheyuan to the Pinnacle of Authority 官途狂飙：从四合院走向权力巅峰
A pure political drama, with one female lead and a major anti-corruption campaign. The plot of this book connects seamlessly with Thirty Years in Politics: The Pinnacle of Power. Young Xu Yuanzhou arrives in Chunjiang Province and unleashes an anti-corruption storm across the province!
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- 37 Cherished Above All: Every Year in Your Arms 权宠之上，岁岁入怀 Age-gap romance + sweet pampering + government employee + cunning hero President Nian told his daughter, “When Sui Sui finishes university, she can stay home and live off me. Then she can take over Dad’s company.” Later, Dad thought better of it. He couldn’t let the daughter he had raised get caught up in all the backstabbing of the business world. So he said, “Sui Sui, study hard and get into a good university. Find a smart boyfriend there to take over the company.” Shen Runian looked down at t 7.4kReads8.7Score826Shelves
- 38 Chu Huaixu, the Lost Little Daisy 楚淮序，弄丢的小雏菊 Both leads work in the public sector + age gap + love at first sight • Chu Huaixu was hosting a symposium on arts education at universities. Jian Chu, a young art teacher, spoke as a representative, and her fresh, refined presence and original insights caught everyone’s attention. Until the day his diplomat first love returned from overseas. “She’s just your substitute.” I heard him say it with my own ears. I hid the ultrasound in my sketchbook and fled the city that very night. Months later, he 1.2kReads6.6Score101Shelves
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Sand in the Palm 掌间砂
[Elegant, handsome bureau director] VS [Landlady with hidden depths] [Second chance romance] [Each other’s first love] I could give up the whole world. You alone are the cinnabar mark in the palm of my hand. When he returned, he was no longer the young office director who had once written her an entire guide to the civil service exams. After years of rising steadily through the ranks, he had become a bureau director who helped bring peace and prosperity to the land. But an unexpected turn of e
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He Stole a Kiss When No One Was Looking 他悄悄地亲吻过
On the first day Su Nan returned to the country, he cornered Gu Ran, who had vanished six years ago, under a table. The next day, he dragged her straight to the marriage registry... On their wedding night, he kissed Gu Ran and said, “I’m going to keep you trapped in my arms, where you won’t be able to go anywhere.”
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- 41 His Bite Marks 他的咬痕 [Print edition signed and awaiting release] [Short drama now streaming] [Rekindled Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Devotion + Mutual Salvation + Sweet Youthful Romance] In high school, Wen Shumiao had a passionate romance that ended in the most humiliating way possible. They meet again six years later. He's the owner of a tattoo shop, and she's become his employee. He treats her with the cold indifference of a stranger. But when Xie Jin sees Wen Shumiao carrying a suitcase, he final 61.6kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves
- 42 Blazing Wild Tenderness 炽野温柔 [The print edition under the same title is now available on major platforms / The short drama under the same title is now streaming] [Gentle, resilient geology grad student x roguishly handsome tattoo artist / Age gap / Reunion after years apart / Saving each other] At a gathering, someone asked Xu Xing what she regretted most in her life. After thinking for a moment, she replied, “That I never got to let him hear my voice, never got to tell him I liked him, and never… found him.” - Four years a 34.2kReads9.5Score6.6kShelves
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Love at First Sight 乍见欢
[Beijing Elite Circle + Age Gap + Realistic + Female Growth + Powerful Man Bows for Love] [Emotionally Steady, Cold-Hearted Young Master vs. Clear-Eyed, Obedient Beauty] Everyone knows Shen Yanzhi is disciplined, proper, and virtuous. Only Wen Xi knows how uninhibited and voracious he is when they’re alone together in private. Wen Xi moved into the Shen family home with her mother as a child. Living under someone else’s roof, she learned to be quiet and well-behaved. She guarded her body and hea
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- 44 Crossing the Capital 渡京 A noble young master from Beijing’s elite circle x a radiant entertainment-industry star A man in power bows to love | Eight-year age gap | Beijing’s elite When Shen Jingci first entered Beijing’s elite circle, her breathtaking beauty left the circle’s most illustrious young master utterly enchanted. Gentle and refined, he was the perfect gentleman in a world of fame and fortune, but for her alone he revealed a passion so intense it was almost awkward. To make her smile, he lavished resource 89Reads—Score—Shelves
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My County Magistrate Boyfriend Is Growing Up 吾家县长男友初长成
[Rural revitalization · Workplace maneuvering · Intellectual romance · Family warmth] [Healing] [A gentle, steady pace] [Leaves a lasting impression] [Public sector] [Contemporary realism] Here, you’ll find: √ How a highly intelligent male and female lead pursue their careers while falling in love √ Solid, compelling depictions of rural revitalization and the political landscape √ Warm, witty, and insightful family life and intergenerational communication √ The respectful, restrained, profound
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Plane Tree Leaves Falling on Chang'an Street 梧桐叶落长安街
[Scion of a powerful Beijing family]× [Jinling’s most beautiful woman] [Modern romance + wealthy-family intrigue + heartbreaking love + powerful-family drama + BE aesthetic] At seventeen, Song Yiru went to the Yihe Residence to pick up a blanket for a friend and met two men who would change her life. She thought their tender encounter was a gift from fate. Zhou Yuezhi was the first to fall in love at first sight, but Chen Xingshen got to her first. He used his devotion as a cage, taking advantag
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- 47 Boss, Remember to Pretend We Don't Know Each Other When You Go Out 大佬，出门记得装不熟 The short drama A Proper Match with Zhao Ran is now streaming [Upright, proper senior leader & beautiful, clear-eyed university lecturer] "Powerful man bows his head 11-year age gap Sweet romance Both leads are devoted to each other" With an uncaring father and mother, Xu Weizhao’s plan for her life was simple: stay unnoticed, buy a little house, and remain unmarried and childless for peace of mind. It was supposed to be an easy plan, but in a single night, everything was thrown into disarray. S 45.9kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves
- 48 The Mad Tyrant Wants to Steal Her: You’re the One Who Tempted Me First! 疯批权臣夺她，是你先勾我的！ [Possessive pursuit + Untouchable beauty brought down from her pedestal + Scheming heroine + Both leads are pure] The eldest son of the Xie family was as refined as a gentle breeze beneath a clear sky, as elegant as an orchid or jade tree, and, more unusually, possessed the heart of a bodhisattva. A year ago, he had taken charge of sheltering a destitute cousin who had come to seek refuge. The rescued Wanruo was deeply grateful, and looked up to and adored her cousin. Their story of a loving bro 238.5kReads9.2Score31.1kShelves
- 49 After the Confiscation, the Most Beautiful Woman Is Seized by a Powerful Minister 抄家后，第一美人被权臣强取豪夺 [Political Intrigue + Romance + Coercive Love + Powerful Male Lead and Vulnerable Female Lead + Obsessively Possessive Hero] A resilient, beautiful heroine versus a calculating, ruthless hero An imperial edict sends Chancellor Qing Heng to prison, where he dies by suicide, supposedly out of guilt. His entire family is executed, and his only daughter, Qing Yan, is forced into servitude and sent to the Entertainment Bureau. Those of servile status are made to serve and entertain others, as prostit 32.4kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves
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A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫
[The right people will find their way back to each other, no matter how many twists and turns it takes.] [One true pairing, both leads are each other's only ones + reunion after a long separation + winning back his wife and claiming his child + adorable kids playing matchmaker] Zhou Yuan met Qin Yue by chance and fell in love at first sight. After one passionate night together, an urgent assignment sent him overseas. Before leaving, he thought he'd arranged everything properly, never imagining t
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