They Marry First, Then Fall in Love, No Political Marriage 先婚后爱，不联姻
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After We Married, the CEO’s Wife Had a Sore Waist Every Day 结婚后，总裁夫人每天都在腰酸
[Powerful family patriarch + devoted leads + marry first, fall in love later + sweet romance + flirty tension + sizzling chemistry] When Lin Youning learned that her parents had chosen Jian Cheng, a notorious playboy in their social circle, as her marriage partner, she took the initiative and went to Gu Huaichen, a powerful family patriarch who surpassed Jian Cheng in every way, from his methods to his wealth. According to rumor, Gu Huaichen was indifferent to women and impossible to approach. O
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Then Let Me Cheer You Up 那我哄哄你
{A flamboyant, unruly rich young master x A stunning, refined heiress} {Marriage first, love later + Two wealthy families + A long road to winning back his wife + Both leads are chaste} Everyone knows that Second Young Master Cheng is arrogant and untamable, flamboyant and reckless, with a haughty, cold-hearted streak. He’s notorious for being impossible to deal with, and no matter how well-behaved the Xu family’s daughter is, she won’t be able to tame this wild horse. The public’s verdict on t
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A Whirlwind Wedding: The Proud Captain Is a Sweet Talker in Private 闪婚，矜傲机长私下好会哄
[Aloof, proud commercial airline captain x sweet-voiced, beautiful air traffic controller. She has a longtime crush on him; they marry first and fall in love later. The print edition goes on sale February 28; the short drama is already out.] Before she was urged to go on a blind date, Meng Liyue never imagined the man she was meeting was the person she’d secretly loved since her student days. She had written his name countless times in her diary. After she married him, everyone thought Meng Liy
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I Will Never Leave the Green Mountains 不与青山辞
[Marry First, Love Later + Older Man + Guiding Lover + Both Pure] "A gentle, fatherly boyfriend and a bright little ray of sunshine" One moment, Jiang Tang thought she had finally made it through every hardship. The next, she was doing a full backflip and crashing into an iceberg. By a series of mishaps, she had managed to get involved with Mu Zhiqing. He was a mysterious businessman who stood alone atop a high tower, as unfathomable as a deep abyss. Rumor had it that he was upright and proper,
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Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉
(The print edition is now available) [Love after marriage, age gap, slow-burn everyday sweetness] *A gentle beauty from a family of scholars × a refined, fatherly man *A comic artist with a billion in assets × an influential Beijing aristocrat and chamber of commerce chairman Chu Shuang knew from childhood that she was promised to the Sheng family of the imperial capital, but she had never met her fiancé. Later, by a twist of fate, she moved into the Sheng residence and met her friend’s older br
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A Blaze of Passion 炙热撩哄
[Marriage first, love later + long-planned romance + the second male lead gets the girl + the ex regrets it and tries to win her back, but she never turns back + both leads are each other's only partner] [Shrewd business tycoon × sweet, energetic jewelry designer] - Shen Tingyue has loved Song Wenjing since childhood. She is the Song family's adopted daughter and his childhood sweetheart, promised to him in marriage long ago. Then, the day before they were supposed to register their marriage,
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Jade in the Spring Night 春夜翡翠
[Print edition on sale September 19] [Marriage before love + winning her back + foster care trope + age gap] [Steady, fatherly power player in Beijing ✕ bone-structure beauty documentary filmmaker] The first time Song Yiting saw Chao He, she was a young girl just blossoming into womanhood. At the time, the Huo family’s elders had just completed all the paperwork and brought her home from the orphanage to raise her. When he saw her again, she had learned how cruel life could be. The man held out
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After Our Whirlwind Wedding, Mr. Shen Secretly Flirts and Openly Spoils Me 闪婚后，沈先生他暗撩明宠
Long-planned pursuit + marriage before love + both leads' first love With her wedding date approaching, she caught her fiancé bringing his ex-girlfriend home to live with them, then was told she had to accept their relationship. Li Sheng refused to swallow such a half-baked arrangement. The next day, she called off the engagement, only to have the blame turned back on her, with people accusing her of being the homewrecker. As everyone hurled abuse at her, a man held out his hand. "Miss Li, let's
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One Night of Passion: Gu's Wife with a Secret Identity 一夜情深，顾少的马甲娇妻
[Flash marriage][Both pure][CEO][secret identity][Sweet romance] After meeting just once, Lin Luoyun and Gu Yuanchen get married on the spot. Gu Yuanchen: “I haven’t arranged a place of my own yet…” Lin Luoyun: “No house, nowhere to stay? Come to my place. I’ll support you!” One day, the woman looks at the news playing beside her. “The Gu Group’s CEO? The richest man in City A? Husband, who are they talking about, hmm?!” Gu Yuanchen raises an eyebrow. “You never asked what I do. Besides, my swee
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Marriage Before Love: The CEO's Moonlight Is Me 先婚后爱：总裁白月光竟是我自己
Mutually exclusive one another, marriage first, love later, same-sex marriage setting, 1v1 happy ending Pretends-to-be-cool CEO devoted top (keep pretending) × proud, flirtatious queen bottom (you can’t resist me) How would you describe Xiao Bing, eldest son of Beicheng’s richest family? In just four words: delicate and pampered. Everyone knows he’s cold and arrogant, with his nose in the air. Everyone knows he’s been difficult to raise since childhood. Later, when the Xiao family runs into trou
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Falling in Love After Marrying into a Wealthy Family 和豪门大佬先婚后爱了
[Transmigrate into a book + reborn + marriage first, love later + having a baby, both are each other’s first] [P.S. The male lead’s name is Yu Hengyan, not a reduplicated name.] She was born into a wealthy family, but an accident sent her transmigrating into a book. According to the plot, this supporting female character would be dead in two months!!! Determined to change her doomed fate, Lu Mingjin decided to cling tightly to the powerful man’s coattails when he offered her a marriage contract!
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Marriage Before Love: The Wealthy Husband Woos, Spoils, and Charms Her 先婚后爱，豪门老公一诱二宠三撩
[A heroine who takes on the whole world, a total force of nature + a male lead who seems cold and abstinent but is actually a master flirt + a long-planned scheme + marriage before love + sweet romance] After a six-year relationship left her battered and broken, Jiang Jiu decided to leave the scumbag behind in despair. Then, as luck would have it, she won 500 million yuan. What do you do after winning 500 million yuan? Obviously, you take down the scumbag first, then hire a hundred male models.
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Never Forget What You’ve Seen 过目不妄
[Older Woman, Younger Man + Redemption + Realistic Romance] Three-year age gap. [Secret Love Becomes Mutual, from the Male Lead’s Perspective; Marriage First, Love Later, from the Female Lead’s Perspective] Everyone is level-headed and clear-minded. The woman Zhou Wang had kept in his heart for three years. He thought there could never be anything between them and was ready to give up, but then he unexpectedly learned what she had been through. His heart ached for her, and at the same time, he f
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What?! My Pregnant Mom Who Ran Away Just Came Back Through Time 惊！我那个带球跑亲妈穿回来了
The physical edition goes on sale at 7 p.m. on June 5. [Reborn + face-slapping + comedy + raising kids + slice of life] After Shu Shu died, she discovered she was the novel's departed first love, the male lead's white moonlight who had run away while pregnant. Her children were foils to the heroine's children. Her son grew up on the streets as a young punk. He competed with the heroine's top-student son for the girl he liked, became a laughingstock, and ultimately went astray and ended up in pri
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Make Me Fall for You Again 再予你心醉
[Both Leads Are Faithful and Strong | The Runaway Princess Returns | Newlyweds, Then Amnesia | Sweet, Playful Battles | Rekindled Love] [Couple: Heroine | A seemingly sweet and gentle princess with a proud, unyielding heart & Hero | An aloof, prestigious-family “old-school gentleman” who later transforms into a roguish, flirtatious devil] [Oh no! Her love-struck husband has amnesia, and now a cocky, roguish tycoon is here] Yan Sui was once a princess of Beijing’s elite. At seventeen, she left h
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The Comatose Tycoon Falls in Love with Me 植物人大佬，爱上我
[Marriage first, love later + devoted to one another + sweet romance] An Ran is a highly skilled neurosurgeon who should have been making a name for herself saving lives. Instead, her greedy stepmother and father force her into the dark depths of fate. Tempted by money, they push her into what seems like an endless, loveless marriage, marrying her off to Mu Tingchen, a legendary business tycoon left in a vegetative state after a car accident. Once, Mu Tingchen ruled the business world with an ir
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