Can We Stop the Angst? 能不虐了吗

1. 1 对 The Gentle, Lovable Wife in the Comparison Group Awakens 对照组的娇软正妻觉醒啦 Draws with a Little Blade画刀刀Ancient Romance259k WordsCompleted [One man and one woman + devoted couple and sweet romance + delicate beauty + regent] Sheng Rui, an unfavored concubine-born daughter, manages through her own efforts to marry the youngest grand secretary in the court. After their wedding, she feels life is pretty comfortable: she has money to spend and power at her disposal. Her husband may be a little too insatiable in certain matters, but with time, she's learned to enjoy it too. Just as she thinks she can spend the rest of her life in peace 8.8kReads8.4Score577Shelves

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   No angst, both characters are virgins, and the story is complete. The first story is about a young couple resolving misunderstandings and ending happily ever after. The second story features two male leads and gets incredibly sweet towards the end.

2. 2 让 You Made Me the King of the Underworld, So Why Am I the Mermaid Princess's Husband? 让你当冥君，你给娇娇人鱼当夫君 A Little Asheng一只小阿笙Two Male Leads502k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + comedy + winning over the villain + skin hunger syndrome] [Unhinged Lord of the Underworld gong vs. laid-back, goofy mermaid shou] Su Yanqing had planned to spend his whole life as a rich second-generation freeloader, doing nothing but eat and wait for death. But after an accident, he transmigrated into a novel as a little mermaid cannon fodder who had been secretly smuggled into the Lord of the Underworld's bedchamber. The little merm 1.7kReads9.3Score355Shelves
3. 3 让 Let Big Brother Hold You 让哥哥抱抱 Painted Peach Mist绘桃雾Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Now available in bookstores everywhere] One day, Wen Xu accidentally got drunk and pinned Shen Tingnan beneath her. Taking advantage of the alcohol, she asked, “Brother Tingnan, will you go out with me?” “Do you know what you’re saying?” “I do.” Shen Tingnan turned the tables and pinned her beneath him, kissing the lips he had longed for. He whispered in her ear, “You’re finally mine.” 7.3kReads9.2Score846Shelves

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   Yes, I just finished reading these two books, they're super sweet, so incredibly sweet!

4. 4 心 My Heart Races! A Secret Crush! My Childhood Friend Is Beautiful and Sweet-Voiced 心动！暗恋！小青梅她人美声甜 Moonfield Mountain Fox月野山狐Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Heart-Throbbing Secret Love: My Childhood Friend Is Beautiful and Sweet is now available] [Sweet Campus Romance | Childhood Friend Takes the Lead | Groveling to Win Her Back | Secret Love] Qiao Zhen dreamed of fragments of memories from her past life: "For seven years, she followed the aloof campus heartthrob Ji Xian, obedient and gentle, offering him her whole heart, only to be casually cast aside." After finally coming to her senses, Qiao Zhen was crushed and left without 33.5kReads9.5Score4kShelves
5. 5 快 Quick Transmigration: The Sweet, Soft Tool Character Is Always Hunted by the Deranged 快穿：娇软工具人总被病态诱捕 Shy Girl腼腆妹Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted [Growing Heroine + Sweet Romance + Male Lead Fragments + Love at First Sight + Both Each Other’s First and Only] Wen Qiao is a new employee in the Tool Character Department of the Quick Transmigration Bureau. Her main task is to advance the romance between the male and female leads. The department’s veterans tell her their work is much easier than that of the cannon fodder and white moonlight departments. But when Wen Qiao sees the male leads chasing after her with chains in hand and bloodshot e 1.2kReads7.2Score102Shelves

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   Sweet treats! [Heart] I highly recommend these two!!! The first one has over a thousand chapters, and you can't possibly finish reading them all. Every world is super sweet, the female lead is a bit naive and soft, and the male lead might be slightly different in each world. Some of the plots are a bit wild, like cats and desktop pets, but in the end, they all become humans and get together. A truly sweet treat! [Admiration][Admiration] ([Heart] Except for the first two, which are bad endings, the rest are happy endings. Important!!! [Heart]) I'm still following the second one. I love this kind of slightly yandere female lead who is also soft!

6. 6 快 Quick Transmigration: The Little Cannon Fodder Keeps Hitting All the Right Spots for the Deranged Villain’s Kinks 快穿小炮灰在疯批癖好上疯狂踩点 A Little Butterfly一只小蝴蝶Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Unhinged, possessive male lead x sweet, timid beauty, one-on-one romance, both pure and devoted to each other] [A genuinely fluffy little sweet treat!] Song Jinhuan needed to complete her transformation, so she signed a contract with Sanjin. After entering each small world, she threw herself into her missions with utmost diligence. But she never expected the male leads, glitching out and already at max level, to unleash their ultimate moves right away. They were impossible to handle! The abstin 2.1kReads9.1Score600Shelves
7. 7 柠 Lemons in Winter 柠檬入冬 Xi Ziyi席紫一Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted One-on-one romance + love at first sight + sweet romance + sweetness + happy ending + devoted couple + scheming hero + slow-burn love [Handsome, refined senior official VS beautiful, accomplished graduate student] First meeting: Love at first sight. Second meeting: Deeply in love. A year ago, Ou Ning had shone like an angel onstage, quietly taking up residence in He Chi's heart. Time passed, and a year later, they met again. He was a powerful, high-ranking official, stern and aloof. She was a gr 2kReads8.8Score209Shelves

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   A very good short story. The male lead sets traps for the female lead step by step, just to win her heart. It's sweet from the beginning and the plot is rich. If you like stories with strong male leads, this is the one for you!

8. 8 情 Love in a Small Town 情定小城 Xi Ziyi席紫一Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted Forced love + love at first sight + doting devotion + both leads are chaste + happy ending + obsessive From the moment Meng Yuchuan laid eyes on Shu Miao, he never intended to let her go. If she agreed to be with him, they would love each other wholeheartedly, inseparable as glue. If she refused, he would keep her by his side for the rest of her life, by any means necessary. He could accept everything about her, except her leaving him. 33.5kReads8.9Score4.3kShelves
9. 9 陆 Young Master Lu, Your Wife Is Filming Another Kissing Scene! 陆少，夫人又要拍吻戏了！ Threefold三栖Modern Romance834k WordsCompleted Lu Yichen is the distinguished man everyone in City A longs to be with. Rumor has it he is aloof and abstinent, sacred and untouchable. Shi Xia is a newcomer testing the waters in show business. She became famous overnight, with rumors claiming she had a mysterious sugar daddy backing her career. One day, she was asked what she had always wanted to challenge herself with in a role. Beneath the camera flashes, Shi Xia gazed at the smiling man before her and gave a seductive smile. “A kissing scen 980Reads9.2Score106Shelves

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   This isn't angsty at all, it's incredibly sweet! It's an enviable fairytale romance, with every line sprinkled with sugar~ "I met him when I was fifteen, fell in love with him when I was eighteen, became his wife when I was twenty-three, and as I approach twenty-four, I will become the mother of his child. Whether in my career or in my life, I am most grateful to him. Thank you, my Mr. Lu, because of you, I have always believed that the future is bright."

10. 10 爆 Breaking News! The Little Rose Is Doted on by Powerful Men! 爆！小玫瑰被大佬们团宠了！ Zhe Yin折洇Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Villainous Cast + Marriage First, Love Later + Everyone’s Favorite + Real and Fake Heiress + Long-Planned Schemes + Healing + Devoted, Sweet Romance] A dazzling genius rose × an aloof, refined man in power Tong Yu was adopted by a wealthy family. Twenty years later, their biological daughter returned, and overnight Tong Yu became the laughingstock of high society. But at a banquet, she appeared in a custom-made gown and a priceless necklace, boldly announcing that she was breaking off her engag 2.2kReads9.4Score318Shelves
11. 11 豪 The Wealthy Couple Goes Viral Thanks to a Divorce Reality Show 豪门夫妇靠离婚综艺爆火 Lu Mi鹿弥Modern Romance476k WordsCompleted Wen Muran was mired in scandal after a famous actress smeared her, spreading rumors everywhere that Wen Muran was the other woman who broke up someone’s marriage. One day, they ran into each other on the red carpet. Wen Muran went straight for the jugular: “Only dung beetles think poop is a treasure. If you love rolling in filth, go roll around in it yourself. Don’t come here to disgust me. I’m married. I’ve seen the very best, and I wouldn’t look twice at maggots in a sewer.” The actress had po 3.2kReads8.9Score283Shelves
12. 12 熊 The Panda Spirit No Longer Fears Bad Press in the Entertainment Industry 熊猫精在娱乐圈再也不怕黑料了 Hugging the Baby Bottle抱紧奶瓶Modern Romance598k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + marriage first, love later + reunion + sweet romance, one-on-one + showbiz] Tu Qingzhi is a panda who has gained human form. Her greatest wish is to taste the delicious food of the human world. And, while she’s at it, see if she can find the baby who once treated her to crawfish. She follows a so-called “Anti-Scandal System” to a parallel world. From then on, her once-tragic life takes a dramatic turn. Rumors and scandals are spread about her nonstop, but The fake white lotus w 1.3kReads9.4Score134Shelves
13. 13 穿 After Transmigrating as the Hero’s Stepsister 穿成男主继妹后 Year After Year, No Fish年年不吃鱼Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted Yu Qian transmigrated into a novel her best friend had written for her. But she wasn't the heroine. She was the unwanted tagalong who moved into the male lead's home when her mother married his father. Yu Qian didn't care about any of that! What mattered was that in the book, her mom was still alive. She finally had a mother again! All she wanted in this life was to be a good little mama's girl, occasionally watching the male and female leads fall in love. What could be better? But then Hey, are 49.6kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves

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    It was a little bit of torture.

14. 14 她 She Goes Crazy, He Has Her Back: No One Dares Cross Them on the Dating Show 她发疯，他兜底，恋综谁都惹不起 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1v1, ultra-sweet + hilarious + showbiz + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping] [Hilarious sweetie celebrity vs. all-around movie star who plays the pig to eat the tiger] Right after transmigrating into a book, Shi Er'er is ordered by a scumbag to pole dance on a livestream watched by a million people. Shi Er'er yanks the pole out of the ground and performs a whole staff routine, then knocks the scumbag out with two hard blows. The comments go wild: "That's badass!!!" When the scumbag tries 33.1kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves

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    This one isn't angsty at all, it's super sweet! It's so good! The male lead is so charming! The author is also incredibly interesting.

15. 15 团 The Beloved Little Childhood Friend, The Bandit Bosses Can't Hide Anymore 团宠小青梅，山匪大佬们藏不住了 Fragrant Wood Terrace木香台Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reclusive experts + an ensemble cast's comeback] Everyone on Black Bandit Mountain has a special skill, but they've retired from the martial world to raise children. Who knew life after retirement would be anything but peaceful! Zhizhi goes fishing, and the fish leap right into her net? Zhizhi goes down the mountain and catches a notorious bandit? Zhizhi goes to the academy and makes a name for herself in a fight! Zhizhi goes to the capital, and, well... The realm falls into chaos, and the dyna 30.7kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves

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    Both of these are lighthearted, enjoyable reads, not angsty at all!!! The first one is essentially an ensemble piece told from the female protagonist's perspective. It focuses on the martial arts world in the early stages and the imperial court later on. The female protagonist grows up in a mountain stronghold, which is filled with bandits and retired martial arts masters. [Laughing][Laughing][Laughing] And every time she goes into the mountains, she manages to find what these masters need. She even finds people on her way down! [Facepalm][Facepalm] The male protagonist is one of those she picked up. The second one is a fantasy novel. The female protagonist is a transmigrator who grew up in a village where the elders always told her she was weak and could be easily killed if she went out. [Facepalm] Therefore, her self-perception of her strength is inaccurate. After leaving the village, she discovers that anything she casually pulls out can shock the entire sect, making her incredibly wealthy! [Shocked] And she's incredibly skilled in combat!! But the female protagonist only wants to be a healer, unfortunately, she's a reverse healer, folks!!! You absolutely must read this!

16. 16 你 You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈？她把人头都锤爆了 Mu Huichun暮回春Ancient Romance3.6M WordsOngoing The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl 212.5kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves
17. 17 人 Traveling Through Time and Space, I Just Found a Cute Fox Spirit 人在时空旅行，刚刚捡到可爱狐妖 Like Stars Beside the Moon如星伴月Urban373k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Slice of Life] “Want to come in and wait out the rain?” “Can I?” “Of course. What would you like to drink?” “I don’t have any money.” The girl rested her arms on the windowsill, quietly waiting for the sudden downpour to pass. Ji Xing glanced at her hair, soaked by the rain. “Hot water’s free.” 3.2kReads9.4Score399Shelves

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    After a few chapters, it'll be so sweet you won't need to eat sugar for a year!

18. 18 文 Showbiz: I Just Woke Up, and I Have a Wife? 文娱：刚睡醒，我有老婆了？ Banxia Luoge半夏洛鸽Urban409k WordsCompleted When he wakes up, the world has changed! A lifelong bachelor transmigrates to a parallel world, where he’s married to a rising starlet and turns out to be a wife-beater? Gu Xingyi is on the verge of a breakdown. What terrible karma did he rack up to transmigrate into someone this outrageous? There’s no helping it. Life has to go on. And so Gu Xingyi begins his plan to save his adorable wife and child... 20.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
19. 19 拯 I Saved an Introverted Girl 拯救了个自闭少女 A Scholar Untainted by Worldly Dust儒生不染尘Urban617k WordsCompleted [Single Female Lead] [Girl with Autism] “What is a socially anxious girl with autism like?” Gu Jin: “Soft little hands and a sweet little voice.” “Who asked you?!” “How about you stay at my place?” Gu Jin says, scratching his head. “Mm...” The girl's voice is soft and sweet. 31.6kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves
20. 20 躺 Just Lie Back. This Time, I’ll Spoil You for Life 躺好，这一世换我宠你到底 Sword Alone, Ink Traces Remain孤剑笔痕Urban382k WordsCompleted [A little angst] [One female lead] [Definitely sweet later on] [Both are reborn] “This time, I'll love you with all my heart...” The person who means the most to you may already be right beside you. When you finally look back, I hope you hold on tight. In his previous life, Ye Fan gave all his love to someone who never deserved it and became a pathetic simp everyone mocked. Meanwhile, he took out all his temper on Gu Siluan, the girl who stayed by his side and loved him deeply. After she died, a 1kReads8.8Score113Shelves
21. 21 蚀 Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨虐情 Hua Baoyue花抱月Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Tragic Romance]+ [The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption] Ruan Yunzheng loved Fu Yinghan deeply. But when his only sister was harmed and all fingers pointed at her, he sentenced her to death without hesitation! He tormented her relentlessly, body and soul, but she never gave in! Only when she was on the brink of death and explained one last time that she hadn’t done it, and he still refused to believe her, did she finally give up on him! So this man’s heart really was made of stone! When news ca 19.7kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves

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    A rebirth-themed urban romance novel is here! A white-collar worker is unexpectedly reborn, bidding farewell to the grueling 996 work schedule. "Who gets a second chance at life? In this ever-changing workplace, watch me rise through the ranks, making all those petty schemers disappear. A career turnaround is within my grasp!" It's angsty, haha, but not too angsty [smirk]

22. 22 夫 Madam Has Secret Identities Galore, and Rules Both Sides of the Law 夫人马甲多又多黑白两道任她行 Su Zihuan苏子欢Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [[A genuine heiress with secret identities, an outrageously cool and handsome all-rounder with formidable combat skills VS wealthy, handsome, calculating Master Xiao, who dotes on her from the start] [Comeback | Two powerful leads | Satisfying story | Max-level expert | Constantly face-slapping scumbags] Three years ago, a setup nearly cost Ye Qingyuan her life. Three years later, Ye Qingyuan suddenly appeared in the capital, revealing the first hint of her brilliance. Everyone said she was tale 428Reads7.5Score104Shelves

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    This book is not only sweet, but also incredibly satisfying. It's about the arrogant, powerful, and seemingly ruthless heiress and the rich, handsome, and cunning Xiao Ye's lovey-dovey antics. And it's also a constant quest to get revenge on the villains. It's absolutely amazing, everyone should check it out! [Learned something new][Masterpiece by Sparrow][Request for more updates]

23. 23 白 After the White Moonlight Marries the Crown Prince, the Substitute Consort Becomes Noble Consort 白月光嫁太子后，替身侧妃升贵妃 Luo Shangshu洛上书Ancient Romance311k WordsCompleted [The rating has just opened. It’ll be very low at first, but will rise later. Please understand.] Household intrigue early on + palace intrigue later + stand-in + the one who got away + mutual exploitation + love that grows over time + love and hate + face-slapping + everyone is wicked Everyone in the capital knows that Prince Rui, Jiang Chengchuan, has a beloved woman he can never have. To prove his love, he even takes a woman who looks just like her as a substitute and makes her his secondary 678Reads6.5Score101Shelves
24. 24 超 So Sweet! The Campus Heartthrob Coaxes His Adorable Crush in a Husky Voice 超甜！校草哑声诱哄小可爱 Peach Branch Tea桃枝茶Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted [Bad-boy school boss × sweet, soft-spoken top student] [A sweet campus romance, two strong leads, lighthearted and affectionate, healing each other] Rumor has it that Jiangcheng No. 8 High has a school boss named Gu Cilan: unruly, arrogant, and looking down on everyone. In their second year of high school, a sweet transfer student arrives. Li Su is beautiful with a honey-sweet voice, and she takes first place in her grade on her very first monthly exam. She’s just far too bold, always picking on 27.8kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves

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    These books are all sweet! [Kissing emojis]

25. 25 炽 Blazing Wild Tenderness 炽野温柔 Jiu Wan九绾Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted [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 32.2kReads9.5Score6.1kShelves
26. 26 暗 Secret Seduction! Why Is the Gloomy School Bully Crying in Such a Hurry Again? 暗诱！阴郁校霸怎么又急哭了 Kimchi Jar泡菜坛子Modern Romance768k WordsCompleted [Mutual healing! Mutual secret crushes!] Shi Man has the stigma of being the daughter of a mistress. She’s good at studying, gets good grades, and is beautiful, yet she’s a cold-blooded girl with no heart. To escape the shackles imposed by her biological parents, she lives on her own. She never expected to witness the school bully’s brutal violence on her very first day after transferring! Jing Xing, the feared school bully of Jinping No. 1 High School, is ruthless, decisive, and keeps his dista 3.6kReads9.1Score436Shelves
27. 27 狗 I Make Matchmaking Threads by Hand in a Torture-Porn Romance 狗血虐文里我手搓红线 Super Invincible Thunderbolt La Warrior超级无敌霹雳喇战士6k WordsCompleted —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No angst, no angst, this really isn't angst! I'm not kidding!

28. 28 求 Please Love Me Openly 求你明恋我 Elk Seventeen麋鹿十七Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available. Search for A Confession I Couldn’t Hide to get a signed copy] [Roguishly handsome, irresistible Jin Zhuo x sweet, alluring Qin Yingxia] [Both Pure + College Romance + Secret Crush Becomes Mutual + Sweet Romance + Light Ensemble Cast] Qin Yingxia had been secretly in love with Jin Zhuo for seven years. She worked as hard as she could to get into Imperial University, all so she could be a little closer to him. On the first day of school, she accidentally took t 48.8kReads9.5Score7.5kShelves

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    She had a crush on him for seven years, watching his back countless times from corners where he couldn't see her. He didn't know that in her countless dark days, he was her light. Fortunately, she won him over, and that dark, unrequited love turned into his open love for her. Zundu is really good, and the side couple is also super sweet. Jump into the pit now!!!

29. 29 闺 After My Best Friend Hooks Up with My Boss, I’m the One Who Comes Out on Top 闺蜜拿下我老板后，我赢麻了 Xia Zhi夏止Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted [Best friend and her husband + lie flat + sweet romance] Qiao Yu found a job, but her boss was impossible to deal with, so she got her best friend to pursue him. Thanks to her best friend's persistent efforts, she succeeded, and Qiao Yu got to lie flat. In her best friend's husband's office, she could drink all the milk tea she wanted, play on her phone, and even boss him around now and then. Before the domineering CEO started dating her best friend: “Qiao Yu, make me another coffee!” After he s 16.1kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    The male and female leads have a sweet relationship from beginning to end with no angst.

30. 30 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 30.9kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves
31. 31 爹 My Father Is an Escort 爹爹是镖师 Partial to Jin Jun Mei Tea偏爱金骏眉Ancient Romance691k WordsCompleted A high school teacher transmigrated to ancient times and grew up under the care of her single father until she was thirteen, when she began a journey to escape the chaos of a war-torn world. Keeping her talents hidden was instinctive, and she planned to lie flat, relying on her doting, daughter-obsessed father. She accidentally saved the male lead, who eventually shamelessly married into her family! 1.3kReads8.6Score142Shelves

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    The female protagonist lives a peaceful life in the countryside, growing tea trees far from the imperial court. The story is free of angst and focuses on a leisurely lifestyle with romance as a secondary element.

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