Am I Your Wife, or Just Your Pawn? “我究竟是你的妻？还是你的棋？”

1. 51 玉 Jade Lock, Glorious Love: The Wife-Lord's Beloved Husband 玉锁昭华：妻主的掌心夫 Writer Majic作家majicAncient Romance687k WordsOngoing [Matriarchal society + confinement + obsessive devotion + stealing a spouse + political scheming + sorcery] In the Zhaoyue Dynasty, women held power, while men were subordinate. Su Yuai, the legitimate son of the Su family, was once a prestigious prince’s betrothed. But after a power struggle plunged the realm into war, he fell from a cliff and lost his memory. When he opened his eyes again, he was Chunliu, a courtesan whose price was set by others. Just as he had lost all hope, the beggar gi 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds

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   Am I your husband, or your...?

2. 52 谁 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊，娘娘写了一百条宫规 Strawberry Xi草莓汐Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th 41.2kReads9.6Score5.9k14d adds

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   The woman is clear-headed; self-interest outweighs emotions [admiration].

3. 53 妾 Your Delicate Concubine 妾身娇贵 You Zhi Yu尤知遇Ancient Romance598k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Political Intrigue + Feel-Good Revenge] Zhuang Wan always believed she would marry Prince Qin, the most talented man in the capital. They would be perfectly matched, and she would bear him children and build a happy life with him. But in a single night, the man she wanted to marry destroyed her family. After saving her, he gave her away to someone as a concubine. Huo Shixuan, son of Yangzhou’s richest man, was a troublemaker, a spoiled wastrel gone bad, and a hopele 2kReads9.1Score26814d adds
4. 54 鬓 Hairpins and Beauty 鬓花颜 Peach Who Doesn't Slack Off桃子不摸鱼Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Maid + sisters in the inner palace + ensemble-focused story] [The heroine is a native of this world, with no transmigration, rebirth, or hidden identity] After her mother dies of illness, Meng Shu’s father takes a new wife almost at once. She endures years under her stepmother’s hand, but in the end, she cannot escape being sold. A trafficker’s rope drags her away from her homeland and casts her into the fabulously wealthy Tang household. Her exceptiona 35.1kReads9.2Score4.5k14d adds
5. 55 亲 Dear Housewife 亲爱的主妇 Heartfelt at Midnight深夜走心Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This is the story of four “desperate housewives” seeking redemption in their marriages. Four women living in a major city are each going through an emotional crisis: Zhu Tianlan’s nine-year marriage is shattered by a mysterious video of an affair. How will she save herself after uncovering the truth? Ji Lingyun, trapped in a sexless marriage, has a passionate encounter that stirs her heart. Will she give in, or find redemption? The domineering, mature beauty Mi Shu remains unmarried well into ad 7kReads9.4Score98714d adds
6. 56 锦 Brocade Butcher 锦屠 Li Er'er李尔尔Ancient Romance656k WordsCompleted Bianjing is full of powerful nobles. As the eldest legitimate daughter-in-law of the Marquis of Yongyi, a distinguished family of hereditary nobles, Xie Rongying embodies every virtue and is a model for women. A month after their wedding, her husband marched off to war. Half a year later, he died on the battlefield, his body brought home on his horse. From then on, a life of Buddhist prayers and the constraints of a chastity arch confined her for the rest of her days. As she lay dying, she seeme 15.3kReads8.6Score1.6k14d adds
7. 57 五 Five Years with a Contraceptive Ring, and He Knelt in the Ancestral Hall on the Day We Parted 五年避子环，和离当天他跪穿祠堂 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted Five Years Wearing a Contraceptive Ring, He Knelt Until His Knees Bled in the Ancestral Hall on the Day We Parted 2.5kReads—Score—14d adds

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   My wife is my sworn brother. On our wedding day, she suddenly wanted to add a sworn brotherhood ceremony, which earned her a severe scolding from my mother-in-law. She still calls me "brother," and I call her "little brother." Our six-year-old son strongly objects: "My mom is my dad's little brother, so am I their son, or my dad's nephew?" Until that day, I discovered her old diary—it turns out that from the beginning, it wasn't me who wanted to be the older brother. It was her who wanted to be mine. Everyone thought I was the hunter, but only I knew that I was the prey being hunted.

8. 58 将 General, You Owe Me a Life 将军，你欠我一条命 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊18k WordsCompleted General, you owe me your life 214Reads—Score—14d adds

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   [Ancient Chinese Romance/Sweet Romance with Reversals] Shen Jinshu felt she was probably the happiest woman in the world. Not because she married into the renowned Gu family of the capital, nor because her husband, Gu Yanzhi, possessed an ethereal beauty, but because five years into their marriage, her husband still treated her with the same fervor as on their honeymoon. This might sound ridiculous. Who didn't know that Gu Yanzhi, the eldest son of the Gu family, had married Shen Jinshu, the eldest daughter of the Shen family, merely in a marriage of convenience?

9. 59 将 The General's Sparrow in His Palm 将军掌中雀 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted The General's Little Caged Bird 135Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 60 姐 My Sister Died, and He Married Me 姐姐死了，他娶了我 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊26k WordsCompleted After My Sister Died, He Married Me 1.4kReads—Score—14d adds
11. 61 三 Three Customers I Can't Afford to Offend 三位客官都惹不起 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊14k WordsCompleted None of the Three Guests Can Afford to Be Offended 46Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 62 追 The Immortal Venerable Chases Her Husband and Goes on a Rampage 追夫仙尊她杀疯了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊41k WordsCompleted The Immortal Venerable Chases Her Husband, and She's Gone on a Killing Spree 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
13. 63 太 The Crown Princess's Hehuan Tribulation 太子妃的合欢劫 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted The Crown Princess's Passionate Tribulation 115Reads—Score514d adds
14. 64 和 After the Mad Crown Prince Discovers the Divorce Agreement 和离书被疯批太子发现后 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊25k WordsCompleted After the Crazed Crown Prince Found the Divorce Agreement 444Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 65 被 After Being Offered to the Junior Minister of the Court of Justice, I Survive by Playing Dead 被献给大理寺少卿后我靠装死求生 Mountain Traces山踪14k WordsCompleted After Being Offered to the Deputy Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, I Survive by Playing Dead 14Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 66 她 She's My Underling and My Wife 她是我小弟，也是我老婆 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊27k WordsCompleted She's My Little Brother, and Also My Wife 977Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 67 爸 Dad, I’m Not Going 爸爸，我不去 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted Dad, I Don't Want to Go 342Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 68 他 He Made a Wish 他许了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Historical17k WordsCompleted He Made a Wish 1kReads—Score—14d adds
19. 69 狗 You Bastard, You Win This Time 狗男人，算你厉害 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted You Bastard, You Win This Time 2.8kReads—Score—14d adds
20. 70 禁 Forbidden Surrender: Monday Through Thursday, I Belong to Him 禁忌沉沦：周一到周四，我是他的 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted Forbidden Descent: Monday to Thursday, I Belong to Him 304Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 71 那 That Night, She Made Me Remember Her for a Lifetime 那一夜，她让我记一辈子 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted That night, she made me remember her for the rest of my life 602Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 72 除 On New Year’s Eve, After My Mother-in-Law Opened the Door Three Times, My Wife Said Our Marriage Was Fake 除夕夜，岳母三次推门后，老婆说我们是假结婚 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted On New Year's Eve, After My Mother-in-Law Opened the Door Three Times, My Wife Said Our Marriage Was Fake 570Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 73 这 What a Clever Adultery Bust 这奸，捉得妙 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊21k WordsCompleted What a perfect time to catch them in the act 344Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 74 耳 Starlight by My Ear: Deaf for Ten Years, He Heard Only Her Name 耳畔星光：他聋了十年，只听见她的名字 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊9k WordsCompleted Starlight by the Ear: He Was Deaf for Ten Years, and the Only Thing He Heard Was Her Name 101Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 75 夫 My Wife Has Me on a Short Leash: Abstinent Uncle, Please Spoil Me 夫管严：禁欲大叔请宠我 Huai Xi淮夕Modern Romance2.9M WordsOngoing Powerful Older Man in Control & Beautiful, Kind-Hearted Little Troublemaker Age gap, growing-up romance That snowy night, the sight of a tearful young girl standing beneath the steps at Xizi Bay became a pain Chen Zongsheng could never put into words. I lost her. I have to find her again. By then, Chen Zongsheng was forty, with power firmly in his hands. He was mature, refined, and irresistibly charming. Just as countless people were preparing to send women his way, someone else got there first 8.4kReads9.0Score54514d adds

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    A wonderful story, absolutely wonderful!

26. 76 那 Those Years! Losing My Mind! Chasing Her Through Hell! A Childhood That Went Wrong 那些年！精神失常！追妻火葬场！小时候过不好的经历 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted Those Years! Mental Breakdown! The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin! A Troubled Childhood 297Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Am I your wife or your pawn?

27. 77 追 Chasing Her Through Hell: A Marriage That Spoiled Its Sweetheart 追夫火葬场:养成系婚姻“宠坏了” Chen Mengla陈梦拉Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin: A “Spoiled” Grooming-Style Marriage 234Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 78 恶 Diary of a Villainess in the Making: Obsessive! Niche! Powerful Family! Childhood Sweethearts! 恶女养成日记:病娇！小众！高干！青梅竹马！ Chen Mengla陈梦拉Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Diary of a Villainess in the Making: Obsessive Love! Niche! Powerful Family! Childhood Friends! 163Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 79 第 The He Family, Book One 《何家》第一部 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted The He Family, Part One 77Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 80 小 Married Life of a Little Lamb and a Big Bad Wolf 小绵羊与大灰狼的婚后生活 Chen Mengla陈梦拉Modern Romance58k WordsCompleted A sheepish woman with only a middle school education, and a big bad wolf with a high school education. They have a three-year-old son and two elderly parents at home. A story of everyday life, told in a simple, warm style, about married life. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 81 追 Chasing Her Through Hell: A Portrait of a Married Woman's Growth 追妻火葬场:已婚女性的成长图鉴 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin: A Portrait of a Married Woman’s Growth 28Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 82 关 A Collection of Stories About A Nuo 关于阿诺的故事合集 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted A Collection of Stories About A Nuo 19Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 83 高 Powerful Family: A Letter to My First-Love Senior 高干:写给初恋学长的信 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted Powerful Family: A Letter to My First Love, Senior 41Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 84 从 From School Uniforms to Wedding Gowns: Mr. Gu, Stop Fighting 从校服到婚纱:顾总，别打了。 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted From School Uniforms to Wedding Dress: President Gu, Stop Hitting Me. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 85 出 Rental-Apartment Romance: Sweet! Devoted! After Making It Big, I Spoil My Wife 出租屋文学:甜宠!双洁!创业成功之后我特别疼老婆 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted Rental Apartment Romance: Sweet and Fluffy! Both Pure! After Building a Successful Business, I Spoil My Wife Rotten 37Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 86 顾 After Gu Xingyao's Miscarriage and Suicide, Mr. He Regretted Everything 顾星遥流产自杀后，何总后悔了。 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted After Gu Xingyao miscarried and took her own life, President He regretted everything. 53Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 87 破 Mending a Broken Relationship: After Cheating and Lying to His Wife, Young Mr. Jiang Wept and Begged on His Knees 破镜重圆:出轨欺骗老婆后，小江总哭着下跪 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted Rekindled Love: After Cheating on and Deceiving His Wife, Young President Jiang Wept and Fell to His Knees 34Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 88 追 Chasing Her Through Hell: The Campus Heartthrob Pursues His Wife Through Tears 追妻火葬场，校草边哭唧唧边追老婆 Chen Mengla陈梦拉6k WordsCompleted The Ex-Wife Chase from Hell: The Campus Heartthrob Chases His Wife While Sobbing 19Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 89 重 Reborn as a Fake Heiress, I Watch the Villain Profess His Love to Her While Standing on My Ashes 重生穿成假千金，反派踩着我的骨灰说爱她 Tangerine Sand桔沙9k WordsCompleted Reborn as a Fake Heiress, the Villain Says He Loves Her While Standing on My Ashes 37Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Am I your wife or your pawn? The real heiress was abused and murdered by her mother and the fake heiress for her money. She transmigrated into the body of the fake heiress and was used as a pawn to be given to the second male lead. She teamed up with the second male lead to seek revenge, while he desperately chased after her, enduring a hellish ordeal.

40. 90 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
41. 91 来 The Bad Woman from Prison 来自监狱的坏女人 Who Could Be My Match谁与为偶Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: The Chaste Police Commissioner: I've Locked Away Your Heart Workplace romance + suspenseful romance + soul swapping + unhinged villainess forces her love + forbidden cop-and-criminal romance + the queen returns I'm Su Yu. The “Goddess of Finance” admired by everyone in the business world. A meticulously planned car accident sent me tumbling from the clouds into the mud. I became the “suspect” everyone cursed and was personally delivered to a detention center. My best friend betra 830Reads9.2Score11414d adds

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    Extremely Evil Women's Detention Center [Crazy Female Prisoner Vs. Abstinent Police Inspector] Important things must be said three times: Don't trust her, don't fall in love with her! As a suspect, she's dangerous! A dangerous yet exciting relationship between police and criminals, full of twists and turns! Is our relationship love or exploitation?

42. 92 阴 The Yin-Yang Tribulation and the Fox Emperor's Scheme 阴阳劫，狐帝谋 Zhen Tong甄童Mystery239k WordsOngoing [Fortune-Telling, Feng Shui, Supernatural, Metaphysics, Ghost Hunting] From the moment I was born, someone cast a wicked spell to steal my life. My grandmother defied fate and dragged me back from the clutches of the King of Hell. I grew up studying feng shui and talismans, learning the secrets of yin and yang and the supernatural. My greatest wish was to inherit my grandmother’s mantle and become a yin-yang master who could guide spirits and suppress evil. But fate had other plans. I was bor 27Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Highly recommended!

43. 93 夏 A Summer Kiss 夏日热吻你 An Jiuling安九凌Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [Cool, roguish heartbreaker & sweet, well-behaved girl] The physical edition of Tenderness Is Only for You is now available [The playboy reforms + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + both leads are pure + happy ending + unrequited love comes true] When Sang Sui was fifteen, she came with her mother to the Sheng family in Yunjing City and met Lin Yi's son, Sheng Yize. Three years older than her and exceptionally handsome, he was just so cold that Sang Sui hid behind her mother and greeted him wit 20.1kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds

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    The female lead had a crush on the male lead for four years, but her feelings seemed worthless. She overheard him telling others, "It's just a fling, who would take it seriously?" She mocked herself: Who did she think she was? How could a playboy settle down for her? The female lead decided to shut herself off and go abroad to study...

44. 94 折 Luring the Beauty into Her Cage: The Hostage General's Prisoner of Vengeance 折娇入笼：质子将军的复仇囚宠 A Reed Can Cross the River一苇杭Ancient Romance262k WordsCompleted A secret imperial decree, five years of bitter hatred. He dragged his moonlight from the clouds and crushed her with his own hands. Years ago, Su He, the daughter of the prime minister, showed kindness and took in a gloomy hostage prince. Five years of love ended in her family’s ruin and her country’s downfall. He returned after laying waste to the realm, locking the proud woman away as his lowest slave. Humiliation, imprisonment, torment of body and soul. He thought hatred was all he felt. Unti 984Reads6.1Score10914d adds

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    Old-fashioned angst novels, very good.

45. 95 野 Wildfire Is Hard to Cross: I Pick Up a Big Shot to Be My Male Model 野火难渡：拐个大佬当男模 Moonlight and Starry River霁月星河Modern Romance70k WordsOngoing Two elite families, one in Beijing and one in Hong Kong + simmering flirtation and push-pull tension + off-the-charts sexual chemistry + a long road to winning her back + both are each other's first, and he is a gentleman [Wild, willful Hong Kong supermodel x rough-edged, roguish Beijing big shot] The heroine knows how to lure him in, but doesn't realize she's doing it. In front of the camera, Shen Letong is a scorching, sensual flame, wild and unrestrained. After a minor rear-end collision, som 35Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 96 深 Captive of the Abyss: The Possessive Heiress’s Moonlight in Her Palm 深渊囚宠：偏执千金的掌心月光 Qinghe's Little Scatterbrain清和的小迷糊11k WordsCompleted Prisoner of the Abyss: The Obsessive Heiress’s Moonlight in the Palm of Her Hand 300Reads—Score—14d adds

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    These are the books.

47. 97 倒 Seven Days to the End: A Cage of Inner Thoughts 倒数七日：心声囚笼 Qinghe's Little Scatterbrain清和的小迷糊13k WordsCompleted Seven Days to Zero: The Cage of Inner Thoughts 94Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 98 长 After the Eldest Princess Let Go, the Grand Tutor Went All Out to Win Her Back 长公主放手后，太傅他追疯了 Qinghe's Little Scatterbrain清和的小迷糊Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted After the Grand Princess Let Go, the Imperial Tutor Went All Out to Win Her Back 428Reads—Score414d adds
49. 99 深 Partners in the Abyss: The Blade in Mr. Shang's Hand 深渊共犯：商总的掌中刃 Mo Jianwei墨见微24k WordsCompleted Partners in the Abyss: Mr. Shang's Blade in His Hand 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    "I've been plotting for three years, waiting for this one opportunity. An opportunity to ruin Wang Zhenguo's reputation." "And I am the most important pawn on your chessboard?" My voice held a hint of anger. Shang Yi didn't speak, only looked at me silently. His eyes were deep, like a bottomless lake, making it impossible for me to see what lay within. "Yes," he finally spoke, his voice calm and undisturbed, "but you are also my ally. We share a common goal, don't we?"

50. 100 他 The Day He Knelt and Begged Me, He Was Still Arranging a Hotel Room with Someone Else on His Phone 他跪下来求我的那天，手机里还约着别人开房 Moon Satisfied月满意Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted The day he got down on his knees and begged me, he still had plans to book a hotel room with someone else on his phone. 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Scumbag scumbag scumbag

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