Marriage First, Love Later 先婚后爱的

1. 1 春 The First Bloom of Spring 春色初婚 Chen Ruozhou陈若舟Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted (Complete) Love after marriage / whirlwind marriage / seven-year age gap / both leads are each other's first and only / sweet married life - On the day her ex got married, Qiao Shui got drunk, grabbed a man by the collar, and kissed him. The most impulsive thing she ever did was get carried away the day after her ex's wedding and elope with the bride's ex-boyfriend. - Everyone in their circle thought Fu Tingzhou and Qiao Shui's marriage wouldn't last. The man was famous for being aloof and ascet 13.1kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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   These two who marry first and love later are great👍

2. 2 入 At Night, He Becomes Addicted 入夜，他沉迷 Loves Sour Pears爱吃酸梨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed. The short drama Night's Gentle Embrace is now available. [Marry first, fall in love later + reunion after a long separation + long-planned romance + the second male lead wins + unrequited love becomes mutual + chasing his wife to the crematorium, but she never looks back + both leads are each other's first] (P.S. All sweetness, no angst.) Everyone in their circle knows Wen Yan is a servant in the Chu household and Chu Shiyu's nanny. She's been by his side since childhood, taking care 5.3kReads9.2Score483Shelves
3. 3 新 Newly Married, Waiting for Love 新婚，候爱 Chubby Yuanbao元宝胖嘟嘟Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted (Love after marriage) + (slow-burn romance) + (seven-year age gap + both leads are pure) + (sweet everyday romance) + (a guiding, attentive lover) (Reserved, independent female lead vs. steady, nurturing male lead) The Su and Qin families of Nancheng have been bound by marriage alliances for a century. The tradition has endured for generations, but when the eldest daughter of the fifth-generation Qin family runs away from her wedding, the alliance nearly falls apart. Su Jingxu is a cool, restrai 49.6kReads9.1Score5.7kShelves

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   A cold and ascetic political star × a foreign language teacher with emotional alienation disorder, a substitute marriage setting, the male protagonist has remembered the female protagonist for ten years at a glance, a slow-burning cure, and a book that can be entered into.

4. 4 我 I Thought You Hated Me, but You Were Secretly in Love with Me 我以为你恨我结果你暗恋我 Watermelon Plays DJ西瓜打DJModern Romance227k WordsCompleted [Happy ending + older man + reborn + he secretly loves her + marriage first, love later + misunderstandings + romantic push and pull] *Radiant heiress × insecure older man* - In her previous life, Song Wanyu was spoiled and reckless. She joined forces with outsiders to get Xu Lingzhou killed, then was deceived by a scumbag who took both her heart and her money. She died at sea. A second chance at life. Song Wanyu made up her mind: Stay away from scumbags and cling to Xu Lingzhou! But... His eyes 4.7kReads8.1Score557Shelves

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   Marriage first, love later, double purity, secret love, the male protagonist marries by force, it should be said that he is the mistress. [If he doesn't force his wife, he will run away with someone else] At first, he was afraid that his wife would hate him, so he didn't dare to approach without permission. After knowing that his wife pitied him, he began to be ruthless and forget his feelings, pretending to be pitiful, begging for attention and sympathy.

5. 5 我 I Gave the Mute CEO Talk Therapy, and the Whole Family Was Stunned 我给哑巴总裁做话疗，豪门全懵了 Lu Chi鹿迟Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted “Chatty Little Sun Heroine × Mute Powerhouse in a High Position, Married First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Daily Life” Sang Lu awakened to the truth. In the original story, she was a vicious sister-in-law from a wealthy family. She despised her mute husband, teamed up with awful relatives to swindle her own family, and did every kind of wicked thing. Her husband ignored her, her younger brothers-in-law slapped her, and she met a tragic end. “Wait, was I the huge idiot all along?” Abs 63.2kReads9.5Score10.5kShelves

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   Very beautiful, a long-lasting love

6. 6 季 Mr. Ji, You’re a Little Too Doting 季先生，有点宠 Summer Ice, Winter Sunflower夏冰冬葵Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted #Voice Actress Beauty vs. Business Tycoon# #Love at First Sight + Blind Date + Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance, No Angst + Each Other’s Only One# #Their Moms Are Matchmaking Superstars# By a twist of fate, Xia Moli, a beautiful voice actress, and Ji Yunjin, a business tycoon, are set up on a blind date by their mothers. With no way out, they speedily get their marriage license and move in together. How did this marriage arranged by their parents turn out to be so sweet...? Rumor has 3.6kReads9.2Score363Shelves

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   The first one is about marriage first, then love, and the next two books are about marriage first, then love➕A secret love comes true

7. 7 和 I Got a Marriage License with My Secret Crush 和暗恋对象领证了 Seeking Daylight寻昼Modern Romance318k WordsCompleted Original title: The Road Home from North to South One Couple, Both Chaste + Sweet Romance + Flash Marriage + Six-Year Age Gap They seem to fall in love after marrying, but in truth, they each have their own agenda. [Quirky Beauty & Dark, Brooding, Jealous Man] At university, countless people pursued Ye Jingnan, but she remained single for all twenty years of her life. No one knew that she had someone hidden in her heart, someone whose name she didn't even know. Song Mubei never imagined that som 2.6kReads9.3Score389Shelves
8. 8 嫁 Marrying Mr. Yu 嫁给喻先生 Da Er Lin达尔林Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted [The print edition of the same name is now available / The short drama of the same name is now streaming] [Cheerful artist vs. aloof, calculating professor] [Age gap + marriage before love + sweet romance + long-planned courtship + slow-burn love] Shi Sheng and Yu Wenzhou met on a blind date. But even on their wedding day, she still couldn't figure out what Yu Wenzhou saw in her. Since they didn't have much of a romantic foundation, Shi Sheng thought it would be good enough if they could at leas 22.1kReads9.4Score3kShelves
9. 9 京 A Marriage in the Capital, Still Strangers 京婚不熟 Drowning Boat溺舟Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted A true marriage-first, love-later story / Marriage between wealthy families / Five-year age gap / The powerful one learns to lower his head Clear-headed and gentle heroine vs. stern, fatherly hero When her older sister runs away from her wedding, Jiang Ni obeys her father’s arrangements and marries her would-be brother-in-law. Her new husband is the head of the top-tier Zhou family in Beijing. He’s said to be a workaholic with no worldly desires, cold and stern. He leaves on a business trip on t 115.2kReads9.0Score25kShelves

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   Highly recommended, very beautiful

10. 10 意 After an Unexpected Pregnancy: Mr. Bo Is Truly Irresistible 意外怀孕后：薄总他真香了 Huang Bao黄宝Modern Romance757k WordsCompleted (The print edition goes on sale across major platforms on May 10) [Both leads are each other's first and only] [Marriage Before Love] He was the eldest son of the immensely wealthy Bo family, hot-tempered, brooding, and not to be crossed. She was only the housekeeper's daughter. By a twist of fate, they spent one reckless night together, and she became pregnant. She became the well-behaved granddaughter-in-law of Old Madam Bo. She also became, in his eyes, a shameless woman after his money. Bo X 28.2kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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    Marriage first, love later#-#

11. 11 青 Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉 Agate Squire玛瑙员外Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted (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 224.2kReads9.5Score26.8kShelves

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    The story of Shu Chushuang, a gentle comic from a scholarly family, and Sheng Ting, a powerful figure in the Beijing circle and president of the Chamber of Commerce, is very eye-catching! She thought that the marriage partner was Sheng Yang from the Sheng family, but when she proposed marriage, it was her solemn and indifferent uncle Sheng Ting who showed up. It turned out that the engagement partner had always been him. How will this unexpected marriage develop? The collision between the uncle-like male protagonist and the gentle female protagonist is waiting for you to watch!

12. 12 先 Marriage Before Love: The Capital's Top Young Master Has Been Plotting This for Ages 先婚后爱：京圈太子爷他蓄谋已久 Hezhou Doesn't Eat Cheese鹤洲不吃奶酪Modern Romance128k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + marriage first, love later] No angst at all! Lu Huaian, the young master who held power in the capital, tore up Wen Nian's contract and kissed her. He was absolutely impossible! But when Wen Nian was forced into an arranged marriage, he took her straight to the marriage registration office?! After they married, she discovered that the dog he raised was named Niannian! Lu Huaian had done it on purpose all along!! But it turned out everyone in the world knew he loved her. She was 104Reads—Score108Shelves

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    Push push! I really enjoyed watching it. The protagonist gets married first and then falls in love. The sub-CP is also a long-planned entertainment industry setting!

13. 13 墨 Inkbound to the Dust of the Capital 墨赴京尘 Bamboo Shade and Butterfly Robes竹幽蝶衣Modern Romance322k WordsCompleted #Marriage Before Love #Secretly Planned for Years #Powerful Capital Elite #Mutual Devotion #Power Couple #Sweet Romance Everyone in the capital’s elite circles said the Zhao family’s cold-blooded King of Hell had been forced into an arranged marriage with a gentle beauty from Jiangnan. But no one knew Before their engagement, he had anonymously funded the restoration of an ancient painting for her. After their engagement, he signed an agreement to “treat each other with courtesy,” yet that very 2.3kReads6.9Score177Shelves

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    I recommend this book, it's good to read, the male protagonist is from the Beijing circle, the female protagonist is from a Jiangnan aristocratic family, an ancient painting curator, marriage first, love later, double purity, lots of sweet details

14. 14 新 After Our Wedding, My Husband's Tender Side Is Impossible to Hide! 新婚后，我家先生的温柔藏不住！ Soft Tangerine Candy软橘糖Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + healing, sweet romance + love that deepens over time] A gentle, resilient ray of sunshine x a brooding, taciturn tycoon A simple agreement led Wen Qian to marry Xi Jingsi. Everyone in the city knew the head of the Xi family was gloomy and withdrawn, and barely spoke. Everyone waited to see her end up on the receiving end of the silent treatment. But Wen Qian thought healing a tycoon was no different from tending flowers: Water them on schedule, give them plenty of s 4.1kReads8.2Score466Shelves

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    A slow and sweet story about a wealthy family ✨ She was forced to marry a withdrawn and taciturn man in power, and the outside world was not optimistic about this contract marriage. The heroine's patient companionship warms the frozen heart a little bit. The boss who once shunned the world has become a high-profile wife showman. She is also crazy and jealous, competes with dolls and snacks for favor, is clingy and childish, and is full of sweetness after marriage. ☘️

15. 15 被 After I Was Cheated On, I Replaced the Groom 被劈腿后，我直接换了新郎 Sang Shen桑慎Modern Romance188k WordsOngoing [Marriage First, Love Later + Both Pure + Two Powerful Families + Sweet Newlywed Romance] The day before her wedding, Wen Wan catches her fiancé cheating. If that's how it is, she'll simply switch grooms on the day of the wedding. “Mr. He, I'd like to invite you to marry me.” * On the wedding day, the groom runs away in shame. As everyone is still reeling in shock, the doors at the center of the venue slowly swing open. At the far end of the red carpet on the stage stands a tall, slender figure. 124Reads—Score109Shelves

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    This is good, get married right from the start

16. 16 契 Our Contract Marriage Is Over, but Mr. Lu Refuses to Let Me Go 契约婚姻到期，陆总他不肯离 Young Master Qian, the Daydreamer爱臆想的谦少Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted To pay for her mother’s surgery, Lin Wan accepts an absurd arrangement: for five hundred thousand yuan, she’ll marry the stern CEO Lu Huaizhi, who has a four-year-old daughter, and play the little girl’s temporary mom. After the wedding, she keeps to her role and maintains a polite distance from the CEO, but living together day after day, she’s moved by his quiet tenderness. The little girl takes to her naturally, calling her “Mommy” at every turn, and Lin Wan gradually develops feelings she sho 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book must be five stars! It attracted me deeply, so please give it a thumbs up, the author.

17. 17 首 Commander, Your Foreign Bride Is Here. Please Sign for Her 首长你的洋媳妇儿来了，签收一下 Half-Summer Pomelo半夏柚子Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Period setting + love at first sight + height and age gap (7 years) + devoted husband + military marriage + face-slapping] Zhou Nanxu, stationed with the army, received two letters from home. The first read: “Your mother spent five hundred yuan finding you a beautiful wife. Hurry home, son.” The second read: “Your wife suggested splitting up the family. Your mother has already moved out and is living with you and your wife now.” Rong Mei, a workaholic from the twenty-first century, died and wok 12.4kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    Love at first sight

18. 18 毒 The Poison Doctor Wants to Be a Widow, but the Ailing Prince Demands Her Every Night 毒医想守寡，病重王爷却夜夜求欢 This A Ci Jiang这个阿辞酱Ancient Romance263k WordsOngoing This is genuinely handmade, created entirely by hand. Please, come take a look. There are so few handcraft fans left. [One-on-one romance] [Both leads are faithful] [Marriage Before Love] [Historical political intrigue] [Reversals and face-slapping] [Delicious food] When other people transmigrate, they become empresses or princesses. Su Jin transmigrates from the apocalypse into the body of an unlucky legitimate daughter, sent to bring good fortune to a sick prince by marrying him. Her husban 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traveling through time and becoming Chong Xi's legitimate daughter, everyone is waiting for Su Jin to be widowed by the short-lived prince. She relied on her medical skills to stabilize her husband and slap her greedy parents in the face. It was only when the border war broke out that she saw her husband's true face.

19. 19 衔 Jade Between the Lips 衔玉 Evergreen and Everwhite长青长白Ancient Romance179k WordsCompleted [Delicate, Sickly Aristocratic Lady Lin Yu VS Cold, Tsundere Embroidered Uniform Guard Li Heming] [Historical Romance + One-on-One Romance + Household Intrigue + Secret Crush + Sweet Romance + Marriage Before Love + Devoted Hero + Happy Ending] The year Lin Yu broke off her engagement to Li Heming, rumors spread that she had done so because Li Heming had risen to become the Northern Commandant of the Embroidered Uniform Guard by stepping over the corpses of court officials. Lin Yu was frail, and 35.4kReads9.4Score5.1kShelves

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    Nice! This book

20. 20 植 The Comatose Tycoon Falls in Love with Me 植物人大佬，爱上我 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted [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 836Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    These two books are pretty good. The male and female protagonists get married first and fall in love later. A billionaire CEO becomes a maniac who dotes on his wife. The first part is a bit sadistic and the second part is a bit sweet.

21. 21 秦 The Real Heiress in Lord Qin's Arms Came from the Countryside 秦爷怀里的真千金她从乡下来 Bamboo Brings Peace竹报平安Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama The True Heiress, a Master Physician, is now streaming] She is the heiress to the Li family conglomerate in the capital, but she spent fifteen years living in the countryside... When she returns to the Li family, everyone calls her a country bumpkin and an airhead. Just watch her face-slap them all. An internationally renowned designer, a professor at a top university, a financial tycoon, a medical genius... Everyone else: “We can't afford to offend her!” He is the richest man i 19.1kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
22. 22 离 The Day I Divorced, I Married a Top-Tier Star 离婚当天，我闪婚的大佬是顶流 Exquisitely Clear玲笼剔透12k WordsCompleted On the Day I Divorced, the Big Shot I Married on a Whim Was a Top-Tier Star 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Marry first, love later, slap in the face and abuse the scum. Sa!!

23. 23 闪 My Flash-Marriage Husband Is Actually a Trillionaire CEO 闪婚老公，竟是千亿总裁 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + The Husband Chases His Wife to Win Her Back + Sweet Romance + Both Pure in Love + Age Gap + The Powerful One Bows His Head] Su Shiqi works at a hospital and often hears her colleagues gossip about Gu Tingye. They say that despite his young age, he already controls a business empire. He's the well-known head of one of Jiangcheng's wealthiest families, the dream man countless socialites pursue, and, at just thirty, he holds the reins of half the city's economy. He's 2.8kReads—Score132Shelves

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    These books are pretty good. The male and female protagonists get married first and fall in love later. A billionaire CEO becomes a maniac who dotes on his wife. It's a bit sadistic in the front and a bit sweet in the back.

24. 24 我 I Restored the Capital’s Tycoon’s Sight, and He Spoils Me Rotten 我让京圈大佬复明，他把我狠狠宠 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted [Substitute marriage, love after marriage, ex-husband’s redemption, sweet romance, both leads are virgins] Huo Jingchen had a fiery temper, devastating looks, and a decisive, domineering way of doing things. He was arrogant and unruly, with a strong streak of tsundere pride. He was recognized throughout the business world as a genius, famous for his ruthlessness and cunning. His decisive, ruthless methods earned him the nickname “Living Yama,” and made his business rivals tremble at the mere men 864Reads—Score100Shelves
25. 25 京 The Capital’s Power Player, His Wife’s One and Only 京圈大佬，独宠娇妻 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, deep love later + sweet romance + scheming male lead + regretful groveling + age gap] Su Tong never imagined her own father could be so blinded by greed that he’d use her as a bargaining chip and heartlessly send her to the bed of Gu Tingshen, a powerful figure in the capital’s elite circles. Gu Tingshen was notorious among the capital’s elite for being abstinent and calculating, intensely controlling, cold, domineering, and sharp-tongued. Everyone treated him with awe and fear. 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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