Male Lead: The Status of the Official Wife, the Tactics of a Mistress, and the Manners of a Brothel 男主:正宫的地位,小三的手段,勾栏的做派
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Reborn in Love: The Possessive Ninth Master Has Fallen 重生蜜恋:偏执九爷他沦陷了
[Mutual devotion to one another + Powerful hero and heroine + Satisfying revenge + Super sweet, protective wife] In her past life, Yun Manxia was blinded by love and trusted a scumbag man and a vile woman, leading to the people who cherished and loved her dying in a car accident! Given another chance, she opened her eyes, regained her wits, and married into the Bai family, becoming the Ninth Master’s sweet fourth wife! She was miserable in her past life, but this time she’s turning things around
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After Going Bankrupt, My Brother Dumped Me at His Archenemy's House 破产后,被哥哥扔到他死对头家里
[Co-residence romance · Sweet indulgence · Six-year age gap · Both virgins · One-on-one romance · Slow burn · Sweet, soft heroine × aloof but seductive, fatherly boyfriend] After her parents die and the family business goes bankrupt, Tu Yuan is dumped at the home of her brother’s business nemesis, Xie Yinhe, by her shameless brother. Then he drives away in a beat-up van that’s seen nine owners. Tu Yuan smiles sweetly. “Thank you for taking me in.” Rumor has it that the Xie family has strict rule
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After a Flash Marriage to a Jerk, My First Love, the Doctor, Goes Mad 闪婚渣男后,白月光医生他疯了
After a Flash Marriage to a Jerk, the Doctor Who Was My White Moonlight Went Crazy
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Aren't You the Cool Commander? Then Why Do You Cry After One Kiss? 不是高冷指挥官吗?怎么一亲就哭
[Print edition signed] [Interstellar + ABO + younger man + two equally powerful leads] Shi Ji, the Federation's highest-ranking commander, is coldly beautiful, chaste, and ruthless: a lofty flower that spells death at the slightest touch. Everyone treats the commander with nothing but respect, and then more respect. Until the first day of freshman enrollment at the Royal Academy Xie Zhuo stood among the crowd in a windbreaker, his brilliant silver hair wild and untamed. He was so striking that n
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Wasteland Delusions 无人区妄想
[Devoted to each other + romantic push and pull + rekindled love + secret identity + his secret crush comes true] [Radiant, high-born jewelry mogul × calculating, devoted, refined heir] On a snowy night, Di Shuang met Pei Lanhe. The man stood tall and straight, his silver hair striking. He was alone by the floor-to-ceiling window, moonlight falling clearly across his face and revealing his elegant, roguish features. Di Shuang had been face-blind from birth and had always relied on her eyes to
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The Mountains and Seas, Once More 又见山海
[Government employee male lead, widowed and straightforward; gentle, soft-spoken divorced female lead] The leads have an age gap, and this is a sweet romance. The male lead first takes an interest in the beautiful female lead. After learning she's divorced, he uses his position to create opportunities to meet her and gradually get closer. Their lives slowly become intertwined, and of course, that eventually leads to an adult relationship. Along the way, they face everyday troubles and confront t
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Matriarchy: I Reach the Pinnacle of Life by Living Off Others 女尊:我靠吃软饭走上人生巅峰
[Female-Dominated World Reversal + Empress + Multiple Male Leads + Scumbag Everyone's Favorite + Living Off Others + A Little Imperial Examination + Rebellion and Conquest + Leeching Off Men and Women + Male Leads Are Chaste + One-Sided GL] [The bankrupt village girl from the start becomes the founding empress] [Imperial examinations in the early part, a struggle for power among women in the later part] . Xu Qingchen transmigrated into a female-dominated world. Her family fell on hard times from
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Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨
The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back
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Yingchun’s Revenge 迎春复仇记
In Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Yingchun, the Jia family's second daughter, is abused to death by her husband, Sun Shaozu, after their marriage. Later, under the arrangements of Fairy Disenchantment in the Land of Illusion, she is reborn in the Grand View Garden. From then on, Yingchun changes completely. No longer the timid, easily bullied “wooden head,” she becomes independent and self-reliant, meeting injustice with courage and wisdom as she seeks revenge for what she suffered in her past li
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The Story of Su Niang 素娘传
The thing Xue Su regretted most in her previous life was having a son with another man. She had been unfaithful, and it was bound to end badly. After a tragic death, Xue Su is reborn three years in the past. She doesn’t want to make the same mistakes again, so she can only tread carefully and do everything she can to please her blind husband. Who could have guessed that the taciturn blind man was actually a great general who had retired from military service...
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Transmigrate: A Concubine's Journey to Adulthood 穿越之庶女成长计划
Her birth mother was a favored concubine, yet she was raised by the principal wife. Qing Wanyue thought she was in for a terrible start, but unexpectedly, she thrived in this unfamiliar dynasty. Starting March 30, two chapters will be updated every morning at 8 a.m., for a daily total of 6,000 words.
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The Little Embroideress of the Farm 农家小绣娘
After three years of marriage, Qin Suyun ran the household frugally, cared for her parents-in-law, and embroidered day and night to support her husband’s studies. But as soon as he passed the county-level imperial examination, he announced that he would take his childhood sweetheart as a concubine. Qin Suyun sneered and resolutely divorced him! Everyone laughed at the divorced woman, believing she had no one to rely on. Yet her peerless embroidery earned her a position as the county magistrate’s
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Jianing Chang'an 嘉宁长安
"Rags-to-riches illegitimate princess + noble-born female general" "No female rivalry + girls help girls" In the spring of the tenth year of Changde, the emperor was making his customary visit to a temple to worship Buddha when a woman approached him with half a jade pendant and claimed to be his daughter. On the spot, the emperor bestowed the title of Jianning Princess upon her. Jianning Princess: the illegitimate daughter left behind after the emperor's one-night affair, who could not even r
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The Bright Moon Shines Through All Ages 明月皎皎照古今
After completing her mission, Su Tan, a top agent of the Great Xia Kingdom, is murdered by her superior. Her soul transmigrates into Su Shu, the murdered princess consort of the Great Zhou Kingdom. From then on, she and Jing Yichen, the Great Zhou Kingdom's legendary God of War, embark on a struggle that takes them from mutual loathing to love, standing shoulder to shoulder as they restore order. In the end, they win both victory and love.
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Why Are You Messing with Him? He’s a Hopeless Romantic! 你惹他干嘛!他恋爱脑来着!
[Mutual devotion and sweet romance | He falls first | He wins himself over | Hopelessly lovestruck hero | Blushes at the slightest flirtation | Pure-hearted Ninth Master] Original title: Seductive Kisses! Exclusive Love! Persuading the Abstinent Ninth Master to Get a Marriage License Jian You'en transmigrates into a book as a foolish, spoiled cannon-fodder villainess, waking up in the hotel room of the cold-blooded and ruthless big shot known as Ninth Master. The villainous big shot glares at he
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Go Easy on the Punishment, Madam: The Humble CEO Is Kneeling at the Keyboard Again 夫人轻点罚,卑微总裁又跪键盘了
[Reborn + Reunion after a long separation + A long-planned scheme + Devoted wife-doting with no limits] Xiao Jiuzhou killed himself, dying all alone in the car he had once driven to take Yu Sui home. When Yu Sui heard the news, she couldn't believe that the cold, aloof man had taken his own life. Only when she saw the wall covered in photos of herself and everything Xiao Jiuzhou had spent three years winning back for her did she understand: he had loved her with all his heart, and without her, h
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Wutong Lane 梧桐巷
[Bright and kind-hearted Ning Wan x gentle genius Song Qingyan] [Love at first sight + Secret love comes true + Youthful heartache + BE] When the innocent, sunny Ning Wan fell in love with Song Qingyan at first sight, he was the golden boy in everyone's eyes. She wrote her secret feelings in her diary, planning to keep them to herself. By a twist of fate, Song Qingyan became her temporary guardian. During the days when she was ostracized and bullied, he became the light in her life. She held on
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Spring Over the City 满城春
[New Bonus Chapters] The Liu family of the capital is an illustrious noble house, so powerful that even the imperial clan treats them with deference. Liu Yan, the youngest legitimate daughter of the Liu family's second branch, is gifted and blessed with both wisdom and good fortune. When her stepmother joins the family as she turns five, Liu Yan expects a fierce battle. But her stepmother turns out to be quite unlike anyone expected. With her older brother looking out for her and her childhood s
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Kindling and Wildfire 湿柴烈火
When Liang Shiyun and Chu Xia first became a couple, they were like kindling meeting a flame. Once they tried forbidden love, they couldn’t stop. After graduation, they each chose a different path. They grew distant, broke up, and then ran into each other again years later at a class reunion. Liang Shiyun thought the passing years had long since soaked through the kindling of their old romance. She never expected that even damp wood could catch fire again.
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After the Marriage Swap, the Young General Can't Resist Flirting 换亲后,少年将军不禁撩
[The animated comic is now available. If you're interested, go check it out!] [Married first, fall in love later ✘ aloof, youthful male lead ✘ gentle, clear-eyed female lead ✘ mutually exclusive partners (explained later)] Wen Ning was reborn. In her previous life, she dutifully cared for her parents-in-law and treated her husband with consideration. After finally enduring long enough to see Song Yan pass the highest imperial examination, everyone said she was lucky. But Song Yan never loved her
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Stealing the Springtime of Day 偷揽昼春
[Both leads are each other's only one + The second male lead takes the girl + Long-planned romance + Entertainment-industry dating show] [Rebellious, devoted wife-obsessed man x Cool-headed, rational beauty in a cheongsam] Yu Liao was Cen Chimo's ever-ready sidekick, docile and obedient, like a silent shadow. Cen Chimo shamelessly enjoyed her devotion and never imagined that one day she might leave. They met again on a dating show. Yu Liao wore a cheongsam, cool as snow, and didn't spare him
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Become a Concubine? What a Joke! She Tears Up the Marriage Contract and Marries Up 做妾?笑话!她撕毁婚书另谋高嫁
[Strong female and male leads + both leads' first and only love + satisfying reborn story + nation and family] She was a renowned female war god, formidable in battle and unmatched in strategy. After being reborn in the body of the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household in the Great Yong, whose honor had been besmirched, her supposedly gentle and refined fiancé came to break off their engagement and demote her to a concubine. Every one of her relatives regarded her as a disgrace
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My Online Romance with My Rival Crashed and Burned, and His Kiss Left Me Dazed 和情敌网恋翻车后,被他亲懵了
Original title: After My Online Romance with My Rival Went Down in Flames, He Kissed Me Until I Was Dazed [Two male leads + both each other’s first + unresolved tension + coercive love] [Straight bottom who makes the first move, then turns helpless × younger top who starts out innocent and turns obsessive] Lin Du is straight, twenty-four-karat straight. After finally developing a crush on the department belle, he watches her confession get cruelly rejected. The first time he meets the guy who re
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The Emperor Insists on Spoiling Me, and I'm at My Wits' End! 皇上非要宠我,我也很绝望啊!
The rating has just been posted and will gradually rise. Jiang Qingci, the legitimate daughter of a Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, accidentally enters the palace and becomes one of the emperor's consorts. Since she has no choice but to stay in the palace, Jiang Qingci sets her sights on one clear goal: never fall in love, climb to the top, and become untouchable. Song Jingyao is drawn to Jiang Qingci's beauty at first sight, then finds her fascinating. By the time he realizes wh
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Caught While Trying to Run Away, the Chaste Emperor Is Completely Obsessed with Me 跑路被抓,禁欲皇帝他超爱
[Mutually devoted couple, one-on-one romance, exclusive love, palace intrigue, fleeing while pregnant, happy ending] Emperor Xuanyuan Mo spends three years cultivating at Tianging Temple to pray for the Great Ye dynasty, but he never expects to meet Rong Yan and break his vows. Unfortunately, the woman only wants to sleep with him once and be done with it. Xuanyuan Mo: “You were the one who seduced me first. Don’t even think about escaping me for the rest of your life!” Rong Yan: “Get lost!” Aft
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In the Crown Prince’s Harem, We’re All Competing to Get Ahead! 人在太子后院,一起卷起来!
Empress Wenzhao was a famously bewitching consort and the most talented empress. The way she has been judged and defined throughout her life has changed many times, but that has never diminished her status or the value of studying her. [System + Raising Kids + Relentless Competition] Thanks to being well fed at home, Qi Jiao was plump and rosy-cheeked. After a flood, she was sold into the palace as a maid, and when she got a little older, she was assigned to the empress’s palace. A few years lat
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You Like Your Sister-in-Law, So I’ll Marry the Emperor. What Are You Losing It For? 你喜欢嫂嫂我嫁给皇帝,你疯什么
[An ambitious power-hungry minister who pursues his wife after losing her, and a mad emperor who steals her away. Not mutually faithful, and the heroine is no powerhouse. Palace intrigue and political scheming.] In the history books, Luo Tingzhao was a criminal who usurped the throne and ushered in an era of northern barbarians ravaging the Central Plains. Yet he was also a ruthless hero with grand ambitions who brought an end to years of chaos! People have always disagreed over whether to prai
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The Enchanting Concubine Has the Prince Smitten 妾室娇媚,殿下心醉
[Complete. The rating is low because it was just released. 1v1, both leads are each other’s first and only, love at first sight, he keeps himself chaste, good communication, not a strong female lead, sweet and doting] Ye Huan remembered at the age of ten that she had been born into this world from the womb. She knew from childhood how harsh society could be, but fortunately, she had somehow managed to latch onto a powerful backer. She thought it was an accident, never guessing that it was a fate
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A Ruthless Heart Keeps You Safe: Scheming My Way to the Empress’s Throne 心不狠人不稳,巧施手段登后位
Since entering the palace, who doesn’t dream of becoming empress? When Wen Wanqing was a concubine in the prince’s household, the infighting in the inner quarters awakened a desire deep within her. Wealth and power, what could be more tempting? As it happened, the prince became emperor, the ruler of all under Heaven. Looking at the position of The Outcast, second only to one and above millions, Wen Wanqing was naturally tempted. So what if she was at a disadvantage from the start? If there
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The Tyrannosaurus's Beloved Is Warm and So A! 霸王龙的心上人又暖又A!
[This story is mainly about the everyday life of raising dinosaurs, with everything else taking a back seat.] One day, Nan Yanyao, who had retired early, suddenly received a man her father had shipped home from abroad: Yun Beiyao, whose true form was a Tyrannosaurus rex! From then on, she became a woman who cared for and guided prehistoric giants. At first, Nan Yanyao tugged at Yun Beiyao. “...How outrageous! All this grabbing and tugging, what will people think?” Yun Beiyao was terribly embarra
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Taming a Tiger? No, the Unhinged Tycoon Willingly Bows to Me 训虎?不,疯批大佬甘愿臣服
[1v1, both devoted to each other; sweet romance; intense push and pull; five-year age gap] Tan Songyi is the crown princess of a top family. In public, she’s aloof and cares deeply about etiquette and appearances. With friends and family, she’s adorable; around people she trusts, she occasionally goes a little crazy. Sheng Dao is publicly known as the head of a mysterious family with a firm grip on Europe’s military, political, and business worlds. In private, however, he spent three years as th
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After My Wedding Was Stolen by Another Man 被男小三抢婚后
At Gu Qingyu and Qi Yujie's wedding, a young, frail-looking man barges in. Brandishing a knife, he threatens to kill himself unless Qi Yujie goes with him. Qi Yujie leaves the wedding with the man, abandoning Gu Qingyu all alone. Gu Qingyu feels that her life is a complete failure. When she sees other people posting online to find one-night stands, she gets carried away and looks for one herself. But then a stranger named Lu Wenze scares off her potential hookup. Gu Qingyu clings to Lu Wenze and
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Writing Lyrics 词写
Life is more than memories and reflections. It also lives on in written records: essays and poetry are all part of life. Joy and sorrow, sweetness and bitterness, love and hate, desire and virtue, good and evil: the many faces of life are written in words that trace the heart's journey.
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The Tyrannical Minister's Captive 疯批权臣的囚宠
The Mad Minister's Captive
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Don't Be Scared, Crybaby. The School Bully Is Actually a Loyal Puppy 小哭包别怕,校霸他其实是忠犬
Don't Be Afraid, Little Crybaby. The School Bully Is Actually a Devoted Puppy
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Strange Tales of Qi City: It Began When I Caught the Last Bus 祁市诡事:从搭上末班车开始
Strange Tales of Qi City: It All Begins with Catching the Last Bus
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Come on, Go Out with the School Heartthrob 乖,和校草谈个恋爱
Be Good and Date the Campus Heartthrob
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72-Hour Countdown: My Food Deliveries Can Predict Death 倒计时72小时我的外卖能预知死亡
72-Hour Countdown: My Food Deliveries Can Predict Death
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Redemption and True Love: From Donating a Kidney to Dying Together 赎罪与挚爱:从捐肾到共赴黄泉
Atonement and True Love: From Donating a Kidney to Dying Together
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The Yandere CEO Begs Me Not to Die Every Day 病娇霸总每天求我别死
My Yandere CEO Begs Me Not to Die Every Day
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The Curse of the Last Bus I Experienced: Tales of the Haunted Locust Tree 我亲历的末班车诅咒:槐阴诡事录
The Curse of the Last Bus I Experienced: Strange Tales from the Shade of the Locust Tree
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The Death Certificate of an Alzheimer’s Patient 阿尔茨海默者的死亡鉴定书
Death Certificate of an Alzheimer’s Patient
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The Obsessive Mr. Gu Has Put His Wife on the Most-Wanted List 偏执顾总全网通缉他的顾太太
Obsessive CEO Gu Has His Wife Hunted Across the Internet
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Love Letter Stained by Rain: The Last “I Love You” in the Tenement Block 雨渍情书:筒子楼最后一声我爱你
A Love Letter Stained by Rain: The Last “I Love You” in the Workers’ Compound
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Wild Sunflowers, Still Awake: A Love Letter from Shenzhen, 2008–2025 野葵未眠:2008-2025深圳情书
Wild Sunflowers Stay Awake: A Love Letter to Shenzhen, 2008–2025
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The Assassin He Spoils 溺宠暗杀者
The Assassin He Spoils
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Cloud Nine: My Forbidden Love with Him 云端九号:我和他的禁忌之恋
Cloud Nine: My Forbidden Love with Him
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The Haunted House in Qi City 祁市诡宅
The Haunted House in Qi City
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The Rogue Son-in-Law: The Empress's Courtier 流氓赘婿:女帝裙下臣
After transmigrating into a fictional world, I became a lowly live-in son-in-law. I’d planned to drink tea, fish, flirt with women, listen to opera, and enjoy a laid-back life, but... “Husband, help me!” “Dear son-in-law, help me!” “Young master, help me!” “Beloved minister, help me!” Fine, I guess I won’t be able to relax. It’s up to me to protect this realm. So Zhou Yuan investigates major cases, reforms the bureaucracy, suppresses rebellions, opens sea routes, and expands the frontier... He t
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A Sweet Palace-Intrigue Romance Where the Hero Has Been Scheming to Win Her Heart 男主对女主蓄谋已久的宫斗小甜文
A sweet palace-intrigue romance where the male lead has been plotting to win the female lead's heart for a long time.
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