The Hero and Heroine Are Normal People! Normal People!! 男女主正常人！正常人！！

1. 351 人 A Feast to Banish Sorrow: The Concubine's Daughter Builds a Restaurant 人间美味解千愁，庶女逆袭开酒楼 Yang Ziyang杨子杨Ancient Romance232k WordsCompleted Jiang Wanwan, the ninth concubine-born daughter of the Duke's household, has an exceptionally keen sense of smell and inherited her mother's remarkable cooking skills. Kindhearted and clear-eyed, she lives by one rule: any trouble in the world can be eased with a good meal. And if one meal isn't enough, have two. When Wanwan was eight, her mother, who came from a merchant family, passed away. With no one to rely on, Wanwan was left neglected in the sprawling residence and repeatedly tormented by 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Both of these are normal.

2. 352 怪 You're Too Dazzling! 怪你太耀眼！ Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted The print edition is now available. [Happy ending, both leads devoted to each other + healing + secret love becomes mutual] [Sunny girl X hearing-impaired boy] Jiang Er was killed by a tractor. Jiang Er was reborn. The bad news: she's now a high school sophomore with more resentment than a ghost. The worse news: Fu Tinghan, the not-so-familiar husband she'll have in the future, is in her class. In their previous life, they were married for two years, yet remained strangers. An arranged mar 37.3kReads9.4Score6.5kShelves
3. 353 人 The Human NPC Wants to Be the Male Lead, Too 人机哥在攻略本也想上位当男主 Fish at the Su Family苏家有鱼Ancient Romance209k WordsOngoing [Pure Love, One-on-One Romance + Fantasy Romance + Mutual Salvation + Raising a Devoted, Obsessive Male Lead + Romance-Focused] Just because she received a free air fryer, ordinary office worker Su Yi was dragged into a romance-fantasy conquest novel with a completely terrible plot. With no special powers or talent for spiritual arts, she started off running a five-kilometer obstacle course while a baby monster chased her. What kind of heroine starts a story like this?! The good news: It was a s 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Very positive. The female lead abandons her own mission because the male lead and the second female lead are already in love, clearly realizing that this is an unreasonable system mission setting.

4. 354 躲 Fleeing the Wanted Posters in Disguise as a Famous Courtesan, the Hero Becomes a Dancer in a Brothel 躲通缉扮名妓，大侠青楼当舞姬 Yang Ziyang杨子杨Historical14k WordsCompleted Flee the wanted posters by posing as a famous courtesan, while a great hero dances at the brothel —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 355 长 Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he 106.7kReads9.7Score12.4kShelves
6. 356 穿 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Female Lead, I Speed-Married an Army Representative 穿成炮灰女配后和军代表闪婚了 Half Wood, Half Fire半木半火Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Original Title: Factory Affairs in the Sixties, from State-Owned Factory to...] [Current Title: The Road to Success in the Sixties: She Just Wants to Get Ahead] [No Golden Finger + Serving the Nation and Its People Through Public Service + A Strong Male Lead and an Even Stronger Female Lead] [No Rural Relocation, No Black Market, No Supporting a Man, No Female Lead Suffering, No Doormat Wife] Xia Baozhu, a woman with a secure state-sector job, was reborn in 1963. To get back t 31.1kReads9.3Score4kShelves

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   This one! The male and female leads feel very real. They are two somewhat cunning but patriotic and people-loving young people. The romance is particularly refreshing. I hate those novels where the female lead is paired with an older man, and I don't like the kind of "I sacrifice for you, you give up your career for me" kind of plot. I just like to read positive and uplifting male and female leads. Highly recommended!

7. 357 京 A Reply to the Snowfall in the Capital 京雪回信 Qingyang轻飏Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted [Older man | Guiding lover | Mutually faithful | Reunion after a long separation | Marriage first, love later] [New prosecutor × Former prosecutor (now a forensic consulting partner)] When Xie Weizhen was seventeen, she and Fu Qisheng were in a car accident. The doctors said she might never wake up. Fu Qisheng promised to care for her for the rest of her life as her husband. And so, the two families arranged their marriage. A year later, Xie Weizhen woke up. Outside a teahouse, she heard someon 569Reads8.9Score105Shelves

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   They're all completed stories about normal, everyday romance, and the writing is excellent. Just read them, they're all super good!

8. 358 清 Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03） Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Urban125k WordsCompleted Back in middle school, Xie Zeyang met Shen Bingqing. Their names were almost the opposite of their natures: he was as cold as ice, while she burned bright as the sun. He could still vaguely recall every time they parted when they were young. At thirteen, beneath the lights at the entrance to an alley. She waved with a radiant smile and said to him, “See you tomorrow, class monitor!” At seventeen, on the beach on a midsummer night. She poked her head out of the tent, eyes crinkling as she called 23.3kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves
9. 359 心 The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者 Bug Baby虫宝宝Mystery549k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is 93.7kReads9.5Score13.2kShelves
10. 360 按 Hooked 按上瘾 Scallion Pancake with an Extra Egg手抓饼要加鸡蛋Modern Romance221k WordsCompleted The rating is low at first, but it’ll rise. (The main story is complete.) [Resilient blind woman from humble beginnings × upbeat male police officer] [Both virgins + realistic fiction + ordinary people + healing happy ending] Jiang Xue hasn’t had much luck. Her mother died young, her father disappeared, and she was raised by her grandmother. Then her grandmother passed away, and Jiang Xue lost her sight. With help from the community, Jiang Xue opened a massage parlor for the blind. Her greatest 2.1kReads8.8Score264Shelves

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    Shorter, modern stories. I've been into police dramas lately, haha. 1. Don't be misled by the titles; it's actually very good. The female lead is a painter, and a series of events unfold after she moves next door to the police station. 2. The female lead has poor eyesight in the beginning, but it gets better later. Neither book has any mutual redemption or anything like that; both the male and female leads are well-adjusted adults. [Laughs]

11. 361 翻 After Climbing the Wall, I Became the Villainous School Hunk’s Dark Moonlight 翻墙后，我成了反派校草的黑月光 I'm Really a Salted Fish真的是咸鱼Modern Romance333k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + sweet as lychees + well-rounded development in morals, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor] [School life, warm and adorable everyday moments, bickering couple] Mu Qiao is determined to become someone who saves the world, just like Ultraman. So she secretly applies to police academy, planning to graduate and fight evil, protect the weak, and make her mark on the world. Instead, she takes a nasty fall and transmigrates into a book, becoming the villain 8.1kReads9.5Score1.4kShelves
12. 362 新 A New Pact 新契 Fluffy Winter Hibernation绒绒冬眠期Modern Romance223k WordsCompleted [His heart always beats for me one step too late] Xi Qiaowei and Xu Zhenglin were the neighborhood’s famously well-matched childhood sweethearts, close as could be for twenty whole years. When Xi Qiaowei first fell in love, Xu Zhenglin filled her every thought, but at the time, he had no need for anything as inconvenient as love. Again and again, her hopes were dashed. Again and again, the timing was wrong, until she ran out of courage to keep throwing herself into the flames. He couldn’t under 32.7kReads8.5Score4.9kShelves
13. 363 回 I Went Home to Meet a Match, But My Match Asked Me to Fake-Date Her to Handle Her Family's Marriage Pressure 回老家相亲，相亲对象拉我搭伙演戏应付全家催婚 Snow Drifting Through the Borderlands边城飘雪13k WordsCompleted I went back to my hometown for a blind date, and my date asked me to pretend we were dating to fend off our families’ matchmaking pressure. 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A perfunctory blind date sparked a six-month-long fake romance. Gao Jin, gentle and patient, meticulous in his attention to detail, gradually warmed the heroine's heart, awakening memories of their youthful days. Their ambiguous feelings deepened, and love blossomed; everyone could see their genuine affection. However, the return of her ex-girlfriend stirred up trouble. The decisive heroine, without hesitation, immediately ended the relationship and returned to Beijing to heal alone. After experiencing separation, turmoil, regret, and longing, Gao Jin traveled thousands of miles to win her back, completely resolving the entanglement with his ex. The two reunited, achieving a happy ending.

14. 364 春 A Heart Full of Longing 春心难捱 Xun Can旬灿Modern Romance408k WordsCompleted [I'm Only 19, But My Son Is 18 + He Begs for Her Back + The Cocky Guy Takes the Lead + A Little Wolf-and-Bunny Romance] [Quiet, Sweet Student x Bad-Tempered Tycoon] The Zhu and Meng families have been close for generations. Zhu Lingyu and Meng Ke have known each other since childhood and are engaged. Everyone around them assumes they're a couple and will get married one day. Only Zhu Lingyu knows that the man who indulges her in every way has always held someone else in his heart. She thinks he' 116.8kReads9.3Score15.3kShelves
15. 365 我 What We Promised Each Other: 我们说好的： Tumi Demon荼靡妖Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted “We’ve grown up. We’re not the same as we were as kids. Do you really think childhood sweethearts would go to all that trouble to find each other just to be friends again?” Lin Yi blinked her clear eyes and laughed carelessly. “I don’t!” Shen Yu blurted out without a moment’s hesitation. “So let’s be together!” Shu Ning looked at Xue Yang and asked, “I’m said to bring bad luck. Aren’t you afraid?” “What’s there to be afraid of? It’s not like I’m a good person!” Xue Yang’s matter-of-fact tone mad 129Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is an incredibly sweet and satisfying read! Childhood sweethearts reunite after a long separation, settle scores on the spot, and speak their minds directly. It gets more and more addictive as you read on! The writing is light and the values ​​are positive! The characters are all very well-developed. You have to read it! You have to read it! You have to read it!

16. 366 虐 The Tragic Novel's Heroine Is Reborn and Won't Put Up With It Anymore 虐文女主重生不干了 Yan Shuling颜书凌Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted Forced to be buried with her enemy after death, Qi Yue finally saw the truth: she was nothing but a tool heroine in an angsty romance novel. The plot had bound her all her life. Jiang Wang tormented her until her family was destroyed, and she met a tragic end. Reborn at the start of the tragedy and bound to a Plot Correction System, she refused to let anyone control her ever again. The predetermined script thinks it can trap her? Dream on! She cuts off the ill-fated romance between the second ma 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is a sunny, puppy-like guy from a harmonious family whom the female lead took in; he's not violent. Both the male and female leads initially focus on their studies, and later on building their careers.

17. 367 穿 After Becoming a Rich Man's Wife, I Gave Up Trying 穿成豪门太太后，我摆烂了 Moon Resting Among the Pines松间栖月Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted Lin Wan, a celebrated young lady of the Great Jing dynasty who managed the household affairs of a marquis’s estate, spent half her life as a widow. Her unruffled bearing was etched into her very bones, and she excelled at refined traditional arts such as Su embroidery, ancient incense crafting, and tea ceremony. Gentle, yet possessed of quiet strength. After her soul transmigrates into the modern world, she becomes the wealthy wife of a man who has gone missing under mysterious circumstances aft 987Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Both the male and female leads are quite normal, and you can learn a lot from them.

18. 368 他 He Seems to Be Sick 他好像有病 Mo Zhaoying墨昭荧Modern Romance333k WordsCompleted [Powerful families] + [older man] + [a man in a position of power bows to love] + [both virgins] Wen Sheng is a criminal profiler who can solve the world's most difficult cases, but she can't break down the wall around her own heart. When she meets Lu Zheng'an, she observes him from a professional perspective and decides he's got issues. In the end, though, he's the one who helps her smash down the wall around her heart. He tells her, “When you encounter a case, you can step into it, but you mus 22.6kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
19. 369 恰 I Fell in Love with You Just as the Rain Began 恰逢雨时，爱上你 Squid Ring lili鱿鱼圈liliModern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Reading Guide] Gentle, clear-headed guesthouse owner × cool on the outside, warm on the inside orthopedic surgeon | Unrequited love becomes mutual | Reunited after a long separation | Healing each other | Cozy everyday life | Please forgive this new writer's immature prose (˃ ⌑ ˂ഃ ) After waiting ten years for the rain to stop, I fell in love with you at just the right moment. A once-in-a-decade blizzard in City X trapped countless people, and it trapped him too. Jiang Yushi was tending to her 3.4kReads8.7Score563Shelves
20. 370 璀 A Brilliant Journey of Growth 璀璨的成长 The Fei in Wang Fei王菲的菲Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted [Contemporary Urban Romance + Striving and Self-Improvement + Women's Growth] After graduating from college, Xin Yuan felt she was at the right age, so she drifted into a relationship without really knowing what she wanted. Believing she had to be faithful to one person for life, she chose to marry. Thinking patience could solve anything, she made do for several years, until her child was hurt and she finally fought back... The boy next door, who had waited ten years for her, returned from overs —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is a normal person, very normal.

21. 371 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 235.3kReads9.7Score27.5kShelves
22. 372 温 A Stain on Wen Ye 温夜有染 The Fish Learning to Fly学飞行的鱼Modern Romance392k WordsCompleted The live-action mini-series and animated drama are now available on Red Apple. [One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending, modern-day sweet romance.] Wen Yu, twenty-two, is rich, beautiful, and well-connected, with a fiancé she is perfectly happy with. Her future is dazzling. Then one day, a five-year-old child appears and claims to be her son. When the paternity test results come back, Wen Yu is stunned. The little guy really is her son! Can anyone tell her how she co 23.2kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
23. 373 陈 Why Hasn’t Assistant Chen Gotten a Divorce Yet? 陈助怎么还不离婚 White Birds Hidden in the Mountains山藏白鸟Modern Romance134k WordsCompleted Roguish CEO · Amnesiac with a child | One pursues, the other keeps her distance | Winning her back 80% from the hero’s perspective | One-on-one romance | Sweet with a touch of angst | Happy ending | Both leads are each other’s first and only After a car accident, Zong Zhengbai wakes up with amnesia and, somehow, a child. The little one is a sweet, innocent crybaby who keeps calling Assistant Chen “Mom.” Chen Cong is lovely, but unfortunately, she has a husband. By chance, Zong Zhengbai catches h 5.9kReads8.9Score734Shelves
24. 374 瑰 A Hint of Rose 瑰色微掩 Chi Huan斥欢Modern Romance377k WordsOngoing [Cocky, sharp-tongued bad boy and seasoned player vs. sweet-looking, calculating girl who plays by her own rules] No golden finger, no otherworldly good looks. A slow burn, push and pull, a battle of wits, schemes within schemes. What makes a playboy mend his ways is definitely not extraordinary beauty, an obedient personality, or some “one-of-a-kind” special quality. Love isn't won by waiting. What you can't have will always tempt you, and what you can't figure out will always make you want to 15Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 375 试 It's Only a Trial Marriage, Don't Get Carried Away! 试婚而已，别太野！ In the Glowing Summer灼灼夏日里Modern Romance201k WordsOngoing [Marriage first, love later + romance between adults + both leads are virgins + happy ending] "Glamorous superstar vs. clear-eyed lyricist" Lu Heng’s reasons for choosing Zhao Yusheng were clear: She was emotionally steady, independent, grounded, and suited to be a wife. Zhao Yusheng’s reasons for accepting him were just as clear: This man could broaden her horizons and help her grow. They began with a contract, its terms clear and boundaries firm: Clause One: No intimate contact. But one late 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Normal people! Rational and clear-headed, willingly falling deeply in love with each other!

26. 376 庶 The Concubine’s Daughter Takes Her Place: The Regent’s Beloved Princess Consort 庶女替嫁，摄政王的娇宠王妃 Ying Huan楹欢Ancient Romance225k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance]+ [Marriage Before Love]+ [The Regent Prince Dotes on His Wife] Rumor has it that Regent Prince Qin Jingxiao brings death to his wives. Three princess consorts have already died in succession. Now he is to marry again, and an imperial decree arrives at the home of a low-ranking official of the fifth rank. The legitimate daughter refuses to marry at any cost, so the official’s family dares to pass off a concubine-born daughter as legitimate. To save her mother, who is a servan 1.5kReads—Score166Shelves

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    It's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, with the male lead being incredibly doting on the female lead and never losing his intelligence.

27. 377 不 Before Daybreak 不终朝 Leisurely Rain闲雨Ancient Romance218k WordsCompleted [Two Generals + Love of Country and Home + Long-Suffering Romance + Mystery and Investigation + Mutual Pining + Commander Couple] [A decisive, resilient, loyal and strategic female general vs. the steady, patient and far-sighted commander of the Yinchi Army] Shen Xun and Xie Jin are sworn enemies, bitter rivals whose relationship is common knowledge. They rose to fame in their youth and spent ten years at war, yet in the end, they could not escape becoming pawns. A single imperial decree marryin 2.1kReads9.5Score331Shelves
28. 378 夫 After His Wife Divorces Him, the Warlord Goes Gray Overnight 夫人离婚后，军阀大佬一夜白头 Chu Diandian初点点Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, “Qi Mi,” is available by searching on Tomato. Ning Zhen is forced to marry the warlord Sheng Changyu. Sheng Changyu has a beloved first love, as well as two concubines, and the Sheng household is rife with danger. Ning Zhen is a young heiress who has returned from studying abroad. She can’t adapt to the infighting in the household, and everyone is waiting to see her make a fool of herself. Less than three years later, just as everyone predicted, Ning Zhen wants 79.9kReads9.5Score9.2kShelves
29. 379 觅 The Cloud-Seeking Dynasty 觅云朝 April Yingjin四月应锦Ancient Romance214k WordsOngoing [Soul swap + transmigrate into a book + substitute romance + reborn + devoted couple + marriage before love] Overworked office drone Jiang Xiaoyun transmigrates into a book as Jiang Yunchu, an ugly, doomed cannon-fodder character. From the start, she’s married off to a sickly husband who’s not long for this world in a marriage meant to bring him good fortune! Jiang Yunchu once sent Zhao Jingyuan to his death with a poisoned nuptial wine, then got together with the childhood sweetheart she loved 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New Book Recommendation: Soul Swap + Arranged Marriage to Love + Palace Intrigue + Substitute Literature + Scumbag Male Lead's Retribution + Happy Ending

30. 380 换 The Husband Swap 换夫记 Nan Xiding南西丁Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted Xue Mingming married simply because she'd reached the right age, only to discover that her husband wasn't the right person for her. She settled into a life that felt like going through the motions. Then she crossed paths with Nie Qiyuan, a former high school classmate whose career was on the brink of bankruptcy and whose marriage was hanging by a thread, though neither recognized the other. How should these two married, middle-aged people handle their work, their lives, and their feelings??? A b 19.1kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves

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    A second marriage story, not pretentious or exaggerated, very good.

31. 381 观 Watching the Game, Plotting a Move 观棋折谋 Boss Huo Who Loves Counting Money爱数钱的霍老板Ancient Romance503k WordsCompleted Strong leads | Marriage before love | Fake couple Clear-headed, insightful master physician versus a cunning, obsessive prince bent on revenge. They go from testing one another to fighting side by side. A marriage decree, issued by two sides with their own agendas, sends the daughter of a political enemy to the bedside of a cold-blooded prince. Shen Qingyue, the eldest daughter of the Taifu household, appears in public to be a mediocre, useless young lady summoned back from the countryside. Prin 6.4kReads8.8Score992Shelves
32. 382 惊 Shocking! The Secret Identity Big Shot Takes the White Lotus Down From Every Angle 惊！马甲大佬她对白莲花横踢竖卷 Yu of the Three-Tiered Tower三重楼喻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Publishing deal signed] [Satisfying revenge, lighthearted comedy, secret identities, putting scumbags in their place, a quirky and formidable mercenary boss VS a principled young heir from Beijing’s elite circles, devoted heroine] At their first meeting, Shu Lan shoots Lu Jinhan and leaves him badly wounded. She chases him all the way back to China, then becomes an ordinary university student. He runs, she chases; he has nowhere to hide. She’s the world’s number-one mercenary king! She’s a foun 56.3kReads9.5Score6.7kShelves

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    A strong female lead story; the female lead shoots the male lead half to death at the beginning, and there are various tests in the early stages. Later, the male lead becomes very attached to the female lead, and it has a bit of an ensemble feel. (Title: Shocking! The Mercenary Boss is a Max-Level BKing)

33. 383 重 A Sweet Blended Family: The Children of a Military Officer 重组家庭甜蜜蜜：军官家的崽崽们 Please Don't Be Insomniac Again别要再失眠Modern Romance833k WordsCompleted [Island Life] [Raising Kids] [Cheerful Everyday Life] Chu Kui transmigrated one day and discovered that she had become a mother, with one boy and one girl to complete her happy family. After swiftly dealing with the scumbag, Chu Kui, worried about making ends meet, met Zhou Pingchuan, a single father raising two children. Zhou Pingchuan was an officer stationed on Yazhou Island. He was handsome, well-paid, and had a bright future. He was also kindhearted and had adopted the two orphaned children 1.3kReads8.3Score117Shelves

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    This novel is great; both the male and female leads have strong moral values ​​and work together towards a better life.

34. 384 夺 Claiming Her as My Wife 夺她为妻 Sweet Knife with Fire Wheels带风火轮的甜刀Modern Romance480k WordsCompleted [The male lead’s desperate pursuit to win her back + the second male lead takes his place] Yu Sheng was the heir to a prestigious family with a century of history. His secret wife was an obscure hand model. When his wife asked for a divorce, he readily agreed. He chatted over drinks with his friends. “I’m just trying to teach her a lesson. Give it some time, and she’ll come back on her own.” But when Yu Sheng finally turned back, his eyes red, she had already become someone else’s wife. Yu Sheng 12.3kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
35. 385 叙 A False Translation of Love 叙情假译 An Fei'er安菲儿Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted [Cool and composed interpreter Lin Qingyue × secretly passionate executive Lu Xuyan] Ten years ago, they were rivals, battling for first place on their high school monthly exams. Before leaving to study abroad, he slipped a note into her textbook, but through a twist of fate, it ended up in someone else’s hands. She never got his confession. He flew to England carrying a misunderstanding, and they parted for ten years. Ten years later, she is a German interpreter, and he is a promising young exe 1.5kReads—Score119Shelves

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    A typical workplace story, without any overly extravagant or exaggerated background [smile]

36. 386 你 You Don’t Have to Forgive Me 你不必原谅我 Ping Changxi平长喜Modern Romance388k WordsCompleted (The rating may be low, but I think this story is great!) Premise in a sentence: Two morally messy people fall for each other. Neither is innocent. [Problematic elements / neither is chaste / somewhat realistic] [Flawed older man vs. flawed older woman] [Original title: You Don’t Have to Forgive Me] - While helping her best friend’s cousin catch his partner cheating, Huo Manyue throws all caution to the wind and falls for the handsome, well-built male homewrecker. She can’t help it. He’s exactly 3.3kReads8.6Score185Shelves
37. 387 诱 Luring Him Into the Trap 诱底身入 An Fei'er安菲儿Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [The aloof beauty who’s locked her heart away] Cheng Zhiyi (28) X [The cunning, morally ambiguous schemer] Song Shenhan (31) Cheng Zhiyi is the twin sister of his ex-girlfriend, as well as a pawn planted by the police, staging a deadly game of her own. Song Shenhan uses love as bait, watching her, testing her, tempting her, and keeping her by his side. Marriage is his bargaining chip. The first time they meet, she coldly refuses him a ride, but her boyfriend Ren Chengze warmly invites him into t 78Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 388 天 My Fated Lover! My Otome Game Boyfriend Came to Life 天选恋人！乙游男友奔现了 Keyun科韵Modern Romance179k WordsCompleted Have you ever imagined that the virtual lover on your phone might appear before you in real life? Su Mujin never had, and didn’t dare to. In college, it seemed fate had decided to give her a little luck. After a brilliant, unforgettable presence brightened up her life, which had been as plain as water, she stopped hoping for any more good fortune. That’s right, she became a beta tester for a virtual dating app. Until, one day, her lover vanished without a trace… She allowed herself only a brie 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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39. 389 毁 Destroying the Evidence 毁尸灭迹 Thousand-Year Pea Pod千年豌豆荚Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted [Sickly beauty who’s afraid of dying × psychopathic murderer with a touch of a romantic streak] [Heartbreaking, tragic love, madmen, mutual destruction, dark, villains] Shang Wang came across a murderer. Beneath the heavy curtain of rain, she had just finished an IV drip at the hospital. Wandering idly, she came to a secluded corner and looked up. In the distance, in an abandoned garden, a pitch-black figure like a ghost was bent over, digging at something again and again. Suddenly, a flash o 3.2kReads8.2Score327Shelves
40. 390 我 I'm a Spy, and I Switched Bodies with an Enemy Officer 我，奸细，和敌方军官互换身体了 Stealing Cables in the Dead of Night半夜三更偷电缆Modern Romance269k WordsCompleted [Soul swap + faked death + mild coercion + push and pull + groveling pursuit + romance-focused] Xu Lian, a conscientious spy, is diagnosed with a terminal illness and callously abandoned by her organization. To take revenge, she uncovers a secret family technique and swaps bodies with an enemy officer that very night. Song Jinze, a top commander who stands above everyone else, wakes up one morning in the body of a lowly slum dweller. After the swap, they begin a battle of wits. Xu Lian has forg 29.7kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves
41. 391 花 When the Flowers Fall, the Leaves Follow the Heart 花落离心叶相随 Xiaoxiao Fishing Song潇潇渔歌Ancient Romance359k WordsCompleted This story is very angsty and frustrating. The male lead is trash, the female lead is weak, and the plot is realistic, gloomy, and bland. Be aware that the male lead is the male lead only because he has more scenes and is more entangled with the female lead. It doesn’t mean the author likes him or that the female lead loves him all that much. The setting is fictional, drawing mostly on the Ming dynasty, with traces of the Song and Qing dynasties mixed in. It’s a hodgepodge. This is an ancient-er 3kReads9.2Score244Shelves
42. 392 再 If I Pick Up Another Man, May I Be a Dog 再捡男人我是狗 Keyun科韵Ancient Romance281k WordsCompleted I transmigrated into a book, into the body of a lovestruck supporting female character in a martial-arts novel... She picked up a man, setting herself on a tragic path. After he used her up, she met a gruesome end at the foot of a cliff... Okay, the tragedy starts with picking up a man. I wouldn’t pick one up even if you beat me to death. Whoever picks one up is doomed... So why does he keep showing up in front of me with all kinds of injuries?! I’ll endure it (shuts her eyes). I’ll endure it (g 11Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 393 坏 Oh No! I Transmigrated into the Sister of the Heroine in an Angsty Romance 坏了！我穿成虐文女主的姐姐 Xu Xun蓿寻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Zhi had only wanted to find a brainless sweet romance to relax with, but she never expected to be duped by an angst-ridden story disguised as a sweet romance! In this novel, the male lead drives the female lead's family into bankruptcy, gets her whole family killed, and then locks her up, subjecting her to every kind of physical and emotional abuse. Yet after a series of melodramatic events, the male lead apologizes and gives in, and the female lead has already forgotten the deep blood feud b 6.1kReads9.3Score620Shelves
44. 394 嫁 Married to a Good-for-Nothing, Exiled to Lingnan, I Solve Cases to Return to Court 嫁纨绔，贬岭南，我靠破案返朝堂 A Stunning Reflection on a Still Shadow惊鸿照静影Mystery247k WordsOngoing [A county lady devoted to solving cases and exceptionally skilled in combat × a carefree playboy with money to burn. Historical romance and mystery + episodic investigations + marriage before love + devoted couple + sweet romance] Ji Lingyan, Grand Commander of the Imperial Guard and the Empress Dowager's closest confidante, kept the powerful in check and executed corrupt officials. Everyone in Chang'an feared her. Yet one month after the Empress Dowager's death, Ji Lingyan was stripped of her 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend both of these! The male and female leads have sound values, there's no forced love, melodramatic love triangles, no reincarnation or revenge, and both the romance and career storylines are exceptionally engaging!

45. 395 快 Quick Transmigration: We Fought to the Death Back Then, Now We Set Sail Again 快穿：当年死战，又是扬帆起航 Would You Like to Admire My Leg Hair?想欣赏妾身的腿毛嘛Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No CP] [Some worlds involve taking down scumbags] [Patriotic themes] [Big-picture perspective] [Ancestors transmigrate] [Healing] [Many worlds, but may our country always know peace and prosperity] [Personal growth] Lu Zhou was a young soldier who died in battle. All she saw was the shining Five-Star Red Flag. The world comes in a thousand colors, but she loves only one shade of red. World One: The villainous rich girl at an elite school? A spoiled rich kid with nothing to do? No problem. All o 7kReads9.3Score645Shelves
46. 396 捡 I Picked Up a War God to Be My Husband 捡个战神当压寨夫君 A Stunning Reflection on a Still Shadow惊鸿照静影Ancient Romance304k WordsCompleted Also known as: "A Fake Wedding? The Grand Commander Keeps Turning the Act into Reality" [Glamorous, teasing bandit chieftain × cool-headed, steady Grand Commander; strong female lead + marriage before love + amnesia + two powerful leads + happy ending + nation and home] On the third day of the martial arts matchmaking tournament, Ren Huan came across a man. Everyone thought Ren Huan wanted to choose a husband whose martial arts skills matched her own. No one expected her to fall for a sickly-loo 34Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 397 神 The Divine One Lit Up Her Eyes 神明点亮她的眼 Red Hat红帽子Modern Romance168k WordsCompleted Unrequited love is one person's private battlefield: elusive yet unwavering, hopeful yet anxious. One moment it's heaven, the next it's hell. Every second is full of contradictions. Su Yuan got into the same university as the person she had a crush on and went to great lengths to find him, only to discover that the campus heartthrob and her roommate were a couple. That night, Chen Si dragged a drunk Su Yuan into an alley. He tenderly cupped her face and wiped away her tears, coaxing her in a hoa 31Reads8.7Score—Shelves
48. 398 我 I Escaped the Mountains 我逃出了大山 Nine Fields Neurotic Frog九野神经蛙14k WordsCompleted I Escaped the Mountains 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These three books are high-quality, surreal, fast-paced, and grounded in real-life emotions, with a focus on the female protagonist's growth!

49. 399 小 A Nobody's Quick Transmigration 小人物的快穿 May Field Notes五月采风Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted No CP. On the day Ning Yu received her divorce certificate, she died in a car accident. Not wanting to make her parents grieve, she wished to return to before her marriage and start her life over. To earn the right to return to reality, she helps clients fulfill their wishes. She has her own principles: she's no self-sacrificing saint or fake innocent. This is the story of a heroine who grows and matures. 1.2kReads9.0Score100Shelves
50. 400 糟 Oh No! Our Love Is in Different Time Zones 糟糕！这场恋爱有时差 by Red Cherryby红樱Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Transmigration] A gorgeous, domineering big-sister lawyer and a gentle, refined cultural relic restorer embark on a love that crosses time zones, with both of them devoted to each other! Pei Yan, the renowned Professor Pei of a history institute, is rumored to have a cool, distinguished beauty's face. He's gentle and refined, calm and self-possessed, and always kind to others. Yet he keeps a careful distance from everyone around him, never allowing anyone to get close. That i 16kReads9.5Score2.6kShelves

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