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  1. 1 Mr. Shen's Tender Devotion 沈先生的温柔宠爱 Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted [Marry First, Fall in Love Later • Sweet Romance • Age Gap • Mutual Firsts • No Angst] (The heroine is not a strong, independent type!) [A gentle CEO who isn't domineering and a sweet, sensible girl] During an utterly ordinary summer vacation, Lin Jiamu somehow ended up engaged by a twist of fate. She thought she'd be marrying an old, ugly man, but when she saw Shen Yizhou, she found him absolutely gorgeous. However you looked at it, she seemed to be the one getting the better deal. She thought 7kReads9.4Score794Shelves
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  2. 2 Professor Qi, May I Borrow a Marriage? 祁教授,借个婚 Modern Romance647k WordsCompleted Just as Wen Zhixian is about to register her marriage to Gu Yuchen, she accidentally breaks a mug his ex gave him. Gu Yuchen’s slap shatters the affection they once shared. Mr. Qi always seems to appear when she’s at her most miserable. Her parents are unhappy that she broke up with Gu Yuchen, and, overwhelmed by heartbreak and their undeserved blame, she impulsively asks the first person she sees, Qi Yanjing, “Mr. Qi, would you marry me?” Qi Yanjing not only refuses, but gives her a long lectur 40kReads9.1Score5.5kShelves
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  3. 3 Gentle, Wild-Boned 温柔野骨 Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted [The print edition goes on sale across all platforms on August 1] [Short drama now streaming] Previously titled: Zero-Degree Intimacy [One-on-one romance + both leads’ first love + happy ending + secret marriage + sweet romance ♥ Double-layer milk foam, 70% sugar!] (Rich, sharp-tongued, scheming investor Jian Yuchen VS money-loving, mischievous young designer Wen Ni) In a nutshell: She married her nemesis. In physics, zero degrees is the point where ice and water coexist. Zero-degree intimacy is 71.2kReads9.5Score8.7kShelves
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  4. 4 Professor Pei, Can You Actually Handle It? 裴教授,你行不行啊 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A heart-meltingly sweet romance: an age gap, marriage first and love later, one-on-one and devoted, featuring a refined yet wicked professor and a quirky heiress. Scene One: Ye Yuncheng gazed pitifully at Pei Xiuyan. “Honey, I haven’t finished my homework. You know our counselor pretty well. Could you ask her not to check it, please?” Pei Xiuyan pressed his lips together and said nothing. But the next day, the counselor checked only Ye Yuncheng’s homework... When Pei Xiuyan came home from work, 14.7kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
  5. 5 Transmigrated as the Villain's Mom, Spoiled by My Devoted Husband 穿成反派亲妈,被纯情老公宠爆了 Modern Romance486k WordsCompleted [Adorable baby + one-on-one sweet romance + married first, love later + satisfying revenge + martial-arts heroine + sweet, devoted child who adores his mother + shy, lovesick male lead] Jiang Tang transmigrated into the wrong book and became the villain's wicked mother. In the end, her reborn son tormented her to death. Luckily, her husband never came home, she didn't have to give birth to a child, and her black card had no limit. She could spend with one hand and care for a baby with the other. 9.7kReads9.1Score864Shelves
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  6. 6 My Flash-Married Wife Is So Fertile: Sweetheart, Let’s Have Another 闪婚娇妻太好孕,乖宝,再生一个 Modern Romance803k WordsCompleted The author dares to write it, and the readers dare to read it~ [Cool, aloof, chaste CEO of a powerful corporation × Resilient, sweet, hardworking innocent girl] [Marriage first, love later + Both are virgins + Sweet romance + Age gap + Daddy-type boyfriend] Xia Qianqian's biological father sends her to the bed of her blind date. While trying to escape, she unexpectedly crosses paths with Fu Beichen, the most powerful man in the capital's elite circle. She begs him to save her, but he says, “Have 20kReads8.8Score2.2kShelves
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  7. 7 I Accidentally Provoked Abstinent CEO Fu, and Cried Myself Red-Eyed After Dark 误惹禁欲傅总,入夜哭红眼 Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted The night Wen Shuyao was betrayed by her boyfriend, her best friend made special arrangements for her to stay in a super-VIP “guest room.” In the middle of the night, she jolted upright in alarm. “Uncle!?” The man was Fu Yanting, notorious for his cruelty and ruthlessness. He kept women at arm’s length, cold and restrained to the extreme. He might have been her best friend’s uncle, but every time she ran into him, she was terrified. Trembling, Wen Shuyao threw off the covers and bolted, but it w 3.7kReads8.8Score380Shelves
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  8. 8 After Our Flash Marriage, My CEO Boss Falls for Me Day After Day 闪婚后,总裁上司日日沦陷 Modern Romance542k WordsCompleted In talks for a print edition [Noble, Cool-Headed Corporate Tycoon * Beautiful Newcomer] [Love at First Sight + Marriage First, Love Later + One-on-One + Devoted Couple] [Second Male Lead’s Regret + Childhood Friends + Teacher and Student] . . An accident brings Rong Yan together with the refined and aloof Chi Jingyuan. Afterward, they make a deal: payment settled, no strings attached. She thought they would never meet again, but to her surprise, he suddenly becomes her boss’s boss’s boss. Still 14.3kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
  9. 9 Love After Pregnancy: His Sweetheart Is Hard to Soothe, but He Spoils Her as He Pleases 先孕后爱:娇娇难哄,他肆意偏宠 Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted [Spoiled little troublemaker VS gentle older daddy] [Pregnant first, love later + two wealthy families + both leads are each other’s only partners, sweet romance + seven-year age gap + slice of life] - At her senior year graduation dinner, Wen Song let herself drink a few too many. Drinking too much can indeed lead to trouble. For instance, she slept with the most handsome, but also most old-fashioned, professor in her department. The next morning, she woke up and fled in a panic. But a month la 15.6kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
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  10. 10 After Our Arranged Marriage, I Turned My Foolish Husband Into a Devoted Wife-Doting Maniac 联姻后,把傻子老公哄成宠妻狂魔 Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + both leads are devoted to each other + sweet romance + older man] Clingy sweetheart vs. secretly delighted older man Xu Chengyi had spent twenty-three miserable years barely getting by. Then one day, a group of people showed up with a paternity test and told her she was the missing daughter of the Xu family. Overjoyed, she burst into tears. “This time, I'm taking back everything that's mine.” But the Xu family was enormous. Her biological father was the fourth son, 3.1kReads9.0Score319Shelves
  11. 11 A Kiss to Tempt Her! One Whimper from Her, and Cold, Desireless Mr. He Can't Hold Back 诱吻!她一撒娇,冷欲贺总情难抑 Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted [Both Leads Are Chaste + Marriage Before Love + Sweet Romance + Swoony Flirting + Amnesia] He Yanche is the head of the He family. Under pressure from his family, he married the spoiled, willful eldest daughter of the Lin family. Before the wedding, the eldest Lin daughter approached He Yanche in private and made an agreement with him. “I won’t sleep with you, much less have your child. We’ll pretend to be in love in public, but in private, we can each do our own thing. We won’t interfere with e 451Reads7.7Score110Shelves
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  12. 12 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 33.9kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
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  13. 13 Out of Control! I Fell in Love After Marrying My Mortal Enemy 失控!跟死对头先婚后爱了 Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [Childhood Sweethearts + Mortal Enemies + Marriage Before Love + Sweet Romance + Both Virgins] Li Chutang is the second daughter of the Li family, one of the capital’s elite. Beautiful, bold, spoiled, and vindictive, she is widely regarded as the rich heiress no one in high society dares offend. Song Zhiyan is the second son of the Song family, one of the capital’s elite. Arrogant and unruly, he could make the capital’s rich list by founding his own company, without inheriting the family busines 5kReads8.7Score603Shelves
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  14. 14 Marriage Alliance Goes Wrong! Her Contract Husband Seduces Her Until She's Addicted to Kissing 联姻翻车!形婚老公诱她亲上瘾 Modern Romance246k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later · partly childhood friends · secret love turns her into the one on top · one-on-one · both virgins] [Greedy, flirty, pampered little princess with a temper * cold on the outside, wickedly flirtatious on the inside, capital-city heir] When Chi Weixi was twenty, a childhood betrothal contract married her off to the heir of the Fu family in Jingbei. They got their marriage certificates in the morning; by afternoon, her family had gone bankrupt. Fortunately, her husband l 660Reads8.8Score124Shelves
  15. 15 My Husband Married Me for His Own Schemes 联姻老公对我图谋不轨 Modern Romance121k WordsOngoing [Marry First, Fall in Love Later + Long-Planned Scheme + The Husband Chases His Wife to the Crematorium + Slow Burn + Both Leads Are Chaste] [Gentle, determined heiress and journalist vs. a sinister man in public and a scheming old fox in private] Song Zhixia thought her marriage to Shen Yilin was nothing more than a straightforward business alliance. She'd never read anything into it. She only planned to divorce him the moment their contract expired, without any fuss. Her divorce plan: ✓ Live s —Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. 16 The Cold, Brilliant Classmate Who Hated Me Became My Husband 讨厌我的清冷学神成了我老公 Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted At first, their relationship is all pride and prejudice, and he’s clueless about love. Later, it’s a late-blooming romance with a wife-chasing crematorium. (Both are virgins; happy ending) Bold, radiant, and spectacularly unlucky heiress Xu Baozhu × brilliant, yet utterly clueless about love, Xie Tinglan After pursuing him for a whole year and watching him dislike her more and more, Xu Baozhu had suffered enough for love. She decided to give up. But once she started taking it easy, Xie Tingla 173Reads6.0Score—Shelves
  17. 17 I Couldn’t Stand You, So How Did You End Up as My Girlfriend? 我看你不爽,你怎么成我女朋友了 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Suiyang's girlfriend, Cheng Mohan, is going abroad. After four years together, they break up over the bride price. Cheng Mohan demands 300,000 yuan as a bride price and another 200,000 yuan as a fee for changing how she addresses his family. She wants the money up front, promising to register their marriage after she returns from abroad. Otherwise, she'll break up with him... Faced with this, Jiang Suiyang decisively gives up. In that moment, four years of love feel as worthless as grass.. 10.1kReads9.1Score770Shelves
  18. 18 Sweet-Talking Her: One Smile from the Heiress, and Mr. Fu Falls Hard 娇哄:大小姐一笑,傅总即刻沦陷 Modern Romance147k WordsCompleted A dazzling, pampered heiress ✖️ a stodgy, fatherly CEO Marriage first, love later / eight-year age gap / older man / both are each other's first / everyday-life romance On the night they agreed to marry, Xie Wanning asked her prospective husband, “Why did you agree to this marriage?” He replied, “Because we both need this marriage.” She was proud, dazzling, and carefree. He was stodgy, disciplined, and a stickler for rules. In Xie Wanning's eyes, this marriage was nothing more than a business ar 119Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  19. 19 We're Not Divorcing, Mr. Gu Can't Let Go of His Sweet Trouble-Maker 不离了,顾总舍不得娇软惹祸精 Modern Romance562k WordsCompleted Gu Shuheng, CEO of the Gu Group, is forced by his grandfather’s orders to marry Meng Zhao, the granddaughter of the man who once saved his grandfather’s life. After the wedding, they agree to divorce in a year. She’s just a little girl. Give her five million and the problem’s solved! But after that, Mr. Gu’s life turns into one long series of getting played: “injuries,” “hair loss,” “kidney damage”... His little wife is either setting him up or on her way to setting him up. She keeps him on edge 103Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 20 If You Hate Him, Marry Him and Have His Son to Make His Life Miserable 讨厌他就嫁给他,生个儿子祸害他 Modern Romance598k WordsCompleted "Completed" Hotheaded Little Firecracker vs. Short-Tempered Young Master [Enemies to Lovers + Love-Hate Relationship + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple + Marriage + Falling in Love Over Time + Newlywed Life + A Couple Who Bring Each Other Bad Luck] Ling Yang was the product of a blended family and a bona fide rich young master. Since he had always been single, his family began to suspect he wasn't straight. To set him on the right path before it was too late, they started forcing him 5.6kReads8.5Score469Shelves
  21. 21 Marriage Before Love: I Can’t Keep This Husband 先婚后爱:这老公没法要了 Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted (Marriage Before Love + Secret Crush + Powerful Tycoon + Cute Baby + Wonderful In-Laws + Cozy Everyday Life) Wu Jing had been single for 24 years and planned to stay unmarried and childless, then grow old in a retirement home with her friends. She never expected that overnight she’d have both a husband and a child. Her domineering CEO husband gave her a house, a car, and shares. Her gentle mother-in-law gave her jewelry and designer outfits. Other people: “She only married into a wealthy family 56Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 22 After Mom’s Best Friend Set Me Up to Marry Her Son 老妈的闺蜜撮合我和她儿子领证后 Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted Marriage first, love later + devoted to each other + a groveling pursuit after the wife + sweet romance With her mother and her mother’s best friend, Aunt Lin, playing matchmaker, Su Ran and Aunt Lin’s son, Chu Chengfan, got married in a whirlwind ceremony, but kept their marriage a secret. Lin Fen said, “Son, I’m not trying to force you. If you still haven’t developed feelings for each other after six months, you can ask for a divorce!” Chu Chengfan gritted his teeth. “Fine!” Then he pulled 5.2kReads9.0Score564Shelves
  23. 23 An Arranged Marriage Is Fine! But Mr. Zhou Is a Hopeless Romantic 商业联姻没错!可周先生是恋爱脑 Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Long-planned scheme + marriage before love + heiress of a prominent family x Hong Kong tycoon] Shen Tanzhao is a brilliant actress, graceful and alluring, with a dazzling, exceptional beauty. She's an undisputed beauty and rising star in the entertainment industry. Her resources are so impressive that people can't help wondering who her powerful backer is, but two years go by without anyone finding out. - One day, Shen Tanzhao is suddenly caught up in dating rumors with a top-tier star she's wo 11.7kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
  24. 24 I Married My Secret Crush First, Then Fell in Love 与暗恋对象先婚后爱了 Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted [Cool, aloof beauty × rebellious young master] Jiang Shuyue is distant by nature and dislikes dealing with people. Even her parents are at a loss over her coolness, and often criticize her for it. She has always known the truth: her parents criticize her simply because they don't like her. The one they love is their adopted daughter, who grew up in the Jiang family. When she was twenty-five, she made a deal with her parents: she would agree to an arranged marriage, on the condition that they nev 25.8kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
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  25. 25 I Married My Secret Crush First, Then Fell in Love 和暗恋对象先婚后爱了 Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted A cold, abstinent, jealous CEO who’s a devoted husband x an adorable employee Marriage first, love later · secret crush becomes mutual · sweet pampering / one-on-one, first love for both, both pure At twenty-five, Jiang Mansheng married the high school heartthrob she had secretly loved. Back then, Lu Qichen came from a wealthy family and was exceptionally handsome, a favored child of heaven whom everyone envied. Jiang Mansheng, by contrast, was quiet and mild-mannered, just an ordinary girl fro 10.5kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
  26. 26 Marriage Before Love: My Spoiled Wife Needs Discipline 先婚后爱:娇妻欠管教 Modern Romance518k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + a twist of fate + wealthy families] A marriage set up by others leaves Gu Youran inexplicably married to her prospective brother-in-law. In the study, Gu Youran calmly hands him the divorce papers. “Let’s get divorced.” The man looks up at her, radiating authority. She wants a divorce? Is this spoiled wife in need of discipline? 11.6kReads9.0Score722Shelves
  27. 27 Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉 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 209.6kReads9.5Score26kShelves
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  28. 28 My Landlord Is My Husband 房东先生是我老公 Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted [Original title: My Landlord Is My Husband] [Easygoing, carefree bar owner vs. clearheaded, rational high school teacher] When Jiang Zhi moved back to Yun City from Qing City for work, she first met Zhou Yanqing at his home, where she was there to rent his apartment. They met for the second time at her home, where he was the man she was expected to marry. The third time, they met at the marriage registry, and he went from being her landlord to her husband. “Since our marriage is already a do 7kReads9.3Score729Shelves
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  29. 29 After Our Baby Trends Online, the Empire's CEO Comes Every Night to Soothe the Child 生崽热搜后,帝国总裁夜夜来哄娃 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted At the height of her career, top-tier star Shi Muran vanished without a trace. A year later, she reappeared in the headlines after giving birth in a very public fashion! The whole country went wild! The celebrity widely considered the purest in the entertainment industry was a mother? Netizens speculated about who the father was, when the empire’s most distinguished man suddenly appeared on a livestream. Shi Muran did her best to deny it. “It’s a misunderstanding. It’s not what you all think…” T 16.2kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
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  30. 30 The Tycoon’s Sweetheart: Darling, Be Good and Spoil Me 财阀小甜妻:老公,乖乖宠我 Modern Romance7.2M WordsOngoing Jiang Chenyu, the business world's emperor, swore he would never marry. Then one day, he was saddled with a sweet little wife, and Young Master Jiang began a whole new chapter of his life! “CEO, your wife smashed up the Wei family’s place.” “Has she calmed down?” “Not yet...” “Get a few more people over there to help her.” “CEO, your wife got into a fight and sent someone to the hospital.” “Is she satisfied?” “No.” The man kept working. “Carry on.” One day, when he heard that she’d gotten into a 85.2kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
  31. 31 Listen to Her Murmur 听她呢喃 Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted Heiress of a wealthy family x refined but wicked tycoon [Sweet Romance + Married First, Love Later + One-on-One] Lin Yan and Xie Ting went from meeting to getting married in just two days. After the wedding, they went about their own business and kept out of each other’s way. One day, at a party in a bar, Lin Yan was resting on a sofa in the corner when her phone buzzed twice. Xie Ting: [What are you doing?] Lin Yan typed with one hand: [Getting ready to sleep.] After replying, she put down her 2.8kReads9.0Score323Shelves
  32. 32 After We Married, the CEO’s Wife Had a Sore Waist Every Day 结婚后,总裁夫人每天都在腰酸 Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Powerful family patriarch + devoted leads + marry first, fall in love later + sweet romance + flirty tension + sizzling chemistry] When Lin Youning learned that her parents had chosen Jian Cheng, a notorious playboy in their social circle, as her marriage partner, she took the initiative and went to Gu Huaichen, a powerful family patriarch who surpassed Jian Cheng in every way, from his methods to his wealth. According to rumor, Gu Huaichen was indifferent to women and impossible to approach. O 8.1kReads9.1Score916Shelves
  33. 33 The Young Lady Courts Death, and Her Betrothed Comes to Save Her 大小姐作死,联姻对象来赎人 Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted [Both From Powerful Families | Marriage First, Love Later | Flirtatious Push and Pull | Sweet Romance] [Noble, Aloof CEO x Delicate Rose of a Heiress] (The rating is only because the novel just came out. Read without worries!) Jiang Ruoli had been pampered since birth. The only bitterness she had ever tasted was in iced Americanos, and even her name carried her family’s hopes that she would be refined and well-mannered. . Who would have thought that she’d impulsively spend a night with her husba 10.6kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
  34. 34 After We Got Our Marriage License, My Possessive Uncle Kisses Me 99 Times a Day 领证后,偏执大叔每天吻我99次 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Adapted into the short dramas You Are the Light of My Life and A Glimmer of Light for You Qin Xin was the Qin family's only heiress. But right after her grandfather passed away, her father brought home an older sister. Her sister was always picking on her, and her father openly favored the other girl. He even dumped Qin Xin in a cemetery on a rainy day like she was a piece of trash. Just when Qin Xin thought she'd be left homeless, she met a gloomy CEO. After the CEO sweet-talked and coaxed 6kReads9.4Score866Shelves
  35. 35 My Husband from a Flash Marriage Is a Billionaire CEO 闪婚老公是亿万总裁 Modern Romance134k WordsCompleted Su Xiao marries a stranger on impulse to escape her family. She thinks theirs will be a marriage of convenience, with each of them living their own life without interfering in the other's. But she never expected her new husband to suddenly insist on exercising his marital rights. Jiang Yan hides his identity when he marries Su Xiao. On their very first day as newlyweds, he lays down the rules: “Miss Su, agreeing to marry you doesn't mean I truly consider you my wife. I can give you a house and m 22.5kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
  36. 36 A Slow-Burning Obsession 慢性迷恋 Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted [Carefree, High-Maintenance Little Menace × Deceptively Dark Ice-Queen] [Marriage of Convenience + Both Are Inexperienced + An Intense Push and Pull] After a night of passion, Shen Yihe accidentally slept with the famous ice-queen of their social circle. She thought he wouldn’t deign to make a fuss over it. But the next morning, there he was: the aloof man, seemingly untouched by worldly concerns, wearing a loosely tied bathrobe, his pale skin still marked by her kisses. Standing over her, he de 561Reads—Score101Shelves
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  37. 37 Three Feet of Spring 三尺春【王嘉懋、李十七主演 短剧同名原著小说热播中!!!】 Ancient Romance371k WordsCompleted The captivating beauty Li Shuwan, whose background is shrouded in mystery × the aloof, proud General Li Fengyuan, hard-mouthed but soft-hearted Ancient romance + premium novel + one-on-one romance + both leads' first love + sweet romance + mutual devotion + palace intrigue + simmering tension + secret crush + age gap + reunion after years apart When she was seven, Li Shuwan was brought back from the countryside to the General's Mansion, becoming Li Fengyuan's relative in name only. Knowing her 22.8kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
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