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1. 1 你 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily 64.3kReads9.5Score12.1kShelves

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   That's right, I'm here with the books you want. The writing is really great.

2. 2 我 I Only Took a Peek at Him 我只偷看他一眼 Zhi Jiu枝玖Anime Fanfiction188k WordsCompleted During the speech by the freshman class representative, Chen Nan fell for Lu Xu at first sight, and for the rest of her life. The pink sunset beyond the window filled the entire sky, like a beautiful landscape painting. The clouds looked drunk, their cheeks flushed with color. Chen Nan held her breath and stole a sidelong glance at Lu Xu. His profile was youthful and striking, and he held his book with perfect posture. A ray of light fell on the yellowed pages, and touched him as well. The dayli 15.4kReads9.6Score3.6kShelves
3. 3 快 Quick Transmigration: The Universally Disliked Fight to Become the No. 1 Fan Favorite 快穿：万人嫌争做人气角色No1 Han yuu寒yuuAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Shi Wuqing died, someone claiming to be a System found her. If she collected enough “popularity points,” she could come back to life. Shi Wuqing agreed. Then she was sent into various novels, where she became the cannon-fodder character readers hated most. Her mission was to become the character readers loved most, with the highest popularity, by the end of each novel! World One: Shi Wuqing became the scheming younger sister who took the heroine's place and married the prince. At the begi 43.1kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
4. 4 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.8kReads9.6Score14.8kShelves
5. 5 娇 The Sweet, Delicate Beauty Goes on a Rampage, and Every Villain Is at Her Feet 娇软美人杀疯了，反派皆为裙下臣 A Dream on a Pillow of Begonia一枕棠Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A genuinely unhinged villainess! No male lead! All the men are supporting characters! [No Fixed Couple / Quick Transmigration] Qi Yan is an enforcer with the Judgment Bureau. Her mission is to transmigrate into various worlds and purge their villains. These villains commit heinous, unforgivable crimes, and every moment they’re trying to hurt her. But little by little, they change. A ruthless upstart who clawed his way from the bottom to the top drops to one knee: “I want to marry you. Let me mak 6.8kReads9.4Score555Shelves
6. 6 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 89.5kReads9.7Score14.9kShelves

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   Her words are like the spring breeze blowing in the willows, delicately outlining the joys and sorrows, hiding thoughts in the raindrops on the eaves, and flowing tenderness in the veins of the leaves. Each stroke makes the story wrapped in the softness and power of moonlight.

7. 7 夏 The Adventures of Xia Qiu Guo: Part One 夏秋果奇遇记第一部 AnonymousOctober佚名者OctoberAncient Romance903k WordsCompleted The adventure begins when the heroine runs away from home for the first time and encounters a British socialite from another time, somewhere in the sixteenth century, on a floor-to-ceiling glass window. Next, she meets the angel Morgan, who drops to one knee and proposes the moment they meet. She follows Morgan into the world inside a glass mirror, a place with castles and portals that can take you anywhere. Through the portals, she discovers the cruel vampire rituals of an eighteenth-century Ro 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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   At the beginning of the adventure, Morgan kneels down to propose to the heroine when he meets Angel Morgan for the first time. Through the angel, he learns about the cruel vampire sacrifices in the ancient Roman theater in the 18th century, and a series of adventures. Later, the Lord of Darkness and the heroine had a thousand-year emotional bond. The story is novel and the plot has ups and downs. It is very exciting. I recommend it!

8. 8 十 Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score235.2kShelves

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   The high-energy unlimited stream "The End of Ten Days" is coming! The protagonist is trapped in a mysterious place of death. Ten days of extreme survival, a brain-burning game + a game of human nature, with constant reversals, come and unlock the final truth!

9. 9 东 Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录 Asking the Cold Wind in a Light Rain微雨问冷风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one! 40.7kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves

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   It's a fairy tale novel with two male protagonists. It's ghost hunting but also funny. Each character has a thread and chain, and the feelings are extremely sincere. The characters in this book are very patriotic and are willing to sacrifice their lives to defend the country. It's a bit sad but it has a perfect ending.

10. 10 敖 Ao Guang's Tale: The Love Tribulation of the Rainmaking Sea God 敖光传：司雨镇海之神的情劫 Armor and Fish铠甲和鱼Ancient Romance159k WordsCompleted [Not a Nezha story + set after the War of the Witches and Demons + love tribulation + divided divine soul + vast difference in status + bittersweet romance + joy after hardship + rekindled love] Dragon King Ao Guang rules over the Four Seas and the Eight Wastelands, commanding the Four Seas and earning the respect of the Three Realms. Ao Guang's love is the love of a god: powerful, domineering, and eternal. But he always looks down at her from on high, never truly entering her world to understan 56Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    The writing is exquisite. The male protagonist is the Dragon King who rules the world, and the female protagonist is the tribulation soul of Princess Honglian. She is a mortal sword cultivator. Qingheng is breaking herself again every step she takes when she enters Ao Guang's world, but the male protagonist is of good character.

11. 11 总 The CEO’s Long Road to Winning Back His Wife 总裁追妻路很长 Am BeierAm蓓儿Two Male Leads205k WordsCompleted (The hero's long road to win back his love ✘ revenge on scoundrels ✘ first-love steals the lover ✘ substitute trope ✘ amnesia trope) In Volume One, the protagonist is constantly pushed around. In Volume Two, he starts standing up for himself, so if you don't want to read about him being mistreated, you can jump straight to Volume Two. There's a bit of business warfare later on. The relationship between the top and the bottom develops gradually: at first, the top only sees the bottom as someone t 7Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 暗 The Eleventh Spring of My Secret Love 暗恋他的第十一年春 Don't Call Me Beautiful别叫我美丽Modern Romance327k WordsCompleted [Bright Flower Shop Owner × Cool, Distinguished Diplomat] [Devoted 1v1 First Love | Sweet Romance | Misunderstood Secret Crush | Love Returned | Flash Marriage] At sixteen, Shen Zhuying falls for a boy. He likes wearing white shirts, plays the drums, and gets dimples when he smiles. He's a blazing sun she can never reach. At eighteen, she repeats a year of school and gets into the same university as him, only to learn that he transferred to England half a year ago. At twenty-two, she sees him ag 9.5kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves

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    The writing style of these two books is very delicate, and the author's writing is beautiful. The first one is about romance, and the second one is about two male protagonists. The characters of the protagonists in both books are very good and worth reading.

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