The Hero Is Older Than the Heroine, and His Long-Dormant Heart Is Finally Stirring 男主比女主大，老房子🏚️着火🔥
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- 101 Fallen Rose: The Dark Moon and Her Counterattack 陷落玫瑰：黑月光与她的反杀局 [Revenge Against Scum] [Forced Possession] [Awakening to Her True Identity] [Rivalry for Her Affections] [One Woman, Four Men] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark and Scheming on the Inside, a Seductive Strategist × Her Possessive Adoptive Brother / Abstinent CEO / Gentle Young Nobleman / Capitalist Predator] ▲ Her true identity awakens, and a bloody revenge begins Abandoned at an orphanage as a child, she was later molded by the Song family into a tool for a marriage alliance. She bides her time, turni 315Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 The Empress Is Sweet and Alluring, Winning Favor and Rising to Power 娘娘娇软妩媚，一路争宠上位 (A pure palace-intrigue story, not a one-on-one romance, and not a mutually faithful pairing. Proceed with caution!) Bai Ruotang is the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Right Chancellor’s household. At fifteen, just after coming of age, she is sent into the palace to bear a child for her legitimate elder sister and help her secure the emperor’s favor. Unwilling to be reduced to someone else’s pawn, from the moment she steps through the palace gates, she decides she will carve out 10.4kReads8.9Score1kShelves
- 103 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 86.5kReads9.6Score11.3kShelves
- 104 The Consort Schemes Her Way to Power, and the Emperor Dotes on Her Daily 娘娘心机上位，皇帝日日宠 Song Shiwei, a concubine-born daughter of the Dali family, enters the palace in place of her elder sister, posing as the legitimate daughter. She becomes a low-ranking Seventh-Rank Baolin in the harem of Qi Jing, the fifth emperor of the Great Deng Dynasty. With no influential connections or status, Song Shiwei initially just wants to coast through each day, checking in for the daily greetings. At least life in the palace has to be better than it was at home. But in the imperial harem, getting f 320Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 105 The Emperor Is Aloof and Hard to Approach? He Lures Me to Share His Bed Night After Night! 帝王清冷难近？夜夜诱我共枕眠！ [Live-action audio adaptation available] [Reborn + Palace Intrigue, Not Both Virgins + Favored by the Hero Early On, His Only Love Later + Clear-Headed Beauty Rises to Power + Emperor Becomes Love-Struck Later] [Cool, Distant, Hard-to-Approach Emperor vs. Delicate, Soft, Clear-Headed Heroine] In her previous life, Lin Wanqing was kept outside the palace as the mistress of the younger brother of the reigning emperor. She thought they were in love and that she would become his princess consort. S 3kReads8.8Score343Shelves
- 106 Beneath the Palace Walls, I Seduce Him to Steal Her Favor 宫墙之下，勾他夺宠 Original Title: The Princess Becomes a Favored Consort, Bears a Little Crown Prince, and Seizes Her Sister’s Throne. [Reborn + System + palace intrigue + aloof beauty + stunning beauty + sweet romance] An aloof, noble, one-of-a-kind ruler x a delicate, alluring beauty with an innocent sensuality … Once, she was his nominally illegitimate princess (a lie), and the only stain on his life. He sent her to a foreign land to marry for peace. From atop the palace walls, she leapt, thinking she would b 22.4kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
- 107 The Emperor's Cousin Says He Must Refuse 皇上表弟说他恕难从命 [Completed] Younger man + sickly male lead + hapless cousins + a little palace intrigue + lighthearted Ye Su never imagined that because her fate was so strong, it would claim the lives of two fiancés, leaving her unmarried even at twenty-two. After her parents went to the palace to weep to her aunt, the Empress Dowager, it was decided that she would become a consort to her sickly cousin, the emperor. The reason was that a holy monk had declared Ye Su and the emperor’s destinies to be one strong 88.6kReads9.2Score10.9kShelves
- 108 After Entering the Palace, the Obsessive Emperor Wouldn’t Let Me Leave 入宫后，偏执帝王不许我出宫 [Not both virgins, not a strong heroine, a little angst early on, devoted love later] In the fourth year of the new emperor’s reign, Consort Duan died suddenly of an illness in the palace. At the time, Shen Jiafu was not yet fifteen. The Empress Dowager was from the Shen family. Half a year later, she summoned a Shen daughter to the palace to attend to her, claiming to be ill. Shen Jiafu traveled from Quzhou to the imperial capital. In public, she was gentle and well-behaved, like a charming flo 14.1kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
- 109 So What? His Majesty Dotes on Me Alone 那又怎样，奈何陛下独宠我 The rating will rise once it’s posted + [A cold, devoted emperor and a dazzling beauty, an alternate dynasty, doted on from the start, both wholeheartedly in love and choosing each other] Jiang Yuexin is reborn. In her previous life, she and her best friend had both transmigrated. Jiang Yuexin became a consort in the palace who had beauty but no brains, while her best friend became the eldest daughter of a general’s household. She was breathtakingly beautiful, while her friend had only the rep 39.3kReads9.0Score6.5kShelves
- 110 Seduce My Way to the Top: Your Majesty, I've Been Plotting This for a Long Time 勾引上位：陛下，我对你蓄谋已久 [Transmigration into a book, villainess, revenge, palace intrigue, seducing her way to power] [They scheme against each other. She runs, he pursues, and she can never escape him] Blurb One Shen Jiaojiao transmigrated into a book and became the heroine of an ancient romance novel. Unfortunately, she was the former heroine. The original heroine, pitifully robbed of the male lead’s life-saving favor by the female supporting character. Heaven knows how miserable Shen Jiaojiao felt, transmigrati 16.8kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
- 111 The Mad Concubine Is Too Unhinged, and His Majesty Indulges Her Without Restraint 病娇贵妃太疯批，陛下宠溺无度 [Palace intrigue | Scheming | Unhinged and possessive | Older man | Everyone protects her | Healing | Devoted to her in the second half] [Content warning] The male lead has a harem in the first half, but devotes himself to her alone in the second half. Readers who require a male lead with no past relationships should proceed with caution. This isn't a mindless wish-fulfillment story. If you like everything going smoothly, proceed with caution. Ling Qihe's birth mother transmigrated into a chaoti 26kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
- 112 Remarrying the Crown Prince’s Father Reborn 改嫁太子他爹【重生】 [Rebirth + palace intrigue + marrying the crown prince's father] The incompetent crown prince feared the Shen family's power. He listened to slander, falsely accused her elder brother of treason, and slaughtered her entire family. When she opened her eyes again, she was seventeen, in the year before she was to marry the crown prince. To save the Shen family, she had to bring the crown prince down. But the crown prince was protected on every side, like a man locked inside an iron cage. Shen Hanyu 20.2kReads8.7Score3.1kShelves
- 113 The Delicate Little Cabbage Is Ravished by the Old Emperor 娇娇小白菜被老皇帝拱了 [Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Alternate World + Fatherly Male Lead + Male Lead Is Not Chaste, Female Lead Is] A born workaholic transmigrated into the body of the prime minister’s legitimate daughter. At long last, all this incredible wealth had finally fallen into her lap. A doting prime minister father, a gentle mother, and a brother who adored his little sister. Power, money, and good looks were all hers. She longed for freedom and hoped to spend her life with one person, and one person a 14.9kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves
- 114 Endless Pampering: I Want You on Your Knees, Calling Me Empress Mother! 娇宠无度：本宫要你跪着喊母后！ [Sweet and wicked troublemaking beauty × Scheming, indulgent emperor] [Age gap, male lead has a past while female lead is chaste, one step at a time he falls, powerful man bows to love, sweet and satisfying with a hint of scumminess, happy ending] In her previous life, she was the Eastern Palace’s most spoiled and headstrong consort, yet died on the eve of the Crown Prince’s coronation. As she lay dying, she heard the Crown Prince sneer, “You’re nothing but a brainless idiot. What makes you thin 1.2kReads6.7Score103Shelves
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Boss, Remember to Pretend We Don't Know Each Other When You Go Out 大佬，出门记得装不熟
The short drama A Proper Match with Zhao Ran is now streaming [Upright, proper senior leader & beautiful, clear-eyed university lecturer] "Powerful man bows his head 11-year age gap Sweet romance Both leads are devoted to each other" With an uncaring father and mother, Xu Weizhao’s plan for her life was simple: stay unnoticed, buy a little house, and remain unmarried and childless for peace of mind. It was supposed to be an easy plan, but in a single night, everything was thrown into disarray. S
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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
[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
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The Prince Is Addicted to Disguising Himself as a Guard 王爷他装侍卫成瘾
The Prince Is Addicted to Disguising Himself as a Guard
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- 118 The Heir Apparent's Bride Under the Covers 被窝里的世子妃 The Heir's Consort Beneath the Covers 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 Wanwan Won't Listen 婉婉不听话 Wanwan Won't Listen 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 I Insist on Making the Emperor Steal His Minister's Wife 朕偏要君夺臣妻 I Insist You Steal Your Minister's Wife —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 After Mistaking the Male Lead, I Slept with the Villain 认错男主后我把反派睡了 After Mistaking the Male Lead, I Slept with the Villain 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 The Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Has Gone Mad Again Today 大理寺少卿他今天又疯了 The Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Has Gone Mad Again Today 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Spring in the Military Camp 军帐春 Spring in the Military Camp 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 The General's Worthless Live-In Son-in-Law 将军的窝囊赘婿 The General's Pathetic Live-in Son-in-Law 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Refusing the Crown Prince 拒嫁东宫 I Refuse to Marry into the Eastern Palace 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 The Three-Year Term Is Up, but the Prince Refuses to Divorce 三年期满，王爷却不肯和离了 The Three-Year Term Is Up, but the Prince Refuses to Divorce 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 The Young Master Himself, at Your Service, Madam Sea King 公子本尊，参见海王夫人 This Young Master Appears in Person to Pay His Respects to the Sea King's Wife 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 After His Wife Ran Off Pregnant, the Cold-Faced Chancellor Panicked 夫人带球跑后，冷面权臣他慌了 After His Wife Ran Away While Pregnant, the Cold-Faced Powerful Official Panicked 17Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Became the Villainess, Pampered by a Daddy-Type Tycoon 穿成恶毒女配，被爹系大佬娇宠了
(Marriage First, Love Later + Pure Relationship + Powerful Husband Bows His Head + Sweet Pampering + Everyday Life + Slow-Building Romance) Lu Jingyi transmigrates into a book, becoming the wicked supporting heroine in a sweet romance novel. When she opens her eyes, she's already in the bed of Huo Qichen, the male lead's older brother. In the book, she makes trouble at every turn, helping the leads' romance along, only to meet a tragic end. To save her own life, she quickly blocks the leads and
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A Commander with No Heirs? His Little Wife Gives Birth to Triplets 绝嗣长官没儿子？小娇妻一胎三宝
[Soft and sweet green-tea little white rabbit × domineering father-type military officer] 1970s + 11-year age gap + height difference + childbearing System + overflowing sweetness + instinctive attraction Lu Jinhuan was the youngest daughter in her family. Innocent and adorable, soft and well-behaved, she was introduced by her selfish sister to her sister's eldest brother-in-law, who was unable to have children. What should she do if her husband cannot have children? No problem, Lu Jinhuan bonde
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Secret Crush! Big Brother Is Wild and Irresistible 暗恋！哥哥他又野又撩
[College Campus | Unrequited Love Turns Mutual | Playboy Turns Over a New Leaf | Sweet Romance as He Wins Her Back] Meng Shiyi has been secretly in love for years with her brother's good friend. He Xi Lou is famously rebellious and carefree at Imperial University, and his ex-girlfriends could circle the entire campus. At first, he laughs nonchalantly. “Relax, you're my friend's little sister. I wouldn't touch you~” Later, he pins her in his arms, his voice teasing and sensual. “Shiyi, little sis
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What If Uncle Is Platonic Toward the Fake Heiress? 万一小叔对假千金是柏拉图呢？
(The untouchable beauty falls from her pedestal + deliberate seduction + seven-year age gap + uncle) [Scheming, well-behaved fake heiress × powerful political heavyweight] Song Ci had a dream. In it, she was a fake heiress who had been switched at birth, while her fiancé's beloved, a poor but brilliant country girl, was the real heiress. Later, her fiancé teamed up with the real heiress, exposed Song Ci's identity, and sent her to a psychiatric hospital. Unable to bear the humiliation, she slit
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Where the Green Mountains Fade Into the Distance 青山归杳处
[Steady, divorced senior leader X gentle, ambitious junior employee; age gap; sweet romance] At first, faced with a powerful, influential figure, Gu Yao feels both intimidated and awed. Then one day, she gets drunk and accidentally ends up in his car, and everything begins to change... P.S. The male lead’s first marriage was in name only.
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Growing Up in My Uncle’s Arms 在小叔怀里长大
The year Yu Ci was born, the late-blooming cherry blossoms at Yuyuan were at their finest, clusters of flowers in full bloom, their delicate pink petals seeming ready to fall. Fu Zeyi, who lived at Yuyuan, gave her the childhood name Songyue. The moon hung before the pines, shining on the crimson cherry blossoms. When Yu Ci was fourteen, her parents died one after the other. Candlelight flickered in the ancestral hall, and not a sound was heard. Fu Zeyi sat in the seat of honor in the main hall.
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The Red-Gate Pact: From Kitchen Maid to Mistress of the House 朱门契：从烧火婢到当家主母
[No Rebirth | No Transmigration | Contract to Bear a Child | Lost and Found] Yan Xi entered the Lu household as a maid to save up money for her dowry. As soon as she arrived, she was sent to the kitchen to tend the stove as punishment for fighting. When it rains, it pours. Just then, she discovered that her mother, the only person she had to rely on, had disappeared. With no one to depend on, she carefully did her work and quietly tried to improve herself, all so she could save more money and se
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When He Learned I’d Secretly Taken Contraceptive Soup, the Powerful Minister Turned Dark 得知我偷喝避子汤后，权臣黑化了
[Household intrigue + sweet romance + rise to power + age and height gap + a touch of healing] Tan Yin is the third daughter among the Song family's concubine-born daughters. When she was twelve, she accidentally ate crab roe and broke out in a rash all over her body. A plague was sweeping through Jiangnan at the time, and everyone feared it might be smallpox. So they sent Tan Yin to Puhua Mountain outside the capital, leaving her to fend for herself. Five years passed, and no one came to see he
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Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉
(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
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Emperor Wu’s Forbidden Love: The Beauty of Emperor Xiaowu 武帝之绝爱：孝武红颜
After Emperor Wen came the prosperous Han dynasty. Young Emperor Wu, Liu Che, ascended the throne full of ambition and vigor. He was not only a ruler of great vision, but also a passionate and romantic man. In his life, there was the fiery, headstrong Chen A'jiao, the gentle and virtuous Wei Zifu, and the peerlessly beautiful Lady Li... Yet among all his romances, one woman was the love of his life, and also the one least mentioned in the historical records. She was Lady Wang. Lady Wang was from
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- 139 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 14.8kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
- 140 Middle-Aged Man: My Lovely Wife Is Just Young 人到中年：娇妻她只不过岁数小 At forty, Xiao Zhenglong had a pretty relaxed outlook. He’d been married and had a daughter. He’d been in love, and it hadn’t meant much. His position wasn’t especially high, but in Hong City, he wasn’t exactly a nobody. As the youngest son in the family, he had older brothers to carry on the family line and older sisters to bring honor to the family. He could just enjoy life with his brothers, live freely, and settle scores as they came. That seemed like a pretty good way to spend his life. Why 10.8kReads8.4Score591Shelves
- 141 The Emperor Chases His Wife: Where Did My Little Empress Go? 帝王追妻朕的小皇后哪里逃 Only her, bearing a child, the pursuit of a wife, an older man chasing his wife, and an emperor bowing his head in submission. The emperor held absolute power and controlled the court, while the harem was peaceful. The one person he could never handle was his little consort. Lu Qingyu, who had grown up with her childhood sweetheart, believed she would spend her life with General Wei. Unexpectedly, the emperor, who had not entered the harem for years, forcibly brought her into the palace. His fea 5.7kReads5.2Score470Shelves
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Widowed for Five Years, the Widow is Pregnant with the Emperor’s Child 丈夫去世五年，守寡怀了皇帝的崽
[Stunning widow vs. domineering emperor] [Not both virgins + forbidden tension + raising a child + old flames reignited] Everyone in the capital knows that the legitimate daughter of the Yun family and Third Young Master Lu are a loving couple, devoted to each other. But fate was cruel. Third Young Master Lu was cursed with a short life and died of a serious illness before reaching twenty, leaving behind a beautiful young widow and an unborn child. - Yun Wan has a secret she’s kept buried fo
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The Dominating Workplace Big Shot and the Newly Widowed Woman 霸道的职场大佬，新寡的她
Her husband died unexpectedly, leaving her a new widow whom everyone avoided. She had planned to spend the rest of her life in peace, but accidentally fell into the arms of the most powerful man in the city. He was a ruthless, cold-hearted business tycoon who could make or break anyone, and had no interest in women. Yet with her, he pursued her at every turn and kept her firmly by his side: “From now on, your body and your heart belong to me alone.” Everyone urged her to remain faithful to her l
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Achilles' Heel 软肋
If love at first sight has to be explained, it probably belongs to the realm of metaphysics. The moment He Xian'er laid eyes on Ji Hansheng, she felt they ought to have a story together, or maybe even a child! Men are born with two ambitions: to lead respectable women astray and to persuade women of the world to reform. President Ji carried out both principles to the letter. “Take this money, find an honest job, and stop following me.” “What kind of person do you think I am?” Ever since the inci
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A Deeply Devoted Temptation 深情诱引
A novel in the Niaosongmi Universe: Deep Affection and Allure. The short drama The Height of Summer, a special story about the eldest brother and sister-in-law, is now online. [Love after an arranged marriage, a regretful husband’s pursuit of his wife, one-on-one romance, both devoted only to each other] [Gentle, cool-headed ophthalmologist vs. devoted, wayward young master] Lin Yuxi used to think Zhou Yanjing was a carefree playboy with a fickle heart. Only after they married did she learn just
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I Went to Find My Relatives but Mistook the Wrong Man, and the Chaste Young Officer Spoils Me Every Night 投亲认错人，被禁欲军少夜夜宠
[1970s + military marriage + ancient-to-modern transmigration + pocket dimension + multiple children adored by the whole family + sweet romance and satisfying revenge] Su Jinniang, the daughter of an imperial physician from ancient times, wakes up in the 1970s as a village girl sold into a marriage meant to bring good fortune! She was supposed to marry the “foolish” eldest son of the Huo family, but through a twist of fate, it was the veil-lifting hand of “Huo Yama,” the coldest, toughest man in
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My Sister Died, and He Married Me 姐姐死了，他娶了我
After My Sister Died, He Married Me
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- 148 The Tycoon's Sugar Baby 倒贴首富 Throwing Herself at the Billionaire 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 The CEO Has Fallen for Her 总裁他沦陷了 The CEO Has Fallen for Her 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 He Made a Wish 他许了 He Made a Wish 1kReads—Score—Shelves
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