Marriage First, Love Later, or a Long-Running Secret Plan 先婚后爱或者蓄谋已久

1. 51 夺 Stealing Her Sister's Heart, Imprisoned in Her Imperial Brother's Palm 夺妹诱心，沦为皇兄的掌心囚 Xiaoxiao Xiqiu潇潇稀秋Ancient Romance465k WordsCompleted [Both virgins + faux siblings + coercive possession + no blood relation] [Innocent, stunning imperial princess vs. sweet-looking but secretly calculating, possessive imperial brother] Pei Zhiwan was the only princess of the Great Sheng dynasty. Her beauty was unrivaled, and she was betrothed to the person she loved. Then, after an accident, her imperial brother, who was not related to her by blood and was also the Crown Prince, spent a night with her and took her innocence. Her imperial brother 12.4kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves

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   This, with forced love, the male protagonist has been planning for a long time

2. 52 佛 The Abstinent Buddha's Hard to Win Over, Yet He Calls Me Baby with Red Eyes 佛子禁欲难攀？可他红眼喊我宝宝 Luo Tingxu洛汀序Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted (Mutual seduction | Top-tier push and pull | Wild and sultry | Age gap | Possessive male lead | Explosive sexual tension | Second male lead begs her back and completely loses it) [Pure, alluring, flirtatious little white flower × Abstinent, unhinged Buddha] The night the capital's young master humiliated her in public, she got drunk and forcefully kissed the powerful family head he feared most. Everyone thought Yan Tingnan, the Buddha of the capital's elite circle, was an aloof, untouchable flow 70.6kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves

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   Don't ask me how I know it, just look at it and you won't say anything.

3. 53 极 Irresistible Seduction: Lord Jue Spoils His Sweet Little Treasure 极致诱哄，玦爷娇宠他的小乖宝！ The Moon Enters the Sea of Stars月入星海Modern Romance455k WordsCompleted Print edition forthcoming [Coercive Love + Possessive Power Broker + Both Pure + Six-Year Age Gap] Jiang Wanhua, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family in the imperial capital, was born a cherished jewel, adored by everyone. Spoiled and willful, she could ask for the stars and refuse the moon, because Xiao Wangjue always stood behind her. Known as “Lord Jue,” Xiao Wangjue was the true power behind the Jiang family. His methods were ruthless, yet he indulged Jiang Wanhua in everything. Everyone 12.4kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves
4. 54 骗 After Swindling His Money and His Heart, I Turned the Ice-Cold Beauty Dark 骗钱又骗心后，高岭之花黑化了 Sad Ice Cream忧伤的冰淇淋Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted [Forced love + yandere + dark transformation + male lead is pure in body and mind + happy ending] The short drama is now streaming. Cold, self-contained college student × scheming, beautiful bad girl One peaceful afternoon, Lin Yan deliberately tripped and bumped into Song Yizhou, hoping to get his attention. But when the cool-faced boy heard her apologize, he didn't say a word. Song Yizhou has a betrothed he barely knows. Lin Yan approaches him because she's been paid to do a job: get close to 8kReads8.4Score648Shelves
5. 55 先 Marriage Before Love: The Capital's Top Young Master Has Been Plotting This for Ages 先婚后爱：京圈太子爷他蓄谋已久 Hezhou Doesn't Eat Cheese鹤洲不吃奶酪Modern Romance128k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + marriage first, love later] No angst at all! Lu Huaian, the young master who held power in the capital, tore up Wen Nian's contract and kissed her. He was absolutely impossible! But when Wen Nian was forced into an arranged marriage, he took her straight to the marriage registration office?! After they married, she discovered that the dog he raised was named Niannian! Lu Huaian had done it on purpose all along!! But it turned out everyone in the world knew he loved her. She was 104Reads—Score108Shelves

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   Recommend this book! Although it is still being serialized, it is super awesome! The main CP for business marriage first gets married and then falls in love. The deputy CP is from the entertainment industry.

6. 56 抛 Three Years After Abandoning Her Husband and Daughter, She Can Finally See Clearly 抛夫弃女的她三年后不眼盲心瞎了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yu Hua wasn't a good woman. She had “abandoned her husband and daughter,” and spent the hard-earned money her “honest” husband, Chen Jikun, made on a wasteful university life in the city. She also went out of her way to hide the fact that she was married. In an era that prized simplicity and purity, a selfish, vain, spoiled woman like Yu Hua was nothing like the ideal good girl, let alone someone a man would want to marry. Yet Chen Jikun had not only married her, he spent money and effort treati 10.7kReads8.6Score745Shelves

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   Marriage first, love later, period story, the male and female protagonists are originally indigenous, super cute, Chen Zhi's baby is super cute, a family's automatic stalking machine, I really like to watch their daily life together, my father loves my mother very much, but he is a bit venomous and likes to make her angry. Mom, we know that the cub likes his mother to sleep the most. Chen Zhiyou, I have a good friend named Zhu Zhu who stays with me every day, and Su Xiaobao, we play together every day...

7. 57 持 Licensed to Wed! Get to Know This Real Married Couple 持证上岗！真夫妻了解一下 The Wind Hasn't Spoken风未言Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated Five Years into the Future, and My Heartthrob Became My Husband!] [Sweet, Delicate Beauty VS Gentle, Refined Film Emperor] Su Ruanruan, a D-list actress infamous for all the wrong reasons, woke up one day to discover she had transmigrated five years into the future and become the film emperor’s wife. What a shock! I transmigrated into my own future! My heartthrob became my husband! Later, paparazzi caught the award-winning film emperor Yi Huai holding hands with someone late at n 4.1kReads9.4Score351Shelves
8. 58 奶 Creamy Peach Romance 奶油恋桃 The Moon Cooed月亮咕咕了Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love] [Mutual Devotion] The cool, handsome SWAT captain everyone sees, but a shamelessly proper man in private x a sweet, innocent little bunny Sheng Qinian, captain of the SWAT headquarters, suddenly got married, and it was a whirlwind wedding. On their first day as newlyweds, his sweet little wife slept in a separate room. By the third day, she had run off to stay in her school dormitory. Sheng Qinian kept making the first move, time and time again, until Jiang Suisui b 7.2kReads9.2Score879Shelves

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   These two are so sweet

9. 59 闪 After a Flash Marriage to a Billionaire CEO, His Wealthy Parents Came Looking for Him 闪婚亿万总裁后，豪门父母找来了 North Moon Xiaomu北月小木Modern Romance409k WordsCompleted [Married First, Love Later + Pampered by the Whole Family] Twenty-year-old Xia Nanxi lives in a city village in Huadu. Her family runs a baozi shop, and she is cherished by her parents and doted on by her three older brothers. She had hoped to live an ordinary, carefree life forever, but her grandfather forced her into a whirlwind marriage with a poor country boy. He may be poor, but he sure is handsome! He is better-looking than any top-tier star in show business, great at mahjong, and knows ho 53kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
10. 60 宝 Baby, Don't Let Big Brother Find Me Under the Table 宝贝，别让大哥发现我在桌子底下 Towering Jia Wood参天甲木Two Male Leads314k WordsCompleted The rating just came out [Two male leads + equally matched leads + transmigration + tricked into marriage and forcibly taken + older man/younger man + push and pull] [Tsundere, aloof on the outside but clingy as a cat inside bottom VS refined and gentle on the outside but sinister and scheming Enigma top] After the transmigrator took over catboy Xiang Nan’s body for three years and spent that time shamelessly chasing his big brother’s rival, Xiang Nan finally reclaimed his body and his freedom 1.5kReads8.8Score240Shelves

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    This is the first book with two male protagonists. I haven't read it yet, but I think the setting is pretty good. The second book is about romance, and the setting is okay. The third and fourth books are about two male protagonists, and the setting is okay. It's all finished. If you like it, you can check it out.

11. 61 偷 Secretly Plotting 偷偷蓄谋 Zheng Xian筝弦Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted [Cold, Cunning CEO × Sweet Little Princess, Six-Year Age Gap] [Marriage First, Love Later + Long-Held Schemes + Sweet Romance] The Xu family had a little princess, with twin older brothers and parents who had doted on her since she was a child. She grew up carefree, wanting for nothing and spoiled rotten. At twenty-two, the Xu family joined forces with the Ji family through marriage, and she married Ji Chengze, a refined and aloof man whose methods in business were ruthless. Xu Wan was afraid of 3.4kReads9.1Score362Shelves
12. 62 不 Wasn't This an Arranged Marriage? Why Are We Playing the Give-Your-Life Game? 不是联姻吗？怎么还玩给命文学啊 Let's Say Goodnight Tonight今晚说晚安Two Male Leads280k WordsCompleted Cool, long-haired beauty on the bottom vs. a scheming, indulgent powerhouse on top [Secret crush from youth vs. love at first sight + marriage before love ABO + mutually devoted + doting husband + teasing seduction] Shen Jibai was an S-rank Alpha. After his second differentiation turned him into the lowest-grade Omega, his highly compatible pheromones led his family to send him to the Huo family in Jingbei under the pretext of a business marriage. His intended match was Huo Yanzhou, the S-rank A 24.7kReads9.4Score4kShelves
13. 63 亲 Kiss Him! Spoil Him! The Pretty, Pitiful Darling Is Utterly Spoiled! 亲他！宠他！漂亮可怜被宠翻啦！ Blondie the Lop-Eared Bunny with Tiny Feet黄毛小脚立耳兔Two Male Leads432k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance, old flames rekindled, flash marriage, love after marriage, sweet and doting, age gap, both are each other's first and only, earthy romance, bottom's perspective] [Pitiful, soft, tearful beauty bottom VS aloof, fatherly big-shot top] On the surface: Uncle Mo fell in love with the little bunny at first sight × In reality: Uncle Mo deliberately seduced the little bunny √ Mo Yu, a thirty-three-year-old confirmed bachelor, decided he wanted to marry Bai Yun the first time he saw h 10.2kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
14. 64 宝 Baby, Isn’t It Better to Like Me? 宝宝，喜欢我不好吗 Cranes Part from Green Mountains鹤别青山Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Short drama now available A cash-strapped, gentle, resilient good girl × a rich, aloof, wicked young master [The heroine’s secret crush comes true + a fake playboy reforms + dating before falling in love] Lin Wu stumbled upon scenes she shouldn’t have seen, twice. The first time, in a torrential downpour, He Jingzhou sat in his car, watching indifferently as a bodyguard beat someone half to death. The second time was at a party, where she saw him get dumped on the spot as his White Moonlight ann 95.7kReads9.3Score10.1kShelves
15. 65 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 34.2kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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    Period novels, the emotional lines between the male and female protagonists are well written, the female protagonist is very cute [blowing kisses], and the writing is very smooth.

16. 66 那 Then Let Me Cheer You Up 那我哄哄你 Jin Huanhuan尽欢欢Modern Romance270k WordsCompleted {A flamboyant, unruly rich young master x A stunning, refined heiress} {Marriage first, love later + Two wealthy families + A long road to winning back his wife + Both leads are chaste} Everyone knows that Second Young Master Cheng is arrogant and untamable, flamboyant and reckless, with a haughty, cold-hearted streak. He’s notorious for being impossible to deal with, and no matter how well-behaved the Xu family’s daughter is, she won’t be able to tame this wild horse. The public’s verdict on t 12.5kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Marriage first, love later, the characters are very good

17. 67 对 Falling for Her! 对她心动！ Salty Fish Little Sister咸鱼妹妹Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Short drama now available] [Marriage before love + face-slapping scumbags + both pure] Ming Shuang was eighteen when she learned she was the real daughter of the Ming family in Jing City. After being brought home, she thought she could finally enjoy her family's love. Instead, her arrival displeased everyone, and she was treated as the one person who didn't belong. With no prince on a white horse coming to save her, Ming Shuang had to save herself, turning from obedient and sweet to sharp and f 1.2kReads8.8Score146Shelves
18. 68 青 After Losing Her Memory, the Childhood Sweetheart Became the Young General's Cherished Love 青梅失忆后成了少年将军掌中娇 Kelisiting克莉斯汀Ancient Romance223k WordsCompleted [Clever, Cunning Foxlike Heroine VS Steady, Stern, Humble Hero] [One-on-One Romance, Sweet Pampering, Adorable Child, Childhood Sweethearts] [The Hero Suffers] The night before, Shen Zuihuan was still preparing for her engagement ceremony. The next morning, she woke up in shock to discover she had been married for five years already! Her fiancé was nowhere to be found, and her current husband was the childhood friend she had hated most of all. He was even holding a child who looked exactly like 44.4kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves

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    The two had many misunderstandings[Thinking][Thinking]

19. 69 生 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 The Wind Is Warm风很暖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 18.7kReads9.4Score2kShelves

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    Trust me, it's super pretty

20. 70 京 A Joyous Wedding in the Capital 京婚有禧 Not Green Rabbit不绿兔Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later, secret marriage, older man-younger woman, both inexperienced and devoted, with plenty of romantic tension] In their third year of marriage, Fang Yipo’s company suddenly got a new boss. It was her husband in name only, whom she had barely seen outside the bedroom during his three years abroad. He wore a sharply tailored black suit. His features were striking and cold, and when his dark, indifferent eyes fell on her, they held only the faintest trace of familiarity, a 73.6kReads9.1Score21.9kShelves

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    The hero has been planning for a long time

21. 71 别 Don’t Mess with His Little Darling 别惹他的小可怜 Dai in Her Boudoir呆字闺中Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [Published under the title Blazing Sun] [Cocky, unruly, flirtatious young master from Beijing’s elite circles x delicate yet resilient top student who’s been bullied] [Campus Romance x Healing x Top Students x Mutual Devotion] Tang Yu is the top student at Qingyuan High School, but she has endured years of bullying. When she’s driven to the brink, she sets her sights on the new transfer student. He’s cocky enough and wild enough. That day, bruised from head to toe, 47.1kReads9.5Score7.4kShelves
22. 72 她 She Stopped Comforting Him 她不哄他了 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 106.4kReads9.6Score19kShelves
23. 73 难 Hard to Handle: The Wild Crown Prince Is About to Cry 难哄，野痞太子爷要哭了 Donghua's Seven Disciples, Who Love Stewed Meat爱吃炖肉的东华七子Modern Romance613k WordsCompleted [Wealthy families x forced possession x groveling pursuit x happy ending] [Sweet girl x wild, unruly heir x one-on-one romance] The first time Xu Zhiqiao saw Zhou Cong was in the courtyard of her new home. The man lounged in a rattan chair with his legs crossed and drawled, “Such a cute little sweetheart. How about calling me big brother?” The bone cuff on his ear glinted coldly. Xu Zhiqiao kept her distance, terrified of this devil who could turn the world upside down and control everything. On 55kReads9.2Score5.3kShelves

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    The male protagonist, the heroine's stepbrother and two other people form a 4F group in the circle. The male protagonist falls in love with the heroine at first sight. The whole story is unfolded in a light and funny way. The heroine has a lovable personality. The heroine's mother loves her very much. When she becomes an adult, she will still hug her mother and call her mommy. The mother will also show off to others with a happy face that her daughter will act like a baby to him. In the end, the male protagonist has been planning for a long time and gets the heroine.

24. 74 小 The Little Darling Pouts, and the Prickly Crown Prince Hurries to Comfort Her 小可怜嘴一瘪，乖戾太子爷追着哄 Zhu Yan竹言Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Both Untouched + Healing Each Other + Marriage of Convenience + Chasing His Wife Across Borders] Xu Yingtang was forced to marry a spoiled rich kid. With nowhere else to turn, she went to Lu Jiye for help, invoking the favor he owed her. The man was as mercurial and inscrutable as the rumors said. “What makes you think I'd help you over some little thing that happened nine years ago?” But just as she was losing hope, he appeared like a god from the heavens and pulled her out of the abyss. Lu Ji 2.5kReads8.8Score423Shelves

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    These books are all about marriage first, love later, and they are all very beautiful.

25. 75 装 Playing the Good Girl! 装乖！ Han Dabai韩大白Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Shen Zhiyi marries into the elite Bo family as a bride meant to bring good fortune to her sick husband. In everyone's eyes, she's the perfect daughter-in-law: refined and gentle. Bo Yu's first verdict on Shen Zhiyi: two words, “All an act.” His second verdict: “A fake woman, not worth mentioning.” Later, people see the once all-powerful Master Bo gripping his wife's hand and desperately explaining the awful things he said in a recording, begging her again and again to forgive him. Later still, M 25.4kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
26. 76 予 Half a City for Her 予她半城 Zhi Zhi之知Modern Romance705k WordsCompleted [Currently being published] When Ying Xia pursued Lu Jinchuan, she chased after him so desperately she nearly crawled on her hands and knees. In the end, she became Mrs. Lu in name only. Everyone said Lu Jinchuan was ruthless and cared for no one. But later, everyone in Beicheng knew that Lu Jinchuan had someone he cherished above all else. No one was allowed to touch her or say a bad word about her. If anyone so much as laid a finger on her, he would turn Beicheng upside down. As Lu Jinchuan pu 28.4kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    Losing is more real than having.

27. 77 请 Please Hear My Confession 请听我告白 Cranes Part from Green Mountains鹤别青山Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted [Short drama now available] [Both Pure + Marriage First, Love Later + Secretly Planned for a Long Time + Sweet Everyday Romance] A devoted-to-his-wife young master × a cool, aloof finance department beauty Gu Zhiyan confidently believes that with Shen Nanyin's family background, she'll come crawling back to him sooner or later. Until he sees her get into the Lu family's exclusive luxury car with his own eyes. One night, Gu Zhiyan gets blackout drunk and pounds on the door, his eyes red as he beg 44.1kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves

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    Marriage first, love later, both are beautiful

28. 78 啵 Kiss! Get Him Good and Confused While He's Drunk, and Make Him Fall in an Instant 啵！趁醉时亲懵他，让他一秒沦陷 A Crescent Moon一剪月Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted The physical edition of Bite the Hook is now available for purchase on all platforms. Everyone says it's better to make peace than to hold a grudge, but Chi Yang not only fell out with her childhood friend Xie Youci, she's also been told by her family to marry him. When the media reports rumors of their arranged marriage, Chi Yang calmly sips her tea. “I'm straight, and I'm not marrying a dog.” Xie Youci swirls his wine with a cool, aloof air and sneers disdainfully. “What kind of lunatic would 7.2kReads9.3Score1kShelves
29. 79 心 An Itch That Won’t Let Up 心痒难耐 Milk Dipped in Sugar牛乳蘸糖Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Rekindled Romance + Childhood Friends + First Love + Mutual Firsts] [TV Host X Racing Driver] To deal with their families' constant pressure to get married, Xiao Tang and Zhou Xian, her childhood friend and ex-boyfriend, impulsively got their marriage certificate after drinking. The two party lovers agreed to keep seeing other people after marriage, without interfering in each other's business. But who could have guessed that Zhou Xian would suddenly give up his pla 5.7kReads9.4Score628Shelves
30. 80 京 A Marriage Blessed by the Capital 京宠成婚 Shu Zhi黍枝Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed, awaiting release] Marriage first, love later / older, fatherly male lead / devoted couple, sweet romance Carefree, high-maintenance heroine × abstinent, scheming older man Jin Zhao transmigrates into a sweet romance novel as the vicious supporting heroine. Not only is she beautiful, with fair skin, but she's also secretly married to the heir of a powerful family in the capital. But she'd heard her bargain husband was abstinent, so she decides to cling to his coattails. “Ho 53.2kReads9.4Score6.8kShelves
31. 81 不 I Will Never Leave the Green Mountains 不与青山辞 A Crescent Moon, Bright and Clear一弯皎皎Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted [Marry First, Love Later + Older Man + Guiding Lover + Both Pure] "A gentle, fatherly boyfriend and a bright little ray of sunshine" One moment, Jiang Tang thought she had finally made it through every hardship. The next, she was doing a full backflip and crashing into an iceberg. By a series of mishaps, she had managed to get involved with Mu Zhiqing. He was a mysterious businessman who stood alone atop a high tower, as unfathomable as a deep abyss. Rumor had it that he was upright and proper, 31.6kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves
32. 82 初 The First Time I Heard You Say You Loved Me 初次听闻我爱你 Sweet Mimi甜咪嘻Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [Seven-year age gap + she falls for him after marriage + he has planned it for years + both are each other's first and only] [Gentle pianist who lost her voice VS aloof, proud heir to a wealthy family] The first time Qin Chu met Wen Huaiyu was at the lowest, most helpless point in her life. He approached through the drizzle and held an umbrella over her. Rain ran down the ribs of the umbrella and soaked into the man's broad shoulder. He said: “Getting wet is bad for your health.” The second time 5.4kReads9.3Score720Shelves
33. 83 涩 Tart Pear 涩梨子 Willow Floss柳絮绵绵Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted [Aspie college student × retired esports world champion | comeback × unrequited love fulfilled × psychological healing | both devoted only to each other] [Fan becomes tutor, secret crush exposed] Shi Miao × Lu Zhao A story about a sunflower and her sunshine. - 2018.10.7 Sunny. I came first on the mock exam. Will he notice me? 2019.9.1 I saw his name on the class list! But he dropped out and joined an esports academy [crying face] 2020.5.1 I don't want to like you anymore. But I can't stop. I saw 2.5kReads8.6Score603Shelves

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    The heroine Shi Miao is cold and tough, hiding unknown pain in her heart, like a pear wrapped in an astringent shell, alienated on the outside but soft on the inside. The male protagonist Lu Zhao is as gentle as jade, carrying a secret that no one knows, and breaks into Shi Miao's world quietly like the spring breeze. From the startling glance when they first met, to the daily close encounters, the two redeemed each other in each other's world. Shi Miao turned her secret love into silent protection, and Lu Zhao used gentleness to tear open her closed heart. They face the shadows of the past together, break free from the shackles in mutual healing, and let the deeply buried feelings finally become a two-way street.

34. 84 纵 Doting on Her 纵宠她 Cat's Cat-astrophe猫了猫腻Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted Age gap + uncle steals nephew’s bride + marriage first, love later + sweet romance + devoted to each other A rebellious young heiress x a paternal powerhouse from the capital’s elite circle * The marriage alliance between the Bai and Li families had been arranged before Bai Zhi came of age, but she had no intention of marrying. She expected love and marriage to end in a tragic breakup. The first time Second Young Master Li traveled a great distance to see her, she hid from him. The second time, 1.3kReads8.2Score100Shelves

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    Beautiful, the heroine's baby is sweet

35. 85 媚 The Peril of Seduction 媚色危机 Spicy Chen Zi麻辣晨子Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted [Bratty Little Sweetheart & Abstinent Man in Power] (Top-Tier Wealthy Family + Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet-Talking Her Into Chasing Him + Age Gap) Shen Tangzi is a spoiled young lady who has both a princess's luck and a princess's temperament. Her greatest pastime is going clubbing and hiring male escorts, and she's infamous in high society for being a wastrel. Fu Yanze, head of the Shanghai City Chamber of Commerce, is cold, aloof, and refined, with no interest in romance. Who would have 14.9kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
36. 86 她 She Drew the Gods Down from Heaven 她引神明坠落 Autumn Firefly秋流萤Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted Shen Daiyi comes from a prominent medical family in Jingbei. That year, her usually low-key mother suddenly holds a birthday banquet, drawing greetings from all the great families and landing Shen Daiyi a blind date. It’s snowing softly on the day of the date. The person she once had a crush on as a girl is seated beside her blind date. Like a snow-capped peak, like a god from the heavens, the man is just as he was back then: refined, extraordinary, and beyond reach, the sort no one would dare l 38kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves

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    It's all what you want: Marriage first, love later, or you have planned it for a long time and stayed up late to finish it.

37. 87 许 I Give You My Lifetime 许你终身 Xi Ziyi席紫一Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted Forced love + love at first sight + doting devotion + both leads are chaste + happy ending + obsessive From the moment Meng Yuchuan laid eyes on Shu Miao, he never intended to let her go. If she agreed to be with him, they would love each other wholeheartedly, inseparable as glue. If she refused, he would keep her by his side for the rest of her life, by any means necessary. He could accept everything about her, except her leaving him. My new novel is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope 32.5kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
38. 88 盛 Chasing the Light in Midsummer 盛夏逐光 Eating Sunflower吃吃葵Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Secret crush comes true | Playboy reforms | Lost love rekindled | Both leads are devoted to each other | Sweet romance] At the senior-year New Year's Eve party, the girls of Dorm 501 drank and chatted merrily. For a party game, everyone had to share a secret no one else knew. Xu Nanzhi had a little fruit wine and her cheeks flushed. She whispered, "I like Fu Shijin." Her roommates went from eager anticipation to disappointment. "How 37.7kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves
39. 89 服 Giving In 服软 Lin Qin林檎Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, sweet-natured actress vs. lovesick, doting CEO who embodies the ideal husband] - To help her older sister find love, Lin Yang's own mother set her up for a night together. Lin Yang got pregnant, and the father was the rumored Qin heir who supposedly had no interest in women. Young Master Qin said they should get married. Lin Yang refused. Qin Jue: “I'll give you a hundred million for signing the marriage papers.” Lin Yang: “Woohoo, sounds great!” - The night their child was born, 28.2kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
40. 90 癫 Mad, All of You, Mad. Being a Little Mad Is Good! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 458.8kReads9.8Score56.2kShelves

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    Baby, this has been planned for a long time and looks very relaxed. It may be a little sadistic in the middle but not too much. The writing is pretty good [blowing kiss]

41. 91 摆 The Laid-Back Stepmom and the Not-So-Domineering CEO 摆烂后妈和不霸道总裁 Scallion Pancake with an Extra Egg手抓饼要加鸡蛋Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted The short drama The Not-So-Domineering CEO and His Laid-Back Stepmom is now streaming on Hongguo. [Sweet romance + comedy + marriage first, love later + straightforward leads + both leads speak their minds] [Content warning 1: The son is the male lead’s biological child. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] [Content warning 2: Around twenty chapters feature variety shows in the entertainment industry. They’re just a side story where the heroine watches the drama unfold! She never enters the e 22.7kReads9.5Score2.4kShelves

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    Marry First, Love After Love is an article that is not cliché and the story is very warm. The author is able to write many long-lasting little things in a way that is attractive and not boring, making people want to keep reading.

42. 92 磕 They're Perfect! The Gorgeous Couple Is Serving Up Sweet Moments on the Dating Show Again 磕爆！神颜夫妇今天也在恋综撒糖 Xiao Ruanli小软礼Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted [Silly sweet romance + gorgeous couple + sweet fairy + cool, flirtatious heartthrob] Bo Zhi is famous in the entertainment industry as a rebellious queen. She has a fairy-like face, peach-blossom eyes, and a graceful figure, but a mouth that never spares anyone. On a dating show, while everyone else is busy showing off their sweet romance, she’s busy face-slapping scumbags and shameless women. “Love, schmove. It’s such a pain. My goal is to become the top-tier star of domestic entertainment, a o 24.5kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves

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    This was something the male protagonist had planned for a long time, but it was just about getting engaged first and then falling in love. Beautiful [Adoration], I like to watch it.

43. 93 H HP: My Heavenly-Dropped Dad and Childhood Sweetheart Boyfriend Are Both Dark Lords HP天降爹和竹马男友都是黑魔王 A Bowl of Deliciousness碗碗香耶Female-Channel Fanfiction485k WordsCompleted [Original female lead in the Harry Potter universe, Ravenclaw, Albus’s niece, paired with Riddle] Estella Dumbledore grew up in an orphanage, living a quiet life. That is, until a naughty boy named Tom Riddle stopped her. “You can do magic, too.” Riddle’s face was handsome and young, his expression certain. From then on, Della and Riddle lived a “happy” life full of chaos and trouble. Della put her hands on her hips. “Let’s see who can make fire first today.” Riddle might not have been a great p 10.3kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves

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    I don't want to say more, just one word, enter!!!!!!!!

44. 94 我 The Eleventh Year After My Death 我死后的第十一年 Pika Black皮卡黑Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted [Reborn face-slapping + a beloved family reunited] [Brilliant, dazzling heiress vs. a powerful man who seems refined and radiant but is, in truth, a dark and obsessive ghost] Lin Mo opened her eyes to discover she had transmigrated to the eleventh year after her death. As she lay dying, she learned that this world was a novel, and all three of her younger brothers were villains. Her second brother was a ruthless CEO who wore Buddhist prayer beads and was in love with the heroine, making an enemy 32.9kReads9.1Score5kShelves
45. 95 吻 Kiss and Sway! 吻漾！ Milky Candy Puff奶糖酥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication + comic adaptation] [Flirtatious chemistry and sizzling romance!] Jiang Yuyang is hailed as a peerless beauty, with a stunning face, a slender waist, and a soft, supple figure. To call off her arranged marriage, she pulls out all the stops to flirt with her intended. She never imagined she’d flirt with the wrong person! Rumor has it that Fu Wenshen, the head of the Fu family, is a self-disciplined, celibate man who avoids women. Little do people know that he looks refined 24.5kReads9.5Score3.2kShelves

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    Book 2: The Prince of Beijing & the Cheongsam Designer Book 3: Top Medical Wealth & Flowers of Wealth in the World

46. 96 娇 The Spoiled Beauty: Mr. Zhou’s Most Cherished One 娇纵美人：周先生的心尖宠 Milk Beibei奶贝贝Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [Capital’s Elite Heir × Qipao Designer] [Cool and elegant × Radiant, spoiled beauty] Zhou Lingjing, the cool, abstinent young heir of one of the capital’s most distinguished families, is getting engaged to Su Zhaotang, the eldest daughter of the Su family! But no one knows that when Su Zhaotang was three, her parents left her with the Zhou family in the capital for a while because they were busy with business abroad. Back then, the fair, fluffy little dumpling was practically glued to Young Mas 10.3kReads9.2Score810Shelves
47. 97 缠 Silken Threads 缠丝 Soft Sheng软笙Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted [Extra-sweet romance, married first and falling in love later, both pure! Medical genius from a top-tier wealthy family x a dazzling beauty] Lin Ci opened her eyes and found herself five years in the future. She had gone from an eighteen-year-old girl with nothing to her name to the young madam of the Lu family, able to get anything she wanted. With five years of memories missing, Lin Ci could hardly believe that Lu Bochuan, a powerful, handsome medical genius who could even build machines, had 2.9kReads8.9Score261Shelves
48. 98 漂 The Beautiful Stepmother Who Sweetened the Whole Family 漂亮后妈，甜翻全家 Lu Chi鹿迟Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Publication deal signed. On sale August 28. [One-on-one sweet romance + marriage of convenience + lighthearted daily life + both leads speak their minds] Sheng Mumu transmigrates into a book. Other people transmigrate into books to date handsome men and become stars. But when it’s her turn, she has to become the stepmother of a 17-year-old rich young master? Help, she wants out! Wait, what? If she pretends to be married, she’ll get 500,000 yuan in pocket money every month and an additional card 73.2kReads9.6Score9.5kShelves
49. 99 心 If You're Falling for Me, Tell Me 心动还请告诉我 Han Dabai韩大白Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted Original title: I’m Already in the Late Stages of Cancer, So What’s Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? Lin Qian, hailed as the most eligible young lady in the capital, was gentle, refined, elegant, and proper. She could read at three, write poetry at five, was exceptionally well-read, and excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Everyone who met her praised her without end. Lin Qian had been raised from childhood on the principle: “At home, obey your father; after marriage, obey your 27.5kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves

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    [Like][Like][Like] Carefully select marriage before love and planning for a long time [Learned]

50. 100 他 His Bones Were Cold as Ice, Yet He Was Undone by Her Slender Waist 他一身冷骨，败给一把软腰 Jie Jie芥婕Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted (Two powerful families + marriage first, love later + a formidable team: a seemingly sweet but secretly cunning heroine vs. a devoted CEO) Rumor has it that the third young lady of the Nan family trapped Second Master Fu into marriage by getting pregnant. Unwilling to be manipulated, Second Master Fu planned to keep the child and get rid of the mother. Little did he know, the third young lady of the Nan family had exactly the same idea. Second Master Fu, sharp-edged and stern, stormed her hom 7.8kReads9.1Score677Shelves

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