High-Quality, Underrated Modern Romance Novels 高质量小众现代言情精品小说

1. 1 又 So Sweet, So Alluring! The Tipsy Young Master Held Her Close and Coaxed Her All Night 又乖又欲！太子爷醉酒夜抱她轻哄 Tan Qingzhu檀青竹Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Coming soon in print] Devoted, unhinged tycoon × cool, down-and-out heiress [Original title: A Night of Desire on the Capital’s Branches. The elite circle of the capital + breakup and reconciliation + groveling redemption + older, guiding lover + falling in love through self-persuasion] Jiang Wanzhi came from a prominent family and was known throughout Kyoto as an innocent, well-behaved young lady. Few knew that she was secretly dating Ximen Lichen, the heir to a prestigious research family. Th 119.8kReads9.4Score329.5kShelves

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   Don't be put off by the title of the book, the content is very interesting, the heroine is not silly and sweet, she has her own career

2. 2 商 Mr. Shang, Take It Easy on Our Wedding Night! 商先生，新婚请节制！ Jie Jie芥婕Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted (Marriage first, love later + A gentle, slow-burn sweet romance) (Signed for publication) At twenty-seven, Wen Xi accidentally learns that she isn’t her parents’ biological daughter. Overnight, she has new parents, and even her fiancé changes. Her new fiancé, Shang Chen, is renowned in Beijing for being stern, cold, and taciturn. Everyone holds him in awe. People in their social circle all say that this newlywed couple, brought together halfway through life, probably won’t amount to much and won 65.9kReads9.1Score7.6kShelves

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   Good looking, both male and female protagonists have mouths

3. 3 医 The Doctor's Wife Is Hard to Woo, but President Shen Spoils Her Like Crazy 医妻难追，沈总他超宠的 Xinxin Yuluo歆歆雨落Modern Romance447k WordsCompleted [Age gap + both each other's firsts + extra-sweet romance! It starts with a flutter of the heart and ends in a tender journey together] [Steady, fatherly family patriarch × gentle, slow-to-warm-up surgeon] When Yan Wanyi first meets Shen Yanfeng, he is half-reclining in a hospital bed, his illness unable to conceal his aristocratic bearing and fierce presence. Everyone says Third Young Master Shen is cold and ruthless, yet he's gentle and thoughtful only with her, like a dependable elder. It isn 19kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
4. 4 你 Hello, Assistant Jiang 你好，姜助理 Yanwu Xuxu言午栩栩Modern Romance399k WordsCompleted Main characters: Jiang Xia and Shi Jingchu [Junior assistant vs. big boss] [The hero pursues her directly + age gap + slow-paced everyday romance] Jiang Xia is still relatively new to the working world. She lands a job as an administrative assistant at a tech company, in a department that has just been acquired and is a complete mess. Besides administrative work, she also has to serve as an HR assistant, sales assistant, boss’s assistant, and marketing assistant. She scrambles to get by, gradual 3.8kReads8.6Score384Shelves

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   Although the rating is not very high, the content description is very exciting! The description of the workplace is very realistic! I really like watching it

5. 5 他 He Stole a Kiss When No One Was Looking 他悄悄地亲吻过 Young Master Liangye公子凉夜Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted On the first day Su Nan returned to the country, he cornered Gu Ran, who had vanished six years ago, under a table. The next day, he dragged her straight to the marriage registry... On their wedding night, he kissed Gu Ran and said, “I’m going to keep you trapped in my arms, where you won’t be able to go anywhere.” 15.5kReads9.5Score1.4kShelves

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   High quality niche modern romance boutique

6. 6 都 We're Divorced Already, So Is It Really Too Much to Kiss a Hunk with Abs? 都离婚了，亲个腹肌猛男不过分吧 Worry-Free Moon月月无忧Modern Romance333k WordsCompleted [Chasing his wife after a breakup, but no getting back together + restrained male lead gets lost + second male lead wins her heart + whirlwind marriage + love after marriage, a sunny deaf girl VS a muscular mechanic, a real bad-boy male lead] The night Liang Sixie discovered Gu Moshan was cheating, her brain short-circuited and she kissed a muscular hunk in the hotel elevator. “A thousand yuan. Is that enough?” He lowered his eyes and lifted his thin lips in a faint smile. “A thousand yuan w 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I feel it is very well written and well written. It is worth reading.

7. 7 老 The Old Hand and the Spitfire 老油条和小辣椒 Nine Cups九盏Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted At eighteen, Zuo Luo flirted with the rugged owner of the hotpot restaurant by her school, Boss Shi. Later, he became her very own Old Shi. At thirty, Shi Jingzhan was approached by a pretty young girl. Later, that pretty young girl became his girl. A romance with a twelve-year age gap. I really, truly like you. 12.7kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves

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   Very nice and close to real life

8. 8 逆 From Obscurity to Stardom: A Peking Opera Beauty Takes on International Talent Shows 逆袭封神，京剧美人玩转国际选秀 Moonlit Green Deer月见青鹿Modern Romance578k WordsCompleted Pei Qinyin was once a celebrated opera star renowned throughout the capital, but she died on the battlefield at the age of twenty-five. After transmigrating, she finds herself an obscure trainee on the verge of elimination from an international talent competition. A contestant from Daguo claims calligraphy as her country's cultural heritage? Pei Qinyin will put that to the test on the spot. The media from Liguo refuses to acknowledge the war? Now that they're living in peacetime, she'll show the 5.2kReads9.5Score914Shelves

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   The author's pattern can be felt between the lines, and the feelings of family and country are worth remembering by each of us. When the story unfolds with the heroine Pei Qinyin as the main character, we see her sober perseverance, strong ambition, sincerity towards fans and her friends, high cultural confidence and sincere patriotism. In addition, other characters in the book are also three-dimensional and full. Closed-loop thinking and clear logic. The book wasteland is accessible!!!

9. 9 天 The God of Odd Jobs in Tianfu 天府打工神 Pear Blossom Lover花痴梨Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + urban crime-solving + reincarnated deity + genius girl + cool, swaggering God of Death + two couples] Who could have guessed that the so-called insane genius girl was actually a deity who had fallen into the mortal world? With a clear goal in mind, she sets her sights on the stern captain of the criminal police and launches her pursuit. The haughty God of Death descends to the mortal realm and lands in a spectacularly embarrassing situation. When an earnest human policewoman te 34Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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   🤩I found a treasure article! The genius girl who is suspected of being mentally ill turns out to be a god, and she conveniently targets the detective captain; the arrogant God of Death is captured by a mortal policewoman with just one sentence, the detective and the candy are both online, and the more you watch, the more you become addicted! #Sweetlovingtext #urbandetective #two-way redemption

10. 10 蓝 Blue and Orange Winds Carry the Message 蓝橙风寄 GanyChenTwo Female Leads187k WordsCompleted [Yuri GL] Lovers cultivate the path of emotional detachment. A little finger that beckons souls, a bond spanning three thousand years. In a sixteen-year love affair, I was controlled, drained, and psychologically manipulated until I spiraled into a bipolar breakdown. The one who hurt me most was my ex, but the person bound to my fate through a thousand years of reincarnation was always Niuniu. In dreams, we wandered through life after life, parting in death each time. In a battle during the Qi 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    After reading the entire novel, I felt mixed emotions. While feeling angry about Chen Yajing's selfishness and lack of bottom line, her choice was like a dull knife, repeatedly cutting into Chen Feng's sincerity. At the same time, I feel heartbroken for Chen Feng's deep affection and forbearance - it's not that she can't love, but can't love, and can't love. This kind of restrained pain is more painful than asking for and not being able to love. Chen Feng turned his love into "always" protection, hiding his sincerity in his heart like Snape, but this tenderness could not withstand the centrifugal force of reality. Even staying and falling in love with Niu Niu became a luxury for her, so she could only wish her silently from a distance. This kind of sober giving up hides so much struggle and helplessness that no one knows about, and it is only sad to read it.

11. 11 七 July at a Steady Temperature 七月恒温 Yi Mi Shi Yi薏米十一Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted [Audio drama now available] A sweet little story about a male lead who is head over heels for the heroine. Cool and aloof in public, but at home he’s all, “Let me blow on it for you, honey.” A man who can’t live without his wife Gorgeous, fierce martial arts instructor VS devoted, secretly passionate producer After a car accident, Qi Yue wakes up to discover that she’s married. Her husband is Ji Heng, the “boyfriend” who never once made the first move during their three years of high school. She 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good-looking, two-way secret love, marriage first, love later

12. 12 樱 The End of Cherry Blossom Lane 樱花巷尾 Zhen Wu枕梧Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted [Audio drama now available] Blurb One Spring City rests between mountains and water, with scenery like a painting in every season. It’s a wonderful place to retire, and Shen Qiusheng’s hometown. Shen Qiusheng returns to Spring City and sees Chen An again for the first time in years. As a boy, Chen An had every reason to be proud. Arrogant and utterly self-assured, he was brimming with youthful spirit. Now, he lives in a drunken haze, getting through each day with cigarettes and alcohol, dispirit 334Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Really like this one!

13. 13 改 The 1980s: I Remarried a Cool, Tough Soldier, and My Scumbag Ex Who Still Loved His Childhood Sweetheart Lost It [八零]改嫁冰山硬汉，爱青梅的渣夫急眼了 Cat Ears猫耳朵Modern Romance124k WordsCompleted [Set in the 1980s + the second male lead gets the girl + a regretful husband tries to win his wife back + cold, rugged military officer x leading dancer of the arts troupe] After five years of marriage, Xie Shuyun thinks she has finally thawed her husband’s heart. Then she has a dream. In it, her husband’s childhood sweetheart returns with a child. After that, her husband starts staying out all night and putting his childhood sweetheart first in everything. When Xie Shuyun objects to his favorit —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The leading heroine of an art troupe in the 1980s, she got divorced after seeing through the scumbag's partiality. Officer Bingshan had already fallen in love with her, and her ex-husband was so regretful that he fainted in tears in the toilet.

14. 14 大 Surviving the Great Wilderness: The Kitchen Butcher Has No Heart 大荒求生：厨房屠夫她没有心 Dada, Pleased with Myself哒哒沾沾自喜Fantastical Romance459k WordsOngoing [Female Lead] [Strong Female Lead] [System] [Classic of Mountains and Seas] [Leveling] [Ensemble Cast] [Contrast] Blue Star is destroyed, and the surviving humans are forcibly dragged into the savage Great Wilderness! The System's announcement rings out across heaven and earth: [Players, welcome to the Great Wilderness Survival Game System. Awaken a talent class, complete System missions, and this System will help you survive in the Great Wilderness. Explore actively!] The amnesiac girl Yan Ling —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    After the destruction of Blue Star, only one person is left. The system allocates weak occupations. The protagonist does not admit defeat, kills strange beasts with iron pot skills, and vows to survive in the wilderness.

15. 15 桃 A Garden of Students, Growing Old Together in Love 桃李满天下恩爱共白头 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted Wu Xiaomin was a country girl, born and raised in the countryside, but she had always been a good student and was naturally beautiful. Unfortunately, after she started high school, her surroundings changed dramatically, leaving her confused and lost. In her sophomore year, she met a new homeroom teacher who helped her find her way again. After graduating from college, Wu Xiaomin gave up a job placement back in her hometown and introduced a female college classmate to her former high school teach 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    In the first book, the male protagonist is the heroine's high school mentor. The heroine graduated from college and in order to repay her mentor, she introduced a female college classmate to her mentor as his girlfriend. Give up your assignment and stay in the city to develop your own career.

16. 16 等 The Happiness We Waited For 等来的幸福 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted In this blended family, the male and female leads grow up calling each other brother and sister. After her mother dies, the heroine goes abroad with her biological father. While overseas, she and the male lead begin a relationship. 539Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 中 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance81k WordsCompleted Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 诀 City of Farewells 诀别之城 Ye Family Member Who Loves Cabbage and Celery爱吃白菜芹菜的叶家人Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted Three years ago, a devastating betrayal left Yang Jie heartbroken, and she called off the wedding she had looked forward to all her life. She thought she and Ye Mao would have nothing more to do with each other. Three years later, the man who had hurt her so deeply appeared before her again, quietly pleading for forgiveness. The real estate industry is a cutthroat world, and people are hard to read. Her former lover presses closer at every turn, and their old feelings refuse to fade. This time 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Wow! The storyline is very well-paced and the content is very realistic! I like it very much and recommend it to everyone. I plan to read it in one sitting today.

19. 19 帝 The Emperor and Empress Are Both Reborn: Even a 21st-Century Empress Has It Tough 帝后双重生之21世纪皇后也难为 Yao Wuyi姚无壹Modern Romance247k WordsOngoing [An alternate world where the Qing royal family rules a 21st-century constitutional monarchy; Emperor and Empress; both leads are reborn; strong heroine, doting hero; a princess battles her sisters-in-law and mother-in-law] My husband and I were reborn. In our previous lives, he was a puppet emperor who seemed to hold supreme power but was actually utterly spineless, while I was the empress deposed by this constitutional monarchy simply because I had failed to bear a son. This time, I’m going to —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The twin emperors returned to their wedding day. With the humiliation and pain of her previous life, Hesheli Tanya spoke out on the live broadcast to make the royal family pay the due price for the persecution.

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