Looking for Old-School CEO Romance with a Fresh Plot and Good Writing 求古早霸总文剧情新颖文笔好
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I Just Want Her All to Myself 只想私有她
Rebellious and spirited × laid-back, charming flirt [University campus | Sweet 1v1 romance | Flirty tension | The male lead is indifferent at first, then fights to win her over] The first time Jiang Hua saw Shen Shuzhi, her bag had just smacked her ex-boyfriend in the head. Her feigned fierceness hadn't yet faded when she locked eyes with him. The boy propped his head up lazily, raising his eyelids slightly. His voice was low and pleasantly husky. “What? Am I getting hit too?” Jiang Hua hurriedl
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Secret Crush! Seductive Kisses! Mr. Shang Spoils His Beloved White Moonlight 暗恋！诱吻！商先生娇宠白月光
[Devoted to Each Other + Sweet Romance + Secret Crush Comes True + Marriage First, Love Later + Flirting and Playing Hard to Get] [Male Lead Bides His Time to Claim His Place + Second Male Lead Chases His Wife to the Crematorium] [Spoiled Heiress x Powerful, Protective Older Man] Pei Yuning, the youngest daughter of the prestigious Pei family, grew up adored by everyone, the recipient of boundless love. Shortly before her wedding, her fiancé, Shang Heng, was caught cheating with a celebrity, and
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Drunk on Springtime 醉春色
[Elegant, radiant heiress from Hong Kong City & aloof, refined tycoon] [Flirtatious sweetness + doting romance + devoted couple + two powerful families] They say the Qin family is heartless, and their new head, Qin Yanzhou, is even more so. Born to wealth and privilege, he is distant and indifferent, with no room in his life for love. Just after returning to Hong Kong City, Shen Muyan was assigned to open a branch in Shanghai and negotiate a deal with the Qin family. At their first meeting, she
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I'm Not Kissing You 我才不亲你
Jin Huainian is famous in the capital for his aloof elegance and ruthless methods. Wherever he goes, he's the standout star everyone admires. Until one day. A sweet, delicate secretary joined the company. Standing there, she was little more than a pretty ornament. Every day, she would call him “Mr. Jin” in a sugary voice. She had no idea she'd crossed a line. Everyone knew the president of the Jin Group couldn't stand useless drama queens. The whole company was stunned, and people began betting
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Miss An, Your Harem Has Been Dismantled by a Big Shot 安小姐，您的鱼塘已被大佬拆除
An Nuo and Elvis met for the first time on a trip to an island, where she was so dazzled by his good looks that they spent the night together. The second time they met, she was flirting with one of his subordinates while he had a beautiful woman at his side. They just happened to run into each other. Elvis left the woman beside him and leaned toward An Nuo with an elegant smile. “Miss An, you hooked up with me, and now you’re after my subordinate?” An Nuo narrowed her eyes and smiled innocently.
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After Being Reborn, I Became the Obsession of a Man with a Drug Addiction 重生后，我成了偏执大佬的药瘾
[Both leads are virgins] [Sweet romance] [Mutual healing] In her previous life, Shi Wan died a tragic death. Fu Tingchen gave his life for her and perished in a sea of flames. Reborn, Shi Wan has the advantage at every turn. She plans each step carefully, vowing to protect the person she loves most. Fu Tingchen is possessive by nature, violent and ruthless. Yet he doesn’t know that after they marry, he’ll dote on one woman without restraint, treating her with tender affection. “A Chen, why didn’
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After His White Moonlight Left Again, Jiahe Seized Her Chance 白月光又又离开后，嘉禾趁虚而入
[A cool, refined man in power vs. a pure, sweet beauty, an intense push and pull, neither is sexually inexperienced, bittersweet romance] Jiang Jiahe woke with a sense of unease. It was already broad daylight outside. She propped up her weak body and almost instinctively looked toward the window. The man had woken at some point and was already dressed, standing before the floor-to-ceiling window. Hearing the faint movement behind him, he slowly turned around. The morning light was still hazy. Th
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Back in High School, My Childhood Friend's Nemesis Made Me Blush 重回高中，被竹马的死对头撩红脸
[School-life rebirth + groveling for forgiveness + second male lead wins] [A well-behaved heiress vs. a handsome, hard-hitting cool guy] To outsiders, Zhu Zhixi and Gu Qishen were childhood sweethearts, a perfect match destined to be together. When he was a teenager, Gu Qishen treated Zhu Zhixi like a precious jewel. In his twenties, he kissed another woman, and Zhu Zhixi slapped him hard across the face. Zhu Zhixi couldn’t believe Gu Qishen would fall for someone else, just as Gu Qishen couldn’
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The One by the Tower Is Like Jade 楼边人似玉
The proprietress of the Zhangdeng Inn is truly insufferable: sharp-tongued, money-grubbing, flirtatious, and shameless. He cultivates the Way of Shangqing and slays the myriad demons of the mortal world. He absolutely must not let her bewitch him! (Demon-hunting, scheming magistrate Song Liyan x money-loving, self-obsessed innkeeper Lou Siyu. The story involves only the human and demon realms. They fall in love in a different setting, with no cultivation. Happy ending, with both sweet and angsty
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I Gave the Mute CEO Talk Therapy, and the Whole Family Was Stunned 我给哑巴总裁做话疗，豪门全懵了
“Chatty Little Sun Heroine × Mute Powerhouse in a High Position, Married First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Daily Life” Sang Lu awakened to the truth. In the original story, she was a vicious sister-in-law from a wealthy family. She despised her mute husband, teamed up with awful relatives to swindle her own family, and did every kind of wicked thing. Her husband ignored her, her younger brothers-in-law slapped her, and she met a tragic end. “Wait, was I the huge idiot all along?” Abs
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A Rose's Tender Kiss 玫瑰娇吻
Three years later, Shen Xi returned to China. She wheeled her suitcase out of the airport, and before the driver sent to pick her up had arrived, she spotted a man standing at the exit. He had an impressive build and one hand in his pocket, standing casually amid the crowd. His expression was aloof. He didn't look like he was waiting for someone so much as some local gangster who had come to corner a rival and settle a score. Shen Xi sensed danger and instinctively tried to flee with her suitcas
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On My Wedding Night, the Domineering CEO Snake Husband Whispered Sweet Nothings to Me 新婚夜，我被霸总蛇夫低声诱哄
“Snuggle with me, hubby~” Bai Yuehan was always afraid his sweet little wife would discover his true identity. Then one day, he accidentally revealed his true form in front of her. She wasn't scared at all. Instead, she wrapped her arms around his huge head and kissed him senseless. “Mwah! Snuggle with me, hubby~” Come on, having a super-rich CEO snake monster for a husband is so cool! (^-^)V Meng Jiaoyang isn't afraid of snakes. When she got lost in the forest as a child, a snake rescued her, t
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Falling Hard! A Kiss Out of Control 沦陷！失控诱吻
[Marriage first, love later + the second male lead wins her heart + the ex chases her after the breakup, but she never looks back + both leads are inexperienced] Jiang Li found a revealing swimsuit photo on her boyfriend’s phone. A graceful figure, full of allure. It belonged to his female “best bud.” At the campground, Jiang Li watched coldly as they draped their arms around each other, acting like a couple. She gave a faint smile and turned to leave. “Jiang Mochen, you’re not my boyfriend any
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She Said She Loved Me 她说，爱我
[Obsessive, powerful family head whose secret crush comes true X sensitive, timid little sweetheart] Please note: Because of what the heroine went through in the past, she’s very sensitive and cautious early on and tends to overthink! But she’s not unreasonable! Expect plenty of doting and sweetness~ Pei Zhiyan always knew that his Mianmian didn’t love him. In their three years of marriage, Yu Mian had given him nothing but cold looks and silence. Again and again, he picked up the love she had c
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A Kiss for the Butterfly 娇吻蝴蝶
[Delicate heiress × Powerful capital-circle elite + Domineering pursuit + Coercive love + Obsessive, unhinged, wolfish male lead + The heroine keeps running away, only to be caught and locked in a cage + Captivity] When she was eighteen, Jing Yue, heir to the Jing family, stormed into the theater and carried Jiang Ning away while she was rehearsing onstage, imprisoning her at the Jing estate for three days and nights. After that, she kept trying to escape, while he relentlessly pursued her, dete
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Kisses Across Her Butterfly Bones 肆吻蝴蝶骨
A cool, aloof ballet dancer vs. a scheming wheelchair-bound tycoon Marriage first, love later // He’s been plotting this for a long time The first time Xie Qingqiao met Wen Zhihuai was on a blind date. The man’s expression was cool and distant. A signet ring on his long, sharply defined fingers caught her eye. Beneath his black coat, a metal prosthetic leg was visible. His skin was so pale it hardly seemed human, and his handsome face bore a pair of pitch-black eyes that gazed at her without a
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Mess With Her? The Fake Heiress Is an All-Rounder and Impossible to Kill 惹她？假千金是全能大佬，超难杀
[Real and fake heiresses + secret identities + adored by a whole family + punishing scum and face-slapping + pure, unconditional doting] Rumor has it that the fake heiress adopted by the Shen family is a good-for-nothing who skips class, gets into fights, and does every kind of wicked thing. When she was kicked back to the slums, everyone applauded. But who could have guessed The aloof movie emperor is her eldest brother, a legend in the medical world is her second brother, and the world-famous
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Mr. Fu's Rose Has Taken the Entertainment Industry by Storm 傅先生的掌心玫瑰在娱乐圈杀疯了
[Refined, jade-like tycoon of the capital's elite circles vs. a glamorous actress with depression] Sweet romance, satisfying revenge, and a heroine who grows Everyone says Yu Wu is beautiful, but that she can't act. Of the one million followers on her studio account, eight hundred thousand are haters who followed her just to mock her terrible acting. The remaining two hundred thousand were bought by Xia Lin. After fourteen years in the entertainment industry, she returns with less than twenty t
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A Carefully Planned Seduction 蓄谋诱婚
One-on-one, both leads are romantically inexperienced [Marriage first, love later + second male lead takes the lead + scumbag regrets losing his wife, but the heroine never looks back] Sharp-tongued, possessive nobleman vs. the unattainable first love Everyone knows Fan Xiyue, the eldest daughter of the Fan family, is a scheming swan who loves nothing more than taking whatever her younger sister wants. But the tables turn without warning. To fulfill her grandmother’s final wish, Fan Xiyue must g
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Prisoner on the Pillow 枕上囚
[The male lead steals the heroine away, the scumbag chases her after it’s too late, both leads are sexually inexperienced, and they aren’t blood relatives] [Bright, rebellious little princess x powerful, possessive, high-status heir] When she was seventeen, Lin Yuan stood on a second-floor balcony and saw a boy kneeling in the rain, crying and begging her sister not to leave. The rain was pouring, and on a whim, Lin Yuan brought him home. From then on, Lin Yuan let only him into her secret garde
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A Kiss in the Springtime 诱吻春色
[Marry First, Fall in Love Later | Sweet Romance | Winning Her Back | Swoony Romance] Song Qingtang was famous in her social circle as a classical dance fairy, stunningly beautiful, cool, and gentle. Jin Zhuochuan was the mad dog everyone avoided: reckless, cold-hearted, arrogant, and impossible to tame. No one would ever have linked the two of them. Until the Song and Jin families arranged their marriage, tying them together as husband and wife. - On their wedding night, Jin Zhuochuan sat on th
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A Kiss in the Misty Capital 撩吻京色
[The nation’s beloved, irresistibly sweet novelist and the powerful, paternalistic head of a wealthy Jing City family] [Married first, love later + Long-planned romance + Five-year age gap + Pure sweetness, no angst + Devoted to each other] As she is about to honor her engagement, Ruan Zhiyan catches her fiancé flirting with a girl at a bar. On her way home, she has an accident and runs into her fiancé’s uncle. Beneath the shifting lights and shadows, the man stands in a suit, one hand in his po
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An Autumn Romance Written in the Stars 命中秋色
[Complete] Hong Kong capitalist × radiant little fairy After marriage, fall in love with a tycoon Six years older Dual POV, marriage first and love later - At 22, Feng Qiu is welcomed back into a wealthy family and married off as a pawn in a political alliance to Xu Qing, heir to the top-tier Xu family. Born in Berlin and raised in Hong Kong, Xu Qing holds a position of power and is distant and aloof. Before the wedding, Feng Qiu expects their married life to be dull and uneventful, with the two
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After I Came Home, My Six Older Brothers Fought to Spoil Me 回家后，我被六个哥哥争着宠
Lu Jingnian treated the little girl like a delicate pet rabbit for years, keeping her by his side until the time was right to carry her off to his wolf’s den. Just as he was about to get what he wanted, her family found her! Until then, the little girl had only had one man doting on her. Now she had a whole crowd of people around her, and her brothers and uncles spoiled her to no end. Her brothers would pluck the moon from the heavens for her, while her uncles would dive into the deepest seas to
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Lost in the Su River 深陷酥河
(Mutually devoted couple + sweet romance + twelve-year age gap) Ever since six-year-old Su He called eighteen-year-old Ji Tingzhou “Uncle” in her childish voice in the living room, he took her home with him. That night, Ji Tingzhou returned from a business trip to find the villa pitch-black. The girl who usually waited obediently for him on the sofa, watching TV, was nowhere to be seen. There were also so many clothes missing from the walk-in closet upstairs, along with the teddy bear she hugged
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You Cheated! I'll Marry Your Uncle! What Are You Freaking Out About? 你出轨！我嫁你小叔！你疯什么？
Both leads are virgins + second male lead gets the girl + impulsive marriage + love after marriage + planned for a long time + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + tycoon spoils his wife without limits Steady, fatherly gentleman with a possessive streak × sweet, gentle, well-behaved girl who later becomes a little brat (because the male lead spoils her) On her wedding day, her fiancé runs away to comfort the impoverished student they once supported together. Every trending topic that day is ab
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A Miserable Life for Villainous Spouses: Where Should We Cause Trouble Today? 反派夫妻百事哀，今天在哪搞破坏
[Troublemaking drama queen heroine vs. villainous big shot who cleans up after her] Su Zhi became the newlywed wife of the villainous big shot Huo Wujiao. In the story, she was a wealthy family's fake heiress who had done every kind of evil. One day, she was thrown out of the house, and on the street she found the “fallen and powerless” villain Huo Wujiao. Each had something the other wanted, so they got married. To earn enough life points to survive, she joined forces with the big shot and they
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After Secretly Having His Baby, the Crown Prince Seeks Recognition on a Parenting Show 偷生崽崽后！太子爷娃综求名分
Raising kids on a variety show / The capital's young master pursues his wife / Mother and child hear the thoughts of rare animals / Beast taming / The heroine is a wealthy heiress and later reunites with her family Mistaking herself for a canary kept by Fu Zhaoye, and learning that he doesn't like children, Jiang Zhili runs away while pregnant. She thought the money she'd earned from Fu Zhaoye over the years would be enough to raise a child and animals, but it was nowhere near enough. Just then,
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Tonight Is the Night to Break the Rules 今夜宜破戒
[A buttoned-up, old-school mixed-race gentleman × a scheming, playful little fox] [Eight-year age gap | striking difference in physique | one-on-one, both completely inexperienced] Ming Li transmigrates into a novel about infidelity. The plot may be exciting, but she has no desire to experience the real-life version! To protect herself, she sets her sights on the husband in the book, a man with powerful connections who remains abstinent throughout the story. They say that even by the end, he has
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My Flash-Married Husband Is Like a Robot: All Brains, No Emotional Intelligence 闪婚老公像人机，要情商有智商
[Marriage First, Love Later + Playful + Showbiz + Each Other’s First Love] Zhou Youning thought she had the worst luck. Just as she was gaining some recognition for playing the second female lead in a new drama, the entire internet was paid to smear her. Then her company was sold, and her new boss turned out to be the man she had once secretly loved, the one who had broken her heart! Back then, she had kept her crush on a pedestal, while he had sent her crashing down. When she finally worked
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Pikahei's Sixth Book 皮卡黑的第6本书
[Sweet Romance and Face-Slapping] [Love Rivals] [The Powerful One Bows First] [Bold and Radiant vs. Stern and Proper] Xia Nanwei's boyfriend's car broke down on their date, so they had to ride with his older brother. Her boyfriend's older brother was powerful, stern, and proper, and had never once looked her in the eye. Then they got into a car accident. When she woke up, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a steamy novel as its heroine. Her boyfriend's older brother had transmigrated
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Mr. Shen, Your Little Nanny Went Off to Argue with Someone Again 沈先生，你家小保姆又去怼人了
The short drama has aired [Sweet romance + hilarious antics + healing + slow-burn love + mutual devotion in body and soul] [Bright, cheerful puppy-like heroine vs. gloomy, tsundere iceberg of a lucky-cat hero] Shen Yuqing was set up by a rival and got into a car accident. He barely survived, but has been confined to a wheelchair ever since. His younger brother hired countless caregivers to look after him, but Shen Yuqing drove every one of them away. Then he met Song Tinghuan. Song Tinghuan didn
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Mastering the Script of a Wealthy CEO's Undercover Wife 死死掌握豪门老公卧底妻剧本
[Sweet romance + a touch of secret identity + anti-cliché + the male lead has a secret crush + a little unhinged] A dramatic woman who just wants to kill her husband to prove her Dao versus a CEO who can think of nothing but what his wife is thinking. T^T I’m a journalist, undercover beside Cen Ji, digging up evidence of his crimes. It’s my eighth year on the job, and I’ve already given him a four-year-old, sweet, innocent son. Today, I prayed earnestly to heaven and earth, begging for a hint fr
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What Should I Do About My Childhood Friend, the Sickly Male Lead? 我的竹马是病娇男主怎么办
[One-on-one, mutual firsts + A battlefield of rival suitors + Everyone falls for her] [Bright, mischievous childhood sweetheart VS gloomy, obsessive childhood friend] Meng Fuxi had just finished helping the real young master bully her childhood friend, the fake young master, when she had a dream. She dreamed she was living in a book. Her childhood friend was the male lead, while she was nothing but a vicious little cannon-fodder character who died young. In the book, she was short-sighted and di
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Fighting Villains While Pregnant! The Wealthy Villainess Awakens! 挺孕肚打反派！豪门女配觉醒了！
[Completed] [Delicate, beautiful, mischievous girl × Brooding, obsessive, robotic man] One day, Shen Kui awakens to discover that her world is a novel. She is a disposable villainess who is infatuated with the male lead. Using her pregnancy as an excuse, she constantly hits and berates her genius husband, who has autism. She abuses her wealthy in-laws, lets her rebellious brother-in-law act like the heroine’s dog at school, and bleeds her family dry to prop up their precious son. After giving bi
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She Refused the Arranged Marriage and Drove a Political Heir Wild 拒绝联姻，她把政圈少爷钓疯了
The short drama is now streaming! Wild, cocky young heir to a political dynasty ✖ bright, flirtatious princess of the Beijing elite [College campus ✚ romantic tension ✚ childhood friends reunited after years apart ✚ outspoken feel-good romance ✚ devoted, exclusive love] An elite university, with fictional settings. Please leave your brain at the door! * Si Wang, the eldest son of a political dynasty, has an impeccable family background and looks, but was born bad to the bone. He’s infamous for b
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Every Day Since I Fell for Her, I've Been Falling Apart 爱上她后的每一天都在破防
[Delicate, ill-fated troublemaker × gloomy, aloof villain] [Marriage first, love later / sweet romance / devoted couple / lighthearted everyday romance / full of jokes] Ji Qingrong, a troublemaking supporting female character, awakens to the truth. Watching her villainous husband remain as robotic as ever despite going bankrupt, Ji Qingrong suddenly realizes he has potential. Might as well make do. No more running away. Ji Qingrong pats the villain on the shoulder and says earnestly, “Darling, I
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Double Happiness 上上禧
[Marriage First, Love Later + Older Man + Secret Crush + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] Song Xi had a good friend. Her friend said her second brother was rich and handsome, tall with long legs, and urged Song Xi to go on a blind date and win him over. Then she could become her beloved second sister-in-law. Song Xi got carried away and agreed. The good news: They slept together. The bad news: She slept with the wrong person. The crazy news: She got a marriage certificate with the wrong person. Whe
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The CEO’s Chief Male Secretary: His Secret Identity Is Exposed! 总裁的首席男秘书马甲掉！
[Overprotective, fatherly CEO x Struggling office worker] One-on-one sweet romance, both leads are virgins, villains and fools get what they deserve, heroine disguises herself as a man, and the pursuit of his wife is a real fire-and-brimstone ordeal. By a twist of fate, she starts working at the Fu Group and gets tricked into becoming Fu Si’s male secretary. Yes, a male secretary. Who could have guessed she’d even make it to chief male secretary! While working diligently every day, she also has
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Echoes of Harbor City 港城回响
[Signed for publication; short-form drama episodes are being released] [Both leads are faithful to each other + face-slapping + pregnancy before love + reborn, sweet and satisfying, with no angst] [She pursues her husband during the marriage, driving the arrogant, cold-hearted crown prince to the brink] A gentle woman who handles things ruthlessly, a delicate beauty in poor health VS a sharp-tongued but henpecked ice prince - Shu Hui got pregnant after a one-night stand with the heir to a powerf
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Why Pick on Her? She's Got Powerful Backing 你惹她干啥！她下面有人
*Original title: “CEO, Your Wife Is Pawning Knives Again” A knife is a pledge, and a word is a promise. When a prophecy comes true, it’s time to collect the reward. That’s what a knife pawnbroker does in the world of mysticism. Tu Shanjiu is the 283rd-generation knife pawnbroker. Her talent for the mystic arts surpasses everyone else in her family. Her divinations are uncannily accurate, and she can communicate with ghosts and gods. Unfortunately, because of a curse placed on the Tu Shan family
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After Transmigrating into a Book, the Kept Beauty Gives Up, but the Cold Tycoon Is Smitten 穿书后金丝雀摆烂，禁欲大佬超爱
[Radiant, clear-headed beauty who loves to flirt x refined, abstinent tycoon who spoils his wife] After transmigrating into a book as the cannon-fodder wife of the male lead, Xie Siyan, Shu Huan decides to keep her head down until the divorce. Rumor has it that Xie Siyan is an ambitious man, ruthless and heartless. Shu Huan: “That’s exactly my type! I love it!” They’ll be divorced in a year anyway, so she says whatever she likes and does whatever she wants. When she learns Xie Siyan likes slende
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The Lock of Northern Capital 京北锁
They plucked her from the dust, washed away her ordinariness, and bestowed upon her the title, status, endless wealth, and protection that others could only dream of. They painstakingly shaped her into a bird living in a golden cage: docile, quiet, and never to leave. Only when she made her first escape and was imprisoned on an island did they gaze at this perfect “creation,” stripped of every emotion and left with nothing but vacant eyes, and realize that the triumph of their taming had brought
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The Buddhist Gentleman of Beijing: My Childhood Friend Is My Moonlight 京圈佛子：我的青梅是白月光
[Beijing elite Buddhist gentleman x childhood-friend painter] [A groveling quest to win her back] [Sweet romance with angst] Everyone in Beijing's elite circles knows that Xie Heng, the aloof and ascetic eldest grandson of the Xie family, treats only Wen Ruan like a little princess. She came last in math, so he skipped his intensive training and stayed up all night tutoring her. When her period cramps became unbearable, he carried her to the infirmary. When she casually mentioned some paints, he
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His Pregnant Wife Frowns, and the Abstinent CEO Turns into a Coward 造反孕妻一皱眉，禁欲总裁怂成狗
[Sweet romance + marriage first, love later + devoted to each other] Before getting their marriage license, Miss Qin drew up an exorbitant betrothal gift list to make a certain someone back down “Three betrothal letters, six formalities, three matchmakers, and six betrothal gifts; ten properties; a set each of red, green, and blue aquamarines; rubellites in red, green, blue, black, and purple; and three profitable publicly listed companies… I won't bring a single thing as dowry!” To shut her up,
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He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me All Along 他竟然偷偷喜欢我
After her mother passed away, Xia Chu left the Bai family and returned to her quiet, ordinary life. After graduation, she settled into a typical nine-to-five routine. She hadn't set foot in Shanghai for six years, but when her former stepfather fell ill, she had no choice but to visit him. She thought she'd come and go quietly, then return to her peaceful life. Bai Heng had never once treated her kindly. He was the man who called her a burden. Ever since that trip to Shanghai, he had begun appea
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The Billionaire CEO Wants to Marry Me Every Day 亿万总裁天天想娶我
After an accident, she saves an imperial powerbroker, who insists on marrying her to repay her with his own hand. Everyone mocks her: “How could a country bumpkin like her be worthy of Young Master Ye?” What? She’s crude, ugly, and useless? She responds with a single move, and her breathtaking beauty and countless secret identities gradually come to light. Mu Xia returns to her country with her identity concealed, all to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death. As one secret identity after a
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The Real Heiress’s Secret Identities Are Exposed, Making Her the Capital’s Most Beloved Girl 真千金马甲掉光，成京圈第一团宠
[Fake and Real Heiress + Powerful Leads + The Whole Family’s Regrets + Everyone’s Darling + Secret Identities] A handsome, paralyzed man claiming to be her fiancé came looking for her and told her she was the real heiress of a wealthy family. That very night, a fugitive showed up at her door, intent on killing her! Jiang Youli promptly took him out and buried him in her medicinal herb garden as fertilizer! Fine! So they wanted to play rough, did they? The beautiful couple who came in person to t
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Exiled, the Physician Princess Empties the Storehouse and Flees the Famine in Style 流放，医妃搬空库房悠哉逃荒
[Completed] [Divine doctor + disaster and famine escape + powerful leads + satisfying nation-building + food + animal speech] A divine doctor from the apocalypse transmigrated into the body of a concubine's daughter who was being sent to marry in someone else's place. They were about to be exiled, so why should she put up with anyone's nonsense? With a pocket dimension in hand, she could have the whole world! She rushed to empty the imperial treasury, the Crown Prince's residence, and the Duke's
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A Quiet Separation: The 70s Female Immortal Has a Top-Tier Pocket Space 低调分家，七零女仙她有顶级空间
[Strong heroine] [Space] [Both leads are devoted to each other] [Cultivation] Yun Xi had finally made a name for herself in the Cultivation world, only to fail her tribulation and transmigrate to the 1970s. She takes it in stride. It's not as if this is her first time! Although history is remarkably similar, this isn't a place she recognizes. Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao still remembers her, and she unexpectedly unlocks a pocket space. From then on, she has a life of effortless success. She bal
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