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A Kiss for My Sweet Little Pear 诱吻小甜梨
Multiple comic adaptations are now available! [University] [Mutual Secret Crushes] [Super Sweet and Addictive] Liking Zhou Qingyan was the only act of rebellion in Wen Li's youth. Wen Li's affection was always restrained. She never argued, never made a fuss, and never bothered him. She only secretly watched him, again and again, from corners where Zhou Qingyan would never notice. * Zhou Qingyan was a famous figure at Nanda University, ranked number one on the list of guys who were hardest t
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My Crush Says He Likes Sweet, Obedient Girls! 暗恋对象说他喜欢乖乖女!
(Completed) [Quiet, Gentle, Sweet and Well-Behaved × Cool, Dashing, and Good at Flirting] [College Campus + He Falls at First Sight + Her Secret Crush Comes True + Sweet Flirting + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First and Last, Happy Ending] Ji Ciyè was the kind of person who seemed born to stand out. Countless girls liked him. Lin Wutong had even witnessed a confession herself. In the hallway leading to the KTV restroom, a girl sweetly asked him what type of girl he liked. After a brief silence, s
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A Bite of Sugar 咬一口糖
[Print edition now available] Cold, aloof bad boy × sweet, well-behaved girl. Secret crush comes true, reformed playboy, sweet romance. Shen Queyan of Jiang University was notorious for his womanizing ways. Everyone was betting on who could tame him. Then one day, a sweet, obedient girl appeared at his side, and he doted on her without question. Some said she was the younger sister of Shen Queyan's closest friend. Xu Tang had been secretly in love with her brother's friend for a long time. It w
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A Heartbeat I Can't Control 难控心跳
[Cool and gentle campus beauty x aloof, carefree young master] Love at first sight or just being captivated by her looks, whatever you call it, Wen Jingbai has never been one to hold back. Wen Liwan has a star in the sky, but she's never dared to dream beyond her reach. She knows it's an unattainable dream, so she's always played by the rules. But one day, that star begins to descend toward her of its own accord. Panicked and unsure how to accept it, she can only avoid him. Wen Jingbai has live
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My Crush Lost His Memory and Became My Boyfriend 暗恋对象失忆后,成了我男友
[College Campus + Instant Physical Attraction + Sensual and Sweet + Both Leads Are Each Other's First and Only, Happy Ending] [Top-Ranking Young Heir × Straight-A Sweetheart] Sang Luoluo had a secret: she'd had a crush for ages on the boy from the neighboring high school, the one everyone adored. Later, the two kept running into each other. And as it turned out, their mothers were best friends. Nervously, she called him, “Big brother.” - Jing Ye was the devastatingly handsome man everyone in the
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I Opened My Eyes and Was Back in the Days When My Sweetheart Had a Crush on Me 一睁眼,回到乖宝暗恋我时期
[Reborn + Unrequited Love!!! + Sweet Romance + Healing and Redemption + Devoted Couple + Good Girl vs. Wild Young Master + Happy Ending] A wild young master with a fierce possessive streak → a timid, sweet, well-behaved girl Xu Muwan had always been obedient and followed the rules. There was only one thing she kept secret from everyone: she loved him alone, her whole life. Deep in her heart, she had a crush on someone. No one knew. Day after day, year after year, she kept loving him. Only the su
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Baby, Isn’t It Better to Like Me? 宝宝,喜欢我不好吗
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
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Wait, What? My Best Friend's Gift Turned Out to Be Her Uncle! 搞错了!闺蜜送的礼物竟是她小叔
(Just started getting ratings, and they’ll rise later) Hong Kong finance tycoon × rebellious Beijing heiress pretending to be a good girl Marriage first, love later|Long-planned romance|Ten-year age gap|Powerful man bows to love|Devoted, mutually faithful couple|Beijing and Hong Kong elite families On the night of her coming-of-age ceremony, Feng Xiaxi awakened memories of her past life. Bound by traditional expectations all her life, she was known in Beijing as the perfect good girl. She never
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It's Never Too Late to Love 好爱不怕迟
♀️She falls in love after marriage♂️He falls in love at first sight A sweet, slow-burn romance between two devoted partners➕A relationship built on honest communication and gentle guidance A female-audience novel told entirely from the male lead's perspective✖️A lighthearted comedy about a fiercely competitive power couple The sharp-tongued lawyer Chu Jinglan, who never buckles under pressure × Chi Ze'an, a thoughtful psychotherapist A couple who make their living with words spend their days kis
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It's Only a Trial Marriage, Don't Get Carried Away! 试婚而已,别太野!
[Marriage first, love later + romance between adults + both leads are virgins + happy ending] "Glamorous superstar vs. clear-eyed lyricist" Lu Heng’s reasons for choosing Zhao Yusheng were clear: She was emotionally steady, independent, grounded, and suited to be a wife. Zhao Yusheng’s reasons for accepting him were just as clear: This man could broaden her horizons and help her grow. They began with a contract, its terms clear and boundaries firm: Clause One: No intimate contact. But one late
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Country Girl 乡村靓女
Ye Dingtian realized that apart from being outrageously handsome, he didn't seem to have any other particularly outstanding qualities. He went traveling to clear his head and passed through a village called Liujia Village. He liked the scenery, so he rented a few modest houses there, planning to stay for a while and figure out what to do with his life.
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Beauty on a Deserted Island 荒岛靓女
Hao Da, a 25-year-old bachelor, never imagined that on his very first flight, the plane would fall out of the sky! He never imagined that even after the plane went down, he would survive! Four other people survived too!
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So Handsome, Even the Beauties Throw Themselves at Me 帅到靓女都来倒贴
After Wu Shuaibao settled down, he lay on the plank bed, wondering what the future held for him. Suddenly, a voice rang in his mind: Handsome System activated!
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The Tough Guy on a Deserted Island 荒岛的猛男
A shipwreck left the cruise ship He Dun was aboard in trouble, and he washed up on a deserted island. Nine other people were stranded on the island with him.
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The Palace’s Number One Tough Guy 皇宫第一猛男
Ying Zheng, a modern overworked young man, dies suddenly from working overtime and has his soul transported into the body of Xiao Caizi, a young eunuch who was just killed after offending the powerful. He also obtains the Fake Eunuch System and begins cultivating the Divine Art of the Fake Eunuch. In a palace rife with schemes and human malice, he steadily climbs to the pinnacle of life!
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Talk Trash and Win Prizes 对骂就有奖
Hao Tie was treated like a pack mule and was about to hit rock bottom because he refused to keep living like one. Then he suddenly got a System that rewarded him for trading insults! From then on, he used verbal sparring to reach the pinnacle of success!
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He Came Bearing Starlight, Bound for Peace 他携星光赴安宁
An Ning spent eight whole years trapped in her memories. After losing the love of her life, she shut her heart away and threw herself into pharmaceutical research, working her way up to become the youngest R&D director in the industry and a doctoral supervisor at a medical school. Everyone praised her brilliance and peerless coolness, but only she knew that not a blade of grass had grown in her desolate heart. Until Lu Minghao stormed into her world. He was a battle-hardened soldier returned
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The Young Master Faked His Disappearance, Then a Rich Heiress Swept Him into a Flash Marriage 太子爷装失踪后,被小富婆闪婚
[Straightforward, cheerful sweetheart He Jianhuang, a content moderator, vs. slightly devious, passionate, cool cop Yan An, who works in vice enforcement] [Marriage first, love later + lighthearted, everyday rom-com + both leads have secret identities + slow-burn romance + vice investigations followed by a wealthy-family inheritance battle + both leads are virgins + happy ending] Xu Luling eloped into marriage with Yan An, a criminal police officer who had mistaken her for a pervert while inves
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Spoiled by You in the Capital 予卿京宠
[Marriage first, love later | Older man | Sweet romance | 1v1, both leads are each other's only partner | Slow burn] [The rating just came out, but it'll go up later] In Beijing's elite circles, everyone said the eldest daughter of the Luo family was cold and indifferent. Luo Jin thought so too, and figured she was perfectly suited to being a pawn in a marriage alliance. So when the “smiling King of Hell” proposed to her in front of everyone at a banquet, she asked only six words: “When are we r
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Inkbound to the Dust of the Capital 墨赴京尘
#Marriage Before Love #Secretly Planned for Years #Powerful Capital Elite #Mutual Devotion #Power Couple #Sweet Romance Everyone in the capital’s elite circles said the Zhao family’s cold-blooded King of Hell had been forced into an arranged marriage with a gentle beauty from Jiangnan. But no one knew Before their engagement, he had anonymously funded the restoration of an ancient painting for her. After their engagement, he signed an agreement to “treat each other with courtesy,” yet that very
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The Moon in His Heart 他的心尖月
The Moon in His Heart
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Meeting the Soft-Hearted Him 遇见心软的他
(A sweet, high-quality romance that starts with marriage; an older, guiding, healing CEO, Fu Yanci; bright, pure, adorable Lu Li; a seven-year age gap; a business alliance; a contract marriage; a slow-burn romance; loving someone just as they are) Fu Yanci had always thought of himself as a solitary man sitting alone in an empty mountain, until he married Lu Li. At first, they both thought their marriage was nothing more than a fleeting arrangement. Then came a sudden downpour. He opened the wi
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Later, He Begged Me to Heal Him 后来,他求我治愈他
[Hong Kong elite families × marriage of convenience × dissociative identity disorder × groveling to win her back] [Highly intelligent, levelheaded psychiatrist × arrogant, domineering business tycoon] *Written entirely by hand *Psychological case studies gradually develop alongside the romance, including paranoid personality disorder, psychogenic amnesia, PTSD, dissociative identity disorder… A premarital medical certificate gets psychiatrist Xiao Chimo dumped on the eve of her wedding. For he
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My Secret Crush Asked Me to Marry Him on Paper 暗恋对象向我提出协议结婚
[Marriage first, love later + both faithful + secret crush comes true + romantic tension + mature workplace romance] Jealous cardiothoracic surgeon × kindhearted, naive teacher In high school, Lin Xi was an unremarkable girl in the class next door, while Lu Chen was the popular heartthrob everyone admired. She kept her crush hidden in countless fleeting moments when they passed each other, never daring to hope they would ever have anything to do with each other. Years later, a blind date arrang
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To Save Money, I Bought a Husband for Nine Yuan 为了省钱,9块钱买了个老公
To save money, I bought myself a husband for nine yuan.
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Don't Be Afraid, Honey. I Have a Redemption System to Help Me Win You Back 老婆别怕,我有赎罪系统换我追你
“Runaway Heiress x Possessive New Money Peacock” “Mind Reading + Both Reborn + Wife-Chasing System” * In her previous life, Song Yi was an untouchable heiress who treated Jiang Lin like a plaything. She took him by force, abandoned him, then left the country without a second thought. Later, when the Song family went bankrupt, he was the only person who could save her. He trapped her in a five-year marriage, holding her captive. Everyone said Jiang Lin was a distant, untouchable flower: cold, ele
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The Day After Our Divorce, the CEO Took Me to Get Our Marriage License 离婚第二天,总裁拉我去领证
[Heroine divorces and marries again + male lead's secret crush comes true + unconventional married-first, love-later] Su We Wan still remembered the rainiest, most humiliating night of her life. After five years of marriage, her husband cheated on her and even used her mother's surgery costs to threaten her, forcing her to leave with nothing. She was kicked out with nothing to her name, shivering in the freezing rain. Just as she was losing hope, a black umbrella appeared above her. Beneath it s
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After an Unexpected Pregnancy, the Abstinent Professor Demands Kisses Every Night 意外怀孕后:禁欲教授夜夜索吻
[Male Lead’s Perspective: Secret Crush Comes True + Female Lead’s Perspective: Marriage First, Love Later] [Wife-Obsessed, Celibate Professor × Goofy, Clueless Little Bunny] Chi Wu felt like the sky was falling! It was all because she’d let loose after drinking. So what if she had? But the man she’d slept with just had to be her university professor. And to make matters even worse, she was pregnant. She didn’t care. She couldn’t have a baby on her own, after all, and that bastard was half respon
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After Our Wedding, My Husband's Tender Side Is Impossible to Hide! 新婚后,我家先生的温柔藏不住!
[Marriage first, love later + healing, sweet romance + love that deepens over time] A gentle, resilient ray of sunshine x a brooding, taciturn tycoon A simple agreement led Wen Qian to marry Xi Jingsi. Everyone in the city knew the head of the Xi family was gloomy and withdrawn, and barely spoke. Everyone waited to see her end up on the receiving end of the silent treatment. But Wen Qian thought healing a tycoon was no different from tending flowers: Water them on schedule, give them plenty of s
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Mr. Fu, Don't Spoil Me Too Much 傅先生你别太宠撩
They marry first and fall in love later, a sweet, devoted 1v1 romance with both leads each other's first and only. Fu Linchen, a business tycoon, is refined, ruthless, decisive, and indifferent to women. That's how outsiders see him. Then one day, the media breaks the news that he's married through an arranged alliance. Everyone wonders who he married. That night, he rests the girl's foot on his leg and carefully trims her nails. When he's done, he kisses it reverently. Blushing, the girl pulls
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The Fake Heiress: The Beloved Little Wife of a Powerful Family 假千金,豪门大佬的团宠小娇妻
[Marriage first, love later + one-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s first + devoted husband + age gap] [Optimistic flower shop owner & scheming tycoon] After a shipwreck leaves Luo Xining with amnesia, the Shu family mistakes her for their daughter, Shu Yan, and raises her as their own. She marries Fu Lingyun, head of the Fu family, the richest family in Anping. For over a year, while she has amnesia, he cherishes her like a precious treasure. Then, during a fashion show, she is pushed
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Transmigrated Into a Book as the Vicious Female Lead, but the Villain Is Up to No Good 穿书成恶毒女配,反派他图谋不轨
[Obsessive, sweet romance + devoted one-on-one couple + wealthy families + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place] [Softhearted, considerate optimist × villainous big shot, polite and refined on the surface, dark and scheming underneath] After working overtime for three days straight, young Bai Momo died of a heart attack at her desk. After death, she woke up in the body of the villainess in a ridiculous love-triangle novel that her colleague next door had been reading. After spending
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I Can't Resist: The Aloof Movie Star Flirts and Spoils Me Shamelessly 顶不住,高冷影帝撩人放肆宠
[Marriage Before Love + One-on-One, Mutual Devotion + Age Gap + Sweet Romance + Livestreaming Variety Show] [Cheerful Little Ray of Sunshine & Aloof, Reserved, Eccentric Movie Star] Su Xiaotang was hit by a car while saving someone and transmigrated into another body. Before she could recover from the excruciating pain, a lawyer forced her to sign an “unfair” marriage contract. No fooling around, no causing trouble, no expecting a normal married life or a real relationship, and stick to the agre
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Oh No, I’ve Become the Male Lead’s Doomed, Wicked First Love 糟糕,穿成男主早死的恶毒初恋
[Sweet modern romance, transmigration into a book, one-on-one, devoted couple, happy ending.] Song Tang read a sweet romance before bed. In the story, the male lead is a top young heir from Beijing's elite circles. He meets a gentle, innocent girl and falls in love. After competing with the second male lead, he eventually wins the beauty's heart. Before she could even finish the story, Song Tang was grinning from ear to ear. So good. Really good. The only flaw was that the male lead had once had
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Mr. Shen, Your Heart-Flutter Score Is Off the Charts 沈总你的心动值超标了
Beneath the dazzling crystal chandeliers of a grand gala, Wen Ci never imagined that her wedding night would begin with a cold transaction and end with an even colder agreement...
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After That Night, the Soldier King Succumbed to Desire 那晚之后,兵王沦陷在欲望之中
[Top-Tier Wealthy Family + Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Marriage First, Love Later + Intense Push and Pull + Ruthless and Decisive] What Qin Huanhuan regrets most is giving herself to Xiao Zhan when she was left with no other choice. They spent one night together, each getting what they wanted. She thought they would never have anything to do with each other again, but fate brought them together once more. One wants money, the other craves beauty, and so the two become entangled again. Their r
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My Husband Is a Deadly Agent 我的夫君是死士
Historical setting + tragic romance + winning her back + winning him back + humor with tearjerking moments No rebirth, no transmigration, no System, no face-slapping, no wicked female rival, and no intricately connected plot. Only ordinary people, as insignificant as ants, pursuing the simplest feelings and the freedom to live as they choose, just like you, me, and everyone else in real life. She is a lowly kitchen maid who has sunk into the mud. He is a cold, proud assassin trained to die for h
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It Was a Complete Accident: I Got a Marriage License with My Boss 纯属意外,我跟老板领证了
(This rating was only posted after the novel was completed, so it's a little low. Feel free to give it a try.) [Married First, Love Later + Two Secret Identities + The Ice-Cold CEO's Face-Slapping Moment of Falling Hard] [Both Pure + Sweet Romance + Secret Identities Exposed in a Chaotic Showdown. You won't regret investing!] Forced into marriage by her mother's life-or-death ultimatum, Yan Zhen simply found an “actor” and went to register their marriage. No feelings, no genuine affection. They
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My Contract Marriage Partner Suddenly Can't Live Without Me 契约婚姻对象,突然非我不可
For money, Zhou Junlin agreed to a contract marriage with Ji Yunmo, who was trying to avoid the marriage his family had arranged for him. As they spent time together, they gradually fell in love. Even when people mocked Ji Yunmo as a lowly illegitimate son, she never backed down. She loved Ji Yunmo for who he was, not for his status. - [Only then did Zhou Junlin realize that Ji Yunmo, whom she had thought lived such a glamorous life, had actually been stumbling through the darkness all along. Ha
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After She Can Read Minds, the Mute Girl Leads Her Family to the Top 被读心后,哑女带领全家走上巅峰
Lin Xu transmigrates into a book as a mute four-year-old girl. Though she can't speak, her entire family can hear her thoughts. She helps them avert disaster time and again, leading the whole family to the top. “Mom, that handsome man in front of us is my biological father!” “But we have to stay away from that wicked woman. She's absolutely awful!” “...” Whenever the family can't make a decision, secretly listening to their daughter's thoughts has somehow become a habit...
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The CEO's Wife Is Pretending to Be Poor Again 总裁夫人又在装穷了
On a snowy night, Qin Nuannuan, poor and living alone, sees a thinly dressed man collapsed outside her home. Out of kindness, she takes him in. She thinks he's a heartless man, but instead, he suddenly proposes to her. After she marries into the Mu family: Mu Chuming: “Wife, buy whatever you want. Don't pretend to be poor, and don't let anyone bully you.” Qiu Min: “Our daughter-in-law is the cutest. No one in this family will ever give her a hard time.” Luoluo: “Mommy is the prettiest in the who
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Somehow, I Became a Stepmom 莫名其妙成了后妈
Somehow, I Became a Stepmother
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Dark Desire: My Secret Husband, My Out-of-Control Rival 暗欲撩火:隐婚死对头失控宠
[Cool and aloof deputy CEO vs. scheming power broker] Married first, fall in love later #devoted couple #sweet romance #secret crush #flirting with his wife Everyone in business circles knows Wen Wanqiao and Bo Xiyu are like fire and water. That is, until she catches her fiancé cheating. She turns to her sworn enemy and signs a secret marriage agreement. They bicker in public and bicker in private, too. He has kept an obsession with her buried deep in his heart for six years. His possessiveness
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So You’ve Been Here All Along 原来你一直都在这
So you were here all along
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I Handed Him the Divorce Papers, and the CEO Lost His Mind! 递出离婚协议后,霸总他疯了!
For two years of marriage, Wen Jing has been Qiu Boyuan's most capable vice president and his most distant wife. When she places the divorce papers on his desk, the icy CEO finally panics. Her grandmother falls gravely ill, her ex-boyfriend returns, and his first love appears... Wen Jing thinks their marriage of convenience is about to expire, only to discover that the cold-faced tyrant signed the papers long ago but has never given them to her. Then one day, he tears them up in front of everyon
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A Contract Wife with No Plans to Fall in Love, and a Chaste Big Shot Who Can’t Get Enough of Her 契约妻子不谋爱,禁欲大佬馋疯了
Aloof, chaste male lead × Clear-headed, independent top student female lead Marriage first, love later | Contract marriage | Everyday push and pull | A gentle, slow-blooming sweet romance When Meng Chenyu and Su Ye signed their contract, the terms were crystal clear: they would be husband and wife in name only, and neither would fall in love. Everyone said he was aloof, chaste, and uninterested in women, a block of ice that would never melt. Su Ye behaved herself and honored their agreement, nev
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She Has Two Faces 她,有两副面孔
She Has Two Faces
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After Our Whirlwind Wedding, Mr. Wen Can't Hold Back His Feelings 闪婚后,温先生心动难抑
Top-tier strategist vs. powerful business tycoon Marriage before love | whirlwind wedding | love grows over time | equally matched leads | both leads are virgins - "I heard the Shen family is looking for someone to marry into the family. Miss Shen, you might want to consider me." Rumors in their social circle say Wen Suizhi has his eye on the eldest Shen daughter. He's declared that he will marry only Miss Shen. Everyone thinks he's madly in love with her. Only Shen Tingxue knows the truth: Wen
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The Beauty Who Captivated the City 倾城佳人
The rating will be added later! It's a good one!!! [Long-planned love / always protecting her + both virgins + domineering CEO who cares for and cherishes her + sweet romance + no angst + slow-burn affection + warmth] Shen Qingnan first met Ji Yanchen when she was five, at her mother's funeral. The second time was at a teahouse. Ji Yanchen asked, “Shen Qingnan, will you marry me?” Shen Qingnan said, “Yes.” When she agreed to marry Ji Yanchen, she never imagined he could love her so deeply. She t
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I Mistook My Future Boss for a Male Model, and Now He Wants Me to Take Responsibility 错把未来上司当男模,他要我负责
Xu Anzhi spent the entire night at the shop. The man asked her name three times. She didn’t answer once. Don’t ask. We’re strangers. We’ll never see each other again anyway. She ate and drank her fill, left a gold bracelet as a tip, and made her escape. The next day, she starts her new job. The operating-room doors open. The man from last night stands beneath the surgical lights in a doctor’s uniform: Lu Huaisheng, head of anesthesiology. She feels like her head is about to explode. “What do yo
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