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1. 1 和 The First Year After the Divorce 和离第一年 Master Grass Lamp草灯大人Romance221k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication in simplified Chinese. See Weibo @Dear Caodeng Daren for updates] Both virgins | Powerful man humbled | Strong male lead, weak female lead Honest country girl wife x twisted, rotten rich young master The year Yun Ni met Shen Tinglan, she was of marriageable age but had yet to understand the ways of men and women. Shen Tinglan did not mind that his wife had a lame leg, and Yun Ni did not mind that her husband came from a poor family. So they married. A year after their 72.5kFavorites75kClicks/ch21.1kGifts

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   Sure, but I feel like I was born on the wrong platform. It could probably be a bit more risqué. 😳

2. 2 我 I Am the Supporting Female Character in an Explicit Novel 我是限制文的女配 Jun Zi Sheng君子生Romance747k WordsCompleted [The physical book has been retitled Listen to Ling and is now available for preorder. For details, follow Weibo @Jun Zi Sheng JZS] Lin Ting transmigrated into a book, specifically, an explicit novel. She became the female supporting character who secretly loved the male lead but was fated never to have him. In the original story, the supporting character hated the female lead for taking the male lead away from her. By association, she also hated the female lead's elder brother, Duan Ling. Over 409.5kFavorites422kClicks/ch563kGifts

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   I didn't follow the later parts of the series back then, so I forgot about it. I'll reread it when I have a chance.

3. 3 魅 A Succubus Heroine’s Survival Guide 魅魔女主求生指南 Long-Bright Night长明夜Romance481k WordsCompleted Hua Deng transmigrates into a cultivation novel full of explicit content. As the heroine, she is born with a constitution that makes her a natural cultivation vessel: a rare Dual Cultivation Saint Physique, seen only once in a thousand years. From the first chapter to the three-thousandth, she attracts powerful men from every walk of life, and is either imprisoned or used to make pills. The day she gets her hands on the plot, Hua Deng turns and runs. To stay alive, she seeks out Shen Zhou, the 167.7kFavorites172.7kClicks/ch85.5kGifts

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   It was a bit scary, but the later plot got a little boring.

4. 4 慕 Yearning for the Morning 慕朝游 Shu Ning黍宁Romance617k WordsCompleted [Main story complete. The happy ending will be updated from time to time.] The first time Mu Chaoyou met Wang Daorong, she had just transmigrated into this strange ancient world. Ghosts and monsters ran rampant, and life was as fragile as a candle in the wind. She could never have imagined that the gentle, aloof young noble before her, so refined and bright, was actually a frighteningly obsessive madman. He was the cage she would spend her whole life doing everything she could to escape. * 114.1kFavorites122.3kClicks/ch72.2kGifts

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   It's a damp and gloomy story. The early and middle parts are brilliant, and the ending is a bit crazy but still acceptable. It's watchable.

5. 5 宿 My Nemesis Comes After Me 宿敌犯我 Crane, Pine, and Pillar鹤松楹Romance560k WordsCompleted Ming Shuxue had exceptional talent. At a young age, she had already formed her Golden Core, making her an undisputed prodigy of the cultivation world. She had always been kind to others, except for Yan Gui of the neighboring sect. The two couldn't stand each other and clashed at every turn, coming to blows whenever they met. During a trip to a secret realm, Ming Shuxue accidentally fell victim to a love-bug curse along with Yan Gui, and they were stranded in the mortal world. When Ming Shuxue a 10.6kFavorites9.2kClicks/ch5.2kGifts

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   Sorry, I skipped the first few chapters.

6. 6 和 The Night Before Our Divorce, She Turned Into a Mushroom 和离前夜，她变成了蘑菇 Blue-and-White Porcelain Ablaze青花燃Romance636k WordsCompleted [Print edition title: She Turned Into a Mushroom, available on all platforms] Dao Lord Xie Wuwang is peerlessly handsome, the strongest cultivator of his age, and commands influence throughout the Three Realms. He is known as the ruler of the world. Countless beautiful women are enamored of him. Everyone knows he has no real feelings for his Dao companion, Ning Qingqing. He keeps her around only because she has been by his side for years, like his sword or magical treasures: there is simply no 165.9kFavorites397.2kClicks/ch79.9kGifts

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   The beginning is a bit angsty, but later the female lead finds herself again, and they reconcile. The male lead is worth it.

7. 7 一 When One Flower Blooms, a Hundred Flowers Fall 一朵花开百花杀 Peacekeeping Zongzi维和粽子Romance673k WordsCompleted [The print edition goes on preorder August 25, 2023. Hua Yan is a holy maiden of a religious sect, commonly known as a wicked witch of the demonic cult. Thanks to the many shameful deeds of her predecessors, her reputation was already in tatters before she had even left home. Heaven knows, she’s a good person! At the moment, she is staying by the side of Lu 148.1kFavorites229.2kClicks/ch67.6kGifts

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   I enjoy stories about young boys and girls adventuring in the martial arts world, but I'm not very interested in modern campus side stories.

8. 8 春 Spring Night 春夜 Yiren Kui Kui伊人睽睽Romance443k WordsCompleted The title comes from “Happy Rain on a Spring Night,” and the male lead is named Shiyu. A refined young lady x a young assassin: The heroine, Qi Yingzhu, is a sickly beauty. Because she was switched at birth, Qi Yingzhu spent seventeen years as the daughter of a marquis’s family. When the real heiress returns, Qi Yingzhu steps aside and goes to the mountains to recuperate, cutting ties with her old life. One spring night, as fallen blossoms turned to mud, a young man named Shiyu collapsed outs 139.9kFavorites168.5kClicks/ch42.4kGifts

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   The male lead is illiterate, and his love is unknowing and unfeeling; it's a good read.

9. 9 攻 After Winning Over the King of Curses, I Faked My Death 攻略诅咒之王后我死遁了 Bai Lingzi白灵子Romance582k WordsCompleted [You can understand this even if you haven’t read the original. Minamoto Mirai claimed there was no game character she couldn’t win over. Her special ability, “Simulation Game,” could generate dating sims. By reaching a happy ending, she could obtain any reward she wanted. But she suffered a crushing defeat in The Heian-Kyo Love Story. No matter how hard she tried, that hateful man, the King of Curses, always gave her a death ending 115.8kFavorites208kClicks/ch170.5kGifts

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   I've forgotten a bit of the rest. I liked it back then, and when I rewatched it later, all I remember is that it was a little creepy 🐶

10. 10 本 This Prince Just Wants Some Peace and Quiet 本王想静静 Seeking Pleasure Among the Flowers花里寻欢Romance414k WordsCompleted What should you do if you've transmigrated into a prince who's about to rebel and get himself killed? Lu Jichi's answer: Make yourself look like a fool and turn your catchphrase into "I'll do whatever Imperial Brother says." Emperor Zhaoning was worried about him, so he bestowed upon him a gentle, virtuous wife to save him. But... Looking at the girl before him, who ate more than he did, was even fiercer when punishing scumbags, and told jokes better than he could, Lu Jichi said: ...Let me hav 46.6kFavorites137.6kClicks/ch46.8kGifts

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    I've listened to audiobooks before, and I found them quite funny, haha. I recommend listening to audiobooks.

11. 11 始21+ After I Toyed with and Abandoned the Frail Immortal Lord 始乱终弃病弱仙君后 I Know the Undercurrent知我暗涌Romance207k WordsCompleted 41.5kFavorites44.2kClicks/ch24.1kGifts

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    What a romantic couple! [Rice][rice]

12. 12 抛 After Leaving the Heartless Sword Venerable 抛弃无情道剑尊后 Fusang Knows Me扶桑知我Romance571k WordsCompleted [Complete] Wusu was born from chaos and became a demon. Because her magic is weak, people often mistake her for an ordinary human. She's perfectly happy living as an ordinary person. She keeps to herself in the busiest city in the mortal realm and works three jobs a day to support herself. Then an accident leads to one reckless night, and by a twist of fate, she ends up with a mortal husband. Though he is mortal and they are worlds apart in status, he insists on staying by Wusu's side. Wusu kno 120.4kFavorites197.1kClicks/ch75.1kGifts

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    Sour and delicate

13. 13 明 The Moon Is Passionate Yet [Part One]: The Divine Realm 明月却多情（上）：神界篇 Junzi Yize君子以泽Romance273k WordsCompleted Bright Moon, Yet So Passionate: The God Realm Arc focuses on Shang Yan and Zi Xiu's journey as they grow up. Click my author page for the main story~ * For many women, a man's devotion is a bottom line, the most basic quality of a decent person. But Shang Yan, who witnessed the tragedy of her parents' love from childhood, has never believed that a one-to-one romance is something she can take for granted. It's something she must strive for with all her might and cherish with care, something she c 15.7kFavorites8.9kClicks/ch6.8kGifts

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    I hope they have a good outcome, sob sob (╥_╥)

14. 14 明 The Moon Is Bright, Yet Love Abounds (Part Two): The Demon Realm 明月却多情（下）：魔界篇 Junzi Yize君子以泽Romance389k WordsCompleted See my profile for the next story. Please read the following notes before starting the main story~~ * Zixiu, the famed and fearsome Lord of the Demon Realm, is handsome and refined, with a smile as guileless as a child's. In truth, he is cold, irritable, domineering, and insufferably arrogant. Yet he is uncannily like Shang Yan's first love. Same name, same looks. Apart from the scar on his forehead, there is no difference. But the gentle boy who loved only her, and loved her so deeply it broke 9.5kFavorites7.6kClicks/ch7.3kGifts

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    It's so good! I've been following it for months. The author's portrayal of the relationship between Ziyan and others is so delicate! And the different characters' perspectives are all very fitting to their personalities, especially Ziheng, whose love-hate relationship with this character is so touching. Please write more sweet stories, author!

15. 15 我 My Husband Is a World-Destroying Demon 我夫君是灭世魔头 Fu Meng扶梦Romance545k WordsCompleted [The print edition is out, with a new bonus chapter. Available on all platforms!] Qin Yingran is the daughter of a tutor, and she marries a scholar. After they marry, the scholar gives her everything she asks for. They aren’t rich, and they argue now and then, but their life is peaceful enough. Yingran thinks they’ll go on living a quiet, ordinary life forever. Until one day, a group of people storms into their home, shouting, “We’ve found that demon Xu Liling’s hideout!” Yingran hides at a di 489.6kFavorites569.3kClicks/ch540.9kGifts

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    Warm

16. 16 被 After the Paranoid Crown Prince Heard My Thoughts 被阴戾太子听到心声后 Si Qing姒倾Romance383k WordsCompleted Violent and cruel 💛 Greedy and lustful Good news: She was chosen to be a palace maid assigned to serve in the imperial bedchamber. Bad news: The person she had to serve was the moody, woman-averse Crown Prince. Last night, Yun Kui had watched a young maid being carried out of the Crown Prince's bedchamber. Thinking that she was about to meet the same fate, Yun Kui trembled and huddled under her little blanket. Inside Chengguang Hall. The Crown Prince sat on the edge of the bed, a sinister glea 160.6kFavorites178.6kClicks/ch82.6kGifts

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    I was a little scared, but it was okay.

17. 17 这 This Isn't the Happy Ending I Wanted 这不是我要的HE Blue-and-White Porcelain Ablaze青花燃Romance300k WordsCompleted Everyone knew that Emperor Qingyang loved that woman beyond measure. He dismissed his entire harem for her, giving his undivided affection to one person alone. He slaughtered everyone who had ever bullied her, and the chief culprit was tortured with a thousand cuts. He gave her every last drop of tenderness left in the heart of that cold-blooded emperor. Now that his cultivation had reached the pinnacle, he would take her with him as he ascended to immortality. From then on, they would live as 32.5kFavorites40.4kClicks/ch12.8kGifts

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    Male ghost he

18. 18 穿 Transmigrated Into a Female Supporting Character in a Male-Oriented Novel 穿成男频文女配 Xiaohe Meow小禾喵Romance417k WordsCompleted [A fluffy, brainless little rom-com. Chu Xilan transmigrates into one of those male-oriented novels. The male lead is the last dragon in the world, tasked with the burden of continuing his species. Beautiful women flock around him, and he's destined to become a legendary playboy. As the playboy's first romantic awakening, Chu Xilan is actually a drop of dew. Her current dream is to evaporate on the spot. Chu Xilan decides to change the plot to save herself: --T 27.7kFavorites57.4kClicks/ch10.9kGifts

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    A sweet little story that's a bit cheesy.

19. 19 情 Drunk on Love, Asleep in the Boughs 情醉眠枝头 A Big Mountain Goat一只大山羊Romance384k WordsCompleted Xian Xi had a difficult childhood, and the damage it did to her left her slower to react than other people and somewhat wooden in temperament. But she had kept one person in her heart for ten years: her senior martial brother, Xuan Zhuo. She could never forget the day her master brought her to Qingyi Sect. Xuan Zhuo's golden eyes shone like the morning sun as he smiled at her. "Master, is this our new junior sister? She's so thin and frail. Poor thing." Her master told her that he was Qingyi S 2.4kFavorites2.4kClicks/ch1kGifts

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    It's bittersweet and melodramatic (I love this kind of thing), except the male lead is completely inhuman.

20. 20 探 The Flower Snatcher 探花 Qing Yin卿隐Romance613k WordsCompleted (Signed for simplified Chinese publication. Follow progress on Weibo at @Jinjiang Qingyin) [Blurb] Once, she dreaded going to court. Later, she dreaded leaving it. Scene: After court, Chen Jinzhao grips her jade tablet and walks off with her head down, only to be swiftly stopped by the chief eunuch waiting outside the Golden Hall. “Top Graduate, the Prince Regent is waiting for you to discuss state affairs. This way, please.” Where the chief eunuch points, a four-horse carriage is waitin 429.3kFavorites394kClicks/ch701.2kGifts

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    Can

21. 21 迷 Bewitching Formation 迷魂阵 Mauve Mallow锦葵紫Romance266k WordsCompleted Shen Xiyin’s husband was gravely injured while killing an evil spirit, leaving him unable to father an heir. As the head of a sect, he did not want to leave his position without a successor, nor did he want anyone to learn of this secret that would damage his reputation. He wanted Shen Xiyin to put the greater good first and secretly conceive a child with another man, giving birth to his “heir.” To that end, he schemed to push Shen Xiyin into the Bewitching Array. There was another man inside 206kFavorites170.9kClicks/ch167.4kGifts

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    Sigh, tug-of-war, those who don't follow the serialization are in luck!

22. 22 请 Luring the Tiger Into the Trap 请君入瓮 Sheng Wan Feng盛晚风Romance405k WordsCompleted He eventually discovered that she had stolen his sleeping robe. The cool, refined man held the damp robe and stared at her coldly for a long moment. Yuan Qianshui hid under the covers with her bare legs exposed. In a small voice, she offered to wash it and give it back, but he only looked at her with disgust and icily told her to throw it away. Yuan Qianshui was devastated. She understood that now he knew she was a lustful fiend, she would never be able to get close to him again. Desperate t 63.2kFavorites49.8kClicks/ch51.6kGifts

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    It's making everyone nervous; I rarely see such proactive women on JJ (maybe I just haven't seen enough). The early and mid-game are good, but the later stages are a bit bland.

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