My Hidden Gems 我的宝藏

1. 1 老 The Older Man [GB] 老男人[GB] Mo Baqian莫八千Romance270k WordsCompleted [One male lead, four female leads; one romance splits into four] [Both leads are non-virgins! Sweet and bittersweet, with a little angst for the male lead. Please read the warnings!] [If you can't handle the male lead suffering, don't read this. It'll upset me, and it'll upset you.] [If you read pirated copies, you are assumed to be taking the trouble meant for the author. I only curse out pirates. Legitimate readers, don't take it personally.] [The author will keep cursing out pirates. Thanks 7.6kFavorites14.6kClicks/ch8.3kGifts

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   Cake

2. 2 她 She Is a Shadow Guard [GB] 她是暗卫gb Wen Yuan问远Romance472k WordsCompleted [The only officially licensed edition on Jinjiang] Taciturn Shadow Guard X Arrogant, Obsessive Heir Xi Jiu was a shadow guard. She was the sharpest blade in Pei Zhixing's hand. She always followed silently behind Pei Zhixing, keeping him safe. Xi Jiu never disobeyed his orders. Anyone Pei Zhixing wanted dead, Xi Jiu would eliminate for him. Xi Jiu said, “This is simply a shadow guard's duty.” Was kissing her master and pinning him beneath her also part of a shadow guard's duty? Xi Jiu pressed h 11.9kFavorites8.9kClicks/ch11.2kGifts

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   Cake

3. 3 T Tauher [GB] Srrrrrr2Romance40k WordsCompleted A calculating, white-cut-black schemer x a timid, pitiful older man Former teacher-student relationship, younger man, gentle healing story Note: The two songs He Yixuan covers in this story are "Some Dreams" by Allan Taylor and others, and "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and others. The original copyright holders retain all copyrights to both songs. They are quoted in the story for reference only and are not used commercially. Enjoy reading. Theme: Courage 1.2kFavorites2.2kClicks/ch267Gifts

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   Short story

4. 4 艳 The Bewitching Ghost 艳鬼 Ma Mada马马达Romance355k WordsCompleted Reading Guide: This is my first time writing a matriarchal story. I've revised it several times, but I'm still not entirely satisfied, so read with caution, read with caution, read with caution. Theme: Grow toward the sunlight 7.8kFavorites12.2kClicks/ch5.5kGifts

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   85

5. 5 明 The Bright Moon Sees Me as I Am 明月见我如是 Yu Ran渔燃Romance537k WordsCompleted Happy ending, the male lead suffers. Shen Mi had planned to leave as soon as she finished her mission. She and her mission target had brought order to a turbulent realm and pacified the world. In the end, for the sake of securing the throne, her mission target cut all ties with her until death. Meanwhile, the Villain they both hated died a gruesome death right before her eyes. She remembered how, just before dying, the Villain had softened his expression for once and said, “I look awful like t 73.8kFavorites86.9kClicks/ch22.4kGifts

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   Nice

6. 6 妙 Miaomiao's House [Genderbender] 妙妙屋[gb] Tu Mei兔美Romance302k WordsCompleted [The completed GB series includes Remnant Snow and Nonhuman] The new family doctor, with long hair draped over her shoulders, is gentle and quiet, catching the attention of everyone in the Zenin family. Including the heir apparent to the Zenin family She’s beautiful, quiet, and lonely, like a lost lamb in the Zenin household, destined to be torn to pieces sooner or later. But what does that have to do with him? He’s determined to sit back and enjoy the show. But he never expected that some h 41.1kFavorites55.3kClicks/ch13.1kGifts

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   100 points

7. 7 向 Offering a Salted Fish to the Patriarch 向师祖献上咸鱼 Fu Hua扶华Romance324k WordsCompleted Liao Tingyan, a newly initiated disciple with the lowest seniority, has actually subdued the terrifying, peerlessly powerful demon patriarch of the Gengchen Immortal Mansion, stirring up a heated discussion. Junior Sister Liao, how did you manage that? Liao Tingyan: …By relying on my natural talent for doing nothing? This novel has been published in print under the title Offering the Fish. It is available at Dangdang and the Tmall Yueduji flagship store. Theme: 923.5kFavorites1.8MClicks/ch760.3kGifts

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   The life of a salted fish

8. 8 为 Thirty Years as a Consort 为妃三十年 Her and the Lamp她与灯Romance526k WordsCompleted [The main story and all extra chapters are complete.] Thank you all for being with me along the way. Please add my next novel, The Emperor and Her, to your collections. [Coming soon: Notes from the Eastern Depot] [Blurb] Also known as The Mindless Love Story of a Stone-Cold Straight Man He Pang: She lives in a stern age where merely looking directly at the emperor's face is punishable by death. But even when I'm wearing my dragon robe, she sometimes trips me up. Wang S 92.9kFavorites194.7kClicks/ch39.7kGifts

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   I subscribed to the whole thing, but it's hard to open it and read it a second time.

9. 9 女 The Shattered Mirror [Matriarchy] 女尊之圆碎镜 Another Year Comes又逢年Romance345k WordsCompleted [The full novel costs only a single-digit amount to subscribe to. Thank you all for supporting the official version.] Blurb: Qi Rusui and He Jing have been married for seven years. Everyone knows the couple are together in name only. After He Jing gave birth to a boy, Qi Rusui couldn't even be bothered to keep up the appearance of devotion, bringing one pretty young lover after another into her household. Everyone in the Qi family assumed that He Jing, born into a distinguished family, wouldn' 13.8kFavorites20.3kClicks/ch3.7kGifts

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   The author has written several female-dominated series.

10. 10 我 There's No Way I Could Pity a Demon 我不可能会怜惜一个妖鬼 Wisteria Branch藤萝为枝Romance430k WordsCompleted [Complete] The day I died, spring rain fell over the mortal world. At an inopportune moment, I thought of Yan Chaoshen. For the past hundred years, he had always stood proudly in front of me, even taking lightning tribulations for me. I was so naive back then that I thought he loved me. Until one day, he brought home the woman he truly loved: an immortal maiden who looked eighty percent like me. I sighed. How tragic. I died too soon, so I never saw the figure stumbling toward me through th 216.6kFavorites371.1kClicks/ch104.5kGifts

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    Old-fashioned

11. 11 第 The Words of the Number One 第一辞色 Li Qingran黎青燃Romance271k WordsCompleted Published in print Jiang Jiuqing is an illegitimate princess of a fallen kingdom. Her extraordinary intelligence lies hidden beneath an unremarkable appearance, unknown to everyone. And she doesn't want anyone to find out. She stays out of things; wanting nothing is her normal way of life. But she has a white moonlight, someone she hasn't seen in years. He's completely turned dark and keeps getting into trouble: Ji Yu, the most eloquent persuader in the Nine Provinces, a peerlessly elegant young 167.9kFavorites175.8kClicks/ch53.1kGifts

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    A historical romance novel I read a long time ago

12. 12 如 How to Stop the Male Lead from Going Mad 如何阻止男主发疯 Stir-Fried Cucumber爆炒小黄瓜Romance352k WordsCompleted The print edition has been retitled How to Stop Him from Falling. Presales begin on February 24, 2026 (the eighth day of the Lunar New Year) at 7:00 p.m. [This story is based on the original work’s characterizations, but does not use its plot. You can read it as an original story.] [This is a derivative work, but the characterizations, plot, and backstories contain a great deal of personal interpretation and transformative writing, with a very distinctive personal style. Please do not treat the 593.3kFavorites573.3kClicks/ch503kGifts

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    The setting is very interesting.

13. 13 许 Grant Me a Spring Morning 许我春朝 Zhou Zhou Xuanjiu周周旋久Romance305k WordsCompleted [Unaware of His Own Misery, Gloomy and Self-Loathing Boy vs. Quirky Little Ray of Sunshine with an Overwhelming Desire to Save Him] * Five years ago, Meng Lingyi was saved by a young man. Dressed in fine clothes and riding a fine horse, he captured her heart, and she's been searching for him ever since. Five years later, she enters the palace to treat the seventeenth prince, Zhao Tangxun, and accidentally discovers that he's the one 5.3kFavorites3.2kClicks/ch2.1kGifts

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    Cookies to pass the time

14. 14 不 Jade Falling in the Endless Night 不夜坠玉 Wisteria Branch藤萝为枝Romance381k WordsCompleted [Complete] Shi Luoyi and her junior sister, the lucky koi girl, were rivals. She couldn't accept that she had spent her whole life competing with her and losing. Childhood sweethearts could never beat the girl who appeared out of nowhere, and in the end, even her childhood sweetheart and fiancé fell hopelessly in love with her junior sister. She lay dying in a ruined temple, with no one to bury her bones. It was infuriating! Then she suddenly remembered that, a long time ago, she had won onc 304.3kFavorites454kClicks/ch316kGifts

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    70 points

15. 15 过 Overdependence 过度依赖 Zhou Zhi舟止Romance267k WordsCompleted Next novel: Her Disobedient Puppy. Tap my profile to check it out~ vb@Di An Ballet Blurb: From the moment Lin Yanshan walked through the back door into that office, she was on equal footing with Yan Ming, who had beaten out millions of candidates to get there. One was a young heiress parachuted in from above; the other, a courteous, gentle, well-mannered top student. Ever since Lin Yanshan took the office across from Yan Ming, the gossip around the cubicles had never stopped. Most of it boile 5.8kFavorites7.1kClicks/ch664Gifts

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    70 points

16. 16 娶 After Marrying the Famous Iceberg Beauty [GB] 娶了知名高岭之花后[gb] You Song尤颂Romance468k WordsCompleted [The blurb starts here] [Elements: Everyone's Favorite / Ice-Cold Beauty / Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] Chi Yu transmigrates into a book and becomes the wife of Qi Ling, her favorite fictional character. She resolves to stop Qi Ling from becoming a casualty of the romance between the original story's hero and heroine. But this celebrated ice-cold beauty from a girl-on-boy story is just too hard to win over. She tries everything she can think of, but his heart is still as hard as a rock 19.3kFavorites18.8kClicks/ch6.8kGifts

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    The front looks pretty good.

17. 17 她 Her Little Rose [GB] 她的小玫瑰 [gb] A Hundred Thousand Oranges十万橙Romance650k WordsCompleted 49.7kFavorites75.9kClicks/ch28.1kGifts

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    A book I read a long time ago

18. 18 A AB Love Is Never Going to Work [GB] AB恋是行不通的[gb] Wen Yuan问远Romance391k WordsCompleted [Officially published on Jinjiang] A cold, selfish beta woman × a hot-tempered, arrogant alpha man . The first time Lu Ke met Qian Shu, the beta woman handed him a love letter. She wore black-rimmed glasses and looked plain and dull. Among Lu Ke's many admirers, she hardly stood out. The rich young master's hangers-on all laughed. “Who still sends love letters these days? How old-fashioned.” Lu Ke glanced at the letter in Qian Shu's hand, brushed past her, and sneered, “This isn't a garbage dump 28.9kFavorites25.4kClicks/ch16.3kGifts

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    The male lead was thoroughly tortured.

19. 19 穿21+ Reborn as the Heroine of an Old-School Romance Novel [Modern Version] 穿进古早言情当女主[现代版] Tu Mei兔美Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 27.3kFavorites38.5kClicks/ch80.4kGifts

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    Similar in structure to the book about the sickly villain, I also recommend it.

20. 20 疯 The Mad Bodhisattva 疯菩萨 Jiang Ge疆戈Romance466k WordsCompleted A dark, dreamlike urban romance fairy tale with a distinctly Chinese flavor. Psychiatrist × heir to a century-old family The first time Bai Tingni saw Liang Jingfan was at the birthday banquet for Old Master Liang. In the bustling hall, he was poised and gentle, conducting himself with impeccable courtesy. He had the refinement and depth that only a distinguished old family could instill, yet there was also a hint of detachment about him, as though joy and sorrow could never touch him. And yet 89.4kFavorites71.2kClicks/ch35.9kGifts

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    All chapters subscribed, 100 points

21. 21 老21+ An Honest Guy, but Mary Sue 老实人，但玛丽苏 Call Me Su the Third叫我苏三少Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 182.7kFavorites285.8kClicks/ch453.2kGifts

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    Very good 1vN

22. 22 月 The Moon Shines for a Thousand Miles 月明千里 Luo Qingmei罗青梅Romance1.0M WordsCompleted … The original title was "Married to a Monk". If you’ve read the whole novel, please leave a rating, dear readers. "Bows" Thank you~ [Han Chinese princess X eminent monk from the Western Regions] The blurb is silly, but the novel itself is more serious. A swoony romance. Yao Ying transmigrates into a book. The world is in chaos, with warlords vying for power. Her father happens to lead the strongest faction, and her brothe 490.8kFavorites652.1kClicks/ch510.7kGifts

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    Monk Wen, 1st place

23. 23 饲 Raising the Frail Villain [Quick Transmigration] 饲养病弱大反派[快穿] Mo Baqian莫八千Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Please read the content warnings first. Comments complaining about things that were clearly stated will be deleted immediately.] [If you read pirated copies, you’re asking the author to shoulder your karma. You’ll pay what you owe one way or another; that’s an equivalent exchange. Some pirated-readers shouldn’t act as if I’m forcing you to steal the fruits of my labor.] [If you think you’re entitled to pirate, then when your boss exploits you and withholds your wages, don’t complain. Just acce 26.2kFavorites60.6kClicks/ch47.6kGifts

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    80 points

24. 24 人 The Merman's Glory [GB] 人鱼的荣耀[gb] momo Junmomo君Romance88k WordsCompleted [A free little sweet treat. If you like this kind of story, come browse the author's page~] Botanist Constance rescued a dying merman. The first time she found him was at the market. She had only meant to buy a pot of good soil for her flowers, but happened to spot him. He was covered in wounds from being tortured, but a merman's pride meant he would never submit. He endured it in silence, refusing to make a sound. Constance kindly took him in, only to have him bite the hand that fed him. Fur 1.9kFavorites2.6kClicks/ch826Gifts

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    I love several of the author's short stories.

25. 25 星 You’re My Star [GB] 星星是你[gb] Si Yu似煜Romance263k WordsCompleted "Shy, reserved, gentle heroine VS captivating, quiet, insecure hero" If Song Zhiruo were a star, he would shine brilliantly onstage. But when she got close to him, she realized he was more like a highly wary cat, just like he was now: His handsome brows drew together as his clear, bright eyes watched her warily. “I don’t like people touching me.” Song Zhiruo awkwardly lowered her hand. An Xun was a legendary singer and a top-tier star, blessed with extraordinary musical talent and a stunning f 549Favorites393Clicks/ch417Gifts

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    It's alright, some chapters have descriptive elements that are worth checking out.

26. 26 山 The Mountain Lord's Daughter 山主之女 Wisteria Branch藤萝为枝Romance373k WordsCompleted In the winter of Shengping Year Fourteen, Yue Zhiheng, a condemned official of the dynasty, was sentenced to the gruesome punishment of having his flesh carved away and his bones scraped clean. Beyond the black-iron prison cart, countless commoners came to watch the young minister, burdened with countless sins, go to his death. Zhan Yunwei was among them. She had traveled a great distance to see him off for the last time, but only to save someone else. She never imagined then that watching he 151kFavorites191.2kClicks/ch92.3kGifts

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    Miss Zhan and Mr. Yue

27. 27 神 A Lunatic and a Beautiful Man Are Obviously the Perfect Match [GB] 神经病和男美人当然最配啦[gb] Yao Yao Zi要要子Romance609k WordsCompleted [Free bonus stories in the author’s collection] [Third-person narration, female Alpha and male Omega, GB] Most people have some kind of reason for transmigrating, but I didn’t. I was walking along just fine when, in a daze, I fell into this godforsaken place. It was dark, barren, and dead. For tens of thousands of kilometers in every direction, there wasn’t a living thing, not even a blade of grass. Me: Wow, I fell into a two-dimensional world. There was no concept of time in this otherworldly 51kFavorites94.1kClicks/ch49.1kGifts

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    Both the male and female leads are very strong, and the male lead's sensitivity and gentleness are portrayed simultaneously. Highly recommended!

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