Novels like Secret Marriage, Bitter Love: The Cold and Proud Lord Leng
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Secret Marriage, Bitter Love: The Cold and Proud Lord Leng, best match first.
- 1 Obsessed Day and Night! Young Master Fu Has Fallen Hard 日夜痴缠！傅少他沦陷了 [Adorable Baby + Triumphant Return + Satisfying Revenge] Five years ago, Fu Xiuchen's beloved died, and Jiang Chiwan was forced into a death that claimed both her and her unborn child! Five years later, Jiang Chiwan has not only come back from the dead, but there's also an adorable little bundle of joy by her side! The aloof CEO Fu panics and orders everyone: “Investigate! Do it now! I want to know who the child's biological father is within three minutes!” 26Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 2 Spoiled in His Arms: CEO, Please Let Me Go 枕上宠婚：总裁大人求放过 [Angst + revenge + melodrama + scheming] Overnight, she was betrayed by the cousin she trusted most and dumped by her fiancé. Just when she thought she had reached rock bottom, she discovered that everything was only beginning... 3Reads5.9Score514d adds
- 3 Married First, Loved Deeply: My Wealthy Husband Spoils Me Rotten 先婚厚爱：豪门老公宠上瘾 [A heroine who's both bold and irresistible + a husband who spoils his wife without limits] After three years of marriage, Ruan Xingting had never once touched her. Today, she didn't want to play the saint anymore. She booked a male escort in a private room at “Paper and Gold.” “Take good care of me, and this money is yours.” Mu Yidong gazed tipsily at the very handsome stranger before her, reclining on the bed with flushed cheeks. That's right, she'd paid for this man, specifically to keep her 9Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn in the 1980s: Big Brother, Go Easy on Your Sweet Little Wife 重生八零小甜妻：哥哥轻点宠 [Reborn, punishing scum, comeback, sweet romance, making a fortune] In her previous life, Shu Yan was cruelly killed by her own loved ones. Reborn at nineteen, how will she live this time? She'll study, start a business, make money, take revenge, crush the wicked, punish the scum, and join hands with the sweet, puppy-like guy who fell in love with her at first sight, rising to the peak of life in the 1980s… 32Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 5 Flirting Without Commitment 只撩不婚 [Two strong leads, putting scumbags in their place, sweet 1v1 romance, the husband’s long road to winning her back] One passionate night, and I never imagined I’d end up in bed with a man wielding immense power. But no matter how passionate our nights together, love could never compete with the return of that other woman... Then, just as I leave my past behind and disappear over the horizon, Jiang Qian tells me: Gu Xiaotong, you’ll spend the rest of your life by my side! 127Reads8.2Score15614d adds
- 6 Wrongfully Married into Wealth, Mrs. Mu Wants a Divorce Every Day 误嫁豪门，慕太太每天都想离婚 Three months into their marriage, she still hasn’t even seen her husband. She never expected their first meeting to be at the hospital. He was accompanying the woman he had always loved to an obstetrics appointment. Song Tingran walked up to him. “Is the baby she’s carrying yours?” Then she turned and handed Mu Qiyun divorce papers. She would never allow even the slightest impurity into her love. If she couldn’t have that, she would rather have nothing! But that was only the beginning. One day, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 After Ten Years of Love, My Boyfriend Smiles as He Sends Me to Prison 深爱十年，男友笑着送我进监狱 Cen Hua loved Huo Jinshen for ten years, only for him to send her to prison with his own hands, where she endured endless torment. After her release, he demanded that she become his White Moonlight, a free blood bank. She used this to blackmail him into marrying her. Again and again, she offered him her sincere love, only for him to trample it underfoot and humiliate and torment her without mercy. She laughed, wild and cold. “You’ll regret this, Huo Jinshen!” The man’s face remained expressionle 859Reads6.5Score10414d adds
- 8 After Our Flash Marriage, My Husband Turned Out to Be a Billionaire 闪婚后，老公竟是亿万富豪 Before meeting Yun Zhen, Leng Yuting had never once thought about getting married. After meeting Yun Zhen, he could never imagine marrying anyone else. Grandpa Leng: “You said you weren’t willing to marry Yun Zhen, and even vowed to make her divorce you within a year. So, how does that face-slapping feel?” 10.8kReads9.0Score81114d adds
- 9 Nowhere to Run: The Warlord’s Captive 插翅难逃：督军的囚宠 [Two Strong Leads, Obsessive Love, 1v1 Sweet Romance, Adorable Child] All she wanted was to protect her older sister, but she became the prey of this immensely powerful man. Like a brutal emperor, he keeps her captive, torments her, and dotes on her in a sickeningly possessive way… She can only obey his orders, stay meek, and tremble in fear of him. But no one could have imagined that one day, she would… 871Reads8.6Score16114d adds
- 10 I Got Married to a Billionaire on the Day of Our Blind Date 相亲当天，闪婚了个亿万富翁 [Sweet romance + marriage before love + tsundere male lead] An awkward mix-up on the day of her blind date leads An Qian to marry the wrong man. But sometimes a mistake can turn out for the best. She assumes their impulsive marriage, born of a misunderstanding, will mean they treat each other with polite distance until they divorce. To her surprise, married life turns out to be full of unexpected delights. Whenever she faces trouble, he steps in to sort it out. Whenever she's treated unfairly, h 699Reads7.9Score10014d adds
- 11 Power Over All: The Princess Consort's Ruthless Beauty 权倾天下：王妃狠绝色 [Temporary notice!] Another work by Yan Yu, the short drama under the same title, A Phoenix in a New Nest ✨ Officially launches at 12:05 a.m. on January 18! ✨ See you there! [Sweet romance + rebirth + winning back her husband + devoted couple] In her previous life, Mu Zhixi let down the man who cherished her above all else and helped a scumbag climb onto the throne. In the end, the scumbag and her half-sister joined forces to betray and cruelly murder her. Reborn, she clings tightly to her own 1.5kReads8.0Score41814d adds
- 12 My Flash-Married Wife Is Irresistible 闪婚娇妻太迷人 Pressured by her parents to get married, she grabbed a random blind date and rushed into marriage. But she had the wrong man, and only after getting their marriage certificate did she discover that she had married the eldest son of A City’s foremost military family: Situ Hao, the powerful, aristocratic, domineering crown prince of the capital! OMG! What could he possibly see in her? Was it too late to change her mind? “Do you think we can go back in there and switch certificates?” she asked caut 105Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 13 On the Day of Our Blind Date, I Was Tricked into Marrying a Tycoon's Son 相亲当天，我被财阀老公骗婚了 [Sweet Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Male Lead’s Secret Identity + Both Pure] On the day of her blind date, Su Nuan goes to the wrong person and, through a twist of fate, impulsively marries the powerful head of the Tang family in Haicheng. She assumes her husband is an ordinary man with no house or car, so she offers to split the rent with him. After they marry, however, her new husband does all the housework, hands over his bank card, and even makes up for the bride price. Su Nuan can 10Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 14 I Flash-Married a Billionaire CEO 我闪婚了个亿万总裁 She rushed into a flash marriage with her former high school desk mate, thinking he was just an ordinary returnee from overseas. She never expected him to transform into the president of a multinational conglomerate after they married. She thought it was only an act, but he turned the pretense into reality. 734Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 15 The Possessive Princess Is Turning Dark, So Her Brother Holds Her and Coaxes Her 病娇公主要黑化，哥哥抱着哄 [Urgent announcement!] Yanyu's other work, the short drama of the same name, "The Phoenixes Swap Nests" ✨ Premieres on January 18 at 12:05 a.m.! ✨ Come watch, everyone! [Rebirth + transmigration into a book as the supporting female character + punishing scumbags + both leads romantically inexperienced] In her previous life, Mu Ci was abandoned by her birth mother and had her good fortune stolen by her imperial sister. She was humiliated and tortured in an enemy state's military camp until she t 3.8kReads9.2Score51214d adds
- 16 Three Years Later, the CEO Goes Along with the Mistake 三年后，总裁将错就错 Three days and three nights of torment weren’t enough. On their wedding night, he walks into the bridal chamber and destroys everything she once held dear. Mo Liancheng loathes Luo Shenshen to the core, all because of a woman who died. Three years after their separation, Master Mo returns. In the name of hatred, he weaves a carefully crafted web of love, only to get hopelessly trapped in it himself! Little does he know that he fell in love with Luo Shenshen three years ago... 2.2kReads8.4Score16214d adds
- 17 Tortured by Love: The CEO’s Enchantress 虐宠，总裁的尤物 [Tragic Romance + Yandere + Obsessive Possessiveness] “Bai Shengsheng, there's nowhere in this world you can go except the palm of my hand...” It's all fun to torment your wife until it's time to chase her back! 20Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 18 After Our Flash Marriage, My Billionaire Husband Became Clingy! 闪婚后，首富老公他成了粘人精！ [Modern Romance + CEO Family + Secret Identities + Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Strong Female Lead + Workplace] After their whirlwind wedding, she discovered that her sweet, cuddly husband had suddenly turned into a domineering, ruthless bad boy. What should she do? Watch the world's richest man desperately keep his secret identity under wraps in front of his beloved wife. I'm nobody. I have no money. I'm broke. The handsome, domineering world's richest man a 50Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 19 Mr. Mo, Your Wife Says You're Crazy 墨总，夫人说你是疯子 After three years in prison, Lin Xiaohan finally sees daylight again. On her wedding night, she is humiliated in every way and vows to become the CEO's wife. Mo Zhan despises the Lin family, yet loves Lin Xiaohan desperately. “If loving you can't make you stay, then I'll make you hate me. Hate is better than leaving!” “You're insane!” “That's right. Loving you drove me completely mad.” They torment each other even as they fall in love, locked in a bitter romance for years. Will this ill-fated re 280Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 20 A Flash Marriage to a Sweetheart: The War God Spoils Her Without Restraint 闪婚萌妻：战少放肆宠 (Whirlwind Marriage + Overprotective Romance + Sweet Love + Domineering CEO + The Leads Are Each Other's One and Only) After a wild night, a beautiful young woman mistook the powerful Young Master Zhan for a handsome gigolo... The cold and aloof Young Master Zhan clung to his adorable little wife from then on, for one simple reason: after sleeping together, he had to take responsibility for her! She had a miserable life, thrown out of her home by her scumbag father and stepmother. He was ruthles 1.3kReads9.1Score25414d adds
- 21 Married First, Fell in Love Later: Winning Over CEO Lu 先婚后爱，撩倒总裁陆先生 [Marriage first, love later + domineering CEO + sweet romance + play the pig to eat the tiger] Su Mu walks into the wrong room and accidentally “picks up” a domineering CEO. Rumor has it the CEO has no interest in women, is a workaholic, and is moody and unpredictable. Su Mu knows none of this. She draws him into the everyday world of ordinary life, and they fall in love, building a happy life together. Until one day, she discovers that her boss acts meek and deferential in front of her husband, 1.8kReads8.9Score19114d adds
- 22 After Tormenting Me, the CEO Shamelessly Chases His Wife 虐完我，总裁追妻不要脸 [Angsty, passionate romance] Forced into marriage, three years as husband and wife, and she was nothing but a stand-in for a living corpse. When the truth came out, Lin Qingwan’s heart turned to ash. After a car accident, Mo Zhen Ting finally understood his own heart: the one he had always loved was his wife. He enjoyed hurting his wife, but now he must chase her through hell. Can he still win back the woman he loves? “Take care, President Mo...” 288Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 23 Flash-Married to the CEO: Please Restrain Yourself 闪婚总裁请节制 On the eve of her wedding, her fiancé hooks up with her own sister. Furious, she turns around and marries the domineering, cold-hearted CEO rumored to be a devil. She thinks it’s just a loveless transaction, a fake marriage to fool everyone. But unexpectedly, he treats her with tender affection, fiercely protects her and takes her side, brutally puts the scummy man and woman in their place, and does everything he can to get her pregnant. Bewildered, she says, “Mr. He, our marriage is only for th 2.9kReads9.3Score33614d adds
- 24 A Flash Marriage and a Loving Husband: I Married a Billionaire by Mistake 闪婚厚爱：误嫁天价老公 Jian Ran thought she'd married an ordinary man. Little did she know that he would transform into the president of her company. And that's not all: he's also the mysterious heir to Asia's richest empire, the Di Group. He is a ruthless, decisive captain of industry, cold and merciless. 437Reads9.0Score20514d adds
- 25 My Past, Like Water Through the Years 我的过往，似水流年 The five-year-old heroine’s mother was often ill and hospitalized, leaving no one to look after her. So she and her three-year-old brother repeatedly crossed mountains to beg relatives for food. After their mother recovered, her relationship with her mother-in-law turned sour. Unable to cope, she drank pesticide in an attempted suicide. She was saved, but her personality became domineering and her temper erratic. She beat the heroine and her brother for no reason on multiple occasions. Trying to 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 My Father 我的爸爸 My Dad 104Reads—Score1014d adds
- 27 CEO, a Little Cutie Says She's Your Daughter 总裁，有个小可爱说是你闺女 [Faithful Love + Everyone's Favorite + Lighthearted + Positive] To find herself a dad and her mommy a good husband, the adorable genius Zhao Jiaying barged into the CEO's office and said to Ou Zichen, “Daddy, it's me! I came to find you!” Ou Zichen was stunned. He was a grown virgin who had never donated sperm, so how could a daughter this big suddenly appear? He shouted at Zhao Jiaying, “Little girl, I'm not your daddy!” Zhao Jiaying insisted, “You are! You're my daddy!” His second uncle, O 5.3kReads9.3Score88214d adds
- 28 On the Day We Broke Up, the Heir to a Wealthy Family Dragged Me Off to Get Married 分手当天，豪门继承人拉着我领证 [Completed] [Marriage on a Whim + Secret Identities + Sweet Romance + Face-Slapping Satisfaction] Both betrayed by their partners, they hit it off and impulsively got married. They agreed to give it three months, but he went back on his word. She ran, he pursued, and he spoiled and wooed his wife. Everyone said Xia Nian’an had grown up in the countryside and was good for nothing, not even fit to lick Young Master Pei’s toes. Only Pei Jinting knew his wife had a pair of magical hands. Those hands 24.1kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds
- 29 The Billionaire CEO Is Obsessed with Spoiling His Wife 千亿总裁宠妻上瘾 “Honey, come look! This man on TV is just as handsome as you!” Mo Wanxi is astonished when she sees a man on television who looks exactly like her husband. He Yucheng rubs his forehead. “Are you sure he just looks like me?” “Wait, why does he have the same name as you?” Her wicked best friend goes to great lengths to steal her fiancé and even finds a man to set Mo Wanxi up. Who would have thought that the man is Jiangcheng’s biggest moneybags? A windfall drops from the sky and leaves Mo Wanxi re 5.4kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 30 The Blue Butterfly of Vengeance Can Carry Souls 复仇之蓝蝴蝶可以承载灵魂 [Abusive Stepmother + Heroine Plays the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Academic Prodigy + Wealthy Heiress + Revenge] Liu Tingting casually reached toward the bedside, roughly yanked away the warm covers, and grabbed Xiao Yue, who was still fast asleep. Startled by the sudden movement, Xiao Yue burst into tears and kept shouting, “Bad woman, let me go...” “Oh, really? Then I'll show you what a truly bad woman is...” She dragged Xiao Yue to the table, opened a drawer, and rummaged inside until she found a 648Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 31 Four Years Later, She Returned with Six Miniature Versions of the Big Shots 四年后，她带了六个缩小版的大佬回归 [Modern Mythology, Adorable Babies, Beloved by All, Punishing the Scumbags] The night before her wedding, Leng Xiyue suffered a double betrayal and got drunk enough to do something foolish. Four years later, she returned with six miniature versions of herself. She unexpectedly learned that the children's father wielded overwhelming power, while her own background was far from ordinary, with backing so formidable it was beyond imagination... 19.7kReads9.1Score4.8k14d adds
- 32 Back from Northern Myanmar, I Marry a Beijing Tycoon 缅北归来，我嫁给京圈大佬 [Forced Marriage + Powerful Tycoon’s Relentless Pursuit + Sweet Age-Gap Romance] After her boyfriend betrays her, Li Shiqi is sold to northern Myanmar. In her darkest hour, she happens upon Mu Tingye, the capital’s most powerful business tycoon, and only then manages to escape. Having fled a living hell, she is instead forced into marriage by the aloof, celibate business magnate. At first, Mu Tingye only wants to keep her under his thumb. But before long, he falls head over heels and spoils her 230Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Abstinent Tycoon Is Addicted to Me 禁欲大佬对我上瘾 [1v1 sweet romance + both leads are devoted to each other + powerful man lowers his head] After getting drunk, Sheng Yanxi accidentally wandered into the presidential suite of Ling Jingchen, the fearsome “tyrant” of Hancheng. After one reckless night, she woke up, saw the outline of the man beside her, and was scared out of her wits. It was Ling Jingchen! The cold-faced tyrant whose slightest stomp could make all of Hancheng tremble! While he was still asleep, she fled in a panic. Ling Jingchen 2.8kReads—Score12414d adds
- 34 On Our Wedding Night, My Comatose Husband Put His Arm Around My Waist 新婚夜，植物人老公搂住我的腰 [Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Husband Chasing His Wife + Both Chaste] Tong Yao is forced to take her twin sister’s place and marry Gu Jingchen, a former business tycoon who is now in a vegetative state. The whole city pities her, believing she will spend her life as a wife in name only. But on their wedding night, the sleeping man suddenly wraps an arm around her waist. The once decisive king of the business world wakes up and takes back his immense power. Everyone wait 3.8kReads6.6Score30514d adds
- 35 On Our Wedding Night, I Woke My Husband from His Coma 新婚夜，我让植物人老公苏醒了 [Marriage before love + winning her back after breaking her heart + age gap + sweet romance + scheming male lead] Her older sister was suffering from kidney failure and urgently needed money for a transplant. Jiang Yawei swallowed her pride and went home to beg her scumbag father to pay for the surgery, only to catch her boyfriend of three years kissing Jiang Feifei, her half-sister. Her father and stepmother seized the chance to hold her sister’s life-saving money over her head, forcing her to 1.9kReads—Score13514d adds
- 36 The Capital’s Power Player, His Wife’s One and Only 京圈大佬，独宠娇妻 [Marriage first, deep love later + sweet romance + scheming male lead + regretful groveling + age gap] Su Tong never imagined her own father could be so blinded by greed that he’d use her as a bargaining chip and heartlessly send her to the bed of Gu Tingshen, a powerful figure in the capital’s elite circles. Gu Tingshen was notorious among the capital’s elite for being abstinent and calculating, intensely controlling, cold, domineering, and sharp-tongued. Everyone treated him with awe and fear. 1.8kReads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I Restored the Capital’s Tycoon’s Sight, and He Spoils Me Rotten 我让京圈大佬复明，他把我狠狠宠 [Substitute marriage, love after marriage, ex-husband’s redemption, sweet romance, both leads are virgins] Huo Jingchen had a fiery temper, devastating looks, and a decisive, domineering way of doing things. He was arrogant and unruly, with a strong streak of tsundere pride. He was recognized throughout the business world as a genius, famous for his ruthlessness and cunning. His decisive, ruthless methods earned him the nickname “Living Yama,” and made his business rivals tremble at the mere men 1.2kReads—Score10014d adds
- 38 My Flash-Marriage Husband Is Actually a Trillionaire CEO 闪婚老公，竟是千亿总裁 4.9kReads—Score17014d adds
- 39 I Woke Up My Husband from His Vegetative State 我让植物人老公苏醒 [Love after marriage + age gap + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + powerful man lowering his head] Su Tong is the Su family’s adopted daughter. Clever from a young age, she excelled in school and graduated from Harvard, becoming an outstanding neurosurgeon. The Su family’s biological daughter, Su Shishi, refuses to honor the betrothal arranged for her when she was young and marry Huo Yunzhou, a business magnate from Haicheng who has been in a vegetative state since a car accident. So her adop 2.1kReads8.0Score15014d adds
- 40 The Temptress 尤物 The print edition of The Enchantress will be released on March 25 at 8 p.m. (A devoted one-on-one romance, with both leads each other’s first and only.) Zhou Yi is notorious in their circle for being a shameless playboy. Everyone thinks he cares about pleasure, not feelings. That is, until a video leaks one day. In it, Zhou Yi looks like a devout believer, clasping a woman’s slender wrist in his hand. His eyes are filled with fervor and tenderness as he murmurs in a low, hoarse voice, “Jiang Yin 4kReads9.5Score87214d adds
- 41 On My Wedding Night, I Revived a Comatose Tycoon 新婚夜，我救活了植物人大佬 [Marriage First, Love Later] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Scheming Male Lead] Jiang Yan grew up in a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. From childhood, she studied medicine under her grandparents, both seasoned physicians, and mastered the art of acupuncture. However, fate had other plans. Her father's company was on the brink of collapse, and to save it, she was forced to marry Lu Jingming, a business genius who had been left in a vegetative state by a car accident. Known for h 2.5kReads6.8Score14814d adds
- 42 On Our Blind Date, the Heir to a Wealthy Family Took Me to Register Our Marriage 相亲当天，豪门继承人拉着我领证 [Sweet romance + Marriage Before Love + male lead pretends to be a pig to eat the tiger] On the day of her blind date, Hai Tong impulsively married a stranger. She thought married life would be ordinary and built on mutual respect. Instead, her new husband turned out to be a clingy human piece of glue. What surprised her most was that whenever she ran into trouble, he would step in and resolve everything with ease. Whenever she asked about it, he always said he was just lucky, until one day she 171.3kReads9.5Score6.6k14d adds
- 43 The Comatose Tycoon Falls in Love with Me 植物人大佬，爱上我 [Marriage first, love later + devoted to one another + sweet romance] An Ran is a highly skilled neurosurgeon who should have been making a name for herself saving lives. Instead, her greedy stepmother and father force her into the dark depths of fate. Tempted by money, they push her into what seems like an endless, loveless marriage, marrying her off to Mu Tingchen, a legendary business tycoon left in a vegetative state after a car accident. Once, Mu Tingchen ruled the business world with an ir 1.1kReads6.4Score—14d adds
- 44 The Female Side Character Is Too Radiant, and the Villain Can't Stop Kissing Her 女配太明媚，会被黑化大佬亲上瘾 I got a low score because someone sabotaged me. Kids, don’t read this. “Bright, charming, and bold villainess × a gloomy, unhinged big shot who pretends to be deaf” The moment Song Chuntian opened her eyes, she found herself in the role of the vicious female supporting character who tormented the future big shot. The original owner of her body had committed countless evil deeds. Now reborn, Fu Shen had fallen completely into darkness. He locked her away in a private sanatorium and tortured her 14.1kReads5.8Score79214d adds
- 45 Cherished Darling 心肝宠 (Top-tier wealthy family, a modern Jiangnan beauty as the heroine, an obsessive male lead, the heroine pursues him at first, then he spoils her relentlessly, devoted to each other, happy ending) For the sake of the child in her belly, Lu Zhiling was forced to marry an obsessive tycoon. Everyone thought she wouldn’t live long enough to give birth. To stay alive, she began winning him over. Before she knew it, she had become the apple of his eye. Later, she prepared to run away. His car was perche 79.5kReads9.5Score8.2k14d adds
- 46 A Gentle Seduction 软诱 The print edition of Rose Crown goes on sale August 10. Available on all platforms. [Married First, Love Later + Secret Crush + He Chases His Wife After Losing Her, But She Never Looks Back + Both Are Each Other’s First] She was the Xu family’s adopted daughter, and Zhou Yuetian’s little shadow. She had followed him everywhere since childhood, until she heard him say this at the age of twenty-four: “She’s just the Xu family’s adopted daughter. Why would I actually care about her? People like us 71.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds
