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- 151 A Socially Anxious Girl Chases Love and Keeps Embarrassing Herself 社恐追爱，反复社死 [Sweet romance] Su Xiao is a homebody author who writes fluffy, feel-good wish-fulfillment stories. When she added her editor on WeChat, she didn’t think much of it. She just muttered, “Lian Yi? Isn’t that the male lead in my story? That’s quite a coincidence.” Revising her manuscript had left her dizzy and exhausted, and she had no time to dwell on it. She sent off the story and fell straight asleep. The next day. Lian Yi: “Su Xiao, just how many times have you fantasized about me?” 94Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 152 Day After Day, Endless and Long 朝朝漫漫 Moonlight spilled across the ground, cool and pale. Lotus flowers stood tall in a tranquil pond. A gauzy veil concealed her face as she danced with graceful poise, every smile and frown captivating. People said Gu Yanchu, the powerful grand secretary, was the emperor’s illegitimate son, abandoned among the common people. Otherwise, how could he have joined the Grand Secretariat at such a young age? It was a pity that such an elegant, handsome gentleman had married a fierce and domineering young 5kReads9.1Score41414d adds
- 153 I Lost My Memory on the Eve of Our Divorce 和离前夜，我失忆了 Marriage Before Love Shen Guiti is a domineering, pampered princess, while Duan Zhuo is a cold-blooded and vicious commander of the Imperial Guards. The two can’t stand the sight of each other. Then Shen Guiti loses her memory, and everything changes… 5.2kReads8.5Score36214d adds
- 154 Urgent Report, Your Highness! The Princess Consort Is Taking on the Cold, Power-Hungry Regent 报！王爷，王妃要干翻冷欲摄政王 [Both pure-hearted + both reborn + both yandere + playing the fool to catch the tiger] Yi Sheng was reborn. On the first day of her new life, she picked up a boy. “Want to stand above everyone else?” “I do.” “Then let’s take down the Regent!” The night they broke into the Regent’s residence, the boy, who had been Regent for two lifetimes, lounged lazily in a chair and smiled at her with a meaningful look. “Come on, take down the Regent.” * They say the Regent is ruthless and merciless, yet thre 745Reads9.1Score12914d adds
- 155 A Love Confession After a Drunken Night 喝醉酒后表白出的爱情 A Love Confession Made While Drunk 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Scapegoat Matriarch? After Slaughtering Her Way Through, She Buries the Whole Household 炮灰主母？杀疯后给全府上坟 Lin Wanyi comes from a family of physicians, yet on her wedding night, her husband sends her to another man’s bed! Her mother-in-law, uncles and aunts by marriage, and sister-in-law all look down on her, while her husband takes one concubine after another to humiliate her. In the end, he has her legs broken and her tongue cut out. Then he sets the courtyard on fire, and she burns to death! Reborn, she vows that this time she won’t take things lying down. Everyone who hurt, harmed, or humiliated 6.4kReads9.4Score1k14d adds
- 157 Couple for a Week 一周情侣 [Sweet Romance] After a breakup, her roommate forced her to sign up for “Couples for a Week.” Tong Xinyue went with an I-don't-care attitude, never expecting her assigned “boyfriend” to be her archenemy. He looked down at her, using his height to his advantage. “If we want the prize money, we're going to have to work together... really, really well.” 97Reads9.0Score1714d adds
- 158 After the Bet Took Effect, I Got a Boyfriend 赌约生效后我多了个男朋友 After the bet took effect, I gained a boyfriend —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Phoenix Decree 凤令 The Phoenix Decree 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 After Being Publicly Humiliated on the Forum, I Was Confessed to by My Childhood Friend 论坛社死后，我被竹马表白了 After being publicly humiliated on the forum, I was confessed to by my childhood friend 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Help! The Prime Minister's Legitimate Daughter Smiles as She Wipes Out an Entire Household 救命，相府嫡女眉眼含笑灭人满门 (Complete. Clear-headed, unhinged black-moonlight heroine + lovesick, possessive villainous male lead + household and political intrigue + mutual salvation + happy ending) You deliberately seduced me, and I willingly walked into your trap. On the first day after being reborn, Ji Yang opened her eyes and came face-to-face with the man who had opposed her at every turn in her previous life. So she lured him into prison and forced him to do whatever she asked. In this life, she wouldn't just make h 2.1kReads9.2Score27914d adds
- 162 My Palace's Little Shadow Guard Isn't So Cold 本宫的小暗卫不太冷 My Palace's Little Shadow Guard Isn't That Cold 2.4kReads—Score13814d adds
- 163 The Princess Arrives 公主嫁到 [The scheming, sickly Duke of Wei VS the human lucky charm, the Grand Princess] Wei Lin, the legitimate son of the Duke of Wei, had been struck by a deadly poison. Rumors in the capital said he would not live much longer. A master at Xiangguo Temple read a birth chart and declared that Grand Princess Nankang was Wei Lin’s fated match, destined to help him turn danger into safety. Wei Lin’s mother then begged the emperor to marry the Grand Princess to her son. Grand Princess Nankang had been luck 3.6kReads9.2Score32014d adds
- 164 After I Conceived His Child, the Regent Prince Treated Me Like His Most Precious Treasure 怀崽后，摄政王将我宠成心尖尖 After transmigrating into a tragic romance novel, Shen Shu tries to avoid being tortured to death by taking the future regent, a man with power to shake the heavens, under her wing. The regent is gloomy, violent, and indifferent to women, so Shen Shu goes to great lengths to seduce him: When the prince is angry, she patiently soothes him. When he's bored, she puts in the effort to tease him. Even when he falls ill and feels cold, she lies in his arms to warm him with her body. Everyone assumes t 1.9kReads9.3Score26114d adds
- 165 The Heir Apparent’s Consort Has the Script of His One True Love 世子妃她手拿白月光剧本 Zhao Rujin was born into an ancient world, so she knew from the start that this cruel dynasty would never tolerate a woman who wasn't virtuous. So she became magnanimous, virtuous, kind, lively, and gentle all at once. She could earn money, keep the household in order, and pretend to love her husband faithfully until death. What she never expected was that her husband would be a hopeless romantic. When they married, she received a gift of special significance from an admirer. Her husband said, “ 5kReads8.9Score44414d adds
- 166 We Agreed to Treat Each Other with Respect, So Why Is the Chief Minister Here Again at Night? 说好相敬如宾，首辅夜里又来了？ [Traditional Historical Romance + Both Leads Devoted to Each Other + Entire In-Law Family Dotes on Her + No Love Rivals or Misunderstandings + Household Intrigue + Political Schemes + Cunning] The moment Jiang Shuangshuang transmigrated, she opened her eyes to find she'd landed a real bargain. The day before her wedding, her third sister, famed throughout the capital for her beauty, fled with her luggage. Her fourth sister, a young woman of some literary talent, was so frightened that she got en 8kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 167 A Talented Woman's Plight: After Being Forced to Marry a Spoiled Heir 才女难当：被纨绔世子强娶后 [Unparalleled sweet romance + scheming male lead + mutual devotion] [Not an over-the-top wish-fulfillment story. Avoid if that's what you like] [Female-oriented romance. Avoid if you prefer male-oriented novels] In the fourteenth year of the Great Zhou, an imperial edict shattered the decades of peaceful life Liu Qingyi had known. With a wave of his hand, the emperor married the capital's foremost beauty to the heir of Prince Huai'an, the notorious playboy who was the talk of the city. Their rep 2.1kReads8.8Score16014d adds
- 168 Luring the Lord into His Embrace 诱君宠 [The animated series “Win Your Lord's Heart: My Troubled Prince” is now streaming. We hope you'll show it your support.] Shen Yu, a modern-day doctor, is murdered by her senior fellow and transmigrates into the body of the eldest daughter of the Shen family. The eldest Shen daughter is breathtakingly beautiful, but her fiancé sets her up and forces her to marry the brutal Prince of Qi. At first, Shen Yu ties her handkerchief around the prince's wrist. “This handkerchief is like me. As long as yo 12.7kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 169 Reborn, the Emperor and Empress Both Quit Their Jobs 帝后重生后都撂挑子不干了 (A cool, dignified male lead who'd rather slack off than be emperor, and a beautiful, sensible heroine who sometimes gets a little mischievous.) In her previous life, she lived in splendor but felt stifled as empress for over a decade. As she lay dying, her emperor husband was still away on campaign and had yet to return. Reborn, Chu Yue reflects on the past and decides that while the empress's phoenix crown was beautiful, it was also heavy and exhausting. She really doesn't want to wear it agai 4.6kReads8.5Score34114d adds
- 170 Urgent! The Regent Needs a Good-Luck Wedding! 急急急！要给摄政王冲喜啦！ [Animated comic adaptation now available] [Sweet romance + devoted husband + no angst + faithful couple + honest communication, no misunderstandings] Sweet and gentle princess consort vs. a regent who falls for her on his own Yan Mu was married off to the unconscious Regent in a marriage meant to bring him good luck. From then on, she gained a powerful weapon at her side. For the legitimate older sister who envied her: she flaunted her success and slapped her down at every turn! For the stepmoth 12.1kReads9.2Score88814d adds
- 171 A Heartbeat Built to Last 心跳永筑 A Heartbeat Built to Last 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 The Arrogant Regent Forcefully Steals the Bride 纨绔摄政王强势抢亲 [The seemingly spoiled, lovesick Prince Regent ✘ the foodie young princess of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, who’d rather throw a punch than say a word] [A sweet romance with just a touch of silliness. The author’s values follow the looks; if that bothers you, don’t read.] The first rule of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household: Men do not take concubines, and women do not become concubines. Ling Mo, the Prince Regent, has been doted on since childhood. He has always had someone he can’t stop thinki 4.5kReads9.2Score43414d adds
- 173 Report! The Regent Has Been Flustered by the Princess Royal Again! 报！摄政王又被长公主撩红脸了！ [One-on-one romance, sweet and indulgent] Xiao Sijin transmigrates as the Grand Princess of Cangyun, with a troublesome little emperor for a younger brother. The siblings have lived for years under the shadow of Prince Regent Xue Jinzhan. After dying horribly on the executioner’s block in her previous life, Xiao Sijin goes all-in on the flattery to save her life, doing her best to cling to the regent’s favor. “Our prince is handsome, good-tempered, and unmatched in the world.” “How can there be 1.6kReads9.2Score20514d adds
- 174 Thank You for Rejecting Her 谢谢你拒绝她 “I’ve loved someone for fourteen years, and never been able to have them.”, Zhao Yao “I’ve loved someone for fourteen years, and I’m determined to have them.”, Shen Yan The heroine’s name is Zhao Yao. The heroine’s name is Zhao Yao. The heroine’s name is Zhao Yao. I’ll say it three times because it’s important!!! Lots of people say I gave the heroine a man’s name and that it sounds bad. But plenty of girls are called Zhao Yao, and I’ve been wondering whether the name really is that bad. I’ve t 1.5kReads9.2Score15414d adds
- 175 A Girl’s Private Affairs 闺事 [Airheaded, sweet little beauty × cold-faced, warm-hearted man who overthinks everything] Pure historical romance, both leads are virgins Wen Wan was sold to Spring River, Flowers and Moonlight at the age of ten. Everyone said she had the beauty of Xi Shi. On the eve of her debut, Cao Du Zhi, the instructor who had always doted on her, went out of his way to find someone to take her in for her first night. She went along, all naive and clumsy sweetness, and by sheer luck, caught the man’s eye. H 3.8kReads9.2Score41014d adds
- 176 CEO Daddy, Mommy Brought Six Kids to Blow Up Your Company 总裁爹地，妈咪带六宝炸翻你公司 CEO Daddy, Mommy and Her Six Kids Blown Up Your Company 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 If You Love Someone, Shout It Out Boldly 爱，就要勇敢吼出来 If you love someone, be brave and shout it out! 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 The Foolish Bride: The Mysterious Ninth Prince Spoils Her 替嫁傻妃：神秘九王爷宠上天 [Physician heroine + prince + sweet romance + faithful to each other + adorable baby + two strong leads + face-slapping wish fulfillment] To save her older brother, she willingly pretended to be a fool and married the tyrannical Ninth Prince, whose legs were crippled and whose many fiancées had all died. On their wedding night, The man looked her over with interest. “A fool?” Tang Qingqing bit her lip and refused to back down. “A cripple?” They made a deal: he would acknowledge her as his prince 518Reads9.2Score10014d adds
- 179 Pregnancy Test Results Exposed: The Billionaire CEO Begs Me to Make It Official 孕检单曝光：千亿总裁跪求我官宣 Pregnancy Test Results Exposed: The Trillionaire CEO Begs Me to Make Our Relationship Public 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 The Legitimate Daughter's Cunning, and Her Way with Husbands 嫡女善谋，御夫有道 [Calculating Earl’s Legitimate Daughter vs. Cold and Ruthless Heir to the Duke] [Power Couple, Sweet Romance] Shen Yunshu, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Earl of Xiting, is the only legitimate heir of her generation. But her father, Lord Shen, favors a beautiful young concubine who has both a son and a daughter, while her domineering grandmother can’t stand her either. Always calm and unruffled, Shen Yunshu only wants to live a quiet life with her mother. Yet people keep trying to disrupt 9.5kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 181 On a Whim, I Kissed My Brother’s Close Friend 脑子一热，强吻了我哥的同窗好友 [Love at First Sight + Instinctive Attraction + System's Help] The System picks the wrong person, and on the first day it binds itself to Xie Yige, it triggers a forced-kiss mission. In a moment of impulsiveness, she steals the first kiss of her older brother's classmate right in front of everyone. And she leaves him stunned with two kisses in a row. He is the eldest son of the Cui clan of Qinghe, a man who abides by all four thousand family rules and keeps saying, “This is utterly improper.” Ye 141.5kReads9.1Score17.2k14d adds
- 182 The Strawberry Sweetheart's Plan to Make You Mine 草莓甜心的私有化计划 The Strawberry Sweetheart Privatization Plan 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Become the Powerful Minister’s Beloved 穿书后成了权臣的心头肉 [Sweet, playful, ridiculous little white rabbit × scheming, sinister, gloomy, unhinged big bad wolf] After transmigrating into a book, Chu Wan became the most despicable female villain in a power fantasy written for men. To survive until the ending, she went all in on clinging to the protagonist. She acted meek and humble, flattering him every chance she got, and even had to jump in front of him to take the hits. But why was the male lead looking at her more and more strangely? Male lead: “Woma 304Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 184 Reborn, I Married the Powerful Regent 重生后，嫁给权倾天下的摄政王 Wen Jiu woke up reborn at fifteen, only to find her sworn enemy arriving with a bridal sedan to marry her?! Luckily... He was only there to escort his sickly younger brother's bride. Wen Jiu knew her fiancé was short-lived, that the Xie family would one day be a house of powerful nobles, and that the young man before her would become a regent with power over the entire court... With her heart pounding, Wen Jiu secretly tried to win over the future regent. “I'll earn the money and support the 1.1kReads9.1Score20614d adds
- 185 My Flash-Marriage Husband Spoils Me to the Core 闪婚老公宠妻入骨 One drunken night, she slept with the company president. The two thought they would never see each other again, but they entered a secret marriage for entirely different reasons. “We’ll get divorced once this is over.” “Fine!” The president was far from pleased by the expectant look on her face. “Wife!” At the annual banquet, he publicly revealed her identity, leaving everyone rubbing their foreheads in exasperation. “Didn’t we agree to get divorced?” He backed her into a corner, step by step. “ 592Reads7.5Score10314d adds
- 186 After Her Identity Was Exposed, She and Her Newlywed Husband Played Along 掉马后，她和新婚老公对着演 After her cover is blown, she and her newlywed husband put on a show together. 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 The Royal Family's Sickly, Obsessive Daughter-in-Law 皇家病娇媳 [Rebirth + classic period setting + marriage first, love later + raising a child + beautiful and captivating heroine] She spent five years scraping out a miserable existence in a brothel. At last, the famous courtesan Luo Jinyi died. She died in her wedding sedan chair, being carried off to become someone’s concubine. When she awoke again, she was still going to be carried off in a wedding sedan chair. This time, it was the day ten years earlier when she had been deceived into refusing to marry 6.7kReads9.1Score95314d adds
- 188 I Refused the Imperial Palace, Yet Fell Right into the Regent's Trap 拒入深宫，却偏偏落入摄政王局中 She refuses to enter the imperial palace, only to fall straight into the Regent's trap. 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 My Husband Is a Puppy 我的夫君是小狗 My Husband Is a Puppy 299Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 My Wife, Afu 吾妻阿福 [Reborn × Marriage First, Love Later] [Clingy, affectionate beauty vs. refined and elegant noble minister] Yuan Shujin (Yuan Afu) was lovely and charming, adored by her father and brothers from childhood, and born into a distinguished family. But one mistaken choice of lover cost her father and brothers their lives. Her sincere affection had been nothing but a tool for someone else, and in the end, she took her own life on a lonely night. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the y 2.6kReads8.9Score34114d adds
- 191 I Spoiled the Emperor Rotten 我把皇上宠上天 I Spoiled the Emperor Rotten 7Reads—Score314d adds
- 192 On the Third Day My Childhood Friend Moved In, the Neighbor Lost It 竹马入住第三天，邻居破防了 The neighbor lost it on the third day after my childhood friend moved in 873Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 My Online Dating Partner Is Actually My Boss 网恋对象竟是我老板 My Online Romance Turns Out to Be My Boss 301Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Be Good! Sweetheart, Don't Run! The Mad Tyrant Coaxes You in a Hoarse Whisper 乖！娇娇别逃！疯批暴君低哑缠哄 [Also known as The Phoenix Returns to the Luan] [Both Reborn + Both Transmigrate + Yandere + Power Couple + Everyone’s Favorite + Sweet Romance and Power Fantasy] After dying tragically in her previous life and transmigrating to the modern world, Yun Li unexpectedly transmigrates back. When she opens her eyes, it’s her wedding night! “A Li... why can’t you try to love me?” The yandere regent grips her waist, his eyes red-rimmed, and swears he’ll pamper his little darling with his life in this li 10.6kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 195 The Palace Consort Is Held Down and Kissed by the Powerful Eunuch Until She Sobs 娘娘被权宦摁在怀里吻得哭唧唧 [Both leads are each other’s only love + powerful eunuch + sweet romance + soft and delicate heroine] Jiang Mian made three wishes to Heaven. In her previous life, she was born with a heart condition. Her parents, whom she had never even met, abandoned her in the wilderness. Someone later took her in and used her as a human guinea pig for testing medicine, and she died young. So her first wish was for a healthy body. And then she was reborn. Jiang Mian made her second wish on the Spring Society 5.8kReads9.0Score59414d adds
- 196 The General's Lucky Bride 将军的冲喜小娘子 [Rebirth, devoted husband, sweet romance] The male lead is reborn. Rumor had it that the great general was cold-blooded, ruthless, and vicious. There was even a story that, on his way back to the capital, someone accidentally spooked his horse, and he cut off that person’s head with a single stroke of his sword. Jiang Yuning was forced into the bridal sedan chair to marry the badly wounded, unconscious general in place of her elder legitimate sister, in hopes of bringing him good fortune. To sta 1.3kReads8.6Score11614d adds
- 197 Reborn and Doted On: The War God's Brilliant Physician Wife 重生娇宠，战神王爷的医品悍妃 [Super sweet, no angst + Reborn for revenge + Decisive and ruthless + Two strong leads, neither saintly] In her previous life, the Crown Prince schemed against her. On her wedding day, she went from being the legitimate princess consort of Prince Li to the Crown Prince’s secondary consort. She did everything she could to help him take the throne, only to see her entire family wiped out and die pierced by a rain of arrows. Reborn on the eve of her wedding, she won’t give the Crown Prince another 2.7kReads9.3Score44614d adds
- 198 Reborn, I Married a Short-Lived Prince 重生后我嫁给了短命王爷 In her previous life, she trusted the wrong man and went to war in his place to defend the realm, waiting for him to marry her. But instead, her entire family was executed, and she died pierced by a thousand arrows. Reborn, she refuses to make the same mistake again. When the emperor decrees that she marry Prince You, Yu Zhan, she accepts. The only catch is that her new husband is terminally ill. Feeling guilty over how she treated him in her previous life, she searches everywhere for medicine t 161Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 199 Reborn on the Edge of a Cliff, the General Cherishes Me as His Dearest 重生悬崖边，将军捧我做心尖宠 Reborn on the Edge of a Cliff, the General Cherishes Me Above All 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Don't Leave, My Darling: The Possessive Crown Prince Begs Her to Stay 娇娇宝贝别离开，偏执太子哀求 [Sweet romance, no angst + devoted couple + sugary sweet + feel-good power fantasy] [Soft, delicate beauty vs. possessive crown prince] [The leads get together in chapter 49; the earlier chapters are optional. It's all sweetness after that, and the villains are dealt with quickly.] On her wedding night, she was stabbed to death by the childhood sweetheart she had known for ten years. She discovered that he and her close cousin had been carrying on behind her back for a long time. Her soul linger 5.3kReads9.1Score43414d adds
