Novels like Burning the Bridge After Crossing the River
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- 51 Face Down, with a Stranger Beside Me 正面朝下，陌生的枕边人 A novel about the paradoxes of love in the modern age, exploring the idea of loving deeply while keeping something in reserve. Lu Ming and Lin Yue are two people who habitually lay their phones face down. They recognize something of themselves in each other and fall in love, then move from passion to suspicion. It isn't that they don't love each other: they love with reservations, leaving themselves room to breathe and their relationship a crack to slip through. The phone is still the same, but 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Flirtatious CEO Leads the Pure and Sensual Beauty Astray 巨撩霸总把纯欲美人带跑偏 (A devoted couple, sweet and steamy romance, seductive teasing, irresistible temptation, intense push and pull, rivals fighting for her, a romantic battlefield, happy ending, domineering devotion and scorching seduction) Mo Jinhan, a possessive, roguishly handsome man in a suit with a dark, obsessive charm, is both an overbearing CEO and an internationally renowned genius plastic surgeon. He’s swept Si Yue, a beautiful traditional Chinese medicine doctor who is gentle on the outside but strong w 682Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 They Say My Uncle Is Fierce, But He Climbs Through My Window Every Night Begging for a Hug 都说小叔凶，可他夜夜翻窗求我抱 [Marriage First, Love Later + Powerful Man Bows His Head + Sweet Romance + Secret Crush + Both Each Other’s First] “Stay away from Shen Yujing. He’s obsessive, ruthless, heartless, cold in bed, and hates clingy little princesses like you.” When her brother called to warn Su Mili, she was being pinned against the wall by the waist and kissed by her nominally younger uncle. His eyes were wild with madness, jealousy surging through him. “Be good and let me hear you, for your beloved big brother.” S 29.2kReads9.1Score3.5k14d adds
- 54 The Mad Young Master Falls Asleep Each Night to the Scent of Me 疯批太子爷夜夜闻我体香入睡 The book just launched, so its rating is still rising! [Dark, obsessive male lead + sweet flirtation + healing + transmigration + university campus + devoted 1v1 romance] Born bad X resilient, optimistic ray of sunshine Jiang Youxi, a top student and first-year university student, unexpectedly finds a boy while working her part-time job one day. The boy claims to be her future son, shouting “Mom!” at her and hugging He Zhuo, the campus celebrity, while calling him “Dad.” Wait! The kid’s father i 39.2kReads9.1Score4.7k14d adds
- 55 Out of Control! My Abstinent Boss Secretly Flirts with Me Every Day 失控！禁欲上司每天都在偷偷撩我 Wen Qiao had been with Jin Pingzhou for six years before she learned she was nothing but a laughable stand-in. One word from him, “I’m bored,” was all it took for her to vanish from his life for good. After that, Wen Qiao impulsively married a stranger. A month after getting their marriage licenses, they still hadn’t met once. They ran into each other again at a company department gathering. Wen Qiao lost a game of Truth or Dare, and at her coworkers’ urging, was told to undo a man’s belt. Just 2.1kReads9.3Score30214d adds
- 56 Before Him, After You 在他之前，在你之后 “Maybe you think too highly of me,” she said. He looked into her eyes. “No one is loved because they’re that wonderful.” “Then why?” “Because they’re the right fit!” 1.4kReads9.2Score17314d adds
- 57 Possessiveness 掌控欲 [The print edition of Love on Repeat is now available on major platforms, along with the audiobook of the same name] [A domineering, possessive man in a suit & a scheming beauty pretending to be sweet and obedient] (One-on-one, both leads are pure + forced pursuit + domineering and deranged male lead + intense push and pull + difference in status + going mad for love) Li Wanwan was with Rong Xingye for three years, staking everything on him, only to lose in the end. He mocked her for not knowi 9.1kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 58 After I Dumped the Merman Demon King, I Faked My Death 渣了鲛人魔王后我死遁了 This is a BG romance! The rating has just come out, so it’ll rise! [Love and hatred, adversarial chemistry, jealous hero, romantic rivalry, yandere] In the cultivation novel Sealing the Heavens, Wen Guanlan is just an unlucky cannon-fodder character who gets wiped out along with the immortal sect when the domineering heroine destroys it with a single sword strike. The System promises that if she wins over the “venomous beauty heroine” and steals her most precious treasure, she can go home. Wen G 10.1kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 59 The Fox Eyes Its Prey 狐视眈眈 Of the three wealthiest families in S City, the Xiao family’s young master was the first to have a marriage arranged. But their families were far from equally matched, and no one had faith in the couple. Even Young Master Xiao disliked his fiancée and had someone else in mind. Then Young Master Xiao was dumped by his fiancée. After that, his ex-fiancée got together with his childhood friend. Before long, a story spread through S City about two brothers turning against each other over one woman, 3.5kReads9.3Score42414d adds
- 60 Where the Heart Finds Its Way 思心归序 [Optimistic, Brave Orphan Girl] [Cold-Faced King of Hell Overflowing with Testosterone] [A Love Like No Other] [Fierce Yet Clumsy Devotion] [On the Run] [Pursuing His Wife Across Lifetimes] The sweeter it is at first, the more it hurts later. Everyone in Ningcheng fears him, but this girl is the one person he can't handle. Her enemy ran off, leaving his daughter in his hands. The first time he saw her, she was wearing a faded plaid shirt. Her hands trembled, but she forced herself to look up at 537Reads—Score10214d adds
- 61 After the Divorce, She Gets Tangled Up with Her Ex-Husband’s Brother 离婚后她被前夫的兄弟缠上了 [Chasing-her-to-the-crematorium romance + scheming, calculating male lead + possessive + forced love + ultimate jealous king + says one thing, means another + both leads have only ever been with each other] In three years of marriage, Shen Peiran had never touched her. But at a banquet, she saw him entwined with her best friend with her own eyes. She resolutely divorced him. Drunk at a party, she accidentally collided with Yi Yanzhou, her ex-husband's good friend. Yi Yanzhou was a wealthy heir 60.5kReads8.5Score1.4k14d adds
- 62 The Dark Moonlight Is Sweet and Tender 黑月光她又娇又软 [Tempting Black Baccarat Rose × bad-boy, unhinged heir to a powerful Beijing family] [Second male lead chases his wife and regrets it too late + male lead’s secret crush comes true + clear-eyed heroine + sweet, seductive flirting + utterly doting love] Everyone said Shen Qingwu was lucky. With her captivating face, she had managed to win over the powerful Lu family and become the apple of Lu Sui’s eye, the family’s eldest son. But on their wedding day, Lu Sui abandoned his bride and walked out 4.8kReads9.0Score65514d adds
- 63 Secretary Pei Oversteps His Place 裴秘书以下犯上 As a daughter of the Ning family, Pei Yiqi once had a marriage match that everyone in Beizhou envied. That was until her alcoholic biological father claimed her. Her fiancé, Tan Yanjue, who had always treated her with the utmost care, sat in his car, too high and mighty to even step out. “You’re no longer the Ning family’s only daughter. Don’t tell me you still expect me to honor that worthless engagement?” He ripped off the cufflinks she had given him and tossed them out the window like trash. 2.6kReads8.5Score14614d adds
- 64 Reborn as a Vicious Villainess Fresh Out of Prison, I Get Kissed Senseless by the Crown Prince 穿成刚出狱恶毒女配被太子爷亲懵 Mutual first-and-only love + a battle royale of suitors + irresistible romantic tension + feel-good transmigration into a book Fake delinquent girl, actually a gorgeous heiress × a vicious, sharp-tongued, handsome and tragic young master Song Shuyan was a top student from a wealthy family, adored by everyone. Then she transmigrated into a novel where the heroine pretends to be a scheming flirt to win over powerful men and become everyone's dream girl. Song Shuyan became a freshly released, vic 94Reads—Score414d adds
- 65 After We Reunited, Mr. Fu Spoiled Me Until My Legs Went Weak 重逢后，傅总宠我到腿软 “Your skills are terrible. I'm bored of you.” Five years ago, Xia Ran announced their breakup unilaterally, then disappeared without a trace. He put on a cold face and threw out a retort. “Was I looking for you? I'm a dog if I was.” Five years later, he returned home. At a gathering with friends, someone mentioned her name. He swirled his glass and sneered. “Her? As if she deserves me.” Everyone at the table thought he had moved on long ago. Only he knew that on the night he said, “As if she des 29.5kReads7.8Score3k14d adds
- 66 Smoky Light Knows Lan’s Intentions 烟光知阑意 [Beautiful, fair-skinned web novelist × stern, tough SWAT team captain] Not long after Su Yan and Lu Lanxiao first met, Su Yan's best friend dragged her along to a late-night meal with the people from Lu's unit. Afterward, Lu Lanxiao walked Su Yan home. Under the dim streetlights, the street was quiet. Su Yan looked up at him, the corners of her eyes lifting slightly, a trace of drunkenness in her voice. “Lu Lanxiao, can I get to know you?” Lu Lanxiao lowered h 3.7kReads9.1Score42414d adds
- 67 Tempted Into His Arms: The Second Master Spoils His Wife Without Limits 诱爱入怀，二爷宠妻无度 [Age gap] [Forbidden romance] [Devoted husband] [Both pure, 1v1] [Adorable twins] The night they first met. The Second Master, who had been abstinent for thirty-two years, broke his vow for her. Once he had a taste, he couldn’t get enough. Xia Yanxue thought she had gotten involved with the King of Hell, but he spoiled her so much she could do whatever she pleased. He punished scoundrels for her, soothed her every night, drew her into his arms, and doted on her without restraint. One day, rumors 931Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 68 I Came Back for a Divorce, but the Abstinent Tycoon Begged His Wife to Come Home 归来离婚，禁欲大佬跪求太太回家 CEO Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Two Strong Leads + Rekindled Love + The Long Road to Winning Her Back + Adorable Child Everyone in Jiangcheng knows that Bo Yan, the decisive, disciplined business magnate who keeps his private life strictly controlled, calls the same person three times every day, without fail. For 732 consecutive days, every call has gone unanswered. Two years ago, his wife, Shen Ling, left everything behind and went abroad. She even left their son behind. Everyone tho 495Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 He Coaxes Her Step by Step, and She Falls Hard 他步步引诱，她深陷上头 [Reunion after years apart] [Long-planned love] [Both leads are devoted to each other] [Scheming, sharp-tongued crown prince × gentle, radiant beauty] Nine years ago, Ji Zhao mysteriously disappeared. When Lin Jiangchuan learned that she was dead, he thought he had lost her forever. But when they unexpectedly met again nine years later, she had changed her appearance and was now called Huo Niaoniao. Not only did she refuse to acknowledge him, she pushed him far away. He had been secretly in love 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Wicked Girlfriend’s Transformation: An Heir to a Powerful Family 豪门继承人的恶毒女友蜕变记 A sweet, airheaded beauty with a wicked streak x a cool, lovesick heir to a wealthy family Qiao Yu had a nightmare. She dreamed that her boyfriend, Ji Yancheng, was actually the heir to the wealthy Zhao family, who had taken him back. Suddenly rich and powerful, Ji Yancheng sent Qiao Yu back to her poor, remote hometown in the mountains. Qiao Yu ran back to find him and clung to him in every way she could, but he showed no regard for their past and sent her back to the mountains again. Qiao Yu 635Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Master Fu’s Most Treasured One 傅爷的心尖千神 [Powerful leads + Ultra-sweet mutual devotion + Devoted couple with a happy ending + Flirting and doting on each other + Nonstop thrills + Childhood sweethearts forever] When four-year-old Qin Qian ran away from home and, by chance, rescued the badly wounded Fu Yaoting from a car full of assassins, the gears of fate began to turn. She thought she’d picked up a poor little stray, but he turned out to be a future business magnate. He thought he was protecting a sweet little girl, but she was the 227Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 We've Slept in Separate Rooms for Three Years of Marriage. Now That I Want a Divorce, CEO Fu Is Beside Himself 结婚三年分房睡，提离婚傅总急红眼 In her previous life, Shen Yi spent all three years of her marriage to Fu Chen alone in an empty room. She was nothing but a pawn Fu Chen used to get close to the woman he loved. Unwilling to remain a pawn, she did everything she could to compete with his beloved for his attention, picking fights at every turn. But she lost completely. In the end, her heart died and she divorced him. After the divorce, she was kidnapped and held for ransom, and met a tragic end. Fate gave her a second chance, an 47kReads8.1Score2.9k14d adds
- 73 Crossing the Line 越雷池 Everyone knows that the eldest son of the He family, He Yuzhou, is noble, self-possessed, and as pristine as moonlight. Only Jiang Tang knows how cruel and wild he can be on the nights they spend alone. Jiang Tang likes He Yuzhou. But she knows the difference in their status. She wants no happy ending, only for He Yuzhou to stay with her a little longer. A dangerous, forbidden game: clear-eyed, yet lost in it. She asks for no forever, only to have had him once. Later, Jiang Tang puts on a 36.3kReads8.9Score3.8k14d adds
- 74 The Irresistible Rich Young Master Leads His Rose Astray 巨撩富少把玫瑰佳人带跑偏 Wealthy-family wish fulfillment + dangerously seductive madman + a rose-like beauty + intense push and pull + domineering devotion and extreme flirtation + mutual salvation + happy ending A mad young master gives in to a moment of pleasure and falls in love. The rose-like beauty has ulterior motives and gets burned. Two wounded souls become entangled in a complicated relationship they can't seem to untangle. At first, the mad young master says, “I'm going to peel this unlucky woman apart, layer 327Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 75 Embers 余烬 No matter the occasion, Jiang Chengze always appeared composed and steady. He never panicked and was rarely agitated. His thoughts and emotions were so stable that Su Man once complained to Yu Min that someone like him probably couldn't grieve or even understand what it meant to be sad. But Yu Min knew that after Su Man left, Jiang Chengze really had been sad for her. Legally speaking, Yu Min and Jiang Chengze were now husband and wife. But their relationship was more complicated when it came to 12.5kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 76 This CEO Deserves to Suffer: 20 Epic Chases to Win Her Back 这届总裁真该虐：20场骨灰级追妻 [The husband-chasing crematorium + substitute + first love + domineering CEO + painful romance + reborn + marriage and love + face-slapping] I spent years by Zhong Ruokuang’s side. Our relationship went from boss and employee to lovers in bed, but I never had a proper title. I asked, “Why did you choose to be with me?” He gave me that perfunctory smile again. “Because you’re obedient.” Then I was attacked online, while he was busy spending Christmas with his childhood sweetheart, the one he’d al 195Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 77 Stealing a Kiss from the Hard-to-Handle One 偷吻小难哄 [Mutual First Love | Forced Romance | Bittersweet Push and Pull | College Campus | The Powerful One Bows His Head | He Falls Hard and Pursues Her] [Charming, resilient, proud heroine VS aloof, unruly bad boy] Wen Yao got into college with financial support from the Xie family. She had seen their son, Xie Zongxun, in a group photo on Uncle Xie’s social media. Her first impression was that he was a good student. So handsome, well-behaved, and gentle. - The first time Wen Yao met Xie Zongxun, he wa 90.9kReads8.9Score12.8k14d adds
- 78 Rumor Has It Young Master Pei Got Hurt Again Today 听说，裴少今天又挂彩了 [1v1 sweet romance + both leads are devoted to each other + both communicate + chaotic antics + comedy] What? Your best friend got pregnant by a jerk? How can you let that slide? Su Yuan grabbed a weapon and went to beat the bastard up! Oh no, she hit the wrong guy? Run! But why won’t this guy leave her alone? Insults won’t drive him off, and she can’t beat him in a fight. What was his name again? Right, Pei Yifeng. He’s latched onto her. What’s she supposed to do? He’s the elegant, dashing 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Love in Sin, Sweet Captive of Lord Xia 罪爱娇宠，夏爷的心尖囚 [Chasing Her After Losing Her] [Over-the-Top Drama] [Rekindled Romance] [Mutually Faithful] [Sweet and Bittersweet] The heroine coldly walks away, leaving their child with him. Once feared by all for his ruthless, blood-soaked ways, Master Xia keeps losing his composure in front of his own little troublemaker. The child is convinced Daddy is a bad uncle! She's a pro at biting and kicking, and cries every day as she desperately looks for Mommy. By day, Master Xia runs a massive corporation, his p 234Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Back for Another Chance at Love 卷土重来再爱一次 Shen Zongning, CEO of Jinghai Group, called off his engagement to his celebrity girlfriend and quietly married an unknown woman named Xu Wen. What looks like an improper romance in which the newcomer steals someone else’s place gradually reveals its true story. Life is so long that it took me twenty years to find you! Life is so short that when I look back, my youth is already gone... 24.6kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
- 81 Dear You: I Once Had a Terrible Deskmate 卿卿如晤：我曾经有个坏同桌 The animated comic is coming soon! Two top students flirting with each other | Steamy and sweet | Small-town romance | No contrived plot, not a power fantasy Chen Qingqing thinks her love story with Lin Jingze is too embarrassing to tell anyone. Other people fall in love by dating. First comes a confession, then fingertips brushing, then lips meeting. But the two of them... went straight to bed. They were former deskmates who hadn't seen each other in years, and on the day they reunited, their f 25.2kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds
- 82 After the Divorce, Miss Pei Said, “Sorry, I Don’t Love You Anymore” 离婚后，裴小姐说抱歉不爱了 [Rekindled romance + both leads have only ever been with each other] [Warning: for the point at which she turns back and forgives him, see the author’s note in Chapter One. If you can’t accept it, please don’t read. Thank you~] For five years of marriage to Shen Ye, Pei Wanrong bore the reputation of a scheming woman who had drugged him and deliberately trapped him with a child. Everyone in Beijing’s social circles despised her. After their wedding, she behaved as a devoted, dutiful wife in the 4.3kReads5.8Score14014d adds
- 83 Out of Control and Falling: Mr. Chu Kisses Me to Tears Every Night! 失控沉沦！夜夜被楚先生亲哭了！ A pampered, teary-eyed heiress × a powerful, ruthless tycoon who goes mad for love Only each other | The powerful one bows to love | Utterly doting | A sweet little romance Song Huanni, the only daughter of the Song family, was raised in luxury and surrounded by love. As a result, she was the sort of crybaby who’d burst into tears at the slightest grievance. To reclaim the emerald bracelet her grandmother had pawned and sold in her youth, Song Huanni accidentally crossed paths with Chu Tinghe 942Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 84 Mud Pearl 泥珠 [A socially awkward, insecure mountain girl x a wicked young master with the world at his feet] ㅤ When Yu Pan Di was thirteen, her parents "entrusted" her to the Yue family for a hundred thousand yuan. Yue Jian Che renamed her Yu Zhu. He said Zhu meant a rare pearl, but what he really had in mind was the word for pig, as in stupid as one.ㅤㅤ She was a dingy mountain moon from the depths of the Qinling Mountains: quiet, awkward, and insecure, never daring to ask for anything. He was a handsome, vi 134kReads8.6Score19.4k14d adds
- 85 President Qi, Your Wife Has the Whole World Wrapped Around Her Finger! 戚总，你家夫人撩爆全球！ As soon as Chu Si’s sister, who had been missing for years, returns, she tries to take everything from her, including her fiancé, the man known as one of the capital’s rising stars. Since Chu Si and Qi Huaizhou have always had a purely physical relationship, with no feelings involved, she has no choice but to try every trick in the book to secure their relationship. But none of it works. The jerk steals her contracts, calls her a dramatic little brat, and lets her sister ride in his car. Chu Si 3.4kReads9.1Score42614d adds
- 86 A Soft Warmth in the Night 夜光微暖 Sweet, innocent girl meets icy CEO. Both are virgins + no angst + doting romance An iceberg that even sunlight couldn't melt encountered a heart warm enough to glow through the night. At that moment, all he could think of was love. This word, so often appearing in his nightmares, no longer tore at his heart. Instead, it shone with a warm light, filling his heart to the brim. 131Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Rose Seduction 玫瑰诱宠 [Beijing's Rich Heir x Female Painter] [Mutual Flirting + Intense Push and Pull + Both Pure] Shen Ying's father died when she was young. When she was ten, her mother remarried into one of Beijing's most powerful families. Resentful toward her mother, Shen Ying didn't contact her for nearly ten years, much less set foot in that wealthy household. Then she got into a university in Beijing. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect that an ordinary car ride would bring her face-to-face with the “o 2kReads9.2Score28014d adds
- 88 Like a Cold Moon Turning Toward the Sun 恰似寒月向骄阳 [Original title: And Let the Breeze Carry Us Toward the Sun] Everyone knows Song Kexin is the younger sister being fostered by the Lu family. When they first met, she said, “Brother”; he replied, “Sister-in-law?” · He was the darling of heaven, a blazing sun high above the clouds. To Song Kexin, he was the passionate beginning of her youth... the place where the light came in... . Lu Yubai: “You're too young to date.” Song Kexin: “So I can once I'm an adult?” · Song Kexin dreamed of turning eigh 2.4kReads9.1Score18314d adds
- 89 Love Letters Across the Ocean 跨洋情书 They first met in China, then reunited in Europe. An eight-year age gap. The nineteenth-generation heir to a fortune and a clear-headed girl who wasn’t ruled by romance collide: freedom and arrogance, restraint and intensity, with the push and pull turned up a notch. Six years later, they met again in Germany. When she heard him speak, his voice was as cold as falling snow, yet like a ray of light on a winter sea. “Didn’t we agree you wouldn’t get into a stranger’s car so casually?” Liang Sui st 2.8kReads9.3Score36814d adds
- 90 Mr. Chu, Your Wife Has Applied for Divorce at the Civil Affairs Bureau Again 楚总，太太又去民政局申请离婚了 Everyone in Deep City knows that Chu Jingxi married Luo Xi under pressure from his aunt. Now that his aunt has passed away and the woman he has always loved has returned from abroad, everyone is waiting to see Luo Xi become a discarded wife from a wealthy family. Luo Xi: To be honest, I'm even more eager than you are. Everyone jeers at her: Keep dreaming. President Chu dreams of divorcing you every night. But no one expected Chu Jingxi to set the trending topics ablaze with a single Weibo post: 6.4kReads9.0Score68914d adds
- 91 Teasing a Mad Dog! The Capital’s Crown Prince Is So Well-Behaved 撩惹疯犬！京圈太子爷他超乖 [The Mad Prince of the Capital × His Runaway White Moonlight] [Forced love + obsessive possessiveness + older man + rekindled romance + one-on-one, both pure] Everyone says Bo Jinhe, the Crown Prince of the capital’s elite circle, is refined and aloof, cold-hearted and arrogant, a living King of Hell whom no one dares cross. But they don’t know what happened the night she dumped him three years ago. He pinned her hard against the cold floor-to-ceiling window, blood filling their mouths as his ey 4.4kReads7.7Score35114d adds
- 92 A Gentle Ripple in My Dreams 一枕微澜 [Dissociative Identity Disorder X Reunion After Years Apart X The Ex-Husband's Long Road to Winning Her Back] When they reunited after three years apart, Shen Weilan discovered that her ex-husband didn't recognize her. She thought he had amnesia and forgotten her, never realizing that someone else had long since taken over his body. He said, "Since he's lost his mind over a woman, he can give this body to me." She said, "You're just a fragment of his thoughts. You have no right to exist, and you 498Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Sinking into Temptation After Dark 入夜沉沦 Marriage first, love later + whirlwind marriage + super sweet + mature adults A traditional Chinese-style domineering CEO VS a resilient, sickly beauty At thirty, Xin Tong nearly died from overwork. She decided to quit and take her 750,000 yuan in savings, earned over five years on the job, to lie low in a small county town. At thirty-five, Ji Jinnian read her resignation letter and asked, “Will you marry me?” He needed an honest woman to sit in the position of his wife: someone who wouldn't cau 27.4kReads8.9Score2.8k14d adds
- 94 Trembling Kisses in His Arms 于他怀中颤吻 [Unhinged, possessive young master × sweet girl who gets a thorough comeuppance after trying to seduce him] Fu Shaoting is at the very top of the powerful elite in the capital, with an arrogant, handsome face to match. Fang Tang had secretly loved him for eight years, and every time, she tried to come up with an excuse to cover it up. “I had no choice...” - When her lie was exposed, Fu Shaoting proposed a marriage of convenience, and Fang Tang agreed. He sneered: “So you can sleep with me and th 597Reads—Score10614d adds
- 95 Defeated by Her Softness 败给娇软 [The second male lead wins / marriage first, love later / long-planned romance / secret crush / both sexually inexperienced] Yu Xianyin caught the man she had pursued for years bad-mouthing her to his good friend. “She’s just an illegitimate daughter. Who would take her seriously? It’s only a bit of fun.” Heartbroken, Yu Xianyin went to a bar to drink herself numb in the middle of the night, and got involved with someone she shouldn’t have. When she woke up, she discovered he was her high school 2.8kReads9.0Score24314d adds
- 96 The Rules of a Newlywed Secret Crush 新婚暗恋法则 [Roguish heartthrob x cool beauty | Reunion after years apart | Slow-burn romance | Secret crush] As a student, Qi Shangzhi was arrogant, unruly, and impossible to tame. Blessed with a face so stunning it could make a living, he got away with anything on the strength of his looks. He was a regular on the school confession wall and forums, and the sight of his shirt lifting as he dunked a basketball became part of their youth. Though Zhou Chengye was beautiful, she was quiet and kept a low profil 32.5kReads9.2Score4.2k14d adds
- 97 A Feverish Secret of the Heart 潮热心事 [A romance-focused writer with no tricks. Please refrain from picking apart the story, copying its rankings, or borrowing from it in any way. Respect the characters in this book. Copyright infringement will be pursued.] Xiang Mingzheng × Shen Huilin (a charming, playboy heir × a cool, reserved student) [Powerful family background + dominant love interest + secret crush + pregnancy] 1. In the early spring of her twenty-second year, Shen Huilin saw Xiang Mingzheng for the second time. There were 18.8kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 98 A Mole Behind the Ear 耳后藏痣 [Contemporary Realism | Workplace Taboo | Slow Burn | Older Man | Strong Female Lead | Cohabitation] "A mole behind the ear, and someone hidden there, too." Late autumn in Shanghai, in the heart of an old Western-style neighborhood in the west of the city. A bar with no sign. An empty bottle of Great Wall Cabernet Sauvignon, a snakeskin bag with a broken zipper. She picked up the bag and said, "Follow me." He was too drunk to stand steadily, but he followed anyway. At thirty-two, she called the 232Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 What a Rose 好一朵玫瑰 [The powerful fall in love and humble themselves / a long road to winning her back, both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending] [Bright, prickly little princess vs. abstinent, aloof heir of the capital's elite] Ye Shangshang is the fiery little princess of the capital's social scene, bold in love and hate. Countless admirers fall at her feet, but she sets her heart on the cold, unfeeling heir of the Chi family. She runs after him, clutching her princess dress, believing that as lon 6.1kReads6.4Score18214d adds
- 100 Married the Wrong White Moonlight, Now Worth Hundreds of Billions and Reunited with My Childhood Sweetheart 错娶白月光，坐拥千亿遇青梅 [No System + Not Reborn + Multiple Heroines + She Chases Him + Lighthearted Comedy + Sweet and Angsty] For the sake of an unattainable dream girl, Zhao Chang’an cruelly turned down his devoted childhood sweetheart. He spent his entire fortune marrying his dream girl, only to be repaid with a heartless betrayal. After hitting rock bottom, Zhao Chang’an fought his way up, eventually gaining control of hundreds of billions in capital and becoming the power behind a top conglomerate. On the day he r 27Reads—Score514d adds
