Novels like A Cage of Desire
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Cage of Desire, best match first.
- 51 Stand-In? Get Lost 替身？滚远点 (A tale of business rivalry!!!!!!!) Five years into their marriage, while his mother-in-law lies gravely ill, his beloved wife is drinking a nuptial cup with her ex-boyfriend. When the two rivals meet, he discovers that he’s merely a stand-in for her ex. After decisively ending the marriage, he runs into the woman he’s always loved again, only to get caught up in the feuds between Kyoto’s great families… 1.9kReads7.3Score16014d adds
- 52 Two Replacements: The Whole World Begs Me to Break Up with My Ex-Husband 双替身：全世界都在跪求我和前夫分手 Everyone knows that the Xia family’s little princess, Xia Tian, is stupid and clueless about romance. She’s also Gu Yucheng’s devoted simp, the kind you can’t get rid of no matter how hard you try. Gu Yucheng thought so too, until one day Xia Tian laid divorce papers in front of him. Gu Yucheng signed without a second thought, certain Xia Tian would regret it because she couldn’t live without him. But then she proved him spectacularly wrong. Not only could Xia Tian live without him, she was thri 21Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 53 Madly Spoiled Rose 疯宠玫瑰 [Male Lead Is Crazy and Has a Past + Forceful Pursuit + Beautiful Love Story + Healing + Intense Push and Pull] Sang Jiu and Fu Siqi were happily dating. Then Fu Siqi’s uncle suddenly returned from abroad, and that very day, the madman set his sights on her. Fu Wusheng had always lived a wild, carefree life. His eyes held three parts indifference and seven parts nonchalance. They say no woman can ever win Fu Wusheng over. Sang Jiu knew perfectly well she couldn’t handle him. All she wanted was t 4.8kReads8.9Score34614d adds
- 54 Don’t Leave Me, I Can Be Just Like Him 别不要我，我可以很像他 Si Cheng’s dream girl has returned, and the first thing Ming Xu does is pack her bags and get out. She thinks there’s no stand-in in the world more considerate than she is. But she hasn’t even gotten far before Si Cheng pins her against the wall. “Didn’t you say you loved me most? You want to leave?” “Um, sorry, I only like your face.” Ming Xu nods honestly, then takes her own sweetheart for a spin. Who says you’re the only one who’s been treating me like a stand-in? These days, it’s anyone’s gu 341Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 55 After Becoming a Stand-In, Six Powerful Men Fall Head over Heels for Me 穿成替身后，六个大佬对我神魂颠倒 [Sweet Romance, Transmigrating into a Book, Power Fantasy] Movie queen Ye Hanyan transmigrates into a harem novel based on herself. The author keeps insisting the heroine is based on her, but then who is this cannon-fodder body double with the same name? She didn't think much of it, but the moment she wakes up, she's become that very double. Am I playing myself? All she wants is to make a decent living and stay out of the heroine's harem. But the plot keeps going off the rails. The aloof movie e 33Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 56 Gathered in the Arms of the Gods 神明揽入怀 The year Sheng Wan graduated from college, she got together with Lu Yuanci, the head of the Lu family. As a nobody of a model who’d latched onto a wealthy man, everyone was waiting to see when he would dump her. Five years later, the paparazzi finally reported that the two had broken up. Just as everyone was mocking her for falling from grace, the media revealed that a drunk Young Master Lu had been knocking on Miss Sheng’s door, begging to get back together. - In the five years she was with Lu 144Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 57 The Poor Boy I Spoiled Turned Out to Be a Big Shot 我宠的穷小子竟是大佬 [The groveling chase + a broken relationship that can't be mended + melodrama + bad ending (The editor is a robot, so I can't change the tags. I can only label it as sweet romance.)] Xu Rongqian and Xue Feng's relationship began with Xue Feng's scheme. He wanted revenge on Xu Rongqian for the sake of the woman he adored, so he willingly became her kept lover. As expected, Xu Rongqian fell in love with him, and he took his revenge on her. When Xue Feng chose to save the woman he adored and le 41Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 58 Crossing the Line 越轨 When Jiang Ruo was with Huo Jinting, he treated her as a substitute. Later, she was dumped without the slightest surprise. After that, Jiang Ruo wore a red dress, alluring and enchanting, and thrived among men. At last, one day, Huo Jinting caught Jiang Ruo and pinned her firmly against the entrance of a bar. His eyes were bloodshot, and his voice was hoarse. “Ruo Ruo, be good and come home with me.” Jiang Ruo looked coldly at him and curled her lips in scorn. “Mr. Huo, humans and dogs belong to 146Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 59 President Gu: The Male Lead of This Body-Swap Romance Is Me 顾总：替身文学男主竟是我自己 Double Substitutes, Sweet Romance, Gentle and Delicate Little Fairy X Refined, Abstinent CEO, One-on-One. Ning Zhi was beautiful, sensible, and well-behaved. Gu Tingyu kept her by his side for four whole years. Just when everyone thought Ning Zhi was finally going to replace his lost love and become Mrs. Gu, she broke up with Gu Tingyu. And she was the one who dumped him! “I’ll pretend I didn’t hear what you just said. Be good, Zhi Zhi. Don’t make a scene.” “Mr. Gu, you can just call me Ning Zhi 17Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 60 The Stand-In Is Leaving, and Mr. Lu Is Losing It 替身要退场，陆总急红眼 [Heartbreaking Romance] [Both Leads Are Inexperienced] [CEO Romance] Jiang Sheng spent five years by Lu Ranzhou's side, always obedient and considerate. She thought that one day she would warm his heart. But she was only a stand-in. The day the real woman returned, Jiang Sheng was told their relationship had to end early. Seeing how considerate and gentle Lu Ranzhou was with another woman, she finally understood that he was capable of love. He just didn't love her. At last, heartbroken, she walk 204Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 61 Palace Chronicles: Zhen Huan and Huanbi Are Both Reborn 后宫传：甄嬛与浣碧双重生 In her previous life, she was an empress dowager who had lost the person she loved most. The other was a shadow, a concubine-born younger sister who loved someone so desperately that she died after throwing herself against a coffin. One long dream later, Zhen Huan and Huanbi are both reborn, and the winds in the Forbidden City have changed completely! Zhen Huan has sworn off love in this life. Using her face, so like Pure Yuan’s, she calculates every move in the harem, brings down the Ula-Nara 756Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 62 Quick Transmigration: The Heartbreak Hotel for Chasing Your Beloved 快穿万人迷之追妻火葬场 Quick Transmigration: This World Is One Giant Groveling Pursuit After Losing Your Wife Lin Yunque was accidentally saved by the System. Stripped of her identity and every memory of herself, she was forced to work for the Time and Space Travel Bureau. In one small world after another, Lin Yunque was forced to play the wife who was always stuck in the “crematorium” in a story about a husband groveling to win back his wife. The male lead, who was supposed to be stuck in the “crematorium,” hadn't 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The CEO Treats Me as a Lover, While I Treat the CEO as a Stand-In 总裁把我当情人，我把总裁当替身 [Published title: Localized Heavy Rain] [Quiet, gentle, composed Wuyin × Cool, chaste, domineering CEO He Zhiyan] [Modern Romance + Premium Novel + Urban + Possessive Pursuit + Domineering CEO + One-on-One Romance + Melodrama + Substitute + Both Leads’ First Love + Bad Ending] He Zhiyan thought Wuyin was a good lover. She was polite and knew when to advance and retreat. She was quiet and rarely spoke, never asking about things he didn’t want her to know, and never prying into his affairs. That w 313Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 64 Young Master He Comes to His Senses, but She’s Done with Him 贺少醒悟，她不要他了【虐文】 At her older sister Chen Yuhe's wedding, Chen Lan accidentally learned that her boyfriend, He Yu, had always been in love with Chen Yuhe. She had only ever been a way for him to get close to her sister, not even worthy of being called a pathetic substitute. She couldn't understand why, from the moment she was born, her parents had coldly abandoned her. When she returned to them, they ignored her, mocked her, and constantly compared her to her sister, who lived like a proud swan, untouched by har 81Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 65 Born to Bear! Her Second Pregnancy Brings Six Babies and Unmatched Power 易孕体质！她二胎六宝权倾朝野！ [Completed short story + faking her death and fleeing while pregnant + two substitutes + regretful pursuit + angst] The prime minister's household kept an illegitimate daughter at an estate outside the capital. Because she looked like the Northern Suppressing Prince's first love, they used her as a bargaining chip and eagerly sent her to the prince's residence. The country girl neither cried nor made a fuss. She was perfectly content to serve as a substitute. “Send her back!” On the night she 119Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 66 Two Substitutes 双替身 People said Yuexi had hit the jackpot. She had been a nobody with no special talents or connections, but because her pretty face bore a slight resemblance to the business tycoon Ye Jinyu's idealized first love, Ye Jinyu cherished her like a princess. They said Yuexi had stayed faithfully by Ye Jinyu's side for three years, that her love for him flowed like an endless river, and that she had done everything in her power to take the place of the woman in his heart. Later, they said Ye Jinyu had i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Dominant CEO’s Coldhearted Lover 霸道总裁的冷漠情人 On her way to work, she was splashed with dirty water by a speeding limited-edition Lamborghini supercar as she rode her bicycle. She showed no resentment, neither in her expression nor her words, and only wondered whether she was going to be late. The man in the sports car, meanwhile, was cold and curt, making no attempt to apologize. Qin Xueche was fired by the sports-car guy for being late, as fate would have it, enemies were bound to cross paths! It turned out he had already arranged a job f 7.6kReads9.3Score22114d adds
- 68 Stream Through the Mountains 满山溪 Fiction should not be taken as reality. The author has normal values, I promise. When they first met, she thought it was just an accident. She never expected it to be a fateful mistake. During summer break, Lin Xi went on a trip with her roommates and happened to see Xiao Yunfeng… “I was supposed to be the one in control. So why am I getting more and more entangled in this?” Xiao Yunfeng looked utterly dejected. “You made your bed, now lie in it.” Lin Xi’s expression was icy. “If I hadn’t hurt y 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Even Bitter Fruit Tastes Sweet 苦果亦甜 A cold-hearted “good girl” x a cool, roguish playboy. Love at first sight x a playboy who reforms. [The chase-after-your-wife arc + flirtation + both each other's first and only + bad ending] Shen Jingyu is a notorious playboy in the capital, undisciplined since childhood, fickle and debauched. Beautiful women surround him, but none have managed to win over this unattainable beauty. Then, by chance, he meets the friend of his buddy’s girlfriend. At first, his friend teases him: “She’s really got 289Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Caught in the Game 入局 Ambitious, vulnerable girl ✘ cold, scheming devil * When she climbed into Fu Linshen's bed, he warned her, “It's just for fun. Don't dream of wanting anything you shouldn't.” But later, Fu Linshen was the one gripping her by the throat and demanding, “Gu Nanyi, do you even have a heart?” Who was Gu Nanyi? The laughingstock of Ancheng, a social butterfly among the elite, with the softest body and the hardest bones. She pried Fu Linshen's hands off her one finger at a time, smiling with teasing di 1.4kReads8.4Score12214d adds
- 71 Mr. Bo, We’re Divorced 薄总，我们离婚了 Shi Chu loved Bo Zehan for five years, and they were married for five years. Shi Chu did her utmost to be a good wife, yet the moment his first love returned from abroad, Bo Zehan divorced her in front of everyone. Shi Chu's heart died completely, and she never looked back. Years later, Bo Zehan began pursuing her relentlessly. “Chu Chu, please love me one more time!” “Mr. Bo, I loved you for years and could never have you. This time, don't expect to move on either.” 478Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 72 After His Wife Left, Mr. Zhou Tore Up the Pregnancy Test and Regretted It Like Crazy 夫人离开后周总撕碎孕检单悔疯了 Happy ending, angst first and sweetness later, with a husband chasing his wife after losing her Cheng Mu marries into a wealthy family and spends three years as its caretaker. She waits alone in an empty bedroom, only to find that Zhou Yanheng's heart tips toward his white moonlight. Then, after an accident, her heart finally turns cold, and she disappears without a trace, pregnant with his child. For three years, many people say Zhou Yanheng has gone mad. But how could someone so far above ever 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 A Game of Wits in Bed 枕边博弈 [The male lead is a substitute + he has to win her back] Li Xiao always thought Cui Dai was deeply in love with him. Every time they were in bed, she would tenderly kiss his brow bone, her eyes hazy yet focused. As Jinghai’s most notoriously cold-hearted capitalist, Li Xiao enjoyed having the elite lawyer submit to him. By day, she was the perfect subordinate, taking care of business and shielding him from unwanted drinks. By night, she was his most compatible bedmate. · Until the resignation le 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 After the Substitute Marriage, Young Master Fei Realized He Was the Stand-In 替嫁后费少发现自己才是替身 [Mutual Substitutes + Sweet at First, Angsty Then Devoted to His Wife + Strong Female Lead with Secret Identities (The Top Hacker Calls Her Boss + The Boxing Champion Is Her Underling + A Master Surgeon)] He thought the person who saved him was her older sister, so he did everything he could to make life difficult for her, the substitute bride. She thought the heart of the person she loved had been transplanted into him, so she did everything she could to stay by his side. So who is whose substi 59Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 75 I Only Wanted a Stand-In, but I Picked Two Brothers 找替身而已，却偏偏找了两兄弟 [Male substitute + 1v2 + male leads are virgins, female lead is not] From the moment Xie Zeyi was born, he had an older brother who was a role model in every way. No matter what he did, he could never measure up to his brother, much less surpass him. But Xie Zeyi refused to accept that. He wanted to compete with his brother in everything. His brother kept a regular schedule and went jogging every morning, so he did too. His brother studied abroad, graduated, and started a business, so he did too 624Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 76 Sweet, Wanton Kisses: The Abstinent Tycoon Bows to Her 甜欲肆吻，禁欲大佬对她俯首称臣 [Both leads are faithful to each other + romantic tension and push-and-pull + ruthless pursuit + groveling redemption + sweet married life] Rumor has it that Fu Yihan, heir to the Fu Group, is self-disciplined, proper, cold, and devoid of desire. But those in the know are well aware that whenever the secretary named Bai Xiao is summoned to his office, she stays for two hours. When she comes out, she’s alluring and seductive, and can barely walk straight. From the moment Bai Xiao agreed to be wit 97Reads—Score11714d adds
- 77 Mistaken for a Substitute, She Learns the Truth and Hastily Marries an Abstinent Doctor 被当替身，得知真相闪嫁禁欲医生 [Complete] [Substitute + devoted second male lead takes the lead + he chases her through hell, but she doesn't look back + both leads' first love] Radiant, outspoken heiress x refined, wickedly charming surgeon Tang Panpan spent three years with Shen Sihan, suppressing her every sharp edge and little temper until her bright confidence turned into insecurity and self-doubt. Tang Panpan thought she had found true love and willingly endured every kind of pain. Only when Shen Sihan's first love ret 131Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 78 I Became Four Powerful Men’s Stand-Ins at Once, Then Everything Went Wrong 同时做四个大佬的替身后我翻车了 Lin Qian travels through the Space-Time Administration, playing one stand-in after another. When they’re short-staffed, she has to juggle several roles and serve as a stand-in for multiple big shots at once. At last, she has saved enough points to escape her assigned character settings. She pulls off a clever escape and settles into a quiet retirement. But at a banquet one day, Bo Lengqing corners her in the restroom, his eyes bloodshot as he gazes at her with irrepressible devotion. “You look s 44Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 79 The Cold Young Master's Substitute Wife 冷少的替身妻 “From today on, you are the wife of me, Leng.” He is cold and ruthless, a devil in the eyes of others. She is the Qin family's adopted daughter. To settle a debt, she became a stand-in for the real darling of the Qin family. As her heart slowly falls, can she hold on to this marriage bought with money... 635Reads7.7Score10114d adds
- 80 The Legend of the Condor Heroes: How Many Steps to Make the Little Poison King My Devoted Follower? 射雕：收小毒物为裙下臣需要几步 [The rating has just been posted and will keep rising. A sure thing!] A red cinnabar mark between her brows, a jade-faced Guanyin with a deadly beauty. Qin Wan’s beauty could outshine a nation, but her heart was colder than iron. Ouyang Ke refused to take no for an answer. As the young master of White Camel Mountain, he had never failed to get the woman he wanted. He tried to force her with his strength, tempt her with his looks, and used every trick he could think of to keep her by his side. 1.2kReads8.1Score10014d adds
- 81 Claim Her 叼她 [Exceptionally beautiful, super-feminine little fool vs. born-bad crime boss + Hong Kong romance + deranged thug + coercive love + not both virgins, proceed with caution] Lin Suisui is a little fool with an intellectual disability and an exceptionally feminine constitution. Ten years into being abused by her mother, she picks out a grave for herself. She hopes that in her next life she won’t have a gambling-addicted father, a mad mother, or a super-masculine younger brother… She’s only halfw 705Reads8.5Score12914d adds
- 82 Crushing into Powder 搓酥 After growing up, Xu Jinhuan always avoids Zhou Zhaonan. It gives Zhou Zhaonan a terrible headache. One rainy night, he finally corners her. "Kid, I just want to play a little game with you." But Zhou Zhaonan never expected that he would be the first one unable to handle the game. (Not mutually exclusive x playboy turns over a new leaf x proceed with caution if this bothers you) 306Reads8.6Score6814d adds
- 83 The White Moonlight Returns Home, and I Give Up as the Substitute 白月光回国，身为替身我彻底摆烂 The president of the Shen Group is famous in his circles for keeping women at arm’s length. But Chu Feiwan was the one exception, thanks to a face whose features were five parts similar to those of his first love. She stayed by his side for three years. She played the role of his substitute with all her heart and stuck to her principles: she would never let Shen Junheng spend a single cent more than he had to! Work hard today, enjoy eight male models tomorrow! But when his first love returned, C 1.3kReads7.0Score—14d adds
- 84 Let You Run Wild 纵你撒野 A work with a niche rating and even more niche content. [A cold-blooded, rotten male lead, capital's golden boy ❤️ a heroine who avoids stupid men, female university student, intense push and pull, happy ending] A story that will make you curse from beginning to end, then leave you aching with regret. In a nutshell: There's no such thing as a perfectly compatible couple. Someone always has to learn to compromise and let the other run wild. His past is too sordid to mention. Sleeping with women i 2.6kReads8.2Score26114d adds
- 85 The Cool Beauty Is Tangled Up with Three Brooding Substitutes 清冷美人被三个阴湿替身缠上了 {One heroine, multiple male leads | All male leads are romantically inexperienced | Top-tier rivalry for the heroine | A massive hair-pulling catfight | The male leads are all stand-ins for the heroine's first love} Ji Ran has a beautiful girlfriend who always indulges him and has eyes only for him. Their relationship has always been wonderful. Everyone in the world thought she was madly in love with him, and so did he. Until one day, his lover gazes at him, dazed, and softly calls him “Pei Yan” 148Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 86 After His Canary Slashed Her Wrists, Gu Couldn’t Stop Crying 金丝雀割腕后，顾总他哭了 [Both leads have past sexual experience, but neither is completely innocent ➕ faux forbidden romance ➕ first love ➕ rival men vying for her ➕ groveling after losing her] In Wei Yue’s first year of college, her family was struck by disaster. Her scumbag father ran off with his mistress, taking all the family’s savings. Unable to bear the blow, her mother took her own life in despair. Wei Yue only found out when she came home for the holidays. To raise money for the funeral, Wei Yue was willin 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Reborn After Cutting Ties, They All Regretted It 重生我断绝关系后，他们都哭了 In his previous life, Lu Chen was the youngest son of the Lu family in Jiangnan City. His father needed a bone marrow transplant from a close relative but didn’t want to harm his son, so he had Lu Chen born to serve as a bone marrow donor. Once his father recovered, the family abandoned Lu Chen when he was three. They only remembered their convenient donor again when his father’s illness returned. Lu Chen did everything he could to please everyone, only to be kidnapped, tortured, and killed. Aft 160Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 After I Quit Being His Substitute, the CEO’s Wife Regretted It Too Late 不当替身后，总裁夫人追悔莫及 [Urban slice of life] [The wife regrets it too late] Lu Mingxu spent three years as a live-in son-in-law to the Shen family, and three years hopelessly chasing after Shen Nanyou. He thought that if he was gentle and considerate enough, he could warm her heart. It wasn’t until her first love returned that he realized he had been nothing but a substitute all along. He made no scene and left with dignity, because he only had three months to live. But just as he was about to start a new life, she su 1.2kReads5.8Score10214d adds
- 89 I Transmigrated into a Book and Became a Kept Canary 穿书成了被圈养的金丝雀 Bai Jiajia, a working stiff in the entertainment industry, transmigrates into a book as a canary kept by a domineering, obsessive big shot. A canary in captivity? For Bai Jiajia, not having to work while someone else supports her sounds like absolute bliss. 589Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Cling to Me! After the Divorce, My Wealthy Ex-Husband's Hair Turns White Overnight 软缠！离婚后豪门前夫一夜白头 (Completed) When they divorced, Lu Linchuan warned Shen Xinyue, “Don't you dare regret this!” In Lu Linchuan's eyes, Shen Xinyue was a gentle, delicate little woman. Her family had been torn apart, and for three years she'd loved him wholeheartedly. He was her everything, and she always did as he said. A few stern words were all it took to make her behave. Yet Shen Xinyue rested a hand on the scar on her abdomen and insisted on divorcing him. Lu Linchuan warned her even more harshly, “When life 131Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 91 The Wife-Chasing Crematorium: Mr. Chu the Tyrant Is Worse Than a Dog 追妻火葬场：霸道楚总不如狗 Chu Hongsheng and Guan Zhiyi's two-year marriage ended the day Chu Hongsheng's first love returned from abroad. Who could have guessed that an accident on the way to the divorce would send Chu Hongsheng thirteen years into the past, where he became an ugly, filthy... mongrel? Cold and starving, CEO Chu finally gives in to reality and finds a piece of bread. Just as he's about to eat it, a skinny girl snatches it away. Wait, who's the dog here, you or me? You stole a dog's food? Are you even huma 234Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 92 The Little Lover Is Always Wiping Away Her Tears 小情人她总是在抹眼泪 “His little lover is absolutely crazy about him, as if she’d die without him!” Everyone laughed at her. Their families were worlds apart, and there was no way the young master of the Yan family would marry her. Yan Zeyuan had always done whatever he pleased. She was obedient, so keeping her around seemed harmless enough. Then news broke that he was about to get engaged. To his surprise, his little lover didn’t cry or make a scene. She left! All the clues he’d overlooked suddenly became crystal c 481Reads8.7Score3214d adds
- 93 Young Master Lu’s Overwhelming Love: His Substitute Wife Won’t Put Up with It 陆少强宠：替身娇妻不干了 Everyone in City A thought Su Tangtang was Lu Huaijin's darling, the apple of his eye. Only Su Tangtang knew she was nothing but a substitute. He hated her, and everything he did was meant to get revenge. The day before Su Tangtang and Lu Huaijin were supposed to get engaged, the woman he had loved and lost returned. At that moment, she made up her mind. She would stop trying to warm a heart that couldn't be warmed, and she would leave the man who didn't love her. Lu Huaijin had always known Su 1.7kReads8.7Score12214d adds
- 94 A Bizarre Adventure Beginning with Stardust Crusaders 从星尘远征开始的奇妙冒险 He once joined the Stardust Crusaders to defeat an Egyptian seductress; he also once matched wits with an ordinary office worker. He is the only male resident of the Butterfly Mansion, a low-profile medical soldier in the Survey Corps, and the “Queen” of Great Britain. He is currently staying with the Yukinoshita family, living an ordinary life hunting demons in Tokyo, and occasionally taking on some spy work for extra money... All in all, this is a strange adventure that begins with the Stardus 119Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 95 The Heiress in Chains: The Substitute Bride 千金囚：替罪新娘 “Falling in love with you is unforgivable!” Yu Qingqing looked at him in despair, smiling through her tears as she lowered her head and walked into prison. To avenge his first love, Fu Junian personally sent Yu Qingqing to prison and tortured her in every way. By the time her three-year sentence was over, she had lost the lively spark she once had and become timid and meek. In the dead of night, he held her captive in his arms. “Qingqing, it’s me, Junian, your beloved Fu Junian!” She gave a bitt 301Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 96 During the Divorce Cooling-Off Period, She Chases Her Husband to the Crematorium 离婚冷静期，她追夫火葬场 Synopsis: [Secret identities + Substitute + First love + Marriage before love + Mutual salvation + Husband-chasing crematorium] (The male lead suffers in the early part, then she chases after him. This is very male-lead-focused, so don't read it if you can't handle that! It's not a mindless power fantasy; the male lead is genuinely lowly and self-effacing at first!) A cool, aloof CEO with a host of secret identities × Jian Qingya, a genius jewelry designer A blind date brings the two together in 411Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 97 The Male Lead's and Female Lead's Unrequited Loves Get Their Happy Ending 男主白月光和女主白月光he了 [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + rebirth + face-slapping + entrepreneurship and getting rich] One-sentence summary: After being reborn as the male lead's first love, I fell in love at first sight with the female lead's first love. Only after dying twice did Ji Wanqiao realize she was the male lead's childhood sweetheart and first love in a novel packed with every melodramatic trope imaginable: a period setting, a military marriage, stand-ins, tragic romance, and a wife-cha 2.1kReads8.3Score22514d adds
- 98 The Caged Blue Sparrow 笼锁青雀 [Traditional historical romance, scheming maid rises to power, raising children, powerful man bows his head, sweet romance, possessive love, devoted to her later on, groveling after losing his wife] Zhuxin became the heir’s first woman, and the pretty maids who had been fighting tooth and nail for his favor immediately hated her. Anyone with eyes could see that the Grand Madam was using her to put the Madam in her place. Zhuxin had only just been promoted to first-class maid. She would have glad 138Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 99 Hard to Reach 难攀 [Both leads are inexperienced + sweet and angsty romance + regret and groveling, beautiful little flirt x icy domineering CEO] Nie Sangsang had been with Fu Jinzhou for three years, always sweet and agreeable. But Fu Jinzhou didn’t love her. In his heart, he still cherished his unattainable first love. Who could put up with that? If you run fast enough, no one can hurt you! Once she came to her senses, Nie Sangsang promptly broke up with him and left that very night. After all, making money is m 92Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 100 To Hell With the First Love! The Substitute Makes the Tycoon See Red 去他的白月光，替身把大佬气红眼 [Complete. The rating just came in and will rise, so please leave a five-star review~] [Stand-In Takes Her Place + Regret and Pursuit + Mutual First Love + One-on-One Romance] Everyone says Xia Shi hit the jackpot: she looks just like the woman Yu Jingxiu has loved for years. For three years, Xia Shi dutifully played the sweet, obedient little flower. She went from an obscure supporting actress to one of the entertainment industry’s most popular stars. The day Yu Jingxiu’s beloved returned to th 178Reads6.6Score—14d adds
