Novels like What a Lovely Surprise, You
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- 151 After the Tea Ceremony, My Parents Were Driven into the Utility Room to Wipe Up Blood 敬茶后，我爸妈被赶进工具间擦血 After the tea ceremony, my parents were thrown into the utility room to wipe up the blood —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 She Mocked My Chinese-Made Car as a Piece of Junk, Then the Commander Revealed His Military ID and Made Her Drop to Her Knees 嫌我的国产车破，首长亮出甲字军牌她吓跪了 She mocked my domestic car for being a wreck. Then the commander flashed his military plate, and she dropped to her knees in terror. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 A Love That Never Forgot Its First Promise 不忘初心的爱恋 A Love That Never Forgets Its Original Promise 36Reads—Score114d adds
- 154 Best Actress, Your Lawyer Chu Is Jealous Again 影后，你家楚律师又吃醋了 Cool, stunning Best Actress vs. domineering, sharp-tongued lawyer "Both Pure" "Dating Show" "Reunion After Years Apart" "Sweet Romance" Dear readers, don’t let the low rating put you off! This book simply doesn’t have much exposure, which is why its rating is low. It’s guaranteed to be sweet! Young love is like a dazzling bubble, beautiful, yet fragile. Years pass, and they meet again. She’s a Best Actress surrounded by rumors, while he’s a renowned lawyer. They test each other, draw closer, ope 616Reads8.2Score11014d adds
- 155 He Came Walking Through the Starlight 他于星光中走来 [Showbiz + sweet romance] [Defiant award-winning actor × sensitive photographer] If Gu Sun is a bird in flight, then Qin Lizhi is his horizon. He was born in the sky, but belongs on the earth. *(No unrequited first love! No ex-girlfriend!! Both leads are each other's first and only. P.S. Readers who insist on absolute purity, beware: the male lead worked his way up to become an award-winning actor and has filmed a few brief, fleeting kissing scenes.) The whole world knows Gu Sun is in love. Ever 1.4kReads9.2Score11114d adds
- 156 The Farmer's Wife: Her Husband Returns from the Dead 农门妻：战死的夫君回来了 Ji Manjing marries Nie Qinglang, her childhood sweetheart. Three months after their wedding, her husband is conscripted and sent to the battlefield. A year later, the county sends her husband's death compensation. His body is never brought home, and Ji Manjing resigns herself to her fate. For two years, she lives on the monthly compensation, dutifully caring for her parents-in-law and raising her younger sisters-in-law. Then one day, the man who supposedly died in battle comes back, and he's 383Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 157 She Is Like the Moon in the Faraway Sky 她似天边月 (Both leads’ first love, healing each other, cool and alluring black rose vs. wild, roguish CEO pretending to be a playboy) Ye Yusu, the anonymous ex-girlfriend of a top-tier star, joins a dating reality show. The actor’s current girlfriend watches with an air of superiority, ready to mock her. At first, netizens say: [The ex must be ugly and tacky. She’s just here to embarrass herself.] Later, they say: [President Ye is gorgeous and amazing. Do I still have a chance?] Lu Nanjin is notorious in 74Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 158 The Whole Family Hears My Thoughts, and the Wealthy Family’s Facade Crumbles 全家偷听心声，豪门人设全崩了 Xu Youyou transmigrates into a book, becoming the spoiled, discarded wife of the wealthy Bo family. From the start, she’s faced with divorce. Outwardly, she sobs, “Husband, how am I supposed to live without you?” But inwardly, she’s laughing wildly: [Sign already! Once you do, I’ll take fifty million to a club and hire eight male escorts! And put some distance between myself and you, you hapless loser who’s about to go bankrupt!] The hand of Bo Siyan, a wealthy business magnate holding the pen, 293Reads6.7Score10014d adds
- 159 Help! My Abstinent CEO Steals a Kiss Every Night After We Got Married 救命！婚后，禁欲总裁每晚偷亲我 Marriage first, love later. Both leads are virgins. A fresh college graduate accidentally hit an old man with her car. The old man glanced at his eldest grandson, a CEO nearing thirty and still a bachelor, and suddenly came up with an idea. Old man: “Young lady, I won’t make you pay for the damage or the medical bills. Just give me a great-grandchild in return.” The CEO glanced at the college girl. “Has our old ancestor finally lost his marbles?” College girl: “...Is he trying to shake me dow 15Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 160 The Handsome Man in the Coffin Forced Me to Marry Him 被棺材里的美男强娶了 [A 20,000-word sweet bedtime novella: love at first sight + a fated encounter] Yan Qingluo fell off a cliff while hiking. Not only did she survive, she also got stuck with the handsome man in the coffin, who insisted that since she'd removed his talisman, she had to become his wife. A quick heads-up: This is a sweet novella with a fast-moving plot, perfect for bedtime reading. 396Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 161 Changing Plans from Morning to Evening 昭定夕改 Zheng Zhao was suddenly confessed to. The time of the incident: around ten on Sunday night. The location: the dormitory. Zheng Zhao was lying on the bed, playing on his phone with elegant ease, when it suddenly buzzed and a message popped up. The name “Han Yuqi” stood out on the chat screen. Han Yuqi wrote: “Zheng Zhao, I’m sorry to bother you so late. You’re truly a special person, and I like you. Would you consider being with me?” Zheng Zhao was stunned and bewildered, his mind going completel 2Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 162 At Nightfall, She Lures Him into Her Arms 入夜，诱她入怀 [Mutual devotion + both devoted to each other] That night, Jiang Yan gave Lu Ye her first time, but just as he thought he had the whole world, she vanished from his life without a trace. He searched for her like a man possessed, but found nothing. He swore he would make her regret it. Even if he watched her cry, he would never turn back to look at her. After nightfall, by the floor-to-ceiling window, he grips her slender waist and tempts her again and again: “We fit together so well. You won't 1.3kReads8.7Score10314d adds
- 163 Peach Ran Away 桃子跑了 [Sweet romance, rekindled love, no angst, mutual devotion, love going both ways] In the reckless days of her youth, she slept with the man she had a crush on, then left without a backward glance. Who could have guessed that years later, he’d catch her at a matchmaking event? She’d gone too far... and, afraid she’d end up in court, she ran away again… 228Reads7.7Score10514d adds
- 164 Hey, Kiddo! Your Actor Dad and Mom Are Taking You on a Parenting Variety Show 儿砸！影帝名爹和娘亲带你上娃综 [One-on-one, both leads are each other’s first, marriage before love, family reality show, livestream] [Note: The story is slow-paced and focused on everyday life, not particularly satisfying, so please consider before reading~] Lu Yu was just an ordinary R&D employee. She’d been single since birth for over twenty years, yet she was the first among all her friends to get married, and didn’t even accept a single wedding gift. She plunged into the grave of love at a young age for one reason: her m 73Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 165 My Room Allocation Was Taken from Me at the Start, So I Laughed: My Husband Became an ATM 开局被夺分房名额，我笑了：老公变ATM From the start, they took away my spot on the housing list. I laughed: my husband had become an ATM 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The Top-Tier Star’s Sword Cultivator Girlfriend 顶流的剑修女友 [Showbiz] + [Sweet Romance] + [Reborn] + [Multiple Personalities] + [Military Marriage] As a top-tier star who has been exposed for secretly being married and whose wife's background is dug into every day, Lou Jin has a lot he can't say. He just wants to see his wife, who's even busier than he is. When they finally manage to meet... he's forced to spend every day falling in love with her. With Lou Jin being choked, he says, “Honey.” “How dare you! I am Xuan Yu Jun, known as the Jian of Concealed 137Reads7.7Score10414d adds
- 167 The Veteran's Adorably Catlike Wife 老司机的喵性小娇妻 Thirty-two-year-old Chen Lirui crosses paths with the adorable catlike Zhao Miaomiao. With the tricks of an experienced flirt, he gradually draws her into his loving embrace. Their sweet romance is about to begin. (One-on-one, both leads are each other’s first, sweet and affectionate) 6Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 168 The One and Only 唯一唯一 [A-list star × ordinary woman] [He has a secret crush on her] Wen Nian and Duan Xingze went to the same university. Though they were classmates, they majored in different subjects and didn't interact much. To Wen Nian, Duan Xingze was aloof and hard to get along with. So they were little more than casual acquaintances who nodded at each other. * After graduation, Duan Xingze became a hugely popular singer, while Wen Nian followed the usual path and became a Korean translator. They thought their 6.4kReads9.1Score71814d adds
- 169 The Regent's Bandit Princess Consort 摄政王的土匪小王妃 Lan Jinyue: “Why is my life so miserable? I transmigrated and ended up as a bandit.” Lan Jinyue: “Whoa, why are you so handsome?!” The Prince Regent: “???” Lan Jinyue: “My lord, this woman seems pretty good. I suggest you give her some thought.” The Prince Regent glared at the little bandit, his eyes blazing with anger. Lan Jinyue: “My lord, why do you always come to my room?” The Prince Regent: “Because your room is nice, Yue’er.” Lan Jinyue: “My lord, why do you always sleep in my bed?” The Pr 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Bright Candles Reflecting on Snow 明烛映雪 Before I married Song Mingzhu, the Ghost General, I imagined what he looked like countless times. But when I finally saw him, all I felt was heartache. 66Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 171 The Caramel-Scented Movie Emperor 焦糖味影帝 A seemingly aloof movie star vs. a sharp-tongued female professor. After five years of a secret, long-distance marriage, they meet again. 698Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 172 Mending a Broken Relationship Is Sweeter Than Honey 破镜重圆甜如蜜 A Sweet Reunion After Breaking Up 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Little Sun 小小太阳 [Sweet Romance, Jealous Heroine, Campus Life, Comedy, Mutual Devotion, Completed] This is a true story, but real life can be far too sad, and youth comes with too many regrets. In this book, I want to give it a perfect ending. Reborn, Lu Bian has only one wish: to lavish all her love on the boy she adores. Whatever others have, he’ll have too, and even what others don’t have will be his. She’d give up her life to keep him safe forever. In her past life, she didn’t realize just how deeply the boy 20Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 174 After Meeting My Online Love, My Gaming Buddy Became a Clingy Boyfriend 网恋奔现后，我的游戏搭子成了粘人男友 After Meeting My Online Love in Person, My Gaming Buddy Became a Clingy Boyfriend —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 I Can't Believe I'm the Neighboring Big Sister's Boyfriend in the Making 我竟然是邻家姐姐的养成系男友 I Can't Believe I'm the Boyfriend My Neighboring Older Sister Is Raising 37Reads—Score114d adds
- 176 Gentle as You 温软如喻 [Not your traditional definition of a good girl + dark and double-standard, fatherly boyfriend + a little healing + mutual devotion + pure fluffy romance + direct advances + unexpected sides + not exclusively set at school] [The excitement of this story can't be summed up in an introduction. Please step inside and enjoy it for yourself.] On the second night after coming of age, Wen Tang meets a young man and gives her heart to him from that moment on. By the seaside at night, Qin Yu watches t 1.2kReads9.3Score17014d adds
- 177 A Tender Love, Just for You 予你缱绻温柔 [Secret love turned real + age gap + mutual devotion + two male leads and a female-lead couple] [Tang Yanran and Yu Chengze] A misunderstanding broke the bond between childhood sweethearts, and a year apart made their longing grow wild. When the truth finally came out, Tang Yanran used “love practice” as an excuse to cautiously draw closer to him. The push and pull as she approached and he retreated concealed the girl’s burning sincerity. After trying every trick in the book, she finally manage —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 The Big Shot Gets Clingy After Settling Down 大佬收心后超黏人 The Big Shot Becomes Super Clingy After Settling Down 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 I Set Up a Blind Date With a Soldier 相亲相到了一个兵哥哥 All her friends and besties were coupled up, while the twenty-three-year-old Su He was perfectly content on her own. Worried about her future, her mom would drop hints every time she called, mentioning which neighbor had gotten married or who had given birth to a girl. She had an excuse for everything. Su He always replied, “What do their marriages and babies have to do with me? I'm in no hurry!” Eventually, her mom gave up nagging her. So when she later heard that Su He had a boyfriend, she wen 950Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 180 A Warm Palm in the Snow Wolf's Den 雪狼窝里的掌心暖 A Warm Palm in the Snow Wolf's Den 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Poison Doctor, Mad Concubine: General, Stop Pretending 毒医狂妃：将军大人别装了 The Poison Doctor's Wild Consort: General, Stop Pretending —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 The Substitute Bride: Young Master Ling Is Delighted to Be a Dad 替嫁娇妻：凌少喜当爹 Everyone knows Gu Caowei is a modest, traditional, and honest woman. Even when her younger sister pressures her into a marriage, she meekly accepts. She may be marrying into a top-tier family with assets worth over a trillion, but unfortunately, her husband is blind. What no one expected was that Ling Chengzhe was only pretending to be blind, and that Gu Caowei was already two months pregnant before the wedding! When the pregnancy was revealed, everyone mocked her. “If that baby is Ling’s, I’ll 16Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 183 Lucky Star’s Farm Life: The Farmer’s Son Dotes on His Wife 福星种田：农门公子宠妻忙 Lucky Star Farming: The Young Master of the Farmhouse Dotes on His Wife 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 The Neighboring Big Brother Has Been Plotting This for Ages 隔壁哥哥他蓄谋已久 The Guy Next Door Has Been Scheming for Ages 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 What Do I Do When My Contract Lover Is This Sweet? 合约恋人太甜了怎么办 What Do I Do When My Contract Lover Is This Sweet? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 I Ran Away While Pregnant, but Halfway Through I Changed My Mind About Having the Baby and Went Back to Make Him Pay 孕期带球跑，跑一半不想生了回去讹他 I Ran Away While Pregnant, Then Changed My Mind About Having the Baby Halfway There and Went Back to Shake Him Down. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Blood-Red Jade: Love Reduced to Ashes in the Cycle of Rebirth 血色翡翠：轮回烬爱 Blood Jade: Love Burned to Ashes Through Reincarnation 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Be Good, Baby, and You’ll Get Candy. Run Away or Rebel, and I’ll Break Your Legs 宝贝乖乖有糖吃，逃跑造反腿打断 [Male lead with obsessive tendencies + marriage before love + groveling for forgiveness + long-planned scheme + 8-year age gap + devoted 1v1] Mi Tangtang and Ling Mohan got married on a whim. He loved her like a madman and doted on her with his whole heart. She hugged a stray dog, and Ling Mohan got jealous, slaughtered it, and tricked her into eating it. She casually lied that she was on her period, and Ling Mohan searched through her sanitary napkins. When she got pregnant, Ling Mohan actually 1.2kReads7.1Score10114d adds
- 189 Addicted to Obsession: His One and Only Salvation 偏执成瘾：他的独家救赎 Obsessive Love: His One and Only Salvation 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 The Fake Heiress Gives Up, but Her Younger Boyfriend Spoils Her Rotten 摆烂假千金，被年下弟弟惯坏了 The Carefree Fake Heiress Gets Spoiled by Her Younger Brother 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 You’re All I See 眉眼所及皆是你 Yan Yan was gentle to the core. He gave people the feeling of a spring breeze, while to Qiao Mai, it was love at first sight that lasted a lifetime. And in private, only Qiao Mai knew that he was a master of sweet talk, capable of making her knees go weak in seconds. Sweet line one: “What gift would you like? I’ll mail it to you,” Qiao Mai said. There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone before he continued, “Qiao Qiao, do you know an old saying?” “What saying?” She was completely s 1.4kReads9.4Score13514d adds
- 192 My Husband and Cousin's Past Shattered My Heart 被老公和堂姐的过往伤透了心 Heartbroken by Her Husband’s Past with Her Cousin 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Concubine's Scheme: A Talented Woman's Face-Slapping Revenge 庶女谋：才女打脸记 I am Li Shuying, the peerless beauty and talented young woman whom everyone in the capital admires. Yet because of a concubine-born daughter with a different soul, I became a laughingstock throughout the city. She recites the poem Bring in the Wine and whips up mandarin-duck hot pot. Even my childhood sweetheart and fiancé has fallen under her spell. Everyone mocks me: “So much for the capital's greatest talent. You can't even outshine a good-for-nothing concubine's daughter!” Little do they kno 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 After Rejecting the Crown Prince, I Was Courted by Someone Else 拒婚太子后，我被人求娶了 Before the imperial marriage decree, the Crown Prince said he was marrying me only for my family's status. If that's the case, I don't need to be Crown Princess. Fate has its own designs. As it turns out, the person I was looking for from the very beginning was never the Crown Prince. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Born as the Legitimate Daughter, I’m Doted on Without End 穿成嫡女宠不休 I’m Su Ruojun. I was transported into a historical romance novel I’d read, becoming the cannon-fodder villainess whose life was stolen by her reborn legitimate older sister, and who was disfigured and tortured to death. In my previous life, she climbed over my corpse to ascend the throne as empress. In this life, she returned reborn and sneered as she tried to shove me into a pit of fire. “Crown Princess? You’re only fit to marry a wastrel!” But what she didn’t know was this: I had a modern supe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Sandalwood Bones 檀骨 I was a wild weed, but thanks to a benevolent master, I took human form. When we met again, he had become the revered Imperial Preceptor. I said I wanted to repay him, but he told me humans and demons belonged to different worlds. Later, his eyes reddened as he pinned me beneath him, calling me little demon over and over... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Heroine's Dream Script: A Chambermaid's Rise to Female Imperial Preceptor 爽文女主剧本：通房丫鬟逆袭女国师 I was a bedchamber maid offered up by my own mother to the beds of the powerful. Then, on a rainy night in a mass grave, I tore open my scabbed wounds and was reborn. Everyone laughed at my deluded hopes of currying favor with the capital’s most eligible young master. They didn’t know I gripped a bloodstained pen, using every stroke to rip away the aristocratic clans’ pretense of respectability and climbing over their backs to become the empire’s first female Imperial Preceptor. I would make eve —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Addicted to Being Your Substitute: The Princess's Replacement Lover 替爱成瘾：长公主的替身男宠 A man often appears in my dreams. Dressed all in black, he kneels before me and calls me A Li. I searched the entire capital, but all I found was an unfaithful counterfeit. If he’s not the right one, then I’ll find another. If one won’t do, I’ll try two. If two won’t do, then three. One of them is bound to be the right one. Later, just when I thought I’d finally found him, the Third Prince of Jing appeared. Why does he look so much like him, too? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 The Bandit's Wife Isn't Getting Away 压寨夫人休想逃 A year ago, I saw a woman in trouble and drew my sword to save her. It was love at first sight. A year later, I reunited with my beauty, but this wasn’t a chance encounter. It was a trap. Why were there two brides on my wedding night? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Reborn as the Villainess, I Changed My Fate with My Dancing Skills 穿成恶毒女配后，我靠舞技逆天改命 On my first day reincarnated as the villainess, I kicked aside the original script. The second male lead was brooding and possessive? The heroine was a fake innocent? The hero was blind and heartless? Fine. I’d be the villain! “I tore up my fragile-little-flower act and pinned the second male lead against the throne on the eve of his coronation. ‘Jiang Li, either marry me or kill me. Pick one.’ “Later, the history books recorded: Empress Wen Cheng, née Su, conquered the realm with a single dance —Reads—Score—14d adds
