Novels like A 40-Day Engagement: The Tycoon Called It Off, Then Renewed It
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- 101 A Private Kiss Beneath the Gardenia 私吻栀子 The short drama adaptation of Private Kiss of the Gardenia, with the same title, is coming soon. We hope you'll show it lots of support~ Intangible Cultural Heritage Suzhou Embroidery inheritor × upright, steady, and stern big shot Delicate yet resilient beauty from Jiangnan × self-disciplined young master from an old family Seven-year age gap | Marriage before love | One-on-one, both untouched * As the Gu family's sole heir, Gu Zhili was taught the virtues of a gentleman from childhood. Ever si 11.2kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 102 A Love That’s Real 确有情 [Part Two Has Been Updated] Yang Huiqing spent many years abroad. The first thing she did after returning home was insist on marrying Ji Qinglin. Just how little did the two of them know each other? They didn't meet until the day of their wedding photoshoot, and neither of them even had the other's contact information. She had assumed that in this marriage of convenience, forged for the benefit of their families, they would at most treat each other with polite respect. But who could have guessed 11.8kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 103 A Wife Is Never Tiring: Lord Lou, I Was Wrong! 妻不厌诈：娄爷，我错了！ Lou Tianqin, the domineering, unruly king of business, has actually gotten married, and his bride is none other than Jiang Xiaomi, an unknown paparazzo. On their wedding night, he abandons his wife to visit his comatose ex-girlfriend, who has just awakened. Jiang Xiaomi spends the whole night playing mahjong with a mixed-race man, then declares without a shred of guilt, “We each do our own thing.” Five years later, the petite woman nestles in his arms. “Honey, I'm still a little short of my targ 9.7kReads9.3Score83314d adds
- 104 The Fun Side of Teacher Xu's Lessons 徐老师的教学趣事 Teacher Xu's Funny Classroom Stories 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Sailing Together 共舟行 [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 2.4kReads—Score13714d adds
- 106 The Warlord's Cherished Bride: Marshal, Come Here! 军阀权宠：大帅，你过来！ [The short drama of the same name, The Marshal, Come Here, is now streaming] In the years of the Republic, war and chaos swept the land, and each warlord ruled his own territory. The day Su City fell, Qiao Wan was treated like a piece of cargo and offered to the new ruler of the three northwestern provinces. They said Ninth Master Ji was cold-blooded and ruthless, and that he had caused the deaths of three wives. He was a man cursed by fate. Ji Shiyan strolled out from beneath the hanging-flower 9kReads9.4Score94714d adds
- 107 The Seventh Door of Mother 妈妈的第七扇门 For a long time, I never understood my mother’s past. This was the first time I had looked so deeply back on her life: one generation of women interpreting another. In the 1990s, my eighteen-year-old mother left a small mountain village in Nanyang and headed alone for the glittering city. A scrap of gum wrapper brought her face to face with the calamity of her life: Liu Dawang. And so the door to her fate opened. She made a living in urban villages and hotpot restaurants, leaning on her best fr 631Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Wah! The Aloof Young Marshal I Kidnapped Is Secretly Raising a Little One 呜！我绑来的清冷少帅偷养小崽崽 [Interstellar] When Lin Yan wakes up with amnesia, she discovers she has a husband: the young marshal of a neighboring nation whom she once abducted by force... “I won't hurt you again.” At first, Lin Yan only wants to make it up to Shi Du. But when her bloodlust flares, she still can't help clutching him tight and sinking her little fangs into his skin. Afterward, Lin Yan is overcome with regret. “Maybe... we should get divorced after all?” Shi Du's expression turns cold as he buttons his cloth 4.1kReads9.1Score38114d adds
- 109 Snow-Stained Longing 雪染为念 [A reunion only to say goodbye? A star-crossed love blooms in the snowy borderlands] [Battle-hardened border guard and aid-work doctor + reunion after a long separation + rekindled love + defending the borderlands] A friendly note: This story moves between two periods of time, told in alternating sections. “The border is too harsh. Don't come after me...” “Wei Yunzhou, if you dare marry me, I'll dare say yes!” Jiang Zhiyue said, her eyes red with tears. Two years later, she found him again at th 2.8kReads9.3Score26614d adds
- 110 After an Unexpected Pregnancy: Mr. Bo Is Truly Irresistible 意外怀孕后：薄总他真香了 (The print edition goes on sale across major platforms on May 10) [Both leads are each other's first and only] [Marriage Before Love] He was the eldest son of the immensely wealthy Bo family, hot-tempered, brooding, and not to be crossed. She was only the housekeeper's daughter. By a twist of fate, they spent one reckless night together, and she became pregnant. She became the well-behaved granddaughter-in-law of Old Madam Bo. She also became, in his eyes, a shameless woman after his money. Bo X 20.2kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
- 111 A Kiss at Our First Meeting! 第一次见面就亲亲！ [Now being published] [A sweet girl who uses her beauty to get her way × a cool guy who says one thing but secretly enjoys another] The day after her eighteenth birthday, Jiang Lezhi unexpectedly discovers that she can't speak. She spends three years as a little mute, thinking she'll be silent for the rest of her life. Then, by chance, she accidentally kisses that arrogant, icy guy. And something amazing happens: after three years without a voice, she can suddenly speak again! She thinks all is 21.5kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 112 The Darling of Her Eleven Brothers: The Top-Tier Star's Little Flirt 11个哥哥团团宠：顶流影帝小撩精 The Nie family’s granddaughter has finally been found! The old master gives the order: “Spoil her! Spoil her as much as you can!” CEO eldest brother: “Use the black card as much as you like. Make whatever trouble you want, I’ll handle it.” Sharpshooter second brother: “You can have my medals, my honors, and even my life.” Top singer fifth brother: “I only like three things: diamonds, music, and my little sister.” National basketball player seventh brother: “Ninth sis, come here for a hug and a l 4.8kReads9.3Score71914d adds
- 113 Marriage Becomes an Addiction 婚久成瘾 [Mutually Exclusive First Love, Romantic Tension, Instinctive Attraction, Older Man] Xie Guihe, the powerful head of the Xie family, is consumed by ambition. Ruthless in everything he does, he has no intention of ever marrying. A high-profile arranged marriage brings him and Lu Meng, the Lu family's heiress, to the registry office. They each get what they need, or so they think. But somewhere along the way, he ends up losing his heart. 1. At first, he is cold and indifferent: "No feelings involv 37.1kReads8.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 114 Fleeing with the Summer Breeze 携夏风出逃 [From secret crush to mutual love + both pursue each other + healing and redemption + slow-burn romance + light ensemble cast] When she was fifteen, a boy swept into Si Qing’s world without warning, carried on the orange-gold summer breeze. Qi Fang came from one of the most illustrious families in the capital. With the carefree air of a playboy, he seemed to never let his gaze linger on anyone. When she started university, a video of Si Qing speaking as the freshman representative was posted to 31.3kReads9.4Score4.7k14d adds
- 115 Mr. Gu's Everyday Spoiling of His Wife 顾先生的宠妻日常 Shi Qi grew up adored by everyone. For the first twenty years, she was the heiress of the Shi family; after that, she became the wife Gu Hanshen cherished in the palm of his hand. Shi Qi has been Gu Hanshen’s wife for five years, yet she still can’t forget her first love, the one she holds in her heart. Everyone knows Shi Qi doesn’t love Gu Hanshen. When she sees the disgusting mask her first love has been hiding behind, Shi Qi finally decides to treat the person by her side properly. But wait, 11.4kReads9.1Score88814d adds
- 116 The Legendary Han Xin, the Greatest General of All Time 千古第一将韩信之千古传奇 Han Xin was born a beggar, so where did he learn his astonishing military strategies? Where did he master such superb swordsmanship? How did he win every battle without a single defeat? Why were his victories so decisive, with large-scale clashes against his opponents so rare? How were his battlefield instincts and judgments so precise? This book recounts every one of Han Xin’s legendary exploits in detail. 3.9kReads8.4Score35314d adds
- 117 The Old Hand and the Spitfire 老油条和小辣椒 At eighteen, Zuo Luo flirted with the rugged owner of the hotpot restaurant by her school, Boss Shi. Later, he became her very own Old Shi. At thirty, Shi Jingzhan was approached by a pretty young girl. Later, that pretty young girl became his girl. A romance with a twelve-year age gap. I really, truly like you. 15.6kReads9.4Score2.1k14d adds
- 118 The Capital’s Power Player, His Wife’s One and Only 京圈大佬，独宠娇妻 [Marriage first, deep love later + sweet romance + scheming male lead + regretful groveling + age gap] Su Tong never imagined her own father could be so blinded by greed that he’d use her as a bargaining chip and heartlessly send her to the bed of Gu Tingshen, a powerful figure in the capital’s elite circles. Gu Tingshen was notorious among the capital’s elite for being abstinent and calculating, intensely controlling, cold, domineering, and sharp-tongued. Everyone treated him with awe and fear. 1.8kReads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Back from Northern Myanmar, I Marry a Beijing Tycoon 缅北归来，我嫁给京圈大佬 [Forced Marriage + Powerful Tycoon’s Relentless Pursuit + Sweet Age-Gap Romance] After her boyfriend betrays her, Li Shiqi is sold to northern Myanmar. In her darkest hour, she happens upon Mu Tingye, the capital’s most powerful business tycoon, and only then manages to escape. Having fled a living hell, she is instead forced into marriage by the aloof, celibate business magnate. At first, Mu Tingye only wants to keep her under his thumb. But before long, he falls head over heels and spoils her 218Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Sweet Little Wife Dropped from the Sky: The CEO Uncle Dotes on Her 空降小甜妻：霸总大叔宠上瘾 The short drama is now available. Just search for the protagonist’s name! [Married first, fall in love later + Devoted husband + Two powerful figures pretending after marriage] [After their sudden marriage, the billionaire CEO finally shows his true colors!] Kicked out of her home, poor real heiress Yu Zheng marries the domineering CEO in a whirlwind wedding. His sweet, obedient little wife is soft and easy to push around, while her rich, domineering older husband is strong and full of energy. H 5.7kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 121 I Restored the Capital’s Tycoon’s Sight, and He Spoils Me Rotten 我让京圈大佬复明，他把我狠狠宠 [Substitute marriage, love after marriage, ex-husband’s redemption, sweet romance, both leads are virgins] Huo Jingchen had a fiery temper, devastating looks, and a decisive, domineering way of doing things. He was arrogant and unruly, with a strong streak of tsundere pride. He was recognized throughout the business world as a genius, famous for his ruthlessness and cunning. His decisive, ruthless methods earned him the nickname “Living Yama,” and made his business rivals tremble at the mere men 1.2kReads—Score10014d adds
- 122 My Flash-Marriage Husband Is Actually a Trillionaire CEO 闪婚老公，竟是千亿总裁 4.9kReads—Score17014d adds
- 123 I Woke Up My Husband from His Vegetative State 我让植物人老公苏醒 [Love after marriage + age gap + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + powerful man lowering his head] Su Tong is the Su family’s adopted daughter. Clever from a young age, she excelled in school and graduated from Harvard, becoming an outstanding neurosurgeon. The Su family’s biological daughter, Su Shishi, refuses to honor the betrothal arranged for her when she was young and marry Huo Yunzhou, a business magnate from Haicheng who has been in a vegetative state since a car accident. So her adop 2.1kReads8.0Score15014d adds
- 124 The Abstinent Tycoon Is Addicted to Me 禁欲大佬对我上瘾 [1v1 sweet romance + both leads are devoted to each other + powerful man lowers his head] After getting drunk, Sheng Yanxi accidentally wandered into the presidential suite of Ling Jingchen, the fearsome “tyrant” of Hancheng. After one reckless night, she woke up, saw the outline of the man beside her, and was scared out of her wits. It was Ling Jingchen! The cold-faced tyrant whose slightest stomp could make all of Hancheng tremble! While he was still asleep, she fled in a panic. Ling Jingchen 2.9kReads—Score12714d adds
- 125 Reborn and Doted on by Everyone: The Powerful Beauty Has a Sweet Side 重生团宠：大佬娇妻有点甜 [Main story complete] [Everyone’s favorite + secret identities + doting brother + comedy + sweet romance] In her previous life, Chu Ziyan was an idiot. She trusted a scumbag and a vile woman, bringing ruin to her family and even causing the death of the man who loved her more than life itself. Reborn, she regains her beauty and intelligence, and sets out to crush her enemies and win the support of powerful allies. The influential people around her carefully protect her. Her business tycoon eldes 37.9kReads9.4Score2.6k14d adds
- 126 On Our Wedding Night, My Comatose Husband Put His Arm Around My Waist 新婚夜，植物人老公搂住我的腰 [Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Husband Chasing His Wife + Both Chaste] Tong Yao is forced to take her twin sister’s place and marry Gu Jingchen, a former business tycoon who is now in a vegetative state. The whole city pities her, believing she will spend her life as a wife in name only. But on their wedding night, the sleeping man suddenly wraps an arm around her waist. The once decisive king of the business world wakes up and takes back his immense power. Everyone wait 3.6kReads6.6Score28414d adds
- 127 I Found 100,000 Yuan Under the Mattress and Finally Understood My Late Wife's Intentions 床垫下翻出十万块，我才懂亡妻的苦心 I found a hundred thousand yuan hidden under the mattress, and only then did I understand my late wife's painstaking intentions. 585Reads—Score10314d adds
- 128 Heart-Pounding Game! Young Master Bo, the Tycoon's Heir, Can't Handle It 心动游戏！财阀薄爷他玩不起 Shen Zhiyi marries into the elite Bo family as a bride meant to bring good fortune to her sick husband. In everyone's eyes, she's the perfect daughter-in-law: refined and gentle. Bo Yu's first verdict on Shen Zhiyi: two words, “All an act.” His second verdict: “A fake woman, not worth mentioning.” Later, people see the once all-powerful Master Bo gripping his wife's hand and desperately explaining the awful things he said in a recording, begging her again and again to forgive him. Later still, M 19.4kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 129 After I Transmigrate Into a Book, I Flirt Recklessly with the Obsessive Villain 穿书后在偏执反派的心尖肆意撩火 [Sweet romance, playful flirting, and pure feel-good indulgence!] Jiang Chuyi, a sweet-voiced, soft-hearted top-tier star, transmigrates into a book. When she wakes up, she has to face a divorce showdown with the powerful villain, and the prospect of being tortured to death! To stay alive, she pulls out all the stops to fan the flames in his heart. The man, once obsessive and violent, pins her in his arms and murmurs in a voice that makes her melt, “Baby, if you’re going to tease me, you have to 7.3kReads9.3Score74714d adds
- 130 The Temptress 尤物 The print edition of The Enchantress will be released on March 25 at 8 p.m. (A devoted one-on-one romance, with both leads each other’s first and only.) Zhou Yi is notorious in their circle for being a shameless playboy. Everyone thinks he cares about pleasure, not feelings. That is, until a video leaks one day. In it, Zhou Yi looks like a devout believer, clasping a woman’s slender wrist in his hand. His eyes are filled with fervor and tenderness as he murmurs in a low, hoarse voice, “Jiang Yin 4kReads9.5Score87214d adds
- 131 Be Good, Love Me for Real: Ye Bao Has Made Lord Pei Cry with Affection Again 乖，认真爱我：野宝又把裴爷宠哭 [Strong heroine + devoted, mutually doting couple + intense flirting + sweet and satisfying romance + mutual healing] Before she died, he loved and cherished her, even disfiguring himself and becoming paralyzed for her, but she knew nothing of it and gave her heart to the wrong man. Reborn, she saw the truth clearly and turned back without hesitation to save him in body and soul, and cure his disability. She announced to the whole world, “This is my man, in this life and every life to come.” She 5.4kReads9.4Score63514d adds
- 132 Day and Night, I Obsess Over You 日夜妄想 [Marriage before love + two powerful leads taking down scumbags + mutual secret crushes + world-class stubbornness + two scene-stealing power players] He’s a cold-blooded business tycoon, with enough rumored girlfriends to fill ten mahjong tables. She’s a ruthless heiress from a prominent family, with admirers and followers lined up all the way to Paris. A marriage of convenience, with each side keeping their distance. On the rooftop, they smoked side by side. Jiang Chenglin asked, “Ever conside 7.9kReads9.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 133 Don't Mess with a 42-Year-Old Woman: She's Got All the Evidence 别惹42岁姐姐，她手里全是证据 Don't Mess with This 42-Year-Old Woman, She Has Evidence on Everyone 409Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 On Our Wedding Night, I Woke My Husband from His Coma 新婚夜，我让植物人老公苏醒了 [Marriage before love + winning her back after breaking her heart + age gap + sweet romance + scheming male lead] Her older sister was suffering from kidney failure and urgently needed money for a transplant. Jiang Yawei swallowed her pride and went home to beg her scumbag father to pay for the surgery, only to catch her boyfriend of three years kissing Jiang Feifei, her half-sister. Her father and stepmother seized the chance to hold her sister’s life-saving money over her head, forcing her to 1.9kReads—Score13514d adds
- 135 After My Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke, I Found 800,000 Under Her Bed 婆婆中风后，我在她床底翻出了八十万 After My Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke, I Found 800,000 Yuan Under Her Bed 208Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Relationship Between Day and Night 昼夜关系 Nan Zhi saw Fu Hanzhou again at her boyfriend’s party. What began between them was reckless, and what kept them together was surrender. A game for adults, a duel between two players. A dark game where no one makes it out alive. "Day and Night" 33.7kReads9.4Score4k14d adds
- 137 My Ex's Stupidity Tax: His Wife Valued at 200,000 前夫哥的智商税：老婆估值二十万 The Ex-Husband's Stupidity Tax: His Wife Is Worth 200,000 441Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 After Wandering into the Changing Room, I Had a Cool Coach Chasing Me Down to Teach Me to Swim 误闯更衣室后，高冷教练追着教我游泳 After Wandering into the Locker Room, the Ice-Cold Coach Keeps Chasing Me to Teach Me How to Swim 614Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed That Ghost King Nine Times 诡梦缠情：我杀了那尊鬼王九次 Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed the Ghost King Nine Times 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Professor Pei, Can You Actually Handle It? 裴教授，你行不行啊 A heart-meltingly sweet romance: an age gap, marriage first and love later, one-on-one and devoted, featuring a refined yet wicked professor and a quirky heiress. Scene One: Ye Yuncheng gazed pitifully at Pei Xiuyan. “Honey, I haven’t finished my homework. You know our counselor pretty well. Could you ask her not to check it, please?” Pei Xiuyan pressed his lips together and said nothing. But the next day, the counselor checked only Ye Yuncheng’s homework... When Pei Xiuyan came home from work, 13.9kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 141 I Married My Secret Crush First, Then Fell in Love 和暗恋对象先婚后爱了 A cold, abstinent, jealous CEO who’s a devoted husband x an adorable employee Marriage first, love later · secret crush becomes mutual · sweet pampering / one-on-one, first love for both, both pure At twenty-five, Jiang Mansheng married the high school heartthrob she had secretly loved. Back then, Lu Qichen came from a wealthy family and was exceptionally handsome, a favored child of heaven whom everyone envied. Jiang Mansheng, by contrast, was quiet and mild-mannered, just an ordinary girl fro 10.2kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 142 A Date with the Campus Belle 校花有约 A Date with the Campus Belle 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 President Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment 顾总，请配合治疗 Mr. Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment 680Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Tycoon’s Sweetheart: Darling, Be Good and Spoil Me 财阀小甜妻：老公，乖乖宠我 Jiang Chenyu, the business world's emperor, swore he would never marry. Then one day, he was saddled with a sweet little wife, and Young Master Jiang began a whole new chapter of his life! “CEO, your wife smashed up the Wei family’s place.” “Has she calmed down?” “Not yet...” “Get a few more people over there to help her.” “CEO, your wife got into a fight and sent someone to the hospital.” “Is she satisfied?” “No.” The man kept working. “Carry on.” One day, when he heard that she’d gotten into a 87.4kReads9.4Score3.2k14d adds
- 145 A Life Full of Joy 一笙有喜 [A breathtaking beauty, a fallen heiress, VS a refined, aloof heir to a powerful Beijing family. Marriage first, love later + sweet romance + clear-headed heroine] After a sudden upheaval, Song Xi has no choice but to marry the refined, aloof heir to the Qiao family. At first, though, the two are like needle and wheat: neither can stand the other. Who could have guessed that they’d later be so sweet together? Their friends all complained, “Leave us single people a way to live!” One day, Presiden 33.3kReads9.5Score3.6k14d adds
- 146 Caught Them in the Act, Then Scalded Someone with Boiling Water 撞破好事，滚水烫人 Caught Them in the Act, Got Scalded with Boiling Water 729Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Room 302: A Wage Earner Clears His Father's Name Against All Odds 合租302：打工仔逆风洗清家父冤案 Roommates in 302: A Wage Earner Clears His Father's Name Against All Odds 818Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Foolish Doctor of the Countryside, Protecting Sweetgrass Alone 乡野痴医，独护香草 Framed by the village bully and shoved into a deep pool, the simple-minded Er Zhu unexpectedly unlocks his family's ancestral medical arts! With a single hand, he wields miraculous needles to save children and punish troublemakers. He may seem dim-witted in public, but behind the scenes, he is ruthless. In this life, he is determined to protect Xiang Cao. Not one villain will get away! 2.1kReads8.3Score18214d adds
- 149 Oxygen Deprivation 缺氧 Who is Tang Wu? The Tang family's least-loved illegitimate daughter. Apart from her talented hands for painting, all she has is a pretty face. Who is Huo Yunshen? The third son of the Huo family, and the most eligible bachelor in all of Binhai City, pursued by countless women. When they first met, Tang Wu summoned all her courage and offered herself to Huo Yunshen. At the time, Huo Yunshen thought women were fussy, troublesome, and noisy. It wasn't until their lavish wedding, when Tang Wu leaped 1.1kReads9.0Score34114d adds
- 150 On My Wedding Night, I Revived a Comatose Tycoon 新婚夜，我救活了植物人大佬 [Marriage First, Love Later] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Scheming Male Lead] Jiang Yan grew up in a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. From childhood, she studied medicine under her grandparents, both seasoned physicians, and mastered the art of acupuncture. However, fate had other plans. Her father's company was on the brink of collapse, and to save it, she was forced to marry Lu Jingming, a business genius who had been left in a vegetative state by a car accident. Known for h 2.5kReads6.8Score14814d adds
