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- 1 A Bite of Peach 蜜桃咬一口 89Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 2 Midnight Rose 午夜玫瑰 At the celebratory party, her superstar boyfriend passionately kisses the leading actress from his production. Drunk, Li Xiang turns around and finds herself a man. They spend a passionate night together. To her surprise, the next time they meet, he's her boyfriend's uncle. On her boyfriend's mother's behalf, he offers her a check. “Here's five million. Leave my nephew.” Li Xiang's beautiful, lacquered nails pick up the check. She smiles seductively. “Mr. Huo, is it? I can leave your nephew, sur 1.8kReads8.9Score20114d adds
- 3 So Sweet! I Found a Brooding Tycoon, Married Him on a Whim, and Got Spoiled Rotten 甜爆！捡到阴郁大佬闪婚被宠疯了 Song Zhinuan found a man outside her villa and, unable to resist his good looks, brought him home and hid him in her little attic. When he woke up, she threatened him fiercely. “I saved you, so you have to repay me by giving yourself to me. Show me your ID. I’m going to keep you, and I’ll pay you this much every month!” Huo Beixiao glanced at the girl’s fair, delicate palm and raised an eyebrow. “Five million. Deal.” Song Zhinuan bristled. “Five thousand a month, not a cent more!” In Song Zhinua 7.3kReads8.7Score70914d adds
- 4 When He Smiles, the Entire Dynasty Comes In for a Kiss 他一笑，整个王朝都吻了上来 [Signed for print publication] [Two male leads + pure hatred + love and mutual destruction + political intrigue + groveling redemption + happy ending] The day Shen Zui died, the kingdom celebrated an age of peace and prosperity. The dashing, white-robed flower thief who wore willow leaves in his hair and roamed the martial world was, in truth, the fugitive crown prince and last heir of the fallen dynasty. Terrifying, isn’t it? As a long sword pierced his body, Shen Zui bit hard behind the man’s 8.5kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 5 After We Reunited, My Ex-Boyfriend the Homicide Detective Became My Neighbor 重逢后，刑警前男友成了我邻居 [The print edition, “When Your Neighbor Is Your Ex, Our Reunion Feels Like Yesterday,” is now available] [Reunion After a Long Separation] [Mending a Broken Relationship] [Both Leads Have No Previous Relationships] [The Cold-Faced Male Lead Does the Laundry] [Happy Ending] What is it like to be summoned to the police station for writing steamy stories and run into your ex-boyfriend of five years? Li An never imagined she would see Qi Yan again under these circumstances. She was mortified! Even m 32.8kReads8.3Score3.9k14d adds
- 6 Big Brother, Kiss Me 哥哥，你吻我一下 (Main story complete) [Mutual pining | A playboy turns over a new leaf | Campus redemption | Both leads are each other’s one and only, 1v1] Shen Xijing is a notorious playboy. He and his girlfriends each do as they please, with no strings attached. His buddy’s niece is always hanging around him, but he never makes a move on her. Until one day, his little niece gets drunk and tugs at his shirt. “Big brother, will you kiss me?” 11.5kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 7 A Vermilion Kiss 朱砂吻 [The print edition of Stars Falling into the Deep Sea is now available] [Devoted to each other | Mutual pining | Campus sweet romance] [Pure love at first | Love later] [Cool, cocky troublemaker] x [Sweet-tempered, gentle girl] At the beginning of the story, they fell for each other's cinnabar moles. By the end, they were kissing those same marks. Blurb: Tang Shi was a handsome, cocky troublemaker who did whatever he pleased. He had topped the entrance exam that year and was the “top dog” in the 18.1kReads9.5Score2.6k14d adds
- 8 Secretly Stolen Summer 偷藏湿夏 The print edition of Stealing Away the Damp Summer is now available. The short drama and comic adaptation are also online. [Arrogant, flirtatious young heir from a distinguished family vs. sweet, high-achieving girl] [Two top students + once met in middle school + the male lead falls first] Just as her freshman year begins, Song Qian manages to offend Jiang University’s most famous figure. First, she knocks Xie Yanchi’s coffee flying. Then, the underwear she hung out to dry falls right onto his 32.8kReads9.0Score3.4k14d adds
- 9 Don’t Stand on Tiptoe! I’ll Bend Down 别踮脚！我低头 [The physical edition of Don’t Stand on Tiptoe, I’ll Bend Down is now available at major retailers] [Sickeningly sweet and lighthearted + devoted couple + healing romance + wild, doting love + campus life] Pampered, carefree heiress ✖️ wicked, arrogant bad-boy heir “Ow! Stop touching me…” Ji Shuyi glared through teary, pink-rimmed eyes at the “big bad wolf” looming over her. She sniffed reproachfully. “You’re always picking on me!” They say Jiang Cheng of Jing University’s Law School is arrogant 11.2kReads9.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 10 I Refuse to Farm Favorability 我是不会刷好感度的 [Publication rights acquired] Nobody's Collecting Affection Points in This Tragic Romance A laid-back, sharp-tongued beauty with a flirtatious streak, the bottom X a cold, nasty, high-status top * Transmigrated into an old-school tragic romance as a disposable male supporting character. An abusive father, a biased mother, a scheming younger brother, and a deeply conservative family. Xu Ruoti: You don't have to drive me to my death. I'll do it myself. * His violent father attacks his spineless mo 30.2kReads9.4Score4.8k14d adds
- 11 After Transmigrating into the Movie Star's Dog, I Became a Huge Hit in Showbiz 穿成影帝养的狗后我红透娱乐圈 [Completed] [Faithful couple, one-on-one romance, light comedy. The female lead’s soul enters a dog’s body, and the male lead can hear her voice. She’ll return to her own body ╭(╯ε╰)╮ Super sweet!!!] Li Zhao was a nobody in showbiz. After five years of struggling to make it, she was finally nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Sail Awards. Little did she know that a sudden car accident would send her soul into a dog’s body! Li Zhao: I #%*%#× (the cursing continues) Fine, she was a 9.9kReads9.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 12 Stop Smoking and Hold Me 别吸烟了，抱抱我 [Print edition coming soon] Sweet, soft-hearted girl x wild bad boy who's all talk Zhou Zhi is a notorious playboy in the capital, yet He Ru falls for him. Outside a bar, the man has a cigarette between his lips and a teasing look on his face. “I'm never going to like you.” After pursuing him for so long with no success, He Ru decides to stop liking this playboy. Who would have thought this scoundrel would come chasing after her? “I want to give us a try.” He Ru blinks. “Hmm? Try what?” Zhou Zhi 7.6kReads9.3Score83914d adds
- 13 My Boyfriend Is Insecure and Cries Easily. How Could He Be the Villain? 男友自卑又爱哭，怎么可能是反派 [Devoted and equally powerful couple + mildly scary infinite worlds + indulgent wish fulfillment] [They seem perfectly normal on the outside, but both are crazy inside. The heroine trains her man like a dog, while the hero is insecure and pitiful.] Yu Li and her boyfriend had known each other for four years and been together for three. They were deeply in love. Her boyfriend was gentle and considerate. Aside from being a little clingy and insecure sometimes, and always wanting her to watch horro 30.3kReads9.5Score4.8k14d adds
- 14 My Landlord Is a Pop Idol 我的房东是偶像歌手 Gu Zhinan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an online novelist. Could his beautiful landlady really be a washed-up idol singer? One day, she leaves her guitar in the living room... "I can't write songs. I'm just a novelist. I was only messing around." That is, until his landlady is left stunned by the song Gu Zhinan wrote. "Didn't you say you couldn't write songs?" "I know a little, I know a little." 52.4kReads9.2Score5.8k14d adds
- 15 Irresistibly Tempting! Master Shao’s White Moonlight Is Wild and Unhinged 极限撩惹！邵爷的白月光又疯又野 [Two Male Leads, 1v1, Mutual Devotion, Both Strong] [Cold, world-weary, sharp-tongued beauty and mercenary powerhouse vs. the domineering, spoiled young heir of Beijing's elite] Shen Qingyan, the illegitimate son of Beijing's wealthy Shen family, looked delicate and soft, but was astonishingly skilled in a fight. After years abroad, his return sent Beijing's elite circles into a frenzy: “The Shao family's young heir's unattainable first love is back?!” Shen Qingyan opened a browser and silently 33.1kReads9.6Score4.4k14d adds
- 16 Locust Tree Breeze 槐风 (Print edition published) [Both leads are each other's first love + happy ending + roguishly handsome boy vs. unruly girl + blunt and direct, with both leads speaking their minds] He first met Tang Yi in Tongcheng. That summer, he had won first place in the physics Olympiad. He was strolling through the streets, idly exploring the unfamiliar city, the medal still warm in his pocket and everything around him feeling fresh and new. His gaze came to rest on a young girl not far ahead. In a pale yel 37.3kReads9.4Score6.1k14d adds
- 17 The Eleventh Spring of My Secret Love 暗恋他的第十一年春 51.3kReads9.6Score7.5k14d adds
- 18 Please Love Me Openly 求你明恋我 [The print edition is now available. Search for A Confession I Couldn’t Hide to get a signed copy] [Roguishly handsome, irresistible Jin Zhuo x sweet, alluring Qin Yingxia] [Both Pure + College Romance + Secret Crush Becomes Mutual + Sweet Romance + Light Ensemble Cast] Qin Yingxia had been secretly in love with Jin Zhuo for seven years. She worked as hard as she could to get into Imperial University, all so she could be a little closer to him. On the first day of school, she accidentally took t 50.5kReads9.5Score7.8k14d adds
- 19 Don’t Mess with His Little Darling 别惹他的小可怜 [Print edition now available] [Published under the title Blazing Sun] [Cocky, unruly, flirtatious young master from Beijing’s elite circles x delicate yet resilient top student who’s been bullied] [Campus Romance x Healing x Top Students x Mutual Devotion] Tang Yu is the top student at Qingyuan High School, but she has endured years of bullying. When she’s driven to the brink, she sets her sights on the new transfer student. He’s cocky enough and wild enough. That day, bruised from head to toe, 47.8kReads9.5Score7.7k14d adds
- 20 Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉 (The print edition is now available) [Love after marriage, age gap, slow-burn everyday sweetness] *A gentle beauty from a family of scholars × a refined, fatherly man *A comic artist with a billion in assets × an influential Beijing aristocrat and chamber of commerce chairman Chu Shuang knew from childhood that she was promised to the Sheng family of the imperial capital, but she had never met her fiancé. Later, by a twist of fate, she moved into the Sheng residence and met her friend’s older br 134.8kReads9.5Score15.5k14d adds
- 21 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the 78.3kReads9.4Score13k14d adds
- 22 EN Oh No! The Little Zombie Accidentally Became a Big Shot 糟糕！小丧尸一不小心就成了大佬 [Apocalypse x food hoarding x devoted couple x sweet romance x little zombie heroine x super badass, high-output hero] Torrential rain, typhoons, tsunamis, thunderstorms, the disappearance of Earth's magnetic field, zombies, monsters, supernatural abilities, and more... Congratulations, you've entered the main storyline of the apocalypse. The whole world is about to be reshuffled. From here on, survival depends on your life, your luck, and yourself. - While everyone else is still screaming in a 76kReads9.5Score10.4k14d adds
- 23 Starlight Out of Control 失控星光 [The print edition of Uncontrolled Starlight goes on sale nationwide on May 30] [Two male leads + secret love + entertainment industry + younger man + rekindled romance] Shen Jixing, a legendary movie star in the Chinese entertainment industry, is as aloof as snow on a mountaintop, noble and cold. He has long held an unshakable place at the pinnacle of the industry. Then one day, a tidal wave of vicious scandals engulfs him… His status plummets overnight. With nowhere else to go, he calmly knock 55.3kReads9.6Score8k14d adds
- 24 Aren't You the Cool Commander? Then Why Do You Cry After One Kiss? 不是高冷指挥官吗？怎么一亲就哭 [Print edition signed] [Interstellar + ABO + younger man + two equally powerful leads] Shi Ji, the Federation's highest-ranking commander, is coldly beautiful, chaste, and ruthless: a lofty flower that spells death at the slightest touch. Everyone treats the commander with nothing but respect, and then more respect. Until the first day of freshman enrollment at the Royal Academy Xie Zhuo stood among the crowd in a windbreaker, his brilliant silver hair wild and untamed. He was so striking that n 65.8kReads9.7Score11.1k14d adds
- 25 Reborn as the Beloved of Everyone: The Movie Emperor's Wife Is Poor and Fierce Again 重生团宠：影帝夫人又穷又凶 [Print edition signed for publication] [Insanely outrageous wish-fulfillment + a few secret identities + savage online roasts + devoted romance with both leads’ first love + dazzling the world] In her previous life, she died with regrets. Now she has been reborn in the middle of a massive online hate campaign! If they’re going to hate on her anyway, she might as well stop pretending! Her scumbag fiancé gets shoved into a cold pool, then coughs and blames her? Sheng Wenyin: “What, caught a cold? 137kReads9.6Score14.4k14d adds
- 26 After Slaying My Way Through Instances, I Raise an Evil God by the Rules 杀穿副本后，我在规则里养大邪神 The print edition is now available under the title: The Fall of the Gods (Not for the faint of heart: nonhuman entities and terrifying monsters.) Yin Xiu has lived in a town governed by rules for six years. Normal players follow the rules and clear instances to stay alive. Yin Xiu, however, stays in town day after day. He doesn’t leave, clear instances, or go near the monsters. He does the bare minimum, takes it easy, and has practically settled into retirement. The town’s monsters have had thei 103.2kReads9.7Score14.5k14d adds
- 27 The Queen Starts Out as a Top-Tier Star 女王从顶流做起 [Print edition preorders open September 5, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.] From the start, she transmigrates and nearly kills her younger brother. If she doesn't complete the System's missions, she'll be punished with electric shocks. Following the System's instructions, Nan Xiangwan joins a survival show for aspiring idols. While the other young women sing and dance... Nan Xiangwan: “I'll perform a brick-breaking trick with my bare hands!” 31kReads9.6Score3.3k14d adds
- 28 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 117kReads9.6Score13.7k14d adds
- 29 EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds
