Novels like The Scheming CEO: I Swear to Win the Heart of the Woman I Fell for at First Sight
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- 1 The Madam’s Secret Identity Is Exposed, and President Yu Begs Her to Remarry 夫人马甲炸了，郁总跪求复婚 [Two powerful leads + love and hate + sweet and satisfying + the big shot’s secret identity revealed + a groveling chase] Shao Yuan’an 👑: On the surface, a helpless little white rabbit of a canary who cries at the drop of a hat In truth, the real queen of the Shao Conglomerate, decisive and armed with countless secret identities Yu Chen 🐺: At first, arrogant and sharp-tongued, sneering, “Women are nothing but accessories.” Later, won over by his own schemes and utterly devoted to his wife: “Hone 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 I Became the Apple of My Ex-Husband's Cousin's Eye 我成了前夫表哥的掌心宠 [Second-Chance Heiress × Brooding, Handsome CEO] [Both Chaste, Devoted CEO, Married First and Fell in Love Later, He Chases Her After Losing Her and Never Turns Back] Hua Xinrui resented her family’s arranged marriage and ran away from home. By chance, she saved an elderly woman, then lost her memory and married Bai Yihan. For two years, her mother-in-law and sister-in-law treated her like a servant, while her husband gave her the cold shoulder. For the sake of his first love, he drained 800 mil 20Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 3 After He Forced Me to Return Her Cheongsam, Her Designer Husband Was Driven Mad with Regret 逼我还她旗袍后，设计师丈夫悔疯了 After forcing me to return her qipao, my designer husband is consumed with regret 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Senior Palace Maid Is Calling It Quits! 掌事宫女她不干啦！ [Palace intrigue for beginners + serious tone + imperial palace in the early chapters + Jiangnan in the later chapters + a little palace drama + nation and family + devoted couple + his pursuit of her + aloof hero turns dangerously obsessive] After ten years in the imperial palace, Mu Yun, head of the Imperial Garden, wants only to leave at thirty and return to her hometown. But the lecherous emperor sets his sights on her, and the empress grows suspicious. The cruel death of a former palace ma 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 After We Broke Up, I Turned Around and Married My Ex-Boyfriend’s Archrival! 分手后，我转身嫁给前男友死对头！ After Our Breakup, I Turned Around and Married My Ex-Boyfriend's Archenemy! 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Young Lord Is Chasing His Ex? I Burned His Whole Stage Down 世子爷追妻火葬场？我把他场子端了 The heir is chasing me after losing me? I wrecked his whole operation 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Divorced That Scumbag on Our Wedding Night, and Ten Years Later He Knelt at the City Gate and Called Me General 新婚夜我休了那个渣男，十年后他跪在城门口叫我将军 On our wedding night, I divorced that scoundrel. Ten years later, he knelt at the city gates and called me General. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Chasing My Wife to the Crematorium: That Scumbag Bet on Me! 追妻火葬场之狗渣男拿我打赌！ The Ex-Wife Chase: The Trashy Jerk Used Me as a Bet! 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Chasing My Wife to the Crematorium: You Scumbag, Pay Me Back! 追妻火葬场之狗渣男！快还我钱！ The Ex-Wife Chase: You Trashy Jerk! Give Me Back My Money! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 After the Divorce, My CEO Ex-Husband Spoils Me Rotten 离婚后，我被总裁前夫宠坏了 [Angst before sweetness, both pure, husband chases his ex in desperation] Ning Meng loved Ye Ming to the point of obsession and was willing to study abroad for him. But three years later, before she had even returned, she received divorce papers from him. After their divorce, her career took off, and admirers came by the hundreds. Her CEO ex-husband regretted everything and began his pursuit. Ex-husband: Take me back, flirt with me, keep me! Ning Meng: If you want to pursue me, get in line! Her 8Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 11 He Came from the Starlight 他从星光来 Calculating superpowered upperclassman VS strong, well-behaved rich girl [wife-chasing crematorium + second male lead wins + beautiful but tragic + imaginative premise + mutual healing + youth and school life] A fading secret crush ends without a future. Chu Xingyan’s youthful feelings are torn apart again and again by the light she once admired, the brilliant and untouchable Lu Cibai. He is cold: “Chu Xingyan, I’m not the one who changed. You’ve always been spoiled and never learned how to grow —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Fiancé Who Poisoned Me in My Past Life Is Shoveling Manure on My Estate in This One 前世毒杀我的未婚夫，今世在我庄上挑粪 The Fiancé Who Poisoned Me in My Past Life Is Picking Manure on My Estate in This One 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 They Call Me Just a Nanny, Yet They Can’t Bear to Let Me Go 他们说我只是保姆，却舍不得我走 [The remorseful husband’s long road to winning her back + multiple suitors vying for her affection + possessive pursuit + obsessive love] Shen Qingzhi grew up in an orphanage. After a kind family adopted her, she studied relentlessly and got into a good university. Just when she thought her life had finally settled down, her adoptive parents died unexpectedly, leaving behind her young brother, the one person she had left to care for. To keep the family afloat and protect her brother, she concea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Mr. Mu, I Told You Not to Be So Cruel. Now You Can't Make It Up to Me! 穆总，叫你别孽，哄不好了吧！ [Marriage first, love later ★ The ex’s long road to winning her back ★ Sweet romance ★ Mutual devotion] He loved her with all his heart, yet cruelly abandoned her and went abroad. Three years later. This faithless, heartless man even used his childhood sweetheart to stir up a scandal and provoke her. But she didn’t cry or make a fuss over the rumors about him. Her icy indifference left him at a loss. Until one day, his childhood sweetheart ran away from her wedding and showed up in their bridal 324Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 15 My Green-Tea Ex-Husband Is Crawling Around in the Shadows Again 绿茶前夫又在阴暗爬行了 [Rebirth for both + obsessive male lead + his long road to winning her back] Everyone said Jin Hua was blessed to marry the gentle and refined Xie Qingheng. It wasn't until the palace coup was over that she saw the wolfish ambition of the man beside her. Her father was imprisoned because of her, her brother died because of her, and she herself ended up drinking poison to die for her country. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the beginning of the tragedy. She resolved to avoid X 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 He Coaxes His First Love, Then Begs Her to Come Back With Red-Rimmed Eyes 诱哄白月光，他红着眼求她回头 [Reunion After Years Apart] [Instinctive Attraction] [Urban Romance and Marriage] [Redemption] [Realistic Fiction] [Happy Ending] [Sunny Girl vs. Obsessive Man] Also known as: Divorced? CEO Cheng Rushes to Claim His Title! * In their senior year of high school, a gloomy boy with exquisite features transferred into their class. Pale skin, long legs, and a haughty air, he treated everyone with indifference. His classmates kept their distance from the oddball, but Yu Anxia fell in love with him at 151Reads—Score10414d adds
- 17 Reborn: My Arrogant Brother Says, “Please, Sister, Hit Me!” 重生之傲娇哥哥：妹妹求你打我啊 [Rebirth + winning back his love + goofy, sweet romance] Lu Siheng is reborn in the year his younger sister turns eighteen, carrying a family curse that forces him to speak in opposites whenever he talks to the person he loves. In his previous life, he stubbornly pushed her away and watched helplessly as she married someone else. This time, he gets it: want to confess? First, beg her to hit you! And so, a strange sight appears on campus The aloof campus heartthrob chases his younger sister every 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Day My White Moonlight Stormed the Palace, I Pulled Out the Late Emperor’s Secret Edict 白月光逼宫那天，我掏出了先帝密诏 The Day My White Moonlight Forced Her Way Into the Palace, I Produced the Late Emperor's Secret Edict 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Mr. Lu, Don’t Look Back. Your Dead Wife Is Enjoying the Show 陆总别回头，你亡妻在看戏 [Wife returns from the dead for revenge vs. domineering CEO who raises their child alone and tries to win her back | Both devoted to each other + possessive love + a long road to winning her back] Gu Wanzhou spent seven years making plans for Lu Sijin, helping him rise from a penniless illegitimate son to the throne of the Lu Group. But the day he “ascended the throne” became the day she died. “You were just a handy tool. Once I’m done with you, you can be thrown away.” With those words and a co 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 After Three Years as a Substitute Bride, I Returned with the Enemy Nation’s Army 代嫁三年，我带着敌国大军回来了 After Three Years as a Substitute Bride, I Returned with the Enemy Nation's Army —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Pencil Marks Deep in the Years 岁月深处的铅笔痕 Pencil Marks Deep in the Years 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Deposed Empress Rebels: From the Cold Palace to the Throne Hall 废后造反：从冷宫杀到金銮殿 The Deposed Empress Rebels: From the Cold Palace to the Throne Hall 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 After the Divorce, Her Ex-Husband Cries and Begs to Get Back Together 离婚后：前夫哭着求复合 Xiao Yanche: the golden boy of the capital’s elite, heir to the Xiao Group, the foremost of the Four Great Families. Arrogant, unruly, and always looking down on everyone. Ruan Zhiyan: the Xiao family’s adopted daughter. After an accident led the two of them to end up in bed together, their grandfather decided they should marry. From the moment Ruan Zhiyan entered the family home, Xiao Yanche disliked the girl who had won half of their grandfather’s affection. Every day, he would tell her as she 433Reads6.2Score10014d adds
- 24 The Year She Never Existed 她不存在的那一年 [Cold-hearted business tycoon × missing genius wife × a long road to win her back] Everyone told Xu Yanshen: “Shen Li doesn't exist. There's no such person.” Every trace of evidence had been erased, but why did he remember the softness of her face as she slept, the faint redness at the corners of her eyes when she was angry, and the delicate fragrance she carried? Then, at an overseas conference, the face that had haunted his dreams appeared right before him. He chased after her, losing control, 7.1kReads8.4Score40514d adds
- 25 The Day I Was Ready to Leave, He Suddenly Panicked 准备离开那日，他突然慌了 The day she was about to leave, he suddenly panicked. 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Fake Heir Humiliated Me to Draw Me into His Game, but the True Heiress Is Out of His League 假世子折辱我入局，真嫡女他高攀不起 The fake heir humiliates me and draws me into his game, while the true legitimate daughter is beyond his reach. 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Bright Moon, Shining Stars, All for Nothing in the End 朗月星辰，终是一场空 Bright Moon and Stars, All for Nothing in the End 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Mr. Fu, Miss Su Has Already Forgotten You 傅总，苏小姐已经忘了你 Lin Wan has returned, and Fu Sinian wants a divorce from Su Yueqing. Su Yueqing said, “I’ll sign the papers in three months.” She thought Fu Sinian might fall in love with her during those three months. But when their lives were on the line, he chose Lin Wan without hesitation. After Su Yueqing’s parents were murdered, Fu Sinian personally sent her to prison. Then, in a fight over the family’s interests, her relatives exposed that she wasn’t really a member of the Su family and drove her out. Af 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 My Obsessive Husband Tied My Heartstrings, So I Turned Around and Married the Chief 病娇老公牵情丝，我转身嫁首领 My Yandere Husband Tugs at My Heartstrings, So I Turn Around and Marry the Leader 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 After the Substitute Bride, Lord Fu's Cold Facade Crumbles 替嫁后，冷面傅爷人设崩了 [Powerful CEO of a wealthy family + chasing his wife to the crematorium + married first, love later + secret identities + identities exposed + face-slapping + feel-good read + equally matched leads] Also known as The Substitute Bride Is Gorgeous and Fierce and Mr. Fu, Your Wife Has 108 Secret Identities On the night I became his substitute bride, the devil incarnate gripped my chin and warned me, “Remember, you’re just a tool.” I lowered my head, feigned tears, and obediently played the country —Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 31 The Unnamed Kite 不知鸢 The Unknowing Kite 200Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 After Three Years of Birth Control Soup, She Wants a Divorce, and the General Panics 喝三年避子汤，她要和离将军慌了 [Transmigration + Angst and Sweetness + The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption] Su Yujiao transmigrates into the body of a five-year-old girl. With no golden finger, she can only do her best to adapt to the rules of survival in ancient times. But monogamy is every transmigrator’s bottom line, so she chooses Lu Ziqian, a man who cannot take concubines! She loves him for ten years and finally gets to marry him! But after they wed, he neglects and mistreats her, and their marriage is little more tha 2.3kReads7.9Score18514d adds
- 33 The Mad, Unreasonable Divine Venerable Is Impossible to Placate: Make Another Move and I’ll Make You Cry! 疯批神尊超难哄，再动，弄哭你！ [Devoted One-on-One Couple + Faithful to Each Other + Unrivaled Sweet Romance + Regret and Pursuit + Coercive Love + Happy Ending] [Obsessive, Unhinged God Venerable × Delicate, Beautiful Demoness] “Have I not treated you well? Can’t you even endure this little bit of pain for me?” With those few words, Lu Qingjue makes Sang Luo lose her demon bones, turning her from a demon into a half-demon, half-human. She endures the agony of her bones cracking once a month and bears Lu Qingjue’s repeated cr 626Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 34 Mr. Lu's Reckless Love 陆先生放肆爱 A dazzling, irresistible lawyer × a rugged retired tycoon + long-separated adults caught in a seductive push and pull + mostly sweet with a little angst + happy ending Four years ago, Lu Yanchuan ended things with one short, direct phone call. An Ning could only let him go, nursing that piercing pain alone in empty corners and through countless dark nights. When they met again four years later, she said, “Lu Yanchuan, a good horse never eats the grass behind it.” Lu Yanchuan’s voice was low and 982Reads7.6Score10214d adds
- 35 Mr. Gu, Your Ex-Wife Is the Woman You’re Looking For 顾总，你的前妻就是你要找的人 The main story is almost finished. After months of fits and starts, I’ve finally completed it. Thank you all so much for your long-standing support! [Both leads are faithful + double angst + wealthy CEO + sweet romance + scheming + forced marriage and possessive love + mutual devotion + rekindled romance + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] Ji Qing said, “We’re divorced. Why are you giving my boyfriend a hard time?” Gu Jueye rose unhurriedly. “I gave you a chance to break up with 841Reads9.0Score19414d adds
- 36 After the Divorce, President Gu Chases His Wife to the Crematorium 离婚后，顾总追妻火葬场 Su Xia has been trying to get pregnant for a year. Every month, during her fertile days, she does everything she can to cling to Gu Sichen, but she still hasn’t conceived. She can’t help wondering if maybe she’s simply unable to have children... Thinking of how Gu Sichen’s grandfather and parents keep urging them to have a baby, Su Xia feels a weight settle on her heart. After finishing her final neck treatment, she reaches for the bathroom door, and it swings open. Gu Sichen has returned home a 318Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 37 A Tarnished Romance 烂烂风月 (The score is just starting to climb) [Rekindled Romance + Winning Her Back at Any Cost + Two Strong Equals + Childhood Sweethearts + Both Pure in Love + Double Crowd Favorites + Rivals in Love] [Beautiful, powerful, and tragic black-bellied hero bearing his humiliation x clear-eyed heroine, a gentle blade who is very much alive] - Eight years ago, Yi Shang slipped something into the drink of her childhood sweetheart Fu Lingcan, who had gone bankrupt, then coaxed and tricked him into sleeping wi 6Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 38 Fireworks 焰火 At twenty, Luo Senyu married Gu Xubai, president of Beicheng’s Gu Group. It was the marriage Luo Senyu had secretly dreamed of for years. After they married, Gu Xubai treated her with care and consideration, granting nearly all her wishes. Gradually, Luo Senyu began to believe that Gu Xubai loved her too. Then, one day, she heard Gu Xubai gently tell someone else, “Soon, she’ll be able to donate bone marrow to you.” At that moment, Luo Senyu’s world collapsed. The love and marriage she had belie 739Reads6.9Score10514d adds
- 39 Mr. Lin, That Baby Looks Just Like You 林总，那崽崽像你 Clear-Headed, Resilient Beauty × Decisive, Ruthless Big Shot Sharp Tongues and Stubborn Hearts | His Long Road to Winning Her Back | Both Leads Are Inexperienced Not long after Lu Yunqi’s marriage in name only ended with her husband’s death, her mother-in-law sent her to the bed of Lin Siheng, a powerful business tycoon. Lin Siheng was also her late husband’s cousin. After falling into his arms night after night, she thought he must feel something for her. Then, by chance, Lu Yunqi heard wh 1.2kReads6.8Score10014d adds
- 40 The Evening Breeze Won’t See Him Home, and the Departed Will Not Return 晚风不渡他，不见离人归 [Ex-Wife-Chasing-to-the-Crematorium + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + No Reconciliation After the Breakup + Feuds Among the Wealthy + Male Lead Suffers + Male Lead Is Chaste, Female Lead Is Not + Evenly Matched Leads + Strong Female Lead + A Touch of Workplace Drama] *Stoic male lead *Gentle second male lead *Female lead’s growth It was an undeniable fact that Nan Yunqian had once loved Song Ning deeply. He had nearly given his life for her, and Song Ning had never doubted his feelings for a m 2.5kReads6.8Score10614d adds
- 41 Madam Gu Fled Again in the Middle of the Night with the Baby 顾夫人又带着宝宝连夜跑路了 Five years ago, Gu Changyuan brought his one true love home and tossed Qiao Wanzhi a divorce agreement. On the night of their divorce, she was also framed by his mother and his one true love working together. Five years later, she has become the CEO of a dark-horse company that broke into the top ten in M Country in a remarkably short time. She returns home with twins, hoping to keep a low profile, finish her business, and leave again. But time and again, she is forced to reveal her secret ident 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Fake Heiress Is Reborn and Embraces the Grind, Rising to the Top and Serving Up Face-Slapping 假千金重生搞内卷，一路逆袭打脸 Reborn + taking down scumbags and scheming rivals + revenge and face-slapping + sweet romance A calculating, scheming male lead VS an independent, self-reliant female lead In her previous life, Lin Qingmeng was set up by her scumbag fiancé and her dear younger sister. She lost her virginity, was disfigured, and became lame, turning into a hideous laughingstock whom everyone in the capital called useless. In the end, she was sent back to the countryside, where she was framed and died a tragic de 20Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 43 Madam, the CEO Has Been Kneeling for Three Days and Nights. Won’t You Forgive Him? 夫人，总裁跪三天三夜了不原谅吗 [Angst romance, a groveling chase, the heroine takes revenge on her ex-husband later, satisfying] Tang Susu fell in love with Gu Jingshen the moment she laid eyes on him. But she knew Gu Jingshen didn't love her. At twenty, she married Gu Jingshen, but she knew it was nothing more than his revenge against her. She thought it was all right. Even the hardest heart would eventually be warmed by her. But she was wrong! After they married, Gu Jingshen's scandals were everywhere, but she didn't care a 753Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 44 Oh No, the Boy I Picked Up Is a Sickly Villain 坏了捡来的少年是病娇反派 [The wife-chasing crematorium + redemption of a sick, twisted villain + complete] *Kind, gentle country girl × beautiful, tragic, sick, twisted villain (cat-like male lead) * [He gladly becomes a villain for love] *On a rainy night, when Cheng Yao found the blind, handsome young man, she thought heaven had sent her a gift. She never expected that later, the young man would drive a sharp sword into her heart and mercilessly twist it. “Yaoyao, help me.” Those were the last words Xie Jian said to h 629Reads5.7Score10114d adds
- 45 You Forced Me to Divorce and Abort the Child, Now the Mad Prince Regrets It Bitterly 逼我和离打胎，疯批王爷肠子悔青 [Historical romance + love after marriage + groveling pursuit + secret identity revealed + face-slapping villains + mutually devoted couple + happy ending] Shen Zhilan is married off by Concubine Liu to the thirteenth prince, Lord Xiao, who is on the verge of death, in hopes that she will bring him good luck. But the yandere Thirteenth Prince suddenly drops his act, rises to become the biggest winner in the struggle for the throne, and takes control of the empire. When Lord Xiao wakes up, the fi 405Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 46 Reborn as a Beautiful and Dashing Grand Princess, the Imperial Tutor Falls for Her 重生长公主美又飒帝师他沦陷了 [Transmigration and rebirth + strong female lead + men competing for her + ex chasing his wife to the crematorium] Princess Sheng Jingyi was possessed by a woman from another world for four years, while she worked herself to the bone for her in the modern world. Who knew the woman couldn't even win over a man? After her mission failed, Sheng Jingyi finally took back control with a vengeance! The first thing she did after returning: divorce her husband! The scummy prime minister begged to get bac 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Mr. CEO, Four Adorable Kids Say They’re Yours 总裁，有四个萌娃说是您家崽儿 Modern mythology + romance + cute kids + sweet pampering + wild imagination + domineering CEO In their previous lives, she and he were a divine couple. After she broke the laws of Heaven, she was demoted to a mortal and reincarnated. For her sake, he was willing to become mortal too. They met again in this life, went on a blind date and got their marriage certificate the very same day, then entered a two-year marriage contract. After they divorced, she discovered she was pregnant with her ex-hus 130Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 48 My Boyfriend Is Emotionally Blind, and I’m Blind 男友心盲，我眼瞎 My boyfriend is emotionally blind, and I’m literally blind. 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 You Cheated With Your First Love, So I Asked for a Divorce. Why Are You Red-Eyed? 你出轨白月光我提离婚你红什么眼 [A husband chases his wife after losing her + making the scumbag suffer terribly] After three years of marriage, Su Yin has been carefully loving Huo Zhenting in a marriage that exists in name only. His heart belongs to the woman he has always loved. He speaks coldly to Su Yin and takes everything she does for him for granted. “Su Yin, don't flatter yourself. I only married you because Grandma wanted me to. Just stay in your place.” The night his first love returned from abroad, he didn't come 2.4kReads—Score16414d adds
- 50 After the Divorce, the Stand-In Wife Goes on a Rampage 离婚后，替身太太杀疯了 [Modern wealthy-family angst]+ [The ex regrets it too late]+ [A career comeback led by a strong female lead]+ [Sweet romance with the second male lead]+ [The beloved first love faces payback]+ [The male lead’s lifelong regret] Shen Zhiyi loved Fu Chenzhou for three years. She wore white dresses for him, grew her hair long, and gave up her dream of becoming a designer, content to be a quiet, understanding Mrs. Fu. It wasn’t until his beloved first love returned from abroad that she learned she ha 41Reads—Score1414d adds
