Novels like Gathering Broken Jade: May You Be Well, Elder Brother
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- 1 A Concubine-Born Daughter's Marriage Plot: The Hanlin Scholar Has Fallen for Her 庶女谋嫁：翰林郎他动了心 (The rating is new and will rise.) Shen Yuan is the least favored concubine-born daughter of the Shen family. Her birth mother died early, her stepmother is harsh, and her father treats her as if she doesn't exist. The Shen family has already decided to marry her off as the second wife of a forty-year-old wealthy merchant, using the betrothal gift to cover every last detail of her legitimate elder sister's dowry. Xie Huaijin is the most proper gentleman in the Xie family. At twenty-three, he has 27kReads8.4Score2.9kShelves
- 2 Transmigration: I Raised the Crown Prince in Chains into the Founding Emperor 穿越：囚室太子被我养成开国帝王 [Beautiful, strong, tragic, ailing crown prince x resilient, optimistic heroine | 1V1 | angst first, payoff later | A beautiful redemption in a prison cell at the start, then joining forces to build an empire and dote on each other] After transmigrating as a lone girl from a fallen kingdom, she is thrown into a prison cell from the start to care for a dying crown prince of the fallen kingdom. At first, all she wants is to survive, but she becomes the salvation of this man whose heart has turned 1.6kReads—Score245Shelves
- 3 After Being Reborn, I Refused the Marriage, but My Tutor Cousin Could No Longer Hide His Love 重生拒嫁后，太傅表哥藏不住深情 [Mutually Faithful Couple] [No Blood Relation] [Reborn] [Fake White Lotus] [Face-Slapping] [Patient, Direct Pursuit] [Long-Standing Scheme] [Overbearing Possession] The gentle and refined imperial tutor cousin in public × a reborn fake little white rabbit Jiang Qiubai lives alone in the Duke’s residence. At long last, she marries a young general, only for him to leave for the battlefield before they can even drink their wedding wine. Who could have guessed that when he returns victorious, anoth 60Reads—Score116Shelves
- 4 After the Sweet, Delicate Cousin Ran Away, the Mad Young Lord Bent the Knee 娇软表妹逃跑后，疯批世子竞折腰 [Love at first sight for the male lead + possessive pursuit + groveling redemption + both leads are virgins + aloof, unhinged male lead + sweet, delicate female lead] Overnight, Lin Zhiyue lost her family and became a distant cousin living under the roof of the Duke's residence. Overnight, she came across a black-clad man with a cold face and a colder heart. Everyone said not to pick up strange men on the road. She couldn't help taking pity on him, never knowing she was placing herself inside a 721Reads6.3Score107Shelves
- 5 Imprisoned Daughter Returns to the Capital, Where the Living King of Hell Dotes on Her into a Blooming Riches 囚女回京，被活阎罗娇养成富贵花 [BG, both leads are sexually inexperienced, faux siblings, mutual unrequited love, 1v1, slow-burn romance, gradual relationship, sweet and doting] [Gentle, seemingly cunning Regent, restrained and self-controlled VS well-behaved, seemingly innocent eldest princess who seizes every advantage] An Ge was sold at the age of three and spent thirteen years in the Qin household as a child bride everyone could bully. Then, on that night, the powerful Regent gathered her battered body into his arms. In 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Reborn Madam Has the Chief Minister Anxious Every Day, Fearing She’ll Divorce Him 夫人重生首辅日日焦虑被和离 Song Qinglan is reborn on the very day her mother-in-law forces her to find a concubine for her husband. It seems that every misfortune in her past life began that day. Because of this, she and her husband grew further and further apart, until he neglected her, her children felt no closeness to her, and she was almost abandoned by everyone. She stood by Xie Yunge as he rose from a down-and-out scholar to the most powerful grand secretary in the court. She spent her whole life enduring and holdin 3.2kReads8.7Score268Shelves
- 7 Reborn Alongside My Ex-Husband, the Regent 和摄政王前夫一起重生了 She loved Chi Moxuan with all her heart, giving him her everything. But she wasn’t that desperate. After he hurt her time and again for Chi Yunshu and abandoned her, she wasn’t going to cling to him and refuse to let go. Chi Moxuan was the one who pursued her first. To secure Chi Yunshu and her son’s position, he arranged a chance encounter and played the hero to her damsel in distress, making her fall in love with him. He restored her identity as the legitimate daughter and true heiress of the 519Reads7.2Score101Shelves
- 8 Reborn, I Only Want to Be My Brother's Darling 重生后，只做哥哥的掌中娇 Mu Qingge was reborn on the day she ran into danger. In her previous life, she remembered being rescued by the current emperor’s third prince. She fell for him and swore she would marry no one else. But he had only ever used her. From beginning to end, what he wanted was the influence of the Grand Secretary behind her. Her older brother backed the third prince for her sake, but after he rose to power, he slaughtered everyone in the Mu household. So after being reborn, she ran in the opposite dir 871Reads8.4Score100Shelves
- 9 After Taking the Heiress's Place, the Capital's Most Eligible Bachelor Sets His Sights on Me 顶替千金后，京城第一公子盯上我 [The Ice-Cold Beauty Goes Wild for Love | Push and Pull to the Limit | Combative Couple | Restraint | Unaware of Their Own Love | One-on-One] A Ling assumes another person’s identity to infiltrate the Duke’s manor. The task assigned to him is to use his prestigious status to marry Shen Heng. At first, the mission goes smoothly. But his cousin at the manor, the capital’s most celebrated young gentleman, may seem charming and carefree, yet he has already uncovered A Ling’s true origins in secret. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Eldest Brother Is in Charge 长兄在上 [Traditional historical romance + rebirth + sweet romance + one-on-one] Yuzhu was an orphan who had always lived cautiously, putting everyone else first for fear of upsetting them. After she married, this only earned her husband's disdain and her mother-in-law's abuse. In her previous life, her husband's concubine pushed her into a river. Freezing water surged at her from every direction, but what drove her to despair most was her husband. He stood expressionless on a high platform, watching her 3.8kReads8.8Score388Shelves
- 11 Reborn, I Kicked My Scumbag Ex and Saved a Powerful Man to Be My Husband 重生脚踹渣男，救了个大佬当夫君 Her husband left to serve at the frontier, while Rong Linlang worked tirelessly for five years in her in-laws’ home. In the end, her husband faked his death and became the favored son-in-law of a powerful family. Her in-laws and sister-in-law supposedly suffered one accident after another, but in truth they had been taken to the capital to enjoy a life of comfort. She was left to bear the blame as an ill-omened jinx, struggling to raise her son and even hunted down. Only when she died did she le 4.3kReads9.2Score558Shelves
- 12 The Eldest Brother Reigns Supreme 长兄在上 In her previous life, fifteen-year-old Xue Ning was married off by her father to Pei Xuanzheng, son of the King of Xichuan. She gave him her whole heart, only to be tricked into a sham marriage. Her father died tragically, her child was stillborn, and she herself died young. Given another chance, Xue Ning decided to cling to her eldest brother. She would listen to him and be a sweet, obedient little sister. But could someone explain why her eldest brother, who commanded a million troops, sti 2.8kReads8.6Score311Shelves
- 13 The Obsessive Crown Prince Is Really Good at Pretending 偏执太子他真的很会装 [Historical romance + yandere + devoted couple + made for each other + angst] A cold, refined crown prince with a deceptively innocent side × a gentle, pure-hearted farmer’s daughter Synopsis: A Wan is an orphan from Changping Village who makes her living growing fruit trees. Pretty and gentle to a fault, she smiles no matter what happens. One day, while checking on her family’s peach trees in the mountains, she found a young man lying beneath one. He wore a white robe trimmed with gold thread a 298Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 14 Spring Stirs the Lotus Platform 春动莲台 [Cherished, highborn daughter × dignified, abstinent son of a prominent family] Rumor has it that Shen Lianchi, the youngest daughter of the Grand Princess and the Duke of Zhenguo, has been sickly for years. She has a noble title, but is really an ugly woman. Yet this supposedly ugly woman has a marriage match that all the noble young ladies in Tokyo envy: she was betrothed to the Fu family’s young master before birth! What kind of man is Fu Yuji? Born into a distinguished scholarly family, a pr 1.6kReads7.4Score206Shelves
- 15 Transmigrating, But I Can’t Escape My Cousin’s Clutches 穿越之难逃表哥缠 Le Yao transmigrated into the body of a down-on-her-luck young lady whose birth mother had died of illness, whose father was unkind, and whose cruel stepmother made her life miserable. Fortunately, she could rely on her maternal grandmother's powerful family. This was a much better life than the one she'd had before, so Le Yao happily accepted the reality of her transmigration. After all, she was an easygoing optimist who could adapt to anything! All she had to do was win her grandmother's favor 2kReads8.9Score221Shelves
- 16 Spoiled: Scheming to Marry My Cousin 纵宠：谋娶表妹 [Mutual devotion + doting romance + not a strong female lead] Shen Wu is descended from a daughter of the Xie family who married out. Her family was once distinguished but has since fallen into decline, and her mother, born into a noble family, worked herself to death at an early age. As he lay gravely ill and near death, her father entrusted her marriage to relatives in the clan. They coveted her beauty and planned to marry her off to one of their own sons’ superiors as a pawn to curry favor. U 2.7kReads8.8Score393Shelves
- 17 The Ninth Thousand-Year Lord’s Cherished Adoptive Sister 九千岁对娇滴滴义妹又宠又爱 [Pseudo-Siblings + Both Pure, One-on-One Romance + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + A Mix of Sweetness and Heartbreak] [Mad Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Eunuch x Runaway Young Female Physician] Everyone in the capital feared Governor Gu, whose power overshadowed the entire court. They said he was sinister and ruthless, with countless deaths to his name. His white gloves never got stained with blood, yet the mere sight of them terrified every official. But only Zhou Tian knew that this Nine-Thou 157Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 After Marrying the Minister of Justice, I’m Completely Won Over 嫁给大理寺卿后我真香 A lantern that binds fates led her to stake her whole life on love. In five years of marriage, he never once stayed overnight in her courtyard, earning her a cruel reputation as a barren woman. Pei Ran, whom she had loved all her life, even took a second wife on the very day her illness became terminal, because she had borne him no children. On their wedding day, he had clearly promised that he would have only one wife in this life. So who was this woman now bearing the title of wife...? When s 3.2kReads8.9Score281Shelves
- 19 Moonlight Stirs the Swan’s Grace 明月别枝惊鸿 [Historical romance + angsty love + winning back his wife after driving her away] Princess Anping Murong Huaiyue of Prince Yuan's residence was spoiled and willful from childhood. In her seventeen years, no one had ever dared defy her, until General of the Cavalry Yin Huai'an appeared. Murong Huaiyue fell in love with Yin Huai'an at first sight and took the initiative to confess her feelings. But Yin Huai'an didn't return them. To humiliate her, he even married her friend Qiu Yueming. Having 2kReads5.8Score104Shelves
- 20 His Cousin Moves into the Estate, and After the Heir Rejects Her, He Pursues Her Relentlessly 表妹入府，世子嫌弃后狂追求 Scheming woman vs. sly man (The rating just came out and is still rising) Mu Qingyao was the stunning legitimate daughter of a distinguished Jiangnan family. After her parents died in a business accident, all she had left was a vast fortune and breathtaking beauty. Her greedy uncle coveted both her inheritance and her looks. He secretly conspired with local thugs, planning to force her into becoming someone's concubine and seize all her family's wealth. With nowhere else to turn, Mu Qingyao care 5.1kReads6.6Score424Shelves
- 21 If Junior Sister Wants It, Senior Brother Will Naturally Offer It with Both Hands 师妹想要，师兄自然双手奉上 [Romance] Bright and sunny junior sister x gentle, refined senior brother in a position of power Synopsis: The mastermind behind the separation of her parents thirteen years ago has returned. What are they looking for? His first love? The true heroine? The System? Was it fate, or was someone pulling the strings? Content warnings: Ensemble cast, includes a woman pursuing a man. The story is roughly 70% plot and 30% romance. No tragic treatment of the heroine. Not a wish-fulfillment story 🌹. It s 1.8kReads—Score308Shelves
- 22 Reborn: Big Brother, Be Gentle with Me 重生之皇兄轻点撩 Gu Yuehua is the sixth princess of the Xia Kingdom, but her identity is fake. In her previous life, her origins were exposed and she was sent off to marry for peace, only to die a miserable death. Reborn, she carefully conceals her true identity and keeps her distance from the people who harmed her in her previous life. To stay alive, she finds herself a powerful backer: Gu Junchen, who won the throne in her previous life. But the longer she clings to this powerful patron, the more things start 1.1kReads9.0Score129Shelves
- 23 The Willow Demon Is Graceful, and My Little Taoist Master Is Wonderful 柳妖袅袅，我家小道长他超好 [Historical Romance + Light Fantasy + Lighthearted + Pure 1v1 Romance] [Serious Young Taoist vs. Naive New Willow Tree Spirit] At the temple on Dongchuan Mountain, there had been only one young Taoist for a thousand years. His only companion was the little willow tree he had personally watered and raised. One night, the lecherous little willow tree secretly transformed into a human. The newly born girl was playful, lively, and adorable. The Taoist was helpless, but since he had raised her, 118Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 24 My Daily Mission to Win Over My Cousin in the Chancellor's Residence 我在相府征服表哥日常 [Sugar-sweet + both virgins + one-on-one romance] On her mother's deathbed, she entrusts her to someone else's care. Only then does she learn she has an uncle: the Prime Minister of the Yu Kingdom, who will go down in history as a notoriously wicked minister. His adopted son, Pei Yanque, is just as infamous, with several volumes of crimes to his name. She figures she's here to help her villainous uncle achieve his dream of becoming emperor, Gong Ruiyan thinks. Before she knew Pei Yanque was alr 791Reads8.8Score127Shelves
- 25 The First Grand Secretary's Lucky Little Wife 首辅家的锦鲤小娇妻 [Transmigrate into a book + lucky charm + sweet romance] Sang Zhi transmigrates into a book! That’s right! Sang Zhi had stayed up all night in her dorm, feverish, reading a farming novel. When she woke up, she discovered she had become the slovenly, selfish, universally disliked minor villainess in the story! Her father has just died, white mourning cloth hangs everywhere, the family is dirt-poor, and rain leaks in from every side! The newly awakened, disheveled Sang Zhi is dumbfounded! She has 1.2kReads9.0Score115Shelves
- 26 The Gentle, Puppy-Like Prince: The Princess Consort Is Always Right 温柔奶狗王爷：王妃说的都对 They say the Prince of Zhenbei is marrying his beloved daughter to Prince Yu? Ruan Nanxing: What a joke! I died before I could have any fun in my last life. Now I've finally been reborn as a commandery princess, and I haven't even had my fill of fun yet. Why would I get married?! Her father: People outside say Prince Yu is either impotent or has a taste for men. If I don't help him, he'll never find a wife! Well, fine. I'll marry him. “I want to practice swordsmanship and be a good-for-nothing.” 34Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 27 Reborn to Divorce Her Husband: A Farmhouse Wife Makes Money While Raising Her Kids 重生休夫：农门夫人带崽跑赚银两 When Rong Qingyin was nine, her father brought home a boy, saying that when they grew up, he would marry into the Rong family and become her husband. The day he passed the provincial examinations, everyone in the village said Rong Qingyin would become the wife of an official, ride in a bridal sedan chair, have maids and servants at her beck and call, and live a comfortable life. Only later did they learn... That Rong Qingyin, whom everyone thought was blessed, had died of depression. Pei Lingjun 1.6kReads7.8Score122Shelves
- 28 After His Wife Is Reborn and Gives Up on Him, the Heir Chases Her 夫人重生死心后，世子他追妻了 (Rebirth + historical household drama + regretful husband’s redemption + marriage before love + devoted to each other) Everyone envies Song Yun for marrying so well into the Duke of Ning’s household. Her husband is a refined nobleman, and he never takes concubines! Song Yun’s heart is bitter. The truth of this marriage is something only she can know. Her husband is always as cold as ice, and no matter how hard she tries, she can’t warm his heart. At first, Song Yun thinks her husband might be 361Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 29 Reborn, I Married a Convict, and the Crown Prince Went Mad with Jealousy 重生嫁罪臣，太子急眼成疯批 [Not a feel-good story, no household infighting, second male lead takes the lead, heroine is not chaste. Don’t click if you dislike that.] In her previous life, Shen He was chosen as the crown prince’s bedchamber maid because of her beauty, becoming the first woman of Crown Prince Xiao Chen. After three years at his side, Shen He fell for his tender affection. The day he chose his crown princess, Shen He was suddenly betrothed to the son of a convicted official. She begged to stay. Instead, 8.7kReads8.4Score947Shelves
- 30 The Chief Minister's Darling: The Treacherous Minister's Daughter Is Irresistible 首辅娇宠奸臣之女太撩人 [Sweet Historical Romance + Everyone’s Darling + One-on-One + No Annoying Side Characters + Lovable, Fun Characters + Extra Sweet] Wen Xianmian’s fortune-telling foretold that she would become a corpse bride, so she hurried to the capital to stop the imperial marriage arrangement. Instead, she kept running into Yun Yanxuan, the current chief minister whom she had rejected years ago. Though flustered, she put on a bold front. “What do you want?” Yun Yanxuan smiled gently. “I just don’t want you t 528Reads8.8Score105Shelves
- 31 The Courtesan's Abandoned Concubine: Her Second Marriage to a Duke 花魁弃妾，二嫁国公 A true celestial beauty pretending to be a delicate courtesan VS a fake playboy who is actually a powerful duke She is a breathtaking courtesan whom everyone pities, as fragile as a willow in the wind. But that delicate act is all carefully staged! Born under the stigma of having caused her mother’s death, she suffers under her stepmother’s cruelty and is sold into a brothel at the age of ten. At fifteen, she is bought out for a fortune by Marquis Cheng’en Mu Shiyong, who keeps her in a gilded c 112Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 A Cousin Miss Arrives at the Marquis's Residence 侯府来了个表姑娘 A young lady from another branch of the family has arrived at the Changning Marquis household. Her skin is as smooth as jade, and her beauty could topple a kingdom. Everyone sees her as a celestial maiden, with the gentlest, most compassionate heart and disposition. Only Wang Xiyue knows the truth: she's nothing of the sort. Ten years were but a dream, a dream of fleeting splendor. She never imagined that waking from sleep would bring her back to where it all began. In the past, she curried favo 9.2kReads6.4Score744Shelves
- 33 There’s No Escape! The Gloomy Villain’s Sick Obsession With Keeping and Spoiling Her 逃不掉！被阴郁反派病态圈占诱宠 [Sweet, innocent girl x gloomy, unhinged villain + sugary romance + devoted to each other] Ji Qiangxi unexpectedly discovered that she was a disposable supporting character in a sweet romance novel. As the female lead’s… nth side character, she had nothing whatsoever to do with the main couple. That would have been bad enough, but she was also the best friend of the vicious female rival and the number-one simp for the devoted second male lead. According to the plot, she would spend her whole lif 2kReads8.5Score217Shelves
- 34 The Little Palace Maid's Art of Slacking: My Prince Is Simply the Best 小宫女摸鱼有道：我家王爷千千岁 [A palace maid who loves to slack off vs. the frail Ninth Prince] Palace maid Su Ye spends ten months’ savings greasing a few palms and finally gets transferred to Prince Chu Yi’s Qining Palace. She isn’t looking for a promotion or a raise. She just wants to lie flat and slack off! When they first meet, Chu Yi says, “Qining Palace is a bleak place. Spending money to come work for me sounds like a bad deal.” Three months later, Su Ye asks, “Your Highness, how many times have you rewarded me now?” 1.2kReads8.1Score101Shelves
- 35 A Marriage Forced on Her Was Like Being Widowed. Reborn, She Won't Chase Him Again 强求的婚姻如丧偶，重生她不追了 [Reborn + devoted one-on-one romance + groveling to win her back + campus + sweet romance] He was the older boy next door. The first time she saw him, at the age of twelve, she decided he was the man she would marry. She was beaten so badly while saving him that she ended up in the ICU, where he promised to marry her. She got her wish and married him, but after the wedding, it was like she had become a widow. He was always coming home late and leaving early. They were practically strangers. At l 540Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 After Mom Remarried, My Older Brother Had Been Plotting for Ages 随母改嫁后，兄长他蓄谋已久 After Yu Wan fell into the water, she had a dream. In it, her mother was drowned in a pond by her scumbag father, and because of her beautiful, snowy skin and flowerlike appearance, her father gave her away twice. The first time, the man she was to be sent to died in a rebellion before she even reached him. Before she could catch her breath, she was sent to the bed of another powerful nobleman. To survive, she willingly became his mistress, but her good fortune didn't last. A bowl of medicine br 5.5kReads8.6Score653Shelves
- 37 I Heard Her Voice 我听见来自她的声音 Cool, top-tier star singer × gentle university professor In her previous life, she lay in the middle of a busy road, quietly waiting to die. When she opened her eyes again, a handsome young man claimed to be her husband?! A cute little kid came bouncing over, saying he was her son?! But who are you people? Maybe the heavens had taken pity on how miserable she was in her previous life and given her this gift. A refined, handsome husband, an adorable son, and a happy family: they were all presen 1.4kReads8.8Score103Shelves
- 38 Spring Comes to the Mountain Woods 山木逢春 [Two formidable leads + court intrigue + kindred spirits + growing together + long live idealism] Censor Zhou Huaiyue is ordered to investigate a fire at the salt warehouse. A token belonging to the Fang family is found in the ashes. Armed with an imperial edict, he turns the Fang family’s estate upside down, determined to find the statue of an evil god rumored to be enshrined in their inner residence. He doesn’t find the statue. Instead, he brings out a young woman who seems detached in both 39Reads—Score135Shelves
- 39 My Yandere Brother Needs Comforting 病娇兄长需要哄 “Chancellor, the young lady says she wants to buy a garden.” “Do it.” “Chancellor, the young lady says she wants to buy a mountain.” “Do it.” “Chancellor, the young lady says she wants to buy a male concubine.” “Do…” Chu Boqiu paused, then said with a faintly amused smile, “Find someone who looks like me and send him over.” The steward took half a step away, then heard the man add, “If she accepts him, beat him to death.” The steward stared in horror. “Beat the young lady to death?” Killing inte 1.2kReads8.3Score160Shelves
- 40 The Perfect Pair for Shipping 最佳磕档 65Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 41 Reborn as a Frail Sacrificial Character, I’m Doted on by a Cruel Official 穿成病弱炮灰，被阴戾权臣强宠了 [An unconventional transmigration-into-a-book political intrigue story, with no palace or household infighting. A serious tone, a subdued plot, and few power-fantasy moments.] Shen Suiwan transmigrated into a book, specifically a story about a true and false legitimate daughter. But she was neither the fake legitimate daughter of breathtaking beauty nor the true legitimate daughter who excelled in both arms and letters. She was the legitimate daughter's cousin, an early-death cannon-fodder chara 1.9kReads9.0Score207Shelves
- 42 After Transmigrating Into a Book, I Save the Senior Brother of the Cultivation World 穿书后拯救修真界大师兄 My new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1kReads8.9Score103Shelves
- 43 The Emperor Breaks His Vows and Spoils Me Without Restraint 皇帝破戒后宠我无度 [Palace Intrigue + Medicine + Sweet Romance + Alternate History + Obsessive Love + Scheming] Xia Qing, a genius physician from ancient times, dies in an explosion and wakes up in the Great Shang Dynasty. What? Her new identity is a low-ranking concubine who has only just entered the palace? If only she'd transmigrated a little earlier. She's already in the palace now, so how is she supposed to get out? Unexpectedly, her original identity is more complicated than it seems. She also carries the im 1.6kReads9.2Score219Shelves
- 44 The Cousin’s Pregnant Bride Fled, and the Cold Young Lord Went Mad 表姑娘挺孕肚逃走，清冷世子气疯 [Reborn + seduction and climbing the social ladder + the male lead falls first and clears every obstacle for the heroine] Jiang Fu was the stepdaughter brought into the family by the Third Madam of the Duke of Wei's household. She was born alluring and soft, with skin as pale as ice and bones as graceful as jade, captivating every young man in the duke's household. In her previous life, her mother tried to secure a marriage for her stepsister by sending Jiang Fu to an old man over fifty. When th 6.7kReads8.9Score814Shelves
- 45 When Love Burns Out: Mr. Li, Be Good and Pamper Me 爱意燃尽：厉先生乖乖宠我 [A powerful, high-ranking gentleman gangster and a soft, ethereal ballet beauty] (He's great in bed and she's gentle) [Rebirth + Taking by force] In her previous life, Wen Rong had been secretly in love with Li Zhenting since high school, following him around like a little shadow for seven years. She married him and spent three years chasing after him with all her heart. To Wen Rong, he was the one who had saved her from the abyss. Only later did she realize that the most powerful and privileged 778Reads7.4Score102Shelves
- 46 Reborn, I Gave Up on My Cold-Hearted Husband, and Now He’s Desperate 重生后放弃冷心夫君他急红了眼 One-on-one romance, both leads have only each other Song Yue Bai designed a marriage to the Chief Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard to escape her predicament. For three years after their wedding, she greeted him with a smile every day and went to great lengths to please him, hoping for a husband who would care for her and share her troubles. She never managed to warm the heart of this cold-blooded man. When she was about to give birth, he broke his promise to her. In the end, this indir 2.3kReads8.7Score148Shelves
- 47 After the Imperial Betrothal, the Grand Secretary Finally Got a Clue 赐婚后，首辅大人开窍了 Everyone in the capital knew that the legitimate daughter of Imperial Censor Qiao was frail and could be knocked over by a breeze. Yet the emperor betrothed her to Mu Shijing, the Chief Grand Secretary, who stood second only to the emperor and above everyone else. Mu Shijing was the man who had shattered the dreams of countless young ladies in the capital, and on top of that, he had paid a fine for staying unmarried for two years in a row, making him the capital's most eligible bachelor. When th 5.6kReads8.8Score723Shelves
- 48 A Girl’s Private Affairs 闺事 [Airheaded, sweet little beauty × cold-faced, warm-hearted man who overthinks everything] Pure historical romance, both leads are virgins Wen Wan was sold to Spring River, Flowers and Moonlight at the age of ten. Everyone said she had the beauty of Xi Shi. On the eve of her debut, Cao Du Zhi, the instructor who had always doted on her, went out of his way to find someone to take her in for her first night. She went along, all naive and clumsy sweetness, and by sheer luck, caught the man’s eye. H 3.9kReads9.2Score418Shelves
- 49 The Ascetic Emperor Could Never Warm to Her, So After Being Reborn, She Walked Away 禁欲皇帝捂不热，重生后她不要了 [One-on-one romance + both leads are pure + first love for both + happy ending + court intrigue + business and farming + husband pursues his wife after losing her] Everyone knows that Crown Prince Zhao Che is aloof and abstinent, patient and calculating, ruthless in his decisions, and utterly devoted to one woman. He seized the throne while still young and became emperor. In her previous life, Zhou Yan fell deeply in love with Zhao Che. He left her neglected in the imperial palace for years, an 2kReads7.1Score140Shelves
- 50 I Won't Pursue This Lingering Regret 不赴长恨 [Transmigrate + both pure + defying fate + love grows over time + a mix of sweetness and angst] The goofy yet down-to-earth “Yang Yuhuan” vs. the reserved but calculating “Prince Shou” “Though heaven and earth may one day end, this sorrow will last without end.” From Song of Everlasting Sorrow In the 21st century, Yang Xiaoyu braved a downpour to watch a performance. She couldn't see anything romantic about this love story of an older man and a younger woman, built on coercion and taking by for 45Reads—Score—Shelves
