Novels like My Heart Is Full of Gardenias, and I Can't Hide It
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- 1 The Scorching Moonlight 炙热的月光 He never imagined he would find a ray of moonlight in such desperate circumstances. Who is sincere, and who is pretending? Perhaps even the people caught up in it do not know. The sun and moon shine together, but separated by a thousand miles, they can never be together. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Tonight, I'll Watch the Silver Sea With You 今夜与你看银海 [Arrogant, rebellious guitar prodigy × Rebellious, gorgeous rock band frontwoman] [Rekindled Romance ~ Love at First Sight for Both ~ Both Chaste ~ Sweet and Adoring ~ Expert Flirts] A clingy, loyal puppy around the female lead! Nothing but sweetness! Yu Ji and Xing Ye met on a rainy day. In a dim bar, a young man played his electric guitar with abandon, its sound thundering through Yu Ji's heart. One glance was all it took. She could never forget him. Later, Xing Ye said, “Yu Ji, join my ba 288Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 3 After Saving the Hostage Prince, I Turned the Tables on Him 救赎质子后我反杀了 After Saving the Hostage Prince, I Struck Back —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Is My Little Brother Coming Clean Today? 弟弟今天摊牌了吗 Zheng Jiaojiao: You're my little brother! Shen Yi: No, I'm not. A story about a secret crush turning into a forced relationship. There aren't many characters, and the plot is simple: no angst, no misunderstandings, just a sweet romance. [They're not blood-related. They're not blood-related. They're not blood-related.] 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Let Me Protect You 换我保护你 Let Me Protect You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 A Mother’s Love Won’t Be Reborn 母爱不会重生 A Mother’s Love Cannot Be Reborn 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Dreamlike Poisonous Mushrooms 梦幻毒蘑菇 Dreamlike Poisonous Mushrooms 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Has My Daughter Become an Abuser? 女儿变成了施暴者？ Has My Daughter Become an Abuser? 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Star Candy, Is It Tasty? 星星糖，好吃吗？ Would you really forgive them? If you’ve only ever loved one person in your life, then you know that when they show up, forgiveness is impossible to resist. The story follows Xiao Mengyi as he tries to win back the woman he loves, while flashbacks reveal their school days. In the present, Xiao Mengyi is also making amends to Yu Chuchu and helping her heal in his own way. They’re both surprised by how much the other has changed, yet still feel that the person they knew is there beneath it all. Wi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Neighbor Next Door Is Hard to Woo 隔壁邻居他难攻略 [Devoted, single-minded law firm elite x quirky esports player] [Sweet romance + Lighthearted + Love at first sight + She pursues him + Both are each other’s first] The first time Su Can saw Yu Hechuan, she knew he was the one fate had chosen for her. When Lawyer Yu worked late, she brought him a lovingly prepared midnight snack. When Lawyer Yu ordered takeout for lunch, she found an excuse to bring him an elegant meal. When Lawyer Yu had a birthday, she prepared a gift in advance. What? That st 542Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 11 The Art Studio 有间画室 An unenthusiastic artist and an unremarkable studio somehow keep drawing in customers. At first, Lin Hui doesn't believe his father's claim that “art can help people.” But as he uses different paintings to help numerous clients deal with all sorts of troubles in their lives, he gradually comes to understand those words in his own way. Life takes many forms, and everyone has their own troubles. Why not step into a painting and find a little relief? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Where the Shore Meets You 泊岸于你 A workplace romance between Chen An, a water conservancy engineer, and Lin Wansu, the daughter of a wealthy family. They meet in a university club, and Lin Wansu falls for Chen An at first sight, pursuing him passionately. But because of his impoverished background and wounded pride, Chen An keeps his distance. After graduation, Lin Wansu gives up her inheritance and the chance to study abroad, choosing instead to join Chen An's company and start at the bottom. They gradually grow closer at work 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 My Crush Says He's Had a Secret Crush on Me for Ages?! crush说他暗恋已久？！！ There is no such thing as love at first sight. Yandere, unhinged male lead + reunion after years apart + long-planned romance + both leads’ first love Many years later, I finally realized that what I had thought was love at first sight was actually a grand reunion between him and me. He loved me deeply. He had planned it all along. * A contract made Jiang Shining the fake girlfriend of Xu Yuzhou. Who was Xu Yuzhou? He was her high school classmate, the brightest presence on a dim campus, and a s 44Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 14 Iris Season 鸢尾季节 [Mutual redemption + satisfying revenge on scumbags + older woman/younger man + sweet romance] (All the women are clear-headed, with no rivalry between women. Stress-free reading.) * [A mistress gains financial freedom and becomes a wealthy woman in her own right × a younger, scheming, athletic puppy-like rich boy (or is he secretly a wolf?) rises to the top] * [Two people hurt in the past reveal their scars to each other, tend to each other’s wounds, and find redemption together] * After —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After Tearing Up My Cancer Diagnosis, My Scumbag Ex Loses His Mind 撕碎癌症通知单后，渣男急疯了 After tearing up the cancer diagnosis, the scumbag boyfriend panicked —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 My Boyfriend Called Off Our Wedding, So I Turned Around and Married a Poor Security Guard 男友悔婚，我转身嫁给穷保安 My Boyfriend Called Off the Wedding, So I Turned Around and Married a Poor Security Guard 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 After Our Whirlwind Wedding, the CEO Can't Stop Flirting with His Wife 闪婚后，总裁撩妻撩上瘾了 Sweet romance with both leads' chastity intact + marriage before love + domineering CEO from a wealthy family The most impulsive thing Han Xi ever did was marry a man on the day of their blind date. She only had to grumble a little, and the boss who wanted to fire her was gone the next day. Before she could even complain, the male coworker who had been harassing her stopped showing up in her sight. She looks at her husband, baffled. He looks innocent. "Don't look at me. It had nothing to do with 3Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 18 After Our Flash Marriage, My CEO Husband Can Only Sleep on the Sofa 闪婚后，总裁老公每天只能睡沙发 [Whirlwind marriage + contractual marriage + married first, fall in love later + love grows over time + intense push and pull] Because Grandma Lu was seriously ill, she desperately wanted her grandson, Lu Sijing, to find a partner soon. Lu Sijing promptly asked Li Yan to pretend to be his “loving wife.” Once they signed the marriage contract, Li Yan became Mrs. Lu in name. They could only play the part of a loving couple in public. But in private, “Mr. Lu, we barely know each other, do we?” Forc 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 In This Life, I Will Part Ways with You 今生欲与君绝 Beneath the pear tree that year, he saved her life, and she fell in love with him. The cruel irony was that he loved her twin sister. For the woman he loved, he handed her over to someone else without hesitation, and just as readily chose to abandon the child they had together... 1.5kReads8.2Score10514d adds
- 20 I Was Press-Ganged: From Ukraine to Britain 我被抓去当壮丁，从乌克兰到英国 I Was Drafted, from Ukraine to Britain 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 One of a Kind: The CEO's Beloved Cure 独一无二，总裁的心尖药引 [Overbearing CEO + married first, love later + devoted to each other + sweet romance + contemporary romance] Who could have imagined it? Lu Yuanzhi, the aloof CEO with more wealth and power than anyone in Ting City, has a strange illness that makes him incapable of romance or love. Unless he finds a special cure, he’ll remain a bachelor for life. By chance, the haughty Mr. Lu falls under her spell. “Goodbye forever, Mr. Lu.” “Be good. Don’t run off!” She is the one destined for him. Once they me 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 You Are the Joy of My Youth 1 你是年少的欢喜1 The boy you love is you. Yi An and Bai Xiaoxiang grow fond of each other in high school, progressing from a mutual secret crush in their youth to finding their way through hardships and finally becoming a couple. In high school, their feelings are innocent, ambiguous, restrained, and conflicted. After graduation, Bai Xiaoxiang plans to study abroad, so when Yi An confesses, he cruelly turns him down, and they miss their chance. Two years later, Bai Xiaoxiang returns to China and they get back in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 For You, When the Time Is Right 逢时予你 [A sweet bedtime story to read in ten minutes] Song Zhijing and Gu Yan have broken up, ending a one-sided romance and returning to their normal lives. Jin Bei knows his chance has come. Using his cousin as an excuse, he appears before her. Pain, confusion, and struggle: Song Zhijing eventually accepts reality, yet finds herself falling for this unexpected stranger. It turns out that during those bitter years, she wasn’t alone. Someone had been silently waiting for her all along. Life brings peop 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Who Gets Married Right After Meeting?! 谁家好人刚见面就结婚啊？！ What kind of person gets married the moment they meet?! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 After Coming Down from the Mountain, She’s Spoiled by Her CEO Husband 下山后，她被总裁老公宠上天 Sheng Ying came down from the mountain at her master’s order to capture a hundred ghosts. She never expected an old woman to con her into becoming her granddaughter-in-law, making her the eldest young madam of a leading conglomerate. After they married Li Yanting gave her an order. “Today, cast a spell on Li Nankui. I want all his shares!” Sheng Ying looked righteous. “Hmph, no time!” She slung her cloth bundle over her shoulder, grabbed her oil-paper umbrella, and chased after the demonic aura. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Wang Baochuan, Chosen by Heaven 天命王宝钏 Wang Baochuan, Favored by Fate 60Reads—Score714d adds
- 27 I Ran Off with the Male Lead from a Tragic Romance 我把虐文里的男主拐跑啦 [Transmigration + rebirth + transmigrate into a book + two male leads + historical romance] Who can relate? My favorite fictional character is standing right in front of me, alive and breathing!!! * Xu Yan transmigrated into a book he’d been following, where he met one of his favorite male leads, Song Yun. In the tragic romance The Swallows Return South, the other male lead was a prince, while Song Yun was a general. By chance, the prince saved him, and Song Yun fell deeply in love with him. Lat 6Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 28 The Drunken Matchmaker Lights a Lamp to Tie the Red Thread 月老他醉里挑灯牵红线 This is a collection of the author’s short stories, one story per volume, each 20,000 to 30,000 words long. I adore sweet romances, with the occasional bit of angst. Both leads are absolutely faithful in body and heart. I stand by faithful couples all the way! A guide to the short stories: Volume 1: Goddess thief from a mysterious organization + scheming younger puppy (devoted-puppy edition) Volume 2: Rich campus belle + shy heartthrob in a school romance, tormenting each other to a bad ending ( 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Sis, Don’t Mess with Me! 姐，不好惹！ I’m a three-time Golden Film Award Best Actress, a top-tier star, and a household name in film, television, and music, yet I’ve been cheated on! Scandalous! The fresh-faced nobody I just announced my relationship with has been fooling around behind my back! I caught them in the act! He was cheating with my manager! Watch me unleash my fury, crush that scumbag, and tear that homewrecker apart... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Pampered by My Reborn Husband 被重生夫君宠上天 Though her husband dotes on her, Shen Li is hated by her mother-in-law and is always prepared for her husband to abandon her. Yet no matter what happens, Xuanyuan Han protects her and never blames her. "Your mother was so angry with your wife that she fainted. How can you have no reaction at all?" "Li'er, your husband will always love you. Don't let your imagination run wild." "Li'er, you can never leave me. Not even in your next life." This man makes no sense. What is so special about me t 417Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 31 Reborn Princess: I Refuse to Marry Into a Noble Clan and Dote Only on My Personal Guard 重生公主：拒嫁世家驸马，独宠贴身侍卫 Reborn as a Princess: I Refuse to Marry into a Prestigious Clan and Dote Only on My Personal Guard —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 After a Sweet, Flirtatious Flash Marriage, the Tycoon's Soft Rose Lost Her Memory 甜撩闪婚后大佬的娇软玫瑰失忆了 [Long-Preplanned Romance] [Mutual Secret Crush, Coming Together] [Sweet, Flirtatious Romance] One-on-one, both chaste + indulgent romance + doting, fatherly boyfriend [The low rating is because nobody's reading it. There's a pseudo-System, which will be explained later.] Amnesiac, flirtatious, clingy sweetheart VS lovestruck, fatherly CEO The two, rumored to be at odds, suddenly got married and made a high-profile announcement. Everyone assumed it was a marriage of convenience and that the man w 32Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 33 The Substitute Bride Becomes Her Disabled Husband’s Dearest Love 替嫁娇妻：成了残疾老公心尖宠 [Substitute marriage + love after marriage + sweet romance + healing + slow-paced] The young madam needs someone to pick her up and drop her off at school? That's how much Young Master Lu spoils her! "A man with paralyzed legs probably can't perform in bed, right?" "I may be disabled, but I'm still a man. I know what I want." In a daze, Su Xiaonian is sent in someone else's place to marry Lu Xingci, the richest man in Jiangcheng. But he's a man with paralyzed legs. She signs an "unequal" prenupt 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Worst Possible Lot 下下签 Qin Qingqing, General Shen’s beloved concubine, was murdered, and all the evidence pointed to me, the general’s wife. The evidence was crystal clear, the witnesses’ accounts convincing. Even I couldn’t help wondering whether I had really killed someone. The situation was hopeless. An ordinary person could only sit back and wait to die. But my elder sister is the empress, and I know that with her on my side, I have nothing to fear. “Sis, bail me out.” Even if I really did kill Qin Qingqing, so wh 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 35 Qi Xiaotang, Inspector of the City 巡城御史戚小塘 Qi Xiaotang was also a seventh-rank censor. Why “also”? The Imperial Censors of the Thirteen Circuits and the Censors-in-Chief of the Six Offices were the emperor’s guardians of public conduct, each one an important figure. But Qi Xiaotang, a patrol censor for the Five Wards, spent every day rushing around the streets, dusty from head to toe. Most of the cases he handled were trivial neighborhood disputes, and the locals had even affectionately nicknamed him the “Street-Sweeping Censor.” Still, 517Reads9.5Score10114d adds
- 36 After Becoming the Villainess, I Turned My Life Around by Complaining 穿成恶毒女配后我靠吐槽逆袭了 After transmigrating into the role of a wicked female supporting character, I turn the tables by roasting everyone —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Phoenix Jade Companion of the Imperial Palace 凤玉伴宸阙 Phoenix Jade Accompanies the Imperial Palace —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Long-Standing Scheme: Master Fu Uses His Looks to Lure Her In 蓄谋已久：傅爷以美色诱人 [1v1, both leads’ first love, sweet romance, long-planned] [The male lead isn’t disabled. He uses a wheelchair in Chapter One purely because he can’t be bothered to walk!] Wen Nuo married the most distinguished man in Haicheng in her younger sister’s place. Designer gowns and luxury cars worth millions: he spoiled her rotten. Until one day, she heard that his one true love was coming back. So she called a moving company, stripped the villa down to its bare walls, and prepared to run. But Master 69Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 39 Born as Strangers 生而陌路 Her simple, ordinary life changed when she met the man who would shape her destiny on a mountain hike. From then on, she entered a world that had never been meant for her. “Shen Yimo, did you ever think that after pulling me into your world, there might come a day when you couldn't protect me?” 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Deadly Jackpot: My Wife Wants to Kill Me After I Win the Lottery 致命奖金：中奖后妻子要杀我 Deadly Jackpot: After I Won, My Wife Tried to Kill Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Face-Slapping the Younger Brother of My Girlfriend’s Best Friend, Who Claims He Can Understand Animals 打脸自称能听懂兽语的女友干弟弟 Face-slapping my girlfriend's sworn younger brother, who claims he can understand animal speech 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I Took Over My Best Friend's Side Piece, and Now I Can't Get Enough 接盘闺蜜的男小三后，真香了 I Took Over My Best Friend's Boy Toy, and Now I Can't Get Enough 486Reads—Score10714d adds
- 43 On Our Anniversary, I Laughed, My Wife Cried, and Her Male Best Friend Panicked 纪念日上，我笑了，老婆哭了，男闺蜜慌了 On our anniversary, I smiled, my wife cried, and her male best friend panicked. 3.7kReads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Everyone in the Marquis's Household Is a Big Shot, but I'm Just a Little Nobody 侯门全家皆大佬，而我只是小趴菜 Everyone in the Marquis’s Household Is a Big Shot, While I’m Just a Little Nobody 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Night He Shattered His Ribs, I Tore Up the Divorce Papers 他撞碎肋骨那夜，我撕了离婚书 The Night He Broke His Ribs, I Tore Up the Divorce Papers —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 After I Transmigrated as the Villainess, All the Male Leads Went Off Script for Me 穿成恶毒女配后，男主们全为我崩了人设 After I Became the Villainess, All the Male Leads Broke Character for Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 My Wife's Guy Best Friend Teased Me. I Laughed, but My Wife Cried 老婆男闺蜜开我玩笑，我笑了，老婆却哭了 My wife's male best friend joked around with me. I laughed, but my wife started crying. 473Reads—Score214d adds
- 48 Rumor Has It That President Shen and Mrs. Shen Are Deeply in Love 《传闻沈总和沈夫人很恩爱》 “Rumor Has It That President Shen and Mrs. Shen Are Very Much in Love” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 After Becoming a Sword Spirit, the Female Emperor and Sword Master Can’t Get Enough of Me 穿成剑灵后，女帝剑主对我真香了 After Reincarnating as a Sword Spirit, the Female Emperor Sword Master Is Head Over Heels for Me 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Arrogant Prince 傲娇王爷 The Arrogant Prince —Reads—Score—14d adds
