Novels like After Becoming the Second Wife, I Took It Easy and Raised the Kids with a Carefree Heart
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- 51 The 1980s: The Tsundere Officer Flirts Wildly with His Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife 八零：闷骚军官狂撩炮灰前妻 The low rating is only because not many people have read it~ [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s setting + military marriage + devoted to each other + supporting female character + ten-year age gap + marriage before love + mutual flirting] [An outwardly serious, secretly flirtatious daddy-type hero whose old heart finally catches fire & a beautiful, sweet, timid, flirtatious heroine] When Zhu Sui'an wakes up, she discovers she's transmigrated into a period novel as the villainous ex-wife who makes 2.5kReads8.9Score28214d adds
- 52 The Regent Prince's Transmigrated Consort 摄政王的穿越妃 To reassure his imperial elder brother, Prince Regent Situ Jin agrees to marry Gu Xingman, the beautiful but timid and meek legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's household. The prince's manor is wealthy and grand. Supporting one more pretty ornament is no big deal. But one look on their wedding night is enough to captivate him for life. His darling wife keeps calling him “husband,” and the prince regent thinks that even someone with a heart of stone couldn't resist such a delicate, gentle 3.1kReads9.1Score33614d adds
- 53 The Marquis's Wife Is Reborn, Divorces, and Marries a Prince! 侯府主母重生后，和离嫁王爷！ Song Mingli worked herself to the bone after marrying into the marquis's household, only to be burned to ashes by her husband's concubine. Reborn on the very day her husband brought the concubine's child into the marquis's household, she gets another chance to set things right. This time, she'll reclaim her dowry, take her son, and divorce the scoundrel! She'll also repay Prince Jing, who helped her family in her previous life. She only meant to warn him that there would be an ambush on the road 3.9kReads9.1Score46414d adds
- 54 A Substitute Bride Becomes a Stepmother: The Marchioness Raises Her Children to Defy the Odds 替嫁当后娘，侯门主母养崽逆袭 [Reborn + transmigration + substitute marriage + marquis household matriarch + stepmother raising children + household and palace intrigue + raising talented children + feel-good novel] Her legitimate elder sister is reborn and does everything she can to avoid marrying into the marquis household, which she says is a living hell. Sheng Mimi is a transmigrated illegitimate daughter, and she's ordered to take her sister's place and marry into that supposedly hellish household. The moment she arrive 13.1kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 55 A Noble Wife's Easy Days in the Prince's Manor 王府贵媳躺赢日常 Also known as The Noble Daughter-in-Law of the Prince’s Manor Turns Her Life Around. Romance after marriage, with a slice-of-life feel. After Xia Chenchen, daughter of Lingchuan’s richest family, married Song Zhuo, the fourth son of Prince Yongping, she spent four years being careful and patient, only to meet a tragic end. Reborn, Xia Chenchen finally saw things clearly. If swallowing every indignity still didn’t make life any better, why not live boldly instead? From this day forward, no one co 2kReads8.9Score21214d adds
- 56 A Concubine at the Door? Reborn, I Married My Ex’s Marquess Father 外室进门？重生我嫁前夫的侯爷爹 [Revenge and Punishing Scumbags + Devoted Couple + No Saintly Lead + Satisfying Read + Tooth-Rotting Sweetness + One-and-Only Devotion] Jiang Qingyao was reborn. In her previous life, marrying the heir apparent had been nothing but a scam. She was left alone in an empty bedroom, her dowry was drained, and she raised her cheating husband's illegitimate child for him and his mistress. Even her maternal family's entire clan was beheaded. Jiang Qingyao died with regrets. When she opened her eyes aga 204Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 57 The Easygoing Second Wife 佛系继室 From the moment Cui Jiangwan learns she’s to marry Marquis Wu’an Ji Huai, she knows the marquis still carries an irreplaceable first love in his heart. That woman was his late wife and his childhood sweetheart. So Cui Jiangwan plans to be a laid-back second wife and live with Ji Huai in mutual respect. 3.1kReads6.8Score22614d adds
- 58 Reborn to Marry an Older Man 重生之嫁给老男人 In her previous life, she had no sense of her own limits. A mere maid, she became obsessed with the riches and splendor of a great household. She had ambition without the ability to match it, and she was poor at judging people. In the end, she met a tragic death. In this life, for her family's sake, she resolutely takes the old path of entering a great household as a young maid. All she wants is to do her job, stay safe until her term is up, redeem her freedom, and leave the household to reunite 5.5kReads9.1Score42514d adds
- 59 Marrying a Twice-Divorced Uncle: Who's the One Marrying Up? 嫁给二婚大叔，谁高攀了谁 When Lu Ming thought the whole world had abandoned her, Cheng Yuting appeared. At thirty-three, Cheng Yuting is divorced with no children, refined and handsome, a perfect gentleman. Most important are the Cheng family's influence and his own abilities. So what if he’s divorced? Single women, and even their parents, would be thrilled to have a man like Cheng Yuting be divorced or widowed. And Cheng Yuting seems to drift from flower to flower, enjoying himself. He seems like a flame that beguiles 2.7kReads9.0Score23214d adds
- 60 I Became the Male Lead's Stepmom, and the Compound's Commander Won Me Over 穿成男主后妈，大院首长撩翻天 [Period setting + military marriage + both pure + transmigration + sweet romance] (Spoiled, flirty diplomat vs. scheming, flirtatious military officer) After dying in an accident, 29-year-old translator Ning Wanwan transmigrated to the 1980s and became the male lead's doomed young stepmother (aunt by marriage). The original owner was a sophomore at a foreign affairs college. As a top student in her previous life, Ning Wanwan thinks, “A diplomat? This job is practically made for me. I'm going to 7.6kReads8.8Score72614d adds
- 61 I Won’t Be a Powerful Official’s Concubine, I Just Want to Farm 不做权臣外室，我只想种田 As the head of the Court of Judicial Review, Huo Yanzheng is known among the people of the capital as an upright official who solves cases with uncanny skill. But to Su Lingwan, he is cold and heartless, standing by with folded arms. He hardly seems like a good person. So whenever Huo Yanzheng comes to eat at her noodle shop, she secretly gives him two extra side dishes or adds another braised egg to his order. She is timid by nature and has no one to rely on. She can only hope that, in return f 6.8kReads8.9Score65414d adds
- 62 The Grand Secretary Shen’s Beloved Darling 沈首辅的掌上娇 Jiang Jincan, the third young lady of the Yong'an Marquis's household, is said to bring death to her husbands. If she takes a liking to you, tell me, would you panic? Shen Yanqing said, “What’s there to panic about? Heaven may not have dropped a fortune into my lap, but it did drop me a wife. That’s a sure win.” Who in the capital didn’t know that Shen Yanqing, heir to the Duke of Dingguo, would do anything Jiang Jincan asked, since their families had been close for generations? He practically w 3kReads9.0Score36614d adds
- 63 The Prime Minister's Pampered Lady: He Begs Her to Divorce Him 一品娇宠，丞相大人求休妻 Gu Qingzhi is only eighteen, beautiful, born into a powerful family, and free to spend as much money as she likes. So how did she end up marrying a man who’d already been married once, and who even has a six-year-old child? Is there something wrong with her eyes? Now that she’s come to her senses, she knows being a stepmother is no easy task. Husband, please grant her a divorce and let her return to her family home in peace! “Prime Minister, this is bad! Madam has gone to the Old Madam again, s 1.1kReads8.8Score47414d adds
- 64 My Scumbag Husband Dumped Me on Beggars? Reborn, I Went on a Killing Spree 渣夫君把我丢给乞丐？我重生杀疯 [Short Dramas Now Streaming: The First Version, He Yi After Our Divorce, I Became the Crown Prince's Favorite, starring Zhang Chi and Yao Yuchen. The Second Version, Scheming for Her a Lifetime of Honor, starring Yang Luoqian and Feng Yiyang] Her husband was born impotent and unable to consummate their marriage, yet he and his vicious mother plotted to throw her to beggars! She suffered endless humiliation, while her husband passed the imperial exams, became a top scholar, and got his illness cu 2.5kReads9.1Score48114d adds
- 65 The Second Wife Refuses to Live Idly: She Fights and Scrambles Her Way to Becoming the Family’s Darling 继室拒绝咸鱼躺，又争又抢成团宠 [A dazzling, pampered beauty who’s the spirited second wife vs. a stern, taciturn minister who’s no stickler for convention] [Devoted to each other + ancient-era marriage before love + an old flame reignited + age and personality gap] Jiang Yao, the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family of Jinling, was eighteen when she married the head of the Pei family in the capital as his second wife. She came from a humble family and was marrying into a powerful one, on top of being a second wife. No one 75.2kReads9.1Score10.3k14d adds
- 66 The Retired Life of a Female Court Archivist 司籍女官的退休日常 [Fictional setting, not a transmigration or rebirth story + household intrigue + lady of the house] [Early story: self-reliant junior female official x by-the-book prefect] [Later story: perceptive and sensible lady of the house x scheming grand secretary] Wu Xi has spent thirteen years in the palace, struggling her way up, cautious and restrained, dodging countless hidden attacks. At last, she earns the position of sixth-rank female official in charge of the palace library. But then the former 1.1kReads8.6Score10514d adds
- 67 What Do I Do? I Was Forced to Become the Stepmother of a Mouthy Brat 怎么办？被迫成了杠精崽子的后娘 Tags: Everyday child-rearing, married first then falling in love, fictional dynasty, no need to research the details Modern office worker Luo Chaoyan has always had terrible luck. One day, a typhoon sweeps her into an unfamiliar ancient era. Her father is a minor fifth-rank official, and her mother is the daughter of a wealthy merchant from Jizhou. She thinks she’ll have an easy life this time around, but at a banquet, five-year-old Huo Rui tricks her. She’s forced to marry his father and become 15kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 68 The Grand Tutor Has Fallen for Someone, and the Entire Capital Knows 太傅老房着火烧的全京城都知道了 Old flames rekindled + marriage first, love later + faithful couple + the everyday dramas of a great ancient family The moment Qin Ruoyin opens her eyes, she realizes she has become the legitimate daughter of an official family in the Great Ying Dynasty. Before she can enjoy her privileged life, her cousin Qin Ruyue schemes to switch their marriage prospects. Qin Ruyue has been reborn. In her previous life, she married Lord Jiang, a widower who had risen to the highest ranks of government. She t 110.4kReads8.6Score14.9k14d adds
- 69 Dream of the Red Chamber: Waiting to Become a Widow and Raising Daiyu 红楼：坐等守寡，抚养黛玉 “The Jia family are no good, sister. You shouldn’t get into that sedan chair!” And so a fine private sedan chair appeared before Daiyu. “They’re just a bunch of spoiled brats, and they still have the nerve to brag? How shameless!” Baoyu, who was about to take her hand, was kicked away out of nowhere. “That old lady is so hypocritical. If you care about Daiyu, why didn’t you even bring her a welcoming gift?” Jia Mu winced and dug into her private savings to give Daiyu a gift. Daiyu likes her 5.3kReads9.1Score70214d adds
- 70 After Becoming the Wicked Stepmother, the Villainous Kids Beg Me to Hold Them 穿成恶毒继母后，反派崽崽哭着求抱抱 The moment Li Yueshu opened her eyes, she found herself as the wicked stepmother of the four future villains in a book. When the villains grew up, they began taking revenge on their stepmother. The eldest son, a powerful eunuch who held sway over the court, threw her to a group of eunuchs for their amusement. The second son, a corrupt merchant who amassed all the wealth in the land, offered her false hope when she was at her most desperate. The third child, a daughter whose mastery of poison sho 137Reads8.8Score4714d adds
- 71 The Leisurely Life of a Noblewoman in Ancient Times 古代闺秀的悠闲生活 Savor the unhurried passing of time and enjoy a carefree life. I envy your graceful beauty, reflected in the blue heavens and the jade moon. Su Huayue learned everything from her mother from a young age, treating being a daughter of the Su family as a job. As the legitimate daughter of her father's second wife, all she had to do was live freely under the protection of her mother and elder brother. Her only pleasure was watching her two elder half-sisters compete for their father's and grandmothe 11.5kReads8.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 72 The Joy of Remarrying 再醮之喜 Reborn + Sweet Romance + Second Marriage + Rugged Hero Song Jinniang’s husband, Xiao Jingran, caught the eye of the Prince of Jin’s daughter. Song Jinniang, his officially wedded wife, was reduced to the status of a mistress, and even her son became a despised illegitimate child. In the end, mother and son both died. Given another life, Song Jinniang returned to the day before she was supposed to enter the capital. This time, she had no hope left for that heartless beast. She took her son, chang 11.7kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
- 73 The Beautiful Stepmother Easily Tames the Prodigal Father and Son 漂亮继母，轻松拿捏纨绔父子 [One-on-one romance, both leads are inexperienced, sweet pampering, love after marriage] In the novel The Marquis's Principal Wife, the heroine is a concubine-born daughter of the prime minister. She and her legitimate sister are reborn together. Before their rebirth, the heroine married a poor provincial graduate, while her sister married into the powerful Marquis of Yongyi's household as his second wife. But the Marquis of Yongyi's family falls under the emperor's suspicion, and the entire hou 4.4kReads9.0Score46814d adds
- 74 A Powerful Family Romance: It Has to Be Her 高干婚恋，非她不可 Two couples, two stories. What to look forward to: Department Chief Shen and Miss Bai have known each other since birth. Both work in the public sector, and childhood sweethearts, they marry in a flash, with her moving from the upstairs apartment to the one downstairs. Their married life is a hilarious, sweet romance between a straight-laced man and a spirited, domineering woman. Young Master Cen and his wildflower assistant: the rabbit only eats grass from its own burrow. He’s an arrogant rich 15kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 75 Madam Jinning 瑾宁夫人 Meng Jinning wasn't exactly the laid-back type, but she understood the principle of not bothering others unless they bothered her first. She also knew that being a stepmother was no easy task. She figured the children's maternal relatives and their own father could take care of them, and the most she could do was turn a blind eye. She never expected that, even though she had no intention of meddling, someone else would insist on dragging her into their business. 309Reads7.7Score10514d adds
- 76 When He Learned I’d Secretly Taken Contraceptive Soup, the Powerful Minister Turned Dark 得知我偷喝避子汤后，权臣黑化了 [Household intrigue + sweet romance + rise to power + age and height gap + a touch of healing] Tan Yin is the third daughter among the Song family's concubine-born daughters. When she was twelve, she accidentally ate crab roe and broke out in a rash all over her body. A plague was sweeping through Jiangnan at the time, and everyone feared it might be smallpox. So they sent Tan Yin to Puhua Mountain outside the capital, leaving her to fend for herself. Five years passed, and no one came to see he 15.5kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 77 Who Will Share This Lovely Night? 良宵谁与共 Her widowed mother remarries into the Xiao family. After enduring all kinds of ups and downs, she finally raises Xu Lingyun to adulthood. When Xu Lingyun reaches the age to choose a husband, she discovers that the eldest son of the Xiao family has had his eye on her for a long time... They fall in love and live happily ever after. 2.8kReads9.1Score28314d adds
- 78 After the Maid Ran Away, the Cold Heir Apparent Turned Dark 通房逃跑后，清冷世子黑化了 [Forced Marriage and Possessive Pursuit + Over-the-Top Drama + Devoted to Each Other] [Black-Bellied Heir Apparent vs. Sweet and Lovely Concubine] Su Qingyue was beautiful, with a soft, graceful figure, and she drew plenty of attention at the Duke's estate. Unfortunately, she was only a servant. So when a lecherous illegitimate son of the household set his sights on her, Qingyue focused on the heir apparent, Pei An, the Marquis's wife's only son, in the hope of escaping her predicament. She did 6.1kReads8.3Score45114d adds
- 79 Is the Villainous Stepmother Having a Headache Again Today? 反派继母今天又头疼了吗！ [Transmigrate into a Book, Adorable Kids, Lighthearted, Feel-Good] At a critical moment in a corporate acquisition, Ruan Tao, who had been working through the night for several days, suddenly died. When she opens her eyes, she finds she’s transmigrated into a book and become the vicious stepmother villain. In the end, she’ll turn into a stumbling block in the romance between the male and female leads, and successfully get herself killed! Ruan Tao lazily crosses her legs and leisurely flips throu 3.1kReads9.2Score30514d adds
- 80 A Foolish Dad, an Apocalypse Mom, and a Mad Son Who Lies His Way to the Throne 痴傻爹末世娘，疯批儿子躺赢成皇 Scheming heroine + goofy hero + mad stepson + tormenting scumbags and face-slapping An apocalyptic ability user is unexpectedly bound to a System and transmigrates into the body of the neglected second daughter of the Shen family. In her previous life, her family favored her scheming older sister, and her own husband regarded that sister as his true love. After her sister died, he tormented Shen Wanning both emotionally and physically, putting her through endless suffering. But Shen Wanning, who 12.3kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 81 The Outer Wife 外室之妻 Gu Zheng was at her wit’s end with the way her stepmother kept causing trouble. Even though the man looked down on her, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and marry him. She thought she was destined to be a supporting female character in this world, so she lived by the rules and knew her place. Then, in the blink of an eye, her husband turned out to be the Duke’s illegitimate son! He was about to be acknowledged by the family and become the young duke, but the ducal household looked down on 1.1kReads9.0Score32814d adds
- 82 The Big Boss's Little Wife 大领导的小妻子 This book tells the story of An Xue, whose husband Zheng Yu abandons her for a new lover. A chance encounter with her neighbor Lei Congguang changes the course of her life. Born into a high-ranking official's family, Lei Congguang initially looks down on An Xue, but after a series of absurd and comical encounters, he finally recognizes his true feelings and falls in love with her. One is a rising government official, while the other is a divorced woman who barely stands out in a crowd. After nav 16.9kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 83 I Became the Wicked Stepmother of Three Sweet Kids 穿成三个乖乖崽的恶毒后娘 [Space + Adorable Kids + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good] Hua Qianmian was a space-wielding esper in a modern special abilities department. She died in an accident on a mission and transmigrated into another world, inhabiting the body of a stepmother with the same name. Her former self was lazy, greedy, and shameless, with a worldview that beggared belief. Looking at three sweet children who were so well-behaved they broke her heart, and a mother-in-law who genuinely stood up for her, she decided to 4.9kReads9.3Score79814d adds
- 84 My Scumbag Fiancé Ran Away from Our Wedding, So I Married Someone Else on the Spot 渣男逃婚，我当场改嫁了 On her wedding day, Meng Jinyao’s intended groom, Gu Xiuming, eloped with another woman, turning her into a laughingstock. She hardened her heart and changed grooms on the spot, marrying Gu Xiuming’s adoptive father, Gu Jingxi. After the wedding, Gu Xiuming sneered at her. “Meng Jinyao, have you no shame? You couldn’t become my bride, so now you want to become my mother?” Meng Jinyao looked at the man standing in the doorway and complained, “Husband, your son is being disrespectful and insulting 4kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 85 Dreaming with the Cold, Powerful Official: The Sweetheart Blushes and Her Heart Races 与清冷权臣共梦，娇娇脸红心跳 [Sweet romance + devoted couple] Fourth Miss Jiang lost both her parents when she was young. She has spent years hidden away in the inner quarters of the Jiang household, never meeting anyone. After coming of age, rumors spread that she is ugly and timid as a mouse, prompting her fiancé to break off their engagement. But on the day the engagement is called off, the man who arrives isn’t her fiancé. It’s his uncle, the man who visits her dreams every night. Jiang Fu has a secret. Ever since she c 12.8kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 86 Back to the Day I Got into the Wrong Bridal Sedan, I Remarried on the Spot 重回上错花轿当天，我当场改嫁了 After being sent to the wrong bridal sedan, Su Jianjia went from being the matriarch of a marquis’s household to the wife of its adopted son. Everyone thought she had carefully planned the bride-swapping scheme. They hated and despised her, tormenting her in every way as she struggled to survive in the marquis’s household. Then, by chance, she discovered that her husband was having an affair with her adoptive mother. In public, they played the loving mother and son; in private, they were partner 37.2kReads9.2Score3.1k14d adds
- 87 The Beloved Cousin 盛宠表姑娘 When Jiang Yunting first arrived in Bianjing, all she wanted was to be a well-behaved young cousin at the Duke of Dingguo's residence, enhance her standing, then marry her childhood sweetheart and live a smooth, happy life. But later, her fiancé turned his back on her for wealth and status, while the refined, aloof second cousin in the household began looking at her strangely, as if he wanted to devour her. When Shen Yu first met Jiang Yunting, he had one erotic dream after another. In his d 16.9kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
- 88 A Child Out of Wedlock! The Chaste Prince Weeps and Begs Her Not to Divorce Him 未婚生子！禁欲王爷哭着求别和离 [Female physician + strong heroine + satisfying revenge + adorable babies + fake and real heiresses] She is the Ghost-Faced Poison Doctor. One moment, she’s herself; the next, she’s the unloved real daughter of a general’s household. At a royal banquet, she’s set up and caught in bed with the God of War prince, and the emperor decrees that they marry. On their wedding night, she takes the prince by force. Then it’s revealed that she wasn’t a virgin, and that she has an illegitimate daughter. The 14.7kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 89 The Matriarch Worked Herself to Death, Then Was Reborn to Raise the Kids and Take It Easy 主母操劳而死，重生后养崽摆烂了 [Both reborn + swapped lives + household matriarch + stepmother raising children + physician consort + powerful heroine and satisfying revenge + inner-family strife + adorable children] Shen Qinglan discovered that she and Shen Qingli had both been reborn! In her previous life, Shen Qinglan married into the Li family of Longxi and helped the second branch's eldest son rise to success, until he became a high-ranking official and she lived in splendor! Shen Qingli had only recently married into th 4.4kReads8.9Score65814d adds
- 90 The Little Girl from Secretary Zhang's Family 张书记家的小姑娘 After graduating from college at 24, Sang Ning chose to return to her hometown and take a job in the public sector. A year later, her employer sent her to a township government office for two years of support work. She became Secretary Zhang’s subordinate, and eventually, Secretary Zhang became part of her family. At 32, Zhang Yizheng was a veteran and the head of the township government. One day, a young woman joined the office. She was young, capable, and full of personality. For the first ti 17.7kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 91 I Transmigrated into an 1980s Devoted Wife Novel and Became a Sucker's Stepmother 穿进八零娇妻文，我给冤种当继母 At first glance, nothing seems wrong. Look closer, and there’s definitely a problem. That’s right, Wen Yu transmigrated into a book, in fact, into two. They’re linked novels by the same author, telling the stories of two generations. The Husband-and-Wife Story is about the dad, a sweet romance set in a bygone era. But Wen Yu isn’t the sweet young wife in the novel. She’s the male lead’s second wife, about to divorce him because their married life isn’t working out. The Sucker… is Wen Yu’s affect 2.9kReads8.3Score16914d adds
- 92 The Concubine's Guide to Self-Cultivation 为妾的自我修养 Zhu Yan transmigrates as a merchant's daughter and becomes a pawn her family uses to avoid disaster. Her father sends her to Changning Marquis Xie An as a concubine. As a concubine, Zhu Yan stays true to herself. She doesn't compete, make a fuss, or draw attention. Who could have guessed that the Marquis of Changning would be so fortunate? When something happens to the royal family's only two heirs, the emperor chooses Xie An, a member of the imperial clan, to inherit the throne. If a concubine 6.2kReads9.2Score44314d adds
- 93 So Sweet! The Villainous Yandere Wants to Kiss Me 爆甜！反派病娇想要跟我玩亲亲 [Lovesick obsession + sweet romance + both leads are each other’s first and only + equally matched + doting on each other!] Bai Jiaojiao, head of a family of renowned physicians, is on the brink of death. To stay alive, she binds herself to the Rebirth System. If she helps the System stop the great villain from turning evil and destroying the world, she’ll be granted a new life! Instead, she transmigrates into the cannon-fodder princess who runs away on her wedding night from the great villain, 2.5kReads9.1Score33814d adds
- 94 The Wicked Stepmother Is Surprisingly Wonderful 恶毒后娘她真香 Greedy, evil, and abusive to her stepchildren? No wonder she was a disposable character among the villains, an essential figure whose sole purpose was to make their tragic lives look even worse. One moment, Mu Xiaonuan is asleep; the next, she wakes up as the wicked stepmother, Madam Mu, in a novel. She has five stepsons and two stepdaughters, each one either cannon fodder or a villain, and she herself was born to be a stepping stone for them. Looking at the little sprouts in front of her, it’s 79.8kReads9.0Score6.8k14d adds
- 95 Urgent! The Regent Needs a Good-Luck Wedding! 急急急！要给摄政王冲喜啦！ [Animated comic adaptation now available] [Sweet romance + devoted husband + no angst + faithful couple + honest communication, no misunderstandings] Sweet and gentle princess consort vs. a regent who falls for her on his own Yan Mu was married off to the unconscious Regent in a marriage meant to bring him good luck. From then on, she gained a powerful weapon at her side. For the legitimate older sister who envied her: she flaunted her success and slapped her down at every turn! For the stepmoth 12.1kReads9.2Score88814d adds
- 96 A Blessed Wife with a Baby on the Way: Lord Commander, Be Good 好孕福妻：指挥使大人乖乖宠我 Marriage first, love later + devoted husband pursues his wife + dual purity + happy ending In her previous life, Luo Ran was killed by her husband and her cousin, who conspired against her. After years of dutifully keeping the household, all she got in the end was her father's title being manipulated away, and a tragic death for both father and daughter. Reborn six years 23.8kReads9.2Score2.7k14d adds
- 97 Seventies Island Military Marriage: A Stepmom's Daily Life Raising Kids After Remarrying 七零海岛军婚：二婚后妈养娃日常 Military Marriage + Stepmother + Second Marriage + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Food + Everyday Life + Love After Marriage When she opens her eyes, Song Shiwei discovers she has transmigrated into a book! Worse, she’s become the female cannon fodder with a tragic ending! To save her life and escape the plot’s control, she impulsively marries Zhou Tingyue, a cadre ten years her senior! She thinks she can now enjoy a carefree little life of her own! But when she arrives, she discovers that the f 3.4kReads8.9Score32014d adds
- 98 Mr. Zhen’s Marriage-First, Love-Later: Twice the Happiness 甄总先婚后爱快乐加倍 [A different take on marriage first, love later + comedy + bickering + constant sparks + age gap + healing] Zhen Xinwei initially misunderstands Qian Haohao. Later, his parents conspire to set them up, and he marries her. Zhen Xinwei says, “I never fake my marriage.” Qian Haohao replies, “What a coincidence. I never take marriage seriously.” Qian Haohao doesn’t believe in love, yet by a twist of fate, she ends up marrying for the second time. After the wedding, she tells Zhen Xinwei, “I’m not af 454Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Mountains and Seas, Once More 又见山海 [Government employee male lead, widowed and straightforward; gentle, soft-spoken divorced female lead] The leads have an age gap, and this is a sweet romance. The male lead first takes an interest in the beautiful female lead. After learning she's divorced, he uses his position to create opportunities to meet her and gradually get closer. Their lives slowly become intertwined, and of course, that eventually leads to an adult relationship. Along the way, they face everyday troubles and confront t 14kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 100 The Metaphysics-Studying Imperial Consort Is Fierce, and the Ascetic Prince Can’t Resist Her 玄学皇妃太凶猛，禁欲王爷不经撩 Also known as: The Princess Consort Is Here, and the Prince Washes the Sheets Every Night On her first day back at the estate, she offends her birth father and the impostor heiress. On her second day, she offends her grandmother and takes her birth mother along to divorce her husband. On her third day, she offends the entire capital! Everyone calls her a jinx. One sentence from her can tear families apart and leave people destitute and dead. No wonder they sent her away to be raised in a Tao 18.1kReads9.0Score3.4k14d adds
