Novels like Rouge and Rakes
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Rouge and Rakes, best match first.
- 101 Drowning in the Wind 溺风 [Eldest young madam Shen Yuan × overseas-trained doctor Ye Cimian] [Modern romance + premium fiction + emotional drama + possessive love + reunion after years apart + Republican era + childhood sweethearts + amnesia + period setting] [The man Ye Cimian loves has forgotten him and married someone else, but that person is a faithless scoundrel...] If not for that rainy night, Shen Yuan’s life would have gone on just as it always had. Inside the high-walled, locked-down Du residence, she could neve 554Reads9.3Score10614d adds
- 102 I Saw It Coming: The Young Marshal and I Are Destined to Be Together 我有预料，少帅与我有情缘 [Pure-hearted Buddhist devotee. Jade-faced King of Hell. Young Marshal VS play the pig to eat the tiger. Greedy for money and beauty. Lovely young tailor. Sweet romance, both leads are each other’s first] The old dynasty has fallen, and warlords carve up the land. In these turbulent times, business is hard to come by. Su Dai, a young tailor who runs a sewing shop, is summoned overnight to make clothes for Marshal Shen, the new ruler of five provinces. Before entering the residence, Su Dai can th 197Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 103 I'll Play Along [Republican Era] 奉陪【民国】 When Song Linxia first meets Pei Dinglan, she is an orphan traveling north to find her relatives, while he is the notorious black sheep of a prominent family in the capital, an unfilial descendant. She nearly dies, and he saves her. The second time she meets Pei Dinglan, she is the third daughter of the Song family, determined to die rather than marry, while he is Ninth Master Pei, there to watch the fun. With no one to help her, she watches him stride over and place the gun at his waist in h 1.4kReads8.3Score18614d adds
- 104 Jointly Written by Vengeful Ghosts: Young Marshal, Please Keep Your Wife in Line! 厉鬼联名：少帅！管管你太太吧！ [A wildly obsessive, money-loving female Taoist master × a charming, clingy, iron-blooded young marshal|Two powerful leads|Supernatural romance|Marriage first, love later|Pure wish fulfillment, no angst] In her previous life, she was China's greatest Taoist master, who fought demons and vanquished ghosts with ruthless decisiveness. In this life, she opens her eyes only to find her second uncle drugging her and stuffing her into a coffin to be wed to a ghost. Normally, a wealthy young woman shove —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Spoiled Only by Him! The Little Money Lover Who Accidentally Flirted with the Young Marshal 专宠！错撩少帅的小财迷 [Alternate-Republican-era setting + A shrewd, devoted, domineering young marshal who spoils his wife + A beautiful, money-loving, funny, clear-headed heroine + Sweet romance + Both leads are chaste + The hero is faithful] Republican era Qian Niannian only happened to save the young marshal’s fiancée and earn a little “rescue fee” on the side, yet somehow became Murong Sheng’s sworn enemy. His fiancée was one thing, but how dare this woman take his family heirloom? He cut off her nightclub’s sour 132Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 106 Yizheng Sheng 亦筝笙 Who promised a young man the sweetness of love, leaving behind a memory etched into his heart? Who envied the beauty and the famous general, composing a song of joy and sorrow, of partings and reunions? War rages in the north. Smoke and flames engulf a troubled age. Who will hold whose hand and grow old together? And who will be whose one and only, for a lifetime? Yi Sheng: Dad always says that girls who love to smile are sure to have good luck someday. Turns out he 568Reads8.4Score10814d adds
- 107 The Beauty Has No Interest in Romance; the Young Marshal's Conquest Is All in His Head 美人无心情爱，少帅自我攻略 Everyone says the young marshal Shi Weiyue is a womanizer who tires of the old and craves the new. In truth “You're no more than a plain willow. Dream on if you think you'll end up in my bed. You have two possible fates: death, or wishing you were dead. Which will it be?” They also say the young marshal Shi Weiyue is cruel and ruthless, with brutal methods. In truth “Lin Qingye, you've crossed me time and again. If you don't want to keep your life, I can take it from you.” His adjutant said blun 2.3kReads8.9Score24014d adds
- 108 Knowing You in the North 北地知意 [Alternate-history Republic of China setting + marriage first, love later] [Local warlord × heiress returned from overseas + renowned anti-Japanese general × agent for the cause] Lin Zhiyi, newly returned from studying abroad, marries Gu Shijun, a warlord of the northern lands, at her father’s behest, all to find conclusive proof that he is a traitor to his country. After several brushes with death, she sees not a man selling out his country for wealth and glory, but one secretly working behind 293Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Like Autumn at First Sight: The Young Marshal's Cool, Delicate Wife 一顾如秋：少帅的清冷娇妻 [Long-Game Pursuit + Seven-Year Age Gap + Both Chaste + The Hero Has Loved Her for Years] [Republican Era] He was the Gu family’s only son, the young marshal of Jiangbei with an army at his command. She was the daughter of an ordinary Jiangbei family. Their social standings could not have been farther apart. He had loved her since they were children, but she seemed to have forgotten all their childhood memories. When he learned that she already loved someone else, he nearly went mad. He used eve 2.1kReads8.2Score14714d adds
- 110 Pear Blossoms in Bloom 一树棠梨花开 For seven years of war, she kept watch over a flowering tree, waiting for someone who would never return. Across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, he passed through smoke and death to honor a promise left unfulfilled. That spring, “the flowering pear tree bloomed, its beauty captivating the city; willow fluff danced in the spring breeze.” Beneath blossoms white as snow, their eyes met, and each was struck by the other’s beauty. The beauty of mountains and rivers could not rival the gen 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Young Marshal, Your Wife and Her Two Little Devils Just Blew Up the Residence 少帅，夫人带俩小魔头把帅府炸啦 Republican Era + Adorable Kids + Cursed Mouth + Lucky Charm Fortune + Stripping the Family Bare Su Wantang went to sleep and woke up transmigrated to the Republican era, dealt a terrible hand from the start! Her biological father drained her maternal grandfather's fortune. After her mother died, he turned around and brought three concubines into the house. The mistress's daughter was even older than her! For more than a decade, he ignored the original owner and was nothing like a father. Su Want 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Crossing Qingping 清平渡 She was like a rootless duckweed, drifting through a turbulent age, forced to use love as bait and offer herself before the throne of power. He commanded a powerful army and had a heart of ice. Young Commander Shen Yicheng thought it was nothing more than a transaction in which both sides got what they wanted. He had no idea what kind of clever, patient soul hid behind each distant “Young Commander.” Behind towering walls, undercurrents surged; the names of true and false relatives, the tangled 13.7kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 113 Reborn in 1928 Shanghai 重生民国1928大上海 Zhuang Zichen was carrying out a mission without a care in the world when he woke up and found himself transmigrated to a bandit stronghold in 1928, during the Republican era. A bandit stronghold was one thing, but who could have guessed that the head bandit would die right away, leaving the second-in-command to take over and try to kill Zhuang Zichen? After the infighting, the gang was in no shape to carry on, so Zhuang Zichen took two bandits with him and made a name for himself in Shanghai: f 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Spring Flames: A Heartbreaking Republican-Era Romance 春焰（民国虐恋情深） [Republican-era romance + thrilling spy intrigue + tragic, all-consuming love + mutual salvation] A notorious socialite VS a two-faced warlord Bai Chunyan is a flower, blooming from the battlefield of a cruel world. Fu Qingxiang is a general, a cold-blooded young major who can seem human one moment and demonic the next. One stormy night in a small Jiangnan town, he saved her from danger, and from then on, a tangled vine took root in her heart. For him, she was willing to be a pawn, moving betwee 1.2kReads9.3Score12114d adds
- 115 From the Start, All I Had Was a Cage: A Lone Star Shining Over the Wildfire 开局一口笼孤星照野火 [Hardcore survival in Republican-era China: From the start, she’s in a bamboo cage, a white lotus on the surface and a bulldozer at heart!] Top materials scientist Shen Xinglan opens her eyes to find herself trapped in a bamboo cage, about to be drowned in a pond! Her crimes: being an ill-fated star and committing adultery. On the surface, she’s a weak, helpless, teary-eyed drama queen. Inside, she’s a cool-headed, ruthless modern mind with overwhelming intelligence. After escaping the beginner 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 The Fallen Princess: The Cold-Blooded Young Marshal’s Captive Darling 落难格格：冷面少帅的囚禁娇宠 Also known as: The Fallen Heiress and Her Five Men [Chasing her + fleeing while pregnant + imprisonment + obsessive love + unhinged + rivalry for her affection + sweet and angsty + doting + forceful possession + substitute] A captive in a chaotic era, consumed by love and hate. Every man wants to keep her by his side, even if that means locking her up! She is pregnant with one man's child, yet she can never escape the grasp of another. The first man, Aisin Gioro Rongheng: a sinister royal princ 107Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 117 Married to the Third Young Master of the Huo Family 嫁给霍家三少爷 After working hard in her previous life, Cheng Ruyuan just wants to lie flat in this one. She marries Huo Qiuming, the notorious playboy of Haishi. Huo Qiuming doesn’t want to get married, but his family forces his hand, so he marries Cheng Ruyuan, who comes from a scholarly family. The two of them agree to just make do and get on with life. P.S. There’s a subplot involving a male gay couple. Please don’t read if that bothers you. The heroine isn’t perfect, the hero isn’t perfect, and the writi 459Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 118 The Abstinent Warlord Is a Madman, Capturing His Runaway Wife from a Past Life 禁欲军阀是疯批，抓住前世在逃妻 [Abstinent, unhinged warlord + forced love + jealous possessiveness + naturally bewitching beauty + everyone loves her + rivals competing for her + thrillingly indulgent romance + sweet] After a failed attempt to knock herself against a pillar, Yuwen Yuan becomes the captive of Young Marshal Huo. He looks exactly like the male lead from the small world she escaped by faking her death. “Madam, I’ve found you.” As Huo Siting reads the scandal sheet she made up, using their past-life experiences as 36Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 119 Farewell, Immortal Sword: May We Meet Again as We Did at First 再见仙剑，此生只如初见 Synopsis: [Republican-era setting + Sword and Fairy fanfiction + Three-thousand-year vigil + Reincarnated, but strangers + A nation engulfed in war + Heart-wrenching romance] Li Xiaoyao waited for Zhao Ling'er for three thousand years. She was reincarnated in one life after another. Each time, he found her, only to watch her die just beyond his reach. The laws of Heaven allowed him to seek her out and protect her, but forbade him from telling her who she was, or who he was. In the second yea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Golden Light, It’s Flickering, Flickering, Flickering Its Way Here 金光，它一闪一闪一闪地来啦 No wish-fulfillment fantasy + slower pacing + warm and healing + devoted male lead + one-on-one romance. The heroine has a golden finger, but her abilities develop slowly over time as she accumulates good fortune. It doesn’t appear often in the early chapters. The romance sweetens in the middle and later parts, with all the sweetness found in the little details. In the turmoil of the Republican era, when human lives were worth less than grass, she was determined to make flowers bloom amid the r 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Rebellious Young Marshal's One and Only Love 桀骜少帅的绝色白月光 [Both Chaste + Peerless Beauty + Feel-Good Story + Sweet Romance + Many Children + Obsessive, Possessive Hero] {Exquisite Jiangnan Beauty vs. Cold, Proud Young Marshal} Before he met Tang Lichu, Li Juechen had impossibly high standards. Refined and arrogant, with a cool, distant gaze, he was unmoved by even the most beautiful women. After meeting her, the lofty Third Master Li fell in love at first sight. From then on, everyone knew that Young Marshal Li had found a precious sweetheart to cheris 5.7kReads8.9Score53514d adds
- 122 The Cool Fourth Young Lady: Beautiful Days, Yet What Can I Do? 清冷四小姐：良辰美景奈何天 In the Shanghai of the Republic of China, the storm clouds gathered. A family bargain and a fateful marriage contract forcibly bound Song Shujin, the aloof and quiet young lady of the Song family, to Xie Liangchen, a ruthless and cold-blooded warlord. After their marriage, he made one thing clear to Song Shujin: “You don’t need to worry. I, Xie Liangchen, kneel to only one ancestor, and I’ll take only one wife: you.” She was the only one he had ever loved, the only one he would protect. She fel 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Night Snow in Beiping 北平夜雪 A soft-spoken yet resilient southern orphan × the cold, rebellious only son of an army commander Five-year age gap | Both virgins | Tension and longing | Reunited after a breakup | Love seized by force “Five years later, when they met again, he personally arrested the man she loved.” That year, amid wind and snow at a small station, he took off his coat and wrapped it around her frozen body, his voice cool and indifferent: “Put it on. Don’t cause me trouble.” He was the only son of an army comma 7.5kReads8.9Score85014d adds
- 124 Daring to Borrow the Bright Moon from the Green Mountains 敢向青山借明月 [Alternate Republican-era setting + marriage first, love later + two formidable leads] A money-loving little blind woman who plays dumb × a cold-faced warlord who is calculating but deeply devoted After her family is destroyed, Lin Jingshu pretends to be blind to survive, playing music on the street with her eyes fixed only on the coins she needs to get by. Shen Yanqing, a cold, calculating warlord with a powerful army at his command, takes in a little blind woman for a monthly allowance of tw 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Reborn in the Republican Era: From the Start, I Was Kidnapped by Bandits and Dragged Up a Mountain 重生民国：开局被土匪绑上山 [Republican Era] [Warlord Warfare] [Pocket Dimension] [Multiple Heroines] [Modern Supplies] [A Common Soldier's Rise] [Watch a scumbag from the 21st century charm his way across the Republican Era.] Xu Lang, a top personal trainer, unexpectedly dies in a wealthy woman's mansion! Was it a distortion of human nature, or the collapse of morality? When he opens his eyes again, Xu Lang finds himself in the Republican Era, a hostage kidnapped by bandits and taken up their mountain! The bandits are now 2.7kReads6.9Score12214d adds
- 126 Republican Era: Ten Silver Dollars a Day, One Man, and the Rise of Nanhua 民国：一人一天十大洋，南华崛起 [The Ultimate Path of Chinese Martial Arts] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Army-Building Tycoon] Lu Chen transmigrates to Jinmen, a city torn apart by warlords and overrun by evil spirits. He inherits a shabby martial arts school on the verge of going bankrupt, with pockets even emptier than his face. In this brutal world where books are for the poor and martial arts are for the rich, just one dose of medicinal training broth costs five silver dollars. Without money to practice martial arts, you're as 182Reads5.9Score24714d adds
- 127 Zhou Yi Can Be Compared 周易可拟 [Bold, high-spirited young warlord × modern history graduate student] A story of mutual salvation One fleeting glimpse of him in a history book, and she was captivated by his striking features and bearing. Alas, there would never be another man like him in all the world. More than ten years later, she finally got to come to his side under another identity, accompany him through the hardest years, and give herself a glimpse of a golden age. I have seen countless chapters of history, but you alone 85Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 128 Captive Love: The Young Marshal's Possession 囚爱，少帅的掌中之物 [Marriage first, love later + unhinged male lead + possessive coercion] An accident involving her boyfriend and her family's betrayal turned Shen Wanqing into a prisoner in Fu Sihan's cage. What made Fu Sihan so obsessed with her? Was it because he couldn't have her? But hadn't he already claimed her before they married? He had made her completely his. 24.4kReads—Score2.7k14d adds
- 129 Reborn: Switching to a New Young Marshal Husband to Love Me Dearly 重生之换个少帅老公狠狠爱 [The glittering Bund | Daily life as the young marshal’s wife | Both virgins | Alternate setting | War] In her previous life, Su Fuying and her younger sister Su Qingwan were both being courted at the same time. Her sister married a young warlord, while she married a wealthy playboy. At first, everyone thought Su Fuying’s married life would be a complete mess, but the opposite turned out to be true. Her sister, married to the young marshal, spent every day alone in an empty room, and eventually 257Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 130 Commander, Stop Acting So Cold and Go Comfort Her! 督军别装高冷，快哄哄她！ [Pseudo-Republican era + military marriage + male lead reborn + sweet romance + both leads faithful to each other + secret crush + age gap + unaware of his own feelings] [Ruthless, powerful warlord × sweet, gentle, resilient, brave little rabbit] Qin Zhou, warlord of Beicheng, had long been prepared to die on the battlefield one day. He never expected that after dying, he would be reborn, back to the day five years earlier when he returned to the Qin family to pay respects to his late mother. … 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Spoiled in Republican-Era China: The Stern Commander and His Modern Sweetheart 民国娇宠：冷峻长官的现代小娇妻 [Alternate Republic of China setting + marriage before love + cold, hard warlord at first, devoted puppy-like husband later + sweet, gentle beauty at first, powerful career woman later + transmigration mystery] After transmigrating to the Republic of China era, she becomes the illegitimate daughter of a merchant family, unwanted by all, and is forced to marry a cold-faced warlord. He thinks he has married a meek country girl, only to discover that she can read foreign languages and understand th 1.6kReads6.1Score11114d adds
- 132 A Grand Feast in Shanghai 沪江盛宴 Shanghai is a city where fortunes can change in the blink of an eye. Who will rule the roost today? A slow-burn gang story, not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy! A Green Gang boss × a cool, aloof doctor. Love and hate, passion and heartbreak, twists and turns. He is a notorious Green Gang boss, unruly and impossible to tame. He says, “I’m a devil who crawled out of hell. I’ve never cared whether anyone lives or dies. Crushing you would be as easy as crushing an ant!” To him, human life is the c 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 She Tore Up the Hand She Was Dealt in Love 她把爱的烂牌撕了 The fourteenth year of the Republic, a rainy night. The young marshal’s wife watches her husband carry his sworn sister into the bridal chamber. He gently reassures her, “Don’t be afraid. This is our home.” “Our home? I’m the outsider now.” She neither cries nor makes a scene. She does only three things… Within three days, every step is marked by blood, and she backs the young marshal into a corner. He signs the divorce papers in tears. Pregnant, she boards a ship south with a rising star. At se 59Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 134 Warlord, Please Be Gentle 督军大人轻点宠 He is a ruthless warlord who seized power in Bianzhou by wading through the blood of his own family, destined to live a lonely life. She is a lowly seamstress, but a cinnabar mole on her collarbone leads him to mistake her for the young girl who once saved his life. He showers her with all the affection in the world. As war engulfs the land, they defend their country side by side, entrusting each other with their lives. Just as their love deepens, she is poisoned and left on the brink of death. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Warlord and Opera Singer: Yun Lou 军阀与戏子别名云楼 A brand-new, brand-new, brand-new work is here! A Republic-era warlord x a delicate opera singer! Older man and younger man! Love at first sight! Male Lead 1: Yun Feng. Before he arrived, Nancheng was a complete mess. After three years of swift, decisive crackdowns, he became Nancheng’s most powerful warlord. He’s 196 centimeters tall and 27 years old. Handsome as he is, he’s cold and aloof, and people hoping to curry favor with him could line up from Nancheng all the way to *guo. Plenty have ev 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Rain at Dawn and Dusk, Wind Suddenly Rising 朝暮之雨疏风骤 Warlord romance + devoted one-on-one love + intense, simmering tension + a groveling chase to win her back + a marriage in someone else’s place (set in a fictionalized Republican-era China) He is the young marshal, a warlord with control of the troops across six northern provinces. On the ocean liner returning to China, he rescues her after someone drugs her with an aphrodisiac. From that moment on, their fates become intertwined... She is a student returning from overseas, yearning for freedom —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Fathers' Banner: 1921 父辈的旗帜1921 An earthen wall kept two brothers apart for thirty years. On one side, people farmed. On the other, they killed. Yet every night, a bowl of water appeared beneath the wall. Their eldest brother worried his younger brother would come back thirsty after a killing. The Zhou family has lived in Qingxi Town in eastern Sichuan for a hundred years. Bandits, sworn brotherhoods, revolution, the War of Resistance, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, e-commerce, short videos. A wall, a tree, a knife, a bow 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The White Jade Capital in My Heart 心上白玉京 [Alternate-Republic Era + Love of Country and Family + Beloved by All] A dramatic, cunning governor-general x a moody, world-weary crybaby * She is the moon in everyone’s heart; he is the sun that will redeem the rest of her life. * Back then, Shen Polu was the only son of the marshal of the navy and army. Bai Yujing was the daughter of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Their arranged marriage was a match made in heaven. Later, Shen Polu came to command four provinces, holding court in Jingbei w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Young Marshal's Substitute Bride Is Wild and Sweet 少帅的替嫁新娘野又甜 (Domestic intrigue + miracle doctor + play the fool to catch the tiger + substitute marriage + sweet romance + fictional Republican-era setting) He is a young warlord with power over the region, the living King of Hell feared by everyone in Beicheng, yet he is afflicted with a deadly poison no one can cure. They say he is ruthless, cold, and cruel, a patricidal, fratricidal killer, and a short-lived man who despises women. She is a helpless girl with neither power nor influence, a lowborn daught 4.1kReads7.7Score39814d adds
- 140 From the Start, the Number One Beauty in Jiangcheng Blows My Head Off 开局被江城第一美女爆头 [Republican Era] + [Alternate history] + [System] + [War of Resistance against Japan] + [Ruthless and decisive] After transmigrating to the Republican Era, he becomes Jiangcheng's biggest playboy, a young marshal! From the start, Jiangcheng's number-one beauty knocks him out with an ashtray, activating the [God-Tier Sign-In System]! On the surface, I'm still the same Jiangcheng playboy, spending my days in dance halls and throwing money around. Behind the scenes, I quietly sign in, build weapons 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Reborn, She Gives the Commander a Hard Slap! 刚重生：她就给督军一个大比兜！ [System] [Republican Era] [Sweet Romance] [Power Couple] On his birthday, the cold and lovelorn bachelor Huo Tiancheng received the two most unforgettable “gifts” of his life! First: His own mother drugged him and dumped him in the Eight Great Alleys! Second: He got beaten up for the first and only time in his life! That same day... Modern-day powerhouse Qin He transmigrated to the Republican Era, where the original host had been kidnapped by traffickers and taken to a brothel from the start! 590Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 142 The God of Gambling: Tales of Siam 赌神：暹罗风云录 He was known as Thailand’s “Huang Jinrong.” Under his leadership, Thailand’s Hongmen Society became famous throughout Southeast Asia. He funded Sun Yat-sen’s revolutionary cause, and Sun called him “the pillar supporting Mr. Sun’s cause.” He became sworn brothers not only with Sun Yat-sen, despite the difference in their ages, but also with Rama V of Siam. He was made an earl and granted the Siamese royal surname. A road in Bangkok bears his name, as does Siam’s first Chinese-style mansion. His 92Reads—Score1314d adds
- 143 A Beauty in Republican-Era China, Captivating a City in Chaotic Times 民国有佳人，乱世倾人城 At twenty, Gu Qingwan returns from studying in Britain. The famed eldest daughter of the Gu family, she is married to Shen Bincheng, the young marshal of Jiangbei, in a political alliance. Her noble birth is also a shackle, but her longing for freedom has never faded. She longs to pursue freedom and her own beliefs, and to join her like-minded friends in bringing an end to these troubled times. What she never expected was to fall in love with him. In the end, romantic love cannot outweigh duty t 1.5kReads8.2Score10414d adds
- 144 The Stolen Jade Pendant: A Love Beyond the Bounds of a Chaotic Age 夺卿玦：乱世错缘，情深逾矩 [Republican-era turmoil + amnesia and mistaken marriage + taking by force + a blood feud + twisted romance] [Obsessive young marshal × amnesiac daughter of a warlord] She was injured in an accident on the edge of a cliff and lost her memory. He was a young doctor who rescued her and married her. On their wedding night, beneath the red candles, her lost memories came rushing back. She learned that she was the adopted daughter of Warlord Tang, and that her childhood sweetheart, whom she regarded a 653Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Republican-Era Book Transmigration: The Poppy Is Seductive and Savage 穿书民国：虞美人又撩又凶 [Both leads are each other’s only partner] One day, Yu Sheng transmigrated into the body of an early-doomed cannon-fodder character who shared her name. As soon as she got home, she fired three shots in front of everyone, then casually said, “How noisy.” No one could change her mind. Yu Sheng was determined to play the badass. At their first meeting, Yu Sheng was a delicate beauty, seemingly frail, helpless, and heartbroken. At their second meeting, Yu Sheng punched him twice. Don’t 402Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 146 Who Says the Moon Doesn't Shine in a Foreign Land? 怎知他乡无月明 One is a celebrated Peking opera star, famous throughout Beijing. The other is a powerful minister, second only to The Outcast, who reigns supreme over the foreign concessions. These two men belong to different worlds, yet because of one woman, they are drawn together against their will in a fierce entanglement. Onstage, he is a peerless star of Beiping, radiant beyond compare. Offstage, he is the uncle she can’t stop thinking about. She says, “Uncle, I want to be your second wife.” But in the e 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Espionage: My Second Life in the Republic of China 谍战之我在民国做二代 [Spy Warfare + Political Intrigue + Trading Supplies + Ultimate Wish-Fulfillment: Not to Be Missed] Zhao Zhilin is a well-connected young scion and a legendary spy who has returned through time, determined to resist the Japanese. Whether he’s dealing with the Special Service Office or No. 76, he fits right in. “I know who the ‘Hu Qin’ you’ve been looking for is.” This is the confession offered by a turncoat at No. 76 who could no longer endure torture. “It’s time Zhao Zhilin got promoted.” These 991Reads5.9Score10514d adds
- 148 A Fleeting Life Before the Snow Falls 浮生未雪 On a rainy plum-blossom night in the Jiangnan region in 1924, Lin Xuetang, daughter of the Su family, first meets Shen Yanzhou, son of the commander of Beiping, by the lotus pond at a country estate. A family heirloom jade pendant engraved with a dragon brings them together, sparking a romance that spans the north and south. She is graceful and poetic; he is bold and spirited like a soldier. From protecting each other at school to exploring an ancient temple, from fishing lights on a night lake 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Young Marshal’s Cherished Darling, Spoiled and Teased 独宠掌中娇，少帅轻点撩 The first thing Shen Junjun did after transmigrating was eat ten roast ducks. Raised in the countryside, her mother dead, nearly assassinated, and then jilted: the original owner sure had bad luck, Shen Junjun thought as she ate. She used to be a mukbang streamer with a huge appetite. When she transmigrated, the heroine’s mother had just died, and she was being bullied. Shen Junjun clung to the trousers of her savior, managing to keep her newly acquired life. How was a young woman like her suppo 1.9kReads9.4Score24414d adds
- 150 The Poppy Has No Tears 虞美人没有眼泪 A young lady in Republican-era China: no CP, no golden finger, no transmigration, but plenty of money and brains. The heroine is the daughter of a Huizhou merchant, a mental arithmetic prodigy fluent in four languages. She excels at lightning-fast connections across fields (smell perfume → chemical formula → business conspiracy), has a gift for languages (six dialects and four foreign languages), and possesses keen powers of observation (she can tell someone's profession from the wear on their 2Reads—Score—14d adds
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