Novels like A Young Dream in the Capital at Night
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- 151 After Surgery on My Crush, the Sweetness Goes Off the Charts 给暗恋对象做手术后甜度超标了 A devoted, possessive power player × a cool, proud plastic surgeon [Romance within the system + older man + healing and redemption + realistic fiction + marrying up + doting marriage, a man in power bows to love] Rumor has it that Mr. Qi, known to others as ruthless and cold-hearted, recently pulled off something major: he stole a plastic surgeon away from a scion of a prominent family. Dr. Song was the campus belle at her university. She’s beautiful, has a great figure, and has such clear eyes. 1.1kReads7.7Score142Shelves
- 152 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Became the Apple of a Beijing Tycoon's Eye 退婚后我成了京城大佬的心尖宠 Everyone thought the Xu family’s eldest daughter, Jing Se, who had come from the countryside, was shamelessly meeting a mysterious man in secret. The Gu family’s young master announced that he was engaged to Xu Manqing, the Xu family’s second daughter, and everyone waited to laugh at the eldest daughter. Instead, they found her sitting in the arms of Fu Yanci, the capital’s most sought-after young master. “Honey, I want this.” The young master smiled and slipped a diamond ring onto her finger. “ 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 Autumn Leaves Fall in the Capital 京秋叶落 [Beijing socialite × Rising Art-World Star + Devoted Love + Misunderstandings + Happily Ever After] A story set in Beijing, inspired by real life... He said, “Do you think you’ve got me wrapped around your little finger?” He said, “Ye Zhiqiu, there’s really nothing I can do about you.” She said, “Beijing is huge, so huge you can’t take it all in at a glance. But it’s also small, small enough that one look was all it took for me to meet the person I want to spend my life with.” Mu Chi, a Beijing 1.4kReads8.2Score108Shelves
- 154 Deadly Obsession 致命心瘾 [Completed] The entertainment industry’s newly rising star, beloved by all, and a powerful, influential, dangerously obsessive mogul - He wielded immense power, possessed wealth beyond measure, and had a bone-chilling coldness in his eyes. He was indifferent by nature and ruthless in his methods, a man feared by everyone in elite circles. In everyone’s eyes, he was incapable of love, had everything under control, and had no weaknesses. Until one day, the cold and uninhibited young master of the 15.2kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
- 155 We Went Viral on Day One of the Variety Show! The Internet Is Losing It 娃综第一天就翻红！全网疯了 Main characters: Shen Qianhe and Jiang Lin [Overnight sensation singer x entertainment company CEO + rekindled love + both pure + parenting reality show] Seven years ago, Shen Qianhe, a singer who had shot to fame overnight, was humiliated by her boyfriend's mother, who said she wasn't good enough for Jiang Lin. She was threatened that if she didn't break up with him, his mother would go after her family. With no other choice, Shen Qianhe broke up with him and went abroad. When she discovered sh 43Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 156 Spoiled Rotten 肆宠成瘾 [Marriage Before Love] [Mutual Healing] [Both Pure, One-on-One Romance] [Long-Standing Scheme] [Caged Canary] Wen Luoyang is delicate and soft, with a striking, uninhibited beauty. Fu Jingchen is crazy about her delicate, soft charms. She needs money, and he needs a woman. They hit it off at once. Their marriage is purely transactional, with no feelings involved. Later, the woman stands alone in an empty alley, a cigarette between her lips as smoke curls around her. She is nothing like the swee 564Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 157 Didn't We Love Each Other? 我们不是相爱的吗 After falling in love with Lu Yingqin, she learned only four words: face reality. After leaving Lu Yingqin, she could cut her long hair short, burn her diary, and delete her photos. The one thing she could never destroy was her memories. When she saw Lu Yingqin again, she could pretend not to see him, walk away in silence, or smile and exchange pleasantries. The one thing she could never do was stop loving him. There is a kind of man whose heart your tears cannot sear. Even if you were Meng Jian 72Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 158 Addicted to a Beijing Marriage: The Abstinent Tycoon Treats Me Like His Treasure 京婚成瘾，禁欲系大佬宠我如宝 [A striking, bookish heiress who never second-guesses herself and is a brilliant artist VS a refined, self-disciplined, by-the-book older official] [Marriage before love, nine-year age gap, an old flame rekindled, a powerful man obsessed with love, one-on-one and both devoted to each other] After being cheated on, Su Su agrees in a fit of anger to her family's arranged marriage and marries Zhou Pingjin, a dignified older official with an unmistakable government air. Zhou Pingjin is widely known 898Reads5.9Score251Shelves
- 159 Old-Time Rain Between Hong Kong and Beijing 港京旧时雨 Mutual secret crush × age gap × protective, fatherly type × long-planned pursuit Warm, sly diplomat vs. cool, dazzling legal beauty Love makes the one with the upper hand bow their head: evenly matched *Everyone in Hong Kong City knows that Wen Yang, the heiress of the Wen family, is spoiled and hot-tempered. She has a stunning face that’s impossible to look away from, sometimes cool and distant, sometimes bright and dazzling. *The craziest things Wen Yang has ever done were flying off to study 12.1kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
- 160 Mr. Song, Miss Ye Is Tearing Up the Place Again! 宋先生，叶大小姐又杀穿了！ [Older male authority figure + biological heiress + power couple + deranged beauty + pursuit of his wife + love at first sight] Series: Professor Song, You Can’t Escape, updated regularly... The biological daughter reclaimed by the wealthy Ye family of Jingbei comes not only from a fourth-tier city in the Northwest, but is also a murderer. The young masters of Jingbei avoid her like the plague, afraid they’ll be chosen as her marriage-alliance match. She makes a scene at her younger sister’s ban 4.2kReads8.4Score401Shelves
- 161 An Asymmetrical Relationship 不对称关系 [Powerful families / well-matched backgrounds / political and business power couple / exes trying to rekindle things] (The rating just opened, so it’s low) [Seemingly cold but secretly soft-hearted ruthless capitalist × seemingly proper but actually tsundere paternalistic high-ranking official] Fei Shengchi’s eccentric personality was common knowledge among Xu Huaijun’s friends. She was cold and distant, with no warmth for anyone. So when the two broke up, they received several times more congra 3.6kReads8.7Score442Shelves
- 162 Shocking! The Third Master of the Capital Bows to Her 惊！京圈三爷，为她折腰 Chi Sui’s parents divorced when she was young, and she was raised by her maternal grandparents. At a gathering with her older brother Su Jinping, who had grown up with their grandfather, she unexpectedly crossed paths with the third master of the Gu family of the capital. She had always been cool and detached, and knew that the man before her was as fleeting as the moon reflected in water or a flower in a mirror. She politely addressed him as “Mr. Gu” and instinctively kept her distance. But lat 3.3kReads9.0Score356Shelves
- 163 The Doormat Has Gotten on the Wrong Side of a Top Big Shot 受气包招惹了顶级大佬 A stern, aloof old-school official VS a sweet, adorably clueless little troublemaker [Powerful man humbled by love, stealing her from her boyfriend, older-man guidance, heroine takes control later on, hero eats his words] After three years of having her work stolen by colleagues and being targeted by her boss, Ye Zhenzhen had finally had enough of being a pushover. Her boyfriend advised her, “Go talk to the big boss about it!” That big boss was terrifyingly stern. She nervously pushed open the d 87.2kReads8.7Score215.9kShelves
- 164 A Bewitching Beauty in the Capital 京色撩人 A dazzling, proud heiress x a powerful, calculating family patriarch [Sweet romance + both leads' first love + two wealthy families + flirtatious push and pull + slow-burn + flawed characters] Zhou Yancong, a top power player in Beijing's elite circles, has always been aloof and abstinent. Ruthless in business and indifferent to others, he's known as the “Cold-Faced Buddha.” Before Shen Jinsui met him, her friends described him the same way. But once they got to know each other, the man's fr 4.4kReads8.7Score436Shelves
- 165 Love Beyond the Capital 京谈不及情 [Powerful families of Beijing · Two formidable childhood friends · Intense push and pull · Heartbreaking forbidden romance] Everyone in Beijing’s elite circles knows: Song Qingzhu and Xu Nianzhi were born to be co-conspirators. He is the Song family’s heir apparent, advancing his position one careful step at a time. She is a ruthless, decisive star lawyer at a top-tier firm. Childhood friends from the same government compound for twenty years, from a small courtyard by Houhai to the top floors o 1.1kReads—Score100Shelves
- 166 Reborn in the Entertainment Industry: I Love My Sugar Daddy 重生娱乐圈之我爱金主干爹 (This story leans toward realism, with a slightly dark tone and questionable morals. The male lead isn’t chaste. If you’re looking for a brainless, fluffy romance, this may not be for you.) Lin Xiaoxiao is reborn, back at the beginning of her career in showbiz. Staring at the dazzling man before her, she wonders how she ever let a useless jerk turn her into a lovesick idiot in her past life. If she can just land the man in front of her, wealth and luxury will be hers for the taking. Who needs an 45Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 167 No Old Friends in the West City 西城无故人 Cool-headed power broker x Dashing female CEO x Aloof heir apparent x Headstrong heiress x Upright and steadfast unrequited love Sometimes the hand that turns fate upside down is hidden in a single word: timing. In the winter of 2019, in the cramped carriage of a train, Chen Mingbo said to Wan Lin, "I'm not strong enough to protect you. Don't wait for me." So Wan Lin went far away to Southeast Asia. Three years later, they met again in a conference room in the capital. He looked at her bare ne 2.2kReads—Score184Shelves
- 168 Are You Crazy? The Person I Accidentally Flirted With Was a Powerful Big Shot from the Capital 疯了吧！错撩的竟是京圈大佬 A radiant, alluring heiress from Jiangnan × a powerful big shot from the capital's elite circles Devoted love, both leads are each other's first | age gap | love at first sight | all-consuming possessiveness | Su Ta is known throughout the capital's elite circles as an alluring, pure-hearted goddess. When her family falls on hard times, she sets out to find herself a powerful patron, but through a twist of fate, she sleeps with the wrong man. Everyone knows that Zhao Jinqian is powerful enough t 53.1kReads9.2Score6kShelves
- 169 Temptation! A Hong Kong Tycoon Turns into a Puppy and Clings to Her Like Crazy 引诱！港圈大佬化作奶狗缠疯了 [Hong Kong tycoon × beauty in a qipao] [Master Mo Wu, deeply in love × a wealthy heiress who pretends to be aloof but is actually sincere, and slow to realize her feelings] “I’m no good at writing blurbs, but this is definitely a sweet romance you’ll love.” Master Mo Wu never expected that when he went out of his way to play the hero and introduce himself for the first time, she would deceive him. Who is Master Mo Wu? He is the head of the Mo family, one of Hong Kong’s most powerful families, an 169Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 170 Sand in the Palm 掌间砂 [Elegant, handsome bureau director] VS [Landlady with hidden depths] [Second chance romance] [Each other’s first love] I could give up the whole world. You alone are the cinnabar mark in the palm of my hand. When he returned, he was no longer the young office director who had once written her an entire guide to the civil service exams. After years of rising steadily through the ranks, he had become a bureau director who helped bring peace and prosperity to the land. But an unexpected turn of e 1.5kReads9.2Score188Shelves
- 171 In a Small Town, His Down-to-Earth Boss Fell for Him First 在小城遇到他的烟火领导先动心了 [Government workplace, high-ranking official, age gap, sweet romance, This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] The first time they met, Lin Weiyu thanked the “kind uncle” who had pressed the elevator button for her in the residential complex where she was making a delivery. The second time they met, the “uncle” was seated at the very center of the stage at a citywide officials' conference. He was Zhou Jiming, the city's newly appointed t 7kReads8.5Score799Shelves
- 172 An Alluring Night 夜色旖旎 The short drama is now available Originally titled: A Bewitching Night [Powerful Beijing socialite + Shanghai heiress × simmering tension × groveling pursuit × both leads are each other's first] Everyone in their circle knew that Ying Hengzhi was the most untouchable man in the capital. He was privileged yet self-possessed, cold and composed, and ruthless in his efficiency. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' victory banquet was the first time Zhou Xi saw Ying Hengzhi outside Room 1308. He arrived 13.6kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
- 173 Deeply Seduced 深度诱哄 [Harbor District mogul + mixed-race heiress × truly doted-on romance × both leads are romantically inexperienced] [Third Master Xie, deeply in love × a sweet yet secretly fierce beauty] A delicate, pampered little rose appeared by Third Master Xie's side in the Harbor District. Who was Third Master Xie? The head of the Xie family in the Harbor District, known above all for his cold resolve and ruthless methods, with a heart and gaze as icy as stone. Everyone thought nothing of it, assuming the l 130Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 174 Burning Desire: The Heiress Goes Wild in Showbiz! 欲燃：大小姐在娱乐圈杀疯了！ [Bold, Radiant Actress vs. Refined, Scheming, Wealthy Childhood Friend] [Childhood Sweethearts + Entertainment Industry + Mutual Devotion + Feel-Good Revenge] Chen Ran, fondly dubbed the "Entertainment Industry's Fighting Princess" by netizens, has been trending almost every day since she entered the business. There's no doubt she's a true star! Why did she earn that nickname? It has everything to do with her fiery, domineering way of doing things... When haters spread lies about her, she slaps 251Reads8.2Score102Shelves
- 175 Mr. Qi, Your Wife Wants a Divorce! 祁先生，太太要和你离婚！ [Reborn + regretful husband’s pursuit + top-tier financial dynasty] Sweet, gentle, resilient little bunny x wild, ruthless heir (dark on the outside, golden-hearted within) In her previous life, on the first day she was discharged after an abortion, the man was utterly cold: “Let’s get divorced.” In the eyes of outsiders, she was a vain woman who tried every trick in the book to win Qi Jianjin’s affection, but never succeeded. In the eyes of Second Young Master Qi, she was an ungrateful bedmate 2.4kReads7.4Score182Shelves
- 176 Yihe Manli 颐和曼丽 If you like it, tap “Follow” above! Manli is a plump, unmarried woman of thirty-five, whose makeshift medical skills have made her a specialist in “difficult and unusual cases.” Manli is “talented in many fields” and “knowledgeable about all sorts of things,” always like a child, striving to get ahead. Anyone can bully her. In the end, everyone will regret it, because she turns out to be “Yihe” Manli. 458Reads8.1Score102Shelves
- 177 Resigning My Heart as a Gift 辞心为礼 Family intrigue + two powerful leads + devoted romance + happy ending A cool, aloof heiress becomes the head of her family, while a good-for-nothing young master pursues her in a tale of love among the elite. The Song family of Yandu may have the surname Song on their household registers, but their genealogy clearly records them as the Aisin Gioro clan. Hundreds of years ago, they were genuine royalty. After disaster strikes the family, the thirteenth young lady of the Song family, raised beneat 940Reads9.2Score105Shelves
- 178 Softening His Heart for Her 为她心软 An age gap of 20+ years: a proper, upright older man and a quirky young woman Su Niannian has never forgotten the person she’s kept in her heart for years: her former brother-in-law. She wonders if there’s any way to make him fall for her. 3.4kReads8.7Score222Shelves
- 179 Tiny Waist 小细腰 [The low rating is only because there aren’t many reviews~] [Mutual Firsts/Age Gap/Adult Romance/Direct Confessions] [Flirtatious Beauty × Cool, Refined, and Easy to Fluster] Their families had arranged a marriage. To make the other side back out, Jiang Wu deliberately played the innocent, tearful little flower. Her acting was right on cue when the private room door suddenly swung open. A cool-faced man said calmly, “Sorry, I’m late.” Jiang Wu’s mother leaned over and whispered, “That’s your fia 1.2kReads9.0Score143Shelves
- 180 May Those on Different Paths Never Meet Again 殊途莫同归 [Sweet Romance] [Beijing Elite] [Highly Educated Heroine] [Two Strong Leads Growing Together] He was a polished young gentleman from Beijing’s elite circles. She was a 21-year-old medical doctorate. They met on campus and shared a childhood bond. Then everything changed, and they became strangers. He thought she had married someone else, and from then on, she became a thorn in his heart… When they met again, he had married someone else, while she was still alone. The man once asked, “Yiyi, you r 3.7kReads8.9Score307Shelves
- 181 Flirting with the Crane 撩鹤 [Gold Digger vs. Rich Man] [A fairy tale of passion and true love, both virgins, happy ending] Fang Zhiyi is a top-tier star in the influencer world, a drama queen who somehow never manages to ruin her career, no matter how hard she tries. Jiang Heqing is a venture capitalist and a gentleman of high society. They fell in love at first sight. She fell for his money, and he fell for her looks. Each had what the other wanted. She devoted herself to mastering the art of seduction, while he focused o 3.7kReads8.9Score284Shelves
- 182 Mr. Qi Spoils Me Too Much: The Sweetness Is Off the Charts 祁先生太宠，甜度严重超标 Qi Jingci is renowned in government circles as an “iceberg”: efficient in everything he does and intimidating without ever raising his voice. There have never been so much as a hint of a romantic scandal around him, and everyone assumes he’ll spend his whole life married to his work. That is, until a recruitment drive brings him face-to-face with Xia Zhiyi, a new employee. The young woman stands in the sunlight, checking documents in a simple white blouse. A spot of ink stains her fingertip, and 65Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 183 Rain Falls, Tides Rise 落雨生潮 [Older, Powerful Man] & [Female Graduate Student] [Ten-Year Age Gap] + [Career Growth] + [Guiding Lover] + [Slow-Burn Romance] + [Devoted Love] + [Both Pure] Song Yuheng first met Wen Zhaoyu at an award ceremony. He was there to present an award, and she was an outstanding graduate. He handed her the certificate and shook her hand. “Wen Zhaoyu, you’re exceptional.” She smiled brightly. “Thank you for your encouragement.” The rain fell in torrents that night. The man trapped her by the window. 25.2kReads9.2Score3kShelves
- 184 Her Alluring Charm Is Impossible to Resist 娇色本撩人 Flirtatious beauty vs. refined young aristocrat from Beijing's elite circle [Open flirting, genuine devotion + entertainment industry + Beijing elite circle] Ye Siyu secured her place in the entertainment industry with her looks. One word described her: breathtaking. Behind that beauty, men were entranced and women were resentful. Her gorgeous camellia-like beauty was brazenly striking, almost too fierce to look at. She was labeled an opportunist who would do anything to climb the ladder. But as 1.5kReads8.8Score127Shelves
- 185 My Years at a Foreign Company 我的外企岁月 On a battlefield without gunfire, enemies are everywhere. In a workplace without compassion, everyone is a schemer. And in a game of love where feelings have no place, who can find even a little warmth… Gao Ge is like a little lion, fighting her way through a foreign company, charging ahead and getting battered along the way. Only in the end does she realize she’s really a little deer, the one who can run wild in his heart. 726Reads9.3Score129Shelves
- 186 Zhen Zhen's Heartbeat 蓁蓁心动 Ning Zhen believes the bravest thing she has ever done was invite Bo Chongli to spend New Year's Eve with her on a snowy night years ago. Two equally lonely people ate hot pot, watched TV, and enjoyed the simplest happiness in the world. , Ning Zhen asks Bo Chongli when he fell in love with her. He thinks for a moment, then says, “Maybe it was when we got caught in a landslide on Luming Mountain.” He remembers that day clearly. It had rained heavily in the mountains the day before, and they ran 3.2kReads8.0Score262Shelves
- 187 Marrying Nanxi, Loving Him for a Lifetime 一嫁南希爱终生 Her fiancé frames her and sends her into another man’s room. Then, through a series of mishaps, people mistake her for “Mr. Gu’s fiancée.” By the time the news has spread throughout the city, she and Mr. Gu have no way back and can only get married. A love story is about to begin. 509Reads8.4Score108Shelves
- 188 After Kicking My Scumbag Ex to the Curb, I Got Pregnant with a Tycoon's Baby 脚踹渣男后，怀了财阀大佬的崽 After accidentally falling into the water, Nan Zhi gained some unfamiliar memories. In those memories, she had been Yan Chenglei’s stand-in lover for three years. He had tormented and neglected her, even giving her to a business partner as a gift. Heartbroken and disillusioned, she chose to leap from the thirty-second floor, ending her life at just twenty-one. Now, having learned what lay ahead, Nan Zhi refuses to repeat the same mistakes and suffer the same tragedy. And so, her time to hunt beg 95Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 189 Chenchen and Mu Ci 琛琛慕辞 He's a widely recognized heartthrob in the industry, with a bright future ahead of him! She's a darling little girl from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, doted on by both her parents. Yet she ends up taking a job in a small county town far from home! He falls for her adorably silly side and her sweet, girlish voice. Despite th 1.2kReads8.8Score103Shelves
- 190 Spring Blossoms at the Touch of Her Beauty 娇色惹春山 Synopsis [Commanding leader × gentle teacher] Senior official and darling wife, eight-year age gap, devoted to each other. Once the male lead realizes he’s in love, he fiercely pursues her and protects her at every turn. In a sentence: A calculating senior official carries off a sweet, soft little bunny, only to be thoroughly outmaneuvered by her. Campus belle Jing Ni has a boyfriend everyone envies, Zhou Li. He’s not only a star at their university, but also the son of a bureau chief and a 15.4kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
- 191 The Golden Canary in a Cage 笼中金雀儿 [The story uses flashbacks] [The aloof male lead falls from his pedestal] [Orphan × Scion of the powerful] [Happy ending] The He family grew up under the red flag, and their grandfather wielded considerable influence. He Junqing, the third son of the He family, went into business. The He family has produced two powerhouses in politics and business in this generation, and they're riding high. Lin Ge graduated from Kyoto University. She wasn't exactly outstanding, and ended up working as a junior 461Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 Make Her Fall 引她沉沦 [Marriage Before Love + Long-Planned + Seven-Year Age Gap + Both Pure] [Business Tycoon x Art Student] For the sake of a deal, Xia Zhisheng marries a man. He is aloof and distinguished, the center of everyone's attention, and the most commanding figure wherever he goes, as untouchable as a peak in the snowy mountains. Everyone says he married only to placate his elders. Even Xia Zhisheng believes it. She is always mindful of her place. She tries hard to play the part of a suitable shield. 1.3kReads9.2Score172Shelves
- 193 Spring Dwells on the High Terrace 春栖高台 [Powerful Families | Female Growth | Bittersweet Romance | Older Man] (Clear-headed, beautiful college student vs. composed, powerful heir) People often say that those in power care only about their family’s interests. Even what passes for love is just another tool for profit. If you fall for someone like that, the best you can hope for is this: you remain on your high terrace, I retreat to my spring mountains, and from then on our paths never cross again. Everyone in Beijing’s inner circle know 606Reads—Score160Shelves
- 194 The Top-Tier Star Streamer Is Swept Away by a Politician's Daughter! 顶流主播，被政界千金拐回家！ [She Pursues Him · Academic Powerhouse · Top-Tier Star Streamer · Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] Yan Qing is from Beijing, an academic powerhouse in military studies and a university professor! A former soldier, she excels in both brains and brawn. Her father is a powerful official, her brother dotes on her, and her mother is a force to be reckoned with~ Zhao Di is from Yunnan and a top-tier star streamer! Though he may be illiterate, he’s truly gorgeous, has millions of followers, and owns 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 Temptation and Addiction! Falling Into His Trap! His Reckless Possession! Her Trembling Kisses! 诱瘾陷落！肆意占有！吻颤她！ [Possessive, obsessive business tycoon * delicate, sweet-natured dancer] [Dream element: The leads do not share dreams. The heroine does not dream what the hero dreams.] Zhou Yuze likes watching girls dance, especially when they dance for him. And his girl has only one name: Luo Zhi. - She vanished into his dreams, like a snowflake falling into a fire. Even if he had to dig up the who 968Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 196 Pampered Into Pregnancy: A Stunning Beauty Who Bewitches Him Into Obsessive Devotion 娇宠成孕绝色撩人惹他偏执独宠 Su Wanqing, a star employee of the quick transmigration bureau, is stunningly beautiful and has a childbearing System that specializes in men who are supposedly “unable to have heirs.” When court officials impeach her for seducing the regent, he defies all opposition and makes her empress, ruling beside her as emperor; When an enemy kingdom mocks her as unworthy of their undefeated God of War, he offers its imperial capital as her bride price and asks her to marry him in a phoenix coronet and re 825Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 197 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 16.9kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
- 198 Streetlights and the One Who Comes Home 长街灯火与归人 [Rekindled love + each other’s first love + both work in the public sector + reunion after years apart + intellectual romance] An unexpected breakup, followed by a reunion years in the making. From the flutter of their first meeting in college to standing side by side in their careers, Lu Beichuan and Shen Zhixia weather misunderstandings and emotional push and pull, witnessing each other’s growth and resolve. They missed their chance five years ago because of a sudden accident. Five years later 3.9kReads7.9Score337Shelves
- 199 Made It: This Young Woman Just Wants to Get Ahead 成功上岸：小姑娘只想进步 The rating is new and will rise (both leads work in government + age gap + love at first sight + each other's only love + happy ending + sweet, no angst) (A newly hired, soft-spoken young woman × a promising young bureau chief) Yu Kexin is gentle and sweet-natured, with a soft, endearing face, but she comes from a poor family. After finally passing the exam to become a grassroots civil servant, all she wants is to do her job well. Instead, her colleague's cousin, a bureau chief, sets his sights 3.2kReads8.4Score287Shelves
- 200 Passionate Devotion 炙宠倾城 [A chaste, cold, immensely powerful man in government × a breathtakingly beautiful heroine × age gap × love that grows over time] He wields enormous power in S City and is cold and chaste, keeping his distance even when shaking hands. Yet with her alone, he breaks his rules. When she was eighteen, she was taken in by the Gu family. She was so strikingly beautiful that it was impossible not to notice her. And though she flirted without realizing it, she struck right at his heart. 13.2kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
