Novels like The Mountains and Seas, Once More
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Mountains and Seas, Once More, best match first.
- 151 Fragrance Amid the Sound of Pines 松涛声处闻清香 [Powerful Official × Divorced Goddess | Long-Prepared Pursuit & Bone-Deep Tenderness] Known in the capital as the “Black-Faced King of Hell,” Shen Tingtao is the most unapproachable man in government circles: a proud pine on a snow-covered mountain, cool and chaste. The one exception in his life began with a glimpse through a car window after an accident: the gentle profile of Shi Feng. At the time, she was trapped in a marriage engineered against her. After decisively divorcing, she kept her di 1.8kReads7.3Score150Shelves
- 152 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 2.8kReads9.0Score221Shelves
- 153 The Canary’s Flight Against the Wind 金丝雀的逆风飞翔 [Possessive pursuit + powerful man lowering his head + rekindled romance + age gap, fatherly type + high-ranking official, mutual first love and devotion] The first time Chen Zhansaw Mr. Zhou, he had been asked to visit an elderly person, and she opened the door for him. Her grandmother warned her to take the long way around whenever she saw him from then on. The second time they met, someone was harassing her, and he stepped in to help. The third time was at school, where she accompanied someon 19.8kReads8.9Score2kShelves
- 154 You Are the North of Beijing 你是北京的北 Even now, Wen Wen still remembered the day she left Beijing. It was the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. She left alone and without hesitation, yet carried a weight of a thousand pounds. Before boarding her flight, she gazed down at the city's nightscape from inside a skyscraper. The roads were still filled with traffic, and countless people rushed about, only to end up with nothing. This city had buried her winter, her summer, and her spring. By the time she left, all she felt for 1.2kReads8.1Score107Shelves
- 155 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
- 156 After a Failed Blind Date, I Impulsively Married a Twice-Divorced Uncle 相亲失败后，和二婚大叔闪婚了 My new book, After Cutting Ties with Her Family, She Becomes the Darling of a Powerful Family, is complete. I hope you’ll show it lots of support. [Second-Chance Marriage: Older Divorced Dad vs. Kindergarten Teacher] A sweet romance. P.S.: Multiple couples. Hua Yan’s father has cancer and doesn’t have long to live. His greatest wish is to see his daughter get married and have children. To keep her father from leaving this world with regrets, Hua Yan starts going on blind dates, only to meet one 2.8kReads8.6Score306Shelves
- 157 We Agreed to Pretend to Be a Couple, So Why Is the Big Shot Taking It Seriously? 说好假扮情侣，大佬怎么当真了？ Lin Xi is a college student about to graduate, torn between staying in Hu City to build a career and returning to her hometown to take the civil service exam. On one side is her boyfriend, who is doing everything he can to persuade her to stay. On the other are her parents, who want her to go home and take the exam. While wrestling with the decision, she meets Ji Shichuan, a senior local official from her hometown, at an exhibition, and they become running buddies. From the perspective of a city 191.6kReads9.1Score28.5kShelves
- 158 The Sinking Boat and the Evening Sun 沉舟与晚晴 [Government Insider + Powerful Official Romance + Age Gap + Sweet Romance + Workplace Love] He was a powerful figure with an infinitely bright future, a dazzling yet cold star in the political firmament. Calm, restrained, and indifferent to women, he remained that way until a work meeting, when one glimpse of a girl with a smile bright as the morning sun left him utterly captivated: Su Wanqing. 2.6kReads6.8Score231Shelves
- 159 Halfway Through the Rain 半程雨 Halfway Through the Rain 492Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Ex-Husband, Stay Out of My Way and Don't Ruin My Career 前夫请靠边，别耽误我仕途 [A Powerful Female Lead in Government] Her husband had an affair. Zhang Huiyan wasted no time turning him into her ex-husband. Isn’t a handsome government official five years younger than her and a big shot in the system four years older than her more appealing than her ex? But no man is as appealing as a career. When it comes to climbing the career ladder, they can only play supporting roles. I’m going to climb to the top. Nobody is going to stop me! People say women in government have to slee 6.9kReads9.2Score780Shelves
- 161 Director Jiang’s Special Favor 江主任的偏爱 [Government sector + both leads have no past relationships + age gap] He came from a powerful family and was cold and aristocratic, yet he fell in love with her at first sight. With their age difference, he strategically won her heart, advancing step by step until she had nowhere to run. He wove a gentle net around her, pampering her endlessly and claiming her for life. What to look forward to: ✅ An authentic look at workplace life in the government sector, plus sweet everyday romance ✅ A mat 2.2kReads8.0Score172Shelves
- 162 Middle-Aged Man: My Lovely Wife Is Just Young 人到中年：娇妻她只不过岁数小 At forty, Xiao Zhenglong had a pretty relaxed outlook. He’d been married and had a daughter. He’d been in love, and it hadn’t meant much. His position wasn’t especially high, but in Hong City, he wasn’t exactly a nobody. As the youngest son in the family, he had older brothers to carry on the family line and older sisters to bring honor to the family. He could just enjoy life with his brothers, live freely, and settle scores as they came. That seemed like a pretty good way to spend his life. Why 10.8kReads8.4Score578Shelves
- 163 A Military Marriage in the Seventies: Marrying an Older Man 年代军婚之嫁给老男人 Tong Yao transmigrated from the modern day to the 1970s, transforming from a pretty, fresh-faced girl into a stunning beauty. A beautiful woman invites trouble, and possessing a treasure can bring disaster. To protect herself, she agreed to marry the older military officer she had met as soon as she transmigrated. But her extraordinary beauty attracted one admirer after another. Going from being overlooked to becoming everyone's dream girl, Tong Yao was nearly swept off her feet. She struggled a 19Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 164 Cherished Above All: Every Year in Your Arms 权宠之上，岁岁入怀 Age-gap romance + sweet pampering + government employee + cunning hero President Nian told his daughter, “When Sui Sui finishes university, she can stay home and live off me. Then she can take over Dad’s company.” Later, Dad thought better of it. He couldn’t let the daughter he had raised get caught up in all the backstabbing of the business world. So he said, “Sui Sui, study hard and get into a good university. Find a smart boyfriend there to take over the company.” Shen Runian looked down at t 7.4kReads8.7Score826Shelves
- 165 Where Does Purity Return? 清归和处 Heroine’s redemption and guidance + Unwell male lead + Seventeen-year age gap Su He grows from a village girl into the heir to a law firm, one step at a time. An accident took Professor Liang’s wife and his health. He remained trapped in the past, and the heroine helped him find healing. The first time Su He saw Liang Yuanqing, his silhouette as he pressed a hand to his lower back and struggled to walk reminded her so much of Old Su. Something seemed to shift between them the day Liang Yuanqing 2.2kReads8.2Score209Shelves
- 166 Are the Begonias Blooming in Beijing? 北京的海棠花开了吗 Are the Begonias in Beijing Blooming Yet? 528Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 He Sinian’s Canary 贺斯年的金丝雀 Powerful CEO + age gap + doting romance He Sinians gave a low laugh. It was brief and utterly cold, like a crack splitting through ice. He lifted the hand that had been stroking her collarbone. His fingertip moved with a gentleness at odds with his gaze, almost tenderly wiping the cold raindrops mingled with tears from her cheek. The gesture was as tender as a lover's caress. Yet his eyes were ice-cold, like two ancient, unmelting glaciers. There was not a trace of warmth in them, only cold calc 357Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 Lucky to Have Found Love on a Blind Date 有幸得之，相亲遇到爱 [Age gap, mutual devotion and support, doting romance with no angst] Twenty-six-year-old Jiang Xuerong met Xie Mingyu through a coworker. They were like parallel lines that should never have crossed, but after one chance encounter after another, they were drawn to each other and came together. Everyone said Jiang Xuerong was a flower planted in a pile of cow dung when she married Xie Mingyu. Only she knew that choosing him was the best decision she had ever made. His tolerant nature and steady t 12.5kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
- 169 Radiant Beauty and Jade-Smooth Skin: Captain Zhu's Young Second Wife 朱颜玉润，朱队的续弦娇妻 [Scheming Senior Leader vs. Crybaby Little Worrywart] [Young Policewoman vs. Criminal Investigation Squad Captain] [No Crime-Solving] [Age Gap] [Not Both Chaste] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] Yan Ru is a crybaby little worrywart, widely known at work as a coward. But when she discovers that she’s married to a closeted gay man, she decisively gets a divorce. After the divorce, the crybaby latches onto a powerful boss. She’s willing to work like a beast of burden and acts meekly, all in the hope 11.7kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
- 170 To the Souls in Beijing Searching for a Safe Harbor for the Rest of Their Lives 致那些在北京，用余生去寻找避风港的灵魂 To the souls who came to Beijing and will spend the rest of their lives searching for a safe haven 371Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 Meeting He at Summer's End 暮夏逢禾 [A restrained, gentle power player in Beijing’s elite circles × a cool, resilient fashion student] [Reunion after years apart + six-year age gap + mutual devotion + devoted husband + happy ending] A serious illness at the age of seven left Xu Heqiu with gaps in her childhood memories. After eleven years apart, they meet again in the height of summer, and one glance throws their lives into disarray. Xu Heqiu returns to China and gets into Jing University, where she meets Gu Shuo, the aloof, dista 81Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 The CEO Ex-Husband Married Her for Revenge, but Fell for Her First 总裁前夫娶她只为报复，却先动了心 The CEO ex-husband married her just to get revenge, but he was the first to fall for her. 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 A Nobody's Great Love 小透明的大爱情 [Both leads work in government × age gap and workplace hierarchy × helping an overlooked employee overcome her insecurities × a caring senior colleague opens his junior's tightly closed heart] Lin Wanqing believes that even when an overlooked nobody is falsely accused, she can only investigate in secret; even when people bully her openly, she can only endure it in silence. “That's just how society works. Without connections, you have to follow the rules. I can't afford the price of crossing the 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 Love in a Prestigious Family 名门臻爱 The Xu family of Jingzhou is a distinguished scholarly clan with a century of history. Their daughter, Xu Zhiyao, is clever and mischievous, always pretending to be weak before turning the tables. She’s known as Jingzhou’s little tyrant. The Huo family of Jingzhou is a military and political dynasty with impeccable revolutionary credentials. Their son, Huo Jiating, is known as “Second Master,” a fearsome man who can scare the ghosts away. He’s the perfect match for the little tyrant of the Xu fa 276Reads6.4Score101Shelves
- 175 Addicted to Her Pride 傲娇瘾 Love and freedom in this world are never about wanting to win. The wind swept across the Australian wilderness. Zhao Ruowan met Nan Qiao, who was holding hands with a foreign woman, yet apologized to her in Chinese. Australia's weather was as fickle as its moods. Zhao Ruowan, a woman from Jiangnan, couldn't bear the vast, sparsely populated, bitterly cold landscape. 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 At 19 and 30 19岁和30岁 A fresh-faced beauty barely past 18 and her domineering, clingy, 30-year-old rich-boy boyfriend who treats her like a daughter Age-gap town + height difference + age gap + status gap Sweet romance with no angst + two strong leads + flirtatious sweetness Su Yuan is a high school graduate from a small county town, on her way to a top university. Less than a month after celebrating her coming-of-age, she meets a 30-year-old rich heir. Her family has fallen on hard times, and she refuses to be sh 6.3kReads8.8Score508Shelves
- 177 A Marriage Contract as Bait 婚书为饵 [Gentle yet strong classical beauty × paternalistic, old-school political heavyweight] [Long-planned courtship + growing together + healing + 18-year age gap + both physically and emotionally devoted] ★ He gives her his undivided affection and protects her so she can live without a care in the world A political marriage and a written agreement bound two people who otherwise would have had nothing to do with each other. The An family had a daughter, twenty-three years old, yet he chose her, who w 23.7kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
- 178 Marrying a Daddy-Type Tycoon for the Second Time, the Mad Beauty Takes Hong Kong by Storm 二嫁爹系大佬，疯批美人横扫香江 Beautiful, unhinged heroine + first marriage for both + top-tier older man + ten-year age gap + sweet, flirty daily life + face-slapping and healing + indulgent wish fulfillment Rugged mechanic when he takes his shirt off, handsome older businessman when he gets dressed VS a beautiful, unhinged little troublemaker - After narrowly escaping death, Gu Xuefu, the stunning beauty of Hong Kong who had been abandoned by everyone, impulsively marries the man who saved her life. Huo Zhouli, owner of a s 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 Love's Ordeal in Jingzhou 京州情劫 The most elite heir to a powerful Beijing family × a young woman from a small southern city who moved north to Beijing. From a brief romance in Kunming to an unexpected reunion on a snowy night in Beijing, he thought he could move on from her, but the moment he saw her again, he completely lost control. She is Xu Anning, an ordinary graduate from a small southern city who moved to Beijing alone, just to get closer to the man who once gave her a brief taste of warmth in Kunming. He is Shen Jinnia 22.3kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
- 180 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 15.4kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
- 181 The Beloved Doctor of Big Shot Pei 裴大佬的小娇医 (A composed, shrewd political big shot vs. a clever, leopard-cat-like young doctor, seven-year age gap, both with no prior relationships, love at first sight) Synopsis: The first time they met, Xiao Nanxing took Pei Zhengping for an ordinary patient and briskly stitched up his eight-pack abs. The second time, she flung herself onto the hood of his expensive car. The third time... Xiao Nanxing realized her luck was improving: she won the lottery and got a promotion. As for the man, could she thin 5.6kReads8.7Score614Shelves
- 182 Starlight Falls in Your Eyes 星芒落于眼底 As the iron-fisted president of Veya, Vladimir is used to navigating political intrigue one careful step at a time and acting decisively in international power struggles. He can fly fighter jets and pilot submarines, and he is skilled in judo and marksmanship. His stern features exude an air of authority, yet when he meets Lin Wanxing, he is the only one to shed all his armor. An unexpected encounter brings her, a woman from Huaxia, into his turbulent and grand life. He takes her soaring through 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 Pregnant First, Love Later! Dragging the Celibate Old Man from His Pedestal 先孕后爱！把禁欲老男人拉下神坛 My new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 211Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 184 Three Years After Their Breakup, the Capital's Power Broker Waits Beneath Her Window Every Night 分手三年，京圈大佬夜夜守在她楼下 Three years after their breakup, the powerful Beijing socialite keeps watch outside her apartment every night 82Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 Snowfields and Seaside City: A Female Cadre from the Sanmen Has Her Springtime Too 雪域与海城：三门女干部也有春天 Su Man was on top from the start, beginning her career as a deputy section chief, only to plummet to rock bottom at breakneck speed. Her new boss sent her to a grassroots office, where she got a harsh lesson in the art of human relationships. On her journey back from rock bottom, she had the ever-present strategist Luo Ziqing by her side, offering advice and teaching her how the official world operates. She also had Ji Zizhou, a highly skilled career mentor who protected her from the open and hi 15.6kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
- 186 Pain Relief 镇痛 [For emphasis: the author is a woman who likes women and has a girlfriend. Her next book will have two female leads.] Capital’s heir apparent × pharmaceutical sciences PhD (devoted sweetheart × little darling) Liang Qingning, who debuted as a child star, saw her “pure sweetheart” image collapse at eighteen and became the target of a massive online hate campaign. Her family sent her to a small island for a vacation to avoid the storm. The big star lost all dignity on her first day on the island b 706Reads8.9Score107Shelves
- 187 Commander Bai, Drop the Act: A Young Woman Has a Crush on You 白司令别装了，有个小姑娘暗恋你 (Alternate-history Republican era, 15-year age gap, secret love, mutual devotion) Heroine: A rich young lady spoiled by her own mother into a useless little thing, but she grows up fast. Hero: Steady and fatherly on the surface, but actually... - “Tangtang, I’m much older than you, and I could lose my life at any moment. Do you really not care about that?” Jiang Tang answered obediently, “Big Brother, I started liking you the moment I first saw you. You know that once I’ve set my heart on somet 98Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 188 After Leaving the Spotlight, I Became a Foreign Ministry Spokesperson 退圈后，我上岸成为外交发言人 (The rating was just posted, so it’s low for now! A long story with a gradual plot and satisfying power progression.) A tsunami claims the life of Qin Zhizhi, an elite diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But she is reborn twenty years later as a nineteen-year-old child star mired in scandal! Accused of bullying classmates and caught up in a sexual scandal, she’s vilified across the internet. A suicide note is already spread out on the table! But who is the new owner of this body? A d 9kReads8.4Score756Shelves
- 189 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 4kReads8.4Score395Shelves
- 190 Specially Spoiled: So What If He's Twenty Years Older? Uncle Is the Best 偏宠，大二十岁怎么了，叔他最好 [Older man + fatherly devotion + devoted favoritism + mutual devotion + age gap] The male lead is mature and steady, gentle and refined, fresh-faced and handsome. The female lead is a poor little thing, struggling like a tenacious blade of grass to survive in the cracks. He is the sun in her life, shining on her and warming her. She pouted. “Uncle, I like you.” “Kid, you’re still young. We’re not right for each other.” He looked at her and let out a deep sigh, then turned away. “You’re still a s 7.8kReads9.0Score660Shelves
- 191 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 12.2kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
- 192 A Contract Marriage with the Powerful White Moonlight Who Returned, Then Love 与强势归来的白月光大佬先婚后爱 [Both leads are each other's first and only + Marriage Before Love + Secret Crush Comes True + Reunited Years Later] A restrained, powerful male lead vs. a cool, intellectual Chinese teacher heroine (at least on the surface) Gu Xiangling never thought she would see Chu Fanzhou again. After all, they barely interacted in high school. He graduated in such a hurry, and she left school for a while just as abruptly. But the capital city isn't so small that you can never cross paths, nor so big that y 3.3kReads8.9Score348Shelves
- 193 A Reply to the Snowfall in the Capital 京雪回信 [Older man | Guiding lover | Mutually faithful | Reunion after a long separation | Marriage first, love later] [New prosecutor × Former prosecutor (now a forensic consulting partner)] When Xie Weizhen was seventeen, she and Fu Qisheng were in a car accident. The doctors said she might never wake up. Fu Qisheng promised to care for her for the rest of her life as her husband. And so, the two families arranged their marriage. A year later, Xie Weizhen woke up. Outside a teahouse, she heard someon 569Reads8.9Score105Shelves
- 194 I Only Want to Escape, but the Maniac Is Hooked 只想逃，疯批暴徒被钓翻了 [1v1, Both Leads Have No Previous Partners + Unhinged Yandere + Tense Push and Pull + Sexual Tension + Forced Love + Revenge + Mutual Redemption] [Unhinged Suit-Wearing Enforcer & Cool, Elegant Beauty in a Cheongsam] (Both leads are unhinged. Not a conventional domineering CEO romance, with a touch of darkness.) Daniel is a cold-blooded hitman, a name that strikes terror into everyone in Jiapolai. After her first escape attempt fails, Jiang Yuxi realizes that the only way to get away for good is 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 Yi Shixu An 宜时序安 Age gap + abstinent CEO + politically connected family + sweet romance Their first meeting: the car window rolls down, and their eyes meet. Shen Shi’an feels her heart skip a beat. His eyes are as deep as a sacred lake in a snowy land, calm and still, yet they somehow remind her of the cat that disappeared years ago. She hurriedly lowers her head, pressing her fingertips into her palm. This is a sacred Buddhist site. What am I thinking? She doesn’t notice that Jiang Shixu’s fingers tighten aroun 1.6kReads8.4Score139Shelves
- 196 My County Magistrate Boyfriend Is Growing Up 吾家县长男友初长成 [Rural revitalization · Workplace maneuvering · Intellectual romance · Family warmth] [Healing] [A gentle, steady pace] [Leaves a lasting impression] [Public sector] [Contemporary realism] Here, you’ll find: √ How a highly intelligent male and female lead pursue their careers while falling in love √ Solid, compelling depictions of rural revitalization and the political landscape √ Warm, witty, and insightful family life and intergenerational communication √ The respectful, restrained, profound 1.3kReads8.0Score126Shelves
- 197 A Night in the Capital Is Hard to Escape: He Planned It All Along 京夜难逃，是他的蓄谋已久 [Powerful High-Ranking Official + Rekindled Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Age Gap + Stealing Her Away + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When she first met Zhou Jingyan, everyone warned her that he was cold and heartless, incapable of loving anyone, and that she should stay away from him. She refused to believe them, and ended up battered and broken. Years later, when they met again, she already had a boyfriend who cherished her beyond measure. In secret, Zhou Jingyan's eyes burned red wi 12.5kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
- 198 Jin Se Jasmine 瑾色茉莉 [Powerful Political Family | Older Man/Younger Woman | Nurturing and Guidance | Stern, Stoic, Secretly Passionate Political Heavyweight x Lively, Bunnylike Little Fox] ˇ Murong Jin had always been stern and hard-edged. He never imagined that the sweet scent of jasmine clinging to a girl who was barely grown would leave him so thoroughly unsettled. It was only later that Murong Jin realized Jiang Wanwan wasn't some innocent little bunny. She was a sly little fox who stole the hunter's heart, then 836Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 199 The Snow-Soft Flower Is Spoiled by Everyone 偏宠雪柔花 A composed, imposing senior official × a pure, stunning academic beauty. Height gap + age gap + status gap, with intense push and pull. [Song Qingchen & Li Man] Originally titled “Drowning in His Palm” [In a nutshell] Breaking free from the cocoon hurts, but embracing spring is beautiful. He gave her a ticket into the pyramid; she worked hard to turn it into her trump card. Song Qingchen is the quintessential son of a distinguished family: a seasoned, dignified official, mature and stead 62.8kReads9.4Score7.7kShelves
- 200 Three Years After Faking My Death, My One True Love Is Married 死遁三年，白月光已婚 [Marriage first, love later + both leads have no past romantic entanglements + powerful family background + age gap + intense romantic tension][On-location weather reporter ✖️ powerful man in government] Because she loves the wilderness and the wind, Lu Jinqiu stands in the middle of a typhoon, clinging to the principle, “Life is nothing but scallions, ginger, and garlic. Be a little scallion-smart, ginger up a little, and if all else fails, garlic it.” And so, muddling through, she spends three 354Reads—Score108Shelves
