Novels like Crossing the Line
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Crossing the Line, best match first.
- 101 The Reborn Heiress: The Scheming CEO’s Sweet Trap 千金重生：心机总裁套路深 In her previous life, Lin Yi wasn't the brightest. The man she loved with all her heart schemed for her family's fortune and took her life. The man she had slapped three times became a powerful figure admired and courted by everyone, someone far beyond her reach. She died in his bed. Reborn, she finally understood how to live: she would take revenge on everyone who had harmed her. As for the man she had once trampled on... Mr. Ying, yes, I'm talking about you. You look even more handsome today. 5.2kReads9.2Score68914d adds
- 102 Day and Night in Your Embrace 朝夕承欢 [Mutual Healing, Spoiling Each Other, Growing Together, Extra Sweet] Seventeen-year-old Yu Chenghuan moved from the countryside to the capital. All the little troublemakers in the compound loved picking on the soft, adorable, slightly ditzy girl. With no other choice, Yu Chenghuan invoked the name of Gu Zhaoxi, the biggest bully in the compound. “Gu Zhaoxi said he’d protect me. I’m his girl! If you pick on me, you’re picking a fight with him!” From then on, she was left in peace and never got bu 7.7kReads9.2Score75814d adds
- 103 At Nightfall, He Lures Me to Surrender 入夜，诱他沦陷 Radiant, spoiled heiress VS scheming, abstinent, secretly passionate tycoon [First married, then in love ✖️ chasing his wife to the crematorium ✖️ both leads are chaste] Sheng Siyan and Lu Jingyi were famous rivals, yet they were forced to get their marriage certificates and tied together. After they married, he went abroad for further studies while she stayed in Haixi City. The couple spent years living apart. Others observed mourning for three years. Lu Jingyi spent three years as a widow. Thr 5.3kReads8.9Score37214d adds
- 104 Wild to the Bone, He Spoils Only His Soft Butterfly 他一身野骨，独宠软蝶 Clear-headed, powerful business magnate & stunning damsel in distress [He Canglan x Lan Die] Both are each other’s first and only + Devoted love + Age gap + Sweet romance + Love at first sight In one sentence: A ten-year contract leads to a heartfelt promise. He Canglan, heir to a powerful family, has always known how difficult it is to cross class boundaries. So he cleverly passed off love at first sight as simple lust. What should have been a romantic story of a hero saving a beauty instead en 19.9kReads9.4Score2.9k14d adds
- 105 Xi Yin in His Arms: Young Master Xiao's Exclusive Devotion 希音入怀肖少的独家偏爱 [Period setting + devoted to one another + favoritism + healing + powerful family] At first, Xiao Yunmo only thought of Song Xiyin as his good friend’s younger sister. Then, without knowing when his feelings began, he fell deeply in love. Everyone around them knows that this sweet, well-behaved girl is the apple of Director Xiao’s eye, and he spoils her without restraint. In psychology, there’s a term called the Dunning-Kruger effect. May we all overcome it, bravely find our way out of the mire 3.9kReads—Score29314d adds
- 106 When the Great Fog Cleared 大雾散尽 When Jiang Yue was young, she met a man who shone like pure moonlight, like the moon hanging high in the sky. She was infatuated with him, obsessed with him. But he remained seated high above, looking down at her, until one day she died a terrible death. Then the story began again. Jiang Yue set out to take revenge on and claim that dazzling light for herself. This time, she would stain the divine and keep that radiance all to herself. She would make him fall to the mortal world for her, never t 5.3kReads8.1Score19714d adds
- 107 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 20.2kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 108 After the Contract Ends, Mr. Zhou Loses Control 契约到期后，周先生失控了 [Strong-Willed College Student x Aloof, Sharp-Tongued CEO] [Contractual Relationship] [Mutual Healing] [He Chases Her After the Breakup] [Happy Ending] A desperate attempt to save herself in a bar late at night brings Cen Xi face-to-face with Zhou Jin, a powerful man at the top of society. He's seen his share of people sucking up to the powerful, but her pride and backbone leave him utterly captivated. When Cen Xi, with nowhere else to turn, sets aside her pride and asks him for help, he takes a 175Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 A Joyous Wedding in the Capital 京婚有禧 [Marriage first, love later, secret marriage, older man-younger woman, both inexperienced and devoted, with plenty of romantic tension] In their third year of marriage, Fang Yipo’s company suddenly got a new boss. It was her husband in name only, whom she had barely seen outside the bedroom during his three years abroad. He wore a sharply tailored black suit. His features were striking and cold, and when his dark, indifferent eyes fell on her, they held only the faintest trace of familiarity, a 57.5kReads9.1Score23k14d adds
- 110 Possessiveness 掌控欲 [The print edition of Love on Repeat is now available on major platforms, along with the audiobook of the same name] [A domineering, possessive man in a suit & a scheming beauty pretending to be sweet and obedient] (One-on-one, both leads are pure + forced pursuit + domineering and deranged male lead + intense push and pull + difference in status + going mad for love) Li Wanwan was with Rong Xingye for three years, staking everything on him, only to lose in the end. He mocked her for not knowi 9.1kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 111 Doting on My Darling Captive 溺养娇脔 [A proud young nobleman from a powerful family vs. a cool, refined beauty from Jiangnan] Updates ongoing for the side couple Tan Dingsong and Lin Yin’s bonus chapters: a by-the-book older man and a female celebrity, a hate-to-love story. [Stunning heroine, weak at first then strong + devoted hero who falls from grace and humbly begs for love] After meeting her, he learns how to love. His mature, passionate love heals her wounds and warms her whole life. Yu Wanwan, Nancheng’s “moonlight of the h 30.7kReads9.3Score2.9k14d adds
- 112 A Marriage in the Capital, Still Strangers 京婚不熟 A true marriage-first, love-later story / Marriage between wealthy families / Five-year age gap / The powerful one learns to lower his head Clear-headed and gentle heroine vs. stern, fatherly hero When her older sister runs away from her wedding, Jiang Ni obeys her father’s arrangements and marries her would-be brother-in-law. Her new husband is the head of the top-tier Zhou family in Beijing. He’s said to be a workaholic with no worldly desires, cold and stern. He leaves on a business trip on t 76.3kReads9.0Score12.3k14d adds
- 113 We Corresponded for Two Months, but the Crown Prince Said He Had Mistaken Me for Someone Else? 与太子通信两个月，他却说认错了人？ After two months of exchanging letters with the crown prince, he said he had mistaken me for someone else? 350Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Good Girl! After a Drunken Night, He Kisses My Red Lips and Holds Me Close 乖！醉夜亲红唇，京圈少爷揽腰哄 Sweet and delicate beauty x Beijing’s wealthy young heir + both leads are virgins + marriage first, love later + bickering couple When Deng Yuanyuan woke up, she found herself in bed with her sworn enemy, Zhou Yu. She’d boarded a cruise ship to escape an arranged marriage, never expecting to run into Zhou Yu there. The night they got drunk, Zhou Yu laid her on the bed and coaxed her. “Want to marry me?” Deng Yuanyuan pouted. “What’s in it for me?” “Swipe my card until your hand gets tired.” The 8.6kReads9.1Score75914d adds
- 115 Spoiled in the Capital 京娇宠溺 [Reserved, Restrained, Fatherly Hero × Scatterbrained, Straightforward Sweetheart (Seven-Year Age Gap)] Lin Chaoque had lived with the Zhou family since she was little. She couldn't help falling for the cold, desireless man of the Zhou family, as immovable as a snow-covered mountain. She wanted to make that mountain crumble. The day she learned that Zhou Guanji was getting engaged, Lin Chaoque kissed the corner of his lips on tiptoe, where no one could see, and asked timidly, “Brother.” “Didn't 14.3kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 116 The Good Girl Took Dog Training Too Far: She Slapped Him and Made Him Lick Her Palm 乖乖女驯狗过火了，扇他舔我手心 [Complete] [Two-faced, self-serving woman × gloomy, obsessive, withdrawn man] Xun Mi left the countryside for university and moved into the Zhong family home with her aunt, who had married a billionaire. Her aunt’s exact words were: “How much you can get out of this is up to you.” But when Xun Mi met the Zhong family’s only son, for the first time in her life she wanted to run away before she even began. Because the young master of the Zhong family, sitting in a wheelchair, had lost the use of h 5.4kReads8.8Score68014d adds
- 117 After I Danced with a Sword Under the Moon, the Prince Mistook Me for His White Moonlight 月下舞剑后，王爷认错白月光 She took beatings in her elder sister's place for seventeen years, then was sold into the prince's manor as a servant. The prince gazed at her face, longing for his unattainable beloved, never realizing that the woman who danced with a sword beneath the moon that night was her. 609Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Ultimate Restraint 顶级克制 Rain poured outside the window, and the air was heavy and damp. The room was silent except for the soft rustle of Zhaoming Ji wiping her hair with a towel. Lu Daiqing sat on the sofa, watching her. She smiled, then padded slowly toward him on her wet, bare feet, and stepped on his white sneakers. - The air was hot and humid, the gloom unending, the tension thick with the scent of gunpowder, and the unspoken intimacy impossible to ignore. Under the same roof, she and he held themselves back, each 19.1kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds
- 119 Sinking into a Beautiful Dream with Her 与她沉溺美梦 Jaded, aloof wild rose × sharp-tongued, straight-laced math genius | Rekindled love × angst and sweetness × yandere × mutual salvation × devoted couple, happy ending In just five years, Zhou Shuci went from a math genius to the founder of the Wanshi Group, ruling over a six-hundred-billion commercial empire and controlling half of Jingzhou City. Yet all he wanted to know was whether she regretted leaving him for twenty million. When they met again after years apart, her mere presence brought 4.9kReads8.4Score33514d adds
- 120 He Kisses and Tempts Her, Then the Powerful Tycoon Can’t Get Enough After Marriage 吻她诱她，婚后豪门大佬缠欢上瘾 [One-on-one, devoted couple, sweet romance, teasing seduction, possessive, coercive love, wealthy family alliance, married first and fall in love later] Marrying Pei Yan was a business alliance forced on her by family pressure. After three years of marriage, they had met zero times and spoken on the phone three times. Ruan Zhiyou had nearly forgotten she was married. Her friends teased her for being “married in name only.” Then, at a grand banquet, Mr. Pei came back. From then on, night after ni 2.8kReads8.0Score26814d adds
- 121 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. 2.9kReads9.0Score28614d adds
- 122 President Li, Your Wife Doesn't Want to Remarry and Secretly Had Your Baby 厉总，夫人不想复婚还偷生你的崽 Jiang Tong had just finalized her divorce when she discovered she was pregnant. [Di Jing Group CEO Li Jingchen has officially returned to Nandi City today.] In just a few years, her once-broke ex-husband had made it big. Jiang Tong hurriedly hid the little boy who looked exactly like him. She couldn't keep him hidden, so she had no choice but to run with her son. The man in a sharp suit blocked the doorway and grabbed her wrist. "Where do you think you're going with my kid, hmm?" - Much later, J 118kReads6.7Score6.6k14d adds
- 123 Half a Lifetime of Enduring, Half a Lifetime Beloved 半生隐忍半生卿 When Gu Yan was nine, his dying father entrusted him to his old classmate, Shen Dean. From then on, he lived under the same roof as the Shen family, growing up alongside their daughter, Shen Wan. She was the cherished daughter of the household, while he was the child of an old friend. An invisible wall separated their stations in life. Yet she had warmed him with porridge on cold nights, and he had shielded her from the rain that poured across the city. Love took root in their everyday closenes 230Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 124 Sunken Kite 沉鸢 [Sweet, well-behaved college student Zhao Tangyuan x composed, self-controlled CEO Zhou Chen] [Modern romance + domineering CEO + CEO + urban life + sweet romance + older man + 1v1 + happy ending + female growth] Zhao Tangyuan is a model mistress. She knows her place and behaves sensibly. Clearheaded and rational, she knows the most important rule of all: never catch feelings. Zhou Chen is most pleased by her obedient facade, yet he hates her cold indifference and the way she can end things with 27.1kReads9.5Score2.7k14d adds
- 125 I Transmigrated to a World with Few Women, and My Husband Dotes on Me and Knows How to Flirt 穿越男多女少，我那夫君又宠又撩 Modern girl Ji Yao nods off and transmigrates to ancient times, landing in a living hell from the start. It is the night that marauding refugees burn, kill, and loot their way through her village. Fortunately, she and Li Jian survive, along with two neighbor boys, Li Wen and Li Wu. The four rely on one another and flee to a remote mountain valley to live in seclusion. Li Jian is both cultured and skilled in martial arts, and there is more to him than meets the eye. Step by step, he plans a futur 5.6kReads8.6Score38114d adds
- 126 Back for Another Chance at Love 卷土重来再爱一次 Shen Zongning, CEO of Jinghai Group, called off his engagement to his celebrity girlfriend and quietly married an unknown woman named Xu Wen. What looks like an improper romance in which the newcomer steals someone else’s place gradually reveals its true story. Life is so long that it took me twenty years to find you! Life is so short that when I look back, my youth is already gone... 24.5kReads9.0Score2k14d adds
- 127 After His Wife Ran Away, He Wept 媳妇跑后，他哭了 [Younger man, obsessive, twisted, puppy-like wolf, told in reverse, one reborn couple, one-on-one, both leads have clean romantic pasts] She'd pin him down and beat him to a pulp. They'd scratch and claw at each other until the pampered young master bawled. She had no idea that when he grew up, she'd have to pay him emotional damages. She was mean, arrogant, and looked down on everyone. With a shamelessly pretty face, she could sweet-talk anyone. She knew how to pout and act cute, but her fists 2.2kReads9.1Score14714d adds
- 128 Snow Falls in Hong Kong Today 今日离港有雪 A dazzling financial news anchor X a powerful tycoon from Hong Kong’s elite. Short drama now streaming A gossip paper in Hong Kong published a photo of a woman in a red dress running in a sorry state after a Maybach. Sitting inside was Zhou Yanjing, the discreet heir to a wealthy family. All of Hong Kong laughed at financial anchor Xu Shiyang for dreaming of marrying into a rich family, unaware that before the night was over, she would step into a villa atop Victoria Peak overlooking Hong Kong 10.6kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 129 The Billionaire's Favorite: Dr. Song, Don't Go 亿万枭宠：宋医生，别来无恙 She was the notorious cast-off wife of a powerful family. He was the noble, mysterious third young master of the Lu family. “Dr. Song, I’d like to invite you to a simple meal.” “I’m sorry, doctors can’t accept food or drink from patients.” He reached out with his long arm and gripped her chin in both hands. “Woman, are you playing hard to get?” Sensing danger, she tried to escape, but he kept closing in, right on her heels. She sneered. “Third Young Master Lu, do you know what the word ‘respect’ 4.6kReads9.2Score56614d adds
- 130 Snow Falls over Northern Beijing Tonight 今夜京北有雪 [Noble, Aloof Scion of an Elite Family] ✖️ [Radiant Beauty and Artifacts Restorer] [Happy Ending] [Six-Year Age Gap] [Beijing Circle] [A Subtly Unexpected Side to the Heroine] Content Warnings: [Angst and Sweetness] [Neither Lead Is the Other’s First] [Pseudo-Substitute Romance] (The man has a past, the woman doesn’t) “Love is something only the best of the best can afford. True romantics are born into wealthy families.” A friend once warned Jiang Wanhao, “Wanhao, Mr. Shen once had a lover for 20.8kReads9.0Score2.6k14d adds
- 131 Brazenly 明目张胆 Wen Yan is the most notorious illegitimate daughter in Haicheng. Everyone says she’s daring, but no one expected her to be bold enough to set her sights on Zhou Yuncheng, the newly minted fiancé of the powerful Shu family. That man is aloof and untouchable, a god who could never be defiled. Wen Yan only wants to drag him down from his pedestal, keep him by her side, and make him hers. She wants him to lose control, to beg her for mercy. A possessive, abstinent male lead vs. a pitiful, lovesick y 413Reads8.4Score17714d adds
- 132 Meeting You Made the Rest of My Life Sweet and Warm 遇见你，余生甜又暖 [Featured on the Chinese Online Literature Influence List; published in print; short drama now streaming] [Both are each other's first and only love + two top students + sweet romance + plot-driven + happy ending] In Song Xiaonuan's eyes, Yan Chuxing is a flawless piece of jade, perfect in every way. But she was the one who ended their relationship. Proud yet restrained, he bottled up all his feelings when he realized nothing could change the outcome. His voice was cool and distant as he said, “ 7.6kReads9.2Score82814d adds
- 133 The CEO’s Wife Disguises Herself as a Secretary, Flirts, Then Runs Off 总裁夫人化身秘书，撩完人就跑 [Power Couple + Marriage First, Love Later + Mutual Flirting and Tension] Fu Yunting, head of the Fu family in the capital, obeys his grandfather's dying wish and marries Sheng Yuyue, the eldest daughter of the Sheng family, despite never having met her. On the day they register their marriage, he simply sends his assistant to pick up the certificate. Furious, Miss Sheng transforms herself into a sweet, seductive little secretary. And so begins the ultimate game of cat and mouse between the d 6.4kReads9.2Score56014d adds
- 134 High-born Matriarch’s Husband-Taming Manual 高门主母的驯夫手册 Cheng Zhao was granted in marriage to Zhou Yuanshen, the youngest duke in the realm. Zhou Yuanshen had a favored concubine with a powerful family backing her, and he was also entangled in an ambiguous relationship with his widowed sister-in-law. He despised the stiff, dull manner of noble-born ladies. And Cheng Zhao had received the most orthodox upbringing of all. Faced with the endless infighting in the Duke’s household, the concubine’s provocations, and her sister-in-law’s covert meddling, Ch 163.9kReads9.0Score24.8k14d adds
- 135 Critical Deal 临界交易 [Career growth + supportive lover + older man + carefully laid plans] (Not a story about saints, so please skip it if that bothers you.) At Anding Capital, two things were always said about Cheng Lizhou: First, none of the projects he signed ever fell through before the roadshow. Second, the Chinese partner who had returned from London led an almost absurdly clean private life. His calendar showed nothing but flight numbers and meeting times. Only later did Ye Shuwan learn that neither of thos 31.8kReads9.2Score4.1k14d adds
- 136 The Mysterious CEO Spoils Her Night After Night 神秘总裁夜夜宠 By day, she’s a sharp and capable saleswoman! By night, she’s her boss’s personal assistant, taking care of his every need! They agree on three rules: talk about money, not love. But... Rumor has it that she’s so pampered she lives like a princess. When it comes to dealing with scumbags, President Shang is there. When it comes to putting rivals in their place, President Shang is there. When it comes to making money, President Shang is there. She’s living a fairy-tale life of happiness. Meanwhile 11.7kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 137 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 15.9kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
- 138 A Geisha’s Dream 瑰夏之梦 One midsummer day in my second year of high school, I glimpsed Xiao Ruohua at the library, bent over her books by the window. She became the Guixia rose I kept hidden in my heart. For twelve long years, I watched her from afar. I saw her shine as she sang onstage and dazzle everyone in debate competitions. I also saw her hide beneath the protection of the Chu family, suppress all her talents, and become an obedient, almost invisible stepdaughter. I watched in silence and quietly made my way towa 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Back to the CEO's Youth: I Kidnap My Invincible Childhood Friend on a Parenting Show 回到霸总年少时，我在娃综上诱拐最强竹马 (Celebrity parenting show + carefree little kid + childhood-sweetheart romance + everyone's darling) After the bold and beautiful CEO Jiang Yan worked herself to death, she opened her eyes to find herself back in the body of a three-and-a-half-year-old! Jiang Yan let out a long sigh. “Do I have to keep grinding?” No more grinding! Who cared about being a top student, a workaholic, or a CEO? Whoever wanted those jobs could have them! Jiang Yan curled up her chubby little feet, hugged her baby bot 1.2kReads8.9Score16014d adds
- 140 A Fog Too Dense to Cross in the Capital 京雾难渡 [Cool, stubborn heroine x vicious troublemaker] [Beijing elite circle x forced love x broken up and reunited x angsty melodrama with a happy ending] When Song Qingwu broke up with Zong Yu, she did it decisively. He didn't try to stop her at all. He just stood with his back to her, smoking on the balcony. “Think it through. I don't get back together with ex-girlfriends.” Song Qingwu nodded. “I know.” Maybe he was embarrassed because she was the one who dumped him, or maybe her answer had come to 41.1kReads8.6Score4.5k14d adds
- 141 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 12.6kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 142 Snow Still Falls Over the Capital 京雪未央 Everyone told Lin Shu that Shen Yanqing, a powerful man from the highest echelons of Beijing society, had loved too many people to ever stay for anyone. But clear-eyed even as she sank deeper, she still boarded this colossal ship, and he gradually drew her into Beijing's upper circles. He said, "It's nice to stay in Beijing. That way, you'll be close to me." But in the end, he personally sent her to America. 5.1kReads9.0Score73114d adds
- 143 A Captivating Allure 风情摇曳 Also known as “Swaying” Chen Luochen gave Jiang Yu her whole heart, but in the end, he still gave up half his life for someone else. Later, whenever she heard the name Jiang Yu, her heart remained as calm as still water, without the slightest ripple. 4.9kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 144 Trembling Kisses in His Arms 于他怀中颤吻 [Unhinged, possessive young master × sweet girl who gets a thorough comeuppance after trying to seduce him] Fu Shaoting is at the very top of the powerful elite in the capital, with an arrogant, handsome face to match. Fang Tang had secretly loved him for eight years, and every time, she tried to come up with an excuse to cover it up. “I had no choice...” - When her lie was exposed, Fu Shaoting proposed a marriage of convenience, and Fang Tang agreed. He sneered: “So you can sleep with me and th 597Reads—Score10614d adds
- 145 For the Rest of My Life, I'll Love You as Always 余生，爱你如常 [Devoted Couple in Beijing’s Elite Circle + A Long Road to Winning Her Back + Female Growth + Powerful Man Bows to Love] Four years ago Yu Sheng was madly in love with Ji Bochang, but the Ji family forcibly sent her away. Before leaving, Yu Sheng threw caution to the wind and asked Ji Bochang, “Do you love me?” Ji Bochang answered without hesitation: “No.” Four years later Yu Sheng returned to Beijing and reunited with Ji Bochang. She had a boyfriend now, and a new life. When she saw Ji Bochan 23kReads7.6Score1.6k14d adds
- 146 I Force-Kissed the Campus Heartthrob, and He Blocked Me 强吻校草后，他拉黑了我 After I kissed the campus heartthrob by force, he blocked me 526Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 A Heartbroken Scene Too Painful to Paint 一片伤心画不成 Jian Xin first met Hua Sheng in a cemetery. It was raining that day. Jian Xin wore a bright red dress and three-inch heels, with exquisite makeup and a clear umbrella in hand. She stood before a gravestone, swaying gracefully. Through the curtain of rain, he watched a well-defined hand reach out from a black Maybach and take an umbrella from an attendant. Then came a sharply defined, strikingly handsome face. 1.8kReads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Bad Brother and Sister 坏兄妹 [Print edition signed] [Jerk of a brother vs. sweet little sister] In the first few years after meeting Yu Chizhou, Chen Er didn't want a brother. In the years that followed, Chen Er didn't want Yu Chizhou to be her brother. On a typhoon day, Chen Er followed her mother to the Yu home. She hid behind the adults, drenched from head to toe and as pitiful as a little flower. After the adults urged her again and again, she softly called the boy sitting on the sofa “Brother.” The boy scoffed. At 76.4kReads9.4Score13k14d adds
- 149 Spoiled for Her Slender Waist 细腰恃宠 (College campus, straight-laced pretender vs. attention-seeking show-off) Shang Che was narcissistic and full of himself. When pretty girls confessed to him, he didn’t bat an eye. He just thought he was the most handsome man in the world, and that being with anyone would be a loss for him. - Xu Qingju only glanced once at the red string on his wrist. Shang Che thought, She has a crush on me. Xu Qingju: What the hell is wrong with this guy? - There were so many people chasing Shang Che at college 8.2kReads9.3Score98514d adds
- 150 Drinking, Dreaming, and Revelry 饮酒梦醉欢 “I married him to repay a debt, but I didn’t fall in love with him for that.” Love after marriage / Xu Zuihuan / Jiang Zhengning The eldest son of the Jiang family, with a mysterious background and an illustrious family. Their lives follow completely different paths, and by all appearances, Xu Zuihuan should have no connection to him. They meet once, then eight years pass. A call from an unfamiliar number, a simple “Let’s get married,” and Xu Zuihuan calmly replies, “Okay.” How much does she o 11.4kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
