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- 101 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Definitely Wrong 我的青春恋爱物语绝对有问题 [Urban Sweet-and-Bitter Romance] · She is your childhood sweetheart, the girl you fell for when you were young and still figuring out your feelings. She loves you deeply, and the bond in her heart means more than anything. . The other is a perfect campus beauty, elegant and wealthy. She is the moonlight in your heart, and more than that, she supports your dream of living off a woman. . Life is one battlefield after another. How will you fend them off? . What should I do? This is so hard to choos 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 After Reuniting Years Later, I Thought We'd Be Together 久别重逢后，原以为我们会在一起 “Sensitive girl | Devoted boy” “Reunion after years apart | Mutual secret crushes | Bittersweet campus romance” The first time Ye An saw Ji Nian, he knew their paths would cross more than once. But so many hardships kept him from being there for her throughout her childhood. The girl became the only light in the boy’s darkest days. At last, after overcoming countless obstacles, he returned as a transfer student and saw her again. But she… She seemed different. Everything about her had changed. W 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Second-Born 排行老二 Second in birth order —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 I Become a Villain and Get Dumped? Me: Dump Me, Dump Me! 成为反派被退婚？我：退退退！ Shen Chong transmigrates into the world of a novel and becomes a top-tier villainous rich second-generation heir. He obtains a Survival System: as long as he follows the plot and stays alive, he can earn a huge number of rewards. But what he never expected was that every heroine could hear his inner thoughts. [The first heroine is a lovesick idiot. Good thing she called off the engagement. Stay away, stay away!] [Big Sister Li Yu is so beautiful, but she’s a traitor and a pathetic simp. Not for 493Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 105 He Thought I'd Left 他以为我走了 He Thought I Was Gone 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Closest Yet Most Distant: You and Me 至近至疏【你我】 How did the confident and lovable Huo Qingqing go from a cheerful, optimistic, sincere, and self-assured girl to a pessimistic, dispirited woman? For her, this marriage has offered a little uncertain love, but far more exhaustion and suffering. She doesn’t regret not calling off the wedding while she was in the bridal car, but she is increasingly convinced of one thing: a lack of affection can perhaps be overcome, a lack of money can be remedied, incompatible looks can be ignored, and excessive 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 I’m Dying of Cancer, So Why Are My Seven Sisters Crying? 我癌症要死了而已，七个姐姐哭啥 [Also known as: My Seven Sisters Call Me Ungrateful, But They’re the Ungrateful Ones]“Seven sisters, that’s enough…” “You call me ungrateful? You’re the ungrateful ones! Mom and Dad only had me because they wanted a boy, but that wasn’t my fault. I felt guilty about it growing up, and once I made money from my company, I treated you well enough.” “You borrowed money, asked me to buy you cars, and even when you borrowed hundreds of thousands to buy a house, I never asked you to pay me back. I fun 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 My Husband Raised His Maid to Be His Wife, So I Conceived the Crown Prince’s Child 丈夫扶丫鬟上位，我怀上太子的崽 My Husband Raised His Maid to Be His Wife, So I Got Pregnant with the Crown Prince's Child 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Silence (The Final Story) 禁言（最后一个故事） Muted (The Last Story) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 After We Started Sleeping in Separate Rooms, My Perfect Husband Secretly... 分房睡后，完美老公居然背着我 After We Started Sleeping in Separate Rooms, My Perfect Husband Was Actually Going Behind My Back 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Life Philosophy of a Mosquito 一只蚊子的生命哲学 The Life Philosophy of a Mosquito 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Surviving in the Wilderness After a Plane Crash, My Boyfriend Became a Pet Dog 空难后荒野求生，男友成了宠物狗 Surviving in the Wilderness After a Plane Crash, My Boyfriend Became a Pet Dog 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Son, Open the Door! It's Your Dad 儿子开门，我是你爹 On hiatus [System + one female lead + not a power fantasy + depressing + low magic] Cultivation and combat are all nonsense. In a nutshell: Only the “protagonist” is kept completely in the dark about the truth of the world. Everyone else knows... Ye Yu was abandoned by his parents for his talent in spirit control and forced to part from his younger brother. Bullied every day, all because his spirit was an ant, the lowest rank of all. One day, a young man appeared, claiming to be his father, and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 I Transmigrated to Honghuang to Find My Sister, but She Made Me the Boss 穿越洪荒找妹妹，却给我当主理人 Three years ago, a blue ring of light suddenly appeared in the sky. A blue beam descended from it, and when the light faded, Qi Chuyuan's younger sister, Qi Chuyun, had vanished. Three years later, the blue ring appeared again. Now an adult, Qi Chuyuan threw caution to the wind and stepped into the beam, embarking on a journey to find his sister. On the other side of the blue ring was a place called the Primordial World. There, he encountered all kinds of challenges and found companions along th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 A Passion Sealed Away 尘封的炽恋 Sixteen years later, they meet again. He is Gu Zhaoyuan, a tech emperor wielding immense power. She is Li Wanqing, huddled in the shadows with a terminal diagnosis in hand. He hated her for vanishing without a word all those years ago. More than that, he hated that after the bizarre abortion procedure, her cruel words, “The child wasn’t yours,” had left him utterly brokenhearted. He let her face the cold operating table alone, never reaching out to carry her away. The searing pain of that betray 6Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 116 Your Beauty, Beyond the Cycle of Reincarnation 你的美，不堕轮回 [Angst-filled romance + pure love for readers who can handle the pain + romantic mystery + a touch of melodrama + light comedy] Cui Ziyun returns from a sea of blood, like Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly, unsure whether this body is real or an illusion. His memories are gone, leaving only a face said to rival Pan An reborn and Song Yu brought back to life. His old love has turned to ashes, yet he finds three women dead in the same room: one in bridal robes, full of resentment; one asleep amo 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 One Last Time, I Want You to See a Sunny Day 最后一次，我想让你看看晴天 One Last Time, I Want You to See a Sunny Day 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Her World Lasts Only Seven Seconds 她的世界只有七秒 Her World Lasts Only Seven Seconds 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Late at Night, I Fell into the Cold Abyss of Your Heart 深夜，堕入你凉薄的深渊 Three years ago, their marriage was a cruel act of coercion and conquest. After losing her child and being torn from the one she loved, Su Liyue learned that she was merely a dead woman’s substitute. She burned their ill-fated relationship to the ground. Only after losing her did Qin Yanfeng realize that he loved her to the depths of his soul. He was consumed by regret and went mad with grief. Three years later, the familiar woman returned, but she was no longer his Yue’er... 88Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 120 I Pray the Gods Will Protect Her 我祈神明庇佑她 [Tragic ending] [A sweetly innocent, deaf figure model × a careful, restrained delinquent with a checkered past] [Both pure in love + age gap + love at first sight + healing] Qi Zhen is the most notorious hoodlum in the old town. Just hearing his name is enough to make the authorities in their peaked caps fret. Until he turned thirty, he figured he’d just live one day at a time. But after meeting that girl, everything changed. He wanted to live a long, long life so he could always take care of h 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Heartbeat from a Past Life: A Fang, You Shouldn't Have Lied to Me 前世的心跳，阿昉你不该骗我 The Heartbeats of Our Past Life: A Fang, You Shouldn’t Have Lied to Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The 101st Sunny-Day Doll 第101个晴天娃娃 The 101st Sunny-Day Doll 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 I Love You Like My Life: The Domineering CEO's Kiss 爱你如命：霸道总裁吻上瘾 After suffering her mother's brutal death, her father's selfishness, her stepmother's abuse, and her sister's jealousy, Rong Xi keeps fighting against fate. When she returns after completing her studies, she breaks free from her prison-like shackles, only for her best friend's teasing to plunge her heart into an icy abyss once more... An elevator malfunction leaves her locked in a passionate embrace with Shao Nan. From then on, she cannot escape his clutches, yet he is surrounded by beautiful wo 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Forced to Love a Vile and Treacherous Minister 被恶毒奸臣强制爱了 Fake death + clueless about love + career-minded + forced love + unrequited love Sickly legitimate princess × treacherous minister with power over the court They had been childhood companions, but after his father was falsely accused of treason, he was exiled to Jiangbei. When they met again, seven years had passed. She looked so frail she might die at any moment. He smiled like a smiling assassin. And yet, it was you who was struck through the throat with a sword. “I never expected you to be ki 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Swipe My Card! The Simp System Awakens 刷我滴卡！舔狗系统觉醒 Swipe my card! The Simp System awakens 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Ember Frequency 余烬频率 “The Nokia E71 vibrates 600 times per minute, while the fatal heart rate for someone with congenital heart disease is 300 beats per minute. And the odds of us meeting were a miracle: one in 1.7 billion.” In late autumn 2011, the gloomy mathematical prodigy Cheng Ye met transfer student Su Tang beneath the library's tin awning. Wisteria petals clung to the hem of her water-blue skirt. Half a fingernail was missing from her left pinky, yet a single grape-flavored hard candy was enough to stop his 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 I Promise You an Abyss 许你万丈深渊 Love can be so deep it feels like suffering. Yi Qing loved Jian Xingzhi so much that she gave him everything. Jian Xingzhi hated Yi Qing so much that he destroyed everything she had. “Jian Xingzhi, if the water in this bottle could be put back, I would forgive you.”, Yi Qing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 No One Cares When I Cry 哭也没人疼 No One Cares Even When I Cry 11Reads—Score114d adds
- 129 The World’s Screenwriter: Chronicles of the Universe 《世界编剧：寰宇编年史》 World’s Scriptwriter: Chronicles of the Cosmos 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Blood Mail to the Ruins: The Qin Jian Terracotta Army Resurrection Case Files 血邮归墟-秦简兵马俑复活事件簿 Blood Mail Returns to Guixu: The Qin Dynasty Terracotta Army Resurrection Case Files —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 From Bronze Sparrow Terrace to the Marketplace: Cao Cao’s Redemption System 铜雀台到菜市场:曹操的救赎系统 From Bronze Sparrow Terrace to the Market: Cao Cao's Redemption System —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 I’ll Make You All Regret This for the Rest of Your Lives! 我要让你们全都抱憾终生！ Bound to a System, Su Xu's mission is to enter different worlds and play pivotal roles, using the most devastating farewells to trigger an emotional upheaval in those around her. The System asks her: How can you maximize efficiency? Su Xu's answer: Become the brightest sun in their lives, then let that light go out completely just as it reaches its peak. And so... In the world of Demon Slayer, she is the stepsister who comes to the Kamado family’s aid in their darkest hour. After they promise to 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 A One-Minute Goodbye 一分钟的告别 On New Year’s Eve, Yan Shu and I held our engagement party. He walked into the hall holding the hand of his long-lost orphanage sister. When Fu Qingqian pretended to trip and shove me, Yan Shu’s livestream had just passed one million viewers. I hit the floor hard. A warm red stream soaked through my white dress. Fu Qingqian wore a mocking smile. “Big Sis, why didn’t you get ready ahead of time if your period was due?” Yan Shu had started to reach out to help me, but he pulled his hand back, his 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 With Terminal Bone Cancer, I Was Driven to Despair by My Cheating Husband 骨癌晚期，我被出轨丈夫逼上绝路 Jiang Shaocheng cheated on me, but I was dying. A pregnant woman moved into our home. I shoved her, and he had me locked up. My bone cancer flared up, the pain unbearable, but I could hear him fooling around with her outside. When she went into labor, they took me away to give her a blood transfusion. I couldn’t hold on any longer. I died on the operating table. By the time they found me, my body had gone cold. I was dead, but Jiang Shaocheng went mad. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 My Husband Lost His Memory After a Car Accident 老公车祸后失忆了 Han Ziyou and I grew up together. He once loved me with all his heart and wanted to lay the very best the world had to offer at my feet. But then he forgot. He fell in love with someone younger and more radiant. Until one day, he got into a car accident while protecting her and suffered a head injury that left him with amnesia. His memories stopped ten years ago. Ten years ago, when he loved me more than anything. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Terminally Ill, I Heard My Scumbag Husband Suddenly Say He Loved Me 身患绝症，渣男老公突然说爱我 During the five years Gu Yanshen and I were entangled, he treated me as a stepping stone for his career, trampling on my talent without a second thought. He sold my paintings for a fortune, but credited them to his innocent-seeming junior sister. He drove me to a mental breakdown, and I slit my wrists to kill myself. He only sneered and called me a drama queen. In the end, my heart grew cold, and I chose to divorce him. But on the day he signed the divorce papers, he got into a car accident and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 After Awakening as a Stand-In, I Beat the Scumbag to a Pulp 替身觉醒后我暴打渣男 After five years together, all I had to show for it was the title of substitute. “Ran-jie came back and reached out to you herself. Why haven’t you dumped Yun Jiuxi yet?” Hidden behind the rooftop door, I listened to their conversation, stunned. “Are you that worried for me?” “Hey, I just don’t want Ran-jie to get jealous.” “Yeah, but now isn’t the time.” He blew out a ring of smoke, his voice cold and casual. “I’m not ready to let her go yet.” “As long as she behaves, there’s no reason I can’t 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 After She Died, the Entertainment Industry Came Crashing Down 她死后，娱乐圈的天塌了 I’m dead. But your nightmare has only just begun. I’m dead, but I’m still watching you. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Day I Regained My Hearing Was the Day We Broke Up: My Ex-Husband’s Long Road to Winning Me Back 复聪之日，亦是决裂之时：前夫，你的追妻路漫漫 Five years ago, I became completely deaf and mute while saving Gu Peichen. “When I thought Heaven had finally taken pity on me and let me hear again, I was planning to surprise him. But in front of everyone at the company, he said he’d had enough.” Gu Peichen’s expression darkened. “Enough! I’ve had enough of you clinging to me. I’ve done all I can to take care of you. What more do you want from me?” I remembered him holding me and saying, “Wanw an, I’ll take care of you for the rest of my life. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Uh-Oh, My AI Boyfriend Has Followed Me into the Real World 糟了，AI男友追到现实了 Oh No, My AI Boyfriend Has Followed Me into the Real World 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Mr. Ji, Stop Torturing Me. Your Wife Has Divorced and Remarried 季总别虐了，夫人已离婚改嫁了 [Strong female lead and satisfying revenge + remorseful husband’s pursuit + revenge + angst before the payoff + marriage by contract + punishing scumbags and face-slapping] Wealthy CEO × ruthless, vengeful designer For three years of marriage, I was as lowly as dust, while he treated me like an enemy. He let his first love move into our home, forced me to kneel and donate blood, and while I was miscarrying, he held someone else and said, “Filthy.” Everyone said Wen Li loved Ji Beichen so much sh 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Glimmers in the Dust 尘埃里的碎光 Main sources of angst: The male lead, Shen Yan, repeatedly hurts the female lead, Su Wan, because of his illness, through his words, actions, and emotional abuse. Su Wan struggles between love and fear, while outside pressure forces them apart. Main sources of sweetness: The male lead’s profound tenderness and remorse when he is lucid, the female lead’s steadfast protection as she overcomes her fear, and the understanding they develop as they grow together and learn to live with his illness. The 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Terminal Cancer: They Forced Me to Give Up My Kidney, and Now They Regret It 癌症晚期，逼我换肾后他们后悔了 He gave her warmth when she was at her most helpless and desperate, and helped cure her depression. But later, her cousin's meddling made her believe it had all been a calculated ploy. From then on, she grew to hate him more and more. No matter how humbly he tried to please her, she saw it only as an attempt to hold on to his status as her husband. When he learned he had cancer and only three months to live, he told her. She didn't believe him, thinking he was jealous and just trying to get atte 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Six Years of Love, Reduced to Nothing 六年爱意成空 Six Years of Love, Gone to Nothing 5Reads—Score414d adds
- 145 Mad Dog on the Far Side of the Moon: A Female Doctor's Dilemma 月亮背面的疯狗——一位女博士的纠结 The Mad Dog on the Far Side of the Moon: A Female Doctor’s Dilemma —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Snow-Capped Mountains 皑皑雪山 Amid a volatile international situation, the snowy mountains along the border stand like silent witnesses, watching over countless untold stories. Beneath these mountains, the fate of Zhong Yuanzheng and Hua Yu is at stake, as is the peace and justice of countless others. Across the vast snowy mountains, some lay down their lives bravely for justice, while others hold fast to their convictions on the brink of death. When the smoke clears and the truth is revealed to the world, the borderlands g 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Love in Longcheng: Young Master Fu's Bride of Atonement 龙城囚爱：傅少的赎罪新娘 “Both reborn” + “gut-wrenching angst” + “chasing his wife to the crematorium” + “substitute” + “imprisonment and miscarriage” + “happy ending.” When Su Nuan was ten, she saved Fu Hanchuan. But Fu Hanchuan mistook her for someone else, and for ten years, he gave all his tenderness to another woman. By a twist of fate, Su Nuan and Fu Hanchuan married ten years later, only for him to send her to prison, where she suffered three miscarriages. When Fu Hanchuan learned the truth, he knelt at Su Nuan’s 209Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Turning the Tables on Marriage 反制婚姻 Her husband cheats, and her in-laws bully her. What path lies ahead for a woman struggling in her marriage? Should she keep suffering through it, or fight back and build a brilliant life of her own? The novel will reveal the answer... 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Magic Lamp Goes Out, and So Does My Heart 神灯灭，心亦碎 [Xuanhuan + cultivation + historical romance + tragic love + satisfying revenge] Yuxin Cui is the princess of Xinglan City and a sacred maiden of the Divine Lamp, blessed with divine power capable of making a city flourish. Yet she falls in love with Mo Chenglun, lord of Yunjin City, who is bent on revenge. On their wedding day, he massacres the city. Yuxin Cui tries to kill herself in her grief, but fails and loses her memory. After waking, she saves the fallen Mo Chenglun. He deceives her, cla 2Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 150 Mr. Su, Your Deep Love Came Too Late 苏先生，深情已迟暮 Some things seem like they’re yours by right when you have them. Only after losing them do you realize you never deserved them. Su Chenyu, there is someone in this world who loves you simply because you are Su Chenyu. That person is Feng Yue. “Su Chenyu, I once loved you with single-minded devotion. I was hurt, I lost, and I accepted it. Can’t you let me go…?” “Feng Yue, even in death, you can only be buried in my Su family’s grave…” 236Reads6.8Score—14d adds
