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- 101 When I Turned Away, I Saw the Heir to a Wealthy Family Red-Eyed 我转身后，看见豪门继承人红了眼 [Wealthy CEO romance + one-on-one couple] When Lin Yixuan saw Liu Kelin again, it felt as though a crack had opened in his heart. Memories of their love, along with the regret of losing her, tore him apart. Liu Kelin's expression didn't change. The painful nights of the past had long since blown away on the wind. Unable to control his feelings, Lin Yixuan approached Liu Kelin again as he had when they'd first met. "I still love you. Will you be with me?" Could the heart Liu Kelin had once hurt r 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Poisonous Consort Stuns the World: The Underworld Emperor Treats Her Tenderly 毒妃惊华：冥帝大人轻轻宠 Yue Qianli, China’s peerless poison doctor, transmigrates into a disgraced, scorned Crown Princess whose parents are both dead and who is dismissed as useless. From then on, she begins a life of overpowering face-slapping and an epic comeback. First she divorces the Crown Prince, then tears into her white-lotus half-sister, and makes her uncle’s awful family pay for everything! Anyone who hurts or humiliates her will pay tenfold, a hundredfold. Whatever belongs to her, she’ll reclaim it even if 384Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 103 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 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Heartless 狠心 [Cold and aloof heiress + devoted male lead who watches over her in silence + he chases her after she leaves + both are inexperienced + angsty romance] Mu Xian has only ever loved Qiao An. He begged to marry into her family, cooked for her, planned everything for her, and did all he could to keep her safe, but she didn’t love him. Even after she gave birth to his child, she still didn’t love him. When Mu Xian learned she was pregnant, he was overjoyed. But she coldly made him kneel in the pourin 4.4kReads8.2Score21814d adds
- 105 I’ll Keep Loving You in Another World 在另一个世界继续爱你 I'll keep loving you in another world 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Stop Torturing Her, Young Master Lu: Three Men Proposed After She Left 陆少别虐了，分手后她被三人求娶 Song Zhiyu stood by Lu Heyang for ten years, accompanying him from having nothing to basking in glory. He kept putting off making good on his promise to marry her and tangled with other women, while she clung to their past until she drove herself half-mad. Then, during yet another argument, Lu Heyang said coldly, “Even your own parents don’t want you. Why should I?” At last, Song Zhiyu realized he was no longer the boy who had once loved her more than life itself. She finally gave up on him, tur 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Male Lead Who Couldn’t Have the One He Loved Went Mad 穿书后，爱而不得的男主成了疯批 [Transmigrate into a book + tormenting the male lead + genuinely mentally ill + obsessive and twisted] Female lead's perspective: A car accident sends Chao An into a brainless CEO romance novel, where she becomes an insignificant substitute cannon-fodder character who dies after ten chapters. To survive, she throws herself into the role, climbing higher and higher by leveraging the male lead. Just as she’s about to kick him to the curb, she loses her memory. Mu Chuan falls in love with a heartle 973Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 108 Penguins Can Confess Their Love, Too 冰封企鹅会告白 At my high school reunion, I ran into Gu Chengzhou, the campus heartthrob I’d rejected when we were young. “Had enough of hiding?” He cornered me in the restroom, his fingertips brushing my burning earlobe. I woke up after a drunken night to find his tie wrapped around my wrist, a reminder of our wild night together. When we met again at work, he was the client funding my project. “Miss Su’s proposal is good,” he said, flipping through the plan before suddenly looking up. “But I’d rather invest 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 I Picked Up a Crown Prince Who Wants to Kill Me, Yet I Became His Beloved 捡个太子想杀我，我却成了白月光 [The Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] [A Love Born of Hatred] [Love by Force] [No Reconciliation After the Breakup] Crown Prince Shen Qiyan drifted among the common folk. When he lost his memory, he was saved by Jiang Zaohua, a herb gatherer from Niujia Village. As time passed, they fell in love and married. When he finally awoke to who he was, he worried that he had no support from his mother's family to begin with. If the court officials learned that he had married a woman from the common fol 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 A Lovesick Playboy Meets a Heartless Good Girl 痴情浪子遇见绝情乖乖女 A Lovestruck Rogue Meets an Ice-Cold Good Girl 3.9kReads—Score7914d adds
- 111 Moonlight as a Prison: The Cold Young Lady Brings Her Bodyguard to Tears 折月为囚：清冷小姐虐哭暗卫 (The male lead suffers a lot. Read with caution if you're sensitive to angst.) (This is a fictional story set in an imaginary world.) Main couple: Xu Ruyan, a cool and ruthless daughter of the prime minister, and Song Zhiyu, a humble, devoted hidden guard. Secondary couple: Zhao Zhaoning, a beautiful and unpredictable princess, and Xu Qingfeng, a carefree young general. Xu Ruyan, the prime minister's legitimate daughter, grew up in a household rife with power struggles. She became cold and ruthl 1.3kReads8.2Score10014d adds
- 112 An Obsession Born of Love 执念为爱 A Love That Won't Let Go 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 She Is Like a Clear Sky on a Midsummer Day 她如盛夏挽晴天 Three years ago, Jiang Huai, the young heir to a powerful family in the capital, abruptly broke up with his first love, Lin Chuxia. One upheaval after another followed, and then the family members she depended on were struck by misfortune too. Only then did she suddenly realize that she needed money more than love. The girl who used to talk about her dreams disappeared. In her place stood a major celebrity who cared only about profit. When they met again three years later, he realized that the p 55Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 114 He Is a Rose in the Wasteland 他是荒芜的玫瑰 [Gentle, devoted male lead + groveling-to-win-her-back arc + he never wins her back, a true groveling arc] Top male escort vs. healing female doctor (new heroine takes the lead) (If you only read stories where both leads are each other's first, please proceed with caution.) Wen Chun mistakenly believes Rong Sijue is a heartless scumbag who abandoned her when she was gravely ill. When they meet again, all she wants is to make him pay. Rong Sijue loved Wen Chun until he was covered in wounds, giv 476Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 115 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... 81Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 116 Keep Her as Your Captive, You Madman, and Torment Her Night After Night 囚宠她，疯批大佬夜夜欺 [Possessive pursuit + angst before sweetness + groveling ex + forced love + old-school melodrama + powerful man humbled by love + both inexperienced + sugar daddy + kept woman] [Cold-blooded, domineering bastard x soft-hearted but resilient sweetheart] With her mother gravely ill, Xu Zhizhi took a job at a private club, hoping to earn more money for her treatment. She never expected to accidentally damage a jade pendant belonging to a powerful man. The pendant was worth 20 million, far more than 5.5kReads—Score24714d adds
- 117 Shen, You Can't Get Away 沈主播，你跑不了 A gender-bender romance~ [Bright, domineering heiress x handsome, talented, tragic, aloof male streamer] At a pool party, wealthy heiress Jin Xuanyue fell in love at first sight with college student Shen Yuanchen. She took the initiative to flirt with and seduce him. As Shen Yuanchen fell deeper and deeper, he defied public opinion and finally mustered the courage to offer her his whole heart. That was when he discovered he was nothing but a plaything Jin Xuanyue used to amuse herself. He took t 787Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 118 The Heartbreaker Comes Back, but the Gentle CEO Has Already Lost Heart 渣女回头，温柔总裁早已心灰意冷 [Readers who love seeing the male lead suffer, come on in! Physical and emotional angst, pain in both family and romance, stomach problems + people-pleasing + low self-esteem and self-loathing + intermittent blindness in the later chapters] Tang Wen always believed that her marriage was a scheme devised by Lu Yan. But when Lu Yan agreed to divorce her, she finally saw his heart, battered and full of wounds... Could she mend what was broken? “Ms. Tang, we’re divorced now. Please show some restrai 3.1kReads8.2Score18014d adds
- 119 Love That Came Too Late! 迟来深情！ Six years ago, on their wedding day, Mo Wen pushed his bride away with his own hands. When Shen Qi asked why, he simply said, "The wedding is off," then vanished from her world for good. Back then, Shen Qi had no idea that Mo Wen's grandfather had been poisoned to death at the wedding banquet, and that the culprits were his own maternal uncle and aunt. To avenge his grandfather and keep her from being dragged into the deadly plot, he chose the cruelest way: making her hate him. - Six year 225Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 After I Dumped the Capital's Golden Boy, He Landed in the ICU 甩了京圈太子爷后，他进ICU了 [Love-struck, silly beauty X benefits-first young heir of the capital's elite / The heir acts like a dog early on / Later transforms into a love-struck heir of the capital's elite] [The wife-chasing crematorium + running away while pregnant + the powerful one bows his head + getting back together after a breakup + dual-purity romance] This is a story where the hero starts out with all the power in the family, and could have had a wife and children at home, but the young heir just had to mess e 7.2kReads—Score18114d adds
- 121 Mr. CEO, Four Adorable Kids Say They’re Yours 总裁，有四个萌娃说是您家崽儿 Modern mythology + romance + cute kids + sweet pampering + wild imagination + domineering CEO In their previous lives, she and he were a divine couple. After she broke the laws of Heaven, she was demoted to a mortal and reincarnated. For her sake, he was willing to become mortal too. They met again in this life, went on a blind date and got their marriage certificate the very same day, then entered a two-year marriage contract. After they divorced, she discovered she was pregnant with her ex-hus 127Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 122 Reunited After Five Years Apart, Mr. Huo Goes Mad and Forces a Marriage 分手五年再遇，霍总发疯逼婚 [The pursuit-after-divorce arc + both leads' romantic purity + rekindled love + marriage before love + bad boy x good girl + coercive love + forced possession + rotten man with a sincere heart + bittersweet push and pull + emotional angst] Shen Wanqing has never forgotten what happened in her senior year of high school. She was just beginning to fall in love, secretly crushing on the school's most handsome boy, Huo Sicheng. Through incredible luck, she became his girlfriend. But after only a mon 7.4kReads—Score24414d adds
- 123 The Phoenix's Call 平凰引 [Empress]+[Female-Centered]+[Both Die, but a Happy Ending!]+[Feel-Good and Angst]+[Devoted Male Love Interest]+[Pure Romance] Heartbreaking angst, the kind that leaves you sobbing and torn to pieces! Good news! There’s a little sweetness among the shards of glass. Bad news! Once you understand that sweetness, it hurts even more. Packed with foreshadowing and hints, this may be a romance, but it has real depth. Since she’s an empress, expect a woman tormenting a man! Female awakening, an all-fema 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 I Posed as His Late Sister and Went Undercover for Three Years. My Heart's Blood Cured His Burning Poison 我扮他亡妹潜伏三年，我的心头血解他焚心毒 I Pretended to Be His Late Sister for Three Years, and My Heart's Blood Cured His Burning Poison 3.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 125 After the Divorce, President Gu Chases His Wife to the Crematorium 离婚后，顾总追妻火葬场 Su Xia has been trying to get pregnant for a year. Every month, during her fertile days, she does everything she can to cling to Gu Sichen, but she still hasn’t conceived. She can’t help wondering if maybe she’s simply unable to have children... Thinking of how Gu Sichen’s grandfather and parents keep urging them to have a baby, Su Xia feels a weight settle on her heart. After finishing her final neck treatment, she reaches for the bathroom door, and it swings open. Gu Sichen has returned home a 318Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 126 After Being Betrothed to the God of War, I Lay Low in a Villa 赐婚战神后我苟在别院 A gentle, resilient princess + a cold, ruthless general + a mild-mannered imperial brother Love after marriage, domineering pursuit, mutually devoted, angsty at first, then he turns into a clingy big puppy. Six-year age gap. A great beauty was overlooked in the palace: Xiao Mingyue, the late emperor's daughter born to a concubine. She seemed as delicate as a flower, but was actually resilient and clever. For ten years in the Cold Palace, she protected her mother and younger brother and kept her 941Reads—Score11214d adds
- 127 Prisoner of Thorns 荆囚 Ruan Zhao was a rose crushed beneath Fu Jinchi's foot, yet her thorns pierced through his entire life. He hated her with all his heart, until the pain consumed him. She feared him so much that all she wanted was to escape. He thought his torment would bring redemption, but when he finally faced his true feelings, she was already shattered beyond repair. 906Reads6.3Score10114d adds
- 128 I Got Pregnant, Then My Husband Returned After Three Years Away 怀孕后，三年未见的老公回来了 [Male obstetrician ✘ Female psychological counselor] Rekindled love ➕ He pursues her after driving her away ➕ Adorable child makes an appearance ➕ One misunderstanding after another... On the day Qiao Mo and Xiao Zheyan marry on impulse, he's urgently called back and spends the next three years in a laboratory. His mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and she asks Qiao Mo to use the sperm Xiao Zheyan previously had frozen to conceive and have a child. But just after Qiao Mo becomes pregnant 3.3kReads9.0Score78914d adds
- 129 The Reborn Empress: The Grand Tutor Is Crying After I Torment Him Again GB重生女帝：太傅又被朕虐哭了 Torture the male lead! Torture the male lead! Torture the male lead! Both are virgins! Both are virgins! [Cold, cruel, violent yandere empress VS aloof, broken, frail imperial tutor] [Reborn + empress + torturing the male lead + both are virgins + female lead forces the male lead + love and hate + chasing her husband] She tortures the male lead in the first half, then chases after her husband in the second. 5.1kReads8.2Score39814d adds
- 130 A Knotty Red Thread: A Love Bet with a Vengeful Spirit 红线难牵：与怨灵的爱情赌约 The little matchmaker spirit Ling Que descends to the mortal realm to meet her KPI, only to be ambushed by a wager from her sworn enemy, the vengeful spirit Jinying. He takes on the role of her direct supervisor, using romantic-drama clichés to win the heroine's heart while creating real-life dilemmas to drive a wedge between childhood sweethearts. As workplace sexual assault and difficult choices over personal gain erupt one after another, Ling Que's red thread of fate is on the verge of snappi 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The White Moonlight Falls, and Junior Sister Is Still Mending Things Today 白月光坠落，小师妹今天也在修补 1v1, happy ending, gender-bender, both leads are virgins [The male lead suffers physically and emotionally: flogging, humiliation, ice picks, restraints and suffocation, silver needles, stomach problems…] [An outwardly aloof but decisive and determined junior sister who cultivates the sword vs. a gentle, long-suffering and restrained senior brother, the unattainable first love] I am Ji Lan, the youngest cultivator to reach the Divine Transformation stage in Meishan Sword Sect, born with a sword 36Reads—Score1014d adds
- 132 I Begged the Demoness Through Tears to Spare Me 我哭着求女魔头放过 [Strong heroine + matriarchy + protagonist suffering + training + groveling to win her back + unhinged] Lu Xiao was once a demonic cultivator, until one day, the arrival of a female demon rewrote his fate. His nightmare began... 30Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 133 Master-Level Dog Training! The Obsessive Psycho Is Sweet and Attentive 顶级训狗！病娇他乖巧又贴心 [A little angst for the male lead] [A crazy female lead] [Redemption] [Male lead is a little ray of sunshine at first, then a little yandere] [Female lead strings along four men] [An early work, unlike the style of the author's other stories. Read with caution. The male lead's suffering starts in Chapter 120.] Mo Mo refuses to give money to her gambling-addicted father, only for him to drug her. She thinks he is the buyer, but later realizes it was a misunderstanding. He gets attached to her and 803Reads7.0Score10214d adds
- 134 If Time Wouldn't Chase Us 如果时光不追 The day Huo Yun returned home was in late autumn. Four years had passed. She thought she could face everything calmly, including the man she had grown up with, the one who had made her leave home alone. Pei Yanci had waited four years and searched for her for four years. When they met again, he wanted to ask just one thing: Are you leaving again? But all she said was, “We’re not close.” This is a story about waiting and returning, misunderstandings and letting go. If time doesn’t move on, I’ll w 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 135 No Secret Affairs Allowed 禁止偷欢 🔥 Powerful-family taboo romance | Heart-wrenching angst with a thrilling reversal Fu Siyan, the crown prince of the capital, wields power over the entire court. Noble and aloof, he is a god no one dares profane. Only I know how twisted he is beneath that icy exterior. Three years ago, he personally sent me to prison on charges of "suspected disclosure of trade secrets." The night before I was locked up, he gripped my chin, his gaze colder than ice. "Shen Rao, how dare you lay a hand on someone 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 After Our Whirlwind Wedding, the Reserved Tycoon Keeps Me Up All Night 闪婚后，禁欲大佬夜夜缠宠 [One-on-one romance + devoted couple; his perspective: he planned it all along. Her perspective: married first, fell in love later] Wen Nian was weak all over from his kisses and could no longer hold back. Soft moans slipped unconsciously through her lips, mingling with her ragged breathing. “Nian, who are you with?” Dong Yu'an instantly sensed something was wrong on the other end of the phone, his voice suddenly turning urgent. Li Sinan lifted his eyes. Possessiveness and displeasure churned 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Ink-Washed Qiao Xin 墨染乔心 Just started, so the score will go up! (All characters are based on real people.) The male lead isn't very likable at first, but he gets better and better! [Second chance at love] [Childhood sweethearts] HE Seven years ago, after her family suffered a sudden upheaval, she received a “breakup payment” and a warning from his family. She had no choice but to sever their relationship and leave without a word. Seven years later, she is Shanghai's top wedding planner, dazzling and captivating. He, me 785Reads6.6Score10014d adds
- 138 After Going Bankrupt, I Was Taken in by the Love-Struck Mr. Ji 破产后，被恋爱脑季总捡回家 [Both leads are each other’s only one × reunited after years apart × second-chance romance × combative couple] Emotionally detached, guarded heroine × arrogant, possessive, hopelessly lovesick hero After going bankrupt, Xia Yuning was taken in by her hapless ex-boyfriend, Ji Yuhe. A contract offering three billion for a year as his live-in maid kicked off a carefree, deliberately infuriating life at work: when the boss cooked, she took a nap; when he worked, she slacked off. She had no intention 168Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 No Rules in the Capital at Night 京夜不轨 A short drama adaptation with the same title is available for licensing. Reunited after years apart + mending a broken relationship + a groveling ex-husband + both leads are faithful, with a child Six years later, Chi Ran, holding her daughter’s hand, runs into Zhou Qiyu and his family of three at the hospital. As they pass, the woman beside him asks, “Qiyu, what are you looking at?” She hears his cold reply: “Someone who means nothing to me.” - Zhou Qiyu is the future heir to the Zhou family. 9.2kReads7.8Score68414d adds
- 140 After Our Engagement Is Broken, CEO Li Chases His Wife to the Ends of the Earth 退婚后厉总追妻火葬场 Jing City is a bustling place where powerful families and political intrigue intertwine. The four great families of the capital, the Nan, Li, Jing, and Ye, each have their own influence. Nan Qiao was switched at birth and returned to the Nan family at eighteen. However, at her homecoming banquet, Li Mohan was attacked with a cold poison by a rival, and the evidence pointed straight to Nan Qiao. Furious, he smashed the token that symbolized their engagement and called it off. Nan Qiao was also in 3.7kReads8.4Score20714d adds
- 141 We Broke Up, I Got Pregnant, and Secretly Had a Baby 分手怀孕，悄悄生个宝宝 [She runs away while pregnant ➕ He desperately tries to win her back ➕ Flirty tension ➕ Adorable child plays matchmaker] [Both devoted only to each other ➕ First love; Volume One: rekindling an old flame, Volume Two: sweet memories] A little tip: Read Volume Two first, then Volume One for chronological order. Read Volume One first, then Volume Two for the events in reverse order. A cozy, sweet slice-of-life romance. If you like stories full of twists and turns, this one may not be for you. Bore 3kReads7.2Score21514d adds
- 142 Contractual Stand-In: After the Divorce, President Gu Goes Mad and Begs Me Night After Night 合约替身：离婚后顾总发疯夜夜求 [Stand-in contract + mind-reading + marriage first, love later + running away while pregnant + regretful pursuit + rekindled romance + bittersweet sweetness + happy ending] The male lead can read minds × the female lead is a snarky commentator. A high-stakes battle of inner thoughts from start to finish. [At first, he hears her cursing him but treats her even more cruelly. Later, her heart goes cold, and he goes mad trying to win her back.] When I was forced to sign a stand-in contract, Gu Chen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 When the Dew Has Yet to Fade 白露未晞时 When the White Dew Has Yet to Fade 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 After the Divorce, Mr. Shen Regretted It 离婚后，沈总他后悔了 To put her grandfather’s mind at ease, Gu Ziyao brings her engagement agreement and asks Shen Junyan to marry her. He agrees coldly, but insists they keep the marriage secret for three years and stay out of each other’s business. For three years, she shoulders the family business alone, facing difficulties, being plied with alcohol, and having rumors spread about her, yet never once asking him for help. On the eve of their three-year agreement’s end, fate plays a trick on them 1.5kReads6.8Score10614d adds
- 145 Female-Dominant Quick Transmigration: Blazing Beauty Across the Nine Heavens 女尊快穿之灼华九霄 This is a very angsty story… This is a very angsty story about a matriarchal world… This is a very angsty quick-transmigration story about a matriarchal world… This is a very angsty quick-transmigration story about a matriarchal world, where the male and female leads both transmigrate… Reject her now, then chase her through the flames of hell! Choose carefully. If you enter the wrong pit, all that's left is tragedy! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 A Rose in Full Bloom 烂熟红玫瑰 After her father died a tragic death, her mother remarried, and her younger brother was saddled with enormous debts, Jiang Li had no choice but to climb into Xiao Yanzhi's car on that rainy night. She did everything she could to please him, thinking she could win his favor. Only later did she learn that Xiao Yanzhi was cold and heartless. In the blink of an eye, he had found someone new. That young girl was soft and sweet, just like Jiang Li used to be. So he liked innocent girls. Later, she wat 274Reads7.9Score10014d adds
- 147 After I Dumped the Fox Clan’s Young Master, He Started Crying Pearls 抛弃狐族少主后，他掉小珍珠了 [Unrequited Love + Corruption + Humble Pleas for Love + Mutual First Love] One day, a princess who had grown up in the Cold Palace was suddenly released, and an imperial edict landed squarely on her head. An arranged marriage? To a monster? They could keep dreaming! The princess never sat around waiting for her fate. She tried everything she could to escape. Her heart was like stone, and no matter how that fox demon tempted and bewitched her, she would never let herself become entangled in lov 408Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 148 Mr. Gu, Your Ex-Wife Is the Woman You’re Looking For 顾总，你的前妻就是你要找的人 The main story is almost finished. After months of fits and starts, I’ve finally completed it. Thank you all so much for your long-standing support! [Both leads are faithful + double angst + wealthy CEO + sweet romance + scheming + forced marriage and possessive love + mutual devotion + rekindled romance + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] Ji Qing said, “We’re divorced. Why are you giving my boyfriend a hard time?” Gu Jueye rose unhurriedly. “I gave you a chance to break up with 841Reads9.0Score19414d adds
- 149 The Fifth Year of Marriage 婚后第五年 [Both are each other's first and only + groveling ex chases her + secret love + angst before a satisfying comeback] She had secretly loved Zhou Yanci for ten years. Then an accident led to Xu Daikui marrying him. But on their wedding night, Zhou Yanci never even entered the bridal chamber. He boarded a plane and left the country for five years. Xu Daikui stayed in their empty marriage, waiting desperately for him to come back. Instead, he returned with another woman, treating her with icy indiff 7.2kReads6.9Score43014d adds
- 150 I Swallowed the Cruel, Deadly Poison the Emperor Had Hidden Away 苦苦咽下帝王藏好的凉薄剧毒 She bitterly swallowed the cold, poisonous cruelty the emperor had hidden away 3Reads—Score—14d adds
