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- 1 After I Took the Fall and Went to Prison for My Husband’s Childhood Sweetheart 替丈夫的小青梅顶罪坐牢后 After taking the blame and going to prison for her husband’s childhood sweetheart —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 As Dawn Breaks, Farewell to the Heartless 天色将明，再见无情 At the time when she loved Fu Jinzhou most, he and their son sent her to prison with their own hands for the sake of his first love. Sang Ruo suffered terribly in prison, only to receive one cold remark from Fu Jinzhou: “Why didn’t you die in there?” Even her own son, bound to her by blood, was disgusted by her. “Mom, you’re so disgusting. Aunt Liang is so kind, and you still went after her!” During her three years in prison, she was covered in wounds and came close to dying. When she was releas 1.2kReads8.3Score34214d adds
- 3 After Sending Me to Prison, He Begged for My Forgiveness 送我入狱后，他跪求我原谅 I pursued He Yuan for three years. When people heard I liked men, they all treated me like a monster. He Yuan thought the same, so he personally sent me to prison. He thought that would teach me to behave and stop pestering him. And he got his wish: after five years of a living hell, I no longer loved him. But He Yuan regretted it. He knelt before me and begged for my forgiveness. 716Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 After Four Years in Prison, the Gu Family of the Capital Begs for My Forgiveness 坐牢四年后，京圈顾家跪求我原谅 [The Whole Family Begs for Forgiveness + Capital City’s Golden Boy + Black Sheep + True and Fake Daughters] Four years ago, Xia Rui was framed by Gu Xuewei, the true daughter, and faced four years in prison. Her parents, who had doted on her since childhood, chose to take Gu Xuewei’s side. Her brother, who had always spoiled her, beat a confession out of her. Even her beloved fiancé helped the villain. After getting out of prison, Xia Rui became a completely different person. Her whole family kn 699Reads7.0Score11214d adds
- 5 Master Fu, Snap Out of It! You’ve Been Divorced! 傅爷清醒点，你被离婚了！ Song Yi was a medical genius who kept a low profile and was unknown to the public. Fu Yuchuan was the heir to Beicheng's most prominent family, a talented young man with striking looks and wealth. Arranged by their elders, the two secretly married, then quietly divorced two years later. Fu Yuchuan resented Song Yi for taking someone else's place and had her committed to a psychiatric hospital. It took Song Yi two years to see how foolish she'd been. She thought they would each go their own way a 468Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 6 Nirvana After Prison: A Reborn Journey 狱后涅槃：重生之旅 Both the male and female leads are reborn. I’d love to hear your thoughts, so I’m putting together a collection box for feedback. This story is divided into three volumes. It gets better and better as you read, so I hope you’ll be patient and finish it. Love you all, mwah. Xia Beibei sat in the police car taking her to the detention center, gazing out the window as her thoughts drifted back to when her mother was gravely ill. Cancer had tormented her mother, but in the end, she passed away all 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Three Years After Going to Prison, the CEO’s Wife Is Reborn 入狱三年后，总裁夫人她重生了 Shen Qing is like a flower in a greenhouse, yet she falls in love with Fu Ye. Fu Ye loves only Bai Yiyi. There has never been a place for Shen Qing in his heart. On the night Bai Yiyi died, Fu Ye personally sent Shen Qing, who had loved him for more than a decade, to prison. In prison, Shen Qing has one leg broken and loses sight in one eye. Three years later, Shen Qing is released. Homeless, she lives in a public toilet, covers herself with straw, and becomes a disabled beggar. Fu Ye is heartbr 187Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Thrown in Prison from the Start. What's Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? 开局就被送监狱，我疯一点怎么了 [Face-slapping, scumbag-crushing power fantasy with a strong female lead + a violently unhinged heroine + a scheming, doting husband + marriage first, love later] Jiang Yan, a starving ghost who had wandered the underworld for over a thousand years, transmigrated into a novel where everyone was evil. From the start, she stabbed her fiancé's beloved, and he sent her to prison. “Just kneel down and apologize to Yaoyao, and I'll let you off.” Jiang Yan turned around and married into the family in p 189Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 9 Two Years After She Went to Prison: Her Whole Family Begs, but She Won’t Forgive Them 入狱两年后：全家跪求，她不原谅 [Angst before satisfaction + secret identity + absolutely no forgiveness + father and son chasing after their wife + the whole family suffers the consequences] The year Shen Qingli loved Huo Yunshen most, he personally sent her to prison. Huo Yunshen said, “Qingyin is a key person in the company. We can’t do without her, so you’ll take the blame for her.” Even the family she loved most stood united in accusing her: “Qingyin would never go to prison. Can you stop making trouble for no reason?” An 9kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 10 You Sent Me to Prison. Now I’m Divorcing You and Taking Our Child, So Why Are You Crying? 你送我入狱，我带娃离婚你哭什么 Gu Hong walks out of prison with a six-month-old baby in her arms. A year and a half ago, the husband she'd loved for ten years personally sent her to prison. Her stepsister, whom she'd treated as family, joined forces with the Si family brother she'd grown up with to give false testimony. Her family severed ties with her, refusing to acknowledge a former convict as their daughter. They climbed to the top on the back of her sincere love, dignity, and honor. After her release, all she wants is to 30kReads7.7Score2.5k14d adds
- 11 After Prison, the Angsty Novel's Male Lead Chases Me Everywhere 出狱后，我被虐文男主追着跑 [Transmigrate into a book + sweet and satisfying romance + guaranteed excitement + new male lead] Gu Simo’s first love died. He personally sent Su Xiyan to prison, and her three years behind bars cost her everything: her identity, her health, and her lovely appearance, leaving her utterly broken. But after she gets out, why won’t he leave her alone? He uses the Su family to threaten her and still won’t set her free. Her parents distrust her. Her friends betray her. Her lover doesn’t believe her. 41Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 12 After Her Release from Prison, the Powerful Men of the Capital Make Her Suffer in Body and Soul 出狱后，她被京圈大佬虐身又虐心 Jian Zishu had a very public crush on Qi Jingchen. Everyone in their social circle knew she was a toad lusting after a swan, shamelessly chasing Second Master Qi for three whole years. Second Master Qi was thoroughly annoyed and repulsed by her. He only refrained from making things ugly out of consideration for the Wen family’s reputation. Until Jian Zishu finally went too far and touched the man’s most forbidden sore spot. He personally sent her to prison... - After she got out, she didn’t dare 1.5kReads6.6Score10114d adds
- 13 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
- 14 After Being Acquitted 无罪释放后 After Being Acquitted —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A Sickly Body, a Guilty Love 病骨罪情 (The Ex-Wife’s Pursuit: A Living Hell + Second Male Lead Takes the Crown + No Getting Back Together) When Song Ci was young, she saved someone. Later, that person sent her to prison over nothing more than a single word from his first love. After she was released, torment and humiliation followed one after another. When he threw away her mother’s ashes, Song Ci had lost everything. At last, she learned her lesson. Her brain had been badly injured, and she was slowly starting to forget him. But he 1.2kReads8.2Score10114d adds
- 16 The Red Scarf in the Train Carriage 车厢里的红纱巾 The Red Scarf in the Train Car 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 A Letter of Revenge 复仇遗书 Revenge Letter 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 After Prison, the Empire’s Richest Man Won’t Stop Tormenting Me 出狱后，被帝国首富追着虐 She had been a model student since childhood. Then she hit someone in a car accident. After spending three years in prison, she thought the past was finally behind her. Just when she believed a bright future lay ahead, a new nightmare began! The impeccably dressed man gripped her chin, his touch gentle but his voice cold to the bone. “Give me an heir, and I’ll let you go.” “You’ll spend the rest of your life atoning for your sins.” 134Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 19 The Truth About the Live-In Son-in-Law 上门女婿的真相 The Truth About the Live-In Son-in-Law 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Surrender 臣服 Shen Nian was brought back to the Shen family at the age of eight to reunite with her relatives. There, she met the older man who had saved her life, Third Master Fu. More than ten years later, Third Master Fu married someone, but the bride was burned at the wedding and left in a vegetative state. Shen Nian was framed for arson, and her biological mother forced her to take the blame in her younger sister’s place. After six years in prison, Shen Nian had been utterly changed by the torment. To ge 711Reads7.7Score10014d adds
- 21 After My Release, the Wealthy Bosses Begged Me to Stay 出狱后，豪门大佬跪求我别走 [Both leads are devoted to each other, angsty romance, adorable baby, she suffers now and he pays dearly to win her back] Shen Qi'an's first love was in a car accident and became a vegetable. Qin Yi, who had been desperately pursuing him, became the prime suspect. After a sudden upheaval, the Qin family went bankrupt, and Qin Yi, once the darling of heaven, was sent to prison for intentional assault. She was framed, bullied, and violated... She gave birth in prison, but the baby died. After 183Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 22 The Killer Is Invisible 看不见凶手 The Killer No One Can See 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 She Divorced Him on Their Wedding Night, and Now She's Back: Everyone's Putting on an Acting Masterclass 新婚夜离婚，她归来，全员飙演技 (The rating will go up once it’s just been posted) (A groveling-for-her-back romance × a wildly cathartic mix of angst, sweetness, and heartbreak) On their wedding night, Lu Xicheng coldly told her, “You’ve hurt everyone. Go as far away as you can!” Just as Lu Xicheng had said, Shi Wan went to her death. Two new graves were built on Yufeng Mountain. Fifteen years of childhood-sweetheart love vanished into thin air. Who could have imagined… Years later, during an ordinary house call, the man inju 12.4kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 24 A Honeymoon in a Ghost Marriage 阴婚蜜月 A Honeymoon with a Ghost Marriage 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 My Ex Wanted Me to Take the Fall for His First Love, but Reborn, I Won't Marry Him 前夫要我替青梅坐牢，重生不嫁了 Everyone in the compound knew that the daughter the Shen family had brought home, Shen Qi, was hopelessly in love with Fang Yi. She spent three years lowering herself to chase after him, using the fact that she had saved his life to force him into signing a marriage agreement. But Fang Yi was in love with the fake heiress he had grown up with, and thought nothing of Shen Qi. Still, Shen Qi married him without a second thought. In the end, she took the blame for someone else and went to prison, w 6.9kReads8.1Score85914d adds
- 26 Nowhere to Run: After Her Release from Prison, Master Sheng Refuses to Divorce Her 无路可逃：出狱后盛爷死活不离婚 [Marriage first, love later / possessive pursuit / the regretful chase / tragic romance.] Jiang Hua is forced into a deal with Sheng Wuwang: she will serve four years in prison in place of his first love, and in return, Sheng Wuwang will make her Mrs. Sheng, just as she has always wanted. Jiang Hua once stubbornly believed that even if she couldn’t have Sheng Wuwang’s heart, having him would be enough. But four years later, when she walks out of prison, she resolutely decides to let go. Jiang Hu 2kReads8.9Score15414d adds
- 27 After My Downfall, I Took Down the Protector Behind Them 落马后，我反手掀翻保护伞 After My Fall, I Turned Around and Took Down the People Protecting the Corrupt 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 After Prison, I Flash-Married a Billionaire 出狱后，我闪婚千亿老公 On the day of her wedding, Li Man was framed and thrown in prison. After her release, she impulsively married a driver and decided they would make a simple life together. Little did she know, the driver was a powerful man who controlled everything, and the scumbag's uncle! After they married, he faithfully fulfilled his duties as her husband and took excellent care of both her and her grandmother. As a husband, he was faultless, but Li Man knew he didn't love her. She thought their quiet life wo 24.5kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 29 The Year We Broke Off Our Engagement, the Paulownias Bloomed 退亲那一年，梧桐花开 The Year We Called Off the Engagement, When the Paulownias Bloomed 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 After Sending Me to Prison, I Drove My Jerk Ex-Husband Insane 送我入狱后，我把渣总虐疯了 This is the story of a CEO who wanted to force someone to love him, but was sent to prison and eventually gave up hope. A heartbroken, hopeless bottom × an oblivious top who doesn’t realize he’s in love Two years ago, Gu Jinbei personally sent Chi Mo to prison for illegal confinement, turning him from the powerful CEO of the Chi Group into a convict. Two years later, when they met again, Chi Mo was a convict with nothing, while Gu Jinbei had become the powerful heir apparent of the capital. Desp 3.2kReads8.4Score26314d adds
- 31 Brothers Are Made for Throwing Under the Bus 兄弟是用来坑的 Brothers Are for Throwing Under the Bus 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Beautiful Teacher Has a Skeleton 美女老师有具骷髅 The Beautiful Teacher Has a Skeleton in Her Closet 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Those Days Delivering Takeout 跑外卖那些日子 My new story is out! You're welcome to read it 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Scumbag CEO, I Don’t Deserve Your Devotion 渣总你的深情我不配 [Physical and Emotional Torment + No Reconciliation] Jiang Li loved Fu Jinyan with all her heart. She once believed he would be her whole world, but he was the one who sent her to prison. She suffered every humiliation behind bars and was left unrecognizable. She thought getting out would mean a fresh start. But fate had never been kind to her. After her release, Fu Jinyan dragged her into another abyss, tormenting her like a plaything. In despair, she gritted her teeth and said: “Fu Jinyan, if 8.9kReads8.5Score51414d adds
- 35 You Had No Mercy When You Hurt Me, So Why Are You Crying Over the Divorce? 虐我没商量，离婚你哭什么！ [One-on-one romance + Both untouched + Possessive pursuit + Two alphas + Satisfying revenge + Adorable kids + Groveling for her back] A haughty, icy corporate heir (a roguish, discharged soldier) × a stunning true heiress (a deranged, all-around assassin) Three years ago, he forced her to have an abortion and sent her to prison. Three years later, he takes her by force and makes her secretly marry him, obsessively claiming her as his own while never speaking of love. After a misunderstanding, th 3.8kReads9.0Score39114d adds
- 36 My White Moonlight Is Back from the Dead, and the Heiress Is Out of Prison: I'm Done Pretending, Time to Make Them Suffer! 白月光复活，出狱千金：不装了，开虐！ Mu Man is dead, and Qi Heng personally sent Cheng Ziyue to prison. During her two years behind bars, Qi Heng’s order to “take good care of her” left Cheng Ziyue a changed woman. She even lost the hearing in her left ear in prison. Before going in, Cheng Ziyue said, “I didn’t kill her.” Qi Heng was unmoved. After she got out, Cheng Ziyue said, “I killed Mu Man. I’m guilty.” Qi Heng’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t ever let me hear you say that again!” Cheng Ziyue smiled. “It’s true. I killed 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Reborn and Keeping My Distance! The Possessive Crown Prince Is Obsessed with Me Again 重生远离！禁欲太子爷又疯批来缠 [Reborn after a misunderstanding, a powerful man brought low to the point of humiliation, an out-of-control, obsessive and possessive forced love, extreme push and pull, the male lead regains memories of his previous life much later] Lin Qiuzhi thought her unhappy life had been saved by marriage. Her husband was the crown prince of the capital's most powerful family, a refined, aloof heartthrob who kept his distance from everyone. With her, however, his love was intensely passionate, making it s 2.9kReads6.8Score10814d adds
- 38 A Love Born of Sin: Mr. Nie, Stop Tormenting Her. Your Wife Is Marrying Someone Else! 罪爱：聂总别虐，太太要嫁人了！ [Physical and Emotional Abuse]+ [Unfaithful Male Lead]+ [The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption] Seven years in prison had worn away every one of Ye Zhou’s sharp edges, along with her love for Nie Xiuyan. On the day she was released, Nie Xiuyan took her to the civil affairs bureau. He told her she needed to atone! On their wedding night, Nie Xiuyan brought home a lingerie model and made love to her in front of his new wife. Her old love returned with a child and forced her to kneel and repent. Ag 2.7kReads8.6Score16414d adds
- 39 You Committed a Crime in the Name of Love 你在爱情里犯了罪 [Angst first, sweetness later + wealthy CEO] Before the divorce, he sent her to a mental hospital for the sake of a scheming woman, where she was tortured relentlessly. He said, “Su Jinye, the law won't punish you severely, but I can!” She knelt and begged him, “Please let me go. I'll divorce you and never show up again!” After the divorce, he suddenly blocks her path when she tries to leave, doing everything he can to please her. He says, “Honey, where are you going to leave me?” She smiles bri 1.1kReads8.5Score10214d adds
- 40 The Legitimate Daughter Took the Fall and Served Three Years in Prison. After She Cut Ties, Her Family Begged for Forgiveness 替罪嫡女入狱三年，断亲后全家跪求原谅 [Angsty historical romance + physical and emotional torment + household intrigue + true and fake heiresses + second male lead gets the girl + both leads are sexually inexperienced + groveling chase] Lu Qingyan was the marquis’s most cherished legitimate daughter. Her parents and brothers doted on her, making her the most pampered young woman in the capital. But everything changed after their adopted daughter, Lu Wanwan, joined the household. First, the parents and brothers who had once cherished 21.5kReads8.5Score1.8k14d adds
- 41 A Love That Eats to the Bone: She Came from Hell 蚀骨危情：她从地狱来 Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to prison. For three years, deprivation became the daily theme of her life. What was taken from her was no longer just the things on the surface. The day Jian Tong walked out of prison... She said, “When Shen Xiujin became my nightmare, I’d rather never sleep again, and stay exhausted until I drop dead.” 5kReads7.1Score23014d adds
- 42 Sealed Away for Thirty Years, the Honest Man Finally Turns to the Dark Side 封印三十年，老实人彻底黑化 Sealed for thirty years, the honest man finally turns completely evil 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 After Prison, the CEO Chases His Wife to the Crematorium 出狱后，霸总追妻火葬场 [A Little Angst Early On + Realizing Too Late + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + Rebirth] Han Yueche is the pampered heir of a prominent family in Beijing. He looks down on everything and everyone, yet for one person, he casts aside every last bit of his pride and willingly bows his head. Everyone in Beijing knows Han Yueche is impossibly proud. Once he throws something away, he never picks it back up, even if it’s a priceless treasure. Yet when it comes to Jiang Xuewei, he repeatedly lower 12.2kReads8.2Score90514d adds
- 44 Reborn Son-in-Law: I Crush the Powerful with Ancient Martial Arts 重生赘婿：我以古武踏碎豪门 In his previous life, Lin Xiao was used and drained by the Ye family like a dog. He watched helplessly as his mute wife died in his arms protecting him. Now reborn on the first night after marrying into the Ye family, he awakens the ancient Nine Suns Burning Heaven Art in his mind. This time, he will no longer be an insect anyone can trample! With ancient martial arts in his left hand, he smashes bullies with his fists; with business savvy in his right, he stirs up the world. He will take Su Wan 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 She Hid Her Pregnancy and Faked Her Death, Leaving the CEO Gray Overnight 她隐藏孕肚假死，总裁一夜白头 [Pure angst, physical and emotional torment. Not for the faint of heart. Complete] The day Wen Qing received her pregnancy test results, the doctor told her that her heart was in severe failure and she was near death. At the same time, she received intimate photos of her husband, Zhou Gu, with another woman. The two were even expecting a child together. Only then did she finally understand: Zhou Gu had never forgotten his first love, keeping her in his heart all these years. And Wen Qing had mis 12.9kReads9.0Score1.7k14d adds
- 46 Mr. Fu, Your Wife Has Run Off Pregnant 傅先生，太太带球跑了 She was his little shadow, always trailing after him. Until she turned eighteen, she had only one goal: to marry him. Then he mistook her for the one who had hurt the woman he cherished, and destroyed her family. She spent three years in prison, and when she got out, he continued to torment her. Only when the truth finally came to light did he regret it... But she was gone forever… 176Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Bride Kneels and Begs, But It’s Too Late 新娘跪地求我，可惜晚了 The Bride Knelt and Begged Me, but It Was Too Late 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Whole World Thinks My Wife Is Dead 全世界都以为我老婆死了 The Whole World Thinks My Wife Is Dead 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 On the Eve of My Execution, I Finally Understood My Wife's Suicide Note 死刑前夜，我才读懂妻子的遗书 The Night Before My Execution, I Finally Understood My Wife’s Suicide Note 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Madam Is Just Putting on an Act 夫人她装的 The Madam Is Just Pretending 33Reads—Score—14d adds
