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- 1 Divorced at Forty-Five, Spoiled to Tears by a Younger Man 四十五岁离婚，被年下总载宠哭了 [Period setting, younger man, age gap, doting romance, scumbag punishment, face-slapping] At forty-five, Li Yanping walked away from her marriage with nothing. Penniless, she moved to the city and found work as a cook in a restaurant. Who would have thought that a young man twelve years her junior would pursue her? She only found out later that he was the CEO of a company. The little puppy who spoiled her every night was actually a domineering CEO! 117Reads—Score1414d adds
- 2 At Forty, I Become the Prize Everyone Fights Over 四十岁，被明争暗夺 [Younger men + the heroine is not a virgin, but the men are + rivals fighting for her + possessive love + a groveling chase + outrageous melodrama] At forty, Shu Wanling is one of the Meng family's housekeepers, responsible for arranging the daily needs of the three young masters. One day, she discovers her husband is cheating on her. Then, by a strange twist of fate, she spends a passionate night with a man, setting off a series of changes in her life. She soon notices that the three young mast 594Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 3 At Forty, I Was Forced into a Flash Marriage with the Capital's Crown Prince 四十岁，被迫闪婚京圈太子爷 [Second marriage + forty-year-old, scatterbrained, justice-loving woman X cold, affection-starved young heir of the capital’s elite] Shen Ruoyun gets divorced! She accidentally sleeps with the capital’s young heir! Little does she know, he only has three months to live, so she reluctantly marries him! One day, she discovers she’s pregnant! With triplets, no less! From then on, Shen Ruoyun’s life takes off and reaches new heights! Her crooked ex-husband, who swindled her out of money, ends up wit 1.1kReads8.3Score11014d adds
- 4 I Traveled to Ancient Times at Forty, and the Pretty Young Men Can’t Get Enough 四十岁穿古代，小鲜肉吃的嗷嗷香 [Forty-year-old woman + age gap + all male leads are virgins + mildly funny] Su Lin is a forty-year-old office worker at a foreign company. Facing a midlife crisis and the threat of layoffs, she’s long since lost the drive she had when she was young. She spends all day engrossed in novels, unable to put them down. She even reads at work during the day and stays up late at night to keep reading. One day, she was in the middle of enjoying a power fantasy with a strong female lead when she suddenly 947Reads8.6Score12114d adds
- 5 At Forty, I Married My Son's Classmate 四十岁，嫁了儿子的同学 An accident brought them together. At forty-one, Ye Rong married the twenty-three-year-old Gu Yanchen. Before the wedding, Mr. Gu had flirtatious, soulful eyes, yet kept his distance from women: aloof and abstinent. After the wedding, Mr. Gu turned into a clingy puppy who only wanted to cuddle his wife. Now that Gu Yanchen has had a taste of married life, he dotes on his wife and can't bear to let her suffer the slightest grievance. His parents object? He'll send the retired chairman and his wif 1.6kReads7.4Score16014d adds
- 6 My Girlfriend Is Eighteen Years Older, and She Spoils Me Rotten! 老阿姨大我十八岁，也太宠我了！ (Everyday romance with an older woman + no System + not reborn) I’m Gu Can, a recent college graduate with decent looks and excellent grades. I’m still single. In this age of cutthroat competition, I’m forced to join a lingerie company, only to discover that the beautiful boss is the older woman I accidentally married! When I think about it, maybe I should just go along with it... 77Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 7 You Make My Heart Race So Much 你让我太动心 [Older Woman, Younger Man + Age Gap + Love at First Sight + Obsessive Male Lead + Forced Marriage + Irresistible Female Scent + Love-Struck Male Lead + Angsty Chase] When she was young, Qin Zhi was deceived because of her beauty. She gave birth to a child and raised him, then went to work for the Fu family and became their housekeeper. She always wore loose clothes. After she heard that the young master was coming home and bumped her head, she discovered she’d been living inside a novel all alon 1.3kReads6.6Score10414d adds
- 8 The Plain Older Woman’s Love Life Takes Off, and Handsome Men Fall Over Themselves to Spoil Her 大龄普女桃花开，美男纷纷追着宠 [Female heartbreaker + older woman/younger man + irresistible heroine + no fixed male lead + chaste male leads, promiscuous heroine + love-struck male leads + melodramatic, angsty fun] Reader advisory: The heroine is ordinary-looking, poor, stingy, and realistic, as well as selfish. If you dislike that, don’t read. Xu Mingyu, an older office worker, dies suddenly from working overtime and transmigrates as an older beggar woman with no memories. She plans to keep working herself to the bone in an 497Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 9 My Online Girlfriend Turned Out to Be the Housekeeper 网恋女友竟是保姆 (A 40-year-old divorced housekeeper × a 20-year-old esports heir from Beijing’s elite circle) At forty, Duolan’s life could be summed up in one word: miserable. Her marriage had fallen apart, her mother was gravely ill, and she was so broke she could barely scrape by. All she could do was hide her face behind a screen and pretend to be a mysterious online friend, stringing along a rich young man to get money for medical bills. She called him “brother,” and he called her “baby.” They chatted away 3.2kReads9.0Score30814d adds
- 10 The Spinster’s Comeback: Marrying Into a Prestigious Family 剩女逆袭，豪嫁名门嫡长孙 A story about an older unmarried woman from a fishing village marrying into a wealthy family, making a comeback as a rich lady, and being doted on by a powerful CEO... Nephew: “Auntie, you have kidney deficiency!” Xi Nanyan: “What kidney deficiency? I’m in the prime of my youth. How could I have kidney deficiency?” Father Xi: “Dear, some things should be done in moderation!” Xi Nanyan: “Moderation? You should be saying that to your good son-in-law.” He Jinyang pleaded, “Honey, just one more time 1.1kReads8.8Score10314d adds
- 11 Quick Transmigration: Crushing Trash Men, Sis Has the Big Shots Competing Among Themselves 快穿虐渣：姐姐我让大佬们内卷了 [Quick transmigration, cannon-fodder supporting female characters and ordinary passersby, older heroine, younger men, jealous big shots, great in bed, all male leads are virgins, all female leads are not] Demoted from the elite team to the supporting-character team, Shen Yu must travel through three thousand worlds, playing older cannon-fodder women who are divorced, raising children, and destined for tragic endings. Her mission is to win over the favored sons of heaven, all aloof and convinced 2.3kReads7.3Score28114d adds
- 12 Quick Transmigration: The Older Spinster Is Forced to Have Children 快穿之大龄剩女她被迫生子 Su Moyan gets bound to a quick transmigration childbirth System. Here's how it happened: her many aunts and other female relatives all talked over one another, urging her to hurry up and find someone to marry. She was getting on in years, they said, and shouldn't keep her parents worrying, and so on. Su Moyan's mouth twitched. Hmph! She was only twenty-eight, wasn't she? Hardly old. How had she become an older unmarried woman? The nagging about marriage had her head buzzing. She planned to go o 2.7kReads8.6Score13714d adds
- 13 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
- 14 A Plain Woman Past Her Prime Marries into a Wealthy Family, All Thanks to the Male Lead’s Wild Imagination 大龄普女嫁豪门，全靠男主会脑补 Zheng Chuntian was forty years old and worked as a servant for the Mu family. Zheng Chuntian was plain-looking and honest, and had earned Madam Mu’s trust. She had worked for the Mu family for nearly twenty years. One day, the young master brought home a girl. Only then did Zheng Chuntian realize she was just a passerby in a melodramatic novel, while Mu Chengzhou was the male lead. To keep her job, she made a small change to the plot. As a result, her life changed beyond recognition. 2.5kReads8.5Score16714d adds
- 15 Transmigrated as a Widow, I Find the Cultivation World's Big Shots All in My Shura Field 穿成寡妇，修仙界大佬齐聚修罗场 The moment Lin Nian opens her eyes, she discovers she has entered a cultivation novel full of admirers and become the stepmother of one of its lovesick male supporting characters. Her husband has just died, leaving her a massive inheritance. Looking at the hundreds of acres of spirit fields, several mines, and dozens of shops in her hands, Lin Nian sincerely decides that being a widow isn’t so bad. It’s like getting an early start on retirement. The problem is that her lovesick stepson does noth 1.2kReads8.4Score10114d adds
- 16 Love in the Late Hours 恋恋晚时光 (Silver-haired heroine, no forgiveness and no getting back together, completed) Bai Yuwan is sixty this year when she accidentally discovers that her husband has been cheating on her for ten years! It all started with a package that should never have been opened. Every New Year’s Eve, her husband, Sun Zhenwei, claims he has to work overtime. In reality, he’s enjoying a candlelit dinner with his first love to celebrate the New Year! He even bought her a house! And Bai Yuwan? She spent her whole l 4.1kReads9.0Score43914d adds
- 17 At Forty, I Was Swept Off My Feet by a Powerful Man 四十岁，竟被大佬强取豪夺了 Xu Juan was just an ordinary middle-aged woman, gentle and quiet, never seeking conflict. But her life changed when she turned forty. Her husband cheated, and their marriage fell apart. Where would life take her now? 3.1kReads8.6Score22614d adds
- 18 Big Sister's Waist Is a Killer Blade, Specializing in Hooking Younger Brothers into Love-Brain 姐姐的腰夺命刀，专勾弟弟恋爱脑 The rating has just come in, so it’ll go up later~ [Quick transmigration + older love interest + supporting heroine rises to the top + mutually faithful couple + dominant older sister romance + scheming seductress] An older sister has three virtues: elegance, intelligence, and a taste for younger men. Yin Manxi is a supporting character who has awakened to her own existence. She’s older, and her personality is far from perfect, but if she wants to survive, she has to learn to put on an act and d 33.6kReads8.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 19 My Flight Attendant Girlfriend Is My Boss 空姐女友是上司 My Girlfriend the Flight Attendant Is My Boss 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Summer of Junior Year 大三那年夏天 The Summer of Our Junior Year 924Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 She Was Already Married When She Wed Me, Yet It Took Her Ten Years to Make Me Willingly Fall for Her Lies 她嫁给我时已是人妻，却用十年让我甘愿被骗 She was already another man’s wife when she married me, yet it took her ten years to make me willingly accept the lie 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Venerable Lord of Acacia 合欢尊主 Hedonistic Lord 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Willingly Took the Bait 我，甘愿上钩 I Willingly Took the Bait 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Husband-Killing Princess Becomes Queen of the Grasslands 克夫公主，草原称王 The Princess Who Brings Misfortune to Her Husband Becomes Queen of the Grasslands 39Reads—Score514d adds
- 25 Don’t Call Me Sister, Call Me by My Name 别叫我姐姐，叫我的名字 Don't Call Me Sis, Call Me by My Name 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Forty Years Old, Flirting with a Wild and Steamy Puppy Boy 年经40，撩的奶狗野又欲 [Complete][HE + One-on-One Romance, Rebellious, Unhinged Puppy-Like Younger Man + Elegant, Capable Older Woman, Wealthy Family + Sweet Romance, Comedy + Feel-Good Payback, Can Be Cuddly or Wild] Watch out for fire, burglars, and best friends; slay demons and devils, and take down the ex-husband. When two pieces of trash got together, Feng Qing decided to let the pair of wild quails be together. She told her ex-husband, “In this vast sea of people, meeting you must have been my comeuppance. You'l 2.4kReads8.1Score13414d adds
- 27 Quick Transmigration: The Older Supporting Lady Is Always Spoiled by the Male Lead 快穿大龄女配：姐姐总遭男主强宠 [Age gap + older female supporting character + younger male leads + comeback + no fixed pairing + plenty of melodramatic Mary Sue tropes + taking by force] Yi Qing is an outstanding employee in the Older Supporting Characters division of the Time Management Bureau. Her job is to visit various novel worlds, diligently play the older female supporting character beside the protagonist, and see that character through all the scenes written for her. But she was famous for her cautious approach and pe 22kReads7.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 28 My Wife Has Two Sides 老婆是个双面大佬 My Wife Is a Double-Sided Powerhouse 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Young Girls Aren't Scary, but Women at Forty Are 不怕年轻小妹妹，就怕女人40岁 I'm about to graduate from university. Male, 22, fit and healthy! I'm looking for a kindred spirit to be my wife. She must be at least 18. Local women from Jiangcheng preferred… If the woman is exceptional, I'm also willing to marry into her family. Also: I can do homework for middle and high school students, and tutor them in math, physics, and chemistry… Price negotiable. 15.8kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 30 After I Walked into His Class Wearing a Spaghetti-Strap Dress 穿吊带裙闯入他课堂后 After I Walked Into His Classroom Wearing a Slip Dress 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Underworld Heiress’s Personal Bodyguard 黑道大小姐的贴身高手 The Underworld Heiress's Personal Bodyguard 104Reads—Score414d adds
- 32 My Crippled Stepfather Is a Big Shot 瘸子后爹是大佬 The Disabled Stepfather Is a Big Shot 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I Hired a Live-In Son-in-Law, and He's a Billionaire CEO 招个赘婿是千亿总裁 A Billionaire CEO Looking for a Live-in Son-in-Law 43Reads—Score314d adds
- 34 Big Sister Sponsor, Please Accept Your Little Wolf 金主姐姐，请签收你的小狼狗 Sugar Mama, Please Accept Your Puppy Boy 99Reads—Score214d adds
- 35 After the Divorce, My Puppy-Like Husband Spoils Me Rotten 离婚后，我被小狼狗老公宠上天 [Short Drama 1 Now Streaming: After My Divorce, My Wolf-Cub Husband Spoils Me Rotten] [Short Drama 2 Now Streaming: After My Divorce, My Classmate's Younger Brother Spoils Me Rotten] [Sweet Romance ✚ No Angst ✚ Older Woman-Younger Man Romance ✚ Adorable Baby] [Reserved Divorced Woman VS Domineering, Clingy Top-Tier Star and Rich Second-Generation Heir] Ye Lan had been married for eight years without getting pregnant, but then she unexpectedly finds herself pregnant with triplets?! What should s 23.7kReads9.4Score2.4k14d adds
- 36 Three Customers I Can't Afford to Offend 三位客官都惹不起 None of the Three Guests Can Afford to Be Offended 44Reads—Score914d adds
- 37 General, You Owe Me a Life 将军，你欠我一条命 General, you owe me your life 225Reads—Score714d adds
- 38 That Winter, My Senpai Asked Me to Stay the Night 那个冬天学姐留我过夜 That winter, my senpai invited me to stay the night. 62Reads—Score214d adds
- 39 After Menopause, I Became an SSS-Rank Favorite 绝经后，我成了SSS级团宠 After Menopause, I Became an SSS-Rank Favorite 299Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Immortal Venerable Chases Her Husband and Goes on a Rampage 追夫仙尊她杀疯了 The Immortal Venerable Chases Her Husband, and She's Gone on a Killing Spree 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Quick Transmigration: Conquering Male Leads, the Older Supporting Character Keeps Getting Pregnant 快穿攻略男主，大龄女配好孕连连 [Scheming seduction + age gap + seducing her way to the top + torturing scumbags and face-slapping + fertile beauty] Shen Yan is the legendary femme fatale said to have brought a kingdom to ruin. But when she is suddenly bound to a Female Supporting Character System, she has to transmigrate into a series of older, disposable female characters. The concubine-in-waiting sold off in a doting-romance novel, the contract-romance heroine’s tool of an aunt, the stern female secretary in a domineering 6.9kReads8.8Score35214d adds
- 42 Sis, You've Got Quite a Few Darling Boys 姐姐，宝儿挺多啊 Sis, You’ve Got Quite a Few Treasures 123Reads—Score214d adds
- 43 Quick Transmigration: Seducing My Way to the Top, the Male Lead Loses Control Every Night 快穿：勾引上位，男主夜夜失控 [Quick transmigration + 1v1 + seduction to the top + love at first sight + sweet romance] One-line summary: Stay in character, seduce the male lead. Why are these male leads so easy to seduce? Why are they all throwing themselves at me? Shen Mianmian works for the Quick Transmigration Bureau. After being sent into a wholesome romance novel, she begins winning over its male lead. World One: The male lead of a secret-crush story World Two: The male lead of a period story World Three: The male lead 42.4kReads5.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 44 My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐 Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.] 198.5kReads8.9Score9.7k14d adds
- 45 Half-Blood of the Eternal Night 永夜混血 Eternal Night Half-Blood 38Reads—Score814d adds
- 46 Heavenly Profound Venerable Beyond the Heavens: Every Disciple I Take Is Supreme in the Three Realms 天外玄尊：我收的徒弟都是三界至尊 Mystic Exalt from Beyond the Heavens: My Disciples Are All Supreme Beings of the Three Realms 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 After Quitting, I Crush Workplace PUA and Make a Million 辞职后，我踹烂职场PUA狂赚百万 After Quitting, I Crushed Workplace PUA and Raked in Millions 54Reads—Score1114d adds
- 48 Crimson Finery Amid the Ashes: The Pursuit of His Wife 烬余红妆之追妻 Crimson Finery Amid the Ashes: The Pursuit of His Wife 33Reads—Score614d adds
- 49 Lanterns of the Old Alley 《旧巷灯笼》 Lanterns in the Old Alley 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Old Key at the End of the Alley 巷尾的旧钥匙 The Old Key at the End of the Alley 28Reads—Score214d adds
