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- 51 Surrender to a Sweet Kiss 沦陷甜吻 [A literature student who is a talented beauty in public and a little temptress in private * a truly refined and restrained medical professor] [1v1, both leads are pure, six-year age gap, sweet romance, mutual healing] At eighteen, Qin Songyi fell in love at first sight with that radiant, moonlit figure. But she mistakenly thought she was “engaged” to his nephew. When they ran into each other at a bar, she pretended to be drunk and stole a kiss from her moon. The next day, she went to see Profes 60Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 52 Just a Second Book with You 只是有你的第2本书 She was a child in his memories, and he was a friend of her parents’ generation. Separated by thirty years, they had always stood on opposite banks of a river: he on the shore of maturity, she on the shore of growing up. But fate quietly changed course, bringing two tributaries that should have run parallel together at a tranquil bend. When the tide surges over the banks, some boundaries can never be restored. 2.2kReads8.4Score16514d adds
- 53 After Being Betrayed, I Cried at His Funeral, and a Tycoon Worth Trillions Spoiled Me 被渣后葬礼哭晕，千亿大佬偏宠我 Trillionaire tycoon * Love that grows over time * 21-year age gap * Cinderella After her best friend's boyfriend cheats her out of her home and leaves her with a hundred thousand yuan in debt, Bai Zhiqing is at her wits' end. She breaks down in tears at a stranger's funeral. Only after waking up does she learn that the funeral was for the wife of Li Yanzheng, a trillionaire tycoon from Guangcheng. After the funeral, a butterfly lands on her three times. Li Yanzheng's daughter believes it is he 26.7kReads7.5Score3.3k14d adds
- 54 The Sunk Cost of Loving Professor 爱教授的沉没成本 [21-year age gap + Secret Crush + Bittersweet Romance + Mutual Firsts + The Husband-Chasing Road to Redemption] An unconventional older professor ✖️ A resilient graduate student From the moment their eyes met, fate had fulfilled its purpose. What happened next was up to them. Nan Xing: I know a person will have many loves in their lifetime. If you can only be a raindrop slowly sliding down the glass of my life, then I would rather live my whole life in Yangcheng’s rainy season. Shangguan Yan: Ba 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Spring Colors Sent from Afar 杳杳寄春色 - His rose was his to pick. - /I run to you, like a bird breaking away from its flock./ * Shen Jingci × Yi Yanzhi * Eight-year age gap, one-on-one, a sweet little treat 261Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 56 My Best Friend Says Her Second Uncle Is Scary, but He Coddles Me Every Day 闺蜜说她二叔凶，可他天天哄我呀 [Sweet and obedient on the surface vs. a celibate, fatherly older man] Original title: Uncle Pei, Be Gentle With Me She first meets Pei Qian at her grandfather's birthday banquet. He is elegant and distinguished, as handsome as a jade tree, with a sharp glint in his eyes. Her grandfather tells her to call him Uncle Pei, and she gives him a soft, sweet greeting. The next time she sees him is at his engagement party with her stepsister. He is every bit as refined and distinguished as before, whil 942Reads7.8Score13414d adds
- 57 Quick Transmigration: Seducing Older Men and Falling in Love 快穿勾引大叔谈恋爱 An older man hides away out of insecurity, while the heroine pursues him. Her best friend's uncle, a single older man, a general, a eunuch, a man who dresses as a woman... New stories added regularly. 1v1 or 1vN. 426Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 58 By Seniority, You Have to Call Him Uncle 按辈分要叫叔叔 Mutual chastity + workplace romance + age gap + sweet romance The first time Jiang Tang met He Shuting, she greeted him with, “Hello, Uncle.” He Shuting paused with his cigarette halfway to his lips and looked up at her. “What kind of look is that?” Jiang Tang said, “My aunt told me on the way here that you're senior to me in the family, so I should call you Uncle.” He Shuting said, “How did your parents raise you?” Those words struck a nerve with Jiang Tang, because her parents had died four ye 7.4kReads8.2Score86414d adds
- 59 I Woke Up to Find the Heir of a Tycoon Calling Me Mom! 醒来后，豪门总裁儿子喊我妈！ [Composed, dignified CEO × resilient, clear-eyed reporter] [Marriage first, love later / raising a child / slow-burn romance / age gap / both are each other's first] (The hero is calm and restrained at first, then becomes unabashedly flirtatious.) After sleeping for two years, Xu Xingni woke up with no memory of anything after the age of eighteen. Looking at the little dumpling by her hospital bed and the imposing man standing at the door, Xu Xingni found it absurd. Later, when Zhou Chenyu took 1.2kReads—Score10214d adds
- 60 Everyone Is Searching for the Woman His Majesty Hid Outside the Palace 都在找陛下藏宫外的女人 (An old flame reignited # A powerful man humbly begging for love # Age gap # Palace and household intrigue # After getting together with the heroine, the hero never touches the other women in his harem) In the twentieth year of the Zhaoqing era, Empress Jiang died of illness at Changle Palace. With her dying breath, she took Jiang Zhi's hand and told her to marry the emperor, so she would be protected by imperial power. The girl, not yet fifteen, shrank back like a frightened bird and stared in 18.1kReads7.3Score2k14d adds
- 61 The Professor Got a Little Wild That Night, and One Pulse Check Revealed I Was Pregnant 那夜教授有点野，号脉发现中奖了 [A short drama with the same title is out, and a full-cast audio version is available] When Su Nian stepped into Jishitang, the scent of herbs greeted her. She had come for two reasons: to work part-time, and to ask one of the renowned doctors there to take a look at the stomach trouble that had been bothering her for a while. Lin Feier helped her change into a nurse's uniform and assigned her to the triage desk. “Send complicated cases to Professor Zhang in Exam Room 3. Once she's free, I'll ta 2.6kReads8.5Score22914d adds
- 62 My Abstinent Uncle Loses Control Every Night and Can’t Stop Kissing Me 禁欲小叔夜夜失控，吻我上瘾 Both leads are each other’s one and only + older man + powerful man humbles himself + fake uncle and niece + sweet enough to make your knees weak + an old flame rekindled Possessive, doting fake uncle with a domineering streak × sweet, obedient-seeming heiress with a rebellious side Pei Jingyu used his power, wealth, and endless indulgence to raise a lawless little “princess.” Only two percent of her spoiled nature was inborn. The other eight percent came from the Emperor of Beijing himself, Pei 26.2kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 63 An Older Man and a Young Girl Are the Cutest Couple 大叔配萝莉最萌了 2.1kReads8.4Score15714d adds
- 64 Good Grief! A Chastity Monument Transmigrates into a Forced-Romance Villainess 造孽啦！贞节牌坊穿成强制文女配 A bewitching corpse-like heroine x a Daddy-type hero, from the late Qing era to the present day, a seven-year age gap, both untouched, everyone regrets it, from universally bullied to universally adored [Bittersweet Sweet Romance] [Transmigrate into a Book, Wealthy Family, Winning Back His Wife + Marriage Before Love + Powerful Man Bows His Head] One careless moment, and Ruan Jiaqi transmigrated into a vicious supporting character in a book about forced romance. She was a soon-to-be discarded ri 6.7kReads9.1Score85014d adds
- 65 Where Does Purity Return? 清归和处 Heroine’s redemption and guidance + Unwell male lead + Seventeen-year age gap Su He grows from a village girl into the heir to a law firm, one step at a time. An accident took Professor Liang’s wife and his health. He remained trapped in the past, and the heroine helped him find healing. The first time Su He saw Liang Yuanqing, his silhouette as he pressed a hand to his lower back and struggled to walk reminded her so much of Old Su. Something seemed to shift between them the day Liang Yuanqing 2.2kReads8.2Score21014d adds
- 66 Tenderness on Your Lips 唇边温柔 [A tough beauty who craves affection + A scheming professor with an unexpectedly cute side] Chang Nanyi thinks she’s struck gold when an impulsive blind date leads to a whirlwind marriage with a brilliant young law professor. He’s handsome and wealthy, and treats her with endless devotion and affection. Just as the young woman is getting dizzy from all the attention her handsome older husband is showering on her, she suddenly discovers that she’s got the wrong blind date! And not only that, the 291Reads9.0Score10014d adds
- 67 Mrs. Lu, Spoil Me 陆太太，宠我 [Radiant, Alluring Painter + Cool, Handsome CEO] The first time eighteen-year-old Su Zhiyan met Lu Youli, she thought she would be very happy if she ever dated him. Two years later, Su Zhiyan and Lu Youli met again, and the night drew them into a passionate affair. Su Zhiyan’s innocent charm and bewitching allure made Lu Youli lose control of himself. After they married, Su Zhiyan sensed that Lu Youli was wavering, so she ran away from him. Later, Su Zhiyan returned to Haishi, bringing with her 418Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Kidnapping a Taoist Priest to Be My Guardian Deity 拐个道长当守护神 A derivative fanfic of Mr. Vampire, with a pairing for Uncle Jiu, transmigration and farming, no golden finger, and both girl-boy and boy-girl romance at times In the early years of the Republic of China, warlords carved up the country, demons ran rampant, and the people lived in misery. Song Li was a girl loved by neither her father nor her mother. After barely making it to the age of sixteen, her father sent her to work as a maid in the home of Master Huang, a wealthy man in town. She was s 863Reads—Score10314d adds
- 69 Don't Call Me Brother: He Can't Hide His Possessiveness 别叫我哥：他的独占欲藏不住了 [Distant on the surface, but carefully plotting every move childhood friend x childhood friend who realizes too late she's being fiercely claimed] I have a childhood friend who's like an older brother, though we're not related by blood: Bai Shiyu. He's smart and dazzling, always ranked first and always the center of attention. When we were little, I was the only one who followed him everywhere. But as we grew up, he became a star drifting farther and farther away. Then Lu Wang, a sunny boy who 54Reads—Score10614d adds
- 70 There's No Escaping Professor Gu's Clutches 逃不出顾教授的手掌心 A short drama adaptation with the same title is now streaming [Scheming, icy university professor + goofy graduate student + wealthy families + sweet romance] Gu Xiaonan was hailed as a genius in the field of physics. Qinghua University went to great lengths to recruit him from overseas to become a professor at A University, and his classes were always packed. Rumor had it he was like an iceberg: distinguished, self-possessed, and indifferent to women. [Scene One] For the umpteenth time, Gu Xiao 2.6kReads8.9Score26714d adds
- 71 The Four Years We Lost 错过的四年 [Real Estate Tycoon x Gentle, Brilliant Student] [Older Hero + Age Gap + She Leaves While Pregnant + Reunion After Years Apart + The Long Road to Winning Her Back + Happy Ending] *1. Feng Wanwan used WeChat’s new “Shake” feature and matched with an online friend named Gu Wang. Later, after she got a sign-in at Zhonghe for her internship, she found out that her boss was also named Gu Wang. On New Year’s Eve, he returned from a business trip and took a detour to her place. He stood downstairs, loo 1.8kReads8.7Score15214d adds
- 72 The Daily Flirting of an Older Husband and His Younger Wife 老夫少妻的互撩日常 Was Jin Kai Enterprises on the verge of bankruptcy because Jiang Mengxian's fate was too powerful, and she had brought ruin to the Jin family's fortune? Jiang Mengxian, an illegitimate daughter, felt this was deeply unfair. With no other choice, she was matched with an “old man” who was supposedly just as unlucky. His entire family had supposedly died because of him, and anyone who got close to him was doomed. It seemed like a perfect match for her: she had supposedly caused her mother's death a 199Reads8.8Score10114d adds
- 73 Fish in the Mood 鱼色 The rating just came in, but it’ll go up (also known as: After Being Forced into the Palace as a Consort, I Became the Emperor’s Personal Family Counselor) [Large Age Gap + Love Grows Over Time + Slow-Burn Romance] Synopsis One: At the beginning: “Hah. Women are nothing but gifts sent by the Empress.” Midway through: “You are still in the prime of your life. You should live as freely as you wish. When I am gone, I will set you free.” The night before the final chapter: “You’re just hoping I’ll d 2.7kReads8.1Score18614d adds
- 74 How Lovely the Green Mountains Look at First Sight 一见青山多妩媚 [Powerful Man Bows His Head + A Coming-of-Age Heroine + Age-Gap Daddy Type + High-Ranking Official + Sweet Romance + Bickering Couple] 41-year-old, steady-as-a-mountain senior official X 25-year-old, sheltered heiress Rao Qingshan never imagined that after the Gu family's fortunes fell, their daughter would come back to China and come after him for answers first. The first time they met, she stormed into his office and made a scene. “If you hadn’t set my father up, how would he have ended up in 15.8kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 75 The Chief's Private Restraint 首席的私人约束 She is a wild rose with thorns, thrown into a rehearsal studio ruled by strict discipline. He is a legend in the world of dance, with a baton in his hand and no tolerance for the slightest lapse in effort. Everyone says that Gu Linyuan pushes all his students to their limits. Su Niannian refuses to believe it. She sneaks snacks, slacks off, talks back, and acts cute, breaking every rule he sets. Yet through his repeated reminders and strict guidance, she is polished into her most brilliant self 4kReads8.7Score35814d adds
- 76 In the End, I Got Together with My Boss 最后，和老板在一起了 [A cunning old fox x a straightforward female assistant] [Age gap + heartwarming romance + happy ending] - When Shen Huaiming first heard the name Xia Mengyu, he paused for a moment. His late wife had the single-character name Yu. His friend had only asked him to arrange for someone to work in Sales, but he used the opportunity to keep her by his side as his assistant. He had always thought he would never love again, until this vivid, adorable girl appeared in his dreams, until she stood before 929Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 77 My Uncle Is Quite Something 我的大叔他很行 [A Gentle Older Man Falls for a Sweet, Cool, Sexy Young Woman] [Both Pure] After being reborn, Ye Xiyan devotes herself to Jiang Linchuan, doing everything she can to make up for how she wronged him. She gives him her whole heart and treats him so well she even wants to make him her husband. Little does she know, the most skilled hunters often appear as prey. “Yanyan, you can't just flirt with me and run off. That's not how you kiss. Come on, let me show you.” His warm breath brushes the hollow 103Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 78 Clear Night and Flame 清宵与焰 Title: Clear Nights and Flames, also known as: Close Enough [Secret crush + six-year age gap + healing romance + obsessive possessiveness] The first time Li Yan met Ran Qingxiao was in the warm spring of March. Li Yan had never cared for romance and never imagined she would fall for anyone. But once she did, he occupied the most beautiful three years of her youth. The second time they met was in the golden autumn of September. He was the youngest history professor at Linhai University, an absti 433Reads9.0Score10114d adds
- 79 My Junior Says She Can’t Have Children, and the Tycoon Pins Her to the Wall for a Kiss 学妹说她不能生，首富抵墙吻失控 [Rebuilding Sweetness on the Ruins] Daddy issues | 20-year age gap | They teach each other | The more married they are, the closer they get | Powerful 40-year-old older man When Ye Jingyan was young, he accidentally “caused” the death of his three-year-old daughter. When Tong Sui was little, she accidentally “caused” her mother’s death. One cannot stand the sight of any newborn baby; the other cannot even bear to hear the word “Mom.” They’re both messed up. - The reclusive Tong Sui, living the s 15.5kReads9.0Score1.5k14d adds
- 80 Caught Daydreaming in Class by My Professor Husband 上课开小差，被教授老公当场抓包 The short drama The 100th Echo is now streaming [One-on-One Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Protective, Fatherly Boyfriend + Long-Standing Scheme + Wolf-and-Rabbit Couple] [Cool, Refined, Scheming University Professor x Frank, Lively, Timid College Student] Everyone knows Song Cheng has liked Jiang Xingyue for years without success. They all tease her for being so obsessed with becoming Mrs. Jiang. After her 99th confession is rejected, she angrily agrees to a blind date arranged by her family. At the 12.1kReads9.2Score2k14d adds
- 81 You Make My Heart Stir, and I Can't Hide My Favoritism 予你心动，偏爱藏不住 [A sweet romance] The plot is melodramatic and awkward, with some potentially upsetting elements, so read with caution. (It's not a youthful campus romance, so don't be misled by the plain brocade cover. It's simply a modern romance, with some BL later on.) A young professor vs. an eccentric, adorable princess. 25 vs. 21 When principles meet desire, exceptions are made again and again. “I'm never the one taking advantage of someone who's vulnerable.” After protecting the girl for years, Li Jingy 23Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 82 The Scheming Professor Spoils His Pregnant Wife to the Core 腹黑教授，小孕妻被你宠到心尖上 [Sly and reserved. A doctor at the affiliated hospital of a university of Chinese medicine & Beautiful and sweet-natured. A talented teaching assistant in the acupuncture department] [Both devoted to each other + sweet married life + pregnancy] * It wasn’t until the day of her blind date that Jiang Qianzhu learned the man her supervisor had set her up with was Zhao Dongchen, her former college professor. She jumped to her feet in alarm. “Professor Zhao, I didn’t know it was you.” Zhao Dongchen 1.9kReads8.7Score15514d adds
- 83 The First Desire in the Mist 雾也欲初 [Now Adapted as a Comic Drama] [Complete] [A Chaste and Restrained Daddy Boss Who Turns Wild with Desire Once He Gets a Taste] [Mutually Each Other's First and Only] [Powerful Man Bows His Head] [Sweet Romance] [Explosive Sexual Tension] [Everyday Life] [Happy Ending] [Eight-Year Age Gap] [Hotpot heiress from a wealthy family x older man in power] - Shen Jinye's grand plan to start a business was stuck on finding a shop. "Baby, when you open the door tonight, take off your coat and go straight i 159.7kReads8.9Score23.3k14d adds
- 84 Bo Wen Hides a Swallow Beneath the Eaves 伯温偏藏檐下燕 Everyone said Liu Bowen was an unfathomably clever man, disciplined and self-controlled, calm all his life, with everything accounted for in his plans. He had always believed that feelings should be expressed within the bounds of propriety, and often earnestly taught Qingqing the same. But ever since Qingqing, who had transmigrated, entered his world, the restraint of this cautious strategist crumbled in an instant. He taught her to observe propriety, yet broke his own rules for her. He secretly 282Reads9.4Score14514d adds
- 85 Captive Love with My Younger Uncle: I Became the Caged Bird of President Sheng 小叔囚宠：我成了盛总的笼中雀 [Coercive pursuit + absolute control + powerful man, weaker woman + 20-year age gap + slow-burn romance + he has a past, she’s pure] Soft, stubborn little white flower × powerful business mogul who’s two-faced I’m leaving out the blurb. If you’re interested, just read the story. 54.9kReads8.8Score4k14d adds
- 86 The Gentle Professor Is Such a Flirt 温柔教授，他好会撩 [Dad-Type Hero + Devoted to Each Other + Extra Sweet + Age Gap] When they first met, she thought he was an upperclassman. She never imagined he was her uncle's college classmate, a professor who caught her sleeping in class twice. Until one day. Her soft lips brushed across his cheek. “Yan Mubai, please behave yourself.” “Little girl, who taught you to flirt and then run away?” 2.6kReads9.3Score27114d adds
- 87 Help! My College Professor Is So Strict! 救命！我的大学老师太凶啦！ [Campus Romance + Teacher and Student + Discipline + Sweet Romance] Qiao Xiaolu’s college life was full and exciting: sleeping in, eating delicious food, and enjoying all kinds of club activities. Then one day, a figure appeared at the front of her classroom that made her heart skip a beat. From that moment on, Qiao Lu and all her classmates had to live by the motto: “I love advanced math, and advanced math loves me.” They had no choice but to love it… Qiao Lu’s mother, Bai Xue: “Yinyin, I’m lea 2.1kReads7.5Score13114d adds
- 88 My Husband Is 27 Years Older? No Problem, He's Got Money 老公大二十七？没关系啊有钞能力 (An old flame reignited + a 12-year age gap) A restrained, fatherly older man carefully tempts an innocent young woman who is short on both money and love. Mu Tiantian’s mother, the only family she has, urgently needs surgery costing five hundred thousand yuan. With nowhere else to turn, Mu Tiantian spots an ad on a roadside lamppost offering a large sum of money for a child. In her desperation, she contacts the man. Nervous, she mistakes the final 6 for an 8 and dials the wrong number, reaching 44.6kReads8.0Score3.6k14d adds
- 89 My Online Love Is My Mentor 网恋对象是我的导师 [Flirting and pampering + seven-year age gap + campus romance + professor + mutually exclusive, one-on-one romance] [Money-loving, flirty sweetheart VS refined but wicked archaeology professor] Professor Shen is composed and distinguished, a legendary figure in the capital’s elite circles. The youngest professor in the archaeology department at Beiqing University, he’s famous for being untouchable, and so proper it’s almost unbearable. Only when his sole graduate student is revealed to be datin 4.2kReads9.2Score61614d adds
- 90 A Little Love with an Older Man 大叔小爱 [Star-Studded Entertainment World] [Female Growth] [Campus Beauty and Top Student] [Female Celebrity] [Powerful Mogul] [Age Gap] [Modern Romance] [Heart-Wrenching Love] [Rekindled Love] [Secret Crush] [Happy Ending] She was the top student in the school and its most beautiful girl. Her beauty became her crime: a female teacher grew jealous of her, her classmates bullied her, and she was forced to drop out. A childhood friend tricked her into working as an escort when she looked for a job. When s 185Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Tempt Him, Pamper Him: The Chaste Professor Loses Control 诱他，哄他，禁欲教授失控了 [Daddy-type boyfriend + both are each other's first and only + sweet romance + five-year age gap] [Genius illustrator ✖️ history professor] Shen Yanli, a renowned history professor at Haida University, was exceptionally handsome, refined, and supremely talented. He was also rumored to be an untouchable beauty on a pedestal. He had rejected thousands of girls, if not ten thousand. But Su Ye didn't believe she couldn't win him over. She deliberately got close to him, using every trick in the book 4.2kReads9.2Score48014d adds
- 92 All for Life 尽予生 [Cool-Headed, Resilient Journalist × Devoted, Aristocratic Young Master] [Mending a Broken Relationship + Long-Awaited Reunion + Mutual Healing + Sweet Romance, Happy Ending] In 2007, at the freshman welcome party, Shen Jinwan sang “Fuji Mountain” in a lilting voice. The spotlight fell on her lovely profile, bright and captivating. Amid the dazzling night, he crushed the cool moonlight beneath his feet, but all he managed to catch in the darkness was a trace of gardenia fragrance. Across the noi 175Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 93 Professor Pei, Are You a Wolf or Something? 裴教授，你属狼的吧！ [Professor × Student + 8-Year Age Gap + Sweet Romance + 1v1 + Don't Give Up, It Gets Sweeter as You Read!] Tipsy from alcohol, she saw him again and praised the PowerPoint he'd made, telling him he was “good with his hands.” He replied, “Looks like I made you very happy that night.” When she made him copy lines ten fewer times than he deserved, he asked her to make up the difference with kisses. When she had cramps, he carried her to the infirmary, bought her supplies, and cooked her sweet rice 4kReads9.1Score41414d adds
- 94 She Tempts Him: The Ascetic Professor Loses Control and Falls for Her 她引诱：禁欲教授失控沦陷 [Faithful love + 9-year age gap + simmering tension + the aloof one gives in + older man + groveling after losing her] [Abstinent young professor + seemingly sweet college student] Ye Mian was determined to seduce that man. Lu Yuchuan, the youngest finance professor at S University, had eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses that seemed to see through everything, yet he never spared her a second glance. Ye Mian went straight to writing in his textbook. “Professor Lu, want to try…” “A one-night stan 2kReads8.6Score22414d adds
- 95 Spring Island, Kissed by the Tide 春岛潮吻 Powerful, high-status, wealthy Daddy Wolf & charming, playful Baby Bunny Five years older, the powerful one bows his head, sweet romance, both are inexperienced Shen Lingxi, the youngest daughter of the Shen family, grew up cherished and spoiled. She was stunningly beautiful, spirited, and full of charm. She thought her uncle treated her like his precious treasure. Turns out she was his Huabei credit card. Shen Lingxi was sent by his own hand to Fu Jinglan's private estate. The contract was 25.2kReads9.2Score4.1k14d adds
- 96 Spring Tide and Evening Rain Come Swiftly [Scheming for the Throne] 春潮带雨晚来急【谋君】 A sweet, well-behaved girl on the surface, but a defiant rebel underneath × a seemingly proper, truly old-fashioned, patriarchal emperor who is older than her Female pursuer, male pursued [A big age gap + an unconventional take on coercive romance + a love that begins with emotional blackmail and breaking into someone’s home to take what you want] Xu Zhuoyu was kept as a political hostage in the palace from childhood and raised by the Empress Dowager. As the days went by, her feelings for the em 868Reads8.1Score11414d adds
- 97 After Marriage, the Guiding, Fatherly Big Shot Spoils Me Rotten! 婚后被引导型爹系大佬宠上天！ The ratings have just come out [marriage first, love later + slow-burn slice of life + guiding, powerful male lead + ten-year age gap + older, fatherly male lead + sweet romance] Yin Zhiyi’s marriage proposal was the one her older sister turned down. Even though the match was the heir to one of the most powerful political and business families in Beijing, her sister arrogantly declared, “Power and influence? If that’s what I wanted from him, I wouldn’t be Yin Zhiyao!” Afraid of offending the Xie 10.7kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 98 I Can't Take It Anymore, Professor Gu Is So Good at This! 我受不了了，顾教授他好会！ “May I ask if Senior Gu Shanhai has a girlfriend?” Ji Xinghe’s smile was bright and dazzling, and her sparkling peach-blossom eyes seemed to hold a thousand stars. Gu Shanhai paused, then smiled softly. “No. Do you have any other questions?” She looked at him. “Then, Senior, what kind of girl do you like?” Gu Shanhai suddenly leaned closer, bracing one hand against the banyan tree. His white shirt was unbuttoned slightly at the collar, giving him a rather refined-but-decadent air. She thought sh 229Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 99 Sweet and Obedient 娇乖 Silly, sweet girl × refined scoundrel (the leads are not in a teacher-student relationship, and the heroine is an adult) [Marriage first, love later / seven-year age gap / henpecked husband / expert at acting obedient / gentleman on the outside, beast within] Mianmian married Wen Xuyan because their parents arranged it. Even so, they got along respectfully enough after the wedding. Until... When Mianmian started the new semester, she suddenly saw the man she shared a bed with standing at the fro 103Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 100 Sweet and Alluring Little Wife: Professor Lan Accepts Her Punishment 甜诱小娇妻，澜教授认罚了 [An archaeology professor at university x a seemingly gentle heiress, devoted 1v1 romance, sweet pampering as he wins his wife back] [The blurb is terrible, please read the story] Pei Lan loved antiques from childhood and became an archaeology professor as an adult. He spent three years away to bring cultural artifacts home, only to discover upon his return that his newlywed wife had filed for divorce... To win his beloved wife back, Pei Lan stops at nothing. It was only after they married that 1.8kReads9.2Score15514d adds
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