Novels like Before Love Is Complete
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- 1 Love in the Twilight 婚色暮暮 [Marriage first, love later + secret crush + both leads are each other's first + whirlwind wedding + slow-burn romance] At twenty-four, Qiao Muxuan saw Yu Jichuan again, this time on a blind date. Qiao Muxuan thought the wind of her seven-year secret crush had finally died down, but the moment she saw him, it began blowing again. Three days later, they were married. - After the wedding, a friend asked Yu Jichuan, “How's married life?” He smiled. “Better than I expected.” His acquaintance with Qi 4.7kReads8.2Score66314d adds
- 2 A Reply That Stirs the Heart 心动回信 [High School Secret Crush + Mutual Love + Long-Standing Scheme] Gentle yet resilient × Unstoppable brilliance In high school, Wen Qi fell for a boy. He was an excellent student. During breaks, he liked leaning on the railing outside the classroom with a can of cola or lychee soda in his hand. He would roll up his uniform sleeves just enough to reveal his strong, well-defined forearms. He often went to the school music room to play piano and drums and sing. He also liked going to the rooftop alon 2.7kReads8.5Score53314d adds
- 3 Six Years of Secret Love, At Last an Answer in the Height of Summer 六年暗恋，盛夏终有回音 [Sweet marriage romance | Both leads are inexperienced | Her secret crush comes true | From marriage of convenience to love, from his perspective] In high school, Sheng Xia was an ordinary girl lost in the crowd, while Zhou Shiyan was the school's star, the undisputed top student, brilliant and dazzling. Sheng Xia quietly loved him from afar, keeping her feelings hidden for six years. After graduation, she thought their paths would never cross again. Then a blind date after she started working b 9.5kReads8.8Score1k14d adds
- 4 I Became the Wicked Stepmother and Led the Villain's Whole Family to Victory 穿成恶毒后妈，带赢反派全家 [Lightning marriage × face-slapping × everyone’s darling × love after marriage × cold, celibate CEO × funny heroine × irresistible heroine × mutual first love] Reincarnated as the wicked stepmother of a villainess, and an even nastier one at that! Jiang Nuan read the original owner’s story: scheming her way to the top, only to end up dead in the middle of the road. Her vision went black. “What kind of hellish start is this?!” Rule number one for staying alive: stay away from trouble! She dilige 336Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn, My Husband, His First Love, and I Make a Life Together 重生后，我和老公带着他初恋三个人过日子 After Being Reborn, My Husband, His First Love, and I Live Together as a Throuple 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I’m Going All Out to Mess with a Tea-Drinking Influencer 我陪绿茶网红玩把大的 I'm Going All Out with a Green Tea Influencer 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Hide in My Arms on a Rainy Night 暴雨天躲我怀里 [Wealthy families + childhood sweethearts + devoted to each other, happy ending] Sharp-tongued young master vs. surprising heiress “When a carefree young lady discovers that the older guy in her life has feelings for her...” From childhood onward, Lu Siheng personally drove away every suitor who appeared around Jiang Lai. During the time he lived with her in London, he went to great lengths to stop her from staying out all night. When a friend asked him for Jiang Lai’s WeChat, his expression ins 11.6kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 8 After Accidentally Tying My Red Thread to a Tyrant, I Became His Beloved Empress 错绑暴君红线后，我成了宠后 After accidentally binding my red thread to a tyrant, I became his beloved empress 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Spoiled Rotten: The Cunning, Rugged Man Has a Deep-Rooted Scheme! 被宠上瘾：心机糙汉套路深！ The heroine is a pampered, wealthy beauty adored by everyone, while the hero is a rugged man from an ethnic minority Marriage first, love later + devoted couple + sweet romance + rugged hero + wealthy family + satisfying revenge + mutual devotion Xiang Nanzhi was set up by her love rival and ended up having a child with Shen Shixun. To protect her reputation, the two married. After the wedding, she tormented Shen Shixun every day, hoping to rekindle things with the man she loved. But an unexpect 442Reads8.1Score10314d adds
- 10 You're the Only One I Favor 我只偏心你 [One-on-One, Both Chaste + Love Grows Over Time + Healing, Sweet Romance] [Spoiled Little Princess & Rough Country Boy] When Cheng Yi first met her fiancé, she nearly burst into tears. He was crude in his manners, sharp-tongued and hard-hearted, like a piece of iron worn rough by life. Apart from his handsome face, he had no idea how to be romantic. But for the sake of her inheritance, Cheng Yi gritted her teeth and launched her husband-training plan. Perfect husbands are made, not born! Sh 46.2kReads9.1Score6.5k14d adds
- 11 How Can a Wage Slave Survive in a Melodramatic Novel? 打工人在狗血小说里如何苟活 Also known as How to Survive as an Office Worker in a Dogblood Novel and The Self-Cultivation of a Corporate Drone Complete. The ending may be a little rushed, but I finished it properly. It isn't abandoned. Li Fu accidentally transmigrated into a dogblood novel called The CEO's Runaway Little Wife. She didn't have a System giving her missions, a golden finger, or the role of the novel's heroine, the little wife. She was the CEO's personal secretary. She would help the CEO find love and witness 1.7kReads9.2Score24714d adds
- 12 My CEO Boyfriend Is Crazy About Me 霸总男友超爱我 My CEO Boyfriend Is Crazy About Me 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 A Curious Adventure on Flower Isle 花屿奇遇记 Adventures on Flower Isle 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 A Gentle Ripple in My Dreams 一枕微澜 [Dissociative Identity Disorder X Reunion After Years Apart X The Ex-Husband's Long Road to Winning Her Back] When they reunited after three years apart, Shen Weilan discovered that her ex-husband didn't recognize her. She thought he had amnesia and forgotten her, never realizing that someone else had long since taken over his body. He said, "Since he's lost his mind over a woman, he can give this body to me." She said, "You're just a fragment of his thoughts. You have no right to exist, and you 498Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Thick with Rain and Mist 雨雾浓浓 Original title: Falling into the Rain Tide [Powerful man x soft but resilient woman + living-under-one-roof trope + older man + groveling pursuit + both leads' first love] Everyone in the business world knew Wen Huaixu was aloof and capricious, the last person anyone wanted to cross. No one in their circle dared take him lightly. Yet this unrestrained man would make an exception for just one person. One time, after drinking himself nearly unconscious, he saw Yu Tingyu holding a bowl of hangover 45.7kReads9.1Score5.5k14d adds
- 16 The Baby's Father Isn't Dead! He's the Mastermind of a Wealthy Dynasty 崽他爹没死！竟是豪门掌权人 [One-on-one romance / reunion in another world / mutual first love / sweet romance / adorable child / cozy tone / not a strong female lead] Zhou Jingning was once the envy of everyone in Jing'an City, living a comfortable, luxurious life as the wife of a handsome military governor and enjoying everyone's respect. When A Yuan was three, Shen Zhaolan led his troops south, only to die unexpectedly on the battlefield. Then, after an accident of her own, Zhou Jingning arrived in the strange and dazzl 1.5kReads8.4Score10214d adds
- 17 Emergency Contact 备用联系人 Song Huaiyu has always been the person Chi Mo fears most. During the ten years she was with Guan Yizhou, he saw nearly every moment of her embarrassment and distress. This is not a story about an ordinary girl who follows the person she loves to a big city and eventually gets her happy ending. Chi Mo and Guan Yizhou have always belonged to two different worlds. She spent ten years looking up and struggling to reach his world, then suddenly gave up one sunny morning. It’s easy to understand what 355.7kReads9.4Score50.1k14d adds
- 18 Quick Transmigration! You’re Falling for Me Again, Aren’t You? 快穿！又被我迷住了吧！ [The rating just came out, so there aren’t many votes yet. It should go up later! Immersive quick transmigration, short stories, love at first sight, male leads of all kinds, weak morals, including yandere and obsessive types. All male leads are sexually inexperienced.] 1. God × young nun What can you do to repay a gift too overwhelming to bear? 2. Childhood friends, a boy and a girl It should have been a fun college graduation trip, but when she opened her eyes, seven years had passed. Why had 2.8kReads8.1Score15414d adds
- 19 Reborn, I Tear Apart My Vicious Brother-in-Law's Family 重生后，手撕恶毒弟媳一家 After Being Reborn, I Tear Apart My Vicious Younger Brother's Family 66Reads—Score414d adds
- 20 After Our Arranged Marriage, I Turned My Foolish Husband Into a Devoted Wife-Doting Maniac 联姻后，把傻子老公哄成宠妻狂魔 [Marriage first, love later + both leads are devoted to each other + sweet romance + older man] Clingy sweetheart vs. secretly delighted older man Xu Chengyi had spent twenty-three miserable years barely getting by. Then one day, a group of people showed up with a paternity test and told her she was the missing daughter of the Xu family. Overjoyed, she burst into tears. “This time, I'm taking back everything that's mine.” But the Xu family was enormous. Her biological father was the fourth son, 4.6kReads9.0Score55114d adds
- 21 After the Contract Ends, Mr. Zhou Loses Control 契约到期后，周先生失控了 [Strong-Willed College Student x Aloof, Sharp-Tongued CEO] [Contractual Relationship] [Mutual Healing] [He Chases Her After the Breakup] [Happy Ending] A desperate attempt to save herself in a bar late at night brings Cen Xi face-to-face with Zhou Jin, a powerful man at the top of society. He's seen his share of people sucking up to the powerful, but her pride and backbone leave him utterly captivated. When Cen Xi, with nowhere else to turn, sets aside her pride and asks him for help, he takes a 175Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 At Dusk, the Child Returns 暮时子归 [Print edition now available] “Did you know Lin Daiyu is supposed to be paired with Sun Wukong? Nuwa arranged this ‘wood-and-stone bond’ as the destined match of the Goddess of the Xiao River and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.” Xiao Xiang has had enough of drifting around and wants to go back to her hometown and live off her family. But the place is a complete mess, and there's nowhere for her to stay. Then there's that crafty Great Sage with eight hundred tricks up his sleeve, constantly makin 165Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Sturgeon Returns to Ning'an 鲟洄宁安 A Republican-era tragic romance, a woman's coming-of-age story, and two male leads. A sharp-witted, falsely disguised shaman PKs a rebellious dragon who slays gods. A sudden heavenly fire destroys a city, and the revered Hu Xuan shaman is wrongly blamed and made a scapegoat. With a colossal lie, Ge Wangshu rides alone for a thousand miles to escort the orphan Eyun home. It seems like a sturgeon swimming upstream to return to its birthplace, but in truth, it's the start of a journey with no retu 183Reads—Score16614d adds
- 24 After the Fake Heiress Asked for a Divorce, Her Cold-Faced Husband's Inner Thoughts Were Exposed 假千金提离婚后，冷面老公的心声爆了 After the Fake Heiress Asked for a Divorce, Her Cold-Faced Husband's Inner Thoughts Spilled Out 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Newlyweds, Growing Closer 新婚渐浓 Marriage before love / Adult romance / A slow, steady relationship / Sweet romance Cool, rational neurosurgeon vs. attentive, service-oriented head of a corporate group The marriage between Shen Mingyue and Bo Yi began with a drunken joke between their grandfathers. Out of gratitude for an old kindness, Shen Mingyue agreed to marry him to help her family out of a difficult situation. On the first day of their marriage, she was called back to the hospital for an emergency surgery and didn’t come 32.4kReads8.9Score3.4k14d adds
- 26 She’s Back at the Station for Tea Again 她又进局里喝茶啦 When you’re down on your luck, even drinking cold water makes you choke! Zhou Wan can’t help feeling wronged. Why is she always mistaken for a suspect? She could walk down the station’s corridor with her eyes closed by now. Chi Jin has started paying attention to this strange person, too. She acts cheerful and friendly on the surface, but behind closed doors she’s someone else entirely. It seems she has quite a few stories of her own. An outgoing, lonely office worker × a straight-laced detectiv 4.1kReads9.0Score35814d adds
- 27 My Best Friend Couldn't Stand Her Dull, Boring Childhood Friend, So She Introduced Him to Me, a Woman Who'd Never Dated 闺蜜看不上她呆板无趣的竹马，便介绍给了母单的我 My best friend thought her childhood sweetheart was too stiff and boring, so she introduced him to me, a woman who'd never dated anyone. 740Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Moonlight Hangs Low Behind Her 月色在她身后低垂 [Both leads devoted only to each other, a sweet story of healing, sweet from beginning to end. The reborn male lead saves the heroine. School life in the first half, cozy everyday life later. A gentle, refined business tycoon hero x a dazzling, striking comic artist heroine] Jiang Yan and Nan Tang lost each other for ten years. When they met again, neither expected it to be their final farewell. The burdens society placed on the girl were too heavy, and they drove her away from him. Reborn in hi 2.3kReads9.4Score23614d adds
- 29 After I Turned into the Heir's Cat, He Buries His Face in My Belly Every Night 穿成世子的猫后，他夜夜埋我肚子 [Fluffy + Sweet Historical Romance + Healing] Also known as: The Young Lord's Daily Life Raising a Cat After falling into the water one day, Yun Fu woke up to find she had become a cat. She thought she would have to live as a stray, but instead she saved a handsome man who had been poisoned. After saving him, Yun Fu gained a long-term meal ticket and even reached the pinnacle of cat life!!! Wei Rong, heir to the Duke's estate, was born into wealth and status, famous throughout Jing'an, and posse 4.2kReads9.0Score53514d adds
- 30 Falling Into Your Arms 扑了个满怀 Also known as: Open Up! My White Moonlight Is Coming In * Sweet, gentle beauty with a cool, aloof man who secretly cries easily * Variety show director and novelist / game designer After Ting Nan was cheated on by her scumbag boyfriend, she returned to her hometown of Pingnan. As luck would have it, Pingnan was hit by its once-in-a-century red lightning warning. With nowhere else to go, she had no choice but to knock on the door of Aunt Song, her mother's close friend from her youth. The door op 3.2kReads8.9Score32114d adds
- 31 Back Before You Became the Light 回到你成为光之前 [Qi Shengnan × Shen Yanzhou → one-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first + fictional setting + mutual salvation + a touch of ensemble cast] When Qi Shengnan was six, she once met a very handsome person in the park near her home. Strangely, a red scarf was draped over his thigh. She gave him a strawberry-flavored candy and her umbrella too... When high school began, Qi Shengnan ended up in the same class as Shen Yanzhou, the top student in the city. She ran, he chased, and she wished s 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Glutton Next Door 隔壁那个饭桶 A beloved hit from bestselling author Jiu Xiao Qi! A gluttonous girl vs. a culinary genius professor: this couple is so sweet, you can't get enough of them! Qiao Feng is still single, and there are three impossible problems he can't overcome: one, he's too handsome; two, he's too rich; three, he's too smart. When Professor Qiao, whom every top student idolizes, decides he wants a girlfriend, heaven and earth are shaken, and winds and clouds surge. Legend has it that Qiao Feng has an insanely dif 4.2kReads9.5Score65814d adds
- 33 The Allure of Darkness 黑色之诱惑 By chance, Xia Xue’er steps into a casino and catches a fleeting glimpse of Chen Feng, the underworld boss. It proves to be a trap laid by fate. From then on, she is seized by the demon of gambling and takes one step after another toward the abyss of crime. The curtain rises on her tragic life… 11.7kReads9.4Score99414d adds
- 34 We Corresponded for Two Months, but the Crown Prince Said He Had Mistaken Me for Someone Else? 与太子通信两个月，他却说认错了人？ After two months of exchanging letters with the crown prince, he said he had mistaken me for someone else? 350Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Royal Family Forced Me Into a Political Marriage, Unaware the Northern Yue Emperor Was My Secret Fiance 皇室绑我去和亲，却不知北越帝是我民间未婚夫 The royal family forced me into a political marriage, unaware that the Northern Yue Emperor is my secret fiancé. 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Locked Glaze 锁琉璃 Locked Glaze 396Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Powerful Minister Pursues His Wife: He Says He'd Even Accept Being Her Lover! 权臣追妻，他说外室他也愿意！ The rating has just come in, so it’ll go up later~ The male lead starts out on top, then turns into a devoted lapdog later. There’s a little political scheming and domestic drama. The satisfying face-slapping comes later. This isn’t a strong-female-lead story either, so don’t read it if that’s not your thing. "Beautiful, fair-skinned, voluptuous, innocent heroine vs. a man who doesn’t realize he’s in love until he’s on his knees pursuing his wife" "Powerful minister pursues his wife ➕ both leads 2.4kReads8.1Score21714d adds
- 38 Rejected by a Tech Giant, I Became the Underworld’s White Impermanence Secretary 被大厂拒绝后，我成了白无常秘书 [Metaphysics + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Light Comedy] So what if her boyfriend dumped her? And what if all the top companies turned her down one after another? The jade talisman that had protected Nan Yanchu for twenty-one years shattered, bringing a series of bizarre events in its wake. That was what truly turned her materialist worldview upside down. What? Even the artifacts and evil spirits that escaped from the Underworld are trying to use her body as a vessel?! Catching gho 2.9kReads9.4Score52814d adds
- 39 I Force-Kissed the Campus Heartthrob, and He Blocked Me 强吻校草后，他拉黑了我 After I kissed the campus heartthrob by force, he blocked me 526Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Hard to Win Her Heart 难诱其枝 [Childhood Sweethearts / His Secret Crush / Possessive / Sweet Romance / Both Each Other’s First] [Radiant, free-spirited heiress vs. cold, cocky heir] * There was a pair of childhood sweethearts in the capital. Pei Yanhe, heir to a top-tier wealthy family, was arrogant and aloof, carefree and unruly, an untouchable favorite of heaven. Shen Yizhi was born into a prominent political family and raised like a treasured heiress. Proud and beautiful, she was nicknamed “the pampered princess of the hu 22.8kReads8.5Score2.6k14d adds
- 41 I Went Home for the Dragon Boat Festival, and My Flash-Married Husband's Secret Was Exposed 端午回老家，闪婚老公掉马了 I went back to my hometown for the Dragon Boat Festival, and my flash-married husband was exposed 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Forgive Everything Before Bed, Wake Up and Take on the World 睡前原谅一切，醒来干翻世界 [Entertainment Industry + Livestream Variety Show + Show Within a Show + Letting Loose] After completing transmigration-into-a-book missions in a hundred worlds, An You received a gift from the System: a chance to return to her original world and live her life over again! An You: Let the gears of fate start turning! A fake heiress arrives at her country grandfather’s cottage to film a variety show, but fails to recognize him when he returns from his walk. An You: Oh my~ In this forgotten garden, 4.6kReads8.5Score49414d adds
- 43 Whispered Seduction: Baby, You're the Only One I Love 低声诱哄，宝宝，我只喜欢你 [The short drama is now streaming] On her wedding night, Qiao Shuyi was shoved into a raging fire by the man she had loved for over a decade. “If it weren’t for you, Manman wouldn’t have died! Someone like you belongs in hell!” Only then did she realize that the man who had always claimed to love her secretly hated her with all his heart. He had lain in wait for years, intent on taking her life to avenge the woman he loved. She thought she was about to die a miserable, lonely death. But just as 6.8kReads9.0Score59714d adds
- 44 Plain Congee 清粥 [Cool, restrained and eccentric hero x sweet, gentle heroine] [Sweet romance and healing + reunion after a long separation + devoted couple] 1 All the girls at Jincheng No. 1 High School knew that Ji Chensheng from Class 6 was handsome and abstinent, but as cold as ice in the dead of winter. As time passed, he became an untouchable flower on a high peak in everyone’s eyes. Then one day during PE class, someone secretly peeked through the back window and saw the boy who was distant and aloof w 4.9kReads9.3Score54514d adds
- 45 Fall in Love and Die: The Heir and I Defy Heaven 动情即殒命，我与世子逆苍天 Shen Qingyan unexpectedly spends a night entangled with Xiao Jinyuan, a ruthless and cold-blooded heir to a noble title. A high monk tells them, "Only by joining body and soul forty-nine times can you break the heavenly punishment that has haunted you for three lifetimes." But the curse's shackles remain: the moment they fall in love and commit to each other, both will die. She runs, he pursues. There is no escape from fate. She is a goddess undergoing tribulation. Reborn across three lifetimes, 137Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Sweet Kisses! When the Little Beauty Cries, Mr. Xu Coaxes Her Tenderly 娇吻！小美人一哭，徐总宠溺轻哄 [Complete] Hong Kong capitalist × radiant little fairy After marriage, fall in love with a tycoon Six years older Dual POV, marriage first and love later - At 22, Feng Qiu is welcomed back into a wealthy family and married off as a pawn in a political alliance to Xu Qing, heir to the top-tier Xu family. Born in Berlin and raised in Hong Kong, Xu Qing holds a position of power and is distant and aloof. Before the wedding, Feng Qiu expects their married life to be dull and uneventful, with the two 5.4kReads9.1Score39014d adds
- 47 The Big Shot Reads Her Mind, Then Carries the Maid Straight to Bed 大佬读心后，直接扛起保姆扔在床 [Both Leads Have No Past Relationships + Pure Love + Mind Reading + Transmigrate into a Book + Kissing Addict] A lively, lustful little housekeeper vs. a pure-hearted, sickly villain (They get together incredibly fast!) She transmigrates into a dog-blood novel as a cannon-fodder housekeeper. The original owner disappeared after trying to climb into the villain's bed while he was dead. Looking at the handsome, sinister Shen Jin, she acts obedient on the surface, while internally going wild: [Ooh! 11.9kReads8.4Score93814d adds
- 48 A Geisha’s Dream 瑰夏之梦 One midsummer day in my second year of high school, I glimpsed Xiao Ruohua at the library, bent over her books by the window. She became the Guixia rose I kept hidden in my heart. For twelve long years, I watched her from afar. I saw her shine as she sang onstage and dazzle everyone in debate competitions. I also saw her hide beneath the protection of the Chu family, suppress all her talents, and become an obedient, almost invisible stepdaughter. I watched in silence and quietly made my way towa 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Look! The Divine Lord Is Spending Her Entire Fortune on a Black Lotus 看！神主她倾家荡产养黑莲 [Complete; Strong Female Lead; Cool and Aloof; Decisive and Ruthless] On their wedding night, a drunken young woman pins a young man against the wall. His eyes are red at the corners and misty with tears; her grip has left his wrist red. He murmurs, “That hurts...” The eldest princess of the Fengqi Divine Kingdom has the best older brother in the world, the most upright friends, the most devoted lover, and the most loyal subordinates. There's always a young man by her side. He has an innocent, 4kReads9.3Score52514d adds
- 50 After We Married, Pei Heng Kept Demanding a Divorce, Until I Finally Stopped Caring About Him 婚后，裴珩一直嚷着要离婚，直到我真的不管他了 After We Married, Pei Heng kept clamoring for a divorce, until I finally stopped caring about him 7.6kReads—Score7014d adds
