Novels like Thick with Rain and Mist
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- 101 Love Beyond the Capital 京谈不及情 [Powerful families of Beijing · Two formidable childhood friends · Intense push and pull · Heartbreaking forbidden romance] Everyone in Beijing’s elite circles knows: Song Qingzhu and Xu Nianzhi were born to be co-conspirators. He is the Song family’s heir apparent, advancing his position one careful step at a time. She is a ruthless, decisive star lawyer at a top-tier firm. Childhood friends from the same government compound for twenty years, from a small courtyard by Houhai to the top floors o 1.1kReads—Score10014d adds
- 102 After Marrying the Tyrannical Crown Prince 和暴戾太子爷联姻后 [Print Edition Signed] [Gentle, Delicate Beauty x Cold, Ruthless Young Master] As the fake heiress of a wealthy family, Shen Zhiyi has always lived cautiously in the Shen household. She does whatever her family arranges, never daring to defy them in the slightest. Even when they arrange for her to marry the notoriously violent young heir of the capital's elite, she accepts without complaint. Only on the night she learns the news does she secretly soak her pillow with tears. Xie Zhuo is the young 107.1kReads9.2Score15.4k14d adds
- 103 Rules for a Caged Canary: Don't Expose the Powerful Man's Fake Blindness 金丝雀守则，别拆穿大佬装瞎 [Print edition in the works] [Physiological obsession] [Mild yandere male lead] [Both leads are inexperienced in body and heart] The male lead is not a criminal. A tribute to every unsung hero who bears the burden and keeps going. When Li Yang is expelled from the police academy, she is recruited for an undercover mission. Li Yang: “Do I need to seduce him?” Officer: “No. You’ll just be making tea.” Li Yang: “Who is the target?” Officer: “The most doted-on son of a prominent Southeast Asian 69.3kReads9.3Score7.5k14d adds
- 104 Dear You: I Once Had a Terrible Deskmate 卿卿如晤：我曾经有个坏同桌 The animated comic is coming soon! Two top students flirting with each other | Steamy and sweet | Small-town romance | No contrived plot, not a power fantasy Chen Qingqing thinks her love story with Lin Jingze is too embarrassing to tell anyone. Other people fall in love by dating. First comes a confession, then fingertips brushing, then lips meeting. But the two of them... went straight to bed. They were former deskmates who hadn't seen each other in years, and on the day they reunited, their f 25.2kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds
- 105 Falling Together into Ruin 共坠沉沦 [Mature, steady, wealthy daddy x resilient, tough country girl] [Eleven-year age gap, one-on-one, both leads have no romantic history, groveling romance, love at first sight] Orphan Xu Tao was sponsored by the wealthy Jiang Bowen. During her senior year of high school, she moved into his estate. On that night, thick with desire, Jiang Bowen, the financial magnate she had only ever seen on TV, stared at her for a long time, his eyes coolly assessing the risks and rewards. Only after the crimson c 4.4kReads8.9Score49914d adds
- 106 Our Family, Buried Alive by Life 我们这一家，被生活活埋 Our Family Was Buried Alive by Life 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 A Joyous Wedding in the Capital 京婚有禧 [Marriage first, love later, secret marriage, older man-younger woman, both inexperienced and devoted, with plenty of romantic tension] In their third year of marriage, Fang Yipo’s company suddenly got a new boss. It was her husband in name only, whom she had barely seen outside the bedroom during his three years abroad. He wore a sharply tailored black suit. His features were striking and cold, and when his dark, indifferent eyes fell on her, they held only the faintest trace of familiarity, a 57.5kReads9.1Score23k14d adds
- 108 After the Substitute Left, the Cunning Big Shot Regretted Everything 替身退场后，腹黑大佬悔不当初 Capital Circle princeling | Wife-Chasing Crematorium | Bittersweet Push and Pull | A Touch of Angst | Deadpan Humor Sharp-tongued, calculating heir vs. cool, resilient beauty Luo Qingci and Jin Chengxiao have been married for three years, yet they have barely seen each other. She knows that if not for the misunderstanding back then, Jin Chengxiao would never have married her. His heart belongs to her younger sister, Luo Shanyue. Luo Shanyue is the Luo family's true daughter, born to them in 305Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 He Coaxes Her Step by Step, and She Falls Hard 他步步引诱，她深陷上头 [Reunion after years apart] [Long-planned love] [Both leads are devoted to each other] [Scheming, sharp-tongued crown prince × gentle, radiant beauty] Nine years ago, Ji Zhao mysteriously disappeared. When Lin Jiangchuan learned that she was dead, he thought he had lost her forever. But when they unexpectedly met again nine years later, she had changed her appearance and was now called Huo Niaoniao. Not only did she refuse to acknowledge him, she pushed him far away. He had been secretly in love 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Farmer’s Daughter Refuses to Marry, and Her Future Powerful Official Loses Control in Public 农女拒嫁，未来权臣当众失控 [Romance first, career second] Since the heavens have given her a chance to start over, Xie Qinglian wastes no time. She decides not to give Shen Xingzhou any chance to grow up: she'll drown him in the river, push him off a mountain, or poison him with a poisonous fruit! [Shen Xingzhou: a mad beauty] When he discovers that Zhenzhen, the woman he loves, is actually Xie Qinglian and that she wants to kill him, he decides that if they cannot be husband and wife in life, then they can be a pair of g 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 No Old Friends in the West City 西城无故人 Cool-headed power broker x Dashing female CEO x Aloof heir apparent x Headstrong heiress x Upright and steadfast unrequited love Sometimes the hand that turns fate upside down is hidden in a single word: timing. In the winter of 2019, in the cramped carriage of a train, Chen Mingbo said to Wan Lin, "I'm not strong enough to protect you. Don't wait for me." So Wan Lin went far away to Southeast Asia. Three years later, they met again in a conference room in the capital. He looked at her bare ne 2.2kReads—Score18414d adds
- 112 A Love Affair in the Capital 京婚沉瘾 Love After Marriage | A Sweet, Slow-Burn Romance | Six-Year Age Gap | Both Are Inexperienced Cool, delicate beauty x Wealthy young gentleman from Beijing - The most rational thing Jian Heng ever did was agree to an arranged marriage. His family business needed it, and his elders expected it. All he needed was a wife in name only, someone who would save him trouble and stay out of his affairs. At the civil affairs bureau, he calmly signed the agreement. The woman across from him, Jiang Shan, was 1.7kReads8.0Score16014d adds
- 113 Glory Disqualified 荣耀失格 She was once the most proud girl in the compound, born bold and reckless in her youth. One accident sent her tumbling from the clouds into the mire. In the shadows of a prison cell, she buried her former glory with her own hands. Years later, she returned to the world. Everyone she once knew had risen to high positions, while she was left battered and broken. Rumors swirled, and the past could not be reclaimed. She walked step by step along the edge of a blade, seeking only to have a clear consc 52.5kReads9.1Score5.4k14d adds
- 114 My Crush Lost His Memory and Became My Boyfriend 暗恋对象失忆后，成了我男友 [College Campus + Instant Physical Attraction + Sensual and Sweet + Both Leads Are Each Other's First and Only, Happy Ending] [Top-Ranking Young Heir × Straight-A Sweetheart] Sang Luoluo had a secret: she'd had a crush for ages on the boy from the neighboring high school, the one everyone adored. Later, the two kept running into each other. And as it turned out, their mothers were best friends. Nervously, she called him, “Big brother.” - Jing Ye was the devastatingly handsome man everyone in the 69.2kReads9.2Score10.3k14d adds
- 115 You Forced Me Into an Arranged Marriage, Now I'm in Love with My Husband. Why Are You Crying? 逼我联姻，我爱上联姻老公你哭啥 [First Marriage, Then Love + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + Age Gap + Long-Planned Romance + Secret Crush + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First and Only Love, Sweet Romance] [Charming, confident comic artist + stern, reserved archaeologist] Yun Qingwu was taken in by the Gu family at ten and doted on by Gu Yi for eleven years. On his birthday, emboldened by alcohol, she confessed her feelings to him. Afterward, he avoided her for two months. The next time they met, he told her he had a girlfrie 35.6kReads9.3Score6.2k14d adds
- 116 After I Got Into Trouble, My Ex-Husband Returned Home to Bail Me Out 闯祸后，前夫回国给我兜底 [World-weary, people-hating heiress & gentle yet stern daddy boss] [Max possessiveness, older man] By chance, Min Xi discovers that she is the villainess in a romance novel: she falls for the original male lead, schemes against the original heroine, and drives her husband, whom she married for business, to divorce her and leave the country. With the story nearing its finale, the male lead plans to make a move against her to prove his feelings. Her fate is to be thrown out of the house, saddled w 19.4kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 117 After I Stopped Wanting His Body, Abstinent Mr. Li Got Desperate 不馋他身子后，禁欲厉总急红眼了 [Secret Marriage] [Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] [Eight-Year Age Gap] [Angsty Push and Pull] [Resilient, Stubborn Doctor VS Ascetic, Obsessive Tycoon] Li Tingyu is a top tycoon in Haicheng, an untouchable flower on a high peak. People say he has no interest in women. Only Qiao Anran knows that he really is abstinent. After five years of secret marriage, her only goal has been to get him naked! When he roughly threw her out of the bathroom and she heard that he was taking care of himself w 2.8kReads5.1Score11614d adds
- 118 A Curious Adventure on Flower Isle 花屿奇遇记 Adventures on Flower Isle 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Drifting North for Love? Holding Someone Else’s Hand? Turning Around to Say Goodbye? 为爱北漂？牵别人的手？转身说再见？ Drift north for love? Take someone else's hand? Turn around and say goodbye? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Twenty-First Reply 第二十一封回信 (Daddy-type romance, age gap, devoted and doting, both inexperienced, slow burn) A sweet-looking, soft-spoken but cunning little rabbit versus a cold on the outside, warm on the inside, possessive younger uncle. That year, a tragedy left Ye Zhirang an orphan with nowhere to go but the Pei household. She began living with her younger uncle, Pei Jinghuai. Pei Jinghuai was stern and aloof, attached to his routine and always careful to keep his distance from others. At first, in his eyes, Ye Zhirang 4.9kReads9.2Score64314d adds
- 121 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
- 122 A Rising Tide After Marriage 婚后潮涌 Signed for publication | Older Man / Beijing Elite Circle / Marriage First, Love Later | Slow-Burn Romance + Sweet Pampering + Four-Year Age Gap | Rough, Unruly Man X Cool, Reserved Dancer The matchmaking profile handed to Shu Ying had just three lines about Jin Bohan: “Rich. Handsome. Can’t say more.” As the man himself sat across from her cutting his steak, he looked up and added a fourth: “One last thing: you’re welcome to inspect the goods.” Shu Ying’s fingers trembled. No one had told h 346.9kReads9.2Score63k14d adds
- 123 A Gold-Digging Supporting Actress Awakens and Is Spoiled by the Crown Prince 捞金女配觉醒，被太子爷娇养了 Qu Xingran awakened to the truth! She was the vicious female supporting character in a book. She was vain and money-hungry, and used every trick she could to snare the capital’s golden boy, the male lead, Pei Linzhi. She thought she would finally rise to become a phoenix among the branches. But the Pei family would never accept a gold digger with such a rotten character. They gave Pei Linzhi two choices: break up with her, or be cast out of the family. Pei Linzhi chose to stay with Qu Xingran, l 9.1kReads7.9Score63814d adds
- 124 After the Female Lead Awakened, Her Hypocritical Husband Fell Completely for Her 女配觉醒后，伪善人夫彻底沦陷 The short dramas "Gentle Out of Control" and "The Cool Breeze Knows My Heart" are now available in multiple versions. (Being published) [Face-blind, spoiled heiress × Hypocritical, devoted-looking powerful man] [Marriage first, love later + Wife-adoring romantic + Dotes on her alone + Both inexperienced in love + Flirtation] After the novel's ending, An Ling regained control of her body. She was the vicious female supporting character in the novel, and her husband was the gentle second male lead 42.7kReads9.0Score4.6k14d adds
- 125 Mr. He Spends Every Day Spoiling His Wife 贺总每天都在养老婆 [Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Female Lead with a Heavenly Dragon’s Temperament × Good Guy Male Lead] (They’re both devoted to each other; a gentle, slow-burn, sweet romance) Qin Hua jumped into the river to kill herself, but survived. He Wenzhou saved her. He Wenzhou was a newly bankrupt CEO who rescued a woman trying to drown herself for the 5,000-yuan reward for helping someone in danger. But when the woman woke up, the first thing she did was call him “husband.” At first, He Wenzhou thought 46kReads9.2Score5.6k14d adds
- 126 What If Uncle Is Platonic Toward the Fake Heiress? 万一小叔对假千金是柏拉图呢？ (The untouchable beauty falls from her pedestal + deliberate seduction + seven-year age gap + uncle) [Scheming, well-behaved fake heiress × powerful political heavyweight] Song Ci had a dream. In it, she was a fake heiress who had been switched at birth, while her fiancé's beloved, a poor but brilliant country girl, was the real heiress. Later, her fiancé teamed up with the real heiress, exposed Song Ci's identity, and sent her to a psychiatric hospital. Unable to bear the humiliation, she slit 200.1kReads9.4Score40.9k14d adds
- 127 After Passing Myself Off as the Real Heiress, I Married into a Wealthy Family 冒名顶替真千金后，嫁入了豪门 Yan Zhi opened her eyes and found herself in a book, as the villainess who had impersonated the real heiress. In the original story, after discovering that her roommate was the real heiress who had been lost to a wealthy family, the villainess stole her hair, assumed her identity, and returned to the family to claim her place. She also married the male lead, Jiang Silian, one of the most powerful men in the capital, through a marriage alliance, becoming Mrs. Jiang. Before long, the deception 131.8kReads8.6Score13.4k14d adds
- 128 A Marriage Sweetened with Roses 宠婚诱玫 [Beautiful, resilient girl-next-door heroine vs. refined older power player] [Whirlwind marriage + sweet pampering + love after marriage + love at first sight + powerful man bows his head] - Li Jingmei was born poor but was stunningly beautiful and innocent-looking. To escape an arranged marriage, she fled from a remote backwater to the bustling city of Jing. That night, a driver in an unlicensed cab harassed her. As she fled, she deliberately crashed into a man and stumbled into his arms. “Plea 116.8kReads9.1Score12.8k14d adds
- 129 Midsummer Green Apple 盛夏青苹果 [Campus] [Living Together] [Two Academic Stars] [Secret Crush] [Pure Romance] At school, Chi Sui and Ji Xiwen seem worlds apart. He is the school celebrity, a regular in the top three of the grade rankings, a promising science competition contestant, and incredibly popular. His handsome face, worthy of a top-tier star, has countless girls swooning over him. Ji Xiwen, meanwhile, is an inconspicuous transfer student. Quiet and withdrawn, she wears cheap clothes, with heavy bangs hiding her face. S 389.1kReads9.4Score84.5k14d adds
- 130 Out of Control and Falling: Mr. Chu Kisses Me to Tears Every Night! 失控沉沦！夜夜被楚先生亲哭了！ A pampered, teary-eyed heiress × a powerful, ruthless tycoon who goes mad for love Only each other | The powerful one bows to love | Utterly doting | A sweet little romance Song Huanni, the only daughter of the Song family, was raised in luxury and surrounded by love. As a result, she was the sort of crybaby who’d burst into tears at the slightest grievance. To reclaim the emerald bracelet her grandmother had pawned and sold in her youth, Song Huanni accidentally crossed paths with Chu Tinghe 942Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 131 I Acted Too Well-Behaved, and the Heir Insists I Have a Crush on Him 装乖过头了，太子爷非说我暗恋他 [The Cool, Well-Behaved Real Princess x The Lazy, Rebellious Young Master] (Top-tier romantic tension / cold on the surface but secretly fighting to claim each other / unrequited love becomes mutual / both leads are romantically inexperienced) At thirteen, Ruan Xi went from a country girl in a small town in Jiangnan to a daughter of the Ruan family in Jingbei overnight. Unfortunately, she was met not with a warm welcome, but with cold stares and ridicule. “Even if Yinyin isn’t a Ruan, I’ll alway 27.4kReads8.9Score3.5k14d adds
- 132 Married the Wrong White Moonlight, Now Worth Hundreds of Billions and Reunited with My Childhood Sweetheart 错娶白月光，坐拥千亿遇青梅 [No System + Not Reborn + Multiple Heroines + She Chases Him + Lighthearted Comedy + Sweet and Angsty] For the sake of an unattainable dream girl, Zhao Chang’an cruelly turned down his devoted childhood sweetheart. He spent his entire fortune marrying his dream girl, only to be repaid with a heartless betrayal. After hitting rock bottom, Zhao Chang’an fought his way up, eventually gaining control of hundreds of billions in capital and becoming the power behind a top conglomerate. On the day he r 27Reads—Score514d adds
- 133 Falling into the Reversed Position 逆位沦陷 [Book Two of Gray Lotus] Intense Romance + A Business-War Chess Game The intersecting aesthetics of love and strategy, a romance that defies labels. [Recommended for] Readers with sharp minds, broad knowledge, literary sophistication, and wide-ranging reading tastes “I fear the darkness and the fall, yet I was born in darkness and fell into lowliness…” A love-hate entanglement between darkness and light… A reversed redemption between a black peacock and a white swan… The male lead is slightly yo 4kReads8.9Score45214d adds
- 134 After Our Breakup, We Met Again and Both Pretended We Were Strangers 分手后再见我和大佬都装作不熟 (You’re the one I raised, so you belong under my care for the rest of your life. Older man and younger woman, a sweet romance with two devoted leads.) Su Nuannuan fell for her best friend’s uncle, a man ten years older than her who had let her live in his home for ten years. On the night she turned twenty, she cornered him in his room. “Zhan Minghan, I love you.” His gaze was deep, but his voice was utterly cold. “You know what I think of you, don’t you?” But later, he clung to her desperate 1.2kReads9.0Score10014d adds
- 135 Secretly Keeping Her Wild Bones 私藏野骨 [Sharp-Tongued Uncle × Cool, Foxlike Beauty | Mild Yandere | The Long Road to Winning Her Back | Longtime Secret Crush] One-line summary: Falling in love with her best friend's uncle. Starting at eighteen, Song Xuye began weaving a net, a net of love meant to ensnare Gu Ting. She thought no one knew about her secret feelings, but Gu Ting bluntly told her, “Don't get any ideas about me. There are plenty of men out there.” But when she really started seeing another man, Gu Ting went mad with j 2.4kReads7.5Score10314d adds
- 136 Who Can Pluck the Bright Moon? 谁可摘明月 [Unruly, Obsessive, Coldhearted, Aloof, and a Rising Lawyer] X [Gentle, Quiet, Mature, Fatherly, Restrained, and a Second-Generation Entrepreneurial CEO] Ten-year age gap · The remorseful pursuit of a wife · Mutual salvation The heroine is not a virgin, but the hero is. Do not read if this bothers you! Lian Qi isn't easy to like. She never had a father, and her mother hated her for being withdrawn and introverted. After her grandmother died, her mother abandoned her with her aunt and never con 37.4kReads9.0Score5k14d adds
- 137 Reborn in the Third Year of Marriage 重生到结婚的第三年 Married life + baby Capital tycoon from Jiugang × glamorous heiress While her husband was alive, Jiang Ruo thought he was rigid and controlling, ruthless and cold, and viciously brutal in everything he did. A car accident took his life. But after he died, Jiang Ruo couldn't sleep. Night after night, she remembered the good in him: his tall figure, and the care he had shown her as her husband. On the tenth anniversary of his death, Jiang Ruo was unexpectedly reborn in the third year of their marr 378.7kReads9.2Score58.9k14d adds
- 138 Baby, Let Big Brother Pursue You One More Time 宝宝，再让哥哥追一次 [Fake playboy, true devotion + Both virgins + Six-year age gap + Sweet romance + 1v1 + Groveling to win her back] [Ballet dancer beauty × Spoiled young playboy from the capital] The matriarch of the Qi family had long had her eye on her attending physician’s child. As soon as Xu Zhizhi turned twenty, she wasted no time bringing her home for her good-for-nothing grandson. The moment Xu Zhizhi stepped inside, she saw a man sitting on the sofa. He’d taken off his suit jacket, his shirt was casually 4kReads8.7Score28714d adds
- 139 The Younger Man I Raised Grew Up to Be Older Than Me 我养大的年下，后来成了年上 [Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Nurturing Romance + One-on-One + Sweet Romance] Eighteen-year-old Su Xingcheng woke up to find herself transmigrated into an eight-year-old orphan in the bitterly cold northern frontier. She also had a five-year-old “child husband” by the name of Pei Yunzhou. Thankfully, her seaside villa had become a pocket dimension she could carry with her, and its supplies replenished endlessly! Over thirteen years, she raised that grubby little waif into a peerless eigh 16kReads8.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 140 Summer Kisses and Wildfire 夏吻野火 Radiant, pampered heiress x ruthless, brooding man in power Both devoted only to each other | Sweet, flirtatious tension | Long in the making | Utterly doting Xia Xingmi is an heiress with a massive fortune, engaged through an alliance between her family and the top-tier Shen clan. But someone drugs her as part of a setup, and her fiancé announces, “The engagement is off!” The man who comes to discuss the breakup is cold, abstinent, and stunningly handsome. Rumor has it he's the most powerful me 37.7kReads9.4Score6k14d adds
- 141 His Rose Love Letter 他的玫瑰情书 [A prickly little rose born with night blindness vs. a wealthy heir who ran away from home to become a university professor] [A not-so-serious one-line summary: A story about an uncle becoming an older brother, then a husband] - Lin Ran was only nine when Shen Yanchuan brought her home. For twelve years, she called him “Uncle.” That was until one night, Shen Yanchuan saw her calling a virtual character on her phone, one who looked exactly like him, “Hubby.” It took him a long time to recover. - 85Reads9.1Score2114d adds
- 142 The Third Day After She Disappeared 她消失的第三天 Delicate darling x rugged man Substitute x crematorium x happy ending - When Zhao Haitang was eighteen, she became a blood bank for the Qin family’s young lady. Everyone said Miss Qin’s older brother was a ruthless man who had fought his way out of the slums alone while caring for his sickly little sister. He had risen from the dregs of society to become one of Dongzhou’s new elite. Cross him, and he’d make you suffer for it. Zhao Haitang paid no attention to the rumors. She was madly in love wi 153.9kReads9.1Score22.2k14d adds
- 143 Oh No! I Wanted to Flirt With Him, but He Wants the Real Thing 完蛋！我想和他暧昧，他想来真的 Originally titled Absolute Trap [Adult romance x players of all genders x flirtatious games x losing control and falling into desire] The day Zhou Zhou returned to the country, she met Cheng Yu. One look between two grown adults was enough to tell them what the other wanted. He wanted to sleep with her. Neither of them was innocent. At first, they only wanted to sleep together. But as their game went on, it began to spiral out of control, until they were both hopelessly entangled. Over the long 5.8kReads9.2Score60414d adds
- 144 I Entered the Wrong Room on My Engagement Night, and My Abstinent Uncle Kissed Me to Tears 订婚夜进错房，被禁欲小叔亲哭了 Just started gaining ratings: a charming, dazzling heiress × a powerful, dangerously unhinged kingpin of the capital A scheming black lotus who acts sweet but is secretly ruthless tempts the aloof beauty from her lofty perch. The clear-headed man in power loses himself in love and lowers his head for her ✿ The Ding family heiress, Ding Zhi, is breathtakingly beautiful. Raised in luxury from childhood, she is a precious flower and a qipao goddess adored by all. On the night of her engagement, she 5.2kReads8.7Score38814d adds
- 145 The Second Wife Refuses to Live Idly: She Fights and Scrambles Her Way to Becoming the Family’s Darling 继室拒绝咸鱼躺，又争又抢成团宠 [A dazzling, pampered beauty who’s the spirited second wife vs. a stern, taciturn minister who’s no stickler for convention] [Devoted to each other + ancient-era marriage before love + an old flame reignited + age and personality gap] Jiang Yao, the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family of Jinling, was eighteen when she married the head of the Pei family in the capital as his second wife. She came from a humble family and was marrying into a powerful one, on top of being a second wife. No one 75.2kReads9.1Score10.3k14d adds
- 146 Sharp-Tongued but Soft-Hearted, My Younger Uncle Chases His Wife to the Crematorium 嘴硬心软，小叔叔他追妻火葬场了 [Not Actually Uncle and Niece] + [Forbidden Tension] + [Age Gap] + [Growing-Up Romance] + [Mutual Firsts] [Happy Ending] A cunning little fox in a rabbit's clothing × the ruthless head of the Huo family, a man with blood on his hands When Lu Ran was six, Huo Xingzhi brought her to the Huo family. He was the uncle who raised her. But after she came of age, her greatest wish was to be with him. He scolded her, saying she must have lost her mind to think that way. While he was drunk, she secretly c 2.2kReads8.7Score15014d adds
- 147 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
- 148 Kissed Senseless After Becoming the Male Lead's Gold-Digging Ex-Girlfriend 穿成男主的拜金前女友被亲懵了 (The rating just came out, so it will rise later) [Sweet romance + mutually faithful + one-on-one] Jiang Tang finds herself inside a campus novel, as the male lead's gold-digging ex-girlfriend. The male lead is a physics genius from an elite family, aloof and chaste. He only believes in platonic relationships, making him the quintessential unattainable heartthrob. After arriving in the story, Jiang Tang thinks the plot seems awfully familiar. Isn't this the novel written by her physics-obsessed 53.3kReads8.8Score6.2k14d adds
- 149 Brain-Computer Interface Doctor 脑机医生 Her ex-boyfriend sold the secret she had guarded most closely to secure an investment. When they broke up, he even threw this at her: “No man could put up with a woman like you.” Her father climbed the social ladder and asked for a divorce. As he left, he said only, “People who look ahead don’t turn back.” Everyone was certain Su Jianwei had lost her backing and was bound to fall sooner or later. But they forgot that she was a doctor in functional neurosurgery at Huaren Hospital, determined to t 4.2kReads6.4Score16.2k14d adds
- 150 Marital Obsession 婚后情靡 [Marriage First, Love Later from the Male Lead’s POV + Winning Back His Wife the Hard Way, Secret Crush Comes True from the Female Lead’s POV] [Impulsive Marriage + Both Chaste + Love Rivals + Nine-Year Age Gap] [Clever, Flirtatious Little White Flower + Mature, Steady Older Man] When Xu Youli was fourteen, she met Lu Zhaojing for the first time. The man draped his suit jacket over her shoulders, covering her bloodstained dress, and said in a warm, pleasant voice, “Stay right here and don’t run 3.4kReads7.1Score27614d adds
