Novels like Green Mountains Beyond the River Huai
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- 1 Where Can a Humble, Delicate Wife Run? 寒酸娇妻哪里逃 The word “hard-up” has a deeper meaning here!! [Top-tier tycoon CEO × bona fide wage slave] [Married first, in love later + laugh-out-loud sweet romance + power couple] The CEO of the Xia Group suddenly goes off the rails and offers a reward to the whole internet: “Find me the most hard-up woman. I'm going to marry her.” Chi En is just crouching outside her company, picking up scattered paperwork, when her ruthless boss stamps her as “the most hard-up person in the entire company” and bundles h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Married Beneath the Moon 揽月成婚 A resilient, bright, lively little firecracker × a composed, scheming man in power who is actually childish, clingy, and jealous [Love after marriage, a wealthy-family alliance, older man, both leads’ first love, a slow-burn, extra-sweet romance] - In the third year of their marriage, the man who had gone overseas to build his career suddenly returned. It seemed like everything had changed. Something was off! How could a man be this clingy? At first, he didn’t care whether she might actually mak 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Mr. Lu, a Flash Marriage Doesn't Mean We Know Each Other! 陆总，闪婚不熟！ Shen Qingli and Lu Tingyu had never crossed paths before their blind date. They registered their marriage just to appease their families. People couldn't understand why the Lu family's young master, a renowned and decisive figure in business, would marry Shen Qingli. Only Shen Qingli knew the truth: it wasn't because she was his unattainable first love, or because he had fallen for her at first sight. She simply met his requirements for a partner: she didn't love him and wouldn't ask him to sati 30kReads8.9Score3.9k14d adds
- 4 My Husband Wants a Surrogate? Reborn, I'll Make Sure You Can Never Have Children! 老公借腹生子？重生我让你绝嗣！ [The new book just got its rating, so it’s low for now. It’ll go up later.] A doctor told Song Tang that her body had been damaged and she would have trouble getting pregnant. But after three rounds of IVF, she risked her life to give birth to triplets, only to learn they were actually for her husband, Gu Kewei, and her best friend! The three sons she raised herself were also closer to her best friend. After learning the truth, she died, swallowed by despair and hatred. The next second, Son 10Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 5 A Whirlwind Wedding and Exclusive Love: The Iceberg Meets the Sunshine 闪婚独宠，冰山遇骄阳 [Clear-headed, resilient ray of sunshine × steady, restrained CEO] [Married first, love later | sweet everyday romance | age gap | slow-burn relationship | both leads have no past romantic entanglements] Icy CEO × ray of sunshine (not a strong female lead) Song Jiaoyang's matchmaking date was a failure, but during the few minutes she spent sheltering from the rain outside a coffee shop, she got married on impulse. * “My name is Li Jingtian. I'm twenty-nine and currently the executive president o 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 A Lifelong Commitment 终生为聘 [Wealthy families, powerful official families, strong heroine, love at first sight + love that grows over time, arranged marriage, both physically and emotionally pure] [Refined, steady, elite man from a powerful family VS academic ace in scientific research] [Dreamy, sweet romance] [Eight-year age gap, with sci-fi and wish-fulfillment elements. If that's not your thing, proceed with caution.] Half a month after Pei Ning returns to her wealthy family, she is matched with a prospective marriage p 12.6kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 7 Be Good, Sign the Prenup, Then We'll Get Married 乖，签了婚前协议书，再结婚 [Top-tier wealthy family]+ [Marriage Before Love]+ [Both leads are each other's first]+ [Chasing his wife]+ [Contract marriage] Her father is ill and needs a huge sum of money. With nowhere else to turn, Wen Zhi brings a letter and a photograph to the Qin family. In the end, she chooses marriage as the price, wedding the cold and distant Qin Feng. They sign a contract, becoming spouses bound to live under the same roof. She knows Qin Feng doesn't like her, so she follows proper etiquette every d 18.5kReads8.4Score1.8k14d adds
- 8 Dark Currents of Marriage 婚潮暗涌 [Both leads devoted only to each other + age gap + marriage before love + old flames rekindled] Eight years ago, Pei Yushen sent Mu Qianyu to “hell” with a single photograph. Eight years later, he rushed over in the middle of the night with a marriage contract, saying he wanted to marry her! He said this wouldn't be a marriage of convenience, with each of them simply getting what they needed. He wanted to start a family with her, have children, and spend the rest of their lives together. She th 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 When the Wind Passes, the Sky Clears 风过天晴晴 Superbrain, aloof and abstinent, devastatingly handsome CEO VS an advanced interpreter who can be sweet or salty, carefree and irresistible Everyone in M Nation’s business world knows that Feng Siche, the young and promising president of Chengfeng Group, is a golden bachelor just 26 years old. Tall, strikingly handsome, and coldly indifferent, he hails from Jingji City in a distant country and possesses a superbrain. Their first close encounter happened when she was making a scene on the roof of 676Reads6.5Score10814d adds
- 10 Newlyweds, Fast and Furious 新婚快热 Flash Marriage + Love After Marriage + Six-Year Age Gap + Both Inexperienced + Sweet Everyday Romance The Su family went bankrupt, and her fiance asked to call off the wedding. Su Yi splashed cold water in his face and walked away. The moment she stepped out of the restaurant, rain poured down. Just as she was getting soaked to the bone, a black umbrella appeared above her, shielding her from the storm. Yan Tingnan, whom she'd met once before, invited her into his car and even asked, “Would you 6.2kReads8.9Score76614d adds
- 11 A Gentle Heartfelt Embrace 渺渺入心怀 [Sweet, Gentle Heroine vs. Daddy-Type CEO] [Married First, Love Later] [Age Gap] [Healing] When she was twenty-two, she went on a blind date. The man was eight years older and an executive at a Fortune Global 500 company. She wore an old coat that didn't fit and was a little threadbare. He said, "Let's get married." She thought they were each getting something out of it. Only later did she realize it was the road that would lead them to the rest of their lives together. She was timid, sensitive, 2.1kReads—Score22014d adds
- 12 The Contract Bride: The Abstinent Lawyer Falls in Love First 合约娇妻，禁欲律师他先动心了 Framed for embezzling public funds and blacklisted across the entire industry, Su Wanning can’t even afford rent. She has no choice but to set up a tiny stall and offer free legal consultations. Who knew her landlady, Auntie Wang, would slap her thigh and say, “Marry my son, and you won’t have to pay rent. I’ll even give you a hundred thousand a month!” Thinking it was a joke, Su Wanning casually agreed. But on the day they registered their marriage, she was dumbfounded. The man standing before 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 After Their Flash Marriage, the Cold CEO Loses Control and Falls for Her 闪婚后，清冷总裁失控沦陷 The rating just came in, and it'll rise! [Bright, lively heiress x poised, aloof CEO, marriage before love + sweet romance in a wealthy family + older, gentle, fatherly hero] Under pressure from their families, Jiang Lingxi and Rong Yuan register their marriage on the second day after meeting. They agree not to fall in love. Rong Yuan is the head of the top-tier Rong family and CEO of Zhongjun Group. He's poised and proper, disciplined and courteous, and ruthless in business. But after they marr 12.8kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 14 The Stars Keep Their Silence 星辰不言深 [Both leads are romantically inexperienced, reunion after a long separation, obsessive love, love and hate] Ning Yuexing married Shen Conghuai because his heart belonged to his “moonlight.” She, meanwhile, treated marriage as a “safe haven.” But then the devil quietly returned. The man who had once left her covered in blood came looking for her. Smiling at Shen Conghuai, he said: “Do you know that the woman you’re protecting is my Xingxing?” Her husband in name alone stepped forward. “She’s my 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A Marriage Wave 婚潮汹涌 [Marriage First, Love Later / A Lover Who Takes the Lead / Slow-Burn Romance / Five-Year Age Gap / Both Untouched] [Clear-Headed and Resilient vs. Staid Iceberg] * As the adopted daughter of the Xu family, Xu Ling can’t escape a business marriage, no matter how much she wishes she could. Her match is Fu Linze, eldest son of Jiangcheng’s wealthy Fu family. Steady and taciturn, aloof and self-possessed, he inspires awe in everyone. A friend teases her, “You’re marrying the famously cold-faced Bu 13.3kReads8.9Score2.2k14d adds
- 16 A Wedding in the Clear Autumn 清秋婚浓 [Two-faced business tycoon] & [Clear-headed, independent daughter of a modest family] [Marriage Before Love] + [Marriage between strangers] + [Playboy comes to heel] + [Sweet post-marriage romance] + [Two strong leads] + [Both leads are chaste] + [Four-year age gap] Zhou Muze commands fear and respect in the business world. Ruthless and decisive, he makes the rules. Jin An is graceful and striking on the outside, clear-headed and independent within. After her mother died, she grew stubbornly, li 55.8kReads8.7Score6.7k14d adds
- 17 All My Love Is Yours 情爱皆予你 When Shi Ning met Jin Yan, she was down on her luck and penniless. The lofty man pulled her out of the mud, saving her body and keeping her soul captive. He made her fall in love with him, only to cast her aside with his own hands. The day they met again, he leaned back in his car, his face veiled by smoke. Still as nonchalant and in control as ever, he said, “He’s no good. Break up with him and come back to me.” Shi Ning lightly brushed back a loose strand of hair and smiled as calmly as a pass 29.3kReads8.7Score3.2k14d adds
- 18 My Wife Won’t Stop Chatting, and Her Flash-Married Husband Is Bewitched 夫人小嘴叭叭，闪婚老公被哄迷糊 (Both leads are inexperienced in love + married first, fall in love later + a sweet, slow-burn romance) The rating is low because it just opened. It’ll go up later. Twenty-seven-year-old Su He has been on so many blind dates she’s gone numb. When she meets Fu Xingchuan, she’s in the middle of giving her date an earful. Unexpectedly, the man asks her to marry him. Su He figures love doesn’t matter much. If they’re a good match and like what they see, they can get married. He’s stunningly hand 117.4kReads8.4Score2.6k14d adds
- 19 The Princess Consort Forgets Me Every Day, But So What? 王妃日日忘了我，但那又怎样 [No System, no transmigration + devoted couple + alternate world + winning her back] Ling Yiyi loses her memory every day, leaving her without family or friends. Qi Siy i is caught in the treacherous imperial court, an unpopular prince left on the fringes. Two people estranged from the world are bound together by an imperial marriage decree steeped in manipulation and humiliation. On their wedding night, he is consumed by resentment and revulsion at a marriage forced upon him, while she can thin 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 20 The Ninth Lord Falls in Love 九爷动凡心 [Marriage First, Love Later + Both Devoted to Each Other + 20-Year Age Gap] In the sixteenth year of the Republic, warlords battle for power and gangs flourish. The Dragon Gang, led by Lu Jiuzhou, dominates the entire city of Qingcheng. Lu Jiuzhou, thirty-eight years old, is known as Ninth Master. He has married six concubines, yet none has borne him a son or daughter. This has become a favorite subject of gossip among the people of Qingcheng. Ming Huaili, president of the Qingcheng Chamber of C 1.3kReads—Score10614d adds
- 21 The Sweet Married Life of a Marriage of Convenience 塑料夫妻的甜婚日常 [One-on-one romance, both leads are inexperienced, wealthy-family romance, exceptional leads, marriage before love, happy ending] Heir to a wealthy family x overworked bank employee “I thought I was as ordinary and insignificant as a blade of grass by the roadside, until I met you.” “My love rose with the wind. I tucked it into a letter and sent it to you after we were married.” The author's second marriage-before-love novel, Kisses After the Wedding, is already written and updating regularly. 133Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 22 A Contract Flash Marriage, but the Possessive Big Shot Takes It Seriously! 协议闪婚，偏执大佬却当真了！ [Marriage Before Love + Sweet Romance + Showbiz + Forceful Possession + Both Devoted to One Another] Wen Shu, a C-list actress, was pressured by her parents into marrying the powerful head of the Jin family. But after the wedding, the man had no intention of keeping to his own side of the marriage. On set, she had to outwit her sworn rival. At home, she had to deal with a man whose possessiveness was terrifying. - What if my wife only married me to use me for connections? No problem. I’ll let he 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 When His Wife Really Leaves, the Commander Finally Panics 老婆真走，首长他知道急了 [Steadfast, reserved soldier * independent, carefree female photographer] [Marriage first, divorce, then love + both virgins + later, the husband's redemption arc + rekindled romance] Lu Li married Luan Shiyan on her own terms, but she also hoped they might have a future together. Only later did she learn that he had been using her too. Throughout their three-year marriage, they did everything married couples do in the dead of night. In the end, she still took off her wedding ring and left witho 13.8kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 24 I Accidentally Bound Myself to a Younger Husband 意外绑定年下夫 Contract Marriage → 13-Year Age Gap → Both Leads Have No Past Relationships → A Long Road to Winning Her Back → Sweet Romance Esports player x pediatrician, older woman-younger man romance A ridiculous contract born from a trending topic binds Cheng Ye, an unruly esports prodigy, and Ning Wan, a gentle master pediatrician, in a marriage that feels like a tomb. The 13-year gap is a target of public ridicule, and a boundary t 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 25 Wen Yi Is Hard to Read 温意难明 [Arranged Marriage | Marriage First, Love Later | Love Grows Over Time | Face-Slapping the Scum | Older Man | Five-Year Age Gap | Both Pure | 1v1] Pampered Heiress vs. Aloof Family Heir Wen Jingyan, the only daughter of the Wen family of Haicheng, grew up sheltered and doted on by everyone around her. Just after breaking up with her scheming boyfriend, her father talked her into an arranged marriage with the eldest son of the Pei family... She had no intention of marrying for convenience and tri 150Reads—Score10514d adds
- 26 Your Love Is a Flower in Midsummer 你的喜欢，是盛夏里的一朵花 Before their wedding, Lin Shuyi thought their marriage didn’t need love. As long as they treated each other with respect, that would be enough. Zhao Yantang thought his life didn’t need romance. As long as she remained faithful to their marriage, he would fulfill his duties and responsibilities as her husband. Later, whenever they thought back on their old ideas, both of them fell silent, sharing just one feeling: It really hurts to eat your own words! 98Reads—Score15714d adds
- 27 The Villainess Turns Over a New Leaf, and Her Mad Husband Dotes on Her 恶女洗白，疯批夫君宠上天 [Just rated! Marriage first, love later + raising a powerful minister + the male lead fights tooth and nail for their married status] Chu Ning accidentally transmigrates to a remote, impoverished mountain village. The original owner was also named Chu Ning, and was a notorious shrew in the area. She'd been stealing chickens and dogs, cheating and cutting corners since childhood, and swore like a sailor every day. Now she was twenty, and not a single person from the surrounding villages dared co 609Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 28 I'm Done Being the Tragic Female Lead: Time to Become the Heroine of a Sweet Romance 虐文女配不干了，争做甜文女主 A dazzling, flirtatious designer x a refined, abstinent CEO [marriage first, love later + slow-burn romance + devoted husband] Li Xia awakens to discover she is the cannon-fodder female character in an old-school CEO melodrama. In the original story, she commits every kind of evil, scheming with her husband's younger sister to frame the heroine so she can steal the male lead. In the end, her vicious nature is exposed, her wealthy in-laws throw her out, and she meets a miserable fate. Awakened Li 6.5kReads8.9Score83114d adds
- 29 Love After Marriage 婚后钟情 [Marriage first, love later + sweet romance] (main story) Bright and gentle coffee shop owner × aloof on the outside, warm on the inside, third-generation investor Lin Zhixia had a crush on Song Yicheng in college. Like a wave, it came and went quickly, leaving no trace after the tide receded. They met again at a blind date their elders had arranged without telling them. She pushed open the private room door. The man she hadn't seen in years was still as stern as ever, and they were both surpris 691Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 30 A Slow-Burning Romance in Beijing 京婚慢热 [Marriage First, Love Later + Whirlwind Marriage + Slow-Burning Sweet Romance + Both Leads Have No Past Relationships] -- At twenty-eight, Fang Cian and Shen Xu got their marriage certificate on the third day after meeting. And the reason for their marriage could be summed up in one word: “suitable.” -- Three months later, Fang Cian even thought they might spend the rest of their lives as a respectful married couple. That was until she saw Shen Xu staring at a photo, lost in thought. Fang Cian o 754Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Meeting the Soft-Hearted Him 遇见心软的他 (A sweet, high-quality romance that starts with marriage; an older, guiding, healing CEO, Fu Yanci; bright, pure, adorable Lu Li; a seven-year age gap; a business alliance; a contract marriage; a slow-burn romance; loving someone just as they are) Fu Yanci had always thought of himself as a solitary man sitting alone in an empty mountain, until he married Lu Li. At first, they both thought their marriage was nothing more than a fleeting arrangement. Then came a sudden downpour. He opened the wi 264Reads—Score11014d adds
- 32 After Our Wedding, My Husband's Tender Side Is Impossible to Hide! 新婚后，我家先生的温柔藏不住！ [Marriage first, love later + healing, sweet romance + love that deepens over time] A gentle, resilient ray of sunshine x a brooding, taciturn tycoon A simple agreement led Wen Qian to marry Xi Jingsi. Everyone in the city knew the head of the Xi family was gloomy and withdrawn, and barely spoke. Everyone waited to see her end up on the receiving end of the silent treatment. But Wen Qian thought healing a tycoon was no different from tending flowers: Water them on schedule, give them plenty of s 6kReads8.2Score68114d adds
- 33 Ninth Master Loses Control: His Wild, Obsessive Wife Turns the World Upside Down 九爷失控诱哄：疯批娇妻野翻天 [A scheming, beautiful madwoman deliberately seduces him VS a celibate tycoon who lures her in with irresistible tenderness] [Marriage first, love later + intense push and pull + sweet romance + contract marriage + both virgins and equally matched + a black-hearted sweet girl + heroine with multiple secret identities + ten-year age gap] On the day Ruan Lanyin got engaged to her scumbag fiancé, she sought out his older brother, Shen Chiyu. Shen Chiyu grabbed her by the wrist. “You’re using me to 4.6kReads8.8Score46514d adds
- 34 My Wife Keeps Getting Pursued, and the Aloof Mr. Fu Begs to Share a Room 老婆总被惦记，高冷傅总求同房 [Marriage First, Love Later + Both Pure + Six-Year Age Gap] [Intense Push and Pull + The Powerful One Bows His Head + Slapping Himself as He Chases His Wife] Powerful Financier + Elegant Beauty Fu Yanchen needs a respectable wife to deal with his family and the outside world. There are countless heiresses in the capital’s elite circles, and Jiang Lengyan isn’t the most prominent, yet she is the one he chooses. He is cold and heartless by nature. After they marry, he treats her with chilly indiff 2.1kReads—Score11714d adds
- 35 Snowfall Over the Capital at Night 京夜欲雪 [The rating just came in and will rise later] 1v1, both leads are each other’s first, marriage between wealthy families, marriage first and love later, eight-year age gap, mutual healing, the powerful one learns to bend A love-shunning, abstinent CEO × a cool beauty with a mysterious past He Yun Chu, 32, head of the He family, is cold and detached. Because of a childhood trauma, he believes in never marrying. Yet when he learns that Su Xuewan is to be his marriage partner, he readily “gives in.” 79Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 36 Sister, Wife, Wife, Sister, Wife, Wife 姐姐老婆老婆姐姐老婆老婆 Low ratings because not many people have found this yet. A sweet little treat. [Clearheaded older sister × blunt, possessive, clingy puppy; marriage first, love later; whirlwind marriage; both are inexperienced; younger high-IQ hot nerd] Her gold-digging dad married into a wealthy family on the strength of his looks, making Xu Qiao a stepdaughter to the rich. She’s careful in everything, especially around the man who isn’t really her brother. At twenty-eight, to avoid her brother and enjoy th 31.9kReads9.1Score4.8k14d adds
- 37 A Wedding in the Capital on a Snowy Night 雪夜京婚 Completed | Marriage First, Love Later | Five-Year Age Gap, He’s Older | Both Chaste, One-on-One Romance | Powerful Man Bows His Head Su Li and Zhou Sichen had a whirlwind wedding. On the day they registered their marriage, Zhou Sichen flew to New York to take care of business and was gone for a whole month. Their backgrounds were worlds apart, and no one believed their marriage would work. Zhou Sichen was the man Old Master Zhou had chosen to lead the family next. Disciplined and abstinent, 20.5kReads8.7Score2.6k14d adds
- 38 North and South of Rongcheng 溶城南北 [Older man who takes the initiative and guides the romance x younger woman focused on her career and tangled up in love | equally matched leads | both sexually inexperienced | HE] Two years ago, Huo Xuchuan, head of the Huo family, died at sea in a plane crash. At just twenty-four, Huo Zhaoning seized power with an iron fist and firmly took the top seat. From north to south in Rongcheng, almost everyone was waiting to see the Huo family become a laughingstock, to watch the once-mighty family fal 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Swept Away by Married Life 婚潮入骨 Wild and unruly VS sweet and sensitive As part of a family-arranged marriage, Wu Tang married into the Yu family. A month after the wedding, she went with her husband to register their marriage, only to receive a sudden phone call informing her that the man she thought was her husband was actually a fake young master, switched at birth. The real young master was in the capital at that very moment, having just returned to his family. The two families set things right. Their month of newlywed bli 10.8kReads7.6Score6.2k14d adds
- 40 My Wife Doesn't Love Me 我太太不爱我 Story highlights: A whirlwind marriage without love, a real married couple who don't sleep in separate rooms. Neither gives an inch. Their lives are a chaotic mess, and being married feels like a constant battle. It's utterly exhausting. The male lead seems gentle, mild-mannered, and refined, but he's actually scheming and full of tricks. The female lead is a bad-tempered young lady. She may lose when it comes to scheming, but she can win in a fight. Her combat skills are off the charts. When sh 55.5kReads8.4Score3.9k14d adds
- 41 Come on, Cheer Me Up 哄哄我呀 [Innocent yet alluring natural-born little temptress vs. cold on the outside, wickedly flirtatious and fiercely possessive tycoon] [Both untouched + married first, love later + sweet flirting + instinctive attraction] Everyone in Shanghai knew that Shu Hua, the Shu family’s little princess, had a face that could bring ruin to a kingdom. Both innocent and alluring, she was the most pampered and high-maintenance beauty in their social circle. For the sake of a family alliance, Shu Hua married Pei 22.6kReads8.9Score3.2k14d adds
- 42 I Transmigrated into a Book as the Villainess, and My Tycoon Husband Demands a Fatal Kiss 穿书恶毒女配，豪门老公致命索吻 Synopsis: [A scheming tea girl and troublemaker & wealthy wife & universally adored actress & wicked female character who transmigrates into a book & high-intensity forced love & the powerful one bows his head] – When Su Nanzhi first transmigrates into the book, her label is “obedient and sweet,” the model wife of the wealthy socialite circle. In her wealthy husband’s eyes: My wife is gentle and considerate, sweet and soft, a perfect wife and mother. Three years after Gu Nanzhi transmigrates int 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 After That Night, Our Story Began! 那夜过后，是我们的开始！ [A guiding lover + marriage first, love later + age gap + sweet romance + slow-burn love] [Gentle, restrained guiding light VS soft, stubborn little sourpuss] Jiang Tian is an engineering top student at Haicheng University. From freshman to junior year, she’s practically swimming in scholarships. People only see her polished exterior. They don’t know she’s insecure, sensitive, conflicted, and always gives in to others. The night of her high school reunion, she gets blackout drunk and stumbles 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Streetlights and the One Who Comes Home 长街灯火与归人 [Rekindled love + each other’s first love + both work in the public sector + reunion after years apart + intellectual romance] An unexpected breakup, followed by a reunion years in the making. From the flutter of their first meeting in college to standing side by side in their careers, Lu Beichuan and Shen Zhixia weather misunderstandings and emotional push and pull, witnessing each other’s growth and resolve. They missed their chance five years ago because of a sudden accident. Five years later 3.9kReads7.9Score33714d adds
- 45 The Evening Breeze Kisses Hong Kong Island 晚风吻港岛 [Refined Hong Kong Tycoon × Pure-Hearted Little Melon]+ [Marriage Before Love]+ [Both Leads Are Inexperienced]+ [Older Man]+ [Secret Crush] When the eldest daughter of the main branch runs away on the eve of the wedding, Lin Yuzhi, the illegitimate daughter of the second branch, is pushed forward, to marry her wealthy future brother-in-law, Lu Jingyao, and preserve the prestige of the Lu and Lin families in Hong Kong society. The public mocks her as a “substitute bride,” while Lu Jingyao see 14Reads—Score11814d adds
- 46 We’re Only Having a Baby Together, So Why Is This Abstinent Big Shot Clinging to Me? 搭伙生娃而已，禁欲大佬却缠上了 Both Leads Are Inexperienced / Physical First, Love Later / The Powerful One Learns to Bend / Sweet Romance / Six-Year Age Gap Clear-Headed Deaf Heiress VS Cold, Ascetic Big Shot Song Shutong, a deaf heiress abandoned by her family, is approached years later by her birth mother, who threatens to make her marry Zhou Shijin, a big shot in the capital. The only reason is to have a baby and use the newborn's umbilical cord blood to save the child of her twin sister. With no way to fight back, she ta 7.7kReads—Score2.1k14d adds
- 47 My Husband Is Only Three Parts Cooked 老公三分熟 [Marriage first, love later + a gentle, slow-blooming romance] Jin Chengzhou agreed to the marriage on one condition: Yu Nian must not interfere in his life, expect him to love her, or hope he would be a good husband. If possible, no one outside the family was to know about their relationship. After their wedding night, Jin Chengzhou left a box of birth control pills and a glass of warm water by Yu Nian’s bed, then hurried overseas to handle business. - Six months later, Jin Chengzhou finally ca 5.4kReads8.5Score51514d adds
- 48 Snow Falls on the Marriage Contract 雪落婚书 [Strangers to marriage before love + a gentle, slow-blooming romance + the powerful one learns to bend + slow burn] Everyone said that being adopted by the Shu family was a stroke of incredible luck, and that she should be grateful to be matched with the Jiang family. Anyone would be driven mad in that kind of environment. In the end, Shu Er took an unconventional path and married Shen Futing. - Shu Er had never imagined marrying some random man just to get away. Shen Futing was handsome, wealth 14kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 49 Seduction After Marriage 婚后诱爱 [Sweet romance, married first and fall in love later / age gap / devoted only to each other] [Bright, proud heiress + composed, reserved head of the family] As soon as Lu Shengsheng graduated, the Lu family demanded that she honor her engagement to the Pei family. After three failed attempts to run away from the wedding, she reluctantly became Mrs. Pei. But she never stopped wanting a divorce. A month into their marriage, she even announced it in public, sending herself to the top of the tr 441Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Meaning of Mountains and Rivers in Yanzhi 砚知山河意 The marriage between Song Zhiyi, the Foreign Ministry’s chief interpreter, and Huo Yanli, the heir to one of the capital’s most powerful families, began with an arrangement made by their elders. She agreed to fulfill her grandfather’s dying wish; he did it to ease the pressure from his family. Bound by a marriage contract, they were strangers under the same roof. She carried on her parents’ unfulfilled ideals, moving through war zones and using language to defuse conflict; he navigated the world 194.4kReads8.3Score31.6k14d adds
