Novels like Love That Came Too Late!
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- 1 The Warmth Left in the Ashes 《烬余温.》 "The Last Warmth." 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 About His Ex: Dr. Sui Doesn’t Recommend Getting Back Together 关于前任，隋医生不建议复合 They can't stand each other in public, but behind closed doors, passion runs high. They thought they had only been entangled for six years, but it turns out they were destined for each other from birth... 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 An Addiction I Can't Quit 是戒不掉的瘾 The Three Beauties: Zhou Mi'er Her childhood sweetheart breaks up with her, and before she even has time to nurse her heartbreak, she learns that he has hastily become engaged to her half-sister. After being forced into a miscarriage, she never even considers revenge; she only wants to leave this place of trouble behind. Later, her grandmother dies with words left unsaid, and rumors about her parentage spread everywhere. She resolves to stay and find out what really happened~ 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Honey, Don’t Leave Me Behind Again! 孩子他娘，不要再抛下我！ Li Zheng and Xie Zhi ran met by chance. When they met again, Li Zheng only wanted to leave the past behind and have nothing more to do with him. But the blood tie between Xie Zhi ran and Xiaobao kept pulling Li Zheng into one dilemma after another. The gears of fate began turning once more, and they were already bound tightly together... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Four Years Apart, Still So in Love 别后四年，还是很爱 [Both are each other’s first and only love + Reunion after years apart + Reconciliation + Powerful family background vs. university professor + Older man + He must win her back + Angsty romance + Sweet romance + Happy ending] Four years ago, Meng Xia said, “Let’s break up.” An orphan, she swallowed all her hurt and reluctance, severed every tie with Si Yang herself, and turned to reunite with her birth parents, who had just returned after a classified assignment. Four years later, they met again 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Yan Family's Precious Darling: Mommy Is Both Badass and Glamorous 阎家心尖宠：妈咪她又A又飒 Five years ago, Luo Wan was set up by her half-sister to spend a night with a strange man. Her family cast her out, leaving her disgraced, and she fled overseas. Only after leaving did she discover she was pregnant, and she resolutely gave birth to her son, Ruirui. Over the next five years, she endured countless hardships abroad and, through her extraordinary talent and hard work, built her own business empire or mastered an elite skill, such as hacking, medicine, design, or finance. She did it 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 A Contract Marriage, a Baby on the Way, and a Celibate Designer Losing His Mind 协议婚后带球跑，禁欲设计师疯了 After their Contract Marriage, She Runs Away Pregnant, and the Abstinent Designer Loses His Mind 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Hard to Meet, Harder to Part 相见时难别亦 It is hard to meet, and just as hard to part 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Kiss That Leaves Its Mark: My Iron-Blooded Ex Begs Me to Love Her Again 强吻烙印：铁血前任跪求重爱我 A Kiss That Leaves Its Mark: My Iron-Blooded Ex Begs Me to Love Him Again 197Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Listening to the Wind Rise and the Leaves Fall [Showbiz] 听风起叶落【娱乐圈】 Three years ago, Shen Qingyu was discovered by a talent scout and parachuted into YG Entertainment. But with no experience at all, she was handed over to Chen Hemian, a genius idol in the debut class, as his trainee. Cool and distinguished, he was gentle and indulgent only with her. He taught her to dance step by step, stayed up late to practice with her, and even carefully carried her back to the dorm when she was so exhausted she fell asleep… “Shen Qingyu, stop acting cute and practice serio —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 After Our Rainstorm Farewell, President Lu Braved Wind and Snow to Kneel and Propose 暴雨诀别后，陆总风雪跪我求婚 [Exotic setting + second chance at love + reunion after years apart + everlasting true love] Outwardly gentle but strong inside, fallen heiress Xie Ning X outwardly steady but childish inside, scandal-plagued young master Lu Chen Once, he stood beneath an umbrella and watched her get drenched in the rain alone. Later, he waited in wind and snow for her to turn around. A family upheaval and a misunderstanding sent two lovers, together for years, to opposite ends of the earth. In a foreign count 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 After Bumping Into My Ex's Arms, He Refused to Let Me Go 撞进前任怀里后，他赖上我了 He fell into his ex's arms, and now his ex won't let him go. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Mr. Lu's Star-Crossed Romance 陆总的星辰之恋 Five years ago, Xu Xingchen personally staged a little drama about falling for someone else, cruelly pushing away Lu Lin, the man she loved, before leaving for treatment overseas with a serious illness weighing her down. Five years later, her mother suddenly fell critically ill and was admitted to the ICU. The astronomical medical bills left Xu Xingchen with nowhere to turn. With no other choice, she sent in her resume and went to interview at her ex-boyfriend Lu Lin's LX Group. In the CEO's off 1.4kReads—Score10614d adds
- 14 Help! My Boyfriend's Uncle Is My First Love 救命！男朋友的小叔是我初恋 Six years ago, she went to him with a pregnancy test, only to hear that he was going to marry into a wealthy family. She turned and walked away! Six years later, she returned in style, only to become his nephew's girlfriend. He couldn't understand why she'd left six years ago. And she couldn't understand why he'd gotten engaged to someone else when they were so deeply in love. Six years ago, she was Lin Qianqian, twenty years old and a sophomore in college, with her life at rock bottom: her pare 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Cicada Song Diary 蝉鸣日记 [Rekindled Romance + Heartbreaking Angst + Mutual Salvation + Happy Ending] There are four seasons in a year, and we happened to meet in the clamorous heat of summer, amid the cicadas’ song. Chen Man and Li Chengyu’s first meeting was a little awkward. At the time, Chen Man had come alone to an unfamiliar city. In the bleak days that followed, Li Chengyu’s arrival gave her vivid and precious memories to hold on to. But later, one mishap followed another, and the person trapped by those memories 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 After I Set Up a Street Stall, My CEO Ex Became My Top Customer 摆摊后，霸总前夫成我的头号顾客 After I Started a Street Stall, My CEO Ex-Husband Became My Number-One Customer 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 She Ran Away While Pregnant and Vanished for Five Years. Now the Abstinent Tycoon Wants to Make Their Relationship Official 带球跑消失五年，禁欲大佬求名分 [Reunion after years apart + rekindled love + groveling to win her back + devoted only to each other + chaste] On the very first day Su Nian returns to her hometown, she runs into the person she hates most and least wants to see. Back in college, Su Nian met Fu Jinyan, the golden boy, and became his secret lover. Just as she dreamed of marrying him and becoming Mrs. Fu in the open, her grandmother passed away, and Fu Jinyan was somehow involved. She left him with a parting threat and went abroad 686Reads6.7Score10214d adds
- 18 Engraved in My Heart 记铭于心 [Psychologist & Lawyer | Rekindled Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Push and Pull + Healing] The next time she saw the surname “Zhu,” it was on a patient’s file on the computer in her consulting room. He had forcefully barged back into her life. The final question on the psychological assessment form read, “Please describe something that has troubled you recently.” The man had written two words: Tong Ying. He said he was lovesick, but her diagnosis was, “As your doctor, I’ve done all I can 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Dancing Through the Galaxy 翩翩银河 (The rating is low because there aren't many votes. Please give it five stars!) [Rekindled love × unresolved tension × bittersweet romance × male lead humbly begging for love × sensitive, depressed female lead × both leads have only ever been with each other] A sensitive, depressed top lawyer × a humble, lovesick chief physician At Jingbei University, there was a golden couple. When they were dating, the whole campus became their biggest shipper, swooning over every sweet interaction. But the n 1.6kReads6.7Score14514d adds
- 20 He and Summer Return Together 他与夏同归 [Second Chance Romance, Both Pure, 1v1, Happy Ending] [Jealous Boss vs. Hard-to-Please Perfumer] Word is that a new boss is being transferred from headquarters. He’s not only young and successful, but also so handsome it’s almost unfair. No one has met him yet, but the whole company is already singing his praises. After hearing so much swooning, Yu Wanshu can’t help getting curious about the new boss herself. The day he arrives at the office, Yu Wanshu takes one look at him and freezes. Yu Wansh 961Reads—Score10614d adds
- 21 The Mad Female Lead's Life Afterward 疯批女主的往后余生 Female lead: She should have grown up cherished by her family, but after being kidnapped, she developed a personality bent on destroying the world. Two male leads save her in turn, only to hurt her as well, and she spends her life entangled with them. Male Lead No. 1: He saves the female lead after her kidnapping and becomes the first light in her life. When they meet again, he falls for her at first sight, and they embark on a love story of passion and conflict. Male Lead No. 2: He and the fema 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Young Master, Your Savior Doesn't Want You Anymore 太子爷，你的救命恩人不要你了 [Cold, aloof tycoon × resilient little sunshine|Reunion after years apart|The husband’s groveling redemption|Faking her death|Angsty romance] When she was fourteen, Shen Nian was living on Xizhou Island. By a twist of fate, she saved Mu Heng, the only son of the Mu Group. From that moment on, the gears of fate began to turn. When they met again seven years later, Mu Heng had become the head of the most powerful family in the capital, wielding immense power and carrying a heart full of love for h 575Reads—Score10014d adds
- 23 My Boss Is the Ex I Cheated On 上司是被我绿了的前任 [Proud but softhearted boss ✖️ Stubborn, adorably clueless subordinate] Both Pure [One-on-One Sweet Romance + Rekindled Romance + The Ex Wins Her Back at Any Cost + Reunion After Years Apart] Her ex-boyfriend of four years suddenly showed up at the office and asked, “Do you have a boyfriend?” He not only dashed her hopes of a promotion and made her work overtime, but also sent her proposals back time and again. The whole company knew they didn’t get along. A friend teased her, “How are you going 40Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 24 An Unresolved Summer 悬而未决的夏 [Devoted Husband VS Tough at Home] [Rekindled Love + Both Pure] One rainy night, An Yao hurriedly took her little niece to the hospital emergency room. When she looked up and saw the person in the white coat, she froze for a long moment. Much later, when she thought back to their reunion, all she could remember were his desolate eyes and that broken, helpless question: “Do you really not want me anymore?” *A lighthearted, healing, and sweet story. They separated because of real-life circumstan 324Reads6.6Score11414d adds
- 25 An Old Love in a Crumbling Tower 旧爱危楼 [Rekindled Love + Reunion After Years Apart + Winning Her Back + Push and Pull + Mutual Firsts] Free-spirited sculptor × Scheming, calculating man After breaking up with Li Shiyan, Wen Qiao became the heartless woman who got bored of people easily, according to his friends. But she was the one who had been hurt. Later, when Wen Qiao's father sent her to meet her prospective marriage partner, she discovered that he was the ex she had kicked to the curb eight years ago... Even worse, her father h 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 So That's How It Is 缘来如此啊 [Second Chances After a Breakup + Mutual Pining + A Long-Laid Plan + The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption, Double Couples] A year after their breakup, they meet again after a long separation. Everyone praises Jiang Ruoli for being gentle and well-behaved, a darling of fortune adored by all. Only Gu Xingzhi understands how clear-eyed and rebellious she is at heart, never letting society define or constrain her. One glimpse of her in their youth was enough to captivate him. He secretly loved and 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 You're Hidden Deep in Time 你藏在时光深处 That summer, cicadas buzzed noisily as she left with a heart full of worries, without giving him a single explanation. Five years later, she returned as a designer working with his company, and they met again at a project meeting. He was the aloof, untouchable president of a corporate group; she was a conscientious designer, cautious at every turn. They thought their paths would never cross again, but a design project forced them together. “Wen Ruan, you left so decisively five years ago. Now th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I’ll Make You Shine 许你闪耀 [Reunion after years apart + rekindled romance + childhood sweethearts + healing + both inexperienced in love + happy ending] [Cool jewelry designer X Proud, devoted young heir] Before she turned eighteen, Xu Yuan was the heiress everyone in Jing City knew, as well as a rising star in the world of ballet. She had beauty, fame, and a romance everyone envied. Chen Yao: “I'm willing to make all your wishes come true.” Xu Yuan: “My wish is to hold your hand and grow old with you.” That day, a blizza 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 With These Years, Until Our Hair Turns White 谨以岁月寄白首 Listen, the sound of the rain falling, like the bamboo grove gently swaying in the breeze. He closes his eyes and calls your name. It carries the colors and fragrance of falling blossoms, flowing with a lover’s longing and tender reminders. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 So It Was You: Six Years of Push and Pull 缘来是你，拉锯六年 A cool-headed, resilient screenwriter × a proud, guarded vice president From “not close” to “Mr. Zhang,” from pretending not to know each other to clasping hands in front of everyone. Two stubborn people and a confession six years in the making. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 You Ran Away With Someone Else First. I Remarried, So Why Is His Majesty Losing His Mind? 你私奔在先，我改嫁，陛下疯什么 [Winning Back His Wife + Rekindled Love + Taking Her by Force + Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Running Away While Pregnant + Unhinged Male Lead] What should you do when your ex-husband suddenly reappears six years after eloping with his childhood sweetheart? Jiang Li plans to pretend she doesn’t know him. She has no choice. Her ex-husband has become emperor, and his childhood sweetheart is the empress. She can’t afford to offend either of them. Besides, she has changed her name, married some 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Male Nanny I Picked Up Has a Secret Identity 招惹的男保姆有马甲 [Reunion after years apart + bittersweet, ambiguous tension + mending a broken relationship + marriage by agreement + revenge side by side + both leads are devoted to each other] Years after they parted, they meet again at a shopping mall. He has a child with him and treats her like a stranger. At a dinner party, she gazes at him. Back then, she had declared that she would only fool around with him when she was bored. Now he sits in the seat of honor. What goes around comes around. Who can esca 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 A Warm Return to the Old Days 温旧时光 [Powerful tycoon romance + reunion after years apart + rekindled love + one true love] Five years ago, Cheng Linsheng ended her relationship with Ding Jingyu with a single call from overseas. She said only, “I’m tired,” and offered no explanation. At the time, Ding Jingyu was still studying abroad. He clutched his phone in his apartment in a foreign country and stayed awake all night. Five years later, Cheng Linsheng is living an orderly life, enduring her mother’s pressure to marry, blind da 520Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 September Has No Thirty-First 九月没有三十一 [Second-chance romance + mutual devotion + love at first sight in their youth] [A gifted writer whose pride has been shattered to pieces] × [A rebellious, deeply devoted heir to a powerful Beijing family] Feng Lingwan and Xie An met because of a misunderstanding. On New Year’s Eve, she was pushed into playing the hero and, in a daze, sent a certain Xie she had never met to the police station. When they met again, the crabapple blossoms at Yanyuan witnessed their heart-stirring encounter, as love 422Reads—Score10014d adds
- 35 I Ran Away From His Proposal, and After We Reunited, the Tycoon Lured Me In and Claimed Me 求婚逃跑，重逢后大佬他诱捕占有 [Second chance romance | Reunion after years apart | Obsessive possessiveness | Pursuit of his wife | Mutual firsts] [Cool, brilliant psychiatrist × Obsessive, ruthless business tycoon] Ruan Tingyu is invited to treat a severely depressed patient whose identity is confidential. The moment she opens the door, her breath catches The pale, ailing man before her is none other than business magnate Lou Shang, and the former lover whose memories she erased and whom she cruelly abandoned five years 1.6kReads8.2Score12114d adds
- 36 Give It One More Try, I'm Actually Easy to Placate 再试一次，我其实很好哄的 [Reunion after years apart + rekindled love + an unconventional second-chance pursuit + sweet romance + everyday life + both leads’ first love + happy ending] [A clear-headed, independent heroine who is no pushover or saint VS a sharp-tongued but soft-hearted hero whose heart has always belonged to one woman] Cheng Xia thought she and Fang Jun would get into Huada together, move to Beicheng, and spend the rest of their lives side by side, sharing every season and the simple pleasures of everyda 273Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 37 Drowning in Starlight 溺星入骨 (Just got a rating, it’ll rise later) [Rekindled romance × reunion after years apart × both virgins × relationship-focused × angst first, sweetness later] [Cool-headed, stubborn, ordinary heroine × aloof, celibate heir to a powerful family] In high school, Jiang Nanxing was the envy of the whole school. Because Fu Siyan, the top student, was completely devoted to her. He tutored her every day and even planned to study abroad with her, laying out her entire future. But she didn’t cherish him and 2.9kReads6.6Score25914d adds
- 38 Love, Once Again 再一次爱情 [Cheerful on the Surface, Quirky Little Writer VS Proud, Devoted Detective] [Reunion After Years Apart + Mending a Broken Relationship + Lighthearted Healing] Lin Songyi spent several years as an obscure little writer. An unexpected incident shattered her peaceful life, forcing her to return to her hometown... She never expected to stumble upon a murder case just after moving into her newly rented home. And the person who came to investigate was none other than her first love, Yu Yanshi. Reunit 2.2kReads—Score23814d adds
- 39 I Loved the Same Person Twice 我爱过两次一样的人 [Reunion after a long separation + Love hidden beneath hatred + Flirtatious push and pull + Devoted favoritism + Bittersweet romance] It turns out that people will fall hopelessly in love with the same person again and again. The Gesang flowers have bloomed for six seasons. For six years, his hatred has been full of love: he hates the obsession he cannot let go of, and loves the addiction to her he cannot break. But she has forgotten everything, completely erasing the traces of the love they onc 528Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 40 Giving In Again 再次认栽 [Reunited After Years Apart + Mending a Broken Relationship + Intense Push and Pull + Sweet Romance After Marriage] A stunning heiress fallen on hard times × a devoted, restrained CEO At university: an arrogant heiress × a computer genius from a middle-class family Seven years after their breakup, they meet again. One has fallen from the clouds, while the other has climbed to the very top. Liao Anqi meets Song Siyuan at her most wretched. The genius young man she once “dumped” has become the bi 3.5kReads8.9Score20714d adds
- 41 Our Meeting Among Billions of Stars 我们的相遇是亿万星辰 [Pure romance... slow-paced. If nobody reads it... I'll read it myself, haha. Yay~ (σ≧∀≦)σ] Our meeting was a miracle, both accidental and inevitable, amid the turning of billions of stars. In this vast universe, it was a unique, silent yet grand expression of love. - Losing someone is heart-wrenching, of course. It leaves a hard-to-heal crack in your life and ushers in a long rainy season. But falling in love with you, that itself is the one rose blooming on my barren wasteland, never to wit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Snow and Storms Engulf Tibet 藏地风雪倾城 At seventeen, Ji Xia is summoned from the humid summer of Hong Kong to the old Shen family residence in Beijing by a phone call. Carrying blood ties that are half unfamiliar and the hidden past of her adoptive parents, she steps into the solemn, shadowy courtyard. Eight years later, beneath the blazing sunlight of Tibet, she meets again the Buddhist scion in crimson robes, his expression calm and composed. This is a long search for “origins” and “a way forward.” The sultry heat of the south and 5.1kReads8.9Score60214d adds
- 43 I Failed to Win Them Over, and My Crush Blocked Me 求爱不成，反被crush拉黑了 [Getting Back Together After a Breakup] [The Ex-Husband-Chasing Crematorium] [Happy Ending] [Passionate, Straightforward Heroine x Gentle, Bashful Hero] During a boring summer break in her freshman year, the heiress toyed with people's feelings for fun and accidentally fell for her own game. When the other person found out and wanted to break up, what was she supposed to do? Beg him to stay? He wouldn't. Make it up to him? He wouldn't accept it. Whatever, whatever. They could just break up. Y 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Three Years of a Cold Marriage: After Our Divorce, My Ex-Husband Clings to Me Every Night 冷婚三年，离婚后前夫夜夜痴缠 [Powerful insider in government + cool, aloof beauty + both virgins + winning back his wife + the powerful man bows his head] Wen Yici never imagined she would see Shen Huaijin again under these circumstances. On the first day after they got their divorce papers, her ex-husband came to inspect her school. Standing in front of her, he introduced himself: “Hello, my name is Shen Huaijin.” Wen Yici smiled bitterly. If he had put even a little effort into their marriage, he would have known the wom 294Reads6.4Score10414d adds
- 45 Tyranny 暴政 [Reunion After Years Apart | Second-Chance Romance | Healing Through Living Together | Says No, Means Yes] [Bad-Boy Chemist CEO × Cool, Reserved Architect] [Youthful Dad × Delicate, Water-Type Little Darling] “On the first night she got drunk and stayed at his place, he took seven cold showers.” At fifteen He went up on tiptoe to pluck a red apricot. “Chen Lv, why do you always drag your feet?” She was firmly hoisted up into the tree. “Cheng Chang, why do you always act on a whim?” At twenty- 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 After I Started Slacking Off as a Wealthy Family’s Daughter-in-Law, My Mother-in-Law Helped Me Soar 豪门儿媳摆烂后，婆婆带我起飞 After the Rich Family's Daughter-in-Law Gave Up, Her Mother-in-Law Helped Her Soar 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 My Mother-in-Law Wanted to Sell My House So Her Younger Son Could Marry. When I Opened the Deed, She Was Stunned 婆婆要卖我的房给小叔子娶媳妇，我翻开房产证她傻了 My Mother-in-Law Wanted to Sell My House So Her Younger Son Could Get Married. She Was Stunned When I Opened the Property Deed —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 At My Mother-in-Law’s 60th Birthday, I Put a PowerPoint on the Hotel’s Big Screen 婆婆六十大寿，我在酒店大屏放了一段PPT At My Mother-in-Law's 60th Birthday Banquet, I Put a PPT on the Hotel's Big Screen 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Night Before My Wedding, I Posted the Dowry List in the Family Group Chat 婚礼前夜，我把彩礼清单发到了家族群 On the Eve of My Wedding, I Posted the Dowry List in the Family Group Chat —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Day 985 as a Stay-at-Home Mom, and I Won an Award at My Husband’s Company Party 全职妈妈第985天，我在老公年会上拿了个奖 Day 985 as a Stay-at-Home Mom: I Won an Award at My Husband’s Company Gala —Reads—Score—14d adds
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