Novels like Even a Practical Marriage Can Burn Bright
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- 1 After Mistaking My Marriage Match, He Can't Get Enough of Me 认错联姻对象后，他超爱 Strangers to lovers after an arranged marriage / powerful man learns to bow his head / he can't get enough Gentle beauty & strict, stern big shot At first, Xu Qingwu thought her arranged match was a playboy. She figured it would be great: they could each do their own thing. She only found out at their premarital checkup that there'd been a mix-up. Her match was the playboy's uncle, Cen Xihuai, who was rumored to have no interest in women and to be a model of restraint and propriety. Right after 7.8kReads8.8Score99214d adds
- 2 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
- 3 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
- 4 Insane! Whose Mortal Enemies Have Three Kids in Three Years? 颠！谁家死对头三年抱三崽 (Completed) [Original Title: I Had Three Kids with My Archrival] (Rating will rise) [Both Pure and Faithful + Sweet Romance + Adorable Kids + Little Ones + One-on-One Romance + Secret Crush + Everyday Modern Romance + Bickering Couple] Everyone in Hucheng knew that Fan Yunhua, the eldest daughter of the Fan family, and He Beiye, the eldest son of the He family, couldn't stand each other. Whenever they met, they would start arguing. They were true archrivals. Who would have thought that one day, 8.9kReads7.0Score55914d adds
- 5 His Bones Were Cold as Ice, Yet He Was Undone by Her Slender Waist 他一身冷骨，败给一把软腰 (Two powerful families + marriage first, love later + a formidable team: a seemingly sweet but secretly cunning heroine vs. a devoted CEO) Rumor has it that the third young lady of the Nan family trapped Second Master Fu into marriage by getting pregnant. Unwilling to be manipulated, Second Master Fu planned to keep the child and get rid of the mother. Little did he know, the third young lady of the Nan family had exactly the same idea. Second Master Fu, sharp-edged and stern, stormed her hom 5.9kReads9.1Score50214d adds
- 6 I Flirted with the Wrong Jerk's Uncle! The Chaste Master Fu Races to Marry Me 错撩渣男小叔！禁欲傅爷抢着联姻 [Marriage first, love later + long-planned seduction + stealing someone else's partner + eight-year age gap + both leads are inexperienced + explosive sexual tension + possessive] Naive, affection-starved, scheming little white rabbit × abstinent, restrained, flirtatious uncle Jiang Zhi was drugged and stumbled around looking for her fiancé. As she passed the Fu family study, a pair of large, well-defined hands pulled her inside. It was her fiancé's uncle, Fu Yanzhou. Rumor had it he was abstine 25.6kReads7.7Score1.9k14d adds
- 7 Our Marriage Alliance Expired, and After the Divorce, the Abstinent Tycoon Kissed Me to Tears 联姻到期离婚，被禁欲大佬亲哭了 Marriage first, love later / Slow-burn sweet romance / Older man / Secret marriage Clearheaded, delicate beauty x Abstinent, scheming powerhouse from Beijing’s elite The Fu and Wen families arrange a marriage, and Wen Zhi, newly acknowledged by the Wen family, marries Fu Yanxiu. He’s the current head of one of Beijing’s top families, tall and long-legged, with a stunning face. Unfortunately, he’s disciplined and proper, and keeps women at a distance. Before they register their marriage, he hands 14.1kReads6.9Score87114d adds
- 8 Kiss! Get Him Good and Confused While He's Drunk, and Make Him Fall in an Instant 啵！趁醉时亲懵他，让他一秒沦陷 The physical edition of Bite the Hook is now available for purchase on all platforms. Everyone says it's better to make peace than to hold a grudge, but Chi Yang not only fell out with her childhood friend Xie Youci, she's also been told by her family to marry him. When the media reports rumors of their arranged marriage, Chi Yang calmly sips her tea. “I'm straight, and I'm not marrying a dog.” Xie Youci swirls his wine with a cool, aloof air and sneers disdainfully. “What kind of lunatic would 5.8kReads9.3Score78614d adds
- 9 My Arranged Marriage Wife Is So Sweet, the Capital's Big Shot Can't Hold Back 联姻老婆好甜，京圈大佬节制不住 Marriage first, love later / A sweet, slow-burn romance / Older man / Both are each other’s one and only A cool, distant beauty x a steady, calculating, fatherly type At twenty-two, Jian Xi accidentally discovered that she was the biological daughter of a wealthy business tycoon. She gained a pair of rich parents, and a husband through an arranged marriage. Her husband was Zhou Boting, the current head of the Zhou family. Rumor had it that he was disciplined and reserved, and at twenty-six had n 20.5kReads6.7Score1.6k14d adds
- 10 She Refused the Arranged Marriage and Drove a Political Heir Wild 拒绝联姻，她把政圈少爷钓疯了 Childhood Sweethearts Series 4: The short drama is now streaming! Wild and arrogant political heir ✖ Bright, flirtatious princess of the capital [College Campus ✚ Flirty Push and Pull ✚ Childhood Sweethearts Reunited After Years Apart ✚ Satisfying Story with No Miscommunication ✚ Devoted, Sweet Romance with Both Leads' First Times] A prestigious university for the powerful. This is an original setting, so please check your brain at the door. * Si Wang, the eldest son of a political dynasty, has 36.7kReads9.0Score3.8k14d adds
- 11 Mr. Shang, Take It Easy on Our Wedding Night! 商先生，新婚请节制！ (Marriage first, love later + A gentle, slow-burn sweet romance) (Signed for publication) At twenty-seven, Wen Xi accidentally learns that she isn’t her parents’ biological daughter. Overnight, she has new parents, and even her fiancé changes. Her new fiancé, Shang Chen, is renowned in Beijing for being stern, cold, and taciturn. Everyone holds him in awe. People in their social circle all say that this newlywed couple, brought together halfway through life, probably won’t amount to much and won 67.2kReads9.1Score6.8k14d adds
- 12 A Marriage That Lasts Forever 地久婚长 Marriage first, love later / slow-burn, sweet romance Fu Qingshao's only condition for agreeing to an arranged marriage is that he wants no emotional entanglements with his future wife. In short, he hopes she won't love him, and that they can treat each other with mutual respect. Meng Yu, the youngest daughter of the Meng family, fits his ideal perfectly. She has just broken up with her ex-boyfriend, and there's still a tear stain at the corner of her eye when she's forced to go on a blind date. 147.7kReads9.3Score18.2k14d adds
- 13 After the Morning Sickness, My Sugar Daddy Panicked 孕吐后，金主他急疯了 After the Morning Sickness, Her Sugar Daddy Panics 21.7kReads—Score27214d adds
- 14 A Love That’s Real 确有情 [Part Two Has Been Updated] Yang Huiqing spent many years abroad. The first thing she did after returning home was insist on marrying Ji Qinglin. Just how little did the two of them know each other? They didn't meet until the day of their wedding photoshoot, and neither of them even had the other's contact information. She had assumed that in this marriage of convenience, forged for the benefit of their families, they would at most treat each other with polite respect. But who could have guessed 11.8kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 15 A Marriage in the Capital, Still Strangers 京婚不熟 A true marriage-first, love-later story / Marriage between wealthy families / Five-year age gap / The powerful one learns to lower his head Clear-headed and gentle heroine vs. stern, fatherly hero When her older sister runs away from her wedding, Jiang Ni obeys her father’s arrangements and marries her would-be brother-in-law. Her new husband is the head of the top-tier Zhou family in Beijing. He’s said to be a workaholic with no worldly desires, cold and stern. He leaves on a business trip on t 76.3kReads9.0Score12.3k14d adds
- 16 Soft and Fragrant in His Arms, the Capital’s Princeling Falls for Her 香软入怀，京圈太子爷沦陷了 Soft and Sweet in His Arms, the Capital’s Top Heir Falls for Her 15.9kReads—Score28214d adds
- 17 You Bastard, You Win This Time 狗男人，算你厉害 You Bastard, You Win This Time 2.8kReads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Five Years with a Contraceptive Ring, and He Knelt in the Ancestral Hall on the Day We Parted 五年避子环，和离当天他跪穿祠堂 Five Years Wearing a Contraceptive Ring, He Knelt Until His Knees Bled in the Ancestral Hall on the Day We Parted 2.5kReads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Older Men!! A Ferrari Is Still a Ferrari, Even When It’s Old 年上！！法拉利老了依然是法拉利 Older woman!! A Ferrari is still a Ferrari, even when it's old. 32.5kReads—Score44714d adds
- 20 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8k14d adds
