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- 1 Eleven Years of Secret Love, and Mr. Ji Finally Falls Hard 暗恋十一年，季先生彻底沉沦 [Proud Heiress x Lover Who Won't Take No for an Answer, Male Lead Is Pure in Body and Heart] After eleven years of secretly loving her, Ji Yanxun traveled ten hours on the night Jian Qinghe broke up with her boyfriend, all to create a long-planned chance encounter. To outsiders, Ji Yanxun had just dealt with some woman's scumbag ex and seemed to have become her kept man?? He's the CEO of the mighty Ji Group, with the economy in his hands. How could he be someone's kept man? Meanwhile, Jian Qingh 119Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 What Gold Digger? I'm the Big Shot's Most Cherished Girl! 什么捞女，明明是大佬的心尖宠！ Short drama coming soon [Scheming, flirtatious gold-digger / proper on the surface, secretly a tease + push and pull + slow burn + both leads are each other’s first] Lu Yanxiu knew at first glance that Xu Niaoniao was a gold-digger. If it weren’t for his nephew, he wouldn’t have given her any chance to get close to him. But Xu Niaoniao didn’t care. Men were tools for her to climb the social ladder, and she was always picking out new prey. But it didn’t take long for him to go from liking her to 14.2kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
- 3 The Heavenly Dao Is Glitching: Ascension Forbidden 天道故障，禁止飞升 In 2026, humanity confirmed for the first time that gluons, which mediate the strong force, could bind to one another and form matter made of “force.” Forty-one years later, following this path, humanity created the first artificial golden core. From then on, cultivation became an engineering discipline. Spiritual roots could be tested, Dao foundations implanted, and ascension given national standards. Zhou Jiming’s job was to investigate those who ascended outside the approved standards. Un 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Fallen Leaves Return to the Forest 落叶归于林 [Reunited after years apart + A slow-burn romance + Sweet devotion + Both leads are each other's only ones + Healing] [An insecure, sensitive heroine x A gentle, steadfast hero] That day, Ye Zi sat by the road, crying quietly for a long time, until a hand reached out to her with a pack of tissues. “Are you okay?” the young man's voice was clear and gentle, tinged with uncertainty. “Here, take these.” His slender, fair hand, with its distinct knuckles, reached out a little farther. Ye Zi might 523Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A Peck on the Rose 啄吻玫瑰 [Showbiz + sweet romance, no angst + secret love finally returned + a playgirl turns over a new leaf + mutually exclusive devotion] [Beauty who knows how to use her charms, kept woman × aloof on the outside, secretly flirtatious benefactor] 1. Everyone knew Song Wuyang was famous for her beauty, but hardly anyone knew she had a benefactor behind her. Even fewer knew her contract with him was about to expire. As a kept woman, Song Wuyang was utterly heartless. When her benefactor wanted sex 132Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 6 So What If He’s Arrogant? Lu Chenxiao Is Crazy About Him 嚣张跋扈又怎样，陆沉枭他超爱 Lan An is the most brazen little princess in the imperial capital, and she has loved Zhou Lin'an since childhood. On her eighteenth birthday, she carefully prepared to confess her feelings, only to overhear him talking with a scheming woman: “If her family weren’t useful, who’d bother pretending? She’s spoiled and overbearing. I can’t stand her!” That day, Lan An played the recording in front of everyone, smashed the necklace they shared as a token of love, and left the country. Six years later, 232Reads—Score112Shelves
- 7 She Turned the Entire Billionaire's Circle Upside Down on Her Own 她凭一己之力，炸翻豪门圈 [A stunning, spirited heroine + devoted one-on-one romance + a male lead who's both wolfish and puppy-like + hellish pursuit of his wife + putting scumbags in their place] Gu Mengqing had done nothing but leave a one-star review on a brainless novel. The next second, she became the book's ill-fated fake heiress. The original heroine had gone mad for love, made a mess of everything, and ultimately jumped to her death. Her scumbag husband, Leng Yihui, was celebrating his new marriage with his tr 35Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 8 Clear-Eyed Yet Sinking: The Heiress Is So Beautiful, He Gets on His Knees to Comfort Her 清醒沉沦，大小姐太美他跪着哄 [Wholesome romance] [Scheming, devoted heir × Arrogant, clever heiress] Everyone in Nancheng knew that the Ji family's heiress was madly in love with the Gu family's young master. But no one knew why, not long after returning to the country, she used a master key card to open the presidential suite of the Lu family's elusive, dignified heir. Lu Yusheng: “Miss Ji, did you get the wrong room?” Ji Anran locked the door behind her. “I came here to sleep with you, Lu Yusheng.” After one wild night, J 2kReads8.7Score168Shelves
- 9 The Aloof Uncle Loses Control: He Can No Longer Hide His Tenderness 清冷小叔失控，他的温柔藏不住 [The aloof, celibate head of the Xie family x the little princess of the Shi family, devoted to each other, happy ending] On New Year’s Eve, Shi Yi gets a call from the police station, telling her to come pick up her son. Is the country being so generous these days that you don’t even have to give birth to your own son? They just hand one over? Did some child get lost? Unable to argue with the officer, Shi Yi has no choice but to go to the station. Wow, that’s quite a kid. Eighteen years old! Sh 8.6kReads7.0Score708Shelves
- 10 What?! The King of Hell Told Me to Save That Blind Top-Tier Star 惊！阎王让我去救那个瞎眼顶流 [Younger man/older woman romance + super sweet + both are each other's first and only + showbiz + satisfying revenge] Li Zhi was so desperate she wanted to jump off a building. She survived, only to fall into the Eighteenth Level of Hell. The King of Hell made her experience thirty days of the Mountain of Blades and the Cauldron of Boiling Oil, then asked, “Still want to die?” Li Zhi sobbed, “I want to live! I want to live to be a hundred!” The King of Hell gave her a portable space, with just o 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Reborn as a Superstar 重生之盖世巨星 Li Mo wakes up one day to find that the world has changed. There is no Li Bai, Du Fu, or Su Dongpo... no Jay Chou, Eason Chan, or Jacky Cheung... There are none of the familiar classics, poems, songs, novels, or films... The only thing that hasn't changed is that Li Mo is still an obscure livestreamer, and his wife is holding divorce papers... Reborn into this world, Li Mo casts off his despair and dejection, and vows to become a legendary superstar for the ages! 4kReads8.4Score368Shelves
- 12 After My Parents Died, My Brother Packed Me Off Abroad 父母双亡后，我被亲哥打包出了国 A fox-like, brilliant, affection-starved beauty of an older brother X a sunny, pig-tailed younger sister overflowing with love (Both siblings have their own love interests, and the brother's is male. Sorry if that's not your thing.) The story follows the two siblings. In his second year of high school, Yuan Zhuo had a huge fight with his parents and left home alone. He never returned to that small county town. Eight years later, while living across the ocean, he received a call from an unfamilia 27.8kReads8.1Score3.6kShelves
- 13 Don’t Call Me Senior, Call Me Husband 别叫学长，叫老公 [Sweet romance + devoted couple + hilarious antics. Complete, a short story of 250,000 characters. Read with confidence.] From the very first day Chi Yue started college, her goofy older brother, Chi Zheng, worried that his nemesis, Zhou Zeyuan, would try to take advantage of her. Determined not to let his own little sister fall into the clutches of that big bad wolf, Chi Zheng did his best to set her up with his longtime online buddy. When he found out his matchmaking had succeeded, Chi Zheng l 1.1kReads8.6Score104Shelves
- 14 Sweet 1970s Romance: The Rugged Man's Spirit-Spring Doctor 七零甜宠：糙汉的灵泉小娇医 [Period setting + mutual firsts + super sweet + raising a child] Gu Wanwan, heir to a modern family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, was in a car accident and plunged into the sea. Her blood stained her family’s ancestral jade bangle, and she suddenly transmigrated to 1975, landing right in the arms of Lu Guoting, a burly man bathing in a lake. A stern but guileless son of a production-team leader meets a petite yet spirited “little fairy,” and a sweet romance across time begins. L 1.1kReads—Score126Shelves
- 15 Good Fortune in Quick Transmigration: The Male Leads Are All Obsessed with Collecting Babies 好孕快穿：男主们都有崽崽收集癖 (New book, score just opened and will rise) [Quick Transmigration + Childbearing System + Men with No Heirs + Emotional Conquest + Lighthearted, Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion Across All Worlds] Shi Jiao died, then came back to life. Bound to a Childbearing System, she receives a task that sounds simple: transmigrate to different worlds and bear children for their favored sons of destiny. Everyone assumes that this seemingly cool and delicate woman is just a sweet little thing anyone can push a 166Reads—Score119Shelves
- 16 After Sharing Dreams, the Actress Is Pampered by the Villainous Regent 共梦后，女星被反派摄政王娇养了 [Shared dreams + forced relationship + mutual salvation + innocent, alluring, sweet-natured actress + domineering, sinister regent + both virgins + daddy-type boyfriend] She thought she’d run into a seductive ghost. He thought she was a spy sent by his political rival. Su Wuli has a secret: every night, she dreams about Yuchen, the villainous regent in the novel she’s been following. In her dreams, he is violent and controlling, watching her with the possessive gaze of someone looking at his own 4.2kReads8.9Score540Shelves
- 17 Quick Transmigration: Cannon Fodder, Don't Be Afraid. Your Protector Is Here 快穿：炮灰别怕，护你们的来啦 World One: My top-tier star sister was about to give a gift to some nobody when she saw a guy with bleached blond hair beside me. She shrieked, “Why are you dating a blondie?” The blondie put an arm around my waist, a lollipop dangling from his mouth. “I learned it from you, Sis.” Sister: “...” She was so furious she forgot who the nobody was. World Two: On the day the fake heiress was kicked out of her home, she stood in the rain, on the verge of a breakdown. The next second, two children rushe 8.4kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 18 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 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 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 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 After I Was Cheated On, I Replaced the Groom 被劈腿后，我直接换了新郎 [Marriage First, Love Later] [Both Leads Are Pure] [Two Powerful Families] [Sweet Romance After Marriage] * The day before her wedding, Wen Wan caught her fiance cheating. If that was how things stood, she would simply switch grooms on the wedding day. "Mr. He, I'd like to invite you to marry me." * On the wedding day, the groom fled in shame. While the guests were still in shock, the doors at the center of the venue slowly swung open. At the far end of the red carpet stood a tall, slender figur 74Reads—Score109Shelves
- 21 The Zombie Sect 僵门 Jiang Ye, son of a drought demon, founds the Corpse Sect to clear the name of the zombie kind. He risks everything to save his mother, sealed away in the Celestial Realm. At the same time, he announces to the world that the life of a zombie is about more than drinking blood and eating corpses... 117Reads—Score220Shelves
- 22 Burning with Desire 春心欲燃 [Two Beijing power couples + devoted to each other + ultra-sweet, heart-fluttering romance + mutual secret crushes] [Cold, domineering, dangerously obsessive powerhouse VS graceful, cultured beauty in a qipao] Everyone in the capital knew that Second Brother Liao was cold and aloof, a forbidden flower perched high on a cliff that no one could pluck. But no one knew that for eight years, this untouchable flower had dreamed of the same person every night. * Much later, someone witnessed it with th 536Reads8.6Score103Shelves
- 23 I Failed to Escape, and Now a Possessive Tycoon Coaxes Me Night After Night 跑路失败，被偏执大佬夜夜诱哄 [A Clingy Sweetheart x A Refined Scoundrel | Marriage First, Love Later] On her first day after transmigrating into a book, Ruan Yuzhen knew she wouldn't live to see the ending. She had become the villainess who stole the male lead's life-saving credit, then wreaked havoc after their marriage. Once the truth came out, He Xun would throw her into a crocodile pond, where she would die without a bone left behind. So she made three ironclad rules: don't act like a villainess, pretend to be obedient 676.9kReads9.3Score128.1kShelves
- 24 The Bright Day in the Capital 京时明昼 [Six-year age gap · Both devoted only to each other · A true marriage-first, love-later romance] To secure a connection to the top-tier Jing family, Yun Zhou is pressured by her family to marry the Jing family’s notorious Fourth Young Master. With nowhere else to turn, Yun Zhou gets courage from alcohol and goes to face his older brother. “Big brother… would you marry me?” He is stern and imposing, aloof and refined, with the calm authority of someone born to rule in every gesture. At first, Yun 31.9kReads8.9Score4.3kShelves
- 25 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 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Obsessive Big Shot Has Been Secretly in Love with Me for Years 偏执大佬，他苦恋我多年 [Both leads are devoted only to each other + Reunion after years apart + He secretly loves her + Forced marriage and possessive pursuit + Happy ending] [The male lead is no saint, and the female lead is no naive pushover] On the street where they meet again, my heart recognizes you before I do. Shen Tinghe has secretly loved Tang Liyang for decades. But he has never dared to get close to her. One day at a club, he met a woman whose features resembled hers, so he had a brief relationship with her 5.8kReads8.1Score408Shelves
- 27 Treasure Hunting in Fantasy Westward Journey 我在梦幻西游挖宝图 A Super Treasure Map? What the heck is that? Some new item in Fantasy Westward Journey? Wu Yue was baffled. Never mind, let's dig and see what turns up. Ding! Congratulations! You've unearthed 1 million yuan! Wu Yue: “What the heck?!” Alipay deposit received: 1 million yuan! Wu Yue: “Holy crap!!!” 2.8kReads8.2Score111Shelves
- 28 I Work as Meng Po's Underling 我给孟婆当小弟 I’m the young apprentice of Meng Po. I’m your comeuppance. I’m the most terrifying urban legend. I’m a mage who walks in the darkness. I’m the guardian of the order between yin and yang. I’m also the unluckiest person in the world. The story begins on Tomb-Sweeping Day, when I arranged to meet a girl I’d been chatting with for a long time... 637Reads7.8Score102Shelves
- 29 Kiss the Dimple 吻梨涡 [Bold, straightforward, energetic girl VS gentle, calculating, jealous sweetheart] [College campus | Secret crush becomes mutual | Childhood friends | Age gap | SC] Also known as Kissing Me a Few Times Counts as Getting to Know Me. A slow-burn, sweet romance well worth checking out~ - To outsiders, Pei Yue is gentle yet aloof, humble and polite, academically brilliant, and the campus heartthrob year after year. He has plenty of admirers and is always composed. He’s practically perfect. But in Ch 175Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Whole Family Keeps Holding Him Back, Making It So Hard for the Marshal to Win His Wife Back 全家都在拖后腿，大帅追妻太难了 The first major thing Ji Hongzhou did after taking over as commander was arrange a marriage alliance with the warlord Qin family. The two armies would form an alliance and join forces. Qin Yin’s marriage to Ji Hongzhou was a perfect match of man and woman, and of equal status. It should have been a happy ending for everyone. But six months into the marriage, Qin Yin was left alone in an empty bedroom, disliked by her mother-in-law and at odds with her husband’s family. When Commander Ji returned 4.7kReads8.8Score408Shelves
- 31 A Tempting Catch! Mr. Gu Brings His Future Son to Claim His Place 诱钓！顾先生带着未来儿子求上位 (Story complete) Sweet, well-behaved girl (little fox) VS older, stern, fatherly man [Long-Standing Schemes + Older Man + Fake Siblings + Everyday Life Raising a Child + Both First-Timers] Xu Zhiyi was raised in the Gu household from childhood. At twenty-one, she learned the truth about her upbringing and stormed out of the house. The day her first love proposed to her aboard a cruise ship, a five-year-old boy hurled a pebble at him. “Where'd this good-for-nothing come from?” Then he pouted and 896Reads—Score106Shelves
- 32 From the Start, I Have 50 Million, and You Want Me to Start a School? 开局5000万，让我办学校？？ [Schools + Growth + Education and Mentorship + Driving Social Development] [What do people think of Yingcai School?] [Netizen: A school where students start earning money as soon as they enroll. They say every student graduates with 50,000 yuan in their pocket!] [Qiandu: Yingcai Vocational and Technical School is the most distinctive school in our country. It focuses on entrepreneurship, and 80% of its graduates become well-known business owners or senior executives.] [Renowned economist: My vi 175.1kReads8.5Score21.8kShelves
- 33 Deadly Tenderness 致命温宠 Everyone knew that Li Beichen had no attachments, no weaknesses, and no compassion. He was cold-blooded and seemed to lack all human emotion and desire. But Su Jin knew him as gentle and charming. He would coax her softly, and if she wanted the stars, he would go and pluck them from the sky. He had loved her for so long that she could only spend her whole life repaying him. [A Little Bonus Scene]✎: Mrs. Li was pregnant. Someone came rushing back from abroad, grinning from ear to ear for days 1.5kReads8.8Score109Shelves
- 34 With a Clear Heart, It's Easy to Get Close to You 澄心诚易靠近你 With a clear and sincere heart, it’s easy to get close to you 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 My Boyfriend Was Ice-Cold, But He Fell Apart When I Broke Up With Him 男友冷冰冰，提分手他却破防了 [Mutual First Love / Living Together / Sweet Romance] Lin Wangxi discovers that she’s the wicked fake heiress in a melodramatic novel. The plot tells her that she has only half a year left before she dies for no apparent reason. When the real heiress returns, she has nowhere to go. Unexpectedly, it’s the down-and-out boyfriend she forced into the relationship who takes her in. Zhou Jinyuan, the novel’s major villain. His parents are both dead, his relatives have cast him out, and he and hi 20.8kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves
- 36 Caught Pretending to Be a Big Shot’s Girlfriend, She’s Forced to Make It Official 冒充大佬女友被逮，按头转正 [Top Madman of Beijing's Elite Circle × Timid, Adorable Sweetheart] To find her friend, Yun Miao pretended to be the girlfriend of Sheng Yinian, a top magnate of Beijing's elite circle. As a result, his special assistant caught her on the spot and took her straight to the real deal. “President Sheng, your girlfriend is here.” The moment the assistant finished speaking, the private room fell silent. Yun Miao's legs immediately went weak. How could this assistant, who looked so meticulous, be so u 90.5kReads9.0Score11.5kShelves
- 37 Tomb Raiding: I'm a Player, Not Split-Personality, Okay? 盗墓，是玩家不是精分吖 [No romance, lighthearted, slice of life] The rating has only just opened. There may be out-of-character moments, and my writing isn't great. If you don't like it, please don't be mean. Pretty please... (｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡)… Wu Suowei is an interstellar orphan who grew up in a cultivation pod and doesn't know who her parents are. By chance, she saw a game recommendation page and entered the game. But because the System took control while her character was being generated, the Wu family mistakenly thought s 33.5kReads8.8Score4.5kShelves
- 38 I Transmigrated into a Wicked Supporting Actress and Married the Down-and-Out Hero to Raise Kids 穿成恶毒女配和落魄男主拼婚养娃 [Transmigrate into a book, heroine enters the book in her own body, everyday-life focus, living together and raising a child before falling in love] Song Kening transmigrates into a book and walks right in on the truly wicked villainess drugging the male lead, Lu Zhiyu! In a panic, she drinks all the water that’s left. One night of passion later, the two have already crossed the point of no return. Three months after the truly wicked villainess drugs the male lead to force him into marriage, Lu 44.8kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
- 39 Why Is It So Hard to Kill a Madman?! 要杀死一个疯子怎么这么难！ A Chu is a ghost. She knows she lives in a storybook world called “The Graveyard of Transmigrators.” One day, she sees a blood-soaked young man gazing warmly at one transmigrator after another. “I’m here to save you!” “System, hurry up and give me cheats, then bind our pain senses!” “Si Chengyang, I’m your future wife!” In the end, all the people who transmigrated into books cry, “No, don’t kill me!” As bodies with crushed throats pile up like a mountain, the white-haired young man in red sighs. 138.3kReads9.3Score18.3kShelves
- 40 Chang'an in Its Glory 长安风流 Tang Dynasty, Zhenguan era: the realm is as beautiful as a painting, and Chang’an is a city of elegance and breathtaking beauties. Monsters and heroes admire one another; talented scholars dance alongside lovely women. Behind fragrant boudoir curtains, amid clashing spears and horses, the startling twang of a pipa string echoes through the heavens. This is really a story about a big brother eloping with an entire era. 65Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 41 A Little Sister Needs a Man Who'll Be Her Mom! 妹宝就是要配男妈妈！ [A possessive, nurturing male lead × a bold, spoiled heroine who acts sweet but is secretly calculating] [Both leads are each other's one and only! Both are each other's one and only! Both are each other's one and only!] [The side couple is a male-male pairing!!] [The male lead calls the heroine “hubby,” but this is absolutely a straight romance, not 4i] [This is not a romance that conforms to conventional values. The heroine is a bad-tempered rich girl who pretends to be sweet, and the male lea 11.9kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
- 42 Mr. Fu Has Ulterior Motives and Plays His Moves Step by Step 居心不净，傅先生他步步为营 [Sweet romance]+ [Marriage before love + secret crush comes true]+ [Gentle little bunny × restrained, deranged CEO]+ [Both virgins] Fu Yushen found Qi Nian crying miserably on the street in the pouring rain. Late at night, at a hotel. A powerful CEO from a wealthy family and a beautiful, down-on-her-luck star. What happened between them goes without saying. Many people said Fu Yushen was just having fun and would eventually marry a well-bred socialite from a family like his own. Others said Fu Y 1.1kReads9.1Score115Shelves
- 43 Oh No! The Gluttonous Girl Can't Hide What She's Thinking 糟糕！大馋丫头心声藏不住啦 Cheng Yan, who had always been indifferent to worldly desires, obeyed his family's wishes and married the virtuous and proper Bai Yixuan. As the model of a refined young lady in Jingzhou, Bai Yixuan was gentle, virtuous, obedient, and sensible. Cheng Yan, who focused solely on his career and disliked being disturbed, was very satisfied with her. Recently, though, something strange seemed to be happening. He could apparently hear Bai Yixuan's thoughts. That was fine. Even her innermost thought 18.6kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves
- 44 My CEO Boyfriend Is Crazy About Me 霸总男友超爱我 My CEO Boyfriend Is Crazy About Me 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Summer Blossom Tea 夏花茶 [Long-Plotting Romance + Blunt Secret Crush + She Pursues Him + Age Gap + Sweet Romance] When Su Tong entered Wu Shiqian’s field of vision, she also stirred up his stagnant, lifeless routine. What Wu Shiqian didn’t know was that the young woman had been planning to win him over for a long time. A man worn out by both love and life had no chance of resisting a vibrant young woman as passionate as midsummer. The rare times Wu Shiqian ever “surrendered without a fight” in his life were all for Su T 1.2kReads9.4Score118Shelves
- 46 Rose Forest 蔷薇森林 “In Northwind Alley at night, Gu Yan surveyed the aftermath of a farce and tapped Yu Fei on the chest with her fingertip, her tone arrogant and provocative. “Stay out of my business from now on. I don't date goody-two-shoes from the honors class.” Yu Fei lowered his head, his brown hair hiding his soulful eyes. He looked a little dejected. “Then... what kind of guy do you like?” “Isn't it obvious?” Gu Yan rubbed the dust off the back of her hand on his white shirt and yawned. “A bad boy. Wild, g 54Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 47 A Full-Time Wife to a Pervert: High Risk, High Pay, High Spirits 给变态做全职太太，高危高薪高兴 [Marriage First, Love Later · Two Obsessive, Scheming, and Unhinged Leads Finding Salvation] After getting kicked in the head by a donkey, Song Cixing awakened to the truth about her life. She was a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a novel, the foil to the heroine. Because she was unloved, she was ordered to marry a man with an extreme personality in the heroine's place. According to rumor, Su Mingyuan was wealthy, cruel, twisted, bloodthirsty, and cold. His extreme behavior was unbe 7.5kReads8.7Score805Shelves
- 48 Falling Back in My Youth 沉落少年时 A bittersweet older-woman/younger-man romance: restrained, devoted younger man × gentle, clear-eyed senior - Puppy-like younger man, five years younger; two highly intelligent equals; neither is sexually inexperienced; happy ending - Bittersweet unrequited love + forbidden fantasies + the one in power lowering his head + reunion after years apart + love growing over time - Five years later, Chen Che and Shen Yu meet again. The poor, gifted boy from a small town has become a top technical directo 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 He'd Planned It for Years, and the Capital's Top Heir Forced Me to Marry Him 蓄谋已久，我被京圈太子强娶了 [Sweet, clearheaded young artist who acts obediently × calculating, devoted heir] [Mutual pining + madly in love but still falling for each other after marriage + male lead has been plotting for ages + second male lead's redemption arc] - Lin Miao thought Zhou Ze'an would be her salvation. Until she heard him say in a mocking tone, “A useless woman is only good for marrying and keeping at home.” Lin Miao called off the engagement without hesitation and walked away. But halfway down the road, she 2.2kReads8.2Score267Shelves
- 50 My Card-Based Cuisine Conquers the Interstellar World 我的卡牌美食征服全星际 Gourmet healing + raising card spirits + farming and management + no romance Reborn in the interstellar era, master chef Su Miaomiao was saddled with an enormous debt and left to tend an abandoned, uninhabited planet. Then she activated her ancestral bracelet. A spirit spring irrigated the wasteland, and an ancient Earth seed bank reappeared. Even more unexpectedly, she bonded with a Gourmet Card System. Every dish that brought happiness could generate its own card, with random drops of seeds, 242Reads—Score102Shelves
