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- 51 Concealed Affection 隐藏爱意 I Six years ago, Ning Zhi was caught kissing Shen Yizhi. Shen Yizhi rejected her without hesitation. Six years later, after a long separation and a series of twists of fate, the two register their marriage on the very first day same-sex marriage becomes legal. They agree to get what they each want and keep feelings out of it. To make the marriage last a little longer, Ning Zhi decides to hide her feelings. II Ning Zhi downloads a dating app. By day, she films scenes with Shen Yizhi and pretend 66.2kFavorites78.4kClicks/ch92.3kGifts
- 52 The Sick Wife 病妻 Feng Xin was truly exhausted. Twenty years ago, her girlfriend suffered a brain injury in an accident, and when she woke up, her mind was no longer right. Feng Xin watched helplessly as the dazzling goddess of the past became a fool who talked to herself, screamed and shouted, and couldn't take care of herself at all. Now in her forties, Feng Xin had grown numb to her wife's frequent outbursts. She should have left Shang Congshu twenty years ago. Then she wouldn't have spent most of her life s 56.8kFavorites73kClicks/ch38.5kGifts
- 53 After I Washed Up on a Desert Island, a Mermaid Took Me Home 流落荒岛被美人鱼捡回家后 [Human X Mermaid, Switches, Happy Ending] * Love is like water: it takes a thousand forms. You may not be able to touch it, but it will gently surround you., The Shape of Water * [Blurb 1] After a shipwreck, Yun Xi sank to the ocean floor with the vessel. Just before she lost consciousness, soft lips pressed against hers. When she woke again, she was in a murky pool, with a woman lying beside her. The woman was completely naked, with long, wavy hair like a thick mass of seaweed. Her features 53.9kFavorites59.4kClicks/ch89.1kGifts
- 54 Love Between Jing and Wei 泾渭情殇 Adapted from "Jing and Wei: A Love Story" on Jinjiang Literature City, originally written by Qing Jun Mo Xiao. Produced by Yin Hang Media and available exclusively on Maoer FM. Please listen to the audio drama "Jing and Wei: Without a Divide". The first preview was released on May 3, 2023. Starting May 10, one full episode will be released each week, for a total of 14 episodes. Let’s step into the world of “Jing and Wei: Without a Divide” together! Up next: "My Ghostly Lady" The natural barrie 109.5kFavorites107.3kClicks/ch124.8kGifts
- 55 Her Tent**lese 她的触手 [An ongoing nonhuman romance in the same series, "My Senior Isn't Human," is also welcome to your collections. And would you be so kind as to give this novel a five-star review?] [The cover features the bottom!] The day after her breakup, Shu Yao was introduced to a matchmaking event by a friend. She took a liking to Director Lin, the cold beauty from Nanshan Hospital, a renowned surgical expert. The lovely Lin was gentle and considerate. Every day, she picked Shu Yao up a 47.8kFavorites44.4kClicks/ch60.3kGifts
- 56 Seeing the Dragon 见龙 Reading guide (please make sure to read this): 1: This novel has anti-piracy protection. If your purchase percentage is below 70 percent, the latest chapter will appear as an anti-piracy chapter. 2: The heroine has flaws in her personality. In the first few chapters, you may want to punch her in the head (the characters’ values do not represent the author’s). She will grow and change. Read with caution!!! 3: The r 64.9kFavorites96.5kClicks/ch84kGifts
- 57 A Midlife Romance Patch 中年恋爱补丁 [The print edition on the mainland is titled Patch Loading and is available on all platforms.] In 2035, facing a midlife crisis, Xu Youyuan decides to experience romance firsthand so she can create a dating game. She swallows her pride and takes the plunge. She never expected to land herself in big trouble. Xu Youyuan: “Don’t ask. What good could come from dating a kid?” Shi Yue: “Want me to remind you of the 300-word rave review you wrote yourself?” A review from an anonymous user: “I have to s 75.7kFavorites135.1kClicks/ch130.9kGifts
- 58 Give Me Your Heart 予我心动 When Ye Qizhen ran into her “love rival,” Wen Yu, again at university, she thought they’d clash like fire and water. But when she got sick, Wen Yu brought her medicine. When she felt lonely, Wen Yu quietly kept her company. When she was sad, Wen Yu hugged her and comforted her. And what did Wen Yu mean by kissing her? Weren’t they supposed to 115.3kFavorites126.9kClicks/ch84.7kGifts
- 59 A Rose Veiled in Snow 玫瑰含雪 Follow publication updates on Weibo: @XiaotanyiMu Blurb: Song Yingshi is transported into a melodramatic romance novel built around choosing among multiple love interests. The heroine, Huai Xu, is breathtakingly beautiful and is fought over by several powerful men. Before Song Yingshi has even met Huai Xu, she receives a mission: kiss Huai Xu passionately. Song Yingshi, a straight woman, is dumbfounded: ??? - When the male lead brings a contract to threaten Huai Xu, Song Yingshi cuts him off ha 99kFavorites150.2kClicks/ch191kGifts
- 60 She Is the Protagonist 她是主角 The print edition under the same title is now available on all platforms. ● None of the characters are based on real people. Please respect that, thank you. ● No adaptations. No adaptations. No adaptations. ● Tang Hanqiu x Yu Rubing, 1v1, HE. ● Lighthearted, goofy comedy. Everything serves the plot, so please don't overthink the logic. ● Weibo: @HasTheCuckooPassedOutFromTheHeatToday ● War 105.6kFavorites176.8kClicks/ch142.6kGifts
- 61 Exploring the Void Mausoleum 探虚陵 [Complete! New bonus chapters: Where the Bamboo Grove Leads / Country Living / Catastrophe / Two Birthday Stories / Pear Blossoms by the Table / Love for Eternity / A Long-Standing Scheme] An expedition sparked by several unearthed pieces of gold foil, strange and eerie, with mysteries unfolding like smoke. What grand conspiracy will be revealed as the explorers delve deeper? An astonishing truth, A heart-pounding adventure, A love that spans history. Join us on a perilous journey into a strang 234.2kFavorites179.4kClicks/ch301.2kGifts
- 62 The Gem Merchant and Miss Diamond 宝石商人和钻石小姐 [The radio drama is now available on FanJiao. Go give it a listen!] [The print edition is still in production. Updates will be posted on Weibo: @Nian Nian on a Tractor.] Lu Qiaowei's fiancé cheated on her, and the other woman was gentle and beautiful. She had heterochromia, was mixed-race, and was a well-known gem appraiser in China. Word was, her family even owned a diamond mine. Marrying her would save her descendants more than a century of hard work. Lu Qiaowei's fingers trembled as she read 158.3kFavorites225.7kClicks/ch131.9kGifts
- 63 21+ I Find Her Disgusting 本座对她感到恶心 36.3kFavorites35.5kClicks/ch69kGifts
- 64 Rose of the No-Man’s-Land 无人区玫瑰 - Xia Xingmian loves her sugar mommy, Lu Qiurui. She stayed quietly by Lu Qiurui's side for three years, thinking that one day Lu would come to love her. But in all that time, Lu never once looked her way. On Xia Xingmian's twenty-first birthday, Lu Qiurui told her, “Let's end this. I've fallen for someone else.” That night, Xia Xingmian drank herself into a stupor. With alcohol clouding her mind, she wandered over to Lu Qiurui's house on instinct. The next morning, once the alcohol had worn o 92.2kFavorites85.8kClicks/ch94.4kGifts
- 65 The Witch Nishang (GL) 魔女霓裳（gl） . What is fate? . Destiny? The will of heaven? Something irreversible? . I don't know. . I only know I can't bear to see a beautiful woman grow old, or to see love end in tragedy at the point of a sword. . My favorite peerless beauty, and my most hated love story. No great author seemed interested in writing it, so I had to do it myself to ease my frustration. . Updates may be irregular. The writing is rough, rambling, and slow-paced. 90.2kFavorites87.6kClicks/ch89.1kGifts
- 66 I Am the Prey 我为鱼肉 [Updates on the print edition: Weibo @Ningyuan430] Get close to her, serve her, please her, and then kill her. “My heart is like a double-stranded net, knotted with a thousand threads.” Zhang Xian, Song Dynasty [Everyone is evil] Also known as The Everyday Life of a Fake Couple Who Make Believe for Real. Power couple, younger woman/older woman, political intrigue. Fictional setting, so no need to fact-check. Plot-driven, slow-burn romance, 1v1. Main characters: Zhen Wenjun x Wei Tingxu, HE. Ple 101.2kFavorites122.7kClicks/ch152.5kGifts
- 67 The Female General and the Grand Princess 女将军和长公主 The mainland simplified Chinese edition of The Female General and the Eldest Princess is now available! Preorders open at 8:00 p.m. on May 28, 2022. Published by Hunan Xinxin Xiang'ai Publishing House under the title The Female General and the Eldest Princess. [This is a fictional setting rooted in Han and Tang culture. Historians, please don't come after me.] [Mobile blurb] To survive in a time of chaos, avenge her loved ones, and seek justice for the 118 innocent people from her village who we 182.6kFavorites204.8kClicks/ch114.4kGifts
- 68 The Art of Taming the Dragon 降龙诀［穿书］ This novel will go VIP on November 2. Thank you for your support. Luo Qingci knew her name sounded like it belonged to the heroine of a historical romance, but she never imagined she'd actually transmigrate into a cultivation novel. What made it even more exasperating was that she hadn't become the heroine, but the heroine's doomed master. This cultivation novel was a classic story about a powerful female lead. The problem was, the heroine wasn't human. She was a dragon. In a world where humans 77.6kFavorites97.1kClicks/ch285.6kGifts
- 69 She Is the Third Kind of Beauty 她是第三种绝色 [Volume One has been published and is available on all platforms. The radio drama of the same name is on Fan Jiao. For the latest bonus stories, see the author’s profile, “Bonus Stories.” The bonus content is the same as the stories in the author’s “Bonus Stories” collection, so there’s no need to read them twice.] [Blurb 1] “Sometimes to cure, often to help, always to comfort.” This saying is the truest description of oncology. In oncology, a doctor’s sense of accomplishment doesn’t come from 100.1kFavorites116kClicks/ch93.1kGifts
- 70 The Rest of Our Lives 余生为期 A gentle reminder: This book is recommended for adult readers. If you say young love is as hard to grasp as the wind, then I am willing to... spend the rest of my life with you, and lie forever in your arms. Reader’s guide: 1. Age gap (the younger character is an adult) 2. Happy ending This book is exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City. Reposting or altering it is strictly prohibited 307.1kFavorites338.1kClicks/ch338.6kGifts
- 71 Why Is the Moon So Bright? [Reborn] 明月为什么皎皎[重生] [The edits are just to fix typos, nothing to worry about~ PS: My new novel, Follow My Heart, has a cameo by Tong Mingyue~] 1. Their first meeting. In front of the teaching building, fourteen-year-old Xu Can sat on the steps, crying uncontrollably. Suddenly, a voice above her asked, "What's wrong?" Startled, she looked up, then was dazzled by the sight of her. With tears clouding her eyes, she sniffled and held back for a few seconds before deciding not to tell the truth. "Teacher, I... I did ba 94.5kFavorites141.9kClicks/ch67.5kGifts
- 72 The Whole World Is Waiting for Your Heart to Skip a Beat 全世界都在等你心动 For updates on the print edition, follow Weibo: @Sha Tang Suxi Also known as My Beloved Movie Star and Her Dangerous, Irresistible Doctor Gu As a girl, Yan Zhen loved teasing Gu Qinghe, the unattainable beauty. She schemed to get close, pluck the flower, and make it hers. Whether she succeeded is another matter. Now Yan Zhen has become a hugely popular, much-admired movie star, but she's still true to her first love and wants nothin 220.9kFavorites222kClicks/ch140.6kGifts
- 73 A Secret Addiction [Entertainment Industry] 暗瘾[娱乐圈] (Subscribe to the full novel to unlock bonus chapters) Cool, alluring classical dance goddess × quiet, reserved artifact conservator A-list star × water-town girl 1, Nan Xiaoxue is the classical dance goddess no one in the entertainment industry dares dream of. She became a principal dancer at eighteen, and has devoted herself entirely to the stage ever since, keeping to herself. An Chang is an unremarkable artifact conservator in 139.6kFavorites148.6kClicks/ch258.7kGifts
- 74 Peaches and Plums Need No Words (GL) 桃李不言gl This is a love story with an age gap. Wealthy, beautiful, and gentle mature woman × sweet, adorable, brilliant young woman Important note: Chapter 13 contains a plot where a child runs away from home. If you discover that a child is missing, report it to the police immediately. You don’t need to wait 24 hours. Also, I consulted professional researchers about the specialized chemistry in this novel. Technical terms and laws are quoted from thei 220.7kFavorites275.8kClicks/ch212.1kGifts
- 75 Fourteen Years of Time Difference 时差十四年 In 2019, Lin Zhi Que was 27. Single and beautiful, yet still stuck as a miserable wage slave. Burdened with the humiliating label of “illegitimate daughter,” she was like a bird that could not cry, crashing into a brick wall again and again. Her thorn-covered wings shielded the heart she called “dignity.” After her grandfather died, Lin Zhi Que was asked to go to her father’s hometown, Jincheng, to sell the old family house. She hadn’t been there in years. Everything was unfamiliar and worn, f 46.9kFavorites30.1kClicks/ch44kGifts
- 76 There's Always a Teacher Calling the Parents 总有老师要请家长 - The complete two-volume print edition is now available on all major platforms. - The audio drama is complete and can be heard on the Fanjiao app. That night, Qi Yan picked up an experienced woman at a bar. They spent the night together, and she never expected the woman to be the mother of one of her students. Their eyes met at the parent-teacher meeting. “Fancy seeing you here, Ms. Qi.” “...” One day, Qi Yan confiscated a girl’s phone. After class, the girl was in the office, crying pitif 259.5kFavorites377.1kClicks/ch200.5kGifts
- 77 Exploring the Ruins: Modern Era 探虚陵现代篇 By a stroke of luck, Shi Qingyi opens a crystal coffin. Inside lies a beautiful woman. The beauty sits up in the coffin right in front of her. Eager to study the ancients, Shi Qingyi takes her home. Shi Qingyi: "I'm very interested in you." Luo Shen: "..." Shi Qingyi: "I didn't mean it that way. Don't get the wrong idea. I, I don't have that kind of taste." Luo Shen laughs coldly. After adventuring and solving mysteries 309.8kFavorites408kClicks/ch3.3MGifts
- 78 My Heart Beats for You 怦然为你 Shi Yi’s life went from being as straight as a lofty, untouchable flower to bending like a paper clip, all because of one Fu Sitian. Everyone thought Fu Sitian would be a thorn in Shi Yi’s heart. They never knew she was the cinnabar mole in the depths of her heart. Years later, they unexpectedly met again. After striking a business deal, they said their goodbyes. The front-of-house manager asked her, “Boss, were you and President Shi pretty close back then?” Fu Sitian stared absently in the dir 183.8kFavorites193.6kClicks/ch267.1kGifts
- 79 White Moonlight Omega Always Wants To Possess Me 白月光Omega总想拥有我 [Next up: After Marrying a Disabled Omega Powerhouse, a fake playboy heiress Alpha × a real icy powerhouse Omega. The blurb is below. If you’re interested, feel free to add it to your reading list~] [The audio drama of the same name is available on Fan Jiao, with new episodes every Friday. The comic White Moonlight Heroine Always Wants to Keep Me to Herself is complete on Kuaikan Comics. There is no print edition, so don’t be fooled!] Blurb One: Ji Xiao discovers she has transmigrated into an A 210kFavorites251.9kClicks/ch188.7kGifts
- 80 My System, My Wife Feng Aotian 我系统，我老婆凤傲天 03 is a golden finger System in the System Management Bureau's Transmigration Department. Its main duty is to randomly select Hosts from various books, provide them with golden fingers, and help them rise above everyone else. This time, 03 randomly selected the fiancée from a predictable power-fantasy cultivation novel. She was arrogant, looked down on the poor and fawned on the rich, and later suffered a face-sla 68.4kFavorites71.2kClicks/ch157.3kGifts
- 81 Leaving Port Today 今日离港 Lu Shiyao, top of her criminal investigation program, was sent to Hong Kong on an exchange program at the police academy for a year. Her physical training scores at the academy fell short, turning the top student into a bottom-of-the-class student. Her off-campus roommate bullied her, and she got soaked like a drowned puppy in a typhoon. Police Superintendent Xue Tong took her home, helped her recover, and trained with her. When Lu Shiyao finally returned to the top of her class, Xue Tong had ma 392.9kFavorites418.8kClicks/ch769.5kGifts
- 82 EN Miss Forensics 我亲爱的法医小姐 Please read the content warnings!!! [Content Warning Guide] [Let's be respectful, civilized, harmonious, and rational. It's normal to have different opinions. Thank you for your understanding.] [Entirely fictional setting, with lots of original worldbuilding. The author has no professional experience 465.7kFavorites486.3kClicks/ch338.7kGifts
- 83 Players, Please Take Your Places [Infinite] 玩家请就位［无限］ Player, Please Take Your Seats, Volume Three is in production Player, Please Take Your Seats, Volume Two paperback went on sale on June 28, 2025. Player, Please Take Your Seats, Volume One paperback went on sale on May 18, 2024. The first and second seasons of the audio drama Player, Please Take Your Seats, based on the novel of the same name, are available on Fanjiao. A cool, aloof genius who doesn’t care for anyone VS a “specter of dread” with overwhelming combat power After an unexpected 147.2kFavorites122.5kClicks/ch324.3kGifts
- 84 Unrestrained [Entertainment Industry] 放肆[娱乐圈] [Published in simplified Chinese under the new title "True Colors". The print edition is now available on various platforms!] At only 22, Tang Ruoyao wins the Best Actress award and has a bright future ahead. The next day, media outlets flood the internet with press releases hailing her as “the next Qin Yinong.” Tang Ruoyao’s fans are furious. Qin Yinong has a face that could topple kingdoms and a terrible rep 349.8kFavorites565.3kClicks/ch1.4MGifts
- 85 Feelings That Remain [Reborn] 余情可待[重生] As actress Jing Xiu’s wedding was underway, Weibo was flooded with the explosive news that “newly crowned actress Ji Youyan has died after drinking herself into a stupor.” Then another headline suddenly broke: the wedding had been canceled for some reason. Ji Youyan woke from a deep sleep and was shocked to discover she had returned to three years earlier. That was the second year after she and Jing Xiu broke up. This time, she swore she would never lose her again. Through all the years we mis 259.3kFavorites376.7kClicks/ch488.1kGifts
- 86 Beyond the Reach of Moonlight 月光照不到 *Cover art by Guoren, with thanks. Synopsis: A story about two girls raised together who have no blood ties. Six-year age gap. They reunite right from the start. Bold / sincere / loves but can't have her X gentle / obsessive / afraid of losing her Chen Jinyue (24): Chen Jinyue has always been the sort of person who would do whatever it took to get what she wanted. She has her mother and Lin Yunsheng to thank 152.7kFavorites153.7kClicks/ch194.1kGifts
- 87 Her Mountains, Her Seas 她的山，她的海 “A pond is a pool of stagnant water. Would a fish choose to live in it?” “Yes.” (You Yu × Chi Tang, campus romance) Theme: Love knows no bounds of status or gender 570.3kFavorites461.3kClicks/ch287.1kGifts
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