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The Night of PossibilitiesA month before her wedding, Cheng Qingye found out that her fiancé Lyu Xudong had been unfaithful. She said nothing to him. Her mother was seriously ill at the time, and the relationship had run five years. She stopped sleeping, and after weeks of it she walked into the Polygala clinic, a traditional Chinese medicine practice, and was seen by Yu Song. At the end of the visit she asked him to spend the night with her. She did not know that Yu Song had known who she was for years and had been watching her from a distance. Instead of answering the question directly, he booked her in for a course of treatment and kept her coming back, talking her through the insomnia and the anger she had been holding down.
Over those sessions she began saying out loud what she had kept to herself. The wedding went ahead as scheduled. In front of the assembled guests she laid out what Lyu Xudong had done and called off the marriage. Afterwards she and Yu Song kept seeing each other, and his background came out: he was the heir to a wealthy family, and his mother and her mother had known each other years earlier.
Stuck in a Love LoopLauren relives the second before she kicks down her cheating boyfriend's door, taking revenge on him in reset after reset. The same peculiar man keeps appearing in every loop, and a bowl of luosifen turns them into unlikely allies against the cheater. Lauren does not realize her partner is trapped in time too—or that he knows a secret capable of overturning the entire cycle.
Your Concubine? I'm His Empress NowLydia Summers has a scheme, and the piece it is played with is her older half-sister. The sister is Charlotte Summers, who in her first life was the wife of Crown Prince Edward Sterling and spent her strength and her whole store of medical skill on healing his legs. What she got for it was a false charge, a demotion from wife to concubine, and a death in the cold palace. Only as she died did she learn that all of it had been Lydia's doing, and that she had been a pawn from the start.
She wakes five years earlier, and this time she means to be nobody's stepping stone. She saves the life of Duke Richard Sterling and uses his standing to build up her own, and from there she goes after the people who ruined her one step at a time. Richard keeps her safe through all of it.
A New Love, A New LifeTina Thorn devoted everything to her marriage and helped her husband build his career. When she became pregnant, she discovered his affair with her cousin and was betrayed into losing everything.
At her lowest point, powerful tycoon Silas Grey offers a contract marriage. What begins as a deal turns into a shared revenge. Together they strike back, reclaim her fortune, send the traitors to prison, and uncover the shocking truth about the child they share.
My Husband Murdered MeA woman named Hyang-mi, who lost her family due to her husband's affair with his mistress, and Jae-ha, who seeks revenge for his father, work together to achieve revenge. However, they must face a brutal truth in their love story.
She Rewrote the Festival for LoveMaggie, a top planner of the March 3rd Grand Festival, falls into a river during her mother’s push for marriage and time-travels into the infamous "useless" wife of Prince Charlie. Framed for arson by a fake heiress, she is trapped in a deadly situation. Using her modern intelligence, she fights back, exposing schemes and seizing control of the Ancient Valentine’s Day preparations, blending traditional culture with modern ideas like bronze drums, string instruments, and so on. As she grows closer to Charlie, she survives repeated plots by Maria, but is eventually stabbed. Maggie returns to the modern world and reunites with Charlie, completing their cross-time love story.
I'm Back to Protect My Kid and HusbandJade Qiao dies giving birth to her son Zian, and after death she is put to work as a clerk in the underworld. Ten years of steady work later she finds out what happened to the boy she left behind. His father Simon has remarried, and the stepmother, Manon, beats him and starves him of anything resembling care. The record also shows where this ends: Zian grows up to kill people, one after another.
Jade is given a pass back to the living world, good for one month. She uses it on her son first, standing between him and Manon and making the people who hurt him answer for it in front of others. The rest goes to Simon, who has been in a severe depression since her death, and to the enemies of the Huo family, who have been working against them from a distance the whole time. She and Simon go after them together. The month runs out with the three of them back in one house, though not in the way any of them expected.
Butcher Heiress Is the War Goddess!Daniel Grayson and Kathy Stark were in love until a car crash took his memory of her. A childhood friend of his stepped in with a story about the two of them being together, and he believed it. Kathy kept trying to make him remember and was framed for her trouble, hurt again and again, her legs broken so badly she lost the use of them. When Daniel's memory came back he brought in a doctor to treat her and fought to protect her. He drank poison to save her. Her eyes were burned in the same fight and she went blind.
Pregnant & Betrayed, I Married a BillionaireNora Foster grew up without parents and wants a family that is hers. She marries Ryan Miller and takes on his household with him, looking after his widowed sister-in-law Grace Lane and Grace's son Alex Miller. She gets pregnant and keeps delivering food orders through the pregnancy to keep the household afloat, and she takes all of it as building toward a happy life. Then, out on a delivery in the rain, she catches Ryan kissing another woman, and all the effort she has put in turns out to be a joke.
Charles Foster turns up when she has nowhere left to go. He helps her get out of the marriage and stand on her own feet. Her child needs a household registration in the Capital City, and to get it she agrees to a contract marriage with Charles. After that she learns he has been in love with her for years, and as they live together she starts to warm to him. Then Charles's eldest sister-in-law comes home without warning, and Nora braces for the same thing to happen to her again. The sister-in-law treats her like a queen, the rest of the Foster family takes her in the same way, and the hurt she has been carrying starts to ease.
I Dumped the Emperor and Took PowerIn her past life, Katherine exhausted her family's resources to help her beloved Harrison ascend the throne. But once he became emperor, he tried to make Livia his empress instead. Using her family's influence, Katherine forced Harrison to make her empress. Harrison reluctantly agreed, but once he consolidated his power, he had her entire family slaughtered.
Reborn, Katherine decisively calls off the engagement and marries Lysander, the realm's most notorious wastrel prince. She takes it upon herself to transform him from a good-for-nothing into someone formidable. Together, they join forces to humble the arrogant, slap down the wicked, and scheme their way to seize the empire. In the end, two sovereigns sit side by side, ruling the world together.
Reborn and Spoiled by My Rich StepbrothersIn her past life, Stephanie poured her heart and soul into saving the Shen family—only to be repaid with betrayal. Given a second chance, she switches paths with her sister and leaves with her mother for the supposedly “fake” wealthy Gu family. But as she starts over, cracks appear in the lie. The Gu family doesn’t look fake at all—it looks terrifyingly real.
He Condemned Me—Then Begged Me to StayAfter her beloved sentenced her to death on forged evidence, Evelyn, Royal Prison Chief, is reborn three months earlier. She stops seeking trust, secretly saves death-row prisoners, uncovers perjury, overthrows the regent clique, and makes Chief Justice Adrian—who condemned her—relearn true justice after losing power.Don't Cross the Young LordIn his past life, Edwin, a duke's son, gave up everything for coachman's daughter Leanna--who murdered his parents and took it all. Reborn in his student days, he finds Leanna pretending to be the duke's daughter, humiliating him as a servant. In this life, Edwin will expose her true identity and strip her of everything.Tamed by Her Crimson WhipDisgraced apothecary Ivy poisons underworld queen Victoria, believing she killed her sister. Victoria lets Ivy close, testing her. Ivy sees loneliness beneath cruelty. During a rebellion, Ivy learns her sister framed Victoria. She abandons revenge, gathers evidence, defeats the conspirators, and takes the crimson whip as queen.The Awakening of the Peach BlossomSweet Peach marries entrepreneur Boss Liu—who turns out to be a control freak: GPS tracker, social isolation, no outings. She pretends compliance, sneaks to the gym for two hours, and transforms her body. When caught, she fights back. With her new look, she breaks free. In the end, Boss Liu loses everything.
Married to the Dead GeneralCora Jiang, the abandoned legitimate daughter of the Jiang family, faced betrayal from her fiancé Ian Xiao and her step-sister Vera Jiang on her wedding day. With a strong-willed nature, she resolutely took the memorial tablet of the late "God of War" General Arthur Xiao in the ancestral hall to marry him, entering the Duke's Estate as his fourth wife. However, Arthur—who had miraculously returned from death—lay in a coma with severe injuries, deemed unlikely to survive three months.
To secure her position in the complex inner court, Cora accepted the proposal of Madam Xiao (the matriarch) to "revive fortunes through heir-bearing," taking the initiative to consummate the marriage with her comatose husband. Within the estate, she outwitted Stepmother Chu (who embezzled her dowry) and the harsh, jealous Sister-in-law Lucy, exposed Vera Jiang’s plot of faking pregnancy to frame her, and even defeated Ian Xiao (the legitimate grandson) in an archery contest, seizing the authority to manage the household.
During this period, Arthur gradually awakened. From initially disdainful of her "humble background," he was drawn to her wisdom and courage. The couple joined forces to investigate a case, uncovering that Arthur’s ambush in the Northern Frontier years ago was linked to Duke Ray’s Mansion and his elder brother Paul Xiao’s embezzlement of military funds.
Reborn Princess: The General Was Too LatePrincess Aria wants her kingdom of Valoria to survive, and in her first life it fell. In that life General Rafael, the man she was engaged to, betrayed her. She is reborn three years before the collapse, in an alternate Europe of the Napoleonic and Victorian era. The engagement to Rafael is the first thing she breaks off. In its place she marries Dominic, the king of Aureburg, the enemy kingdom, a cold and brutal man who has never trusted anyone, so that the war that finished Valoria never starts.
The court she marries into runs on plots and shifting loyalties, and she works through them and gets the realm onto steadier ground. Dominic comes to trust her and then to love her. Aria chooses power, and a fate she decides herself, over being anyone's sacrifice. Rafael, who once held her in contempt, watches her rise, and the contempt turns into obsession.
Dopamine After DarkStella wants her mother out from under Gordon, and while her stepfather controls what her father left there is nothing she can do about it in the open. She is a lawyer with a reputation, and after her father dies Gordon has her and her mother where he wants them.
So she goes about as a socialite, moving through rooms full of money and influence and keeping the real work to herself. Then she runs into Evan, the man she walked away from years ago with bad feeling on both sides. The things they got wrong back then are still between them while she is dealing with Gordon now. Evan wants the two of them repaired and puts himself on her side of the fight.
Supreme Above AllAria Lynn, the Dragon-Tiger Sect's once-in-a-millennium genius, shatters an Immortal Tribulation, then descends the mountain for her mortal trial. As rival factions close in and her childhood fiancé is targeted, she crushes every enemy in her path.When the Heavens demand she cut all mortal ties and ascend, she refuses. No Wi-Fi in the Upper Realm? Then she'll challenge the Heavens instead.
My Alpha BrothersAylin's 3-year crush ends in humiliation. But when her mom marries the city's wealthiest, she gains not just a powerful family, but a magical "first-time" ability. Every first look unlocks a new skill now. With her elite stepbrothers by her side, especially the charismatic eldest, Aylin's rise is unstoppable! It's a tale of payback, power and love!
The Silent Wife, The Diva's ReturnSelena has deliberately learned to play the piano the way the Masked Piano Queen used to play. Zachary hears her at about the time his sight comes back, seven years after a car accident blinded him, and he decides she is the girl he loved as a child and has been searching for ever since. He turns cold toward his wife and, again and again, takes Selena's side against her and against their daughter.
That wife is Juliana, and she was the Masked Piano Queen herself. She disappeared at the height of her career, with fans across the world still looking for her, because she had chosen to marry Zachary, the boy she had grown up with, after the accident took his sight. To do it she pretended she could not speak, and she has kept up the pretence for seven years. He does not know that the woman he is married to is the girl he is looking for.
Then their daughter is pulled into a scheme as well. Juliana gives up pretending to be mute and sits down at a piano in front of people again.
Reborn at Ten, My Father Won't Believe MeElena was gravely wounded saving Baron, the leader of the Penglai Immortal Sect, and went into a coma that lasted years. Baron kept her and their daughter Stephanie at the sect. He showed the child no favor. When Stephanie was five he came back from a journey with a woman, Lilith, and a girl Stephanie's age, Renee, and installed both in his household without observing any of the usual forms.
Once a year, on the night of the blood moon, the wolf demons are at their strongest, and the sect leader is required to stay and guard the mountain gate. On the blood moon of Stephanie's tenth year Baron took Lilith and Renee down to a lantern festival in the mortal world. Wolf demons attacked the sect while he was gone. Stephanie asked him for help and was refused. She forced a summons on him, and by the time he came back the sect was largely destroyed and Elena had been killed by the demons. Baron held Stephanie responsible for the attack and killed her.
She woke on the day of the blood moon with the attack still ahead. She went to Baron, was refused a second time, and left for the Immortal Sects Alliance. Its leader was in seclusion. The leader's son, who had been her senior brother, sided with Renee, called her account slander against her father, and blocked her way. She showed him an orb holding images her mother had left. He sent word to Baron to check her story. Baron came, said there was no threat, and whipped her. The sect's chief disciple then confirmed what she had said.
Cultivation Bill Due Now!A Taoist Ancestor leaves seclusion after a thousand years to collect unpaid cemetery charges and bring the unruly Yin family to account.
Runaway Bride, Master TailorFleeing a forced marriage, an orphaned seamstress weds a strangerand, sews her way from runaway bride to celebrated champion while avenging every wrong done to her.
His Mute RoseAfter a car accident left Claire Hayes with aphasia, her husband Luke Reed proposed a temporary divorce to appease his mistress Cynthia Chase. Heartbroken, Claire made the divorce permanent. Upon learning this, Leo Shaw, heir to the Shaw Group, flew back immediately to propose. Claire left resolutely, leaving Luke filled with regret. Will she regain her voice and find her true love?
The Cursed Elven BrideOn her wedding eve, elf princess Sylwen is framed, blinded by her father, and thrown into the Abyss. Near death, she meets demon lord Vailan and awakens the lost Starlight Sacred Blood, overpowering him. She returns for revenge—only to uncover a shocking secret behind her mother's tragedy.Bloom After BetrayalReborn before her wedding after her husband and mother-in-law let her die over a haggled ransom, she plays along—and turns their cruel “bargain logic” against them. She exposes the groom and his mistress, cancels the wedding, and reclaims her life.
The Ice Queen's RevengeOn an Antarctic expedition, CEO Zoe is betrayed by her boyfriend and his assistant, who frame her as a thief to seize her jet and fortune. She exposes their fraud, rebuilds her company, and transforms betrayal into a powerful new life.
Blood and LegacySelena saves her family’s failing business and takes it public—only to be cast out by her sexist uncle. Armed with 37 core patents, she brings the empire to its knees and uncovers the deadly truth behind her parents’ fatal crash.
The Alpha's Rejected OathKaelara, a Blood Moon Vessel, is branded and rejected on her wedding night, awakening her ancient power. She allies with Alpha Valeric, trapped by the old wolf clan rules. Together, they expose the cruel truth of plundering female bloodmoon power to sustain Alpha rule, overthrow the corrupt system, and build a new free order for the werewolf clans.Misprinted CoinCoin appraiser Sophie discovers her husband Richard secretly sold her mother's $3M misprinted coins to fund his mistress. She forges an appraisal to block the auction, anonymously buys them back, and gathers evidence of his infidelity and asset transfer. Divorced, she founds a Women's Heritage Museum—turning betrayal into empowerment.
Trapped Villainess RouteSloane, an otome-game writer, is shocked into Crimson Hearts as Countess Vesper, the villainess doomed to die by Episode 10. Four male leads gain self-awareness; one is a trapped real-world coder. Using a magic quill, she rewrites code, fights the game AI, and uncovers dark loop secrets. Choice: return to reality or stay to win freedom for all.
Racer's RevivalA talented female racing driver is sabotaged by her male rival in the competition. She suffers a serious crash and loses her sponsor support. Refusing to give up her dream, she trains harder than ever to return and beat the person who ruined her.Manhattan PrisonerInside busy Manhattan, a young businesswoman becomes trapped in a cage built of wealth and corporate politics. Powerful bosses control her career and personal freedom. She plans her escape carefully and fights to regain control of her own life.
Fake Rose LoveThe heroine falls for a man whose passionate love turns out to be completely fake, just like an artificial rose with no real scent. When she finally uncovers his lies, she ends this empty relationship. She learns to value herself instead of chasing illusory romance.
Ex's Payback GameA successful investment banker ruins the life of his poor ex‑girlfriend to protect his reputation. Years later, she comes back with a new identity and carefully plans her payback. She slowly breaks down his perfect‑looking wealthy life from the inside.The Wife He Left Was a Billionaire HeiressHeiress Sloane secretly marries Dorian, enduring three years of neglect. After a building collapse, he chooses his first love over her and falsely accuses her. She divorces him, returns to her family, and rises from designer to CEO. As Dorian begs her back, she exposes the "first love's" lies—winning success and revenge on her own terms.
The Weight I Carry for youSuper-strong Lena takes a $100K job as bodyguard to paralyzed heir Sylvester—kicking down his door on day one. Silent for two years, he blurts: "Are you insane?" She drags him from darkness. When the family questions her, he says: "Money brought her in. She made me want to live." They plant a tree: "Second Try."
The Ex‑Wife's Corporate CoupEmily Thorne, co-founder and ex-wife of a Nasdaq CEO, discovers his $132M fraud through offshore shells. Using her auditor skills, she buys shares, unites minority holders, and wins VC allies. She fights a boardroom war, gathers evidence, turns insiders into witnesses, and legally removes the corrupt CEO—rebuilding the company.
Golden ThornsThe heroine marries into a powerful wealthy family, only to find glamorous life is covered in invisible golden thorns. Manipulation, family fights and hidden dangers surround her. She transforms from a gentle wife into a tough survivor who fights for herself.
Bloody HomecomingAfter suffering terrible losses and deep heartbreak, a cold-hearted man swears to get full revenge. He carefully plans every single step of his payback campaign. During his quest for justice, unexpected feelings for a woman complicate his mission.
My Father's Fiancée Lost Her Mind When She Saw MeA medical PhD and heiress returns home after a decade abroad. Her father's girlfriend shatters a precious medicine, then attacks her and destroys her late mother's keepsake, not knowing who she is. At the family banquet, she exposes the girlfriend's crimes, and the girlfriend is jailed--then escapes to murder her, who takes over the empire.
Fatal Flight: No One Believed HerLegendary test pilot Aileen hides as a mechanic at Baker Aviation. Before takeoff, she spots a fatal crack in the jet's hydraulics and warns the captain, who ignores her out of grudge. In the air, the hydraulics fail and everyone dismisses her warning. At the critical moment, she activates her dormant FAA authority to guide the plane to safety.
Silver Moon Reborn Wolf QueenBetrayed on her coronation night, Serra loses her wolf core and dies—only to wake a hundred years earlier. Carrying her murder's trauma, she uses future memories to launch a cold, stealthy revenge. She exposes conspiracies, gathers outcasts, and at her full-moon crowning, unlocks her dual moon-mark and seals the rift as the rightful queen.
Perfect Stand-InThe heroine is forced to act as a perfect stand‑in for another woman in a fake romantic relationship. She lives in the shadow of someone else’s identity for a long time. When the terrible truth finally comes out, she refuses to stay as a replacement. She steps out on her own path and rebuilds her self‑worth.The Viral Returned QueenThe woman everyone thought was dead suddenly comes back and hits social‑media hot searches. She has carefully planned her return for a long time. Using online public opinion as her sharpest weapon, she exposes all the crimes committed by her former enemies and gets her well‑deserved revenge.
Gilded BargainA luxurious-sounding business contract is actually a cold transaction inside a powerful clan. The female lead is traded as a bargaining chip to settle a huge debt. Glamorous high-society parties hide cruel schemes. She refuses to accept her pre-arranged fate and begins to fight her way out from the bottom.
My Husband Killed Me, Now I'm BackAfter a car accident, Jiang Li wakes inside a novel as a noblewoman who was just murdered by her husband, Shen Yanzhi. Once she sacrificed everything to help him rise, he betrayed her with her cousin and wiped out her family. Revived inside her coffin, Jiang Li exposes his lies and fights back using her modern knowledge. With help from the mysterious Lord Chu, secretly a powerful regent, she brings her enemies to justice and finds a love worth staying for.Curvy, Gothic & Betrayed: The Golden Boy's DownfallA confident BBW goth is seduced on a bet by campus royalty, unleashing ruthless revenge once his infidelity is exposed.Wolf Moon Ex-Queen: Tyrant's RegretHunter Elena bonds with vampire king Vincent, but is framed during pregnancy. He drives her away to save her, accepting punishment alone. Five years later, she returns with their son Leo, who wields royal shadow power. They expose the traitors and stop a war. Vincent begs forgiveness—but Elena, now ruling both species, refuses.
Tender PrisonThe heroine falls for a man whose tender affection turns out to be a carefully built prison. He controls almost every part of her daily life under the excuse of love. After waking up from this emotional trap, she quietly makes an escape plan. She will no longer be a captive of fake romance and fights for true freedom.
Darkside AllianceAfter suffering devastating betrayal, a broken woman starts her dangerous journey of revenge. Every step she takes is full of hidden traps and deadly threats. Old lovers and hidden enemies stand in her way. She has to hide her real identity and play a risky game, while struggling not to lose her remaining humanity in the processWasteland EmpressAfter a solar flare destroys the world, Sarah, a veterinarian treated as society' s lowest outcast, awakens the ability to tame mutated colossal beasts. She rises from the weakest wasteland survivor to the Queen of All Beasts, establishes Oasis City as the foundation of a new civilization, and uncovers the conspiracy behind the apocalypse.Marriage Trap: Seven Years of RevengeAfter building an empire with her husband, Victoria uncovers his affair—and a plot to steal their company through embezzlement and a fake pregnancy. She quietly sets a trap, gathering proof to destroy the conspirators and reclaim everything.
The Other Me in the Mirror is a WandererPoor Tiffany finds an antique mirror linking her to a college student from another timeline. After her adoptive father is killed, she uses her other self to escape poverty, build a business, and uncover her family's hidden past. When a ruthless gang boss discovers the mirror's secret, she becomes his target.
The True Heiress Is a Mecha GeniusMecha visionary Olivia awakens as a wealthy family's despised true heiress and uses her advanced knowledge to stage the ultimate comeback. With Gregory at her side, she builds Sunny One, exposes Bella's theft at the Science City selection, and leaves the family that betrayed her in ruins. In the process, she fulfills her dream of serving her country and finds a love worthy of her.The Serpent Duke's Forsaken BrideReborn after being burned alive, Selen exposes her foster sister’s betrayal and discovers her hidden Lunar Eclipse bloodline. When the cursed Serpent Duke claims her as his bride, they form a dangerous alliance. Together, they battle the Council, awaken her ancient power, and shatter a century-old bloodline conspiracy.
The MatchChess grandmaster Sophia’s repertoire is stolen by her husband and protégé, ruining her career. Without proof, she builds AI Athena, beats them online. She exposes their theft, forces rematches, and gets them banned. As national women’s coach, she uses Athena to train and inspire future female champions.
The One-Dollar RevengeIris hid her heiress identity for five years. His parents gave her a red envelope full of one‑dollar bills. She objected, was framed, and fell to her death. Reborn, she exposes them, ignores guilt‑tripping, and breaks up. She reveals her wealth, takes revenge on his toxic family, cuts off all bad influences, and finally lives on her own.The Hidden Knight QueenIn Aldoran, women are forbidden to wield swords, but Princess Freya draws an ancient sword and awakens the Knight King's golden core. Her homeland is destroyed. Rescued by King Arthur, she masters phoenix power, defeats usurper Brook, and reclaims Aldoran as empress—abolishing the law that barred women from knighthood.