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After a spontaneous first meeting, they got married right away. She secretly works as a janitor at his company while facing bullying and jealousy from coworkers. As the company president, he quietly protects her whenever she's in danger—but how long can they keep their secret?

Three years ago, a car accident left her in a vegetative state. Her childhood sweetheart stayed by her side, caring for her and waiting for her to wake up. However, a scheming woman deceived his mother into signing a marriage contract, forcing him to marry her with the stipulation that they couldn't divorce for a year. Despite the marriage, he continued to devote himself to his true love, his heart belonging only to her. Consumed by jealousy, the scheming woman kidnapped her rival, switched faces with her through plastic surgery, and burned her vocal cords, rendering her mute. She then threw her into a fire, causing the two women to swap identities. Miraculously surviving, she woke up to find herself mute and suffering from amnesia. Facing abuse and scorn from her unaware lover, she tearfully accepted her new identity. Can she, with her appearance and memory completely altered, reclaim her true identity and successfully take her revenge?

She was a successful businesswoman with a perfect life—until her husband’s mistress, a live-streaming influencer, barged in with the “Anti-Mistress Alliance,” accusing her of being the homewrecker. Humiliated and enraged, she began to suspect her husband, who denied everything. As her best friend’s suspicious closeness to him came to light, betrayal surrounded her on all sides. With her husband and his mistresses plotting against her, she decided to fight back. How will this toxic marriage end?

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For five years, Evelyn Lane poured everything—her wealth, her name, her future—into building Darren Foster's empire. But when he lets his junior, Claire, wear her late grandmother's costume on stage, the betrayal cuts deeper than any wound she's hidden. Evelyn pulls the funding, files for divorce, and sells her shares. Darren thinks she's broken. But he doesn’t know she's been the legendary “God of Opera” all along—or that the biggest stage of all is where she’ll take back what's hers.

Five years ago, the blind and paralyzed CEO was abandoned by his family, but she stood by him faithfully. They fell in love, and he gave her half of his jade pendant as a token of their love. However, after a car accident, she suddenly disappeared, and miraculously, the CEO's vision was restored. Since then, he has been searching for her.

Thrown out by her stepmother and left to fend for herself, Sharon Stinger never expected salvation to come in the form of Jenton's most influential man, Henry Forbes. She enters a flash marriage with Henry, and what starts as a mere exchange of benefits soon turns into an unexpected battle for survival in high society. Looked down upon by the elite, Sharon proves her worth with intelligence and determination, climbing to the top of the design world. Meanwhile, the powerful Henry finds himself falling helplessly for her.

She and he were childhood sweethearts. An accident separated them. She donated her corneas to him. Years later, after regaining his sight, would he still be able to recognize her?

She was originally a wealthy heiress, but after being abducted by human traffickers, she was raised by a madwoman. It wasn't until her father developed kidney failure and urgently needed a donor that he thought of finding his second daughter. Unaware of her father's true motives, she agreed to return home on one condition: she would bring her adoptive mad mother with her. Her biological sister, worried that she would take away her luxury and the CEO she was betrothed to since childhood, repeatedly tried to frame her. However, the CEO uncovered the truth about her abduction and the bullying she endured at school, and realized that she was the mother of his child—the same woman he had a one-night stand with after being drugged!

Zoe time-traveled into a novel world as a villainess role. It was a love-hate story. She'd retire but was forced to complete the task of "raising hate points" with a system. Unexpectedly, the system malfunctioned, and her thoughts were heard by her entire family! Then the plot completely went off track. When playing the role of villainess, she not only failed to attract disgust but also became the little princess of her three brothers. The tragic ending of the Millers' bankruptcy was changed, and even Quentin, the cold fiance became clingy...

On her deathbed, the Empress searches for her lost daughter, Laurel. Unbeknownst to her, Laurel is now a devoted wife to scholar Matt and lives a life of service. After Matt achieved high honors in the imperial exams, he conspired with the Governor's sister to accuse Laurel of adultery, forcing her to divorce him. Now, Laurel's true identity as the Empress's daughter is finally revealed.