Top 8 Best Chinese Romance Novels Featuring the "Broken and Repaired" Theme

There’s a saying that in life, we must all do a few things we’ll later regret for our lives to feel complete. For me, I’ve only done two things that made my life whole: the first was loving him, and the second was marrying him.

He once told me, if you truly love someone, even if they don’t love you back, you must do everything in your power to win their heart, or else you will never find happiness. I believed in his advice, so I did everything I could. In the end, I got him, but then I left him.

After twenty years, when we meet again, will he be able to distinguish between family affection and love? When our bodies reunite, will he know the difference between desire and obligation? When we cross paths and brush against each other, will he be able to tell apart longing from helplessness? Only when our fingers intertwine, and he says, 'I’ve loved you for a long time…' will I realize that I’m not the only one whose heart has been moved.

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Winter Solstice is the story from eight years ago, when Giang Cheng Ge and Lục Yên were deeply immersed in the sweetness of high school love... Until one day, Đặng Mạn, Lục Yên's best friend, unexpectedly jumped into the river in an apparent suicide. Eight years later, Giang Cheng Ge and Lục Yên meet again at a class reunion, indifferent and distant... Until one day, Lục Yên accidentally spots a familiar figure—Đặng Mạn—on a dark winter night.

He always appears cold and indifferent toward her, but his heart secretly remains with her, silently protecting her. She feels guilty and unworthy of him, yet she only feels safe when she’s by his side. They reunite and find themselves tangled in a complicated case, connected to the death of her best friend, Đặng Mạn, from eight years ago. Can their love, after eight years apart, be rekindled?

What secrets are hidden behind Đặng Mạn's death? And once the truth is revealed, will Lục Yên and Giang Cheng Ge be able to rediscover the love they shared eight years ago?

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After many years of no contact, Manh Y Nhan reconnects with Mo Van Xuyen at a wedding of a mutual friend. Time has changed them both greatly, and their reunion brings back a flood of memories from their youth that Manh Y Nhan has tried to forget. The chubby, ordinary girl from before has transformed into a beautiful, confident woman, while Mo Van Xuyen remains the same person she once loved.

During their school years, Manh Y Nhan secretly watched over Mo Van Xuyen, motivated by him to study, train, and better herself. Her efforts were rewarded when his heart finally began to feel for her. All of this was thanks to a misunderstood love letter from the past.

The love and memories that seemed to have faded and been forgotten are now reignited, burning strong once again. Will Manh Y Nhan and Mo Van Xuyen find the courage to pursue their love a second time and come together again?

“Friends ask me when I first liked him. I smiled and said, since I was fifteen. They called me brave. And it’s true, a chubby, average student dared to dream of someone as outstanding as him. But what they didn’t know was that liking him was the bravest thing I did throughout my youth.”

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One person prefers to drown their past in a drunken stupor amidst the ten-mile peach blossom forest, while another, bound by love through three lifetimes, waits patiently through endless years. The encounter between them, both right and wrong, brings memories that were once forgotten, now haunting as if they were real or just dreams.

The ten miles of peach blossoms glow with sorrowful eyes, but the one thing that can't be erased is the moment of seeing her face in the past.

The past, the present, and the future—three lifetimes of fate between Yaohua and Bai Qian, amidst the endless peach blossoms, from now on only happiness will remain.

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In *Horizon Beyond the Sea*, Chen Lang and Yao Bang Yu first met as children in an orphanage. However, when they were seven, Yao Bang Yu was adopted by a family, yet they promised each other they would never forget. But what Chen Lang didn't know was that time and other things would come between those promises, especially since they were just kids. Later, they ended up attending the same school, but the little girl Yao Bang Yu didn’t remember Chen Lang anymore. Now, she only knew him as one of the most famous boys in school. It was his fame that made her notice him again, and soon enough, he won her heart once more, and they officially became a couple.

They thought their love would last forever, but life is full of storms. An unexpected event caused Yao Bang Yu to break up with Chen Lang, and they went their separate ways.

Four years later, as a single mother, Yao Bang Yu faced troubles in her secretary job. After many failed job attempts, she eventually applied to work at Lam Quan Zhi’s company. To her surprise, Lam Quan Zhi looked exactly like Chen Lang. Yao Bang Yu thought she would finally settle in this job, but unexpectedly, Lam Quan Zhi wanted her to be his mistress. She struggled, resisted, but in the end, they found their way back to each other.

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Once again, a romantic love story from Diep Lac Vo Tam. You might think the theme of love and hatred has become predictable, but *The Final Temptation* is far from that. While the plot may not seem new, there’s no doubt you will find plenty of intrigue within it.

Jian Ru met Zheng Wei when she was 10, her innocent, childish feelings led her to want to give him ice cream simply because “he was handsome.”

At 15, they lost contact after her father’s tragic death from being forced to jump from a building and her mother and sister were involved in a car accident, leaving her sister injured. That was the last time they could share a movie together. At 18, they crossed paths again. By then, Jian Ru had entered the entertainment industry, and Zheng Wei was a student at a military academy. Their love flared quickly, but burned out just as fast. When Jian Ru discovered the truth about his background at 19, their paths diverged… The grudge over her father’s death remained a wall between them.

Five years later, they met again in an elevator and later at a social event. This time, Zheng Wei took her to his bed, much like how actresses sleep with wealthy men for a role. Five years had passed in the blink of an eye, and it seemed their old feelings had been forgotten? It wasn’t that simple. The feelings were buried deep, but never truly gone. Jian Ru had tried to move on, but her heart never fully followed through. As for him? He had never let go. “It turns out true happiness doesn’t always come with passion. Even without the heat of desire, the warmth in your heart can be enough.”

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After six years apart, the distant land of France has forged Jian An Jie into a cold and indifferent person. When did her lips always curl into a sarcastic smile? When did her words become so sharp and venomous? Or rather, when did An Jie build a rough, callous exterior to hide a heart that could never heal from its wounds?

It all began that fateful day, a day she never wished to remember. An Jie was terrified, trembling, praying for someone to come and comfort her. He came, slapped her, and looked at her with anger and suspicion. Then, she went to France, haunted for six years by the life that was taken, haunted by that stare and the slap... An Jie was afraid, she admitted she was truly afraid.

But what if An Jie knew that for six long years, she had been alone in a foreign land while someone else had quietly watched her from afar, powerless to help? If only she knew... there are so many things An Jie still doesn’t know... and if she were to find out, would the outcome change?

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The beautiful love story in Together Forever centers on Triệu Mặc Sênh and Hà Dĩ Thâm. Their relationship isn’t filled with many complexities, but it’s soft and heartwarming. He is a talented lawyer, distant, rational, and objective. She is the opposite of him—emotional, impulsive, and less rational. She comes into his life only to leave without a word, and seven years later, she returns. The ice of seven years begins to melt, and the bond formed long ago draws them back together.

How do we define love? Some say: "Loving someone takes just 30 seconds, and the rest of the time is to realize your feelings." Some are lucky to recognize their feelings instantly, but for others, it’s a long journey filled with yearning, separation, and the inner conflict between logic and emotions before realizing they can’t live without the other. Triệu Mặc Sênh and Hà Dĩ Thâm are no different.

The love between Dĩ Thâm and Mặc Sênh weaves together different layers: past and present; beautiful memories and deep scars; holding on and letting go... Hà Dĩ Thâm shows the traits of a Capricorn – calm, rational, and objective. On the other hand, Triệu Mặc Sênh, when Dĩ Thâm calls her "My sunshine," reminds me of an Aries girl, full of warmth and radiance with an endearing personality.

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