When the Male and Female Leads of a Formulaic Romance Switch Sexes

[Gender Swap + Subverting the Tropes + Female Lead Devotion + Male Rivalry]

"The Domineering Campus Beauty Falls for Me"

Lin Yi is a poor freshman at Sumalima School. On his first day, the rich and beautiful campus queen Ji Nian pulls him into her arms and kisses him, making all the other male students jealous.

Lin Yi feels hurt and angry. She's the one who came after him, after all.

After blow upon blow from his family, friendships, and studies, Ji Nian is the only one who stays by his side. At last, Lin Yi falls for her.

But even after they get together, he has to deal with Ji Nian's cruel fiancé and endure her father's harsh words. Why is love so hard?

"The CEO's Substitute Darling Husband"

Lin Yi and Ji Nian have been married for five years. But five years together can't compete with her first love saying, "I'm back in the country." On Lin Yi's birthday, Ji Nian leaves without a second thought.

He's ready to give up on a love that only he ever chased.

But Ji Nian refuses to let him go. With a cold expression, she corners him against the wall, leans in, and kisses him. "You can only be mine."

He runs, she chases. Neither of them can escape.

"Has the Empress Chased Her Husband to the Crematorium Again Today?"

Everyone in the capital knows that Lin Yi, the young son of Chancellor Lin, is in love with Ji Nian, the Third Princess. He even broke with his family to help her take the throne.

Ji Nian promised him the position of imperial consort, but then word spread that she was going to marry the Chief Minister's son.

Lin Yi knelt outside the palace for a day and a night, wanting only to hear it from her own lips. Instead, he received an imperial decree ordering his family's arrest and confiscation of their home.

His mother was thrown into prison, his father was beaten to death, and his elder sister and younger brother were not spared either.

Lin Yi gave up on her.

It turned out his love had been nothing but a joke.

[Future stories may include male leads who run away while pregnant, female leads with overpowered main-character energy, and more.]