Heartbreakers Where the Heroine Stops Loving the Male Lead and Ends Up With the Second Male Lead 虐文，女主最后不爱男主和男二在一起

1. 1 陆 Mr. Lu, Stop Hurting Her. Your Wife Is Getting Married 陆总别虐了，夫人要嫁人了 Little White Gets Whiter小白了又白Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted “Shen Muqing, if you want the title of Mrs. Lu, it's yours. I don't care. But if you want my heart...” “Maybe in your next life.” Throughout her three-year marriage to Lu Jingshen, Shen Muqing kept giving in, kept getting hurt, and kept loving him. Lu Jingshen thought he had never loved Shen Muqing. Lu Jingshen thought Shen Muqing loved him so much that she could never bear to leave. Lu Jingshen didn't know that at the end of humility comes acceptance. No matter how deep the love, it will eventu 331Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   This is the only novel I've ever finished reading. It tortures the female lead in the beginning, tortures the male lead in the end, and finally the female lead ends up with the second male lead. I was really left feeling unsatisfied after finishing it.

2. 2 王 My Lord, the Princess Consort Says She’ll Never See You Again 王爷，王妃说此生不复相见 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance421k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance Tragedy + No Getting Back Together + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] A tragic romance! A tragic romance! A tragic romance! Ye Chuyan loved Pei Xiuyan for twelve years, but never moved him in the slightest. All she got in return was Pei Xiuyan wiping out the Ye family and having her father and brothers tortured to death over three days in the snow. At last, she understood: for the rest of her life, there would be no love between her and Pei Xiuyan, only hatred, until one o 27.1kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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   The male lead initially torments the female lead, but later experiences a dramatic reunion, a true "wife-chasing-after-the-crisis" scenario. The female lead ends up with the second male lead, and the ending, where the male lead suffers, is both beautiful and heartbreaking—a masterpiece. For days after finishing the book, that scene lingered in my mind. This author's other novels are also worth reading.

3. 3 霸 The CEO Lost His Girl 霸总将他的女孩弄丢了 Shui Yue Yu Er水月玉儿Modern Romance563k WordsCompleted "Brother Jin, I hope you'll be happy." She wanted him to be happy, so she chose to let him go. He thought he didn't love her, and that this was the best outcome. Little did he know, he'd already let her into his heart. By the time he understood his own feelings, she was no longer where he'd left her. Love that comes too late is lighter than grass. There was already someone better by her side. If she'd chosen to let go, then she had to let go completely. 43Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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   These are all incredibly popular! In the first book, the female lead was married to the male lead for three years, always yielding and enduring while loving him, but later she stopped loving him. The beginning was quite tragic for the female lead [crying][crying]. In the second book, the female lead also chose to let go, and in the end, the male lead regretted it. His belated affection was lighter than grass; she already had someone better by her side [shy][almost crying].

4. 4 温 A Tender Rose Becomes His Cherished Favorite in the Apocalypse 温软玫瑰沦为他心尖偏宠【末世】 Fallen Today落今朝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse360k WordsCompleted [A post-apocalyptic setting + a trash man’s regret + the arch-enemy villain takes the lead + love triangle drama + mutual salvation + swoony romance + romantic aesthetics + both leads are devoted to each other] [Gentle, steadfast beacon of righteousness x refined, unhinged smiling schemer (irresistibly wicked)] Even as she lay dying, Wen Yao couldn’t understand what she had ever liked about Shen Yichuan. Was it his coldheartedness, or his selfishness? As his partner, she had risked her life for 43.8kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
5. 5 季 Mr. Ji, Stop Hurting Me. Miss Shu Is Already Married 季总别虐了，舒小姐已嫁人 Warm Words温言暖语Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted As Ji Sihan’s secret lover, Shu Wan stayed by his side for five years. She thought that if she was obedient and sweet, she could warm his heart. But she never expected to be abandoned in the end. Shu Wan had always been gentle. She neither argued nor made a scene, and didn’t even ask him for a penny. She simply walked out of his world. But when she was about to marry someone else, he suddenly pinned her against the wall and kissed her like a madman. Shu Wan couldn’t quite figure out what Mr. Ji 27.4kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves
6. 6 选 After Choosing His True Love, She Left Him and Kept the Child, Dazzling the World 选择白月光后，她去父留子惊艳全球 Nan Zhaoxue南昭雪Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (A groveling ex who chases after his wife, but she never turns back + a devoted hero desperate to win her over + both leads are each other’s first and only + fiercely doting romance + switched-up adorable kids) Six months pregnant, she was kidnapped. When forced to choose between her and his old flame, her husband spent a hundred million to save his lover, abandoning his wife like trash and leaving her to nearly die in a raging fire. With death at her door, she finally remembered who she really 79Reads8.1Score114Shelves
7. 7 选 After Choosing My First Love, Mr. Huo Regretted It Bitterly 选择白月光后，霍总肠子悔青了 Lazy Little Jiu懒小玖Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Genius, high-IQ kids + winning back his wife + rekindled love] After a long-planned kidnapping, Huo Moye chose his first love and abandoned his mute wife, Wen Nian. Heartbroken and disillusioned, Wen Nian chose to die alongside the kidnappers. Five years later, she makes a stunning return as a genius designer, bringing three adorable children with her and vowing to get justice for her past self. She never expected that each of the three kids would be more cunning than the last. “Handsome uncle, 6.4kReads8.6Score476Shelves
8. 8 夫 After His Wife Dies in a Fire With Their Child in Her Arms, Mr. Lu Goes Mad 夫人抱崽葬身火海后，陆总他疯了 Love Poem memory情诗memoryModern Romance329k WordsCompleted [Angsty romance] + [win-her-back-at-all-costs] + [never forgive] + [no getting back together] + [obsessive] + [second male lead wins] Lu Hengnian hates Fu Xingran so much that he forces her to donate skin without anesthesia, slaps her, pushes her in front of a knife, and makes her give birth prematurely… When he has to choose between two lives at death’s door, he doesn’t hesitate to save his first love, abandoning her and their child to die. At last, he drives her to the brink. Yet through the v 1.1kReads8.5Score101Shelves
9. 9 谁 Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 谁反悔谁是狗 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊35k WordsCompleted Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 4.5kReads—Score—Shelves

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   After we got back together, I found out he had slept with his secretary during that time. He said calmly, "Men always need to satisfy their physical needs." I didn't argue or make a scene. Until he rubbed my head and said with relief, "My Yao Yao has finally grown up." I looked up at him: "Let's break up." He froze, then sneered, "Think it over carefully. Even if you beg me again next time, I won't get back together." I nodded.

10. 10 离 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Is as Merciless as a Blade 离婚后，前夫他绝情似刀 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Was as Ruthless as a Blade 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 第 The Third Player 第三玩家 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted The Third Player 285Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 他 He Said I Was Pure 他说我很干净 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance26k WordsCompleted He Said I Was Pure 276Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 绝 After Menopause, I Became an SSS-Rank Favorite 绝经后，我成了SSS级团宠 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊10k WordsCompleted After Menopause, I Became an SSS-Rank Favorite 243Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 姐 I’m Done Putting Up with You, Sis 姐姐不奉陪了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance20k WordsCompleted I’m Done Putting Up With You, Sister 164Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 捉 After Catching Them Cheating, I Became the Top Trending Topic 捉奸后，我成了热搜第一 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊44k WordsCompleted After Catching My Partner Cheating, I Became the Top Trending Topic 48Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 他 He Once Said We Should Just Make a Life Together 他曾说，搭伙过日子 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted He once said we should just live together and make ends meet. 56Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 婚 The Night Before My Wedding, I Flew a Thousand Miles to Find the Man Who Hated Me 婚礼前夜，我飞千里去找那个恨我的男人 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted On the Eve of My Wedding, I Flew a Thousand Miles to Find the Man Who Hated Me 3.5kReads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 合 Contract Moonlight 合约月光 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊12k WordsCompleted Contract Moonlight 433Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 他 He Has Someone Else in His Heart, While She Just Wants a Divorce and to Strike Out on Her Own 他心里有白月光，她只想离婚单飞 Little Demon of the Big Dipper北斗小妖Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Complete] One is a medical doctorate who returned from studying in the United States; the other is an intern doctor. In her previous life, she chased after Xiao Mubai, bringing him flowers and chocolates. She pursued him for three years and was married to him for one, yet she couldn’t warm that cold stone of a heart. When she was two months pregnant, she received divorce papers. She went looking for him, papers in hand, hoping to get an explanation. Why did he want a divorce? As she searched th 1.3kReads8.9Score170Shelves

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    Yes, a new male lead has emerged. It's no longer a story of a woman who, despite her ex-husband's cruelty, still treats him like her first love. The gentle and refined true love has successfully ousted the scumbag and become the male lead. The broken mirror isn't mended, and the female lead doesn't go back to her ex. She endures much in the early stages, solely to obtain the divorce certificate, but later embraces her true self and finds sweet and loving love.

20. 20 闻 My Love, Come to Me in a Dream 闻君入梦来 Gu Shisan顾十三Ancient Romance953k WordsCompleted Five years ago, he led his troops to war, intending to welcome her as his wife with ten miles of wedding finery. Five years later, she betrayed their love, ended their child’s life, and became his father’s woman. He hated her betrayal. He branded her face, severed her fingers, and even killed their daughter! She swore she would make him pay for every drop of blood. When all the secrets came to light, he was consumed with regret. “A Zuo, don’t go...” She turned and plunged her sword into his 601Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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    These are all books where the second male lead gets the role.

21. 21 离 After the Divorce, She Returns with a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 离婚后，她带着万亿家产杀回来了 Yun Jin Yi云锦一Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Beloved by all + secret identities + putting scumbags in their place + feel-good power fantasy] To force her to divorce him, Shi Nianchu's husband, while she was suffering from amnesia, handed her over to a strange man. Her heart dead, she signed the divorce papers, never expecting that a car accident would bring back her memories of being the darling of her whole family. Her doting parents: “You dare bully our precious girl? You'll pay with your life!” Her ten older brothers: “It's getting col 1kReads8.8Score375Shelves
22. 22 少 Young Master, Your Wife Is Marrying Someone Else. Are You Going to Steal Her Back? 少爷，夫人另嫁了，要抢婚吗？ Xiangli Xiaoxin香梨笑心Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Even through the ten years stolen from me, I still love you.] At fifteen, Yu Zixi fell for a boy. He was Mu Hanshang, heir to the Mu family of Yecheng. That day, a gang of thugs cornered and beat her on a street corner. He risked everything to shield her, then gently comforted her: “Don’t be scared. They won’t touch you while I’m here, and no one will ever bully you again.” He was the first ray of sunshine in her life, and the only person who had ever brought her warmth. But later, she learned 106Reads8.2Score—Shelves
23. 23 顾 Gu Wei Loves An 顾唯爱安 Xiangli Xiaoxin香梨笑心Modern Romance889k WordsCompleted “An Ruoxi, you will repay the Gu family's blood debt on behalf of your parents from now on…” Because of those words, she shut her heart away, locking all her love for him in a safe and recording it in her diary. Because of those words, he too held back his feelings, turning all his love for her into cold indifference and hiding it deep inside. They say love is most beautiful when two people choose each other. But ever since I met you, there has been no room in my heart for anyone else. “Hey, Gu 29Reads5.8Score—Shelves
24. 24 浮 Quicksand 浮沙 Hu Jiao Zai Mie胡椒仔咩Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted First, Zhou Yang always thought Zhou Yan loved her. They had been secretly dating for three years, until she saw him standing before her with his girlfriend, who was already pregnant. Only then did Zhou Yang finally realize that he had never loved her. All he had ever offered her was deceit... When they met again, she was married, and he was consumed with jealousy. The man grabbed her hand and refused to let go. “Yangyang, come home with me...” Second, Jiang Yan and Zhou Yang's marriage was not 1.1kReads8.4Score106Shelves
25. 25 流 Coldhearted After a Miscarriage, Ms. Xu Will Never Make Up with You 流产后心冷，许总想和好不可能 Little White Gets Whiter小白了又白Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The year Ye Muling loved Xu Fuang most, she got her wish and married him. Throughout their three years of marriage, she thought Xu Fuang was cold and indifferent toward everyone, and told herself it was only natural that he treated her the same way. That was until she learned about An Yurong. It turned out Xu Fuang could look at someone with tenderness. That someone simply wasn't her. On a rainy night when she was twenty-five, Ye Muling heard An Yurong's tearful, tender voice with her own ears a 10.1kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves

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    This is awful!!! The male lead doesn't appreciate her, the female lead doesn't turn back, and the second male lead takes her place!

26. 26 孕 Abandoned in a Sea of Flames While Pregnant? General Li Regrets It After the Divorce 孕期火海被弃？离婚后厉总悔疯了 Little White Gets Whiter小白了又白Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Shen Tangyue often told herself that Li Yanchi must love her. When he got drunk, he would say to her over and over, “I’m sorry. You’ve suffered so much because you’re with me...” People say that love often makes you feel indebted to someone. He must love her, then, to feel that he owes her. But in three years of marriage, Li Yanchi had never once told her he loved her. Not once. Until that person returned to the country. For the second time, Shen Tangyue saw the man who should have been unflappa 6.4kReads7.0Score529Shelves
27. 27 折 The Delicate Beauty’s Tears 折娇啼 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted [The hero regrets everything to the point of madness + the leads torment each other + a friend steals the heroine away + the second male lead gets the girl + no reconciliation after a breakup + pure historical angst + the heroine ends up with the second male lead] Shen Yanzhi, heir to the Marquis of Jinghai in the Great Chu Kingdom, had just come third in the palace examination when he was unexpectedly captured by the Eastern Qiang Kingdom and married off to Qin Guiwan, a woman of Eastern Qiang 8.2kReads9.3Score871Shelves

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    🐱Cat Cat is here to recommend books! [Heart][Heart] First book: The male lead is captured by an enemy country and forced to marry the female lead. After four years of manipulation and hurt, the female lead is scarred and heartbroken. The male lead chases after her relentlessly, but the broken relationship cannot be mended, and the second male lead takes her place. [Heart][Heart] Second book: The female lead and the second male lead are childhood sweethearts. Due to a series of coincidences, the female lead loses her memory and marries the male lead. The male lead wipes out the female lead's entire family. It's super heart-wrenching, but the broken relationship cannot be mended, and the second male lead takes her place. [Heart] Third book: Sweet and slightly angsty. The female lead is a woman disguised as a man, independent and strong. The male lead is lively, cute, and talkative, vowing to sever all emotional ties and believing he has fallen in love with a man. [Heart] Fourth book: The male lead is crazy and devoid of emotions, but he dotes on the female lead. The female lead is a well-bred lady. Their childhood encounter brought them together. The last three books are related, all pure ancient romance, no rebirth, no time travel, no cheat codes, and all characters are highly intelligent.

28. 28 话 Has Lord Xiahou the Chatterbox Finally Shut Up Today? 话痨的夏侯大人，今天闭嘴了吗 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance435k WordsCompleted [One true love ➕ pure historical setting ➕ happy ending ➕ sweet romance ➕ a little angst along the way] [No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, pure historical fiction] Xiahou Huai, young master of Shanhai Tower, once swore that he would never love anyone in this life, especially not a woman. Romance was just too painful. Jiang Zhefeng, a scholar who disguised herself as a man, once swore that she would keep living as a man and never fall for any man. After they met, Xiahou Huai acc 917Reads9.3Score175Shelves
29. 29 被 After the Mad Imperial Preceptor Took Me by Force 被疯批国师强取豪夺后 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance783k WordsCompleted Based on the original novel of Youku’s web drama Eternal Night’s Long Dawn [Mad Male Lead VS Stubborn Female Lead] [Both Pure and Faithful + Traditional Historical Romance + Love by Force + Sweet and Angsty + Happy Ending] Xie Wanyin, the legitimate daughter of the Xie family, lost her mother at eight. Her father remarried, and she was sent to grow up in her maternal grandmother’s home. Years later, she returned to the Xie household, wanting nothing more than to avoid conflict and focus on g 3.1kReads9.4Score394Shelves
30. 30 1 15 Hell-Level Bad Endings: You Stop at Flirting, While I’m In Too Deep 15个地狱级be：你点到为止，我泥足深陷 Drunk on Gold纸醉金靡Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Modern romance + domineering CEO + substitute + marriage + tragic love] Giving your whole heart in love will only leave you in pieces. Why do you think I’ll still be here just because you turn around? That if you crook your finger, I’ll make the same mistake all over again? I’m not the kind of person who forgets the pain once the wound heals. In love, the one who holds the power is never the one being loved. It’s the one brave enough to confess their feelings and brave enough to let go. I loved 895Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    This story is so perfectly matched... The male lead is a CEO who kept the female lead as his mistress for seven years before going on to marry her in a political alliance. He later regretted it, divorced her, and tried to win her back, but she had already fallen in love with the second male lead, married him, and even had a child!

31. 31 重 Reborn, I Remarried, and My Ex-Husband Panicked 重生后改嫁，前夫急了 Two Pigs and a Mouse两只猪一只鼠Ancient Romance100k WordsCompleted [Both protagonists are reborn] [The husband chases his wife, but never wins her back] The key point: the heroine has given up on her former husband * In her previous life, Xie Zhuxin's father accidentally saved Yi Yunxiao, the badly wounded Marquis of Zhenbei. They married, but three years later she overheard her drunken husband speaking the truth: in his eyes, their marriage had been nothing more than “repaying a favor by taking advantage of it.” That very night, Xie Zhuxin wrote a divorce agr 1kReads8.6Score104Shelves

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    In his past life, the male lead had a white moonlight (a love interest), but after marriage, he was indifferent to the female lead. He began to regret it after the female lead's death. After being reborn twice, he experienced a "wife-chasing" scenario, and the female lead chose to marry the second male lead.

32. 32 谈 Forget the Campus Heartthrob, the Abstinent Young Master Is So Devoted 谈什么校草，禁欲太子爷他超宠 Naughty Little Deer小鹿不乖Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted [A husband’s desperate pursuit after losing his wife # taking down scumbags # reunion after a long separation # marriage before love # secret crush # second male lead wins # childhood friends fighting over her] Xia Shiyu pursued the school heartthrob for five years. She heard he liked sweet, gentle women, so she wore white dresses and played the part for years. When she finally got what she wanted, she found Li Hanting with a close friend in his arms, smiling carelessly as he mocked her. “Like a 238Reads6.2Score103Shelves
33. 33 厉 President Li, Your Wife Doesn’t Deserve to Die 厉总，夫人她罪不至死 The Music Never Ceases笙笙不息Modern Romance3.4M WordsCompleted Shen Zhichu had given him her whole heart for sixteen years, only to be told to leave with nothing, just so he could make room for the woman he had always loved. Li Jingshen thought he would be happy once that woman was gone, until he received her diagnosis... He rushed over in a panic, only to find her holding someone else’s hand. “Why didn’t you tell me you had stomach cancer?” “Weren’t you hoping I’d die sooner?” Shen Zhichu laughed scornfully. “Li Jingshen, I don’t want to spend the last of 8.9kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    I have to recommend this! The male lead is a total scumbag 🙃. The female lead is killed by him in the end, but after being reborn, she gets together with the second male lead, who is incredibly nice, a sweet and innocent puppy type. Most importantly, he only shows affection to the female lead 😍, and he's very imaginative. In short, he's adorable! He's totally my boyfriend standard. If you find the male lead disgusting at first, don't give up! Bai Qiu, the angel, won't let you down, trust me!! 😌😌

34. 34 今 Love Hasn't Fallen Asleep Tonight 今夜爱未眠 Little Tangyuan2019小汤团2019Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted Fifteen years ago, Lu Xiaozhen risked her life to save Huo Heng. Fifteen years later, she got her wish and married him, only to suffer his coldness and humiliation after their wedding. Two years later, he asked for a divorce and went to another woman. Lu Xiaozhen didn't cry or make a scene. She gave up on him and left with her head held high. Only after the truth came to light did Huo Heng try to win her back, but by then, it was too late. 118Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    This is a angsty novel about the second male lead winning the heart of the protagonist, and it's really good!!!

35. 35 目 You Are All I See 目光所至都是你 Mu Han慕寒Modern Romance49k WordsCompleted After three years of marriage, Huo Mingxuan repeatedly hurt Qin Qianmo, the woman who truly loved him, for the sake of the woman he held dear in his heart. It wasn't until someone cut out her heart that he suddenly realized his own heart had gone empty too. Years after their separation, at a grand banquet hosted by the He family of the imperial capital, the woman he couldn't bear to see even in his dreams arrives beneath the starlight. Huo Mingxuan loses control on the spot and rushes to her lik 301Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Both of these stories feature the female lead ending up with the second male lead; I highly recommend the first one.

36. 36 我 The Mountains and Seas Between Me and My Love 我与所爱隔山海 Nine Songs九歌Modern Romance34k WordsCompleted You were the only sunlight and warmth in my life, but you left me with nothing but despair, and made me feel so filthy... 73Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    This is amazing!!! Absolutely incredible! It's short but you can read it back and forth, it's so good, and very few people read it! Highly recommended! Go go go! ლ—(°◡°)-ლ

37. 37 我 I Don’t Want to Like Him 我才不要喜欢他呢 Paint a Touch of Wood and Fire画点木火Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted [Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + Reborn in School Days + Both Reborn + Healing and Redemption + Foreshadowing + A Little Melodramatic + Sweet Romance + Heartwarming] Everyone knows that the proud Jiang Yuan is hopelessly in love with Song Yanzhi. Only Song Yanzhi pretends not to notice. Childhood friends from middle school through university graduation, Jiang Yuan spent eleven whole years chasing after him. Then, one day in the future, Jiang Yuan's health began to fail. All she wanted was for 4kReads8.5Score298Shelves

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    🌈The second male lead takes over, cruelly tormenting the male lead. They were childhood sweethearts; she followed him for eleven years, but he pretended not to understand. Until her health failed her, she received only his cold wedding invitation. She went mad, collapsing in a pool of blood. Reborn, she only wanted to get away from him, but he regretted it, leading to a tumultuous pursuit. Sorry, those who lose me are lost forever; the devoted second male lead takes over.

38. 38 敬 A Toast to the Past, I’ll Never Turn Back, No Matter How Much I Loved You 敬往事一杯酒，再爱也不回头 Li Xi离兮Modern Romance756k WordsCompleted Even giving her life could not warm Jiang Diyun’s heart. Holding the cold body of her son, Qin Sheng finally came to her senses. “Jiang Diyun, if I could live my life over, I wouldn’t love you again.” 642Reads9.0Score115Shelves

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    The female lead is reborn and no longer loves the male lead; the second male lead takes her place. [Admiration]

39. 39 全 Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance, but the White Moonlight Just Wants to Build a Career 全员火葬场，白月光只想搞事业 Li MuMU李木MUAncient Romance251k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + cross-dressing as a man + everyone reborn + no rekindling old flames + everyone faces a groveling redemption arc] Jiang Yan died silently beneath the heavy snow. In the moment before she closed her eyes, she looked back on her life and saw nothing but regrets. When Jiang Yan was born, her mother died in childbirth. She was branded a jinx from childhood, disliked by her father and estranged from her older brother. Her brash young cousin bullied her, and even the little beggar sh 2.1kReads8.5Score122Shelves

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    This is a tragic story; it made me use up two packs of tissues. In her past life, the protagonist was abused by several men: her own brother, cousin, husband, her adopted brother, and her father who refused to see her after her mother's difficult childbirth. The female protagonist died at 18 in her previous life. Reborn, she only wants to stay away from them. Those who enjoy tragic stories might enjoy this one.

40. 40 予 A City of Joy for You, a Long Song to Warm This Fleeting Life 予君欢喜城，长歌暖浮生 A Midsummer Night一夜盛夏Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Xiangsheng always seemed to get the second female lead’s role, yet she fell in love with a celestial being from a world far above her own. In Nan Fengjin’s eyes, Song Xiangsheng was someone he could toss a little sweetness to whenever she came to mind. Everyone could see that Nan Fengjin didn’t love her, but she always liked to play dumb. She thought even the coldest heart could eventually be warmed, but by the time her own heart had gone cold, she still hadn’t managed it. When her reputati 2.9kReads8.2Score103Shelves

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    Looking at all three, they all fit the bill, with the second male lead ultimately winning over the first one: First of all, the male lead is truly a scumbag, cheating on his wife. Is he devoted? Perhaps! At the same time, I feel sorry for Nan Fengjin's tragic life; it's hard to accept. But Xiang Sheng can never go back to the beginning! Jiang Junxiao's appearance allows Xiang Sheng to be loved by someone else until his death. It's been a long time since I've read a book that feels both satisfying and unsatisfying, but this kind of ending is exactly what I wanted.

41. 41 刺 Bone-Chilling 刺骨 Yan Han堰晗Modern Romance909k WordsCompleted Han Zhen is a thorn in Nan Qiao’s throat: pull it out and she bleeds; swallow it and she dies. When they were young, he deceived her. She thought he simply didn’t know how to love. Only later did she understand that when he loved deeply, he was more devoted than anyone. He simply didn’t want to love her. Later, she was stripped to the bone, lost everything, and painfully came back reborn, becoming someone who no longer loved him. 4kReads8.2Score293Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book; the most heart-wrenching story is one of those tangled and intricate entanglements. It's a love triangle involving him, her, and him—the ultimate in its complexities. My entire youth was spent loving you, but countless disappointments and heartbreaks stabbed me like knives. I watched you push me away, yet I could never get any closer… In my despair, someone just as "foolish" as me clung to me, slowly pulling me out of the abyss. I thought I should let you go, but fate wouldn't be on my side; it insisted I suffer the most from love… Love, etched into my bones; pain, piercing to the bone!

42. 42 分 After the Breakup, the Tsundere Male Supporting Lead Takes the Lead 分手后傲娇男配上位了 The Witch's Apple女巫的苹果Modern Romance246k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Sweet Romance + Hilarious Shenanigans + The Second Male Lead Takes the Crown After a Long Road to Winning Her Back] Reborn at twenty-one, Xia Yu feels there’s still time to set everything right. Her sister is alive. She hasn’t been deceived and imprisoned by Lu Lin, and the tottering Xia family can still be saved. So she puts on the most innocent makeup, wears her most alluring outfit, and goes to see that man. Everyone says Xia Yu is getting in over her head. How could she dare go af 83Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    😅😅😅: Indeed! [Laughs] Taking a step forward leads to loneliness, taking a step back leads to happiness! Her turn melted the ice and snow from his world of love behind her, bringing spring warmth and blooming flowers. 💃💃🎊🕺🕺

43. 43 血 Bloodstained, a Wild Rose with an Unyielding Spirit 血染，傲骨野玫瑰 Jun Luo Qing君落轻Modern Romance282k WordsCompleted [Women's Fiction] Important note: The heroine is not actually Xi Lianyue. This will be explained later. Because she looked like someone else, she was made to take the blame. Four years in prison were not enough. Even after her release, she still couldn't escape the mire of reality. She was forced into a pond of piranhas, used as a live test subject, made to fight Tibetan mastiffs, and had both legs broken. After all the persecution, the truth was finally revealed piece by piece. The men who had 4.7kReads9.0Score438Shelves
44. 44 引 Luring Her into His Embrace 引她沉溺 Xiao Jin小今Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [Gentle, classically elegant dancer vs. distinguished young master of the capital] [Ex-husband's regret arc, male lead has loved her for years and steps in, happy ending] As the most beautiful star of the capital's song and dance troupe, Shen Yao has no shortage of male admirers, yet she has loved Wen Qi for years. During the year she was secretly married to Wen Qi, he was always unsmiling and reserved around her, and never appeared in public with her. She strictly observed the terms of their ag 5kReads9.3Score610Shelves

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    These are all books about punishing scumbag men and the second male lead taking over!

45. 45 肆 A Wanton Kiss of Passion 肆意吻情 Heng Ye恒叶Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + the second male lead takes the lead + long-laid plans + devoted couple + three-year age gap + the second male lead and heroine reunite after a long separation] [A stunningly beautiful, sweet-natured heroine + a devoted, flirtatious young tea tycoon] (Note: this is not a strong-woman story, and the heroine does not dominate the narrative.) She used to hear her mother say that once she graduated from college, she and Jiang Wang would get engaged and then married. She waited 12.2kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
46. 46 软 A Gentle Seduction 软诱 Jiujiu Qi久久萋Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted The print edition of Rose Crown goes on sale August 10. Available on all platforms. [Married First, Love Later + Secret Crush + He Chases His Wife After Losing Her, But She Never Looks Back + Both Are Each Other’s First] She was the Xu family’s adopted daughter, and Zhou Yuetian’s little shadow. She had followed him everywhere since childhood, until she heard him say this at the age of twenty-four: “She’s just the Xu family’s adopted daughter. Why would I actually care about her? People like us 72.2kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
47. 47 主 The Commander-in-Chief’s Heart Has Found Its Match 主帅花落 Paper Story纸故Ancient Romance113k WordsCompleted The Celestial Realm, the Demon Realm (the Phoenix Clan), and the Mortal Realm: Hualuo and Ziyu were childhood friends from the Phoenix Clan. They fell in love and became cultivation partners, but the war between immortals and demons forced them apart for over a thousand years. When they finally reunited, everything had changed. Why had Hualuo, now an immortal, lost her memory and given birth prematurely? Originally titled A Child Between Me and the Celestial Lord. 70Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    This is so pretty!

48. 48 长 Changye Wuyue 长烨无月 Awakening at Ten夢醒十分Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [A princess sent away for a political marriage × an obsessive crown prince and emperor] [Tragic romance] (The comic adaptation is now available.) A general dies in battle, and a princess is sent far away to marry for peace. The young man who had been her childhood sweetheart remained forever on the battlefield in the desert. As a princess of her nation, she was sent far away to Great Jin for a political marriage. The desert battlefield claimed the young General Zhou, while the bright and spiri 29.9kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves

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    🌿A princess sent for a political marriage versus a paranoid emperor. The male lead is possessive and forces the female lead into marriage. The female lead never loves the male lead until her death, her heart belongs only to the second male lead. In the epilogue, she ends up with the second male lead. 🌿A general dies on the battlefield, and a princess is sent for a political marriage. There is no palace intrigue; instead, a group of girls in the deep palace find solace in each other.

49. 49 宿EN Host, Your Movie-Star Ex's Darkening Level Is Rising! 宿主，影帝前男友黑化值+1+1 Phoenix Soaring to the Ninth Heaven凤凌九霄Two Male Leads308k WordsCompleted Jiang Chiyan, the fifth young master of one of the capital’s most powerful families, defies his father for the first time in twenty years for the sake of a young male star. Without hesitation, he gives up power and wealth to choose love. But fate has other plans, and they break up. Six years later, that once little-known star has become a nine-time Best Actor, with a face that could stop time, a slender neck, and a lean, elegant frame beneath his white shirt. He is like snow on a distant mountai 10.3kReads9.6Score1.4kShelves

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50. 50 外 The Concubine Only Wants to Lie Flat. Why Are You Picking a Fight with Her? 外室只想原地躺平，你们惹她干嘛 Fei Fei非非Ancient Romance659k WordsCompleted [Coercive love + groveling pursuit + second male lead becomes the endgame] A war god general who doesn’t realize he’s in love, and a scheming prince who plans every step. … Luo Shiyao was traveling on a cruise ship when an accident occurred midway, and she drowned at sea. The good news: she wasn’t dead. She had transmigrated. The bad news: she was in hell mode from the start, reincarnated as the top courtesan in a brothel. Uh-oh… When you’re in a brothel, you have little say over your own fate. 301Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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