A Female Lead Who Is Cold in Appearance and at Heart. No Sweet, Naive Heroines 女主 外貌也冷 心也冷 不要傻白甜

1. 1 灰 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 Clouds of Rough Noodles Again又见糙面云Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 33.9kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves

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   This year's current trend is that there is a ceiling for sapiosexuality. I can't even watch anything else. The author has a profound literary background, which is not comparable to that of novice authors. The writing is divine and super delicate. The male protagonist is crazy in love, but not mindlessly crazy. The female protagonist is very attractive. After watching the movie, she not only fell in love with the male protagonist, but also fell in love with the female protagonist. The layout is huge, and it will make you think after reading it. The plot takes off after ten chapters. Trust me, you will come back and thank me after reading it.

2. 2 湛 The Beloved Wife in Young Master Zhan's Arms Is Breathtakingly Beautiful 湛少怀里的团宠娇妻美翻了 October Frost十月霜华Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Beloved by All + Two Powerful Leads + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Miracle Doctor Golden Finger + Extra Sweet Romance + A Touch of Fantasy] [Cold and Decisive Male Lead x Cool, Fairylike Female Lead] Yun Qingniao only wants to make a living through her own abilities, but her beauty keeps getting in the way. And one older man is always at her side, constantly plotting to conquer her and make her his. A renowned doctor famous at home and abroad, the young mistress of the mysterious Hidden Pavilion, 1.5kReads9.1Score164Shelves

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   The heroine couldn't feel the emotions at the beginning due to family reasons, but she slowly recovered later.

3. 3 踢 After Kicking Off the Coffin Lid, I Became Everyone's Dream in Another World 踢翻棺材盖后，我在异世成万人迷 West Bank Green Gardenia西岸青栀Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted Reborn / strong female lead / no CP / everyone loves her / no-brain power fantasy Leng Ruoxin, a powerful soul cultivator who lived in the 23rd century, was killed after being hunted by various factions. At the brink of death, she gathered all her soul power and tore open a rift in time and space. By a twist of fate, she became Lan Xin, the third daughter of the Lan family in another world. Given a second life, all she cares about is cultivation. She has no intention of getting involved in anyth 354Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   This real heroine is very, very cold and has no cp

4. 4 日 Drunk on the Road Home at Dusk 日暮醉归途 Mu Qiqi暮萋萋Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The cool, intelligent beauty Shui Qiaoyou, a general of the former dynasty, and the pure-hearted, reserved prince Chu Moli, a prince of the current dynasty Historical romance, no transmigration, no palace intrigue, no household drama, one-on-one romance, strong female lead. Shui Qiaoyou felt as though she’d merely fallen asleep. When she opened her eyes again, a hundred years had passed. Her homeland, family, and friends were like smoke, long since vanished into the river of time. Fate had left 17kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves

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   The heroine is not familiar with worldly affairs, does not participate in worldly affairs, her strength is worth the ceiling, and she is dull. In fact, she has a clear psychological mirror and her personality is the same as Zhang Qiling.

5. 5 棠 Tang Fengqingyang, I’ll Dare to Overstep My Place 棠凤清炀，我要以下犯上 The Cat on the Bay Window飘窗的猫Ancient Romance212k WordsCompleted [A gloomy, slightly yandere apprentice with a possessive streak, and a proud, icy beauty of a female master] Synopsis 1: Pei Qingyang clawed his way out of the gutter. His entire city was massacred, and he was the sole survivor. Yet this boy, sunk deep in the mire, fell uncontrollably in love with the true darling of heaven. Beneath the gauzy bed curtains, the corners of his eyes glowing an eerie red, he whispered, “Tang Ning, I will love you forever.” Synopsis 2: Shen Tangning was born with the 55Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Master and apprentice story, female master and male apprentice, the female protagonist is a proud daughter of Tianfeng bloodline, a cold and beautiful woman, she only loves to practice, and is dedicated to the great road, the male protagonist is a gloomy and possessive young apprentice, who wants to forcefully possess the master and bring him down the altar, but the female protagonist is cold, lazy, distant, but not indifferent

6. 6 嫡 The Principal Daughter Becomes Queen 嫡女为凰 Chasing the Night逐夜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Tags: Rebirth, revenge, strong female and male leads The powerful Princess Changle of Wuyang died the day before she was to give up her authority and head to her fiefdom for a carefree life. Her trusted consort, her teacher, and her closest friend conspired to kill her. Even as she died, she never heard a confession from the one she loved. Reborn, she decides to live for herself. She stirs up trouble in both the inner court and the royal court, seeking revenge on those who harmed her in her prev 219Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The heroine was a sinister princess in her previous life, strategizing, cold and ruthless. After being poisoned and reborn, she changed her vest and became the legitimate daughter of Black Lotus, causing trouble in the back house and the court, just for revenge. The heroine has a clear career mind, her career lines are closely linked, and her emotional lines join forces.

7. 7 她 She’s Spoiled and Unruly 她纨绔又猖狂 Black Chocolate Loves Sucking Black黑巧爱吸黑Modern Romance247k WordsOngoing [Everyone's Favorite] [Feel-Good] [Rivalry for Her Affection] [Exes Begging for a Second Chance] [First Love] [The One Who Left a Lasting Mark] [Fake and Real Heiresses] [Girl Who Acts Like One of the Guys] She likes men with great bodies and is a total looks person. Decisive and ruthless, she hears her boyfriend talking with his buddies and immediately dumps him. There's always someone better next. When she was twelve, her father brought home the orphaned daughter of a fallen comrade. She becam 44Reads—Score—Shelves

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8. 8 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is the Big Boss of the Big Bosses 快穿：宿主她是大佬界的扛把子 Mu Shiqi暮十七Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance] [Strong female lead] [Quick Transmigration] System: Dear Host, could you please try to focus just a little while doing your missions? Ming Li glanced at the System. “I’ll consider it.” System: ... The System cried itself unconscious in the space. Weren’t Hosts supposed to get along lovingly with their Systems? Weren’t they all supposed to complete their missions with enthusiasm? Watching its Host dominate every plane, the System felt like the world had no love left in it. Then, one 12.5kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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   This is absolutely cold, so cold that it chills my heart

9. 9 真 The Real Heiress Drops the Act! The Unhinged Girl Offends the Whole World! 真千金不装了！疯批得罪全世界！ Endless Sky长空万里Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Wealthy Family + Sharp-Tongued, Unhinged Heroine + Dark, Powerful Hero + Plenty of Secret Identities + Sweet Romance, One-on-One] Ye Kong grew up an orphan and turned twenty. Then she was suddenly told that she was the real daughter of the wealthy Ye family of Huaichuan. But when she returned home, she was greeted not by a heartwarming reunion, but by a family who doted on their fake heiress and an unwanted, disabled fiancé. Ye Kong had a lot to say. But before she left, the orphanage 56.6kReads9.4Score6.9kShelves
10. 10 肆 Relentless Entanglement 肆缠 Qi Tani​​an綦他年Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [Refined, ascetic, and restrained, with a wild side beneath the surface: business tycoon × ethereal, aloof beauty and top-tier star × both leads are chaste, one-on-one romance] Back then, Sang Lanchu was a proud heiress with a heart of ice, until she met someone: a poor boy from a mountain village. With his slight accent, he called her “Yao'er, Yao'er” in a shy yet affectionate voice, making her feel both bashful and giddy. But she still abandoned him without hesitation. Later, Zhou Shi died. 6.7kReads9.2Score735Shelves

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    In the early stage, the down-and-out male protagonist and the wealthy daughter, in the later stage, the transformed business tycoon and the down-and-out female protagonist in the entertainment industry, the misunderstanding was resolved, and they were together (the scene in the early stage when the male protagonist rescued the kidnapped female protagonist was very interesting, and the male protagonist tried his best to be worthy of the female protagonist)

11. 11 玄 Xuanhuan: Nine Ill-Fated Lifetimes with the Female Emperor 玄幻：我和女帝的九世孽缘 Wang Xiaofeng王小疯Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Wang Feng transmigrated into a cultivation world and awakened a System. He thought he’d become an immortal and reach the pinnacle of the cultivation world. But then an extraordinarily beautiful woman appeared out of nowhere, killing him until only one of the System’s nine lives remained. It was as if the two of them were destined to be together. No matter where they went, they kept running into each other. And in his ninth rebirth, Wang Feng ran into her yet again! The good news: after that grea 71.9kReads9.5Score8.8kShelves

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    ⭐⭐⭐The iceberg heroine is slowly being covered up by the hero and becomes a daily routine! The Great Ice Queen Glacier! Laughing like crazy, the male protagonist Zhen used his whole body to hug the female protagonist, quickly grabbed a handful of her chest, and kissed her hard. He was still unskilled and stretched out the soft object in his mouth. When Wang Feng died, he seemed to have seen the Ice Empress whipping his corpse!

12. 12 爆 Shocking! The Cold and Aloof Senior Sister Secretly Keeps Male Concubines 爆！清冷大师姐私下竟豢养男宠 Rain Beneath the Eaves檐下雨Ancient Romance198k WordsOngoing Lin Hua was the senior disciple of the greatest sect in the cultivation world. She didn't start cultivating until she was fifteen, yet reached the Golden Core Realm at eighteen, stunning the entire cultivation world. But for the next ten years, her cultivation remained stagnant, and everyone speculated about the reason. Later, Lin Hua visited a secret realm and emerged having advanced straight to the Nascent Soul Realm, shattering everyone's prejudices. That alone would have been surprising enou —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ① Senior Sister Qing Leng's cultivation has been stagnant. Once she entered and exited the secret realm, she made a breakthrough. She actually secretly raised an extraordinary male pet. Everyone was shocked to see how cultivating an immortal could be done in this way.

13. 13 清 The Cool, Cunning Young Master Can't Resist My Teasing, So the Big Boss Teases Me Every Day 清冷小腹黑他不禁撩，大佬天天撩 Watching Lantern Flowers on Horseback走马看灯花Ancient Romance150k WordsOngoing [Wealthy, stingy heroine] [Powerful heroine dotes on the hero] [Everyone's favorite] [1v1, both untouched] [Satisfying revenge] [Heroine is both righteous and wicked] Shocking news! The Lord of the Kingdom of the Gods, Fengqi Dijun, a supreme being across three thousand worlds and a bachelor for ten thousand years, aloof and noble with little interest in desire, has been pinned to his throne and kissed by a woman! And right in front of all his ministers! The emperor's mighty and imposing aura v 6Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 撩 You Flirted with Me and Now You Want to Run? No Chance! 撩完就想跑？没门！ A Xun Chasing the Light追光的阿寻Two Female Leads308k WordsCompleted A cool, haughty heiress × a seemingly delicate beauty with a hidden dark side Jiang Yi, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, learned from childhood to read people's expressions and bend over backward to please them. Her father sent her in a small sedan chair to the home of Old Master Pei, but just after she arrived, the old man passed away. The eldest daughter of the Pei family returned from abroad to take charge of everything. With her status in the Pei family uncertain, Jiang Yi had no cho 929Reads8.3Score122Shelves
15. 15 震 Shocking! The Aloof Goddess Stuns the Whole World! 震惊！清冷神女惊艳全世界！ Si Yi sy肆镱syTwo Female Leads49k WordsOngoing [A cool, reserved master with overwhelming strength x a dazzling beauty with a sweet exterior and a dark heart] [Two female leads!!! Master-disciple romance!!!] Jiang Qiyuan is bound to a System. Her first mission is to take on a disciple. A whole pile of restrictions is laid out. At the disciple-selection ceremony, she looks around and finds fewer than five people who meet the requirements. She looks left, then right. Ah, whatever. This one seems pleasant enough. I'll take her. * Ruan Yiqi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 姐 My Sister Is Charming and Clever! How Could She Be the Villainess?! 姐娇媚又聪慧！怎么可能是女配！ One Zi一个子Ancient Romance169k WordsOngoing [Court and Household Intrigue + Transmigration + Her Ex Pursues Her, but They Don't Get Back Together + Sweet Romance (A Little Angst Early On) + Clear-Headed and Lively Heroine] Ruan Nuannuan transmigrates into a novel she once read, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name as her. In the book, she is breathtakingly beautiful but completely uneducated. Her aunt schemes to marry her off to a womanizing marquis, and she dies after a short life. The day she transmigrates, G —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 团 Beloved by All: The True Heiress Has Unmasked Herself Again 团宠大佬：真千金又掉马了 Qi Er亓耳Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Lin Sheng was abandoned in the mountains at birth and raised by a mysterious organization. She mastered an impressive collection of secret identities: a famous designer, a fighting champion, a legendary doctor... She thought having three powerful grandfathers was already pretty amazing, but it turned out that Yin Junyu, a business titan, was her eldest brother; Yin Junjie, a so-called medical genius, was her second brother; Yin Junye, the God of War of Hua Nation, was her third brother; and Yin 4.3kReads9.1Score636Shelves

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    It's really amazing, especially the heroine sending people to jail and killing people

18. 18 先 Marriage Before Love: Mr. Nan's Beloved Wife 先婚后爱：南先生的娇娇夫人 Fu Shanqing扶山青Modern Romance139k WordsOngoing A well-read, gentle and easygoing wife × a restrained, old-fashioned gentleman with a deep heart It began as a family-arranged marriage, a union of politics and business, with each side pursuing their own aims. Nan Mochen had no interest in romance. He only wanted to marry and have a child to fulfill his grandmother’s dying wish. Yan Shihua wanted only to get married and complete this milestone in life so her parents could rest easy. They expected to treat each other with courtesy and live their 201Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    It's a family marriage, the heroine is incapable of love, and the hero has a long road to pursue his wife. It's sweet and slightly sadistic. It's great to watch!

19. 19 帝 The Emperor’s Gambit: A Game for the Empire 帝谋：江山弈 The Unreturned Palace未归阙Historical2.6M WordsOngoing Xiao Shiyu, the ninth prince of the Jing Dynasty, is twenty years old and holds the title Prince Yubei. Cool and reserved, with a striking bearing, he is like a solitary piece of jade in a cold pool, keeping his edge hidden beneath the turbulent surface of court politics. Yet as a son of the imperial house, his fate is not his to choose. Though he has no desire to contend for the throne, he is still swept into the heart of a maelstrom of fraternal strife and powerful clans vying for influence. S 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The script is absolutely consistent, Y yds, just read it

20. 20 刺 The Assassin Big Sister Is Back, and the Capital Is in for a Shake-Up 刺客姐姐回来了，京城要变天 Lotus Seeds and Longan莲子桂圆Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + satisfying revenge + political intrigue + wuxia style + humor + very little romance + memorable male supporting characters] From the moment she was born, Lü Shangen, the second branch’s young lady in the Hanlin Academy residence, was regarded by her grandmother as an ill omen. When she was just over a year old, she was sent far away. The servants responsible for raising her were greedy to the core. They pocketed the money meant for her upkeep, let their own daughter take Lü 7.6kReads8.9Score877Shelves

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    Try this book, the rating is not high, it is coarse grain in the chaff, a niche assassin style, the heroine has brains, has strength value, cool writing, half court and half Jianghu style, no time travel, no rebirth, no golden fingers, no noob plot, the plot is compact and not procrastinating, all the members have online IQ, humorous, the more you read, the better it gets. You don't want to skip chapters, you have the desire to keep reading...

21. 21 揽 Embracing Her Slender Waist 揽细腰 The Taste of Coptis黄莲的味道Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted (Cocky, handsome pilot/CEO vs. cool, reserved jewelry designer; one-on-one, both pure; marriage first, love later) (The author is hopeless at writing blurbs, but this is absolutely a sweet romance!) Yan Yan is the hottest young heir in their circle. His outstanding theoretical knowledge and practical flying skills have made the Second Young Master Yan the youngest captain at an airline owned by the Yan family, all before turning thirty. With a handsome face and a roguish, devil-may-care grin, he 456Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    In this book, the heroine has a very cold personality, and it took the hero a long time to melt her cold heart.

22. 22 与 Playing Chess with You: The Phoenix's Power 与君奕：凰权 Jiang Tanluoyue江潭落月Ancient Romance369k WordsCompleted (The rating has only just opened and will rise later) “Political intrigue + evenly matched leads + marriage before love + traditional war for supremacy in a chaotic age + ensemble cast + powerful female lead + nation and family” In these chaotic times, even a monarch can hardly hope for a lifetime of peace. Crowned heir to the throne at six, named crown prince at eight, and enthroned at twelve, Yan Xi was the “future savior of the Yan Kingdom” foretold by an astrologer, blessed with the Purple 93Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    A pure ancient proverb about two powerful people seeking power, all the members have online IQs, the heroine is beautiful, strong and miserable. The last king of the Yan Kingdom in the past, and the founding queen of the Zhao Kingdom today - Yan Xi, has been playing against fate all her life. Suffering from the blood poison curse and the prophecy of overthrowing the country, she uses the bones of her clan members and the blood of Beidi to create her own dynasty with her iron fist and wisdom in a male-dominated world of power, and shares the world with her male protagonist.

23. 23 空 The Empty Grave 空坟 Red Phantom红幽灵Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Don't mess with the mirror in the house! After my favorite mirror disappeared, I began to fear the light. The doctor said I was allergic to sunlight, and I thought I was just sick. Until one day... I saw... my own grave! 1.4kReads9.0Score171Shelves

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    👍, The heroine has a cold appearance and a cold heart. She is not a silly sweetheart. She is a real ghost (a ghost). The heroine is 4, but she has forgotten that she is 4. The heroine was designed to have a spiritual body (the hero knows she is a ghost). 👍, The heroine is aloof, autistic, and has a cold heart. She is not a silly sweetheart. She is only interested in corpses and the male protagonist. The male protagonist is a tough guy detective captain. The two met because of the corpse.

24. 24 心 The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者 Bug Baby虫宝宝Mystery548k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is 82.7kReads9.5Score13.5kShelves
25. 25 先 Born Evil 先天坏种 Mr. Ophiopogon麦冬先生Mystery378k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 511Reads8.6Score113Shelves
26. 26 青 My Childhood Friend Is More Than an Assassin, and My Sweetheart Isn't a Prince 青梅不只是刺客，竹马他不是皇子 Red Poria红茯Ancient Romance356k WordsCompleted Shen Wenxi was used as a pawn by her enemies throughout her previous life. She was both the assassin White Owl and the Valley Lord of Cloudmist Valley, who commanded a private army. Reborn, she kept her Valley Lord secret identity carefully hidden as she set out to find her fiancé and take her revenge. Yang Ce disguised himself as the ailing, short-lived Ninth Prince to stay alive, while also serving as the mysterious and highly favored War God, Lord Yannan. As he lay dying, he learned that his 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine is cool and beautiful, has her own power, and has a high IQ!

27. 27 顶 The Top-Tier Star Returns: The Entire Entertainment World Awaits My Reckoning 顶流归位：全娱圈等我清算 Almost Nannako Matsunai差一点点的小松奈奈Modern Romance679k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Rebirth + Revenge on Scumbags + Entertainment Industry + CEO + Two Powerful Leads] Slow-paced, not a brainless wish-fulfillment story, and no golden finger Jiang Yanzhi was a top-tier singer earning tens of millions a year. But after her parasitic family, treacherous best friend, and unscrupulous company conspired against her, she died penniless in a cold, rundown rental room. Perhaps fate wanted her to punish the scumbags herself. Jiang Yanzhi discovered that she had been 614Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    The cool heroine is not a brainless and cool novel, and there is no golden finger. It needs to be eaten with 🧠. Because it involves the heroine's growth process in adversity, the pace will be slower. The early game is weak, but if you like the heroine in the later game, please come in.

28. 28 女 The Empress Became a Wealthy Heiress’s Wife, and Mr. Fu Fell for Her 女帝成了豪门太太，傅总他沦陷了 It's A Lan是阿岚阿Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted [Ancient woman in the modern era + maxed-out heroine + both devoted to each other + equally powerful] [Brilliant, cool and beautiful physician-empress & ruthless, scheming head of a wealthy family] She was once the empress who ruled the land, but after years of illness, she left the world she had lived in for nineteen years. Just as she thought her life had reached its end, she opened her eyes again and found herself the mistress of a powerful family in the capital. Unfortunately, her husband ha 407Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Super strong, not in love but with brains.

29. 29 逸 The Cold Princess Consort of Prince Yi 逸王的冷妃 Smoky Trees by the Cold River寒江烟树Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The powerful Yulong Kingdom's noble and handsome Prince Yi, Ye Qiansheng, is determined to reclaim the throne that belongs to him. He forms a marriage alliance with Leng Ruohan, the long-lost legitimate daughter of the cold Grand Tutor Leng, to whom he is already betrothed. Leng Ruohan is the aloof leader of Suye Palace, the martial world's foremost criminal organization. As the two spend time together, the haughty prince finds himself indulging her in every way... 1.1kReads8.5Score100Shelves

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    This book fully meets the requirements. This book is really beautiful.

30. 30 离 I Quit, So Don't Keep Me from Going Home to Collect Rent 离职了，别耽误我回家收租 Momo321陌陌321Modern Romance879k WordsOngoing Zhou Jianning had been with Shen Yue'an for five years, looking after him until he was completely wrapped around her finger. Naively, she thought she would eventually become Mrs. Shen and work alongside Shen Yue'an at MK until they retired. But when he let others falsely accuse her of leaking an important proposal, then coldly watched as someone slapped her, Zhou Jianning’s naivete vanished. To hell with being demoted and apologizing! She quit! She was done catering to him! Wouldn’t it be much b 2.1kReads8.3Score101Shelves

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    🌴What's the point of being cold-hearted? 🍁It's just that reason has defeated emotion, and we are not facing someone who can abandon reason. 🍂①The heroine chases the scumbag, and there has been no change in five years, and she was even abandoned by the scumbag. In this case, I don't want to serve you anymore, go home to collect rent, and don't interfere with the business. 🌿② Everyone says that Miss Yan is cold-hearted, and the ugliest among the four golden flowers. She is struggling in the family, and her superior strength is invisible. The family is afraid that she will be the best, but they don't know that she is only for self-preservation, she is purely rational and the male protagonist is sapiosexual. She is really good-looking, and it is not a loss to invest in her.

31. 31 想 I Want to Marry Miss Yan 想娶颜小姐为妻 A Deep Lake一湖深Modern Romance914k WordsCompleted There’s a saying in Jiangcheng: of the Yan family’s four beauties, Yan Xi is the ugliest. She isn’t just ugly. She’s also ruthless and cunning. People say her heart and liver are black, earning her the title of Witch. She single-handedly ruined the marriage arrangement between the Qin and Su families, stirring up a citywide scandal. People mocked her, saying she’d never get married in her life. At her engagement banquet, her fiancé rejected her, but he stood up in front of everyone and said, “I 318Reads8.9Score105Shelves
32. 32 偏 Spoiling and the Hunt 偏宠与猎杀 Watching the Stars and Singing看繁星吟游Modern Romance227k WordsCompleted [Revenge + status gap + height gap + age gap + powerful man bows his head + no saintly heroine + satisfying read + possessive pursuit + both untouched] Cool, aloof, ruthless heroine out for revenge VS powerful, devoted puppy-dog hero The most painful thing wasn’t learning that they had died. It was learning that they could have lived. How much pain must they have felt, watching the car hurtle toward them? The law couldn’t protect me. The law couldn’t punish the guilty. They shouldn’t have died. 209Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This cold, alienated, and cold beauty stayed with the male protagonist just to avenge her parents. She killed the people who killed her parents one by one. Because of love, she believed in her again and again and helped her clean up. .

33. 33 行 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 1.3kReads9.2Score101Shelves

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    [I also strongly recommend][Thinking][Laughing][Admiration]

34. 34 南 The South Wind Knows My Heart, and I’ll Never Walk Alone Again 南风知我意，从此不孤行 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Some people say dandelion seeds look like pretty little parachutes, drifting lightly in the breeze, utterly romantic. But Xu Nanfeng thinks they look more like homeless children, wandering everywhere with nowhere to settle. Just like her: no real kin, no true friends, arriving without a ripple and leaving without a sound. There's an old saying: you reap what you sow. But I, Xu Nanfeng, refuse to believe it. I'll grow into the very person you all thought I could never become! Nanfeng knows my hea 1.2kReads9.3Score156Shelves
35. 35 浮 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦，我顶缸穿五零 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 1.5kReads9.2Score154Shelves
36. 36 快 Quick Transmigration: The Art of Splitting into Clones 快穿之：分身有术 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted The most important thing in life is not where you stand, but the direction you face. In the real world, some people laugh, some cry, some shout, and some remain silent. Life is, in essence, an exercise in endurance. Beauty and ugliness, good and bad: everyone has their own feelings about them. Faced with this tumultuous world and the countless selfish thoughts crowding our minds, we often find ourselves wanting to do more than we can, because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. But what 39Reads8.6Score—Shelves
37. 37 青 Qingxuan: Dreams of a Fleeting Life 青玄之浮生梦 Ink That Can Dye Anything一墨可染Ancient Romance409k WordsCompleted [Undercover assassin + strong female lead + beloved by her senior sister + male lead angst + demigod body] 1. If you want to read about friends who understand and save each other, focus on Volume One. (The senior sister and Si Feng are wonderfully written, and the later chapters really hit the mark.) 2. If you want courtly power struggles between the palace and the martial world, and battles of wits between strategists, focus on Volume Two. (A purely teacher-student bond, Princess Sirou’s sweet- 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist is a cold person, good at forbearing. She was a villain in the early stage. Later, she killed the person who pulled her out of the abyss and lived in her place. She loved the male protagonist, but because of different ways, she never admitted it. Later, due to the needs of her goals, she had no choice but to lose the male protagonist.

38. 38 我 The Sickly Man I Picked Up on a Whim Turned Out to Be the Empire's Richest Man 我随手捡的病秧子竟然是帝国首富 Su Manshu苏蔓殊Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine, hidden identity revealed, ultra-A, equally matched leads, devoted heroine and adored hero, both loyal] Everyone in the Empire's elite circles knew that the ancient Gu dynasty had a beautiful, mentally disabled heiress named Gu Yanluo. But as soon as the heiress returned to the Empire, she crippled a pair of rotten scumbags and shot to fame. In the blink of an eye, she had become a venomous beauty with a heart of pure malice. Rumors were recently circulating that Gu Yanluo kept a 72.9kReads9.4Score10.7kShelves

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    The heroine was cold and cold before, but she became a little gentler after meeting the hero (modern novel, serial)

39. 39 惊 Jing Yu Xun Jin 惊予浔槿 The Rabbit's Corner兔子的角落Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Marriage first, love later | Older man | Sweet romance | 1v1, both leads are each other's only partner | Slow burn] [The rating just came out, but it'll go up later] In Beijing's elite circles, everyone said the eldest daughter of the Luo family was cold and indifferent. Luo Jin thought so too, and figured she was perfectly suited to being a pawn in a marriage alliance. So when the “smiling King of Hell” proposed to her in front of everyone at a banquet, she asked only six words: “When are we r 9.5kReads8.4Score938Shelves

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    Very nice!! Really super awesome

40. 40 来 The Bad Woman from Prison 来自监狱的坏女人 Who Could Be My Match谁与为偶Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: The Chaste Police Commissioner: I've Locked Away Your Heart Workplace romance + suspenseful romance + soul swapping + unhinged villainess forces her love + forbidden cop-and-criminal romance + the queen returns I'm Su Yu. The “Goddess of Finance” admired by everyone in the business world. A meticulously planned car accident sent me tumbling from the clouds into the mud. I became the “suspect” everyone cursed and was personally delivered to a detention center. My best friend betra 607Reads9.2Score103Shelves

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    Female Financial Suspect Vs Male Police Station Flower [Evenly matched, strong showdown]

41. 41 最 The Best Lyricist 最佳词作 Kong Liu空留Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] One is a heroine, the other a pampered youngest son who’s always smiling. They work together seamlessly to resolve an unexpected crisis the first time they meet. The second time, she warns her younger cousin not to fall for someone like him. Then comes the Nth meeting, and with it, a lifetime together. 31kReads9.6Score3.9kShelves

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    The female protagonist is cold-tempered, but the male protagonist is enthusiastic. The funny thing is that everyone can see that the male protagonist likes the female protagonist. The male protagonist can fucking see it, but no one tells him. After he found out, he felt stupid. [Cover face]

42. 42 盛 A Glorious Dawn Over the Realm 盛世朝凰 Ye Xingyao叶星妖Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + strong hero; the heroine is no saint] Ye Chongxi, the legitimate daughter of the foremost family in the Tianqi Empire and a genius known throughout the capital, is surrounded and attacked by her fiancé and several allied factions! Chongxi is a demon who emerged from the dark land of death, worshipped as a god by all the dead and the creatures of darkness. A summoning brings her into the other woman’s body. She says, “I can grant you three wishes.” She says, “First, everyone who 5.7kReads9.1Score766Shelves

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    ❤️The nest is here to promote books again [Shy] ✨A summons, she became her, she made three wishes: first, I wish that all those who pay me will live and die, second, I wish that my relatives will be protected by him, third, I wish to live up to the name of a genius and be famous in Jiuzhou! 🍁The male protagonist is the God of Pure White, and the female protagonist is the Emperor of Darkness. She is in chaos in Kyushu, while he protects Kyushu. The collision of black and white, let's see who wins and who loses ❓ Live in darkness and read a good book [Blow kiss]

43. 43 疯 The Big Shot in the Mad God's Arms Exudes Green-Tea Charm 疯批神明怀里的大佬他茶香四溢 Shang Buyu商不予卿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Beautiful, domineering, unhinged goddess × sickly, devoted, humble tycoon; female-led romance, both leads’ first love] Shang Qing is a goddess who wanders among three thousand worlds. Though she is a goddess, she delights in tormenting people’s hearts. Lazy and eccentric, she is aloof and cold. When it comes to the troubles of the world, she judges by her own likes and dislikes. Rather than a goddess, she seems more like a wicked demon. Then she meets someone who is just as dark beneath the sur 2.7kReads9.0Score344Shelves
44. 44 双 Chronicle of the Twin Bracelets 双镯记 Cloud Book and Shadow云朵书影Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted [Transmigration to Another World] [Powerful CEO] [Women's Growth] [Mutual Devotion] A wealthy heiress and a princess from another world transmigrate and switch places. How will the rich young heir handle it? Told across two timelines, ancient and modern, this story focuses on women's growth and a love that brings two people together to save each other. Family, friendship, career: she wants it all! In the modern world, there's a wealthy young heir who has been her childhood sweetheart. In the anc 308Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine is cold and gentle, but she gives up at every turn [awkward laugh][awkward laugh] A high-quality time-travel story with a tight rhythm and a lot of foreshadowing, very advanced! 🤩🤩🤩The emotional lines of the male and female protagonists progress step by step. The passionate love between the wealthy and wealthy young man spans life and death, and transcends time and space.

45. 45 病 The Sickly Sweetheart: Reborn, the Flirtatious Darling Takes Over the World 病娇团宠：重生后小撩精制霸全球 A Crescent Moon一剪月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama Love Hunt is now streaming] [Two yanderes + two rebirths + feel-good face-slapping + everyone’s favorite + overwhelmingly sweet] After traveling through countless worlds, Ruan Qingyan has returned with a whole arsenal of skills! Whether they bullied or abandoned her in her previous life, now that she has been reborn, she will make those scum pay for their betrayal in blood! The world sneered at her, and the wealthy families cast her aside like garbage. But an ancient, mysterious 5.4kReads9.3Score726Shelves

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    This book is quite consistent

46. 46 去 Keep the Child, Get Rid of the Father: The Blind Matriarch Grows More Ruthless by the Day 去父留子，瞎眼主母越来越凶残 A 1cm, 1kg Skinny Person1cm1kg的瘦子Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After being blind for fourteen years, Duanmu Jingshu, the matriarch of the Xuanping Marquis household, saves a fox spirit at a temple and makes a wish. When she opens her eyes, she realizes that the maid who stayed by her side doesn’t act the way she speaks. After their carriage enters through the north gate, it arrives at a residence in the south of the city, even though the Xuanping Marquis household is in the north... The man who greets her has a voice just like her husband, Wei Jin’an, the M 20.8kReads8.9Score1kShelves

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    If you are not a Holy Mother, you will not feel aggrieved, your force value will be high, you will not have breast hyperplasia, and you will avenge your enemies. It's finished, no need to wait [laughs]

47. 47 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is Really So Flighty 快穿：宿主她真的很飘 Parakeet Islet in Lush Reeds萋萋鹦鹉洲Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted A year ago, Xue Zhi was an emotionless doctor. Her boyfriend had cheated on her, and her colleagues complained that she was a stone-faced woman who never smiled. A year later, a stunning man in a perfectly tailored suit appeared at the hospital. He tapped his long, pale fingers lightly on the desk. “Do you have someone named Xue Zhi here? Get her for me.” Her colleagues all said, “Handsome, trust us. No matter how good-looking you are, our emotionless Dr. Xue won't smile at you!” Even Xue Zhi's 2.3kReads8.8Score252Shelves

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    She is really strong, she is not stupid at all, she is just a cool heroine. The domineering heroine is definitely not a Bodhisattva.

48. 48 厌 Yanli Is Here, Run! 厌离来了，快点逃！ Like a Fish in Water, Like a Flame如鱼得火Modern Romance202k WordsOngoing [Strong heroine + villainess + messy relationships + no CP + realist] Yan Li is an orphan with no parents. She grew up eating at the homes of neighbors, and her harsh upbringing made her rebellious and arrogant! Every time misfortune strikes, Yan Li hits back hard. She hates fate, yet yearns for it to show her favor. Like a judge, she fights fate’s injustice in her own way. She is also a lone wolf who tramples every bit of malice underfoot, never regretting it, even when trapped in the cycle of 3Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Come by appointment!!

49. 49 拒 After I Refused to Be My Brother's Doormat 拒绝舔狗哥哥之后 Seven Grapefruits七个西柚Modern Romance131k WordsCompleted [Stunning, gentle heroine + adored by everyone * domineering CEO male leads + idol competition + showbiz + unhinged characters * slow burn * a powerful sense of fate * an unpredictable ending] Both her parents died young, and the beautiful heroine Wen Yu’s family is cursed by the gods: those who fall in love are doomed to a tragic end. Her mother gave up the chance of another life to sever her ties to love. Amid confusion and hardship, Wen Yu finds her direction in life: scientific research. As 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The cold heroine, the queen of goddesses, has no love and a sense of fate.

50. 50 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Found a Handsome Husband 穿越后捡到了美人夫君 Xiao Xiao Says枭枭说Ancient Romance293k WordsCompleted After Chuyang, the female leader of an apocalyptic stronghold, perished alongside the Zombie King while saving her base, she transmigrated. In her new life, Shen Chuyang was decisive and ruthless. One day, she found a beautiful young man. He was cold to everyone else but tender toward the heroine. Shen Chuyang fell for him, and the two got together. They overthrew the corrupt dynasty and founded a powerful nation with a new outlook. She became the emperor, and he became her chancellor. They want 578Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist is beautiful and cold, decisive in killing, ruthless and cool, the male protagonist is elegant, noble and gentle, and a loyal little dog, the strong man and the strong woman dote on each other without mercy, Su Shuangwen

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