Looking for a Male Lead Who Seems Gentle and Refined but Is Actually Scheming 求男主表面温润如玉实际腹黑
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- 101 Me, Her Ex-Boyfriend: What’s Wrong with Being a Little Wild? 我,她的前男友,野一点怎么了 The rating's just getting started and will rise [Scheming male lead, calculated pursuit of his wife / workplace storyline interwoven with school memories / sweet romance, happy ending] [A proud on the outside, ruthless on the inside, untouchable Beijing heir * A seemingly stiff but clear-headed, bookish young lady who knows how to tame dragons] When she was thirteen, Lin Yuntang first met Shen Chiyu, who had come to her home with his elders. The boy was brash and arrogant, looking down on everyo 1.1kReads8.2Score11114d adds
- 102 The Ruthless CEO's Irresistible Wife 腹黑首席的极品老婆 When a rich beauty with an angelic face and a devilish figure meets a handsome, calculating, domineering bachelor, the wheel of fate begins to turn. After being betrayed by her first love, Shen Mengxin meets a man like a king, and her life changes beyond recognition. Shen Mengxin: “Zhao Jianpeng, I love you.” Zhao Jianpeng: “Shen Mengxin, you were never the one I loved.” Shen Mengxin: “Zhao Jianpeng, I’m pregnant.” Zhao Jianpeng: “Shen Mengxin, you have no right to give birth to my child.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 A Sultry Night Sends the Scheming CEO Out of Control 夜色撩人,腹黑霸总失控 [Calculating, ruthless CEO & exceptionally gifted designer] [Revenge + Contract + Forced Love + Groveling Chase] To pay off the 35 million yuan in loan-shark debt her father owed, Su Jing signed a contract to sell herself. She never imagined things would begin this way with Jin Xiting. She fell into a trap and was thoroughly devoured by the man. By day, she worked for him. By night, she warmed his bed. She thought their nights together had stirred up feelings and that she’d fallen in love. She n 58Reads—Score—14d adds
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By Day, You Call Me Princess; By Night, Baby 白天叫公主,夜里叫宝宝
Forced love + confinement + size difference + the powerful lower their heads + mixed heritage The male lead is fastidious, obsessive, sick, and a complete psychopath. [Both leads are sexually inexperienced + the male lead is chaste in body and spirit] Louis Fa Koch, the true power behind the throne, elegant and ruthless in the eyes of outsiders. Yun Tao, a pitiful girl supported by a top-tier wealthy family. After an accident, she discovered that beneath his elegant, gentlemanly exterior was a v
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A Wildly Growing Clarity 疯长的清醒
A genuinely unhinged gang heiress VS a proud, fallen young master Love and hate + two obsessive madmen + both are virgins + angst + tragic romance + mutual torment * On a rainy evening, dirty water streamed through the old alley. He approached her recklessly, his voice gentle. “Are you… all right? Do you need help?” Yan Zhuo’s lips curled into a cold smile. Hah, he thinks he can save just anyone. The next second, she recognized his face: the man from the dark-web livestream, who beguiled viewers
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The Hot-Tempered Female Officer: Nobody Tells Me What to Do 暴躁女官差:谁都别教我做事
The number “1” is one of the most fundamental and important numbers in human civilization. It is simple, yet carries profound philosophical meaning, mathematical value, and cultural symbolism. Ever since people learned to count in ancient times, “1” has represented “singularity,” “beginning,” “uniqueness,” and “existence.” Though it is only the first number in the sequence of natural numbers, it holds an irreplaceable place in mathematics, science, religion, literature, and everyday life. In fr
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Reborn in Water Margin as Liang Zhongshu 重生水浒之我是梁中书
He transmigrates into the world of Water Margin (and another novel from the same era that can't be named), becoming Liang Shijie, “the Great Song's number-one live-in son-in-law.” With a fierce wife at his bedside, political enemies at court, heroes of the jianghu, and foreign foes at the border, watch as he sidelines Cai Jing, plots Gao Qiu's downfall, backs Chao Gai, exposes Song Jiang, crushes Tian Hu, brings Wang Qing to heel, puts down Fang La, reclaims the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yu
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A Woman in Power 权姝
Legitimate daughter | Devoted hidden guard × Long-suffering childhood friend, the prince | Pure romance | Court intrigue | Strong female lead | Nation and family The court of the Great Qi dynasty is in turmoil, with the struggle for the throne brewing beneath the surface. The Molong cavalry bears down on Zhenmen Pass, where starving, freezing soldiers hold the border with their flesh and blood. On the battlefields of a troubled age, it is not only men who march to their deaths. Fu Ziyou brav
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Sacrificing Family Makes Me Stronger, but I Transmigrated as an Orphan 献祭亲人就变强,但我穿越为孤儿
What is the path to immortality? Talent is the gate, spirit stones are the road, and the strong prey on the weak while human lives are worth no more than grass. What is a golden finger? Sacrifice your closest kin, use your bloodline as a ladder. If you want to ascend to the heavens, first abandon all human decency! He was once a lowly ant, struggling just to survive. Chen Yun was a lonely soul who had transmigrated into another world, a good-for-nothing at the bottom of Qingfeng Sect. His cultiv
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I Fell for Him After Joining Forces with the Scheming Prince 与腹黑皇子结盟后,我动了真情
Lin Wanqing, a history major, never imagined that an unearthed jade cicada would pull her into a game of strategy from a thousand years ago. She becomes Shen Qingyi, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Vice Minister of Works, caught in an impossible position. In this imperial capital, where rules are strict, she meets Xiao Lin. He is the least favored of the fourth princes, yet he has the gentlest smile. Everyone says the Fourth Highness is like a spring breeze, a rare and virtuous prince.
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Obsessively in Love with Her 偏执恋她
[Roguishly Handsome, Possessive, Obsessive Tycoon × Sweet, Soft, Flirtatious Beauty] She runs, he chases; she can't escape even if she grows wings! [Sweet, Satisfying Healing Romance + Take-What-You-Want Love + Long-Laid Plans + Imprisonment + Tortured Love + Cunning Schemes + Insecurity and Darkness + Secret Crush + Love That Grows Over Time + Reunion After Years Apart + Ex's Redemption Arc + Dual Personalities + Devoted Husband + Healing + Mutual Devotion + Taking Down the Homewrecker + Rekind
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Don't Call Me Brother: He Can't Hide His Possessiveness 别叫我哥:他的独占欲藏不住了
[Distant on the surface, but carefully plotting every move childhood friend x childhood friend who realizes too late she's being fiercely claimed] I have a childhood friend who's like an older brother, though we're not related by blood: Bai Shiyu. He's smart and dazzling, always ranked first and always the center of attention. When we were little, I was the only one who followed him everywhere. But as we grew up, he became a star drifting farther and farther away. Then Lu Wang, a sunny boy who
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Lisi's Smuggling Adventure 丽丝偷渡记
Lisi's Smuggling Journey
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- 114 People on Earth Won't Have Kids, and Even the Gods in Heaven Are Panicking! 人间不愿生娃,天上神仙都急了! People on earth don't want to have children, and even the gods in heaven are panicking! 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 To Have More Babies, Even the Gods Go Wild (The Mortal Realm)! 为了多生娃,神仙也疯狂(人间篇)! Even Immortals Go Wild to Have More Kids (The Mortal Realm Arc)! 57Reads—Score—14d adds
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Marrying a Sickly Young Master from a Wealthy Family, Then Revealing the Truth on Our Wedding Night 嫁给豪门病弱少爷,新婚夜摊牌了
She marries a wealthy, sickly young master and reveals the truth on their wedding night.
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Good Boyhood Friend, I Have Other Little Brothers to Spoil 竹马乖,姐还有别的弟弟要哄爱
Be good, childhood friend. Your big sis still has other little brothers to comfort.
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Within and Beyond the Red Walls, Spring Breeze Enters the Game 红墙内外,春风入局
[Older, Powerful Man] [Age Gap] [Junior Clerk] [Career Growth] [Guiding Lover] [Sweet Romance] One chance encounter, one moment of curiosity, and one... At some point, everything began to change.
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To a Lunatic, What’s a Ghost Anyway? 精神病面前,鬼东西算个球
[Hilarious + mentally ill protagonist + invincible + System] A world where ghostly energy has returned. Chen Zhuo is a patient at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital. The System fails to cure him. System: Let him do whatever he wants. I only provide technical support. Ghost Realm Bounty Board: Chen Zhuo, male, severe mental illness. Whoever takes his life will receive a billionfold increase in ghostly energy, several mansions, and endless luxuries.
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- 120 My Silly Junior Brother Is Strong and Totally Unhinged 沙雕小师弟,很强很疯癫 [Lighthearted and hilarious, exciting plot + satisfying wish fulfillment + fast-paced, quick power-ups + powerful protagonist + plundering the entire immortal realm + decisive and ruthless + come along for the ride.] The shameless Jiang Xiaobai is a ruthless fighter with monstrous power, crushing every enemy in his path. A gold-devouring beast named Brocade-Haired Pig: hilarious, with an astonishing treasure-hunting ability. No treasure can escape its nose. A sleazy, lecherous turtle named Guogu 10.4kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
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A Pleasant Time 宜清欢
[Both leads are faithful to each other + sweet romance? + political intrigue] [An aloof, seemingly lofty but truly calculating deputy minister of the Court of Justice] versus [a woman with a tragic past, seemingly innocent but truly ruthless, a flirtatious “little white flower”] When they first met, she was in a pitiful state. He came to her rescue and brought her back to his estate. Lin Yanqing thought it was just a small matter, and that she was simply someone he had no ties to. But by the tim
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Ashen Tresses 烬绾
Dual rebirth | A battle of identities | Possessive obsession | Mutual salvation | Light political intrigue in an ancient setting | Rekindled love | Quiet depths | Fated sweet romance | Noblewoman of a great clan × Prince of a fallen kingdom In their previous life, he traded his life for her chance to survive. She turned back halfway and burned with his body atop the palace hall. Xie Yu is reborn in the fifth year of Yuankang. On a snowy night in Yandu, she takes in a lone courtier from a fallen
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Pretending to Be the Eldest Brother: Married First, Falling in Love Later, and Playing the Mad Regent for Real 假作长兄:先婚后爱,行尽疯批摄政王之实
Pretending to Be an Older Brother: A Marriage First, Love Later, and Playing the Mad Regent for Real
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Rules of the Limited-Time Pact 限时密约守则
[A carefree heiress x a powerful Beijing real estate tycoon + a gentle childhood sweetheart] [Overbearing CEO | Mature romance | Push and pull to the limit | Stealing someone’s partner | Two strong leads | One woman, two men] Ruan Si, the little princess of a pharmaceutical group, was forced to return home for a marriage meeting. She never even met her fiancé, but first slept with some random guy at a bar. She’d meant to use this as a sly way of rebelling against her family. Who could have gue
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After Her Cousin Faked Her Death, the Yandere Power Minister Pursued His Wife to the Crematorium 表妹死盾后,疯批权臣追妻火葬场
[Possessive pursuit + aloof beauty brought down from her pedestal + husband’s groveling redemption + both pure Unhinged male lead × resilient, gentle female lead] A carefully staged accident entangled Lin Ciying, a young lady living under the roof of others in the Duke of Guo’s household, with the heir, Jing Yanqing. Lin Ciying knew that this powerful minister, who held the court in his grasp, was cold-hearted and had never been moved by any woman. But she had no choice. The injustice done to he
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I Flirted Too Hard! The Broken Puppy Is Actually a Psycho Villain 撩过头!破碎小狗竟是疯批反派
Top-tier flirtatious beauty x mad, sinister power player [Two strong leads flirting with each other | Yandere obsession | Rivals-to-lovers disguises | Forced relationship | Secret identities exposed | Devoted 1v1] ● My target is a madman, yet he's playing the fragile one with me. Shen Xi is an investigator for a covert organization. Her mission: “eliminate.” Wearing a gentle facade, she approaches her target, Lu Sichen, ready to strike a fatal blow at any moment. Lu Sichen goes along with her
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Wanxing's Heart-Stealing Plan 晚星的偷心方案
[Huge age gap + he pursues, she runs + sweet, doting older man + old flames reignited + flees while pregnant + genius adorable baby + groveling pursuit] Su Wanxing, an academic star at Jing City University of Technology, seems gentle and docile, but she's actually a flirtatious little fox. To pay off the debt that got her father kidnapped, she goes undercover at Lu Chemical. She deliberately gets close to Lu Zeyan, a powerful figure in the chemical industry, and tests him! Even after her attempt
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Reborn as a Top-Tier Star Heiress: The Rich Fight Over Me 重生商界顶流千金:豪门疯抢
[Revenge against scumbags + forced possession + reborn heroine + romantic rivals competing] [Sweet-faced, scheming seductress × unhinged heir / abstinent CEO / rugged military king / refined but depraved bureau chief / financial predator] [In her past life, she was abandoned by her own family, betrayed by the one she loved, and bullied and framed, until she lost her reputation and died with bitterness in her heart!] [Reborn in the year 2000, Li Muan returns from the ashes with memories steeped i
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- 129 Fallen Rose: The Dark Moon and Her Counterattack 陷落玫瑰:黑月光与她的反杀局 [Revenge Against Scum] [Forced Possession] [Awakening to Her True Identity] [Rivalry for Her Affections] [One Woman, Four Men] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark and Scheming on the Inside, a Seductive Strategist × Her Possessive Adoptive Brother / Abstinent CEO / Gentle Young Nobleman / Capitalist Predator] ▲ Her true identity awakens, and a bloody revenge begins Abandoned at an orphanage as a child, she was later molded by the Song family into a tool for a marriage alliance. She bides her time, turni 337Reads—Score—14d adds
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Wang Mingzhen Reborn in 1997 王明贞重生一九九七
(The rating has only just come out and will rise, so please ignore it.) The heroine is reborn and resolves to become the person she wants to be. Who knew an unexpected turn would bring her face-to-face with the big shot from her previous life? He’s volatile, clingy, and always on the verge of tears. She has no choice but to take him along as she rises to the top. When Wang Mingzhen learns she can’t have children, she wants to break up. She tells Gu Xizhou, “Gu Xizhou, I want you to be happy. Do
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Deep in Mist Harbor 雾港深处
Genius, emotionally detached engineering student x Mad, beautiful military commander [Two Male Leads + Rekindled Love + Plot-Driven + Cyberpunk + Intense Push and Pull + Fated Connection] In a futuristic city, humanity has created astonishing technology, and the efficient services provided by androids are woven into everyday life. Xiao Li is a genius in bionic engineering. After graduating, he starts a studio specializing in mecha development. Even the pinnacle of success never made Xiao Li arro
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After Nearly Dying, I Become a Healer and Investigate the Truth 险死还生后,我化身医女查真相
Scheming Prince vs. Fallen Noblewoman, household intrigue and palace strife + historical romance + sweet indulgence + political scheming. A traditional historical romance with no rebirth and no transmigration. She is a noblewoman from a prestigious family, with a refined, beautiful appearance. But when her family falls into ruin, she becomes an orphan everyone can bully. A cruel servant pushes her off a cliff, and her fiance suddenly breaks off their engagement to marry her cousin. Then she
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Longing for the Bright Moon Sinking Beneath the Water 思念明月落水底
Cao Fu, who transmigrated into the body of a young general, fell into the hands of his childhood friend, whom he called “Older Sister.” Behind his willing surrender lay a shocking scheme by his political enemy, the powerful minister Wei Chengen! He faked his death to escape, only to be lured into a trap. Passersby treated him like a plaything, and just when he was at his most miserable, Wei Chengen cornered him on a boat and forced himself on him. Terrified by the prospect of being with a man,
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The World's Top Assassin Is Actually a Vicious Celebrity 顶级杀手她竟是娱乐圈恶毒女明星
[Showbiz + wealthy families + assassin + wild imagination] She was the abandoned eldest daughter of the Luo family. He was a National Security Bureau commander with a hidden identity. At nine, Luo Zixiao went alone to M Country. A powerful figure took a liking to her, and she became a top assassin. Now she's back, carrying both her organization's mission and a gift of revenge. Setting off explosions and catching bugs are a piece of cake for her. And as for her stepmother and stepsister, just wai
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The Scheming Crown Prince Pretended to Be a Puppy Boy in Our Online Romance and Spoiled Me Rotten 被腹黑太子爷网恋假扮奶狗狠狠宠
Lu Xi had barely started work when her direct superior, capital socialite heir Gu Tingzhou, chewed her out like a nobody. Her real life was miserable, but that didn't stop her from being wild online. Lu Xi immediately started flirting with her "puppy-like online boyfriend." [I want to sit on my puppy's abs and slide down like a playground slide. I want to bury my face in his chest and inhale deeply~] [My puppy's voice makes my bones melt. I can't even imagine how lovely it would sound to make hi
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The Waves Trust the Clouds’ Whiteness 浪花信任云的白
Two souls fall into a campus dream; reunited on a Middle Eastern battlefield | Doctors Without Borders × frontier defense hero | unhinged yet restrained, healing regret | sweet, bittersweet tension | rekindled romance | devoted to each other, happy ending A three-day romance in their youth, followed by twelve years apart across mountains and seas · Mature adults wearing the guise of high schoolers, falling into the most heart-wrenching romance in a dream · Each other's cure and salvation; a god
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Surviving at Sea: Returning Before the Dark Tycoon's Descent into Darkness 海上求生:回到阴湿大佬黑化前
[Not a strong heroine · Survival at sea · Infinite flow · Cthulhu · Special powers · Sweet on the outside, dark within · Sweet romance · All characters devoted] Lin Ruoruo transmigrates into a book, becoming the white-lotus ex-girlfriend of the male lead in a sea-survival power fantasy. The good news: the male lead hasn’t turned evil yet. The bad news: the original heroine’s ending is to be turned into a monster by him. She runs for her life, but still can’t get away. After enduring suspicion, t
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Vortex of Power and Desire 权欲之涡
A career in government is like a bottomless abyss: one wrong step, and you’re shattered to pieces. Wu Liangyou has barely entered the political arena and hasn’t even tasted power when he’s already caught in the mire. Should he bow his head and bide his time, or risk his life in a desperate fight? The abyss cannot crush a ruthless man daring enough to change his fate. Watch Wu Liangyou break out of a hopeless situation, escape death, and rise to the top over a trail of blood.
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Restarting Life in a Free Empire, With Maxed-Out Looks 人生重开自由帝国,颜值拉满
[Entirely fictional setting + no harem + lighthearted + comedy + male-male romance + a touch of yandere drama] What would happen to your life if your looks suddenly reached their absolute peak one day? Cole, a transmigrator whose looks are off the charts, has run into exactly that problem. His mother keeps him by her side every day and uses him as a body pillow when she sleeps. His older brother is a siscon. Cole may lose to him every time, but as soon as Cole cries, his brother stops picking on
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Darling, Could You Behave Yourself? 亲爱的,能不能乖一点!
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!
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