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1. 1101 震 Shocking! The Metaphysics Master Can Hear People's Thoughts 震惊！玄学大佬被读心了 Yellow Peach Tutu黄桃土土Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + mind-reading + lighthearted] After graduating with a law degree, Xia Wange, heir to a Daoist sect, sees a wheelchair shimmering with purple energy at a car crash site. Born unable to gather energy, she can’t bring herself to leave the wheelchair alone. [I’ll carry this wheelchair off and borrow the energy on it to draw talismans. Then I’ll be the undisputed goddess of the supernatural world!] Lu Qiu, the CEO still trapped in the wreckage, inexpli 378.3kReads9.5Score76.8kShelves

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   Currently, I can't stop thinking about these books. Honestly, these are some of the highest-rated and highest-quality books I've ever read. I guarantee you'll be hooked after just two chapters. Try it and see! 1️⃣ From the moment the male and female leads meet, they're bound together. One relies on the other to eliminate evil spirits, conserving spiritual energy and accumulating merit to survive; the other relies on the other's help to consume excess purple energy and rise again. Over time, feelings develop. The female lead's thinking is too abstract; romance isn't part of her life plan. The male lead, while doubting his own judgment, tries to win her over. 2️⃣ I highly recommend "The Short-Lived Ghost of the Xie Family Lived to Be a Hundred Years Old!" The plot is intricately woven, fast-paced, and utterly captivating. 😮 The male lead's secrets, the female lead's background, and the undercurrents of the imperial court—every detail is brilliant and unpredictable. 🤔 The inner demons of each deceased person lead to an unexpected story, making you want to find out more. 🔍 The author's meticulous attention to detail in constructing this grand world is truly admirable. 👏 3️⃣ Although it's set in the apocalypse, it's very heartwarming. The main characters are a mother and son. It's an apocalyptic story whose title doesn't do it justice. The author is incredibly skilled at writing. No matter which timeline Li Yanli and Shu Lan are in love, they will fall in love. In the final timeline, Da Yali becomes a zombie to protect Shu Lan and continues to protect the female lead and their son 🧑🏻‍🌾.

2. 1102 末 Raising Kids in the Apocalypse Is Tough: Good Boy, You Go First 末世养儿不易：乖宝你先上 Yun Yaowu云姚雾Fantastical Romance517k WordsCompleted [Zombie apocalypse; stockpiling superpowers; a trickster mom and her highly intelligent, powerful little one] Who would have a baby in the apocalypse? Shu Lan would. She'd die sooner or later anyway, so she might as well take a big gamble. And that gamble gave her a son, Shu Maomao, with the most powerful superpower of all: “Plunder.” Every day in the apocalypse is an adventure for Shu Maomao, with his dramatic mom, his missing dad, endless zombies, and his own little self. A mama's boy? You bet 30kReads9.5Score4kShelves
3. 1103 死 The Dead Bride 死去的新娘 Sister Corpse尸姐Mystery163k WordsCompleted At the lavish wedding between my boyfriend and me, a strange man pushes open the doors and walks elegantly into the hall. Who is he? What does he want? Is he here to wish me well, or destroy me? When the man smiles and casually pushes me off the rooftop, I finally remember who he is. After destroying my life, fate grants me the chance to be reborn. If that's the case, I've decided never to bow my head and never to give up. Even if I have to fall into the deepest pits of hell, I won't hesitate. 39.8kReads9.5Score6.2kShelves

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   It's so in-depth and the ending is unexpected and beautiful!!

4. 1104 爱 Love at First Sight: The Farmer's Daughter and the Landowner 爱了爱了，农女的员外郎 Lazy Fish in Summer咸鱼一夏Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Slice of life, no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, a slow and steady story about imperial exams and getting rich. Here, “yuanwailang” is simply a colloquial term for a rich man.] The Su family of Zao Shu Village had nothing to their name. Su the eldest and Su the second were both old enough to marry, but because their family was poor, no one would consider them. One day, the matchmaker brought good news: Song, a wealthy man from town, was willing to offer ten taels of betrothal mon 5.4kReads8.9Score739Shelves

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   This book, in this perfunctory world of Tomatoes (a popular Chinese online literature platform), is worth reading. It has its subtleties, but nothing too extreme; it won't make you furious or think the male and female leads are saints or incompetent. There are conflicts and villains, but no truly disgusting plot points. It's really, really worth reading.

5. 1105 那 Those Glamorous Years Were Like a Dream 那些年繁华如梦 Thunderbolt on the Mountain Peak云巅惊雷Modern Romance654k WordsCompleted In a time of chaos, defending the six provinces north of the Yangtze is his ambition. Roaming freely across the land is her dream. Who could have guessed that a marriage contract would bind them together? He says, “I have no interest in love. A man is born to defend his homeland, even if he dies wrapped in his armor.” She says, “I can choose not to marry, but I will never accept a marriage arranged without my consent. No one gets to trample on my marriage...” To break off the engagement, she tra 449Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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   The female lead is intelligent, beautiful, and knowledgeable. She tries every means to break off her engagement with a young marshal she has never met! The male lead is devoted to his country and family, and after many trials, the two fall in love! The writing is excellent and the imagery is vivid!

6. 1106 懵 What?! I’ve Become the Useless Beauty in the Brooding Male Lead’s Arms 懵！穿成阴鸷男主怀里的废物美人 Unable to Tell Jade from Stone玉石不分Modern Romance647k WordsCompleted Wild, unhinged man X cool, sickly beauty, both virgins Jiang Chanyi transmigrated into a business-warfare novel where every character was focused on building a career. The male and female leads were locked in a fierce push and pull over both business and romance, while she became the female lead's useless younger sister, good for nothing but her pretty face. According to the plot, her family would soon be ruined by the male lead's schemes. She would fall from her lofty status as a noble young la 5.9kReads8.5Score537Shelves

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   I really loved it and can't forget it. It's not a traditional rebirth novel. The female lead (initially mindlessly imitating her older sister, "playing to her weaknesses and avoiding her strengths") was from an average family before her rebirth, but she was very good at painting. After her rebirth, she lost interest in everything and became cold and aloof, except for painting. She's very intelligent; I suspect she's an Aquarius. The male lead (who was sent abroad as a "hostage" at a young age, endured a lot of hardship, similar to biding his time, and then returned home. He found the female lead's personality quite interesting and became interested in her. He used love to influence the emotionally (romantic) and love-naive female lead, teaching her how to love someone).

7. 1107 我 My Blind Date Is a Construction Contractor 我的相亲对象是个包工头 Benevolent Breeze仁爱微风Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted At their first matchmaking meeting, the fierce, ugly-looking He Feng scared the sweet-natured He Lin so badly that she refused to see him again. But He Feng had already taken a liking to her. What was he supposed to do? He Feng said that, aside from looking fierce and ugly, he was good at sweet-talking and tricking people. He Lin never imagined that, as someone who was a sucker for a good voice, she’d fall for it. How could someone have such a lovely voice and such a fierce, ugly face? And hadn’ 7.7kReads8.1Score674Shelves
8. 1108 重 Back to the 1980s: Turns Out I Can Win by Doing Nothing 重回八零年代：原来我是可以躺赢 Free Ash Gray自由的烟灰色Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted Ning Xiaobing's life was ordinary: divorced, working in a factory. Her son graduated from college and had his own ideas, so she no longer had to worry about him. Just as she thought she would spend the rest of her life this way, she inexplicably returned to the age of twelve. It turned out her true origins were... 205Reads6.5Score—Shelves
9. 1109 重 Reborn: I Give the Nation a Cheat Code 重生之我给国家送外挂 If I Do Not Leave若不辞Modern Romance653k WordsCompleted [No romance + post-apocalyptic rebirth + ensemble cast + the nation steps in] (The first season of the animated series is out.) The Civilization Codices descended, devouring Blue Star in a dimensional attack and bringing the world to an end. Greed, envy, sloth... What secrets do the seven great Civilization Codices conceal? Yan Chu, a tomb keeper, was hit on the head by a brick and inexplicably reborn in the past. She decided to hand over what she had to the nation. With the Book of Fate and a b 30.1kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves

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   The female lead is incredibly talented and so cool! [A masterpiece of ensemble acting] [A masterpiece of ensemble acting] [A masterpiece of ensemble acting]

10. 1110 卷 Why Work Yourself to the Bone When You Can Work Your Husband? 卷自己不如卷老公 Cats Aren't Picky Eaters猫猫不挑食Modern Romance860k WordsCompleted [Not a feel-good power fantasy + sharp-tongued, irritable, paralyzed, bankrupt male lead + the leads support each other and build from nothing + cozy everyday life] The biggest dream of Ruan Ningxia's life was to marry a rich man, so she climbed into Fu Lincheng's bed, carried a child for ten months, gave birth to a son, and became a wealthy wife. After they married, Fu Lincheng treated her like a decoration and came home fewer than twice a year. Everyone said she had it rough. Ningxia, with her 31.9kReads8.8Score3kShelves

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    I watched the whole series in one go, in less than a day.

11. 1111 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s, the Young Educated Woman Is Spoiled by Her Older Lover 穿越六零，小知青被大叔狠狠宠爱 Love Yourself热爱自己的Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Su Qingge unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s, alone in the world. By a twist of fate, she meets Shen Chaozong, who protects and loves her. Every day, every chapter is full of affection and sweetness. There are also plenty of stories about life and its many different faces, along with tales of rural life. Come and read! This isn’t a power fantasy about an all-conquering heroine. It’s about a laid-back girl who wins by doing nothing. 59.8kReads8.8Score6.7kShelves

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    Super sweet and beautiful

12. 1112 身 Wearing a Period Novel: The Cunning, Scheming Man Has Me Wrapped Around His Finger 身穿年代文：被心机腹黑男拿捏了 Du Huancheng渡浣辰Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [The protagonist has no System or golden finger; transmigrates into a book in her own body; a touch of ensemble cast; sweet romance; both are each other’s first and only; love at first sight; imperfect characters, each with their own flaws] [Fair-skinned, beautiful heiress VS deep-thinking, calculating man] Most likely, it’s a story about two people who look like a perfect match but aren’t in sync at heart: he’s after a man with a great body and impressive abilities, while she’s after a man with 15.6kReads8.4Score917Shelves

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    💖Transmigrated to the 1970s as an unregistered resident? A fair-skinned, beautiful young lady meets a deep-thinking, scheming man, each with their own agenda, and they become a couple. Without a system or cheat codes, she finds amusement in gossip. Unaware that she's transmigrated, she and he go from being superficially compatible to gradually developing a sweet and loving relationship, their flaws making the story all the more realistic.

13. 1113 重 Reborn and Doted on by Everyone: The Little Darling's Secret Identity Is Exposed Again 重生团宠：小娇妻又被扒马甲了 Tao Zhi桃之Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn romance + doted on by everyone + two powerful people with secret identities + devoted one-on-one romance] In her previous life, Shen Tang was blind to the truth and foolishly trusted the wrong people. Blinded by the laughable idea of family, she hated the wrong person and lost her life. This time, she sees clearly. Not only is she the cherished little sister of five older brothers, she's also become the flirtatious, adorable wife of the Yan family's second master! As her secret identitie 1.6kReads9.1Score246Shelves

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    Super super good-looking

14. 1114 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.4kShelves

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    Ye Qiao is so beautiful, I highly recommend her.

15. 1115 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Educated Youth Wants to Let Go 重生七零：知青想放手 Qu Linglong曲玲珑Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast, No Space, No System, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] One scheme tied two people’s lives together. Reborn in the 1970s, Zhu Xiaomin is determined to scheme her way back. First, she’ll set free the other unlucky soul who’s just like her. Second, she’ll tear that scumbag apart. But things seem to be slipping out of her control. The unlucky one came rolling back on his own and won’t leave, no matter how much she tries to drive him away. Well then… she’ll keep him. “I’ll protect you thi 11.2kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    Four historical novels and one ancient romance novel. They are all super good and have been completed. The writing is very delicate, the scope is very large, and the characters are very well-developed. You will find yourself wanting more as you read on.

16. 1116 他 He Is an Obsession Beyond This World 他是人间妄想 Tan Qi谈栖Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted A bewitching heroine from the mortal world VS a gentle, scheming hero Three years later, she returned to Jincheng with a prestigious family background, a devoted lover, and a pair of adorable twins. Carrying a glass of wine, she smiled radiantly as she mingled at the banquet. But the moment she turned around, he pinned her behind an empty pillar. He was a dim star in the night sky, once the unattainable fantasy she could only gaze at from afar. Now he spoke fiercely in her ear: “You finally came 1.7kReads8.5Score192Shelves

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    The first two books both featured intelligent female leads, and included romantic storylines and some mind-bending plot twists. Although the ratings weren't as high, I genuinely read them several times and found them very good! The third book is about pseudo-siblings, with various conflicts and a generally angsty plot, but it has a happy ending. It made me cry a lot along the way [facepalm].

17. 1117 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 92.9kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves
18. 1118 婚 365 Days Until Our Wedding 婚期365天 Cool New Moon淡月新凉Modern Romance3.5M WordsCompleted Seven years ago, she was a lonely orphan living with the Huo family, and he was the Huo family's second son, deeply in love. She fell for a man eight years older than her in the bloom of youth, only to be blamed for pushing his beloved girlfriend off a building. Seven years later, she was a beautiful, sophisticated overseas correspondent, and he was the Huo family's capable heir. When their paths crossed again, she acted as if he weren't there, but he kept appearing, casually cutting off one adm 2.2kReads8.8Score199Shelves
19. 1119 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 152.5kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves
20. 1120 别 May We Never Meet Again 别来有恙 Heading to Jerusalem前往耶路撒冷Modern Romance486k WordsCompleted At sixteen, Qiao Suo met Qiao Jinyan, leaving a small town in Jiangnan for the glittering imperial capital. She was the fourth daughter of the Qiao family, and he was her elder brother in name only. She defied the judgment of society and fell madly in love with Qiao Jinyan. Later, Qiao Jinyan married someone else, and she had no choice but to claw her way out of the abyss. Bearing wounds all over, she fell silent and left for years. I once loved you, the best person in the world. Where can 81Reads8.7Score—Shelves
21. 1121 田 The Country Apothecary: The Villainess Becomes Everyone’s Darling 田园药乡：恶毒女配成团宠了 Yue Huasheng月桦笙Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Jiaojiao transmigrated into a story, cast as the vicious supporting villainess. As the male lead's wicked stepsister, she made life hell for everyone, and her brothers and sisters-in-law hated her to the bone. How was she supposed to play this role? Forget it. If she couldn't afford to provoke them, she could avoid them. Better to marry off early and wreak havoc on some random passerby. But then, one by one, they all changed their tune. Her parents begged her to stay, her brothers competed to sp 9.4kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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    [Thumbs up][Thumbs up] Each has its own soul, I enjoyed reading it and can't forget it [eating melon] First book: To err is human, to forgive divine! Just like if we had a chance to start over, we would definitely do better. [Eating melon] Second book: It has heart-wrenching pain that you can't even imagine. How many people in the world can do that? [Sad] If you don't love, please don't hurt... [Eating melon] Third book: The first half is about the female lead being raised by the second male lead, but he only sees her as an object and is willing to abandon her [sad] The second half is about the general returning to chase after his wife and almost having his wife kidnapped by the third male lead [heart] It's quite lively, especially the second male lead's heart-wrenching repentance at the end [facepalm] [eating melon] Fourth book: Six orphaned children, from a small village all the way to the capital, support each other and grow into the best version of ourselves. [Eating melon] Fifth book: Their grudges are the result of the evil deeds of the previous generation [sad] This generation is still caught in a tangled mess. But for the sake of our nation and the world, let us join hands and move forward together, and I will never regret being Chinese. [Heart][Heart] [Eating melon] Book 6: Especially interesting. If life could be lived again, I think most people would bravely choose the path that suits them better. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up] +++ Follow kk [Heart] No more getting lost when you're looking for books [Learned][Learned] Let's all meow together [Learned][Learned]

22. 1122 胡 The Folks of the Hutong 胡同人家 Xiaoman Crisp小满酥Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted ☆ [Main story complete] ☆ [No transmigration, no rebirth, not a feel-good power fantasy, no golden finger] ☆ [An ordinary person's ordinary story, with a focus on everyday life] In 1972, seventeen-year-old Zhong Wenshu took over her mother's job at the state-run supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the mass campaign to send young people to the countryside. In 1973, eighteen-year-old Zhong Wenshu married a young police officer from the neighboring courtyard and started a home with just th 14.1kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
23. 1123 真 The Real Heiress Wins Big with a Daily Golden Finger System 真千金靠日抛金手指系统赢麻了 Tushan Qiqiqi涂山柒柒柒Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted [Golden Finger System + The Real Heiress + Wealthy Family + Putting Villains in Their Place + One-on-One, Mutual First Love] [The wealthy family’s real heiress, blessed with good luck and fertility, VS the broad-shouldered, long-legged, eight-pack special forces king] In just half a month, Yan Jingjing broke up with her boyfriend, got laid off, and then heard from her doctor that she was pregnant! Just as she felt the whole world had gone dark, [Ding!] [The daily Golden Finger System has been a 13kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    That has to be it. (One of them is completely unknown.)

24. 1124 明 Marry Me Beneath the Bright Moon 明月嫁卿卿 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Chuyu thought she and Kang Rui were deeply in love, and that no one could ever come between them. Yet that person had been living by their side all along, pampered under the title of “sister-in-law.” After being reborn, Song Chuyu didn’t spare Kang Rui a glance as he rode through the streets in triumph, and she certainly wouldn’t marry him again. * When Kang Rui woke up to find himself back in the impoverished days of his youth, he struggled to get used to the drafty windows after having li 87.9kReads9.3Score11.3kShelves
25. 1125 笼 The Caged Songbird Ensnared the Mad Emperor 笼中雀她渣了疯批皇帝 Lord Number One Scholar探花大人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Taking Her by Force / The Long Road to Winning Her Back | Sweet, Deceptive Maid × Domineering, Ruthless, Scheming Emperor] Xu Zhixing was emperor twice in his life. The first time he took the throne, he kept Jiang Si imprisoned by his side and personally forced her to drink a pregnancy-preventing potion. But power struggles were rife with hidden murderous intent, and life and death were unpredictable. In just a few short years, the dynasty changed hands several times. After the Qing dynasty was 1.2kReads8.4Score102Shelves
26. 1126 青 Green Lime, Never Too Late 青柠不晚 October Bell十月铃Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted [Fake Siblings + Marriage First, Love Later + Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Healing + Sweet and Angsty] [Independent, Sensitive Heiress ✖ Devoted, Jealous Young Noble] 1. Six years after they parted, Zhou Chuning saw Pei Chi again at her father’s funeral. She attended with the boyfriend she’d been dating for a year. He reached out to Pei Chi first. “Hello, I’m Chuning’s boyfriend.” Pei Chi’s lips curled into a faint smile. “If you’re her boyfriend, then who am I?” 2. Everyone knew that when 18.7kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    His life was like a tightly wound pendulum, self-disciplined and rule-abiding, always running on its predetermined track. But even a virtuous person can occasionally stray from the right path.

27. 1127 全 After My Whole Family Could Read Minds, the Real Heiress's Secret Identity Was Exposed 全家读心后，真千金的马甲掉光了 Banana or Not a Banana香蕉不香蕉Modern Romance639k WordsCompleted 3kReads8.6Score308Shelves
28. 1128 被 The General I Used and Abandoned Has Returned to Court 被我始乱终弃的将军回朝了 Puffpaw噗爪Ancient Romance478k WordsCompleted Xie Chuizhu, reborn, puts on an acting performance every day. Fleeing home at night and worried about the dangers of a long journey? She tricks a great general into escorting her. Arriving in Jiankang with no way to make a living? She disguises herself as a man and takes a job at a male brothel. Having trouble investigating her father’s murder? She changes her name and identity, then ventures into danger as a man. After a long journey through a second life, Xie Chuizhu finally gets what she want 2.2kReads9.1Score258Shelves
29. 1129 炽 Blazing Wild Tenderness 炽野温柔 Jiu Wan九绾Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted [The print edition under the same title is now available on major platforms / The short drama under the same title is now streaming] [Gentle, resilient geology grad student x roguishly handsome tattoo artist / Age gap / Reunion after years apart / Saving each other] At a gathering, someone asked Xu Xing what she regretted most in her life. After thinking for a moment, she replied, “That I never got to let him hear my voice, never got to tell him I liked him, and never… found him.” - Four years a 30.9kReads9.5Score5.6kShelves

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    Tell me, who can resist a boyfriend who's a total jerk, super handsome, and incredibly charismatic?

30. 1130 穿 Transmigrated as the Obsessive Male Lead's First Love, His Senior Sister 穿成偏执男主的白月光师姐 Greedy Lazybones咸鱼贪财Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted Yan Qing had spent seven or eight hundred years in a world of cultivation before discovering during her tribulation to reach the Deification stage that she had transmigrated into a master-disciple romance novel and become the male lead's doomed senior sister, his first love. In the novel, the male lead was in love with his senior sister. The first thing Yan Qing did after waking up was test whether her gentle, refined junior brother liked her. Once she confirmed he did not, she went down the mou 8.9kReads9.0Score961Shelves

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    In the novel, the male protagonist is infatuated with his senior sister. Yan Qing's first act upon waking is to test her gentle and refined junior brother's feelings for her. After confirming his dislike, she goes off to travel. Returning more than a decade later, she finds her junior brother in seclusion. Yan Qing opens an inn at the foot of the mountain. Three hundred years later, as the story is about to begin, her junior brother emerges from seclusion. Only when she sees the golden bracelet on her wrist does Yan Qing realize something is amiss. Her obedient and gentle junior brother, through her unintentional teasing three hundred years ago, has already turned to the dark side!

31. 1131 金 The Golden Palace Locks Away the Spring Breeze 金阙锁春风 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance757k WordsCompleted Her entire family perished, she was left dependent on others, the dynasty fell, and she married and divorced. In just eighteen years, Yu Zheng has endured things most people never face in a lifetime. A noblewoman of the former dynasty, all she wants now is to stay alive. She plans to enter the palace as a maid, then use her literacy to earn a post as a court official and support herself. She never imagined that the new emperor would send her to the Fourth Prince’s residence as a gesture of goodw 21.6kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves

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    I recently read a book I couldn't get over. The female lead isn't a saint; she's strategic, and luck is just one factor. What I really appreciate is the unwavering faith, will, and pursuit within the larger group of characters. It feels more genuine and real than just romantic love stories and controversies. Yu Zheng is so vividly portrayed, and the high rating speaks for itself. Unlike other harem-style power struggles, this book shows that people are imperfect and not all the same. It doesn't rely on luck, a kind man, good relationships, or a good background; instead, it emphasizes the importance of personal strength and survival skills—all essential for success. Yet, it's a character I can't forget. I recommend this book because I love this kind of clear-headed female lead.

32. 1132 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Original Wife of a Mad Power-Hungry Minister 穿成疯批权臣的炮灰原配 Bright Lantern灯旺旺Ancient Romance707k WordsCompleted [Farming + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance] Witty, scheming girl vs. lovesick, obsessive powerbroker Xin Yueying transmigrates into a book, landing in an old-fashioned, preachy novel as the wicked wife of the deranged, obsessive second male lead. Shen Qingqi is the novel’s deranged, villainous male character. Born into a family of famed generals, he was imprisoned alongside the Shen family after his father offended powerful nobles. He suffered terribly in prison and was left with crippl 30.9kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing! I even read it on my computer at work while browsing other websites, and I was laughing so hard! Don't let the title fool you; it's genuinely good and hilarious, with lots of natural laughs. Highly recommend it! I just finished reading it!

33. 1133 南 Voyage South 南舟行 Gu Changan顾长安Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted In the 1920s and 1930s, Nan Zhou, the daughter of a prominent Zhenzhou family, flees an arranged marriage and heads to Shanghai to study. She narrowly escapes the clutches of the vengeful Pei brothers. Six years later, the Nan family falls on hard times, and Nan Zhou has no choice but to return home to visit her gravely ill father. Determined to restore her family's standing and prove that a daughter can build an extraordinary career just as well as a son, Nan Zhou decides to stay in Zhenzhou. W 18.4kReads9.7Score3.3kShelves
34. 1134 重 Reborn: Strike First to Gain the Upper Hand 重生之先下手为强 San Ren Mu He三人木合Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Yu Qing slept for a while and woke up reborn. When other people are reborn, they take revenge with their own hands, make a fortune, avoid danger, and stride toward a bright future. But her? She has nothing, can’t do anything right, and is content with a little wealth, congratulating herself over the smallest things. Even when she wants to rekindle things with her beloved husband, a mad dog appears out of nowhere and carries her off. Mad Dog’s inner thoughts: Get it? The first to bite gets the pr 938Reads8.4Score104Shelves
35. 1135 回 Back to 2019: The Physics Genius Is My Junior Schoolmate 回到2019，物理天才是我学弟 Edamame Lover爱吃醋毛豆Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted When office worker Jiang Xiao Yu returned to her alma mater for its seventieth-anniversary celebration, she felt a dusty physics book tucked into a crack in a wall in a corner of the library. On a whim, she took it home. She fell asleep, and when she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a boy’s dormitory in 2019, lying on a bed and staring into a pair of eyes filled with shock and restrained anger. Wen Ci Yan, a genius in the physics department, was tearing his hair out over a crucial pro 3.6kReads8.4Score428Shelves

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    Having read for twenty years, I just discovered this book yesterday. The male lead is a physics genius who dies mysteriously. The female lead travels to 2019 and meets him again. The two engage in a series of intense flirting and mutual redemption. The plot is captivating! Super sweet and addictive! I absolutely love this book.

36. 1136 那 That Village, Those People, That Fool 那村那人那傻瓜 Lucky Treasure福宝Ancient Romance174k WordsCompleted One field, one home, and two people: a simple life shared for a long time is what really matters! A hardworking, kindhearted country girl vs. a devoted, doting husband who treats her like a loyal puppy. A warm and simple story of everyday family life! This story takes place in a small village. Hehua, the eldest daughter of the Li family in the west of the village, married Changsheng, who lived in the east... Changsheng never spoke to anyone and couldn't recognize his neighbors. He didn't even kn 31.6kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves

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    [Shy][Admiration][Kiss] The female lead is kind and feisty, content with her fate, and only wants to have children with the male lead and grow old together. However, the man who always claimed to love and protect his wife, Changsheng, secretly met with his childhood sweetheart behind her back and even gave her his "beloved possession" (peanuts). How could she bear this? [Please follow][Upvote][Watching the drama]

37. 1137 磕 They're Perfect! The Gorgeous Couple Is Serving Up Sweet Moments on the Dating Show Again 磕爆！神颜夫妇今天也在恋综撒糖 Xiao Ruanli小软礼Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted [Silly sweet romance + gorgeous couple + sweet fairy + cool, flirtatious heartthrob] Bo Zhi is famous in the entertainment industry as a rebellious queen. She has a fairy-like face, peach-blossom eyes, and a graceful figure, but a mouth that never spares anyone. On a dating show, while everyone else is busy showing off their sweet romance, she’s busy face-slapping scumbags and shameless women. “Love, schmove. It’s such a pain. My goal is to become the top-tier star of domestic entertainment, a o 13.2kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves

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    This is a must-watch! It just finished airing? It's hilarious, heartwarming, and has so many couples—you can't possibly ship them all! Main character relationships: childhood friends, a mature woman/boyfriend pairing, a director/assistant director pairing, a doctor and a minor celebrity (ps: the last two are TXL!). Recommendation rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

38. 1138 予 I Give You Eternal Life 予你长生 Tu Shiqi兔拾柒Modern Romance173k WordsCompleted [Extra-Sweet Romance + One-on-One Love + Eight-Year Age Gap + Mutual Love + Jiangnan Aristocratic Family + Childhood Sweethearts] The short drama of the same name is currently airing! [Gentle and Refined Eldest Son of an Aristocratic Family x Lively, Clever, Beloved Beauty] Yu Ci was raised by Fu Zeyi. When she called him Uncle, he gave her all his gentleness and patience. She knew he was beyond her reach. He was the eldest son of the Fu family, eight years older than her, and engaged to her aun 11.5kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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    The male lead is truly the ideal type; no one dislikes a devoted male lead. The author is incredibly skilled at writing, capturing the poignant and moving emotional entanglement between the male and female leads. It's a great read.

39. 1139 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 44.4kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves

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    I just finished reading this book last night, staying up all night. All 180 chapters can be read in a day. The male lead has such a great personality. He loves the world because the person he loves loves it. I even started a thread specifically about him.

40. 1140 9 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代：穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Xi He琋和Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 42.6kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves

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    The female lead is a mischievous dog, the male lead has severe social anxiety, it's a 90s-born light novel, a comedy, and it's completed.

41. 1141 关 The Equation of You 关于你的方程式 A Promise Worth a Fortune一诺重金Modern Romance380k WordsCompleted [Devoted, restrained poor boy x smart, clear-headed rich beauty] Shu Qiao couldn't accept breaking up with Li Zheng, so she swallowed her pride and went to talk things through with him. Instead, she overheard him telling one of her classmates, “Shu Qiao and I have no future. I dated her because I didn't want to have any regrets about my college years.” Love is a multivariable linear equation. Li Zheng, who had always aced math, knew perfectly well that Shu Qiao wasn't his optimal solution, so he 11.1kReads8.9Score1kShelves

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    These are all completed works, and they're all pretty good. After reading them, they're all on my bookshelf.

42. 1142 婚 A Marriage Not Yet Over 婚途未晚 Cherish What You Have惜惜有余Modern Romance2.9M WordsCompleted [Modern Romance, Wealthy CEO, Devoted Husband, Sweet Romance, Adorable Baby, Scheming] Three years ago, Bai Xiyue had just gotten divorced when she discovered she was pregnant. But that wasn’t even the most outrageous part. The real shocker was that three years later, through a bizarre twist of fate, she ended up in bed with her ex-husband! From then on, he was everywhere. After he took advantage of her again by another twist of fate, Bai Xiyue decided that letting a good thing go to waste was a 4.4kReads9.0Score406Shelves
43. 1143 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves

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    I love it! Highly recommend!

44. 1144 秦 Qin Zheng 秦峥 Wooden Horse Loves Yoyo旋木爱悠悠Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted He loves her. She is the eternal sun in his heart. For a long time, he was too insecure to look directly at her dazzling light. When the sun finally shone on him, he hesitated and wavered, but in the end, he couldn’t resist the love in his heart. He drew her into his arms. At last, she became the sun that shone for him alone. 3.4kReads9.3Score243Shelves
45. 1145 云 Cloudside Express: From Orphan to Immortal Realm Powerhouse 云间快递：从孤儿到仙界大佬 Seven-Star Matchstick Gentleman七星火柴君Eastern Fantasy320k WordsOngoing Ordinary people love to say, “All roads lead to Rome.” But some are born in Rome and still have a life full of misfortune. Ordinary people are always dreaming of cultivating to immortality, imagining that in the immortal realm, everything will go their way. Yet even the immortal realm is just another world of strife. He is an utterly ordinary skylark in the immortal realm, an orphan abandoned by the Jade Pool. He has also taken in an eight-trigram tortoise who is blind, terribly frail, and speak 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Mortals always yearn to become immortals, believing that immortality will grant them boundless freedom and happiness, unaware that even the immortal realm is divided into different ranks. He is a lark at the very bottom of this immortal realm, without the protection of a family or the special favor of Heaven. To support his younger siblings, he has no choice but to grit his teeth and forge ahead…

46. 1146 婚 Romance After Marriage 婚后浪漫 Hydrogenated Dopamine氢化多巴胺Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted Xiao Xiao had no idea what had possessed her. The very day she received Teng Fei's wedding invitation, she registered with a well-known matchmaking website in the middle of the night and paid tens of thousands in membership fees. She suddenly really wanted to get married. If it couldn't be Teng Fei, then it didn't matter who she married... She spent almost an entire month carefully reviewing the profiles of hundreds of male members on the site. At last, she picked out a few she liked, then sent 380Reads7.8Score—Shelves
47. 1147 杀 Killing His Wife 杀死妻子 20/100 Vision视力零点二一Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted To deal with scumbag men, use their own tactics against them and leave them with nowhere to turn. Lin Xia is busy uncovering the truth, inheriting a fortune worth over a billion, and helping women hurt by their partners. Her enemies are formidable: a scheming man who marries into a wealthy family to exploit it, a crafty tycoon, a faithless husband who murders his wife for insurance money, a manipulative man who scams women out of money and sex, and an elite lawyer who commits sexual violence… 961Reads9.3Score179Shelves
48. 1148 修 The Little Moon of the Auto Shop Owner 修车铺老板的小月亮 The Potato Next Door邻居家的土豆Modern Romance177k WordsCompleted Both leads have only ever been with each other. (Please leave a rating!) Rugged auto mechanic (rough around the edges, but also a dropout and top student with excellent college entrance exam scores) × female lead, a newly employed assistant to a judge (sweet and gentle, but clear-headed and strong-willed, with no saintly self-sacrifice) Before Shen Jia returned to the small town, Tan Linsong did nothing but fix cars and save money every day. As long as he had food, clothes, and a roof over his 2.1kReads8.6Score220Shelves
49. 1149 你 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily 70.1kReads9.5Score12.7kShelves

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    This is the one! Just to clarify, it's a sadomasochistic (BE) story, so if you like BE stories, you should definitely check it out. The female lead, Xiang Yu, dies, and the male lead, Song Huaishi, marries someone else [crying][crying][crying][crying]. I can't get over it [crying][crying][crying]. I can't recover at all after finishing it, and I don't dare to read it a second time for fear of crying again. I suggest having tissues ready. This book is also available in physical print...

50. 1150 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 969.1kReads9.5Score83.2kShelves

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    What's the difference between the tears shed when you create a miracle and realize your dream, and the shooting star that makes people immediately make a sincere wish as it streaks across the sky?

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