The Male Lead Treats the Female Lead Badly, So the Second Male Lead Takes His Place and the Male Lead Gets Tormented 男主对女主不好，男二上位，虐男主

1. 101 年 A Younger Boy Is More Obedient, So Who Needs the Cold Campus Prince? 年下弟弟更乖，谁还稀罕高冷校草 Qin Yanting芩雁听Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted [Both leads are inexperienced in love + sweet romance + the male lead fiercely competes to claim her] [Gentle, beautiful princess × younger, doting, powerful heir] In her past life, the campus heartthrob abandoned Jian Shuyan at their wedding to go after his first love, leaving her a laughingstock. Reborn, Jian Shuyan decides to stay away from the heartthrob she pursued for so long. At first, he doesn’t care at all, saying coldly and with certainty, “She’s just playing hard to get!” Then a tearf 285Reads8.7Score—14d adds

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   🌷🌷In her past life, the school heartthrob abandoned Jian Shuyan at her wedding for his first love, making her a laughingstock. Reborn, she decides to stay away from him. At first, he doesn't care, thinking, "She must be playing hard to get." 🌿🌿It's not until another man appears by her side that he panics, begging her to come back, but she's already gone.

2. 102 一 Tell Him, “I Only See You as a Little Sister,” and Make Him Suffer! 一句我只把你当妹妹，虐死他！ Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted Volume 1: “I Only See You as a Little Sister”: He'll Suffer for It! [Both virgins] [Rekindled love] [Unhinged, unstable heroine] [A little melodramatic] [Hero: hides his love] Lu Chen: She runs, he chases. She can't get away even if she grows wings. Lu Simi: Which one of us is the prey? Volume 2: The Missing Lover [Both virgins] [Angsty romance] [Tragic ending] He fell in love with her at first sight and promised to marry her after she graduated. But instead of waiting for her, he watched her g 243Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 103 青 My Childhood Friend Lost to the Newcomer. Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Married? 青梅不敌天降，我嫁人你哭什么 Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Modern Romance104k WordsCompleted On the eve of his wedding, the woman who had once stirred Lin Yichen’s heart came back, and he made a decision he would regret for the rest of his life. Unable to accept his betrayal, Chu Zhaoyue resolutely left, vanishing from the city where they had lived together. After suffering both emotional and physical wounds, she met someone who helped her find redemption. Years later, when they met again, she was married and had a child. Lin Yichen repeatedly pursued her and begged her to get back toge 694Reads5.3Score—14d adds
4. 104 领 We Broke Up Before Registering Our Marriage. Goodbye, My Love 领证前分手，再见我的爱人 Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted These are two novels about breakups before the marriage license is signed. First novel: “When You Were Kidnapped, All You Cared About Was Your First Love. Why Come Looking for Me After I Left?” Because of her grandfather’s dying wish, Leng Ruyue and Li Han got engaged. Li Han knew Leng Ruyue didn’t love him romantically. Leng Ruyue didn’t know that Li Han had been devoted to her for years, waiting for her feelings to bloom. Four years by her side finally made Leng Ruyue fall for him. But no one 750Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 105 不 I Won't Chase After Him or Debase Myself: To Hell With Your White Moonlight 不倒贴不犯贱，我去你丫的白月光 Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other’s first and only] [Heroine: She never throws herself at a man or debases herself; her heart is harder than iron] [Hero: A misunderstanding leads him to desperately chase his wife]] [Male lead gets put through the wringer] Yin Muxue’s motto on love: When I like you, I can follow you without hesitation. But I won’t debase myself, compete with other women, or go back to an ex. Because of a promise she made as a child, Yin Muxue chose to attend the same university as Chu R 119Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 106 失 Paradise in Flames: I Returned from Hell 失火的天堂，我从地狱归来 Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Modern Romance109k WordsCompleted [Not a pure couple] [Undercover] [Mutual salvation] [Primarily romance] [The hero says one thing but means another] Qin Mian was orphaned at the age of ten. In hopes of having a family, she spent over a decade living under the roof of the Qi family. After she graduated from college, Qi Anming asked Qin Mian to marry his son, Qi Haoyuan. She accepted. A month after the wedding, Qi Anming’s younger brother, Qi Anchen, came back. Caught in a tangled relationship with the two men, Qin Mian chose to 25Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 107 你 You Hurt Me, and Now You Expect Me to Love You? 你伤害了我，还想让我爱你？ Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Modern Romance55k WordsCompleted When Su Muning was eighteen and experiencing her first crush, she fell for someone, only for him to abandon her at a hotel. What happened afterward left her both physically and emotionally devastated, and she disappeared from everyone’s sight. Six years later, the mysterious Duchess Hua Sha, a widow, appeared in Haishi. She possessed a fortune that made people covetous and a lost masterpiece. Using the painting as bait, she set a trap that drew in overseas forces and dragged the Yan family into 50Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 108 恋 The Happy Life of a Hopeless Romantic 恋爱脑的幸福生活 Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Modern Romance27k WordsCompleted Divorced and faked her death from the start. Su Xinglan admits she’s a hopeless romantic. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone to Huaguo without telling her family, all for him, and sacrificed her marriage in the process. It was only after Su Xinglan “died” that Qin Chu realized what he’d lost. When they finally reconciled, he learned that she had spent those two years pursuing another man. Still, he spent his whole life waiting for the girl who could never return to him, becoming a hopeless romant 13Reads—Score214d adds
9. 109 怀 Forced to Donate Bone Marrow While Pregnant, We Both Died 怀孕后被迫捐献骨髓，一尸两命 Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Modern Romance30k WordsCompleted Jiang Nuan never imagined that her love with Gu Fengmian was all part of a scheme, designed to make her willingly donate bone marrow to Gu Fengmian’s first love. When she learned the truth, she wanted to fight back, but she had no power or influence. In the end, she died on the operating table, taking two lives with her. Three years later, a woman named An An stirred up the waters in Jing City. In the end, she chose the most brutal way to take her enemies down with her. 399Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 110 执 A Love for a Lifetime 执爱一生 Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Modern Romance127k WordsCompleted The heroine has more than one man. Don’t read this if that bothers you. The writing is average, so feel free to drop it if it’s not to your taste. An Siyue goes to the capital of H Country to seek refuge and meets three men who will be entangled with her for the rest of her life. One is gentle and refined, yet goes mad for her. One is domineering and forceful, yet becomes obsessed with her. One is carefree and flirtatious, yet devoted to her alone. After loving, hating, and suffering, where shou 56Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 111 领 You Stood Me Up at the Courthouse? I'll Marry Your Uncle Instead 领证爽约？我嫁你小叔疯什么 A Long Time with You漫长与你Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted [Broken Relationship That Stays Broken] [The Second Male Lead Comes Out on Top] [Seven-Year Age Gap] [Uncle Steals His Nephew’s Wife] [Putting Trashy Exes in Their Place] On the day Shen Shuning and Lu Tingxuan were supposed to register their marriage, he stood her up. It turned out his adoptive sister, who shared neither parent with him, had returned from abroad. Only then did she see clearly that she had never been the most important person in his heart. That place had always belonged to the a 13.1kReads8.2Score2.2k14d adds

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    The male lead is in love with raising his younger sister. He broke his promise to marry the female lead so he could raise her, but he went crazy after she married his uncle. [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

12. 112 渣 Scumbag Ex and Mistress, Stay Together Forever. I Remarry a Tycoon and Get Spoiled Rotten 渣夫小三请锁死，二嫁大佬被宠疯 A Long Time with You漫长与你Modern Romance455k WordsCompleted [Broken relationship, no getting back together + both leads' first love + second male lead rises to the top + heroine's growth + face-slapping + punishing scumbags] A dazzling financial journalist × a restrained, deeply devoted big shot After three years of marriage, her husband's first love, the woman he'd mourned as dead, came back to life. Ji Wanying was crushed. At last, she realized she'd wasted all those years giving her sincere love to a man who didn't deserve it. “Ji Wanying, your family 5.5kReads9.3Score78314d adds

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    Undoubtedly the pinnacle of tomatoes

13. 113 不 An Anonymous Confession 不具名告白 Biting Fish咬魚Modern Romance296k WordsCompleted [Reborn on Campus + The Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + Mind Reading + The Chase After the Breakup + Both Leads Are Sexually Inexperienced] At seventeen, Yin Heyue was forced to live under someone else's roof, where she unexpectedly gained a brother with no blood relation to her: Song Yuzhou. Yin Heyue had hoped they would get along, but then she heard him say, “I don't have a sister.” In her second year of high school, a distant light shone into her bleak youth: Wen Shu, the top student in th 2.9kReads9.3Score64214d adds

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    🌷🌷🫧Yin Heyue was seventeen when she lived with relatives, including a non-blood-related older brother named Song Yuzhou, who once said, "I don't have a sister." In her second year of high school, she pursued Wen Shu, the top student in her grade, but after their marriage, Wen Shu cheated on her. During their divorce, Song Yuzhou added her as a friend. When she woke up again, the Song Yuzhou from her student days warned her not to talk to him at school.

14. 114 无 Unbelievable! The Young Master Is Making Me Woo the Untouchable Beauty 无语！少爷竟逼我去勾搭高岭之花 Lychee and Clear Wine荔枝清酒Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted The heroine is a stunning beauty who hides her looks at first and is clueless about romance, with a touch of a male-magnet vibe. The hero is a cold, aloof heartthrob. The first half takes place at school, and the second in the workplace, with more focus on the school years. Both leads are inexperienced in love. A classic, old-fashioned romance. Welcome, and enjoy~ Ji Chuqing is the daughter of the Xu family’s housekeeper and lives with the family. Fang Jili is the sworn rival whom Xu Qianze, th 4.5kReads8.6Score45514d adds

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    The male lead has a nemesis, the second male lead, who always outshines him. The male lead comes up with a terrible idea: he'll have his nanny's daughter flirt with the unattainable second male lead, then dump him. That way, no matter how arrogant he is, he'll end up becoming increasingly jealous after being dumped by his nanny's daughter. 🥞🍟🥓

15. 115 入 Nightfall Restlessness 入夜躁动期 Ye Lanxi夜阑汐Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted [The second male lead pursues his wife but fails to win her back + the male lead marries her in a flash and takes his place + reunion after a long separation + both are devoted only to each other + an ex gets humiliated] Ye Lanxi met Jiang Yueze at sixteen, and they got engaged at eighteen. Whenever they had a falling-out, she was always the one who had to make peace first. Then, at twenty-four, she heard him say to a friend, “How about another bet? No matter how many rumors I stir up, she’ll ju 30.6kReads9.2Score3.8k14d adds

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    🌴🌴①They met at 16, got engaged at 18, and every time they had a falling out, she was the one who had to initiate reconciliation. Until she was 24, she overheard him say to a friend, "How about we make another bet? No matter how many scandals I have, she'll just have to put up with it. She comes from a fallen family; if she leaves me, who else will want her?" She resolutely broke up with him and went to marry the heir of a top-tier wealthy family in Beijing, who was seriously injured. Only then did he realize what he had lost—a regret and pain that nothing he could ever regain.

16. 116 满 Spoiled to Perfection 满分宠 Tang Xiaomiao唐小喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: I Chased Him for Three Years, and Now I’m Done. [His Regret Arc]+ [His Whole Family’s Regret Arc]+ [No Getting Back Together, No Forgiveness]+ [Sweet Romance, Both Are Inexperienced]+ [Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] Everyone in Jiangcheng’s upper circles knew that Song Xingchen was hopelessly in love with Zhou Shixu. Even after Zhou Shixu was injured in a car accident and left paralyzed in bed, Song Xingchen still married him without hesitation. There was no wedding, no banque 1.6kReads7.8Score13914d adds

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    🌷🌷①In Jiangcheng's high society, everyone knows that Song Xingchen is hopelessly in love with Zhou Shixu. During the three years he was paralyzed and bedridden, she gave up her job to care for him wholeheartedly. Unexpectedly, the first thing Zhou Shixu did after recovering was to break up with Song Xingchen for his beloved who had returned to China. Song Xingchen didn't argue or make a scene; she severed all ties and left resolutely. He panicked, facing a nightmare of trying to win her back. But she was no longer there; the second male lead had taken her place.

17. 117 醉 A Drunken Nighttime Kiss! One Flirt from Her, and the Arrogant Big Shot’s Heart Races 醉吻夜！她一撩，桀骜大佬心狂跳 A Crescent Moon一剪月Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Climbing the Capital’s Family Tree is now available on all platforms.] [Top Capital City Tycoon · Rebellious, Devoted Suit-Wearing Bad Boy vs. Ballet Princess · Radiant, Proud Little Swan] Li Zhi and Fu Yanze grew up together, but Li Zhi turned out to be the fake heiress. For the sake of his own interests, Fu Yanze chose to get engaged to the real heiress, a leading actress in the entertainment industry. He hoped Li Zhi would understand and said he would come back to marr 59.5kReads9.5Score7.3k14d adds

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    Li Zhi and Fu Yanze were childhood sweethearts, but unfortunately, Li Zhi became a fake heiress. For his own benefit, Fu Yanze chose to get engaged to the real heiress of an entertainment industry star, hoping Li Zhi would understand and that he would return to marry her after he had profited… Later, he knocked on the door late at night: "Zhizhi, I knew you would come for me…" Unexpectedly, the most powerful man in Kyoto opened the door, his bathrobe disheveled, arrogantly flaunting the red marks on his neck: "Young Master Fu, coming to my room in the middle of the night to see my wife, you wouldn't happen to be trying to be a mistress, would you?"

18. 118 王 My Lord, the Princess Consort Says She’ll Never See You Again 王爷，王妃说此生不复相见 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance421k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance Tragedy + No Getting Back Together + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] A tragic romance! A tragic romance! A tragic romance! Ye Chuyan loved Pei Xiuyan for twelve years, but never moved him in the slightest. All she got in return was Pei Xiuyan wiping out the Ye family and having her father and brothers tortured to death over three days in the snow. At last, she understood: for the rest of her life, there would be no love between her and Pei Xiuyan, only hatred, until one o 26.7kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds

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    The male lead is a contradictory person; he loves the female lead deeply, but he can also be quite ruthless. Later, he experiences a tumultuous journey to win her back, but unfortunately, the female lead has already come to her senses. Meanwhile, the second male lead finds happiness and gets his way.

19. 119 谈 Forget the Campus Heartthrob, the Abstinent Young Master Is So Devoted 谈什么校草，禁欲太子爷他超宠 Naughty Little Deer小鹿不乖Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted [A husband’s desperate pursuit after losing his wife # taking down scumbags # reunion after a long separation # marriage before love # secret crush # second male lead wins # childhood friends fighting over her] Xia Shiyu pursued the school heartthrob for five years. She heard he liked sweet, gentle women, so she wore white dresses and played the part for years. When she finally got what she wanted, she found Li Hanting with a close friend in his arms, smiling carelessly as he mocked her. “Like a 237Reads6.2Score10314d adds
20. 120 王 The Princess Consort Is an Assassin, and My White Moonlight Handed Me Over to Someone Else 王妃是杀手，白月光将我拱手让人 Yesterday, My Beloved昨日卿倾Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Princess Consort Is an Assassin, and My Beloved Gave Me Away —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Does this count? The male lead becomes the second male lead's stand-in.

21. 121 你 You Kissed the Wrong Place 你亲错地方了 A Fa阿法Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted The print edition of A Glimmer Against the Cold Wind is now available nationwide. [Each other's first love + rekindled romance + the hero wins himself over + happy ending] For the first sixteen years of his life, Xie Chen had never thought about dating. When Jiang Yuan wrote him a love letter and was publicly criticized by the whole school, Xie Chen rejected her without mercy. “I have no plans to date.” Jiang Yuan neither cried nor made a scene. She gave him an appraising look, even smiling a li 61.4kReads9.5Score7.6k14d adds

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    These are some good campus romance novels. The first one is quite sweet, and I've finished reading it. The second one is very tear-jerking; I only watched the short drama and didn't dare to read the full text. I hope you all like them!

22. 122 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8k14d adds
23. 123 野 Be a Little Wild! She Struck It Rich in Love and Money Right After Her Divorce 野一点！她刚离婚就财色双收了 Lots of Gold金子多多Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Her husband gets bored with her and cheats with his young secretary. Nan Zhiyue carefully plots her moves, tricking him into signing the divorce papers and sending him to prison. She wants nothing to do with a man who's been tainted. She wants to destroy him completely, too. “Qin Yifeng, you'd better get to sewing in there!” Qin Yifeng kneels and begs for forgiveness. “Honey, I was wrong. Please give me one more chance.” Nan Zhiyue clasps hands with her adorable younger boyfriend. “Let me introd 59Reads—Score—14d adds

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    If it's not good, just change it; there are plenty of men out there.

24. 124 七 The Seventies Compound: After Divorcing, She Marries a Young Beijing Master Who Can't Have Children, Then Has Several Babies 七零大院：离婚后嫁绝嗣京少多胎 Clouds Flowing over Green Mountains青山流云Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted [The Whole Family Gets What They Deserve + A Satisfying Story Where She Never Takes Abuse + Crushing the Scum + Family Drama + No Golden Finger + Devoted to Each Other + The Real Heiress Seeks Revenge vs. The Cold-Faced Commander Repays Her Kindness] When Song Li opens her eyes, she has been reborn just before her tragic death. There is still time to change everything! She promptly dumps the scumbag, makes her whole family pay, marries up to a commander after her divorce, and empties the entire 841Reads8.8Score15614d adds
25. 125 娇 The Concubine Who Slipped Away 娇妾出墙 Zhen Shi臻十Ancient Romance747k WordsOngoing Gu Jue, prefect of Langzhou, comes from a distinguished family, with a powerful father and a doting mother. Upright and composed, he is a gentleman praised by everyone in the capital. Yet on the day the two families are to be joined in marriage, this very man is caught in an intimate embrace with a beautiful young woman. Caressing the face of the woman in his arms, the man asks in a low, husky voice, “What do you call me, hmm?” “Big brother...” On the day of the marriage alliance, how could his 27Reads8.9Score—14d adds
26. 126 重 Reborn and Remarried: The Scumbag Cries His Eyes Out 重生改嫁：渣男痛哭流涕了 Peach Blossom Lamb桃花小羊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The husband’s groveling redemption + reborn + punishing scumbags + face-slapping + second male lead takes the crown + both leads are each other’s first and only love + ensemble cast + everyone’s favorite] Everyone envied Cui Yaoning’s life at first. She was the legitimate daughter of the Qinghe Cui clan, spoiled and willful from childhood. Then she married Pei Yu, the top scholar from another prestigious family, and he doted on her to no end. Pei Yu had grown up with her, and they were deepl 35.5kReads8.3Score4.8k14d adds
27. 127 将 Cast-Off Daughter of a Military Family? I'm the Moon in His Heart 将门弃妇？她是本王的心上月 Song Jiujiu宋玖玖Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted [Dual Rebirth] [The Ex-Wife Wants Him Back] The short drama adaptation is now online: The General’s Abandoned Consort Qu Jinshu married the great general He Xiujun at eighteen. To protect him, she became a prisoner of an enemy nation, her face disfigured and her martial arts skills destroyed. On the day the city fell, what awaited her was his arrow through her heart. He said “I married you only to take revenge.” “If you hadn’t refused to marry the foolish Prince Jing, your elder sister wouldn’t 11.6kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
28. 128 惨 Reborn After a Horrific Death, I Drove Every Villain Crazy 惨死重生后，我把反派都逼疯啦 Yan Fei颜翡Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Reborn + household and palace intrigue + strong heroine and hero + revenge and taking down scumbags + satisfying read In her previous life, Shen Shuyi schemed and plotted at every turn to secure the crown prince's position for Xiao Tingshan. But he repaid her by turning his back on her, despising her for being calculating and deep-minded, and not gentle and demure enough. He not only took her life, but also caused countless friends and family members to die unjustly. Fine. Given another life, 14.8kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
29. 129 状 The Top Scholar's Ex-Wife Is So Beautiful, the Third-Rank Scholar Can't Resist Her 状元郎前妻实在貌美，探花难自控 Song Tingyun宋停云Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation, "The Top Scholar Schemed to Drive Me Away, While a Powerful Minister Helped Me Make My Move in the Capital", is now available on Hongguo. Come check it out. [Traditional sweet historical romance + family intrigue + the ex-husband's long road to winning her back + the second male lead gets the girl] Three years into a marriage that seemed like a step up in the world, Lin Hui was disliked by her mother-in-law, tormented by her sister-in-law, and treated coldly by her husband. 9.8kReads8.3Score1.3k14d adds

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    The first book doesn't involve reincarnation or time travel; the protagonist discovers the male lead is unsuitable, divorces him, and remarries the second male lead. The second book features a reincarnated protagonist who breaks off her engagement with the male lead but is won over by the second male lead, leading to a sweet and loving relationship. Both books are filled with heartbreak for the male lead!

30. 130 外 His Mistress Moves In? Reborn, She Dumps the Scumbag and Marries the Great General 外室进府？重生踹渣男改嫁大将军 Song Tingyun宋停云Ancient Romance286k WordsCompleted [Traditional Historical Romance + Reborn + Household Intrigue and Face-Slapping + Second Male Lead Wins + Regretful Husband’s Pursuit] Cui Ying was reborn. Her previous life was too painful. This time, she didn’t want to marry into a higher station. But when she went to the Xue family to break off her engagement, her former mother-in-law sneered at her: “If you break off your engagement to my Xue family, you’ll never find another husband!” The young marquis Lu Mingyu, who had loved Cui Ying in b 363Reads8.8Score—14d adds
31. 131 陆 President Lu, Stop Acting So Arrogant. Miss Jian Is Engaged to President Gu 陆总别傲了，简小姐和顾总订婚了 Just a Water Bottle就是一水瓶Modern Romance467k WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + regret and groveling + sweet romance + devoted to each other] Three days before their engagement, Lu Chengze leaves Jian Yao to visit a delicate beauty and announces he might not make it back in time for the ceremony. After drinking herself senseless for a night, Jian Yao stops the young heir of the capital’s most powerful family as he passes by. “Get engaged to me.” Everyone knows Lu Chengze means everything to Jian Yao. They assume she’s only acting out in a fit of anger 6.7kReads9.1Score74714d adds

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    🍉✨The male lead treats the female lead badly, the second male lead takes her place, and the male lead suffers. ① Three days before their engagement, he abandoned her to go find a frivolous girl, declaring he wouldn't be back on the day of the engagement. After a night of heavy drinking, she stopped a passing Beijing socialite, saying, "Get engaged to me." When they met again, the once-proud prince had fallen from grace, begging her for another chance. Before she could speak, her slender waist was already embraced. The man's gaze was cold, his voice icy. "Sorry, my wife is allergic to that scumbag, so it's inconvenient for her to speak."

32. 132 分 After We Broke Up, I Went Wild in the Entertainment Industry 分手后我在娱乐圈杀疯了 Yang Ye央也Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + the second male lead takes the lead + groveling-to-win-her-back arc + the heroine has experience, the hero doesn't] Wen Shiqing and Zhou Langxing were in love for five years, but on their fifth anniversary, she discovered he had cheated on her. When she confronted him, Zhou Langxing only said wearily, “We've grown too far apart.” Only then did Wen Shiqing realize that Zhou Langxing had gone from an unknown to a popular actor, while she was still a bottom-tier actress, stuck playing su 8.1kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
33. 133 重 Reborn, I Make the Mad Prince Weep 重生后虐哭疯批王爷 Ma Nong麻农Ancient Romance417k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment novel!! Both reborn + heroine grows over time + second male lead takes the lead + be patient and keep reading, there are surprises ahead.] {Note: The heroine has seen the hero's puppy-dog devotion, so she has to be wary of his status as a prince when going after the second female lead. Her caution doesn't mean she's stupid.} In her previous life, Helan Xuenuo was drugged and set up to marry into the prince's household. From then on, she and Gu Shicheng became pieces in Qi 313Reads—Score—14d adds

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    No reconciliation after a broken relationship! The scheming second female lead is torn apart! The second male lead takes her place!

34. 134 追 You Didn't Love Me After Eight Years of Pursuit, So Reborn, I Put the Second Male Lead on Top 追你八年不爱我，重生让男二上位 A Visit to the Human World来人间一趟Modern Romance143k WordsCompleted [Secret crush + reborn + one-on-one, both leads are inexperienced + the previous life's second male lead becomes the endgame + no making up after the groveling] In her past life, Su Qiaoqiao pursued Qi Shen for eight years, only to look back and find no one by her side. When his first love returned to the country, she realized that some people were stones that could never be warmed. Then she was unexpectedly reborn. This time, she would cut off this ill-fated relationship herself. But then a tra 332Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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    ① *Anonymous Confession* The female lead, Yin Heyue, was seventeen years old and living with her stepbrother, Song Yuzhou. She had a cold and aloof older brother, Wen Shu, who wasn't related to her by blood. She once relentlessly pursued Wen Shu, the top student in her grade, but was betrayed on their fifth wedding anniversary. Reborn at seventeen, she resolutely broke off all ties with Wen Shu and unexpectedly gained the ability to read minds. A misunderstood love letter brought her and Song Yuzhou together, and she gradually discovered the deep affection this seemingly arrogant brother held for her. The story features satisfying moments of chasing after a failed relationship, sweet moments of a second male lead winning over the other, a dramatic plot, and genuinely moving emotions. It will take you through the confusion of youth and the growing pains of adolescence—don't miss it! 💯💯💯

35. 135 强 The Campus Heartthrob I Snatched Was Too Much to Handle, So After Being Reborn, I Dumped Him 强摘的校草太扎手，重生她扔掉了 Sweet Peach and Clear Lemon甜桃清柠Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted [Mutual Healing + Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Second Male Lead Wins Her Heart + Reborn Sweet-and-Cool Heiress x Lowly, Obsessive Boy + Male Lead Pretends Not to Care + Heroine Spoils Him Without Limits] Jiang Yuejiao died without ever winning Gu Jinzhu's heart. It was a tragedy: no one had ever loved her in her whole life. Her spirit lingered, and she saw the boy she had never paid attention to gently cradle her broken body in his arms, grief-stricken, before setting a fire that killed both h 234Reads7.3Score—14d adds
36. 136 黑 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 305.9kReads9.5Score42.1k14d adds
37. 137 舔 I Fawned Over Him for Three Years While Acting Cold, Then the Second Male Lead Took the Lead and Behaved 舔他三年装高冷，男二上位老实了 Hui Shi卉诗Modern Romance46k WordsOngoing I’ve dropped this book!! Don’t read it!! If you’ve added it to your bookshelf, remove it!!!! Don’t read it, don’t read it, don’t read it, don’t read it!!!! The author has dropped it… —Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 138 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book as the Female Supporting Character: All to Woo the Second Male Lead 穿书成女配：只为泡男二 Just One壹只只Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Wealthy Family + Top-Tier Star + HE] Everyone knows: the male lead belongs to the female lead, but the second male lead belongs to everyone! By chance, she transmigrated into a novel she had recently been reading. It was originally a domineering CEO story about the male and female leads loving and hurting each other, but the second male lead became the character she could never let go of. Ji Yan, the second male lead, was a top-tier star with an incomparable face. Dev 3.2kReads8.2Score29914d adds
39. 139 快 Quick Transmigration: Saving the Devoted Second Male Lead 快穿：救赎痴情男二 Zhu Mu Xixi竹木兮兮Ancient Romance152k WordsCompleted Quick transmigration + devoted couples + sweet romance + the second male lead wins + varied settings Mu Xixi is obsessed with second male leads. She is always heartbroken watching the heroines of angsty novels get tormented over and over, only to treat the male lead like her first love. If it were up to her, she would choose the poor, pitiful second male lead instead: the refined gentleman, the obsessive one who turns dark, the seemingly innocent green tea schemer. Second male leads of every kin 133Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 140 快 Quick Transmigration: The Second Male Lead Is Hopelessly in Love 快穿：男二是个顶级恋爱脑 Pear Blossoms in Bloom梨花有华Modern Romance544k WordsCompleted (Complete, so enjoy!) [Quick transmigration + a new male lead in each world + sweet with a touch of angst + transmigrate into a book] The devoted second male leads in novels love in vain and die consumed by sorrow. Hua Yan enters these novels to give each second male lead the perfect ending. A clingy childhood friend, a beautiful older sister… From passerby to supporting female character to the girl of his dreams to heroine, the second male lead in every world falls helplessly in love with her. 7.5kReads8.9Score45214d adds
41. 141 攻 Conquest Failed: After the Second Male Lead Takes the Crown, the Jerk Regrets It 攻略失败：男二上位后渣男后悔了 Wild Little Sister野小妹Modern Romance453k WordsCompleted I awakened a conquest System. But my conquest target loathed me, and my parents and friends looked at me with nothing but disappointment. They said, “Your little sister is so wonderful. You can't compare to her.” “Someone like you should just go die.” But when I really died after failing my conquest, they all went mad, begging me to come back... 37Reads5.5Score—14d adds
42. 142 沈 Mr. Shen, Hurry and Win Her Back, Your White Moonlight Finally Broke Up 沈总快追，你的白月光终于分手了 Little White Isn't Afraid of the Dark小白不怕黑Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted [Secret crush and redemption + the aloof beauty falls from grace + the second male lead wins + he loves and spoils her to bits] Su Tiancheng sees her childhood sweetheart with a sexy woman on each arm and curses him. “Shen Jin'an, you're like a dog. Keep you on a leash and you're well-behaved. The second I let go, you go around eating shit.” Shen Jin'an looks both cowardly and fierce. “I didn't eat any.” Su Tiancheng is disheartened. “You didn't eat any, but you sniffed plenty. You stink already 501Reads5.9Score—14d adds

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    The day they broke up, the second male lead returned to China overnight. Ten years... He'd finally waited. Love was humble, but he was incredibly doting and affectionate.

43. 143 又 Fighting for Her, Fighting Over Her! The Capital's Princely Heir Falls Hard Every Day 又争又抢！京圈太子爷日日沦陷 Jiu Jiuyi酒玖宜Modern Romance123k WordsOngoing [Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + Secret Crush + No Getting Back Together + Both Leads Have No Past Relationships + Sweet Treat] [Versatile Tattoo Artist Heroine vs. Beijing's Rich Heir Who Falls for Her on His Own] Shen Zhiyi inherited her mother's “great taste” and picked an absolute scumbag from the two candidates in her arranged marriage. She got a real-life taste of the classic “running away while pregnant” plot from domineering-CEO novels! The day Shen Zhiyi discovered Ji Nanfeng was chea 16Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The second male lead's rise to power is a result of fierce competition and vying.

44. 144 你 You Cheated First, So Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Divorcing You? 你出轨在先，我离婚你哭什么 Jintang锦棠Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing The short drama adaptation, "Crimson Gardenia 2", is now open for reservations on Hongguo. Season One, "Crimson Gardenia", is available on Hongguo and Douyin. (Scumbag grovels to win his wife back + powerful male lead swoops in to claim her) (Clear-headed, strong female lead + aloof, secretly passionate heir) Wen Zhiyan has witnessed Shen Jihan’s devotion and experienced his betrayal. She keeps her feelings to herself and tricks him into signing the divorce papers. When the 30-day cooling-off pe 40.1kReads8.9Score3.5k14d adds

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    🌵🌵①She had witnessed his deep affection, and now she also experienced his betrayal. She endured it all, tricking him into signing the divorce papers. When the thirty-day cooling-off period ended, she calmly informed him, "I don't want you anymore. Get out of my life." He was instantly struck as if by lightning, his heart pounding and his eyes reddening... (A wife-chasing-after-the-crematorium scenario ✚ The second male lead takes over)

45. 145 先 You Save Your First Love? The Trash Dad and His Kid Face Hell on the Day I Miscarry 先救白月光？流产当天渣爹带崽火葬场 Olive Wood橄榄木Modern Romance757k WordsCompleted On the expressway to take her husband’s first love to the hospital for treatment on her leg, Yun Zhi’s brakes failed. Her husband and son ignored the fact that she was eight months pregnant and turned the steering wheel to save the other woman, causing Yun Zhi to lose her baby. Cradling her stillborn child, she watched the father and son fuss over the other woman in the next room, and her heart turned to ash. Ten years ago, Yun Zhi had come to this world on a mission to save Ye Chengyan, the vil 330Reads5.4Score—14d adds
46. 146 弃 He Chose His First Love Over Me. Now My Ex-Husband and Son Regret It 弃我救初恋，我离婚父子俩却悔红眼 Carved Light琢光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A Father-and-Son Reckoning + Divorce and Thriving Alone + Clear-Eyed Heroine] Qiao Yuan nearly died in a fire while trying to save her son, but her son and husband escaped with the woman he had always cherished. After narrowly surviving, Qiao Yuan decisively divorced him and began a new life. At first, the father and son didn’t take her seriously. “If you divorce me, you’ll never see your son again.” A month into the mandatory cooling-off period for divorce: “That’s enough. This isn’t funny 113Reads6.8Score—14d adds
47. 147 守 After Five Years as a Wife in Name Only, I’m Reborn, Taking My Child, and Getting Divorced. It Feels So Good 守活寡五年，重生带崽离婚真香了 Overflowing with Wealth盆满钵盈Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted (Military romance + period setting + regretful pursuit + rival suitors, second male lead gets the girl. Come on in!) In her previous life, Jiang Suisui ignored everyone’s objections and married Song Yun’an, the aloof flower of the military. She always thought that falling in love after marriage could be lovely. After all, you had to take a bite to find out whether a forcibly picked melon was sweet. She never expected that some people were cold-hearted by nature, impossible to warm no matter what 100Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 148 魂 Reborn in Silly Zhu’s Body: A Good Life Is What Really Matters 魂穿傻柱之过好日子才是真 User88002538用户88002538Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing He Yuzhu, a modern man who never married, devoted his life to raising his stepson, He Xiao. Wanting him to “be a real man for once,” He Xiao dragged him to a nightclub. Amid the glittering lights and revelry, a hostess who looked just like Qin Huairu in her youth sat down beside him... When he awoke, He Yuzhu was shocked to discover that he had transmigrated into Silly Zhu in 1965! And the woman beneath him, whom he had mistaken for a nightclub hostess, was none other than twenty-three-year-old 4.4kReads—Score15414d adds

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49. 149 靠 Damn, How Did a Couple of Complaints Turn Me into Silly Zhu? 靠，吐槽两句怎就成傻柱了 Stars and River Drift into Dreams in the Courtyard小院星河入梦Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing Modern chef Wu Mingfu had merely grumbled before bed about his “awful” neighbors in the courtyard, lamenting that Silly Zhu had superb cooking skills but lived such a miserable life. He mused that if he transmigrated there, he would marry the virtuous Yu Li, have a bunch of chubby kids, and build a prosperous, peaceful life. Who would have thought that when he woke up, he really had transmigrated into the Red Star Steelworks of 1958, becoming the famous “older brother of He Yushui,” who was alwa 94Reads5.5Score714d adds
50. 150 傻 Silly Zhu Is Reborn and Takes Down the Whole Flock of Beasts 傻住重生虐众禽 A Gentle Continuation of the Years浅续流年Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing Reborn Silly Zhu: No Longer a Parasite, He Turns the Courtyard Upside Down Silly Zhu gave the Qin Huairu family his whole heart and everything he had, only to meet a miserable end. Once age and frailty left him with nothing more to offer, Qin Huairu's three children ruthlessly abandoned him, leaving him beneath a bridge to die of cold and hunger. As he lay dying, consumed by despair and hatred, he made a solemn vow: if he ever got another life, he would never again be a parasite for others to e 3.7kReads—Score13914d adds

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