Female Lead Disguises Herself as a Man, and She's Especially Heartbreaking 女扮男装，女主特别让人心疼

1. 1 将 A General Is No Boy 将军非少年 Jinhu瑾狐Ancient Romance706k WordsCompleted If “I love you” is good fortune, then for her, “You’re free” is salvation. “Si Youjin, you can protect these splendid rivers and mountains, you can protect these beautiful years, but can you protect yourself?” She sat atop the city wall and gave no answer… 4kReads9.3Score521Shelves

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   This one is super pathetic. The first one. The heroine in the second book is also quite pitiful.

2. 2 女 I Fled in Disguise as a Man, and Now Master Bo Is Hunting Me 女扮男装出逃后，我被薄爷通缉了 Ye Jingyi夜京亿Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted You Li is the useless little pet Lord Bo keeps at home. He can’t fight or talk back, and he’s soft, timid, and great at acting cute. Lord Bo has just two rules for Young Master You: be home by eight, and dating is fine, but don’t cross the line. Lord Bo is too busy guarding against girls to realize the person he should really be watching out for is a man. You Li is pregnant! Lord Bo admits he was blind. All these years, he never realized You Li was a woman pretending to be a man. That day, with 11.9kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
3. 3 陛 Your Majesty, I’ll Conquer the World to Take Care of You 陛下，我打个天下养你啊 Bi Mai避麦Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted An alternate-world setting inspired by the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern dynasties. A serious period romance, with two formidable leads, political intrigue, and love. [A sickly marquis plots to conquer the realm, while a ruthless emperor bows to love] The story of a demon who kills people in the human world to atone for his sins. Driven by selfish desire and consumed by inner demons, her father kills his wife and daughter. Shen Yanqi is raised as a boy from childhood. An edict seeking tale 304Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Based on the background of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the heroine disguised herself as a man and was given growth-inhibiting drugs by her father since she was a child. Later, she became a medicine jar for beauty and misery. After the hero learned about it, he wanted to pull her father out and whip his corpse, and he felt very sorry for her. But she used to be a young marquis who was awarded the title of marquis based on military merit [almost crying]

4. 4 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 241.5kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves

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   I am a big trader in cross-dressing as a man, and my schoolbag is very nice [cool] [please take a closer look]

5. 5 女 She's Disguised as a Boy! All Her Male Dormmates Want to Turn Her Gay 女扮男装！男寝室友们都想掰歪她 Spring Breeze Blows, and Life Springs Anew春风吹又生Modern Romance702k WordsCompleted (Secret Identities / No Fixed Pairing / Everyone's Favorite / Regret and Redemption) To change her own fate and that of her twin brother, Qin Mu disguises herself as a man and moves back into the boys' dormitory her brother fears. Bystanders: That sissy's got some nerve, moving back into the male idol's dorm! Onlookers: Just you wait. That sissy will run away with his tail between his legs again! When her secret identities are exposed, all five god-tier roommates are dumbfounded!!! The business 1.5kReads9.3Score295Shelves
6. 6 疯 After the Mad Emperor Redeemed Himself, All Under Heaven Became His Devoted Subjects 疯批帝尊洗白后，天下皆为裙下臣 Chuchu Ziyu初初子语Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Original title: After Constantly Trying to Get Myself Killed, I Became the Emperor Venerated by All Di Yange transmigrates into a wish-fulfillment novel aimed at male readers, where she can only return home by getting herself killed. To make it back as soon as possible, she disguises herself as a man and does everything she can to oppose the protagonist and befriend the villains. In the end, through one careless mistake, she not only saves all the villains but also follows their path, rising ste 37.1kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves
7. 7 反 Are All My Villain Disciples Simps? This Lazy Master Is Just Here to Have Fun 反派弟子全舔狗？摆烂师尊浪浪浪 Spring Breeze Blows, and Life Springs Anew春风吹又生Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Multiple male leads + lighthearted comedy + master and disciples + nontraditional cultivation + one heroine and multiple male leads competing for her + everyone falls for her] Qin Ran was merely complaining that the heroine wouldn't take all the handsome men when she transmigrated into the story as the villainous master of four villainous disciples, a woman disguised as a man! When her four disciples were still weak, she tortured them mercilessly. The villains endured their humiliation, waiting 9.4kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
8. 8 吾 Which of Us Is More of a Yandere, Me or the Male Lead? 吾与男主孰病娇 How Many Chapters Today, Baobao爆爆今天几更Ancient Romance276k WordsCompleted [Revenge + regret and redemption. Everyone gets hurt except Fuguang] Fuguang is a Void task-taker who specializes in taking on the resentment of people who died unjustly despite being blessed with great fortune. Unlike other task-takers, she uses the original person’s identity, wisdom, and temperament to live their life again and give them the ending they deserved. At the request of the original Lin Yusan, she plays two roles at once. Without her disguise, she is a gentle, pure-hearted young wo 1.1kReads9.4Score136Shelves
9. 9 宠 So Doting! The Cross-Dressing Crown Prince Has Been Flirted Into Tears by a Madman Again 宠炸！男装太子爷她又被疯批撩哭 Meat-Loving Kiddo爱吃肉的崽Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Comedy + Secret Identity + Disguised as a Man + Face-Slapping + Power Couple + Everyone's Favorite] Bai Yang never in her wildest dreams expected that she would wake up as the cool, noble, but sickly heir of the Bai family, a real estate powerhouse, even though before being reborn, she had been the internet's most popular soft-voiced female voice actor; that she would disguise herself as a man and attract three overseas warlords, all of them dangerously unhinged, even though she had been a peti 567Reads8.6Score102Shelves
10. 10 全 The All-Round Big Shot Sneaks Into an All-Boys' School as the Group's Favorite 全能大佬：混进男校当团宠 Muddy Wine and Autumn Crane浊酒秋鹤Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted Weibo: Zhuojiu Qiuhe Ruan Lingrou is K Country’s top female agent. She accidentally ends up at an all-boys’ academy, where she runs into the four most popular guys on campus that very night. Feng Zerong: I’m third in the national karate championships. You’d better not mess with me. Ruan Lingrou: Right, and I’m the champion. Xu Youzi: The Xu family is rich and powerful. You’re way out of your league. Ruan Lingrou: Is that so? Then I’ll buy your family’s businesses tomorrow and leave you out on th 348Reads9.1Score101Shelves
11. 11 重 Reborn, Young General Yang Takes the One He Cherishes by Force 重生后，杨小将军强娶心尖人 Let You Die Five Seconds First让你先阵亡五秒Two Female Leads1.1M WordsOngoing Two female leads / dual rebirth / woman disguised as a man / winning back one's wife / marriage before love / HE / early information imbalance In her previous life, Yang Shi'an tried to save Gu Shujin, never expecting to get herself killed in the process. Before she died, she only had time to ask, “If there's another life, will you let me protect you? Will you?” Gu Shujin replied through her tears, “I will.” So when she got a second chance at life, Yang Shi'an acted first. She went all out, even 9.2kReads8.8Score976Shelves

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    Some, working silently behind the scenes, become sweeter and sweeter

12. 12 清 The Heart-Cleansing Lock 清心锁 Let You Die Five Seconds First让你先阵亡五秒Two Female Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Dual heroines + devoted 1v1 romance + happy ending + fictional dynasty + native-born characters, no one reborn or transmigrated + the heroine later reclaims her identity as a woman] Sixteen years ago, the Hanbei Prince's residence was destroyed overnight. The only survivor, eight-year-old orphan Zhao Youzhi, escaped death, took the name Shen Anyang, disguised herself as a man, and hid among merchants. Sixteen years later, she has become the richest person in Yunzhou. She secretly investigates t 557Reads8.4Score243Shelves
13. 13 快 Quick Transmigration: The Whole World Thinks I’m a Martyr 快穿：全世界都在脑补我是殉道者 Big Wrench大扳手Fantastical Romance292k WordsCompleted Xie Heng transmigrates into an expendable slave in a fictional ancient world. Disguised as a man, she only wants to follow the plot, die on cue, and complete her mission. She takes a blade for the princess and begs to die, but survives, only to be forced to steal the male lead's credit. She gives away her achievements and refuses rewards to keep a low profile, but everyone imagines she's still devoted to a deceased loved one. She starts a rebellion and begs to be executed by lingchi, but is hail 661Reads8.1Score120Shelves

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    The heroine disguises herself as a man and spreads the message of freedom and equality in the ancient plane. It is thought by everyone that there are other time travellers.

14. 14 快 Quick Transmigration: I’ve Sullied the Reputations of Men Around the World 快穿之渣遍全世界 A Happy Little Quackling一只快乐的呱呱精Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A woman disguised as a man, with a universally adored female lead. So sweet, so sweet, so sweet!] Hua Yun was a master of cross-dressing as a man. After a misstep cost her her life, a shady System picked her and brought her to three thousand small worlds to complete romance missions. Hua Yun declared, “I can run wild all over again!” [World One: Rumor has it the capital’s notorious young heir has hooked up with a general!] … [World N: The domineering CEO’s girlfriend has fallen in love with 5.6kReads9.4Score702Shelves

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    The article about women dressing up as men is at the bottom of my box. It's a quick read, but every world is written very, very well. The heroine is a man disguised as a woman in every world. The character design is great. I love the bad boy Liang Jinghong the most [I'm about to cry]

15. 15 重 Reborn: I Become a Sensation on a Boy Band Survival Show 重生后我在男团选秀综艺爆火了 Seven-Character Coin七言钱Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted [Reborn / Top-tier star / Sweet romance / Two strong leads] Genius music producer Song Nanxing is reborn in the body of a newcomer covered in scandals before he has even debuted. The original owner entered a boy-band competition as a male contestant. Dead last in ability and ostracized by everyone, he became the target of ridicule across the internet! Then Song Nanxing arrived. The nobody who used to sing terribly and seemed good for nothing opened his mouth again, and his singing was breathtaki 18.6kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves

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    They are all women disguised as men [blowing kiss][blowing kiss][blowing kiss]

16. 16 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: Lord Qian Is Once Again Beating People While Disguised as a Man 末世重生：千爷又在女扮男装揍人 The Sheep That Ran Away from Home离家出走的羊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse488k WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic zombies + Strong heroine + Satisfying read + Woman in men’s clothing + Pocket dimension + Two equally powerful leads] After being inexplicably killed by a divine beast, the leader of the Phantom World’s strongest assassin organization, the Shadow Pavilion, transmigrates into the body of an ugly woman in the modern world. The apocalypse will begin in fifteen days! From then on, she takes the world by storm in men’s clothing, rescuing her father, killing perverts, and storming demon d 1kReads9.2Score189Shelves
17. 17 哦 Oh No! After Going on a Killing Spree, She Becomes the Villain’s Dark Moonlight! 哦豁！杀疯后她成了反派黑月光！ Shan Qianqiu山千秋Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Two strong leads + love and hate + a groveling chase to win her back + woman disguised as a man] Ye Xingshu never imagined she'd transmigrate into a book one day, let alone become a deranged female villain. She arrived right in the middle of a killing spree. She looked at the male villain's beloved white moonlight in her hands, then at the sinister, terrifying villain, and immediately decided to keep killing! The plot had her and the male villain meeting gruesome ends: the hero would cut out hi 7.7kReads8.9Score806Shelves
18. 18 奸 The Treacherous Minister 奸臣 Lan Jia Sanshao蓝家三少Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Zhao Wuyou was the son of a treacherous minister, and everyone at court had to respectfully call him “Little Chancellor.” Father and son controlled the court and toyed with political power, so plenty of people wanted him dead. Mu Baili was the eunuch in charge of the Directorate of Ceremonial and the governor of the Eastern Depot. He seemed respectful, mild-mannered, and kind to everyone, but in truth he was a wolf who devoured people without leaving a bone. What a shame that such a ruthless ma 4.6kReads9.1Score507Shelves

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    These two ancient novels feature women disguised as men. The heroine is very powerful but also very distressing. Introduction: Zhao Wuyou is the son of a traitorous prime minister, and is respected as "Little Prime Minister" by both the government and the public. The father and son controlled the government and played tricks, so many people wanted to kill him. Mu Baili is the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department and the admiral of the East Factory. On the surface, he looks respectful, gentle, and kind to others, but in fact he is a wolf that eats people without spitting out their bones. It's a pity that he has beautiful and clear phoenix eyes. Everyone has their own master in the affairs of the court, and the battlefield without gunpowder smoke is about people's hearts. He smiled bitterly, "You lost." Her eyes were red, "Really?" " It took a long time for him to understand that the blood splattered all over the court that day was the final plot she set for him. However, he understood too late.

19. 19 无 Boundless 无疆 Lan Jia Sanshao蓝家三少Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted As the Eastern Depot’s second-in-command, Su Mu has crawled out of a mountain of corpses. She’s brimming with bloodlust, sees nothing but the dead, is ruthless in her methods, and has never lost. Until she meets her sworn enemy, Shen Dongzhan, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. They fight over account books, storm bandit dens, hunt for tribute goods, and quell rebellions. Neither is willing to yield. A broken silver hairpin brings to light a miscarriage of justice from more than twe 1.2kReads9.0Score138Shelves
20. 20 雪 The Snowbound Blade 雪藏刃 Xie Xue Hanyan邪雪寒嫣Ancient Romance894k WordsCompleted One is a cold-faced constable who disguises herself as a man. The other is the Prince of Xichuan, a foreign nobleman said to have brought about his wife's death. When these two meet, an extraordinary story is bound to unfold. Passing herself off as a man to serve as a constable in the Six Fan Gate is no easy task. Dao Xueshan even changed her name to Dao Sanxue. To make it in a crowd of men, she has only one choice: be crueler, fiercer, more ruthless, and better at killing than they are. But she 3.7kReads—Score152Shelves

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    It has been completed. It is a purely hand-written story about strong women. The heroine disguises herself as a man, and is involved in the officialdom while holding official duties. She has feelings for her family and country, martial arts detectives, suspenseful plots, women helping each other, and the heroine's strength is beyond the limit. She has no love brain.

21. 21 女 Disguised as a Man: Playing a Heartbreaker in a Wealthy-Family Novel 女扮男装：在豪门文里演海王 Lazy Words词慵Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted [Everyone's favorite + no central romance in the main story + girl disguised as a boy] The new god Ci Wen was unable to understand human emotions, so her memories were erased and she was sent to the human world for a trial. After binding to a mission System, she dutifully began playing all kinds of second male leads: The childhood sweetheart who is the first love of a poor, fragile girl; The gentle senior admired by the school's icy beauty; And the childhood friend of the heroine in a redemption 6.2kReads9.4Score714Shelves

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    [Love] [Love] New God Ci Wen is here to report [Love] [Love]

22. 22 我 My Days as a Spy at No. 76 我在76号当卧底的那些日子 Please, Save This Child求求了救救孩子吧Modern Romance716k WordsCompleted [Dual Female Leads + No Romance + Mother and Daughter + Mutual Healing + Strong Female Lead + No System + No Transmigration + Happy Ending] Su Ran is a deeply undercover agent. When her superior suddenly dies and the entire underground network suffers a devastating blow, she is left like a kite with its string cut. Where can she go from here? At the first sight of Ning An, an impulse rooted deep in her very blood makes one thing certain: there will be no calm player in this game of chess. Thos 866Reads8.5Score121Shelves

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    The heroine is not a woman disguised as a man, but it is very distressing

23. 23 噬 Tears of the Gu 噬蛊泪 Jiang Chan, Who Loves Thai Lions喜欢泰狮的江蝉Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, a brain surgeon saves a sickly, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside patient, only to get herself caught up in the mess too. The male lead is ill from the start, but he’s no pushover. The female lead soon cures him, and then he takes on the whole world. The Ci’en Clinic has been practicing medicine for generations. To inherit the family business and investigate the deaths of her father and brother, Lin Yun has long disguised herself as a man while treating patients. O 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Women disguise themselves as men to practice medicine and compete in the Shura field. The female protagonist is extremely sober and calm, while the male protagonist is yandere. The heroine makes it all the way through, which is heartbreaking

24. 24 大 She Is Everyone’s Moonlight 大佬她是众人白月光 N Times OverN遍过Modern Romance654k WordsOngoing A new story from a new author. I hope you’ll show it lots of support! The rating just came in!!! A calculating, patient heroine who disguises herself as a man vs. a cold, reserved, secretly passionate hero with a doting, fatherly streak After a devastating fire, Jiang Zhao changed her name and identity, becoming the young son of the Zhou family in the capital, whose parents had both died and who had been sent to live in the countryside. Rumor had it that the young Zhou heir’s face had been ruine 55Reads6.7Score—Shelves
25. 25 女 The Disguised Dragon's Scheme: My Rogue Disciple Courts Me in His Dreams 女扮男装潜龙计，逆徒梦里泡为师 Mu Yanfeifei沐妍菲菲Ancient Romance588k WordsOngoing [Historical Intrigue + Female Spy in Disguise + Ensemble Mind Games + Martial Arts Mystery] [Female Martial Arts Master Disguised as a Man × Rebellious Disciple Who Defies His Teacher] The world is the board, and all living things are its pieces. Thirty years ago, a copy of A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains turned the tide during a palace coup. From then on, victory made kings and defeat made corpses, and the throne changed hands. Thirty years later, talents emerge across the nine regions, a 276Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist is an abandoned baby who grows up to become a gangster. She disguises herself as a man and works as an undercover agent in a wealthy family. She takes the male protagonist as her apprentice. She teaches martial arts during the day and steals military talismans at night. She works step by step to point swords at the country. The writing, plot, and logic are all online, and you need to use your brain to read it.

26. 26 安 Peaceful and Unending 安乐永逸 A Tree Makes Shade一木成荫Ancient Romance531k WordsOngoing She had been given a rare second chance at life and planned to spend it carefree, like a wandering cloud or wild crane among the mountains and rivers. But fate had other plans: her adoptive father was imprisoned while seeking vengeance for her family's murder and his own country's humiliation. To save him, she had to disguise herself as a man and enter the imperial court, where she was forced to work for the cold-faced royal prince, Luo Yunyi. She never expected to find herself working for a hea 112Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Unparalleled in elegance and unparalleled ingenuity, the heroine disguises herself as a man, fights in court, and fights with enemies. It is a different kind of ancient novel about Machiavellian strategy.

27. 27 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 15.9kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves

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    This is amazing! Rebirth + Chasing Wife Crematorium, both strong and wise, the egrets look great in pairs! Already replayed for the fifth time!

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