Novels with a Kind, Bad-Boy-Charming Male Lead Who’s an Undercover Agent 男主，善良痞帅，是卧底的小说
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The Undercover Agent Returns! The Archivist Cracks One Strange Case After Another 卧底归来！档案管理员屡破奇案
[One heroine, unbearably sweet romance + fake System, no brainless decisions] Mo Xiao spent eight years undercover among drug traffickers. After returning to the city, he took a job as an archivist at the Nanchuan Public Security Bureau, thinking he would coast into retirement. But the strange voice that kept ringing in his head forced him to get involved in all kinds of bizarre cases and dangerous crises. And so, an archivist switched into ace-detective mode, solving one strange case after anot
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- 2 When He Came, Thorns Sprang Everywhere 他来时荆棘丛生 [Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Healing + Wife Chases Husband to Win Him Back] That summer, Xia Mo came running out of the exam hall and leaped into his arms. Song Qinian smiled. "Looks like I should congratulate you in advance." "You bet! I'm definitely getting into Rong University School of Fine Arts!" If all went well, they would be the couple everyone at Rong University envied. But life is unpredictable, and reality drove them apart. Song Qinian accused her, 394Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 3 The Undercover Cop Returns a Hero 卧底警察英雄归来 In the shadowy corners of a bustling city, a thrilling battle between good and evil quietly unfolds. Li Yang, a young and brave police officer, takes on a special mission: infiltrating a criminal gang as an undercover operative. He walks the line between law and crime, dealing every day with ruthless thugs. One careless mistake could leave him beyond redemption. In this blood-soaked, violent world, he uses his extraordinary intelligence, fearless courage, and unwavering conviction to conceal his 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Officer Xiang’s Little Rose 向警官的小玫瑰 Retired Special Forces Soldier vs. Undercover Narcotics Police Officer (A sweet, wholesome romance about two people saving and choosing each other) Her youth was camouflage, rifles, and the training ground. His youth was darkness, drugs, and a living hell. After retiring, she becomes a rookie actress. After his undercover mission ends, he returns to the police force. She is still beautiful and bold. He is as calm and perceptive as ever. Love at first sight. Falling deeper at their next meeting. 392Reads9.0Score103Shelves
- 5 Beneath the Dusk 暮色之下 She is a rookie reporter who is determined to expose evil and root out darkness. No matter how many obstacles stand in her way, no matter how close she comes to death, she never stops. He is the most dangerous undercover agent behind enemy lines in the borderlands. Though surrounded by desire and sin, he stays true to himself, all for the day he can clear away the clouds and bring the criminal syndicate's many crimes into the open. Driven by their convictions, they set out along the same road, w 1.6kReads9.4Score223Shelves
- 6 Even If the Fireworks Must Fade Away 哪怕烟花终离散 [Half angst, half sweetness | Mutual secret crush | Reunion after years apart] Jiang Yu loved only one person her entire life. No matter how hard Jiang Hejia tried to push her away, she always waited where she was for him to come back. “Jiang Hejia, you still underestimated Jiang Yu's feelings for you in the end.” “Is she still unmarried?” “Married? How could she possibly be married? You spent five years in prison, and she waited for you every one of them.” “Jiang Hejia, she's already twenty-fiv 64Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 7 The Clouds Set the Fire 云烧了火 As a boy, Yan Huo happened to meet Yun Bian at the home of his classmate, Yun Duan. The moment he first saw Yun Bian, a seed of secret love took root in his heart. He waited four years for her to come of age, then began his pursuit without hesitation. They were a perfect match, and everything went smoothly. He thought they would live happily ever after, but then Yan Huo suddenly grew tired of the relationship and asked to break up. They parted ways, and six years later, they met again. In a smal 538Reads9.4Score106Shelves
- 8 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went 25.2kReads9.7Score4.8kShelves
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After My Undercover Identity Was Exposed, a Powerful Man Imprisoned Me in His Love 卧底身份暴露后，被大佬强势囚爱
[Two male leads + evenly matched leads + mutually exclusive devotion + love-hate relationship + HE] Cen Che is a foxlike beauty, sly and lazy, with a naturally gorgeous face. Zhou Youqi raised him like a younger brother. Cen Che secretly fell for Zhou Youqi, who cared for him in every way, and followed his orders to go undercover for Qin Muye. Cen Che went to prison alongside Qin Muye, stood by him through life and death, and carried him out of a raging inferno. The cunning, domineering tycoon,
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He Said, Fear Not the Dark, for There Is Light Within 他说无畏黑暗心中有光
(An undercover narcotics-cop couple dates on the drug dealers’ turf, and each date can last no more than three hours!) Xiao Yan patted her belly and snarled, “Jiang Shangliu, what’s wrong with a few kisses? Your son has already taken root and started growing in my belly. If you don’t come back in one piece, I’ll name him Jiang Xialiuliu!” The man leaning against the headboard raised an eyebrow and flashed a wicked smile. Pointing at the ferocious scar on her arm, he said, “Rock, no wonder they c
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I Was Reborn, So Why Am I Still a Loser?! 都重生了，我怎么还是混子？！
[Undercover in the underworld + ruthless and decisive + no sanctimonious do-gooding + sharp as a tack] Brothers, this book once had over 500,000 readers following it, and kept that readership for several months. Quite a few people have adapted it into absurd animated videos and AI short dramas. I’m not a touchy person. You can post videos without my permission, but shouldn’t you at least show me a little respect? Couldn’t you include the original book title and the author’s name? Using Foqin’s n
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- 12 Stars Shine Before Dawn 破晓之前繁星闪 [Deadly pursuit + human trafficking + secret identities + suspense + undercover work + mutual redemption + two equally powerful leads + emotional push and pull + strong female lead] Shao Yiming: You’re a reporter covering human trafficking, and you actually got kidnapped by traffickers? How can you still call yourself a journalist? Ming Jun: You’re a police officer, yet you’re always dreaming about being kidnapped. How are you supposed to catch them? He: Bullets and blades don’t care who they 129Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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On Night Duty, I Was Kissed by the Goddess Who Mistook My Car 半夜执勤，被上错车的女神强吻了
[Transmigration + campus goddess + a little detective work and crime-solving + urban slice of life + one female lead + guaranteed sweetness (with a mix of spicy and mild scenes)] [This is a career-and-romance novel! Career and romance! Career and romance! The important things must be said three times!] [This is neither an invincible protagonist story nor a power fantasy! Just an ordinary urban slice-of-life novel!] [Romance is the focus, with crime-solving as a secondary element (though the case
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When an Honest Man Picks Up a Knife 当老实人拿起刀
This is a straight-up crime-world novel! It does start with the protagonist being reborn, but after that, the story has nothing to do with being reborn! In short, the plot is ruthless, satisfying, and wild... The underworld here is all about fighting and killing, but also about human relationships and social rules!
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Border Patrol Tales: Life-and-Death Drug Busts on the Frontier 边防往事：边防线上的生死缉毒
Based on real events, this story follows Wang Wei, a directly recruited noncommissioned officer, through his time in the Armed Police Border Defense Force. It begins with his recruit training and continues through the force’s collective retirement and restructuring as the People’s Police. It chronicles the everyday lives and training of border defense personnel, their campaigns against organized crime, disaster rescues, public order operations, and battles against drug trafficking. No one is bor
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The Boss Was Actually an Undercover Cop 大佬原来是卧底警察
Three years ago, Lu Xiao and Mo Yan met during an operation to capture drug traffickers. He saved her. Lu Xiao was a special operations soldier, while Mo Yan was a newly graduated journalist. The harrowing encounter had long since faded from Mo Yan’s memory... Three years later, they met again. Mo Yan was still a journalist, but Lu Xiao had become the head of a drug-trafficking syndicate. They should have had nothing to do with each other, yet fate kept bringing them together. Were these meeting
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- 17 You Were Supposed to Go Undercover, and You Married the Mafia Godfather's Daughter? 让你卧底，你娶了黑道教父女儿？ Short drama: You were sent undercover, but you married the family heiress In his previous life, undercover cop Zheng Chuan personally sent his crime-boss father-in-law to the execution grounds. He never knew that his pregnant wife miscarried because of her grief. The moment she jumped from the building in despair, Zheng Chuan rushed forward, and the two of them fell together from the seventeenth floor. When he opened his eyes again, he was back ten years in the past. On one side was the chance t 13.3kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
- 18 My Adoptive Father Is Scum? My Undercover Identity Is Exposed! 养父是人渣？我卧底身份被曝光！ Also known as: “Memory Trial: My Name Cleared,” “I'm Not a Great Villain,” and “Who Is the Undercover Agent?” An undercover police officer is brought to trial and sentenced to death. A live broadcast of his memories reveals a major case spanning thirty years. Brothers who could betray him at any moment, colleagues with multiple identities, friends secretly plotting behind the scenes. In this dark forest of distrust, no one dares reveal who they really are. As the truth is pieced together bit by 3.7kReads9.0Score386Shelves
- 19 You Want Me to Go Undercover? But I'm an Accountant! 让我去卧底？可我是会计！ Li Xiao, a recent college graduate, passes the civil service exam and lands an accounting position at the Provincial Public Security Department. Before he can even report for duty, the department selects him to go undercover in a drug cartel. During his undercover operation, he uses his position and quick wits to earn the cartel's trust, expose the mole hidden within the department, and use his cover to establish an intelligence network and secure routes in Southeast Asia. 8Reads6.7Score—Shelves
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After Three Years Living by the Sword, I Put on a Police Uniform Again and Took Them All Down 刀尖舔血三年，再穿警服时全员落网
After Three Years of Living by the Blade, I Put on a Police Uniform Again and Took Them All Down
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Blazing Sun, Military Love 军恋炽阳
A slow-burn romance / Sweet romance / Eight-year age gap Song Yanci is a special forces officer in the Rocket Force. A refined, gentle man, he has become detached from all matters of the heart amid the monotonous life in the military. During a mission, a comrade-in-arms died on the battlefield, and Song Yanci adopted his young son. Su Yan is a homeroom teacher at a school for military families. Gentle and quiet, she shut her heart away after her college boyfriend left her to study abroad. Son
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- 22 Love on the Front Lines 极限军恋 I wanted to add a little sweetness to the lives of the nameless heroes who move unseen through the night. Even though real life is cruel, I hope they can taste something sweet in these stories. In the darkness, they conceal their devotion; tempered by the flames of battle, their true hearts shine through. Undercover agent Song Ze, warm and gentlemanly, holds fast to his mission amid the fog. The tenderness of Dan Ning, a literary young woman, is the only light in his long, endless nights; The mu 1.1kReads—Score104Shelves
- 23 A Clever Disguise 掩人耳目 Fu Ye is a traitor despised by the police and the drug lord’s most ruthless weapon. By a twist of fate, Ning Xia becomes a temporary informant and steps right into the heart of a drug den. At their first meeting, Fu Ye holds her on the brink of death, and she flees in panic. Thinking fast, she escapes by the skin of her teeth and, by chance, saves a dying undercover agent. But anti-narcotics officer Lin Yingying mistakes her for the doomed undercover operative “Lone Wolf.” With a single “She’s o 111Reads—Score—Shelves
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Undercover Anti-Fraud Series 1: The Campus Chapter, Starry Prison 卧底反诈系列1校园篇之星辉囚笼
Infiltrating a foreign university, taking on organized crime with brains and courage! Xinghui University, a top university in Feiguo, has been infiltrated by the Northern District's criminal underworld. Dozens of Chinese exchange students have gone missing over the past three years. Young officer Lin Yan goes undercover and obtains the core files, discovering that as many as 308 exchange students are implicated. To rescue the victims and prevent more students from falling prey, Lin Yan joins for
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I Became a Spy Beside the Villain in a Novel 我成了小说反派身边的卧底
Bai Zhou transmigrates into a traditional urban novel. But he soon discovers... “How did I end up as an undercover agent who's supposed to bite the dust after three episodes? What did I do to deserve this?” Having read the original novel, Bai Zhou knows exactly what lies in store for “him.” Just as Bai Zhou laments that he has only just transmigrated and is already about to transmigrate all over again... [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully activating the Undercover Agent Sign-In System
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Elegance Across the Wilds: Becoming a Guard 满野风华之成为卫士
This is a contemporary realist novel, with no transmigration or rebirth. It has some suspense and focuses more on emotions. Synopsis: A car accident causes a toxic gas leak, killing and injuring many innocent people. But does this accident seem to be covering something up? There should have been three people in the car, so why were there only two bodies? Did someone survive the disaster? How did they escape? Eight years later, a great mountain helps a mute girl speak again. Why did she lose her
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A Promise Across Mountains and Rivers 一诺隔山河
He once made a tender promise to her: When the smoke of war cleared, they would journey to the distant mountains and watch the sun gild the peaks. But fate took a sudden turn. She was trapped in a desperate situation and plunged into the abyss. To save her, and to keep the borderlands at peace, he took off the military uniform he loved, hid his name, and entered the endless darkness alone. From then on, he was an undercover agent walking on a knife’s edge, a lone shadow deep in the abyss, an unn
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- 28 That Was Just an Act 那只是人设 [Showbiz × Revenge × Suspense] Everyone thought Xue Tao was nothing more than a pretty face. A social climber who traded on her looks, a social butterfly groomed by powerful backers. They didn’t know she was getting close to her enemy’s son and infiltrating the world of powerful investors all to get justice for the close friend who fell to her death five years ago. She planned every step carefully, unaware that she had long since become a pawn in someone else’s game. And the man who kept disrupt 47Reads—Score—Shelves
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Dragon Head 龙头
For the sake of the goddess, I crossed the big shot in the county. To stay alive, I fought my way up, one step at a time, until I became the boss... One day, the hidden dragon will find the rain it needs. With a single roar, it will shift the mountains and rivers and move the Big Dipper. Stories of the underdog rising to the top will always set the blood racing.
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My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐
Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.]
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Criminal Synopsis 犯罪提要
Silver-haired beauty with a genius IQ [Qin Yinluo (Chong Hu)] vs. shameless, scheming, lovesick big shot [Long Jinfeng] [Double purity, equally matched, two big shots, two male leads + crime solving + undercover criminal investigation + comedy + happy ending + sweet romance] What should you do when the one who got away returns home after years apart? Long Jinfeng's answer: Easy. A golden cage and chains. Qin Yinluo had been away for many years and met all kinds of people, but few had ever struck
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