Who’s the Best Male Lead on Tomato? 番茄男主天花板是谁？

1. 351 媚 The Bewitching Concubine Teases Him Until the Cold, Powerful Minister Is Starving for Her 媚妾撩人，清冷权臣饿疯了 Lin Bujing林不惊Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + not a strong, dominant heroine + both are each other's first + sweet and seductive] Ling Xi transmigrates into the role of a cannon-fodder supporting character and, from the start, spends the night with the person the princess loves. The original owner was stunningly beautiful, but her scumbag fiancé manipulated her into sleeping with another man and becoming his concubine. She acted as a spy to steal intelligence for him, only to meet a tragic end, decapitated. Meanw 159.9kReads8.2Score23.2kShelves
2. 352 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 18.6kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
3. 353 和 I Fell in Love After Marrying My Best Friend's Powerful Uncle 和闺蜜的大佬小叔先婚后爱了 Writing at the Third Watch三更提笔Modern Romance614k WordsCompleted [Pregnant Before Falling in Love + The Powerful One Bows His Head + Devoted Husband] A story about a fake heiress and a real heiress has become reality, though unfortunately, Yu Li isn't the protagonist. But that's fine. The real heiress is Yu Li's best friend. To celebrate her friend becoming the heiress of a billionaire, Yu Li and her friend partied a little too hard. Drunk and disoriented, Yu Li walked into the wrong room. The next morning, she woke in horror to discover that the man was an a 7.6kReads8.3Score882Shelves
4. 354 哥 My Brother’s Friends Are Trouble 哥哥的兄弟不好惹 A Grain of White Sand一粒沙白Modern Romance465k WordsCompleted [Age gap] [Sweet campus romance] [Deeply devoted, scheming bad boy × goofy, straightforward sweetheart] What does it feel like to find out your buddy is dating your little sister? Lu Yi was unfazed. “What could she possibly lose? She weighs a hundred pounds, and ninety-nine of them are schemes. I’m worried you’ll get fooled out of your underwear!” Lu Qingyue: “Relax, I’ll definitely leave you your underwear.” Cheng Xingye: “???” 29.4kReads9.4Score3kShelves

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   It has to be my wild brother! He keeps calling the female lead "little rascal" [facepalm].

5. 355 智 The Wise Don't Fall in Love, and This Villainess Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，女配她不想负责 Don't Study, Drop Out不学退学Ancient Romance398k WordsCompleted (A heroine who just wants to stay alive x a deceptively sweet but actually very dark hero; happy ending; some wild, anything-goes writing; if anything doesn't make sense as you read, please be sure to read the last two chapters! You'll find the antidote there, hehe.) After dying, Zhao Mingzhu transmigrates into a book as the villainess. As the saying goes, there are countless novels, but every villainess meets the same fate. In the original story, Zhao Mingzhu was born into a noble family, bea 6.3kReads8.8Score728Shelves
6. 356 末 Apocalypse: The Delicate Beauty Is the Powerful Man's Darling 末世：娇软小漂亮是大佬心尖宠 Meeting the Stars遇见繁星Sci-Fi & Apocalypse371k WordsCompleted [Fictional apocalypse setting | Awakening of consciousness | Romance-focused | Both pure | Lots of original worldbuilding | Foreshadowing] On the night Shen Sui'an and Xie Yubai got their marriage certificate, she had a dream. In the dream, this was a sweet, doting apocalypse romance novel. She was the male lead Xie Yubai's childhood sweetheart and beloved wife, but she had died six months before the apocalypse began. After her death, Xie Yubai's personality changed completely. Then he met the l 9.2kReads8.9Score719Shelves
7. 357 撩 The Top-Tier Star Swoons the Wildest Warzone Big Shot! Their Kiss Leaves Her Dizzy 撩爆战区最野大佬！顶流她吻醉了 Dozing Fox打盹狐狸Modern Romance318k WordsCompleted [Top-tier starlet + brooding, jealous special forces soldier + intense push and pull + battlefield kiss + foreign country] Caught in the act? High-definition footage sent to the entire internet! After Xia Fei sent her scumbag ex and his shameless mistress trending, she headed straight for the world’s most dangerous war zone without looking back. Was she there to recover from her heartbreak? No, she was there to find a man! While the whole internet was still pitying the “actress who fled because 1.1kReads8.7Score149Shelves
8. 358 穿 Transmigrated into the Most Hated Girl, the Pretty Cannon Fodder Is Stolen Away by a Madman 穿成万人嫌，漂亮炮灰被疯批强夺 Neither Rain nor Shine非关阴晴Sci-Fi & Apocalypse520k WordsCompleted [Post-apocalypse + love at first sight + coercive possessiveness + universally hated to universally adored + lots of headcanon + SC] [Violent, top-tier madman vs. seemingly innocent, calculating beauty in poor health] Jiang Shili, a top weapons designer at a research institute, has been frail and sickly since childhood. After dying from overwork while staying up late to work on a design, she transmigrates into a universally hated cannon-fodder villainess in a post-apocalyptic novel. In the book, 13kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
9. 359 明 The Bright Moon Rests on the Mountain 明月栖山 Moss Blossoms as Small as Rice苔花如米小Ancient Romance230k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history rebirth + historical romance + sweet pampering as he pursues his wife + the male lead falls hard] A little sweet historical romance, not a face-slapping power fantasy with a strong heroine. P.S. As long as it doesn't affect your reading, there's no need to nitpick the fictional details. Shen Yufu was reborn. She wasn't a daughter of the Shen family. In this new life, all she wanted was to leave the cold, unwelcoming Marquis of Yiyong's residence and find her real family. She n 455Reads9.0Score102Shelves
10. 360 深 The Sun Burning in the Abyss 深渊灼阳 Li Zhi Zhi Xi荔枝枝兮Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + healing + mutual devotion + both reborn, a fragile, yandere little rose and a proud, insecure wolfdog] For twenty-one of the twenty-three years of her life, Yun Mei lived in wealth. Then came a year of hardship and ruin. For that year, a cold, taciturn man kept her in the Rose Villa she loved most. In the end, she still died. She died in the Rose Villa where Lu Shenyuan had kept her. Yun Mei wondered what Lu Shenyuan would do after she was gone. He was so proud and stubborn that 108Reads8.7Score—Shelves
11. 361 人 Strangers in Public, but You Want Me to Soothe You to Sleep Every Night! 人前不熟？却要夜夜哄睡！ San Chen Yue叁辰月Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Aloof, celibate hotel CEO & gentle, strong-willed wedding planner] [Love grows over time + Flirtatious push and pull + Age-gap pampering + Both physically and emotionally pure + Extra sweet and steamy] Luo Qianqian, an overworked wedding planner, caught the attention of Shang Chiyu, a man at the very top of the global luxury hotel industry. She also accidentally discovered the secret behind his recurring nightmares. He used a lavish salary to entice her into becoming his personal sleep companio 1.2kReads8.8Score103Shelves

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    The guiding lover's favoritism is very sophisticated. The male lead is gentle and self-possessed, a father figure who protects and accompanies the female lead to her own light.

12. 362 一 In Full Military Regalia, Rose in Hand, I Offer It to the Princess 一身戎装，手持玫瑰，献予公主 Xiangqiao香巧Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] [Wild and Brash] [Daddy-Type Boyfriend] [He's Been Planning This for Ages] [Beauty in a Cheongsam] [Overflowing with Sex Appeal] A quiet, delicate beauty in a cheongsam who isn't a strong, confident heroine VS a rough, wild, swaggering ex-special forces soldier with a sunny disposition When Hai Tian was eighteen, she was tricked into going abroad and nearly assaulted. Her slender figure leapt from the top of an abandoned building. A man in camouflage appeared as if from the heave 129.5kReads9.3Score20.3kShelves
13. 363 被 After He Kisses Me Until I Cry, the Tycoon Coaxes Me in a Hoarse Voice, and I Still Dare To... 被亲哭后，大佬哑声低哄，我还敢 The Twenty-First Day of the Eleventh Month冬月二十一Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted Sweet, soft, beautiful, resilient heiress vs. outwardly cold but inwardly passionate and devoted tycoon (First married, then fall in love + double standards + secret crush + both leads’ first love + happy ending + sweet everyday romance + second male lead’s regret + reborn + healing) Wen Ya always knew that Su Chen was deeply in love with someone else, but naively believed that if she stayed by his side long enough, one day he would finally see her. But she was wrong. When faced with a choice, S 2.8kReads9.2Score266Shelves

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    Pei Zhihe, Xu Heyi, Wen Huaiyu, Sheng Tingxie, Yan Li, Jiang Wang, Zhou Tingyan, and Fu Yanchu are all excellent male leads! However, they are all age-gap types, and I prefer the "daddy" type of boyfriend. [Shy][shy][shy]

14. 364 穿 Reborn as the Prince's Vain, Money-Grubbing Ex-Girlfriend 穿成太子爷虚荣拜金的前女友 Strawberry Fondant草莓糖心Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted [Crown prince/tyrant + irresistibly sensual beauty + sweet romance + aristocracy + ABO + both leads are inexperienced] A bright, lively Omega angel x a refined, exacting Enigma crown prince / a cold, ruthless tyrant with a second personality Su Jingsheng, the genius young musician who had bullied the crown prince and then dumped him, was killed. She transmigrated into her body. The World’s consciousness told her: “Bo Jinghuai is the protagonist. He’s an Enigma, the highest rank of Alpha muta 29.1kReads8.1Score3.4kShelves
15. 365 抢 After I Stole My Eldest Sister's Distinguished Fiancé 抢了嫡姐的矜贵未婚夫后 Kumquat Water Ball金橘水团Ancient Romance417k WordsCompleted [Black-bellied flirtatious beauty x restrained, aloof powerful official] Yun Wu envied her elder sister. The hairpin she wore was beautiful. The skirt she wore was gorgeous, too. Even the man she was betrothed to, the one she was about to marry, Song Tingyue, was a dashing gentleman, noble and untouchable as a mountain of jade. * Song Tingyue was a gentleman without equal in the world. Born to privilege, gentle as jade, and graced with extraordinary bearing. He had a betrothed, promised to him s 16.3kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
16. 366 强 A Forceful Claim 强势染指 Xiangqiao香巧Modern Romance394k WordsCompleted [Roguish, Rugged Hero] [Daddy-Type Boyfriend] [ oozing hormones] [Guiding Lover] [Sweet Romance] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [Food] [Kissaholic] [Both Pure and Inexperienced] I'm currently working on signed editions for publication. If you're interested, you can check them out at the usual place. This is part of the same series as Jiang Baichuan and Hai Tian's A Soldier in Uniform, Rose in Hand, Dedicated to the Princess. (The male lead cooks, talks dirty, and fusses over every last detail like a dad. T 62.6kReads9.4Score6.9kShelves
17. 367 年 My Older Sugar Daddy Is Fierce, but His Darling Canary Just Wants to Escape 年上金主凶，娇娇金丝雀只想逃跑 Three-Petal Moon三瓣月亮Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted [Beijing social circle | eight-year age gap, with him older | a fake sugar daddy who truly cherishes her | the powerful man bows his head] The first time Guan Ruoyan met Tan Zongyue, she was at her most desperate. After hearing her request, the man crossed his legs lazily. “Come here to make a wish?” Guan Ruoyan had no hope of getting what she wanted. A man at the very peak of power wasn't a philanthropist. It was only natural that he wouldn't take her little schemes seriously. She only regrette 29.9kReads9.1Score4.1kShelves
18. 368 温 Soft and Fragrant, the Merciless Eunuch Claims His Darling with a Kiss 温香软玉，疯戾九千岁夺吻宠娇 White White White Rabbit白白白兔子Ancient Romance361k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3.4kReads8.9Score218Shelves
19. 369 迟 Mr. Zhou, Better Late Than Never (Popular Short Drama Now Airing) 迟来的周先生《同名短剧热播中》 You Zhi Yu尤知遇Modern Romance565k WordsCompleted The published edition of Marrying Your Ex-Fiancé's Uncle! Childhood sweethearts who grew to loathe each other, Jian Cheng went from being Zhou Yufeng's cherished one to a mere inconvenience. In his story, she became a vicious, scheming woman, the villainess. Later, they broke off their engagement. Everyone waited for her to become a laughingstock, but she turned around and married her former fiancé's uncle: a noble, untouchable man no one dared lay a finger on. Jian Cheng once saved Zhou Tingyan 18.8kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
20. 370 暗 Her Secret Crush Is Wicked and Flirtatious, and She Can't Handle Him 暗恋对象又坏又撩，她招架不住 Cranes Part from Green Mountains鹤别青山Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Short drama now available A cash-strapped, gentle, resilient good girl × a rich, aloof, wicked young master [The heroine’s secret crush comes true + a fake playboy reforms + dating before falling in love] Lin Wu stumbled upon scenes she shouldn’t have seen, twice. The first time, in a torrential downpour, He Jingzhou sat in his car, watching indifferently as a bodyguard beat someone half to death. The second time was at a party, where she saw him get dumped on the spot as his White Moonlight ann 65.5kReads9.3Score7kShelves

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    They all make it hard for me to choose; I love them all.

21. 371 初 A First Taste 初次尝鲜 Demon Bell妖铃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + both devoted + the male lead falls in love at first sight and becomes obsessed with claiming her] A dignified, secretly passionate corporate tycoon vs. a sweet, beautiful office worker Lin Yuan attends a friend's birthday party and gets drunk. By mistake, she walks into the wrong room and spends the night with a strange man. The next day, she takes one look at him and hurries off, afraid he'll demand she take responsibility. She thinks they'll never meet again, but the very next 184.7kReads8.5Score12.1kShelves

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    It's so good!! The first male lead's yandere nature was so satisfying, the second male lead is great, and then the female lead's best friend likes her uncle, and later the uncle starts pursuing her!! I haven't read the best one yet, but some of them seem pretty good too.

22. 372 养 I Raised a Cold, Touch-Starved Villain, and the Catgirl Was Kissed to Tears 养到冷脸渴肤反派，猫猫被他亲哭 A Piece of Sticky Rice Cake一块糖粘糕Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + redemption + sweet campus romance + both leads are virgins + male lead has skin hunger + female lead is a long-haired calico cat] [Black-hearted, obsessive villain x sweet, pampered little cat spirit] The little cat spirit Shi Miao transmigrated into a book. Perched on a wall, she watched the book’s great villain take on ten opponents while covered in wounds. The future villain, ruthless and calculating, was still just a slender high school student. His washed-out uni 10.2kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves

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    These are all books I've finished reading and collected!!! Most of them are incredibly well-written. I usually read a lot of books that are off-putting, but these few have plots that aren't clichéd, fewer off-putting moments, and the main characters aren't brainless.

23. 373 偷 The Senior Sister Who Stole My Underpants Is Going to Cultivate Immortality and Change Her Fate! 偷裤衩的师姐，竟要修仙改命了！ Yan Lantian燕蓝天Ancient Romance1.6M WordsOngoing The cultivation novel she'd been following went on hiatus right at the steamiest part. While cursing the author for being a terrible person, Qi Yunxiang somehow transmigrated! She'd barely arrived before she was ambushed, her meridians shattered and herself paralyzed! She cursed at the heavens in fury: I don't have to be the heroine or a great hero, but why did I transmigrate into a crazy cannon-fodder supporting female character obsessed with her junior brother?! She would tear up the romance-a 15.6kReads8.0Score2.4kShelves

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    The male leads in this story are amazing—all are exceptional talents. The romance is dramatic yet not melodramatic, and the plot is engaging and satisfying.

24. 374 乖 Step Right into the Trap, the Arrogant Big Shot Bows His Head Everywhere 乖乖入局，骄肆大佬无处不低头 Little Tyrant Can Knock You Flying小霸王会击飞Modern Romance520k WordsCompleted [Several short-drama adaptations now available] [One-on-one romance, healing love, deliberate seduction] [A little fraud who’s very good at playing dumb & a crown prince who takes the bait as soon as she casts her line] Jiang Yu grew up in Yangcheng, a city plagued by endless rain. Though she inherited all her grandfather’s property, the Song family locked her away in a wooden house, where she pretended to be insane and lived like a stray, left to rot in neglect. To get revenge and escape the 38.9kReads9.4Score7kShelves
25. 375 青 Lime Meets Soda 青柠撞汽水 Zero-Sugar Gardenia栀栀为零糖Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + mutually devoted + possessive love + two top students + long-planned love] During the final semester of her senior year, Jiang Zhichu moves in with the Xu family and meets Xu Jinnian. At their first meeting, the boy's eyes are cold and distant. He sternly draws a line between them and lays down two rules. Everyone assumes the two of them will have absolutely nothing to do with each other in private. Jiang Zhichu thinks so too. She and Xu Jinnian are like intersecting lines, comi 42kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves
26. 376 吻 A Kiss for My Love 吻心上 Di Di Ye堤堤耶Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted Gorgeous troublemaker × aloof bad boy [Not a strong female lead | Marriage Before Love | The husband chases his wife | Some coercive elements] Lu Yubei stands at the very top of Jingjiang’s elite circles. His methods are ruthless and merciless, yet his handsome face makes countless noblewomen in Jingjiang swoon. They’ve been married for nearly a year, but Yun Wei has only seen him twice. She barely knows her husband in name, and still has to pretend they’re a loving couple in front of his grandf 4.6kReads8.8Score478Shelves
27. 377 宫 Beneath the Palace Walls, I Seduce Him to Steal Her Favor 宫墙之下，勾他夺宠 Strawberry Fondant草莓糖心Ancient Romance462k WordsCompleted Original Title: The Princess Becomes a Favored Consort, Bears a Little Crown Prince, and Seizes Her Sister’s Throne. [Reborn + System + palace intrigue + aloof beauty + stunning beauty + sweet romance] An aloof, noble, one-of-a-kind ruler x a delicate, alluring beauty with an innocent sensuality … Once, she was his nominally illegitimate princess (a lie), and the only stain on his life. He sent her to a foreign land to marry for peace. From atop the palace walls, she leapt, thinking she would b 22.4kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
28. 378 携 Fleeing with the Summer Breeze 携夏风出逃 What Tree Grows Peanuts?花生什么树Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted [From secret crush to mutual love + both pursue each other + healing and redemption + slow-burn romance + light ensemble cast] When she was fifteen, a boy swept into Si Qing’s world without warning, carried on the orange-gold summer breeze. Qi Fang came from one of the most illustrious families in the capital. With the carefree air of a playboy, he seemed to never let his gaze linger on anyone. When she started university, a video of Si Qing speaking as the freshman representative was posted to 29.6kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves
29. 379 裙 The Minister Beneath Her Skirts: She Makes the Prince Regent Bow to Her 裙下权臣：她引摄政王折腰 Zheng Da Qian郑大钱Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Scheming heroine + power struggles + palace and household intrigue + strong female lead + prince + revenge and cathartic payback + mutual healing] In her previous life, Xie Deyin was sent by her husband, the Marquis of Pingyang, to the bed of a powerful regent to curry favor with him. She bore a son, only for her husband and his favored concubine to murder the child. Reborn, Xie Deyin vows to rise to the pinnacle of power, crush the scumbag and expose the fake saintess. She deliberately approac 11.2kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    It's Grand Tutor Rong Jianxue Junmou, and it's the villainous second male lead Lu Xiuqi, whom only I would feel sorry for.

30. 380 纨 The Playboy Won Me a Noble Title, and the Reborn Matriarch Went on a Killing Spree 纨绔为我夺诰命，重生主母杀疯了 Folded in the Mist折雾里Ancient Romance905k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Clear-headed, independent true heiress x play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger fake wastrel] [Female-oriented fiction + heroine reborn + hero transmigrates + political intrigue] After more than ten years as the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis's heir, managing the household and dutifully serving her parents-in-law, Shen Tangning believed she had done nothing wrong. Not until the usually distant heir began an affair with her half sister, now married to his younger brother, and they 59.5kReads9.2Score8kShelves
31. 381 考 After Dying Suddenly While Studying for the Civil Service Exam, I Entered Showbiz and Became a Best Actress 考公猝死后我进了娱乐圈当影后 Judgment and Reasoning判断推理Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + entertainment industry + domineering CEO + transmigrate into a book] Qiao Yun was a corporate drone who studied late into the night for the civil service exam and died from overwork. When she wakes up, she discovers she’s transmigrated into a foreigner! Oh no, she can’t take the civil service exam anymore. But the good news is that from the start, she’s been given a pretty face, along with the golden fingers of being able to eat without gaining weight and never forgetting anyth 11.1kReads9.2Score851Shelves

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    🍃I woke up to find myself a foreigner [facepalm] I was passing by Chinese people filming a variety show abroad when I was unintentionally photographed and went viral online. Later, I was even invited to participate in a variety show...

32. 382 替 The Contract Wife, The Ice-Cold CEO Falls Hard 替嫁契约妻，高冷禁欲总裁沦陷 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted Forced by her adoptive parents, Xia Yutong takes the place of her arrogant, overbearing stepsister and marries Lu Yunfei, a notorious playboy caught up in one scandal after another. But the wedding takes a shocking turn. The man who comes to escort her home is not the playboy Lu Yunfei, but Lu Yanci, the feared devil of the business world. He runs the vast Lu business empire, wields enormous power, and is ruthless in his methods. He is aloof, chaste, and indifferent to women. On their wedding ni 13kReads6.8Score893Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend a great book to everyone. It's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love. At the beginning, the aloof and cunning CEO is cold and distant, but later he gradually falls for his sweet wife and spoils her rotten. There are tons of sweet scenes.

33. 383 豪 A Powerful Family Alliance: Darling, Don't Leave Me 豪门联姻：乖乖，别不要我 Die Mian Sheng蝶面生Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Wealthy family + devoted couple with a happy ending + seven-year age gap + doting husband + marriage before love + frail, fatherly male lead + two endings] Heiress of a wealthy family X At first: abstinent, aloof head of a financial empire (later: frail, humble, disabled tycoon) A little sweetness at first (after forty chapters, the male lead loses a leg, suffers from moderate depression and severe stomach problems, and becomes frail) Everyone in the capital knew that Li Nian, the el 1.7kReads8.7Score101Shelves

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    Someone's words, "You'll make everyone who loves you unhappy," haunted Shang Xu for the rest of his life. This once arrogant business tycoon broke his pride for her. [Almost crying]

34. 384 楼 Moonlight Shines on the Pavilion 楼台月明 Gentle Scholar温柔文人Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] Jiang Yunxin had a close friend she'd grown up with. When they were eleven, an unexpected visitor came to her friend's house: her cousin, Leng Yizhi. Her friend said that even at such a young age, her cousin seemed detached from everything. He never showed happiness or sadness and hardly spoke at all. So her aunt announced that she'd pay him one yuan for every word he said. And so... “Cousin, what's your name?” “Cousin, what grade are you in?” “Cou...” After being bombarde 155.1kReads9.5Score31kShelves
35. 385 佛 Prayer Beads Suppress a Hundred Ghosts, and the Cursed Star Finds Peace in His Remaining Years 佛珠镇百鬼，煞星渡余生 The Short-Tempered Houhou脾气暴躁的吼吼Ancient Romance654k WordsCompleted Everyone in Changling City knew that the eldest daughter of the Minister of Rites was born under an ill-fated star. She was sent to Nanchan Temple at birth and raised there for eighteen years. At the temple, they didn't pray to Buddha. They taught her how to catch ghosts and draw talismans. At first, her family still came to visit. Later, even her mother forgot to tell her about the birth of her youngest daughter. The young nobleman betrothed to her since childhood also turned around and asked 45.5kReads9.1Score6.3kShelves
36. 386 暗 A Guide to Crashing and Burning While Secretly in Love 暗恋翻车指南 Zhu Ziyu祝子宇Modern Romance370k WordsCompleted [High school romance | Unrequited love becomes mutual | A boastful, chatty little sun × a cool, gentle moon] ⚠️ Includes a same-sex romance between two supporting characters (not explicitly stated in the main text) - Just before finals, a transfer student joined Class One, Grade Eleven, at the affiliated high school. He was exceptionally handsome and a competition star. Before long, he had claimed the top spot in the year. His name suited him: Jiang Chenyue. Quiet and aloof, like the moon in the 2.9kReads9.4Score450Shelves
37. 387 强 A Forced Match Is Surprisingly Sweet 强扭的瓜真甜 Horse Thief偷马头Modern Romance103k WordsCompleted [Cool and aloof, all talk but secretly sincere Meng Jingtong x sweet, forward rich girl Li Jiaojiao] [Girl chases boy + he regrets losing her + sweet, doting romance + the untouchable beauty comes down from her pedestal] Li Jiaojiao is a pretty, playful rich girl, but she falls head over heels at first sight of Meng Jingtong, the aloof student council president who’s so broke he can barely afford the sound of a bell. She offers him money in exchange for his heart. From then on, he runs and she c 2.1kReads9.2Score151Shelves
38. 388 王 The Prince’s Cherished Treasure 王府心尖宠 Tea Scatters荼散Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted Sixteen years ago, because of a remark by an old Daoist, Su Niannian and her twin sister were raised apart. For sixteen years, her sister grew up with their parents and siblings, while Su Niannian was raised by their grandmother. Sixteen years later, her sister returned to the capital with their parents, only to discover that Su Niannian, left behind in the capital, had become the apple of Prince Su's household's eye. "We don't care about them! Our prince's estate is bigger and prettier than the 24.9kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves

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    Sixteen years ago, due to a remark made by an old Taoist priest, Su Niannian and her twin sister were separated and raised separately. The sister grew up with their parents, while Su Niannian grew up with her grandmother. Sixteen years later, the sister returns to the capital with her parents, only to discover that Su Niannian, left alone in the capital, has become the darling of the Prince Su's household.

39. 389 重 After Being Reborn, the Villainess Goes on a Killing Spree 重生后，恶毒女配杀疯了 Lucky Little Pocket幸运小兜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Villainess + Reborn + Men Competing for Her + Abusing Scumbags and Face-Slapping + Everyone Sees Her in a New Light] [Warning: The heroine is a refined egoist who takes selfish self-love to the extreme. Please proceed with caution if this bothers you.] Gu Zhaohua, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Anguo's household, is peerlessly beautiful and talented. Yet she loses to her plain cousin, Gu Nianxi, and ends up with her family destroyed and her own head severed from her body. The guard she 27.8kReads8.1Score3.6kShelves
40. 390 在 Kissing My Sweetheart Until She Cries Beneath the Summer Fireworks 在夏日烟火下亲哭小娇宝 Glutinous Rice Chestnut糯栗子Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [A pampered heiress who'll never go broke or fall from grace VS a restrained, self-controlled, utterly loyal and devoted wolf pup] [Sweet romance + Comedy + Rebirth at school + One-on-one romance + Healing + Mutual devotion] Li Nanxing has had a bodyguard since she was five. He's like a silent shadow, always at her side, seeming to have no presence at all, yet never leaving her for a moment. Everyone thinks a haughty heiress would never care about an insignificant shadow. Until one midsummer nig 4.7kReads9.1Score771Shelves
41. 391 晴 Confession on a Sunny Day 晴日告白 Nuo Ai榒艾Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted [Radiant Little Sun × Handsome Shopkeeper Who's Hard to Read] Complete A new pet shop opened on the corner of Chunlan Street. The handsome owner was tall and slender, with striking features and a clear voice like a mountain stream on a scorching summer day. Yu Jinxi took a liking to him at first sight, so she brought her dog to the shop every other day. Before long, she had left her heart with the taciturn, inscrutable shopkeeper. * After Shopkeeper Xu refused to bathe her spotless white dog and 4.3kReads9.4Score632Shelves
42. 392 幸 Lucky to Have Met Your Peach-Blossom Face 幸得识卿桃花面 Qian Ran Jun Xiao千苒君笑Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Wei Qing transmigrated. Her principle was simple: if you can settle it with your fists, don't waste your breath. 6.7kReads9.2Score779Shelves

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    My current favorite male lead in historical romance novels is my Grand Commander. The other characters are also very well written. After finishing this book, I'm experiencing a reading slump, sob sob.

43. 393 攀 Ascending to the Dragon's Heights 攀龍 Kaji Yellow Peach咔叽黄桃Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A flirtatious widow with a child ✖️ a reserved warlord who becomes the founding emperor [Complete] Lou Mizhi was born a woman who never learned to accept her lot in life. If she wanted something, she took it by her own merit, even if she had to snatch it away. Her first husband was short-lived and ill-fated, and his family wanted to burn her and her child to ashes? Bah! As if I’d let you! She hid her savings and took her child away from her late husband’s family. With no one to protect them in t 40.4kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves
44. 394 温 Tenderly Hidden 温柔藏匿 Jiu Wan九绾Modern Romance462k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Reserved and gentle male lead × sunny and passionate female lead | College campus | One-sided crush becomes mutual | Slow-burn everyday romance | Healing and redemption] In the seventh year of her crush on Xu Jing'an, her friends celebrated Si Miao’s birthday. He was there, too. As the candles were lit, she clasped her hands and made a wish: “From today on, I hope I never like Xu Jing'an again.” After blowing out the candles, Si Miao boarded a train to Wugong Mountain 7.2kReads9.3Score920Shelves
45. 395 替 After the Substitute Marriage, My Stepsister Begged Me to Forgive Her 替嫁后，对照组嫡姐跪求我原谅 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance453k WordsOngoing (Clingy Transmigrated Heroine + Cool and Aloof Prince (Crown Prince) + Handsome First Love, A Rivalry That Ends in Ruin) The year Zhao Xiyin married as a stand-in bride, her older legitimate sister eloped with the man she loved. Five years later, her sister returned, battered by hardship and reduced to poverty, only to find that the husband she thought would be hers for life had taken a concubine. The man she had once rejected had become Prince Zhennan. "Little sister, your status is low, and yo 43.1kReads8.6Score6.5kShelves

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    The male protagonist is the only legitimate son of the emperor and empress who were switched at birth. Despite being switched, he still became the regent in his previous life.

46. 396 逆 Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下 First Day, Seeing the Moon初一见月Ancient Romance6.2M WordsCompleted [Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her 148.2kReads9.6Score19.2kShelves
47. 397 侯 The Marquis's Estate Honors Class 侯府重点班 Passion Fruit百香果果Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Marquis’s Elite Class is now available [adorable children + parenting + doting in-laws + lighthearted + healing] Xu Wan becomes a widow the moment she marries into the family. All she wants is to keep her head down and enjoy the freedom of being a marquis’s wife. But on the very day she arrives, her stepson, a notorious little menace throughout the capital, gives her two nasty surprises in a row. Xu Wan grabs a knife and charges out, making a name for herself across the 61.1kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
48. 398 痞 The Badass's Irresistible Wild Rose 痞气大佬的撩人野玫瑰 Er Shui i二水iModern Romance357k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Stunning, ethereal, cool big sis]& [Arrogant, refined, handsome guy] [Both strong personalities + healing + ultra-sweet romance] Song Yin and Xiao Huan first met on the wall of Linjiang No. 7 Middle School. One was climbing in, the other climbing out. They met head-on, neither willing to back down. Song Yin: This guy’s got some slick moves! Xiao Huan: This girl’s got serious nerve! Every time they met after that, another piece of their public image fell apart: Could the d 2.8kReads9.4Score440Shelves

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    Xiao Huan is a breath of fresh air among school bullies. He excels in academics, tops the class, and is equally adept at fighting and basketball. He doesn't smoke or drink, and his way of venting is by eating candy. It's hard not to love a school bully like that.

49. 399 娇 The Proud, Cool, and Beautiful Princess Remarries a Madcap Bandit King 娇贵冷艳长公主二嫁疯痞土匪王 Hydrogen Peroxide Ya双氧水吖Ancient Romance302k WordsCompleted [Two powerful, chaste leads, sickeningly sweet daily life, a fiery woman pursuing her man, mutual devotion, skilled players facing off, and irresistible tension] [More daily life than fighting, more men competing for the heroine than women competing for the hero, more political intrigue than palace scheming] She is the most honored princess in the imperial family. He is the unruliest Northern River Prince, with an army powerful enough to rival an entire nation. They marry to secure peace between 1.5kReads8.2Score124Shelves

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    This is truly my number one book; I've recommended it countless times. The male lead is my absolute ideal man—handsome, doting on children, often carrying them high in the air, and the children always wanting to play with him. For various reasons, the female lead isn't very close to the male lead and the children. The male lead often speaks highly of the female lead in front of the children. He's truly willing to sacrifice everything for her, always asking for nothing in return, yet he's also incredibly responsible. He's a wonderful king, completely without any airs, treating his subordinates as equals, sharing meals and drinks with them. The male lead is an eternally loyal dog; every time I see him so cautious, it breaks my heart, not just the female lead's, but mine too. He once said, "I've wanted to try loving someone else, so I could let you go, but I can't, I can't do it." Yet, he never imprisons or tortures the female lead, always silently supporting her from behind. The female lead also deeply loves the male lead; their feelings are mutual. The male lead is the rugged, muscular type, very charismatic and possesses a strong inner strength.

50. 400 重 Reborn, I Married the Crown Prince Again, Still Unaware He Had a Crush on Me 重生再嫁太子，竟还不知他暗恋我 Xiaoqing Who Leaves Nothing Out一字不漏的小清Ancient Romance190k WordsOngoing [Reborn for Revenge + Male Lead Has a Secret Crush + The Heroine Falls in Love After Marriage] She has been reborn. She'll be the Crown Princess again, and revenge is her mission! Her enemies? Killing them with one stroke would be too easy! She'll take her time. Strip them of their titles, ruin their reputations, uncover the conspiracy behind it all piece by piece, string every last enemy together, and send them to a mass grave to feed the wolves! The Crown Prince is about to die! What? A ma 52Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead completely considers things from the female lead's perspective, and every chapter he appears in is a highlight! The only drawback is that he appears relatively late in the story, but that's understandable since it's told from the female lead's point of view. The female lead's character is also exceptionally well-developed.

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