Heartbroken, So Angsty. The Male Lead's Devotion Is Just So Painful to Read 心碎，太虐了，男主的痴情太让人心疼了

1. 201 星 The Loyal Hound Among the Stars: A Collection of Sweet and Angsty Historical Fantasies 星河忠犬录：古言幻想甜虐集 Harvester of the Milky Way星河拾穗者Ancient Romance503k WordsCompleted Classic historical fantasy | Devoted male leads | Angst for him, sweetness for you | A happy ending in every story Across a boundless sea of stars, only the devoted never fail to return your love. There is no mundane world here, only immortals, demons, gods, and devils, along with power struggles, fated destinies, and the most intense romance. He is the White Snake Immortal Lord, who bears the lightning tribulation for her and endures a thousand years without regret; He is the Fox Sovereign of 78Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male protagonist is devoted to love; he's a hopeless romantic.

2. 202 打 A Working-Class Packhorse and His Cheating Wife 打工牛马，劈腿妻 A Heart Dancing in the Wind随风飘舞的心Urban1.2M WordsOngoing Chen Yu never imagined that coming home without warning would lead him to find another man in his own house. After seven years together, just as they were about to get married, his fiancée, Ning Feifei, had cheated on him. While he was away, she had let another man move into his home. Ning Feifei said the man was her close male friend, someone who understood her deeply. He had filled the loneliness in her heart while Chen Yu was gone. Chen Yu was furious. They had to break up, no question. Witho 17.8kReads6.5Score927Shelves

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   Chen Yu and Ning Feifei had been in a relationship for seven years, and just as their love was about to blossom into marriage, Chen Yu returned home to find Ning Feifei had brought a man home. Ning Feifei explained that the man was her best male friend, that he was just staying at her place, and that there was nothing between them. Faced with this unsavory situation, what should Chen Yu do?

3. 203 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Lotus Is Beautiful and Irresistible 快穿万人迷：白莲花她又美又撩 Fei Yao绯夭Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration, sweet 1v1 romance, a mischievous heroine, a love-struck male lead, hidden yandere tendencies] As an outstanding graduate of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Wen Ran's job is to travel between worlds and speed through their plotlines. Wen Ran works diligently, takes her duties seriously, and does her best to play the cannon-fodder supporting female character. But from the start, she finds that the male leads in every world refuse to follow the script. Why do the plots kee 452Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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   This book is [drooling over the screen]. Chapter 34. The female lead, following the plot, becomes the male lead's gold-digging ex-girlfriend. In front of the original female lead, the female lead deliberately acts scheming and manipulative, and the male lead even indulges her. It's so heartbreaking [almost crying]. The male lead's devotion is so pitiful. Later, after the female lead leaves, the male lead even reflects on whether it was his fault…

4. 204 清 The Pure, Whimpering Puppy Boy: Sis, Please Be Gentle with Me 清纯小奶狗哭唧唧，姐姐你疼疼我 Xi Xi Li惜惜里Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted [Completed] “Sis, touch me...” At twenty, Xu Zhenshi is a top student at medical school and a handsome campus heartthrob. He looks pure, bright, and sunny, and is famous for being a cold, distant iceberg. No one knows that beneath the surface, he's possessive, lonely, and gloomy. Having lost both parents, he desperately craves a sense of security. The only light in his dark, lonely life is Zhao Jiaoyi, who took him in all those years ago. Around Zhao Jiaoyi, he blushes shyly and clings to her, s 3.3kReads9.1Score366Shelves
5. 205 青 Once You Turn Blue, You’ll Turn Red 青了之后就会红 Deer-Eyed Princess鹿瞳姬Ancient Romance864k WordsCompleted Qiu Yanzhi was once a fairy. After refusing the God of War's marriage proposal, she was ostracized and sent to the mortal world, then tricked into falling into the demon realm. The Azure Emperor, moved by mortal feelings, wanted to undergo a trial in the demon realm, so he transformed into a little snake demon. Qiu Yanzhi and the Azure Emperor had crossed paths once in the heavens. In the demon realm, he owed her a debt of care, and the two developed all sorts of feelings for each other. Little 873Reads—Score—Shelves

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   To save the female lead, the male lead broke with his family and did everything he could to protect her. However, the female lead, unaware of this, thought the male lead intended to harm her and turned away with someone else, refusing to look back. No matter how much the male lead begged, she wouldn't turn back.

6. 206 勾 The Courtesan Consort: The Prince's Precious Snow 勾栏罪妃，她是王爷掌中雪 Xue LiL雪里LAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted ❗️❗️ [The Long Road to Winning Her Back] In this life, the one thing he never did was tell her, “I love you.” She was snow in the palm of his hand: the moment he had her, he lost her. 🔥 [The Memory-Devouring Twin Gu: One Swallows the Past, the Other Buries the Rest of Your Life] It all began with a conspiracy! He was the emperor’s younger brother, the only prince of the direct imperial line. He was deeply in love with the current empress, his sister-in-law. Overnight, she became the daughter of 232Reads—Score—Shelves

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   An obscure, angsty novel—so heart-wrenching it'll break your heart! So tragically tragic I couldn't resist reading it a second time! [Crying]

7. 207 最 One Last Wish to the Gods: Just Keep You Safe 最后一次向神明许愿：只求你平安 Searching for the Dream of Childhood寻找童年的梦Modern Romance84k WordsOngoing For the sake of her family, even her dog, Lin Jiaojiao once prayed to the gods, but she never asked for anything for the husband who loved her most! For the sake of the family bonds she cherished, she let down the man she loved again and again. In the end, her younger sister drove her to divorce her husband, and she eventually took her own life! After she died, she witnessed the ugly faces of her family, as well as the man losing his mind and going berserk for her, taking down together the peopl —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male lead is devoted to his lover. The first one is very heart-wrenching, and the second one is a little heart-wrenching, but both involve the male lead suffering.

8. 208 心 Heartflutter! She's Sweet and Flirty! The Mad Dog Kneels When She Says So 心动！她乖又撩！疯狗他说跪就跪 Zhou Xing周行Modern Romance536k WordsCompleted The heroine can read minds (romance-focused: reborn + both leads have no past relationships + a genuinely deranged, possessive hero who will bite) Cheng Yi had a miserable life in her previous one. She didn't cry when she fell from the 26th floor and was smashed to pieces. But when she saw Chen Lin, crazed with grief, trying to turn her body into a specimen, she was so terrified she cried. Only later did she discover the young man's hidden love for her, a seventeen-year-long crush kept secret fr 964Reads8.9Score110Shelves

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   The male protagonist's love is humble, and the female protagonist is reborn to redeem him.

9. 209 重 Reborn: It’s Never Too Late to Pursue My Husband 重生之追夫要趁早 Searching for the Dream of Childhood寻找童年的梦Modern Romance69k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Su Yao would never have known just how deeply her husband, Jun Beichen, loved her if she hadn’t been a ghost and witnessed him take his own life for her! How could the husband she had casually picked up back then have developed such deep feelings for her in just one year together? Su Yao couldn’t understand it! Thankfully, the heavens have given her another chance. Now she can uncover the truth and better understand Jun Beichen’s feelings for her. This time, she swears sh 94Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 210 烟 You Lost Your Cigarette! Come Here for a Kiss, Sweet Sis 烟丢了！乖姐姐亲一下 Su Qianqian苏钱钱Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted [A tsundere, tender-hearted, unhinged boy] [Rebirth + devoted to each other + healing + yandere + pampering and flirting + secret male crush] The fiercest fight Chen Yuezhou ever got into for Jian Yin was when he learned she loved going to Jay's concerts. He took on five opponents at an underground boxing ring and earned enough to buy her a concert ticket. Chen Yuezhou thought: He might not have much to offer, but Jian Yin deserves the best. Chen Yuezhou had secretly loved Jian Yin for eight 910Reads8.9Score139Shelves
11. 211 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Male Lead Who Couldn’t Have the One He Loved Went Mad 穿书后，爱而不得的男主成了疯批 Wang Xiaer望夏尔Modern Romance221k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + tormenting the male lead + genuinely mentally ill + obsessive and twisted] Female lead's perspective: A car accident sends Chao An into a brainless CEO romance novel, where she becomes an insignificant substitute cannon-fodder character who dies after ten chapters. To survive, she throws herself into the role, climbing higher and higher by leveraging the male lead. Just as she’s about to kick him to the curb, she loses her memory. Mu Chuan falls in love with a heartle 996Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    New book, good read, the male lead loves the female lead very much.

12. 212 春 Lingering Warmth on a Spring Night 春夜余温 Chen Ruozhou陈若舟Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted Multiple short drama adaptations are now available. The story features a reunion after years apart, rekindled love, a devoted couple, and sweet married life. A beautiful, down-on-her-luck heiress x a powerful man who loves her deeply but keeps his feelings buried. In high school: a proud rich girl x a cool, poor boy. Wen Yu reunited with Song Qingshu at the lowest point in her life. The poor boy she'd once dumped had become the chairman of a publicly listed group worth tens of billions. Wearing 67.9kReads9.3Score8.7kShelves

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    [Thumbs up] The heartbroken male lead is so devoted. The poor boy he dumped in high school has become a billionaire CEO who is pursuing his wife in a high-profile manner 🔥 When they meet again, he stubbornly says, "There are ten thousand people in the country named Wen Yu," but he secretly fills a room with her memories, and proposes with a whopping 500 million! From campus to wealthy family, a broken mirror is mended + sweet romance after marriage.

13. 213 轻 Go Easy on Me 轻点哄 Zhou Sui Xi周岁喜Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted [School life + sweet romance + obsessive love + healing + reborn + personal growth + everyday life] [Brooding, violent, obsessive boy × sweet-natured, kindhearted top student] At eighteen, Zhou Lin has an alcoholic father and an absent mother. He holds the family together all by himself. At seventeen, Cheng Ruanuan is the apple of her family’s eye and the darling of her school, adored by everyone since childhood. His father doesn’t love him and his mother abandoned him. He spends all year cold, 1.8kReads9.3Score194Shelves
14. 214 女 After the Empress Consort Divorced Him, the Fox-Demon Ex-Husband Rose to Power Through Their Child 女帝君休夫后，狐妖前夫父凭子贵 Young Master Wuwang公子无妄Ancient Romance689k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, sweet and angsty, a cool and handsome female empress versus a cold and aloof celestial fox demon, the male lead chases his wife with a child in tow and suffers for it, strong female lead, the male lead gets put through some angst, female master and male disciple] Baili Muxue, the foremost of the five sovereigns of the Ninth Heaven, is publicly divorced by Hua Jiuli on the grounds of the “Seven Grounds for Divorce.” The female sovereign Hua Jiuli pursued Baili Muxue for ten t 2.2kReads9.1Score178Shelves

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    The male lead is incredibly heartbroken, it's so good!

15. 215 炙 Burning Hot! 炙热沦陷！ Jun Buqi君不弃Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted (The print edition, titled Song of Sheng, is now available, and the online comic of the same name is complete.) [Flirty Romance]+ [Reborn School Life]+ [Mutual Healing]+ [Obsessive Sweet Romance] A striking, warm, and gentle girl with vivid features × a brooding, handsome, and rebellious young man Only when Shengge was dying did she learn that a boy had loved her with all his heart. The first time they met in her previous life, the carefree boy asked her, “Hey, new student, what's your name?” Sh 38kReads9.6Score4.9kShelves
16. 216 他 His Little Fairy Is So Sweet 他的小仙女超甜 Shine Brightly要闪闪发光Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted [Two-Faced Shen, the Fairy × Quiet, Possessive Top Student Jiang · Both Each Other’s First · Mutual Pining · 1v1] Shen Xingyi’s favorite thing was following Jiang Jun around like a little shadow. “Brother, are you thirsty?” she’d ask, then, “Jun-bao, are you hungry?” Jiang Jun never once paid her any mind, but she never gave up. Until Jiang Jun pressed her at every turn. “What’s your goal?” Shen Xingyi lounged casually. “You tell me.” Jiang Jun narrowed his eyes. “I think you like me, but I 618Reads9.3Score100Shelves
17. 217 女 The Goddess Took Her Backup on a Blind Date, and Things Took an Unexpected Turn 女神带我这备胎去相亲，结果意外 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted My crush took me, her backup option, along on a blind date, and then something unexpected happened. 5.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a tragic story, heartbreaking to the core. (Short story, now complete.)

18. 218 她 Her Boy Is a Little Wild 她的少年有点野 He Huahua和花花Modern Romance433k WordsCompleted The day Song Qingzhi collected his body, lightning flashed and thunder roared. The torrential rain seemed to pour straight into her heart. The empty sockets in the boy's battered corpse looked as if they were staring at her from the depths of an abyss. After being reborn, she transfers schools and becomes seatmates with the school's notorious troublemaker. She's adorable, soft, and sweet; he's defiant, gloomy, and irreverent. His first impression of her: “A delicate little thing this frail could 1.4kReads9.0Score188Shelves
19. 219 分 After We Broke Up, I Married My Ex's Best Friend 分手后，我娶了前任的闺蜜 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance18k WordsCompleted After the breakup, I married my ex's best friend. 4.2kReads—Score—Shelves
20. 220 娇 Sickly Sweet 娇病 Northern Carp北鲤Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted [Rose & Mad Dog] [Reborn + redemption + school life + happy ending] Given another chance at life, Ming Chan only wants to lead him out of the abyss, one step at a time. But after she pours everything into saving the gloomy boy and tries to leave, he traps her and turns the tables on her. The wronged boy rests his head against her neck, his eyes red-rimmed and his voice sensitive and fragile. “Now that you've gotten me hooked, who are you trying to hand me off to?” I raised a mad dog. In public, 792Reads9.2Score114Shelves
21. 221 同 My Girlfriend Vanished at Our Class Reunion, Driving Me Insane 同学会女友失踪，搞得我神经错乱 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted My girlfriend vanished at our class reunion, and it drove me out of my mind. 2.3kReads—Score—Shelves
22. 222 重 Reborn: The Reclusive Genius’s Beloved Is Here 重生：偏执学神的心尖宠已上线 Toward the South at Dusk向晚图南Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted [Healing and redemption / school romance and wedding dresses / unrequited love becomes mutual / sweet romance] [Gentle, sunny little fairy / sickly, obsessive top student] The stars protect the moon, and I’ll protect you. My dear boy, it’s not that nobody loves you. I just came too late. In her previous life, Su Yuening only realized she had fallen for Ye Yunmian after he died in a shabby rented room. Reborn, all Su Yuening wanted was to walk resolutely toward her boy and give him everything goo 125Reads9.3Score138Shelves
23. 223 道 The Way That Can Be Spoken: She Cultivates the Heartless Dao 道可道，她修无情道 Ninja Turtle Without Mercy忍者无情神龟Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted The brokenhearted, devoted, beautiful-but-tragic police hero × the cold, detached, hollow data analyst heroine | She is his only painkiller They've only ever been with each other! They've only ever been with each other! They've only ever been with each other! Three times, because it's important. Gu Yinan is the youngest captain in the economic crimes squad. He has bipolar disorder and suffers from chronic stomach problems. When solving cases, he's decisive and ruthless, notorious throughout th 197Reads6.5Score135Shelves

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    That has to be this one! The male lead is devoted yet sickly!

24. 224 美 A Beauty Says She's Pregnant, but I Only Brushed Against Her Skirt 美女说怀孕了，可我只碰了下她裙子 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A beautiful woman says she’s pregnant, but all I did was touch her skirt. 686Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 225 重 Reborn: The Gloomy Big Shot's Childhood Sweetheart Is So Sweet It Makes Your Heart Burst 重生后，阴郁大佬的小青梅甜到爆 Chirp Chirp Wants to Get Rich啾啾要暴富Modern Romance331k WordsCompleted [Redemption and obsessive love, with plenty of sweetness] Jiang Mo, raised in the lap of luxury and adored by everyone, had someone in her heart from the age of eighteen. He stayed there for four years. Then an accident brought time to a halt. During the days her spirit drifted, she saw the cold, irritable boy stumble to his knees in front of her funeral shrine, weeping in unbearable grief. As if he had lost the love of his life. After being reborn, she approached the world-weary, cold-hearted b 1.4kReads9.2Score106Shelves
26. 226 情 Deep Love, Fated to Part: I Turned Around to Find Everything Changed 情深缘浅，转身已是物是人非 Your Highness, Bright Spring and White Snow阳春白雪殿下Ancient Romance685k WordsCompleted [An intensely angsty tearjerker + the aesthetics of a tragic ending + love and hate intertwined + the second male lead wins + a devoted male lead who doesn’t understand love] “Mo, why are you taking her as your concubine?” “Rou’er is the one I love most. You’re nothing but a plaything to amuse me!” So it had all been a lie! But he didn’t know she was already carrying his child. In her previous life, she was Lin Jingxi, the noble princess of the peerless Wushuang Kingdom. When a treacherous minis 87Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is truly heartbreaking. He only ever thinks about the female lead and is willing to risk his life for her. Yet, when she falls in love with him, he resolutely marries someone else, leaving her pregnant with his child. He can only watch helplessly as she goes into labor, too afraid to help her. The female lead is unaware that he was protecting her all along.

27. 227 暗 My Unrequited Love's Tragic Past Life: Reborn, I'll Confess and Change Our Fate 暗恋校花前世凄苦，重生后我要表白改命 The Strategist策略派8k WordsCompleted My Secret Crush, the Campus Belle, Had a Miserable Past Life. Reborn, I’ll Confess and Change My Fate 21Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 228 偏 The Brooding Jiang Ye's Little Fairy Is Sweet and Soft 偏执江爷的小仙女又甜又软 Sang Ning桑宁Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted “It hurts.” “Be good. Once I put the medicine on, it won’t hurt anymore.” In her previous life, when Yu Li died, everyone kept their distance from her. He alone kissed her lips with reverence. Reborn at eighteen, Yu Li is a sweet-voiced goddess, while he is a brooding, twisted bad boy with a possessive streak. She gives him her heart and no one else, saving him from the mire of darkness. In her previous life, he was willing to get blood on his hands for her, killing any god who stood in his way. 2.4kReads9.1Score248Shelves
29. 229 美 The Beautiful CEO Married a Delivery Rider. After She Died, I Got Drunk and Called for Her 美女总裁嫁给外卖骑手，她死后，我醉后喊她 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted A Stunning CEO Married a Delivery Rider. After She Died, I Called Out to Her While Drunk. 146Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 230 小 The Little Sweetheart Pouts and Calls Him Big Brother, and the Powerful Man Can’t Stop Thinking About Her 小尤物撒娇叫哥哥，大佬日思夜想 Little Spoiled One小撒娇Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted [Brooding, insecure, obsessive young man × healing, affectionate little fairy + reborn + sweet romance + male lead has a secret crush + heroine pursues him openly + sugary-sweet, heart-fluttering romance + healing] In her previous life, Lu Wanqing was deceived into believing that Pei Yanshi had killed her family. She went to great lengths to get close to him so she could take revenge. But after they married, Pei Yanshi doted on her beyond measure, giving her every indulgence. Lu Wanqing graduall 2.5kReads9.2Score257Shelves
31. 231 我 I Made the Social Butterfly Cry 我把交际草虐哭了 Corpse Bones on Lanshan兰山尸骨Modern Romance80k WordsCompleted [Both leads are sexually inexperienced + strong heroine and weaker hero (in terms of who leads the relationship) + cathartic angst + groveling and redemption + male rivals + tragic ending] Sunny, scheming social butterfly Cheng Yan x aloof, self-serving, unhinged Ling Yi An unhealthy crush growing in the sunshine throws their quiet high school lives into chaos... Cheng Yan spreads rumors to isolate Ling Yi, then offers her kindness when she hits rock bottom, hoping to become the only light in he —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead initially acts recklessly, but later he pursues his wife relentlessly. He's undeniably devoted, but the rest of the story just involves tormenting him. It's quite good.

32. 232 暗 I've Had a Crush on My Beautiful Coworker for Three Years. Will She Say Yes If I Confess? 暗恋美女同事三年，表白后她会同意吗？ The Strategist策略派12k WordsCompleted I've Had a Crush on My Beautiful Coworker for Three Years. Will She Say Yes If I Confess? 73Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 233 超 Super Sweet Fairy Girl: The Cool, Bad-Boy Heartthrob Gives In 超甜小仙女：酷拽校草认栽了 Mu Mur an木木燃Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted [Sweet, healing romance + scheming, loyal puppy + mutual devotion] [Possessive, celibate school heartthrob × gorgeous, super-sweet top student] Breaking news! The new transfer student is arrogant, rebellious, and unruly, but he bows his head and does whatever the top student from Class One tells him! But no one knows that Jiang Cheng used to be just as cocky, until the irresistible charm of love taught him how to behave. The Jiang Cheng of the past: “Get lost. Stay away from me!” Yan Ke assumed 46Reads9.0Score—Shelves
34. 234 美 A Beauty Contacts a Male Listener, but Is There a Shocking Secret Behind It? 美女联络男倾听师，背后藏着惊天秘密？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A Beautiful Woman Gets in Touch with a Male Listener. Is There a Shocking Secret Behind It? 29Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 235 别 Stop Flirting: The Brooding Boy Can’t Take It Anymore 别撩了：阴鸷少年他扛不住了 Snow Firefirefire雪火火火Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted Rebirth and redemption + Sweet romance + The male lead is doted on by everyone + Sweet romance Given another chance at life, Shen Xingyin has just one dream: to get close to Xu Yizhou, save him, spoil him, and love him... Everyone says that boy is sinister and ruthless, an utterly wicked person who lives in hell. But Shen Xingyin knows just how madly he loves her. In the internet cafe beside the school, the sinister boy pins the petite girl against the counter. “Good student, I’m warning you no 257Reads9.1Score102Shelves
36. 236 美 The Beauty Turned Down My Confession, Then Showed Up at My Door Two Years Later? 美女拒绝我表白，两年后竟主动找上门？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted A Beautiful Woman Turned Down My Confession. Two Years Later, Why Did She Come Looking for Me? 57Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 237 睁 I Opened My Eyes and Returned to the Day Before the Big Shot Turned Evil 睁开眼，回到大佬黑化前一天 Chirp Chirp Wants to Get Rich啾啾要暴富Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted [Healing + dark obsession + sweet enough to ache + long-planned pursuit + from school days to wedding bells, one-on-one] Delicate, flirtatious beauty with a slender waist vs. a powerful, possessive yandere who says one thing and means another, and knows how to put on an act [The school arc is over. The baby-and-toddler arc, set after their wedding, has begun] The little one is adorably sweet and cuddly~ In a nutshell: My fearsome big shot, Brother Ji, is ruthless with everyone but afraid of his 690Reads9.0Score107Shelves
38. 238 她 After Her Eighth Proposal, I Left to the Sound of Her Singing 她求婚八次后，我在她的歌声中离开 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted After she proposed eight times, I left to the sound of her singing. 102Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 乖 Don’t Cry, Sweetheart! The Brooding Boy Spoils Her in His Arms 乖宝别哭！阴翳少年抱怀里宠 Silent Clouds漫云不语Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted (A tragic, beautiful boy × a healing little moon, salvation + sweet romance + irresistible flirtation, both leads know how to work their charm) Li You died on the day Jiang Yan loved her most. He never knew she had been secretly in love with him for a very, very long time. Time turned back five years. The boy leaned against the wall with one hand and bent down with a mocking smile. “Li You, can’t you stay the hell away from me? I don’t like obedient girls like you.” She nodded softly and took on 5.3kReads9.4Score630Shelves
40. 240 初 My First Love Faces Off Against an AI Beauty. What Should I Do? 初恋大战AI美女，我该怎么办啊 The Strategist策略派12k WordsCompleted My First Love Is Going Head-to-Head with an AI Beauty. What Should I Do? 37Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 241 大 After Rebirth, the Big Shot's Little Fairy Became Sweet, Soft, and Obedient 大佬的小仙女重生后乖软奶甜 Silent Clouds漫云不语Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted [Cold, Insecure, Obsessive Young Man × Sweet, Healing Little Fairy] She is a rich heiress whose life has always been smooth sailing. He is an outcast everyone avoids, like a weed growing in a crevice on a cliff, with no hope of seeing the light and no future to speak of. Feng Lü never imagined he would have anything to do with a sheltered little fairy like her. Yet every time he backed away, she came closer. He took one step back, and she took ten forward. “Shu’er, don’t come near me.” His hoars 352Reads9.2Score101Shelves
42. 242 穿 I Was Reborn as a Discarded Consort and Wanted to Lie Flat, but the Regent Set His Sights on Me 穿成废妃想躺平，我被摄政王盯上 Jun Yue Feng Xi君悦风兮Ancient Romance255k WordsCompleted Shen Zhiwan transmigrates. She becomes an obscure concubine in the late emperor’s harem. No favor, no family connections, no children. She lives in the most remote side hall in the entire palace, so far out of the way that even the palace cleaners can’t be bothered to come by. Someone else might have wailed and cried, but Shen Zhiwan just wants to set off firecrackers in celebration. A thirty-year-old overworked office drone drops dead from exhaustion, then wakes up to free meals and lodging, no 11Reads—Score194Shelves

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    The male lead in this book perfectly fits the description: a cold and aloof official who descends from his pedestal for love. At first, he suspects and tests the female lead's undercover identity, but he is gradually attracted to her. However, due to their opposing identities, he never expresses his feelings, silently giving his all while secretly being jealous. His love is unrequited, making the story both sweet and heartbreaking. The female lead doesn't even realize that he likes her until 95% of the way through the book!

43. 243 我 I Like You So Much, I Can't Control Myself 我太喜欢你了，我控制不了自己 The Strategist策略派8k WordsCompleted I Like You So Much, I Can't Control Myself. 56Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 244 他 His Gentle Little One 他的小温柔 Twelve Summers十二夏Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion, healing, and an almost dangerously high sweetness level] “Huoxi is going to kill himself in four months.” After learning this in a dream, An An immediately sets out to save the boy she has a crush on. From the very first day she sees Huoxi, An An is determined to spoil him, no matter what. At first: An An: “Just let me kiss you once, and I’ll give you anything you want, okay?” Huoxi: “Get lost.” Later: An An: “Huoxi, do your homework!” Huoxi: “Baby, I haven’t had enough 567Reads9.2Score102Shelves
45. 245 富 The Rich Young Master Angered a God in His Dream, So Everyone Gets Wiped Out 富家公子惹恼梦中神，那就团灭吧 The Strategist策略派14k WordsCompleted A Rich Young Master Angers a Dream God, So the Whole Family Gets Wiped Out 27Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 246 满 Max-Level Seduction: The Lovesick Wolfish Boy Is Sweet, Wild, and Irresistible 满级诱爱，病娇小狼狗甜野奶爆了 Lucky Baby财宝宝Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted [Healing a lovesick, possessive man + top-tier star’s livestream + mutual flirting and pampering] She’s a little fairy who grew up cherished and adored. He’s a bastard everyone despises. If Tianxi hadn’t been murdered, she would never have known that this young man loved her with all his heart, willing to live and die for her. Reborn, she cherishes him, dotes on him, and helps him heal. He’s clingy and sweet as can be: “Little fairy, let me be your slave!” * Mo YeHan has become a top-tier star. 1.3kReads9.0Score133Shelves
47. 247 宿 Host, Don’t Be So Cruel. The Male Lead and the Villain Are Supposed to Turn Evil 宿主别太虐，男主和反派该黑化了 Pear Blossoms in Bloom梨花有华Modern Romance262k WordsCompleted Complete! [Angst] Su Wei is transported into an angst novel as its heroine. She decides to strike first: if she torments the male lead, he won't be able to torment her. In Zhuang Zhou's dream, he became a butterfly. It was all a dream, and she was still herself, but he was no longer himself... Now that the dream is over, everything is about to turn cruel. What will become of the two of them? 10Reads8.1Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    [System, I agree to the male lead's torment storyline.] "If you lock me up again, go ahead and try! I'm tired of living anyway!" "I've told you more than once, I'm actually a very bad person, not worth all your love." "Weiwei, you've been lying to me all along!" "Fu Yuanyi, if I could start over, I wouldn't want to know you again." [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

48. 248 让 Have Her Pretend to Be a Rich Heiress's Girlfriend? Winning Five Million Is Nothing 让她假扮千金女友，中奖五百万不值一提 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted She pretended to be a rich heiress’s boyfriend, and winning five million was no big deal. 63Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 249 牙 The Toothpaste Woman Appeared at Midnight. What Should I Choose? 牙膏女午夜出世，我该如何选择啊 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted A Toothpaste Woman Appears at Midnight. What Should I Choose? 11Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 250 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 59.7kReads9.5Score7.3kShelves

    Reader note

    So heartbreaking 🌵 First book: He had a crush on the female lead for eight years. Back in high school, he even taught her how to pursue other men, and he was incredibly jealous. At the beginning, the female lead was bullied by the second male lead, and the male lead couldn't stand it anymore. He took revenge for her and then proposed marriage.

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