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  1. 1 The Second Female Lead Takes Center Stage: A Calculated Plan, Step by Step into Ruin 女二上位之蓄谋,步步沦陷 Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted Not reborn! No transmigration! Not conventional! A story where the second female lead wins! Xu Yun is a gentle, ethereal heroine. Jiang Zhijin is a male lead who pretends to be warm but is actually coldhearted. Everyone says Jiang Zhijin and Su Yueshuang are a perfect match! He's a refined young gentleman, warm and well-mannered; she's a radiant, gorgeous beauty. Even their first meeting feels straight out of a romantic drama. They're the perfect school-life hero and heroine! At a class reunion 871Reads5.7Score10114d adds
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  2. 2 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 90.9kReads9.6Score12.1k14d adds
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  3. 3 Detective Conan: Becoming the Smartest Person in the Science World 柯南之我在柯学世界做智力天花板 Anime Fanfiction588k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented + ironclad protagonist + no System or transmigration + pairing with Toru + the entire Police Academy crew gets saved] [Note] The heroine is a native of the Detective Conan world. She grew up with Toru and Hiromitsu and knows nothing about the plot. There’s no rebirth, transmigration, or System, so a lot of groundwork is laid early on to keep the characters from dying. The story is mostly everyday life, and very sweet. The Black Organization plot begins later, with the goal of se 1.3kReads8.9Score16014d adds
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  4. 4 After Marrying the Gloomy Powerful Minister's Younger Brother 嫁给阴郁权臣弟弟后 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available under the title Why Not Ride the Wind Together] Xu Yunjia and Pei Youqing grew up together. After they married, she managed the household and cared for his parents, doing everything a wife could be expected to do. She never imagined that one day a woman would arrive at her door with Pei Youqing’s child. Only then did Yunjia realize that she had been living a joke all these years. She returned to the time before she married Pei Youqing. Xu Yunjia no longer want 12.8kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
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  5. 5 Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Selection 宫斗从选秀前开始 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she endured a life of hardship and instability. From the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an to a government courtesan available to any man, she finally escaped a life of being passed from one man to another, only to jump from the tiger’s jaws into the wolf’s den. She walked on eggshells at every step until she finally became the real power behind the prefect’s household. But the misery of her first half of life had already left her body broken beyond repair. Only o 7.8kReads9.0Score78414d adds
  6. 6 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 37.7kReads9.4Score4.5k14d adds
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  7. 7 The Empress Dowager Reborn: A Phoenix’s Plot for the Empire 太后重生:凤谋天下 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + ensemble cast + political intrigue] Reborn, she turns the world into a board and all living beings into pieces. She is the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. Slender, pale hands, an icy gaze She moves her pieces, a faint smile on her lips Why should beauty worry? Reborn, risen from the ashes A phoenix’s schemes hide in her lotus-bloom bones Her name will live on in the annals of history Willow branches in her hometown, the moon a hook She watches generals and princes 1.2kReads9.0Score18514d adds
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  8. 8 When the Lanterns Fade, the Calamity Ends 灯明劫尽 Ancient Romance859k WordsOngoing [Two strong leads, brilliant strategists, devoted only to each other, revenge, dual identities, dual personalities, an alternate world not based on any historical dynasty, plenty of witty flirting] She is the eldest princess, rumored to be cherished by all, yet she witnessed her mother spend her life being manipulated by the man she loved. Gentle and composed on the surface, she excels at reading people and understands human nature. To stir up the court, she will stop at nothing. She will destro 2kReads9.3Score26914d adds
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  9. 9 I Became the Emperor's Former White Moonlight 穿成帝王前白月光 Ancient Romance402k WordsCompleted Yan Qing transmigrates into the disgraced princess of Yun, a woman believed to bring ruin to her mother, her father, and her country. Everyone knows Yun has two great beauties: Princess Zhaoyang, peerless in splendor, and Princess Jing Shu, gentle and virtuous. But no one knows that another princess lives in the cold palace. That is, until a down-and-out young man accidentally pushes open the cold palace gate... In that moment, someone’s world is swept away. Years later, Chu Yan still remembers 78Reads7.4Score—14d adds
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  10. 10 The Reborn White Moonlight of a Love-Sick Villain 病娇反派的白月光重生了 Ancient Romance316k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, both are each other’s first and only, satisfying, sweet, younger male lead. Cool, calculating little white flower × devoted, possessive, seemingly gentle but secretly dangerous male lead] The legitimate daughter of the prime minister’s household, second only to The Outcast, was manipulated, used, betrayed, and saw her entire clan wiped out in her previous life! After being reborn, she is bound to a System, and her mission is to heal the twisted, disturbed heart of her own fa 226Reads8.6Score—14d adds
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  11. 11 The Villainess Kills with Her Beauty 反派她以美貌杀人 Ancient Romance355k WordsCompleted (The heroine is a true villain. If you prefer morally upright characters, read with caution.) She was the villain of a book, but she never knew it. But what did that matter? Her beloved was dead. How could those responsible for his death be allowed to live? She toyed with the world in the palm of her hand, laying schemes within schemes and concealing deadly intent at every turn. Her gentle nature and ethereal beauty were both weapons, and no one could stand in the way of her revenge. The person 4kReads9.4Score48014d adds
  12. 12 Where Does the Cold Wind Go? 冷风归何处 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Leng Luoluo should never have been born. She came into the world only because the eldest daughter of the Leng family, Leng Baozhu, needed a bone marrow match to save her life. With Old Master Leng's approval, the live-in son-in-law Bai Zuhui fathered a child with an ugly country woman, and that child, Leng Luoluo, was neglected by everyone. For eighteen years, she and the Leng family's mute maid, Auntie Wu, depended on each other for survival! A twist of fate led Old Master Leng to discover that 77Reads—Score414d adds
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  13. 13 Fallen a Hundred Times 沦陷一百次 Modern Romance256k WordsCompleted Art student sweetheart x aloof, wicked academic genius [Mutual salvation x rekindled love] Shi Mian flirted with someone. The boy had a handsome, cool, noble face. Beneath his sharp brows were long, narrow eyes brimming with feeling. Everyone said Shi Mian couldn't handle Shen Qingchi. She only smiled. After a sudden turn of events, Shi Mian cut her losses and walked away. The aloof beauty on a pedestal, whom everyone said had a touch of wickedness, gripped Shi Mian's wrist with desperate force, 2.8kReads9.3Score35114d adds
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  14. 14 The Concubine-Born Daughter Holds Power 庶女权相 Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted (Scheming concubine-born daughter x loyal guard) After being forced to bear a child for her sister and having the baby cut from her body, she dies full of hatred and is reborn. She takes one careful step after another, becoming a prince’s strategist. When her evil father and poisonous mother are executed, she plays celebratory music at the execution ground. When someone tries to poison her, she has them tortured with four thousand cuts. Everyone calls her a vicious demoness, yet she alone cannot 182Reads8.8Score—14d adds
  15. 15 A Mistake, A Meeting 错,相逢 Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted That year, I first came into the world, and the balance of power across the realm was suddenly overturned in silence. The new emperor of Xilu ascended the throne, determined to bring about reforms. In Xidan, the young Emperor Yuan Xi also inherited the throne that same year. They all said I smiled at everyone from the time I was little. Yet at the grandest of enthronement banquets, I looked up and saw a handsome young man in imperial robes, with clear, bright features, and burst into tears. He p 36Reads8.6Score—14d adds
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  16. 16 Scheming for a Beauty 谋红颜 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A flood swept away Ru Yu's mother. Everyone said it was a natural disaster, but she alone knew for certain that someone had lowered the iron floodgate with a sneer as the waters surged in. To uncover the mystery behind it, she resolutely descended from Mount Kuocang. Making herself a pawn, she stepped into the treacherous game of power unfolding across the land. 37Reads8.8Score—14d adds
  17. 17 The Side Consort Arrives, Joining the Crown Prince in Rebellion, War, and the Rise to Emperor and Empress 侧妃驾到,携太子造反出征成帝后 Ancient Romance458k WordsCompleted My first book wasn’t very well written. [Harem intrigue + political scheming + two powerful leads + revenge] He is Xiao Junze, a warm and gentle yet calculating Crown Prince with a devoted heart. She is Lin Qingyue, a cool-headed, clever side consort who has no desire to enter the palace. He says, “Qingyue, I’m afraid you’ll destroy the obsession I’ve held onto for ten years.” She says, “Junze, I’m willing to build a golden age with you.” As dangers close in at court, their feelings for each oth 11Reads6.6Score—14d adds
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  18. 18 [Dream Butterfly] You Owe Me a Favor 【梦蝶】你欠我一个人情 Ancient Romance317k WordsOngoing Their engagement was called off, but they still didn’t miss each other. They kept running into one another. He secretly liked her, silently watching over her… [She was ambushed and outnumbered yet again, but luckily, she stepped in just in time. He pretended to be weak because of his injury, hoping she would help him up. Who knew she’d let go and turn away, intent only on pouring herself some water? “I’m not thirsty,” he said, bewildered. “I am,” she replied, drinking her water and leaving 2Reads—Score—14d adds
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  19. 19 The Cold, Ruthless Minister's Tender Beauty Has Turned Evil 冷戾权臣的娇软美人黑化了 Ancient Romance307k WordsCompleted [Reborn Ancient-Era Heroine vs. Transmigrated Heroine] [Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance] A delicate, soft-bodied, flirtatious beauty VS an ascetic powerful official Not a strong heroine story. Follow the reborn, gentle ancient-era heroine as she turns dark. She, Xiao Tangning, was once the lucky heroine of a sweet romance novel. But when she was eleven, a woman who had transmigrated into a book arrived and upended her fate, leaving her parents dead, her younger brother missing, and he 3Reads6.5Score—14d adds
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  20. 20 The Beauty Schemes for the Emperor 美人谋君 Ancient Romance441k WordsCompleted [Not a pure romance + rebirth and revenge + marriage first, love later] Meng Yanyun, daughter of the General Who Guards the North, is made a princess and sent to Nanyue to marry for peace. In the end, her husband and child both die because of the old emperor. She is brought back to the capital and made to live in the imperial palace under the title of princess, where the old emperor abuses her day after day. That night, she plunges a knife into the old emperor’s heart and laughs wildly. “You sla 32Reads7.0Score—14d adds
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  21. 21 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight's Tea-Drinking Skills Are Astonishing 快穿:白月光她茶艺惊人 Modern Romance548k WordsCompleted [Early work, read at your own risk] Beautiful and gentle Wen Yan is a high-level green tea. Not only do men adore her, even women want to be her friend. But one day, she was bound to a System and sent to various little worlds to play the role of the male lead’s first love. What a tearjerker. Well, let me show you what top-tier green tea looks like. # I really am beautiful. No man is good enough for me. # When trouble strikes, stay calm and have a cup of green tea to steady your nerves. # I want 392Reads8.2Score10014d adds
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  22. 22 Peaceful and Unending 安乐永逸 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 130Reads—Score—14d adds
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  23. 23 The Fake Heiress Rises to the Top 风生水起假千金 Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted I transmigrated into a book. Am I the wicked supporting girl? The heroine? A cannon-fodder character? No, none of those. I’m someone who broke free of the System and can finally take charge of my own fate. Anyone who tries to hurt me from now on had better stay out of my way. If they dare cross me, they’ll get what’s coming to them. The fake heiress of the past will one day become someone those people can only look up to. 58Reads6.5Score—14d adds
  24. 24 Sardo 萨尔多 Eastern Fantasy236k WordsCompleted This book is not suitable for children! As the Sacred Snow Mountain teeters on the brink of collapse, a young boy from the Saldo tribe unexpectedly awakens the “Eye of the Ancestors,” guarded by his people for a thousand years, and inherits the cultivation legacy left behind by the Ice River Immortal. He leads the remnants of the Saldo tribe on a deadly migration, fighting hordes of demon beasts on the Crescent Grassland, standing up to the brutal Wolf-Herding Demon Clan, forging alliances with 169Reads8.6Score—14d adds
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  25. 25 The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡 Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing [The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the 8.5kReads8.9Score77514d adds
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  26. 26 The Mighty Little Constable 神通小捕快 Martial Arts2.0M WordsOngoing “One leaf riding the wind, roaming ten thousand miles; a dashing constable, famous throughout the land.” The most righteous men are often those society looks down on, and heroes rise from the streets. The spring breeze and I are both passing travelers, but your name alone belongs to the martial world. Ye Fei, a lowly errand boy at an inn, is rejected by the Su family because he's nothing but a nobody who runs errands! Who could have guessed that after getting drunk, saving a beauty, and catching 15.1kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
  27. 27 Help! This Lousy System Is Making Me Found a Sect! 救命!这破系统让我开宗立派! Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world as a sickly man, the male lead triggers a System: if he fails to save twenty people within three years, he’ll die of his illness. He sets off on a journey to save people, meeting one lovely confidante after another along the way. In the end, he’s forced to found a sect and finds his happy ending. (This is not a cultivation novel.) The premise is fairly fresh, leaving behind the traditional level-up-and-fight-monsters formula. The protagonist is frail at firs 37.3kReads9.2Score3.6k14d adds
  28. 28 Ten Realms: I Was Ordinary 十界:我本平庸 Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing (We are all ordinary people. Some say they don’t understand what I’m writing! The truth is, I simply want to tell the story of an ordinary person who keeps growing, improving, and learning. He feels lost and helpless, never knowing what to do. His life is full of stumbles, but through repeated setbacks and lessons, he slowly grows! Some people are born in Rome, while he is stuck in the mud. In Rome, it’s easy to cross the finish line. But there’s something all the more inspiring about perseverin 7.1kReads9.1Score59514d adds
  29. 29 Where the Fallen Plum Blossoms Return 落梅归 Ancient Romance716k WordsCompleted An early work. I don’t recommend reading it. You’ll want to curse me if you do. [Traditional household-intrigue revenge with a slow pace. The heroine carefully plots her revenge step by step. The heroine was unfaithful in her previous life; the male lead is devoted. Includes vicious female rivals.] In her previous life, Mei Qingzhu went along with everything and never fought for herself, only to become a stepping stone for her legitimate elder sister. When she fell in love with the Eighth Prince 120Reads8.1Score—14d adds
  30. 30 A General's Seal, Forged in Blood and Loyalty 铁血丹心将军印 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Historical romance, family and country, a story centered on a powerful heroine She is the daughter of the Prince of Zhenbei of the Great Liang, and her mother is the emperor’s most beloved Thirteenth Princess. She is also the future Young Marshal of the Yun family, destined to wield the General’s Seal of the Northwestern Army. She should have grown up in the public eye, but rumors that a Phoenix Maiden had been born threw her into the fray, forcing her to disguise herself as a boy to escape with 30Reads8.2Score—14d adds
  31. 31 Five Years After Her Death, the Sickly Heir Still Wants to Marry Her 死后五年!病娇世子仍要以身相许 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + devoted couple + revenge on scoundrels + sweet romance; less romance in the early chapters] She was well-read, strategic, and beautiful. She could ride in white with a red horse, spear in hand, and take on enemy generals. She could also command from behind the scenes and secure victory from a thousand miles away. After being reborn, all she wanted was revenge, then to live a peaceful, prosperous life with her family. But no one had warned her what to do when a talkative man kep 227Reads9.1Score—14d adds
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  32. 32 Transmigrated as the Wicked Fake Heiress, I Make the Royal Families of Every Nation Bow 穿成恶毒假千金,各国皇室俯首称臣 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Anti-pampered-by-all + secret identity + strong female lead] Shen Xingwan transmigrated into the body of a fake heiress and cannon-fodder whose life had been arranged from birth right through to her funeral. Under the System’s supervision, she was forced onto the path of no return: taking down the pampered female lead. She just wanted to lie flat and live like a salted fish, but accidentally got entangled with a frail heir who couldn’t take care of himself. “Wanwan, the doctor says I’m deficien 3.6kReads9.0Score34614d adds
  33. 33 Trapped in a Book as the Demon Queen: The Sickly Regent Is No Gentleman at Night 书穿妖后:病娇摄政王每晚不当人 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the Great Zhou’s most notorious empress, Su Ruo barely has time to enjoy herself before her life is in danger. A patriotic System comes knocking, asking her to support the young emperor and change the fate of the Great Zhou’s fall. ??? She’s the wicked empress everyone wants dead! Never mind that the young emperor is hopelessly incompetent. Picking a fight with the regent, who holds all the power at court, is just asking to die young, isn’t it? Patriotic System: The reg 2.2kReads9.4Score28614d adds
  34. 34 Warm Ocean 暖洋 Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted At seventeen, the gloomy, aloof Lu Yang met the sunny, optimistic Xie Nuan. A ray of light shone into his dark life, and from then on, he had a little sun by his side. But before he could find the courage to confess his youthful, fumbling feelings, his little sun disappeared. Six years later, they met again, but Lu Yang's little sun seemed to have stopped shining. Lying on the operating table once more, Xie Nuan felt the anesthetic taking effect and her consciousness slowly fading. The image th 861Reads9.2Score11114d adds
  35. 35 The Temptress 尤物 Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Enchantress will be released on March 25 at 8 p.m. (A devoted one-on-one romance, with both leads each other’s first and only.) Zhou Yi is notorious in their circle for being a shameless playboy. Everyone thinks he cares about pleasure, not feelings. That is, until a video leaks one day. In it, Zhou Yi looks like a devout believer, clasping a woman’s slender wrist in his hand. His eyes are filled with fervor and tenderness as he murmurs in a low, hoarse voice, “Jiang Yin 4kReads9.5Score87214d adds
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