A Woman Disguised as a Man, Never Found Out 女扮男装且永远没被认破

1. 101 农 The Imperial Tutor's Road to the Civil Service Exams 农门帝师的科举之路 Ju He雎禾Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Imperial Examination, One-on-One Romance After an accident, a young man from the modern era transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty. Looking at his family’s dilapidated brick house, Qi Wenyu wondered how he would make a living from then on... 21.8kReads9.2Score2k14d adds
2. 102 女 Disguised as a Man: I'm the Apocalypse's Ultimate Workaholic 女扮男装：我在末世当卷王 Cloud River Crane Shadow云川鹤影Sci-Fi & Apocalypse779k WordsCompleted [Female Disguise + Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Apocalypse + System] Shu Xi, an ordinary college student, was killed with a single stab by a burglar who broke into her home while she was working a part-time job. When she opened her eyes again, she had somehow ended up in the apocalypse?! Xiao Qi: “Actually, I’m a strategy System. I just got a little careless and didn’t pay attention. Maybe, possibly, something went wrong, and I sent you to the apocalypse.” Shu Xi: “??? Does your supervisor 74Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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   They were all women dressed as men.

3. 103 女 After I Disguised Myself as a Man, Every Guest Was Smitten With Me 女扮男装后，嘉宾都为我神魂颠倒 A Gentleman Like the Wind公子如风Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [Woman disguises herself as a man + dating show + everyone’s favorite + romantic rivalry + pampered by all + red envelope group] When Luo Jin wakes up, she has become a cannon-fodder passerby in a male-oriented entertainment-industry novel, and she’s disguised as a man. The original character was framed, hated by the entire internet, and saddled with tens of millions in debt. With no other choice, Luo Jin takes up the original character’s mantle. With help from a golden finger red envelope group 242Reads7.0Score10414d adds
4. 104 女 After Disguising Herself as a Man, Jiang Ye Became Incredibly Handsome! 女扮男装后，姜爷她帅翻天！ Fruit Egg果蛋儿Modern Romance227k WordsOngoing No CP ✔️ No CP ✔️ No CP ✔️ Jiang Changci unexpectedly transmigrates to a cultivation world. She was just about to ascend when a bolt of lightning struck her off course. When she wakes up again, she’s back in the modern world?! And she’s become a high school student, around sixteen or seventeen, disguised as a boy!! Jiang Changci: What the heck? She wanted to keep a low profile, but people just kept lining up to get beaten up! Granny Jiang crooks a finger and laughs arrogantly. “Is that all you’v 7Reads8.2Score—14d adds
5. 105 女 Disguised as a Man: The Marquis Is Pressured into Marriage by a Reborn Legitimate Daughter 女扮男装：侯爷被重生嫡女逼婚 Durian Is Delicious榴莲很好吃Two Female Leads328k WordsCompleted [Two Heroines + Woman Disguised as a Man + Transmigration + Rebirth + No Male Lead] Song Zhao transmigrates into the body of a “bastard son” of a marquis’s household, a girl who was abandoned outside the estate and raised as a boy. Most importantly, her martial cultivation has temporarily disappeared, and it will take time to recover. Song Zhao plans to find somewhere to lie low until her strength returns, then go conquer another stronghold and become its bandit chief. To her utter surprise, the 1.7kReads8.9Score19514d adds
6. 106 女 After Disguising Myself as a Man, I Became the Boss at an Elite Academy 女扮男装后我在贵族学院当霸总 Cat Mushrooms猫猫菌子Modern Romance181k WordsOngoing The rating is low because it was only just rated! [Girl Disguised as a Boy + Everyone’s Favorite + Beloved by All + Love Polygon + Absurd Campus Comedy] Fu You transmigrated into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder character who dies young in a Mary Sue campus novel. She was also bound to a CEO System, so she disguised herself as a boy, adopted a domineering CEO persona, and joined the F4. She could stay alive by completing randomly assigned CEO-style tasks and winning over the main cast. At first, 243Reads7.8Score—14d adds
7. 107 女 Disguised as a Man, I Became the Cold Heiress's One True Love 女扮男装，成为高冷千金的白月光 Diving Pear潜水的鸭梨Two Female Leads609k WordsCompleted [Dual Female Leads + Pure Love + Everyday Romance + Pursuer Turns the Tables + Mutual Devotion] Shen Wuyou is a retired assassin, but a group of “older brothers and sisters” arrange for her to experience school life at an elite academy. Reluctant but ultimately resigned to it, she uses her naturally charming appeal to enter the academy disguised as a boy, becoming a special transfer student. By chance, Shen Wuyou meets Jiang Xueli, a cool and aloof heiress. After a series of events, a fair deal 2.9kReads9.1Score36314d adds
8. 108 女 Disguised as a Man: The Ailing Prince Stumbles into a Shura Field 女扮男装：病弱王爷错入修罗场 Zi Fei Yu子非瑜Ancient Romance177k WordsOngoing Lu Zheng is the seventh prince of the Qing Kingdom, the “son” of Consort Ying, who is favored above all the other consorts, and a sickly invalid pitied by everyone. She doesn't care what others say about her. All she wants is to laze around in peace, eating her fill and waiting to die. But... why are the people around her looking at her more and more strangely? The kindhearted eldest prince stains his hands with blood for her. When he sees her staring, he gently reassures her, “Don't be afraid. 202Reads6.8Score—14d adds
9. 109 女 Disguised as a Boy: A Dashing Young Lad 女扮男装：意气风发少年郎 Mr. Xu许先生Modern Romance124k WordsOngoing [Gender Disguise as a Boy + No Romance + Social Media + Campus + Livestreaming Later] At seventeen, Chaoyang disguises herself as a boy and enrolls in her senior year at Chengnan No. 1 High School, where she meets them! She livestreams with them, joins the social media industry, and occasionally helps people sort out their love lives. At school, they team up to take on another class and earn the right to climb a mountain! At the summit, they feel the breeze on their faces and take in the view, w 1Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 110 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host’s Boyish Disguise Is Just Business as Usual 快穿，宿主男装基操勿六 Fan of No-CP Stories About Women Disguised as Men女扮男无cp文爱好者Ancient Romance58k WordsCompleted (Quick transmigration, female lead disguised as a man, no romance) The protagonist, Ji Jingming, has disguised herself as a man since childhood. After her twin sister kills her, she unexpectedly embarks on a quick transmigration journey. System: “Host, with me here, you can show your true youthful spirit and enjoy your life.” Author: Enough chatter. If you like stories about women disguised as men, jump right in. The protagonist will be dancing wildly on the brink of being exposed. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 111 崽 The Little One Blows Up the System and Becomes a Legend, While Mom Coasts to Victory 崽崽炸系统封神，娘亲一路开挂 Like Jade, Knowing Peace似玉知安Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Heroine with memories of three lifetimes × hero with memories of two lifetimes × fated counterparts × two powerful leads × devoted to each other] With memories of three lifetimes, she returned to the day of her wedding in Liangcheng. In her first life, he stood on the Platform of Severed Karma, his red robes torn to shreds. He gave up ninety thousand years of cultivation and traded his life to send her into reincarnation, dying so she could begin again. Born into the body of a Zhuni, she was 28Reads9.2Score17614d adds

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12. 112 女 Disguised as a Man, I Rose to Become Chancellor 女扮男装之官拜宰相 Reading Guide读书指南Ancient Romance540k WordsCompleted [Also known as: A Woman Disguised as a Man Becomes Chancellor, and the Entire Court Kneels Before Me!] [Completed] [Career-focused, clear-headed heroine + love-struck hero; both are formidable, though not in the traditional sense. Some gender-bender romance, but not much. Includes a secondary couple.] A cry rang out fifteen years ago. The vast Marquis’s Estate could only be held together by her alone. Everyone is born with a different purpose. Because she was born to a daughter of the Wang clan 2Reads—Score114d adds
13. 113 女 I Fled in Disguise as a Man, and Now Master Bo Is Hunting Me 女扮男装出逃后，我被薄爷通缉了 Ye Jingyi夜京亿Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted You Li is the useless little pet Lord Bo keeps at home. He can’t fight or talk back, and he’s soft, timid, and great at acting cute. Lord Bo has just two rules for Young Master You: be home by eight, and dating is fine, but don’t cross the line. Lord Bo is too busy guarding against girls to realize the person he should really be watching out for is a man. You Li is pregnant! Lord Bo admits he was blind. All these years, he never realized You Li was a woman pretending to be a man. That day, with 10kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
14. 114 团 The Whole Family's Darling Destroys the House: Master Yuan Is Fierce and Adorable 团宠拆家：渊爷他又凶又奶 Silver Brocade银锦Modern Romance800k WordsCompleted The king of the wastelands beyond the realm died. Three years after her death, she was reborn in the body of Jiang family's fake heir, a girl disguised as a boy. The Jiang family has six heirs. Whoever can multiply the family's capital tenfold will qualify as heir. Father Jiang is cold and ruthless, with "scumbag" practically stamped on his forehead. He cares about power, not his children. The qualified may stay. The rest must leave. Eldest brother: “The inheritance is mine.” Second brother: “Dr 2.9kReads9.4Score47114d adds
15. 115 女 A Woman Transmigrates as a Man: A Farmer’s Road to the Imperial Exams 女穿男：农家子的科举青云路 Shang Xinghe裳星河Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Female-to-male transmigration + imperial examinations + romance later on + remembered in history + founding the family tree] In her previous life, Qin Huan grew up in an orphanage and worked her way into a university degree. She landed a job at a major company and was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of success. Her only regret was never having much family to speak of. When she opened her eyes again, she had traveled from modern times to the past, and from a woman to a man. She had become 9.4kReads9.0Score1k14d adds
16. 116 农 Eldest Farmhouse Daughter: After I Transmigrate, I Become the Prince’s Cherished One 农家长姐：穿越后成了王爷心头宠 Trading Black Hair for White青丝换白发Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The moment Cheng Ying opens her eyes, she finds herself in a human trafficker's den. She's stunned. With her tiny arms and legs, has she transmigrated? Her father is a top general in the imperial court, framed for treason and sentenced to have his entire family executed? How can she stand for that? But whose adorable, sweet, and obedient little child is this? After learning about her background, Cheng Ying decides to do two things. First: Raise the little one well, and help them become a person 2.5kReads9.3Score35814d adds
17. 117 女 After Disguising Myself as a Man, the Abstinent Tyrant Kissed Me in Open Court 女扮男装后，禁欲暴君当朝强吻我 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [A quirky, hilarious girl x a wronged tyrant who switches seamlessly between clingy sweetheart and ruthless wolf] Gu Xianxian, who can freely travel between the past and present, has hit a snag! An accident leaves her trapped in the Great Zhao after a mad tyrant takes the bracelet that lets her travel through time and space. To empty the tyrant's treasury so she can return to the modern world and sell off the loot, Gu Xianxian has no choice but to pose as a young eunuch and win his favor, waitin 2.2kReads9.3Score33514d adds
18. 118 女 After Disguising Myself as a Man, I Became Everyone's Beloved 女扮男装后我成了所有人的白月光 Little Divine Feast小神宴Ancient Romance44k WordsCompleted This book is a mess. Don’t click. Highlights: A woman disguises herself as a man and enters the court, multiple male leads, all the court officials adore me. Reader’s guide: Slow burn. The characters don’t grow up until after 160,000 words. A wish-fulfillment story with a universally adored heroine. Not for you if that’s not your thing. 790Reads—Score—14d adds

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    ⭐️⭐️① The dynasty had been in turmoil for several years. The second prince was assassinated, and the third prince drowned… But what did all this have to do with Lu Jiu? She just wanted to earn a little money to survive and, incidentally, find her parents. Until later, all the princes were dead. She, as the last prince, was forced to ascend the throne. Lu Jiu: Huh? What prince? Lu Jiu: You can say I'm the royal son who was lost to the outside world, but I'm really a woman!

19. 119 被 Those Years I Was Forced to Disguise Myself as a Man 被迫女扮男装的那些年 Xie Wei谢为Ancient Romance225k WordsCompleted Jiang Xing was forced to disguise herself as a boy and scrape by at Lingzhou Academy for eight years, doing business in her spare time to help support her family. One day, she learned that her teacher wanted her to work at the Office of Historiography. Determined to save her own life, she promptly quit school and prepared to run away. Just then, her uncle in the capital sent word, calling her home to serve the elders. But after making her preparations, she somehow found herself caught up in one 43Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 120 快 Quick Transmigration: I Have to Disguise Myself as a Man 快穿：不女扮男装是不行的 Are You Okay, Screw没事吧螺丝Ancient Romance58k WordsCompleted [All Routes + Beloved by Everyone + Protagonist's Personality Differs Inside and Out + Disguised as a Man in Every Mission World, and Nobody Knows She's a Woman + No CP = Ship Whoever You Want + Amateur Writing + No Logic, No Brains, Slightly Harem-Like] {Demon Lord, Your Character Is Falling Apart!} {This Omega Is Pretty Strong} {The Fake Young Master Is Everyone's Darling} [A Chuunibyou Refuses a Tragic Ending] [Stuck with the Background Character's Script] [Everyone Loves the Arrogant Adopted 19Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 121 修 Cultivation: I’m Crazy and Foolish, but the Sword Immortal Loves Me 修仙：我又疯又傻，但剑仙很爱 Dawn in the Blue Mist青雾晓幺Ancient Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Female protagonist’s perspective] A cultivation world, mutual healing, and two people finding their way to each other. As a child, Chi Yeli disguised herself as a boy, leading Luo Shiyu to believe she was gay. Later, Luo Shiyu’s family fell into ruin, Chi Yeli lost her memory, and the two were separated. Twenty years later, Chi Yeli is injured in the Canggu Secret Realm, and her memories become jumbled. She thinks she has transmigrated into a novel with two female leads as a disposable supporti 39Reads8.2Score—14d adds
22. 122 平 Diary of a Cloth Shop in Pingjiang Prefecture 平江府布庄日记 Qing Ni清旎Historical70k WordsOngoing [Alternate history] + [Woman transmigrates into a man] + [Transmigrated in the womb] + [Imperial examinations and business in the early stages] + [Court politics in the later stages] + [One female lead] + [A touch of ensemble cast] The Journal of a Pingjiang Prefecture Cloth Shop is set in a cloth shop in Pingjiang Prefecture and tells the story of a business venture full of twists and turns. The shop suddenly receives a major order from the capital: it must produce one hundred bolts of brocade —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Book Recommendation | *Pingjiang Prefecture Cloth Shop Diary*: The Rebirth of a Five-Year-Old Cloth Merchant, a Game of Survival in Late Ming Dynasty Commerce. If you're currently experiencing a reading slump and looking for a fictional historical novel where the female protagonist transmigrates into a male character but isn't obsessed with romance, the protagonist is only five years old yet possesses a clear understanding of business principles, and every game of strategy is grounded in established rules—this *Pingjiang Prefecture Cloth Shop Diary* is worth adding to your bookshelf. Lin Wan, a 32-year-old business school lecturer in her previous life, transmigrates into the body of Shen Qingyan, the five-year-old only son of the second wife of the Shen family's cloth shop in Pingjiang Prefecture. Without a system, without premonition, only a postscript signed by Zhou Fu left by her father, one hundred taels of silver as an introductory document, and the three sentences, "The life and death of a cloth merchant lies in the accounts." Then, she and Wang Xing of the Yimei brand begin a slow, ruthless game of strategy in Pingjiang Prefecture during the thirty-second year of the Wanli reign, concerning "travel permits, seals, and bank fees." Shen Qingyan (the protagonist)—the body of a five-year-old child, the mind of a business school lecturer. But she couldn't foresee the future, nor was she well-versed in the laws; she only "sensed" what her father said. In the chapters, she couldn't calculate the precise figure of "two hundred and fifty taels," but she could "sense" that the silver taels from Wang Xing's card were official accounts, and since the second branch of the family bypassed the official channels, the two hundred and fifty taels wouldn't be a shortfall. She was very strict with her five-year-old intuition—this is the most ingenious aspect of the book. Wang Xing—the manager of the Pingjiang branch of the Yimei brand, a villain without a stereotype. His counterattack escalated layer by layer: First layer: Increased the silver taels (red silk brokerage fee +50 taels, raw silk brokerage fee +100 taels, dye brokerage fee +100 taels). Second layer: On the official seal and register of the prefectural government, he didn't include the travel permits of the three self-weaving households—according to the "private brokerage port" article of the Ming Dynasty law, transporting dyes from outside the prefecture to outside the city was considered "unauthorized crossing of the border without permits," and the logic of the merchant receiving eighty strokes of the cane was self-consistent; the rules of the trade superseded the law, reflecting the true state of the brokerage industry in the late Ming Dynasty. Su Shi—Shen Qingyan's mother, the pillar of the second branch of the cloth shop. She acts as a broker (with collateral), Shen Yanqiu acts as a guarantor, and Shen Qingyan donates his official degree to act as guarantor—this three-tiered structure conforms to the Ming Dynasty law's system of "selecting households with collateral to serve as guarantors, with the government providing official seals and documents." She is not a "naive and innocent mother," but a woman who has truly struggled in the cloth business. 1. The book explores the gray areas of the system, rather than relying on wish-fulfillment wish-fulfillment. Donating to the Imperial Academy in the late Ming Dynasty was a real social phenomenon—during the Jingtai era, the practice of paying grain for admission to the Academy was introduced, and by the Jiajing and Wanli eras, students admitted through this system constituted a significant proportion of the Imperial Academy. The travel permit system stipulated that anyone traveling more than 100 li from their hometown must possess an official document specifying their place of origin, age, occupation, and route. Every game in this book treads on the realistic gray areas of the system and the boundaries of industry norms. 2. The book employs an "anti-cliché" approach to the female-to-male transmigration trope. The protagonist avoids the cliché anxiety of "using a male identity to marry and have children," and there is no cheap dramatic conflict from "a woman disguised as a man." She's like a five-year-old child, using business school thinking to "feel" the accounts, to plan, and to negotiate. Gender transformation is the underlying principle here, not a gimmick.

23. 123 执 Claiming the Song: From Impoverished Scholar to Imperial Tutor 执宋：从寒门帝师开始 Qing Ni清旎Historical111k WordsCompleted Pei Xuzhi, a poor scholar, is bound to the “Imperial Tutor System.” Beginning with a provincial exam rigged against him, he reads his way into the Song court and makes himself the greatest imperial tutor in a century of Song history. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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