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1. 551 别 They Throw Mud at Me, So I Lie Down and Sue Them for 38,000 别人朝我扔泥巴，躺下讹他三万八 Yan Xiaonuo颜小糯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + livestreaming + going crazy anywhere, anytime] Qiao Xi takes on a mission from the Space-Time Administration, transmigrating into a tragic romance novel to fix its plot. She becomes a nobody with barely any fame and is bound to a Truth-Telling System. From then on, the tragic romance takes a bizarre turn... During a variety show livestream, she is asked why she works so hard. Guest 1: “I thought of the hardworking farmers.” Guest 2: “My grandma was a farmer. I miss her so much.” 42.8kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves

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   Who knows how to hold back laughter in the middle of the night? [Laughing][Laughing][Smirking] I couldn't stop laughing while reading this novel; once you're hooked, you can't get out. The female lead never follows the rules; every step she takes is beyond your imagination. [Shy][Shy][Admiring] It's so witty! Not a single chapter is without laughter! It will definitely surprise you!!

2. 552 快 Quick Transmigration: The Unhinged Male Lead Begs His Host to Be Sweet and Innocent and Dote on Him 快穿：疯批男主求白切黑宿主疼爱 A Promise Worth Its Weight in Gold一言九鼎Two Male Leads762k WordsCompleted [No female lead + both leads are inexperienced + romance under control] A note before you read: The protagonist is a scumbag. He won’t be redeemed. He’s awful, truly awful. There won’t be a third party in either relationship, but the protagonist won’t genuinely fall in love with the other lead until much later. Please click away if you can’t accept that. Shi Yu is a naturally detached pleasure-seeker. To chase a thrill, he voluntarily signed up for the quick transmigration System’s seduction mi 597Reads9.2Score104Shelves
3. 553 少 The Grief of Heaven and Earth in Youth 少年之天地同悲 Zhou Munan周木楠Eastern Fantasy200k WordsCompleted A work in Zhou Munan's The Blood of Youth series. The story takes place three years after the end of The Blood of Youth. The world is once again thrown into turmoil. In the south, Xiao Se and the others are battling experts from Nan Jue, while Wu Xin ventures alone into the vast mountains of the west. There, he will enter an ancient city lost for a thousand years, encounter reclusive masters beyond all imagination, and see the legendary mask: Heaven and Earth Mourn as One! (Official novel, not f 7.8kReads8.7Score995Shelves
4. 554 比 A Story More Real Than Reality 比真实更真实的故事 Back and Forth三来四去Urban802k WordsOngoing This is a world where Awakened and demon seeds coexist. They seem to be natural enemies, destined to fight until one of them dies. But behind it all, unseen hands are pulling the strings... In pursuit of the truth, Xiao Ye grows stronger and sets out to travel across all seven kingdoms. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Why do people laugh? Because they're sad, of course. After all, if you laugh, you're not so sad anymore! At the age of 11, he gave up his extraordinary intelligence to adopt a kitten. From then on, a smile was his constant companion, and scheming became irrelevant! No clear path ahead, yet he forged ahead without hesitation.

5. 555 欢 Welcome to My Scripted World 欢迎来到，我的剧本世界 Beneath the Deep Space深空下Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Infinite-Flow + Scripted Games + Survival + One Female Lead] In this era, we're all headed for the end. The blossoming of miracles granted by the gods, the struggle between humanity and the uncanny, extraordinary creatures, forbidden books, a paradise of reincarnation... The price of fate's gifts was marked long ago, hidden from view. “My name is Jiang Qing. I'm sorry, but after tonight, I'll disappear forever.” “When I open the door ahead, there will be no way back b 88.2kReads9.0Score7.9kShelves
6. 556 炸 Entertainment World Rocked! This Heroine Is Seriously Unhinged 炸翻娱乐！这个女主有大病 Ben Zhijie本止戒Two Female Leads765k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Unhinged Heroine + Secret Identities + No Male Lead + Girls’ Love] Yu Jianing, a patient whose dissociative identities were both a treatment failure and a success, dies after overdosing on medication. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in a parallel world, at the auditions for a talent show called Go! Idol! Comment 1: She’s so alluring… She’s not even doing anything… How can she be so… Comment 2: Don’t let her fool you, people above! She’s a bad person! Comment 3: Good t 4.8kReads9.6Score710Shelves

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   In his previous life, the protagonist suffered greatly in a mental hospital due to dissociative identity disorder. He was later reborn into this world and has antisocial personality disorder, frequently using sexual techniques. To cover up one's true feelings

7. 557 他 He's Gone! 他不在了！ Sister Zhang Rong张容姐Urban141k WordsCompleted When Gu Chang’an was three, his father remarried and his mother left. His family was shattered, and so was he. From then on, home was no longer Gu Chang’an’s harbor or his refuge from the storm. When he felt wronged, he had nowhere to hide. Until Ding Tingting appeared. She was like a beam of light shining down on Gu Chang’an… 738Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   It was all pretty good; there were touching moments, heart-wrenching scenes, regrets, and moments of remorse. In this life, we are never alone. [Please follow]

8. 558 程 Boss Cheng's Depressed, Beloved Husband 程大佬的抑郁症小娇夫 Loves Pudding爱吃布丁Two Male Leads203k WordsCompleted Zhuan Jin grew up abroad, but his father forced him to return to China because of his depression. His senior labmate, Cheng Zhi, taught him how to love someone, but not how to face family ties. As two single-parent families collide, how will Zhuan Jin choose between family and love? “Will you leave me?” “I will be faithful to you, always!” 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Two male leads, the main character suffers from depression, I found it a bit angsty.

9. 559 萧 President Xiao, Your Wife Says You Have to Sleep in the Study Tonight 萧总，夫人让你今晚睡书房 Little Fish Boiled in Water水煮小鱼鱼Modern Romance665k WordsCompleted “The Pursuit of a Wife After Losing Her” + “A Heartbreaking Romance” When Mu Zhixia was five, she was as spoiled as a little princess, the only light on the long road traveled by Mu Jingheng and Xiao Xulin. But later, in the name of protecting her, Mu Jingheng married her off to his subordinate. On their wedding night, the groom fled, making her a laughingstock throughout the Dongli Kingdom. Meanwhile, Mu Jingheng turned around and decided to marry the person she hated most. She struggled and fo 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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   When faced with two choices, she was always the one who got dumped. I cried at the end. 😢

10. 560 这 He’s Clearly Powerful, Yet He Insists on Messing with His Loli Master 这个人明明很强却偏要坑萝莉师傅 A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Archmage Lin En transmigrated to another world. To keep the gods from treating him like a crop to be harvested, he disguised himself as a mage apprentice in Winter Spring Valley and decided to stay under the radar until he reached max level. But who could have guessed that his loli master could hear his thoughts? “Disciple, what do you think of this forbidden spell of mine?” [Kindergarten-level stuff. I don't even know if one splash of water could hurt anyone.] “Disciple, with five hundred more 31.1kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves

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    This book was okay at first, but later on, every time I saw the protagonist laugh, I felt really uncomfortable.

11. 561 穿 I Became a Fan Favorite After Reincarnating as a Gloomy Idol 穿成阴郁偶像后我成了万人迷 Favoritism Candy偏心糖Two Male Leads504k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, two male leads, entertainment-industry comeback, power couple, happy ending] Xie Jiangshi got into a car accident. When he woke up, he found himself in the body of someone named Su Bei, who seemed to be the very person responsible for running him over. Worse still, this body belonged to the visual center of VENT, a five-member boy band currently at the height of its popularity. Su Bei was a scandal-plagued pretty boy, rumored to be a kept man and a homewrecker, mocked for dragging the 3.7kReads9.2Score545Shelves
12. 562 再 Smile When We Say Goodbye 再见也要微笑 Jiu Ziyue玖紫璃月Modern Romance870k WordsCompleted [Mutual healing + reunion after a long separation + both reaching for each other + revenge] [Xu Nuo: A seemingly fragile, beloved girl, but secretly a formidable woman bent on revenge. She has a secret identity as a gaming genius, Win.] [Cheng Xu: A seemingly frivolous playboy, but actually a devoted and loyal young tycoon.] No one knows whether an accident or tomorrow will come first… An accident six years ago changed Xu Nuo’s life beyond recognition. She went from being adored by everyone 309Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead loves to laugh; her eyes crinkle sweetly when she smiles. She always uses laughter to hide her inferiority complex and sadness—a faint sadness within her sweet smile.

13. 563 枪 Gunfire in the Mountains 枪响于山林 Cherry Blossoms Fading Gently樱桃微谢Two Male Leads443k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance + mystery + angst + bad ending] [A ruthless, cold-blooded undercover agent with a split personality, quick to change his tune and endlessly talkative versus a stoic, softhearted, highly intelligent narcotics officer who’s as wooden as they come] Wen Shan was once Lin Mo’s best friend, and his only one. But the 0612 narcotics case in Taizhou when they were fifteen suddenly made him the son of the man who had killed Lin Mo’s father. Sixteen years later, they meet again. Lin Mo, 876Reads8.1Score101Shelves

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    I cried so much

14. 564 生 Countdown to the End: I Face It with a Smile 生命倒计时，我笑着面对 Fengxi Chuang枫溪创Urban169k WordsCompleted After Xiao Chen’s parents left to work away from home when he was little, they vanished without a trace. His grandmother raised him, and with his excellent grades and kind nature, he was the well-behaved child everyone adored! But fate loves to toy with people. Just a few months before the college entrance exam, Xiao Chen was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer and given only three months to live. Then fate played another cruel joke: the cancer spread, cutting those three months down to two. 826Reads6.6Score120Shelves
15. 565 尘 Fragrance of Dust, Like the Days of Old 尘香如顾 Quan Xin荃昕9k WordsCompleted The Scent of Dust, Like You 513Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 566 渣 My Ex-Girlfriends Beg for Forgiveness After My Diary Exposes What a Jerk I Was 渣男日记被曝光，前女友哭求原谅 Cat-Crazy宠猫狂魔Urban418k WordsCompleted Lin Luoxue, the only queen of the entertainment industry in Daxia! In four years since her debut, she released ninety-nine songs, and all ninety-nine became massive hits. Her many musical styles were even praised for having advanced Daxia’s music scene by nearly a century! But at the launch of her hundredth new song, Lin Luoxue suddenly changed the subject and revealed that she once had a scumbag ex-boyfriend who made her life a living hell! He was a vile man who cheated her out of money, used h 657Reads8.4Score102Shelves
17. 567 我 Singing for a Living in a World of Immortals 我在修仙世界卖唱讨生活 The Past Is Smoke往事如烟Eastern Fantasy308k WordsCompleted I sang “Tears Behind Bars” in the prison cell and “Ten Kneels for Father and Mother” for the demon lord. Don't think I'm all that impressive. I'm just trying to stay alive. I've been kind my whole life and never done a single bad thing, yet none of life's hardships have spared me. The world is a fine place, but I won't be coming back in my next life. A kind young man had hoped to spend an ordinary life singing for a living. But after being deceived and betrayed time and again, he was led down a 1.1kReads8.9Score122Shelves

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    The protagonist sings to survive, but he's forced into it by some unfortunate circumstances.

18. 568 等 Waiting for You to Turn Around and Say You Love Me 等你回头说爱我 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads151k WordsCompleted [Boys' love + emotional torment + physical torment + a perfect deception + innocent on the outside, dark within + obsessive and twisted + bad ending + strong characters + yandere] No one is simple. Please don't look at people too naively, especially those who seem harmless. Shen Yan is the child of a wealthy family. In other people's eyes, he's nothing but a commodity with a price tag, something to be passed around and bullied at will. He tries with all his might to learn how to love others and 881Reads9.2Score118Shelves
19. 569 一 Not Going Crazy for a Whole Minute Is Pretty Impressive [Online Romance] 一分钟不发疯也很厉害啦【网恋】 CVCFGQTTTwo Male Leads100k WordsCompleted Sharp-tongued, short-tempered, straightforward top x twisted, gloomy bottom who crawls around in the dark Zhou You is the top, Lin Yuanshu is the bottom Blurb One: [Zhou You]: My boyfriend shaved his head. When he regrets it and starts crying, how should I comfort him? [Qi Xiaotian]: Nice. [Zhou You]: Get lost. I’m being serious. I’m asking you: how do I comfort him when he regrets it? [Qi Xiaotian]: Brother Zhou, do you see me dating anyone right now? Blurb Two: At first, Lin Yuanshu felt n 9Reads8.5Score—Shelves
20. 570 不 Aren't We Supposed to Be Enemies? Why Are You Kissing and Hugging Me? 不是死对头吗？怎么对我又亲又抱 Xiangxiang Beibei香香贝贝Two Male Leads179k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + both devoted to each other + both each other’s first love + younger top + happy ending] After a serious injury, Xie Qingshi loses his memory. When he wakes up, the only thing he remembers is that his sworn enemy, Shen Xingye, is his husband. The first time he sees Shen Xingye after losing his memory, Xie Qingshi rushes over, clings to him, and coquettishly says, “Honey, why did you take so long to come get me?” That one word, “Honey,” leaves straight man Shen Xingye utterly stu 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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21. 571 他 His Little Fool Doesn't Cry Anymore 他的小傻子不爱哭了 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [BL + both pure + angst + just rated] In a corner of Shengying Noble High School, there was always a figure named Su Nian. As the illegitimate son the Su family kept hidden from the world, he had suffered a childhood accident that left him with a brain injury. He was always half a beat slower than everyone else, and his clear eyes were often filled with timid confusion. When classmates mocked and shoved him, all he could do was tear up, like a little beast nobody wanted. In the hallway, Su Nian 9.2kReads9.3Score692Shelves

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    Highly recommend!!!

22. 572 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Went Crazy After Being Forced to Keep Up Appearances 盗墓：被迫营业后就疯了 Mu Xing Yu牧星宇Mystery428k WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding + Comedy + Emotionally Unstable Heroine + Reincarnated Through a Borrowed Corpse + Equal-Opportunity Chaos for Everyone + Her Goal Is to Drive Everyone Around Her Crazy + Original Character Background (No Need to Take It Seriously) + OOC Warning (The Author Has Lost It) + Don't Take the Plot Seriously (The Plot Is Trying Its Best, the Characters Are Already Broken) + CP: Hei Ye + Read the Blurb Before You Decide to Dive In] Zhang Haiyue seriously suspects that the King of Hell hook 353Reads9.1Score100Shelves

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    Fans of the Tomb Raider Chronicles might enjoy this. The female lead suffers from severe depression but is also very cheerful and somewhat eccentric. She and Hei Xiazi are a couple.

23. 573 指 Finger Bone 指骨 Flying Bull Straight Hero飞牛直侠Two Male Leads84k WordsCompleted [Warning: questionable values] I have no name. As far back as I can remember, I've been a dog. Because my sense of smell and hearing are naturally sharp, a human trafficker kept me by his side. No one cared how old I was. I was probably a little older than Song Junlan when I met him. He had been sold to a wealthy family to live as their young master. We met again because I was given a job and offered a huge sum of money: Song Junlan's sister had hired someone to kill him. 43Reads8.5Score—Shelves
24. 574 穿 I Became the Beloved Child Who Died Young 穿成早夭的团宠 June Flying Flames六月飞火Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No main CP, side CPs + everyone’s darling + doomed early-death white moonlight] At the Main God’s request, the System Zhaozhao travels to different worlds as a quick transmigrator, completing missions. His journey through life begins, and one legend after another unfolds. He is the exceptionally gifted divine son of the solemn God Realm. He is the beloved little prince of the lonely Underworld. He is the Black-Bellied Immortal Venerable’s one and only sword spirit. He is the Buddhist son, older 24.7kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

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    ♻️The male protagonist is clearly heartbroken but hides it with a smile. In each world, he becomes the apple of his family's eye, showered with love and affection. Here, he becomes a boy or a cub, but in each world, no matter how much others try to keep him, he dies young.

25. 575 无 Infinite Life: Trapped in a Lifetime 无限人生：被困在了一生的时间里 Ten Thousand a Day一天一万Urban1.3M WordsCompleted He had once been an explorer, a war correspondent, a business genius, and the king of investment. He had also been a notorious war profiteer, a world-famous charlatan and prophet. He was also the greatest composer and novelist of the century. And a materials scientist, a physicist, a giant in the history of science... Countless times, in countless different ways, he had stood at the pinnacle of the world. Only he knew any of it, however, before he broke through the limits of a single lifetime. U 23.9kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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    The protagonist might not be able to laugh at all, because he has been reborn too many times and has seen too much danger. If the female lead hadn't fallen in love with the male lead every time, he would have really lost his way. The female lead is like a dot in the chaotic currents of time for the male lead.

26. 576 救 Help! The Top Assassin My Policewoman Wife Is Hunting Is Me 救命警花老婆要抓的顶尖杀手是我 Long Song Hometown长歌故里Urban670k WordsOngoing At the dawn of the world, twelve spiritual stones from heaven and earth transformed into the twelve Zodiac rings. Whoever possesses one gains tremendous powers! He Chuan, codename K, is the top assassin in the elite organization known as the Twelve Assassins, and the best killer in the world. He is the owner of the Dragon King Ring. Tired of his life as an assassin, he resolutely decides to leave the organization, only to be betrayed by the organization and the apprentice he trained. At the crit 153Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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    It can only be said that the male lead had a very tragic childhood, and he appears to be unserious on the surface.

27. 577 两 Two Branches 两枝桠头 Lychee Sweet Without a Branch荔不枝甜Two Male Leads101k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + salvation + tragic romance + tragic ending] Before meeting Li Chu, Jiang Ge planned to live until he was twenty, then end his own life. They were each other's only reason to keep living. From a narrow crack, they fought desperately to catch a glimpse of the light. But just as their lives were getting back on track, the arrival of their adoptive father shattered their fragile peace. The night Jiang Ge was struck in a vital spot, he whispered in Li Chu's right ear, “Chuchu, I 139Reads8.0Score100Shelves
28. 578 谁 Who Says I Don't Like You? 谁说我讨厌你啦？ Like a Scene, Like Brocade似景似锦Modern Romance110k WordsOngoing "I like him more than anyone, and I hate him more than anyone." -[Sweet and angsty, high school romance, healing, two top students Content warning: The female lead has suicidal tendencies, depression, and anxiety] At first, they couldn't stand each other. Until her deliberate efforts to keep her distance started getting under his skin, so he deliberately kept making his presence felt around her. Through his efforts, he succeeded in falling for her. And she became unable to live without him. But 32Reads—Score109Shelves

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    [Smiling][Smiling][Sending heart][Sending heart][Smiling][Crying][Covering face][Crying][Crying]

29. 579 糊 A Washed-Up Star Is Reborn, and My Nemesis Is Acting Strange 糊咖重生，死对头他有点不对劲 Dongfang Xiao Shisan东方萧十三Two Male Leads267k WordsCompleted [Male-Male Romance + Both Reborn + Showbiz + Mutual Unrequited Love + Finding Their Way to Each Other + Happy Ending] [Main story complete] A bottom who can’t stop acting up and would die if he didn’t VS a top who comes back to life with his wife-protecting instincts maxed out Shi Qing suffers from a severe mood disorder. He lost control and died at Sheng Yanhuan’s awards ceremony. The whole internet exploded. Because Shi Qing and Sheng Yanhuan were widely known as sworn enemies in showbiz. [Shi 931Reads9.3Score154Shelves

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    Highly recommended!

30. 580 等 When the Wind Turns Warm 等风变暖了 Little Fish Loves Fries小鱼爱吃薯条Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion + love that grows over time + sweet campus romance + happy ending] After being bullied into transferring schools, Shen Yu quickly hit it off with the boys and girls in his new class thanks to his larger-than-life personality, and soon he was thriving like never before. The infamous school bully begged in a hushed voice, “Dad, please lend me your math homework to copy. Just this once!” Even the renowned “Young Master Xu” of Gongzhou had to proclaim, “We welcome Your Majesty! Long 838Reads9.3Score129Shelves

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    Shen Yu was clearly bullied, and her life was clearly very difficult, yet she faced it all with a smile. She was also very repressed at home, but at school she acted as if nothing was wrong, more optimistic than everyone else—but that was just a facade.

31. 581 深 Judgment in the Deep Dark 深暗审判 Dao Qing刀清Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Slow-Burn Supernatural Mystery] [For Detail Lovers] [No Female Lead] [No Romance] [No System] [Not Mindless] [The Protagonist Is a Vengeful Ghost] When other people see a ghost: Kill it! When Gu Mo sees a ghost: Food! I'm a crazy, eccentric person, and there's something wrong with my mind. (I love putting on an act. I want to make sure no one, including everyone watching, can figure out what I'm really like.) Can someone from another world survive here? Will the personalitie 60Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Previous] Protagonist: I'm fine (smiling) Teammate: That's good. [Later, when they learn the protagonist's identity and see into the protagonist's heart through someone] Protagonist: I'm fine (smiling) Teammate: That's good. (Thinking: I don't believe it, I absolutely can't believe it, I absolutely, absolutely, absolutely can't believe it) [Chapter 22: Case solved in the beginning, Chapter 22: Supernatural events and ghosts in the end, tag error]

32. 582 原 Genshin Impact: I Played Dottore! 原神：我演了多托雷！ City of Delusions臆想城Anime Fanfiction612k WordsCompleted [Hidden Yandere | Master of Acting | Most Devout Believer] The protagonist is something of a lady-killer. The original title of this book was Genshin Impact: I Played Dottore! Si Yan, an original male protagonist. The nominal No. 0 Harbinger, “The Believer.” A “connector” for a civilian organization that has infiltrated every corner of the continent. The star of entertainment news: “Dottore’s Boyfriend,” “Pierro’s Beloved Grandson,” “The Tsaritsa’s Nepotism Hire,” and more... The Regrator st 1.5kReads8.8Score199Shelves

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    This book is perfect, even its title contains the character for "knife" (though there aren't many like it, though).

33. 583 泛 Daydreams Run Wild 泛滥白日梦 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads190k WordsCompleted #He told me he loved me 365 times, but not a single one was true# Rekindled romance / loving and hurting each other / a balanced mix of sweet and angsty / HE / groveling to win her back / slight sci-fi Flirtatious, spoiled crown prince vs. cold, withdrawn patient Amnesiac, goofy at first, then a sickly, possessive puppy-like lover vs. aloof genius beauty I found a little dog in a garbage dump. Later, he became my boyfriend. The handsome guy hauling bricks at the construction site is my boyfrie 269Reads9.4Score106Shelves
34. 584 心 May Your Heart's Desires Bring You Peace, Day and Night 心有所妄，朝暮皆安 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted With a Heart Full of Longing, Peace in Every Dawn and Dusk 313Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 585 规 Rule Horror: All of You, Turn into Birds 规则怪谈：你们都给我变鸟 I Eat Crayfish我吃小龙虾Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [No heroine + mystery-solving + brains over brawn + interstellar + livestreaming + national destiny + power fantasy] Rules-based horror descends upon Earth. Those selected are sent into a bizarre world to face challenges on behalf of their respective countries. While every other contestant fights for their country, one gentle young man says his wish is for everyone to get along peacefully. Everyone: "Peaceful my ass! Do you think this is kindergarten?" Then they watch as this mild-mannered young 14kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    He had never wronged anyone else in the world, nor had he wronged anyone, but he had never been kind to himself, never been kind to the one who only had eyes for him, the one who could smile and say, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt," even after he had cruelly killed him countless times. Blue Star could exist without anyone, but it could not exist without Shen Luo. He, hanging high above everyone, shining like the moon, was not a god, but surpassed all gods. Because gods may not pity the suffering of all beings, but he did. Gods do not fall into hell, but he would. Gods would not act so ruthlessly, but he would. He never allowed anyone to worship him as a god, and always emphasized that he was not a god. But in everyone's hearts, he was a god, a god without question.

36. 586 虽 Though Undying, I Am Powerless 虽为不死，却是无力 bmodSci-Fi & Apocalypse675k WordsCompleted Wasteland, post-apocalypse, transmigration, comedy, sci-fi, fantasy, and xuanhuan. No female lead. It probably isn't an invincible protagonist story, though in a way, it kind of is. Zhang Sheng, an immortal who cannot die, was sunk beneath the sea in concrete. After a long passage of time, he escapes by chance and discovers that the world has changed beyond recognition. Civilization has collapsed, and the world has become a wasteland. I've borrowed a few ideas from Zhou, but it shouldn't count 176Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Behind the protagonist's carefree and cheerful demeanor lies a sense of loss tinged with vicissitudes and helplessness.

37. 587 现 A Modern Female Rogue Cultivator's Astral Travels 现代女散修的元神漫游记 Fan Yishan梵一善Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted A female rogue cultivator from the city wanders into a ruined temple and unexpectedly finds a strange book capable of revealing the universe's ultimate secrets. From then on, she can leave her body in spirit form and encounters all kinds of supernatural events in the city. She often befriends the Black and White Impermanence, thinking she is about to ascend, but this wildly imaginative astral adventure through the city has only just begun! It turns out there are all sorts of ways to cultivate bo 73Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    The knife came, "The immortal stroked my head, bestowing upon me immortality." To protect the heroine, the Radiant Immortal burned his primordial spirit, smashing through the data barrier and vanishing into nothingness... I cried so loudly!!!

38. 588 夫 Madam Says She Only Has a Few Secret Identities 夫人说，她真的只有亿点马甲 Joyful Words Through the Years岁语长欢Modern Romance333k WordsCompleted [Secret identities + feel-good revenge + alternate setting + sweet romance + putting scoundrels in their place + devoted couple + a touch of sci-fi + no logic.] {A seemingly innocent, harmless smiling King of Hell with a hidden crazy streak vs. an aloof beauty with the makings of a puppy-like, utterly devoted husband} Smitten by his good looks, Shen Tangzhi helped the head of the Wen family when he was in danger. She thought they would never cross paths again after they each returned to the capi 122Reads8.4Score102Shelves

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    That's right, this is the book. The female lead's face only shows a smile or a blank expression; she's all offense and no defense, unparalleled in the world! I, Shen Xiaoye, am awesome!!! Let's look at the opening: "Little friend, slow down, the ground is slippery, be careful not to fall." "No rush, the night is still long, let's play slowly." Lancheng, 2 AM. In the stormy night, in an alleyway, a fierce-looking, scarred man frantically runs, glancing back every now and then. Amidst lightning and thunder, a girl wearing a black raincoat stands on a rooftop, languidly and casually playing with a gun in her hand. Half her face is hidden under the brim of her hat, the curve of her lips unrestrained and arrogant.

39. 589 穿 Transmigrated as a Senior Sister, I Go Full Crazy; My Junior Sister Plays the Victim, and I Put on an Act 穿成师姐当疯批，师妹卖惨我装哔 Yi A Ya一啊鸭Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted I’m the most high-risk senior sister in a cultivation clan. I spent seventy years working hard at sword practice, only for a junior sister with a beloved-by-everyone System to appear and skewer me in one blow. Her System needed to steal my good fortune, so all she had to do was crook a finger and my fellow disciples became her devoted lackeys, isolating me. I discovered she was in contact with the Demon King. My master and the Demon Venerable thought I talked too much, so they had her strangle m 3.7kReads8.8Score510Shelves

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    ① Lan Yu is truly a good person. At 16, he was considered an omen of bad luck by his father, so his entire body was covered in nails. Later, he made a deal with the Heavenly Dao and became its dog. He raised several dogs, but they were killed by cultivators. He wanted revenge, but the Heavenly Dao stopped him again. In the end, all his friends and subordinates died. Only then did he unleash his killing spree. Lan Wang is truly, truly a good person. ② Xiao Tao has experienced too much, three lifetimes. He was heartbroken when each of his disciples died, but he never said anything, and you never know when the author will throw in a flashback.

40. 590 从 A Journey to Another World That Begins as a Slime 从史莱姆开始的异界之旅 Why Say So Much何必言深Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsCompleted I got bound to a divine-gift System from the start. The System spirit, Aila, claims to be the Goddess of Time. Why is she clinging to me? “Are you male or female?” “Jerk! I'm so cute, of course I'm a girl!” Who would have thought that the seemingly harmless Demon Slime in front of me could evolve until it devoured the entire world? “Uh, the contract needs a drop of blood? That'll hurt...” And so, with my knowledge of a thousand classic tropes from other worlds, my journey in another world be 15.5kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves

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    Story Synopsis: Believe me, in this book, the protagonist, despite his best efforts to be kind to others in his past life, ended up betrayed and abandoned by everyone. This was because he helped someone who didn't trust him obtain the Heart of the Gods. When this demon king returned, he was afraid of the dark! He was constantly laughing and simultaneously heartbroken, trying his best to be kind to others, yet afraid…of them leaving him, afraid of the dark, afraid of loneliness. You truly will miss out on a great book if you don't read this. Recommendation Rating: 999999999999999999

41. 591 穿 Transmigrated as the Villain’s Younger Brother, I Became Everyone’s Darling by Being Ridiculous 穿成反派他弟，靠沙雕苟成团宠 It's San San, Duck是散散鸭Modern Romance899k WordsOngoing [No romance + ensemble cast + campus life + wealthy families + transmigrate into a book + a little bit of group doting + System + goofy everyday antics] [Original title: Transmigrating as the Villain’s Little Brother, I Became Everyone’s Favorite by Being a Goofball] Fang Zhou transmigrates into an old-school romance novel as the cannon-fodder younger brother of the big bad. His only purpose is to help the male and female leads’ younger siblings get together. He wants to help his cheap brother t 11.2kReads9.1Score707Shelves

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    I guess so!

42. 592 诡 Eerie Game NPC: I Carry the Fate of All Humanity 诡异游戏NPC，我背负了全人类 Moonlight Tea明月茶Mystery855k WordsCompleted [Contains many scenes of illness and frailty. Proceed with caution.] Gu Heqing transmigrates one day and discovers he has become an NPC in a horror game. Humans keep entering the game world, while the real world is gradually being dragged into it. The livestreams show people dying horribly, and he is somehow connected to a “god” whose nature he cannot begin to understand… He has no idea where to go from here. But when he finally comes to his senses, he seems to have... become humanity’s onl 4.7kReads9.0Score572Shelves

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    Kazama...

43. 593 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Became the Beloved of My Four Older Brothers 穿越后拥有四个哥哥的我成了团宠 Leisurely Tao陶陶闲人Two Male Leads311k WordsCompleted Su Qingmian is reborn and now has four beastman brothers. Do you have four enormous beastman brothers like that? Sorry, he does. When Su Qingmian is wronged at school, his eldest, second, third, and fourth brothers show up there with swords in hand! Elegant and refined eldest brother: With me here, who dares bully Qingmian? Short-tempered and fiercely protective second brother: Get lost. Qingmian is not someone you can bully. Free-spirited third brother: See the sword in my hand? You dare set yo 700Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist in the early part is a reckless and impulsive young man full of passion, wanting to get justice for his girlfriend and gain her family's acceptance. Later, the protagonist takes his girlfriend's place, feeling heartbroken and with nowhere to turn, he can only drown his sorrows in alcohol, using laughter to mask his grief. Overall, the plot is fast-paced and worth watching.

44. 594 明 I Know You Came to Use Me, Yet I'm Still Willing to Take the Bait 明知你来利用我，我还愿意上钩 Chen Mulan陈慕澜Urban176k WordsCompleted The Gao Group is plunged into a cash-flow crisis after an overseas project fails, and its chairman, Gao Zhenxiong, collapses from a heart attack. His eldest son, Gao Tingyu, takes charge of the wreckage, only to realize that the sole person who can save the company is Shu Hancheng, founder of Hanhai Capital: a shrewd capital hunter who built his fortune from scratch. But Shu Hancheng remains cool toward the Gao Group’s overtures. Gao Tingyu comes up with a bargaining chip: his younger sister, Ga 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A love so intense and painful, she didn't know what to call this relationship... She thought it would get better with time. She waited for him to calm down, for him to come back, for that door to reopen, but she wasn't sure how long she would have to wait—eight months? A year? Maybe longer. Maybe it would never end. [Upvote][Upvote]

45. 595 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves

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    Later in the story, when the protagonist's friends and loved ones die or leave, he appears cheerful on the surface, but is actually deeply saddened.

46. 596 盗 Tomb Raiding: Reborn as the Wu Family’s Twin 盗墓之穿成吴家双生子 Beneath the Hibiscus木槿花下Mystery168k WordsOngoing A derivative fanfiction based on The Lost Tomb series (Note: born into the story as a baby + has a System + no romance). Wu You is bound to a System after an accident and transported into the world of The Lost Tomb, where he becomes one of the twin grandchildren of the Wu family from the Nine Gates, and Wu Xie’s younger brother. Everyone in the underworld knows the Wu family has a well-protected child named Wu Xie, but they don’t know that the family had twins back then. For reasons unknown, the 795Reads7.4Score104Shelves
47. 597 揪 How Heartbreaking! Sir, Your Sheng Bao Is a Tear Gas Bomb 揪心！先生您的笙宝是催泪瓦斯 White Robe Hall白衣殿Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance, Mutual Devotion and Strength, Reincarnation into Another Body, Secret Identity, Healing] Two years ago, she stopped his car, covered in wounds. Two years later, she climbed over his wall and through his window. Once he realized who she was, he could no longer hold back. Holding his precious darling close, he murmured, “Shengsheng, I’ve missed you so much~” “Sunshine, give me a hug~” “Sunshine, come cuddle~” He hadn’t spoiled her for long before a whole string of powerful figures 132Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    It's an obscure book, but Sheng Bao really breaks my heart. She carries everything on her own, giving all her smiles to others. Don't look at the ratings; they seem to have been maliciously lowered.

48. 598 叶 Ye Luoli: Master of the Life Pavilion 叶罗丽生息阁阁主 Crow Wilds, Light Rain鸦野微雨Anime Fanfiction106k WordsCompleted [First published exclusively on Tomato on July 14; signed on July 23] [New character] [Somewhat of a sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside type, but kind] [Leans toward a beautiful, strong, tragic character] [Two male leads; the love interest has three fragmented incarnations (four in reality)] [Original setting: Beyond the Immortal Realm, the Book of History] -A thousand years ago, the guardians of Jiuzhou protected generations of peace, while the Book of History, which maintained the world’ 827Reads8.0Score106Shelves

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    It's really super gentle, but the beginning is a bit heartbreaking.

49. 599 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Gave Up, but My Target Started Pursuing Me Instead 穿越后摆烂我被攻略对象反攻略了 Jiang Li Jiang Li江黎姜离Two Male Leads1.4M WordsOngoing Dual male leads, everyone's favorite, cultivation, System, angst first and sweetness later, reincarnation, amnesia, twists. I transmigrated into a hidden extra, and not just any extra, but a crucial one! The original story never even mentioned me! The calamity that will destroy the world is fast approaching, yet the System's missions are utterly baffling. Am I supposed to form a friendship bond with the child of destiny? Or win over the world-ending villain? And there's more than one child of de 437Reads9.4Score110Shelves

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    The protagonist is depressed, but he keeps pretending that nothing is wrong.

50. 600 长 Immortal for Eternity, I Come, I See, I Am Invincible 长生万古，我来我见我无敌 Old Ghost Trapped in the Mountains囚山老鬼Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted There was an old man at the Heavenly Sword Dao Sect who brought back an eleven-year-old mortal boy from the ancient burial grounds of Heaven. From that day on, the world learned what it meant to truly sweep across the ages and be invincible beneath the heavens! The boy, Gu Changsheng, turned his back on all living beings and murmured softly: "If you do not cultivate, seeing me is like a frog in a well gazing at the moon in the sky." "If you do cultivate, seeing me is like a mayfly gazing at the 34.5kReads8.0Score2.3kShelves

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    💫The protagonist of this book is absolutely the strongest in the entire internet, starting at max level. Invincible below the immortals? Sorry, invincible even above the immortals! The protagonist is an old man from the Heavenly Sword Dao Sect who brought out an eleven-year-old mortal boy from the Burial Ground. 🌾From then on, the world understood what it truly meant to sweep across the ages, invincible under heaven! The young Gu Changsheng, with his back to all living beings, murmured softly: "If you don't cultivate, seeing me is like a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky." "If you cultivate, seeing me is like a mayfly seeing the blue sky."

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