The Male Lead Is the Female Lead’s Lover or Concubine, One-on-One Romance, Preferably Not a Matriarchal Setting 男主是女主外室或妾室，1V1，最好不是女尊

1. 51 青 The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 青乌秘录之风水师 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 80Reads—Score1214d adds
2. 52 被 After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Expose a Shocking Scam by a Top Tycoon Family 被全网唾骂后，我曝光了顶级豪门的惊天骗局 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Exposed a Shocking Scam by a Top-Ranking Family 247Reads—Score1114d adds
3. 53 我 My Overbearing Wife 我的老婆霸道大人 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted My Wife, the Overbearing Lady 167Reads—Score614d adds
4. 54 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 山海经·大荒归墟 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Female-Channel Fanfiction16k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 127Reads—Score914d adds
5. 55 春 A Spring Breeze Brings Beauty 春风渡佳人 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted Spring Breeze Carries a Beauty Across 1.6kReads—Score4614d adds
6. 56 大 The Great Sage Returns: I Just Sealed the Demon Ancestor, and the Jade Emperor Made Me Emperor 大圣归：我刚镇魔祖，玉帝就封禅 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Eastern Fantasy127k WordsCompleted Sun Wukong shattered his own divine bones to forge a lock, sealing the Demon Ancestor Rahu as he tried to break through the Chaos. The Jade Emperor descended with the gods and Buddhas of the heavens. Facing Pangu’s remnant soul, returned from the void, and Nuwa’s sacred statue, he claimed to have slain the Demon Ancestor with the Haotian Mirror. In his previous life, Wukong exposed the truth in anger, only for Heaven to accuse him of “slandering the Supreme One.” They locked him in the Golden He 133Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 57 我 My Silly Girlfriend, Little Rabbit 我的傻子女友小兔 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Modern Romance175k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Is a Sweet, Naive Fool… 279Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 58 撩 I Flirted With a Cool, Handsome Scholar to Pass the Time. You're Saying He's the Crown Prince? 撩个清冷书生解闷，你说他是太子殿下？ Ling Zhaozhao令昭昭Ancient Romance689k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, career-minded heroine + two men vying for her + second male lead's long road to winning her back] After her fiancé went off to war, Xie Lingshu flirted with a poor scholar. He might have been poor, but he was truly handsome. Unfortunately, her fiancé came back. “Shen Chenghe, let's end this.” As a proper young lady of a great family, Xie Lingshu knew love couldn't compare to money. She never expected her fiancé to disregard the marriage alliance between their families and swagger 156Reads5.5Score10214d adds

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   The male protagonist travels incognito to the south of the Yangtze River, where he is taken advantage of by the female protagonist as a poor scholar. After their encounter, he is cruelly abandoned. On the surface, the male protagonist claims to hate her, but in reality, he is still deeply in love with her.

9. 59 忆 Remembering My Reckless Youth, I Regret It All 忆起年少轻狂时，悔不当初 Ximen Xue, Who Likes Snake Gourds喜欢瓜蒌的西门雪Ancient Romance274k WordsOngoing Not every woman who transmigrates gets a cheat. For her, every step is like walking on thin ice. No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger. Her only advantage is having lived one lifetime more than the people of ancient times. Her mother told her to disguise herself as a boy, so she did for fifteen years. When her older brother died of illness, she lived on in his place. At sixteen, she borrowed seed to bear a child. She arranged for her deceased older brother to marry her sworn brother 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The female protagonist, oppressed as the emperor's concubine, vows to fight back.

10. 60 穿 Reborn as a General’s Money-Grubbing Concubine, She Has Eight Hundred Schemes 穿成将军财迷妾，她有八百个心眼 Qi Xiaoke柒小可Ancient Romance46k WordsOngoing A miserly concubine with eight hundred schemes vs. a scheming, abstinent general #LegitimateDaughterAsConcubine #Transmigration #Money-Grubber #OneAndOnly #Comedy #Scheming After transmigrating into the role of a general's concubine, Shen Yue used her "twin sisters" trick to push the limits of just how much trouble she could get into. She was all about making money and repeatedly embarrassing herself, relying on one all-purpose mantra: "I'm Shen Rou!" The general lifted her chin. "Oh? I had no i —Reads—Score—14d adds

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11. 61 穿 Transmigrated as a Marquis's Concubine, My Lord, Don't Come Near Me! 穿成侯府妾室，侯爷你别过来呀！ Sen Ke Jiu Ai森可就爱Ancient Romance613k WordsCompleted Medicine + transmigration + medical space Su Qing was a chief physician in the 21st century. By a stroke of misfortune, she transmigrated into the body of a concubine-born daughter in a general’s household. She married into a marquis’s estate alongside her legitimate elder sister and became a concubine. She planned to run away in secret, never realizing that Marquis Jiang Weiyang had always loved her. Relying on her medical skills and intelligence, she made her way from a lowly concubine-born da 395Reads9.1Score10314d adds
12. 62 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score10714d adds

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    Sparks fly as the young exorcist goes to the city to outwit a traitor.

13. 63 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 706Reads7.0Score—14d adds
14. 64 六 The Violent Woman of the Sixties Takes on Everyone 六零暴力女干翻全场 Ying Jinchuan, Who Loves He Tang Red Cranes喜欢鹤塘红的应金川Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Keywords: Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Revenge, Rise to Success in the 1960s After a starship explosion sent her from a monster-infested interstellar world, Jiang Sidong opened her eyes in the body of a young girl in 1959. Her original self had been literally tormented to death by her paternal aunt’s family, and the three years of famine had only just begun. She looked at the cracked earth, and at people driven to sell their sons and daughters for a piece of tree bark... As she cultivated her p 8.6kReads8.4Score85214d adds
15. 65 神 The Divine Lord Pursues His Child: A Sect Elder Runs Away While Pregnant 神君追子：宗门长老带球跑 Mountain Traces山踪12k WordsCompleted The Divine Lord Pursues His Child: A Sect Elder Runs Away While Pregnant 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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    #WifeChasingIntoHell#AnonymousCuteBaby#HilariousEx-BoyfriendSneaksAwayAfterBorrowingAnIssuedtoHaveAChildAndRunsAway, LeavingTheOthersWithABagOfSpiritStonesAsAreARefund. But He's Caught Red-Handed in the Carriage with a Baby in the Carriage. His Ex-Boyfriend Sneers: "You call your dad 'Dad,' and your uncle 'Uncle' too?"

16. 66 魔 The Demon Lord Is a Natural at Raising Kids 魔尊他带娃真香了 Mountain Traces山踪29k WordsCompleted The Demon Lord Is a Natural at Raising Kids 26Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 67 后 Houyi's Daughter Takes the Heavenly Court and Showbiz by Storm 后羿之女，卷翻天庭娱乐圈 Mountain Traces山踪Female-Channel Fanfiction20k WordsCompleted Hou Yi’s daughter takes the entertainment world of the Heavenly Court by storm 5Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 68 我 I Work as a Jailor in the Immortal Realm 我在仙界蹲大牢 Mountain Traces山踪10k WordsCompleted I’m Doing Time in the Immortal Realm —Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 69 妖 The Demon Waited for Her to Come of Age, but She Flirted With the Young Hero 妖孽等她成年，她却撩了少侠 Mountain Traces山踪9k WordsCompleted The Demon Waited for Her to Come of Age, but She Made a Move on the Young Hero 10Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 70 地 The Underworld Is 1,200 Years Late 地府迟到一千二百年 Mountain Traces山踪7k WordsCompleted The Underworld Was 1,200 Years Late —Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 71 我 My Beauty Salon Is a Hit in the Cultivation World 我的美容院火爆修仙界 Mountain Traces山踪29k WordsCompleted My Beauty Salon Is Taking the Cultivation World by Storm 1Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 72 三 Three Lives Through Reincarnation, All for You 三入轮回只为卿 Mountain Traces山踪18k WordsCompleted Three Times Through Reincarnation, All for You 1Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 73 明 The Bright Moon Seals Three Lifetimes 明月定三生 Mountain Traces山踪38k WordsCompleted The Bright Moon Decides Three Lifetimes 1Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 74 上 Immortal, Your Lounge Singer Was Always Your Beloved 上仙，驻唱女本是你心尖宠 Mountain Traces山踪19k WordsCompleted Immortal, the Lounge Singer Was Once the Apple of Your Eye 3Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 75 血 The True Vampire Son-in-Law 血族真婿 Mountain Traces山踪23k WordsCompleted The Blood Clan's True Son-in-Law 10Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 76 外 The Outer Wife 外室之妻 Every Inch Is Gold寸寸金Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Gu Zheng was at her wit’s end with the way her stepmother kept causing trouble. Even though the man looked down on her, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and marry him. She thought she was destined to be a supporting female character in this world, so she lived by the rules and knew her place. Then, in the blink of an eye, her husband turned out to be the Duke’s illegitimate son! He was about to be acknowledged by the family and become the young duke, but the ducal household looked down on 1.1kReads9.0Score32814d adds

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    This is a 1v1 story with no female-dominated society. The male lead is born out of wedlock, but he uses his strategy and deep affection to turn the tables on the female lead. He remains devoted to her and breaks free from the constraints of their social status, writing a story of mutual love.

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