Looking for Stories With a Cunning, Underhanded Male Lead Who Knows How to Play His Cards and Scheme 想看男主心机 蔫儿坏 有手段 有城府的文

1. 551 女 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban668k WordsCompleted Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.3kReads8.5Score—Shelves
2. 552 不 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance925k WordsCompleted An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the 78.3kReads9.4Score12.8kShelves
3. 553 病 A Sickly, Obsessive Kiss 病态缠吻 Strawberry Snow Cones Are My Favorite爱吃草莓绵绵冰Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted [Black-bellied love with coercion + secretly planned for years + groveling chase + campus romance] Possessive and wicked x clear-headed and independent Lin Ting was a small-time online influencer who livestreamed to earn money when she didn’t have evening classes. There was one loyal fan in her livestream. He had been there for her ever since she started streaming. But one day, this fan changed and turned into a creep He interfered with her streams, harassed her with private messages, threatened 2kReads8.4Score176Shelves
4. 554 她 She Only Made One Mistake 她只是犯了一个错 Growing Corn in Siberia西伯利亚种玉米Modern Romance148k WordsCompleted My new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3.3kReads8.5Score213Shelves
5. 555 重 Restarting My Life and Winning Over Several One True Loves 重启人生拐几个白月光 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban282k WordsCompleted So what if he was rich in his previous life? He couldn't even find his wife and daughter! In this reborn life, he'll protect his family first... A life of wealth and luxury? He wouldn't mind! But the simple pleasures of everyday life are what feel most real! 465Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 556 病 Yandere Psycho! The Good Girl Gets Punished with Wall-Facing After Breaking the House Rules 病娇疯批！乖宝犯家法后被罚面壁 Eating Meat Every Day每天吃肉肉Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted [Mad, possessive male lead + love-brained man who wins himself over + sweet and gentle heroine + age gap + doting romance] When the Jiang family went bankrupt, Jiang You was taken in by Huo Hechen and brought to the Huo family. The most powerful man in the entire capital, he was cruel and ruthless, the fearsome Mr. Huo everyone dreaded. Yet he was especially attentive to Jiang You. He laid down strict rules for her from childhood and kept her under tight control. Jiang You was afraid of him, lik 15.8kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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   🍒✨The male lead is cunning, sly, and shrewd. He's the most powerful man in the capital and has long harbored ambitions towards the female lead. When she was eight, her family went bankrupt, and he took her in, subjecting her to strict discipline. On her coming-of-age ceremony, he made her his...

7. 557 被 After Being Kidnapped, I Kidnap the Western Regions' Young Lord and Bring Him Back to the Central Plains 被拐后，我反拐西域少主回中原 Thousand Threads of Intrigue千丝戏Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Young lord of the Western Regions × Princess of Sheng'an] Ye Zhaoyu was born into the imperial family. She figured she'd surely been dealt the pampered darling's script in life, so she wisely decided to coast. But she never expected to take a wrong turn and be kidnapped to the Western Regions. By a stroke of bad luck, she was sent to the bed of a deranged young lord known as a demon's lair and a living Shura. She immediately switched into survival-and-escape mode, determined to flee back to the 8.8kReads9.5Score1.4kShelves

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   1. The male lead secretly loves the female lead and plots to steal her away from her arranged marriage [smirk]. The female lead is unaware of his involvement. She runs away from her wedding but ends up in his territory. He takes advantage of the situation and brings her home. However, she's still clueless and needs to be won over gradually [admiration].

8. 558 皇 The Little Lady of the Imperial City Goes on a Rampage, and Her Villain Family Is Unfazed 皇城小娇娇杀疯，全家反派心不慌 My Branch Basks in Moonlight吾枝晒月光Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + a few secret identities + pocket dimension + medical skills + lucky charm] Xie Chuchu transmigrated into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder wife of a villainous power minister. From the start, she was fleeing disaster and facing the prospect of divorce. She gazed at the handsome young man before her, his face as flawless as jade. Xie Chuchu asked, “Husband, you don’t want me anymore?” Yan Jin thought his little wife had been acting strange ever since she woke up after fall 7.8kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves

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   Perfectly matched, the cunning and mischievous Yan Xiaosi. A genius, cunning, gentle, and elegant young man vs. A narcissistic, arrogant, and adorable girl with exceptional martial arts and medical skills.

9. 559 忘 Wangchuan Qiushui’s Eleventh Book 忘川秋水第11本书 Autumn Waters of the Forgotten River忘川秋水Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted 564Reads8.7Score—Shelves
10. 560 西 The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban576k WordsCompleted [No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls... 391Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 561 年 I Never Knew How Irresistible a Powerful Official Could Be Until I Woke Up and Went Wild Flirting 年少不知权臣香，一觉起来撩疯了 I'm Not the Fairest of Them All 2021非我倾城2021Ancient Romance280k WordsCompleted [The rating has only just come out, so don't judge yet] [Protective favoritism + fighting over her + scumbag's road to redemption] [Down-and-out noblewoman + young Prime Minister Pei] After the Jiang family fell into ruin, Jiang Sui had to live under someone else's roof. Her mother wanted her to secure a good marriage. So she entrusted her to a close friend. Jiang Sui kept to her place, and she and the Li family's legitimate son had grown up together. But under pressure from his mother, Li Xingc 2kReads8.6Score262Shelves

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    This book is great, highly recommended.

12. 562 一 One Sword to Slay the Fairer Sex 一剑斩红粉 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban552k WordsCompleted [Urban Martial Arts]+ [Traditional Cultivation]+ [Multiple Heroines] Lin Che, young master of an ancient martial arts family in the city, was framed and killed in his previous life while enjoying himself beneath the peonies. His lover, a minor internet celebrity close to him, had joined forces with his family's sworn enemy to set him up. His path to being reborn is also a path to rising to power… 369Reads8.5Score—Shelves
13. 563 春 Secretly Surrendering to Spring’s Desire 春欲暗渡 Sui Tiantian岁甜甜Modern Romance223k WordsCompleted [Business interpreter and investment magnate | Second chance at love | Original title: Spring Desire, Secretly Crossing] At a lavish business banquet in Jiangcheng, the hall is packed with guests and magnates. Lin Wusheng’s boss orders her to charm the CEO visiting from Nancheng and secure a huge investment. Holding her wineglass, Lin Wusheng looks toward the elegant, aloof man at the head table and freezes, unable to speak. How could it be him? Seeing her lose her composure, someone teases, “Pr 27.7kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    🎈The male lead is quite cunning; he subtly seduces the female lead during their first meeting.💥Later, he misunderstands that she has a boyfriend and almost becomes her mistress! ✨The male lead is incredibly devoted; initially, she pursues him in school, and later he pursues her in the workplace.

14. 564 豢 Raising Roses [Campus] 豢养玫瑰【校园】 Tang Beibei唐北北Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted Born bad ✖️ cool beauty [A cast of crazies, coercive love, a long-planned scheme, living under one roof, devoted to each other, HE] - Content warnings: The male lead is possessive, obsessive, unhinged, and an outsider. He will not be redeemed. The female lead has no heart, runs away later, and he may have to win her back. - “Happy birthday, my little princess. You're finally an adult.” Xu Rong thinks those words mark the end of her twisted relationship with Cen Ji, but she doesn't realize they'r 1.5kReads8.7Score107Shelves

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    He speaks in a half-truth, and is secretly wicked!

15. 565 啊 Ah! Several Domineering CEOs Are Forcing Me to Love Them 啊！被好几个霸总强制爱了 Little Red Ball红团团Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted [Forced love + all male leads are virgins + multiple male leads + taking by force + powerful men and a weak woman + sweetness, devotion, angst + thrilling + bizarre + explosive + romance-focused + CEO and wealthy family + rival suitors in a battleground + domineering CEO and his pampered wife] Someone saved the life of Su An’an’s only family member, and she was deeply grateful. So when that person asked her to be his girlfriend for a year, she agreed. Throughout that year, he and the men around 15.5kReads6.8Score630Shelves

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    Recommended [Send Heart][Send Heart][Send Heart]

16. 566 修 After Succeeding in Cultivation, I Transmigrated to Earth to Farm 修仙有成却穿越到地球种田 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban468k WordsCompleted [Cultivation]+ [Farming]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Chen Xing, an immortal with a spirit body from the Ziling Sect, had cultivated to the peak of the continent. Just as he was reveling in a life of pleasure with six beautiful concubines, the Trial of Worldly Desires struck. His soul transmigrated into the body of a young man with the same name on Earth, who had died after slipping and falling 103Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 567 退 After Breaking Off My Engagement with the Heir, I Became His Imperial Aunt by Marriage 退亲世子后：见面我已是他皇婶 Above the Clouds扶摇之上Ancient Romance399k WordsCompleted [Signed for a Short-Form Drama] Yue Qingling dropped dead! She was reborn as the legitimate daughter of a general's household. What? She was betrothed to the heir apparent? Hadn't that scumbag already gotten together with her half-sister? The girl was already pregnant! Break off the engagement. It has to be broken off! But Prince Jing's household was powerful, and breaking off the engagement wouldn't be easy. She needed outside help! Yue Qingling sought out the most powerful Ninth Prince and ask 2.3kReads8.8Score348Shelves

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    In this story, the male lead seduces the female lead into marrying him. The female lead has a fiancé, who is her royal uncle. However, the fiancé cheats on her. Because she once saved the male lead, the female lead seeks his help to annul the engagement. She is also tempted by the steward to marry the male lead. The male lead is a reserved and secretly passionate type. Steward Yan slowly and methodically analyzes for Yue Qingling: "So, Miss Yue, annuling the engagement is secondary! This old servant thought that after you break off the engagement, you would want to marry the Ninth Prince and become the Ninth Prince's consort, because this is your best way out!"

18. 568 表 His Cousin Moves into the Estate, and After the Heir Rejects Her, He Pursues Her Relentlessly 表妹入府，世子嫌弃后狂追求 Zuì Lánshanshan醉阑珊珊Ancient Romance353k WordsCompleted Scheming woman vs. sly man (The rating just came out and is still rising) Mu Qingyao was the stunning legitimate daughter of a distinguished Jiangnan family. After her parents died in a business accident, all she had left was a vast fortune and breathtaking beauty. Her greedy uncle coveted both her inheritance and her looks. He secretly conspired with local thugs, planning to force her into becoming someone's concubine and seize all her family's wealth. With nowhere else to turn, Mu Qingyao care 5.1kReads6.6Score424Shelves

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    The male lead is cunning. He initially disliked the female lead, fearing she would seduce his brothers, so he took the initiative to seduce her. Later, he fell for her, and when she wanted to leave, he devised a plan to make her unable to leave.

19. 569 惊 The Stunning Swan’s Ordeal: The Possessive Prince Claims Her as His Consort 惊鸿劫：偏执王爷他强掠为妃 Go Wild Freely自由地疯Ancient Romance506k WordsCompleted [Reader’s Guide: Long-Planned Schemes + Forced Possession + Palace and Household Intrigue + Emotional Push and Pull + Both Leads Are Chaste] On a stormy night, she rescued a mysterious, gravely wounded man, never realizing he was Prince Jin, a man whose power reached across the realm! After finally being taken in by the kind-hearted Miss Qu, she found herself surrounded by the vicious members of the second branch, who plotted against her at every turn: Her cousin lusted after her: “Become my 2.2kReads8.4Score118Shelves

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    Ancient Chinese romance novel: The female lead is very beautiful, the male lead falls in love at first sight and forcibly takes her as his own. Investing in this story is definitely worthwhile.

20. 570 没 You’ve Got to Be Kidding: A Tang Dynasty Assassin Taking the College Entrance Exam 没搞错吧我一个大唐刺客参加高考 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban451k WordsCompleted A Tang Dynasty assassin has just beheaded a military governor, only to open his eyes as a hopeless high school senior! He spent the first half of his life relying on a swift blade. Now he has to battle trigonometry? With just 100 days left until the college entrance exam, what’s an assassin like me supposed to do? And just as the turmoil is still unfolding, he learns that his beautiful master has transmigrated from the Tang Dynasty too… 387Reads8.1Score—Shelves
21. 571 攀 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 163.8kReads9.6Score22.8kShelves

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    This book is amazing!! "Do as I say, and I guarantee you'll rise to the top." This is the first thing the male lead says to the female lead. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][KISS] The beginning and end echo each other.

22. 572 母 Becoming Empress of the Realm by Pretending to Be the Chancellor's Widowed Sister-in-Law 母仪天下，从冒充丞相寡嫂开始 Luo Chunshui洛春水Ancient Romance630k WordsCompleted [Revenge + Face-Slapping the Scum + Lighthearted + Sweet Romance] When you’re out in the world, you can choose your own identity. To infiltrate high society and avenge the massacre of her sister’s family, Feng Qingsui decides to pose as the distant cousin of a prestigious household. But just as she’s about to seek their help, the household she picked is raided by the Imperial Guards. She tries another family. Raided. Then another. Raided again. At her wit’s end, she knocks on the door of the “Pr 24kReads9.4Score4kShelves

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    Why do I have so many bad men around me? 😎😎😎😎😎

23. 573 重 Reborn in 1998: The Hundred-Day Countdown to Life System Activates 重生98百日生命倒计时系统启动 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban273k WordsCompleted At forty-five, Lu Bufan lay in his rented room, dying of end-stage stomach cancer and waiting for death in despair: His first love had died in a car accident, his virtuous wife had left because of his debts, and his son had cut ties with him. His whole life had been a joke! As death drew near, the Life’s Regrets Correction System bound itself to him. [100 days of life remaining. Correct your regrets after being reborn to extend your life. Fail, and you will die permanently.] He gritted his teeth 127Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 574 望 The Emperor's Longing for Spring 望帝春心 Fei Yue榧月Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The calm, calculating Seventh Prince Xiao, a man with a deep and scheming nature, had always disguised his ambition behind an air of laid-back indifference. He never expected to be repeatedly outmaneuvered by Shangguan Yu, the brilliant and graceful only daughter of the prime minister. In all his life, he had never dreamed that one day she would look at him with such stubborn, tragic resolve, her shattered pride barely held together, and boldly ask, “Can you marry me?” For a moment, he felt exas 1.2kReads8.9Score158Shelves

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    Orange is here to recommend a book! [Top Post][Top Post] Speaking of male protagonists who are cunning and resourceful, we have to mention this one: [Heavy Punch]. The Seventh Prince Xiao, in the eyes of the common people, seems carefree and indifferent, but in reality, he is calm, cunning, and extremely shrewd! However, this seemingly moderate approach is what masks his ambitious nature. Even with his wickedness, he can't resist repeatedly being swayed by the Prime Minister's only daughter. [Laughing][Laughing]

25. 575 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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    Our Brother Qiushui is cunning, shrewd, and resourceful.

26. 576 发 Going Insane to Reform Showbiz: It’s Chaotic, but Comforting 发疯整顿娱乐圈，颠颠的，很安心 Pomelo Planet柚子星球Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Complete [1v1 Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Showbiz + Hilarious + Scumbag Gets His Comeuppance] Shi Ran transmigrates into a book and becomes a female celebrity hated by the entire internet in a story about a beloved star adored by everyone in showbiz. The original Shi Ran joined a live-streamed dating show. Its male contestants, one, two, three, were all devoted to the heroine in the book, and every one of them had treated her badly. As for the aloof movie emperor, the original Shi 39.4kReads9.5Score5.6kShelves
27. 577 这 I Don’t Want This Kind of Rebirth 这样的重生我不想要啊 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban313k WordsCompleted Being reborn isn't about having an easy, satisfying life. It's about walking the human road again through blood and tears! The hardships I've endured and the burdens I've borne aren't anything to be proud of. I'll just leave them in my memories. A simple, honest life, surrounded by a beloved wife and beautiful companions, is what truly matters... 284Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 578 虎 The Tiger Wife 虎妻 Lotus Flower藕花Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The Great Qi Dynasty’s foremost God of War, the ruthless, hideous common-born general Yuchi Gui, was granted a marriage by the emperor to the capital’s greatest beauty, Princess Xu Xiyan. Then his high-born fiancée looked down on him, and the wedding was called off. Three years later, after suppressing a rebellion, the handsome and dashing general returned to the capital, becoming the hero every noblewoman in Great Qi wanted to marry. Then his former fiancée clung to him and forced him into marr 8.2kReads9.3Score1kShelves
29. 579 落 Falling into His Trap 落入他的圈套 Wild Strawberry野草莓Modern Romance390k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, “Caught in His Trap,” is now streaming. Rugged man x sweet girl [sweet romance] Auto mechanic and a little rich girl returning to her hometown After Su Yuan returned to her hometown, she happened to rent a place from Chen Lie. From that day on, the man forcefully pushed his way into her life. Su Yuan thought Chen Lie was a little rough around the edges, but he really knew how to treat a woman well. It was also the first time she had ever fallen so madly for a man. Wha 17.6kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
30. 580 重 Reborn on a Madwoman’s Road to Revenge, the Capital’s Wild King Cuts In 重生疯批复仇路，京圈野王硬截胡 Nine Layers of Chaos混沌九重Modern Romance280k WordsOngoing [Unhinged, uninhibited desire + a domineering CEO who’s wild as hell + a long-planned scheme to steal someone’s partner] The heroine is genuinely crazy, and the hero is genuinely wild. This crazy-and-wild pairing is addictive, thrilling, and immensely satisfying. Jiang Cheng is a reborn woman seeking revenge, uninhibited and unhinged. When her madness takes hold, she’ll pounce on even her sworn enemy without hesitation. What she thought was an accident was, unbeknownst to her, something he had p 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Our cunning king is the one! He's got 800 tricks up his sleeve to seduce his wife—pretending, being a flirt, and seducing her all at once. He gets all the advantages and makes all the money.

31. 581 已 Already Cold 已寒 Leaves, Rain, and Falling Flowers叶雨荨落Modern Romance133k WordsOngoing Also known as: After Transmigrating into a Book, the Unhinged Male Lead Proposed to Her [Death-fearing, laid-back transmigrated heroine VS unhinged, lovesick yandere; love at first sight + lovesick romance + unhinged + sweet on the outside, sinister underneath + pure love + transmigrate into a book + long-planned scheme] Xia Yihan transmigrates into a book and becomes the fiancée of the male lead, an unhinged, lovesick, ruthless man. What is she supposed to do? She doesn’t dare get close to him, 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    At first, the male lead pretended to be pitiful in front of the female lead, but later he realized that she was determined to leave him, so he couldn't keep up the act anymore...

32. 582 浸 Immerse Yourself in Me 浸入你 Zili er紫漓erModern Romance456k WordsCompleted To make money, I worked part-time as a designated driver at a nightclub. My story with Zhou Jinyi began with that wild night driving him home. That night, I was his designated driver, sitting beside him as he got drunk and burned with desire. The things he said were over the line and utterly shameless. But he didn't take advantage of me like the other customers had. I got him safely to his mansion beyond the Fourth Ring Road, and he handed me a huge tip. I took the money, thanked him, and was ab 8.9kReads9.0Score884Shelves

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    Yes, once you see it, you won't want to leave.

33. 583 红 A Beauty’s Scheme for the Realm 红颜谋天下 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Eastern Fantasy148k WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No Transmigration]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] An imperial edict of marriage sends the icy, beautiful female general Murong Xue storming into the residence with a sword. Turmoil erupts in the Song household's rear court, while strange butterfly shadows from the Xuanming Cult appear, concealing a shocking conspiracy that could overturn the world. As one beauty after another gets drawn into the gam 63Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 584 幺 The Youngest Daughter, Changle 幺女长乐 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Miss Zhu Si’s rough fighting skills have always made her the laughingstock of the capital’s noble families. In everyone else’s eyes, that’s the sort of work meant for household guards. Zhu Changle, who considers herself invincible, isn’t ashamed of it. She’s proud. Not everyone can protect their own home, but she can! And then some! She’d even turn the whole capital upside down to protect it! Don’t believe her? Try her! 18.7kReads9.5Score3.1kShelves
35. 585 和 After Moving in with My Childhood Friend’s Younger Brother, He Flirted Me Senseless 和竹马弟弟同居后，我被撩疯了 Tu Xiaoli涂小璃Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted [Older woman and younger man, childhood sweethearts, one-on-one romance, both virgins, long-planned pursuit] During graduation season, Chi Xia’s childhood friend, whom she hadn’t seen in years, came to stay with her. He took care of all the housework and was so sweet and considerate that Chi Xia could just lie flat. Who knew that come nightfall, Shao Zeyan would turn into a completely different person? First day: “I’m upset, Sis. Cheer me up.” Second day: “Sis, I’m scared of thunder. Stay with m 8.8kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves

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    Super sweet!!! Sweet from beginning to end. The male lead uses all his tricks to seduce the female lead. With his good looks and his savvy tactics, who could resist? The author is witty and humorous, and there are even extra chapters for each couple at the end.

36. 586 零 Zero-Degree Intimacy 零度暧昧 Lan Sheng澜笙Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted [The print edition goes on sale across all platforms on August 1] [Short drama now streaming] Previously titled: Zero-Degree Intimacy [One-on-one romance + both leads’ first love + happy ending + secret marriage + sweet romance ♥ Double-layer milk foam, 70% sugar!] (Rich, sharp-tongued, scheming investor Jian Yuchen VS money-loving, mischievous young designer Wen Ni) In a nutshell: She married her nemesis. In physics, zero degrees is the point where ice and water coexist. Zero-degree intimacy is 79.2kReads9.5Score9.5kShelves
37. 587 难 No Escape from My Mad Younger Brother's Cage 难逃疯批弟弟的囚笼 Xi Ziyi席紫一Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted [Younger man takes her by force + completely unhinged + campus + love at first sight + obsessive love + stealing a friend's lover] Strong male lead, weaker female lead. The male lead is extremely possessive and very unhinged. If that bothers you, proceed with caution or don't read. Two years ago, Qin Muchen schemed to take his good friend’s girlfriend, Yu En, by force, using every kind of threat and temptation to make her stay by his side. Qin Muchen's pathological possessiveness and self-righte 4kReads7.2Score201Shelves

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    🍒✨The male lead is cunning, sly, resourceful, and shrewd. ① Qin Muchen comes from a top-tier wealthy family and wields immense power. Two years ago, he schemed to force his best friend's girlfriend, Yu En, to stay by his side through various forms of coercion and enticement. ② Ye Han is a famous young master in Beijing, possessive and obsessive. On the day of the freshmen's enrollment, he fell in love with Xiang Nuan at first sight. Despite her having a boyfriend, he still used every means to forcefully take her away.

38. 588 春 A Spring Dream Takes Me to Ancient Times: I Become a Workaholic in Dayin 春梦穿古我在大胤当卷王 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Historical147k WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Just because he begged his goddess for a hug in a romantic dream, Lu Xiaochuan was kicked straight into a river in the Great Yin dynasty, launching his mortifying Transmigration adventure! The moment he climbs ashore, he's branded a suspect in the Witchcraft Cult case. He lets slip what he said in his sleep, then reveals the secret that he once saw a celes 45Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 589 她 She Drew the Gods Down from Heaven 她引神明坠落 Autumn Firefly秋流萤Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted Shen Daiyi comes from a prominent medical family in Jingbei. That year, her usually low-key mother suddenly holds a birthday banquet, drawing greetings from all the great families and landing Shen Daiyi a blind date. It’s snowing softly on the day of the date. The person she once had a crush on as a girl is seated beside her blind date. Like a snow-capped peak, like a god from the heavens, the man is just as he was back then: refined, extraordinary, and beyond reach, the sort no one would dare l 31.7kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
40. 590 让 They Wanted Me to Be a Sacrificial Stepmother, but I Chose to Make My Own Way 让我当炮灰主母，我偏另谋高枝 Ji Yun霁妘Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Romance / Household Intrigue / Sweet Romance / The Male Lead Is Head Over Heels] In Ruyi's Beloved Concubine, the heir apparent Xie Yunzhix is a brave and formidable warrior, always dashing across the battlefield in fine clothes, with no one able to stand against him. Sadly, he is only a supporting character. The story opens with him in a vegetative state, leaving behind three adopted sons. Xu Qingyi discovers that she has become the foil to the beloved heroine of a sweet romance. On 139.3kReads9.4Score20.5kShelves

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    Wow! Even though the male lead is in a vegetative state at the beginning, it doesn't stop the female lead from acting on her own [smirk]. On their wedding night, the female lead took the initiative to consummate the marriage, but she didn't know the male lead was conscious [facepalm]. The last book was amazing! [Kissing emoji]

41. 591 一 A Night of Passion: The CEO Wants to Buy My Family's Company 一晌倾欢：总裁要收购我家公司 The Wild Geese Are Coming闻雁来Modern Romance384k WordsCompleted [Sleep together first, fall in love later; workplace romance. 1v1, both leads are virgins] [Elegant luxury-group executive with a refined air vs. bright, spirited rising fashion designer] As the daughter of a wealthy family who had spent years studying abroad, Yan Jiasui thought she had broad horizons and could handle anything. But on her very first day back in China, a twist of fate led her to lock eyes with a handsome man at a bar, and they spent one passionate night together. She thought it w 59Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Male lead: A young master from a wealthy Hong Kong family, a bespectacled, suit-wearing CEO, a cool and aloof nobleman, a walking embodiment of masculinity, a youthful, fatherly boyfriend, a secretly flirtatious human flirt [licking screen][smirking]. On the surface, he's an unattainable beauty, but in reality, he's a ruthless and cunning schemer, showing no mercy to his enemies [frustrated][shy].

42. 592 缚 Bound in Love's Abyss 缚爱深渊 Xi Ziyi席紫一Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted Forced love + possessive, unstable male lead + strong male lead and weak female lead + both leads are each other’s first and only + male-perspective happy ending P.S. The male lead is completely unhinged and will stop at nothing. This is not a strong-female-lead story. The heroine is weak and unable to resist. The happy ending is from the male lead’s perspective. If that bothers you, proceed with caution. If it bothers you, don’t read. On the day new students started school, Xiang Nuan simply ga 8.9kReads7.3Score291Shelves
43. 593 我 Cultivating the Great Dao in a Human Classroom 我在人间课堂修大道 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban229k WordsCompleted Cultivation? Pah! I just want to spend my days with the campus beauty, enjoying the simple pleasures of life and living it to the fullest. Is that too much to ask? And of course, I wouldn't mind having a few more beauties around either… 91Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 594 替 The Substitute Bride: The Mad Demon Emperor Is Provoked 替嫁狂妃：误惹病娇魔帝 Cinderella Wants to Become an Immortal灰姑娘要成仙Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama adaptation, Farewell to the Immortal Bone, is now streaming] She was poisoned by villains, left mentally impaired, and had her dantian shattered and her contract beast stolen. Then she was forced to take another woman's place in marriage to an old demon. When her memories return, she transforms into a little grandmaster who can conquer the heavens and earth in a flash. The Spirit Palaces of the Heavenly Realm revere her, the rulers of the Underworld fear her as a demon, and the 5.5kReads9.4Score784Shelves
45. 595 末 Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Sci-Fi & Apocalypse783k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn 3.4kReads8.7Score290Shelves

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    Looking for a cunning male lead? This is for you! The protagonist is reborn into a post-apocalyptic world but gets caught in a shocking mystery. His intelligence remains sharp throughout, his plans are far-reaching, and the plot twists are endless. The world-building is grand and original, the writing is solid, and it's definitely not a formulaic story.

46. 596 烬 Ashen Tresses 烬绾 A Xin, Always New阿新常新Ancient Romance404k WordsCompleted Dual rebirth | A battle of identities | Possessive obsession | Mutual salvation | Light political intrigue in an ancient setting | Rekindled love | Quiet depths | Fated sweet romance | Noblewoman of a great clan × Prince of a fallen kingdom In their previous life, he traded his life for her chance to survive. She turned back halfway and burned with his body atop the palace hall. Xie Yu is reborn in the fifth year of Yuankang. On a snowy night in Yandu, she takes in a lone courtier from a fallen 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead, who is reborn twice, is cunning and resourceful. The part where he pretends to have amnesia to make the female lead chase after him is absolutely brilliant.

47. 597 全 My Clan Raised Me to Greatness, So I Gifted Them Purple Robes 全族扶我青云志，我赠族人朱紫袍 Uncle Jianghe江河大爷Historical2.2M WordsOngoing After dying suddenly from overwork, workaholic Chen Yan is reborn as the only son of a newly born provincial graduate in the Great Liang Dynasty. His father is successful, so Chen Yan promptly decides to lie flat and enjoy the good life, with food brought to him and clothes laid out for him. But when he learns at the age of six that he was switched at birth with a farmer's child, his life takes a turn. The day the fake young master returns to the Chen family, he goes out to work in the fields an 214.1kReads9.3Score21.3kShelves
48. 598 偏 Drawn to Danger: My Finance Whiz Husband from Our Whirlwind Wedding Is a Robber 偏惹危情：闪婚金融精英是抢劫犯 The Sea Is Full of Water大海里全是水Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted [Mystery Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + A Strong Heroine's Awakening + International Manhunt + Love Triangle] I'm a jewelry expert and the daughter of a wealthy Zhejiang family whose property was demolished. Forced into marriage, I travel from Xingzhou to Haishi on a business trip and impulsively marry a handsome, aloof stranger. He claims to be a finance whiz, but the day after our wedding, he lands in prison for “robbery,” forcing me to fly to Southeast Asia to visit him. To get back 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a story where the male and female leads dig traps for each other, a scheme within a scheme.

49. 599 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    It's so obscure that even the book review section keeps it a secret! But the methods introduced inside are incredibly useful. Now, I can automatically apply models when analyzing problems and instinctively filter out key information.

50. 600 京 A Spring Night in the Capital 京春夜 Mingquan明圈Modern Romance265k WordsCompleted [A college student who doesn't realize how captivating she is x a powerful, high-libido figure in Beijing's elite circles] [Beijing political elite + age gap + coercive love + he chases his wife after losing her] Song Qingnan first met Xie Zhi in Beijing in early spring, during the season when the crabapple blossoms were at their brightest. In front of a luxurious old mansion, the man stood in a tailored suit, his gaze deep as he fixed on her like a falcon locking onto its prey. At the time, she 18.7kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    🌷🌷The male lead is cunning, subtly wicked, resourceful, and shrewd. ①The female lead is a stunningly beautiful woman in a cheongsam, unaware of her allure, while the male lead is a powerful figure in Beijing's elite social circle. At a party the female lead attends with her boyfriend, the male lead falls in love with her at first sight. After repeated unsuccessful pursuit, he resorts to any means necessary, including force and coercion. He shatters her romantic dreams in the most ruthless way, using her family as leverage and threats, leaving her with no choice but to beg him.

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