Looking for Stories with a Cunning, Sly, Resourceful, and Scheming Male Lead 想看男主心机 蔫儿坏 有手段 有城府的文

1. 701 宝 Baby, I'm Addicted to Treating You Well 宝贝，我对你好上瘾 Canbao灿baoModern Romance931k WordsCompleted Love at first sight | Electric chemistry | Emotional attraction | Physical attraction | Sapiosexuality | Two equally formidable leads Some people can talk for hours without making you feel a thing. Others make you impatient with just one look. Lin Luxi × Gu Yanzhi: Two soul-hunters who can decide life or death at a glance meet. She is a media queen. He is a unicorn hunter in the investment world. They had both turned down countless admirers, saying they felt nothing, but in a café called Still 5.8kReads—Score225Shelves

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2. 702 室 My Roommate’s Smitten with a Blond Bad Boy? His Powerful Boss Grabbed Me by the Waist and Kissed Me 室友舔黄毛？我被她大佬掐腰亲 Ice-Hearted Begonia冰心海棠Modern Romance141k WordsOngoing [Fake male model, real big shot × poor, sweet beauty] [Love after moving in together | play the pig to eat the tiger | devoted to each other] Lin Mianmian is a hapless cannon-fodder character in a tragic romance. Her roommate is a love-struck heroine who complains that her powerful, influential fiancé is cold and stiff, and insists on fawning over a rebellious blond troublemaker instead. When the blond starts trouble with a knife, the roommate locks Lin Mianmian outside to save herself. Lin dies 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male protagonist of Gangster pretends to be a male model just to win the beauty.

3. 703 破 Breaking Through the Frost and Wind 破风霜 Plain Melody素曲Ancient Romance310k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Hua Jin was framed for regicide, and her entire family was executed. Reborn, she thought she could avoid disaster and change her family’s fate simply by keeping out of sight. Who could have guessed that not only would she fail to avoid that tyrant of an emperor, but she couldn’t get rid of him either? He even started clinging to her. Ugh! Shameless! 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Female channel, as the old saying goes, the male protagonist changes from a yandere to a scheming boy after his rebirth.

4. 704 怪 She Was Just Too Good at Comforting People 怪她太会哄 Xia Qing's Little Universe夏晴的小宇宙Modern Romance193k WordsCompleted 1v2, rival suitors, push and pull to the limit Lu Zhiyu: Smart and sweet-tongued, with a clear goal. She uses his money and resources to start a company. Zhan Jianghan: A domineering CEO, older than the heroine. He both loves and resents her. In private, he’s a lovesick fool who needs her to soothe him; in public, he acts aloof. He controls the resources, and the heroine is his emotional outlet. Zhou Ye: Uses Lu Zhiyu and deliberately gets close to her, hoping to undermine Zhan Jianghan from wit 5.5kReads—Score191Shelves

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   Do you want to try this kind of pure Shura field [laughing and crying] [laughing and crying]

5. 705 谁 Who Told You to Be So Addictive? 谁让你戒不掉 Green Pomelo Juice青柚汁Modern Romance201k WordsOngoing [Reunion after years apart & going crazy for love & coercive love] Please note: Neither the male nor female lead is a virgin. If that bothers you, don’t read this. One midsummer five years ago, Jiang Lu casually told Lin Shen to his face that they were breaking up. Her reason was blunt and cruel: “I’ve fallen in love with someone else.” Back then, Lin Shen had nothing. Five years later, Lin Shen has built a successful career and become a celebrated young entrepreneur in Jiangcheng. He has also m 167Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a good, beautiful book.

6. 706 她 She Takes Odd Jobs in Shanghai and Refuses to Marry a Billionaire Investor 她，沪上打零工，拒嫁百亿投资人 Aardvark's Potato雅伯菲卡的土豆Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted When a ruthless Silicon Valley CEO who believes “everything can be assigned a value” meets a laid-back working girl from the bottom rung who believes “fate can be observed,” an intense tug-of-war over love, class, and perspective unfolds quietly in Shanghai. Zhou Ji is the founder of TS Capital, and “can't have it” has no place in his vocabulary. One unexpectedly delicious stew sparks in him the most primal urge to “acquire” Shen Ning, the cook who made it. He's used to dissecting everything thr 9.6kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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   The male protagonist in this book is pretty cool, but he also becomes very good later on. It's a super nice novel, Xichang!

7. 707 嫁 I Married Into a Powerful Family, and He Spoils Me Rotten! 嫁给豪门大少，我被他宠上天！ Seven-Colored Little Kitty七色小喵Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted The eldest young master of the He family is known for his domineering and ruthless nature. He Yichuan is overbearing and cold-hearted, seemingly incapable of being interested in anyone. Like a Buddhist monk, he stayed abstinent for six months after getting married. He married her only because his elders told him to. Su Xi thought so too: sooner or later, they would end up divorced. But after an unexpected mishap brought them together for one passionate night, He Yichuan began to change. He b 4.9kReads9.0Score311Shelves

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   A sweet and loving article about a long-lasting relationship after marriage!

8. 708 大 The Tycoon Falls for Her, but She Wants to Run 大佬沦陷，她却想要跑 A Melon-Seed-Munching Wild Boar爱嗑瓜子的猹Modern Romance219k WordsOngoing [All-powerful underworld-and-business tycoon vs. athletic beauty who is anything but delicate] [Sweet romance and mutual healing, both devoted to each other] [The male lead is an ascetic powerhouse; the female lead seems free-spirited and passionate, but hides a past no one knows about] Lu Yao never expected that she’d fail to sleep with her fiancé and nearly end up sleeping with someone far more formidable. When he pinned her against the sink, his voice low and shadowy, he asked, “Trying to sed 87Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male protagonist is absolutely in control. [The black and white boss who covers the sky with one hand vs. The sporty beauty who is not delicate] [Salting out sweets while redeeming, Shuang Jie] [The male protagonist is an abstinent boss, the female protagonist seems to be free and passionate, but in fact she has an unknown past] Lu Yao did not expect that her fiancé did not sleep with him, but almost slept with a powerful person. When he pressed her against the sink, his voice was dark, "Seduction?" She could only laugh dryly, "Misunderstanding." When they met again, she got drunk on his property and made a mess, but he calmly said, "Miss Lu, your fiancé has a grudge against you?" Lu Yao later thought that by some mistake, he slept with his future legal husband. Rounding it off, he was sleeping with the right person. But when Xie Jiuye was about to ask for a status for himself, Lu Yao waved his hand and said, "Xie Yanjiu, let's break up." "Lu Yao, you said you wanted to break up, did I agree?" Why did he run away from the corner he had worked so hard to dig?

9. 709 彪 A Tough Girl’s Apocalypse Survival Handbook 彪悍少女末世生存手札 Shen Wenxing沈紊星Fantastical Romance293k WordsCompleted In a nutshell: Watch as a sweet-looking heroine leads her love-struck male lead on a killing spree through the depths of the earth, all the way to the throne! The apocalypse arrives. While everyone else struggles to survive, Lu Ningyu is cutting her way through the entire city. A zombie dares to stick its head out? One sword stroke takes it off. A human trafficker dares to commit crimes? One sword stroke cuts them down. Her motto in life is simple: If you can solve it with your hands, never wast 125Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Lai Lai recommend this book. The male protagonist is scheming. He is doting on the female protagonist but is very possessive. But because he loves the female protagonist so much, he hides his own darkness. The female protagonist is also very possessive of the male protagonist!

10. 710 说 It Was Supposed to Be a Contract Marriage, So Why Did You Fall for Me? 说好的契约婚姻，为何你又动心 momocaModern Romance535k WordsCompleted [Resilient, Pure-Hearted College Student vs. Cunning, Ruthless Heir to a Criminal Family] [Ensemble Cast + 8-Year Age Gap + Fatherly Male Lead + Love Grows Over Time + Both Leads Are Chaste + Alpha Male Lead + Sizzling Chemistry + Flirtatious and Devoted Husband + Revenge + Business Warfare] Chen Jiayi is a college student who has just graduated and found a new romance. Just as her brand-new life is about to begin, she returns home from her graduation trip only to be told that, at her parents' c —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It is a group portrait novel. The main plot is that the male and female protagonists get married first and then fall in love. The sub-plot is the revenge of the underworld's illegitimate son. The healing love between the vengeful Scorpio man and the innocent, enthusiastic and cheerful Pisces woman (the heroine is not stupid and sweet). The revenge line is quite bloody (all members, male and female, are ruthless, if you are stupid you will die), I don't recommend watching it if you don't like it [laughs]

11. 711 凡 A Mortal's Quest for Immortality 凡骨求长生 Chen Dou辰斗Eastern Fantasy731k WordsOngoing [Mortal protagonist] + [traditional wuxia] + [witty and humorous] + [logical deduction] + [gifted but uneven] + [one female lead] + [ensemble cast] This book has no fast-food-style, golden first three chapters, no explosive face-slapping scenes from the start, and focuses on plot, careful buildup, and deeply rooted characters. The protagonist is an ordinary man, with talents and weaknesses that are sharply defined. He is no transmigrated or reborn Long Aotian, with neither a System nor any cheat 729Reads8.1Score232Shelves

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    The plot is good, the content is novel, not cliche, and the characters are thoughtful.

12. 712 残 Blood-Red Sunset 残阳似血 Yao Qingxue妖清雪Modern Romance479k WordsCompleted [Female special forces soldier vs. heir to a financial empire] [Love and hate] [Suspenseful tragic romance] [Tragic ending] He commanded a vast business empire, and money and women were the things he had most of. They were also the things he loved most. He loved lots and lots of money, and women who were very, very special. She was the strongest special forces soldier, bar none. She had no desires and stood alone in the world. Watching her, he couldn’t help saying, “I think I’ve really fallen in 310Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist was quite bad in the early stage, but he got better in the later stage but it was already too late.

13. 713 限 Rules of the Limited-Time Pact 限时密约守则 Green Fattening, Red Blooming绿肥红盈Modern Romance173k WordsOngoing [A carefree heiress x a powerful Beijing real estate tycoon + a gentle childhood sweetheart] [Overbearing CEO | Mature romance | Push and pull to the limit | Stealing someone’s partner | Two strong leads | One woman, two men] Ruan Si, the little princess of a pharmaceutical group, was forced to return home for a marriage meeting. She never even met her fiancé, but first slept with some random guy at a bar. She’d meant to use this as a sly way of rebelling against her family. Who could have gue 604Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hahaha, this one.

14. 714 金 Spring Runs Deep in the Golden Palace 金阙春深 Lin Xi Yuan林汐愿Ancient Romance228k WordsCompleted [Gorgeous, timid crown princess × dark, unhinged emperor × radiant crown prince] On the day of the imperial selection, Emperor Chengming, Xiao Ke, unexpectedly ran into a “young palace maid” in the imperial gardens. The “young palace maid” was drawn into a struggle within the royal family, beginning a life of political maneuvering in which she would turn the tides. Several months later, the Eastern Palace held a grand wedding. The “young palace maid,” dressed in her phoenix coronet and red weddi 18.6kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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    The male protagonist is a crazy emperor, he is very resourceful, he is really doting on the female protagonist, and he is really cruel when he is ruthless to his love rival. He loves to the point of paranoia and only wants to monopolize the female protagonist's love, and no one can compete with him.

15. 715 学 The Top Student Pretends to Be Weak to Snag a Marriage, but His Tough Girl Bride Takes the Internet by Storm 学霸装弱骗婚，太妹娇妻飒疯全网 Sea Salt Crispy海盐酥酥Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted A wealthy young master and academic ace × a Southeast Asian Chinese tycoon’s daughter, a sassy queen! Playing dumb to outsmart the other + turning the tables + bickering couple + mutual crush + from campus to wedding bells The longest road Qin Sihuang has ever walked is the one set out for her by Pan Zhanchen! Who could have guessed that the gentle, high-achieving student whom tycoon heiress Qin Sihuang kissed and tackled first was actually a top-tier schemer with a wicked mind? She was haughty 11Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    The long-term routine of a wealthy and aristocratic scholar who is a Southeast Asian Chinese plutocrat, from a deskmate on campus to an adult wedding dress. The male protagonist pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger, and pretends to be weak to trick the female protagonist. The extremely ambiguous plot is very exciting [KISS]

16. 716 咱 Our Prince He Has Fallen 咱们赫太子爷陷进去了 Matcha Milk Pudding抹茶奶冻冻Modern Romance207k WordsOngoing [Cool, poisonous rose × born-bad playboy] [High school and college / angsty push-and-pull / neither is sexually inexperienced / adversarial couple / genuine playboy turns over a new leaf / morally gray cast / plot twists] At this school, where even the principal had to bow to power, a group of transfer students arrived. These party-loving troublemakers stirred up an already chaotic school, causing one upheaval after another. Xiao Yun never imagined she would get involved with Xi Heling, much les 465Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 717 假 The Fake Fiancée Is the Apple of His Eye 假未婚妻是他心尖宠 Mu Fangqi木芳琪Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted Study-Abroad Student Brings a Powerful Man Back Home | Fake Identity | Mistaken Love and Sweet Marriage | A Deliberate Scheme | Rekindled Romance | Bickering Couple A sweet-on-the-outside, cool-on-the-inside Cinderella × a scheming bad boy Stranded in America with her family cutting off her support, Ye Yingying is pushed to the brink. She works several jobs a day and is five figures in debt. With nowhere else to turn, she takes a job as a “study companion.” The employer smiles and says, “You’ll —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is very capable, super innocent, chaste, jealous and tsundere! The male protagonist meets the heroine who catches a glimpse of him in the United States. He deliberately protects the heroine by his side, supports the heroine, helps the heroine, and fulfills all the wishes of the heroine. The heroine is also a super powerful baby, and brings foreign science and engineering bosses back to China! So sweet and loving! It's already fat!

18. 718 早 Morning Tea and Moonlight 早茶月光 Always Twelve一直十二Modern Romance88k WordsCompleted Gentle florist heroine x refined scoundrel of a corporate CEO. One-on-one, coercive love, with confinement scenes. Read with caution!!! For certain reasons, she moved to City A and opened a flower shop, hoping to live out her life in peace. But fate brought her face-to-face with him. Many years later, They still didn't know whether their first meeting had been fate or a curse. 3.4kReads5.5Score102Shelves

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    The male protagonist knows how to use and scheme, but absolute love cannot be obtained

19. 719 只 I Only Want to Love You 只愿钟情与你 Always Twelve一直十二Modern Romance99k WordsCompleted Clear-headed beauty × calculating, controlling powerhouse (1v1 coercive romance, forced love, a tragic love story, not for everyone) The thing Xi Yuanwan regrets most in her life is marrying Jiang Chengshen. _ After her parents passed away, she inherited the company’s assets on her own. Her third uncle, the only elder in the family, looked after her devotedly. - Xi Yuanwan first met Jiang Chengshen at a dinner party, where she was taken in by his outward appearance. At the time, he was a promisi 3.4kReads—Score134Shelves

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