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
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Reborn in the Dragon Bed, the Beloved Consort Cries in the Emperor's Arms 重生在龙塌,宠妃抱着陛下哭
[A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest
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After Being Reborn, Young Master Ning Personally Took Charge of the Kids 重生后,宁少亲自下场带娃
[An artsy, adorable painter vs. an abstinent, scheming CEO] Both reborn + sweet romance + growing together + doting older-man boyfriend + marriage between wealthy families Ning Chen was both miserable and formidable in his previous life, with both the hero and heroine dead from the start. Reborn once more, Ning Chen vows to protect the one he loves and hold his betrothed little wife in his arms... The moment Gu Niannian is born, he babbles obsessively: “Niannian, remember, you said you’d love me
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- 103 What’s It Like to Pretend to Be a Couple With Your Yandere Ex? 和病娇前任演情侣是种什么体验 [Yandere romance, showbiz, rekindled love, both leads are romantically inexperienced, sunny heroine and sharp-tongued hero] After three years as an extra, she finally lands a second female lead role. Excitedly, she opens the script and discovers that her new character is a woman who clings to a man at first, then toys with his feelings and abandons him. “Director, how can I make a terrible woman like this feel more natural?” she asks earnestly. Before the director can answer, the male lead besid 1kReads8.0Score—Shelves
- 104 Weaving Whales 织鲸 Print edition signed [Reborn on campus * the second male lead gets the girl * wants to win his wife back but can't find the crematorium] [Clear-eyed, aloof heroine * sweet-on-the-inside hero pretending to be cool] The most rebellious and courageous thing Jiang Mingzhi ever did was marry Pei Jinyang, the son of Uncle Pei. In her pursuit of true love, she was shunned by everyone and despised. After marrying Pei Jinyang, she thought she was the heroine of a sweet romance. She never expected that af 26.8kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves
- 105 After I Washed Off My Heavy Makeup, the Cold CEO Regretted Everything 我洗掉浓妆之后,高冷总裁后悔了 [Max-level powerhouse heroine and a husband who brings his wife good fortune] After transmigrating into a book, Gu Nian casually rescues a down-and-out young man. He raises his head from the mire. Bruises can’t conceal his refined features, and he hoarsely vows to repay her kindness. His gaze falls on her face, and his dull eyes light up for a moment. The young man works three jobs every day, saves up to buy a gold bracelet, then presents it to her like a precious treasure. Gu Nian gives it a gl 1kReads8.0Score101Shelves
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After Faking My Death Failed, the Brooding Power Broker Cried When I Beat Him 死遁失败后,阴湿权臣被我打哭了
[Transmigration + faked death + the chase-and-regret trope + gloomy, deranged male lead + possessive + powerful man, even more powerful woman] [Invincible female lead vs. gloomy, calculating, high-IQ male lead] Ji Shuyue’s greatest wish was to hand over her military command, keep her head down until the System opened a way home, and return to the modern world in peace. Then she sought refuge with her distant cousin, who wasn’t related by blood, Lu Shenyan, the current chief minister. On the surf
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- 107 The Beauty Is Hard to Tame: I Won't Cling to the Heir's Favor 美人难驯:世子的高枝不想攀 A scheming woman who clings to the powerful * A deep, cunning heir Coercive love + intense tension + an irresistible push and pull Her perspective: She seduced all the young masters in the capital, but never once thought to seduce him. She would marry anyone, just not him. He looked down on her and repeatedly thwarted her chances of marriage. His perspective: She seduced his brothers and friends, but acted as if he didn’t exist. He disliked her shameless flirting, hated her scheming and vanity, 23.1kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
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Get the Handsome Educated Youth, and Run Again and I’ll Break Your Legs! 拿下貌美知青,再敢跑打断腿!
[Stunning Heroine + Love at First Sight + Sweet Romance + Rugged Hero + A Pocket Dimension That’s Not Much Use + Everyday Life + Both Leads Are Chaste] Ye Shu is just like her name: beautiful and delicate. By some inexplicable twist, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside. Ye Shu: Does going to the countryside mean farm work? I can’t stand hardship at all. Luckily, I have money and a way to cheat. At worst, I’ll do less work and eat less from the com
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Quick Transmigration: The Villain Has His Eye on Me in This Sweet Romance 快穿:在甜文里被反派盯上
[Sweet romance + one-on-one, both leads are pure + happy ending + split personalities + immersive quick transmigration + soft, delicate cannon-fodder heroine + no childbirth + fictional setting] To regain her health, Yu Qing binds herself to a System and becomes a cannon-fodder character in each small world. But then the soft, beautiful cannon-fodder miss keeps getting stolen kisses from the villains, and every world turns into a sweet romance. The cannon-fodder prisoner coveted by the warden Th
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The Exchanged Taste 被交换的味道
The Taste of Being Traded
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Thirty Years of Brotherhood, Shattered in One Night 三十年兄弟,一夜崩塌
Thirty Years as Brothers, Shattered in a Single Night
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- 112 A Bewitching Beauty Tames Demons, Only to Be Forced Into a Love Affair by a Yandere 钓系美人驯妖鬼,被病娇强制爱了 [Transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + one-on-one + obsessive love + madman + bickering couple + forced love] Scheming flower demon with a sweet face vs. a deranged, obsessive demon spirit Bai Ling transmigrates into a jade hairpin flower demon. After cultivating for a hundred years, she has only just entered the mortal world when she obtains a book of fate. The book tells her that she is the wicked, white-lotus third female lead in a male-oriented monster-hunting novel called The World Wit 3.5kReads9.0Score503Shelves
- 113 My Wife's Lies 我妻子的谎言 The warmth of their newlywed days had barely faded when the lie hidden beneath their marriage certificate came crashing down on Shu Wang. The lovely wife he doted on was none other than the woman his childhood friend Qin Yiming had kept hidden away three years ago. His wife kept the past secret, stumbling over her words and showing no sense of boundaries. Qin Yiming pressed him at every turn, refusing to let go. All the tenderness vanished from Shu Wang's eyes. "After everything you two hid f 9.2kReads—Score426Shelves
- 114 The Crown Prince's Captive Love 难逃太子的囚宠 The Crown Prince’s Captive Love Is Inescapable 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Tempting Beauty: The Brooding CEO Plays Right Into Her Hands 亲诱尤物:阴湿霸总以身入局
[Sultry, fiery female assassin & cold, brooding financial magnate] "Play the pig to eat the tiger + Lure him into a trap + Second-chance romance + Two possessive yanderes" Cold and self-possessed, You Yanchuan is the financial magnate who rules Zhan City with an iron fist. Outsiders say he's disciplined and courteous, an elegant, noble business genius with impossibly high standards for himself. But only Wen Chanyin knows what he's like in private: A possessive yandere, sinister and devious, a co
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- 116 Breaking News! The Fallen Princess Was Carried Off by the Villainous Overlord 爆!亡国公主被反派大佬扛走了 [The Most Beautiful Woman in the Three Continents] x [A Mad, Powerful, Miserable, and Ruthless Demon King] Reborn as a princess of a fallen kingdom in a tragic romance novel, Qiao Li tries to change her fate and escape the scumbag. But through a twist of fate, she is carried off by a notorious demon king whose name is feared across the Three Continents. His cultivation is peerless, and he looks down on everything in the world. Yet one misstep leaves him with a regret to last a thousand years: he 4.7kReads9.3Score486Shelves
- 117 A 580,000-Yuan Bride Price, and You Turn Around and Marry Someone Else? 58万彩礼,你转身娶了别人? A 580,000-Yuan Bride Price, and You Turn Around and Marry Someone Else? —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Brazenly 明目张胆
Wen Yan is the most notorious illegitimate daughter in Haicheng. Everyone says she’s daring, but no one expected her to be bold enough to set her sights on Zhou Yuncheng, the newly minted fiancé of the powerful Shu family. That man is aloof and untouchable, a god who could never be defiled. Wen Yan only wants to drag him down from his pedestal, keep him by her side, and make him hers. She wants him to lose control, to beg her for mercy. A possessive, abstinent male lead vs. a pitiful, lovesick y
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- 119 Immortal, Your Lounge Singer Was Always Your Beloved 上仙,驻唱女本是你心尖宠 Immortal, the Lounge Singer Was Once the Apple of Your Eye 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Unfamiliar by Day 白日不熟 [Marriage first, love later + Hong Kong tycoon family + sizzling chemistry + flirtatious desire + devoted couple] [Possessive, obsessive tycoon and powerful executive ✖️ alluring heiress and CEO] Song Qingyun, a daughter of one of Hong Kong City’s most prominent families, hides a wild, untamable nature beneath her good-girl disguise. Three months into their arranged marriage, she has completely forgotten her contract husband, name and all, and has instead picked up a hot guy at a bar overseas. O 45.1kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves
- 121 Uncle, Don’t Run Away 小叔别逃 Uncle, Don’t Run 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Muddy Waters 泥泞 Lin Ruan is Jiangcheng’s most notorious cripple. People trample on her and look down on her, until she rises in status through her child, wins Gu Minxing’s favor, and becomes the envy of everyone as Mrs. Gu. Only later does Lin Ruan realize that he was never her refuge. He is the harbinger of her doom. He wants her to submit willingly, to beg at his feet. 19kReads9.2Score2kShelves
- 123 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 The Demon Waited for Her to Come of Age, but She Made a Move on the Young Hero 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 She Seduces Him, and the Hong Kong District's Little Tyrant Turns into a Lovable Goofball 诱她,港区小霸王秒变二哈 [Secret crush x sweet romance x the second male lead wins] [Can be both cool and sweet x the little tyrant of Hong Kong] That July, Feng Wu climbed a tree to rescue a cat. Xu Xingchi happened to pass by and pulled up the hem of his T-shirt. “Awu, toss the cat down. Your big brother will catch it.” In the blink of an eye, Xu Xingchi had grown up. He gave her a cold smile. “Feng Wu, eat the mango for her, and I’ll agree to get engaged to you.” With everyone watching, Feng Wu ate the mango bite by 27kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves
- 125 The Master's Wife Comes First 师母在上 My Wife’s Teacher Is Here 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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Deadly Sweet Romance: The Abstinent CEO Fu Turns into a Wife-Doting Fanatic 致命甜宠,禁欲傅总化身宠妻狂魔
[Marriage Before Love] + [Sweet romance, devoted couple] + [Second male lead’s redemption arc] + [Face-slapping wish fulfillment] + [Super-sweet everyday life] The dark, calculating eldest son of the Fu family, Fu Ciyan, has never shown interest in women. After repeated pressure from Old Master Fu to produce an heir, Shui Yunyun is sent to his room. Through a twist of fate, the two sign a contract to have a child. Looking down at the woman beneath him, Fu Ciyan feels a hint of desire, unaware th
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A Clingy, Brooding Puppy Won't Leave Me Alone: Sister, Please Be Gentle with Me! 阴湿小狗缠上身,姐姐!疼疼我!
[Obsessive, Dark, Ghostly Male Lead / Sickly, Spoiled Heiress Female Lead] In her previous life, Su Li feared no one more than Huo Xieshan. In public, he pretended to be impeccably dressed, refined, and elegant. In private, his gaze was always fixed on her as he exacted his revenge, claiming and devouring every inch of her skin. No matter where she ran, she could never escape his control. His cold, damp gaze followed her like a shadow as he closed in on her trembling figure. Smiling, he reached
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They All Want to Turn Me Gay, but I Was Born a Woman 他们都想掰弯我,可我本就女儿身
[Ambitious female scholar disguised as a man × obsessive, scheming, sharp-tongued chief minister | A lovesick, quarrelsome, possessive young man from a fallen kingdom | A powerful crown prince as the rightful husband] I’m not a flirt. It’s just that no one person can meet my standards, so I put several together, taking the best and leaving out the worst. I’ve been a perfectionist since I was little! The drunken top scholar hooked an arm around her shoulder. “We get along so well. Why don’t we ta
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- 129 The Young Master Himself, at Your Service, Madam Sea King 公子本尊,参见海王夫人 This Young Master Appears in Person to Pay His Respects to the Sea King's Wife 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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Burning Bones, Stirring Desire 炙骨撩思
Lu Xi was always a good girl. The only time she ever went against the grain was when she fell in love with her own bodyguard, Shen Zhan, and married him without hesitation. She had thought it would be a story of redemption rooted in their youthful past. Instead, she found herself caught in a vast web of lies and revenge... Shen Zhan once told her, “A debt owed by the father must be paid by the son. I kept you around so you could watch the Lu family fall into ruin.” With hatred clouding his eyes,
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- 131 The True Vampire Son-in-Law 血族真婿 The Blood Clan's True Son-in-Law 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 After Dreaming That My Brother's Archenemy Took Me by Force 梦见被我哥死对头强取豪夺后 [A warm, sunny little princess / a poor boy who’s handsome, strong, and tragic / an ultimate sister-obsessed, arrogant, tsundere older brother] [BG] [Romance] [The heroine is the center of everyone’s affection] Short drama now available! Pei Xi has a dream. She dreams that Jiang Cheng, the aloof, sharp-eyed, solitary poor boy at school, will grow up to become the founder of a famous domestic game company. He creates a princess room just for her, then kneels beside her bed and slowly strokes her 14.5kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
- 133 After She Died, the Entire Wealthy Family Knelt and Begged for Mercy 她死后,全豪门跪地求饶 After She Died, the Entire Powerful Family Knelt and Begged for Mercy —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Possessing the Rose 占有蔷薇
[Hero Chases His Wife to Win Her Back + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] Zhou Jingsu, head of the Zhou family in City A, agrees when the little model he has kept for four years asks to break up. “If the little thing I keep is getting difficult, I’ll just have to tame her a little.” That very night. His good half brother, Shen Jingsi, offers himself to her. “Sister-in-law, I’ve always known how to treat a beautiful woman. Want to give me a try?” Later. Zhou Jingsu arrives to catch them in the act
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- 135 My Former Daoist Partner Keeps Chasing Me to Take Responsibility 前道侣追着要我负责 My Former Cultivation Partner Keeps Chasing Me to Take Responsibility 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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After Binding to the Childbearing System, I Trick the Crown Prince into Having My Baby 绑定生子系统后,我骗太子生崽崽
He Huanhuan, the only daughter of the fabulously wealthy Master He, is suddenly bound to a childbirth System! The rookie System rubs its hands together, brimming with ambition. [Host, all you need to do is win over the male lead, a man blessed with incredible fortune but without an heir, and you’ll enjoy wealth and glory and reach the pinnacle of life!] Who would have thought He Huanhuan would refuse with all her might? “My He family doesn’t lack children. Why should I have one for a man I don’t
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- 137 Sir, Please Stay 先生且留步 Sir, Please Wait 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 The Wicked Little Darling of the 1980s Has the Powerful Man Hooked, and Now He Can't Get Enough 八零坏娇娇勾到大佬后真香了 [Sweet romance + a wicked seductress + a factory director’s rise to wealth] Tao Yu is beautiful and bold. On the surface, she’s gentle, quiet, and perfectly normal, but deep down she’s a wicked little black-hearted dumpling. She transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself in a poor, overcrowded courtyard compound, struggling just to get by. She and the favored son of heaven, Song Hecheng, are worlds apart and should never have crossed paths. But in the factory director’s office, she smiles so 2.1kReads9.0Score230Shelves
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After Discovering the Doll's Secret, I Fell for Him 撞破人偶秘密后,我沦陷了
[Younger obsessive, unhinged, devoted puppy x cool-headed, independent senior executive | Older woman-younger man romance | Secret crush | Intense emotional tension | One-on-one romance, both leads have no past partners] Lu Jianwei is the marketing director of Fangtang Group, a true career queen. She’s never dated, stays clear-headed and disciplined, and devotes her life to work, never getting involved in romance. To get through a matchmaking date, she goes along halfheartedly. The date doesn’t
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- 140 Five Million to Buy Out a Tycoon Family: I'm the Queen of the Walled City 五百万买断豪门,姐在城寨当女王 Five Million to Buy Out the Rich Family, I'm Queen of the Walled City 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Joke Made a Murderer Pursue Me 因为一个玩笑,我被杀人魔追求了
[Fanfiction based on the American horror film Joy Ride. You don't need to have seen the original to enjoy it.] A timid, introverted heroine who grows stronger × a tall, mysterious, beastlike road demon During a road trip, a prank by one of her companions draws the attention of a terrifying road demon to Mili and her group. As they flee for their lives, the timid Mili is horrified to discover that the mysterious demon has developed a peculiar affection for her. In the end, he catches her. His low
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- 142 The General's Worthless Live-In Son-in-Law 将军的窝囊赘婿 The General's Pathetic Live-in Son-in-Law 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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This Is Crazy! I Was Widowed on My Wedding Night, but My Mad Dead Husband Has Returned 疯了!新婚夜守寡,疯批亡夫回来了
After a long-planned car accident, Su Li is forced to marry the Fu family’s heir, who died in the crash, as atonement. But on her wedding night, a mysterious man breaks into her bridal suite. After that, he demands her every night. “Please, don’t do this…” The man lets out a mocking chuckle by her ear. “You’re unhappy that someone’s fulfilling your dead husband’s marital duties for you?” Later, the widowed Su Li is exposed as pregnant and becomes the laughingstock of the entire city. The man res
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- 144 A Children's Rhyme Sung from Within the Walls 墙中唱童谣 A Children's Rhyme Sung from Within the Wall 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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Three Years After Abandoning Her Husband and Daughter, She Can Finally See Clearly 抛夫弃女的她三年后不眼盲心瞎了
Yu Hua wasn't a good woman. She had “abandoned her husband and daughter,” and spent the hard-earned money her “honest” husband, Chen Jikun, made on a wasteful university life in the city. She also went out of her way to hide the fact that she was married. In an era that prized simplicity and purity, a selfish, vain, spoiled woman like Yu Hua was nothing like the ideal good girl, let alone someone a man would want to marry. Yet Chen Jikun had not only married her, he spent money and effort treati
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- 146 She Was Wearing a Red Wedding Dress 她穿着红嫁衣 She Wore a Red Wedding Dress 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Pretty Girl of the Seventies Is a Real Firecracker 七零娇娇很惹火
[Transmigrate into a book, 1970s + join her husband in the military + stunning beauty + brash soldier + everyday life] [First the body, then the heart] The new book just got its rating, which will go up later. Sang Yanyan had only stayed up late reading a steamy novel. When she woke up, she had transmigrated into the book as the male lead’s frail ex-wife. In the story, the original owner was a delicate country girl, frail and helpless. The male lead was a third-generation military man from
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- 148 Three Lives Through Reincarnation, All for You 三入轮回只为卿 Three Times Through Reincarnation, All for You —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Does Your Girlfriend Have a Boyfriend? 请问你女朋友有对象吗
Quick transmigration + universal heartthrob After binding to a System, Wei Yu began playing the male leads’ unattainable dream girl. She transmigrated into the wife a mob boss had taken by force. Cold and unfeeling, she never loved him at all, and only waited for the day of a shootout so she could take a bullet for him and put an end to all their grievances. But the boss made her wear three bulletproof vests. · She transmigrated into the childhood friend of a future domineering CEO. She devoted
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After Awakening, the Tragic Romance’s White Moonlight Gets a Happy Ending with the Villain 虐文白月光觉醒后跟反派HE了
[The Leads Share a Wet Dream] [Seduction and Social Climbing] [Taking by Force] [Both Leads Are Chaste] The first time Shi Jing saw Shu Yao, she was someone else's girlfriend. She had wandered into a trashy circle that had nothing to do with her, pure and aloof, like an elegant rose untouched by the mundane world. Shi Jing's heart stirred, and his wicked desires grew impossible to suppress. Shu Yao, however, had a good impression of him and thought he was a refined gentleman. This forced Shi Jin
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