Male-Male Romance, a Little Angst, Please, I'm Begging!!! I'm in a Reading Slump!!!! 双楠，微虐，跪求了！！！最近瓶颈期啊！！！！

1. 301 病 The Frail Beauty Pants After Three Steps, and Her Childhood Friend Carries Her Home 病美人三步一喘！竹马摇尾抱回家 Sui Wang随望Two Male Leads539k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + childhood friends growing up together + brotherly affection turns into something more + wooing a big puppy] [Cool, aloof, long-haired beauty with a sickly constitution who knows how to reel them in × silver-haired, handsome, wolfish athlete who turns into a loyal puppy; genius painter × archer; sweet romance, one-on-one!] Yun Wulian had been sickly since childhood. He was out of breath after three steps and coughing after five, and would suddenly faint or come down with a fever 33.5kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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   The story is so tragic! In the first book, every world features a white moonlight who dies young, and he's also plagued by various illnesses, including blindness, muteness, separation anxiety, and more!

2. 302 明 “See You Tomorrow” Was Your Lie 明天见是你的谎言 Nine Leaves九叶叶叶10k WordsCompleted See You Tomorrow Was Your Lie 3Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 303 大 After the Senior Brother Was Reborn, His Junior Brother Pursued Him Relentlessly 大师兄重生后，师弟他疯狂追妻 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads556k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Master-brother who has lost all hope, the receiver x cold-hearted junior brother, the pursuer] - Love is the hardest thing to understand. Yan Jin used to think it was just an excuse made by people whose resolve in the Dao was weak. That was before he met his junior brother, Duan Weizhuo, a sword cultivator who followed the merciless path. They were entangled for years. Yan Jin even became obsessed, eventually falling into demonic cultivation. But in the end, it had all bee 7.4kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
4. 304 N The NPC Says Nothing, Just Keeps Lowering Your Affection Rating NPC不语，只是一味降好感度 Ying Mufeng应沐风Two Male Leads313k WordsCompleted [The aloof, sanctimonious shou vs. the refined, depraved gong who falls hard] [Two male leads + both are virgins + sweet romance + a little push and pull] On the night he gets engaged to Qin Zhiyue, Ning Xihui discovers that he’s a villainous NPC in a sweet, feel-good novel where the character everyone hated becomes everyone’s darling. On the outside, he’s immaculate and refined, a cold, noble flower on a high peak. Inside, he’s dark and jealous. Just because Qin Zhiyue glanced at the protagonis 37.9kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves
5. 305 哥 Big Brother, Could You Spoil Me a Little More? 哥哥再宠宠我好吗 Wait a Sec, Ha等等蛤Two Male Leads104k WordsOngoing Together for Half a Lifetime For a long time after Cheng Yu died, Zhou Nan believed he was the one who had caused his death. Zhou Nan thought he was a parasite clinging to Cheng Yu, slowly dragging him down until he died. It wasn't until Zhou Nan crossed half a lifetime and saw Cheng Yu again that he learned the truth. Cheng Yu had stopped wanting to live long ago. 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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   You can take a look at this book.

6. 306 异 Power Out of Control! The Unhinged Puppy Boy Rises to Become King 异能暴走！疯批小狼狗逆袭为王 Tea Piker茶派克Two Male Leads372k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + Superpowers + Two equally strong leads + Tormented romance] [Obsessive, deranged madman, cold, ruthless commander] Lu Li used to be useless. His superpower didn’t awaken until he was ten, and even at twenty-five, it was still low-level. At twenty-two, he fell hopelessly in love with that aloof beauty, only to be thrown into a mental hospital by the Lu family. When he saw the light again, he wanted to live well and work hard to keep up with Zhou Zhongting. But then he unexpected 16Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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   Forced gay transformation; the male lead is initially weak but becomes incredibly strong later, exhibiting both madness and composure, forcefully taking the lead. The female lead is a cool and aloof commander; both are strong, not the effeminate type.

7. 307 直 A Straight Guy's Awakening: I Got Busted Selling My Roommate's Stuff 直男觉醒：倒卖室友私物翻车了 Sweet Potato Isn't a Yam红薯不是地瓜Two Male Leads525k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Silly Comedy] [Love Rivals] [Straight-Talking, Smooth-Talking Straight Guy] [Making Money] [Self-Conquest] [Unhinged] Straight guy Lin Tian suddenly awakens to the fact that he is a cannon-fodder character in a campus novel, destined to die without a whole corpse after offending his three all-powerful roommates. After awakening, Lin Tian decides to make a quick fortune overnight and run for it. He discovers that the school is full of girls who are obsessed with the three big shots, 17.4kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves

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   This is beautiful.

8. 308 和 I Lost My Cover After Online Dating the School Bully 和校霸网恋后我掉马了 It's Aurora!是Aurora啦Two Male Leads294k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + chasing his husband + two equally powerful players in an online game + college (all adults!) + online romance and a secret identity exposed / things going wrong + rekindled love + a touch of bittersweetness + 1v1 happy ending] Scheming, tsundere, pure-hearted campus tough guy gong × sweet, sickly, flirtatious beauty shou who pretends to be well-behaved Jiang Shao and Cen Mian's encounter was like a carefully woven trap of sweetness, and also the most romantic joke fate could pl 919Reads—Score107Shelves

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   "…Rubbing…stomach, it hurts…" Cen Mian's voice was muffled, as if it were still inside the oxygen mask, tinged with the nasal tone of someone who had been crying. Her nose and eyes were red, twitching with each sob, like a small animal caught in the rain and unable to find its way home, so pitiful it could break your heart. "Jiang…Jiang Shao…" Jiang Shao wouldn't dare to lay a hand on her, let alone actually rub her stomach. The thought of her fragile post-operative body, the layers of gauze covering the wounds, made his heart tremble. "Just bear with it," he said softly, gently coaxing her, "The pump is already on, the medicine will take effect soon, just bear with it a little longer…"

9. 309 演 The Day We Filmed a Kissing Scene, I Realized I Wanted to Bite Him to Death 演完吻戏当天，我发现我想咬死他 Lamb Cub Writes羊崽崽码字19k WordsCompleted The day I finished filming a kissing scene, I realized I wanted to bite him to death —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Slightly angsty, please take a look.

10. 310 谁 Who Says a Young Marshal Can’t Live Off His Wife? 谁说少帅就不能吃软饭 A Page of Fireworks一纸烟火Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Fictional Republic-Era Setting + Reunion After Years Apart + Two Strong Leads + They Hurt Each Other at First, Then Dote on Each Other] [Mad Warlord Top VS Resilient Returnee Bottom] His father was dead, his brother-in-law had been imprisoned, his sister had hanged herself, and their home had been seized. When Shen Huaijing returned from France to Jiangcheng, all he found was a family destroyed and everyone he loved gone. To save his brother-in-law from execution, he chose a pa 6.3kReads9.0Score683Shelves

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    Two men in the Republican era, reunited after a long separation, with slightly angsty moments in the beginning, a young warlord and his returned overseas scholar.

11. 311 七 After Seven Years of Push and Pull, the Aloof Photographer Begs to Get Back Together 七年拉扯结束后，高冷摄影师跪求复合 Lamb Cub Writes羊崽崽码字15k WordsCompleted After seven years of push and pull, the aloof photographer begs her to get back together. —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 312 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 196.2kReads9.5Score26.2kShelves

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    The bag is nice, and the battle record is verifiable.

13. 313 W WYLM Miao Aoo苗嗷嗷Two Male Leads505k WordsCompleted Boy Band / Everyday Life / ABO / AA Romance / Idols / Friendship / Healing / Gender Swap / Happy Ending Synopsis: If love can't keep me alive, then hate can. But later, there was love, too. “Linlin, your big brother loves you.” “Jinglin, Tongtong will protect you.” “Cheng Jinglin! Look at me! Only look at me!” “Linlin is so pretty. I like you so much~” Ten years of protection, a warm embrace, a blazing fire, and a gentle deception. Do they love Cheng Jinglin, or just this beautiful body? On the 397Reads—Score—Shelves

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14. 314 绑 After Binding to a Conquest System, My Nemesis Went Out of Character 绑定攻略系统后我的宿敌OOC了 Yu Qing Gu Zong昱情故纵Two Male Leads81k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + mutual firsts + both reborn + enemies-to-lovers + younger man] A handsome, silver-tongued, half-demon merchant who plays dirty, in the receiving role × a cool, sharp-tongued, scheming righteous junior disciple in the pursuing role An enemy is an enemy. An enemy can't become a wife. Tang Qingshan was a half-demon cultivator and merchant who traveled between the human and demon realms, making a living with an innocent, pretty face and a head full of crooked schemes. Lin Qingxuan 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm recommending my new novel, a dual rebirth/romance-over-time/system romance. It features a cold-faced, sharp-tongued righteous protagonist paired with a timid, beautiful half-demon. Fans of this kind of setting should check it out! Daily updates of 4000+ words! [Please update more frequently!]

15. 315 鲸 Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads39k WordsCompleted Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die 23.4kReads8.1Score4kShelves
16. 316 E E's Golden Cage: A Love Prison for a Broken Old Beta E的黄金笼囚爱老Beta残鸟 Shuizezhou水泽州Two Male Leads614k WordsCompleted [Complete] The groveling pursuit begins in earnest from Chapter 61 [Entertainment industry | EABO | Younger man | Status gap | Rivals in love | Raising a child] Main story, EB | Qin Jian × Mu Yansheng (amnesiac, cold-hearted, crazy, controlling top-tier star enigma seme | honest, domestic older beta uke, disfigured) At nineteen, Mu Yansheng was disfigured in a fire while saving Qin Jian. His dream of becoming an actor was shattered, so he could only do odd jobs and work as a script supervisor on 3kReads—Score218Shelves

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    Look at this book, look at this book.

17. 317 木 The Wooden Man's Tail 木头的尾巴 Du Zeyan杜则言Two Male Leads121k WordsCompleted “Mu Chen vs. Wei Yanwan” “Wherever you go from now on, I'll follow you. It doesn't matter where I am, anyway. I'll be your little shadow.” “I think... this is as far as I can go with you.” 139Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A little bit of torture

18. 318 被 The Bullied, Beautiful Fool Turns Psychotic 被欺负的漂亮小傻子，变成疯批了 Hui Yuxian Zhi卉雨贤之Two Male Leads175k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + both virgins + sweet romance + healing + younger top who trains his “dog” + rekindled love] An elegant, aloof cannon-fodder bottom × a top who seems like a silly fool but is secretly a deranged, dark obsessive Lu Shiyan awakens to the truth: he is the story’s villainous cannon-fodder. His role is to bully the silly fool Fu Ci, teaching him the cruelty of human nature and triggering his deranged side, so that he and the protagonist’s love interest, Ji Lin, can become bitter riv 16Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The first book is bittersweet, but still sweet. The second book is like finding sugar in ice shards—bitter, slightly angsty, with more talk of hate than love, but more action than hate.

19. 319 谁 Who Says the Prince Doesn't Love His Male Consort? He Loves Him to Bits! 谁说王爷不爱男妻？他可太爱了！ Yi Qian Xu一千绪Two Male Leads218k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + sweet romance + stubborn denial and face-slapping + mutual pining becomes love + both pure] A soft, sickly young master vs. a sharp-tongued, possessive prince. Ji Tang was frail and sickly from childhood, neglected by his family and mistreated at every turn. He learned to live cautiously. Then his father suddenly took him to a palace banquet, where he unexpectedly spent the night with Xiao Yan, the Prince of Zhenbei, who was delirious from a bout of poison. The imperial edict a 2.8kReads6.6Score460Shelves

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    Sweet with a hint of bitterness, slightly sour and astringent! Not bad!

20. 320 绷 I Can't Keep It Together! The Cool E Turns Green Whenever He Gets Mad 绷不住了！清冷E一生气就变绿 Red Bull Sweet Potato红牛地瓜Two Male Leads461k WordsCompleted [Devoted Couple + Two Powerful Leads + ABO + Beast-Shifting World + Sweet on the Outside, Dark on the Inside + Domain Powers] Cool, sleepy bottom (Black Tortoise Enigma) vs. foul-mouthed, unhinged top (White Tiger Enigma) Shen Qing'en was once the Lord of Extreme Cold. Betrayed by the subordinate he trusted most, he was left to suffer from fire poison. His bloodline was already weakening, and to make matters worse, he'd turn completely green whenever he got angry! What kind of Black Tortoise tur 874Reads9.3Score175Shelves

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    The slightly angsty plot is very engaging.

21. 321 快 Quick Transmigration: A Tragedy Is Destined 快穿强制注定悲剧 Rain Falls, Hard to Gather雨落难收Two Male Leads477k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.9kReads8.1Score129Shelves

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22. 322 招 Signature Peach, Willow, and Millet Seed Jelly 招牌桃柳粟籽冻 FM Powder Takes the StageFM粉末登场Two Male Leads227k WordsOngoing I was just a summer worker at a film studio, doing odd jobs to earn some pocket money. So why did they make me an extra? And why did being an extra involve kissing? Why did I have to kiss a man? A sweet, innocent college boy gets kissed senseless by a hugely popular actor~ A pure little sugary romance~ Hope you all enjoy it 😘 399Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Sweet [heart emoji]

23. 323 沈 After Mr. Shen Is Reborn, He Clings Desperately to Me, Begging to Marry 沈总重生后死皮赖脸要结婚 Qian GeCharon千歌CharonTwo Male Leads326k WordsCompleted Reborn to pursue his wife, the two of them fake their marriage again POV 1 Ruan An is one of Shen Yi’s kept lovers, but he isn’t the only one. He knows that if he ever lets slip that he “likes Shen Yi,” he’ll be thrown out with his bags in an instant. So he carefully plays the part of a well-behaved lover who stays by Shen Yi’s side for money and resources alone. He never expected that after CEO Shen was hit by a falling lamp and woke up, he would suddenly say, “I like An’an.” Ruan An becomes ev 1.2kReads8.2Score102Shelves

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    This book is quite good; even though the rating isn't high, I'd still recommend it. Ruan An is still too young, too young to know how to properly hide his feelings. If Shen Yi paid even a little attention, he could see right through his efforts to conceal his affection. But in his past life, even though he knew, he didn't stop it. From that moment on, the affection in Ruan An's eyes was gradually worn away until finally, he turned and left without hesitation. Rebirth: A Wife-Chasing Hell.

24. 324 父 My Father’s Inheritance Is My Archrival 父亲的遗产，是我的死对头 Red Bull Sweet Potato红牛地瓜Two Male Leads296k WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed] The inheritance my father left me was a man - [Powerful-family romance + rekindled love + bittersweet happy ending + inheritance + high-stakes twists + younger man] [Loyal athlete top x cool-headed elite bottom, and the bottom is the inheritance] [Fox meets dog] A major scandal shakes the capital: the head of the Zhou family has died, leaving his inheritance to the illegitimate son of the rival family, Li Bo. Li Bo shows up uninvited at the Zhou family funeral. Zhou Y 17.3kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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    I think it's slightly angsty, a bittersweet story, by the same author.

25. 325 破 Heartbroken! After Losing Her Memory, Her Obsessive Ex-Husband Spoils Her 破防！失忆后，被病娇前夫宠上天 Mr. Ruan Loves Loaches爱吃泥鳅的阮先生Two Male Leads612k WordsCompleted [Enigma*Alpha, devoted couple, sweet romance, adorable child, possessive yet gentle and calculating vs. haughty and prickly, everyday life, food] She wakes up one morning to find herself with a soft, cuddly, wonderfully fragrant son. Can you believe it? And as a bonus, there’s a sultry, scheming husband who spends all day trying to seduce her! 12.3kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    Very good, highly recommended, both have a bit of angst in the middle. The first one is a mpreg novel by aboe. The seme is very emotionally stable and has a knack for raising children, while the side couple is quite angsty. The second one has a seme who is a mafia boss, and the uke is a student in the beginning and a policeman later.

26. 326 双 The Two-Faced CEO's Arrogant Little Ancestor 双面总裁的小祖宗超傲娇 Little Wings小翅膀Two Male Leads577k WordsCompleted In everyone’s eyes, he was a cold, abstinent, domineering CEO, ruthless and shrewd. But in Gu Chen’s eyes, Mo Yan was a total jerk! “Mo, why are you holding my hand in broad daylight?” “Because I’m afraid you’ll get lost!” “Mo, I helped you fight your enemies. Why are you yelling at me?” “Because I’m afraid you’ll get hurt!” “Mo, have you fallen for me?” “You only just noticed? Did a donkey kick you in the head?” 448Reads9.2Score105Shelves
27. 327 终 At Last, I Realize What I Owe You 终觉亏欠 Not-Bitter Bitter Melon不苦苦瓜Two Male Leads144k WordsCompleted Young Liang Anxian will never forgive the person he becomes as an adult. Cheating scum-gong story! Enter at your own risk! Bad ending! Bad ending! Bad ending! Realistic setting, no rebirth, and no golden finger. 922Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This, this, this

28. 328 渔 Chronicles of Fishing Fires 渔火纪年 Living It Up Like a Fool活着瞎胡闹Two Male Leads202k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + equally powerful leads + mutual healing + happy ending] One Gu called Lovesick to the Bone, and you can only love him. One is the Regent of the Great Jing Dynasty. The Regent Ji Jiufang’s name hangs over the entire Great Jing like a shadow. The emperor is young and has been on the throne for years, but the true ruler is the regent. Ji Jiufang is not yet thirty, yet in the eyes of the world he is like the King of Hell. At seventeen, he fought bloody battles on the frontier, quel 66Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 329 影 The Shadow Guard Reigns Supreme 影卫在上 Frostless Snow无霜雪Two Male Leads254k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, cold-blooded shadow guard seme, prince gets what he deserves] The emperor suspects that Prince Chen, Zhu Yucheng, harbors rebellious intentions. Under the pretext of protecting him, he sends Night Tianlin, the commander of the shadow guards, to keep him under surveillance, hoping to obtain evidence and eliminate Zhu Yucheng with a legitimate excuse. Who could have guessed that Zhu Yucheng was no pushover? He turned the scheme to his advantage, successfully seduced Night Tianlin, 410Reads7.0Score108Shelves

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    It's both sweet and heartbreaking.

30. 330 魂 Soul Transmigration into the Regent’s White Moonlight 魂穿摄政王的白月光 Spring Night Shan Nainai春夜山奈奈Two Male Leads699k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + equally powerful leads + tragic romance + older top + heart-wrenching + chasing his wife to the crematorium + white moonlight romance + toxic love + depressing + happy ending] Emergency room doctor Shen Shi'an died suddenly before the operating table. When he opened his eyes again, he was lying on an unfamiliar jade bed. The man before him held power over the entire court. He gently stroked Shen Shi'an's cheek, but in his eyes was the reflection of someone else. “Jinghe,” Xie 794Reads8.2Score162Shelves

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    Highly recommended for those experiencing a reading slump! This historical romance novel about power struggles and tragic love is so powerful it kept me up all night. I just finished catching up on what I'd missed, and I cried so much 😭 The author's portrayal of the hidden suffering behind misplaced affections and the agonizing, belated realization is simply superb! The more heart-wrenching the beginning, the more poignant the redemption later on. Happy ending, so feel free to jump in.

31. 331 陪 Watching Pear Blossoms with You 陪你一起看梨花 Flowers Falling Like Butterflies花落如蝶Two Male Leads443k WordsCompleted When he was five, he gazed longingly at the thirteen-year-old. At eighteen, he looked at the twenty-six-year-old with eyes like fire. Throughout their eight-year age gap, he never stopped following in his footsteps, gradually going from trailing behind him to standing by his side. Over more than a decade, their laughter and tears had long since blended together. 160Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    How about we take a look at this? [Laughs]

32. 332 甘 Willing to Fall 甘心沉沦 Ying Mufeng应沐风Two Male Leads262k WordsCompleted [Blunt bottom x devoted top] [Two male leads + mutual exclusivity + sweet romance + unrequited love turns mutual + both pursue each other] Lin Xuran is the overlooked second son of the Lin family. Frail and sickly since childhood, he is quiet and reserved. The first time he sees the refined, distinguished Huo Qichen, he is captivated and finds himself longing for someone for the first time. Later, Lin Xuran works up the courage to get closer to Huo Qichen, only to be driven away by the man’s off 55.7kReads9.5Score7.1kShelves

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    It's a good read, not too angsty, and has a happy ending.

33. 333 用 I Risked My Life to Transmigrate into a Book, and the Whole Internet Begged Me Not to Die 用命穿书后，全网发弹幕求我别死 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads448k WordsCompleted On-screen comments + System + true young master + sweet on the outside, dark on the inside + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite + intense push and pull + seductive beauty A frail, ill, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside true young master VS the obsessive, volatile heir to a powerful Beijing family Xiao Qingye was a powerful young master with a terrible reputation. Almost nobody liked him, and his parents treated him like a thorn in their side. Everyone told him to be kind, but 12.4kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
34. 334 大 A Bromance in the Great Tang 大唐基友记 Love for Jin Dui喜欢金兑上的爱Historical459k WordsCompleted In the Tianbao era, Chang’an was a city of dazzling splendor, with undercurrents churning beneath the surface. Forty-year-old Pei Yuanshao was a renowned spice merchant in the Eastern Market. He was tall and powerfully built, with a resolute face, silver at his temples, and a pair of broad, strong hands. His whole bearing spoke of a steady, bold man who had seen much of the world. Thirty-eight-year-old Qin Huaiyuan was a constable in Chang’an County. Broad-backed and burly, he had a square face, 48Reads—Score100Shelves

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    These are some good books, worth recommending!

35. 335 梧 Old Tales of Wucheng 梧城旧事 Li Xing Shuo黎星烁Two Male Leads411k WordsOngoing Pure Love · Male-Male Romance · Republic of China Era · Redemption · Angsty Romance Winters in Wucheng claimed lives. Xie Guiwan was supposed to be the eighteenth. As he counted the seven nooses he had tied in the ramshackle house, someone knocked at the door. Sesame cakes, a scarf, candles, a hand warmer: Qin Shuye passed them through the crack one by one. The note tucked underneath read: “It’s cold at night. Cover yourself with another layer.” Later, he moved into a house with a parasol tree, 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These books are all very good, with a touch of bittersweetness, but not too angsty.

36. 336 恶 The Wicked Cannon Fodder Awakens and Becomes a Trash-Talking Champion 恶毒炮灰觉醒后成为嘴炮王者 Socially Anxious Lazy Rascal社恐懒小鬼Two Male Leads311k WordsCompleted Su Qing suddenly awakens to his own existence and realizes he is nothing but a villainous cannon-fodder character in a book. Though he is the biological young master, he gets no love at all. No matter how many schemes he tries, he can only imitate the wrong person, and in the end he is left with a miserable fate that makes him a laughingstock. Su Qing awakens right at the beginning of the story. This time, he’ll do whatever feels right: he’ll clap back at his arrogant, self-important parents, hi 1.9kReads8.9Score227Shelves
37. 337 禁 Forbidden Embrace 禁忌的拥抱 Love for Jin Dui喜欢金兑上的爱Urban587k WordsCompleted Forty-five-year-old Lu Zhenhai is the city’s quietest “giant”: weighing 320 jin, with a broad back and shoulders like a wall. Once a dockworker, he now runs an auto repair shop beside the secondhand market that nobody ever visits. His life is like a scrapped engine: heavy, greasy, and forgotten by everyone. Twenty-five-year-old Shen Du is the city’s brightest “lie.” A graduate of a prestigious university’s architecture program, he was disgraced by a plagiarism scandal and blacklisted by the enti 1.9kReads—Score102Shelves
38. 338 温 A Gentle Boyfriend, Pretty and Tearful, Yet a Brooding Ghost 温柔男友，貌美爱哭，但阴湿男鬼 Bring on the Good Fortune and Money招财进宝钱你快来Two Male Leads552k WordsCompleted (Just received a rating, working hard on the story) [Two male leads + gloomy beauty top + younger bottom + mildly terrifying and twisted + forced love + black-hearted beneath a sweet exterior + groveling ex’s redemption arc + bittersweet + happy ending] Jiang Ling finally returns to the tribe with Qi Mo. On the eve of their wedding, he discovers that his husband is a monster! Jiang Ling runs away from the wedding in the middle of the night. The young man who has lost his wife pleads in a hoarse 8.2kReads8.9Score1kShelves
39. 339 红 Red and White, Misaligned 红白错 Gu Yunbai古韵白Two Male Leads406k WordsOngoing Xie Kezhen is the young owner of a funeral business in Huicheng, known by office workers as a “stingy rich kid.” Wu Zhuo is the small-business owner of Yuanzhuo Weddings. He weaves beautiful words while officiating weddings, but once he steps off the stage, he barely says a thing. After a mix-up on a blind date, Wu Zhuo mistakes Xie Kezhen for someone else, but Xie Kezhen can't get him out of his head. Flowers, fixing the hallway light, sending business his way, playing the suona in a Western re 319Reads—Score103Shelves

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    A collection of top-tier male lead pairings is here! Funeral x Wedding, Rough Guy x Young Man, CEO x Assistant – Gu Yunbai's books are all about contrasting personalities, perfect for holiday binge-watching without any pitfalls! 1. *Red and White Mistake*: Funeral director x Wedding MC. One's handling a funeral, the other a wedding, yet he insists on pursuing the other, their tropes getting more outrageous than the last. 2. *Adding Warmth*: After five years of being cheated on, a bakery owner offers him a piece of broken cake: "Find someone else, and you'll warm up again." 3. *Snowy Return*: A rough-around-the-edges Didi driver from Northeast China x A sweet girl from the South. They find each other by the river late at night, and their hard times turn into sweetness. 4. *Twelve Years of Temperature Difference, All Because I Love You*: A strict CEO x An all-around capable assistant. A cup of 55-degree tea balances their twelve-year age difference. 5. *Redemption in Autumn Light*: A poor food delivery guy collapses from heatstroke, only to have his life changed by a stranger.

40. 340 硬 A Tough Man’s Weakness 硬汉的软肋 Love for Jin Dui喜欢金兑上的爱Urban369k WordsCompleted On the rainy night I was scammed while trying to rent a room, I had nowhere else to go. I was shoved into an old alley, an aging house, and the life of a strange man. Xiong Yue was thirty-eight, built like a mountain, quiet, and as punctual as a clock. I thought living under someone else’s roof would be hard to bear. But he left a light on when I came home late from overtime, came to pick me up with his umbrella tilted against the rain, and would sigh alone in the middle of the night, silentl 1.3kReads—Score112Shelves
41. 341 添 A Touch of Warmth 添暖 Gu Yunbai古韵白Two Male Leads308k WordsCompleted Dual male leads + Age gap + Healing in the everyday hustle and bustle + Modern city life + Realistic tone Tang Xiaoman VS Du Chang'an After five years as a househusband, he discovers the ugliest betrayal on their eighth anniversary... Tang Xiaoman has always believed that "a little fullness is enough." From their awkward school days to becoming the one who stayed home to cook, he spent five years of his youth immersed in the little details of everyday life. His eyes and heart held only the pers 564Reads8.3Score103Shelves
42. 342 温 Why Does the Gentle Young Man from Miaojiang Like Forced Love? 温柔苗疆少年怎么喜欢搞强制爱啊 Bring on the Good Fortune and Money招财进宝钱你快来Two Male Leads248k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + forced love + sinister, obsessive male ghost + younger man + sweet and angsty + groveling-to-win-him-back + bittersweet + happy ending] Jiang Zhi had spent years being timid and painfully self-conscious around people, until at last he found his own guiding light. After he started dating the haughty King of the Miao, Jiang Zhi was cherished like a precious treasure. Qi Bingyan stuck to him every day. “Open wide, big brother. Let me feed you~” “Big brother, what’s your favori 8.5kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
43. 343 背 After Betraying My Ex-Boyfriend, I Got a Terminal Illness 背叛前男友后，我患上了绝症 Clouds Rest in a Deep Alley云栖深巷Two Male Leads254k WordsCompleted [Just started. Dual male leads, a redemptive romance with angst] If you had less than a year to live, would you try to make amends for an irreparable mistake? An Ran had always been certain that the car accident that killed his parents was a carefully plotted conspiracy. In the name of love, he had planned every move, turning the blade in his own hands against Pei Sinian, the man he loved most. But when the truth was fully exposed, he realized he had been nothing more than a pawn in someone else 593Reads8.0Score101Shelves

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    This fits perfectly. The whole story has a lighthearted and humorous foundation, with a touch of angst. It's worth checking out.

44. 344 被 After I Was Bullied, the Gang Boss Treated Me Like His Own Child 被霸凌后黑社会大哥待我视如己出 Love for Jin Dui喜欢金兑上的爱Two Male Leads311k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it 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! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 345 雪 Snowfall on the Road Home 雪漫归途 Gu Yunbai古韵白Two Male Leads288k WordsCompleted Northeastern big potato Zhang Feng vs. Southern little bean sprout Chen Zui Modern + quality fiction + two male leads + urban life + happy ending + sweet romance + realism + mutual redemption + bittersweet The river breeze in Jishi always carried a bone-chilling bite, much like Zhang Feng, who was thirty-six. Fresh off a breakup, he scraped by doing rideshare work that barely paid, muddling through life amid the old town’s everyday bustle. Life had worn his heart rough and heavy. Then, one late 145Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 346 二 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Meat Bun Won't Eat Meat肉包不吃肉Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro 100.4kReads9.7Score19.3kShelves

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    It has to be this one! It's subtly angsty, yet incredibly sweet.

47. 347 胖 The Fat Bear Boss’s Belt Strangled My Soul 胖熊上司的皮带，勒住了我的魂 Love for Jin Dui喜欢金兑上的爱Urban581k WordsCompleted Lin City’s business world has two famous chubby bear CEOs, Zhou Zhengyuan and Fang Guodong. Outwardly, they’ve been bitter rivals for twenty years; in private, they’re each other’s only weakness. Beneath their double-breasted and single-breasted suits are two hearts weathered by business battles, yet burning only for one another. Then Xia Mingyuan, a refined new star in private equity, makes a forceful entrance. He openly declares his love, presses them at every turn, and vows to “take one of th 471Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are some good books, worth recommending.

48. 348 谁 Whose Top Alpha Pheromones Smell Like Chocolate Ice Cream? 谁家顶A信息素是巧克力冰淇淋啊 Heartbroken Mutt伤心大土狗Two Male Leads445k WordsCompleted [Interstellar ABO + two equally matched leads + both devoted and chaste + the bottom transmigrates into a book + the top is reborn + mutual salvation + a touch of ensemble cast] In the apocalypse, zombies ran rampant. Su Ji, the only surviving human at the Eastern Base, transmigrated into a book one day and became the imperial commander who was mercilessly demoted for climbing into the emperor's bed. The System told him: “See that black-haired, blue-eyed Alpha? He's the biggest villain in the wh 6.2kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves

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    The first one is super good, and not too angsty (not really).

49. 349 钦 Qinlin Maple Realm 钦临枫境 Gu Yunbai古韵白Two Male Leads270k WordsCompleted [Modern sweet romance between two men in the workplace] When a demanding CEO meets an all-around assistant, this workplace story that begins in the break room hides a spark stronger than the aroma of tea. Bai Moqin, CEO of Xingchen Technology and an Oxford-educated business elite, had a strict rule: tea had to be served at exactly 55 degrees Celsius. He had gone through four assistants in six months. Then Lin Feng, a sunny young man who had graduated from H University's investment program, walke 269Reads8.0Score—Shelves
50. 350 胖 The Fat Bear Emperor Wants to Be Fed 胖熊帝君求投喂 Love for Jin Dui喜欢金兑上的爱Two Male Leads89k WordsCompleted There are two famously chubby immortals in the celestial realm. One is Emperor Xuancheng, who governs the laws of the Nine Heavens: solemn and imposing, yet devoted to candied fruit and pastries. Built like a mountain, he is known throughout the Three Realms as the “Iron Tower” Immortal Lord. The other is the little immortal Qingfeng, who tends the celestial herbs in the Jade Pool. Fair, plump, and endearingly goofy, he is nicknamed “Dumpling” by the other immortals for his round belly and absen 88Reads—Score—Shelves

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