I'm a Veteran Reader Looking for Stories Where the Female Lead Slacks Off, Lies Flat, and Tricks Everyone Else into Working Hard 老书虫了，想看女主摆烂，躺平，忽悠别人内卷
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The Real Heiress Just Wants to Be a Couch Potato 真千金她只想当咸鱼
When she was five, little Wen Ran saw a shooting star and made a heartfelt wish: Please let me be a lazy fish! Let me coast through life without ever having to work hard! The little boy beside her, her childhood sweetheart, made a wish with ten thousand times more sincerity: Please let me eat lazy fish for the rest of my life! Little Wen Ran: ? Fifteen years later, the real eldest daughter of the Wen family, who had lived in the countryside for twenty years, was brought back to the wealthy Wen f
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I'm a Master? How Come I Didn't Know? 我是高手我怎么不知道
"Feel-good power fantasy"[Words Become Law]+ [Overactive Imaginations]+ [Ensemble Cast] Original title: I’m a Master, So Why Don’t I Know It? Xiao Ranshu suspects this world has gone mad! The dog she picked up is the fearsome Wolf King, renowned for his incredible combat prowess? The servant she hired while out shopping is a great sea monster from the merfolk? That silly rabbit is a Taotie that feeds on dragons... Xiao Ranshu slams the table in fury. “Bullshit! My pets are sweet, cute, and obedi
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This Kept Woman Has a Conscience, Just Not Much of One 这个外室有点良心，但不多
(One-on-one romance + Both leads are each other's first and only + Ridiculous, no-logic comedy + Mind-reading + Adorable child + Hero has no legal wife) After a week of staying up late and working overtime, office drone Song Qingran died suddenly and became the Prince of Nanliang, Ning Zhuo’s mistress, kept at his country estate. At first, Ning Zhuo told her, “I don't expect you to have power, wealth, or a respectable background. You'll get five hundred taels every month, delivered on schedule.
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Spending Money, Eating Gossip, and Raising Kids in the 1970s 我在七零氪金吃瓜养崽崽
[No romance, just watching the drama] + [The middle volume moves to the cultivation world] + [Multiple worlds later on] What! She's about to transmigrate? Mei Xinxin feels a little nervous, but also a little excited! She's a pampered rich girl, a fourth-generation heir who can live off the wealth of a family-owned planet without lifting a finger. With nothing to do, she's become a little couch potato. Aside from studying things she'll never use, she spends her time watching online gossip, readin
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On Our Wedding Night, I Was Spoiled by the Possessive, Lovesick Villain 新婚夜！我被偏执病娇反派宠上天
[Sweet romance + goofy fun + possessive schemer + scumbag-smiting face-slapping + System that prolongs her life] After transmigrating into a book as the short-lived villain's doomed new bride, Yu Mingming thought her life was over. As she sobbed, the cold genius villain panicked. “Did I hurt you?” Yu Mingming felt even worse. Not only had she become cannon fodder, she'd also lost the chastity she'd guarded for years. At least the powerful villain was handsome and rich. She'd come out ahead. Yu M
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I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门
(The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh
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Reforming My Good-for-Nothing Husband, Starting at Age 20 改造废物老公，从20岁开始养老
[Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr
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A Forceful Claim 强势染指
[Roguish, Rugged Hero] [Daddy-Type Boyfriend] [ oozing hormones] [Guiding Lover] [Sweet Romance] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [Food] [Kissaholic] [Both Pure and Inexperienced] I'm currently working on signed editions for publication. If you're interested, you can check them out at the usual place. This is part of the same series as Jiang Baichuan and Hai Tian's A Soldier in Uniform, Rose in Hand, Dedicated to the Princess. (The male lead cooks, talks dirty, and fusses over every last detail like a dad. T
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- 9 Transmigrated into a 1970s Book: The Sweet, Soft Wife Is Doted on by Her Rough-Hewn Husband 穿书七零：娇软甜妻被糙汉爱惨了 [Sweet romance + spirit spring + pampered wife + period setting + rugged man + transmigration into a book] [Devoted, fierce, rugged male lead × fair-skinned, beautiful, wealthy female lead] In her previous life, Qiao Suisui was thrown into the sea and killed by her stepmother and stepsister. When she wakes, she has transmigrated into a character with the same name, the other woman who broke up the original couple. Fearless Qiao Suisui decides to win over the male lead and bring down her stepsist 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 To Save My Life, I Called the Sicko Villain My Husband 为了保命，我喊了病娇反派夫君 [Transmigrate into a Book + Reborn + Yandere + Mutually Faithful Couple + Alternate World + Captivity in the Later Story + Happy Ending] Yu Yao read a harem novel aimed at male readers and transmigrated into it because she couldn’t accept the tragic fate of its big bad. She became Qingyang Sect’s busty, empty-headed cannon-fodder girl and was bound to a plan to save the villainous powerhouse. Her mission was to stop him from turning evil and destroying the world. But can someone explain why the 2Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂
[Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and
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After My Master Gave Up, the Entire Sect Became Invincible 师尊摆烂后，全宗门都无敌了
[Laid-Back Heroine + Everyone Else Works Themselves to the Bone + Ensemble Cast + No CP] Mu Shiyue worked herself to the bone for two lifetimes, only to be struck by lightning while undergoing tribulation. Reborn, she becomes the master of Wanxuan Sect, a small and impoverished sect. The sect may be poor, but her six disciples are good-looking, sweet-spoken, and great at getting things done. She absolutely adores them! She has her disciples train hard: one can make medicine, another can forge ma
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- 13 A Hundred and Eight Ways for a Villain to Slack Off 论反派摆烂的一百零八种方式 [The comic is now available on Tomato Novel. Search for "The 108 Ways a Villain Can Give Up" to read it] [This is a slow-burn story with a couple. The male lead, Yu He, arrives late. The female lead is incredibly powerful, but she just gives up! This is not a conventional power fantasy, so fans of power fantasies should steer clear! Note: This story has lots of original worldbuilding. Please don't compare it to other works!] [A solemn announcement: Actually, never mind. Just make do with it! If 12.3kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
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The Consort’s Laid-Back Daily Life 娘娘的佛系日常
[A lazy, carefree little schemer who just wants to lie flat + historical fantasy + palace intrigue + heroine devoted to one man, hero not devoted to one woman] The charming and clever favorite consort Lin Jingran refuses to work herself to the bone. She’s got the Noble Imperial Consort position lined up, and plans to enjoy the drama and lie flat her way to becoming Empress. Family? She’s a treasured darling of her family, too. The emperor? He openly favors her and helps her navigate palace intr
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I Tried to Lie Flat, but Ended Up Becoming Empress 躺平不成反称后
◆Devoted Pursuit of His Wife × Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming × Both Reborn × Lighthearted Comedy × Reconciliation After a Breakup◆ She said, “If there's another life, let's never meet again.” He regretted it: “If there's another life, you won't get away from me.” She died with resentment in her heart in her previous life. In this one, all she wants is to lie flat. But the emperor has also been reborn, and he's plotting his moves every step of the way. She runs, he pursues. She hates him
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I Became the Heroine of an Angsty Novel, and the Cannon Fodder Prince Can Read My Mind 穿成虐文女主，被炮灰王爷读心了
[One-on-one, both untouched + transmigrate into a book + mind-reading + kept mistress + sweet romance + pursuing his wife] Su Ruanruan transmigrates into a book and becomes the heroine of The Marquis’s Pampered Wife, a woman who is tormented in body and heart by the marquis yet remains devoted to him. Su Ruanruan says, “Whoever wants to be the heroine of this miserable romance can have the job.” So after being drugged with an aphrodisiac, she decisively abandons the male lead and throws herself
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The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比
After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th
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My Child Is Two and a Half, and Their Father Has Come Back from the Dead 孩子两岁半，孩子爹死而复生了
[One-on-one romance + transmigrate + pocket dimension + adorable kids + satisfying read] Song Youran transmigrates after being struck dead by a pack of diapers! The father of the twins, a boy and a girl, whom everyone believed dead, has come back to life! Son: “Who are you? Get out! Get out!” Reborn daughter: “A twenty-year-old dad really doesn't know any better!” Once a child bride in a farming family, she is suddenly transformed into the heir apparent's wife in the Duke of Zhenguo's household!
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The Crazy Actress Is Ready to Give Up 疯女演员，准备摆烂啦
[Showbiz] [Dating show] [Secret identities] [Medical skills] [Witchcraft] [Slacking off] [Overbearing CEO] [Twin sons] International movie star Atana is obsessed with acting, so much so that she’s earned the nickname “the Mad Actress.” Then someone sets their sights on her, and a wave of negative publicity hits all at once: scandalous photos, a chaotic private life, banned substances, mental health rumors, and more. Her acting career suffers, her companies run into cash-flow problems, and she
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I Picked Up a Ghost and Brought It Home; My Aloof, Powerful Minister Spoils Her Rotten 捡只阿飘回家，清冷权臣他宠疯了
A motion comic is now available: She Brought a Ghost Home, and the Cold, Powerful Official Warmed Up [Streetwise wandering ghost X aloof young general and powerful official] [Ancient-style political intrigue + Light supernatural comedy + Stories of ordinary life in ancient times + Mystery and investigation + Love goes both ways] [There is a male lead, both leads are virgins, happy ending, a slow-burn romance that unfolds gradually. They don't kiss until chapter 100, but it's very sweet, so dive
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The Light of Righteousness Shines on a Dating Show, and She Goes Viral 正道的光在恋综，爆红了
[One-on-one Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Showbiz + Dating Reality Show + Livestream + Devoted Couple + Hilarious + A Beacon of Justice] Xia Cheng transmigrated into a book and became the vicious supporting female character in a showbiz novel, the one who provided countless assists for the romance between the male and female leads. Xia Cheng after transmigrating into the book: Who cares about the leads? I just want to do whatever I want. But then… [Ding! The Beacon of Justice System
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- 22 A Sparrow Hopes to Become a Phoenix? The Real Heiress Just Chops Down the Tree 麻雀飞上枝头？真千金我直接砍树 [Everyone’s Regret, No Forgiveness, All-Round Female Lead, Face-Slapping Power Fantasy] In her previous life, Yan Xia and the Gu family’s adopted daughter were kidnapped together. Her biological parents, all five older brothers, and even her childhood sweetheart boyfriend chose to save the adopted daughter first. Yan Xia was killed by her kidnappers. Reborn, she cuts ties with her parents and her worthless brothers, and breaks up with her childhood sweetheart boyfriend. She’s done putting up wit 48.7kReads9.3Score5.2kShelves
- 23 The Demon Lord Becomes a Little Immortal Attendant to Pay His Mortgage 魔尊为还房贷化身小仙侍 Yun Liao, the Demon Venerable who rules the Demon Realm and strikes terror across the Three Realms, has a secret no one knows: he can barely keep up with his mortgage payments to the Immortal Realm! To maintain the grandeur of his Cloudtop Celestial Palace, perched beside the highest spiritual vein, he spends his days as a fearsome, stone-faced Demon Venerable, then transforms at night into a lowly Foundation Establishment immortal attendant named Yun Zi. On his nemesis Immortal Emperor Hao Chen —Reads—Score—Shelves
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I'm Done! Go Ahead and Kill Me If You Can! 老娘不干了，有本事你嘎了我！
After transmigrating into the body of a sickly cultivator afflicted by spirit-devouring poison, she has only 89 days left to live? Liu Sisi bristles, her fierce Northeastern accent in full force: “I’m done with this! Go on, kill me right now if you’ve got the guts!” Her own grandmother empties a lifetime of dowry savings to buy a black-furred guinea piglet to extend her life. Touched, Liu Sisi brings it home, and gains a lay-flat partner-in-crime, Piggy Dumpling, plus a stingy chipmunk System. T
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After I Led My Sect to Ascension, the Tragic Romance Hero Went Mad 我带宗门飞升后，虐文男主他疯了
[Everyone’s favorite + two strong leads + the hero’s agonizing pursuit of his wife + no forgiveness] Gu Xi transmigrates into the heroine of a tragic romance novel. In the story, the heroine is born into a noble family, yet she is hopelessly lovestruck, with her whole heart and mind devoted to the hero. The hero hurts and misunderstands her, treating her family with the kind of cruelty that tears them apart down to the eighteenth generation, yet she still loves him as deeply as ever. In the end
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- 26 Quick Transmigration: The Tragic-Novel Heroine Seems to Have a Serious Problem 快穿：虐文女主好像有那个大病 [Goofy + Slacker + Romance-Averse] Male lead: “The only one I've ever loved is her!” Cen Jing (rolling down the car window): “You two have to make it work. I'll take a car.” Second male lead: “You're interesting.” Cen Jing: “You deserve someone better, not someone who's already the best, like me.” Villainous big shot (pointing at the male lead and his mistress): “Why not tell the driver to run them over?” Cen Jing: “Hello? 110? Someone's inciting someone to commit murder... No, I'm not stutterin 9.2kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves
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The Female Side Character Is Too Radiant, and the Villain Can't Stop Kissing Her 女配太明媚，会被黑化大佬亲上瘾
I got a low score because someone sabotaged me. Kids, don’t read this. “Bright, charming, and bold villainess × a gloomy, unhinged big shot who pretends to be deaf” The moment Song Chuntian opened her eyes, she found herself in the role of the vicious female supporting character who tormented the future big shot. The original owner of her body had committed countless evil deeds. Now reborn, Fu Shen had fallen completely into darkness. He locked her away in a private sanatorium and tortured her
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The Earl’s Household Turns Its Fortune Around 伯府翻身记事
Lin Yunzhu lands in a novel written for male readers as the second-born illegitimate daughter of the villainous Yongning Earl’s household. Her legitimate elder sister is a snobbish woman who broke off her engagement when the male lead was down on his luck. The original character is a scheming woman who seduces the female lead’s fiancé. Her younger half-sister is a little white lotus. Her eldest brother is bad at business, and the family is so poor they’re about to run out of food. Her second bro
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The Well-Behaved Eighties Kid: My Whole Family Struck It Rich After Hearing My Thoughts 八零乖崽，炮灰一家读我心后赢麻
[Complete] [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + family hears her thoughts + cannon-fodder comeback + beloved by the whole family + family life + getting rich] Qin An'an, queen of the rat race, transmigrates into a book. She was supposed to be a pampered little princess, but instead she becomes a short-lived cannon-fodder character in a period novel. [What? The whole family is cannon fodder?!] The reborn heroine stole the life that should have belonged to the eldest sister, then sacrifice
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- 30 The 1990s: After the Old Lady Gives Up, Her Luck Soars! 九零：老太婆摆烂后却气运爆棚！ Liu Chunhua's life was a miserable one. She lost her husband in middle age and her son in her later years. All her life, she worked like an ox for her lazy, gluttonous younger son's family. Her son and daughter-in-law were lazy and greedy. No matter, she would scavenge through garbage to feed them. Her grandson was a delinquent, idle and addicted to gambling. No matter, she would sell everything she owned to pay off his debts. For the sake of this family, she spent all the compensation money her 339Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 31 Transmigrating to the 1980s: My Vile Grandma Wants to Trade Me for a Bride Price 穿越八零：极品奶奶想拿我换彩礼 Jiang Yue grew up in an orphanage, and the only warmth in her life came from its director. As an adult, she worked hard until she had a car, a house, and savings, only to fall into a manhole on her way home. When she wakes up, she finds herself in the body of another Jiang Yue, with the exact same name! Her grandmother favors boys, and her uncles each have their own schemes. Only her parents are honest and meek. Jiang Yue: “We’re splitting up the family! We have to!” Who would have thought that 209Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 32 The Entertainment Industry, Starting with a Con 从忽悠开始的娱乐圈 Lin Ting, an ordinary young man, is reborn after an accident. Determined to break free from his mundane fate, he sets off down a one-way road that begins with bluffing, armed with nothing but a passionate heart and a silver tongue. He could never succeed on his own, but with a System that transmigrated from Earth, things might be different... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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After Our Whirlwind Wedding, My Wife Slacks Off and Acts Like a Salty Fish Every Day 闪婚后夫人每天摆烂装咸鱼太沙雕
[The leads fall in love after an arranged marriage + the second male lead has had a secret crush for 16 years + the heroine is a beacon of light and salvation] The Song family’s dim-witted daughter takes her sister’s place in an arranged marriage, becoming a laughingstock among her relatives. Is Lord Huo blind? He turns down a perfectly healthy, intelligent young lady and specifically asks for the second daughter, who isn’t right in the head! That pig-headed idiot is bound to get divorced by Lor
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My Unhinged Junior Sister Is a Tool, and the Whole Sect of Villains Slacks Off 疯批师妹工具人，满门反派摆烂
Ye Chu woke up from slacking off at work and discovered she had transmigrated into the novel Tiger Tanks Are the Cultivation World's Darlings as the third senior sister, a disposable tool character. In the novel, the third senior sister is eventually crushed to death by her junior sister. And no matter what happens, she’s always the one who gets abandoned. Ye Chu’s spirit shattered. She conned the Grand Elder out of every last possession he had and fled down the mountain in the middle of the nig
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My Roommate Is My Delightfully Troublesome Friend 合租室友是我的快乐冤种
Lin Zhixia is an easygoing office worker who ends up with Jiang Yi, a good-for-nothing roommate who can barely manage daily life. Frying an egg turns into alchemy, doing laundry makes everything run, and ordering takeout can lead to instant public humiliation. One meltdown-inducing life hack a day, and all the fun comes from her roommate’s ridiculous antics. No melodrama, no romance, just laugh-out-loud urban slice-of-life comedy.
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