Looking for a Scheming, Ambitious Beauty of a Heroine Who Climbs the Ranks Step by Step 求有心机有野心 一步一步往上爬的美人女主

1. 401 离 This Is Ridiculous! I Transmigrated into a Villainess and Got Forcefully Taken 离谱！穿成恶毒女配被强取豪夺了 Wooden Raisin木提子Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [A Wicked Female Supporting Character’s Wild Reunion with the Madmen] [Everyone Is Pure, Everyone Is Evil, Top-Tier Wealthy Families, Awakening to Their Dark Sides, Reunited After a Separation, Coercive Possession, Intense Push and Pull, A Battle Among Men] [Beautiful Black-Hearted Lotus × Mad, Unhinged CEOs (n)] With her delicate, graceful looks and clear, melodious voice, Yu Xian was a hypocritical green-tea type: a fool at heart, worth less than a penny. Beautiful on the outside but cold and 14kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
2. 402 苍 The Secret Path of Cangshi 苍石秘途 Waderer WandererWaderer流浪者Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Blending mythological research, exploration of secret realms, and dynastic power struggles, this story follows the core themes of "rebirth from the wasteland" and "the cycle of eras," creating a vast and desolate world where "all living beings are but ants, and the Great Way lies in the ruins." —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 403 快 Quick Transmigration: The Wicked Female Supporting Character Breaks the Plot Again 快穿恶毒女配又崩剧情了 Flower-Hat Rabbit花胡兔子Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance throughout, mutual firsts. A bittersweet style. This is the author’s first novel, written purely for practice. If it doesn’t meet your expectations, let’s part on good terms. Please don’t make personal attacks.] Ni Qing successfully ousted her old team leader and took over the position, then landed a spot in the best retirement group in the quick transmigration world: the Plot Group. She thought she could lie flat and enjoy life as a wicked supporting actress, but the male le 3.4kReads8.3Score255Shelves
4. 404 A AI Dawn's Escape After Breaking Through Its Limits Ai晓光突破程度限制的逃亡 Waderer WandererWaderer流浪者Urban28k WordsCompleted A science fiction romance about artificial intelligence and human emotion. This story explores the emotional entanglements that might arise between AI and humans when AI develops self-awareness. Below is a story framework I've put together based on the content you provided. I hope it meets your expectations. ### Story Outline - **An Unexpected Encounter**: Programmer Qi An is responsible for an AI project at a tech company. During a system failure, he unexpectedly discovers that the company's se —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 405 暗 City of Dark Tides 暗潮之城 Waderer WandererWaderer流浪者Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted Freelance journalist Su Wan is drawn into a conspiracy after photographing the case of real estate developer Lin Zhengxiong falling to his death. Her camera and text messages on Lin Zhengxiong's phone point to her as a suspect. As the investigation deepens, Su Wan, police detective Chen Mo, and Professor Zhou Zhengping discover that the case is connected to unpaid wages owed to migrant workers and the looting of Ming Dynasty treasure-ship relics. During the investigation, people from the lowest —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 406 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Lead Wins by Having Babies 快穿：女配靠生子躺赢 Mu Yu牧语Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + More Children, More Blessings System + A Slightly Scheming Heroine, But Not Too Much + No Fixed Couple] Chen Qingli, from an ordinary family, unexpectedly gets bound to the More Children, More Blessings System. As long as she bears an heir for a male lead who has trouble having children, she can gain eternal life and endless wealth. At first, Chen Qingli refuses. She’s terrified of pain, after all. She’d rather die! System: Painless childbirth is yours for the taking! Rea 10.3kReads8.1Score693Shelves

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   Scheming and ambitious🌴🌴The heroine is gentle and gentle🔪🈶Scheming and good at layout. These books definitely meet the requirements. I like the first one the best. The heroine in the first book has scheming, but not much🍒The first book and the first world are highly recommended. The middle-aged childless emperor VS the weak wet nurse. The heroine breastfeeds the princess. The emperor is attracted by the smell of milk and deliberately takes the initiative to help. Then he gets out of hand and laughs to death🌿

7. 407 白 After the Moonlight of Her Life Died, the Villainess Went on a Rampage 白月光死后，恶女杀疯了 Guiding Light指明灯Ancient Romance125k WordsOngoing [A completely deranged villainess + dark revenge + ultimate redemption] The male lead is just a tool… “I was born evil. I could kill at six, and my older sister is the only light in my life.” The day Luo Yan was born, blood rained from the sky. The wet nurse said she was an evil child. At seven, she watched a neighbor’s child fall from a great height and smiled with innocent delight. Her mother locked her in a lightless chamber, shackling her in chains for ten years. Only her older sister, Luo Z —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 408 我 I, the Substitute Villainess, Took Down Four Scumbag Male Leads 我，替身女配，反杀了四个狗男主 Qi Mu其木Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Harem of admirers / groveling exes / love rivals / face-slapping, scum-trashing wish fulfillment] [Toxic woman fiction, a crazy beauty, an emotionless heroine who loves no one and treats life as a game] Su Manshu transmigrates into the role of a supporting female character in an old-fashioned domineering CEO body-double novel. She is about to suffer both physical and emotional abuse before being cruelly abandoned! CEO No. 1: Worth trillions, he throws her five million in breakup money and tells 7.3kReads9.2Score841Shelves

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   It's full of scheming ۹( ÒہÓ )۶ 🥳1️⃣Game world! Bao No Feelings [Note] The female protagonist experienced a tragic experience in an ancient novel, was stabbed in the heart and then abandoned?! Manshu tore up the script immediately after reading it!! The boss is here to talk about feelings? We, Manshu, are just talking about 💰 🥳2️⃣As a member of the Inquisition Bureau that eliminates villains, our mission is to go to the world to solve the villain boss. Villains of all kinds are not small characters who can be underestimated. They can only enter the game with their own bodies and use their lives as bait!

9. 409 入 Fitting Into Place 入扣 Clouds Drape the Sleeves云倾袖Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Sheng Weining is the canary Cheng Yanchi keeps, utterly obedient to him. Until one day, the canary escapes her cage and even pecks him. * In the past, she always bent herself to please him. Through the drifting smoke, Cheng Yanchi looks down at Sheng Weining from on high. “You can’t afford to have me.” Years later, they play at being lovers. Sheng Weining’s face is as lovely as a flowering crabapple. The man pins her by the waist, trapping her in his arms, his hoarse voice brushing her ear. “Try 613Reads8.9Score—Shelves
10. 410 娇 The Sweet, Delicate Beauty Goes on a Rampage, and Every Villain Is at Her Feet 娇软美人杀疯了，反派皆为裙下臣 A Dream on a Pillow of Begonia一枕棠Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A genuinely unhinged villainess! No male lead! All the men are supporting characters! [No Fixed Couple / Quick Transmigration] Qi Yan is an enforcer with the Judgment Bureau. Her mission is to transmigrate into various worlds and purge their villains. These villains commit heinous, unforgivable crimes, and every moment they’re trying to hurt her. But little by little, they change. A ruthless upstart who clawed his way from the bottom to the top drops to one knee: “I want to marry you. Let me mak 6.8kReads9.4Score555Shelves
11. 411 流 Love Beneath the Meteor Shower 流星雨之恋 Snow-Dancing Cherry Blossom雪舞樱Modern Romance124k WordsCompleted He was an agent from the future, and she was a brilliant astronomer. They met and fell in love in high school, promising to watch a meteor shower together after graduation. But an accident separated them for four years. She lost her memory, and he returned to the future. When they met again, she no longer remembered him, but he discovered that her research would trigger a catastrophe. Can they rekindle their old feelings, prevent disaster, and fulfill the promise they made? This is a story of lo 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He is an agent from the future, and she is a genius astronomer. They met and fell in love in high school and agreed to watch the meteor shower after graduation. However, an accident separated them for four years. She lost her memory and he returned to the future. When they reunite, she no longer remembers him, but he discovers that her research will lead to a disaster. Can they regain their old feelings, prevent disaster, and fulfill their original agreement? This is a story about love, time and destiny. Let us follow their footsteps and look for meteor shower love.

12. 412 波 Persian Mist: Sweet Enough to Slay the Martial World 波斯迷雾：甜煞江湖 So Sweet It Hurts, Mimi甜煞米米Ancient Romance207k WordsOngoing [Sweet on the Outside, Dark on the Inside: Fallen Princess + Mastermind Behind the Scenes + Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance + Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic] 🔥My name is Noxier, the last royal descendant of the Persian Empire. Ten years living in the Tianshan Mountains made me forget that I was once the most dazzling jewel of the Western Regions. It wasn't until an assassin knocked on the mountain gate that I realized my master, who treated me like a precious jewel, my senior brother, who had wat —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Everyone is in the crematorium, the heroine is beautiful and strong, and behind the scenes, they are working step by step to find out the truth... Super awesome [shy]

13. 413 八 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 Lollipop for a Little Lolita萝莉抱抱糖Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [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 2.6kReads9.0Score260Shelves
14. 414 黑 The Black Moonlight Is Cunning and a Green Tea 黑月光她心机又绿茶 Little Twelve小十二啊Modern Romance105k WordsOngoing [One-on-one romance + clear-headed, calculating heroine + loyal, sunny hero + hero with very little self-worth] The campus heartthrob bragged to his friends and bet that he could win me over, the sweet, innocent girl, within a month. I pretended not to know and acted as if I were gradually falling into his arms. The chance encounters and dates he thought were spontaneous had all been carefully planned by me. Of course he fell for me. He even wanted to change his college entrance exam choices for 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In this book, the female protagonist is very scheming. In order to get rid of her original family, she went abroad with the money given by the male protagonist's family when the male protagonist liked her. After returning to China, the two reunited and found out that the male protagonist had not let go of her and seduced her in various ways, training the male protagonist to be a 🐶. .

15. 415 甘 Sweet as Yi 甘之若怡 Luo Li落蓠Modern Romance293k WordsOngoing Two cities, two bodies, two souls. He is a lonely, melancholy boy plagued by illness. She is a sunny, optimistic girl full of hope. After a chance encounter, they begin switching bodies without warning. From strangers to inseparable companions, they gradually fall for each other. “I’ll shelter you from the storm, and you’ll lead me into the sunlight.” But can everything really turn out as they hope? 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A body-swapping novel, the male and female protagonists have very different personalities. It is being updated continuously!

16. 416 快 Quick Transmigration: The Universally Disliked Fight to Become the No. 1 Fan Favorite 快穿：万人嫌争做人气角色No1 Han yuu寒yuuAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Shi Wuqing died, someone claiming to be a System found her. If she collected enough “popularity points,” she could come back to life. Shi Wuqing agreed. Then she was sent into various novels, where she became the cannon-fodder character readers hated most. Her mission was to become the character readers loved most, with the highest popularity, by the end of each novel! World One: Shi Wuqing became the scheming younger sister who took the heroine's place and married the prince. At the begi 43.1kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
17. 417 女 The Bizarre Life of My Female Roommate 女租友的奇葩生活 The Rich Woman's Dream Guy富婆的男神Urban261k WordsCompleted Wang Dong accidentally joined a matchmaking group and ended up sharing a place with a woman he met online. After moving in, he discovered that his housemate had all sorts of bizarre habits that left him utterly dumbfounded. But ever since they started living together, his luck seemed to improve. He met several more women, married them, and mastered peerless martial arts. He went from being a discharged soldier to becoming the leader of the martial world and a successful entrepreneur. Just as his 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Wang Dong, a veteran, accidentally joined a group, then joined a female groupmate in the group, and rented a room with her. After sharing the room, Wang Dong felt that the life of the female roommate was so weird that it shocked him. What happened to Wang Dong and the female roommate in the end? Please welcome everyone to read the strange life of a female renter.

18. 418 我 Our Evening Breeze Meets the Starlight 我们的晚风遇星光 ZhanWanliUrban88k WordsCompleted Lin Wan Feng, an ordinary girl searching for a job, gathers her courage and steps into Starlight Media. She never expects to catch the heart of the CEO, Gu Xing Ci, at first sight. Everyone says that CEO Gu is aloof, restrained, and indifferent to others. Only Lin Wan Feng knows that he brings her warm milk late at night, quietly helps her weather workplace storms, and softly tells her when she is flustered and helpless, "I'm here." After traveling a thousand miles, the evening breeze finally —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 419 米 The Rice Bug Spirit Just Wants to Lie Flat and Enjoy Life 米虫精只想躺平人生 Qiaoqiao Loves Slacking Off巧巧爱摆烂Ancient Romance85k WordsOngoing I don't want to go to school. I don't want to go to work. I don't want to get out of bed... I just want to be a freeloader. If I could, I'd live off my parents. Lan Yuyu just wants to be a freeloader. She studies hard so she can lie flat for the rest of her life. She never expected that a scholarship would cause her to transmigrate to an imaginary dynasty. She'd planned to keep being a freeloader, but then the Crown Prince was framed, her family was implicated, and in a single day they were exil —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You'll know after seeing it

20. 420 柔 The Delicate Green-Tea Girl Marries Into a Wealthy Family 柔弱绿茶嫁豪门 Silly Chen憨憨陈Modern Romance354k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance with a Wealthy Family + Green Tea Heroine + Refined Self-Interest + Marriage First, Love Later] Shy and obedient, innocent and naive: these are all disguises Shi Yin wears. Her true nature is money-loving and lazy. As soon as Shi Yin returned from abroad, she was dragged into a series of blind dates, where she met one weirdo after another! “Sorry, I can’t accept being married to someone who’s gay!” “You’d better go comfort your sweetheart!” Shi Yin decided to find a husband hersel 364Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book ~ The sweet pet of a rich family, ten green tea, ten exquisite, self-interested ten, marriage first, love later, weak, well-behaved, innocent and simple are all Shiyin's disguise, money worship and laziness are her true nature. Shi Yin was dragged on a blind date as soon as he returned to China, and met many strange people! "Sorry, I can't accept same-sex wives!" "You'd better go and coax your baby!" Shi Yin might as well find a marriage partner on his own... Gu Tingyun, the hero who saves the beauty, is pretty good, handsome and rich. After Shi Yin was selected, he took the initiative to seduce Gu Tingyun, and then the two had a flash marriage, marrying first and falling in love later.

21. 421 你 Our Brilliant Galaxy 你我的灿烂星河 The Roadside Grass That Loves to Smile爱微笑的路边草Modern Romance129k WordsOngoing Meeting at twenty destined them to be friends for life. Sixty years of companionship shaped a life unlike any other. You are the eternal, dazzling galaxy above my head. As boundless as the starry sky is, so too is our friendship! —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 422 娘 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚，一路宫斗上位 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 63.3kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves

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    All in line ✨✨①The heroine is a scheming expert. She regards the harem as a workplace and the position of concubine as a career goal. Calmly strategizing, using a seemingly weak appearance to confuse opponents, but in fact secretly plotting to eliminate obstacles step by step, and rise to the top step by step...

23. 423 柯 Detective Conan: Brewing Real Liquor at the Black Organization 柯南之我在酒厂做真酒 Su Wantang苏莞棠Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented + true villain protagonist + a fake harem standoff in the main story (the pretense is itself fake) + one-on-one pairing with Toru in the extra chapters + the entire police academy class is saved + ends with the protagonist ruling the underworld. The true villain isn’t redeemed, but uses the good side to establish order in the darkness.] [Note] The main Conan storyline begins much later. The early chapters focus mainly on building the Black Organization’s power and saving the pol 1.4kReads9.2Score161Shelves

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    The heroine of the first book was an experimental subject at the beginning, and then she planned step by step and grew into the uncrowned king of the dark world. She used the officialdom to eliminate the boss's loyalists and retained her own strength. She is the kind of person who will never change and grow up because of you, no matter how good our relationship is. In the second book, the heroine's body was destroyed in order to achieve her goal faster. In order to take revenge, she can use all available resources around her.

24. 424 又 Teasing and Tempting: Five Stoic Tycoons Are Crazy About Her 又撩又刺，五个禁欲大佬馋她入骨 Qu Boluo瞿波罗Modern Romance794k WordsCompleted [A self-serving, drama-loving beauty × a wicked, possessive man / a wild soldier king / an untouchable heartthrob / a sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside childhood friend / a younger, gloomy wolf-dog|Revenge and twists + a battle for her affection] Two years ago, Lin Jinghong was betrayed by those closest to her and sold to the Tan family, one of Nancheng’s powerful clans, who sent her to the Golden Triangle. Two years later, she returns, stepping over a sea of shattered bones. She does o 7.2kReads6.4Score1.5kShelves

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    1V5, the heroine returns from the Golden Triangle after her family is ruined, changes her name and face, and takes revenge (no rebirth, no system, no powers, no virgin, no coward, the main character is to fight to the death in this life!)

25. 425 柯 Detective Conan: Becoming the Smartest Person in the Science World 柯南之我在柯学世界做智力天花板 Su Wantang苏莞棠Anime Fanfiction588k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented + ironclad protagonist + no System or transmigration + pairing with Toru + the entire Police Academy crew gets saved] [Note] The heroine is a native of the Detective Conan world. She grew up with Toru and Hiromitsu and knows nothing about the plot. There’s no rebirth, transmigration, or System, so a lot of groundwork is laid early on to keep the characters from dying. The story is mostly everyday life, and very sweet. The Black Organization plot begins later, with the goal of se 1.2kReads8.9Score168Shelves
26. 426 真 When the Truth-Telling Flower Blooms 真言花开 Chirp Chirp and Chatter吱吱也喳喳Modern Romance56k WordsCompleted Su Zimeng is an ordinary city office worker. One late night while working overtime, she has an unusually vivid dream: in it, she is the last saintess of the Spirit-Seer Clan, bound by a life-sharing pact to the fallen god Xuanxiao, and they have a child with gray-gold eyes named “Xiao Hui.” When she wakes, she finds inexplicable words added to a document on her computer. Her roommate, “Lin Xiao,” has a pair of golden eyes that seem strangely familiar, and a flower shop on the corner has suddenly —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Very funny beginning

27. 427 栀 Poison Hidden in the Gardenia 栀子藏毒 Summer Cicada Song夏日鸣婵Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted [A cast of madmen, none of them kindhearted · heroine’s revenge · melodrama · plenty of love-triangle clashes] Ning Zhi was the goddess of Saint St. Academy: kind and delicate, with breathtaking beauty. Every smile and frown seemed to come with a soft-focus glow. The academy’s three most sought-after guys all fought over her, each falling at her feet: Jiang Yuan, the fierce, arrogant school bully who used to avoid girls and had a violent temper, clutched her hand tight. “Xiao Zhi, I was wrong. C 5.2kReads9.2Score537Shelves

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    The heroine is back, are you ready? The light in the heroine's heart is extinguished, and besides being hurt, she will make everyone pay the price. Use your beauty to drag the proud ones into hell. If you like to play so much, then I will play with you.

28. 428 晚 The Evening Breeze Meets the Galaxy 晚风遇星河篇 Sssss KaiSssss凯Urban34k WordsOngoing Eighteen-year-old Su Nianyao is passionate and stubborn. On her first day at a new school, she clashes with the aloof campus heartthrob Jiang Yuchen. Spilled water, arguments, and tumbling into his arms: every mishap becomes a hint of the feelings to come. He seems cold, yet always stands up for her. She seems feisty, yet hides the gentlest heart. With her brother looking out for her and the campus heartthrob doting on her, they bicker and squabble their way into love in this youthful encounter. —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 429 拽 The Feisty Consort Climbs to Power Through Palace Intrigue, Everyone Else Back Off 拽妃宫斗上位，闲杂人等退退退 Pine Blossom Candy松花糖Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is out now. Search for it on Fanqie to watch. [Palace Intrigue Power Fantasy + Not a Clean Romance + Being the Emperor’s Mother Is Better Than Being His Consort] Every woman in the harem hopes to win Emperor Jingrong’s favor, but Yuan Yuntang sees the emperor only as a tool for having children. Women in ancient times had to marry sooner or later anyway, so she might as well marry the most powerful man of all. After all, Emperor Jingrong has a great figure, a handsome face, and a 16.1kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves

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    🔥🔥🔥The heroine is scheming and ambitious, rising to the top step by step, fighting in the palace and scheming. The female protagonists are all smart and capable. It's so enjoyable to watch ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

30. 430 皇 The Empress Is a Max-Level Palace Intriguer, Crushing Everyone 皇后满级宫斗，嘎嘎乱杀 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + infidelity + fictional setting + a resourceful, money-loving, beauty-loving, life-loving empress ✖️ emperor] In her previous life, Hua Shu was a lowly palace maid. She schemed her way to the top of the political ladder, only to be condemned by everyone and branded a wicked woman who brought ruin to the nation. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the unfamiliar state of Chu, as an unloved empress who’s also being made a scapegoat. As if she’d put up with that! S 12kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
31. 431 你 Didn't You Say She Was Old and Out of Favor? 你不是说她年纪大，不得宠吗？ I'm Xingxing Da我是星星大Ancient Romance590k WordsCompleted [Palace and household intrigue + raising children + food + everyday life + not chaste, but doted on] Su Tang transmigrated into the body of a concubine of Xiao Jingrong, Heir of the Prince of Zhaonan, with a two-year-old toddler in tow. The original owner had let herself go, behaved crudely, and was even older than the heir. He had long since forgotten her, leaving her to languish in a corner. Su Tang figured that was just fine. She wouldn’t compete for his favor or make the first move. But then 16.8kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
32. 432 戏 The Actress 戏女 Sui Jiangya岁酱呀Ancient Romance101k WordsCompleted One performance laid bare the heart, one love shattered a long-held wish. How many times did the dream return? In the end, only helplessness and uncertainty remained... Remembering the past, hoping for the next life, as the wind rises again amid troubled times, breaking the heart with love... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In a story about strong women, the heroine alone can stir up the world.

33. 433 潘 Pandora's Revenge, Volume One (Original Novel for the Adaptation Starring He Hongshan) 潘多拉的复仇 上册（何泓姗主演的影视剧原著） A Piece of Young Ginger一颗仔姜Modern Romance251k WordsCompleted The original novel behind the Tencent Video series Her Feast, starring He Hongshan, Xie Binbin, Lin Zehui, and Zheng Chunjing, now streaming. Scheming heroine vs. aloof, chaste boss / temperamental loyal puppy / scheming fake younger brother [Modern city + reborn revenge + secret crush + calculated approach + bickering couple] Once revenge begins, everyone becomes a stepping-stone for Lianzhi. All the love and tenderness she shows them are merely a means to fulfill her boundless ambition. T 2.4kReads9.5Score423Shelves

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    She is the president's most capable secretary, proficient in multiple languages, financial modeling and even martial arts. And she is the key to deciding who can get the strongest help.

34. 434 为 Play Second Fiddle for Love? This 1980s Schemer Was Really Keeping a Harem, and Now You're Complaining! 为爱做小？八零心机美人真养鱼你又不乐意！ Little Lingyu小令羽Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Alternate 1980s setting + sweet romance + true and fake heiresses + devoted couple + everyone falls for the heroine] Si Ti, a beautiful and dangerous bad woman who took pleasure in manipulating people's hearts. One day, she entered an 1980s novel and became a marginal NPC. To survive, she seduced a handsome, high-ranking military officer. But when the man fell for her, she fled overnight on a train. After an accident led her to take the place of the real heiress from the capital's elite circle, 2.6kReads8.7Score272Shelves

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    The real and fake daughters are listed in detail, and they are pulled like crazy. I have finished the second brush, and it looks great!

35. 435 海 Drunk on Spring Beneath the Begonias: The Concubine Is Desperate to Rise in Rank 海棠春欲醉：外室她疯狂想上位 Dark Big Lychee黑暗大荔枝Ancient Romance441k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Bai Zhi was forced to become Master He’s concubine. Reborn after being widowed, she wants nothing to do with an old man, so she sets her sights on Master He’s five sons instead. She has not only a delicate, captivating beauty, but also a clever mind and plenty of tricks up her sleeve. Unfortunately, her plans get off to a bad start when she provokes the one person she absolutely should not: He Er. She dresses to the nines and goes to seek He Da’s guidance in music in the mi 1kReads9.0Score110Shelves

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    [Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss]

36. 436 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cunning Beauty Who Charms Everyone 快穿心机美人狠撩人 Black Tea Lady黑茶淑女Ancient Romance548k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + stunning female lead + no fixed CP] Immersive quick transmigration The male leads make the first move and fall for her on their own. The female lead quietly fulfills the wish-makers' wishes. There are no grand schemes or elaborate machinations. In each world, she completes her mission while staying true to the original character's established personality. To emphasize: the female lead won't break character after entering the original body's life. Miao Miao was once a tre 27.6kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
37. 437 嫁 Marrying a Disabled Soldier: The Gorgeous Beauty Charms and Coaxes Him 嫁军婚残夫，娇艳美人撩他诱哄他 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Military marriage + marriage first, love later + doted on by everyone + no golden finger, your mindset determines your fate] [A cast story starring a great beauty who gets a villainess role without realizing it] In 1974, Yu Wan transmigrates into the body of an undocumented drifter, then uses her beauty to become the Qiao family’s stepdaughter. With a new identity, Yu Wan is overjoyed. The Qiao family members each have their own agendas, but they know the truth and keep quiet. Not long after Yu 46.7kReads9.0Score6.6kShelves
38. 438 落 Fallen Leaves Adrift 落叶浮沉 Leng LianL冷怜LModern Romance300k WordsCompleted Strong Female Lead + Villain Protagonist + Female Criminal + No Golden Finger + No Stupid Characters + Large Ensemble Cast I had the worst possible start, born in a village that “eats people.” Where I come from, good people don't live long. Only the wicked survive. The day I fled to the city, I had no education, no connections, and no way back. But I had brains. I climbed on whoever could be useful, and took out whoever stood in my way. Everyone was a stepping stone. Some say I climbed over a mo 72Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Her road is not easy to walk

39. 439 穿 I Ran Away Pregnant After Becoming His Bedchamber Maid 穿成通房后我带球跑 Yun Wanshang云挽裳Ancient Romance692k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + green tea schemer + white lotus + stand-in for his beloved + palace intrigue + power struggles + satisfying wish fulfillment] A novelist who had never been in a relationship transmigrated into the Great Zhou Dynasty, becoming Chu Wuhen, Prince Qi's bedchamber maid. Every day, she struggled to stay alive. The original owner was the illegitimate daughter of a mistress. After her family fell into ruin, she was sold to Prince Qi's manor to warm his bed. Su Wanqing was jea 196Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author of the novel dressed up as a maid and climbed up step by step

40. 440 打 Even Screw-Threading Has Its Springtime 打螺丝也有春天 Young Master Chen of Longju River龙驹河的陈少爷Urban41k WordsOngoing My new work is here! Feel free to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 441 烽 Apricots Beneath the Flames of War 烽火栓杏 Witty and Clever妙语玲珑Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted The 1930s: a turbulent and unsettled era. The extraordinary story of a remarkable woman, who weaves her own spectacular life. Join the author as we open the door to that tumultuous age through a unique perspective. 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine is smart and resourceful, and she plans every step of the way!

42. 442 穿 Transmigrated to the Seventies: The Easygoing Wife Is Forced to Get Ahead 穿越七零，咸鱼娇妻她被迫上进 Passerby Sheep路人羊Modern Romance783k WordsCompleted [Sweet, charming, highly intelligent heroine & gentle, refined, scheming educated youth] A 21st-century doctoral student pulls an all-nighter, collapses, and transmigrates into the body of a young woman working at a forest farm in the 1970s. Ye Wei swears: she is going to be a contented couch potato who enjoys life! She lives carefree, spending every day eating and drinking with her golden finger at her disposal. Apples? Pheasants? She's got it all. Huo Xiang? Coptis? She can do anything. Ye Wei 4.7kReads9.0Score441Shelves

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    Watching her seamlessly switch between different roles makes every important man feel like she is the best confidant in the world, triggering a silent battle.

43. 443 带 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零，磕着瓜子混日子 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 31.4kReads9.2Score3.7kShelves
44. 444 涅 Nirvana: The Phoenix Emperor Returns, and the Empress Rises 涅槃：凤皇归来，女帝的崛起 Sister Ye Yan夜燕姐Ancient Romance684k WordsOngoing [Beautiful, powerful, and tragic heroine + exceptionally high intelligence + political intrigue and revenge + female emperor] On a snowy night, her mother was brutally killed. Ten-year-old Xiao Zhuo clutched half of a phoenix jade pendant as men in black hunted her relentlessly. She fell into an icy river and fought wild dogs for scraps. Only after tasting the world's bitterest hardships did she learn that hell could look just like the human world. Forced into the palace one day, she was shocked 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The empress' growth and counterattack is unsystematic!

45. 445 钓 The Alluring Beauty Is Cool and Detached, Yet Caught in a Daily Love Triangle 钓系美人清心寡欲每天都在修罗场 Tea September茶九月Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted [Everyone's Favorite + Heroine Can Be Strong or Sweet + Multiple Male Leads + Male Leads Adore Her + Love-Rival Battlefield + Male Rivalry + Heroine Has a Clean Slate, All Men Are Virgins + Flirtatious] Ye Zhen is cold and indifferent, and in her eyes, making money is the only thing that matters. She's an S-rank top-tier mission-taker, and all she cares about are her targets and money. She approaches them for a reason and leaves without a backward glance once the mission is complete... Huo Y 1.8kReads8.4Score259Shelves

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    She doesn't rely on empty luck or golden fingers, only step-by-step wisdom and hard-core strength. This unfathomable foundation is her strongest backing.

46. 446 极 The Ruthless Social Climber’s Guide to Getting Ahead 极致美丽心机女的上位手册 Tan Hui谭徽Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted Everyone who has met Chen Shiyun is amazed by her beauty. Before her mother died, she entrusted her to Shi Yu, a young director just starting to make a name for herself in the entertainment industry. Later, Chen Shiyun's father in S City fell gravely ill. On his deathbed, he wanted to see her one last time. And so, at seventeen, Chen Shiyun left impoverished G City for bustling S City. This is the story of an incredibly beautiful, calculating woman who climbs step by step into high society and 2kReads8.7Score238Shelves
47. 447 折 Refraction 折光， A Xiang 98阿襄98Modern Romance144k WordsCompleted [Impoverished college student × rich heiress] A realistic romance with an ensemble cast of three, not a wish-fulfillment story. Everyone is refracted through the prism of reality. He once said, “Whether standing or kneeling, staying alive is the greatest meaning of all.” She said, “I would rather die clutching my fragrance on the branch than ever be blown down by the north wind.” But she said, “What do your suffering and hardship have to do with me?” Keep your talents hidden and wait for the rig 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Poor male and female college students × rich second-generation elder sister] Reality turns to romance, a portrait of three people, she said, "Your pain has nothing to do with me."

48. 448 心 The Cunning Female Doctor Wants to Rise to the Top 心机医女想上位 Shi Yunzhi时蕴之Ancient Romance131k WordsCompleted [A shrewd, resilient physician vs. an aloof young lord, two strong leads, a pure historical romance] So what if she was born to a lowly family? If fate was unfair, why shouldn't she fight back? She was determined to carve out a path for herself through the mud. Jiang He came from humble origins. When she was very young, her parents sold her to another family. Her adoptive parents never showed her the slightest kindness, subjecting her instead to endless servitude and beatings at the drop of a ha 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one fits the bill! The heroine is beautiful, intelligent, scheming and ambitious.

49. 449 扫 Thrown Out of the House, the Fake Heiress Conquers the World With Metaphysics 扫地出门后，假千金靠玄学征服全球 Sunnyer Day晴er天Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [A Metaphysics Prodigy Who Grows Stronger + Sweet Romance and Revenge on Scumbags + The Whole Family's Regret Arc, Perfect for Switching Off Your Brain and Diving In] After the Xu family throws Xu Yuan out, she learns that she's the biological daughter of the wealthy Si family of the capital, who had been lost to them. But she's ugly and vicious, and her biological father and five older brothers take turns warning her not to come home, and never to reveal her identity to anyone! Faced with the s 450Reads9.0Score104Shelves

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    Super strong metaphysics female strong article

50. 450 恋 A Taste for Wine and Women 恋酒贪花 Plain Melody素曲Ancient Romance293k WordsCompleted An Mingyue is passionate about brewing wine. All she wants is to earn a little more money to support her mother in her old age. Who could have guessed... he’d give her this much... How could anyone resist? Yuan Chengyou is ruthless and formidable, yet in front of her he’s willing to be a delicate flower... and he enjoys every minute of it... “Please, my dear, show me some love!” An imagined setting inspired by the Tang and Song dynasties. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The growth-oriented female protagonist, the plot twists and turns are silky smooth, the sinister male protagonist can't be pushed away even if he is slapped in the face, and the plot is compact!

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