The Male Lead Is the Female Lead's Adopted Son 男主是女主家的养子

1. 1 褪 Ebb Tide 褪潮 Channan禅南Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted [Growing-up romance / long-planned pursuit / possessive love / intense possessiveness / push and pull to the limit / six-year age gap / happy ending / both leads are each other’s first and only] Everyone knows that the Zhou family of the capital has a spoiled, headstrong young lady. Zhou Yao is the Zhou family’s only heir, a bewitching beauty with a delicate face and looks beyond compare. But her pampered, unruly nature is more than most people can handle. The new head of the Zhou family, howeve 2.1kReads8.2Score158Shelves

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   Adopted son 🆚Miss [❗️nurture/long-planned/forced love/possessive/extreme pulling/6-year age difference/HE/double cleanliness] Everyone knows that the Zhou family in Beijing has an arrogant and willful master. Zhou Yao is the only bloodline of the Zhou family. She has a charming appearance and is extremely beautiful. But most people really can't control a little person who is pampered to the point of being so lawless. However, the new leader of the Zhou family is a man who has no blood relationship with the Zhou family. Lu Huaichen has a gloomy and indifferent nature, possesses top-notch capital, and ranks among the top celebrities. He has a top-notch skin, but is also terrifyingly paranoid. It's like two people with conflicting personalities, falling in love with each other and trying to take advantage of each other. Zhou Yao was held between his palms, unable to escape or hide. You can only confront him everywhere. Lu Huaichen was always annoyed by her every time. He was cold and decisive outside, but when he came home he had to serve his annoying little ancestor. Not only that, but you must always be wary of the group of young brats outside.

2. 2 陷 Caught in Her Trap of Passion 陷入她的深情陷阱 Hello Soda哈喽汽水Modern Romance102k WordsCompleted [Male lead angst | Pseudo-siblings | Both pure and each other’s first love | HE] [Spoiled heiress X devoted, self-effacing male lead] When Shen Jiazhi was ten, her parents brought home a boy from the mountains. Their adopted son, Shen Que, was only a year older than her. She resented this country boy for stealing her parents’ love, so she set a trap to make him fall for her. Shen Que fell into it easily, willingly becoming her captive. In public, they acted like strangers. In private, they kisse 2.9kReads—Score184Shelves

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   The text has been completed. The female protagonist is a pampered young lady, and the male protagonist is an adopted son from a poor ravine, very humble and affectionate. It mainly tells the story of the female protagonist seeing her own heart clearly while constantly hurting the male protagonist after marriage.

3. 3 狠 Heartless 狠心 Would You Like Some Orange Juice?喝橙汁儿吗Modern Romance124k WordsCompleted [Cold and aloof heiress + devoted male lead who watches over her in silence + he chases her after she leaves + both are inexperienced + angsty romance] Mu Xian has only ever loved Qiao An. He begged to marry into her family, cooked for her, planned everything for her, and did all he could to keep her safe, but she didn’t love him. Even after she gave birth to his child, she still didn’t love him. When Mu Xian learned she was pregnant, he was overjoyed. But she coldly made him kneel in the pourin 4.3kReads8.2Score192Shelves

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   Both books are very sad, the first one is better than the second one but there are many female protagonists

4. 4 欠 I Repaid You with My Life 欠你的，我用命还了 Awakening of Insects 69惊蛰69Urban1.0M WordsCompleted (Nobody is a saint. Sweet and angsty, genuine groveling, genuine love-triangle drama, everyday life, and emotional relationships.) Obsessive heiress * revenge-seeking black lotus * mad dog When Jiang Shaoyou was seven, Xiao Hongli rescued him from the abyss and became a ray of light in his life. So he became her mad dog. At eight, Jiang Shaoyou dragged Yan Ruoxi into the abyss to save Xiao Hongli from being kidnapped. With an icy expression, Xiao Hongli plants her foot on Shen Lincheng’s head as 7.2kReads8.5Score392Shelves
5. 5 大 The Heiress Is Arrogant and Rude, but She Loves You! 大小姐她骄横无礼，但她爱你呀！ The Sea of Flowers Has No Set Date花海未有期Modern Romance389k WordsOngoing Everyone in Beijing’s elite circle knows the Bai family’s precious daughter, Bai Yuxi, is a rose with thorns. Her grandfather and brothers dote on her, letting her do as she pleases. Outsiders think Bai Yuxi is spoiled, arrogant, and good for nothing, but they don’t know she has earned the highest level in piano, dazzled the world with her designs, and ranked first in her major... Even more eye-catching is the “loyal dog” by her side, her adopted brother Mu Chengyan. A gifted young man, brillian 116Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This one is super good-looking. The male protagonist is the adopted son of the female protagonist's family. I really love it. You can read the introduction or add it to your bookshelf first.

6. 6 七 In the Seventies, She Marries a Rugged Man Who Can’t Have Children, but the Spoiled Female Lead Sleeps In Again 七零嫁绝嗣糙汉，娇纵女配又起晚 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + unhinged plot + 1970s + everyone's darling + marriage first, love later + healing] Jiang Nanxi had been spoiled since childhood and couldn't endure hardship. Who knew that when she opened her eyes, she'd transmigrate into a novel set in a poor era, becoming a vain supporting character with no brains and nothing going for her but her beauty? In the original story, a forty-two-year-old woman stole her twenty-year-old fiance, the male lead. Enraged, Jiang Nanxi married the male lead's 4.3kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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   (Completed + Crazy plot + Seventy + Group pet + Marriage first, love later + redemption) [Add one to bookshelf] The heroine is the biological daughter of her mother-in-law, who was abandoned by her father when she was a child (when the heroine's mother was giving birth, the father gave Bai Yueguang's son to the heroine's mother to raise, and made the bastard and the heroine twins, because the biological mother was too good to the heroine and did not favor the bastard. In order to let Bai Yueguang's son enjoy the mother's love exclusively, he threw away the heroine) [Grass Already Planted] The male protagonist is an orphan adopted by his mother-in-law (the female protagonist's biological mother), and his biological mother is also a weirdo. [The God of Sparrow Food]— Jiang Nanxi was spoiled since she was a child and could not bear hardships. Who would have thought that when she opened her eyes, she was transformed into a seductive female partner with no IQ except for her beauty in a novel about the poor era. [Note] In the original book, (she was robbed of her 20-year-old fiancé male protagonist by a 42-year-old aunt, so she went crazy and married the male protagonist's third brother Zhou Ji who was retired from the army.) [Note] Zhou Ji is not only deaf in both ears, but also has no function. [Note] After the marriage, she disliked Zhou Ji in every possible way and refused to let him touch her. She was sarcastic and lazy. Not only did she find a soft-boiled educated youth outside, she also got entangled with the male protagonist at home, and the two eventually divorced. [Note] Many years later, she was disfigured, picked up rags and froze to death under a bridge, while Zhou Ji became a business tycoon with properties all over the country, but in the end he got sick and died because he had no heirs and the male protagonist inherited all the properties. [Note] No matter how hard it is for her to endure, Jiang Nanxi, who traveled through the book, decided to be the first wife and finally inherit Zhou Ji's inheritance. [Note] At night, Zhou Ji lifted the quilt. Jiang Nanxi was so tired that he couldn't straighten up. He comforted himself, "It's okay. If you bear with it, you can inherit the inheritance." [Note] Later, Jiang Nanxi counted the family's property and looked at Zhou Ji who was getting stronger and stronger. [Note] Jiang Nanxi: ... [Note] When can I inherit the inheritance? Also, isn't it functional? [Notice]

7. 7 我 I'm Bad? Then, Brother, Stop Locking Me Up and Kissing Me 我坏？那哥哥别囚着亲我啊 Fermented Rice Wine Sprite酒酿小妖Modern Romance262k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out) [Mutual hatred turning to love + mild coercion + coming-of-age romance + both pure] [Villainess] [No moral standards] A revenge-seeking, ruthless older brother × a spoiled, vicious young lady born bad The spoiled young lady who had tormented him from her lofty perch since childhood has finally fallen into her older brother’s hands. “Duan Qingye, you wouldn’t dare!” The next second, “Waaah, brother, I was wrong.” She kneels on the ground, her chin forced up as she 4.1kReads6.4Score251Shelves

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   This one! The male protagonist is the adopted son of the female protagonist's family and was bullied as a child.

8. 8 他 He Hid Half a Lifetime of Youth 他藏了半座青春 Loves Fish and Shrimp Hot Pot爱吃鱼虾煲Modern Romance448k WordsCompleted [Spoiled aristocratic rose vs. restrained, obsessive wildflower] Luo Sheng is a dazzling, spoiled rose from a prominent family. Chen Wang is a restrained wildflower, forced to live under someone else’s roof. He watched over her for six whole years, hiding his love and daring only to gaze at her from the shadows. One night, they lost control. She gave in halfway, thinking it was just a momentary compromise. It wasn’t until she found that box of exercise books that she understood he had loved her 349Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Very, very, very, very beautiful. Highly recommended.

9. 9 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Dumped the Villain's Second Male Lead Without Hesitation! 穿书后，果断抛弃反派男二！ Green Covers the Windy Shore绿满微风岸Modern Romance243k WordsOngoing As a modern-day wage slave, Jiang Youyu's greatest hobby is reading adult novels. Who would have thought that one careless moment would send her into a book as a minor cannon-fodder character who shares her name? Worse, this character is a disposable tool used by the villainous second male lead to prove his loyalty to the heroine, and her whole family meets a terrible end! But fate has dropped her into the story just before the Jiang family adopts the villainous second male lead. This is Jiang Y 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Super, super, super good-looking, crazy good-looking, the male protagonist is the adopted son of the female protagonist's family, and the male protagonist's identity is not just simple, he is also a top student.

10. 10 让 You Wanted Me Gone, So Why Is Everyone Following Me?! 让你们赶我，怎么全都跟我跑了！ Square Root Mountain根号山Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Face-Slapping + Subverting Expectations + Satisfying Read] Su Xun transmigrates into a novel full of angst as an unloved fake young master! The good news is that he has already been here for twenty years, and he and his family have really “beaten” each other into shape. The bad news is that the “beating” was literal. He's been neglected and despised, and even after transmigrating, he's still only someone who gets the leftovers. But there's even better news: he has traveled thro 29.6kReads8.6Score2.8kShelves
11. 11 你 You Are the Vast, Roiling Sea 你是澎湃的海 The Old Moon Is at Peace旧月安好Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted In her youth, Xu Kaiyan was a rich heiress adored by everyone. She was proud and domineering, with a childhood sweetheart from a family as well-off as her own. Together, they ruled A City with an iron fist. In her eyes, Chen Qingchuan was nothing more than a poor student whose tuition her family paid after his parents died. She looked down on him, insulted him, and hated him. But one day, against all expectations, he became her husband. How could she accept that? After three years of marriage, s 1.5kReads7.6Score102Shelves

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    Marriage is obtained by the male protagonist asking the female protagonist's father.

12. 12 哥 Heiress X Loyal Dog: Bro, You Need Me in Your Life 【大小姐X忠犬】哥，你命里缺我 As If It Were Me似是吾Modern Romance322k WordsOngoing Stubborn, Straight-Shooting Heiress of a Wealthy Family X A Restrained, Devoted Older Man Who Keeps His Feelings Hidden [False Siblings + Rugged Small-Town Man + Childhood Sweethearts + Reunion After Years Apart + Years of Secret Love + Sweet and Angsty Push-Pull + Clear-Eyed Descent + Mutual Redemption] [1v1 + Both Chaste + Happy Ending] [The leads are six years apart in age, with no blood or legal family ties of any kind] Her mother died young, her older brother disappeared, and her father ha 93Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She is the eldest daughter of the Qi family, and he is just an outsider who is fostered in her family...

13. 13 星 Honkai: Star Rail: Jingliu’s One True Love 星穹铁道：我，镜流一生的白月光 The Little Xiu Next Door隔壁小秀Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing How far must a lonely soul travel to reach its destination? You are the wolf of the heavens, drawing back gravity's bow. You let down the girl who pointed her sword at the moon, and turned away to take up a watch from which you would never return. “I am Jingliu of the Cloud Knights of Cangcheng... From now on... you will be my sword attendant.” “Take this Moonbranch... No matter which of us survives... please plant it. And if we both die? Then... it can still take root and sprout from ou 1.2kReads8.6Score147Shelves
14. 14 星 Star Dome: My Simulated Life Resets Every Week 星穹：我的模拟人生每周刷新 I'm Not a Lolicon我才不是萝莉控Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the Star Dome world, Jiang Fan awakens a life simulator. As long as he simulates his life, he can grow stronger. Herta: “In your next life... will you recognize me at first sight? ...I want to ride the Ferris wheel with you.” Cocolia: “I overturned the whole world just to set your reflection right.” “That's how farewells are, really. The one who leaves first casts a shadow that stretches far, far across the ground. No matter how hard you chase after it, there's nothing 3.7kReads9.3Score455Shelves
15. 15 原 Genshin Impact: I'll Fall into the Abyss to Keep My Old Friends Safe 原神：我会堕入深渊，换故人安好 Old-Age Rice Scoop老年饭勺Anime Fanfiction628k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to Teyvat, Xiuyuan learns that the System requires him to experience nine lifetimes of reincarnation. In his first life, he becomes Hu Tao's grandfather. He teaches her manners, responsibility, and how to write limericks. “Once Grandpa is gone... remember to eat well... and sleep in your coffin less... Coffins are cold, and you'll catch a chill...” “Be good... Xiao Tao, smile more. When you smile... you really are beautiful...” In his second life, he awakens the se 13.9kReads9.7Score1.9kShelves
16. 16 村 In and Around the Village 村里村外 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 123kReads9.6Score14.1kShelves
17. 17 沈 The Shen Family's Senior Maid 沈府大丫头 Shi Yin时音Historical263k WordsCompleted During the Shaoxing era of the Great Song, the once-renowned Nian family fell from power amid a struggle for the throne, and Nian Xiyu was made a government slave. Fortunately, Shen Xun, to whom she had been betrothed since childhood, came to her rescue. In his youth, Shen Xun was the most brilliant talent in the capital, but an illness left him unable to walk. The two, suddenly cast down into hardship, spent eight years together. Over those eight years, Shen Xun took a back seat as the second s 1.3kReads8.3Score214Shelves
18. 18 被 Forced to Become a Concubine, She Is Spoiled by the General Every Day 被逼做妾后，她被将军日日娇宠 Sweet Potato with Plum Powder甘梅地瓜Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted When her aunt was on her deathbed, she entrusted her child to Wanqing. Out of gratitude, Wanqing became the concubine of the general’s eldest son. The rules for concubines in the general’s household: be dutiful and proper, and have no children. The household had no need for children born to concubines. Yet Wanqing bore four sons and a daughter, then took her place as the eldest son’s principal wife. The Empress Dowager personally bestowed on her the title of First-Rank Lady of Virtue. Someone sc 51.7kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
19. 19 弃 The Abandoned Child 弃儿 Jing Ran Antang婧冉安棠Modern Romance491k WordsCompleted She was destined to be a mistake from the moment she was born. Being born the wrong sex brought her a life of misfortune. Hu Sanmei was the most pitiful woman I had ever met. Raised under the oppression of feudal thinking, she struggled against her fate, yet Heaven never once looked kindly upon her, abandoned by her parents at birth. Her mother's experiences and her older sisters' advice made her believe that getting married and having a son would bring her a happy life. But one failed marriage 10.3kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
20. 20 离 After the Divorce, She Stuns the World 离婚后，她惊艳全球 The Big Orange of the Big Orange Cat大橘猫的大橘Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted When he hears that his first love is injured, he ignores his pregnant wife and tells the doctor, “Draw her blood!” She has the baby aborted and decisively divorces him. From then on, they cut all ties and go their separate ways, but he regrets it. A rare female billionaire on the rich list, heir to the Ji family, one of Jiangnan’s eight great clans, and the most promising young painter: just how much is there about her that he doesn’t know...? 61Reads7.2Score—Shelves
21. 21 病 The Sickly Taoist 病秧道士 Clouds, Clear Shadows云清疏影Two Male Leads121k WordsCompleted After her family falls into decline, frail Shen Qing is sent by her grandfather to cultivate at the Penglai Immortal Mountain. Her six elder brothers are murdered by treacherous ministers, while a foolish emperor coerces her half-sister into marriage. These calamities force the young Taoist, who had lived apart from the world, to shoulder a blood feud and embark on a path to overthrow the tyrant and avenge her brothers. 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Two male protagonists.

22. 22 遇 Meeting Her Made My Heart Beat Faster 遇见她心动不止 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + mistaken identity + mutual secret crushes + healing + female growth] Everyone is level-headed and knows what they’re doing, so read without worry. Jiang Nan, insecure and neglected by her family, meets He Chengyang. A twist of fate sends their budding romance down the wrong path. He Chengyang mistakes Jiang Nan, the girl he fell in love with at first sight, for her older sister, Jiang Xue, and they begin a brief relationship. (Nothing inappropriate happens between them.) W 4kReads8.5Score235Shelves

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    The genre is different, the plot is novel, please read the introduction.

23. 23 过 Never Forget What You’ve Seen 过目不妄 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Older Woman, Younger Man + Redemption + Realistic Romance] Three-year age gap. [Secret Love Becomes Mutual, from the Male Lead’s Perspective; Marriage First, Love Later, from the Female Lead’s Perspective] Everyone is level-headed and clear-minded. The woman Zhou Wang had kept in his heart for three years. He thought there could never be anything between them and was ready to give up, but then he unexpectedly learned what she had been through. His heart ached for her, and at the same time, he f 1.1kReads8.2Score110Shelves
24. 24 亦 Meeting Xin Again 亦见倾芯 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Mutual Devotion + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance] Their first two meetings were accidental. Every coincidence after that was part of his carefully laid plan. When Jiang Yi Shen met Tang Xin, he fell for her at first sight. He quietly set his plans in motion, and the two got to know each other, fell in love, and walked hand in hand into marriage, sharing the warm everyday moments of life from the first flush of romance to raising children. Side story one: Xu Man thought sh 2.1kReads8.7Score160Shelves
25. 25 爱 Love Will Come to Rest 爱会停歇 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [A playboy turns devoted + love grows over time + sweet with a touch of angst + status gap] Chen Chao, a wealthy playboy, falls sincerely in love with Yu Jiawen, who comes from an ordinary family. He knows he isn't the kind of man she'd ideally choose, but he can't let go of his feelings for her. “Yu Jiawen, do you know? Meeting you made me feel like I could have a proper relationship too.” “I've thought about giving you up, but I can't bring myself to. Just imagining watching you date, marry, a 2.3kReads8.4Score136Shelves
26. 26 岁 After All These Years, We Finally Meet Again 岁月流转终相见 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + Rekindled Love + Healing Through Family + Realistic Happy Ending] After drifting apart like clouds, ten years passed like flowing water. When we met again, my heart recognized you before I did. A summer romance came to an abrupt end because of an unfortunate misunderstanding. More than ten years later, thirty-five-year-old Gu Yan discovered by chance that he had a daughter in high school, and was reunited with the girl he had loved when he was young. Long-buried memo 4.8kReads7.4Score174Shelves
27. 27 和 The Time I Spent in Love With Her 和她相恋的时光 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + devoted one-on-one romance + rekindled love + healing with a touch of angst] A grounded, everyday story with smart characters. Gao Yuchen, an isolated orphan, happens to meet her next-door neighbor, Mu Yang. Mu Yang pursues her passionately, and they soon fall in love. She thinks they’ll be happy together, only to discover that their happiness was built on a lie, albeit one told with good intentions by the male lead. She coldly tells him she never wants to see him again. I 516Reads8.1Score—Shelves
28. 28 初 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + heroine pursues hero + nine-year age gap + sweet, down-to-earth romance + happy ending] The lively and spirited Chen Luochen meets Chu Yun when she's twenty. She falls for him at first sight, unable to hide the light in her eyes. She has only one thought: make him hers. After confirming he's single, she boldly confesses, “Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?” Chu Yun gently turns her down with a single line: “We're not right for each other.” But Chen Luochen doesn't back 1.2kReads—Score104Shelves
29. 29 重 A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [The right people will find their way back to each other, no matter how many twists and turns it takes.] [One true pairing, both leads are each other's only ones + reunion after a long separation + winning back his wife and claiming his child + adorable kids playing matchmaker] Zhou Yuan met Qin Yue by chance and fell in love at first sight. After one passionate night together, an urgent assignment sent him overseas. Before leaving, he thought he'd arranged everything properly, never imagining t 3.4kReads8.8Score176Shelves
30. 30 末 From the End Times to Ancient Times: Exploring Another World with My Pocket Dimension 末穿古之带着空间逛异界 Hat Su帽子苏Ancient Romance103k WordsOngoing Su Yunmei, a fugitive with three supernatural abilities in the apocalypse, is reborn on another peaceful and tranquil continent. By chance, she embarks on the path of immortal cultivation. Through her own tireless efforts, she opens the Divine Palace and forges connections with worlds across countless planes... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Travel through ancient times in the last days, and take your whole family to cultivate immortality

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