Are Novels About Raising Virtual Characters Out of Fashion? 养纸片人的小说没落了吗？

1. 1 开EN Starting on a Dating Show, I Tamed a Top Alpha 开局恋综我驯养了顶级Alpha Wen Daiyu文黛玉Two Male Leads631k WordsCompleted Devoted to each other, each other's first love and only one, beastkin ABO, transmigrate into a game, lots of headcanons, mutual crush, sweet and satisfying Silver-haired, golden-eyed, straight-shooting, scheming tycoon Alpha × unstable, ruthless, sharp-tongued Omega Bai Luochuan, the world's strongest mercenary, had spent his whole life cold-hearted, ruthless, and aloof. His greatest private hobby was playing romance games on his phone. His fictional husband was his one true love, his precious d 12kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds

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   Super good, highly recommend the first book

2. 2 养 Raising Game: I Raise the Emperor on Instant Noodles 养成游戏，我用泡面养皇帝 A Mayfly Entrusts a Long Song蜉蝣寄长歌Two Male Leads410k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Raising Sim + 1v1 + Devoted to Each Other + Mutual Healing + Cross-Dimensional Romance] My name is Cheng Jian. I'm an orphan, and I just got laid off. A raising game suddenly appeared on my phone. I'm broke and can't afford to buy anything in the game, so my paper-doll character has to eat instant noodles with me, but he seems pretty happy about it. I always thought it was just a game, until one day, the paper-doll I was raising gave me a jade pendant. The next day, that pendan 983Reads8.9Score16214d adds
3. 3 养 Raising App! The Emperor Goes Crazy Spending Money on Me! 养成app！皇帝为我疯狂氪金！ Miao Zi妙紫Ancient Romance449k WordsCompleted [Emperor + raising a character + virtual character] [The emperor is the male lead!!!!] After Emperor Xiao Heng of the Xuan Yu era puts down a rebellion, he accidentally obtains an unfamiliar little black box from the rebel king: a mobile phone. "Beautiful Girl Raising Plan" What a ridiculous name. Xiao Heng later: Never lets the phone out of his hands. Watching the little girl in the game grow from a tiny child into a graceful young woman of peerless beauty, Xiao Heng becomes increasingly obsess 2.4kReads8.6Score42114d adds

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   A magical girl raising project where you can level up your character simply by spending money. An ancient emperor became addicted to the internet, constantly tapping the screen every day, all to make his pet smarter.

4. 4 什 What? My Virtual Boyfriend Actually Came to Blue Star? 什么？电子男友竟然来蓝星了？ One Meal a Day每天一顿饭Modern Romance399k WordsCompleted (One-on-one romance + both are pure + mutual devotion) Lin Ziyi downloads a new otome game. It has an AI chat feature and is incredibly smart. She gets hooked as soon as she starts playing. Sure enough, falling in love with a fictional character is her destiny. After his family is wiped out and his spiritual roots destroyed, Shen Qianxun meets a mysterious senior. On the very first day they meet, she makes him call her “wife”; on the second, she touches his chest. By the Nth day, there isn’t a 3.5kReads9.0Score52514d adds

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   🌸The first male lead is a fictional character cultivating immortality. The female lead thinks she's a player, revealing her true nature, and the male lead gets used to her charm.🌸The second male lead quickly discovers the female lead is real and silently protects her after finding her. The male lead's affection level is beyond the capacity of the progress bar.🌸The third male lead virtually raises a rabbit and discovers the rabbit is actually the female lead.

5. 5 什 What? Mr. Xie Is My Virtual Boyfriend? 什么，谢总是我养的纸片人？ Sea Salt Cream Cap海盐奶盖Modern Romance256k WordsCompleted At seventeen, the Ning family found their biological daughter. Gu Yu, the adopted daughter, was discarded like trash and sent back to the impoverished mountains, where she moved into a cave dwelling. Life was hard, but luckily she found a life-simulation game. [Life-simulation game + cozy daily life + life gets better + sweet happy ending] ←←← Female lead's perspective * Male lead's perspective ↓↓↓ Xie Changxiao was gravely ill. The doctors said he had only three months left to live. The day he 2.1kReads9.3Score31914d adds
6. 6 大 The Paper Rabbit the Big Shot Raised for Three Years Has Run Away 大佬养了三年的纸片兔子逃跑啦 Xiu Xiu Zi修修子Modern Romance171k WordsCompleted [Nontraditional showbiz + Best Actor + sweet romance + slow-paced variety show + dating show + daily life + some food + fiercely protective] A food-loving, money-minded heroine's one true cure vs. a fiercely protective, mischievous hero whose chronic illness is incurable Devoted couple, 1v1. The first slow-paced variety show takes inspiration from Back to Field. The heroine's true identity is revealed not long after the show wraps! After three and a half years away from the entertainment indust 532Reads9.0Score10014d adds
7. 7 不 Wait, How Did My Virtual Boyfriend Ascend and Become the Demon Lord? 不是？我电子男友咋飞升成魔尊了 Mahua Mahuah Hua麻花麻花花Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + both devoted to each other, 1v1 + spiritual qi revival + cultivation for all + brainless wish fulfillment, fast power progression] Cen Muyun, a discarded heir from a wealthy family, was thrown out with only a few hundred yuan to his name. Just as he was coughing up blood and waiting to die, an app called Fated Romance forcibly bound itself to him. [Ding! Host's life is in danger. We recommend purchasing the “First Recharge Gift Pack”!] With trembling hands, Cen Muyun recharged 8.4kReads8.2Score2k14d adds

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   This one is good too.

8. 8 魔 Demon Lord! Irresistible Beauty! Obsessive, Clingy, Sweet, and Soft 魔尊！顶级尤物！病娇粘人乖又软 Ke Xiaoyao可小妖Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted [Pay-to-Win Raising a Child + Sickly Beauty (Male Lead Is Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within) + Renegade Immortal Comeback + Redemption + Unconditional Devotion] After Ruan Ruoyin transmigrates into an old-fashioned tragic romance, a mysterious child-raising game appears on her phone. Though she has never cared for games, she is utterly captivated by the Demon Venerable's gorgeous character art. When she learns that the Demon Venerable is not only an unmatched beauty but also a classic tragic her 1.9kReads8.9Score22814d adds

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   Especially the first book, where the male protagonist keeps looping back to his childhood, feeling utterly worthless. The female protagonist uses a game, constantly spending money to raise a child, helping the child overcome his inferiority complex. The synopsis is inadequate, so please read on—it's truly amazing!!!

9. 9 游 A Game Bridging Past and Present: I Spend Big to Spoil the Cold Palace Prince 游戏通古今，我氪金娇养冷宫皇子 The Final Banquet终宴Ancient Romance280k WordsCompleted [The short drama is now available] [Both leads are devoted to each other + sweet romance + mutual healing + happy ending] Xu Qinghe is in a car accident during her senior year of high school and becomes unable to walk, relying on a wheelchair to get around. Her world grows dark, but then a cute-looking game suddenly appears on her phone. She can’t uninstall it no matter what. What a trash game! But the characters in it are adorable, and he’s even... a little cripple. They really are in the same 528Reads9.0Score10014d adds

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   What?! Healing a chibi character through a game costs 200,000! 👦🏻 Xu Qinghe was disabled in a car accident during her senior year of high school, confined to a wheelchair, her world shrouded in darkness. Then, an unremovable game appeared on her phone, its art style adorable, and the little cripple in the game evoked her pity. She lovingly fed him, pouring warmth into the virtual world. "Double purity + sweet romance + mutual redemption," step by step, the little character became a prince.

10. 10 快 Run! The Poor Little One I Raised Has Turned Obsessive 快跑！养大的小可怜变病娇了 Su Muer苏沐儿Modern Romance280k WordsCompleted [Fantasy Romance / Pay-to-Win Pet Raising / Raising Sim / Yandere] Nan Yuxi has congenital heart disease and supposedly won't live to see eighteen, but she miraculously survives her eighteenth birthday. One day, she discovers an app on her phone called “Demon Realm.” Curious despite having not played games in years, she opens it, only to find that the poor little guy inside is incredibly handsome. From then on, she can't stop spending money on him. [Spend 666 on Xiao Moling: receive one treasure 165Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    📚Raising paper dolls. 💕①: Actually, when Nan Yuxi thought of this method, she had already secretly considered that, based on her previous experience of spending money on in-game purchases, she could deduce that this game would try its best to meet the various needs of players, it just required spending money...

11. 11 氪 Spending Money to Raise a Kid: The Frail Junior Brother Is Actually a Madman 氪金养崽：病弱小师弟竟是疯批 Radish and Fish萝卜与鱼Modern Romance331k WordsCompleted [Spending money to raise a virtual boy + game + beautiful but unhinged heroine + heiress + double wish fulfillment + mutual devotion + extremely sweet romance and doting affection] As a wealthy young heiress who is utterly obsessed with good looks, she had no interest in the raising game that suddenly appeared on her phone. Unexpectedly, just one glance at the characters' looks and interactive gameplay was enough to captivate her, and she soon became completely addicted. Her boy is hungry? A bow 278Reads8.6Score10114d adds
12. 12 我 I Raise Zheng Ge on My Phone 我在手机上养政哥 Boss Hua of Feng Wanshan凤万山的花老大Ancient Romance365k WordsCompleted One day, a character-raising game appeared on Tang Feiyu’s phone. Looking closer, he saw a child being bullied. Well, then he’d raise him right and give him every good thing! Ying Zheng: “...I am the Son of Heaven, yet this immortal speaks rather strangely.” Naturally, they eventually learn each other’s identities and work together to unite the entire world under the Qin Dynasty! 1.4kReads8.9Score21714d adds

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    The first one is a paper doll, and the second one should both be providing off-field assistance to Brother Zheng, right?

13. 13 我 A Pitiful Woman from a Matriarchal World Is Hiding in My Phone 我的手机里藏着个女尊小可怜 Cangcang Shui苍苍水Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted [Raising + game System + female lead] Lin Qianfan's life was peaceful, if a little dull. Then one day, a mysterious app that couldn't be deleted suddenly appeared on her phone: Starlight Development Plan. Curiosity got the better of her, and she opened it, becoming trainee Ling Gujing's “exclusive producer.” The boy on the other side of the screen was so beautiful and delicate that he hardly seemed real, yet he spoke with unusual deference, even a hint of fear, addressing her as “you” and “my l 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Both of these are great! (•‾̑⌣‾̑•)✧˖

14. 14 养 My Child-Raising App Gained a Mind of Its Own: The Child I Raised Is a Tyrant 养崽APP成精：我养的崽是暴君 Sweet Mushroom Sauce甜菇酱Modern Romance239k WordsCompleted (The first half takes place in the modern world, the second half in an ancient world.) It takes eighteen years for Chu Li to discover that everyone around her at the sanatorium, the grandpas and grandmas, the older brothers and sisters, are actually actors. She's the only real patient there… Her family loves her, but they never come to see her. On her eighteenth birthday, lonely Chu Li gets a phone. She thinks it will be just another ordinary day, but then she's bound to a game. Inside is a bare 503Reads8.6Score10214d adds

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    It just finished airing and the rating isn't high, but it's really good. Highly recommended! Highly recommended! Highly recommended! Highly recommended! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece]

15. 15 救 Help! My Digital Pet Turned Into My Boyfriend! 救命！电子宠物变成男朋友了！ Meizi Baby Ya梅子宝贝丫Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + devoted couple + sweet fluff + no love rivals + no melodrama] [Main story complete, bonus chapters released on holidays] [This is my first original romance, so please bear with me while I get the hang of it, ww. I had to rush the later part because of school and health issues, and the plot got pretty messy. I’m sorry. I’m slowly revising it now.] He Jiaojiao downloaded a pixel-art management game advertised as “made especially for female college students.” The game was dirt 4kReads9.4Score66414d adds

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    OK, go read these two books.

16. 16 病 After the Frail God Began Raising a Virtual Character 病弱神明云养纸片人后 Paper Fan Holding Green纸扇衔青Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted [Obsessive Redemption + Gacha + Virtual Boyfriend + Saving the Heroine] Before she died, Shen Qingzhi was raising a sweet, adorable little character in a mobile game. The poor thing had it far too rough. … Everyone in the capital knew that the elegant Ninth Prince suffered from delusions and would imagine someone there, talking to thin air. Yet the Ninth Prince seemed blessed by the gods. His luck was impossibly good: he rose to become the Crown Prince, second to none, and eventually ascended t 1.8kReads9.1Score22614d adds

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    I'll go with these two. The first one is mainly about the female protagonist raising a virtual baby on her phone. The baby thinks she's a god, but because their time flows differently, there's a little bit of angst, but it's still quite good. It's a story of mutual redemption (mostly interaction on the phone). The second one is about a female protagonist who has a game on her phone in high school. She finds a stunningly handsome guy in the game and flirts with him. Later, because she has to take the college entrance exam, she deletes the game, and the male protagonist becomes corrupted. The female protagonist is then tricked into the game by the system. (She enters the game right from the start; there's no baby-raising process yet.)

17. 17 我 There’s No Way My Husband Is a Sickly Villain 我的夫君不可能是病娇大反派 Nan Xiaoxiao南小小Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Both Leads Are Strong + They Dote on Each Other!] When Lu Xingyue started her senior year of high school, a fantasy game set in an ancient world mysteriously appeared on her phone. She started playing because she thought the characters looked lovely. Later, she found an exceptionally handsome young man in the game. She fell in love with a pixel character and married him in a wedding ceremony. Later, as the pressure of the college entrance exams mounted, she chose to give up 8.8kReads9.3Score95014d adds
18. 18 沉 After Getting Hooked on a Raising-Babies Game, I Ended Up with a Happy Ending with the Obsessive Villain 沉迷养崽游戏后我和偏执反派HE Wake Up, I Can't Wake Up醒醒睡不醒Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted [Sweet Interstellar Romance | Transmigrate | Saving an Obsessive, Lovesick Hero, 1v1] Completed. Su Xingxing's phone suddenly had a new game on it: raise a baby. At first, she refused to spend money on the game. Then she found her little one too adorable to resist! Enough talk, raising a baby starts with building affection! When Lu Jin woke up, he had an invisible guardian who fed him, protected him, and gave him warmth... But one day, when he came home, his guardian had left without a word! *Bo 762Reads9.1Score12114d adds

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    Two novels about raising paper dolls [Please update more frequently][Please update more frequently]

19. 19 绿 A Green Tea Is Great: The Female Lead Spends a Hundred Million on Him 绿茶好啊，女主为他狂砸一个亿 Man Youyou满呦呦Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted [Dual rebirth / spending money to raise a virtual character] (possessive, slightly unhinged male lead vs. looks-obsessed female lead who spoils her man) After Yan Ruoqing of the cultivation world was struck dead by lightning, she transmigrated to the modern world. A hopelessly looks-obsessed woman, she became addicted to the romance-raising app Reborn: I Spend Money to Raise a Man, falling head over heels for the handsome man with exquisite features in the game and spending every last penny on h 228Reads8.9Score10414d adds

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    ❣️❣️1. [Do you want to change history and save the world? Do you want to become the villain's white moonlight?] The girl Su Xingxing was forced to bind herself to a pet-raising app, and from then on, she lived the process of protecting and warming her pet. 🎂🎂 🌷🌷2. Yan Ruqing from the cultivation world was struck by lightning and transported to the modern world. She raised a paper doll from the cultivation world in her phone. After a while, she traveled back to the past, and even had a boyfriend! Her pet had been promoted to boyfriend! 💕💕

20. 20 我 My Digital Family Is About to Be Executed to the Last! 我的电子家人，要被满门抄斩了？ The Stone Heart of a Man of Wood and Stone木人石心的石心Modern Romance460k WordsCompleted Gu Nian was the unloved real heiress in a story about the real and fake daughters of a wealthy family. She grew up in an orphanage, and on her eighteenth birthday, heaven gave her two big presents. First: Her birth parents found her and brought her back to the Gu family. Second: She was diagnosed with late-stage cancer and had less than six months to live. Her birth parents and elder brother favored the fake heiress? No problem. Two-legged toads are hard to find, but surely it couldn’t be that h 574Reads6.4Score11414d adds

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    The premise is fresh and the story is incredibly engaging—definitely worth watching! The female lead is a ruthless woman who supports her entire family with her own money, and the male lead exists in both his past and present lives! It's so sweet and captivating!!

21. 21 我 The Paper-Doll Character I Raised Online Is a Wasteland Big Shot 我云养的纸片人是废土大佬 Ye Wang Su叶望苏Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted One day, Mi Duoduo, an ordinary modern office worker, suddenly discovered a strange game on her phone called “Wasteland Raising.” Curious, she opened it, and from then on she couldn’t stop. The game drained her wallet and even sent her into the game world. Mi Duoduo’s response? “Worth it!” 31Reads6.3Score—14d adds

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    I'm hopelessly addicted to anime characters. The first one is my absolute favorite ദ്ദി (• ˕ •マ.ᐟ It's an ancient Chinese style anime character book. Early on, the male lead says, "Isn't it inappropriate to watch me take a bath...?" But later he becomes all radiant and charming, especially later on when he's always dressed up and obediently waiting for his wife—ahhhhh, I'm writhing like a maggot in bed! The second one has a year-long time difference between the male and female leads in a game, but they're in the same world, which is quite interesting. The male lead's brokenness is off the charts. The third one is rare—a post-apocalyptic anime character book. I was completely charmed by the beginning. The fourth one is also an ancient Chinese style anime character book. I quite like ancient Chinese style anime characters. This one is about mutual redemption; I especially feel sorry for the female lead, but thankfully she has her anime character boyfriend.

22. 22 惊 What?! My Paper Boyfriend, Whom I Raised Like a Child, Crossed Dimensions! 惊！当崽养的纸片男友跨次元了！ A Few Taels of Idle Words碎语几两Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted (The rating is still low because it just opened, so you can check the reviews first, everyone. They’re all positive~) [Romance + One-on-One + Sweet Doting + Growing Up + Daily Life] "A grumpy, aloof puppy transformed into a clingy sweetheart × a sweet foodie blogger who loves raising someone" The struggling food streamer Jiang Yuanqiao happened to try a romance-raising game. She found herself a paper boyfriend and raised him like her own kid, effectively raising a cyber child. At first: Just a l 493Reads8.5Score10414d adds

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    Juejuezi just finished reading

23. 23 不 Wait, How Did My AI Girlfriend Cultivate into a Sword Immortal? 不是，我电子女友咋修成剑仙了 Universe's Invincible Tyrannosaurus Roast Goose宇宙无敌暴龙烧鹅Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication, read with confidence] [One heroine] [Fresh premise] [Virtual girlfriend raising + pay-to-power-up] My name is Chen Huai'an. I have cancer, and I'm about to die. Lately, I've gotten hooked on a game where you raise a virtual girlfriend. I spend money to buy her cultivation techniques and magical treasures. Even though my wallet is empty, I couldn't be happier. I always thought it was just a game, until one day my virtual girlfriend gave me a pill. The next second, the pil 183.6kReads9.3Score268.5k14d adds

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    Try it (ಡωಡ) (ಡωಡ) (ಡωಡ) (ಡωಡ) (ಡωಡ) (ಡωಡ) (ಡωಡ)

24. 24 游 Raising Kids in a Game: Grooming a Handsome Young Lord 游戏养崽：养成俊美世子 Hua Muxi花慕兮Modern Romance405k WordsCompleted [Shared destiny + raising-sim game] Shen Wanyi is an eighteenth-tier actress in the entertainment industry, all beauty and no talent. Ever since she entered the business, she's been relentlessly vilified. After three years, she still hasn't earned enough to buy a bathroom in Nanshi. At last, the company gave up on her, and she got the free life she had been waiting for. By chance, Shen Wanyi downloaded a game called Otherworldly Life. The game had beautiful graphics and a little kid even more pi 49Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The first book is a "raising a child" type of story; the second book has a female protagonist who uses a game to cure the male protagonist's illness, but in reality, both of them are from the real world.

25. 25 快 Run! The Paper-Doll Big Shots Have All Turned Evil and Come Looking for Me 快跑！纸片人大佬黑化全来找我了 Beethoven's Older Sister贝大芬的姐姐Modern Romance223k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Raising Kids + Healing + Growth + Female Doting on Male + Yandere] A game called “Your Control,” a 3A otome game featuring AI characters designed specifically for women, suddenly appears on Qi An'an's phone. A domineering CEO, a mercenary... It's got all kinds of characters. The first little one is Teng Tinglan, the domineering CEO she's had a crush on for ages. He's been imprisoned and tortured, and is about to become a slave. She pampers him, loves him, and kisses him. Af 9Reads6.6Score—14d adds

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    I'd like to recommend this author's book. The female lead saves the first and second male leads in a game. Both are domineering CEOs in real life, constantly trying to kill each other. The first male lead is imprisoned and tortured on an island by the second male lead. He's saved by the female lead in the game, while the second male lead was sold to Myanmar by the first male lead's father and then rescued by the female lead. Both are deeply in love with her, leaving her torn between them. The ending will likely be 1v2.

26. 26 星 Interstellar: I Came Out of a Game, and the General Player Is Head Over Heels for Me 星际：穿出游戏，上将玩家他超爱 A Purple Palace一方紫台Modern Romance262k WordsCompleted * (Paper-doll heroine × White Dragon hero) Mu Xue knew she was one of five heroine healers in an interstellar VR game, available for warrior players to choose and fight alongside. But compared to the other heroines, she was a frail pure human. Not only did she require a fortune to develop, but players who chose her were also far more likely to fail. Naturally, hardly anyone paid her any attention. Only one player, named “Shan,” kept raising her, but even that couldn’t change her low popularity d 88Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    You could say that. The female lead is the child the male lead raised in a holographic game. The male lead is a Star Trek White Dragon General. At the beginning, the female lead travels out of the game to save the male lead when he is on the verge of death. Later, the female lead returns to the game at night and travels back to the male lead's world during the day. Through these back-and-forth travels, the male lead gradually guesses her identity, and their relationship warms up.

27. 27 我 The Paper Doll I Raised Became Emperor, and I Became the Only One He Dotes on in the Palace 我养的纸片人当了皇帝满宫我独宠 Plain Brocade and Jade Ornaments素锦璎珞Ancient Romance597k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because the book has just opened for reviews. It'll go up, so don't worry, dear readers.] [Mutual nurturing + System + one-on-one romance with both leads virgins + strong hero and strong heroine + devoted to each other] Chu Yanyan transmigrated into the body of a six-year-old palace maid, bringing along a phone with a “Prince-Raising Game” on it. The prince in the game lived worse than a servant. And as a little palace maid, her own life was bleak as well. Fortunately, the 1.8kReads8.8Score29314d adds

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    The first one is about a little dumpling raising a little prince, and the little prince has joined the game; we're reading it now. The second one is about pixelated characters transforming into boyfriends.

28. 28 养 Raising Cubs App! Log In to Get a Yandere Master! 养崽app！登录就送病娇师尊！ There's a Sea Over There那有一片海Ancient Romance430k WordsCompleted [Virtual boyfriend + yandere ghost + secret identities + mutual pining + closed-loop time paradox] The master Lin Sheng secretly loves has ascended. He is like a ten-thousand-year-old iceberg, lofty and unreachable. One day, she gets her hands on a strange gadget. The moment Lin Sheng steps inside, she sees a familiar little boy miserably chopping wood. Lin Sheng is startled. “Wait! How did I transmigrate to my master’s childhood?” * The boy’s life is full of hardship, and he carries a blood feu 3kReads8.9Score54814d adds
29. 29 恭 Congratulations! My Online Romance Came True, and My Tycoon System Is Activating 恭喜！网恋成真，神豪启动中 New Book, Boldly Charging into FanFan新书勇闯番番Modern Romance495k WordsCompleted [Dark Past, Don't Read] Jiang Si, twenty-two, an orphan, a poor, overweight college student. During her senior year, for special reasons, she began dating four online gaming partners. Just as she was overwhelmed trying to balance her online relationships with real life, the [Online Dating (Tycoon Edition)] app on her phone upgraded! The good news was that she could finally stop putting her morality and conscience on trial, and take a huge step toward becoming a rich woman. The bad news was that 3kReads9.1Score22014d adds

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    The protagonist perfects his lover through his own efforts; it's really good!!

30. 30 人 At the Academy of Magic, I Raise an Ancient General Online 人在魔法学院，云养古代将军 The Sun Is Smiling太阳在笑Modern Romance110k WordsOngoing (A witch who looks unapproachable but lets loose on the inside × a general who seems ruthless and decisive but is actually innocent and a little slow-witted) He Huan, known as the “Library Witch,” stumbled across a book called A Witch’s Guide to Raising Human Pets in the Cloud while borrowing spell books. She secretly checked it out, planning to satisfy her curiosity. She never expected that raising a human pet in the cloud really meant raising an “electronic” human pet. As the most talented and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 31 我 My Paper-Doll Husband 我的纸片人老公 Betrayed被创Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted Tang Tang’s roommate recommended a raising game to her. Tang Tang pulled an SSR character, the rarest of the rare, one nobody had ever gotten before. But as she spent time with him, she began to realize that the game seemed to hide a side no one knew about. From Tang Tang’s perspective: My paper husband From Li Yan’s perspective: My ghostly wife 11Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's finished, and the side stories are all updated too.

32. 32 手 My Mobile Game Takes Me to the Cold Palace, Where I Spoil the Frail Prince 手游通冷宫，我娇养了病弱皇子 The Bossy Coder of Beijing's Elite Circle京圈霸道码农Modern Romance446k WordsOngoing [Raising a child] [Past and present timelines] [Female lead transmigrates later] The unlucky Qiao Cheng suddenly found a classical-style raising sim called Path to the Throne in the Deep Palace on her phone. She opened it to find a small courtyard in the Cold Palace, a dilapidated house with a leaking roof, a sickly six-year-old prince, and a beautiful woman who was gravely ill. What kind of nightmare setup was this? Tempted by the mysterious grand prize, Qiao Cheng, a veteran match-three player 134Reads8.5Score—14d adds

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    The mobile game allows players to send supplies to their virtual pets through a match-3 puzzle game, earning points and skills that can be used in real life.

33. 33 你 You Didn't Say a Dating Sim Came with a Cute Younger Guy! 你也没说玩养成游戏送年下萌一啊 The Long Wind Won't Cross长风不度Two Male Leads477k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + younger, adorable gong × gentle shou + unconventional raising-a-character story + transported into a game] Ji Xiangyu downloads an immersive cultivation game that he can't delete. The immersion technology is so advanced that every night, as soon as he falls asleep, he enters the game and becomes his player character. On his very first night in the game, he discovers something absurd: his player character, a little half-demon fox with a rather tragic past, has somehow become sel 497Reads8.6Score10814d adds

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    Shuangnan, a nurturing type, probably leveling up and fighting monsters (?)

34. 34 被 The Paper-Doll Character I Raised Myself Forced Me into Love 被亲手养大的纸片人强制爱了 Lizard Ying蜥蜴嘤Two Male Leads183k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Both Pure + Virtual Pet Game] He raised a little boy in a game, only for him to grow up and become his boyfriend. Mad Emperor × Broken Beauty In real life, he is Yu Wu, a man with a broken leg. In the game, he is a healthy god. In the illusory game, Yu Wu can stand again, but he can no longer tell reality from fantasy. He accompanied the little boy from the cold palace all the way to the throne, only to suddenly lose connection because of his failing health, and die with his so 4.9kReads8.9Score64514d adds
35. 35 直 After Livestreaming My Baby-Raising, I Went from Washed-Up to Overnight Sensation 直播养崽后，糊咖我一夜爆红 Calamity of the Galaxy星河祸Modern Romance652k WordsCompleted [The whole internet is shipping me with my fictional character] The day Sheng Xia was being flamed across the internet, she learned she had cancer and less than six months to live. Just as she decided to give up and wait for death, she unexpectedly got bound to a historical fantasy game-raising System. The System said her life was linked to that of the little Crown Prince. He would grow up gloomy, violent, and cruel. She could raise him however she liked, as long as he didn't die. Completing gam 977Reads8.7Score15614d adds

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    This is a good book, but it's not finished yet.

36. 36 我 I Spent Money Raising the Emperor's Son in the Cold Palace 我氪金养了冷宫皇子 Painting the Jade Tower画玉楼Ancient Romance129k WordsCompleted [Fast-paced + one-on-one sweet romance + powerful golden finger + no rambling] Shen Chaochao was an ordinary office worker. One day, a game inexplicably appeared on her phone. Its protagonist was delicate and frail, just her type, but unfortunately, the game required in-app purchases. Seeing how the little character treated her like a confidante and a living goddess, Shen Chaochao couldn’t bring herself to abandon him. She worked hard to earn money and raise her virtual baby. At last, one day, t 203Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This new book is quite good, but I'm worried that the author won't have enough readers and will abandon it. I hope the author will update frequently.

37. 37 氪 I Spent Money Raising a Digital Boyfriend, and He Conquered the Three Realms to Marry Me 氪金养电子男友，他杀穿三界娶我 July Starfall七月星雨Ancient Romance141k WordsOngoing My name is Lin Luoluo. Unfortunately, I have an incurable case of ALS. The doctor says I won’t live more than three years. Death isn’t scary. What I regret is that I’ve never been in a relationship in my life. Perhaps the heavens sensed how I felt, because my phone suddenly lit up. A dating simulation game had appeared on the screen. In it was a handsome but tragic young man named Jun Linye. I fell for him at first sight. I immediately spent money to save my virtual boyfriend, then start 11Reads—Score—14d adds

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    These three books are my absolute favorites!!!

38. 38 癌 Terminal Cancer? My Virtual Boyfriend Cured Me! 癌症晚期？电子男友把我治好了！ May Great Fortune Come暴富夭夭Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted The day Xu Xu is diagnosed with blood cancer, her boyfriend cheats on her and her adoptive mother kicks her out. Just when she's at her most desperate, a cultivation game suddenly pops up on her phone, prompting her to claim a virtual boyfriend who can cure her cancer. But her virtual boyfriend has had an even harder life than she has. Once the pride of his sect, he is framed by his junior fellow disciple. His spiritual roots are dug out, and his dantian is destroyed. His senior brothers and sis 62Reads6.9Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist raises immortal cultivators, and through mutual redemption, she helps her child grow stronger step by step. It's super good!

39. 39 小 The Tiny Boss Is Everyone's Favorite, and She Coddles Her Scumbag Dad Like He's Her Placenta 小小老子当团宠，把渣爹当胎盘哄 Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition of A Boat in a Single Thought is now available on all platforms. [Comedy + raising kids + everyone’s favorite + 1v1 romance + devoted couple + the adult heroine’s love interest is Lu Jinghuai] [A funny, sunny heroine who actually has eight hundred tricks up her sleeve x a saintly beauty who is really a sinister, venomous schemer] Ji Nian transmigrates into a novel where the heroine is adored by everyone, becoming the universally disliked biological daughter of the heroine’s pow 89.8kReads9.6Score11.6k14d adds

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    🍀📖✨Amidst the verdant grass of life, this novel is the freshest touch of poetry. [Humor + Raising a Child + Pampered by the Group + 1v1 + Both are Clean + Female Lead's Adult Couple is Lu Jinghuai] [Please Follow]

40. 40 从 From Toddler Prince to Sovereign of All Under Heaven [Infrastructure] 从奶娃诸侯王到天下共主【基建】 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Original title: From Infant Prince to Ruler of All Under Heaven: Infrastructure Building [Feel-good power fantasy + adorable toddler from the start + gaming cheat + infrastructure building + farming + war + family and country + cute pets + romance?] [Serious Synopsis] If you come from across the sea and travel west, you will eventually find a prosperous city unlike anything in this world. It is the fiefdom of His Highness, the Prince of You: Youzhou. At the end of the dynasty, the land is strew 171.1kReads9.3Score18.7k14d adds
41. 41 我 I Only Want to Be a Military Doctor, So Why Are You Making Me Empress? 我只想当军医，你们让我当女皇？ I'm Starving我超饿Ancient Romance965k WordsCompleted [Feel-good revenge + transmigration + System + medicine + nation-building + conquering a chaotic age + empress + cheat powers] Medical student Liu Yi transmigrates into a war-torn age. The world is in chaos, the imperial court has fallen, and ordinary people can barely survive. But she brought along her all-purpose doctor System. System: “I can give you medical equipment.” System: “I can give you medical books.” System: “I can give you an entire modern hospital.” System: “Your goal is to becom 10kReads9.5Score2.3k14d adds
42. 42 游 The Little People I Raised in a Game Turned Out to Be from the Real World 游戏里养的小人竟然来自真实世界 Yuanyuan Has No Books圆圆无书Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted [Outgoing, extroverted college girl × sensitive, introverted, long-lived young miracle doctor] College student Qu Xuan likes playing little renovation games in her spare time. One day, to her surprise, she gets lucky and draws a new game mode that's free for a limited time! She planned to create a little character herself, but the System randomly generated a little beggar instead?! Qu Xuan rubs her hands together, ready to start the makeover! The little character she raises gets chubbier, health 119Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 43 被 After Being Kicked Out of the Residence, I Changed the Dynasty by Writing Novels 被赶出府后，我靠写小说改变朝代 Zhong Zhui Xue钟坠雪Ancient Romance642k WordsCompleted Ye Yuwu transmigrates into an alternate dynasty and gains a golden finger that lets her “search” for things. Unfortunately, just after arriving, her identity as a fake heiress is exposed, and she’s thrown out of the family estate. Luckily, her birth parents, who have since passed away, left her a bookstore and some money. But the bookstore is in such poor shape that nobody buys books, and it’s on the verge of bankruptcy. With no other choice, she returns to her old trade and starts writing s 6.5kReads8.6Score75714d adds
44. 44 羡 How Enviable! She Snuggles Up to an Immortal Lord, Then Leans on the Nation? 羡煞了！她搂着仙君去背靠国家？ Mou Ye眸也Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rich heroine + two male leads + Heaven's favorite daughter + fluffy, no-brainer sweet romance] Chi Jiujiu is a woman who cares a great deal about good looks. By chance, she downloads a shady app and meets a down-and-out genius from the cultivation world in a dating game: a cold, strikingly handsome man. Her game character is beautiful and tragic! She starts spending recklessly to raise him. [Delightfully unexpected]: Just as she's spent herself broke and is about to quit the game, her b 177Reads7.3Score—14d adds
45. 45 氪 Raising a Cub with Pay-to-Win: Why Is This Poor Little Thing Getting More and More Twisted? 氪金养崽：这小可怜怎么越养越歪 Ming Ge茗戈Ancient Romance145k WordsCompleted [Spending money to raise a child + quirky heroine vs. sweet on the surface, dark underneath hero + fictional setting + doting romance] One day, Lu Litang discovers a new game on her phone called Raising the Cold Palace Prince. She assumes it’s some kind of junk app, but after playing it, she changes her mind. This is clearly a blessing! And she even gets to adopt an adorable little boy and raise him for fun. But… The little boy seems to have had a pretty miserable life! His mother died when he w 230Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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    Both are stories about raising children, but in the second book, the female lead is the one being raised [shy].

46. 46 成 Adored by Powerful Figures After Becoming a Little Cub 成为幼崽后被大佬们娇养 Luo Wushengsheng罗五声声Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Anaiya met an unfortunate end in Earth’s apocalypse. She was reborn in another distant star system as a young Sacred Spirit. Sacred Spirits are the highest ideal of life in the Tianyun Star System, embodiments of faith. They are synonymous with being cute, well-behaved, kind, and gentle. But Anaiya is none of those things. Cute and well-behaved? She’s pretending. Kind and gentle? Sorry, she accidentally absorbed the irritable genes of a Calamity Beast. Sacred Spirits can link their genes with co 3.3kReads9.1Score39414d adds
47. 47 自 A Straightforward Pursuit Always Wins Over a Tsundere: The Aloof Fox Is Easy to Fluster 自古直球克傲娇，高冷狐狸不经撩 Xing Yebai行夜白Ancient Romance559k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + yandere + mild coercion + captivity + mutually faithful 1v1] Theatrical Princess × Beautiful, coy, androgynous foxlike man who can be sweet as a kitten or fierce as a wolf Internet-addicted girl Linlin spent all her money to enter an otome game. To get home, she has to win over the yandere hostage prince, whose corruption level has already reached 90%. Before starting: It’s just winning over a fictional character, right? Sooner or later, I’ll make him kneel and call me his darli 4kReads9.2Score70614d adds

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    The main character is a two-dimensional character [admiration][learned][learned]

48. 48 反 Reverse Transmigration Into a Book: The Sickly, Unhinged Movie Emperor's Flirty Charmer Is a Top-Tier Star 反穿书，病娇影帝的小撩精是顶流 Jiang Wenyu江问鱼Modern Romance438k WordsCompleted [Hilarious, doted-on-by-everyone heroine + possessive, lovesick lunatic + transmigrate from a book into reality + fictional character girlfriend] Ye Fuqing is the heroine of a CEO romance novel. Born with a pair of alluring fox eyes, she’s breathtakingly beautiful, but she never expected to get crushed to death by a total goofball! That single collision sends her from the novel into the real world. From then on, the fictional Ye Fuqing goes wild in the entertainment industry! She joins variety s 6.9kReads9.4Score86514d adds
49. 49 陆 General Manager Lu's Wife Is a Paper Doll, and He's Losing His Mind! 陆总夫人是纸片人，要疯了！ Yu Yu予渔Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + Lighthearted daily life] Qiao Yinuo accidentally ended up inside the phone of a domineering CEO. At first, she thought that as long as she stayed hidden, the CEO wouldn't find out she was there. But a few days later, she gave herself away and had to help the CEO catch a company mole. Qiao Yinuo: Waaaah~ She never expected that after she disappeared, the CEO would still find her. What she couldn't believe was that he wouldn't let her off the hook about her homework. He even nagge 145Reads8.8Score—14d adds
50. 50 神 A Blessing from the Gods 神明的赐福 Peachy Oolong, Regular Sugar桃气乌龙正常糖Modern Romance241k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available under the title "Where Light Falls"] Huo Songjin is the biggest villainous male supporting character in "Beloved in the Palm", a hit on the women's fiction charts. Just how bad is he? He wipes out the male lead's entire family, then forces him to choose between the female lead and his own mother aboard a cruise ship. This dangerous, obsessive man has such striking looks and such a tragic past that his fans can't help worrying over him, and end up loving him th 22.8kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds

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    💞1. Qiao Li bought a popular game and felt sorry for the poor paper doll in it, showering it with all sorts of money. Then, she transmigrated into the game, surrounded by enemies, and looked back to find her "little one"! ✨ 💞2. Xiao Sinan raised a child in the game. In his eyes, his child was perfect in every way—well-behaved, intelligent, and handsome. The child used its intelligence to elevate his status. ✨

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