The Second Male Lead Gets the Girl! Unrequited Love! 男二上位的！暗恋的！

1. 201 小 The Little Darling Has Her Heart Set on Him 小祖宗心系于他 Hopeful Future期可期Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted [A boyfriend who raises her] [Childhood sweethearts] [Will the second male lead get his chance?] [A groveling pursuit] At thirteen, the aloof young Mu Mohan first met five-year-old Gu Qingxin and wondered how a little girl could be so adorable and sweet, like a doll. They met again when he was twenty-two and she was fourteen. Her family had been destroyed, and with nowhere to go, he brought her home and cherished her above all else. At sixteen, she realized she had fallen for this uncle figure, 12Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The second male lead wins; he's so devoted, he loves so much.

2. 202 乖 The Good Girl Becomes Everyone's Darling and Gets Revenge on Her Childhood Friend Who Dumped Her 乖乖女要变万人迷，报复甩她的竹马 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted The Good Girl Wants to Become Everyone's Crush and Get Revenge on the Childhood Friend Who Dumped Her 492Reads—Score414d adds

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   The second male leads rise to power. The seemingly innocent girl, actually cunning, kisses someone else right in front of him, making him jealous without any real connection. She's dumped by her childhood sweetheart, goes abroad to study, and returns for revenge. The innocent girl transforms into a villain, a womanizer, a womanizer who smokes and drinks. Every substitute she finds resembles him. In a dream, he asks her if she loves him, but she wakes up to find him lying next to her. Hitting him becomes a reward. Her best friend asks if she remembers him. She says she doesn't, but her friend says she hasn't revealed who that person was. Yes, when you love someone, even the shadows of their substitutes surround you. Even during her time studying abroad, she still thinks of him. How can one forget the one they love most? How long does it take for a devoted person to turn into a heartless woman? Just the moment he dumps her, she changes. Her transformation into a heartbreaker is only superficial; he still takes her virginity. She says she wants to kiss a male model. So he gets jealous too. Where was he before? Did he love her? She doesn't know. If he loved her, why did he dump her so cruelly back then? The seven-year itch is something no one can escape, right? His childhood sweetheart became a CEO, and he begged her to have their child to tie her down. Could a person be so cruel? He didn't want to use a child to bind her; he tried to keep her by his side forever, unaware that she had changed. She had nightmares about him abandoning her, yet he held her and said he wouldn't leave. Upon waking, her instinctive reaction was to slap him. Was it that being too greedy meant she could never have the one she loved most? Little did she know, she called him crazy, but he said he wouldn't be crazy if it weren't for her. He grabbed her neck, asking if she had been with someone else abroad. She felt his jealousy, which gave her a sense of triumph. He smashed the phone her mother had bought as a keepsake. Having missed her mother's funeral, she began to hate him. She replaced his male assistant and secretary with his stand-ins, provoked him by having unofficial relationships with them, and even kissed them in front of him. He was furious and extremely jealous. Their relationship was never officially announced, yet she was consumed by jealousy over their lack of recognition. Watching him be jealous, she felt a strange sense of vengeful pleasure, but she used foreign etiquette to provoke him. He had nowhere to vent his anger. He said he wanted to kiss like that abroad too, but she said enemies don't need to kiss. He was enraged... His face turned green as he forbade office romances, implying that only he and she were permitted to have one—a double standard. She skipped work to meet her younger self at a party hosted by the school's most popular male model, but secretly hoped he'd catch her. She kept wondering why he hadn't arrived yet. Finally, he came, but as she tried to open the door, she regretted that he had prevented her from seeing her mother one last time. Some hatred, in the face of love, only brings pain and distortion. Torn between two people she loved most—her beloved mother and the man she loved most—she agonized over the regret of not seeing her mother one last time; the dead cannot be brought back to life. He was alive, so she had no regrets. But her mother couldn't live, and she couldn't forgive him. Even when the male assistant wanted him dead, she hesitated and agreed. He said she was heartless, unaware that he was even more heartless when he dumped her. She was merely repeating the actions she had taken when dumping him. The male assistant also smashed the wine glass her mother had left behind, yet she didn't see him as an enemy, only heartache and hatred. This made her resolve to join forces with the male assistant to kill him, but love made her hesitate about telling him the truth about his impending death. She bitterly thought, wasn't this the best opportunity for revenge? Yet, she felt he didn't deserve to die. People are always caught in a dilemma when making choices; the contradiction seemed to make either choice unhappy. But she didn't understand what the male assistant meant by what he said. Wasn't he clearly dumped her because he didn't love her? Why were his words so light and so heavy?

3. 203 浮 A Fleeting Dream: Xiao Shi Zhaolin 浮生梦：萧氏照临 Jian Tang Xihua简棠兮华Ancient Romance409k WordsOngoing I originally wanted to write a wife-chasing story, but realized it wasn't my cup of tea, and I can't change the tags now. This novel tells the life story of Xiao Yue, a young woman from an aristocratic family. Her close friends part ways. At the heart of a maelstrom, she focuses on securing her place. Her parents and elders show her both affection and hard choices. A former lover refuses to let go, while her husband is gentle and considerate. Will she become a formidable figure second only to Th 27Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Although this isn't the second male lead, the third male lead takes his place. The third male lead has a crush on the female lead, and when the second male lead tries to marry her, the male lead ruins the marriage, allowing the third male lead to win her over.

4. 204 他 His Childhood Sweetheart Ran Away 他的小青梅跑了 VerdanaModern Romance332k WordsCompleted [A kindhearted, resilient heroine who grows throughout the story + male lead is a virgin, competing men (possessive, obsessive yandere vs. love-at-first-sight, straightforward true love) + second male lead takes the lead] (Contains some school-life flashbacks and some forced-love and regret-and-redemption scenes) - Three years ago, Liang Tong escaped the side of Xu Wangxi, the man she had lived with for twenty years. She changed her name to Bian Jia and started over. Three years later, Xu Wangxi 570Reads8.7Score11214d adds

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   This is about the second male lead taking over.

5. 205 她 She's So Hard to Win Over 她真难追 Crayon Xiao Qing蜡笔小卿Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted 1v2 + yandere corruption + the second male lead takes the lead + the third male lead fights tooth and nail for her + stealing someone else's girl + all the men are virgins + only the men suffer + female-dominant relationship A perfectly clearheaded heiress x a loyal dog who fights tooth and nail for her Male Lead 1: “She’s the girl I’ve followed for ten years, a fairy in this world. Even if she really is involved with another man, the name on the marriage certificate can only be mine, and it wil 36Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 206 步 Step by Step, Winning Her Heart: The Laid-Back Miss and Her Sugar Daddy 步步诱心：咸鱼小姐和金主大人 Truehearted and Truly Attentive真心真悉悉Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted CP: Little Slacker Fish VS Big Bad Wolf, secret love comes true, daring to chase your dreams Lan Xianyu is just like her name: a lazy, unmotivated fish. No one seems to believe in her dream of becoming a screenwriter. Until one day, a handsome, wealthy stranger practically begs to become her sugar daddy. She’s baffled. Even Mary Sue dramas don’t go that way anymore. - He closes in step by step, carefully drawing out the memories buried deep inside her. He asks who she was with after getting blac 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A hidden gem of a romance novel! Full of twists and turns! A fresh plot and character design! The story of a lazy, unambitious girl who gets tricked by a cunning wolf on her journey to pursue her dreams—it's hilarious and exciting! A lazy, slow-burning girl versus a scheming, devoted wolf. Long-awaited reunion X bittersweet unrequited love X mutual redemption X courageously pursuing dreams. [Lan Xianyu, true to her name, is a lazy, unambitious girl. Her dream of becoming a screenwriter seems to be met with skepticism. Until one day, a handsome and wealthy man suddenly becomes her sugar daddy. Lan Xianyu is bewildered; even Mary Sue dramas don't write like this anymore…]

7. 207 当 After My White Moonlight Husband Died 当我的白月光老公死后 Myth Journal神话日记Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted [The male lead dies at the beginning (childhood sweethearts, young spouses, gone before they grow old) + second male lead’s romance (ten years of secret love, ten years of marriage, a love that ends in sorrow)] Xiang Tan had been openly in love with He Mingqi for more than a decade. That year, the introverted, shy He Mingqi, who had never disobeyed his parents, threw caution to the wind and got together with Xiang Tan. Time flew, and they passed one year after another together. They married youn —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The male lead had a 20-year unrequited love and a 10-year marriage. They finally married and divorced. This book gave me the feeling that I didn't know who to blame; it felt like no one was at fault. It was a bad ending. In the end, the second male lead found happiness, but I really can't let go of him [crying]. I think Xiang Tan must have loved Ye Mujin, but He Mingqi's influence was too much... Sob sob sob…

8. 208 重 Reborn, I Married My Brother's Best Friend 重生后，嫁给了哥哥的好朋友 LingxiRose灵犀RoseModern Romance316k WordsCompleted [Mutual purity➕reborn➕campus➕the second male lead takes the lead➕a groveling ex never gets a second chance➕the second male lead has long been in love with her] A soft, rebellious little bunny (who grows into a stunning beauty in a red dress) ✖️ a wickedly handsome, fox-eyed big puppy who pretends to be pitiful Su Wantang was brought to the Xiao family when she was six. They treated her just like their own daughter, and she got her wish and married her older brother, Xiao Che. But after they marr 9Reads—Score—14d adds

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