Looking for Supernatural Substitute Romance, Like Snake Immortals and Ghost Husbands. Preferably Angsty at First 类似灵异，蛇仙鬼夫这类替身文学，前期最好虐一点

1. 51 蛟 The Jiao Consort Returns 蛟妾归 Xi Xi Meow茜茜喵Mystery857k WordsCompleted I’m blind, born with a disability. A fortune-teller said I had to stay away from my parents or disaster would strike our whole family. The prophecy came true when I was twelve. My entire household was massacred, and I was the only one lucky enough to escape. Unexpectedly, that escape led me straight into a realm of demons and spirits, where I was surrounded by monsters and ghosts, and the underworld. During my flight, I was hunted down again and again, nearly killed, and wanted for the massacre 64Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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   Meets requirements, recommended

2. 52 狐 The Fox Bride 狐嫁女 Silver Blossom, Fire Tree银花火树Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing Eighteen years ago, my grandfather offended a Hu fairy in the mountains and suffered its frenzied revenge. Eighteen years later, to settle the score, I was forced to marry the beast that ruined my family, serve as its spirit medium, and become the most powerful spirit medium across the vast black soil! Please help me with the spirit-invocation chant: Golden incense burner, silver incense whip, set aside the sea-sized bowl and let the incense smoke rise; Offer red beams and clear water to the 1.7kReads8.9Score237Shelves

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   These supernatural ones are very beautiful. If you like this type of baby, you can check it out.

3. 53 怪 Strange Tales with a Twist 怪味聊斋 Tao Tao Cat陶陶猫Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted By the banks of the River of Forgetfulness lives a ghost doctor who treats spirits. He has one rule: Anyone who seeks his care must follow three conditions. First, swim across the River of Forgetfulness. Second, tell him your story. Third, leave behind something you carry close to you. No one knows where he came from, or why he does this... 987Reads7.1Score103Shelves
4. 54 龙 The Dragon King's Wife 龙王妻 Dreaming Disciple in Deep Meditation潜心梦徒Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted On the night of the blood moon, the Dragon King takes a bride. Luo Anzhi was born a noblewoman, but fate swept her up and made her the Dragon King's wife. From then on, she set out on a path unlike anyone else's... 1kReads9.1Score336Shelves
5. 55 我 My Lord of Demons 我的妖君大人 An Orange一个橘子Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted I was born under a curse and abandoned in his temple. Twenty years later, he was reborn from the curse, and by a twist of fate, we formed a spiritual bond. The Demon Lord not only mooches off my food and drink, but also tricks me into having his child. His emotional intelligence is in the single digits, he’s stingy and combative, and he has enemies everywhere. Every day, he’s either fighting or on his way to a fight. I finally lose my patience. “I’m divorcing you!” He sneers arrogantly. “You can 560Reads9.2Score101Shelves
6. 56 阴 The Yin Messenger's Wife 阴差夫人 Three Sichuan Immortal Rabbits蜀三仙兔Mystery834k WordsCompleted Twin sisters, one human and one ghost. My parents were brutally murdered before my eyes. I sought help from a ghost-catching official to avenge them, but he demanded I catch three thousand ghosts for him. I never imagined I would end up becoming a ghost-catching official myself... 4.4kReads9.0Score485Shelves
7. 57 狐 The Fox Bride 狐嫁 Yin Linglong银玲珑Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Ye Zier is a half-yin person, born with a tendency to attract evil spirits. After finally getting married to her boyfriend, she’s kidnapped along the way by a fox spirit who insists on having little foxes with her. What is she supposed to do? 392Reads9.1Score100Shelves
8. 58 九 Nine Serpents Carry the Coffin 九蛇抬棺 Tea Egg茶蛋Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted When I was born, my father cut off several snakes with a knife. Ever since then, I’ve often dreamed at night of a huge black snake coiling around me, squeezing the breath from my lungs as if it were taking revenge. On my eighteenth birthday, the villagers tied me up and sent me to the mountain behind the village… 105Reads7.1Score—Shelves
9. 59 反 The Villainous Demon Husband 反派妖夫 Drinking Game Commands行酒令Mystery300k WordsCompleted Xia Zhuqiao was born with an extremely yin fate. She thought she'd spend her whole life among wandering ghosts, but who knew she'd end up entangled with a major headache she couldn't afford to offend... On a rainy night, Xia Zhuqiao points at Li Junyi's nose and yells, “You're not a good person! No, you're not a good demon!” Sitting in the Demon Lord's seat, Li Junyi parts his thin lips and asks, “Then, my lady, do you like me?” 14Reads8.2Score—Shelves
10. 60 妖 Lord Demon King, Your Wife Wants You to Go Apologize 妖君大人，夫人让您过去认错 Weary Birds, a City Left Behind倦鸟余城Ancient Romance574k WordsCompleted Bai Jinyue thought that, as a vampire who had lived for over thirteen hundred years, she was the strangest being in existence. Then she accidentally transmigrated to the Illusory Heaven Continent, another world inhabited by immortals and demons, and discovered that vampires weren't invincible after all. She was determined to return to the modern world, but unexpectedly ended up bound to a snake demon... He was a snake demon she couldn't beat, no matter what, and she could do nothing about him. I 356Reads8.9Score103Shelves
11. 61 妖 The Demon Lord Is Here: My Husband Is a Fox Immortal 妖君在上：我的老公是狐仙 An Yiyi安一一Modern Romance951k WordsCompleted Someone personally dressed me in a wedding gown and married me off to a fox immortal. To stay alive, I had no choice but to... 47Reads6.7Score—Shelves
12. 62 您 Your Husband, the King of the Underworld, Is Online 您的老公冥王已上线 Red Phantom红幽灵Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted A User Manual for the King of the Underworld: 1. Feed him. Even if you have to go hungry, never let him go hungry. 2. Flatter him, and stroke him the right way. 3. Soothe him. No matter who's at fault, it's always yours. 4. Let him pinch, knead, and hug you as much as he likes. Don't resist! 5. When he asks if you love him, don't hesitate, don't waver, and don't tell him quietly. Say, “I love you!” In short: After spending three years as a wandering soul, I met a fake reaper. He was imposing, do 124Reads9.1Score—Shelves
13. 63 血 Blood Wedding 血嫁 Gu Bingqian古冰倩Mystery442k WordsCompleted Ever since I received a strange hundred-yuan bill, every wedding I attend ends in bloodshed. The grooms have their throats slit, their blood splattering across the brides’ white gowns. Ten couples have died for no apparent reason, and I’m the only one who has seen the killer: the Grim Reaper, holding a scythe... A cold and aloof fiancé appears out of nowhere. A mysterious exorcist hides in a coffee shop. Strange supernatural incidents pull me into a terrifying, thrilling spiral. At last, the da 466Reads8.6Score—Shelves
14. 64 醋 The Jealous Snake Lord Is Brutal and Obsessive, Yet He Spoils His Wife Without Limit 醋王蛇君暴戾偏执却宠妻无度 Nanyue南岳Mystery637k WordsCompleted Also known as: The Snake Bride. Devoted couple + sweet romance + light supernatural elements. I was born in a cursed village. The year I was born, my grandfather killed a snake matriarch, and our whole family was relentlessly hounded for revenge. I fled the village with a bracelet passed down through my family. When I returned to the village years later, I met a giant white snake. He was desperate to keep me by his side. To outsiders, he was a vicious demon, but he spoiled me in every way. To ot 332Reads9.1Score102Shelves
15. 65 灵 My Spirit Fox Immortal Wife 灵狐仙妻 February Bell Song二月铃语Mystery890k WordsCompleted [Spirit Fox + Immortal Lord Mentor + Spirit Medium + Sweet Romance] [This novel is complete] The day I was born, the sky was thick with dark clouds, and lightning flashed and thunder roared, but not a drop of rain fell. The moment I came into the world, a blood-red moon suddenly appeared in the sky. When the blood moon rises, monsters are born! From then on, my family treated me as a monster. Years later, after I started working, I learned that Grandma didn’t have long to live. Before she died, 185Reads7.5Score—Shelves
16. 66 蛇 The Snake King Has His Eyes on Me 蛇王惹上身 Snowman.(q_q)雪人.（q_q）Ancient Romance305k WordsCompleted I was pushed off a cliff. The good news was that I didn't fall to my death, and my boyfriend and best friend hadn't killed me. The bad news was that although I was still alive, I had landed in something even more terrifying than death: a nest of snakes... 367Reads8.2Score102Shelves
17. 67 妖 The Demon Husband Is Here 妖夫在上 The Rising Leaf奋起的叶子Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted I have a birthmark, and I covered it with a tattoo to make it look better. Who could have guessed the tattoo shop I chose would be so unreliable? They actually tattooed a demon on me. From then on, my life was never peaceful again. 2.3kReads8.9Score274Shelves
18. 68 嫁 Married to a Dragon 嫁龙作夫 Yangyang殃殃Mystery505k WordsCompleted The year I was born, a dragon fell from the sky and landed in the mountains behind our village. Eighteen years later, my grandmother hanged herself from the crooked locust tree at the village entrance with a length of rope. The villagers all said the Dragon King was taking a bride, and that my grandmother had defied him and suffered retribution. After the entire village nailed me into a black coffin and buried me alive, that thing violated me. Only then did I realize that things were far more co 1.6kReads9.0Score158Shelves
19. 69 醉 A Drunken Nighttime Kiss! One Flirt from Her, and the Arrogant Big Shot’s Heart Races 醉吻夜！她一撩，桀骜大佬心狂跳 A Crescent Moon一剪月Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Climbing the Capital’s Family Tree is now available on all platforms.] [Top Capital City Tycoon · Rebellious, Devoted Suit-Wearing Bad Boy vs. Ballet Princess · Radiant, Proud Little Swan] Li Zhi and Fu Yanze grew up together, but Li Zhi turned out to be the fake heiress. For the sake of his own interests, Fu Yanze chose to get engaged to the real heiress, a leading actress in the entertainment industry. He hoped Li Zhi would understand and said he would come back to marr 82kReads9.5Score11.2kShelves

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    This novel is quite good! There are super exciting plots and love, hate and resentment in it, it's so exciting! There are constant conspiracies, guessing, and super sweet love scenes, which are really sweet to the heart. It is definitely the kind of book that can be read in one sitting. I highly recommend it to friends who like passionate plots and touching love!

20. 70 逞 Indulging 逞娇 Yuan Yuan原瑗Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted [Rugged Hero and Sweetheart, A Princess's Devoted Suitor] [Marriage First, Love Later, One True Pairing, Sweet Romance] As the most honored princess of the Great Yi Dynasty, Pei Heyu was raised from birth in a world of wealth and luxury. When she grew up, she associated only with princes, nobles, and members of eminent families. Those young ladies and gentlemen all came from households of immense wealth, dressed in bejeweled finery. They drank Mingqian Longjing tea worth a fortune, ate tribute p 17.6kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
21. 71 只 Just a Marriage Alliance? Sorry, He’s Madly in Love! 只是联姻？不好意思，他超爱！ Pei Jiu佩玖Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + secret crush + long-laid plans + both devoted to each other + happy ending] Lu Yanci, the capital's most eligible heir, was aloof by nature, decisive and ruthless, and impossibly high above everyone else. Wen Ruanqing, the only daughter of the Wen family in Jiangnan, was a stunning beauty. Rumor had it she never left the house and was well-behaved and cold. Who could have guessed that the first time they met, Lu Yanci would run into her at a nightclub while she was hiring 11.1kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
22. 72 打 Spilling Spring Colors 打翻春色 Yun Zijin妘子衿Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted [The print edition of A Captivating Temptation is now available] [Sweet romance in Beijing’s elite circles, both leads are devoted only to each other] A refined, aloof, secretly seductive big shot × a wild, rebellious young heiress with a wicked streak! Seduction! Tension! A long-planned pursuit! The first time they met, Wen Yu played Beijing power player Pei Yi. He saw right through her. “Don’t want to take responsibility?” The second time, Wen Yu barged into the restroom and caught a glimpse o 20.2kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
23. 73 醉 Drunk on Nine Songs 醉九歌 Young Master Pi疋公子Two Female Leads216k WordsCompleted [Two female leads: a devoted, wolfish young emperor ✘ a seemingly gentle but actually ruthless and cold-hearted foreign king + love at first sight + two powerful leads + doting on each other after falling in love] (Qi Jiuge is rather weak early on because she has lost her memory, but later our Queen Qi Jiu is the woman who helps Gu Jinzui conquer the realm. She’s got every advantage stacked in her favor.) When Gu Jinzui left the palace, she encountered an assassin sent by Gumo. She smiled. The w 240Reads6.9Score103Shelves
24. 74 撩 Flirtatious, Sweet, and Lovable: The Abstinent Ninth Lord Coaxes Me into Falling for Him 撩宠软娇甜，禁欲九爷哄我上瘾 Drunken Passion醉情火Modern Romance669k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, devoted couple + Long-planned love! Nine-year age gap, domineering father figure] The ninth master of the Zhan family dotes on a little girl, lavishing her with love for ten years. When the girl first falls in love, she confesses one day: “Ninth Master, I really, really like you.” A light glimmers in the Ninth Master’s eyes. He tears up her love letter, throws away the roses, and demands coldly, “I’m nine years older than you. Do you think I’m an animal?” But the face-slappin 330Reads8.8Score—Shelves
25. 75 病 The Frail Beauty Is All Sweetness and Scheming, and the Madman Bends for Love 病美人又茶又娇，疯批为爱折腰 Hmph Hmph Ji哼哼唧Two Male Leads361k WordsCompleted Complete [beloved, universally adored protagonist + a deliciously dramatic love-triangle showdown] A coy, delicate, sickly beauty of a bottom x a fake-it-till-you-make-it, cocky mad-dog top Xie Zhenyun was ignored by his parents in the countryside for eighteen years before learning he was the true young master whose life had been stolen. At long last, he was brought back to the manor, only for his birth parents to warn him not to compete with the fake young master. Who could have guessed that al 15.8kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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