Any Books with a Cheeky Male Lead Who's Henpecked and Afraid of His Wife? Please Recommend Some 有没有主角贱贱的，是个妻管严，怕老婆的书，求推

1. 251 另 Seeking a Better Match: I Won’t Be the Madam of This Marquis’s Manor! 另谋高嫁：这侯府夫人我不做了！ Egret Under Clear Skies晴天白鹭Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Original title: Finding a Better Match: I’m Done Being the Marquess’s Wife! Regarding plagiarism, don’t make baseless accusations. The publication dates are there for all to see. [Traditional historical romance and household intrigue + strong heroine and hero + mutual devotion + a prince who cherishes his wife] A merchant’s daughter marries into a marquess’s household, becoming the laughingstock of the capital. For six years, Jiang Shu lives alone and supports the entire household without compla 24.1kReads9.2Score4.8k14d adds

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   [Already hooked!] A super satisfying novel! Who says a good woman can't remarry? Jiang Shu was betrayed by her husband in the Marquis's mansion and decisively divorced him. She won over many with her abilities, slapped her ex-husband in the face, and found her true love.

2. 252 新 A Guide to the Supernatural in the New Era 新时代灵异指南 Flame and Fire焰与火Mystery111k WordsOngoing Qin An ended up becoming the very yin-yang master he hated most, on the night he was forced to marry a female ghost. Why did getting married mean signing a ghost marriage contract, too?! A fellow disciple who could summon spirits, a frosty female Taoist priest: even looking at either of them counted as cheating! Speechless, Qin An shielded the flame as he lit a cigarette for the mountain spirit beside him, then raised his glass in a respectful toast to the river ghost across from him, keeping it —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This is absolutely a perfect match; the protagonist is forced to sign a ghost marriage contract with a female ghost at the beginning.

3. 253 穿 I Transmigrated into a Pendant, and My Wife Handed Me Over to the Nation 穿越成吊坠，妻子把我上交国家 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban363k WordsCompleted [Urban high-martial world + transmigration + handing everything over to the state + passionate ensemble cast + protecting his wife from behind the scenes] This is another world where Chinese history has been lost to a gap in the record and exotic beasts run rampant. The original host dies in the opening. I’ve only just transmigrated and haven’t even figured out what’s going on when my soul is sucked into a broken pendant, a keepsake the original host gave his wife. Sealed inside the pendant is f 295Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Four books recommended by seasoned bookworms – a must-read when you're looking for something to read.

4. 254 嫌 You Thought I Was Too Weak, So My Cultivation Technique Went Dark Overnight 嫌我太弱，我的功法连夜黑化了 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban744k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + Misunderstandings + Chat Group + Fully Automated Training + Overpowered Power Fantasy] Yang Tian transmigrates into a high-martial-arts world. With mediocre talent, he only wants to lie flat. But who could have guessed that the cultivation techniques inside him would think he was too weak and turn sentient overnight! And that’s not all. His techniques even set up a chat group: [Iron Shirt] left the group and wrote: “The Host is too fragile. I went for a soak at the nuclear power 764Reads—Score10214d adds
5. 255 组 Team Up to Go Home for the New Year: Why Are All My Teammates Goddesses? 组队回家过年：队友竟然全是女神 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Urban + System + multiple women + lighthearted + feel-good power fantasy + mostly everyday life] “Yang Tian, if you don’t bring home a girlfriend this New Year, you’re sleeping in the pigsty!” Faced with his mother’s ultimatum, penniless Yang Tian suddenly obtains the [Instance Party System]. As long as he posts a mission, all kinds of goddesses will accept it and “team up” with him to go home and conquer every obstacle. New Year’s Eve, family reunion dinner. Uncle: “I heard Yang Tian lost his 2.4kReads6.0Score25814d adds
6. 256 我 I Used the Myriad Worlds Exchange System to Redeem Myself 我用万界兑换系统兑换我自己 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban343k WordsCompleted [System + mastermind behind the scenes + multiple worlds + apocalypse + no saintly hero] Yang Tian acquired a strange System. The items in its shop turned out to be attributes he had "lost" himself? [Looks +10]? I lost that! [Intelligence +20]? I lost that too! [Protective Astral Energy]? That's my passive skill! Yang Tian: "Hey, System bro, aren't you just making me pay to buy myself back?!" The world changed. The Gray Realm descended, and reality merged with the mysterious and uncanny. Wit 198Reads—Score1414d adds
7. 257 我 I Couldn’t Stand You, So How Did You End Up as My Girlfriend? 我看你不爽，你怎么成我女朋友了 Dream of the Iris鸢尾之梦Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Suiyang's girlfriend, Cheng Mohan, is going abroad. After four years together, they break up over the bride price. Cheng Mohan demands 300,000 yuan as a bride price and another 200,000 yuan as a fee for changing how she addresses his family. She wants the money up front, promising to register their marriage after she returns from abroad. Otherwise, she'll break up with him... Faced with this, Jiang Suiyang decisively gives up. In that moment, four years of love feel as worthless as grass.. 9.1kReads9.1Score66014d adds
8. 258 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 156.7kReads9.3Score16.5k14d adds
9. 259 我 I'm a Good Person, So Why Do You Call Me a Menace? 我一个好人，你们说我是祸害？ Likes Eating Tangerines喜欢吃橘子Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [School Life, Everyday Comedy, Hilarious, spiritual qi revival, No Longer Human, Absurd, Shameless] When Qin Ke opened his eyes, he found himself in a parallel world undergoing spiritual qi revival! Right from the start, a bully showed up looking for trouble and asked him if he knew how to write the word “death”! No need to panic. He flipped open a dictionary and showed him exactly how to write it! “Repeat after me: si, as in ‘death’! Its opposite is ‘live,’ as in ‘stay alive’!” If the Syst 51.4kReads9.3Score5k14d adds
10. 260 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 174.6kReads9.4Score15.5k14d adds

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    It's definitely this one, by Qingfeng the Old Thief. The male lead is incredibly shameless and afraid of the female lead.

11. 261 只 As Long as They Have Health Bars, I'll Kill Even the Gods 只要有血条，神明也杀给你看 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Hunter: You can see the health bars of all things, and every attack is guaranteed to deal damage, even to gods!] [Stalker: Stealth through the darkness, hunt beneath the light!] [Executioner: The time for your sentence has come!] “Come on, come on, take a blade!” “Immortal? Once your health bar hits zero, you die!” “As long as it has a health bar, I can kill it, even if it’s a god!” The dark side of the world, a shattered map, strange creatures from the abyss... There is no light behind them, 130.3kReads9.3Score14.6k14d adds
12. 262 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 513.4kReads9.5Score39.7k14d adds
13. 263 系 System, I’m Done Playing: How About It? 系统我不玩了：行不行 Yang Le Ge Yang11洋了个洋11Eastern Fantasy171k WordsOngoing Chu Sheng wept bitterly. "System, are you telling me to go to the System World and get myself killed? I only just became a live-in son-in-law! That old witch really won't let me go." "I'm only twenty-six, and you're insulting me like that? I'll make sure you die the moment you enter this Central World. Even if you don't die, you'll live in fear, constantly on edge! Go on, keep insulting me." Luo Xian's beautiful face was covered in frost... What good is it... to bow to people, kneel before heave 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male lead is poor and lowly, a live-in son-in-law who steals money in the cultivation world; the female lead is a rich and beautiful woman in the real world, a powerful figure in the cultivation world, who tries to kill the male lead as soon as she sees him. It gets funnier and funnier the more you watch it, give it a try! 34

14. 264 我 My Mom Died, and I Just Want to Go Home for a Meal 我妈死了，就想回家吃顿饭 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷59k WordsCompleted My mom died, and all I wanted was to go home and have a meal. 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    "Sis... Are you not doing too well over there?" My aunt suddenly asked my mom, "Should I burn ten or eight male models for you...?" @DouchengBaye "Male... Male model?" "I'm mainly afraid of those people... Oh no, I'm afraid those ghosts will bully you!" "No ghosts are bullying me at all, I just haven't been able to eat much lately..." "No wonder you were just now..." "What's wrong?" "No wonder you ate those gold ingot candles so fast..." She frowned, "The food over there must be awful..." "Actually, it's alright!" "Really alright?" "You definitely won't believe it... I can still get fresh broccoli here!" Hearing the word 'fresh,' she couldn't hold back anymore, "You can actually get fresh vegetables over there, while I only get to eat broccoli that's been frozen for over three years!" "And we eat organic food!" "No comparison, no harm... I've thought about that too..." "But being a ghost has its difficulties!" "No comparison, no harm... Now I know there are 'ghost shells' in the underworld too." "No... The food here is actually quite good, at least it's all organic!" "Then you're out of money... I'll burn some for you right away!" "No need, I don't have enough to spend right now!" "Money makes the world go round!" "No need! You've burned enough already!" It's wrong of you to come out and scare people in broad daylight..." "I didn't scare you!" I conveyed my mother's meaning through her lip movements, "It's just that you're too timid... You can't blame me!" "It's been a year... You should have been reincarnated long ago! Don't you care about me?" "No!" "Your son is fourteen... He can take care of himself now, and besides, I'm here, aren't I?" "With you around, I'm even more worried!" "Is this really your mother?" "Anyway, I'm just translating!" "Okay... So how long are you planning to stay?" "Until you find the murderer who killed me..." Hearing the word 'murderer,' my hair stood on end, and my aunt was even more exaggerated, collapsing to the ground.

15. 265 半 At Midnight, My Best Friend Asked Me to Go Fishing 半夜十二点，闺蜜喊我去钓鱼 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Mystery58k WordsCompleted At Midnight, My Best Friend Asked Me to Go Fishing 10Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 266 妻 The Wife’s Coffin Smoke 妻棺烟 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷58k WordsCompleted The Wife's Coffin Smoke 8Reads—Score114d adds
17. 267 佛 The Secret of the Buddha Mother 佛母的秘密 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷34k WordsCompleted The Buddha Mother's Secret 38Reads—Score514d adds
18. 268 赶 Married Off While Driving Corpses 赶尸上嫁 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷54k WordsCompleted Marrying into a Corpse-Chasing Family 8Reads—Score314d adds
19. 269 生 Born to Fail at Corpse Stitching 生不缝尸 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Mystery59k WordsCompleted Born Without the Skills to Stitch Corpses 22Reads—Score114d adds
20. 270 闺 Tales of My Best Friend's Haunting 闺蜜诡事录 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Mystery32k WordsCompleted Tales of Strange Events Among Best Friends 15Reads—Score114d adds
21. 271 唐 Tang Corpse, Song Rush 唐尸宋弛 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Mystery69k WordsCompleted The Corpse of Tang, the Slackers of Song 8Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 272 大 Records of the Tang Dynasty Zombies 大唐丧尸录 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Mystery58k WordsCompleted The Tang Dynasty Zombie Chronicles 7Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 273 河 The Debt Beneath the River, Billed in My Name 河底那笔账，记在我名下 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Mystery57k WordsCompleted The debt at the bottom of the river is in my name 18Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 274 豪 Terror at the Luxury Estate 豪苑惊魂 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷57k WordsCompleted Terror at the Grand Estate 16Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 275 盲 The Blind Woman’s Wedding 盲女的婚礼 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷32k WordsCompleted The Blind Girl's Wedding 27Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 276 清 The Qingling Rankings 清凌榜 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷43k WordsCompleted The Qingling Rankings 3Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 277 我 The Girlfriend Who Disappeared 我消失的女朋友 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Sci-Fi & Apocalypse60k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Who Disappeared 12Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 278 诡 The Mysterious Domain City 诡秘域都 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷99k WordsCompleted The Mysterious Domain City 3Reads—Score114d adds
29. 279 诡 The Strange Sword 诡剑 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷98k WordsCompleted The Ghost Sword 4Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 280 王 Chronicles of the Kings 王者战纪 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Urban128k WordsOngoing See how Wang Ze, an amnesiac, down-on-his-luck prince transmigrated to another world, saves the apocalypse, and becomes the strongest king. Manchester is a metropolis that can hold several hundred million people. With such a huge population density, it's only natural that there are buildings everywhere. It's a city with a staggering five hundred floors above ground and a hundred below. As for transportation, there are plenty of options: flying cars, airships, subways, brooms, all kinds of flying 1Reads—Score914d adds
31. 281 斗 The Sacred Emperor of War 斗战圣帝 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Eastern Fantasy161k WordsOngoing A young man who can't find a job after graduating transmigrates to another world by chance. He has no golden finger, but by gathering cultivation resources from the droppings of exotic beasts, he makes a successful comeback and becomes a martial artist. In this other world, where everyone values martial prowess, he relies on his grit and social savvy to fight his way through every obstacle, eventually becoming a great emperor: the Battle Saint Emperor. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 282 穿 Transmigrated to Another World to Work as a Cleaner 穿越异界干保洁 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Urban27k WordsOngoing There isn't just one system of power in the world! Flying cars, lightsabers, talismans, virtual reality, artificial intelligence... Is it science or fantasy? A top game developer transmigrates to another world just to lie flat and take a job as a cleaner?! Is it a distortion of human nature or a collapse of morality...? 1Reads—Score114d adds
33. 283 至 The Supreme God Arrives: Ruling the Skies Above the City 至尊神临，都市镇苍穹 The Sun's Sheep烈阳的羊Urban2.0M WordsOngoing On a stormy night, a video of university student Lin Yun catching a sniper's bullet with his bare hands sets the internet ablaze, making him the center of attention and a target for all kinds of powerful forces. The local Zhao family makes the first move, but Lin Yun exposes the foundation of their power with a single remark: they have been stealing fortune with an evil formation. He then triggers a backlash from the earth's ley lines, bringing the Zhao family's century-old legacy crashing down 11Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The bronze clasp is rusted by moonlight, and a dragon walks through the secret page footer.

34. 284 炼 After a Hundred Thousand Years of Qi Refining, I’m Already Invincible 炼气十万年，我已经无敌 Ding Chengjin丁程金Eastern Fantasy209k WordsCompleted [Ten Thousand Years at the Qi Refining Realm + Invincible]+ [Reviving His Sect in the Lower Realm]+ [Taking Disciples]+ [Defeating Every Villainous Sect]+ [Slaying Demons and Exorcising Evil]+ [Free Travel Between the Human, Immortal, and Demon Realms, as well as the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Timespaces]+ [Protagonist's Halo]+ [An Incredibly Satisfying Power Fantasy] Zuo Xiaoyu had spent a hundred thousand years in the Immortal Realm, stuck at the Qi Refining Realm. One day, he discover 335Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Welcome to listen to my friend's book.

35. 285 巡 The Yin-Walker 巡阴人 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Applying makeup to the dead, reading the winds and assessing the land, preparing bodies for burial, and performing rites on the seventh day after death. Scorched corpses: cleaning the body, applying rouge, painting the features! Bodies cut in half at the waist: removing the organs, filling the cavities, and stitching the body back together! I was born into a family that made its living from the dead, so I grew up dealing with corpses. I’ve seen all sorts of bizarre ways to die and countless inex 8.1kReads9.1Score1k14d adds

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    This is a supernatural story. The protagonist is afraid of his wife, who can scare him and break his legs without saying a word. She is also his childhood sweetheart.

36. 286 算 Calculating Fate Through Yin 算阴命 Nine-Rank Game九品一局Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted My mother was snatched away by a beast when she gave birth to me. Twelve years later, my father brought home a woman. Three days after that, my father died… 1.8kReads8.9Score25714d adds

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    Sister Qingyue is incredibly powerful, and the male lead is henpecked. The plot is full of twists and turns. [Drooling emoji]

37. 287 我 I Establish the Five Directions Immortal Court in a Chaotic Age 我在乱世立五方仙庭 Little Daoist Seven Treasures小道七宝Eastern Fantasy326k WordsOngoing The stars descend, demons run rampant, and the world sinks ever deeper into chaos! Zhang Xiaochun is born a natural master of the Dao, heir to the Azure Emperor’s lineage, with a noble destiny! But right after he’s born, he encounters an evil cultivator who loves eating babies. At the critical moment, an old grandpa sacrifices himself to save him, hiding him deep in the mountains for twenty years! “Now that my cultivation is complete, it’s time to leave the mountains and end this chaotic age!” Z —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male lead in this book has a strange personality, there's only one female lead, and he gets beaten up frequently.

38. 288 重 Reborn as a Snake: And I Run Into a Snake Catcher? 重生成蛇：就遇捕蛇人？ Dragon Fruit with Mango火龙果配芒果Eastern Fantasy103k WordsOngoing Good news: I was reborn with a System. Bad news: I’m a snake who just got captured. [Demon Emperor] [Invincible Power Fantasy] [Decisive Killing] [No Female Lead] [Fast-Paced] —Reads—Score—14d adds

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39. 289 妈 Mama's Boy: What Did You Say About My Mom? 妈宝男：你说我妈怎么了？ Dragon Fruit with Mango火龙果配芒果Urban34k WordsOngoing [Global Alert: Report on the Destruction of Sakura Nation] [The ability user codenamed “Momma’s Boy” has destroyed all of Sakura Nation] “That’s what you get for insulting my mom.” Ye Ming stood atop Tokyo, with the burning city beneath his feet. He took a photo from his pocket and gently ran his fingers over his mom’s warm, gentle smile. “Love you, Mom.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 290 断 The Updates Stopped, and Then I Got Pulled Into the Story 断更了，人却进来了 Adding Ink, Teasing Fragrance添墨撩香Eastern Fantasy753k WordsCompleted [A fresh take] [One heroine] [Nothing matters more than my wife] Dad: “Mu'er, stop messing around. Just work hard and let me hold a grandchild as soon as possible. Nothing else matters...” Mom: “Son, let's not even talk about your talent. The most important thing right now is to give your mother a grandson or granddaughter...” Miao'er: “Young Master, the Lord and Madam said... said to have some candy~” Bai Mu: “...” Sure, I'm a minor web novelist who dropped in out of nowhere, but I'm not that u 29Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Single female lead, she has a lot of screen time, no harem, no harem elements, she appears early in the story, definitely in the first three chapters, the sweetness level is okay, the male lead is henpecked, the female lead is highly talented and mentors him in cultivation. The female lead dislikes her husband keeping pets. There are sweet moments!

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