Two Male Leads: A College Student and a Ghost King or King of the Underworld 双楠，大学生和鬼王或阎王

1. 1 我 My Husband Is the Ghost King 我的老公是鬼王大人 Two Adorable Cats两只可爱的猫Two Male Leads450k WordsCompleted A super-powerful ghost gong who dotes on his spouse × a moderately powerful exorcist shou Chen Nian seems like an ordinary college student, but he has a secret none of his classmates or friends know: he has a husband from a ghost marriage, and he inherited a shop from his grandfather that deals with all kinds of strange cases. He has never actually met his husband, but he has worshipped him since childhood, burning incense on every holiday. His grandfather said that when the time was right, his 6.2kReads9.0Score922Shelves

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   It's so good, so good! It's a sweet and romantic novel! 🤭

2. 2 阴 Haunted by a Vengeful Ghost 阴鬼缠绵 Tiger Cub Chewing Corn啃玉米的虎宝Two Male Leads386k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Both Pure + Vicious Ghost Top + Happy Ending + 1v1] [Brooding, sinister ghost top vs. a feisty but sensible bottom who knows when to yield] Chi Zhuyan accidentally “attended” a funeral. The deceased was young and accomplished. Even the old man by the roadside lamented that heaven was jealous of such talent. Chi Zhuyan thought so too. He didn’t give it much thought, but starting that day, one strange thing after another began to happen. First came a high fever, accompanied by an 26.3kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves

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   Both are good-looking and recommended.

3. 3 人 I Was Sitting at Home When My Ghost Husband Came Knocking 人在家中坐鬼夫寻上门 A Hefty Thank-You厚礼谢特Two Male Leads393k WordsCompleted Also known as: A Love Story Born from a Home Invasion, The Midnight Ghost Insists He’s My Husband [Past and present lives + metaphysics + happy ending + tragic romance + melodrama + slight yandere vibes] [Apparently-straight, aloof college student bottom x gloomy, obsessive vengeful ghost top] Lin Nianyao, an ordinary archaeology student, visits the tomb of a general from the Great Ning Dynasty, dating back 1,300 years, with his advisor to find a topic for his thesis. By accident, he brings home 553Reads8.9Score—Shelves
4. 4 被 After I Was Forced to Marry the Ghost King, I Fell for Him 被迫和鬼王成亲后，我真香了 M CatM猫猫Two Male Leads613k WordsCompleted On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, Luo Xun is tricked by his boyfriend into going to a mountain village to marry a dead person, all for a sum of money. Locked inside a coffin and buried underground, Luo Xun pounds on the lid in terror “Is anyone there? Please, help me…” he begs helplessly. The Ghost King, awakened by the noise, says, “…” Of all the offerings he’s received over the years, this one is by far the prettiest. He supposes he can keep him! Later Pinning the Ghost King down, Luo 1.2kReads8.8Score183Shelves
5. 5 抢 Snagging a Ghost King for a Husband 抢个鬼王当老公 Plum Blossoms on a Branch树枝梅Two Male Leads329k WordsCompleted Underworld Ghost King Yin Jiuzhu (Top) × Calamity-Ridden Lone Star Lu Ci'an (Bottom) Marriage first, love later · Older man · Strong leads · Mutual devotion · Monogamous from beginning to end · Both physically and emotionally pure Lu Ci'an was born under the fate of a calamity-ridden lone star, and his only saving grace is his stubbornly strong life force. A fortune-teller tells him he’ll die at thirty. The only way to avert it is to marry someone with an even stronger life force and ward off th 273Reads—Score109Shelves
6. 6 强 Forced Possession: After Becoming a Vengeful Ghost's Sacrifice 强制占有：成为厉鬼的祭品后 Furball That Doesn't Shed不掉毛的毛团团Two Male Leads322k WordsCompleted A new story is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read my work. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.8kReads8.3Score186Shelves

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   It must meet the requirements and be super beautiful!

7. 7 重 Reborn, I Married a Monster Again 重生后又嫁给了怪异 What I Think Of所念Two Male Leads717k WordsCompleted What should you do if, after a ghost marriage, your terrifying ghost husband won't leave you alone? In his previous life, Ji Qingran probably would have run as far as he could from that violent, unhinged ghost. But it wasn't until Gu Chengzhi died saving him that Ji Qingran realized the violent, cold side of Gu Chengzhi was reserved for everyone else. What he had received was the last bit of love Gu Chengzhi had, and it was already a crazed, all-consuming devotion. Given another chance at life, 1.7kReads8.2Score206Shelves
8. 8 与 Buried with the Mountains 与山同葬 Wowo Home窝窝居Two Male Leads244k WordsCompleted [Devoted Couple | Folk Horror | Feudal Superstition | Brainwashing | Anti-Human] Childlike mountain god seme × deadpan geologist uke In Huaman Village, there is no word for death. They only speak of returning to the mountain. When Wen Qiwei first heard this, he thought it was a funeral custom. That is, until he followed a subterranean cave that should not have existed up into the mountains and heard a clear young man's voice coming from deep within the rock: "Mountain Lord, have a steamed bun. 14.1kReads8.9Score3kShelves
9. 9 水 Haunted by a Water Wraith 水祟缠身 Liu Miao留秒Two Male Leads227k WordsCompleted [Real Male Ghost Love Interest + Dark and Twisted + Obsessive, Coercive Love + Happy Ending] After a company team-building event, Shi Zhiyuan is haunted by a water ghost. The sound of dripping footsteps, a shadow in the mirror, whispers against his ear every night… Desperate to survive, he seeks out a Taoist priest. The ritual altar is set, talisman flames fill the sky, and at last the vengeful ghost that has haunted him for half a month is trapped in the formation. The priest demands, “Why are 694Reads8.1Score112Shelves
10. 10 温 A Gentle Boyfriend, Pretty and Tearful, Yet a Brooding Ghost 温柔男友，貌美爱哭，但阴湿男鬼 Bring on the Good Fortune and Money招财进宝钱你快来Two Male Leads552k WordsCompleted (Just received a rating, working hard on the story) [Two male leads + gloomy beauty top + younger bottom + mildly terrifying and twisted + forced love + black-hearted beneath a sweet exterior + groveling ex’s redemption arc + bittersweet + happy ending] Jiang Ling finally returns to the tribe with Qi Mo. On the eve of their wedding, he discovers that his husband is a monster! Jiang Ling runs away from the wedding in the middle of the night. The young man who has lost his wife pleads in a hoarse 8.3kReads8.9Score1kShelves
11. 11 又 Possessed Again? I Heard He Has a Second Personality 又被顶号，听说他有第二人格 Lin Jiong林顭Two Male Leads1.4M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] Fun fact: His second personality secretly calls him “wife”! [Ensemble cast + two male leads + mystery romance + ghost hunters + black-hearted beneath a gentle exterior + tomb raiding + both leads are each other’s one and only] Before his death, Grandpa used his last chance to set a trap, drawing the Ghost King into Zhang Jizhi’s body to protect him from a deadly calamity. Zhang Jizhi had been blind from birth, but after that night, he could suddenly see white qi. An irri 97.4kReads9.5Score13.7kShelves

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    Sweet, sweet, sweet! The part about the Ghost King changing his face.

12. 12 阴 Forced Marriage to a Ghost: This Handsome Specter Is So Clingy 阴婚强娶：这只帅鬼好黏人 Not a Single Dream in the Nine Heavens九天无一梦Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Two male leads: domineering, possessive ghost seme x pretty, delicate human uke] Cheng Tu is a college student who graduated not long ago. After having a dream, he decides to visit his hometown, only to be tied up by the villagers and forced into a ghost marriage, sacrificed to a terrifying ghost of unknown origin. He finally manages to escape back to the city, but is horrified to discover that the ghost has followed him... The main couple is a domineering, clingy ghost seme x a well-behaved, 2.2kReads9.1Score328Shelves

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    Super good-looking, highly recommended, you absolutely have to watch it!! [Adoration]

13. 13 夜 After Nights of Terror, the Student Council President Set Her Sights on Me 夜夜惊魂后我被学生会长盯上了 Q CandyQ皮糖Two Male Leads277k WordsCompleted (Not scary, silly, double identity) Strange school rules, all kinds of weird things, a mysterious student council, and there's not even a principal at the academy? Lin Ze somehow ends up with the student council president, and on top of that, all sorts of things keep setting their sights on him. To figure out why these things are targeting him, Lin Ze has no choice but to investigate the truth himself. But when he sees the student council's true nature, it turns out to be... And when he tells th 726Reads8.8Score115Shelves

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    No need for further explanation, hahaha

14. 14 欲 Tempting the Bigshots: I Catch Ghosts on a Dating Show and Rack Up Points 欲诱大佬，我在恋综捉鬼上大分 Tower Upon Tower in the Clouds楼楼云上楼Two Male Leads376k WordsCompleted [BL romance + dating show livestream + metaphysics and the supernatural + equally matched leads and sweet romance + underdog comeback and putting scumbags in their place] Good news: I'm still alive. Bad news: I've transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder male supporting character, and I'm both a lovesick simp and a substitute! A double whammy? No way am I putting up with this. But my wallet's empty, so I'll just have to throw away my pride and keep playing along. They say you should love w 4.5kReads9.3Score688Shelves

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    It's beautiful. What I thought was our first meeting was actually a reunion.

15. 15 不 After Running Into Ghosts Again and Again, I Gave Up 不断撞鬼后我摆烂了 Lotus Color莲华色Two Male Leads241k WordsCompleted [1v1 Pure Sweetness + Campus + Supernatural Mystery + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy + Satisfying Comeback] [A long-haired top with an “extreme yang constitution,” wickedly scheming as he keeps his sweetheart close × a bottom with an “extreme yin constitution” who can see ghosts and spirits and is relentlessly hunted] Qi Huaijin thought he was just an ordinary college student. Everything changed the day the yellow jade pendant he’d worn around his neck since childhood, never once taking it off, shattered 6.3kReads9.5Score809Shelves

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    Metaphysics and the supernatural + two male protagonists, I haven't seen any books that can surpass these two! Super good!

16. 16 贩 I Flirted with My Rival, Then They Kissed Me 贩剑后被死对头亲了 Eight Billion Drinks酒酒八十亿Two Male Leads317k WordsCompleted [A tough-guy top who pretends to hate it but comes around X a wicked, wild, openly flirtatious bottom; self-delusion, a melodramatic mix of tropes, two strong and devoted leads] Why did the latecomer get ahead? Because Xie Yu fought tooth and nail for him. Xie Yu, heir to Huasheng Venture Capital Group, was rebellious and unruly, and considered himself both completely straight and homophobic. Born into a good family, handsome, and blessed with nineteen years of smooth sailing, he had an easy roa 13.4kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
17. 17 生 The Book of Life and Death: The Heart Lamp Still Burns 生死簿之心灯未熄 Mu Qianmo慕浅墨Two Male Leads508k WordsOngoing The human world and the underworld are separated by a barrier. Ordinary ghosts can linger in the human world only through an obsession or some special circumstance. The Book of Life and Death is divided into the Heavenly Register, the Underworld Register, and the Mortal Register. When the Underworld Register is stolen, countless mortals’ lifespans fall into disarray, and evil ghosts seize the chance to wreak havoc. The Heaven’s Eye is no all-seeing gift. Shen Yan can see what ghosts look like, b 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The black-clad ghost messenger, wielding the judge's pen, can stabilize and guide souls, yet he cannot see their obsessions; the celestial painter can recognize yin energy and discern attachments, yet he cannot comprehend cause and effect. The theft of the Earth Book brings the two together, and together they unravel the mysteries of the Republic-era postman and the midnight wandering spirits, each story logically closed.

18. 18 老 My Husband Is a Retired Official in the Underworld 老公在地府当退休领导 Song Song's Tea淞淞的茶Two Male Leads610k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Supernatural and Ghostly Encounters + All Walks of Life + Happy Ending] Shen Yinqing lost both his parents as a child. His uncle and aunt “married” him off to the Heng family, where he entered into a ghost marriage with his deceased husband, Heng Yan. After graduating, he became unemployed. To kill time, he watched fortune-telling livestreams for fun, but through a stroke of ill fortune, he ended up at the Nanyuan City Branch of the Supernatural Incident Management Bureau... 3.4kReads8.6Score463Shelves

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    Currently following this story: A recent college graduate x The Great Emperor of Fengdu. "The Great Emperor of Fengdu is the highest deity in the underworld. If you could obtain His seal, you could act in the human world in His name. No matter what kind of ghost or spirit you encounter, you could kill them all without losing any merit, because you represent the Great Emperor. That shouldn't be hard to understand, right?" "You're making too many assumptions," someone retorted, "but who's going around using His seal to imprint things?"

19. 19 已 The Departed 已亡人 Song Song's Tea淞淞的茶Two Male Leads561k WordsCompleted [Supernatural, ghosts, and the jianghu underworld] After being kicked out of his home, Wen Yinhan uses his meager savings to buy himself a house. It may be haunted, but the price is irresistible. He grits his teeth and goes for it! He never expected that living there would bring so many problems. And even less did he expect to have caught the attention of some extraordinary being... A sunny boy in life, possessive and obsessive after death × a cold, pessimistic man who's just as cold inside P.S 1.6kReads9.3Score292Shelves

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    This one is super good, I've watched it several times.

20. 20 疯 My Crazy Roommate: Love Me Without Stopping 疯批舍友：爱我别停 The Withered Leaves Are Shattered枯叶碎啦Two Male Leads101k WordsOngoing [Both Pure]+ [One-on-One]+ [Sweet Campus Romance]+ [Sweet Story]+ [Straight-Laced Bottom]+ [Crazy Top]+ [Female-Oriented]+ [Romance]+ [Puppy]+ [Owner]+ [Taming]+ [Push and Pull] Please don't miss out on me! Skimming is fine! The rating is low because it's a new book! It gets more and more interesting as you read! There are lots of foreshadowed clues, so keep an eye out for them~ No angst, pure sweetness, no AI additives. Enjoy with confidence. Based on a true story, though some parts may be slig 248Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm going crazy, I love you so much

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