Any Novels with a Ruthless Male Lead Who Runs with the Mob? 有没有男主心狠手辣 混黑道的那种？

1. 1 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil 140.4kReads9.3Score14.2kShelves

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   Recommended by a seasoned bookworm!!! The first book is a fake dark comedy. It has the brothers reciting criminal law while fighting, it's hilarious! Everyone thinks the protagonist is a big shot, casually throwing people into the river, it's so funny to imagine. [Laughs][laughs][laughs] The second book is genuinely dark. The plot is fast-paced and exciting, with decisive killings!!! Leading his underlings through a perilous journey on the edge of life and death, using both wit and courage.

2. 2 蚀 A Love That Eats Away at the Bones 蚀骨情糜 Sweet-Voiced Little Deer奶音小鹿Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted Completed] [Sweet, gentle heroine; wild, rough-talking hero; love at first sight; loyal, rugged man] (Both virgins, happy ending, sweet romance, crime boss gives up his life of crime) A tall, powerfully built man moves into the cheap apartment across from Tian Xin’s. When a sleazy man follows her, she panics and knocks on his door. The moment she sees him, she feels completely safe... The crime boss really is a crime boss, and the little white flower really is a little white flower. Huo Ting 4.7kReads9.1Score368Shelves

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   The male lead is a triad boss, and the female lead is obedient, sweet, and cute. The male lead dotes on the female lead, but he is ruthless to everyone else.

3. 3 龙 Dragon Head Supreme 龙头至尊 Simple Fish简单的鱼Urban8.6M WordsOngoing The campus beauty he'd loved for three years was brutalized and killed! Chen Xuewen, who had done nothing, was framed and sent to prison! His honest, hardworking parents both died horribly while seeking justice for him! After nineteen years of living by the rules and obeying the law, Chen Xuewen finally saw the true face of the world. “Those who kill and burn their way to riches wear golden belts, while those who build bridges and roads leave no bones behind!” “If others can kill and burn, why 197.9kReads9.1Score11.8kShelves
4. 4 穿 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Forcefully Took Four Powerful Men for Myself 穿书后，我对四个大佬强取豪夺 Cotton Sheep Baa棉羊咩Modern Romance430k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + transmigrate into a book + System + redemption + yandere + goofy comedy + showbiz + wealthy families + male rivalry + romantic battlefield] The protagonist of the fourth book appears after Chapter 57, and things get exciting. As an outstanding employee of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Qiao Jin takes on an experimental mission: transmigrate into four books at once and help their protagonists achieve perfect endings. As the vicious stepsister, her goal is to exploit her ya 918Reads9.2Score136Shelves

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   🍅The third book features a male lead who's a bit of a madman, obsessive and deep-seated, yet he's deeply in love with the female lead, putting on a refined and aloof facade while completely smitten.🍅The second book is a highly-rated novel that's addictive!! As everyone knows, "no couple" doesn't just mean no couple, it also means no fixed couple! 🍅The first book features a male lead who's a German investment tycoon, and a female lead who's a cheongsam designer. I personally love this setup, and of course, the book is also very good!!

5. 5 江 The Jianghu in Its True Colors 江湖本色 Qi Feng岐峰Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [New book: River Dragon on the Loose] Many years ago, a group of cocky young boys smoked cigarettes that cost just a few yuan a pack and talked big about their dreams. Longing for the day they would grow up, they shouted, “Our future is bright!” Looking back in an instant, the old street is still there, and the stars shine as they always did. But are the brothers from those days still the same? A man remains a boy until the day he dies! Just like youthful passion, it may cool, but it never dies! 988Reads7.2Score102Shelves

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   Absolutely! All three of these are perfect! Bold, meticulous, and ruthless! I don't usually like reading gangster novels, but I absolutely have to recommend these three! The protagonists are incredibly ruthless! Decisive and ruthless in their killings!

6. 6 劣 Inferior Believer 劣等信徒 Only for You独予卿Modern Romance634k WordsCompleted Mutual devotion + happy ending + possessive love + sweet and angsty He was the rebellious young heir burdened with his family's hopes in Southeast Asia. She was the secret crush of a young master from the capital's elite circle in Huaguo. One twist of fate placed that secret crush in the heir's heart. From then on, he would never let her go, even in death... She said, “You don't love me. Why won't you let me go?” He said, “Only the hundred thousand mountains of northern Myanmar know how much I l 16.2kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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   The plot is rich, and it's all about forced love. The male lead is very powerful, loves the female lead deeply, won't abuse her, and is good at flirting. Super good!

7. 7 哑 A Cage Woven from Mute Desire 哑欲织笼 Hibiscus Blooms on Its Own槿花自荣Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted [A cool, sweet, and soft-hearted heroine who knows how to draw people in × a possessive, high-born, dangerously obsessive hero who lives for his wife] [Long-planned pursuit + obsessive madness + intense push and pull + lightning-fast romance] One-on-one, sweet romance, sexually inexperienced leads, happy ending After meeting only a few times, Jiang Ningdi resorted to underhanded tactics to make He Antang his girlfriend. In front of her, Jiang Ningdi always played the part of a refined, elegant, 246Reads8.7Score—Shelves
8. 8 强 You’re Forcing Yourself on Me! You’re a Mafia Boss, Not My Husband! 强占！你是黑道大佬！不是我老公 Green Grass, Cool as It Enters the Curtain草涩入帘青Modern Romance605k WordsCompleted [Cross-cultural romance + mixed-race hero + obsessive love + eight-year age gap + sizzling chemistry + happy ending] He rose to power amid gunfire and political schemes, wielding immense influence across Southern Europe. With countless deaths on his hands, he was feared by all. Until he met Ji Linlin... He knew nothing of love and was used to taking what he wanted. “Ji Linlin, run away once, and I’ll kill someone.” He kissed her and kept her captive, yet gave her everything he could. They once t 24.4kReads9.3Score3kShelves
9. 9 警 Alert! The Maniacal Bigshot Is Chasing Me Again 警报！疯批大佬又追来了 Qiao Muyu乔暮雨Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted [Both Leads Are Chaste, Extreme Pampering, Crazy, Obsessive, Yandere Male Lead + Coercive Love] Li Muran, the daughter of a family of doctors, happens to save Zhan Tingyou Miller, a foreign nobleman fallen on hard times, during an international medical rescue mission. From that moment on, she is kept close by a bloodthirsty wolf from the dark forest. He is a ghostly flower that grew in hell, desperately clutching at her, radiant in the sunlight. His obsession with her is madness; he is addicted 2.5kReads9.0Score201Shelves
10. 10 疯 A Mad Thug's Forceful Love 疯批暴徒强制爱 Green Grass, Cool as It Enters the Curtain草涩入帘青Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [International romance + mixed-race + coercive love + off-the-charts sexual tension + happy ending] In a bloody encounter in a foreign land, the moment Kou Li sees Jiang Yiqiao, he wants her. Jiang Yiqiao: “I have a boyfriend.” Kou Li orders, “Break up with him.” Jiang Yiqiao: “Impossible. I love him.” Kou Li: “There's nothing in this world I can't take.” Only later does he realize that claiming this one thing nearly cost him his life. He takes her captive and keeps her close, wearing her down d 17.6kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
11. 11 顶 Claimed by the Ultimate Alpha 顶级强占 Forty Degrees四十度Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted My new work is now available! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 4.9kReads6.5Score197Shelves

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    The male lead has an extremely powerful background, is ruthless, and has connections in both the underworld and the legitimate world. He forces himself on the female lead, and the story ends happily.

12. 12 禁 Forbidden Rules: The Pearl Has Wandered In! 禁忌法则，明珠误入！ Violet and Lily of the Valley紫堇铃兰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In a dark, damp forbidden land, a pearl from a lonely island wanders in by mistake. The heiress of an ancient martial arts family vs. a young lord with overwhelming power. Their first meeting, their reunion, one world, two very different lives: how can two people of such different status ever be together? When Si Tangxue first saw him, it was love at first sight. He kept her at arm’s length, but wasn’t that just another form of love, too timid to confess? Then she fell into another world, and ev 3.6kReads8.9Score465Shelves

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    The male lead is strong and the female lead is weak; some male leads are involved in organized crime.

13. 13 强 Possessed by Force, I Can’t Escape the Devil 强势占有，遇上恶魔逃不掉 A Dreamlike Yellow Millet黄粱一萌Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted The twin sisters, who had only just come into the world, should have been born to lives of privilege. But a malicious plot abruptly changed the course of their fate. The younger sister was abandoned at the hospital, and from then on her life took a completely different path. The elder sister was like a beautiful flower in a greenhouse, basking in her parents’ love as she grew into a young heiress admired by all. But the younger sister was taken back to the countryside by a woman who worked as a 17.8kReads7.2Score773Shelves

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    I'm blushing so much reading this! [Happy] Author, you're really daring! [Fear] I love it! I love it to death! 😳😳 😂😎

14. 14 逃 After Escaping Northern Myanmar, I Became the Mad Uncle's Caged Canary 逃离缅北后成为疯批小叔的金丝雀 Unnamed Sea未名海Modern Romance284k WordsCompleted I was tricked into going to northern Myanmar for three years, where I gave birth to a demon’s child. I fought my way out of that abyss, only to find that my family, whom I’d missed every day and night, had already found a replacement for me. Their adopted daughter took all of our parents’ love and trust. I, their biological daughter, became the one they no longer needed, and they kept reopening my wounds to mock and ridicule me. Just when I was at my lowest, he appeared. The bloodthirsty madman 158Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 恶 Demon War God, Stop Playing with Me 恶魔战少别玩我 A Dreamlike Yellow Millet黄粱一萌Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted The new book’s rating is very low at first, but it will gradually rise. To get revenge on Su Qingqiu, Zhan Tingxiao forced himself on Zhan Wan, then handed her over to his archenemy, Li Jintian. The man seemed gentle and considerate toward Zhan Wan, but he was hiding an even greater scheme. He deliberately tricked Zhan Wan into thinking she was pregnant. Before the baby was full term, he forced a doctor to take it out. The premature infant drove Zhan Wan to a mental breakdown. Her intelligence r 15.3kReads6.2Score547Shelves
16. 16 暴 After a Thug Sets His Sights on the Swan, She Becomes a Caged Bird 暴徒盯上白天鹅后，她成了笼中雀 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted Top-Tier Thug × Resilient Ballerina [Forced Love + Cross-Cultural Romance + Taking by Force + Soft-Hearted Heroine + Male Lead Is No Good Man + Size Difference + Seven-Year Age Gap] With one breathtaking dance, she looked like a swan with a broken wing onstage, and a man took notice of her. That very night, she was being hunted. With nowhere else to go, she fled into his car, and he saved her. He rubbed the ring in his hand, his words cold and menacing. “Spend the night with me.” He never expect 8.1kReads6.5Score481Shelves
17. 17 缅 The Myanmar North Kidnapping: Young Master Gu’s Wife-Chasing Inferno 缅北劫：顾少的追妻火葬场 An Wuyou Eats Melon安无忧吃瓜Modern Romance236k WordsCompleted [Unhinged romance + coercion + melodrama + groveling chase + fictional contemporary setting] “He slashed my skin with a blade, yet carved his name into my heart.” Ning Chuxia became Gu Tingchen's captive lover. He claimed to have lost his memory, yet somehow remembered only to keep her by his side, needing her scent night and day to fall asleep. She carefully plots her escape from this deranged prison, only for him to drag her back into the abyss again and again. Her very existence drives him ma 12Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 五 The First Book by Five-Thirty Moon 五点半的月的第1本书 Half-Past Five Moon五点半的月Modern Romance113k WordsOngoing [Angsty romance, yandere, coercion, confinement, revenge] Jiang Li was cold and unsentimental, but a moment of compassion got her kidnapped and taken to Myanmar. After being assaulted, she fought back, only for Ji Yanli to rescue her and then push her into an even greater conspiracy. Ji Yanli held Jiang Li tightly from behind. “A Li, I shouldn’t have doubted you.” He kissed her hair, his eyes bloodshot and his expression ruthless with certainty that she would be his. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 逃 The Day I Tried to Run, Mr. Shen the Mad Dog Stole a Kiss and Took Me by Force 逃跑当天，被疯狗沈总欺吻强夺了 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.6kReads—Score113Shelves
20. 20 病 Sickly, Overwhelming Love: Crazy Boy, Stay Away 病态强宠：疯批少年别过来 Dou Fu窦馥Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted A story about a twisted, deranged male lead and an innocent heroine!!! [Yandere + crazy + perverted + dark + hypocritical + both leads are virgins] Qin Chuchu was just working part-time at a factory when she never expected to catch the attention of a deranged big shot. She rejected him, but Mo Yueshen only smiled gently, without getting angry. Just as Qin Chuchu thought her life was getting back on track, a pervert appeared by her side. He harassed and threatened her, and even took liberties wit 2.4kReads8.8Score146Shelves
21. 21 嘘 Hush! You Can't Escape My Grasp 嘘！你逃不出我的手掌心 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Modern Romance398k WordsCompleted [Coercive Possession + Powerful Hero and Vulnerable Heroine + Heroine on the Run + Hero Has a Face, but No Conscience + Devoted to Each Other + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] The first time Meng Yanci saw Shen Youning, he was captivated by her eyes: foxlike, sly yet harmless when she smiled. They looked perfect for cutting out and preserving as a specimen. He wanted her badly. Unfortunately, once he had her, she had a boyfriend, then a fiancé, but she never had herself. She even tried to r 2.3kReads7.1Score134Shelves
22. 22 殊 Fated to Part, Never to Return: The Top Madman's Unruly Bunny 殊途不归：顶级疯批的掌心兔不乖 Only My Own Life维己命Modern Romance190k WordsOngoing A deranged Southeast Asian arms boss / the obsessive, unhinged Xiao Shu × a sweet, obedient little bunny [Southeast Asian power player + powerful man bows his head + forced possession + age gap + fake relationship] Qi Weiwei had lost her grandfather, father, and mother. With no other choice, she had to follow Qi Huo, a deranged man she had met only a few times, who sold her to an underground club the very first time they met. Qi Huo thought she was a rabbit without ambition. His brutality soften 5Reads—Score100Shelves

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    This is truly a godlike existence.

23. 23 娇 Jiaojiao, You Can’t Escape My Grasp 娇娇，你逃不出我的手掌心 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Modern Romance331k WordsCompleted [Ruthless pursuit + Obsessive, unhinged hero + Heroine runs away + Groveling for forgiveness + Both leads are each other’s first + Coercive love] “Jiaojiao…” “He’s not good enough for you. Come to me.” A cruel smile played at the corner of Zhou Yuheng’s mouth. At the sound of his voice, the woman could no longer hold herself up and started to fall backward. But he swept out an arm and caught her by the waist, stopping her from hitting the ground. Yu Jiao’s eyes misted over as she glared at h 3.2kReads8.4Score184Shelves
24. 24 插 No Escape: General Manager Shen's Canary Just Wants to Run 插翅难逃：沈总的金丝雀只想跑路 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted Stubborn Beauty x Obsessive CEO [The Husband's Groveling Era + Canary Romance + Obsessive, Unhinged Male Lead + Substitute + White Moonlight + Dead Lover Trope] On a stormy night, Wen Yang fled frantically in a raincoat, only to run straight into the headlights of Shen Yan's car. The man stood backlit, holding a black umbrella. He sneered, "Can't the iron gate at home keep you in? I should've locked you to the bed with a gold chain." She collapsed in the muddy water, trembling, her almond-sh 7.2kReads8.5Score408Shelves
25. 25 强 Taken by Force: The Devilish Leader’s Most Treasured Love 强取豪夺：撒旦首领的心尖宠 Handwritten Meatball手写的丸子Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted The first book I ever wrote, and my embarrassing history! I was young when I started writing and just made things up!! My debut work, best not to read it!! I can't delete it, and it's killing me. Please, I beg you!! Don't read it, I still have some dignity!! Sweet romance / Both leads are each other's first and only love. A ruthless, all-powerful figure + a sweet, soft, clingy little bunny He fell in love with her at first sight. The second time they met, he wouldn't leave her alone. He's the b 660Reads8.9Score101Shelves
26. 26 栀 Zhizhi, Be Good! You Can’t Escape My Grasp 栀栀，乖！你逃不出孤的手掌心 Yu Jiuqing虞九卿Ancient Romance566k WordsCompleted A cool, reserved young female doctor vs. a mad prince (the heroine later becomes empress!) [Abduction and coercion + taking a minister’s wife + redemption arc + devoted romance + melodrama + forced marriage + obsessive male lead] Xie Zhao is rescued by a young village doctor. But there’s always a cool detachment in her eyes and brows. He loves women like her. He wants to possess her. But the young doctor is engaged. No matter, he can steal her away. If she doesn’t love him, he can keep her by hi 6kReads7.0Score287Shelves
27. 27 小 Good Little Fawn! The Villain Lures and Teases Her into Surrender 小鹿乖乖！恶徒诱溺撩她沉沦 Cat's Ear猫猫的耳Modern Romance467k WordsCompleted [Chinese-European mixed-race mafia godfather x sweet, innocent good girl] [Madly obsessive + Sweet Romance + Love at First Sight + Devoted Puppy Love + Devoted Husband + Campus & City Life + Mutual Healing] - She was a well-behaved girl who had fallen from her ivory tower. He was a mysterious mixed-race youth fleeing a foreign land. At an underground casino in Siam, Lorenzo, wild and untamed, rescued Yi Lutang from danger. She was utterly kind and flawless; he was unruly and ruthless. On that ex 1.2kReads8.8Score116Shelves
28. 28 顶 Over-the-Top Devotion: I'm Just His Plaything 顶级狂爱：我只是他的掌中玩物 Yin Shuyi尹姝伊Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing A godlike Western male lead × a resilient, delicate Chinese heroine The main story is complete. [Dominant daddy type + transnational forced romance + wild and unhinged + mature man who takes the lead + devoted husband + jealous of everything + height and build difference + eight-year age gap + heroine is vulnerable early on] A carefully planned scheme gets Qiao Yimo kidnapped and sold on the black market. She can't speak the language, has no one to rely on, and is put through hell. Only one for 130.6kReads9.0Score12.6kShelves

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    The male lead is even more powerful than the underworld, the female lead is an ordinary person who can't speak the local language, but the male lead speaks Mandarin. I love it!

29. 29 睁 I Opened My Eyes and Returned to the Day My Wife Had a Difficult Labor 睁开眼，回到老婆难产当天 It's Xiao Qing是小青啊Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Short dramas: When I Opened My Eyes, It Was the Day My Wife Went Into Difficult Labor; 1988: Reborn to Protect My Wife and Children Early story: farming and business. Later: heading to Ula to trade for equipment, then selling guns, cannons, planes, tanks, and firecrackers printed with our very own dollars (starts at chapter 330). If you had the chance to be reborn, what regret would you make up for? The moment Si Chen opened his eyes, he found himself back on the day his wife went into difficu 19.1kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    Not just involved in organized crime, but also a gun dealer! The first book is finished, the second sequel is newly started. Military weapons, fighter jets, aircraft carriers, submarines, Apache helicopters—these are the real speed bumps for men! Life and death are nothing to me; if you're not happy, let's fight! Katyusha in the left hand, PPSh in the right! Wearing a nautical outfit, boarding a plane, parachuting into Los Angeles tonight! Down this bottle of vodka, and tomorrow the White House will be yours!

30. 30 骂 Call Me a Freeloader? I’m Blue Star’s Top Arms Dealer 骂我软饭男？爷是蓝星第一军火商 It's Xiao Qing是小青啊Urban501k WordsCompleted Urban farming + sweet romance + selling military hardware: tanks, firearms, rocket launchers, drones, nukes, nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers Si Yan’an joins a parenting livestream variety show called Daddy Makeover with his little steel-clad sweetheart, Katyusha. The show’s mission: get dads who usually don’t take part in childcare to experience how hard it is to raise kids, and turn them into experts at meticulous childcare. No one could have imagined it! From the moment the show began, S 617Reads8.7Score101Shelves
31. 31 强 Forced Love: The Mad Tycoon Punished Me Until I Cried 强制爱：被疯批大佬罚哭了 Luo Han Qiqi洛涵七七Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [Sweet, gentle, well-behaved Chinese beauty × ruthless Southeast Asian financial kingpin] [Older man, forced love + mild discipline + absolute control over body and mind + age and size gap + both inexperienced, one-on-one + top-tier wealthy family + happy ending] After being tricked into Southeast Asia, Ruan Tang became “the finest lot, saved for last.” The auctioneer brought down the gavel, and the entire auction hall erupted in a clamor. The moment the gilded cage opened, leering eyes clung to 8.2kReads6.8Score654Shelves

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    The girl, tricked into being sold, becomes a top-tier commodity at the auction house. The male protagonist takes her back to his manor and forcefully possesses her, subjecting her to mild punishment and forced love – it's incredibly exciting! [Original novel reader][Original novel reader]

32. 32 斯 A Polite Scoundrel 斯文败类 The Ultimate Top总攻大人Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted Zhou Luochen is the legal profession's devil's advocate. He has never lost a case, and everyone trying to escape the law's punishment goes to him for representation, no matter how steep his fees are. He's always impeccably mannered, courteous, quiet, reserved, gentle, and kind. When Fang Yi joined the law firm as a typist, she couldn't believe that such a mild-mannered gentleman could be the “well-spoken scoundrel” everyone described, even if he was supposedly the devil's advocate. That is, unti 11.2kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
33. 33 少 A Young Man's Years in the Jianghu 少年之江湖岁月 Rebellious Elementary Schooler叛逆的小学生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted The jianghu is a road with no return, a maze, an abyss. Some manipulate events from the shadows, while others struggle for their lives in the mire. Watch who rises above them all, and who comes crashing down. 19.5kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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    This book is quite good. There's also a book called "The Gangster Madman: Starting from a Red Stick," which is also quite good.

34. 34 误 A Wrong Turn! The Mad Tycoon Spoils Me Rotten 误闯！被疯批大佬强势宠 Miss Baishui白水小姐Modern Romance482k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's first and only love, possessive romance, a deranged powerful man × a resilient, delicate-looking girl] An accident landed Wen Yining in the devil's grasp. She stood on the deck, her fragile body teetering. He strolled slowly up to her, speaking with arrogant, absolute authority. “Die, or do it.” She never imagined that one day he would willingly lower his head for her, cupping her face with bloodstained hands as he begged for her love. “Have you never loved me, not e 25kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves

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    The male lead is ruthless and involved in the underworld; he forcibly takes the female lead.

35. 35 我 My Name Is Jing Yunhui 《我叫景云辉》 Six Paths六道Urban3.9M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Jing Yunhui stood up for a friend and smashed his own future with a beer bottle. After ten years in prison, he learned that his girlfriend had married the friend he trusted most. By the time he was free again, his life was already in ruins. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to 1998, the night that changed his fate. This time, he seizes the initiative and claws his way back from having nothing. Facing those who betrayed and deceived him, and are waiting to watch 376.9kReads9.2Score53.8kShelves

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    Absolutely brilliant! A police undercover agent rises to become a powerful boss, wielding both power and influence. The author is known for his stories about how villains are forged.

36. 36 乖 Be Good, I'm Yours! The Possessive Big Shot Deliberately Lures Me In 乖，我是你的！偏执大佬蓄意诱宠 Spare Cash余钱Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted [North American Mixed-Race Tycoon VS Sweet, Delicate Beauty] [Six-Year Age Gap + Black-to-White-to-Black + Both Pure + Super Sweet and Steamy, Doting Romance] Nan Zhiyi lost her sight. To escape her predatory stepbrother, she had no choice but to set her sights on a playboy from a prominent Jingcheng family. But in one careless move, she ended up attracting the attention of that playboy’s cousin, Qiguan Yan. They say he’s the head of the largest financial dynasty in North America, ruthless and d 1.2kReads7.4Score172Shelves
37. 37 犯 Criminal Synopsis 犯罪提要 Poems Flow from the Pen笔落诗成Two Male Leads1.4M WordsOngoing Silver-haired beauty with a genius IQ [Qin Yinluo (Chong Hu)] vs. shameless, scheming, lovesick big shot [Long Jinfeng] [Double purity, equally matched, two big shots, two male leads + crime solving + undercover criminal investigation + comedy + happy ending + sweet romance] What should you do when the one who got away returns home after years apart? Long Jinfeng's answer: Easy. A golden cage and chains. Qin Yinluo had been away for many years and met all kinds of people, but few had ever struck 1.6kReads9.5Score106Shelves
38. 38 卧 After My Undercover Identity Was Exposed, a Powerful Man Imprisoned Me in His Love 卧底身份暴露后，被大佬强势囚爱 Salted Fish Strike咸鱼冲击Two Male Leads362k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + evenly matched leads + mutually exclusive devotion + love-hate relationship + HE] Cen Che is a foxlike beauty, sly and lazy, with a naturally gorgeous face. Zhou Youqi raised him like a younger brother. Cen Che secretly fell for Zhou Youqi, who cared for him in every way, and followed his orders to go undercover for Qin Muye. Cen Che went to prison alongside Qin Muye, stood by him through life and death, and carried him out of a raging inferno. The cunning, domineering tycoon, 5kReads9.4Score511Shelves
39. 39 在 Urgent! My Ex-Boyfriend Turned into a Zombie and Came Looking for Me 在线急！前男友变成丧尸找上门了 Writing Sauce码字酱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse448k WordsCompleted Male lead: villain, zombie big shot, possessive, devoted only to her. Female lead: useless, bratty, pampered. Mind-reading. No System, no superpowers. An apocalypse story where human nature is dark. Readers with strong morals and upright values, please stay away. The male lead is a zombie who blindly spoils the female lead. If that bothers you, don't read. One last thing: don't overthink it. This is a work of fiction, so don't apply it to real life. When the apocalypse suddenly broke out, a litt 41.3kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves

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    🍓✨①The male lead is the ruthless heir of the Yama King's faction, wielding immense power and influence, untouchable by anyone, and possessing both a roguish charm and handsome looks. Unbeknownst to anyone, he was also cruelly manipulated by a powerful and wealthy young lady, who then abandoned him. 🌿Leaving him behind, he endured countless nights, suppressing his dark and despicable thoughts about her. He dreamt of killing her, yet unexpectedly, upon their first encounter again, every cell in his body was filled with an overwhelming, suppressed excitement and greed…

40. 40 我 With Just a Little Trick, I Made the Mafia Boss Blush and Lose His Cool 我只略施手段，黑帮霸总被撩红温 Well-Read Gentleman八面书生Modern Romance823k WordsCompleted Yu Beicheng transmigrates into a book as the vicious stepsister who frames the heroine in a crime-world novel. She took credit for saving the male lead when they were kids. The heroine’s kidney is inside her body. The heroine’s man is in her bed. Oh, great. She’s hit every part of a hopeless mess. According to the novel’s clichéd plot, the original owner of her body keeps sabotaging and slandering the heroine. After the male lead discovers her true nature, she ends up turned into a human pig. Wh 1.4kReads8.0Score110Shelves

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    The story leans towards comedy. When the female lead transmigrates, the villainous female supporting character has already done everything she should and shouldn't have done 🤦 Watch how our cannon fodder female supporting character survives under the male lead's thumb; every step she takes is unexpected [Attention].

41. 41 疯 The Unhinged Big Shot's Twisted Devotion Leaves His Soft Little Darling Dazed with Kisses 疯批大佬病态溺宠，小娇软被亲懵 Sparkling Little Gold闪闪小金Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Short drama now streaming | [Beautiful, soft-spoken, coy little temptress x Powerful, high-ranking, unhinged tycoon] When Jiang Yaoyao transmigrated into a book, she was perched coquettishly on the villainous tycoon’s lap, her red lips close to the side of his face. Her voice was soft and sweet, her eyes seductive. “Mr. Pei, I’ve admired you for a long time...” The man looked down at her, his eyes cold and unreadable. The next moment, he grabbed her wrist. The dagger the original character had s 44.7kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves
42. 42 渴 After a Rural Girl with Skin Hunger Catches the Eye of an Ascetic Big Shot 渴肤症农村妹宝被禁欲大佬盯上后 One Bored Rich Lady无聊富婆一枚Modern Romance96k WordsOngoing [A seemingly soft and sweet younger girl who keeps her pain inside x an older, abstinent man with an overpowering need for control] [Seven-year age gap + He has been plotting this for a long time + Size difference + Instinctive attraction + They both fall helplessly for each other] - When Shen Zhi was brought from the countryside to the city by the Lu family, everyone said she had struck it lucky. The Lu family even arranged her engagement to their young master, Lu Zheng, in the name of repaying 23.4kReads—Score1.5kShelves

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    ☝️Physiological attraction! Extremely doting on his wife! Powerful and influential, an older, fatherly figure, possessive, and subservient—the superior bows down for love! Physical difference! Age difference! The forbidden lover falls in love! The female lead is delicate and spoiled beyond measure!!!

43. 43 作 The Spoiled Heiress Pretends to Be Sweet and Flirts, but the Chaste Young Master Truly Falls for Her 作精千金假软撩，禁欲少主真沦陷 One Bored Rich Lady无聊富婆一枚Modern Romance433k WordsCompleted Older, abstinent, scheming man X spoiled, high-maintenance sweetheart | Pretending to please X Falling in love for real | Possessiveness | An intense game of push and pull On the first day after being reborn, to stay alive, Shentu Shu softened her waist and pressed close to the powerful man. "Young Master, keep me here. There are plenty of things I can do..." Tears clung to the corners of her eyes, making her look pitiful. After her father died of illness, her stepmother had banished her to thi 29.7kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves

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    🍓A physiological attraction! He dotes on his wife! He's incredibly powerful, an older, fatherly figure, possessive, and a man in a position of authority who bows down for love! There's a significant difference in physique and age! A forbidden lover falls in love! The female lead is a delicate, pampered heiress, spoiled rotten!

44. 44 黑 Lone Wolf of the Underworld: I Came from Hell 黑道孤枭：我从地狱来 Doesn't Eat Turkey Noodles7不吃火鸡面7Urban146k WordsCompleted Orphaned at eight, I spent eight years keeping my head down. I came from hell, and I came for revenge. When the lone wolf strikes, the underworld runs red with blood. Those who owe me will repay me tenfold. Those who wrong me will be ground to dust! 189Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both of these are quite good gangster novels.

45. 45 夏 Summer Kisses and Wildfire 夏吻野火 Wang Xiaotiao旺小跳Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted Radiant, pampered heiress x ruthless, brooding man in power Both devoted only to each other | Sweet, flirtatious tension | Long in the making | Utterly doting Xia Xingmi is an heiress with a massive fortune, engaged through an alliance between her family and the top-tier Shen clan. But someone drugs her as part of a setup, and her fiancé announces, “The engagement is off!” The man who comes to discuss the breakup is cold, abstinent, and stunningly handsome. Rumor has it he's the most powerful me 37.6kReads9.4Score6.1kShelves

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    This is a must-read, it's incredibly well-written!!!

46. 46 风EN Dragon City: Winds of Change 风起龙城 Wei Jie伪戒Urban3.4M WordsCompleted Sixty years after global disaster, the Little Freeze has ended. Governments across the living zones begin reclaiming large stretches of unadministered land awaiting development, reorganizing resources and ushering in a full-scale recovery. These twenty years are also known as the “Golden Twenty Years.” It's a dazzling new age: new zones rise one after another, politics sets the stage while capital puts on a show, and ambitious schemers are everywhere. Heroes and strongmen, treacherous warlords a 33.4kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves

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    Two of the works in the "False Rings" trilogy are considered masterpieces, boasting hundreds of thousands of reviews and a high score of 9.6. Gangster fans should definitely buy them without hesitation. It's also Tomato's novel with the widest range of genre development. [Sending heart]

47. 47 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.5kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
48. 48 巴 Brazilian Godfather: Starting by Saving a Hot Girl 巴西教父，从拯救辣妹开始 Bookworm, Don't Rush书虫莫急Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Body transmigration + the underworld rules everything + ruthless decisiveness + no goody-two-shoes hero + multiple women, no main heroine + pictures of beauties + pictures of weapons + smart protagonist + System + both sides of the law + pocket dimension] “First published on Tomato Novel” Bad news: I transmigrated completely naked. Good news: There’s a naked Brazilian girl beside me. Bad news: The gangsters are hunting me. Good news: The System has arrived. With nothing but his bare hands, Lock 54.1kReads8.4Score7.1kShelves

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    Ruthless, decisive, and quick to act.

49. 49 R Roy's Cousin: The White Paper Fan of the Gangster World Roy表妹古惑世界做白纸扇 Loves Ice-Baked Sweet Potatoes爱吃冰烤地瓜Female-Channel Fanfiction731k WordsOngoing Shen Guannan unexpectedly dies during an exam, but fate gives her a new test. Heaven’s will traps her in a time-loop script set in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, with every scene written in advance: She is expected to look on indifferently as the streets are slaughtered, the Japanese army commits atrocities, civilians are displaced, and resistance fighters struggle on. She struggles and fights back, refusing to bow her head as she tries to overturn the predetermined ending. Deep down, she is certa 3.7kReads—Score403Shelves

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    Superb! A crossover of Hong Kong fiction, the world is brilliantly blended, the characters are vivid and unique, drawing inspiration from numerous classic films and characters, including gangsters, the glamorous era, Young and Dangerous, Infernal Affairs, Cold War, Raging Fire, and The Mission. Both the male and female leads have clear and independent growth arcs. The female lead is a triad lawyer, very Hong Kong-style, with many courtroom scenes. The male leads each have distinct personalities and career paths. Currently, the male leads are: Handsome, Crow, and Boss Lei is in the running.

50. 50 前 My Ex Is Determined Never to Let Me Go 前男友誓死不放手 Xiang Xinning向馨宁Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Abduction and possession / reconciliation after a breakup / both are sexually inexperienced / love at first sight / the male lead is mentally unstable and insane) After Gu Jiayi broke up with Lu Siyan on her own, she fled alone to a small town in F Country and hid there for a year. She thought the storm had passed, but never expected that the moment she got off the plane, he would catch her. He pursued her and begged her, but she remained unmoved. This is the story of a powerful underworld boss 12.7kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    This is a story about a mob boss who willingly suppresses his obsession and possessiveness for the girl he loves—a love story of equals. Sadly, the male lead's father and mother never managed to resolve the misunderstanding between the two protagonists.

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