The Protagonist Is a Substitute, Gets Cruelly Abandoned, Then Finds Out They Have a Terminal Illness and Loses All Hope 主角是替代品，被狠狠抛弃，后查出绝症，心灰意冷

1. 1 小 The Little Stand-In Is Reborn: Mr. Huo, Please Don’t Expose My Secret Identity 小替身重生之霍总请不要扒我马甲 What Else Can I Do还能怎么办呢Two Male Leads240k WordsCompleted [Both leads are sexually inexperienced + male-male ABO + reborn under a secret identity + light substitute trope + rekindled love with a happy ending + angst first, sweetness later + doting romance as he wins back his love + lighthearted and funny] Brooding, scheming Alpha CEO x silly, lovesick Omega starlet Warning: This is a love story, and neither of them is perfect. Both the pursuer and the pursued make mistakes, and there are misunderstandings, which will all be clearly explained as the sto 1.7kReads8.9Score113Shelves

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   🌻①The white moonlight's words left him alone at the wedding, facing the guests. Only after hearing their mockery did he realize he was a substitute. Later, he was exposed as the third party who interfered in their relationship. For the sake of the white moonlight's career, he stood up to deny their relationship, saying it was just wishful thinking on his part. This caused him to be cursed by the entire internet, and brands terminated their contracts, demanding he pay breach of contract fees. He worked desperately to pay off the debt, and finally, he was diagnosed with late-stage stomach cancer. In the end, he died alone in a remote town. Meanwhile, the person who had been waiting for his lover to come to him was unaware that he had already passed away.

2. 2 战 After Losing the War, I Became the Enemy Emperor's Canary 战败后我成了敌国皇帝的金丝雀 One Little Meow喵一声Two Male Leads411k WordsCompleted "I, Feng Qianxue, swear to Heaven that I willingly give myself to Ye Tingxiao, Emperor of the Gong Kingdom. From this day onward, Ye Tingxiao will be my master..." Feng Qianxue, a general of the Xuan Kingdom, was defeated and captured. To save his subordinates, he was forced to become the enemy emperor's caged songbird. To avenge the arrow Feng Qianxue had shot at him on the battlefield three years earlier, Ye Tingxiao toyed with and humiliated him in every way. Yet he couldn't break Feng Qianxu 3.6kReads7.9Score462Shelves
3. 3 江 President Jiang, You Don't Want Your Stand-In Anymore, Do You? 江总，替身他不要不咯 You Sit in the Grand Hall君坐明堂Two Male Leads249k WordsCompleted A grovel-for-your-love story. A domineering, ruthless pursuer who becomes completely devoted to his lover × a cool, beautiful, resilient recipient. The recipient suffers early on; the pursuer suffers later. One-on-one, both are each other’s first and only. After three years together, Bai Mu finally learned that he was only a replacement for someone who was the love of Jiang Hanqian’s life. He wanted to leave before things got worse, but Jiang Hanqian threatened him into staying by his side, as a 493Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 小 The Young Master Is Reborn and Wants Nothing but to Wait for Death 小少爷重生后一心等死 Startled Bird Enters a Dream惊鸟入梦Two Male Leads485k WordsCompleted [Reborn + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + happy ending][Goofy, fatherly big shot x sickly young master] When Wen Yinuo was five, he got lost while out on a family trip. He wasn’t found until he was sixteen. But in the second year after he went missing, his family had adopted another child to take his place. Even after Wen Yinuo returned, his parents and relatives gave all their tenderness and love to the adopted child, without sparing a bit for him. Everything Wen Yinuo did was even bran 16.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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   Highly recommend!

5. 5 万 The Universally Hated Young Master Reborn 万人嫌小少爷重生以后 Known to All众知Two Male Leads170k WordsCompleted Gu Xingqiao is a little simple-minded. He was born after a difficult labor that cost Lady Gu her life, and a few years later, his older brother and father abandoned him. The unwanted Gu Xingqiao met the powerful, gentle Lin Xiujin. Lin Xiujin was a ray of light in his miserable childhood, and as time passed, that light reached into his heart. Lin Xiujin came across a little bundle of misery with nowhere to go. He took him home, doted on him, and protected him. But he never expected the little on 7.4kReads8.1Score411Shelves

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   This book is so heartbreaking! [Crying][crying]

6. 6 合 Contract Moonlight 合约月光 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊12k WordsCompleted Contract Moonlight 433Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I married the most prestigious man in Jiangcheng, and everyone laughed, calling me a substitute for his "white moonlight." The contract was for one year, and I was to leave when it expired. He was cold and distant, yet his study held a secret butterfly, similar to one of my mother's heirlooms. When my family went bankrupt, and his "white moonlight" returned with a conspiracy, forcing me to step down, the man who had clumsily comforted me that rainy night, now with red eyes, pinned me against the wall: "Jiang Wan, who do you think I'm looking at through your eyes?"

7. 7 婚 The Night Before My Wedding, I Flew a Thousand Miles to Find the Man Who Hated Me 婚礼前夜，我飞千里去找那个恨我的男人 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted On the Eve of My Wedding, I Flew a Thousand Miles to Find the Man Who Hated Me 3.7kReads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 从 The Person Who Raised Me Became My Husband 从小管我的人成了我老公 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊22k WordsCompleted The One Who Raised Me Became My Husband 410Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 你 I’ll Take Your Daughter 你女儿我收下了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊17k WordsCompleted I’ll Take Your Daughter 354Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 兄 Guys, My Brother’s Got a Girlfriend! It’s My Ex! 兄弟们，我哥脱单了！对象是我前女友！ Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted Guys, My Brother Is Finally Dating! His Girlfriend Is My Ex! 117Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 白 The White Moonlight Returns, and the Substitute Wife Won’t Put Up With It Anymore 白月光回归，替身夫人她不干了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance18k WordsCompleted Her White Moonlight Returns, and the Substitute Wife Is Done with It 977Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 重 Reborn Noble Daughter, Refusing to Be My Brother-in-Law's Caged Bird 重生嫡女，拒做姐夫的笼中雀 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Ancient Romance43k WordsCompleted Reborn as the Legitimate Daughter, I Refuse to Be My Brother-in-Law's Caged Bird 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 攻 My Conquest Target Still Thinks I'm Infatuated with Him Today 攻略对象今天也以为我在迷恋他 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊21k WordsCompleted My Conquest Target Still Thinks I'm Infatuated with Him Today 297Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 追 Eight Years of Chasing You: Please Sign Here 追妻八年，请签收 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊30k WordsCompleted Chasing My Wife for Eight Years: Please Sign Here 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Shen Qingxian transmigrated into a tragic novel, becoming a cannon fodder female supporting character who married the Regent. On her wedding day, she was used by her entire family as a stepping stone to climb the social ladder, stuffed into a bridal sedan chair and sent to the Prince's mansion. All the noble ladies in the capital were waiting to see her make a fool of herself, after all, everyone knew—Regent Pei Changyuan already had someone else in his heart, and marrying her was merely to appease the Empress Dowager's decree. On their wedding night, red candles burned brightly.

15. 15 六 Six Years Later, My Husband Said He Kept Photos from the Night I Cheated 六年后，老公说他存着我出轨那晚的照片 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊9k WordsCompleted Six years later, my husband said he had kept the photos from the night I cheated. 373Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 得 After Getting a Terminal Diagnosis, I Lay Flat and Waited to Die. Then My Ex-Boyfriend Panicked 得绝症躺平等死后，前男友他慌了 Lu Jiuxing鹿久星Two Male Leads432k WordsCompleted This is actually a silly comedy. When Gu Huaijin learns at the hospital that he has only three months to live, Qin Zhan breaks up with him. Qin Zhan’s first love is back. Gu Huaijin quietly agrees to the breakup. He plans to lie in the rocking chair on the balcony, eyes closed, gently rocking until his life comes to an end. But after the breakup, Qin Zhan clings to him every day and refuses to leave, no matter how many times he’s driven away. [As for why Qin Zhan didn’t chase after his first lov 8.7kReads8.4Score817Shelves

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    When Gu Huaijin had only three months to live, Qin Zhan broke up with him. His "white moonlight" (ideal love) had returned, and he was preparing to die on that little lounge chair on the balcony, but unexpectedly, after the breakup, she clung to him every day.

17. 17 每 After Faking Their Deaths in Every World, the Male Leads Went Mad 每个世界死遁后，男主都疯了 Yu Yu'an屿煜安Two Male Leads940k WordsOngoing (It was just rated, so the score is low) [Two male leads + a little sweetness and angst + the shou fakes his death and leaves; the smaller worlds have bad endings, but the overall ending is happy] Shi Yan died and accidentally became bound to a System. To stay alive, he had no choice but to complete one mission after another. 1. Blind CEO vs. real young master Shi Yan used his influence to force the CEO into marriage. The CEO despised him: “You’re only relying on your family background. You’ll n 336Reads6.3Score103Shelves

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    It's so heartbreaking, so incredibly heartbreaking. [Crying][crying][crying]

18. 18 小 After My Substitute Faked His Death and Disappeared, the CEO Broke Down in Tears 小替身死遁后，总裁哭惨了 Caramel Sea Salt焦糖海盐Two Male Leads273k WordsCompleted On their third wedding anniversary, Qin Shizhun was overjoyed as he prepared the most romantic candlelit dinner, hoping to celebrate with the man he loved when he came home. But instead, he received divorce papers from him. “Let's get divorced!” “Why?” Qin Shizhun was stunned. “Xiaoyu is back. We agreed from the beginning that you were just a substitute bride. We'd get divorced when he came back.” The man's icy voice pierced Qin Shizhun's heart like a knife. It was true. He had only married into 803Reads6.1Score—Shelves
19. 19 替 After the Substitute Left, CEO Fu Recreated Temptation to Come Home 替身走后，傅总上演回家的诱惑 Xue Huohuo薛火火Two Male Leads565k WordsCompleted Lin Yu never imagined he was just a stand-in. He cooked a whole table of dishes himself, but when Bai Yueguang called, Fu Shiwen got up and left. Fu Shiwen said, “An Cheng isn’t well, so I’m going to see him. Be good and don’t make a fuss.” Lin Yu nodded. He thought that if he behaved, he could stay by Fu Shiwen’s side. When Fu Shiwen’s friends called Bai Yueguang “sister-in-law” right in front of him, Lin Yu pretended not to hear. When Fu Shiwen brought Bai Yueguang home for a family gathering, 650Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 清 The Cool Beta Is Forced into Love by a Psycho Alpha 清冷Beta，被疯批A强制爱了 A Gentle Kiss from the Warm Breeze轻吻热风Two Male Leads341k WordsCompleted [ABO Two Male Leads + Both Pure + Healing + Younger Man + Forced Love] [Avoidant Beta Bottom × Possessive, Competing, and Unhinged Alpha Top] Everyone said it was such a shame that Jiang Yubai was a Beta. He was destined to be looked down on, destined to be the one abandoned in any relationship, and that was exactly what happened. Until he met Ji Yezhou. Ji Yezhou declared his love for him with burning, fierce passion. With someone suddenly barging into his life, Jiang Yubai only wanted to run. 42.8kReads9.3Score4.8kShelves

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    Depression + Avoidant Personality

21. 21 卑 Quick Transmigration: The Humble Male Supporting Character Left, and He Regretted It 【快穿】卑微男配离开后他悔了 Fu Afafa福阿发发Modern Romance732k WordsCompleted Jiang Li is a veteran, lowly male supporting character in the quick transmigration bureau. To put it plainly, he’s the male lead’s lovesick sidekick, and the kind who ends up as cannon fodder. The job of a lowly male supporting character is simple: show the male lead unconditional affection, then either die or go mad. Either way, he’ll never have anything to do with the protagonist again. My master only wants to use me to make pills? Okay, I’m willing to give everything for you, Master. The prot 4.6kReads5.6Score324Shelves
22. 22 快 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.3kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
23. 23 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainous Ex Is Forced to Reform 快穿：恶毒前任他被迫洗白 Luo Luo Ying洛洛嘤Two Male Leads471k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 9kReads8.8Score586Shelves
24. 24 快 Quick Transmigration: After Faking My Death Due to a Terminal Illness, the Yandere Tycoon Went Mad 快穿：我靠绝症死遁后病娇大佬他疯了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads824k WordsCompleted [Yandere x obsessive, angst + catharsis, two power players putting on a show] [System: Host Yu Tang, a world’s main god is incredibly powerful and impossible to overthrow!] The tycoon who controlled the lifeblood of the economy: “Heh, you think you can escape my grasp?” Yu Tang: “Oh, really? I have late-stage stomach cancer, so I’ll die before you do.” The Federation’s celebrated war hero: “You’re nothing but my plaything. Be good and stay by my side!” Yu Tang: “But I have a serious heart con 12.4kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
25. 25 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Host Fakes Their Death, the Male Lead Is Grief-Stricken 快穿：宿主死遁后，男主悲痛欲绝 J Le JiangJ乐姜Two Male Leads244k WordsCompleted [Torturing Scumbags + Faking His Death to Escape + Love Rivals + Pretending to Be Universally Hated + Scheming to Win Hearts Poor Little Drama King × Blackened, Unhinged Ex-Lover Ye Rong has successfully earned the "Hundred-Man Slayer" achievement in the System. He only needs to complete two more high-difficulty worlds to claim a generous bonus. But once he enters, he discovers that he and the protagonist are sworn enemies who want each other dead! How is that fair?! An enemy is an enemy. How c 1.5kReads8.5Score104Shelves
26. 26 涅 Reborn From the Ashes, I’ve Returned to Settle Every Score 涅槃重生归来有仇报仇有怨报怨 Author Tao Yaoyao作者逃妖夭Ancient Romance627k WordsCompleted “Reborn after returning from Nirvana, she settles every score and repays every grievance. A bond from a past life becomes a fate in this one.” Eight hundred years ago, she and he vowed to be husband and wife in their next life, promising to love each other for all eternity. Centuries passed, the world changed, and the past faded like smoke. Eight hundred years later, she was reborn, but fate had other plans. It was as if she'd been born into the wrong family. Her father showed her no affection, 3.3kReads8.6Score204Shelves

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    Losing his beloved from both his past and present lives, he turned white-haired overnight. "In this life, I clearly met her first, we clearly fell in love first, how could I have lost her?" Bai Jingxuan hated himself, pounding his head in frustration. Thinking of the loving moments they shared in both lives, the longing and pain of those two lifetimes intertwined, converging into a river. He was heartbroken, his heart aching so much he could hardly breathe. Unable to suppress the overwhelming grief, he wept uncontrollably, his sobs echoing through the courtyard. The once dignified and refined young master Bai, unable to bear the blow of losing his beloved, turned white-haired overnight. He trudged through the snow-covered courtyard towards the gate, his robes fluttering, his silver hair flying, the snow swirling around him, as if he had become one with the icy landscape, indistinguishable from it. He left the mansion and headed directly towards the Prince of An'nan's residence, An'nan silently following not far away.

27. 27 落 You Can't Bring Back a Runaway Bride 落跑娘子追不回 Author Tao Yaoyao作者逃妖夭Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted I make my own fate, not heaven. She is no innocent little flower, no frail girl everyone can bully and trample on. If someone takes a swing at her or sets her up, she'll pay them back twice over. Su Wan, a merchant's daughter full of schemes, defies fate, plots her escape, and seeks refuge with one of the capital's most powerful families. Using their influence, she secures a good marriage prospect and gives her whole heart to her fiancé's family. But things don't go as planned. A spiteful woman 1.5kReads8.6Score101Shelves
28. 28 前 You Doted on Me in My Past Life, So Why Make Me Your Concubine in This One? 前世宠我入骨今生纳我为妾？ Author Tao Yaoyao作者逃妖夭Ancient Romance337k WordsCompleted Several hundred years later, she is reborn as a human. After more than a decade spent in a fog of madness, she returns to her own body with memories of her past life and searches among the masses for the lover she once cherished above all. But he wears a mask, consumed by a deep hatred and forced to bide his time as he seeks revenge. The lovers meet for the first time in this life, and one look spans a thousand years. She recognizes him, but he treats her as a pawn in a beauty trap. With the ene 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 念 Longing Unanswered 念念不忘，再无回响 Yan Jiujing宴九京Two Male Leads605k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads \ ABO \ Angst Novel \ Substitute \ Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] Important warning ❤️ The main love interest gets a bad ending; the second male lead ends up with him~ Yu Moyi had a white moonlight in his heart, but they couldn’t be together because their pheromones were naturally incompatible. So he found an Omega who looked a lot like his white moonlight: Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was obedient and devoted to him. No matter how badly Yu Moyi treated him, he never got angry. Yu 5.9kReads9.2Score501Shelves

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    The main couple experiences a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" scenario where the second male lead takes over.

30. 30 亲 You Beat Me Up for Every Kiss. Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Dead? 亲一下都暴打我，我死后你哭什么 Huo Xiao Jiujiu霍小九九Two Male Leads259k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + both reborn + groveling for his love + reunited after a breakup + bittersweet, sweet romance + mutual firsts + happy ending] [Beautiful, sickly little crippled bottom x domineering, unhinged straight top] The rating has only just opened, and very few people have rated it, so it’s low for now. It’ll go up later. Thank you. A car accident four years ago took Huaiqiu, the one person Shifeng cherished above all others, and left Huaichun with a limp. Before Huaiqiu died, he asked Sh 417Reads5.5Score—Shelves
31. 31 周 Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了 Ten-Line Que十行阙Two Male Leads219k WordsCompleted [Fragile, ill bottom VS cold, aloof top] [Heart-wrenching angst + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + bad ending + extreme bottom fans, beware] Wen Ci had terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said he had at most thirty days left, and Wen Ci could live those thirty days for Zhou Ying. But Wen Ci died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, Wen Ci left behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf. 19.7kReads9.3Score3kShelves

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    This is truly heartbreaking.

32. 32 舔 The Devoted Omega Comes to His Senses, and the Alpha Panics! 舔狗O醒悟后，A他急了！ Ming Yuan zsq茗鸢zsqTwo Male Leads359k WordsCompleted The Devoted Omega Comes to His Senses, and Now the Alpha Is Panicking! [Two Male Leads + Regretful Pursuit + ABO + Mutual Devotion] Wen Yuluo fell for Qi You the first time he saw him. He stayed in love for six years: two years of unrequited love, four years of being *ed, and 16,800 confessions. Qi You's answer was always, “I don't like you.” After being rejected for the 16,801st time and treated with nothing but coldness, Wen Yuluo finally resolved to leave Qi You. Without a word, he dragged hi 3kReads8.6Score259Shelves
33. 33 又 Running Away Again? I Dragged Him Back and Loved Him Until He Behaved 又逃？抓回来狠狠强制爱，老实了 Pockets Full of Money钱兜装满Two Male Leads473k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Forced Love + A Touch of the Supernatural + Mutual Redemption + Love at First Sight + Both Pure] [Sadistic, Paranoid Mad-Dog CEO Who Loves Private Punishments, Top x Pretty Bottom Who Curses People Out but Is Timid and Always Trying to Escape] Lin Yuan came down from the mountain to search for his family, only to be struck by a sinister poison that very night. To get the antidote, he forcefully kissed Shen Yanzhou in a car. From then on, the gears of his fate went off course. 8.5kReads9.2Score1kShelves
34. 34 我 I Want to Leave 我想走 Little Fox Cub狐狸崽崽崽Two Male Leads161k WordsCompleted After ten years of marriage on paper, Yu Shuyi still couldn’t make it to the end of the contract. At first, he begged his husband to look at him, just once. Later, he begged his husband to come home and have a meal with him. In the end, he begged him to let him go. He said there was a saying: Better a brief pain than a long one. So I’ve let myself go. Please let go of me, too. I’m not asking you to love me or forgive me. I’m only asking you to let me go. Don’t save me anymore… Setting: Same-sex 4.3kReads8.4Score402Shelves

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    After a ten-year contract marriage, Yu Shuyi ultimately couldn't last the tenth year. I don't ask you to like me, I just ask you to let me go.

35. 35 被 Adopted by a Foreign Billionaire, the Frail Little One Is Spoiled Rotten 被国外富豪认养，病弱崽受宠了 Berry Meow莓莉喵Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [Raising a Child + Rescued and Spoiled by an Old-Money American Family + Frail Child + Everyone’s Darling] [There will be a romance after the child comes of age. Two male leads. Proceed with caution if this bothers you.] Throughout his short twelve years of life, Wutu had always envied other people’s happiness. He couldn’t understand why his parents loved only his little brother and not him. His parents would rather drive for more than ten hours to take his brother to buy a limited-edition game 28.5kReads8.2Score3.6kShelves

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    The protagonist was never loved by his family of origin, suffered from terminal illness and depression, and was later taken in and pampered by a wealthy foreign family. His new family felt sorry for him.

36. 36 诸 Riddled with Illness, I Refuse Treatment. Why Are You Crying? 诸病缠身，我不治，你们哭什么 So, Mister所以先生Urban307k WordsCompleted [Also known as: "Your Son Has Been Gone for a Long Time" and "My Depression Was Getting Better, but I Still Had Stomach Cancer"] Guo Lu was just passing through, a person suffering from depression, schizophrenia, and stomach cancer. After learning that he had only a few years left if he did not seek treatment, Guo Lu wanted nothing more than to end it all on his own terms. After the conflicts with his family accumulated and finally exploded time and again, the people close to him at last learned 4.4kReads8.8Score392Shelves

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    The first book. I cried buckets.

37. 37 我 I'm Dying, So Why Are You Still Begging Me to Forgive You? 我要死了，你干嘛还要跪求原谅？ Sword Alone, Ink Traces Remain孤剑笔痕Urban122k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Regret and Face-Slapping] [Bad-End Romance] [A Story of Redemption] Ye Yuchen was the kind of well-behaved, considerate, gentle boy other families wished they had. But he lived in a home where his family froze him out. He had an older brother and a younger sister, and his awkward place in the family made him the least loved of them all. It was only during a routine hospital checkup that he learned he had less than two years to live. The laughable part was that no one visited h 278Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Ye Yuchen was not loved in a family of emotional abuse. After being diagnosed with less than two years to live, he suffered a series of blows, including no one visiting him, being rejected when he confessed his love, and being forced into an arranged marriage. Heartbroken, he wanted to live for himself in his last two years. In the end, he met a girl who was on the same wavelength and found happiness and redemption.

38. 38 离 After the Divorce, the Hot-Tempered Tycoon Pursues His Wife on His Knees 离婚后，暴躁大佬追妻跪姿很标准 Feng Wu风芜Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted “The obsessive, short-tempered mogul chases his wife in a rage. The more cruelly he treated her before, the more perfectly he’ll kneel to beg her back.” Yi Huajin is a famously aloof beauty in the art world. He is a renowned artist, celebrated not only for his unparalleled talent but also for a face that rivals any top celebrity’s. Yet he fell in love with Feng Shao, the formidable business tycoon. He waited for him for three years, pursued him for three years, and was married to him for three y 376Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 命 With Only Two Months to Live, They Finally Break Down and Repent 命剩最后两月，他们终于崩溃忏悔 Xiao Baihu筱白狐Urban224k WordsCompleted [Tearjerker]+ [Heartbreaking]+ [Bad Ending]+ [No Clichés, Realistic Story] The world beneath the neon lights is dazzling, but it has never shone for just one person. Lonely souls are always searching for comfort, but the medicine that could heal their wounds died long ago in childhood. When the stories they left behind finally become known, all that awaits them is a corpse that has long since grown cold. His parents spend their entire lives mired in a failed marriage, treating Bai Mo like a garb 12.3kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
40. 40 替 After the Stand-In Left, the Tycoon Panicked! 替身走后大佬他慌了！ Xiao Wang Has No Pen Name小王没笔名Two Male Leads226k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + a substitute for the beloved + a long road to winning back his love, hot-tempered alpha scum pursuer, cool, gentle beta beloved] ABO [No one in this world loves me anymore] Lin Mu fell in love at first sight with the man who took him away. Later, he went to live with Li Yuanjing, and stayed with him for three years. Throughout those three years, he knew perfectly well that he was only a substitute for Li Yuanjing’s beloved, yet Lin Mu still knowingly lost himself in those deep 3.4kReads9.0Score256Shelves

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    Two male leads, a substitute for the unrequited love, and a tragic love-chasing saga. [No one in this world loves me anymore.]

41. 41 替 The Substitute’s Acting Is Explosive, and Mr. Song Stumbles into a Trap 替身演技炸裂，宋总阴沟里翻船 Frosty Maples in Late Autumn霜枫晚秋Two Male Leads530k WordsCompleted The person Mr. Song loved went abroad, so he kept a poor student, Chu Yanyi, by his side as a stand-in for two whole years. Mr. Song knew Chu Yanyi was hopelessly in love with him. Those eyes full of affection alone gave him away. When the real thing returned, Mr. Song prepared to send the stand-in away, but the stand-in killed himself. Just as Mr. Song thought Chu Yanyi was dead, he discovered that the man’s parents had been paid to pretend to be his parents, and the urn supposedly holding his 8.5kReads9.2Score987Shelves

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    🍅🍅Check out this book!! The Substitute! ✅The first one is about Song Yanxi, the president of the Song Group. Chu Yanyi is a substitute he's kept by his side for two years. Because the person Song Yanxi likes goes abroad, Chu Yanyi is used as a replacement. After Song Yanxi's white moonlight returns to the country, she plans to get rid of Chu Yanyi, but Chu Yanyi meticulously plans a "car accident death" to make Song Yanxi think he's dead [smirk].

42. 42 我 I'm Just a Stand-In, So Why Is Everyone Chasing After Me? 我是替身，都追着我跑做甚！ Known to All众知Two Male Leads200k WordsCompleted Jiang Ruanmian was a stand-in for the Ji family's missing young son. To the eldest and second Ji brothers, he was a sweet, obedient fake little brother. To Madam Ji, he was an adorable pretend son. To the young master's childhood friend, he was a despicable usurper who had stolen someone else's place. At first, they were consumed by grief and forced their guilt-driven attempts to make amends onto Jiang Ruanmian. But pain eventually fades. One day, Jiang Ruanmian noticed that his eldest and secon 3.9kReads7.4Score212Shelves

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    🍋🍋① "You have to bear the consequences of your mistakes." He thought that by successfully climbing the social ladder, he could marry the person he loved 🥺. However, on his wedding day, he became the biggest joke in the entertainment industry. The truth about him being a stand-in was revealed—he was abandoned by his lover and condemned by the entire internet. In the end 🤕, he succumbed to a terminal illness and died alone in a dilapidated nursing home.

43. 43 赘 The Live-In Son-in-Law: The Whole World Thinks I Love You 赘婿：全世界以为我爱你 Million-Dollar Salary百万年薪Urban401k WordsCompleted [Urban romance + one heroine + live-in son-in-law. This is not a wish-fulfillment story: the male lead suffers early on, and the female lead suffers later. Not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story!] Everyone in Yuncheng knew the Jiang family had a live-in son-in-law who was a lovesick doormat. He’d spent years fawning over their daughter, Jiang Yiwei, always at her beck and call... But everyone in Yuncheng also knew that the Jiang family’s eldest daughter had loved Song Qingche 4.9kReads8.5Score234Shelves

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    🍀🍀The male lead is used as a substitute. After the female lead, who is his white moonlight, returns to China, she abandons the male lead and divorces him. Later, she realizes that she has fallen in love with the male lead, but he has already given up on her and has been staying away from her. The female lead is caught in a "chasing after her husband" situation.

44. 44 得 After Being Diagnosed with a Terminal Illness, I Discovered My Substitute Was His One True Love 得了绝症后，发现替身竟是白月光 Reckless放肆Two Male Leads185k WordsCompleted A possessive, domineering, cold-blooded top VS a mute, terminally ill substitute bottom One-on-one, both pure Author’s note: Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting!! Originally titled The Mute Substitute A story about the real person he loved becoming a substitute and suffering abuse, in body and heart!!! Important things must be said three times: BE, BE, BE Ting Xu is mute. Adopted by the Ye family as a child, he became Ye Zifeng’s personal bodyguard. After Ye Zifeng died, Xie Lingchen, who 149Reads—Score—Shelves

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    1. Yu Moyi and his beloved Yan Ling are unable to be together due to pheromone incompatibility, so he finds Jiang Yan, an Omega who looks similar, to be his substitute. Jiang Yan is devoted to Yu Moyi, but while preparing for their wedding, he discovers that he is merely a helpless choice made out of Yu Moyi's unrequited love. Ultimately, he resolutely leaves at their moment of "happiness." Yu Moyi's pursuit of his beloved fails (a tragic ending for the main character). 2. Ting Xu serves as Xie Lingchen's substitute for ten years. Later, Ting Xu is diagnosed with ALS and given only three years to live. Xie Lingchen then realizes that he loves Ting Xu, but it's too late. A tragic ending with no sweet moments; a scumbag protagonist paired with a tragic ending.

45. 45 替 After the Substitute Gave Up, the CEO's Knees Were Bruised from Kneeling 替身死心后，总裁膝盖都跪青了 A San Mei阿三每Two Male Leads518k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + both reborn + entertainment industry + rekindled romance + substitute romance + revenge wish fulfillment + two equally strong leads + devoted one-on-one romance] Ji Yuchuan loved Sheng Yan for two lifetimes, yet still couldn't get a happy ending. When he saw the person Sheng Yan cherished most, he suddenly grew tired. After repaying the debt he owed Sheng Yan from his past life, he walked away. * After they split up, Sheng Yan saw Ji Yuchuan again. The obedient boy he'd once kn 4.4kReads9.0Score632Shelves
46. 46 小 After His Little Substitute Died, the Blind CEO Finally Came to His Senses 小替身死后，眼瞎总裁开窍了 Looking Up at the Stars望星上Two Male Leads304k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Luo Si broke his leg and his heart, becoming a blood bank for Zhou Zeyu’s beloved. He never had a single good day before he died, and even after death he was tortured until he was utterly broken. When he died, Zhou Zeyu was celebrating Valentine’s Day with his beloved. By the time Zhou Zeyu returned home, Luo Si’s body had gone cold, and he was still clutching the ring he had given him. After being reborn, Zhou Zeyu dumped his beloved and rushed home on Valentine’s Day. He 5.1kReads8.8Score438Shelves
47. 47 假 The Fake Stand-In Lives It Up by the Powerful Man’s Side 假替身在大佬身边混吃混喝 Gu He Is a Little Flustered顾鹤有点慌Two Male Leads184k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + sweet romance + fake substitute trope + no angst + sweet romance + push and pull + occasional silliness] Fake frail vampire bottom VS overbearingly possessive CEO top Shen Que is incredibly powerful, with a deeply influential background. He's not only handsome but wealthy, and he's the one who calls the shots in Beijing's elite circles. Everyone who knows him respectfully calls him “Master Que.” He's the dream man of countless wealthy young men and women in Beijing. If gender w 950Reads9.1Score181Shelves
48. 48 我 I Wore a Wedding Gown as My Betrothal Gift and Stepped into Your Funeral Hall 我以嫁衣为聘，步入你的灵堂 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads44k WordsOngoing [Obsessive Lover × White-Moonlight Beloved | Seven Journeys Through Time and Space × A Wedding of Double Suicide] [Angsty Romance × System × Transmigration × Unresolved Heartache × Bad Ending] The year they fell in love, they agreed to run away together, get married, and build a warm home for each other. But in a world full of prejudice, they were not even allowed a proper wedding dress, let alone a wedding blessed by others. They said it didn't matter. As long as they could be together, nothing 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    OK!!!

49. 49 他 His Little Fool Doesn't Cry Anymore 他的小傻子不爱哭了 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [BL + both pure + angst + just rated] In a corner of Shengying Noble High School, there was always a figure named Su Nian. As the illegitimate son the Su family kept hidden from the world, he had suffered a childhood accident that left him with a brain injury. He was always half a beat slower than everyone else, and his clear eyes were often filled with timid confusion. When classmates mocked and shoved him, all he could do was tear up, like a little beast nobody wanted. In the hallway, Su Nian 9.2kReads9.3Score692Shelves

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    It's so good!!!

50. 50 在 I Found a Beauty in the Trash 在垃圾桶里捡到尤物 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads250k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Yandere + Younger Top + Possessiveness + Captivity + Unhinged] On a rainy night, icy rain washed over the city’s concrete jungle, scrubbing at the filth hidden away in its dark corners. Lu Jiuyuan sat in the back of a warm, luxurious car, gazing indifferently at the neon lights streaming past the fogged-up window. The driver was steady at the wheel. Inside the car, only the lilting notes of classical music and the low hum of the air conditioner could be heard. Flawless appearan 12Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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