Villainess Awakening or Stepping-Stone Awakening 女配觉醒or垫脚石觉醒

1. 1 炮 Even a Cannon-Fodder Villainess Wants to Survive! 炮灰女配也有求生欲！ The World Remains as It Was江山如故Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Ji Yu and Qin Yan grew up together as childhood sweethearts, so close that no one could ever come between them. One day, Ji Yu suddenly had a dream... In the dream, she was a vicious supporting character who did every kind of evil, while Qin Yan was the male lead. After waking up, Ji Yu didn't take it seriously at first. That was, until the heroine from her dream made her dazzling entrance. This Cinderella disguised herself as a boy. She was ambitious, unafraid of power, refused to suck up to th 3.3kReads6.9Score157Shelves

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   Ji Yu and Qin Yan grew up together, childhood sweethearts, their bond so strong that no third party could interfere. One day, Ji Yu had a dream… in which she was a wicked supporting female character, and Qin Yan was the male lead. Upon waking, Ji Yu initially didn't think much of it. Until the heroine of her dream made her dazzling appearance…

2. 2 恶 The Wicked Supporting Actress Is Reborn and Wins at Life 恶毒女配重生后躺赢了 Bei Xin贝芯Ancient Romance622k WordsCompleted The emperor has never touched anyone but the heroine! One beloved consort in the harem + 1v1 romance + fictional setting. Meng Yan only learns on the brink of death that she's a supporting character in a sweet palace-intrigue novel. In the story, she loves the emperor, Lu Haozhi, devotedly until the very end. She diligently competes for his favor and tirelessly fights the innocent white-lotus heroine, only to land herself in the cold palace and die miserably in the snow. After being reborn, she 21kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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   In this book, the female protagonist only discovers after her death that she was a stepping stone for a supporting female character in a novel. After being reborn, she decides to stay away from the male and female leads, wanting only to preserve her wealth and status and enjoy a life of luxury to the fullest... It's quite good; you'll see when you read it!

3. 3 女 The Villainess Stole the Female Lead's Feel-Good Novel Script 女配她偷了爽文女主剧本 Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut栗子栗子栗栗子Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted Li Zhi died. Li Zhi came back to life. Born with a golden fate, she was cursed with a rocky love life. One day, she was bound to a System and learned that she was nothing more than a supporting female character in a story. After reincarnating through several lifetimes, every one of them ended in a grisly death. With the System, she transmigrated back to the past. Since she was only a supporting character, she might as well throw caution to the wind. After she learned to love herself, everyone wh 3.3kReads8.9Score281Shelves

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   Both of these are quick transmigration novels, featuring the awakening of a female supporting character. They include historical fiction, cultivation fiction, and modern sweet romance novels, and are both quite good.

4. 4 炮 The Cannon Fodder’s Comeback: Male Lead, You’re Spoiling the Wrong Girl 炮灰女配的逆袭：男主你宠错人了 Song Suo松锁Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted [Obsession, cannon-fodder heroine, sweet romance, feel-good] Before meeting Mu Jiao, Shen Ci hated anyone or anything that tied him down. After meeting her, she and everything connected to her became his faith. [Delicate, pampered, seductive heroine who doesn’t know she’s flirting + outwardly gentle but inwardly obsessive, unhinged, and fiercely possessive hero] One day, after waking from a nightmare, Mu Jiao discovered that she was a cannon-fodder supporting character in a book. The neighbor bo 2.2kReads6.1Score195Shelves
5. 5 觉 Happiness Came Too Soon After I Awakened 觉醒后幸福来的太快了 Tian Xing's Protective Shield田星保护罩Modern Romance156k WordsOngoing Double awakening x double purity. The original female lead will not be vilified. This is my first novel, so I'm inexperienced. If you don't like it, please don't flame me; just leave. Any resemblance is purely coincidental!!! Tian Jiashu awakens to the fact that she is the villainess in a novel. She kidnaps the heroine for the devoted male supporting character and gets killed in return. The second male lead is handsome, but she's rich and beautiful too. Surely she could have any man she wants. B 235Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A sweet romance novel where the female supporting character awakens, without harming the original female lead, and without any angst.

6. 6 所 Everyone Wants to Win Over My Childhood Sweetheart 所有人都想攻略我的青梅竹马 Little Caizi小财子Modern Romance169k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Low-EQ, soft and adorable heroine VS sharp-tongued childhood-friend hero] What would you do if you discovered that the world you’d lived in all your life was actually a novel, and your childhood sweetheart was its male lead, the kind who would eventually destroy the world? Gu Siyu says… Why not just give up? She’s only a minor cannon-fodder character. There’s nothing she can do to help. Hopefully those people who transmigrated into the book will try harder and stop the world from bein 68.4kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves

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   The female supporting character awakens. ① The female lead is very beautiful and ranks first in her class, tied with the male lead. However, everyone forgets about her the next day because she is a supporting character in the story. Suddenly one day, she can hear the voices of the strategist and the system.

7. 7 救 Help! The Villain Overhears Me Rewriting the Plot with Puns 救命！反派偷听我用谐音梗改剧情 Sanyingli三樱里Modern Romance563k WordsCompleted Also known as: Help! The Villain Overhears Me Rewriting the Plot with Homophones [Wealthy-family comedy + everyone’s darling and gossip + variety-show face-slapping] Qin Yiyang awakens to the truth. In the book, she grew up in a pigsty, then was brought home by her wealthy family and spoiled rotten. Great! She’s got the everyone’s-darling heroine’s script! But it turns out the fake heiress is the real heroine. Unhappy that her family dotes on Qin Yiyang, the fake heiress transforms into the daug 51.9kReads9.4Score8.3kShelves
8. 8 亲 A Mom Raising Her Kid, Teary-Eyed 亲妈带娃眼泪汪汪 Just One Pack of Spicy Strips一包辣条就好Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted ☞ Updates on weekdays. Thanks for liking and supporting the story. If it’s not your thing, feel free to move on. P.S. I should warn readers who haven’t started yet. ① The heroine accidentally kisses the second male lead. A lot of readers can’t accept this. If you haven’t read it yet and that bothers you, I don’t recommend reading. Written for fun, read for fun The System is mostly just for show and only appears now and then. Yusu stood before them, a full five-foot-seven, her face stern. The thr 48.1kReads8.9Score5.5kShelves
9. 9 不 After I Stopped Being a Doormat, the Cold Boy Turned Dark 不当舔狗后，清冷少年黑化了 Strawberry Snow Cones Are My Favorite爱吃草莓绵绵冰Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted [Yandere forced love + groveling redemption + a System with little presence + funny moments and references] Defiant but timid heroine X wicked, cruel yandere Shen Suihuan dreamed that Lou Yan tortured her to death. When she jolted awake, she was told it wasn't a dream, but her fate. She was just a cannon-fodder supporting character in the novel The Aloof Campus Heartthrob's Domineering Love, born to be a stepping stone on the leads' path to love. To stay alive, Shen Suihuan drew up a plan overni 16.8kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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   💥💥Shen Suihuan awakened her self-awareness. It turns out she was just a cannon fodder female supporting character in a campus romance novel ●●, and the school heartthrob Lou Yan, whom she had been chasing, was actually the male lead. Shen Suihuan declared that compared to the male lead, her life was of course more important ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ. So she decisively ran away, but why had the male lead turned evil? (◣_◢) Don't chase after her! 🍊🍊

10. 10 穿 After Becoming the Villainess, the Princess Gives Up! 穿成恶毒女配后，公主她摆烂了！ Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted [Short drama now streaming] [Showbiz + CEO + Secret Crush + Married First, Love Later + Face-Slapping Everyone + Sweet and Satisfying] Jiang Yue transmigrated into a book. She became the villainess in a CEO romance novel. In the original story, she did every evil thing imaginable: drugging the male lead, abusing her biological son, who would grow up to become the villain, bullying the female lead, whom everyone adored, and tormenting the male supporting characters, who would all go on to become 37.8kReads9.2Score3kShelves

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    Both of these are novels about female supporting characters awakening their powers. The first is a historical novel, and the second is a modern novel; both are very good and highly recommended! 🔥

11. 11 当 When I Stop Following the Plot, the Male Lead's Character Falls Apart 当我不按剧情走，男主他崩人设了 Pale Yellow and Light Green鹅黄浅绿Modern Romance447k WordsCompleted Wen Yiqin awakened while taking a meal to her boyfriend. It turned out that her boyfriend was the male lead of this world, while she was his cannon-fodder ex-wife. She had very few scenes, but they were important. First, she was to serve as a human medicine for the male lead's headaches, as well as a beautiful, useless canary who regularly spent his money. Second, she was meant to reinforce the idea that beauty was useless, proving that pretty but useless women couldn't contribute to society and 387Reads6.8Score—Shelves
12. 12 穿 I Became the CEO’s Doomed Original Wife, but I’m Taking It Easy 穿成总裁炮灰原配我佛系了 Quiet Rainy Day安静下雨天Modern Romance470k WordsCompleted What does it feel like to wake up rich overnight? I don’t know what other people think, but Qin Ruoyao will tell you: it feels amazing! After transmigrating into a book as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a male supporting character, Qin Ruoyao struck it rich (≧∇≦)/ The Black and White Impermanence mistakenly snatched Qin Ruoyao’s soul, and because her lifespan wasn’t up yet, the King of Hell made it up to her by sending her into this book. He promised that as long as she didn’t get herself killed, 5.3kReads8.8Score375Shelves
13. 13 反 The Villainess Is Reborn: The Supporting Female Lead Refuses to Play Along 反派重生 : 女配她不干了 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Yin Susu opened her eyes and, wow, she had been reborn for the second time. The plot was exactly the same, and so were all the awful problems. She had planned to spend this life eating her fill and waiting to die, just coasting along until the supporting female character reached the end of her life and this whole existence was over. But she still wasn’t willing to accept her fate! If the heroine had a golden finger, then she’d just have to break it. 12.6kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
14. 14 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Apocalypse: I Refuse to Be a Cannon-Fodder Heroine 穿书末世，拒绝当炮灰女配 Dreamers in Guatian's Writing瓜田笔下梦中人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse281k WordsCompleted [Zombies + romance + strong female lead + both leads are each other’s first + no angst + apocalypse] While everyone else transmigrates into a book as the heroine, she transmigrates as a cannon-fodder villainess. Being a villainess doesn’t matter. There’s no way she’s going to be cannon fodder. With the golden finger Heaven has granted her, she’s determined to make her way in this apocalyptic world! If she isn’t strong enough, she’ll keep her head down and build herself up. Once she’s capable, 56.9kReads9.0Score6kShelves

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    The protagonist transmigrates into the body of a supporting female character, a powerful woman with an overpowered cheat ability. It's a feel-good story, so don't worry about logic. The pacing is fast, and it's a decent read.

15. 15 恶 The Villainess Becomes the Legitimate Daughter: I'm Just Pretending, Don't Get Too Attached 恶女成嫡：我装的，你们别太爱了 Peach Blossoms Reflected in Wine桃花映酒Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted (Print edition goes on sale at 7 p.m. on September 19 / Several short animated adaptations are now streaming) [Wicked Villainess Transmigrates into a Book + Total Control + “Training Dogs” Romance + Male Rivals in a Shura Field + Exes Begging for Her Back + Face-Slapping and Scumbag Punishment] [The heroine is a true villainess: a stunning, calculating temptress who never hesitates to manipulate others] Jiang Chuji, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was an ill-fated girl sent to a t 59.7kReads9.4Score8kShelves

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    [A cultivation novel with no rebirth, transmigration, or leveling-up elements + romantic pairing + spatial element + various opportunities to seize] While climbing the immortal ladder to enter the Wuji Sect, Su Zhuo accidentally hit her head, and a dense array of strange subtitles appeared before her eyes. She gleaned from these subtitles the opportunities the female protagonist would encounter and seized them one by one. The subtitles said the female protagonist was the chosen one, and Su Zhuo thought, "Just because you're so talkative, the chosen one has been completely overlooked."

16. 16 开 Awakening from the Start: I Steal Opportunities by Reading the Female Lead's On-Screen Comments 开局觉醒我靠偷看女主弹幕抢机缘 Beautiful Years锦色流年Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Cultivation Story Without Rebirth or Transmigration, with Power Progression + Romance + Space + Snatching Every Opportunity] As Su Zhuo enters the Wuji Sect and climbs the Immortal Ascension Steps, she accidentally hits her head, and a dense mass of strange subtitles appears before her eyes. Using the subtitles, she glimpses the heroine’s opportunities and snatches them one by one. The subtitles say the heroine is the chosen one. Su Zhuo thinks: “Just because you talk so much, the chosen one’s 9.5kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves
17. 17 刚 The Moment I Opened My Eyes, I Was Lying in a Pervert's Arms, Being Fed to My Heart's Content 刚睁眼，就躺在变态怀里被喂饱饱 Yun Jiujiu云九九Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Shi Ning and Qin Heyu had been married by contract for three years. On the day their marriage ended, she was ready to sign the divorce papers. Comments: If the villainess dares to sign the divorce papers, the dark villain who’s had a crush on her for ten years will chain her up in the attic and force her to love him! Comments: Villainess, all you have to do is give the villain a look that leaves him to figure it out for himself. You don’t even have to flirt with him or coax him. This lovesick vi 22.9kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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    The villainous female supporting character awakens to her fate after reading the comments, deciding not to divorce. Her antagonist husband has secretly loved her for ten years? The villain cries so loudly when she's unhappy that it makes the kettle whirring—I'm curious to see what's going on.

18. 18 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves

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    These all fit the bill! ① The first book features Xu Jing'an, who discovers she's a supporting character in several books, responsible for providing jobs for the various female leads—a true victim. After awakening, Xu Jing'an immediately distances herself from her exploitative family, refusing to be a victim herself. ② The second book is a quick transmigration novel where the female lead is sophisticated and self-serving, determined not to be a stepping stone for others.

19. 19 快 The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Won't Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她不走寻常路 Traveler in Misty Rain一蓑烟雨客Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh 65.4kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
20. 20 恶 Reborn as a Wicked Woman, I’m Chasing My Husband Like a Flirtatious Little Minx! 恶女重生，化身嗲精狂追夫！ Midsummer Flourish孟夏扶疏Modern Romance370k WordsCompleted |Super sweet 1v1 romance + Healing + Memes + Going crazy and face-slapping + Hilarious pursuit of her husband| An insecure, aloof young man vs. a stunning, straightforward girl In her previous life, Wen Zhaozhao was unquestionably the campus belle of A University. Her family was wealthy, and she was breathtakingly beautiful, with bright eyes and pearly teeth. She had countless admirers, but was also famous for being spoiled and ill-tempered. She had loved Ji Yanli since childhood and saved a 644Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist awakens to unparalleled damage output.

21. 21 知 The Educated Youths Are Returning to the City, So I Sold My College Spot! 知青返城，我把大学名额卖了！ Mu Cangcang牧苍苍Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Period setting + educated youth return to the city + pocket dimension + reborn + satisfying read + fiercely self-interested] Not long after Jiang Chunrong returned to the city, she had a dream. In it, she sacrificed her whole life for her family, giving up a university admission, her pocket dimension, and even her job. In the end, no one thanked her. They all acted as if it was only what she was supposed to do. She was nothing but a stepping-stone. Even after her death, the heroine kept draggin 72.7kReads7.4Score3.9kShelves

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    Awakening as a stepping stone, he gradually avoids a tragic fate and devises a way out.

22. 22 男 [Quick Transmigration] The Male Lead Has Been Swept Away by the Female Supporting Character Again 【快穿】男主又被女配拐走了 Yu Chan鱼婵Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing Quick transmigration + no fixed pairing Not a strong female lead, and the characters are not necessarily mutually devoted. Yun Zhizhi is a book spirit born from the consciousness of countless supporting female characters. She has no idea how she came to develop a consciousness of her own. She only knows that to live on as a real person, she must transmigrate through one novel world after another, drawing each small world’s fortune from its chosen child of destiny. She hopes that one day she can 1.8kReads7.2Score101Shelves

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    The female protagonist is a book spirit born from the consciousness of numerous female supporting characters.

23. 23 八 After Awakening, the Wicked Girl of the 1980s Sinks Her Claws Into Her Childhood Sweetheart and Claims Her Place 八零恶女觉醒后，狠勾竹马上位了 Little Spinning Top小陀螺转转Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Supporting female character awakens + childhood friends + pampered young lady + lovesick, scheming tea-green country boy] Cen Yin was left with her grandparents in the countryside for fifteen years. Only in 1983 was she brought to the family compound, where she became obsessed with Lu Jing, the son of a military commander, and devoted herself to him. She envied her biological older sister, who had been raised by their parents. She was vain and malicious, and even wanted to steal her future brot 3.7kReads8.7Score289Shelves

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    The vicious female supporting character is particularly delicate.

24. 24 霸 After the Domineering CEO Falls for the Lazy Villainess Who Transmigrated into a Book 霸道总裁爱上摆烂穿书女配后 I Just Won't Eat the Egg Yolk就不吃不吃蛋黄Modern Romance672k WordsCompleted Beautiful villainess + domineering CEO + goofy comedy + one-on-one romance + showbiz Ji An’an transmigrates into a book, becoming the stand-in for the domineering CEO’s beloved first love. She only wants to do her job as an employee, then leave with her money when the time is up and enjoy her freedom. So she takes on the haters, spills secrets on variety shows, and more. Later… To the inscrutable domineering CEO: Please just follow the plot obediently and let me go. To the first love who’s neith 759Reads7.2Score104Shelves

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    A modern-day female supporting character awakens, experiencing sweet romance and changing her destiny.

25. 25 娇 The Charming Female Supporting Character Brings a Cute Child, and the Child's Father Is a CEO 娇俏女配带萌娃，孩子他爸是总裁 I Just Won't Eat the Egg Yolk就不吃不吃蛋黄Modern Romance340k WordsCompleted [Cute baby] + [Marriage Before Love] + [Awakened transmigrated female supporting character] + [domineering CEO] + [HE] Lu Yanzhi, shy and gentle on the outside but occasionally a little eccentric, is betrayed by her ex-boyfriend. By chance, she sleeps with a stranger and gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl. One day, Lu Yanzhi awakens and discovers that she’s the villainous ex-wife of the male lead in a sweet romance novel?! And she’s going to get back together with her ex, take the family’s b 714Reads6.7Score—Shelves
26. 26 反 The Villainous Young Lady Is Still Working Hard to Do Evil Today 反派大小姐今天也在努力作恶 Pei Nanzhu裴南烛Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Sweet Romance + One-on-One, Both Pure] A haughty, domineering heiress who’s impossibly beautiful ✖️ a sinister, unhinged, refined scoundrel of a villain Pei Zhiyan was once a hundred-year-old bird, a long-tailed tit from the north. Reborn one day, she transmigrated into a vintage-rich-family novel and became the sickly fiancée who was barely mentioned, existing only to highlight the villain’s twisted nature. Luckily, according to the story, she would eventually earn t 10.3kReads9.2Score892Shelves

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    It's really super beautiful.

27. 27 深 Fallen for Her! The Sweet-Talking Little Swan Is a Green Tea Beauty 深陷！绿茶小天鹅她嘴超甜 Gu Le骨乐Modern Romance453k WordsCompleted [Flirting and Tension | Sweet Romance and Teasing | Devoted Couple] [Aloof, Cold-Blooded Powerhouse x Sly, Tea-Sipping Ballet Swan] (The rating is only because it just launched. Read without worry!) Ruan Ningxi was the neglected youngest daughter of the Ruan family. With skin like ice and jade, she had been earmarked since childhood for an advantageous marriage. She fled abroad and made her way into the most prestigious ballet company through her own talent. But just as she was competing for the 3.1kReads9.2Score375Shelves
28. 28 娇 The Pampered Little Darling Was Taken Home by a Tycoon and Spoiled Rotten 娇气包被财阀大佬捡回家娇生惯养 Sweet Xiaobei甜小贝Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Given a second chance at life, Su Ruanuan decides to dance well and love Gu Jinzhou with all her heart. - Rumor has it that Hong Kong tycoon Gu Jinzhou is a violent madman, cruel by nature and a disbeliever in gods and Buddhas. Then one day, everyone sees a string of sandalwood-colored Buddhist beads on his wrist. Gu Jinzhou says, “My wife has trouble sleeping and often cries. I prayed for these on her behalf.” All he has ever prayed for is Su Ruanuan’s safety, happiness, and good health. So bel 19kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
29. 29 误 She Stumbled Into a School for Nobles, but All She Wants Is to Make Money! 误入贵族学校，她只想搞钱！ Grape Milk Tea with Pearls芝芝葡萄加珍珠Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Sweet group-adored romance, a story of redemption, also known as: The Heroine Only Wants to Make Money] Santoria is a private aristocratic academy attended by the children of wealthy merchants, scholarly families, and politicians. While students at ordinary schools bury themselves in problem sets, hoping to get into a good college, these young masters and young ladies must learn how to expand their networks and uphold their families’ reputations. Power, money, connections, and resources are top 27.4kReads9.4Score4kShelves
30. 30 亲 Reborn as a Mom: I Lead My Underdog Kids to Victory 亲妈重生：我带炮灰儿女逆风翻盘 Spoil Xi宠西Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted The physical edition goes on sale at 7 p.m. on June 5. [Reborn + face-slapping + comedy + raising kids + slice of life] After Shu Shu died, she discovered she was the novel's departed first love, the male lead's white moonlight who had run away while pregnant. Her children were foils to the heroine's children. Her son grew up on the streets as a young punk. He competed with the heroine's top-student son for the girl he liked, became a laughingstock, and ultimately went astray and ended up in pri 33.6kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves

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    Female Supporting Character Awakens (Completed) 🔥🔥 [Awakening/Rebirth + Raising Children + Amnesia + Scumbag Revenge + Heartwarming + Sweet Romance + Intelligent Character] After Shu Shu dies, she discovers she's the white moonlight of the male lead's prematurely deceased and pregnant love interest in a novel, and her children are merely cannon fodder for the female lead's children. Good news: Shu Shu is reborn. Bad news: she's reborn at eighteen, at her son's seventeenth year…

31. 31 七 Raising Kids in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Mom Sees the Comments 七零养崽：炮灰亲妈看到弹幕后 A Chestnut一栗栗子Modern Romance198k WordsOngoing [Beloved by everyone / comment system / 1970s / sweet married couple building a business and raising a child / punishing scumbags and face-slapping] Shen Jiangqiu had always thought she was lucky. She was born into a family where both parents had jobs, and she was their only daughter, cherished and spoiled from childhood. After she married, her husband was handsome, capable, and clever, and she was about to give birth to an adorable baby. Her only worry was that her in-laws' home was cramped, ma 503Reads7.9Score106Shelves

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    🍒🌈A niche yet captivating story: The female protagonist, pregnant and giving birth prematurely, awakens to the realization upon seeing the comments section and discovers she's the adoptive mother in a story about a switched baby. Her fake daughter is the protagonist, and a heartless one at that. She keeps a close watch on her daughter, determined to prevent further mistakes, only to discover the switch wasn't an accident! She decisively sends her enemy to the 🍊 family and raises her precious daughter alone. But the fake daughter is no simpleton either~

32. 32 快 Quick Transmigration: The Downtrodden Stepping Stones Have All Awakened 快穿：牛马垫脚石们都觉醒了 Qian Er铅二Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Takes down scum, ruthless, scheming, satisfying revenge, a stress-relief cure-all, no fixed pairing, pocket dimension, around 10,000 words per world, with some worlds ending in a single chapter.] Mu Yao was a lovesick supporting female character in a minor world, controlled by the plot, and a versatile assassin with every external advantage pushed to the limit. After awakening, she decisively killed the male and female leads. As the minor world began to collapse, Mu Yao noticed a little ball of 1.1kReads8.4Score100Shelves

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    This is a great read! [Note: This is a list of] novels featuring awakening and revenge against villains! ① The protagonist is decisive and gets straight to work, making for a pure and satisfying read! ② Male lead-oriented, the male supporting character awakens, and without his stepping stone, the protagonist's world collapses! ③ Cannon fodder awakens, female lead-oriented, no romance, the protagonist has many outrageous actions! ④ Female lead-oriented, set in a small historical world, the protagonist's cheat ability is a bit overpowered, the overall tone is warm and heartwarming, definitely worth reading!

33. 33 快 The Supporting Male Lead Awakens and Learns to Stand on His Own 快穿男配觉醒后自强自立 Dog Twelve狗十二Modern Romance169k WordsCompleted Lin Fei, a young man in modern society, had an accident and became bound to Cannon Fodder Awakening System Twelve, beginning a journey through time and space. There are always lovesick male supporting characters in life who live and go crazy for the female lead, giving her connections and money. When they confess, all they get is, “I only think of you as a brother!” They might even lose their family because the male lead gets jealous. What kind of life can a male supporting character have once h 2.8kReads8.5Score148Shelves
34. 34 这 This Cannon Fodder Has Some Tricks Up Her Sleeve 这炮灰有点东西 Five Thousand Bucks五千块Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance + no flirtation + no relationships + career-focused + no pursuing love] There are always people who die as soon as they appear, never surviving past the first episode. They’re commonly known as cannon fodder. They live and die for the plot, never getting the chance to live for themselves. Xuanning, who had been sleeping in the Divine Realm, accidentally binds to a Cannon Fodder System. From then on, the lives of cannon fodder begin to change. 2.6kReads9.0Score162Shelves
35. 35 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Female Supporting Character Awakens 快穿年代：女配觉醒了 Don't Dwell On The Past不要忆往昔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [fictional setting] [Period] [no fixed CP] [female lead’s perspective] [overpowered golden finger] Ning An, an employee of the Temporal Bureau, transmigrates into small worlds set in different periods. As she eases the supporting female characters’ grievances and makes up for their regrets, she also enjoys a good life of her own. [Content warnings: Please don’t read if these things bother you. Be sure to read this!!!] An extremely overpowered golden finger! The original ma 32.7kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
36. 36 N After the NPC Awakens, the On-Screen Comments Call Her the Villainess NPC觉醒后，弹幕叫她恶毒女配 Shu Cha术茶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + bullet comments + livestreaming + villainess awakening + System + supremely satisfying] [A white-moonlight beauty on the surface, but a black-lotus schemer behind the scenes] (No male lead, completed) In the full-dive game Supreme Crown, Shi Jiao is a villainess NPC created by the screenwriters to make the actors playing the protagonists shine. In the campus CEO world, she's a highborn young lady, proud and beautiful, talented and accomplished, as well as the foil to the 6kReads9.3Score958Shelves

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    (This book is very good, but it has bullet comments. Those who don't mind bullet comments can give it a try.) [Supreme Crown] The female supporting character Shi Jiao awakens in the holographic game. After experiencing one game world after another, Shi Jiao becomes stronger and stronger, and the number of people loyal to her grows.

37. 37 穿 I Transmigrated into a Period Novel, and I'm Not Following the Plot 穿进年代文我不走剧情 Mango Jam Jam芒果酱酱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen Shuyu may be the most unfortunate transmigrator ever. She’d just won the lottery and hadn’t even had a chance to collect her winnings when she kicked the bucket from excitement. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she’d transmigrated into a book. There was no suspense: the body she’d transmigrated into was, of course, that of the vicious female antagonist. The heroine, Shen Xue, was her cousin. Beautiful and kindhearted, hardworking and capable, she was the village’s most admired young 114.6kReads8.4Score12kShelves

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    💥💥💥 It's really interesting. The grandmother dotes on the female lead, saving all the money from her parents and maternal grandfather's family for her. She even brainwashes everyone in the family to treat her well. Even her aunt is controlled by the grandmother. The only ones in the whole family who are truly devoted to the female lead and her mother are the "pure, innocent" types. The female lead doesn't have to do farm work and lives a carefree life, occasionally hunting wild game to bring home. Her interactions with the 1.9-Meter-tall male lead are also fun. The female lead is the kind of laid-back, easygoing type who doesn't meddle in other people's business and just enjoys watching the village gossip – it's really entertaining.

38. 38 白 The White Moonlight Wakes Up to Find Her True Love Is the Second Male Lead 白月光醒来，却发现真爱是男配 Little Sugar Money糖小钱钱Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + a husband’s desperate pursuit after divorce + comatose first love + subverting the usual tropes] Ye Yan transmigrated into an old-school angst novel, becoming Ye Yan, the ill-fated, disposable first love whose only role was to serve as a plot device. In the original story, the male lead publicly praised her as the love of his life, only to lose control and fall for the female lead. In everyone’s tangled web of love and hate, she was nothing more than a stepping stone 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not only did the female supporting character awaken, but the male supporting character did too.

39. 39 七 The Fake Heiress Reborn in the 1970s Marries a Rugged Army Officer 七零，炮灰假千金重生嫁糙汉军官 I Just Won't Eat the Egg Yolk就不吃不吃蛋黄Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn]+ [Fake and Real Heiresses]+ [Military Marriage]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Book Transmigration]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [One-on-One Romance]+ [Everyday Family Life] After Shen Zhiyue accidentally transmigrates to another world, she discovers that the world she lives in is actually the setting of a novel about a real and a fake heiress. And she is the cannon-fodder fake heiress, destined to be sent to the countryside and die tragically because of the real heiress's schemes. Reborn in 1970, she retu 6.1kReads8.7Score571Shelves

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    A female supporting character awakens in a historical romance novel; a million-word completed novel.

40. 40 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Refuse to Be the Female Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 穿书后，我才不做年代文的女炮灰 Pinglu Sanjiang平陆三江Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Book Transmigration] + [Supporting Female and Male Characters] + [Military Marriage] + [Farm Space] + [Sweet Romance] Abandoned at an orphanage as a child, Lin Xiaoruo has only one keepsake: a jade pendant meant to help her find her family. When her blood touches it, it unlocks a farm space. Lin Xiaoruo is the farm space's only player, and the one who spends money to upgrade it. An accident sends her back to her previous life. When her memories from both lives merge, Lin Xiaoruo realizes that i 2.4kReads8.4Score191Shelves
41. 41 温 A Tender Rose Becomes His Cherished Favorite in the Apocalypse 温软玫瑰沦为他心尖偏宠【末世】 Fallen Today落今朝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse360k WordsCompleted [A post-apocalyptic setting + a trash man’s regret + the arch-enemy villain takes the lead + love triangle drama + mutual salvation + swoony romance + romantic aesthetics + both leads are devoted to each other] [Gentle, steadfast beacon of righteousness x refined, unhinged smiling schemer (irresistibly wicked)] Even as she lay dying, Wen Yao couldn’t understand what she had ever liked about Shen Yichuan. Was it his coldheartedness, or his selfishness? As his partner, she had risked her life for 43.8kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves

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    💌It's a really good show. The second male lead becomes the main character, and he's both kind and hypocritical towards the female lead. The female supporting character has an awakening of consciousness when faced with a life-or-death situation and decides to stay away from the male lead and cut off all contact.

42. 42 坏 Oh No! I Transmigrated into the Sister of the Heroine in an Angsty Romance 坏了！我穿成虐文女主的姐姐 Xu Xun蓿寻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Zhi had only wanted to find a brainless sweet romance to relax with, but she never expected to be duped by an angst-ridden story disguised as a sweet romance! In this novel, the male lead drives the female lead's family into bankruptcy, gets her whole family killed, and then locks her up, subjecting her to every kind of physical and emotional abuse. Yet after a series of melodramatic events, the male lead apologizes and gives in, and the female lead has already forgotten the deep blood feud b 6.1kReads9.3Score613Shelves
43. 43 甘 Sweet as Art 甘之如艺 Rolling Waves浪卷儿Modern Romance336k WordsCompleted [Modern romance with a fresh twist: the villainess who is the male lead's unattainable first love, paired with the devoted, roguishly handsome second male lead. Mostly sweet, with little angst. Happy ending.] The villainess Jian Yi wakes up to the fact that she's in a CEO romance novel. What does she care about some domineering male lead she can't have? He can get as far away from Jian Yi as possible! Jian Yi wraps her arms around the original story's second male lead, clutching his sturdy neck 897Reads8.9Score103Shelves

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    Jian Yi gradually realized that her words and actions contradicted her true feelings. After several confirmations, Jian Yi finally understood that she lived in the world of a novel, with a fixed destiny and a predetermined life. But she could only temporarily be her true self in the chapters where she wasn't in the story.

44. 44 求 Before the Proposal, the Doomed Heroine Tore Up the Script 求婚前，炮灰女主撕了剧本 Full August八月满Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted Lu Qi'an notices that his girlfriend has been acting strangely lately, seeming to avoid him at every turn. Alarmed, he decides to move up his proposal plans. Zhao Ruxi has always had everything go her way. She thought she was the chosen heroine, until, on the eve of her proposal, she discovers by chance that she's living inside a book, and someone else is the main character. To avoid the tragic fate awaiting her in the book, she decisively chooses a completely different path, only to find the 759Reads9.1Score103Shelves

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    Zhao Ruxi had a smooth and successful life, and thought she was the chosen heroine. However, on the eve of her marriage proposal, she was surprised to find that she was living in a book and that the heroine was someone else. This is definitely a sweet story, with a deep and affectionate male lead and a calm and composed female lead.

45. 45 重 Reborn Nine Times, the Unhinged Villainess Takes Everyone Down 重生九次，疯批女配创死所有人 Zhen Wuyou祯无忧Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Villainess awakens + reborn for revenge + exposes and punishes scumbags + goes crazy and face-slaps them (literal face-slapping) + romance] Qiao Siyu was ignored and ostracized by her family from childhood. She was thrown out of the house, forced to take the blame, and had a kidney stolen. In the end, her enemies ran her over in revenge, leaving her paralyzed from head to toe. After wringing every last bit of value from her, the Qiao family abandoned her in the hospital to fend for herself. She 10kReads9.1Score1kShelves
46. 46 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 15.6kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves

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    In the first book, the female supporting character is reborn and awakens, determined to take on the main characters. In the second book, she transmigrates into the body of a female supporting character, decisively dumps the scumbag boyfriend, and ruthlessly punishes the worst kind of person.

47. 47 失 After Losing My Memory, I Married a Bully. Can’t My Wife Leave Me? 失忆后嫁恶霸，媳妇儿能不离吗？ Sweet Little Koi甜甜的小锦鲤Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Yao took a fall and lost five years of her memories. Not only had she gone from an unmarried young woman to a married one, she had married the notorious bully of the surrounding villages and had a little baby. The most terrifying part was that she’d also gained a heap of baffling memories. The protagonist of this world was a female educated youth, adored by everyone. Jiang Yao was the wicked sister-in-law who constantly opposed the female educated youth, and ultimately suffered the consequ 6.1kReads8.0Score472Shelves
48. 48 夫 The Wife Wakes Up and Wants a Divorce, While the CEO Reads Her Mind and Woos Her Day and Night 夫人觉醒离婚，霸总读心日撩夜诱 Scenery Along the Way一路景Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted [Mind-reading, devoted to each other and each other’s first love, teasing seduction, sweet everyday romance] Jiang Jianxing pursued Zhou Cheng for eight years, from the first stirrings of love until she graduated from college. She gave him her whole heart and the very best of everything she had. Their families were also bound by an arranged engagement, so she thought that even if Zhou Cheng was distant, they could still spend their whole lives together. But she never imagined married life would 5.4kReads8.4Score411Shelves
49. 49 觉 After Awakening, the Transmigrated Villainess Runs Away Pregnant 觉醒后穿书女配她揣崽逃了 Gu Tangtang顾棠糖Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yun Jiang is the male lead, and the child is his too. Read on to find out how it happens. Jiang Xian transmigrated into a cultivation novel three thousand years ago, never realizing that in the book she was playing the role of a hard-working simp. Then one day, she accidentally got pregnant with an unknown “bastard child.” After becoming a disgrace to her sect, she was kicked out by the male lead she had fawned over for three thousand years. Only then did she remember that she had transmigrate 2.1kReads8.5Score222Shelves
50. 50 炮 The Cannon Fodder Supporting Actress Wakes Up and Demands a Divorce 炮灰女配觉醒后闹离婚 The Fairy with Hair Down to Her Waist长发及腰的小仙女Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted On the fifth anniversary of her marriage to Si Heyu, Qi Suihuan accidentally discovers that she’s the female supporting character in a novel. She’s had enough. Early on, Si Heyu thinks of Qi Suihuan: “She loves me so much. She’ll never leave me.” Si Heyu, now desperately trying to win her back: “I was wrong, honey. I’ve got the keyboard and the durian ready.” 544Reads—Score—Shelves

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    💥💥Ye Zhitang had a nightmare. In her dream, she was the first love of the male lead, Gu Yanzhi, a troublesome and capricious woman. Because of her constant self-destructive antics, Gu Yanzhi was attracted to the gentle, considerate, and kind female lead 🫧, only to belatedly realize that he liked her! In the end, Gu Yanzhi succeeded in his business, becoming a powerful figure, and lived happily ever after with the female lead, while Ye Zhitang's family went bankrupt and she was dumped?! [Angry] Upon waking, Ye Zhitang stared at the countless zeros in her bank account, then at her outrageously beautiful face in the mirror, blinking blankly 😳. She? Rich and beautiful, yet she was relegated to a supporting role?? At four in the morning, she angrily sent her boyfriend a message: "You blind scumbag, let's break up!"

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