BL: Childhood Sweethearts Beat Someone Who Comes Along Later 双楠，竹马抵过天降

1. 1 为 To Save My Brother, I Have to Date Him 为了救兄弟，只能和兄弟谈恋爱了 White Horse Years白驹流年Two Male Leads210k WordsOngoing Straightening a gay man / Friendship Turns Sour / Brothers to Lovers / Both Are Each Other's First Cong Qing awakens to memories of being a novice god of death and learns that his best friend in the human world, Zhou Chengyi, will die in an accident two months from now. Zhou Chengyi is every girl at school’s dream man. In the eyes of outsiders, he is elegant and distinguished, exceptionally capable, and had already secured his position as head of the Zhou Group before graduating from college. 28.1kReads8.7Score5.5k14d adds

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   They can't live without each other. Originally, the male lead was straight, but now I just want to say, does this mean he directly likes men? It's very sweet, and the premise is very fresh. The protagonist is a grim reaper who falls in love with the male lead to save him. Their friendship turns sour. It's quite enjoyable. The male lead is extremely jealous. If you like it, please give this post a thumbs up. Because it's still ongoing, the rating isn't very high, but it's quite good. [Kissing emoji]

2. 2 初 First Falling in Love with Ji 初沦陷于霁 Xiao Lier潇璃儿Two Male Leads404k WordsCompleted [The main story and all extras are complete] Male-male romance + Two powerful leads, devoted to each other + Sweet romance, no angst + Double standards + Unrestrained indulgence ⚠ Both the main and secondary couples feature younger partners. There is also a small amount of GL romance in a secondary storyline, with little page time. Please skip if that’s not for you. ⚠ If you like pure, sweet, satisfying romance, feel free to dive in. [The aloof, noble heir of the capital’s elite, the one being p 9.2kReads9.2Score96914d adds
3. 3 我 I Found a Wife at the Construction Site, but She Wants to Be the Husband 我在工地捡老婆，老婆却想当老公 Plump Crescent Moon胖月弯弯Two Male Leads317k WordsCompleted [Two male leads | both are each other’s only one | rugged man | clingy romance | age gap | younger man] [Rugged, doting bottom × pampered, possessive top] (Main story complete, bonus chapters still coming) Cute top, baby top Chen Zhengyang’s life was a total mess. When he was twenty-two, someone brought him a person to raise at the construction site. Chen Zhengyang raised the child as if he were a precious treasure, giving him the stars and never settling for the moon. The child gradually grew u 3kReads8.6Score39714d adds
4. 4 病 The Frail Beauty Pants After Three Steps, and Her Childhood Friend Carries Her Home 病美人三步一喘！竹马摇尾抱回家 Sui Wang随望Two Male Leads539k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + childhood friends growing up together + brotherly affection turns into something more + wooing a big puppy] [Cool, aloof, long-haired beauty with a sickly constitution who knows how to reel them in × silver-haired, handsome, wolfish athlete who turns into a loyal puppy; genius painter × archer; sweet romance, one-on-one!] Yun Wulian had been sickly since childhood. He was out of breath after three steps and coughing after five, and would suddenly faint or come down with a fever 33.7kReads9.5Score5.1k14d adds

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   These are all novels with two male leads and very high ratings. I've read them all, although I don't remember them all, but I'd recommend the first one first, whose very first world is about childhood sweethearts. The later ones have both sweet and angsty moments, but they're all very good.

5. 5 谁 Who Taught You to Be a Brother Like That? 谁教你这么当兄弟的 Peachy Oolong, Regular Sugar桃气乌龙正常糖Two Male Leads544k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available, published under the title Planetary Effect] Chen Zhijuan is the top surgeon in the orthopedics department at Beicheng People's Hospital. He's usually cold and taciturn. Dr. Chen is strikingly handsome, and his crisp, slender figure in a white coat gives off an air of restraint. The girls chasing after him could circle the hospital three times. Too bad his heart belongs to someone else. He's been secretly in love with his best friend for nearly ten years. The 83.9kReads9.3Score12.4k14d adds

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   Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

6. 6 唯 Only Wish to Be Held in Your Heart 唯愿入君怀 Mu Mu Nan Xi木木南夕Two Male Leads364k WordsCompleted Choose a city to grow old in, and find one person to spend your life with. A seemingly sweet crybaby who's secretly full of mischief × a seemingly aloof man with mild social anxiety While shopping with his parents, Shen Junhuai was captivated by the glass ornaments in a store. His parents, absorbed in their romantic world, forgot all about him. When they came out after shopping, Shen Junhuai once again couldn't find his parents, who were too busy being in love to remember him. Looking at the cro 590Reads—Score10214d adds
7. 7 花 I Bought the Flowers and Pledged My Love. So What If I'm a Man? 花买了，情定了，我是男的又怎样 Qixingyan七幸言Two Male Leads317k WordsCompleted [Both inexperienced, 1v1 + an insecure, unhinged, mentally unstable top + a bottom who spoils him rotten + sweet throughout] Everyone in Haicheng knew that An Yu was a genius. No matter who he was dealing with, he always carried himself with poise and wore a perfectly composed smile. Countless people wanted to make an impression on President An, or perhaps get closer to him, but none succeeded. The reason was simple: someone already lived in An Yu’s heart. * Six years ago, An Yu left without 7.5kReads9.4Score77214d adds
8. 8 叫 Call Me Big Brother 叫哥 Grass Has No Taste草没味Two Male Leads199k WordsCompleted [Audio drama now available] I’ve been trying to figure out how to write this blurb, but maybe we should keep it simple. It’s the story of a little hoodlum forced to raise a child. Then add a little spark, a little drama, a little help from the side, and some background music. Naturally, the ending is exactly the sort of thing the hoodlum would love: he gets pinned down in a ridiculously melodramatic, utterly predictable way. A coming-of-age story, but not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. A brot 1.6kReads9.4Score18414d adds
9. 9 兄 Friendly Brothers, But No Respect [EA] 兄友弟不恭【EA】 Old Ao D老凹DTwo Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted Two male leads + a stark change in roles over time + EA + pure love + coming-of-age romance + HE At first: Su Yan: Father, I brought home a bargain little brother. Later: Duan Zhiyan: I was raised by my big brother. You can trust me with anything. 54Reads6.5Score10114d adds
10. 10 哈 Huh? The Sweet Little Boy I Raised Is an E? 哈？我养的乖小孩是个E？ July Peak Season七月旺季Two Male Leads383k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + EA + Growing Up Together + Both Pure + Healing + Younger Man] Scheming, Pretends-to-be-Obedient E Disguised as B × Top A, Laid-Back and Cool On New Year's Eve, Mo Qingye found a grubby little boy beside a trash can. The child knew his given name but not his surname, so Mo gave him the surname Mo. His parents had died early, and the reason for his father's death was a mystery. Mo Qingye had long since grown used to keeping to himself, laid-back and aloof. Having someone else in 14.6kReads9.3Score3.6k14d adds
11. 11 穿EN Transmigrated Into a Book as a Baby: My Childhood Friend Is a Crybaby 穿书成奶娃：竹马是哭包 Squirrel, Run, Run, Run松鼠跑跑跑Two Male Leads384k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Transmigrate Into a Book + Childhood Friends + Mutual Firsts + HE] [Steady but tearful young heir × Lively but frail young master] Shen Xinde was a genius painter who had just read a novel. In it, the male supporting character, Gu Zhuoling, had been a loner since childhood, and the male lead was his only friend. Gu Zhuoling had always helped the male and female leads get together, but in the end, he took his own life by jumping into the sea after suffering from various mental 17.6kReads9.2Score2.1k14d adds

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    Super, super, incredibly good-looking

12. 12 偏 My Possessive Childhood Friend Is So Clingy 偏执竹马太黏人 Wild Crossing West野渡西Two Male Leads125k WordsCompleted Gentle, slow-witted beauty on the bottom × younger, jealous, loyal guard-dog type on the top The top is three years younger than the bottom The first time Lin Qingyu met Chi Yue, the boy grabbed his hand. “I want this pretty big brother,” young Chi Yue said, turning to his mother. From then on, Lin Qingyu had a little shadow following him everywhere. The little shadow gradually grew taller and stronger than him, but stayed just as clingy as ever. He wanted to live and sleep with Lin Qingyu, 17.6kReads8.8Score2.9k14d adds
13. 13 闻 The Wen Family Boy Was Born to Be His Wife’s Dog 闻家小子从小就要给老婆当狗 Clouds Press Down on Little Rain云压小雨Two Male Leads191k WordsCompleted Spoiled young master bottom x devoted, dad-like childhood friend; the main couple dotes on each other, while the side couple has a touch of coercion The precious child of the Sang family was born, and everyone was overjoyed. With his tender little cheeks, round eyes, bouncy lips, and tiny hands waving as he babbled, no one could look at him without finding him adorable. The Wen family's boy poked the little dumpling's cheek. "Are you a princess?" he asked, staring intently. Little children said 4.3kReads9.0Score49814d adds

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    Some are serialized, but they're all very good.

14. 14 裴 The Pei Family's Precious Little Darling: The Cold-Faced Young Master Raises Him Himself 裴家小命根，冷脸少爷亲手养 Huan Zhou幻州Two Male Leads210k WordsOngoing The score is low because it just opened! [Cold-faced, fatherly top; sweet, clingy bottom; childhood friends | Raised together | Perfectly matched birth charts | Each other’s one and only | Sweet romance and doting] When Pei Yanli was six, he was frail and cold by nature. The Pei family found him a playmate whose birth chart was the best match for his. At the Chengnan welfare home, Shen Sui'an was the least promising child. He was pretty, but always a little slower to react than everyone else. He 51.1kReads7.6Score7k14d adds
15. 15 老 A Wife Should Be Raised from Childhood 老婆就要从小养 Go Study Computer Science广告去学计算机Two Male Leads141k WordsCompleted Chu Mian is a pitiful little thing kicked out of the country by his imperial father. He's slow-witted and rather dull. As a hostage, even staying alive is difficult. Luckily, the kindhearted crown prince is willing to take him in, and Chu Mian, slow and dull as he is, thinks the crown prince is a wonderful person. When he grows up, he racks his brains trying to figure out how to repay him, unaware that the man has had his eye on him for a long time. Xie Xun has taken in a little beauty, spoilin 10.2kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
16. 16 竹 My Childhood Friend Has a Crush on Me? Give Me a Break, I'm Straight 竹马觊觎我？别闹，我是直男 Soy Sauce Shreds酱丝儿Two Male Leads177k WordsOngoing [1v1 Romance] [Two Male Leads] [Push and Pull] [Straight Man Turns Gay] [Emotionally Clueless Handsome Straight Bottom x Aloof, Sweet-on-the-Outside but Dark-on-the-Inside Top] Shen Nanfeng is straight. His life has always gone smoothly, with family and friends both close at hand. One day, he suddenly realizes he wants to fall in love and enjoy a sweet romance. Instead, he runs into the biggest obstacle on the road to love. That obstacle is Lu Xizhou, his childhood friend, who has been by his si 1.9kReads—Score26214d adds

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    It's really good! Highly recommended. The first one is still ongoing.

17. 17 拯 Saving My Cannon-Fodder Childhood Friend: The Aloof Beauty Stakes Herself on the Game 拯救炮灰竹马，清冷美人以身入局 Purple Bauhinia Demon Moon紫荆妖月Two Male Leads691k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + 1v1, both pure + childhood friends + devoted to each other + super sweet] Cool, aloof beauty who knows how to reel them in on the receiving end × tall, handsome, straight-laced top In his second year studying abroad, Jiang Shaoli awakened to his own existence and discovered that he was living inside a danmei novel. His childhood friend, who had a one-track mind, was apparently a hopeless simp for the novel’s protagonist on the receiving end, destined to become a cannon fodder 53.6kReads9.2Score6.4k14d adds

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    Childhood sweethearts are definitely better than newcomers from the sky! My favorite couple, please take a seat! _(:з"∠)_

18. 18 渴 When My Skin Hunger Flares, In My Brother's Arms 渴肤症发作，在兄弟怀中 Red Bean Paste红豆红豆沙Two Male Leads221k WordsCompleted [Aloof beauty with touch starvation × gloomy big dog with separation anxiety] Xu Xingchen has a secret he must keep from Qin Ge for the rest of his life. But then he develops touch starvation that flares up only around Qin Ge. He wants to be near him every moment, curled up in his arms, skin pressed against skin. But Qin Ge is intensely homophobic and mercilessly snuffs out any hint of such a thing around him. To stay by Qin Ge’s side, Xu Xingchen buries every thought deep inside, until he can n 27.7kReads8.9Score4.5k14d adds
19. 19 一 One Wild Night: The Fierce Alpha Goes Mad Looking for His Wife 一夜失控，暴躁顶A发疯找老婆 Little Cicada一只小蝉蝉Two Male Leads376k WordsCompleted [Angst + ABO + irritable, gloomy love-disordered top × cool beauty, a Beta who presents as Omega bottom] Shen Qing had a dream that he was a wicked man who came between his friend and his lover. He’d do anything to get ahead, only to end up disgraced and killed in a car crash. At first, he didn’t believe the absurd dream. But as its events began happening in real life, he decided to make a graceful exit from this unrequited love. Before that, though, he had to keep his secret identity hidden. No 5.9kReads8.6Score89414d adds

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    I'm serious about the childhood sweetheart thing.

20. 20 甜 Sweet and Sultry! The Cool, Alluring Beauty Gets Close with Her Childhood Friend 甜欲！钓系清冷美人和竹马贴贴 Chestnut Blossoms Catch Fire栗花燃火Two Male Leads278k WordsCompleted [Complete! Come grab this sweet little treat~] [Two men + charming beauty + touch-starved bottom + loyal, pure-hearted, clueless top + both virgins + happy ending] A charming, touch-starved beauty bottom × a silly, hopelessly clueless, pure-hearted top Lu Chenxue is S University’s untouchable beauty, cool and gorgeous, the gay community’s ultimate dream guy. He has countless admirers, all eager to get a taste of him. Yet no one has ever managed to win him over. That’s because there’s a fierce, 5kReads9.3Score59514d adds
21. 21 美 The Beautiful Mage Gets Spirited Away by Her Contract Beast Again 美人法师又被契约兽拐跑了 Pirate King海盗国王Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + Western fantasy adventure style + growing up together + childhood friends + everyone's favorite + geniuses + equally matched] (Main story complete, bonus chapters updating) Jiang Liujing is sweet-looking, good-natured, and talented. He's the most popular flower at the Empire's Magic Academy. The only problem is that everyone who confesses to him wakes up the next day battered, disheveled, and sprawled in the middle of the school road. Or in a tree, or by the pond. “Chi.” After 8.8kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
22. 22 桀 Heh Heh Heh! Isn't Your Childhood Friend the Perfect Wife? 桀桀桀！竹马不就是天选的老婆！ Admiring the Falling Blossoms繁花落慕Two Male Leads863k WordsOngoing Complete. Includes bonus chapters. [Two male leads] [Both each other's first and only love] [Healing] [Power couple] [Bittersweet] [Childhood friends turned rivals] A handsome, tragic, cold-faced top versus a brash, sunny, warm-hearted bottom As the youngest son of the Zhu family, Zhu Ye has been doted on by his older siblings. He's been wild and unruly since childhood, the little tyrant of the military compound and the school's notorious troublemaker. Jin Ze is the most outstanding young man in 21.1kReads8.9Score3k14d adds
23. 23 京 The Capital's Beloved Is Actually the Sickly Brother of the Secret Identity Heroine 京城白月光竟是马甲女主病弱哥哥 Perched in the Clouds, Facing the Wilds栖云向野Two Male Leads367k WordsCompleted [A frail, aloof white moonlight who pulls the strings behind the scenes x a scheming childhood friend and devoted loyalist | Two Systems + younger sister with a secret identity] Xie Ziyan, the capital’s most mysterious white moonlight, was frail and cool, like a piece of white porcelain that would shatter at the slightest touch. But at seven, he went abroad for medical treatment, becoming the one person everyone regretted losing. After coughing up blood and falling unconscious, he was bound to t 7.6kReads8.9Score95314d adds
24. 24 听 I Hear My Childhood Friend Is Straight? I'm Not So Sure! 听说竹马是直男？我看未必！ Jun Bu Chi君不迟Two Male Leads542k WordsCompleted Cool and aloof medical student Lin Shuran × possessive, doting husband Mu Ningxiao Awakening story When Lin Shuran wakes up, he discovers he's a cannon-fodder character in a book. His childhood friend will grow distant from him for the original heroine, and his family will end up destroyed, while he himself will die a miserable death. This time, he holds tight to the boy who has cherished him since childhood. The plot wants to tear us apart? Not a chance! You say he's straight? More than ten yea 14.1kReads8.2Score2.1k14d adds

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    Sisters, just trust me.

25. 25 竹 My Childhood Friend Is Deep in the Closet, So I Won't Hold Back 竹马深柜，那我不客气了 Little Bigan小小比干Two Male Leads434k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, flirtatious protagonist, bottom-led, both devoted, secret crush becomes mutual, all college characters are adults, focused on romantic tension (pay attention to this)] [Cool and aloof on the outside, obsessive and lovesick on the inside bottom × cheerful, healthy, loyal puppy top] In the depths of winter, a nasty cold awakened Su Yu’s self-awareness. It turned out he was the vicious, twisted cannon fodder in a novel, the kind who did all sorts of terrible things and got a misera 4.8kReads9.2Score69314d adds
26. 26 竹 Childhood Friend, Don’t Leave Me 竹马别不要我 Yan Guixi颜归兮Two Male Leads224k WordsCompleted Xu Yan and I grew up together for twenty years. I was always his sweet, obedient “best friend.” When he started his business, I kept him company over instant noodles. When he got his heart broken, I drank with him until the early hours. Everyone could tell I liked him. Everyone except him, who thought ours was “pure friendship.” Then he became a rising business star, and all kinds of men and women started appearing at his side. I decided to let go and move out of the home we shared. But lat 333Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 27 快 Quick Transmigration: The Childhood Friend Beats the Newcomer and Wins the Girl 快穿：竹马打败天降成功上位了 Mei Qing美清Two Male Leads439k WordsCompleted Why does the childhood sweetheart always lose to the guy who shows up later? After countless late-arriving male leads beat childhood-sweetheart rivals, the childhood sweethearts who were treated as mere tools have had enough! He was the one who stayed with her through every tear and laugh as she grew up. He was the one who secretly guarded her and comforted her when she was down. He was even the so-called male supporting character who started out as her first love and later clung to her desperat 21.7kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds

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    Highly recommend books 3 and 4.

28. 28 竹 Childhood Friends Entangled: The Lovestruck Younger Brother Is Pretending to Be Weak Again 竹马缠竹马，病娇弟弟又在装柔弱 Mo Shijun莫拾君Two Male Leads523k WordsCompleted [Fake transmigration into a book + frail health + sweet on the outside, scheming within + both leads are each other’s first and only love + childhood friends + domineering CEO learns to love] Originally titled: Transmigrated as a Cannon-Fodder Villain? The Yandere Beauty Is a Master of Pretending Yu Xi thought he had transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder villain. To stay alive, he pretended to be frail in front of his childhood friend, Huo Yi, and tried every trick to raise his affection 8kReads8.2Score1.1k14d adds
29. 29 快 Quick Transmigration: My Childhood Sweetheart Is Always Clinging to Me 快穿之竹马总在贴贴我 Everyday Life寻常人间事Two Male Leads625k WordsCompleted A time-space trader × mission targets from different worlds I’m here to collect energy, not to become someone’s wife, okay?! Carrying the “Ten Thousand Lives Trade Contract,” Guan Li travels through small worlds with one goal: take on people’s obsessions, exchange them for energy, and be a cool, aloof time-space raider. After all, you want revenge, I want energy. We trade, and everyone goes home happy. That is, until the mission targets in each world start acting stranger and stranger. He claps 3.9kReads8.4Score41414d adds
30. 30 竹 Childhood Friend 竹马 Salty Fish Pigeon咸鱼鸽10k WordsCompleted Childhood Friends 19Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 31 竹 Childhood Sweetheart 竹马 Li Yi李乙Modern Romance70k WordsCompleted Having one of those kids everyone else compares you to is annoying enough. Xiao Ling has two of them in her life. Just when she thought she was finally free of them after they went abroad, “those kids” came back. If I can’t beat them, I can at least avoid them. I’ll work hard. I’m leaving. It wasn’t until Wei Zhouji called her “baby” that she realized she might never escape the shadow of those kids. This is exhausting! 3.2kReads9.2Score24714d adds
32. 32 小 After the Little Fool Left, Her Tsundere Childhood Friend Went Crazy Looking for Her 小笨蛋离开后，傲娇竹马找疯了 Kaka forever卡卡foreverTwo Male Leads140k WordsOngoing [Mutual devotion + happy ending + sweet and angsty] Kindhearted, easygoing bottom (Li An) VS tsundere, sharp-tongued, short-tempered top (Lu Jingyan) When Li An was little, he came down with a high fever. Because he didn’t receive treatment in time, he was slower and clumsier than other kids his age, and people often called him an idiot. The idiot Li An had a bad-tempered childhood friend named Lu Jingyan. Lu Jingyan called him an idiot, too, but he always chased away anyone who bullied him. Fro 2.1kReads—Score11114d adds
33. 33 被 Even the Sidelined Male Lead Can Return to the Top 被边缘化的男配也能重回巅峰 Grape Sugar蒲萄糖Two Male Leads802k WordsCompleted Yan Fei woke up one morning to find a strange thing in his mind. What? I'm the male supporting character deliberately sidelined by the Observer? My childhood friend, the brother I grew up with, is the protagonist? If I can't get back into the protagonist's inner circle, I'm doomed to die? Yan Fei: A confused old man staring at his phone... But he didn't want to die, so he'd better work hard to secure his place! But why are you so clingy? Weren't you supposed to be the cold and ruthless chosen on 4.9kReads7.8Score71514d adds
34. 34 重 Reborn, I'm Done Chasing Him! My Aloof Childhood Friend Begs Me to Take Him Back 重生不追了！高冷竹马哭着求复合 Cat Who Doesn't Drink Cold Boiled Water不喝凉白开的猫Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted [Cold childhood friend turns obsessive + ex-husband’s long road to winning her back + both leads are each other’s first and only love + childhood sweethearts + two timelines] [Genius with a mental illness, aloof childhood friend vs. seemingly gentle, dazzling princess] - Everyone knew Chi Xue had been in love with Li Jin for twenty years. She’d been chasing after him since they were toddlers. At eighteen, she chased him down and stole a kiss, only to be shoved away. At twenty-four, she wore him 13.3kReads7.3Score1.3k14d adds
35. 35 钓 After I Lured My Mad Childhood Friend In 钓上疯批竹马后 Expired Want Want Milk过期旺仔Two Male Leads277k WordsCompleted Jiang Shaoli transmigrates into a book, becoming the childhood friend who serves as cannon fodder in a danmei novel. In the original story, his childhood friend Lu Ye is a deranged, lovesick simp who loses his family and ends up in prison. And Jiang Shaoli? Just a side character, not even worth mentioning. The moment he awakens to the truth, Jiang Shaoli looks at the still perfectly normal Lu Ye beside him and makes a decision: Rather than let the protagonist's love interest ruin him, I'll do it 456Reads—Score10214d adds
36. 36 耍 After Acting Like a Diva, My Rugged Childhood Friend Spoiled Me Rotten 耍大牌后，被糙汉竹马宠废了 Xi Yuchen溪雨晨Two Male Leads306k WordsCompleted [The ratings only came out on April 14, so they're low for now. They'll go up later.] [Both leads are faithful + childhood friends + fatherly boyfriend] [A frank, refined, fussy bottom who won't put up with being wronged × a steady, protective, hopelessly lovestruck, rugged childhood-friend top] Throwing his weight around? Who? Song Xingyan? He's a rookie director with no projects under his belt, and on a variety show he keeps acting out and throwing his weight around. That's hitting every major 586Reads7.2Score10314d adds
37. 37 竹 Childhood Sweetheart 竹马 Chu Yi初壹Two Male Leads124k WordsCompleted Live as childhood sweethearts, die and become ghosts, childhood sweethearts? One jumps off a building, the other gets crushed by the one who jumped. What a tragic turn of events! And what kind of absurdly deep childhood bond could come from that? Can Tang Che’s relentless, smiling pursuit of the truth keep Gu Huainian’s little secret under wraps? And how many schemes from their past lives will it bring to light? When the truth finally comes out, can Tang Che still use his old ticket to board Gu 36Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 38 快 Quick Transmigration: The Crybaby Is Swept Off His Feet by His Yandere Childhood Friend 快穿：小哭包被病娇竹马撩上头了 Spicy Fish with Rice麻辣鱼拌米饭Two Male Leads191k WordsCompleted A tearful, clingy crybaby who gets prickly at the drop of a hat × a cold, possessive big shot After throwing a tantrum, Jiang Mumu is hit by a car and unexpectedly enters a quick transmigration world. System 81818 tells him that he can return to reality only after maxing out the protagonist's affection for him. But... why does the protagonist's sworn enemy look so much like his childhood friend, who dotes on him endlessly? And there's always someone hanging around his childhood friend, too bl 132Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 39 龙 The Chosen One’s Childhood Friend Is a Clingy Little Pest 龙傲天竹马是个黏人精 Su Yunji宿云及Two Male Leads400k WordsCompleted Completed. [Two male leads + cultivation + 1v1 + both are each other’s one and only + equally strong leads + childhood friends + pseudo-transmigration into a book + reborn] [Arrogant, jealous, older top x closeted, slow-witted childhood friend bottom] Shen Chonghe transmigrated into the power fantasy novel Ji Cangsheng. He’d planned to lie flat and live the life of a lazy nobody, but after a spiritual-root test one day, he discovered that his childhood friend of over ten years was the novel’s po 13.6kReads8.7Score2.3k14d adds
40. 40 竹 After My Childhood Friend Went Abroad, He Came Back and Spoiled Me Rotten 竹马出国后，回来把我宠上天 Strawberry Milk Crumble草莓奶酥Two Male Leads302k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush + Two Male Leads + Both Pure + Happy Ending] Shen Yanci had a dream. In it, his entire family was targeted and killed. His parents’ plane crash had been deliberately arranged, and so had his older brother’s car accident. He was kidnapped too, and died in an abandoned factory where no one would ever find him. When Lu Zhihan learned of his death in the dream, he went completely mad. After ruthlessly avenging him, he killed himself at home. Lu Zhihan, the eldest son of the Lu Group, w 5.5kReads7.0Score61114d adds
41. 41 原 Turns Out I’m the Marquis’s Fake Young Master 原来我是侯府假少爷 Gazing at the Moon Through Bamboo竹中窥月Two Male Leads477k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, transmigrate into a book, little ones, love, friendship, and family affection, everyone’s favorite] Gu Zhiwang was born into a marquis’s household and grew up surrounded by flowers and affection, the family’s little darling. His father indulged him, his mother doted on him, and his older brother looked out for him. At seven, Gu Zhiwang only had to worry about what to eat and what to play. He knew nothing of sorrow. Until he discovered he was the fake young master and a sacrifici 21.7kReads9.4Score2.8k14d adds

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42. 42 直 My Straight Childhood Friend Is a Devoted Fan? I'll Put Myself on the Line 直男竹马是舔狗？我直接以身入局 Whispers in the Evening Mist晚风雾语Urban451k WordsCompleted [The rating has just come out and is still climbing...] [Modern] + [two male leads] + [uke transmigrates into a book/awakens] + [System/absolute flirt] + [both strong] + [both each other's only one] + [both each other's first love] + [both from wealthy families] + [fictional setting] + [author's own additions] + [romantic push and pull] + [childhood friends] + [childhood buddies/best friends become lovers] + [seme spoils uke, spoils him endlessly] + [both fall in love over time, but feelings dev 536Reads6.2Score10614d adds

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    They're all alright.

43. 43 竹 My Childhood Friend Has Been Plotting This for Ages! 竹马他，蓄谋已久！ Meteor Cream Puff流星奶芙Two Male Leads146k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + childhood sweethearts + growing-up romance + an intensely possessive, love-struck top x an adorably oblivious bottom] Luan Xingzhou and Lin Ruo have been growing up together ever since they met in kindergarten. They slept together and folded paper boats to play with. When they were little, Luan Xingzhou fed Lin Ruo food every day. Now that they’re grown up, Luan Xingzhou clings to him every day instead. But love-struck Luan Xingzhou is always incredibly possessive of Lin Ruo 199Reads—Score30814d adds
44. 44 竹 Childhood Sweetheart Turned Husband, Our Grown-Up Baby Gets Kidnapped 竹马变老公崽崽长大被拐啦 Qisi Meowthink淇思喵想Ancient Romance330k WordsCompleted Two male leads / Childhood friends / Little one / Everyone’s darling / Baby boy / Wealthy family / Mixed-race gong / Cozy coming-of-age story with a slow pace / Shou’s perspective / One-on-one The main story is complete, and I’m working hard to update the bonus chapters~ Content warning: This is an extremely, extremely, extremely slow-paced story about a little one. If you like stories about little kids, give it a try. A premature baby was born on a stormy night. But luckily, he has a happy, lov 2.7kReads6.9Score34414d adds
45. 45 竹 Childhood Sweethearts, Honey-Sweet 竹马蜜酿 Muzi Yuanbao木子媛宝Two Male Leads713k WordsCompleted When Lu Xingchen was five, he “traded” a lollipop for a little tagalong named Shen Ying. From then on, his life’s purpose became crystal clear: protect him, spoil him, and give him the very best the world had to offer. In other people’s eyes, Lu Xingchen was a cool, brilliant student and a rising star in business, polite but distant. But to Shen Ying, he was simply the guardian who would say, “Xiaobao, come here to your big brother.” From kindergarten to the wedding hall, they spent a lifetime a 357Reads—Score10114d adds
46. 46 拯 After Saving My Childhood Friend, the Chosen One, He Started Treating Me Like His Wife 拯救龙傲天竹马后，他拿我当老婆 Qinling琴岭Two Male Leads587k WordsCompleted (Audio drama released, complete) [Two Male Leads] [Childhood Friends] [Transmigrate into a Book] [Cultivation] [Mutual Devotion, HE] [An Overpowered Hero in Public, a Mature and Devoted Guard Dog in Private: Top × A Stunning Beauty to Others, Actually a Funny and Carefree Bottom] You Yu transmigrated into a book, a cultivation novel about an overpowered hero, and got a three-piece starter kit: He arrived at the wrong point in the timeline, got assigned the wrong character card, and even had his 56.9kReads9.5Score9.6k14d adds
47. 47 男 Why Choose a Hottie When My Childhood Friend Is Better? Reborn, I Flirted with Him Until He Blushed 男神哪有竹马香！重生后撩他红温 Sweet Hibiscus Wine芙蓉甜酒Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + one-on-one romance + male lead has a secret crush] Song Tang fell in love with Xie Huaian at first sight during her freshman year of college. She pursued him for four years, and in the end, he agreed to be with her. Song Tang thought she had touched Xie Huaian’s cold heart. But on the eve of their wedding, she and Xie Huaian’s childhood sweetheart were kidnapped. The kidnapper was someone Xie Huaian had wronged. He gave him a choice between the two women. Song Tang thought he would ch 879Reads—Score10514d adds
48. 48 阴 A Brooding Childhood Friend? Cuddle Him Long Enough and He'll Cling to You! 阴郁竹马？抱久了就黏人啦！ Squirrel, Run, Run, Run松鼠跑跑跑Two Male Leads274k WordsCompleted Just rated~ [Two male leads + reborn + childhood sweethearts + happy ending + both virgins] [Once-gloomy, now clingy wolfish top × once-slow-witted, now straightforward and adorably clueless bottom] In his previous life, the naive Xie Wangshu was taken along with the kidnappers who abducted Qi Jinsui. When the Qi family came to rescue them, he was left behind. With no parents of his own, Xie Wangshu was taken in by the Qi family, who hoped that their good deed would persuade heaven to bring Qi J 3.8kReads8.5Score56614d adds
49. 49 暗 My Childhood Friend, Whom I Secretly Love, Has Been Plotting to Win Me Over 暗恋的竹马对我蓄谋已久 Ling Lingzi灵灵子Two Male Leads324k WordsCompleted [A Longtime Schemer with an Overwhelming Need to Possess × Fair-Skinned, Beautiful, Hot-Tempered Cutie] Lin Fei had a secret he couldn't tell anyone. He was in love with his childhood friend Ji Ji, whom he'd grown up with and been inseparable from. Unfortunately, Ji Ji was as straight as they come. To protect their friendship, Lin Fei could only keep his distance from Ji Ji. Ji Ji offered to share his food with him. Lin Fei: “No!” Ji Ji invited him to go out together. Lin Fei: “I'm not g 1.1kReads7.5Score12714d adds
50. 50 总 Someone's Always Trying to Win Over My Childhood Friend 总有人想攻略我的竹马 Boss Dog狗总Two Male Leads161k WordsCompleted Dual male leads One day, Gu Nianqing suddenly heard the inner thoughts of transmigrators and discovered that every last one of them had come to win over his childhood friend. Gu Nianqing: They say a childhood friend can never beat someone who shows up later. He Zhouci: No, no, no. A childhood friend who can’t beat someone who shows up later isn’t a good childhood friend. 273Reads—Score—14d adds

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