A Scheming Female Lead Who Wants to Marry Up, Like the Story My Name Is Mary Fang 女主有心机，想攀高枝，类似我的名字叫玛丽方的文

1. 101 顶 The Ultimate Gold Digger: She Climbs to the Top Through Marriage Fraud 顶级拜金美人：她靠骗婚上位 Cave-Dwelling Princess Moon蜗居公主MoonModern Romance284k WordsCompleted (The rating just opened and will rise later, so enjoy without worry.) [Clear-eyed gold digger beauty × amnesiac tycoon | Deception before love | Push and pull | The husband chases her after the divorce] Jiang Lai is beautiful, calculating, and vain, with her heart set on marrying into a wealthy family. Her roommate has a top tycoon’s heir for a fiancé, yet secretly cheats on him with another man in their dorm. Jiang Lai stares at the bewitching face in the mirror, with only one thought in min 19.5kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves

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   This one is definitely the one! The male lead isn't stupid at all, and the back-and-forth is really exciting.

2. 102 白 My First Love Wants to Rekindle Things, but I’m Married 白月光想破镜重圆，但我结婚了 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted Everyone said Jiang Zi Yan was hopelessly in love with Huo Yi Huai, and was his most loyal toady. Jiang Zi Yan was scared out of her wits. What kind of thing was that to say? Calling her a loyal toady was fine, but there was no love involved. What would Young Master Huo think of her if he found out? As for the person she loved, Jiang Zi Yan did have someone she liked: the son of President Huo’s chauffeur. That boy was quiet and handsome, with a dimple when he smiled. When he filled in for his fa 28.2kReads9.1Score4.1kShelves

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   This one is a must! The female lead starts as a follower, and the writing is excellent and not at all simplistic.

3. 103 裴 Mr. Pei, Don't Be Afraid. I Only Want Your Money, Not You 裴总别害怕，我只图财不图你的人 Autumn-Knowing Bird知秋鸟Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [A money-loving, alluring schemer x a ruthless, arrogant corporate heir] (The heroine deliberately seduces him at first; later, the hero humbly begs for her love) [Marriage first, love later + both devoted to each other + mutual redemption + everyday parenting + a touch of sweetness] Zhou Fuxuan’s ambitions were sky-high, but her life was as fragile as paper. Still, she refused to believe in fate. So what if she had no parents and came from a lowly background? One day, she would trample underfoo 7.1kReads8.5Score596Shelves

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   This book is currently still being serialized. The female lead is cunning, but she knows how to be charming and coaxing.

4. 104 恶 The Wicked, Scheming Cannon-Fodder Female Supporting Character Plays Herself to Perfection 恶毒心机炮灰女配，她本色出演 Three Lines, Three Reflections三行三思Modern Romance503k WordsOngoing Yu Chaochao was bound to System 666 and tasked with playing the vicious, scheming cannon-fodder supporting female character in various little worlds, helping the male and female leads build their beautiful romance. But Yu Chaochao couldn’t understand why the plot kept falling apart despite her doing her job so diligently! Yu Chaochao was baffled. “I followed the original storyline exactly and played the role completely straight. How could I fail?” 666: “…” No matter. It would take care of th 3.1kReads8.7Score166Shelves

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   🌸The first dimension is a gold digger versus a rich young master. The female lead maintains her gold-digger persona, demanding the male lead's money to spend freely, but the male lead feels she's not spending enough. The female lead says a kiss costs 100,000, and the male lead immediately transfers a million, then kisses her until she's almost breathless [shy].

5. 105 用 The Children I Had by Deception Were Divided Up 用计得到的孩子们被瓜分了 Dreamwalker Through Wind and Rain风雨踏梦行Modern Romance566k WordsCompleted After graduating from college, Li Jingxin, born into a farming family in the northwest, went to the capital to find work and met the influential Mu Yunhai. Desperate to leave her mark on the man she admired, she secretly got pregnant, thinking she could fool everyone. To give her future child a normal home, Li Jingxin got married. But her husband, who had become a deputy chief of the Public Security Bureau, cheated on her. Li Jingxin resolutely divorced him, but she simply couldn't afford to rai 776Reads8.6Score137Shelves

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   The female lead's emotional intelligence, combined with the plot's twists and turns, makes this the best female-oriented novel I've read this year. It's finished now, so feel free to read it, ladies! [Thumbs up]

6. 106 万 The Heartthrob Beauty's Dog-Training Manual [Quick Transmigration] 万人迷美人训狗手册【快穿】 Blue-Green Algae Coconut藻蓝椰子Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [Immersive story + satisfying romance + irresistible to all men + all male leads are virgins] Sang Ling is a bad woman, with an angelic face and a pitch-black heart. The “Black Lotus” System binds itself to her, tasking her with maxing out the male leads’ affection scores. 1. A money-loving online scammer and streamer: When Sang Ling arrives, the original host has already used photo filters to start an online romance with the male lead and is about to be exposed. But Sang Ling, who has alrea 43.4kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves
7. 107 普 An Average Girl, but Everyone's Favorite 普女，但万人迷 Sweetheart Slacking Off甜心摸鱼Modern Romance442k WordsOngoing [Mary Sue + multiple male leads + all male leads are virgins + male rivals competing for the heroine + dramatic love triangle] Jiang Yuxiao thought she was just an ordinary college student. Then, after one handsome guy after another refused to leave her alone, she finally understood. She was the legendary girl everyone falls for. * Every exceptional man who comes into physical contact with Jiang Yuxiao feels his soul tremble. From then on, he falls deeply in love and can't break free. * After me 3.3kReads9.1Score224Shelves

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   The first book, featuring a poor, scheming, innocent heroine's rise to power, is worth reading. The second type is super Mary Sue.

8. 108 暴 The Tyrant Tormented Me? I'll Turn Around, Seduce the Powerful Eunuch, and Seize His Empire 暴君虐我？转身勾搭权宦夺他江山 Green Mountain Has Its Say青山有辞Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted For eight years in the palace, Xiangjun fought to get ahead and tried to please everyone, yet the palace’s noble masters still ground her down, used her, humiliated her, and cast her aside... Those nobles basked in all the wealth of the realm atop heaps of corpses and bones, yet mocked her for trying her hardest and not knowing her place. In the end, the child Xiangjun risked her life to bear called her enemy “Mother,” while Xiangjun was cut open alive so the baby could be taken from her. She di 116.2kReads9.6Score16.7kShelves

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   Trust me, go watch it!!! It's not a virgin story!!! The male lead is a real eunuch, and the female lead is not naive or saintly at all; she's single-mindedly devoted to power, cunning, and ambitious. You all have to watch it!!! It's incredibly good.

9. 109 在 Looking for a Long-Term Meal Ticket in the Sixties 在六零年代寻找长期饭票 Big Head, Big Head头大头大Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted A pampered young woman from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of Xu Mengting, an ordinary high school girl in the 1960s. Xu Mengting feels utterly hopeless. But life has to go on, and since laziness has become her life philosophy, she sets out to find a long-term meal ticket so she can live a carefree, comfortable life. Oh? Her aloof deskmate seems to have pretty good prospects. She'd better snatch him up quickly! (The heroine is a typical self-interested person with plenty of flaws. 2.8kReads8.1Score143Shelves
10. 110 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainess Takes the Lead, and Every Male Lead Loves Her Like His Life Depends on It 快穿之恶女上位，男主都爱她如命 Su Yu Qiqi酥予柒柒Ancient Romance142k WordsOngoing [The quick-transmigration heroine is a scheming green tea. Her main strategy is to steal the spotlight. This is not a story about a strong female lead, there is no fixed male lead, and the original couples will be broken up.] Su Qian was dissatisfied with being ordinary, yet she remained ordinary. By a twist of fate, she became bound to a System. In one alternate world after another, she went on to live very different lives. As the saying goes, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a 296Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    🔥🔥Highly recommend ① The female lead is a scheming beauty. She pretends to love her cousin very much. After marriage, because the male lead is drugged, he forces himself on her, making her pregnant! [Facepalm] ② The female lead is a scheming, manipulative beauty who lures the male lead into slowly falling for her. She pretends to be weak and vulnerable, allowing the male lead to force himself on her!

11. 111 快 In Quick Transmigration, She Always Comes Out on Top 快穿之她是人生大赢家 Lone Walker Xia独行夏Ancient Romance340k WordsCompleted Follow Shen Ruoli as she reaches the pinnacle of life in different worlds. (The heroine's personality varies from one world to another. Some stories feature devoted couples, while others don't!) World One: The Scheming Concubine Rises to Power World Two: A Sweetheart in the 1970s World Three: The Poor School Beauty's Rise to the Top World Four: The Young Lady Cousin, a Supporting Character in Ancient Times World Five: In Republican-Era China, I Want a Divorce (Feel free to skip any worlds yo 489Reads5.5Score—Shelves
12. 112 逃 Escape from His Grasp 逃出他的掌心 Looking Up at the Stars, Sinking Down仰星沉Modern Romance569k WordsCompleted [The heroine suffers early on, physically and emotionally, then is doted on later | Fictional geography | Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Strong male lead and weak female lead. He is arrogant and immensely powerful, but his love goes unrequited.] [The heroine is imperfect: innocent and kind, and kept under control for a long time.] After helping a friend out of kindness, Yu Lu is kidnapped and sold to a mysterious island north of the Atlantic. Thanks to a small act of compassion, she escapes t 703Reads8.8Score109Shelves

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    This one's a bit angsty, but it's really good. The genre is fresh, the female lead is a bit of a saint but it's acceptable, and the male lead is truly a forceful lover plus a wife-chasing-after-the-cremation drama (like the "True Fragrance Law"). I still fell for it, hahaha. It's perfect for sisters looking for something to read.

13. 113 虚 A Vain Country Girl Plays with the Rich 虚荣农村妹玩弄有钱人 Kui Fa 233葵发233Modern Romance218k WordsOngoing [Class-divided heartthrob + a cast of villains + intense romantic tension] She was born into poverty, but she wanted the very best the world had to offer, delivered to her on bended knee. Qian Lai never denied that she was toxic. Every man she dated was willing to drain himself dry just to nourish her. But this latest one... was so stupid and pathetic. He didn’t have money to spend on her, so he actually went and sold himself to a rich woman! She couldn’t accept it. Playing around with men w 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is amazing, please read it, it's really, really, really good!

14. 114 心 The Scheming Beauty's Conquest Notes 心机美人的攻略手札 Drink a Little Less Milk Tea少喝1点奶茶Ancient Romance582k WordsCompleted Jiang Fu swore from a young age that she would climb the social ladder and marry into a powerful family. She was willing to use any means necessary. On the eve of the Jiang family’s legitimate daughter’s wedding, the groom’s side was rocked by a scandal of epic proportions. Jiang Ruyue, who had been pampered all her life, immediately refused to marry him. So the Jiang family secretly brought back Jiang Fu, the concubine-born daughter who had been raised far away. The Jiang family looked down on 4.9kReads9.3Score637Shelves

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    Both are stories about scheming female protagonists rising to power. The first book is already finished and worth reading. The second book is somewhat similar, but the author's track record with ending books is mediocre.

15. 115 步 Step by Step: The Scheming Woman's Guide to a Comeback 步步为营，心机女逆袭指南 Brushing the Mountain's Shade拂山阴Modern Romance331k WordsOngoing Reborn: A Scheming Woman's Rise to the Top Ye Yu is a girl from the bottom of society. She's no delicate poppy, but a black-hearted lotus blooming from the mud. Everything she does is for herself. After being reborn, she resolves to become someone important. She schemes her way up, hoping to win the man at the top of the “pyramid” and become a rich man's wife. For someone with “nothing at all,” it's a shortcut to the top. But little by little, she realizes that instead of marrying into wealth, s 233Reads8.9Score—Shelves
16. 116 潘 Pandora's Revenge, Volume One (Original Novel for the Adaptation Starring He Hongshan) 潘多拉的复仇 上册（何泓姗主演的影视剧原著） A Piece of Young Ginger一颗仔姜Modern Romance251k WordsCompleted The original novel behind the Tencent Video series Her Feast, starring He Hongshan, Xie Binbin, Lin Zehui, and Zheng Chunjing, now streaming. Scheming heroine vs. aloof, chaste boss / temperamental loyal puppy / scheming fake younger brother [Modern city + reborn revenge + secret crush + calculated approach + bickering couple] Once revenge begins, everyone becomes a stepping-stone for Lianzhi. All the love and tenderness she shows them are merely a means to fulfill her boundless ambition. T 1.8kReads9.5Score333Shelves

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    ②Quick transmigration + self-interest + no fixed CP 🧞‍♂️So what if she's vicious and scheming? 🔥She's determined to be selfish, step on the protagonist to rise to the top, and have the last laugh!

17. 117 黑 The Dark Moonlight Is Full of Lies 黑月光她满口谎言 Wine-and-Meat Monk酒肉僧Modern Romance722k WordsCompleted Everyone's scheming + a supporting character awakens + adored by all + love-triangle chaos Ya Yin is reborn and discovers she's nothing but a cannon-fodder character in a campus romance novel. The plot had her die in a horrific car crash on a stormy night. Given another chance, the awakened cannon-fodder wants to collect a little interest for herself… But she soon gets entangled with three men at the very top of the social pyramid. She gets caught up in one melodramatic romance showdown after an 6.6kReads9.2Score950Shelves

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    A prestigious academy! A dark moonlight of ambition! Many "villains"! Everyone is intelligent! The female lead is beautiful, intelligent, capable, meticulous, and resourceful. She knows how to navigate situations, avoid pitfalls, manipulate people, and executes her plans step by step, always clear-headed and striving towards her goals. Although born into a wealthy family, she also has a soft side, seeing into the lower classes and empathizing with others. Her character is truly amazing—a real female lead! The male leads are all incredibly interesting: the restrained and aloof Gong Zechi, the gentle yet masked Yu Jinluo, and the self-centered Cheng Senye. There are many dramatic and suspenseful situations, full of tension and excitement!

18. 118 快 Quick Transmigration: She Turned the Plot into Egg Drop Soup 快穿：剧情被她搅成蛋花汤了 Yue Zhan越盏Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Supporting Female Characters + Self-Interest + Face-Slapping + No Fixed CP] After being sacrificed by the plot for the 99th time, Liuli finally awakens and flips the table in a fit of rage. Whoever wants to follow this ridiculous plot can do it. She's done playing along! Why should only the heroine be protected by the plot and get everything she wants, while no matter how hard Liuli struggles, she's still doomed to be cannon fodder? To placate this outstanding cannon-fodd 1.9kReads6.6Score108Shelves
19. 119 沙 Desert Rose [Everyone's Favorite] 沙漠玫瑰【万人迷】 Zhi Fangfei枝芳菲Modern Romance595k WordsOngoing My new story is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.1kReads8.9Score—Shelves

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    This has to be it! The female lead is materialistic, a gold digger, intelligent, knows what she wants, and is occasionally hilarious. She's only with each male lead for his money. This book truly resonated with me; it's incredibly good!

20. 120 双 After Developing a Split Personality, I Found My Happy Ending with Myself 双重人格后我和自己he了 Lantai Big Tiger兰台大虎Two Female Leads315k WordsCompleted Reader’s Guide: An interstellar ABO story with a chaotic mix of mythology, narcissistic pairings, and gender transition. The heroine is the strongest human, a cold-hearted, irresistible charmer. Every member of her simp squad loves her unrequitedly. 1v1 narcissistic pairing. Content warning: gender transition elements. The author doesn’t like outlining, and usually only knows what’s going to happen a few days before the readers do. Synopsis: The heroine’s path to godhood. Alpha Su Yang is trans 129Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    The author of "The Scumbag's Wife's Counterattack Guide" has several novels featuring female protagonists who rise from the bottom to become truly irresistible, captivating both men and women. Other novels depict female protagonists with cunning schemes who gradually climb the social ladder, especially the last one, "The Fallen White Moonlight," where the female lead is pushed along and changes step by step.

21. 121 炮 The Cannon Fodder Has a Beauty System 炮灰她有变美系统 Sangsang Wooden Fish桑桑木鱼Modern Romance307k WordsOngoing Qin Xu binds herself to a System that makes her irresistible. With every mission she accepts, she must meet the System's seduction objectives and fulfill the original host's wish. (Everyone falls for her, love-triangle chaos, no fixed pairing, a beauty-enhancing cheat in every world, and a different persona in each world.) A scheming woman sets out to charm everyone The heroine's cannon-fodder roommate in an apocalypse novel A concubine's daughter becomes a maid The live-in nanny of a male lead 41Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    🌟🌟①: The female lead is a scheming, manipulative beauty who lures the male lead into a slow descent into her trap. She feigns weakness, pretending to let him force himself on her. In the first world, she's a cunning concubine determined to rise to power, with no one able to stand in her way. In the third world, she's a poor school beauty who rises to the top—what a white lotus! Her seemingly weak cousin turns out to be a man-eating flower? This is going to be interesting... 🌟🌟②: In the second world, set in interstellar space, the female lead acquires the skill of a songstress and becomes a royal princess. And the male leads' progress is incredibly fast; they have dragons, wolves, snow leopards... And jellyfish.

22. 122 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Vicious Female Supporting Character Becomes a Bewitching Beauty 快穿：当恶毒女配是娇媚尤物后 Retirement Dream退休的梦Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Selfish, Vicious Female Lead + Beloved by All + Love at First Sight + No Fixed Couple + Immersive Roleplay] Ye Jiaoyue is a succubus who feeds on love, and beauty is her natural gift. After an accident binds her to a System, she begins traveling between worlds and playing the villainess. From then on, the favored sons of heaven in every world fall at her feet, eyes burning with desire. They become lovesick and obsessed with her! ① The gold-digging roommate of the female lead in a runaway-with-t 15.3kReads8.2Score640Shelves

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    These two books perfectly match; the female lead is scheming, vain, and wants to climb the social ladder.

23. 123 反 Every Villain Has Their Own Merits, and the Princess Never Takes a Day Off 反派各有千秋，公主全年无休 One Night in Three Rivers三川一夜Ancient Romance848k WordsOngoing A strong, ambitious female lead and her countless male consorts [Strong Female Lead + Multiple Male Leads (loyal shadow guard / beautiful but tragic / beastman / masochistic admirer / eunuch / aloof beauty / madman)] A gender-bender story. Check the chapter comments for details about the heroine’s particular traits. No man will be stronger than the heroine or ever lord it over her. She won’t be so lovesick that she dies for romance, and she knows how to get things done. All the men are loyal pup 2.1kReads9.4Score237Shelves
24. 124 云 My Journey to You: Longing Stops at a Thousand Mountains 云之羽：相思止步万重山 Romance Everywhere处处浪漫Female-Channel Fanfiction255k WordsOngoing (Everyone in the palace, from top to bottom, loves me) [All-pairings assassin of the Liang rank] And yet, I never doubted you. 769Reads8.9Score112Shelves
25. 125 恶EN The Villainess Uses Her Beauty to Run Amok [Quick Transmigration] 恶女她恃美行凶【快穿】 Tao Xiaoju桃小橘Modern Romance655k WordsOngoing [Viciously Self-Serving + Irresistible to Everyone + Love at First Sight + Feel-Good + Immersive Quick Transmigration] The vicious supporting women in every world are bad in their own ways, and each meets a tragic end. After Jiang Xuefu arrives, she still walks all over the heroine and throws her weight around, causing trouble from beginning to end. Who would have thought her life would only get better and better... 1. The heroine is stunningly beautiful and a genuine villainess. The male leads 10.7kReads8.0Score580Shelves
26. 126 女 Don’t Cry, Heroine. I’ll Give Your Men Back When I’m Done 女主别哭，玩完就把男主们还你 A Green Gem一颗绿宝石Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [System] [Female Lead Is a Skilled Actress and a Bad Woman, Both Sweet and Dominant] [Everyone's Favorite] [Changing Destinies] [Power Fantasy] (Male leads are devoted and romantically obsessed; fast-paced) Partially immersive, with lots of fresh settings to explore. #She is a peerlessly wicked woman whom people both love and hate# When she transmigrates into the characters who were originally destined to be exploited and drained by the original female leads, things star 34.8kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves

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    [System + Scheming] This story features a female lead who is a skilled actress, a seemingly wicked woman who can be both domineering and ruthless, a charming and scheming woman, and the ability to change fate. The female lead plays multiple roles in different worlds, such as a boring young lady in a noble school novel, a cannon fodder drama queen in a post-apocalyptic zombie novel, and a taciturn second senior sister in a beloved cultivation novel. Although her initial character settings in each world seem unfortunate, she always manages to win the hearts of the male leads. Furthermore, the female lead manipulates men by disrupting the plot, and there are many novel plot devices involved.

27. 127 女 Matriarchy: A Scumbag Wife-Owner's Guide to Turning Her Life Around 女尊：人渣妻主逆袭指南 Lantai Big Tiger兰台大虎Ancient Romance688k WordsOngoing [Feel-good wish fulfillment + Matriarchal society + System + Imperial examinations + Court politics + Reform + Hegemony] A journey from overworked corporate drone to powerful court official. P.S. The heroine keeps a low profile and grows stronger in the early story, then goes on a rampage later. She has her low points and moments of humiliation, and initially rises through the ranks by showing off and currying favor with powerful people. If that bothers you, don’t read. Read with caution. Conten 150Reads9.0Score—Shelves
28. 128 主 The Streamer with a Universal Heartthrob Aura 主播她有万人迷光环 Yuanyuan's Apple源源的苹果Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Streamer who isn't a beauty + livestreaming everyday life + college life + no central romance] Zhang Xiaoyu is an ordinary freshman who always thought making a living through livestreaming was something far beyond her reach. Then, after an accident led her to start a livestream, she received a tip! After that, things spiraled, and in the fiercely competitive beauty-streaming category, she carved out a new path despite her utterly ordinary looks. More and more big spenders began flocking to her! 2.2kReads9.1Score181Shelves
29. 129 穿 Transmigrated Before the Scumbag's Downfall 穿到人渣翻车之前 Falling Dew Nourishes the Forest落泽润林Modern Romance193k WordsOngoing Sui Wan transmigrated. The original owner had four fish on the hook, and her task was to keep stringing them along. The difficult task forced her to become a master of time management. Then one day, one of the fish sent her a screenshot. It was a post on his social media feed. [Ta-da! A birthday present from my girlfriend.] The picture showed a black wristband customized with his name. He sent her a voice message in a mild tone. “Why was only his custom-made? Don’t you like him more?” What 18Reads7.3Score—Shelves
30. 130 和 Stealing the Male Lead from a Transmigrated Woman 和穿越女抢男主 Double Espresso, Writing Till Dawn双倍浓缩肝到凌晨Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted [Completed. A growing heroine in a political intrigue story. Bold enough to speak, flirt, and make a move. One heroine, multiple male leads. Every male lead has his own agenda, with plenty of foreshadowing early on. Not a wish-fulfillment story from the start.] After transmigrating into a book, she encounters another transmigrator. Friend or foe? The devoted general she thought she could trust with her heart is actually a fox spirit who came prepared. The assassin she thought was loyal, but who 303Reads8.6Score—Shelves
31. 131 恶 A Handbook for Cultivating a Wicked Woman's Power 恶女权势养成手册 Little Round Flower小花圆圆Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted Protagonist: Ning Yuanyi [An exquisitely self-serving, black-hearted woman who hides behind a sweet facade + the number-one beauty + the original master of entrapment + everyone's favorite + one woman with multiple men] The rating will rise soon after launch. She left the mountains and has no intention of going back. Ning Yuanyi knows better than anyone that beauty is the fastest shortcut to power. She plays her moves one step at a time, making the most elite rich heirs in Jingbei fall for her, 112Reads7.2Score103Shelves

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    Two incredibly good novels about scheming women, and they're already quite long now.

32. 132 白 The White Moonlight and Her Possessive Male Leads 白月光与疯批男主们 Suzuki Momona铃木桃奈Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted No fixed pairing + not everyone is devoted to one another + everyone is unhinged + questionable values Do you know what white camellias mean? How dare you take my love for you lightly? A game played by the powerful, full of desire, love, hatred, and tangled grudges. A vast web of lust closes around her, but in the end, she tears through the net that has ensnared her and toys with them all in the palm of her hand. Xia Wanxing is hailed as the muse of an artistic genius. With her beautiful face, s 1.8kReads9.2Score176Shelves
33. 133 只 Only Being Number One Makes Me Happy 只有热一才能让我高兴 Hamster Steals a Tangerine to Eat仓鼠偷橘吃Modern Romance327k WordsOngoing Also known as: “The Men Who Hold Power Are Her Favorite Catch, and the Hot-Search Servers Crash Thirty Times a Month” [Female-led + showbiz + dating reality show + men competing for her + flirtatious schemer + all male leads are virgins + ruthless + career-focused] “Washed-up C-lister throwing herself at a top-tier star.” “A professional at trading sex for roles.” “The social butterfly of showbiz.” Her manager was frantic, eyes red, but she merely stared at the number seven hot search, #Mu Qingc 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [The Taming of Gods by the Queen of the Chinese Entertainment Industry] #Competitive Battleground# Jiang Si's Trilogy of Taming Gods, the pinnacle of refreshing fiction: 1. Making the high-and-mighty flower willingly step down from her pedestal. 2. Watching the chosen ones fight tooth and nail for her. 3. Using their sincerity to pave the way to godhood. Later, the whole internet was abuzz with comments: With a lazy flick of her finger, half the entertainment industry became her devoted followers.

34. 134 要 Damn, He’s Falling for Her 要命，他动心了 Qian Qiliang浅柒凉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 2.7kReads8.8Score224Shelves

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    The female lead tries every means to seduce the male lead, uses him to take revenge, and moves between the male lead and his brother. It's a great story with one woman and two men!

35. 135 禁 Imprisonment! Possession! Trapped by My Obsessive Boss 禁锢！占有！落入病娇老板圈套 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted Also known as: So What If She's a Gold Digger? The Obsessive Big Shot Is Crazy About Her! The story is purely fictional. Please do not apply it to real life! Some plot elements are adapted from true stories. Older man + 18-year age gap + yandere + obsessive + domineering CEO + calculating green tea Male lead is divorced + female lead is a virgin + male lead is not a virgin + female lead is pure Questionable values, proceed with caution!!! An old flame reignites 🔥 Growing up in a family that f 3.4kReads—Score320Shelves
36. 136 穿 After Becoming the Difficult-to-Please Female Side Character, I Coaxed the Male Lead into Becoming Lovesick 穿成作精女配后把男主哄成恋爱脑 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted 1990s + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance + No Golden Finger + Trouble-Making Heroine + Entrepreneurship Dominant + Clingy + Hopeless Romantic + Building Wealth The rating will go up! There will be misunderstandings, but the heroine speaks her mind! Chu Xiangxiang transmigrated into a melodramatic novel and became the male lead’s troublemaking ex-girlfriend! Worse, she was the troublemaking supporting heroine who would be sold off to a remote mountain village by her fake best friend! 781Reads—Score102Shelves
37. 137 沉 Obsession! Captivity! Become the Possessive Big Shot's Secret Lover 沉溺！囚宠！做偏执大佬地下情人 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance254k WordsOngoing Please do not apply this novel to real life!!! Some plot elements are adapted from real-life stories! Obsessive + secret lover + 18-year age gap + scheming + hunter + groveling to win her back Male lead is not a virgin, female lead is a virgin; male lead is divorced, female lead is a virgin Twenty-two-year-old Wang Sisi was stunning and had offers from several leading game companies, yet she insisted on joining Xinghai Games. Her goal was clear from the start: she had set her sights on the co 864Reads—Score411Shelves
38. 138 丰 After a Curvy Beauty Transmigrates as a Villainess, She Goes Off the Rails 丰腴美人穿成恶毒女配后，发疯了 Jiu Zhiwei九栀娓Modern Romance610k WordsOngoing [Vicious Beauty vs. Feudal Patriarch] [System-induced electric shocks + combative married couple + male lead’s instinctive attraction] Ji Qingran transmigrates into a book and becomes its wicked supporting female character. The System tells her she’ll get one hundred million after completing her mission. All she has to do is follow the plot. Easy enough. She schemes to trap the male lead into marrying her, calls him a rooster who can’t lay eggs, slaps him, and hurts his nephew… She can’t stray f 72.6kReads8.3Score7kShelves
39. 139 重 Reborn, the Scheming White Lotus Only Wants to Win the CEO's Heart 重生后，心机白莲花只想攻略总裁 Pigeons Fluttering Away鸽子翩翩飞Modern Romance479k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Conquest + The Ex-Wife Chase] In her previous life, Lin Luo was Wei Yao's mistress for a year before learning she was nothing more than a substitute. Wei Yao had never liked her. She had simply failed to understand her place and fallen for him. “To bring your mother back to life, you need to earn the favor of Wei Yao, the Chosen One of Fortune.” Lin Luo knew that what you couldn't have was always the most desirable. In this life, before meeting Wei Yao, Lin Luo approached one of his s 833Reads8.7Score103Shelves

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40. 140 快 Quick Transmigration: Seducing My Way to the Top, the Male Lead Loses Control Every Night 快穿：勾引上位，男主夜夜失控 The Cat Isn't Lazy小猫不懒Fantastical Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + 1v1 + seduction to the top + love at first sight + sweet romance] One-line summary: Stay in character, seduce the male lead. Why are these male leads so easy to seduce? Why are they all throwing themselves at me? Shen Mianmian works for the Quick Transmigration Bureau. After being sent into a wholesome romance novel, she begins winning over its male lead. World One: The male lead of a secret-crush story World Two: The male lead of a period story World Three: The male lead 41.4kReads5.9Score2.1kShelves

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    This one, this one, this one

41. 141 谋 Scheming for the World, Conquering the Realm: The Divine Doctor Empress's Ruthless Charm 谋天下！覆山河！神医帝凰狠绝色 A Poisonous Strawberry一颗毒草莓Ancient Romance294k WordsOngoing [Peerless Physician and Warrior: A Power Couple, Political Intrigue, and a Satisfying Tale of Country and Family] [Wise Empress vs. God of War Regent] In her previous life, Song Zhiyu was a compassionate physician. She cured the Crown Prince of a deadly poison, worried over the people's hardships, and offered up the wealth of the realm. Yet once the Crown Prince was out of danger and secure in his high position, he grew suspicious of her for refusing to marry him. Like a rabbit caught after the —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead in the first book is not only cunning and ruthless, but her enemies fall one after another in front of her, leaving the reader with chills. In reality, she's not evil; she's just forced to act this way to protect herself. [Almost crying]

42. 142 快 Quick Transmigration: The Frail Beauty Keeps Playing the Victim to the Male Lead 快穿：病弱美人她总对男主卖惨 Yi Zizhou易子周Ancient Romance738k WordsOngoing Content warnings: Not a pure-love romance! The heroine isn't strong! Slightly villainous heroine!! More of a everyone-loves-her story! Includes a plot where a gay man is turned straight! Author's disclaimers: I'm no logic wizard, my prose isn't dazzling, and I'm no walking encyclopedia. Yu Xi is the fake heiress in a true-and-fake heiress story, but everyone loves her. Even after she dies, the true heiress still lives in the shadow she left behind. “Ding-dong!” “The Love and Hate System 404 has 2.8kReads8.4Score189Shelves

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    In the new book, the female protagonist feigns illness and beauty to win the male protagonist's love.

43. 143 春 Spring Fades 春意阑 Bu Yaorao步妖娆Modern Romance116k WordsOngoing Lu Qi of Jiangnan commands half the realm. From a discarded wife in the Northern Jiangnan Military Governor’s Residence to a formidable woman ruling Jiangnan alone. Adrift in a turbulent age, amid a land as beautiful as a painting. In dreams, one forgets one is a guest; spring’s beauty is already fading. “When you betrayed me and married someone else, didn’t you swear again and again that you’d place the realm before me? There’s no need to trouble yourself no 5Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 144 老 My Husband Brought Home His New Replacement, So I Stole His Brother 老公接新替身进门，我撬了他兄弟 Three Teeth Who Loves Vegetables吃菜的三颗牙Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted My husband brought home a new substitute, so I stole his brother away. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead loves money and consciously acts as someone's substitute. When she realizes something is wrong, she decisively divorces him and throws herself into the arms of a wealthier young man, whom she ruthlessly manipulates. She always loves herself the most.

45. 145 娇 The Spoiled Concubine's Daughter 娇宠庶女 Sweet Gardenia Summer甜栀夏Ancient Romance256k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Favorite + Men Fighting Over Her + Coercive Possession at First + Trained Like Dogs Later] To avoid being used by her father as a tool to climb the social ladder, Liu Ruyue took the initiative and chose a suitable husband for herself. She planned to seduce a gentle, refined young man from a modest family, but unexpectedly got entangled with one of the twin generals, the Rakshasa General. Liu Ruyue was terrified and tried to get away from him, but he kept closing in. His older brother 281Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is scheming and wants to climb the social ladder so that she can live a better life.

46. 146 穿 Transported to the 1980s, I Was Kept by a Madman 穿到八零年代，我被疯批包养了 A Stroke of Light and Shadow一笔光影Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Shen Zhiyi, who has traveled back to 1988, looks at her impoverished home, her parents who favor sons over daughters, and her broken self. As the old saying goes: knowledge changes your fate, and beauty changes your family. Shen Zhiyi sets her sights on the wealthy Jiang Xiubai at first glance. Using her stunning looks, she sets out to catch him. She lands her catch, but never expected it to be a great white shark that eats people. Shen Zhiyi gets in over her head and can only keep dating him th 72Reads8.6Score—Shelves
47. 147 退 After Breaking Off My Engagement, Kangxi Made Me His Favorite Consort 退婚后，我被康熙独宠后宫 Midnight Stars深夜星辰Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A flirtatious beauty who loves to play games versus a seemingly proper, devoted emperor who falls into her trap] He YinYin, a star who rose from humble beginnings, died and transmigrated into the body of Hesheli, the Qing Dynasty wife of Longkodo, who was turned into a human pincushion. Fortunately, she had only just gotten engaged. To escape her tragic fate, she calmly thought things through and laid out the following plan. Step one: take Longkodo’s credit for saving the emperor... Step two: g 10.6kReads9.3Score999Shelves

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    The female protagonist is very rational. After transmigrating, she meticulously plans every step to change her tragic future. She not only attracts the emperor's attention by saving him, but also successfully wins him over to her side. He falls deeply in love with her and showers her with affection.

48. 148 菟 The Clinging Vine Finds a Better Branch 菟丝花她另攀高枝 A Little White Poplar一颗小白杨Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted Qiao Qingqing comes from an ordinary background, but her life has been anything but ordinary. At university, four handsome young men from prominent families pursued her at the same time. Even though she already had a boyfriend, they kept after her, declaring they would never marry anyone else. After graduation, they entered the working world. Her suitors appeared in her life less and less often. Before long, they each had girlfriends of their own. Just as she was looking forward to a happy futur 1.6kReads7.3Score154Shelves

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    ✌First Book🍀 Qiao Qingqing was pursued by four prominent young men during her university years, and even though she had a boyfriend, she was still relentlessly pursued. After graduating and entering the workforce, her suitors dwindled, and she began dating, but her boyfriend Huo Jingchen's enthusiasm also waned. On their fifth anniversary, she overheard Huo Weiguan's disdain for her ordinariness through a live photo.

49. 149 攀 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 165.6kReads9.6Score23.2kShelves
50. 150 我 I Became My Ex's Mother-in-Law 我给前任当丈母娘 August Witch八月女巫Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama adapted from this novel, Uncle, I Just Want to Get You on the Cheap, is now streaming on Hongguo. Starring Yu Long and Yang Mie Mie. [Older man romance + sweet everyday love story + wealthy CEO + lighthearted comedy + no angst, no doormat heroine + no affair + no replacement] I showed up dressed to the nines at my ex-boyfriend's engagement party. He thought I was there to make a scene, but I smiled kindly and said, “We're all family now, so don't be so formal. Just call me Auntie 13.6kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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    I started reading casually, but I was hooked. There was no unnecessary dialogue, the content was very concise, unlike some books that are padded out. The interactions between the male and female leads were incredibly sweet, the author's humor was off the charts, and the little quirks and witty remarks were so realistic, making for a very pleasant reading experience.

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