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1. 301 八 The Charming Beauty of the 1980s 八零娇娇美又撩 Lollipop for a Little Lolita萝莉抱抱糖Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + seducing men + getting rich + obsessive and scheming + little vixen] Cen Ye is truly flirtatious and wicked. After transmigrating to the 1980s, she sets her sights on Professor Mu, the abstinent male ideal. He is refined and gentle, yet deeply calculating. She can't help falling for him and wanting to make him hers. So she tempts and teases him like a little vixen, drawing closer step by step. But the elegant, self-possessed heartthrob refuses to be swayed. He stays cool and dis 883Reads8.9Score102Shelves
2. 302 高 Marrying Up: My Mad Cousin Won’t Leave Me Alone 高嫁：疯批表哥缠上身 Mu Qi慕七Ancient Romance401k WordsCompleted Rong Jiujin is a daughter born to a concubine. Her father shows her no affection, her stepmother favors her own children, and her older half-sister is domineering. For years, she has endured it all and carefully planned every step, all to marry into a powerful family. * Lu Qinglang is the eldest legitimate son of her stepmother’s family, a man of noble status beyond compare. Sharp-tongued and arrogant, he comes to stay at the Rong residence for a while. The first time, he catches Rong Jiujin sec 256Reads7.0Score—Shelves
3. 303 小 The Little Secretary’s Rise to the Top: She Controls a Hundred Billion in Box Office Revenue 小秘书逆袭上位，手握千亿票房 Tasty Tangerine2024好吃的橘子2024Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted Xu Siyan is a secretary working for the overbearing CEO Ye Muchuan. Because she looks like the unattainable woman CEO Chen Yiheng has always longed for, the two of them each use their charms to win the other over, falling in love while both keeping secrets. Xu Siyan is delighted to go from a lowly secretary to a stand-in for his ideal woman. She wants Chen Yiheng’s money, his body, and his power! After all, money and power are the best supplements for a relationship. They’re incredibly nouri 16.4kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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   The first book is a substitute novel, where a secretary climbs up to a big shot by looking like his white moonlight, and uses the big shot to establish a company and become capital. The second book is about Chen Baoxiang and Zhang Zhixu, where Chen Baoxiang is vengeful and sincere. The third book is a down-to-earth story about high-ranking officials in Beijing, where those in power bow down for love.

4. 304 无 Unbelievable! The Young Master Is Making Me Woo the Untouchable Beauty 无语！少爷竟逼我去勾搭高岭之花 Lychee and Clear Wine荔枝清酒Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted The heroine is a stunning beauty who hides her looks at first and is clueless about romance, with a touch of a male-magnet vibe. The hero is a cold, aloof heartthrob. The first half takes place at school, and the second in the workplace, with more focus on the school years. Both leads are inexperienced in love. A classic, old-fashioned romance. Welcome, and enjoy~ Ji Chuqing is the daughter of the Xu family’s housekeeper and lives with the family. Fang Jili is the sworn rival whom Xu Qianze, th 4.7kReads8.6Score461Shelves
5. 305 逃 The Day She Ran, the Aloof Heir Went Completely Mad 逃跑当日，高岭之花世子发大疯 Zhi Zhi Xing知知行Ancient Romance353k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 734Reads8.7Score—Shelves
6. 306 小 That Flirty Little Minx Is Fickle and Wicked 小撩精她又渣又坏 Er Li二厘Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted [Two Yanderes + Scheming Heartbreaker + Sweet Romance + A Little Angst + Devoted to Each Other + Male Lead Starts Out as a Purehearted Brat and Later Goes Completely Crazy + The Bad Girl Turns Over a New Leaf] Rumor has it Jiang University has a ridiculously handsome campus bad boy who’s always all over the school forum. Too bad he never flirts with girls or dates. His eyes are only for games, not women. He’s the chaste bad boy everyone craves but no one can have. One day, an announcement came o 3kReads8.9Score224Shelves

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   🔥🔥🔥The next second, he buried his face in her neck, his voice pleading, "Don't leave me, okay? You can have two boyfriends at the same time, just don't leave me, alright?" Both the male and female leads are yandere, hahaha, the female lead is amazing! 🔥🔥🔥

7. 307 重 The Reborn Vixen: Win Hearts, Tame Men, and Rise to the Top 重生毒妇多妩媚，攻心驭男要上位 Royal Baby Face皇家小嫩脸Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted [The heroine is beautiful but not kind. She has no genuine feelings for the hero and is only using him to gain power and status. If that's not your cup of tea, feel free to move on.] In her previous life, Mu Tingjun was deceived by a scumbag into eloping, only to end up sold to a brothel. After enduring three years there, she finally killed the scumbag with her own hands and found release. She thought she would go to hell, but instead, fate gave this wicked woman a chance to be reborn. She hasn' 132Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   The female lead is scheming, feigns weakness, and climbs the social ladder! Reborn, she becomes clear-headed, no longer believing in men's promises, and single-mindedly pursues power, dreaming of rising to the top. She has a strong adventurous spirit, seizing every opportunity to climb the ladder. She's skilled at acting, navigating between various factions without collapsing, feigning weakness and deep affection, seducing and teasing—a truly scheming female lead.

8. 308 表 My Cousin Is Delicate and Cunning, and the Ascetic Power Minister Takes Her by Force 表妹柔弱且心机，禁欲权臣强夺她 Pipi Creek屁屁溪Ancient Romance359k WordsCompleted The ratings have just opened, so dive in, dear readers! Scheming beauty × aloof powerful official × romantic battleground × irresistible charmer × aloof beauty brought down from her pedestal × both leads are chaste An ancient-style romance, with no transmigration or rebirth. Song Shiyue is the most beautiful woman in Yangzhou, but she has suffered from a heart condition since childhood and is fated not to live past twenty. After dying of illness, she makes a contract with the “Irresistible Charm 428Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   The female lead is a stunningly beautiful woman with a cunning mind, yet she remains clear-headed; the male lead and supporting male characters are all love-struck.

9. 309 微 Tipsy! Tangled Up! The Shao Tycoon of the Capital Wants Her to Desire Him 微醺！勾缠！京圈邵总求她垂涎 You Are So Charming你这般动人Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, scheming faux socialite x aloof young master of the capital’s elite | Adult games, the powerful man bows his head, both devoted only to each other] [Original title: The Rules for a Faux Socialite to Move in High Society. The short drama Kiss Me When the Wind Rises is now available] Song Yizhu was known among the faculty and students of Jingbei University as an unassuming, exemplary student with excellent grades and conduct. Then one day, she suddenly appeared decked out in expensive 4.6kReads9.3Score581Shelves
10. 310 染 Claiming You 染指 Ting Bai汀白Modern Romance763k WordsCompleted Ning Zhi has a secret: she loves making aloof, unattainable men go crazy for her, only to abandon them without mercy. When she first meets Zhou Heng, she thinks he’s just another fish in her pond, nothing special. It’s only later that she realizes he’s hard to win over and even harder to get rid of. A seemingly sweet and fragile, secretly scheming little vixen vs. a restrained, composed, untouchable beauty 3.1kReads7.5Score305Shelves

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    1️⃣ The female lead is a scheming woman who enjoys conquering different men, making them crazy about her, and then dumping them. This time, she's set her sights on her sister's boyfriend, thinking he'd be like any other fish, only to find he's hard to catch and hard to get rid of! [Salute][Petrified]

11. 311 替 The Substitute's Guide to Rising to the Top 替身上位手册 Nightwalking Meow夜行喵Modern Romance224k WordsCompleted [Main story complete, bonus chapters coming soon] [Not a pure relationship + happy ending] A beautiful woman with exceptional brains and fighting skills, single-mindedly pursuing profit and cold-hearted x A powerful big shot with wealth, status, and influence, composed and untainted by worldly concerns * Yan Song’s parents were both dead, and she was buried in debt. A ladder to success stood before her: Being a stand-in was all too easy. She was determined to be a good actress, both at work and 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Rise of a Black Lotus in the Slums: Sweet Talk, Ruthless Heart

12. 312 头 Mini Bubbles Over Her Head: The Adorable Little Darling Everyone Loves 头顶迷你气泡，奶萌团宠人见人爱 Kaka Just Keeps Posting卡卡就是发Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Beloved family in a bygone era + adorable child with mood bubbles above her head + powerful father + doted on to the extreme + everyone loves her + pure feel-good escapism] Qiao Qiao died before she turned ten, at the hands of the Shen family, who falsely claimed she was their illegitimate daughter. When she opened her eyes again, she was back at three and a half years old. That year, she was still with the Qiao family, the precious little darling everyone in the family cherished like the ap 6.8kReads9.1Score654Shelves

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    Countless small worlds are thrown into turmoil by the transmigrations of various characters, and the worlds based on the romance between the male and female protagonists are thrown into chaos. Jin Manyi, a new employee of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, is tasked with fixing the distorted plot lines in various worlds. In a sweet romance world, she becomes the ungrateful cannon fodder fiancée of a domineering CEO. Normally, she could retire successfully after completing the storyline. [Quick Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Melodrama + No Fixed Couple + Hedonistic Female Lead + Some Worlds Have Childbirth, the first world has an unclean male lead, skip if you mind, Pampered Young Lady VS Cold and Arrogant Fiancé]

13. 313 离 This Is Ridiculous! I Transmigrated into a Villainess and Got Forcefully Taken 离谱！穿成恶毒女配被强取豪夺了 Wooden Raisin木提子Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [A Wicked Female Supporting Character’s Wild Reunion with the Madmen] [Everyone Is Pure, Everyone Is Evil, Top-Tier Wealthy Families, Awakening to Their Dark Sides, Reunited After a Separation, Coercive Possession, Intense Push and Pull, A Battle Among Men] [Beautiful Black-Hearted Lotus × Mad, Unhinged CEOs (n)] With her delicate, graceful looks and clear, melodious voice, Yu Xian was a hypocritical green-tea type: a fool at heart, worth less than a penny. Beautiful on the outside but cold and 10.8kReads9.1Score964Shelves

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    It's a story about a woman who's popular with everyone, but Fu also likes the female lead (a female supporting character who died and transmigrated into this body). However, Fu is controlled by the plot and forced to like the female lead from the original world (but this body is occupied by a transmigrated woman). The female lead only thinks for herself and doesn't believe men. She uses her knowledge of the plot to invest and gradually becomes a capitalist. It contains many professional economic terms and is quite sophisticated. The female lead pretends to be weak but is actually a powerful figure. Many male leads like her.

14. 314 渣 The Bad Girl Rises to the Top, and Every Tycoon in the Capital Falls for Her 渣女上位，京圈大佬全沦陷 Fei Yiqi费轶祺Modern Romance220k WordsOngoing Cold-hearted heroine who cannot be won over + calm, self-possessed political heavyweight | Flirtatious playboy | Gentle, devoted good guy [Powerful families + brothers competing for the heroine + stealing someone’s girl + powerful men lowering their heads + secret, simmering tension] Li Suijing never imagined that the new girlfriend his younger brother brought home would be the very canary who had pecked him once and flown away. The scheming beauty of the past now wore a cheongsam, lowering her 23Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    1️⃣🌸🌸The female lead is a greedy, charming, and scheming woman. As the male lead's secretary, she orchestrates a one-night stand, hoping to use her child to advance her career. However, the male lead pays her to have an abortion. After the male lead's plane crashes and he disappears, the female lead seizes the opportunity to marry into a wealthy family with the child. After the male lead returns with amnesia, the female lead continues to seduce him. 2️⃣🌺🌺The female lead is cold, ruthless, and unapproachable. She's a kept woman who breaks up with her boyfriend, uses the money to go abroad, betrays her friends, seduces her best friend's boyfriend, and then betrays her own love, using her boyfriend to climb the social ladder. The story involves brothers vying for power, a cool and collected political bigwig, a scoundrel playboy, and a gentle and affectionate gentleman.

15. 315 顶 The Ultimate Green Tea Gold Digger: The Powerful Fight Over Her 顶美绿茶捞金记，权贵为她争疯了 Lin Yulin林屿林Modern Romance411k WordsOngoing It's just started, so the score will rise later~ [All male leads are virgins] [Soft-spoken but ruthless top-tier green tea schemer x top-tier power brokers] [Brothers turn against each other + 1vN + loyal attack dogs + men competing in a battlefield of love] [Character growth] The night she turned thirteen, everything in her family changed overnight. Shen Yue fell from heaven into hell, and bullying and debt collectors became part of her daily life. At eighteen, her debts had piled up like a bou 23kReads8.2Score2.9kShelves

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    This one, this one, perfectly matches.

16. 316 惊 Shocking! The Noble Consort Wins the Favor of All Six Palaces by Gossiping 惊！贵妃娘娘靠吃瓜宠冠六宫 Day Mountain Moon昼山月Ancient Romance620k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + substitute + fleeing while pregnant + secret identity] [The leads are not each other’s first; she becomes his sole favorite later. The heroine stays clearheaded and never falls for him. A silly, fluffy story; the heroine is no saint.] Jing Shumei was born with stunning beauty. She used her looks to seduce the Emperor, never giving him her heart, only scheming for her own gain. Using her mind-reading ability to listen in on palace gossip and navigate the harem, she climbed step 4.1kReads9.3Score574Shelves

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    The writing style is not that of a primary school student, making it worth getting into.

17. 317 快 Quick Transmigration: Her First Love Is Impossible to Forget 快穿之初恋她让人念念不忘 Mango Without Sauce芒果不加酱Modern Romance390k WordsCompleted [The writing is awful, and I haven't thought the plot through!!!] An Ya is the vicious supporting female character in a story, the first love the male lead longs for but can never have. She is the obstacle in the way of the main couple's romance, and her only purpose is to pave the way for their relationship. But every time An Ya breaks up with the male lead, the plot derails in an unexpected way. He refuses to break up with her, and he no longer wants to be with the female lead either! [The fem 1.4kReads7.5Score100Shelves
18. 318 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s to Be a Soft, Gold-Digging Green Tea 穿到七零当软饭绿茶 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The main story is complete. You can read the bonus chapters first and then the main story, or read them in order. [Marriage first, love later + fussy heroine + devoted relationship + both leads are each other's only ones + previous marriage and hidden hang-ups, don't read if that bothers you. An extremely imperfect cast! Definitely not a romance-obsessed heroine!] Clearheaded, beautiful, delicate woman + rugged, scheming man with off-the-charts EQ and IQ She loves putting on a show, he loves mak 6.1kReads8.9Score539Shelves
19. 319 谁 Whose Favored Concubine Doesn't Get Herself Killed? 谁家宠妾不作死啊 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 78.9kReads9.5Score8kShelves
20. 320 趁 While Her Husband Is Still Green, the Young Wife Turns on the Charm 趁夫君青涩，娘子她花式开撩 Encounter遇见Ancient Romance662k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other’s first and only love + married first, fall in love later + all kinds of flirting + knows how to keep her husband in line + says the sweetest things while striking with the sharpest knife] In her previous life, after marrying into the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, she was exhausted every day. She had to get up at three in the morning to serve her mother-in-law, constantly find ways to please her sister-in-law, and put up with her several sisters-in-law hitting her up fo 9.8kReads8.5Score828Shelves
21. 321 重 Back at Thirteen, My Scumbag Dad and Godmother, Tremble! 重返13岁，渣爹干妈颤抖吧 Heartfelt at Midnight深夜走心Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted Ling Jiujiu had a miserable life in her previous one, thanks to her scumbag father and stepmother. After returning to the day she caught her father cheating with her godmother, she decided to keep her cool this time and let the two adulterers off for now, plotting her revenge at her own pace... In this life, she followed her father’s example and shifted the family assets, saddled her mother with shared household debts, and forced her father to leave with nothing. Then, armed with explosive evide 24kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves

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    [Request for more updates] I've turned the tomatoes so many times they're soft, sharing a new realm of reading with you [Learned something] [Request for more updates] In many people's eyes, a woman like me should be very annoying, a scheming woman. In 2003, when I was only sixteen, I clearly knew what I wanted and worked hard for it, eventually achieving my goal.

22. 322 初 Daily Life with the Army in the Early Tang Dynasty 初唐随军日常 Eight-Mao and Chubby Cub八毛和肥崽Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Completed, No Rebirth, No Special Powers, Slow Pace, Includes a Wife] As a woman who had transmigrated, Ming Luo arrived with lofty ambitions. Unfortunately, reality was stronger than she was. The feudal jewel she had once looked up to, the so-called Zhenguan Era, turned out in the end to be nothing more than a glorious age that devoured its people. 12.1kReads8.6Score960Shelves
23. 323 赶 Thrown Out of the Manor? A Year Later, I Return as a Consort 赶我出府？一年后封妃归来 Jingjing Yeye京京耶耶Ancient Romance352k WordsCompleted [Scheming seduction, a golden finger, sweet and satisfying romance, palace maid rises to power] (The rating has only just opened. Check the reviews for details; it’ll go up, q-q.) - On the day of her grandmother’s funeral, Shen Lingyang was framed for having an affair with another man. The marquis’s household couldn’t wait to drive her out. But how could a beautiful, frail young woman survive in the rough and tumble streets? After much thought, she realized there was perhaps only one person unde 4.3kReads8.3Score682Shelves

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    🧸🧸①On the day of her grandmother's funeral, she was falsely accused of having an affair with another man. Without allowing her to explain, the Marquis's mansion hastily expelled her from the residence. In order to protect herself, she personally orchestrated a play, step by step drawing the emperor into a deep and irresistible trap...

24. 324 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I'm a Heartbreaker, So What? 重生八零，我是渣女我怕谁 One Cat, One Leaf一猫一叶Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to the 1980s] [Cunning Bad Girl] [Powerful Men Bow to Love] [Everyone's Favorite] [Men Are All Stepping Stones] [Ageless Youth Golden Finger] Power and money are a woman's best tonics, a real boost... Zhao Wenwen, a minor celebrity who got her start as an internet influencer, is a polished, self-serving opportunist who moves between men. By a twist of fate, her soul transmigrates to the 1980s. Reborn, she seizes the tailwind of the times and launches her entrepreneurial journey. 264Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is cunning and uses her beauty to seduce men into becoming her backers, protecting her in business, and choosing not to marry into a wealthy family, but instead becoming wealthy herself.

25. 325 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Black Lotus's Path of Cultivation 综影视：黑莲花修炼路 Orange Blossom Terrace橙花台Female-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing The female lead is a scheming girl who loves to act innocent and helpless. (See the author's notes for the worlds.) 789Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    So cunning! She's such a good actress, it's so beautiful! [Drooling emoji] [I've learned something new] [I've learned something new] [I've learned something new]

26. 326 岁 Years in the Palace 岁岁宫阙 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance706k WordsCompleted Liu Yuetang was sent to a country estate by her legitimate mother the day she was born. When she came of age, her older half-sister gave up her chance to enter the palace because of a dream, stole her match, and spent the night with her betrothed. Liu Yuetang went along with it and decided to enter the palace to carve out a bright future for herself. Once inside, she kept a low profile, learned the arts of the bedchamber, and mastered the art of playing hard to get, pouting coquettishly, and put 11.3kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
27. 327 千 The Reborn Heiress: The Scheming CEO’s Sweet Trap 千金重生：心机总裁套路深 Jiang Xiaoya姜小牙Modern Romance3.6M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Lin Yi wasn't the brightest. The man she loved with all her heart schemed for her family's fortune and took her life. The man she had slapped three times became a powerful figure admired and courted by everyone, someone far beyond her reach. She died in his bed. Reborn, she finally understood how to live: she would take revenge on everyone who had harmed her. As for the man she had once trampled on... Mr. Ying, yes, I'm talking about you. You look even more handsome today. 5.1kReads9.2Score694Shelves

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    🔥The female lead is cunning and wants to turn the tables☁️ 🍃"She climbs the social ladder by any means necessary, using it as a stepping stone"🌱 👑①The female lead is cunning and resourceful, clear-headed, knows what she wants, and is not content with what she has, wanting to achieve... 👑②In order to achieve her goals, she is willing to lower herself and humble herself.

28. 328 错 A Misplaced Seduction 错位引诱 Shen Xingxu沈星许Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name is now streaming. [Sweet, seductive siren × cold-hearted, ruthless heir] [Flirtatious push and pull + the powerful one finally yielding + strangers in public, passionately kissing in private] Song Chuwan had known since childhood that she was the Mu family’s illegitimate daughter, unfit to be seen in public and forced to endure whatever abuse her identical-looking older sister dished out. Then one day, because her sister was born infertile, she threatened and bri 9.1kReads9.3Score1kShelves
29. 329 心 The Scheming Beauty Transmigrates Into a Book: The Entire Court Goes Crazy for You 心机美人穿书后：满朝文武为卿狂 MumuAlice木木AliceAncient Romance456k WordsCompleted An ironclad empress, and emperors who come and go. [Transmigrate into a book + a scheming black lotus with a sweet, delicate facade + love at first sight + Mary Sue + different love interests at different stages] Xu Jinqiao is a flirtatious beauty. After casually making one snarky remark, she somehow transmigrates into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character who shares her name! The original character was frail and delicate, devoted everything to her family, yet her relatives treat 80Reads9.1Score101Shelves
30. 330 小 The Concubine Clings to a Powerful Patron 小妾抱大腿 Nian Lianqiu念莲秋Ancient Romance304k WordsCompleted Tao Yaoyao transmigrated into a book, becoming an unloved concubine of the heir to the prince’s household. The original owner was just a minor character, but she was also a thoroughly disposable extra. Her fate was to be forced into prostitution. To avoid that ending, Tao Yaoyao decides to cozy up to a powerful patron, so that when the prince’s household is destroyed, she’ll be able to escape. But in the end... 9Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 331 黑 The Black Moonlight's Hunting Game 黑月光的狩猎游戏 Drowned Fishy淹鱼鱼Modern Romance119k WordsOngoing One heroine, four male leads | Everyone’s darling | Reborn and rising to the top | Chaebol school | Scheming heroine | Multiple male leads in a tangled rivalry | Battle of wits “This time, she’ll use those lofty chaebol heirs as stepping stones on her way to the top.” On her twentieth birthday, Jiang Minxi leapt from a skyscraper. When she opened her eyes again, she was back ten years earlier at the start of the nightmare, when chaebol children trampled her dignity and forced her to drop out: Se 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    1V4 | Charismatic Heiress | Rebirth and Counterattack | Chaebol Campus | Scheming Heiress | Multiple Male Leads in a Love Triangle | High-IQ Showdown "This time, she'll make those high-and-mighty chaebol heirs her stepping stones to the top." On her 30th birthday, Kang Min-hee jumped from a high-rise building. When she opened her eyes again, she was back ten years ago—the beginning of her nightmare where her dignity was trampled on by chaebol children, and she was forced to drop out of school—Seyeon High School, the cradle of South Korea's top chaebol heirs, and also the starting point of a power game.

32. 332 快 Quick Transmigration: The Scumbag Ex's Redemption Plan 快穿：渣女前任洗白计划 Ling Fengzi凌枫紫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Love Rivals · Drama Queen · Exes · Redemption · Sweet Romance · Clear-Headed Heroine · Calculated Pursuit · First Love · Reunited After a Breakup] 1v1 For detailed content warnings and the complete list of worlds, see the end of Chapter One. As the saying goes, the ideal ex is one who’s “dead and gone.” Once the child of fortune breaks up with a cannon-fodder ex, they’re supposed to meet their destined one. But events veered off course: the destined one and the child of fortune lost their conne 10.1kReads9.0Score632Shelves

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    In the second book, Yu Jiao didn't expect the Divine Mirror to threaten her. If it wanted to tear apart the world's consciousness and take her away, she had to help it collect resentment and love in the other world. Although unwilling, she agreed under the relentless pressure from Heaven. However, she didn't expect to see such a bloody scene as soon as she arrived. The flower fairy frowned and turned to look at the Divine Mirror floating in mid-air.

33. 333 他 He Has Amnesia? She Tricks Him into Marriage! The Easygoing Beauty Gets Pregnant and Wins in 1980 他失忆？她骗婚！八零娇懒美人怀崽躺赢 Little Lingyu小令羽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage in the 1980s + Sweet Romance + Easy Conception + Marriage First, Love Later + Satisfying Read] Her military officer husband comes home from a mission, bringing a beautiful woman with him? Isn't this the classic love-rival trope? How did it happen to her? Wen Ying was dumbfounded. Three years ago, she had transmigrated into an 1980s novel and become a poor, lazy village girl. Luckily, she had spent one wild night with the novel's male lead, a military officer and pilot. When sh 2.5kReads6.9Score216Shelves

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    The male lead suffers from amnesia. While he was missing, the female lead used her pregnancy to successfully marry into his family. Hearing of his return, she was shocked, thinking her good days were over. Luckily, he had amnesia, so the dramatic female lead immediately ran to him and said: "Honey, you're finally back! Do you know how I've been these past two years...?"

34. 334 枯 Withered, Yet Never Lost 枯萎不渡 Yan Xi砚夕Modern Romance448k WordsCompleted On the day He Yu got engaged, Jiang Wei decided to take a job overseas. From then on, they would each go their separate ways. It’s easy to give up on someone: don’t see them, and don’t make a fool of yourself. 419Reads8.9Score175Shelves

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    Trust me, reading will make you happy! The female protagonist, Jiang Wei, is scheming and has her eye on the rising star, He Yu. However, her scheming is limited to learning from him, and she never intended to climb up to him. Who knew that he would lose himself and become unable to let go... The language is crisp and clear, making it easy to read.

35. 335 被 After Being Imprisoned by the CEO, She Happily Gives Up 被总裁囚禁后她快乐摆烂 Xia Zhi Liang夏只凉Modern Romance125k WordsCompleted Yan Muyan was drugged at a banquet. When she woke up, she found herself in a mansion spanning three thousand square meters. The CEO’s low voice sounded beside her ear: “Yanyan, you can’t escape...” Yan Muyan: Oh, then I won’t hold back. On the first day of her imprisonment, Yan Muyan looked around cautiously and kept her guard up; On the second day, Yan Muyan slept in without a care, then lay flat and scrolled through her phone; After a week in captivity, Yan Muyan said, “What do you mean, your 514Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    🌷✨The female lead was locked in a villa by the male lead, who told her not to even think about escaping, but she had no intention of running away! She spent her days playing on her phone and eating snacks, thoroughly enjoying herself. 🌿The female lead genuinely just wanted to give up, and the male lead only lied to her because of her, but he never expected that she would...🥝🥝

36. 336 照 Dressed in Red: The Maid's Rise to Power 照红妆：通房丫鬟上位记 Sweet, Sweet Milk Candy奶糖甜甜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Extra chapters being updated] Haitang, a maid who shares her master's bed, follows these rules for surviving household rivalries: First, be flexible. Second, don't let love cloud your judgment. Third, if a woman isn't ruthless, she won't keep her place. Haitang is breathtakingly beautiful, but she comes from humble beginnings. In her previous life, she was proud and refused to become a bedchamber maid, so her mistress tortured her to death. Reborn, she decides to live differently. Everyone thin 13.9kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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    The female lead initially wanted to be an ordinary maid, but because the mistress forced her to climb the social ladder, she used the guise of doing what was best for the mistress to seek personal gain and create various traps for her. In the end, she successfully gained the crown prince's favor. [Cool]

37. 337 只 I Only Wanted Her to Be the Female Side Character, but Who Knew She'd Be Everyone's Dream Girl? 只想让她做女配，谁料她是万人迷 Peony Pastry芍酥Ancient Romance347k WordsOngoing Across three thousand worlds, female side characters are always there to help the male and female leads build their love and careers. They give them opportunities, money, connections, and a helping hand. In short, they’re like bricks: wherever the leads need them, that’s where they go. When side characters in certain worlds awakened and refused to be manipulated any longer, the headquarters of the Quick Transmigration Bureau had to keep the small worlds stable. They decided on short notice to se 1.9kReads5.9Score102Shelves
38. 338 被 Imprisoned by Yandere Lovers? I'll Turn the Tables on Them 被病娇囚禁？反关他们 Lu Shi Wu鹿时雾Modern Romance227k WordsCompleted [All male leads are virgins + Obsessive, coercive romance + System] Hua Xia is dating a boyfriend who only has eyes for her. The first time she goes home with him, he looks at her strangely and asks cautiously, “Xiaxia, can you tell which one of us is me?” She confidently assures him that she can. * But... Hua Xia never expects to be proven wrong so soon. Held in the arms of a man who looks exactly like her boyfriend, she hears a hurt, bitter voice drifting over from ahead. “Xiaxia, you lied to 2.7kReads8.4Score296Shelves
39. 339 心 Clever and Sweet, She Keeps the Chaste and Powerful Begging for Her Night After Night 心机乖媚，撩的禁欲权贵夜夜缠 MuziS木子SAncient Romance501k WordsCompleted [An alternate setting: A devoted couple, a clever and charming, flirtatious heroine, and a seemingly innocent but secretly ruthless hero with overwhelming possessiveness. The hero is utterly devoted to the heroine, and his love knows no bounds.] Wen Shuxiao, a concubine-born daughter of the Wen family and the most beautiful woman in Yongzhou, is dumped by her childhood sweetheart and fiancé on the eve of their wedding. He has fallen for a noblewoman from a prestigious family! Being gentle and ob 3kReads8.8Score283Shelves

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    🍁①After losing her parents, she suffered cold stares, ridicule, and mockery, and tasted the bitterness of living under someone else's roof. In order to live a better life, she set her sights on the heir of the Duke's mansion and used every means to win his heart...

40. 340 拒 I Refuse to Marry into a Wealthy Family. I'll Take My Child and Marry a Country Man 拒入豪门，我带娃嫁给乡下人 I Alone Pity the Quiet Grass独怜幽幽草Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted An IT engineer from a small town studies hard, works diligently, turns down a wealthy family’s marriage proposal, and goes abroad to study. Even after unexpectedly becoming a single mother, she never stops growing. She makes a dazzling transformation into an investment banking star… The only thing that drives her crazy is the child’s father, a young man from a small town who’s two years younger than her. He pursues her relentlessly, but what can she do? Love isn’t something you can achieve just 910Reads8.9Score103Shelves

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    The female lead is cunning, but she doesn't dare to use it. She also wants to marry into a wealthy family, but she's timid... So in the end she rejects the wealthy family and marries a countryman. [Laughing][laughing][laughing] The ending is very satisfying, and the writing won't waste your time. Want to take a look?

41. 341 智 Wise Men Avoid Love, and the Noble Consort Wants No Responsibility 智者不入爱河，贵妃不想负责 Uncle Luo洛叔叔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Being a beggar would be better than being in the harem. Shen Qing is despairing over her current identity. The female lead won't appear for another two years, and Shen Qing is the lowest-ranking consort in the male lead's harem. Her father is useless, and she has neither money nor power. It seems her only option is to wait for the emperor's favor. To make matters worse, she has a face that attracts trouble. If she fights for influence, she has no leverage; if she doesn't, she'll just get bullied 42.4kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves

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    Book 1: Born with a silver spoon in my mouth? It's all thanks to my careful planning and using my beauty as a weapon to fight my way to a great life! The female lead in this book is truly ambitious, the kind who endures humiliation and hardship for power. Absolutely amazing! Book 2: Starting as cannon fodder?! Watch how I side with the female lead, manipulate the emperor, and achieve my wish of early retirement~ Oops, I accidentally became a concubine... Book 3: A courtesan climbs the social ladder to gain freedom and wins over a powerful prince. Never before has a female lead ever chosen a husband in such a unique way! These are highly-rated works carefully selected by Shuo Shui; trust me, you won't regret it!

42. 342 美 A Beauty's Schemes: The Sweet, Flirtatious Wallflower 美人心计：小白花她又甜又钓 Boohoo, Don't Cry呜呜不哭Ancient Romance525k WordsOngoing [Unconventional quick transmigration + delicate heroine + scheming beauty + different male leads + sweet romance] Across countless worlds, Yuan Mingxuan always plays the doomed cannon-fodder character who has nothing but a pretty face... World One: Brilliant revenge-seeking empress VS rebellious, wolfish tribal prince In a historical romance, she was the original princess sent to marry for peace, whose identity the empress stole before plotting her murder... World Two: Sexy, fiery beauty host VS 752Reads6.9Score—Shelves
43. 343 你 You and I Were Never Meant to Be, But the Prince Is Willing to Spend 你我本无缘，全靠王爷肯花钱 Ye Lian Yi叶怜衣Ancient Romance540k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + irresistible, teasing beauty × a man whose mouth says no but whose actions say yes + sweet wife × tough guy + size difference] Shen Qingqing was having a bit of bad luck. She’d transmigrated into the body of a courtesan who was about to leave the brothel. She’d heard the madam planned to sell her as a concubine to a lecher in his fifties. So Shen Qingqing had to find another way out and get herself “married” within a month... She paid a hefty sum to a matchmaker for a list of el 2.7kReads9.3Score454Shelves
44. 344 捞 The Gold Digger's Guide to Winning Everyone's Heart 捞女万人迷上位指南 Pretty Sheep Dragon美羊羊龙Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [A captivating, scheming female lead × powerful men from every corner of the elite world] Chu Ran comes from a small town and an ordinary family, but she was born knowing how to make men bow to her. She is pure, innocent, and delicate, like a flower anyone could pluck. Only she knows that’s just bait she’s dangling in front of them. A self-made tycoon spends a fortune on her. A rising political star breaks his principles for her. A wealthy heir puts his playboy days behind him and lowers his hea 9.7kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves

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    It started slowly but finished strong, with a particularly satisfying ending. I hope the author writes more!

45. 345 娘 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚，一路宫斗上位 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 57.2kReads9.5Score7.1kShelves

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    🍒🌈An ancient Chinese romance novel featuring palace intrigue and family feuds. The female lead is cunning and a master actress. The male lead is an emperor, but later he's forcibly taken by her [licking screen] [pouting]. The female lead is truly wicked [shy] and vicious. Later, when she's the only one favored, she actually smiles [crying] [heart][making a face]. What she [kiss] wants is to be the best of the best! [Evil smile][fear][admiration]

46. 346 快 Quick Transmigration: The Seductive Green Tea Siren's Climb to Power Through Childbearing 快穿：尤物绿茶精的生子上位记 Yi Zhi Luan亦枝鸾Ancient Romance783k WordsCompleted Liu Ruofu was once the Hibiscus Flower Goddess of the Ninth Heaven. She is sent to the mortal realm to live in place of innocent women who were framed and met tragic, untimely deaths. She must also win over men destined to have no children and bear offspring for them. Each small world is its own separate story. The heroine is stunningly beautiful, and her personality varies from world to world. World One: A scheming concubine wins over a crown prince whose heart belongs to someone else World Two 9.3kReads8.0Score577Shelves

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    🍁 ① She looks exactly like her half-sister, but has always been overlooked… 🌈 When her sister marries into a wealthy family in Beijing, she discovers she can't have children. She's then forced to become her sister's substitute, bearing her children… 🌈 Unwilling to be a tool, she decides to take everything from her sister, including her fiancé…

47. 347 快 Quick Transmigration: The Scheming Maid Defeats the Original Heroine and Takes Her Place 快穿：心机丫鬟打败原女主上位 Zhou Yinyin周茵茵Ancient Romance536k WordsOngoing [Scheming] [Male Rivalry] [Household Intrigue] [Quick Transmigration] [Beautiful Female Lead] [Unhinged Male Leads and Supporting Characters] Yutao is a beautiful maid in a household-intrigue novel, but every time she changes books, she also gets a new master. Her mission is to stay alive and marry into a powerful family. 1. In a reborn revenge novel, she is the most capable senior maid serving the female lead’s wicked stepmother. (Complete) 2. In a novel about the real and fake heiresses, she i 101Reads6.6Score—Shelves
48. 348 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainess Is Yet Again Seized and Possessed 快穿之女配她又被强取豪夺了 Pluck a Star摘下星星Modern Romance394k WordsCompleted Jiang Ruan, the last nine-tailed fox in the world, had a graceful figure and peerless beauty. Every gesture of hers was seductive and alluring. A single glance over her shoulder could haunt any man’s dreams. At last, she had gathered enough infatuation from men to break through and ascend to immortality, but a lightning tribulation dashed all her hopes. Just then, a supporting-female-character System suddenly approached her. It claimed that if she could steal the heroine’s fortune and claim 4.1kReads7.2Score169Shelves
49. 349 快 Quick Transmigration: The Beauty Insists on Being Pampered 快穿：美人她偏要恃宠而娇 Green Jasmine Milk Tea奶茶茉绿Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + immersive stories + a touch of everyone-falls-for-her + love at first sight + shamelessly spoiled Mary Sue + all male leads are pure] P.S. The rating is low because there aren't many ratings yet. Yun Qing was born breathtakingly beautiful. Others had always been there to adore her, never the other way around. Who could have guessed that one day she'd be told she was nothing but a willful cannon-fodder character in someone else's story? Changing herself was out of the ques 864Reads6.6Score100Shelves

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    🌴① The female lead is a scheming beauty with a vicious and selfish personality. In one world, she impersonates her pregnant roommate and marries a wealthy and domineering CEO. Her true identity is revealed after the marriage, but the male lead is already deeply involved. 🌴② The female lead is a spoiled brat, stunningly beautiful and irresistible. The male lead is extremely love-struck and falls in love with her at first sight. 🥀

50. 350 美 Beauty Is Hard to Tame, and I Submit Only to Power 美貌难驯，我只臣服于权利 Dave Is Very Good戴夫很乖Modern Romance156k WordsOngoing No CP, a lightly ensemble-focused story, a scheming beauty, a Mary Sue, and not a clean romance. Ruan Nanyan worked her way from the poorest county in China into the glittering city of Jinghai. She wasn't there to snag a rich heir and marry him like everyone else. She planned to use her beauty and intelligence to reach the top of the social pyramid, with every man serving as a stepping stone on her way up. She would never stop for anyone, because she wasn't doing this just for herself. She also —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ☘️☘️The scheming female protagonist rises from the poorest of villages to the most bustling cities. Her beauty and intelligence are her bargaining chips. She navigates the complex relationships with powerful figures, who are merely stepping stones and tools in her climb to the top. She craves power and wants to stand at the pinnacle of society.

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