The Heroine Uses Her Wiles to Climb the Social Ladder for Her Own Benefit 女主为了利益攀高枝，很有心计

1. 101 网 Online Dating the Cold, Handsome Campus Hunk: The Scheming Gold Digger Takes the Crown 网恋清冷校草，恶毒捞女配上位 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted Online Dating the Cool, Distant Campus Hunk: The Scheming Gold Digger Claims Her Place 452Reads—Score114d adds

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   The female lead is cunning and ambitious, climbing the social ladder for personal gain. Early on, to fulfill her father's mission of a forced marriage, she uses online dating to woo the school's most popular guy. He's her unrequited love, and the two brothers face a grueling pursuit after the marriage – who wins her heart?

2. 102 咱 Our Prince He Has Fallen 咱们赫太子爷陷进去了 Matcha Milk Pudding抹茶奶冻冻Modern Romance209k WordsOngoing [Cool, poisonous rose × born-bad playboy] [High school and college / angsty push-and-pull / neither is sexually inexperienced / adversarial couple / genuine playboy turns over a new leaf / morally gray cast / plot twists] At this school, where even the principal had to bow to power, a group of transfer students arrived. These party-loving troublemakers stirred up an already chaotic school, causing one upheaval after another. Xiao Yun never imagined she would get involved with Xi Heling, much les 641Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The female lead climbs up to the male lead for personal gain; the male lead is powerful and influential, and helps the female lead deal with...

3. 103 鱼 Fish Don’t Have Feet 鱼没有脚 Unhappy Fat Tangerine不开心的肥橘Modern Romance572k WordsCompleted [Top-tier novel + modern romance + old-school melodrama + forced love + unhinged scumbag + scorching sexual tension + emotional manipulation + face-slapping + groveling pursuit after the breakup + addictive plot + heartbreak and catharsis + beautiful, strong, and tragic heroine + healing and redemption + campus life + heroine’s coming-of-age journey + happy ending] [Small-town country girl + wealthy city playboy of mixed heritage] Yao Yueying is like a parasite, living off her “best friend,” Che 7.4kReads8.6Score74114d adds
4. 104 我 I Stole a Rich, Handsome Guy 我截胡了个高富帅 Manlina Who Loves Salted Mutton Soup爱吃盐山羊汤的曼丽娜Modern Romance307k WordsOngoing [Powerful Family's Son x Shrewd Small-Town Girl] [Pregnancy Before Marriage] [Marriage Before Love] [Husband Chases His Wife After Marriage] Wen Jing knew from an early age that excellent grades and a degree from a top university weren't enough. Snobbish relatives would still look down on her. You had to seize your own opportunities, so when her influential university professor offered to introduce her to her nephew, she quickly agreed, even though he had an ex-girlfriend he'd been with for nine 296.6kReads8.5Score43.5k14d adds
5. 105 我 I Bought a House and a Car by Writing Novels in the Nineties 我靠写小说买房买车【九零】 Oil Bean Paste油豆沙Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted “I’ve been reborn, back in the summer break of elementary school in 1998...” In her previous life, she never had a boyfriend, not even by the time she was twenty-seven. She drifted through every day in a daze and had even recently lost her job. Then one day, she woke up reborn. She was going to do everything she’d never done before. ① Write a hit novel, sell the screen rights, and become a famous author. ② Buy property ahead of time and become a landlady with a hundred apartments. ③ Find a hands 3.7kReads8.2Score30414d adds

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   She firmly believes that true alchemy lies in transforming ordinary days into something of golden density and value through focus, diligence, and wisdom. Her success is a testament to the power of time.

6. 106 重 Back to College: A Tough Girl Embarks on the Road to Wealth 重回大学，彪悍女生开启成豪之路 Mo Bai么白Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Strong heroine + reborn + entrepreneurship No System, no golden finger, just a wealth of skills and street smarts. The focus is on her career, with a romance: she pursues the male lead, who is an untouchable beauty, unmarried in his previous life, and nine years younger than the heroine. Jiang Yue woke up one morning completely bewildered. At forty, she had returned to the age of nineteen. A wonderful era, the best years of her life. She had to put her skills to work and make money, money, money 2.4kReads8.7Score20914d adds
7. 107 京 A Scandal in the Capital: The Stand-In Runs Away Pregnant, Leaving the Crown Prince in the Dust 京枝欲孽：替身带球跑狠甩太子爷 Zi Zi字字Modern Romance528k WordsOngoing [Beijing elite family + sweet romance + age gap] Complete. I can't revise the story anymore, so I won't. I'm planning to take it down. Jiang Yuan, who debuted as a child star, has two identities as an adult: a college student by day and Ye Jingshi's contract lover by night. When Jiang Yuan accidentally slept with Ye Jingshi, she never expected him to start fighting everyone off to claim her for himself. To stop her from taking advantage of him and walking away, he forced Jiang Yuan to sign a two 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A possessive, domineering, and secretly passionate tycoon within the system versus a cunning, rebellious, and nurturing canary who treats the male lead like a male model, sleeping with him and dumping him as she pleases. From initial attraction and restraint to utter loss of control, the powerful man bows his head, deliberately seducing her… Their marriage begins with physical attraction and ends in a mutually compatible intellectual relationship, a battle of wits and courage. The female lead is a character who grows and develops, possessing a strong sense of self. The male lead steadfastly protects her, but she remains oblivious to his love. Every time the male lead throws a tantrum, he has to humbly coax her in return.

8. 108 真 The True Heiress's Fiancé Begged Me to Marry Him, So I Ran Away Pregnant 真千金未婚夫求着我嫁，我带球跑了 Tangerine Sand桔沙Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The real heiress's fiance begged me to marry him, so I ran off with his baby 129Reads—Score—14d adds

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   She was cunning and manipulative, climbing the social ladder for personal gain. She became a fallen heiress, penniless and resentful that her mother's meager earnings weren't enough for her to buy a luxurious makeover. She also resented that the real heiress had everything she couldn't have. When the real heiress's fiancé proposed and then abandoned her, she readily accepted. She didn't love him, but as long as life could be better again, she could pretend to love him. Until she was exhausted, she ran away pregnant. Years later, on the day they reunited, she was embracing a male model. He cried in despair, facing a nightmare of chasing after his wife. Could he win her back?

9. 109 穿 Transmigrate with a System, Hand It Over to the Nation from the Start 穿越系统，开局上交国家 Ding Ding Dang Dang, Little Cutie叮叮当当小可爱Urban425k WordsCompleted Su Mingxuan unexpectedly acquires a portal that can transport him into various films, TV shows, and books. The first time he enters, he lands in the period when the full-scale war of resistance broke out. A clear-eyed college student, Su Mingxuan is nearly scared to death in there. After barely making it back to the modern world alive, he makes a decision that goes against his ancestors' wishes: he has to hand it over, no question. As a patriotic young man, he has to help his motherland grow str 16Reads—Score—14d adds

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   I highly recommend this; I've only ever watched domineering CEO dramas before, this one is a different genre.

10. 110 恶 She's Vicious and Just a Supporting Character, Yet the Hero Insists on Being Her Dog 恶毒且女配，可男主偏要当她狗 Watermelon Juice西瓜西瓜汁Fantastical Romance87k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + villainess + stealing love by force + no moral compass + adored by everyone + semi-immersive] Song Qingxue is wicked, selfish, and can’t stand seeing anyone else doing better or being more talented than her! But it’s hard to resist when she’s stunningly beautiful and adored by everyone! ღ Worlds: 01. [The Arrogant Princess of the Entertainment Industry] 1V3 02. [The Sweet-Talking, Two-Faced Tomboy in the Friend Group] 03. [The Spoiled and Headstrong Youngest Daughter in a 5Reads—Score114d adds

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    A quick transmigration story about a wicked woman with no moral compass, selfish and self-serving, multiple male leads, and a heartthrob.

11. 111 修 After I Clung to the Immortal Lord, I Became Invincible 修仙之赖上仙君后我无敌了 Night Rain Flower夜雨花Ancient Romance790k WordsCompleted Liu Yueniang was a farm girl whom anyone could bully, until she rescued a severely wounded disciple of an immortal sect. When the immortal pressed her down to detoxify him, she discovered that her constitution could steal a century of his cultivation. “Aren't you cultivators always going on about cause and effect?” Standing amid a floor strewn with the immortal sect's treasures, she smiled. “Not one of those who bullied and humiliated me back then will get away!” (Strong female lead + Black 61Reads7.9Score—14d adds

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