The Male Lead Is a Hothead Gangster Who Gently Puts Shoes on His Wife 男主是混混，脾气差却温柔给媳妇穿鞋

1. 1 校 The School Bully's Romance Is Sweet as Can Be 校霸谈的恋爱甜爆啦 Mang Liduō芒哩多Modern Romance646k WordsCompleted [Sweet, soft, adorable girl x roguishly handsome, scheming big shot] Blurb One: There's a cutie in the class, a sweet girl with a sweet voice. Somehow, she catches the eye of the school's big shot. He teases and bullies her every day, and worst of all, he's always pinching her soft, chubby cheeks wherever they happen to be. The whole class thinks the cutie doesn't fight back because she's afraid of getting beaten up. Then the truth leaves them stunned. One day, Song Zhouye pinches her cheek as u 1.8kReads9.4Score34814d adds
2. 2 供 I Put My Childhood Bride Through College, and Now She Wants to Dump Me 供童养媳上大学，毕业就想甩夫君 Yuan Kai Yuan Xin元凯元心Modern Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Completed] [Loves Family, Loves Country, Teochew, 1988] "I want to break off the engagement!" he said. "Fine. Then let's consummate the marriage." The rugged country boy from Chaozhou spent one night with a beautiful bride, only for her to run away the next morning! He chased her to a Guangzhou newspaper office, the Technical University of Munich in Germany, the Xi'an Mecha Research Institute, the Jiangmen Mecha Experimental Base, and the Dahao Undersea Tunnel Mecha Experimental Base! Human-mac 2.2kReads8.1Score10314d adds

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   He even helped his wife during her postpartum confinement period.

3. 3 改 Remarried to the Rough-Hewn Neighbor, the Young Bride Is Spoiled Rotten 改嫁隔壁糙汉，小媳妇被宠上天 The Eldest Miss of the Muzi Family木子家大小姐Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original title: "Left Alone at Home, the Neighboring Roughneck Has His Eye on Her" [1980s | Countryside | Realistic | Devoted Couple | Possessive Favoritism | Age Gap | Love Rival Showdown] In 1980, Li Chuntao is married off in exchange for her older brother’s marriage. But on their wedding night, her groom elopes with his old flame. Overnight, she becomes the village’s target of scorn, branded a woman who brings bad luck. Her mother-in-law calls her a jinx, while a pack of old bachelors eye 38.1kReads8.6Score1.5k14d adds

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   The male lead is a living devil, and the female lead is his Achilles' heel. [Smirk]

4. 4 顶 Over-the-Top Devotion: I'm Just His Plaything 顶级狂爱：我只是他的掌中玩物 Yin Shuyi尹姝伊Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing A godlike Western male lead × a resilient, delicate Chinese heroine The main story is complete. [Dominant daddy type + transnational forced romance + wild and unhinged + mature man who takes the lead + devoted husband + jealous of everything + height and build difference + eight-year age gap + heroine is vulnerable early on] A carefully planned scheme gets Qiao Yimo kidnapped and sold on the black market. She can't speak the language, has no one to rely on, and is put through hell. Only one for 132.5kReads9.0Score12.8k14d adds

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   It's so beautiful! [Shy][shy][crying]

5. 5 穿 Transmigrated as the Spoiled Ex-Girlfriend of a Tycoon Heir 穿成财阀太子爷的作精前女友 Sparrow Song Lantern雀鸣灯Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted [Scheming man x pampered sweetheart | devoted couple, sweet romance] Print edition signed; a comic adaptation is out Ke Miantang transmigrates into a campus novel about a financial dynasty as the villainess, and receives her mission: spend six months playing the male lead's girlfriend, then leave with the money once the original heroine appears, having completed her task. The male lead, Rong She, is the heir to Xingyun Group and tops the eligible bachelor list. Gentle and refined on the surface, 300.2kReads9.3Score32.3k14d adds

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6. 6 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds

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   It fully meets the requirements.

7. 7 抛 Three Years After Abandoning Her Husband and Daughter, She Can Finally See Clearly 抛夫弃女的她三年后不眼盲心瞎了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yu Hua wasn't a good woman. She had “abandoned her husband and daughter,” and spent the hard-earned money her “honest” husband, Chen Jikun, made on a wasteful university life in the city. She also went out of her way to hide the fact that she was married. In an era that prized simplicity and purity, a selfish, vain, spoiled woman like Yu Hua was nothing like the ideal good girl, let alone someone a man would want to marry. Yet Chen Jikun had not only married her, he spent money and effort treati 9.8kReads8.6Score75714d adds
8. 8 嘴 Sweet-Talking and Supple-Waisted, She Wraps Herself Around the Cold, Rugged Man 嘴巴甜，腰肢软，冷面糙汉腰被缠 Summer Hail夏冰雹Ancient Romance297k WordsOngoing The rugged man spent every day fixing bed slats, while his young wife complained that her husband was too vigorous. What? The rugged man had a surprising new identity! [Sharp-tongued, all bark and no bite, rugged man x sweet-talking, spoiled heiress; farming + rugged hero + size difference + sweet romance + devoted couple] Sweet-talking Jiang Baoying found herself a sharp-tongued rugged man. “I want to be your wife.” “That works for me! But I’ll make one thing clear: once you’re my wife, you fol 80Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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   Meets the requirements

9. 9 别 Stop Smoking and Hold Me 别吸烟了，抱抱我 Quan Xun权寻Modern Romance322k WordsCompleted [Print edition coming soon] Sweet, soft-hearted girl x wild bad boy who's all talk Zhou Zhi is a notorious playboy in the capital, yet He Ru falls for him. Outside a bar, the man has a cigarette between his lips and a teasing look on his face. “I'm never going to like you.” After pursuing him for so long with no success, He Ru decides to stop liking this playboy. Who would have thought this scoundrel would come chasing after her? “I want to give us a try.” He Ru blinks. “Hmm? Try what?” Zhou Zhi 7.6kReads9.3Score83914d adds

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   [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking][Thinking][Thinking]

10. 10 九 Down-and-Out Heiress in the 1990s Marries a Rugged Man and Has His Baby! 九零落魄千金，嫁个糙汉生崽崽！ Chen Tumao陈土猫Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted A devoted couple + period setting + forced marriage + loyal puppy-like male lead + farming + not a sweet romance + not a wish-fulfillment story! When Wen Jing was eighteen, she discovered that she wasn't the Wen family's daughter and returned to her biological parents. The village's resident troublemaker, Lu Yanshen, took one look at her and set his sights on her. He forced her to marry him, and they had a son. “You're my mother, and you and my dad are truly in love.” “No, no, no. It wasn't forc 2.8kReads8.3Score16114d adds

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    When Lu Yanshen stormed the wedding, he wielded a machete and terrified the entire village. Then, he turned to Wen Jing and said in a humble tone, "I'll even be your horse to ride." When she casually mentioned that her shoes were rubbing her feet, this rough man immediately squatted down on the main street of the county town to take off her shoes and massage her feet. The onlookers stared in disbelief as the gangster boss held his wife's feet and blew on them, saying, "Honey, it won't hurt anymore if I blow on it."

11. 11 七 A Warm Marriage in the 1970s: She Marries a Rough Rascal and Is Spoiled Like a Treasure 七零暖婚：嫁给痞气糙汉被宠成宝 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Everyone says the bad-tempered rascal from the Xie family is a shameless layabout. How on earth did he get so lucky as to marry Jiang He, the woman everyone in the surrounding villages wants for a wife? The young men who have a crush on Jiang He are all so jealous they could grind their teeth over Xie Shenqing. And yet, despite having such a kind and lovely wife, Xie Shenqing is always shouting at and scolding her. Even the neighborhood aunties whisper that it's a shame and that Jiang He has had 5.8kReads8.9Score35914d adds

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    A bad boy marries a gentle girl, they have three babies, and the male lead and the babies compete for his affections 😆, it's really good!

12. 12 作 The Spoiled Heiress Pretends to Be Sweet and Flirts, but the Chaste Young Master Truly Falls for Her 作精千金假软撩，禁欲少主真沦陷 One Bored Rich Lady无聊富婆一枚Modern Romance433k WordsCompleted Older, abstinent, scheming man X spoiled, high-maintenance sweetheart | Pretending to please X Falling in love for real | Possessiveness | An intense game of push and pull On the first day after being reborn, to stay alive, Shentu Shu softened her waist and pressed close to the powerful man. "Young Master, keep me here. There are plenty of things I can do..." Tears clung to the corners of her eyes, making her look pitiful. After her father died of illness, her stepmother had banished her to thi 30.6kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds

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    Southeast Asian male leads are all arrogant young masters with bad tempers, but they are incredibly gentle and doting on the female leads.

13. 13 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1980s and Married a Village Troublemaker Who Keeps Me Stuffed 穿八零，嫁给村里混子顿顿都吃撑 Xiang Xinning向馨宁Modern Romance342k WordsOngoing The bad news: Song Niantao transmigrated, and on her wedding night, the groom was someone else: a hooligan feared by everyone in the surrounding villages. The good news: Before transmigrating, Song Niantao had acquired a pocket dimension and stocked up on plenty of supplies. With all that going for her, why would Song Niantao put up with a bad-tempered hooligan? She had one rule: if they could make it work, fine; if not, she’d leave. But somehow, Shen Muchi, the hooligan, had turned into a model 7.2kReads8.4Score61114d adds

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    The male and female leads share similar interests

14. 14 租 I Rented a Boyfriend to Take Home for Lunar New Year 租了个男朋友回老家过年 A Brush一只筆Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted The story takes place shortly before a Lunar New Year holiday. Lin Zifang, who works in a major city in southern China, is getting ready to go home for the New Year, but this time her parents issue an ultimatum: “You must bring someone home with you.” With no other choice, she hires a young man named Shen Yangfeng to accompany her. Pretending to be her boyfriend, Shen Yangfeng goes back to her hometown with her, setting off a chain of events. The story is moving and full of twists, both funny an —Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 迷 Awakening from a Bewitching Love 迷情终醒 A Brush一只筆Modern Romance147k WordsCompleted Yu Juan is a young housewife in a happy family in a major city. Her husband is a successful entrepreneur. One day, after an argument with her husband, Yu Juan leaves home with their two-year-old child and spends a period drifting from place to place, unable to return to the home she still has. Thankfully, she eventually returns to her husband’s embrace. This moving, eventful story offers a profound lesson through her experiences. 193Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 16 七 She Woke Up Pregnant in the Seventies 七零睁眼肚子揣了个崽崽 Cloud Looking Down at Fish俯视鱼的云Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Transmigrate + pocket dimension + face-slapping + sweet romance + family life + turning a husband into a success] Lin Fan transmigrates into the eldest daughter of an ordinary working-class, divorced single-parent family in a period novel, and becomes a young woman who is pregnant before marriage. No, she has to find the baby’s father and make him take responsibility. Whether he loves her or not doesn’t matter. As long as he has money, a job, and can provide a secure life, that’s enou 165.4kReads8.7Score8.1k14d adds

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    Lin Fan transmigrated into the body of the eldest daughter of a divorced single-parent family in a period novel, and became an unmarried pregnant young woman. No way, she had to find the baby's father and make him take responsibility. Love didn't matter, as long as he had money, a job, and a secure life. Once the child was born and she was settled in her job, she would leave the father and the child to live a carefree life. Ultimately, she found the child's father to be a good-for-nothing, idle, and irresponsible rich kid!

17. 17 七 In the Seventies, the Young Ruffian Pursuing Me Is Handsome and Rich 七零之追我的小混混有颜又有钱 Shi Yisui时一岁Modern Romance578k WordsCompleted 1970s setting + Sweet romance + Fast-paced relationship + Straightforward leads + No nasty characters + A touch of everyone’s darling A sweet modern high school girl transmigrates to the late 1970s and learns she’s the family’s fake heiress. She volunteers to return to her village home and live on her own. The rascal next door, the brigade leader’s son, is known around the village for being lazy, short-tempered, and vengeful. But he falls in love with her at first sight. After the two get tog 4.1kReads8.7Score48114d adds

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    Shen Luo was the village's undisputed troublemaker until he married Shu Fu. Everyone else feared his sinister gaze, but only Shu Fu dared to order him around to tie her shoelaces. He would grumble and complain about being a "troublemaker," but secretly he would learn to braid hair. In the early morning, he would squat by the stream to wash his sleepy wife's feet and put on her shoes. When the villagers saw him, his ears would turn bright red, and he would glare at them, saying, "What are you looking at? My wife's feet are cold!"

18. 18 黑 The Underworld Heiress’s Personal Bodyguard 黑道大小姐的贴身高手 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊32k WordsCompleted The Underworld Heiress's Personal Bodyguard 104Reads—Score414d adds

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    [The Ruthless Heiress × The Two-Faced Master] She took on a henchman, intending to teach him a lesson. Serving tea and water, organizing files, running errands in the most chaotic places. But this henchman was a bit strange. When she sent him to collect debts, he turned the opposing company into her own client. When she took him to a banquet, he casually exposed a business scam. When she was surrounded, he single-handedly knocked down over a dozen people, shielding her behind him, and coldly addressed the crowd: "Her, you dare touch her?" Only then did she realize that she seemed to have kidnapped a powerful figure. Even worse, this powerful figure's profile seemed to make her heart race.

19. 19 骑 My Motorcycle-Riding Bad-Boy Husband 骑摩托的“黄毛”老公 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted The "Blond Punk" Husband Who Rides a Motorcycle 9Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 20 死 Only After I Died Did I Discover My Ex Was a Werewolf 死后才发现前任是狼人 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊24k WordsCompleted Only After I Died Did I Discover My Ex Was a Werewolf 1Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 21 哥 Big Brother, Scold Me a Little! 哥哥，骂我两句！ Ten Thousand Gu万蛊14k WordsCompleted Big Brother, give me a scolding! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 22 兽 Beast World: Suspicious of His Mate, the Wolf King Begs Me to Forgive Him 兽世疑妻：狼王老公求放过 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊14k WordsCompleted A Wife in the Beast World? The Wolf King Begs Me to Let Him Go 15Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 23 我 I Invited Three of My Elementary School Classmates to a KTV 我在KTV点了三个小学同学 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊25k WordsCompleted I Called Three of My Elementary School Classmates to a KTV 2Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 24 她 She Supports Her with His Money 她用他的钱养着她 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted She Used His Money to Keep Herself 6Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 25 老 The Honest Man’s Wrath 老实人地怒火 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted The Honest Man's Fury 24Reads—Score114d adds
26. 26 醒 Awake? 醒？ Ten Thousand Gu万蛊45k WordsCompleted Awake? —Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 27 那 The Love Confession That Night Was Meant for My Father-in-Law 那晚情话，全说给老丈人听了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted Those Sweet Words That Night Were All Meant for My Father-in-Law 4Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 28 雇 The Hired Other Woman 雇来的第三者 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted The Hired Third Wheel 6Reads—Score114d adds
29. 29 你 You're Poor. What Does That Have to Do with Me? 你穷，关我屁事 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted You’re broke. What’s that got to do with me? 32Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 30 快 Quick Transmigration: The Sweet and Soft Female Lead 快穿：女配娇又软 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + beautiful and ruthless] Shen Xiantang was a wicked woman who wreaked havoc throughout the cultivation world. After failing her tribulation, she was captured by a System. To be reborn and change her fate, she decided to sign an agreement with the System, completing tasks in exchange for a chance to turn back time. She travels through various minor worlds, with just one task: survive. It sounds simple, but Shen Xiantang got stuck with an unreliable System. After delivering t 13.8kReads8.5Score82814d adds

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    This book [drooling over the screen]. It's set in a second dimension. The male lead is a hoodlum who constantly clashes with his stepmother and bosses her around [laughing and crying emoji]. Later, while buying candy at the supply and marketing cooperative, he falls for the female lead at first sight and begins a relentless pursuit. After she agrees, he's overjoyed and gives her all his wealth [shy emoji], treating her with exceptional gentleness.

31. 31 冷 The Cold-Faced Officer's White Moonlight 冷面军官的白月光 Bai Zhe白柘Modern Romance98k WordsOngoing That night, they sat on the steps outside the photography studio, eating wontons. The July heat in Shanghai was stifling as a steamer, and cicadas poured their cries from the plane trees’ canopies, spreading them across the ground. Shen Zhi prodded a wonton with her chopsticks, then suddenly asked, “How did you get by during those two years in Yemen?” 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male lead is a school bully with a bad temper, but he's gentle towards the female lead.

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