The Male Lead Regrets Everything, and the Second Male Lead Gets the Girl 男主悔恨，男二上位

1. 1 王 My Lord, the Princess Consort Says She’ll Never See You Again 王爷，王妃说此生不复相见 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance421k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance Tragedy + No Getting Back Together + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] A tragic romance! A tragic romance! A tragic romance! Ye Chuyan loved Pei Xiuyan for twelve years, but never moved him in the slightest. All she got in return was Pei Xiuyan wiping out the Ye family and having her father and brothers tortured to death over three days in the snow. At last, she understood: for the rest of her life, there would be no love between her and Pei Xiuyan, only hatred, until one o 26.7kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds

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   It's rare to see such high-quality writing on Tomato Bookstore. The female lead is bold, decisive, and intelligent; Wu Mu's affection is terrifying; Na Sheng's character is a well-rounded and believable tyrant; the story unfolds smoothly and is nothing like the melodramatic plot I expected. A truly conscientious author! ❤️❤️

2. 2 替 Your Stand-In of Five Years Won’t Renew Her Contract, So Why Are You Rushing to Marry Your Brother? 替身五年不续约，嫁你兄弟急什么 Mumu's Fishing沐沐的渔Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted [Male Lead’s Long Game + Second Male Lead’s Regret and Pursuit + Sweet Romance, Both Pure + Face-Slapping and Smacking Down Scumbags] The short drama The Five Years They Stole has premiered. A scheming, abstinent, dangerously charming tycoon × a radiant, pampered beauty with a stubborn streak Mu Qingyou is the fake heiress who was switched at birth into the Mu family. Overnight, the haughty little princess became a fake whom everyone despised. Mu Qingyou would never forget that heavy rain when s 5.2kReads9.0Score56314d adds

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   A broken mirror cannot be mended, the female lead refuses to be a substitute, and marries her ex-husband's best friend instead. 😳

3. 3 极 Ultimate Seduction: President Gu Insists on a Flash Marriage 极致诱哄，顾总偏要闪婚 Sea of Blue Finds海拾蓝Modern Romance338k WordsCompleted [Marry First, Love Later + Both Pure + Devoted Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] On their anniversary, Zhou Yingchen left Lin Yuxi behind to attend the birthday party of his “best buddy,” Jiang Yuqing. Even when Jiang Yuqing openly declared her love for him in her social media posts, Zhou Yingchen didn’t think much of it, insisting their relationship was nothing but pure friendship between a man and a woman. “Zhou Yingchen, let’s break up.” “Lin Yuxi, have you lost your mind? You think you can fi 1.1kReads7.2Score10514d adds

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   The second male lead met the female lead on the very night she broke up with her boyfriend, and then proposed marriage. A week later, the female lead married the second male lead. The male lead regretted his decision and wanted to win her back, but it was too late...

4. 4 强 The Domineering CEO I Forced Myself on Won't Warm Up, So Reborn, She Chooses Someone Else 强扭的霸总捂不热，重生她换一个 Three Thousand Lovestruck Entanglements三千痴缠Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [Mutual salvation, the second male lead gets the girl, the male lead grovels while the heroine never looks back, love triangle drama] Chi Yan suffers from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia. During her freshman year of college, Qu Hua was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Two people who don't know how to love stumble forward together, learning how to bring warmth to each other and how to love. Qu Hua is reborn to the time before her engagement to Gu Huai. She doesn't want 6.6kReads9.2Score76914d adds

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   A reborn second male lead who rises to power. In the first life, the second male lead silently protects the female lead for seven years until he can no longer bear it. In the second life, the female lead dumps the original male lead and firmly chooses the second male lead, while the original male lead suffers a devastating fate.

5. 5 渣 My Scumbag Husband Gets His Marriage License with His True Love, So I Marry a Powerful Man 渣夫领证白月光，我转身嫁给大佬 Ri Qing518日晴518Modern Romance409k WordsCompleted [Clear-Headed Female Lead + Cheating Husband Begs for Her Back + Cold, Powerful Tycoon Dotes Only on His Wife] One-Sentence Summary: On their wedding night, her cheating husband marries his first love, so she marries a tycoon. He ends up kneeling and begging her to take him back. Everyone in their circle knew Lin Xi had loved Mu Sihua for seven years, only to be humiliated with his demand that she bear him a son before he would register their marriage. On their wedding night, her scumbag husband 737Reads—Score3814d adds

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   The scumbag boyfriend believed everything the "white moonlight" (idealized female lead) said, hurting the female lead. Even after she left, he thought she was just putting on an act. The male lead, on the other hand, silently protected her and later openly and honestly defended his wife.

6. 6 傅 President Fu, Your Wife Has Signed the Divorce Agreement 傅总，夫人已签离婚协议 Yunduan Qiqi云端七七Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted [Heartbreakingly tragic + intensely satisfying + stand-in + contract marriage + groveling pursuit of his wife] Powerful CEO of a wealthy family × coldhearted designer who has shut her heart away After three years of marriage, Lin Xi is Fu Hanzhou's most dutiful ornament and his beloved's personal blood bank. On the night she miscarries, he coldly signs the papers. “You're not worthy of bearing my child.” The day her heart dies, she leaves a blood-written note saying, “May we never meet again,” 5.7kReads—Score27914d adds

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   This one! The second male lead takes over!!! Highly recommended! A love-hate relationship between a domineering CEO and a stoic designer, a classic tale of a heroine's relentless pursuit, a powerful female protagonist story, a tale of revenge and growth, every chapter is suspenseful and full of twists and turns, the writing is concise and fast-paced. The beginning is tough on the female lead, but later the male lead suffers terribly, to the point of being a monster—it's incredibly satisfying! Read it with confidence!

7. 7 巨 Heartbreaking! The Madam Has No Vital Signs in the Resuscitation Room 巨虐！抢救室里夫人已无生命体征 Laughing at Your Single-Minded Love笑你情有独钟Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted [Angst novel + physical and emotional abuse + win-back-the-wife funeral pyre + body swap + obsessive love] Lu Jingchen would never know that Shen Ning’s heart first died when his beloved’s call came out of nowhere, then fell into despair when he personally handed her over to kidnappers just to trade her for the woman in his heart. He also never knew how furious, hysterical, and utterly broken she felt when his beloved appeared before her with a pregnant belly the same size as hers. And when she 6.5kReads8.5Score63514d adds

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   This is the one! It's currently read by 218,000 people; the masses have discerning eyes! [OK]

8. 8 京 The Capital's Young Master Is So Arrogant? One Kiss from His Wife and He Turns Bright Red 京圈太子很狂？老婆一亲就红温了 You Yili幼一栗Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Super Sweet, Heart-Fluttering Romance + Both Inexperienced in Love + Marriage First, Love Later + Male Lead Takes His Place + Long-Standing Scheme] [Roguish, arrogant young master × Cool-headed, rational medical beauty] Jin Wu had always seen Fu Yuchen as her salvation. She followed him quietly and finally got what she wanted. Until she saw him kissing someone else intimately with her own eyes. Fu Yuchen smiled smugly. “How would Jin Wu dare leave me? Without me, she's just a pitiful illegitima 34.9kReads9.4Score4.2k14d adds
9. 9 渣 Scumbag Ex and Mistress, Stay Together Forever. I Remarry a Tycoon and Get Spoiled Rotten 渣夫小三请锁死，二嫁大佬被宠疯 A Long Time with You漫长与你Modern Romance455k WordsCompleted [Broken relationship, no getting back together + both leads' first love + second male lead rises to the top + heroine's growth + face-slapping + punishing scumbags] A dazzling financial journalist × a restrained, deeply devoted big shot After three years of marriage, her husband's first love, the woman he'd mourned as dead, came back to life. Ji Wanying was crushed. At last, she realized she'd wasted all those years giving her sincere love to a man who didn't deserve it. “Ji Wanying, your family 5.5kReads9.3Score78314d adds
10. 10 锁 A Kiss Beneath the Collarbone 锁骨生欢 Snow Firefirefire雪火火火Modern Romance331k WordsCompleted Everyone in their circle knew Su Qingyun loved Lu Shuyan. She had waited for him for six years, never imagining that with their wedding day approaching, all she would get was a declaration from the Lu family: Their engagement had been nothing more than a joke between the older generation. And the man she was engaged to had never said a word about it, from beginning to end. Everyone was waiting to see the once-adored young heiress become a laughingstock. Su Qingyun simply turned away and, in no t 2.1kReads8.8Score21614d adds

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    🍁①The male and female leads are engaged. The female lead has loved the male lead for six years and waited for him for six years, only to be told, "The engagement was just a joke from the older generation. Did you really take it seriously?" Disappointed, the female lead leaves and marries someone else...

11. 11 分 After the Breakup, the Tsundere Male Supporting Lead Takes the Lead 分手后傲娇男配上位了 The Witch's Apple女巫的苹果Modern Romance246k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Sweet Romance + Hilarious Shenanigans + The Second Male Lead Takes the Crown After a Long Road to Winning Her Back] Reborn at twenty-one, Xia Yu feels there’s still time to set everything right. Her sister is alive. She hasn’t been deceived and imprisoned by Lu Lin, and the tottering Xia family can still be saved. So she puts on the most innocent makeup, wears her most alluring outfit, and goes to see that man. Everyone says Xia Yu is getting in over her head. How could she dare go af 85Reads8.9Score—14d adds
12. 12 暗 Secretly Savoring Forbidden Pleasure 暗里贪欢 Huai Si怀姒Modern Romance602k WordsCompleted [Every male lead is a scumbag + forbidden, immoral romance + second male lead takes the crown + split personality + brothers turn against each other + groveling ex gets no second chance] Fu Hua had been Zhou Shao’s kept woman for three years. He took whatever he wanted, and she was obedient, never resisting. When a marriage alliance came along, Zhou Shao’s kept woman fell out with him and declared she would never be anyone’s mistress. But how could someone from Fu Hua’s family ever measure up to 1.3kReads8.9Score15014d adds

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    ❤️❤️Fu Hua was Zhou Shao's kept canary for three years, obedient and never resisting, letting him have his way with her. But after the arranged marriage, Zhou Shao's canary broke off their relationship, declaring she would never be a mistress again. How could Fu Hua's family background be worthy of a prestigious family like the Zhou family? Zhou Shao laughed at Fu Hua's ungratefulness, but refused to let her go, gripping her chin, his voice harsh: "If you leave me, who will want you?" Fu Hua's gaze was indifferent, but she had already decided on her target. Pei Wendu, the sole heir of the Pei family, and Zhou Shao's childhood best friend.

13. 13 追 You Didn't Love Me After Eight Years of Pursuit, So Reborn, I Put the Second Male Lead on Top 追你八年不爱我，重生让男二上位 A Visit to the Human World来人间一趟Modern Romance143k WordsCompleted [Secret crush + reborn + one-on-one, both leads are inexperienced + the previous life's second male lead becomes the endgame + no making up after the groveling] In her past life, Su Qiaoqiao pursued Qi Shen for eight years, only to look back and find no one by her side. When his first love returned to the country, she realized that some people were stones that could never be warmed. Then she was unexpectedly reborn. This time, she would cut off this ill-fated relationship herself. But then a tra 332Reads8.6Score—14d adds
14. 14 沦 Falling Hard! A Kiss Out of Control 沦陷！失控诱吻 Branch and Sunflower枝与葵Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + the second male lead wins her heart + the ex chases her after the breakup, but she never looks back + both leads are inexperienced] Jiang Li found a revealing swimsuit photo on her boyfriend’s phone. A graceful figure, full of allure. It belonged to his female “best bud.” At the campground, Jiang Li watched coldly as they draped their arms around each other, acting like a couple. She gave a faint smile and turned to leave. “Jiang Mochen, you’re not my boyfriend any 26.5kReads9.3Score2.4k14d adds
15. 15 嫁 After She Married, the Mad Emperor Seized Her by Force 嫁人后，被疯批皇帝强取豪夺了 A Penguin Who Has to Write Every Day每天都要码字的企鹅Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted [Coercive Possession + Later Revenge on the Scoundrels + Obsessive, Unhinged Hero + Groveling Chase + No Reconciliation + Second Male Lead Wins] Chu Huaiyu personally offered Lu Zhaoxue to the Crown Prince, using her as bait to frame Chu Siheng. After ascending the throne, Chu Huaiyu imprisoned Lu Zhaoxue deep in the palace, using his favor as a pair of shackles. Night after night, they were entangled in the palace. Biting her earlobe, Chu Huaiyu whispered, “Zhaoxue, do you hate me? Hate me if y 13.8kReads8.1Score63014d adds

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    The male lead experiences a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" scenario, while the second male lead takes his place.

16. 16 她 After She Stopped Loving Him, Wen Yanqi Regretted Everything and Begged to Get Back Together 她不爱后，温言祁疯狂后悔求复合 A Penguin Who Has to Write Every Day每天都要码字的企鹅Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Both Pure + Imprisonment + Forced Love + Amnesia + Woman Pursues Man + Coercive Possession + Scheming and Obsessive + Love Grows Over Time + Playing Hard to Get + Angst Before Sweetness + Relentless Pursuit] Between her and him, one of them is always forcing the issue. When Shen Shuhe loved Wen Yanqi, he brushed her off with contempt and cold indifference. After accumulating enough disappointment, Shen Shuhe finally signed the divorce papers on a sunny day. She thought it meant freedom, never r 13.9kReads8.0Score51614d adds
17. 17 骗 Five Years of Marriage Fraud: I Married the Capital's Crown Prince, and I Won't Forgive Him 骗婚五年，我转嫁京圈太子不原谅 New Star at Sunset日落新星Modern Romance168k WordsOngoing [Angst before sweetness | The second male lead wins | Scumbag husband regrets losing his wife | No getting back together after a breakup] After five years of marriage, Ye Yunxi had given Gu Yanbei her whole heart and looked after his entire family like a housekeeper. Then, one day after work, she discovered that her husband of several years wasn’t frigid after all. He simply didn’t love her. He and his widowed sister-in-law had already made a home together behind her back. Even the son she had 14Reads—Score314d adds

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    This is a must-read.

18. 18 未 My Fiancé Cheated, and His Best Friend Had Been Plotting for a Long Time 未婚夫出轨，他兄弟蓄谋已久 Citron Coffee香橼咖啡Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted [Second male lead wins + no angst throughout + mutual pining + clear-headed, independent heroine + sharp-tongued, devoted hero + both chaste, one-on-one romance] The day Yan Yue found out that her fiancé, Xu Shaoyang, was cheating with her best friend, Yu Huanhuan, she went to see Su Jingnian. Su Jingnian had just finished showering and was wearing a bathrobe, looking both seductive and alluring. Yan Yue couldn’t swallow her anger. Just thinking about Xu Shaoyang kissing someone else, and that 10.7kReads7.4Score1.2k14d adds

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    This one, this one, this one 🥰

19. 19 漂 The Beautiful Supporting Lady Awakens, and the Aloof Campus Heartthrob Regrets It 漂亮女配觉醒，高冷校草后悔了 Moonfield Mountain Fox月野山狐Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [Reborn in College | Childhood Friend Second Lead Takes the Lead | The Male Lead’s Road to Regret] After being reborn, Shen Yutang finally learned that she was the beautiful, vicious female supporting character in a campus romance. In her previous life, she was a rich heiress who pursued the poor Fu Hansheng with desperate devotion. She poured her heart into him, bought him clothes, paid for his grandmother’s medical treatment, and spent every last cent she had to help him become a rising tech t 70.4kReads9.0Score8.5k14d adds
20. 20 豪 Cast-Off Rich Wife? Sorry, She's a Beautiful Madwoman 豪门弃妇？抱歉，她是疯批美人 One Paycheck, One Hundred Trillion一薪一亿亿Modern Romance949k WordsOngoing [Pursuit of his wife + unhinged heroine + satisfying face-slapping + male rivals competing for her + revenge] This book is also known as Mr. Fu, Your Wife Is Acting Up Again. Three years into their marriage, Mo Lansheng suddenly discovered that her husband was keeping another woman on the side. An ex-girlfriend he still had a thing with, a first love he couldn't let go of, and a whole crowd of admirers. And she was nothing but a discarded rich man's wife in everyone else's eyes. But she wasn't d 23.1kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds

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    A female protagonist's empowering story, featuring the strongest female lead who is ruthless, cunning, and ruthless in a battleground of rivals, where her husband suffers a devastating fate.

21. 21 折 The Delicate Beauty’s Tears 折娇啼 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted [The hero regrets everything to the point of madness + the leads torment each other + a friend steals the heroine away + the second male lead gets the girl + no reconciliation after a breakup + pure historical angst + the heroine ends up with the second male lead] Shen Yanzhi, heir to the Marquis of Jinghai in the Great Chu Kingdom, had just come third in the palace examination when he was unexpectedly captured by the Eastern Qiang Kingdom and married off to Qin Guiwan, a woman of Eastern Qiang 8.2kReads9.3Score87514d adds

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    The male lead's suffering is so intense, it's a great watch!

22. 22 瞒 I Hid My Divorce from My Trash Husband, Then Reunited with a Powerful Man from Beijing’s Elite Circle 瞒渣夫离婚，转身和京圈大佬重逢 Support Frame支架Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Double stand-ins + the second male lead’s redemption chase + reunion after a long separation with the male lead + angst first, then catharsis] After three years of a secret marriage, Gu Qingyan finally agrees to hold a wedding for Yan Ning. But at the wedding, he abandons Yan Ning and runs off after getting a phone call from his late best friend’s widow, turning Yan Ning into a laughingstock in front of all the guests. That night, 39kReads8.5Score3.1k14d adds

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    A typical second male lead romance novel, with slight angst in the beginning, and the female lead gradually rises to a higher position later on.

23. 23 谢 A Deep Love at the Final Curtain 谢幕情深 La Yangzi辣烊子8k WordsCompleted A Deep Love for the Final Bow 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male lead is a scumbag who cruelly abuses the female lead, but in the end, he can't win her back even after a painful struggle. The second male lead eventually takes her place.

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