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1. 1 忠 Faithful Hound 忠犬 Qing Shisi卿十四Two Male Leads45k WordsCompleted Zhou Qi says he’ll be Qi Tingyao’s dog for the rest of his life, but he can’t bear to stop there. Through countless sleepless nights, he tears at his own soul and cries out with longing. The feelings he has buried deep in his heart for over a decade finally burst forth. Just how much does he love Qi Tingyao? Perhaps it’s shown in the way he finally finds the strength to let go as he lies dying. 3.6kReads8.6Score39314d adds

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   😭😭😭A whale fall brings life to all things, but Zhou Qi is dead.

2. 2 全 Everyone in This Story Is Crazy. Please, Won't You Kill Me? 全文疯批，请杀了我好吗 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads297k WordsCompleted [Power couple + Mutually faithful] [Angst early on, more angst in the middle, the male lead turns into a lovesick puppy later; tragic ending, but with rebirth] The pursuer thinks the pursued betrayed him. The pursued spends two years hiding away, then gets caught and brought back. The pursuer starts beating and tormenting him in every way, and even brings his fiancée to see him. She'll stop at nothing and wants to kill him every day. After enduring endless humiliation, Bai Feiying tries to escap 2kReads9.0Score26414d adds
3. 3 废 The Discarded Stand-In Has Had Enough 废弃替身想开了 One Little Sweet Fish一口小甜鱼Two Male Leads215k WordsCompleted [No female lead, 1v1, seriously angsty drama + stand-in for the unattainable first love + winning him back at any cost + mutual healing + rekindled romance + 80% angst, 20% sweetness + happy ending] Cen Yu had known Gu Yanting for ten years. For the first five, he was Gu Yanting's sidekick, his underling. In the sixth year, Gu Yanting said, “Your profile looks like Qi Anyi's,” and Cen Yu became a stand-in for Gu Yanting's unattainable first love. In the tenth year, Qi Anyi came back. Gu Yanting 5.3kReads8.8Score32114d adds

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   I've already watched it twice, and I personally think it's really good 😄

4. 4 穿 I Transmigrated into a Eunuch and Met a Prince in the Cold Palace 穿成真太监后遇到一个冷宫皇子 Qian Zhizi千栀子Two Male Leads359k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, No Female Lead!!! CP: Eunuch and Cold Palace Prince] Who would have thought my girlfriend's curse would actually come true? What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a real eunuch? I feel like crying three times a day. But then I ran into a lame prince confined to the cold palace, and happened to witness this seemingly innocent but secretly ruthless kid in the middle of killing someone. Without even realizing it, I somehow flirted with him and got him acting strange. 14kReads9.5Score2.3k14d adds

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   They all end badly, it's so heartbreaking to see them controlled 🥺

5. 5 戒 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave? 12.6kReads8.2Score2.4k14d adds
6. 6 我 I Won’t Fall for You 我不会喜欢你 Falling Blossoms and Flying Rain落花飞雨Two Male Leads110k WordsCompleted Mo Qian spent six years trying to warm a cold, unyielding heart. But life is full of disappointments, and love is one of them. Even on the day he died, he never received the love he had yearned for. But he could never have imagined that after his death, the one he had loved in this world would finally awaken, overcome with grief. Day after day, they knelt before the tiny pile of ashes he had become, sobbing and weeping, until they died beneath those ashes. ***Content warnings: * A groveling ex a 953Reads8.8Score10314d adds
7. 7 月 I Earn 100,000 a Month Giving the CEO's First Love a Scrub 月薪十万，我给霸总白月光搓澡 White Kitty Tuan Tuan白喵团团Two Male Leads502k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + Two CEOs acting like kids] Everyone knows that Huo is hopelessly in love with his white moonlight, and mercilessly mistreats Yue Lanshan, who stood by him through thick and thin. Yue Lanshan endured it for eight years, until he became terminally ill. Imprisoned in a basement, he wasted away and died. Everyone thought Huo would lavish all his love on his white moonlight, but instead he wept at Yue Lanshan’s grave for eight years, then drove his car off a cliff to die with him, l 381Reads8.0Score10214d adds
8. 8 万 The Beloved Immortal Lord Is in a Love Triangle Every Day 万人迷仙君每天都在修罗场 Red Candle红烛Two Male Leads303k WordsCompleted Born with a cauldron physique, Song Jinsheng has known nothing in life but injustice and hatred. After enduring countless hardships, he finally became an immortal, only to find that he still couldn't escape the fate of being a human cauldron. His sect was destroyed, his immortal roots were ruined, and he was imprisoned and humiliated by the Heavenly Emperor's son. He died consumed by hatred. To be reborn and take revenge, Song Jinsheng accepted a mysterious person's offer: make the people on the 63Reads8.7Score—14d adds

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   The first book has a really tragic backstory for the male protagonist, and it might get a little boring at times, but you can skip those. I highly recommend the fourth, fifth, and seventh books.

9. 9 快 Quick Transmigration Host: Clearing Bad Endings Online 快穿宿主在线BE通关 Mr. A FoxA狐狸先生Two Male Leads864k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + one-on-one romance + mutual devotion + both pure + faked death + tragic endings in the small worlds] Shi Tian binds himself to a System that makes him torment and win over villains, but things are far from as simple as he imagined. This villain is rich, handsome, and knows how to treat someone well. He hardly seems like a villain from any normal world. So Shi Tian decides to soften him with love and prepare for a dramatic romance of love and hate with the villain. But then! 1.6kReads8.9Score12414d adds
10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.3kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
11. 11 每 I Die Young in Every World 每个世界我都英年早逝 Wu Lanzi Ye无斓孜叶Two Male Leads566k WordsCompleted Mo Yinglan happened to read an old-school, melodramatic tragic romance novel and watched helplessly as the various male leads who ticked all his boxes were brutally tormented from start to finish. Most infuriating of all, it ended with a brainless happy ending for everyone. “...” “What kind of century-old joke is this?” “Is this guy right in the head? No, wait, he doesn't have a brain at all!” “If it were me, I'd absolutely die the moment that scumbag surnamed Jiang ‘came to his senses.’ If I co 1.9kReads8.5Score10614d adds
12. 12 快 Quick Transmigration: It’s Hard Being the Devoted Male Supporting Character 快穿之深情男配不好当 Holding a Lantern, Gazing at the Moon提灯望月Two Male Leads529k WordsCompleted [Sweet Main Story + Angsty Mini-Worlds + Over-the-Top Drama + Redemption + Mutual Devotion] Lin Yixiu transmigrates into mission worlds as the villainous male supporting character, as usual. However, after the System is infected by a virus, Lin Yixiu is forced to play the devoted male supporting character instead. Lin Yixiu thinks he’s following a tragic ending where patience and quiet devotion earn him points to go home. In reality, this quick transmigration has been Xu Qinian’s plan to save hi 377Reads8.4Score10114d adds
13. 13 万 After the Beauty Everyone Hated Gave Up, They All Regretted It 万人嫌美人死心后，他们都后悔了 Ginger Beer姜汁啤酒Two Male Leads157k WordsCompleted Shen Xingzhi was foolish all his life, chasing after his senior brother and doing all sorts of stupid things just to get him to look his way. When he heard his senior brother had returned from his travels, he was overjoyed, only to see him holding a beautiful, delicate young man who had fainted in his arms. He was jealous and furious. He saw how everyone in the sect, the people he had cared for so sincerely, adored someone else, and he relentlessly targeted that young man. In the end, his senior 3kReads8.2Score20214d adds
14. 14 快 Quick Transmigration: The Yandere Male Lead Has Turned Dark Again 快穿之病娇男主又黑化了 Peach Blossom Soup桃花羹Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + crematorium chase + happy ending] “Make him fall in love with you, then abandon him without mercy. Get your corruption points, then make him regret everything.” The System issued the mission in a flat, emotionless voice. Luo Shi'an: “???” First world. The male lead gradually broke Luo Shi'an's pride, trampling all over his self-respect. Yet after Luo Shi'an died, the man went mad clutching his corpse, repeating over and over that he loved him and wanted to marry him. Second wor 2.8kReads9.4Score31714d adds
15. 15 咬 Bite the Scales 咬鳞 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads708k WordsCompleted [Pink little mermaid x high-ranking commander] [Gentle, cunning, and devoted x resilient, ferocious, and cruel little darling + corruption + melodrama + sweet and angsty romance + 1v1 + devoted couple, happy ending] Xing Nan is a rare pink mermaid, so rare that everyone covets him. Everything around him is dangerous. The first person he meets after escaping from the laboratory is Pei Wenyang. He begs Pei Wenyang to save him. Pei Wenyang is the gentlest human he's ever met. He dries Xing Nan's 19.1kReads9.6Score3k14d adds

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    It's a familiar story by Zhou Zhou, full of both heart-wrenching and sweet moments. The author's writing style remains commendable.

16. 16 薄 Mint for the Cat 薄荷于猫 Unreliable Little Duck不靠谱小鸭Two Male Leads201k WordsCompleted [School Life | Mutual Healing | Two-Way Devotion] A sensitive, depressed, pitiful bottom * a brave, straightforward, sunny top Blurb One Who at Hongyang No. 1 High School didn't know Fan Yu? He was handsome, got excellent grades, and had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Back then, Nan Xing and he were worlds apart. From their first meeting, Fan Yu made no secret of treating Nan Xing differently. Nan Xing ignored him, even finding it baffling. It wasn't until a reunion dinner after gra 170Reads8.9Score10014d adds
17. 17 交 A Deal for Redemption 交易救赎 Fallen Flowers Never Lose落花不败Two Male Leads181k WordsCompleted [Depressed, Contrasting Top × Devoted, Patient Receptor] [Healing + No Female Lead + Romantic Tension + Seduction + Mutual Firsts + Mutual Devotion] (The book is complete, so the chapters can no longer be edited. There are some typos. Sincere thanks to everyone for your understanding and corrections. I promise not to make the same mistakes next time.) HAPPY ENDING, HAPPY ENDING, HAPPY ENDING!!! It's important, so I'll say it three times. Their relationship develops step by step, with just a litt 359Reads8.7Score—14d adds
18. 18 清 The Cool Substitute Leaves the Stage, and Mr. Qi Drops to His Knees 清冷替身一退场，祁总立马跪地上 Winter Snow, Summer Sun冬雪夏阳Two Male Leads277k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it's normal for it to be low. It'll go up later~) (Two male leads + no female lead + regretful pursuit + both leads sexually and romantically inexperienced + a messy pile of melodrama + initially awful, later devoted top + cool and reserved bottom who keeps enduring until he finally snaps + older top, eight-year age gap + happy ending + not a wish-fulfillment story, but an angst-filled one) Lin Yi'an was Qi Yan's contract lover for four years. At first, he thought Q 3.2kReads8.8Score35114d adds

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    Book 1: At one o'clock in the morning, Cen Yu dragged his tired body and opened the door. The living room was a mess; the TV was playing a football league match, and there were unfinished snacks and several bottles of beer on the table. The floor was covered with sunflower seed shells and trash. Cen Yu glanced towards the bedroom and, sure enough, Gu Yanting had arrived. He was enduring a dizzy head and drinking with a client...

19. 19 替 After the Stand-In Ran Away, the Scumbag Went Dark 替身跑路后，渣男黑化了 Momo Misty Rain陌陌烟雨Two Male Leads529k WordsCompleted Xiao Yunxuan was Chu Yehan's stand-in for five years, only to be dumped the moment Chu's one true love returned from abroad. Fine. If there's no place for me here, there's somewhere else that will have me. Xiao Yunxuan puffed out his chest, raised his chin, and walked away. Then his scumbag ex suddenly turned over a new leaf and begged to get back together. Xiao Yunxuan replied with cool disdain, “Not a chance!” His ex's face darkened at once. 111Reads5.8Score—14d adds
20. 20 影 After the Movie Star Jumped Into the Sea, President Qin Went Mad 影帝跳海后秦总疯了 Li Xiaoju鲤小橘Two Male Leads264k WordsCompleted [Angst-ridden romance, groveling, bad ending, guaranteed tears] Popular entertainer Leng Qing approaches Qin Kun to save her younger brother, unaware she has fallen into a trap. The hunter becomes the prey, and by the time she realizes she's trapped, it's already too late! His possessiveness ensnares the person he loves deeply, and himself as well, becoming an impassable barrier between them. 143Reads8.8Score—14d adds
21. 21 鲛 The Merman Has Lost All Hope 鲛人他心灰意冷 Hua Xi花溪Two Male Leads32k WordsCompleted The merman Chen Xiao was lured to the human world by Murong Jing's promises of love, never imagining that a trap had been laid for him long ago! He was imprisoned in the imperial dungeon and tortured day after day. It was all because Murong Jing wanted to take his most precious merman pearl and use it to save his seriously ill first love! After learning the truth, Chen Xiao died in despair. But Murong Jing had always said Chen Xiao disgusted him. So why did he go mad and try to bring him back to 816Reads8.0Score10114d adds
22. 22 大 A Bromance in the Great Tang 大唐基友记 Love for Jin Dui喜欢金兑上的爱Historical459k WordsCompleted In the Tianbao era, Chang’an was a city of dazzling splendor, with undercurrents churning beneath the surface. Forty-year-old Pei Yuanshao was a renowned spice merchant in the Eastern Market. He was tall and powerfully built, with a resolute face, silver at his temples, and a pair of broad, strong hands. His whole bearing spoke of a steady, bold man who had seen much of the world. Thirty-eight-year-old Qin Huaiyuan was a constable in Chang’an County. Broad-backed and burly, he had a square face, 48Reads—Score10014d adds

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    These are some good books, worth recommending!

23. 23 禁 Forbidden Embrace 禁忌的拥抱 Love for Jin Dui喜欢金兑上的爱Urban587k WordsCompleted Forty-five-year-old Lu Zhenhai is the city’s quietest “giant”: weighing 320 jin, with a broad back and shoulders like a wall. Once a dockworker, he now runs an auto repair shop beside the secondhand market that nobody ever visits. His life is like a scrapped engine: heavy, greasy, and forgotten by everyone. Twenty-five-year-old Shen Du is the city’s brightest “lie.” A graduate of a prestigious university’s architecture program, he was disgraced by a plagiarism scandal and blacklisted by the enti 1.9kReads—Score10214d adds
24. 24 硬 A Tough Man’s Weakness 硬汉的软肋 Love for Jin Dui喜欢金兑上的爱Urban369k WordsCompleted On the rainy night I was scammed while trying to rent a room, I had nowhere else to go. I was shoved into an old alley, an aging house, and the life of a strange man. Xiong Yue was thirty-eight, built like a mountain, quiet, and as punctual as a clock. I thought living under someone else’s roof would be hard to bear. But he left a light on when I came home late from overtime, came to pick me up with his umbrella tilted against the rain, and would sigh alone in the middle of the night, silentl 1.3kReads—Score11214d adds
25. 25 被 After I Was Bullied, the Gang Boss Treated Me Like His Own Child 被霸凌后黑社会大哥待我视如己出 Love for Jin Dui喜欢金兑上的爱Two Male Leads311k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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