Any BL That’s a Little More Realistic, Just About Ordinary Life? Mostly Looking for Sweet Romance 有偏现实一点的双楠嘛 就普通生活那种 主要是甜甜

1. 351 亲 Dear Traveler [Verdant Mountains, Clear and Bright] 亲爱的旅人【青山濯濯】 Single Salty Fish咸鱼单身Two Male Leads100k WordsCompleted “Love begins with a glance, and ends beneath an endless sky.” (Road-trip romance + devoted couple + sweet and fluffy + romance-focused) Travel writer × small-town business owner Wei Qingyan never thought his journey would come to a halt on the road. But his car broke down, so he had no choice but to stop. Perhaps it was fate. Qingshan Town was a lovely place, with beautiful mountains and waters and fresh air. It kept him there for one day after another. Birds long to soar free, but they also ne 297Reads—Score131Shelves
2. 352 杀 The Assassin Brings Me Warm Milk Every Night 杀手每晚给我热牛奶 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生6k WordsCompleted The Killer Brings Me Warm Milk Every Night 28Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 353 梦 His Breath Burns Me in My Dreams 梦境里他呼吸烫伤我 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生9k WordsCompleted In my dreams, his breath burns me. —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 354 光 Bald Bro Saves Chengdu's Nightlife 光头哥拯救成都夜生活 Didi Doudou地地豆豆Modern Romance188k WordsOngoing Lan, an unemployed American teacher, is streaming himself playing a game when a boss beats him for eight hours straight. He dies of rage in front of his computer. When he opens his eyes again, he’s a male escort at an underground bar in Chengdu. He’s 193 centimeters tall, with a gleaming bald head and a deep-V shirt. Staring at the stranger in the mirror, Lan completely loses it. On his first job, he blurts out to a wealthy client, “Ma’am, your hands are rougher than crocodile skin. No wonder yo 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   An American straight man's soul travels to Chengdu to become a male escort in a bar. It's lighthearted, funny, and humorous, depicting everyday life and a clash between East and West. The new book has just been released.

5. 355 哥 Big Brother, Be Gentle With Me 哥，你疼疼我 Liu Bai Lan刘摆烂Two Male Leads353k WordsCompleted Affectionate, adorable, and direct Qin Yi × cheerful sweetheart and sailor Qin Zhile [Dual male leads + growing-up romance + younger man + sweet romance + devoted couple + love that blossoms over time + direct and assertive top + happy ending] Fifteen-year-old Qin Zhile is a spirited young man. One day, while surfing, he brings a child back from the sea. After being taken to the hospital, the child loses his memory. From then on, the child clings to him. “I only have you.” Moved by compassion, Q 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Promote my two male protagonists

6. 356 凌 At Three in the Morning, He Broke into My Room 凌晨三点，他闯入我房间 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生8k WordsCompleted He Broke Into My Room at Three in the Morning 53Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 357 被 After the Handsome CEO Kissed Me by Force, I Couldn't Get Enough 被漂亮总裁强吻后，真香了 Liu Bai Lan刘摆烂Two Male Leads287k WordsCompleted Obedient, shy puppy Duan Zhiyang × flirtatious beauty CEO Gu Yan’an [Two male leads + nine-year age gap + younger top + size difference + happy ending + sweet romance + mutual pampering + quiet everyday life] “Don’t you like me?” Gu Yan’an leaned closer to Duan Zhiyang. Duan Zhiyang backed into a corner. Looking at Gu Yan’an’s captivating, peach-blossom eyes, he swallowed. His heart was pounding so hard it felt ready to leap out of his chest. “I... do...” Gu Yan’an gently patted Duan Zhiyang’s c 318Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 358 禁 I Made the Chaste Dean's Heart Race Out of Control 禁欲院撩到我心跳失控 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生9k WordsCompleted I Made the Cold, Abstinent Dean's Heart Race 1Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 359 禁 The Reserved Perfumer Is Driven Wild by a Firefighter’s Flirting 禁欲调香师被消防员撩到失控 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生13k WordsCompleted A chaste perfumer is teased into losing control by a firefighter 11Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 360 白 White Moon Bay 白色月沙湾 Liu Bai Lan刘摆烂Two Male Leads159k WordsCompleted A gentle, devoted bar owner seme × a cool, teasing beauty of a novelist uke [Mutual Firsts + Two Male Leads + Love at First Sight + Mutual Secret Crushes and Pursuit + Tragic Ending + Lovers' Suicide] They first met in a bar, where Song Huai fell in love with Qu Sichen at first sight. He was determined to get whatever he wanted, but never expected the fish to bite so eagerly. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 361 手 Cherished in His Hands 手中娇宠 Liu Bai Lan刘摆烂Two Male Leads273k WordsCompleted Slightly airheaded, a little scheming bottom x gentle, devoted top who dotes on his wife [Mutual pining + both leads are each other’s only ones + growing up together + sweet and angsty + everyone’s favorite + seven-year age gap] He may seem airheaded, but he isn’t stupid and understands his own feelings. Both leads are a little too love-struck. Snow came to the capital earlier than usual this year. Rumors claimed that Qin Yan, the crown prince of Beijing’s elite circles, had locked up the arsoni 55Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 362 穿 After I Became a Canary, My Bodyguard Lost Control 穿成金丝雀后，保镖失控了 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生7k WordsCompleted After I Became a Canary, My Bodyguard Lost Control 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 363 宠 Spoiling Him Has Become an Addiction 宠他成瘾 Liu Bai Lan刘摆烂Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted Gentle, tsundere, adorable little bottom × A chuunibyou, scene-stealing CEO who spoils his husband [Sweet romance, two male leads, mutual devotion, fast-paced, straightforward CEO, seven-year age gap, multiple couples] “Qin, you really like that guy?” Zhan Ming asked with a sly grin. Qin Xiaozhuo sank a shot with one swing of his club. “So what?” Pei Jin adjusted his glasses. “No wonder. Even the hottest girls do nothing for you.” “So you’re into the innocent-and-seductive type.” Pei Jin and Zha 56Reads6.5Score—Shelves
14. 364 A The AI Idol Said, “Teach Me to Be a Villain” AI偶像说：教我做个坏蛋 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生11k WordsCompleted The AI Idol Said, “Teach Me to Be a Bad Guy” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 365 老 If My Wife Won't Listen, I'll Just Kiss Her Senseless 老婆不听话，那就狠狠亲一下 Liu Bai Lan刘摆烂Two Male Leads150k WordsCompleted Sharp-tongued, stubborn Wen Changnian vs. unconditionally gentle and doting He Qingwen Also known as: After Moving In with My Archrival, He’s Completely Obsessed with Me What do you do when you have an arrogant, pampered wife who refuses to listen? You hold her tight and kiss her senseless! 40Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 366 猛 A Muscular Firefighter Pants in the Dark 猛男消防员在黑暗里喘息 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生9k WordsCompleted A hunky firefighter gasps for breath in the dark —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 367 系 System Warning: His Heartbeat Is Out of Control 系统警告：他乱了心跳 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生10k WordsCompleted System Warning: His Heartbeat Has Gone Haywire 1Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 368 妈 Oh My God! My Online Husband Is Actually My Roommate 妈耶！我的网上老公竟是舍友 Guangwu Anwen光武暗文Two Male Leads548k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Forced Love + Extreme Contrast] Luo Chen’s online boyfriend is cold and domineering, perfectly matching all his secret fantasies. Until the day school starts, when he opens his dorm room door and finds that the guy who had him weak in the knees online is sleeping in the bed across from him, wearing the face of campus heartthrob Ye Sheng. Online: “Baby, I want to hear your voice.” In real life: “New roommate, you’re too loud.” That night, as Ye Sheng casually scrolls on his phon 39Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    This book is incredibly relatable to real life.

19. 369 太 Inside and Outside the Space Capsule, His Gaze Tore at My Clothes 太空舱内外，他的目光撕我衣 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse9k WordsCompleted Inside and Outside the Space Capsule, His Gaze Tears My Clothes Away —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 370 他 After Filming a Rain Scene, He Was Pinned Against a Wall by His Bodyguard 他拍完淋雨戏，被保镖按在墙角 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生11k WordsCompleted After Filming a Rain Scene, He Pinned Me in a Corner Against the Wall 62Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 371 地 At the Underground Fight Club, He Drove the Chaste Boxing Champion Wild 地下拳场里，他撩疯了禁欲拳王 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生10k WordsCompleted At the Underground Fight Club, He Drove the Abstinent Boxing Champion Wild 4Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 372 十 Ten Years of Nightwalking 十年夜行 Lin Cizhi林次之Two Male Leads461k WordsOngoing [Two male leads / Workplace newbie gong + elite, pleasure-loving shou / A guide to office romance in the Yangtze River Delta] Over the course of ten years, with Sun Qingyun’s quiet support, Zhou Xu fought his way up from a newcomer to become an industry heavyweight. As their outlooks began to diverge, conflicts grew frequent. Zhou Xu left of his own accord, only to be set up soon afterward. They broke up and got back together, but ultimately went their separate ways. With the support of his frie 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes!! A workplace memoir! Super realistic!

23. 373 请 Please Call Me Teacher Ding 请叫我丁老师 Half a Bottle, Sloshing Around半瓶晃荡Two Male Leads259k WordsOngoing He was 35, and he encountered his 29-year-old self. Thirty-five years of self-control went out the window. Twenty-nine years of courage and fearlessness went to the dogs. Teacher Ding, let your guard down and let me love you. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very relatable story featuring two male protagonists. The premise is a math teacher and a PE teacher, both are strong and both are virtuous, a slice-of-life story. Highly recommended! [Learned]

24. 374 被 The CEO Stripped Me with His Eyes Three Times 被总裁用眼神扒光三回 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生10k WordsCompleted The CEO Stripped Me Bare with His Eyes Three Times 4Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 375 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Could Read His Heartbeat 穿越后，我读懂他的心跳 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生13k WordsCompleted After I Transmigrated, I Could Read His Heartbeat 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 376 温 Treat Them with Tenderness 温柔待之 Doomsday Dusk末日黄昏Two Male Leads244k WordsCompleted Gentle, mature doctor as the pursuer x devoted, beautiful teacher as the pursued Lu Zhixu x Xu Qiuyue A slow-blooming, heartwarming and healing romance. Older man, devoted love, sweet romance. My love is beautiful, pure as a magnolia blossom. He is such a lovely person, with galaxies and stars in his eyes, though he says very little. He sings beautifully and speaks to me so gently. Of course, that isn’t all there is to him. His pride, his sharpness, his cheerfulness, his candor, his laughter, hi 1.6kReads9.1Score176Shelves

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    That's quite common.

27. 377 掉 After My Secret Was Exposed, the CEO Begged Me to Call Him Hubby 掉马后，总裁求我叫他老攻 Han Mo Fusu寒墨扶苏Two Male Leads167k WordsOngoing [Two male leads] [Secret identity] [One-on-one romance] Qin Ye is a rich kid whose family has gone bankrupt. But he’s incredibly lucky: right after graduating from college, he lands a job as special assistant to Pei Yan, CEO of Yanzheng Group. For the next three years, he works like an old ox, dutifully serving the idiot boss. Whenever he thinks about quitting, he remembers his family’s debts and forces himself to keep working. Every morning, the first thing he thinks about is quitting, but eve 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Criticizing your boss at work is a very realistic thing.

28. 378 不 We're Just Friends 不过是朋友 Bai Sanqianqian白三千千Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted [Cool, aloof finance executive × adorable genius artist] [Top: sometimes composed, sometimes out of control Bottom: sweet and alluring, flirts without realizing it] [Happy ending, love at first sight, mutual devotion, business rivalries and the entertainment industry] With an unreliable father, a mother who died young, an overbearing sister, and a heart left in pieces, Meng Qingchi seemed not to have met a single good man in the first twenty years of his life. He thought he’d finally found a goo 352Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Love at first sight, a slow and steady relationship

29. 379 翡 An Emerald Marriage 翡翠婚姻 Chen Yelan沉夜阑Two Male Leads127k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Everyday Life + Secret Crush + Happy Ending + Two Male Leads + Mutual Firsts] Lu Beitan and Su Nanxi marry because of their respective predicaments, but live more like roommates. Three years later, Su Nanxi unexpectedly discovers that Lu Beitan has feelings for him. Our marriage is like jade: no one cares about what lies beneath its surface until it is cut open. Gentle, teasing bottom (Su Nanxi) & devoted, taciturn top (Lu Beitan) Cool, world-weary bottom (Ji Heyan) 123Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

30. 380 删 You, Impossible to Delete 删不去的你 Sealing the Years for You封年于你Two Male Leads167k WordsCompleted Dual male leads: Zhou Jinchen (top) and Lin Qi (bottom). Bittersweet and sweet, with some emotional struggles along the way, but it ends happily. The story was originally titled "An Intense Secret Crush." Lin Qi and Zhou Jinchen are assigned to the same team and become roommates. His first flutter of attraction was for a girl, but after reading danmei novels, he starts seeing everyone as gay. One Monday evening, a week after military training, Lin Qi lies on his bed, enjoying a danmei novel aft 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ... That's realistic enough. The first few chapters were a bit bland, but at least their story is bittersweet... How can bittersweet not be considered sweet? Right? [Smirking]

31. 381 你 How Dare You Steal My Takeout? 你敢偷老子外卖 Sow Trips the Circuit Breaker母猪跳闸Two Male Leads80k WordsCompleted Deng Xia hated two kinds of people more than anything: those who stole umbrellas from outside the classroom, and those who stole takeout from outside the school gate. A takeout theft led to a disaster when Deng Xia mistook Chen Jingyuan for the “little thief” who had stolen it. The facts were clear and the evidence conclusive, so Deng Xia beat him up, only to discover that someone else had actually stolen the food... Chen Jingyuan had always hated people with no sense of boundaries. After meetin 22Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    These highly-rated novels about everyday life are all very close to reality.

32. 382 你 You Will Always Be My Sunshine 你永远是我的阳光 Your Wild and Colorful Life你的声色犬马Two Male Leads318k WordsOngoing Looking back now, just meeting that guy already felt like a windfall. Ran Songming had once loved Lu Yueyang so much. He loved him to the bone, loved him to madness, loved him enough to make his entire world revolve around him, loved him until he lost himself. That feeling, that all-consuming, soul-searing experience, might never come again in this life. But he knew that over the long years ahead, he would still think of Lu Yueyang again and again: when he caught a similar scent of aftershave —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 383 木 The Wooden Man's Tail 木头的尾巴 Du Zeyan杜则言Two Male Leads121k WordsCompleted “Mu Chen vs. Wei Yanwan” “Wherever you go from now on, I'll follow you. It doesn't matter where I am, anyway. I'll be your little shadow.” “I think... this is as far as I can go with you.” 139Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Laughing][Laughing][What][Pouting]

34. 384 听 Listen Up! The Baozi Shop Owner Is My Wife 听我说！包子铺老板是我老婆 Che Xin車心Two Male Leads133k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Beautiful Top and Strong Bottom + The Top Chases His Love in the Later Stages + Both Are Each Other’s First + Younger Top, slice of life, a top who grows] Lu Jingyi declared loudly to Yang Ping, “I like you.” Yang Ping froze, dumbfounded. Trembling, he asked, “How long have you felt that way?” Lu Jingyi stepped forward and hugged him, answering sweetly, “It just happened before I knew it...” Yang Ping’s face fell even further. His rugged features twisted in despair as he said, 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Street life, two men

35. 385 爱 Falling for My Older Brother Was All His Fault 爱上哥哥，都是哥哥的错 Three Thousand Lumens三千流明Two Male Leads170k WordsCompleted [A devoted top from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners x a spoiled, high-maintenance bottom from a wealthy family] If life could be just as it was at our first meeting, I would never remember the first time I met my brother. Yi Chiqiao He is the thorn in my side, the thorn in my flesh, and the blood in my bones. Bai Yiyan 266Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 386 沂 A Family by the Yishui River 沂水河畔一家人 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted This book tells the story of a large family over nearly a century, from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century, through turbulent changes, banditry and warfare, twists and turns, and eventual reversals of fortune. Led and subtly influenced by the protagonist, several generations endure decades of hardship yet remain upright, united, and determined to improve. In different eras and historical circumstances, they do everything they can, persevering in their efforts to contribute 6.1kReads8.8Score564Shelves

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    These are all real life experiences.

37. 387 走 Through the Trials 走过劫难 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted Disaster strikes a once-happy family of five. After suffering a heartbreak so piercing it feels like ten thousand arrows, how will a mother who has only just reached middle age, and is already frail and sickly, lead her three underage children through hardship and toward the future...? 140Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 388 天 A Match Made in Heaven, Rain in the Forest 天定良缘，森林有雨 Rain in the Forest森林有雨Two Male Leads59k WordsCompleted {BL}{Melancholy Song Zesen, Top ✕ Lonely Lin Yu, Bottom} [Pure Love] Song Zesen: “Xiao Yu, will you love me forever?” Lin Yu: “What do you think, bro?” Love is a step above liking someone. And Song Zesen is a head taller than Lin Yu. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I originally intended to write about ordinary life, but once I started writing, I didn't know where to begin, so I just left it like this. You can take a look. [Smile]

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