SOS: Redemption Stories With Male Leads Who Are Broken to the Core, Like Pei Chuan and Bei Yao 🆘🆘男主卑微到骨子里的救赎文（类似裴川贝瑶
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Reborn: The Obsessive Tycoon’s Secret Insecurity 重生之偏执大佬他自卑了
In her previous life, Xu Nuo lived in a daze. She trusted a scumbag, mistook a two-faced woman for a friend, and let herself be deceived at every turn. In the prime of her youth, she died a terrible death. After she died, a young man she had barely known gave his own life to avenge her. Only then did Xu Nuo realize that he had always loved her. Given a second chance at life, Xu Nuo is determined to protect the young man who has loved her in silence. She'll protect him, love him, and then marry h
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He Can't Hide His Love! He Turns Around and Kisses Her Senseless 他爱意藏不住！转身亲疯她
[Super sweet and irresistibly flirty + childhood sweethearts + mutual pining] [Cool, sickly genius ✖️ sweet, flirtatious, straightforward little enchantress] From childhood, Jiang Yuxing has been completely obsessed with good looks. The first time she met Jiang Yubai, she thought this beautiful boy was so gorgeous that she had to marry him and bring him home! Everyone at Rong High knows that Jiang Yuxing, hailed as a temptress, comes up with new ways every day to openly flirt with the aloof Jian
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After Seeing the Comments, My Villainous Childhood Friend Was Secretly in Love with Me 看见弹幕后，反派竹马竟暗恋我
The day Wen Xi confessed her feelings, floating comments appeared in the world. She realized she was living in a novel about a man regretting losing his wife. She was the male lead’s unattainable first love and the villain’s childhood friend. The male lead looked down on her as a low-class islander and ignored her. Only after she disappeared did he finally realize he had fallen in love with her long ago. Afterward, he mourned her while searching for a substitute female lead, then became entangle
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Oh No! The Beautiful Boy I Picked Up Has Become a Yandere 坏了！捡来的美少年养成偏执狂了
[Both Leads Are Each Other's Only Ones + 1v1 + Happy Ending + The Male Lead Starts Off as a Humble, Loyal Puppy and Becomes an Obsessive Villain] Original title: After Transmigrating into a Book, I Changed My Fate by Sticking Close to the Beautiful, Strong, Tragic Male Supporting Character Yue Zheng transmigrated into a book as the female supporting character in a tragedy. Other people who transmigrated into books could control their bodies freely, but whenever a key plot point came around, he
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A Fevered Kiss 病态热吻
Original title: A Sickly, Passionate Kiss Rebirth and redemption + obsessive, sweet romance: a gloomy, insecure boy and a sweet, gentle little angel At nineteen, Jiang Nian was a pampered heiress with everything she could want. At nineteen, Yu Si was starving and freezing, a violent monster in everyone’s eyes. He had no parents. He had been beaten and left out in the cold, and had fought dogs for food. His body was covered in scars. But she never imagined that this brooding boy would one day bec
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The Princess Refuses to Be Everyone's Darling 公主拒绝当团宠
Word has it that the Demon Lord not only saved a mortal girl, but also took her into the Demon Palace, honored her as a princess of the demon race, and doted on her! But Shi Xi doesn't want to live under the Demon Lord's protection. Determined to become a true demon, she leaves the palace and sets off in search of a Heavenly Spirit Body. The demon general Mo Lan stays by her side through life and death, but gradually discovers... a rival in love is lurking up ahead! Mo Lan: “If you can't do wha
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The Happy Years I Spent in Dongguan 那些年我在东莞的幸福往事
[Urban everyday life] + [multiple heroines] + [first person] My name is Hao Jian. I'm a college graduate who left a small inland county to make a living in Dongguan. A female classmate who'd been quite a flirt back in school introduced me to the city. I thought I'd find a factory job and earn some money, but things didn't go as planned. I ended up in a bar, and that's where my life took an unexpected turn.
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Affection Hidden in Her Eyes 喜欢藏于眉眼中
[Warm, healing little ray of sunshine ✖ devoted, clingy little scaredy-cat] [He pursues her + sweet little secret crush] Zhao Huanxi thought she had terrible luck. Every attempt to sell or rent out the shops her family owned had fallen through. They had waited three years for the neighborhood to be demolished, and now that seemed likely to fall through too. She was barely keeping the family pastry shop afloat with the few skills she had. Almost every day, a sweet-looking boy with a bowl cut cam
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His Little Troublemaker 他的小难哄
[The print edition is coming soon and will be available on all platforms. See you at 7:00 p.m. on July 31!] Xie Huai, the famous young heir of the capital, fell in love at first sight with Song Nuan, the dazzling freshman representative on stage, when he was a freshman in high school. Xie Huai suffers from depression and is possessive and volatile. He won't let any boys near Song Nuan, and anyone who gets close ends up expelled. Terrified, Song Nuan is forced to transfer schools, but Xie Huai fo
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Be Good, Sweetheart! Day and Night in the Hands of a Brutal Man 娇娇乖！被暴徒盯上的日日夜夜
[🖤 Unhinged mixed-race brute x 💖 sweet, innocent doll] [Striking size difference and sexual tension + wild, rugged tough guy + school and city life + intense, coercive love + mutual salvation] The boy Sang Moli once saved lived in a world of darkness and filth. When he fought, every punch drew blood. He was violent and impossible to tame. The little princess was born in a tower. Compared to a beast like him, they were worlds apart. Moli was innocent and naive, and thought Mufasa was the best. As
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The Sickly, Love-Obsessed Crown Prince's Daily Devotion to His Wife 病娇恋爱脑太子的宠妻日常
(The comic drama Zhaozhao Meets Ning is now available on Hongguo) [Sweet historical romance + utterly lovestruck and devoted male lead + both leads are each other’s first love + cheerful, sweet story + happy ending] Xie Changchen, Crown Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, is a peerlessly handsome man. He became famous throughout the land at fifteen after the Battle of Qiancheng. But his frail health leaves him coughing up blood at the slightest exertion, and the Imperial Preceptor once declared th
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So Naughty! The Pure-Hearted, Obsessive Villain Pants and Begs for a Kiss 好涩！纯情偏执反派喘着要亲亲
A brooding, possessive dragon who cries easily × a quirky junior sister Lu Lingxi transmigrated into a book. The System told her that her mission was to help the villain solve the mystery of his origins. Great, no problem. Lu Lingxi thought it would be easy. But why was the vicious villain from the original story, who supposedly got so angry he could shake every last egg out of the old hen at the village entrance, crying in her arms?! The first time he saw her, his blood roared, urging him to se
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The Boyfriend in the Trash Heap 垃圾堆里的男朋友
Ning Xia was a little-known author of old-fashioned CEO romance novels online, often writing late into the night. At last, after years of staying up late, she suddenly died. But Ning Xia hadn't quite died. She discovered she'd been reborn as a child, and had run into the little beggar who had scattered her ashes in her previous life! The little beggar was now just a foolish boy with autism, raised by a grandmother who collected trash. Everyone bullied and humiliated him. Then the little beggar n
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After Being Reborn, the Obsessive Young Master Can’t Stop Thinking About Me 重生后偏执少爷总对我恋恋不忘
(Complete, rebirth, autism, slow burn, one-on-one romance) Gu Junyu lives by three rules: 1. Weiwei is always right. 2. If Weiwei tells him to go east, he won’t go west. 3. If Weiwei is wrong, see rule one. Li Weige had always kept her distance from Gu Junyu, but it wasn’t until she was on the brink of death that she realized just how much the obsessive man with autism loved her. Then she was reborn, back in the past. This time, she wanted to repay him for his kindness in her previous life and h
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What Do I Do? The Male Supporting Character Keeps Asking Me to Kiss Him 怎么办！男配总让我亲他
[The male lead is a psychological counselor, and blind people can do the job too! The female lead isn’t the clever, strong-willed type, so don’t read if that’s not your thing. The male lead will recover later. Both leads are virgins, and it has a happy ending.] [A warm and sweet little story about an ordinary person stumbling through the effort to save someone else. This isn’t a wish-fulfillment rescue story or a tightly plotted, logic-heavy novel, so don’t read if that’s not your thing.] After
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Help! The Obsessive Big Shot Has a Secret Crush on Me 救命！病娇大佬竟然暗恋我
[Transmigrate into a book + obsessive yandere + sweet romance + System] Su Qianyue transmigrates into a domineering-CEO romance novel as the vicious villainess who dies a gruesome death. She refuses to keep fawning over the male lead, so she turns to the most powerful villain in the book and clings to him to stay alive. She only meant to be the villain’s little sidekick, but before long, the male lead starts pursuing her instead. Even the villain begins looking at her differently. “Qianqian, do
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Hug Me, Darling: The Sweet, Obedient Wife Lord Yu Brought Home 老公贴贴，郁爷抱回的娇妻软又乖
[Devoted to Each Other + Sweet Romance] After her mother died unexpectedly, the gentle Su Qingqing gained an older sister. Everything that had once belonged to her was taken away, and she was even carried into a crematorium. Just when she thought she was going to die, she met the cold and possessive Yu Jinnian. In public, he was possessive and ruthless. In private, he knew how to charm her and win her heart, pampering her without limit. After they married, Yu Jinnian not only spoiled Su Qingqing
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Reborn as the Male Lead's Childhood Sweetheart 穿成男配的小青梅
[A heads-up: This isn’t about a powerful female lead. There’s no golden finger, and the story has a gentle, understated feel.] Zhang Minmin transmigrates into a book, becoming a supporting female character in a story about youthful heartbreak. In the original novel, the male lead is a rich second-generation heir from a large, complicated family, while the heroine is an orphan with no parents. After going through one misunderstanding after another, the two meet, grow close, and eventually live ha
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Reborn to Be Secretly Loved by a Tsundere Top Student 重生被偏执学霸暗恋上
[Secret crush, healing, marriage before love] (A gentle, beautiful, boldly flirtatious tease vs. a top student who seems cold but is actually shy, insecure, and possessive), The high school continuation is in the author’s posts and the book’s discussion board. When Ning Yao suddenly finds herself back in high school, she looks at her husband, young and full of life, and can’t resist reaching out to him with her wicked hands. Who could resist a secretly enamored girl taking the initiative? A b
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Kiss the Wild 吻野
[Complete + reborn + one-of-a-kind love + sweet romance + flirtation + warmth + redemption] Your redemption is also my rebirth. Bright, soft-hearted heiress × aloof, wild little wolf Reborn ten years in the past, Nan Zhi is still the heiress of the Nan Group. The first thing Nan Zhi does after being reborn is find Qi Ye! The second is prevent bankruptcy! She transfers to Ning City, a remote and underdeveloped place, where the bright, beautiful heiress sticks out from everything around her. At fi
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Sweet-Talking and Spoiling My Future Husband 对未来老公坑蒙拐骗宠
[Reborn, mutual salvation, one-on-one romance] After her husband died, Jiang Chuchu followed him to the grave. When she opened her eyes, she found herself back at sixteen. The girl in the mirror was malnourished, sallow, without parents, and dirt poor... That’s right, this was her at sixteen. Life was nearly impossible, and she couldn’t even afford the next semester’s tuition. Just as she was at her wits’ end, a flower suddenly blossomed before her eyes. [You can’t redo your life, but the Even
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She’s Delicate and Svelte! Hiding Her Pregnancy, She Kisses Her Brother’s Fingertips 她身娇腰细！藏起孕肚吻哥哥指尖
Complete [Reborn with a Baby, Winning His Heart with Her Allure] [Pregnant First, Married Later] [The Hero's Secret Crush Comes True] [Saving Each Other] [Mutual Devotion] Lin Shu is reborn as a college freshman and finds herself pregnant right away. The baby is the same one she had in her previous life. Staring at the pregnancy test, she wonders how to tell the baby's father, who hasn't been reborn this time. Should she just say, “We had an affair”? Unable to decide, Lin Shu heads straight to J
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Saving the Aloof Boy and Spoiling Him Rotten 救赎，宠爆那个高冷少年
Sweet romance, healing. A cool, quiet boy versus a lively little ray of sunshine. There’s a tiny misunderstanding early on, but it gets cleared up quickly. Ran Ning transmigrates into a book. Other people transmigrate into the story as the heroine, or at least as a supporting female character. She’s the dead beloved of the male lead, and the catch is, she likes the second male lead! Tan Ji is so aloof. He only says three sentences a day. Tan Ji has incredible stamina. In three days, he tires her
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The White Moonlight Falls, and Junior Sister Is Still Mending Things Today 白月光坠落，小师妹今天也在修补
1v1, happy ending, gender-bender, both leads are virgins [The male lead suffers physically and emotionally: flogging, humiliation, ice picks, restraints and suffocation, silver needles, stomach problems…] [An outwardly aloof but decisive and determined junior sister who cultivates the sword vs. a gentle, long-suffering and restrained senior brother, the unattainable first love] I am Ji Lan, the youngest cultivator to reach the Divine Transformation stage in Meishan Sword Sect, born with a sword
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Reborn: The Perfect First Love Turns into a Brooding, Toxic Male Ghost 重生：白月光爆改绿茶味阴湿男鬼
[Reborn at School + Healing + Mutual Secret Crushes + Both Pure, Happy Ending + Light Ensemble] Radiant, charming little ray of sunshine x gloomy, possessive male ghost with a taste for playing innocent * Lin Yu's perspective: A secret crush is one person's private chaos. Given another chance, I'll do whatever it takes to keep him alive. Reborn, I find that my cool, refined, gentle, and kind ideal from my past life has completely transformed into a gloomy, possessive male ghost who acts all inno
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Save Me, Not the Drunkard 渡我不渡醉
[A guarded, wounded hero × a gentle, steadfast heroine who saves him | Mutual devotion · Rekindled Romance] “Everyone who gets close to me comes to a bad end. You should leave.” “It's not your fault, Jiang Zui. You haven't done anything wrong.” Kneeling in the light, she led him out of the shadows and told him he wasn't a curse. He deserved to be loved. This was a silent standoff, and a gentle salvation. Jiang Zui thought his life would never see the light until he met Su Yuhe at seventeen. Afra
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After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Stabbed the Male Lead 穿书后，给了男主一刀
[Transmigrate into a Book + Redemption + Heroine's Growth + Sweet, Satisfying Romance] The heroine is insecure at first, then becomes a total attention-seeker. Jin An is the unluckiest author in web fiction. Her million-word business-war masterpiece went viral overnight, only to be banned the next night, leaving her buried in debt. At her most desperate, she suddenly transmigrated into the world of her own novel. Of all people, she had to become the vicious supporting female character in the m
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