Transmigrating as a Cannon-Fodder Male Supporting Character 穿越之炮灰男配

1. 1 穿EN The Abandoned Son Runs Rampant 穿越之弃子横行 Ye Yiluo叶忆落Two Male Leads2.3M WordsCompleted 30.3kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves

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2. 2 炮 The Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character's Reversal (Quick Transmigration) 炮灰男配逆袭中（快穿） Jiu'an九安Two Male Leads435k WordsCompleted [Powerful leads + sweet romance + satisfying and heartwarming] Shen Jiangli is bound to an auxiliary System. He travels between worlds, carrying out missions as a disposable stepping stone for the protagonists in order to earn enough points to make a wish. But over the course of these long missions, Shen Jiangli finds his memories of the past growing increasingly hazy. He even forgets why he is doing the missions. Then one day, he meets someone in a mission world. This person follows him from wo 209Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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3. 3 快 Quick Transmigration: Sweet Romance for the Male Leads 快穿：给男配甜甜的恋爱 Lemon in the Fields田野柠檬Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, a gorgeous heroine, a pure and sugary love story.] Jiang Mianmian is rich, beautiful, and well-bred, but rather than being interested in real-life romance, she's obsessed with novels. In particular, she adores the male supporting characters who are just as wonderful as the male leads but never get a happy ending. "What's wrong with the heroine's taste? If it were me, I'd definitely choose the male lead's rival!" Jiang Mianmian has voiced her frustration countless times over 11kReads9.1Score730Shelves

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   The male supporting character! The male supporting character! It's super sweet and incredibly good, everyone go check it out!!

4. 4 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Male Lead Grabs His Bucket and Runs 快穿：男配他提桶跑路了 Pidam718皮蛋718Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Told from the male protagonist's perspective. Each small world may or may not have a romance. This isn't a conventional wish-fulfillment story: in every world, he simply lives his own life. The novel is complete, and unfortunately, the typos can no longer be fixed. (ToT) Also, I'm not a studio. No studio updates this slowly. Since readers keep mixing up the protagonist's name with the names in the small worlds, from now on the protagonist's name in each world will match the name used there, with 27.4kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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   Male supporting character's cannon fodder counterattack

5. 5 悲 The Tragic Cannon Fodder Broke the Plot, and the Protagonist Squad Was Wiped Out 悲惨炮灰不走剧情后主角团灭了 A Jin Is No Show-Off阿锦不是秀Ancient Romance765k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + male protagonist + no CP] When you transmigrate, are you doomed to be a simp, a stepping stone, a cannon-fodder character, or a mere tool? Can this world get any worse? World One: I'm supposed to be the cousin who willingly serves as a stepping stone, only to see my family destroyed? Shi Xi: No way! Absolutely not! World Two: I'm supposed to hand out power-ups all the way, helping you reach the top of the entertainment industry? Shi Xi: I'm acting. Do not disturb~ 4.6kReads8.0Score329Shelves
6. 6 卡 A Capybara Transmigrates into a Rich Family’s Cannon Fodder and Becomes a Star 卡皮巴拉穿成豪门炮灰后爆红 Vibrant Fresh Orange元气鲜橙Two Male Leads430k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + universally adored, easygoing bottom + sharp-tongued top who’s always cracking dirty jokes] Fang Qiugao was a famous capybara at the zoo. His hobbies were spacing out, eating grass, and sleeping. He never expected that one fall would turn him into a rich family’s villainous cannon fodder in an animated series, a character who did every evil deed imaginable before meeting a tragic end. When Fang Qiugao woke up, the original owner was disguised as a waiter, approaching the animat 1.6kReads8.6Score287Shelves

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   This is seriously amazing! The protagonist was originally a Kapibal, but his soul transmigrated into the body of a cannon fodder male supporting character. He'll even be participating in a reality show about raising kids. He's incredibly lazy and loves eating grass. The beginning is quite funny; I've found it hilarious so far. I think it's a great read, one of the few novels I've been able to finish recently.

7. 7 穿 After Becoming a Fake Young Master, the Real One Sets His Sights on Me 穿成假少爷后，我被真少爷盯上了 Zhuzhu Loves Candy珠珠爱吃糖Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + true and fake young masters + transmigrate into a book + comedy + System + mind-reading] Lu She transmigrated into a book as its great villain. He wanted to mend his ways and be a decent person, but the System forced him to act like anything but one. [You can only go back after you’ve followed the villain’s path to the end.] In the book, the villain was a spoiled rich kid who never studied or applied himself. Then people discovered he wasn’t the Lu family’s real young master. T 2.9kReads8.9Score523Shelves

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   (Transmigration + System + Real and Fake Young Masters + Mind Reading + Comedy) This book is absolutely amazing! Lu She transmigrates into the body of a villain in a novel who is mistakenly given away as the fake young master, only to be won over by the real one. Highly recommended! I've already read it several times. 😘

8. 8 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainous Male Supporting Character Gets a Fan-Favorite Script 快穿：恶毒男配拿到万人迷剧本 Hardship of Bearing Snow负雪难Two Male Leads378k WordsCompleted Two male leads / Quick Transmigration / Everyone’s crush is the bottom / The top is split into multiple incarnations / The top is sexually inexperienced / The protagonist enters the story in their own body The tops are all obsessive, unhinged yanderes at heart. Ruan Minshi is a peerless beauty. To stay alive, he plays a vicious male supporting character in the Quick Transmigration System’s instances. But as he keeps playing the role, he realizes the protagonists and supporting characters seem to 6.3kReads9.1Score760Shelves

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   These are all books about male cannon fodder.

9. 9 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character Has Broken the Plot Again 快穿：炮灰男配又崩剧情了 Clouds Blue, Jade Feathers云青青兮玉羽Two Male Leads454k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration, two male leads + mainly from the bottom's perspective + slow-witted beauty + everyone’s favorite + love at first sight + love triangles + no fixed CP in the individual worlds + no CP in the ending] World One: In a cultivation harem novel about a chosen hero, he transmigrates into the sidekick of the villainous senior brother who constantly makes life difficult for the protagonist. Why does the hero, who should have a harem of three thousand, keep staring at him? World Two: 13.4kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Male Lead Fights Back Against the Plot 快穿：炮灰男配逆袭剧情 Dawn at the Window晓轩窗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (No CP + male protagonist in quick transmigration. Some readers didn’t like the first world, so feel free to skip it and give this story another chance.) Every little world has characters like these: graceful and unworldly, unconcerned with fame, humble and handsome, learned and talented. Yet they end up as obstacles for the male and female leads, destined to suffer horribly and die after enduring endless abuse. But why should that be? As a mission-taker, Ning Ning transmigrates into each world 71Reads7.1Score—Shelves
11. 11 快 Quick Transmigration: I'm the Male Lead's Foil 快穿：我是男主对照组 Little Pickled Garlic 425小糖蒜425Modern Romance6.2M WordsOngoing The writing in the first few worlds isn't very polished, so feel free to skip them. The first five worlds have romance; the later ones don't. In every world, there is a man like this: graceful and refined, modest and benevolent, an extraordinary prodigy blessed by heaven. In the end, though, his reputation is ruined, and he dies despised by everyone. Only after Gu Sinian dies suddenly does he learn that he is one of these men, a foil created specifically to help a grassroots male lead rise to s 56.5kReads8.5Score2.8kShelves
12. 12 恶 The Wicked Cannon Fodder Awakens and Becomes a Trash-Talking Champion 恶毒炮灰觉醒后成为嘴炮王者 Socially Anxious Lazy Rascal社恐懒小鬼Two Male Leads311k WordsCompleted Su Qing suddenly awakens to his own existence and realizes he is nothing but a villainous cannon-fodder character in a book. Though he is the biological young master, he gets no love at all. No matter how many schemes he tries, he can only imitate the wrong person, and in the end he is left with a miserable fate that makes him a laughingstock. Su Qing awakens right at the beginning of the story. This time, he’ll do whatever feels right: he’ll clap back at his arrogant, self-important parents, hi 1.9kReads8.9Score215Shelves
13. 13 坏 Oh No! Is the Evil Side Character Going to Be Locked Away Too? 坏了！恶毒炮灰也要被关小黑屋吗 Tangtang棠棠Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, quick transmigration, 1v1] After overcoming one challenge after another, Song Shaoyan finally secured a position in the quick transmigration department. Assigned to the Cannon Fodder Division, he planned to take it easy and lie flat. But... is something wrong with all these male leads? [World One: Song Shaoyan, who was just trying to coast through life, becomes a small-time thug sent to threaten the male lead into paying his debts. As soon as he enters the story, the gang boss or 15.2kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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    So pretty! Highly recommend! 🥰🥰

14. 14 快 Quick Transmigration: Why Does the Male Lead Always Fall for the Cannon Fodder?! 快穿：男主怎么总是爱上炮灰？！ The Unluckiest One Ever 1老倒霉蛋了1Two Male Leads219k WordsCompleted [Two male leads! An unconventional heartthrob (the title will be changed later)! Quick transmigration, a vicious beauty as the bottom, the male leads love him unconditionally, and they’re the type to fall for a married man!] World One: (1v1) He transmigrates into an apocalyptic novel as an evil scientist who tortures the male lead, his test subject, in every way imaginable. In the end, the male lead tosses him into a horde of zombies, where he’s torn to pieces. But... Male lead, look carefully! 982Reads8.7Score114Shelves

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    Male supporting character novels are my favorite; the writing is generally good, and some worlds have unexpected twists.

15. 15 快 Quick Transmigration: The Beloved Cannon-Fodder Keeps Wrecking the Plot 快穿：万人迷炮灰又把剧情整崩了 Cai Song采松Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + quick transmigration + from universally disliked to universally adored] Sheng Nanzhi was a wandering soul with no memories. By chance, he was bound to a System. It promised that if he played the scumbag who deceived the protagonist shou in both body and heart, pushing the protagonists’ romance forward, he would be able to find his lost memories. Sheng Nanzhi agreed. In the first world, he became a scumbag top who lived off his partner while taking the other man’s money to tip s 22.1kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
16. 16 快 Quick Transmigration: The Beautiful Cannon Fodder Becomes the Protagonist's Cherished One Again 快穿：漂亮炮灰又成了主角心尖宠 Ricefish麦穗鱼Two Male Leads372k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + devoted couple] Rong Yue is restrained by the Heavenly Dao, which forces him to travel to various worlds and suffer in the name of atonement. He must not go out of character; otherwise, if the Heavenly Dao of a world discovers him, it will reject him, damaging his soul until he is completely obliterated. With a System that hates him to the core keeping watch, it’s hard for him to pull anything off. Yet the plots in every world still go off the rails… The System lights a cigaret 1.4kReads8.8Score135Shelves
17. 17 穿 I Became a Villainous Side Character and Got My Happy Ending with the Male Lead 穿成恶毒炮灰后我和男主he了 Thousand-Year-Old Tofu千岁老豆腐Two Male Leads214k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Prepare for a “You’ll Love It After All” Moment] After an accident, Cheng Xi transmigrates into the body of a vicious cannon-fodder character who did everything to win the male lead’s heart and met a tragic end. He even gets a bargain System thrown in for free. To stay alive, Cheng Xi resolves to be a kindhearted cannon-fodder, protect the Cheng family fortune, and help bring the main couple together. When Li Yang tests the waters, Cheng Xi makes his position clear at once: “ 1.1kReads9.1Score177Shelves

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    I love it 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

18. 18 穿 Book Transmigration: The Villain Is Flustered by the Little Nobody's Flirting Again 穿书：反派又被小炮灰给撩迷糊了 Qing Tao清桃Two Male Leads373k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple, 1v1 + sweet romance + healing + transmigrate into a book + everyday life + real and fake young masters + bride substitution + happy ending] [Outwardly sunny and optimistic, inwardly sensitive and starved for affection, a gentle and composed beauty on the receiving end vs. a ruthless, slightly yandere big shot with overwhelming possessiveness who spoils his husband] Xue Jintang transmigrates into a book, landing in a brainless, everyone-loves-the-protagonist novel. The protagonis 6.6kReads8.9Score827Shelves

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    Sweet romance! Super sweet romance! Although you can tell the author might not be very good at writing about power struggles, the food descriptions are so delicious! I got so hungry just reading about it that I ordered ten pounds of takeout (exaggerated, but it really made me hungry). If you like lighthearted stories, you should definitely check this out!!! [Learned something new]

19. 19 假 The Fake Young Master Reincarnates as the Real One in the 1980s 假少爷穿成八零年代真少爷 Beat Up Soda暴打苏打Two Male Leads289k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Jiang Wu was the fake young master. The real young master framed him time and again, until someone finally pushed him off a high-rise. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into the real young master of the 1980s. No longer clinging to the idea of family, he took 800 yuan and an old house in the countryside from his birth parents, then left. Who would have thought he’d meet his crush there? Jiang Wu grabbed the man by the collar and kissed him. “This is how I fe 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    First, in his previous life, Jiang Wu was a fake young master, repeatedly framed by the real young master and pushed off a high building. Upon opening his eyes, he transmigrated into the body of the real young master in the 1980s. He no longer clung to family ties, took eight hundred yuan, and left with the original owner's parents in an old house in the countryside. Second, Jiang Luwan transmigrated into his favorite novel, *The Villainous Demon Lord's Obsessive Immortal Wife*, as a minor cannon fodder heroine in a deeply emotional love story with the villainous demon lord. She witnessed the demon lord's countless killings, yet she wholeheartedly wanted to save him, ultimately redeeming him from his quagmire and saving the world, creating a legendary tale. Meanwhile, Jiang Luwan transmigrated into the body of the heroine's handsome and refined senior brother, Xie Xingzhu. (This is from a book recommended by the author, number 125.)

20. 20 拯 Saving the Senior Brother of the Righteous Sect 拯救正道大师兄 Qin Xiaoniang秦小娘Two Male Leads702k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + cultivation] Jiang Luwan transmigrates into a minor cannon-fodder character in his favorite novel, The Demon Lord's Beloved Immortal Wife. The original heroine and the villainous Demon Lord share a tragic romance spanning hundreds of chapters. Though the Demon Lord has killed countless people, she is determined to save him from the darkness. In the end, she reforms him, saves the world, and creates a celebrated love story. As for Jiang Luwan, he becom 9.7kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
21. 21 穿 After Reincarnating as a Cannon-Fodder Male Lead, I Mistook the Male Lead for My Boyfriend 穿成炮灰男配后认错男友 Strawberry Milk Crumble草莓奶酥Two Male Leads233k WordsCompleted Ruan Zuo transmigrated into a book, becoming a disposable male supporting character. In the original story, he dated the male lead, who had always carried a torch for his first love. As soon as that first love returned from abroad, the male lead dumped Ruan Zuo and got together with him. On his first day in this world, Ruan Zuo planned to break up with his boyfriend right away. But when he saw that stunningly handsome face, the words died on his lips. He changed his mind and decided to keep dati 1.8kReads8.9Score273Shelves
22. 22 炮 After Transmigrating into a Book as a Cannon Fodder, I Found My Happy Ending with a Nobody 炮灰穿书后和路人甲HE了 Su Se苏瑟Two Male Leads373k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, where he becomes a cannon-fodder character in a melodramatic novel, Wei Wu neither courts death nor has a System. Instead, he quickly cuts ties with the story's male lead and stays away from him. That way, there's no chance of him becoming cannon fodder. After peacefully ending his engagement to Ji Qingyan, Wei Wu rushes to find a match and lands himself a thoroughly satisfactory boyfriend, an ordinary side character who won't get caught up in the leads' melodra 3.6kReads8.6Score477Shelves
23. 23 警 Warning! Your Drama Queen Darling Has Arrived 警告！您的作精宝贝已送达 Cai Cai Wants to Get Rich菜菜要发财Two Male Leads476k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Face-Slapping + Intense Push and Pull + Only Ever Loved Each Other] [A flighty, shameless, spoiled, sickly bottom X a polished, pretentious, outwardly proper top] Shi Yang transmigrates into a book and becomes the vicious cannon fodder in a melodramatic novel: arrogant, domineering, and obsessed with money and status. The moment he opens his eyes, he’s already causing trouble, determined to wreck the leads’ relationship and become a laughingstock in everyone’s eyes. That’s not 6kReads9.4Score807Shelves
24. 24 漂 A Pretty Cannon-Fodder, Forced into Submission by a Truly Deranged Yandere 漂亮炮灰，被真病娇疯批强制了 Tower Upon Tower in the Clouds楼楼云上楼Two Male Leads2.2M WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, Quick Transmigration, Coercive Love, Unhinged Yandere, Putting Scumbags in Their Place, Sweet Romance, Two Powerful Leads] (A Pretty Boy Who’s Forced to Lie Flat VS a Yandere Who Won’t Stop Pursuing Him) Su Yang, an SSS-rank wanted criminal, escaped from prison and even kidnapped the System that guarded it. The Three Thousand Worlds sounded the alarm: Danger! Danger! Capture him and eliminate him immediately. Su Yang: “…” This is ridiculous, everyone. I’m out. See ya! Su Yang t 24.7kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
25. 25 救 Help! The Pretty Cannon-Fodder Is Flirting Like Crazy in the Interstellar Age 救命！漂亮炮灰在星际撩疯了 Bai Wu栢无Two Male Leads407k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + interstellar + silly comedy + intense push and pull + two powerhouses + military academy, both romantically inexperienced, affection-starved, socially anxious, secretly goofy troublemaker ✖️ aloof, chaste, strict commander] Shu Ye transmigrates into a melodramatic interstellar romance novel about chasing back an ex. The first thing he sees when he opens his eyes is a pile of trash falling on him. The good news: his original character is the young master of a powerful family on 6.3kReads9.3Score1kShelves

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    These are all cannon fodder male supporting characters. Yes, the first few are time-travel stories, and quick transmigration should also be considered time-travel 🤦🤦 The last one is about awakening.

26. 26 快 Quick Transmigration: The Little Cannon Fodder Is Always Being Stalked by Twisted Bad Dogs 快穿：小炮灰总被变态坏狗们窥伺 Cloud Over Ninth Road云衔九号路Two Male Leads514k WordsCompleted [Male-Male Quick Transmigration + Split-Personality Top + Both Pure in Body and Heart + Romantic Rivalry] (Warning: The bottom is weak. If you don’t like soft, delicate pretty-boy bottoms, feel free to skip this.) A sweet, oblivious-to-love, career-driven bottom × a cold, abstinent boss top World One (University Campus): A cold, abstinent roommate top + a handsome, strong athlete top with a size difference + a cool, aloof artistic genius top His girlfriend falls for his roommate, dumps “me,” a 2.4kReads9.1Score377Shelves
27. 27 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villain Is Too Clingy, and the Host Can't Handle It 快穿：反派太黏人，宿主扛不住 Spring Colors of the Begonias海棠春色Two Male Leads720k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Yandere] Tang Li died unexpectedly. To collect life points and come back to life, he travels with a System to various small worlds, fulfilling the wishes of doomed side characters with tragic fates. Fishy: [Dad, this mission is so hard. What should we do?] Tang Li says it’s a piece of cake. He’s best at acting obedient, playing the victim, and making people feel sorry for him. But if he’s already being so sweet and well-behaved, why do the villains still look at him like they wa 1.9kReads9.4Score230Shelves
28. 28 炮 The Sacrificial Supporting Character Gets Confessed to by the Protagonist Squad Again 炮灰助攻又被主角团告白了 Primordial Immortal Beast洪荒仙兽Two Male Leads3.1M WordsOngoing [Two male leads + protagonist is the pursued one + cultivation + straight-man heartthrob adored by all + transmigrate into a book + ensemble cast] Xie Yunhe transmigrates into a book. The System tells him to play matchmaker and help the universally adored Long Aotian find a cultivation partner. To keep him from being charmed by the protagonist's group and getting distracted from his matchmaking duties, it kindly installs a face-blurring System for him. From then on, beauties surround him, but he 34.1kReads9.3Score3kShelves
29. 29 勾 After Flirting with My Unhinged Junior Brother, I Somehow Became Everyone's Crush 勾搭疯批师弟后，我竟成了万人迷 A Promise Worth Its Weight in Gold一言九鼎Two Male Leads434k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + one-on-one, both each other's first and only + from universally despised to universally adored] Ji Ci transmigrated into a book. He went from a pure and sunny college student to the vicious male supporting character beside the universally adored protagonist of a Green River novel. System: [Endure humiliation and survive. One day, Host will achieve greatness and reach the pinnacle of life!] Ji Ci: Got it. So whenever the protagonist was in danger, he took the blade for him. When 19.2kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
30. 30 炮 After the Cannon Fodder Awakens, the Male Lead Sets His Sights on Her 炮灰觉醒后被男主盯上了 Mapo Stir-Fried Tofu麻婆炒豆腐Two Male Leads807k WordsCompleted [1v1 + Both Chaste + No Female Lead + A Genius Who’s Terrified of Death and Loves to Rant vs. A Hypocritical, Scheming Powerhouse] Only when Tang Qi was dying did he learn why his life had been so miserable. It turned out that his world was nothing more than a book, and he existed solely as an unlucky, unfortunate cannon-fodder character, there to highlight how the female lead, his half-sister on his father’s side, used her heaven-defying luck to achieve a dazzling, glorious life! As soon as he 2.9kReads9.4Score375Shelves
31. 31 男 Male Lead, Think Twice. I'm the Villain, You Can't Kiss Me 男主请三思，我是反派不能亲 Mu Jiahuai木佳淮Two Male Leads827k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, entertainment industry, hilarious and absurd] An Chen is a capybara who wakes up in the body of a villain. After his parents died, the original owner was taken in by the Fu family. But he caused trouble everywhere, picking fights with and framing the male lead, until the male lead got revenge and sent him to prison. An Chen thought, “As long as I don’t cause trouble or get greedy, I can live out my days at the Fu family’s expense, thanks to my big brother and second brother’s mo 2.9kReads9.0Score484Shelves

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    They're all stories with two male leads, some with mind-reading abilities, some about transmigrating into a book, and some about rebirth with a system—all super good! Three of them are still ongoing. 💕💕💕💕🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

32. 32 吃EN Spill the Tea! The Vicious Male Supporting Character Is Fought Over by Mind-Reading Tycoons 吃瓜！恶毒男配被读心大佬争着宠 The Actual Demoness妖精本妖Two Male Leads512k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + Mind-reading + Entertainment industry + Gossip + All-round entertainment reporter + Tycoon + Comedy + Strong leads + Face-slapping and scum-bashing + Sweet romance, both leads are devoted] After entertainment reporter Song Yichuan drops dead while staking out a shoot, he transmigrates into a book as a villainous male supporting character and gets a bundle of gossip. He vows to uphold the spirit of dedication to his job and keep the gossip flowing. But then the tycoons suddenly 9kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
33. 33 淦 Damn! I Became a Saintly Male Tutor in a Cliché Romance, and Now Everyone’s Fighting over Me 淦！狗血文里当家教男菩萨被疯抢 The Actual Demoness妖精本妖Two Male Leads260k WordsCompleted [Mind-reading + one-on-one romance + college + villains everywhere + over-the-top wealthy-family drama + livestreaming + face-slapping and trash-taking-down + satisfying, sweet, and hilarious] Jiang Qi transmigrated into a tragic cannon-fodder tutor in an over-the-top melodrama. Jiang Qi, once a massively popular Douyin livestreamer who raked in money as a swoon-worthy heartthrob, thought: With natural advantages like these, why the hell would I work as a tutor?! He tried to find a chance to qui 4.1kReads9.3Score635Shelves
34. 34 卷EN The Workaholic Best Actor Refuses to Be a White Lotus Cannon Fodder 卷王影帝拒绝当白莲炮灰 Wild Geese in the Northern Sea北冥有雁Two Male Leads603k WordsCompleted A sophisticated, charmingly ruthless top attacks VS a capable, narcissistic bottom Si You: A legendary figure in the entertainment industry, nicknamed “King of Overwork.” One day, he opens his eyes and finds himself inhabiting a pitiful white-lotus side character who's about to become a has-been and knows nothing but how to play the victim. After going through the plot, Si You sits in front of his computer and declares, “Now this is high-level gameplay.” Looking to blow off steam, he turns a hor 47.9kReads9.6Score8.1kShelves
35. 35 穿EN After Transmigrating as a Cannon Fodder, I Went Viral with My Goofy Antics 穿成炮灰后，靠沙雕爆火出圈 Wild Geese in the Northern Sea北冥有雁Two Male Leads502k WordsCompleted Wen Shuang woke up to discover he’d become a disposable character in a wholesome romance novel: he cast a wide net to reel in men, played both sides, and was greedy and vain. From the start, it was Hell Mode. Looking at the second male lead as he emerged from the bathroom, his expression unreadable, Wen Shuang swallowed hard. “President Xuan, I’m so soft. If you punch me, I’ll be crying for ages.” Xuan Zhe: “Do you think you’re funny?” Wen Shuang used his goofy antics to scrape through the f 8.2kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
36. 36 这 This Villain Has Given Up 这个反派他摆烂了 Bu Yu Cheng Shang不予程上Two Male Leads415k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, lighthearted and humorous] Bai Qi blinked: well, would you look at that, he’d transmigrated into a book! Fine, since he was here, he might as well show off his skills and avenge the original owner. Bai Qi, one week later, upon meeting the male lead: “Wow! That’s one massive thigh. It feels so good to cling to it~~” Jiang Yichen: “... And what happened to showing off your skills?” *Overbearing, doting CEO top x humorous, funny bottom *A pure, humorous, funny, sweet little s 6.9kReads9.3Score805Shelves
37. 37 身EN Trapped in a CEO Romance, I Struggle to Protect His Unhinged Older Brother 身陷霸总文学，努力护住癫公他哥 It's kk是kkTwo Male Leads410k WordsCompleted [Complete + two male leads + workplace gossip + mind reading + one-on-one romance + comedy + unhinged men and women] [Assistant who falls apart every day × silent, gossip-loving CEO] Also known as: I Gossip About People and Bring Them All Down! Zhu Yu, who loves money, wakes up inside the CEO romance novel he’d been reading. That would be fine if it were just one book, but the problem is that every novel by this author is connected. Three pairs of unhinged men and women in one world!!! Luckily, 7.6kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
38. 38 全EN After My Whole Family Read My Mind, We Tore Up the Trash Script 全家读我心后，手撕垃圾剧本 Salty Fish Trying to Get Ashore要上岸的咸鱼Two Male Leads245k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Transmigrate into a Book + Mind Reading + Wealthy Family + Beloved by the Whole Family] Three years after transmigrating, Shen Can accidentally falls into the water and only then discovers that he’s transmigrated into a wealthy-family romance novel packed with every kind of melodramatic trope. The good news is that his whole family consists of powerful big shots, the kind who are unbelievably formidable. The bad news is that they’re all stepping stones for the protagonists, an 4.6kReads9.2Score674Shelves
39. 39 穿EN After Becoming Cannon Fodder in a Parenting-Reality-Show Novel, I Decided to Take It Easy 穿成娃综文炮灰后我决定摆烂 First Choice: Little White Dragon首选小白龙Two Male Leads405k WordsCompleted (The audiobook, narrated by real actors, is now available) Gu Wan Cheng was hit by a car and killed in an instant. A shut-in artist, he transmigrated into a baby-variety-show novel as the foil character. His wealthy husband never comes home, and their family is destined to be cannon fodder. Be a foil? He refuses. But he can't cook, and his luck is terrible, so he's basically cannon fodder after all. He'd planned to laze around at home, but after a phone call from his wealthy mother-in-law, he 9.3kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
40. 40 穿 Reborn as a Villain's Cannon Fodder, I Farm and Build in the Beast World 穿成反派炮灰，兽世种田搞基建 Succulent Little Flower多肉小花Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Yu Sui becomes the villainous cannon-fodder bottom in a novel he’d just read. The original owner secretly loves Qi, the strongest warrior in the tribe, but Qi and Xu grew up together and gradually fell for each other. The original owner does everything he can to keep them apart, and is eventually driven out of the tribe. He dies a miserable death from cold and hunger in the winter. This continent is home to many different races. Yu Sui hasn’t even managed to pa 7.1kReads8.6Score950Shelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

41. 41 炮 How Did the Cannon Fodder Become Everyone's Dream Girl? 炮灰怎么成了万人迷 Yunzhong Jiujiu云中酒酒Two Male Leads470k WordsCompleted Everyone’s Favorite Sui Yuan transmigrated into an interstellar novel that was full of suggestive scenes that never quite went all the way. Just as expected, he became the fifth cannon-fodder male lead, who shared his name with the original character. In the original, the fifth male lead was a total creep and an obsessive simp. As expected, he was eventually killed off by one of the other male leads. But now: Sui Yuan: Simping is on pause. I’m going to be the number-one spectator for the protag 3.2kReads9.1Score466Shelves

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    The protagonist transmigrates into a novel and becomes cannon fodder, but ends up becoming a heartthrob and getting together with the original character's ideal woman.

42. 42 快 Quick Transmigration: My Wife Is a Professional Villain 快穿：当老婆是反派专业户 Candy in My Pocket兜儿有糖Two Male Leads792k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads, 1v1 | equally powerful | both pure and devoted | sweet romance | top-focused] Reading guide: This is a sweet romance. The protagonist won't blindly torment scumbags, isn't a scumbag-tormenting machine, and definitely isn't absurdly self-confident. Readers looking for nonstop thrills and mindless scumbag-tormenting may want to consider carefully before reading. All the small-world settings are fictional. Both leads transmigrate at the same time. The love interest's soul isn't sp 1.2kReads8.7Score122Shelves

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    They're all very pretty, but each one has its own unique charm; it really depends on personal preference. 😳😳

43. 43 渣 The Scumbag Wants to Turn Over a New Leaf, So Male Leads, Hurry Into His Arms 渣男要洗白，男配快入怀 Snow-White Dumpling团子白又白Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted 1v1, quick transmigration, top, sweet romance, fast-paced relationship, both leads’ first relationship The Scumbag Rehabilitation Department is buried under a mountain of missions. Seeing that the department is completely deserted, headquarters has no choice but to transfer Qi Qinglan from the Male Lead Department with double points, and give him a promotion to keep him from running away. Qi Qinglan originally only wanted to make his mission targets happy. Later, he discovers that the one they h 13.9kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
44. 44 快 Quick Transmigration: What Do You Mean, Cannon Fodder? That’s My Wife! 快穿：什么炮灰？那是我老婆！ Moving Up from the Valley山谷迁乔Two Male Leads1.4M WordsOngoing Original title: Quick Transmigration: What Do You Mean, Cannon Fodder? That's My Wife! 1. Two male leads, a sweet story with mutual devotion, and the leads fall in love. 2. A male-lead-focused quick transmigration story. The love interest is the same person in every world. In many stories, there are people who are exceptionally handsome, come from distinguished backgrounds, and have good hearts, yet become stepping stones on the protagonist's path to success and end up with tragic fates. Qin Yi 5.7kReads9.4Score386Shelves
45. 45 不 Wasn't I Supposed to Reform? Why Does My Darling Still Love Me So Much? 不是洗白吗？老婆怎么还这么爱 Year After Year, Fruit Hangs by the Roadside年年结子飘路傍Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted In the scripts provided by the System, Fei Yanzhi had played the scumbag countless times. Even now, as he rewrote the script, he couldn't help cursing the other guy as a brainless idiot over and over. How could anyone be so hopelessly lovesick? It wasn't until the very end that he realized he had been the one who misunderstood everything... As a mortal, how could you earn a god's favor? Naturally, you had to... put yourself in the game. And so... The script of a scumbag hopelessly in love burst 3.1kReads9.1Score213Shelves
46. 46 穿 I Was Transmigrated into a Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character 穿成了炮灰男配 Phantom Asura魅影修罗Two Male Leads389k WordsCompleted Unlucky Su Bai wakes up inside the novel he'd been criticizing, as the vicious male side character who shares his name: an idiot who makes trouble, courts death, and has no brains to speak of. Luckily, he arrives at just the right time. In the original story, Su Bai hasn't started courting death yet. Once he understands the situation, Su Bai resolves to stay away from the male lead and his whole circle of female admirers, and to stop trying to get revenge on the Su family. But although he stays 1.7kReads8.7Score141Shelves

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    They're all about cannon fodder male supporting characters; I have so many more, but I can only choose 20.

47. 47 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Male Lead’s Comeback and Face-Slapping 快穿之炮灰男配逆袭打脸 Seventh Month's New Moon七月朔Two Male Leads952k WordsCompleted Originally titled Quick Transmigration: Marrying the Male Lead’s Father. If you get lost, remember to search for it under the original title. Chi Chi’s purpose is to win over the male lead and dispel the male supporting characters’ resentment. But Chi Chi refuses. His goal is to marry the male lead’s father. Chi Chi: The male lead calls me Mom. It feels great. A few notes before you start: 1. A sweet romance with face-slapping and doting. The male lead spoils the love interest, a lot. 2. The mal 318Reads7.4Score—Shelves
48. 48 穿 I Became a Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character, and the Male Lead Started Acting Strange 穿成炮灰男配，男主他不对劲了 A Sprig of Yuzu一枝木由子Two Male Leads190k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + 1v1 + sweet romance + both leads are sexually inexperienced] What do you do when you realize you've transmigrated into the cannon-fodder male supporting character in a domineering CEO novel? It's bad enough that you're competing with the male lead for the heroine, but what if you end up with a tragic fate too? Lu Li figures that to change his cannon-fodder destiny, he should cling to the male lead's coattails. Lu Li thinks the hero and heroine must be 1.3kReads8.2Score102Shelves
49. 49 穿 After Becoming a Cannon Fodder Husband, I Seduced a Madman 穿成炮灰男妻后，引诱了疯批大佬 One Tree, One Beginning一木一初Two Male Leads195k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later; ABO transmigration into a book; one-on-one, both leads are each other's only partner; sweet romance and satisfying revenge] Being transmigrated as a cannon-fodder character wasn't a problem. Being forced to marry a disabled tycoon in someone else's place was terrifying. He'd torture me to death! Su Ling thought, trembling with fear. He had transmigrated into a book and become a cannon-fodder beta in an ABO novel. In the book, he was vain, sinister, and malicious. In 3.5kReads9.0Score449Shelves
50. 50 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder and the Male Lead Lived Happily Ever After 快穿：炮灰和男主过上了幸福生活 Packing Up to Go Back to My Hometown收拾行李回老家Two Male Leads357k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + two male leads + immersive quick transmigration + happy ending] Su Qingrong is a set of data shared by every world. He exists as cannon fodder to move the story forward, but one day, he gains self-awareness. Su Qingrong begins living however he pleases, no longer bound or restricted by the rules. 357Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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