I’ve Read Shen Lian and Chu Yilan, and Now Nothing Else Appeals to Me 看完沈连楚易澜后没有想看的书了

1. 1 系 The System Wants Me to Win Over the Male Lead, but I'd Rather Be with the Villain 系统让我攻略男主，我偏和反派好 Guagua Makes Money瓜瓜搞钱Two Male Leads484k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Mutual Devotion] [Satisfying Romance] [Intense Push and Pull] [Marriage Before Love] [Showbiz] [Spoiled, Unhinged Bottom x Possessive Top Even More Unhinged Than Him] Ji Xiao transmigrates into a book. It's an old-school, melodramatic angst novel, crammed with tired tropes: real and fake young masters, a substitute for the beloved first love, and a torturous romance. When the original male lead bottom runs away, the System makes him take over the role and continue pursuing the 24.1kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves

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   I started reading this book right after Shen Lian finished reading the first one, and there were no hiccups at all! [Kissing emoji]

2. 2 顾 Professor Gu's Jealous Little Wolf Pup Unmasked His Trillion-Dollar Secret Identity 顾教授被醋精小狼仔扒了千亿马甲 Sweet and Tangy Orange香甜酸橙子Two Male Leads223k WordsCompleted Younger, straightforward pursuer x older, alluring tease. Passionate and outgoing vs. calm and restrained. Mutual secret crushes + chaotic pursuit after a breakup + mistaken identities. Gu Lanting, twenty-seven, is a computer science professor at a top university. Refined and aloof, he is the perfect scion in the eyes of his elders. At a welcome dinner, Ye Chen, twenty-three and newly returned from abroad, falls for him at first sight, decides Gu Lanting is his "wife," and launches a passionate 4.8kReads—Score456Shelves

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   A charming, alluring woman + a jealous, loyal dog + a twist of identity + a reality show reversal + a mix-up on social media + a coincidence of having the same account + a doting older man + two strong, clean-cut characters – no melodrama, no angst, just pure sweetness and enjoyment throughout.

3. 3 喜 Like Your Bro’s Boyfriend? Hell, Steal Him Away! 喜欢兄弟男朋友？干！撬丫墙角 Mountain Mist Courtyard山有茫庭Two Male Leads321k WordsCompleted I. Jiang Shen's first relationship came and went in no time. Before he could even figure out how he felt, it was over. People in their social circle talked about it for a few days, then moved on to the next piece of gossip. What Jiang Shen didn't know was that someone heard the news and burst out laughing under the covers. II. Jiang Shen nearly got into a fight the first time he met Zhao Louyue. The man facing him was tall and fit, his expression cold as he asked, “You made a move on my brother? 6kReads8.9Score748Shelves

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   I'm recommending Shen Lianchu Yi Lan's new book, which also features cameos from Lian Bao Chu Ge and others. It just finished reading and I'm already recommending it; it's really good.

4. 4 N The NPC Says Nothing, Just Keeps Lowering Your Affection Rating NPC不语，只是一味降好感度 Ying Mufeng应沐风Two Male Leads313k WordsCompleted [The aloof, sanctimonious shou vs. the refined, depraved gong who falls hard] [Two male leads + both are virgins + sweet romance + a little push and pull] On the night he gets engaged to Qin Zhiyue, Ning Xihui discovers that he’s a villainous NPC in a sweet, feel-good novel where the character everyone hated becomes everyone’s darling. On the outside, he’s immaculate and refined, a cold, noble flower on a high peak. Inside, he’s dark and jealous. Just because Qin Zhiyue glanced at the protagonis 38.4kReads9.5Score5.9kShelves

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   I absolutely love Bei Bei's writing style. After finishing one or two books, I felt like I was out of reading material and had a reading slump. I highly recommend the first two books, both by the same author, Spicy Prince. I absolutely adore Duan Qiyan in the second book; a male lead with such a long tongue is truly rare. After finishing the second book, I immediately started reading the first. I don't usually follow serialized books, but I really love the charmingly cunning and manipulative Hui Hui; he's got me completely hooked.

5. 5 美 Beautiful Girls Pout, and Their Sugar Daddies' Souls Take Flight 美人会撒娇，金主魂会飘 Ying Mufeng应沐风Two Male Leads194k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, sweet-natured lover bottom VS wealthy, indulgent sugar daddy top] [Mutually devoted + love grows over time + lovers become spouses + rustic, sugary romance] Mu Qingtang is pretty, sweet, and good at getting along with everyone. He’s determined to focus on his career, and thanks to his winning personality and the resources of his wealthy sugar daddy, he has made a name for himself in entertainment in just two years, winning fame, fortune, and a good reputation. But after spending 29.4kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
6. 6 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
7. 7 明EN Flirting Openly, Coaxing Loudly, This Unpopular Cannon Fodder Celebrity Is Too Sought-After 明着撩，大声哄，炮灰糊咖太抢手 Six-Six Fruit六六果Two Male Leads491k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + one-on-one romance + showbiz + face-slapping revenge + a hint of regretful groveling + goofy, hilarious, and sweet romance] [Flirtatious, clear-headed beauty VS cool, domineering superstar] [What you think is love at first sight was built up over years of forgotten memories. From beginning to end, it was always that same person.] Jiang Mingxi transmigrates into a book as the real young master, a cannon-fodder character, and from the start he's set up as a foil to the fake young 5.6kReads9.2Score861Shelves
8. 8 天EN OMG! What Nobody Actor Kisses the Unhinged Villain Right Away? 天！谁家糊咖上来就亲疯批反派 Mountain Mist Courtyard山有茫庭Two Male Leads579k WordsCompleted Highlight: The secondary couple's story is concentrated in the extras. If they appear in the main story, it is only to serve the plot, and they occupy very little space. Readers who dislike this should proceed with caution. [Double male leads + entertainment industry + face-slapping + a vicious, ruthless, indulgent top with a hidden perverted side versus an all-around, dazzlingly talented bottom who openly flirts] Shen Lian was a top-tier star, but when he opened his eyes, he had become a nobody 134kReads9.7Score15.5kShelves
9. 9 捡 The Little One I Took In Is the Young Master of a Powerful Family 捡回来的幼崽是豪门小少爷 Translucence透光Two Male Leads677k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Adorable Kid Doted on by Everyone + Parenting Variety Show + Wealthy Family + Lighthearted and Healing] Three-year-old Su Youli is about to face the first major event of his life: His dad is going to find his biological father and send him away!!! How could a little toddler bear such an injustice? He copies the neighborhood kids and goes on a hunger strike, trying every trick in the book, from acting cute to playing up his suffering. But his dad is so heartless that he simply 9.3kReads9.4Score823Shelves

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   The first three books are by the same author and are very well written; the other 17 books are also very well written.

10. 10 说 Weren't You Supposed to Be a Cool Beauty? Why Do You Blush Whenever I Tease You? 说好的清冷美人，怎么一逗就脸红 Meizi Went Blind梅子瞎了Two Male Leads577k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance with two male leads, both each other’s only partners; a dirty-talking, devoted top and a cool, beautiful bottom; reborn pursuit of his wife + showbiz + ridiculous comedy + everyone’s favorite + healing + intense push and pull + face-slapping feel-good story + mostly everyday life, and once you get through the first chapter, it’s sweet romance] After his beloved dies, Young Master Zhou is consumed by despair. By a twist of fate, he is reborn and wastes no time setting out to w 62kReads9.6Score9.8kShelves
11. 11 顶 Top-Tier Idol, Dating Within the Group 顶流偶像，队内恋爱中 Ying Cheng应程Two Male Leads306k WordsCompleted [Reborn + boy band + sweet romance] In his previous life, He Ran debuted with a major company. He had both the looks and the talent, yet became a scapegoat because of backroom dealings among the executives. He was plagued by rumors of unspoken rules and had countless haters. Reborn overnight, he wastes no time packing up and switching agencies, joining a small company on the verge of bankruptcy. Everyone is ready to laugh at him, but only He Ran knows the company is about to be acquired by a maj 2.8kReads9.4Score347Shelves
12. 12 漂 Pretty Darling, You’re Too Good at Flirting! Are You Trying to Get Yourself Killed? 漂亮宝贝这么会钓，不要命啦！ Cai Cai Wants to Get Rich菜菜要发财Two Male Leads546k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + satisfying face-slapping + intense push and pull + both devoted only to each other] [An alluring, hot-tempered flirt of a bottom X a celibate powerhouse top with an overwhelming possessive streak] In his past life, Lin Que was framed maliciously and eventually died a miserable death from severe bipolar disorder. Only after his death did he learn that he was the true young master of a wealthy family, his identity maliciously switched at birth. The one who framed him was the fake 26.9kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves
13. 13 恶 Villainous Couple Awakens: Never Abandon Your Wretched Mad Dog 恶人CP觉醒：禁止弃养卑劣疯狗 Eight Billion Drinks酒酒八十亿Two Male Leads555k WordsCompleted [Brooding, unhinged top who pretends to be sweet x aloof, cold-hearted bottom; on-screen comments/mind-reading + dual alphas + both reborn/awakening + coercion/dog training + mutual firsts + happy ending] Shen Yihan, an S-class alpha, is the president of the Yanjing City Chamber of Commerce: coldly beautiful, ruthless, and merciless. To secure his family’s standing, he has been entangled for years with Qin Shao, an inferior alpha from the Qin family. He has only ever used him, never loved him. U 25.8kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves

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    This book is so good! So incredibly satisfying! [Crying][crying][crying] This is one of only two books I've ever finished reading. [Crying][crying][crying][crying] The other one is Shen Lian and Chu Yilan. [Crying][crying][crying] (I'm very picky. I don't like books that are too bland, too risqué, too plain, too melodramatic, have a bad plot, poor writing, are mindless, are too frustrating, or are mindlessly satisfying. [Crying][crying][crying])

14. 14 成 Become the Villain, and Strike Down the Scumbag! 成为反派，并向渣男挥剑！ Grapefruit葡萄柚Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [The audiobook adaptation of the same title is currently being serialized] [Two Male Leads + Top + Quick Transmigration + Both Powerful, Both Devoted + Intense Push and Pull] A vicious, unhinged beauty versus men with all kinds of personalities Lu Chengt ing is a blade in the service of the Celestial Lord, master of slaughter, free of desire and attachment, yet wicked by nature and impossible to control. In pursuit of the young lord of the heavens, who had descended to the mortal realm to under 31.5kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves

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    These are all the books on my bookshelf. I've been suffering from a reading slump for a long time. [Facepalm]

15. 15 我EN With Top-Tier Green Tea Skills, I Poached the Protagonist's Partner 我靠顶级茶艺，挖了主角墙角 Grapefruit葡萄柚Two Male Leads420k WordsCompleted [A roguish, wild, two-faced tea-loving lunatic x a ruthless, complex, wealthy heir] [Two male leads + two powerful leads + mutually devoted + mind-reading] Jiang Qiao transmigrated into a bizarre harem novel, becoming a nameless male side character. He was the bodyguard of the protagonist's officially matched boyfriend, yet secretly worked against him and acted like the protagonist's devoted lapdog. The protagonist gets the meat, I get the scraps. The protagonist's broke, I pay. The protagonist 12.5kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves

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    The second book is a meal replacement for the first one, and it's also good. The third book is also good; it's a different kind of rebirth.

16. 16 要 Help! Assistant Pei Is Cold and Chaste, but the Boss Keeps Sneaking Looks 要命！裴助禁欲高冷，老板又偷看 Mountain Mist Courtyard山有茫庭Two Male Leads343k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + ABO + intense push and pull + arrogant, picky, razor-tongued Alpha top who’s a top expert versus a brilliant, highly capable, superb cook who’s the perfect homemaker bottom] When Pei Wu first joined the company, everyone thought he wouldn’t last three months. President Lu was strict, picky, and a nitpicker. He shouldn’t even be allowed to live among ordinary people. He was the hardest boss to deal with. With documents in one hand and a spatula in the other, Pei Wu diligently s 68.3kReads9.5Score11.3kShelves

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    Both of these books are written by the same author, and they're incredibly good. The first one is still being updated. [Crying emoji]

17. 17 糊EN A Washed-Up Celebrity Goes Viral on a Dating Show After Switching to Crude Mode 糊咖开启粗俗模式后在恋综里爆火 Fish Stick鱼棒棒Two Male Leads367k WordsCompleted [Male-Male Romance + ABO + Livestream + Dating Show + Sweet Romance] After transmigrating into a broke, washed-up nobody who was mocked across the internet for pretending to be an Omega, hit-song producer Nan Zhou said, “First of all, I haven’t done anything to any of you…” Unable to afford the massive compensation fee, he had no choice but to join a livestream dating show. His scumbag former bandmate: “Baby, I miss you.” Nan Zhou: “If you miss me, call me. My number hasn’t changed. It’s the one 66.8kReads9.5Score12.5kShelves

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    They're all great. The first one was the only one I've reread since Lianlian Chu Zong, 😘😘. The others are also very good.

18. 18 甘 Willing to Fall 甘心沉沦 Ying Mufeng应沐风Two Male Leads262k WordsCompleted [Blunt bottom x devoted top] [Two male leads + mutual exclusivity + sweet romance + unrequited love turns mutual + both pursue each other] Lin Xuran is the overlooked second son of the Lin family. Frail and sickly since childhood, he is quiet and reserved. The first time he sees the refined, distinguished Huo Qichen, he is captivated and finds himself longing for someone for the first time. Later, Lin Xuran works up the courage to get closer to Huo Qichen, only to be driven away by the man’s off 56.1kReads9.5Score7.3kShelves
19. 19 谁 Who Gets It? My Beautiful Wife Flirts with Me Every Day 谁懂啊，美人老婆天天撩我 Moon Toast酹月Two Male Leads246k WordsCompleted [Two male leads / ancient character in the modern world / sweet flirtation / romantic tension / devoted couple] [Flirtatious beauty bottom X secretly lecherous, shameless top] [Silly, sweet romance] Bai Yu, a legendary demon empress, arrives in the present day and becomes a fake innocent little flower. She is taken in by the emperor she once knew. Bai Yu: “You probably won’t believe me, but two thousand years ago, I was your wife.” Xie Songhan: “Get some sleep.” - Later. Xie Songhan calls to che 33.4kReads9.6Score4.5kShelves
20. 20 读 After Reading His Mind, the Celibate Tycoon Spoiled the Little Playboy Rotten 读心后禁欲大佬把小纨绔宠上天了 Rampaging Lamb暴走羔羊Two Male Leads522k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance + mutually devoted, one-on-one couple + sweet indulgence + a little goofy] [Mind-reading, abstinent, scheming fatherly CEO Qin Zhiyan × Cocky yet timid, spoiled and pretty young master Tang Keyi, adored by his whole family] The young master of the Tang family, Tang Keyi, is stunningly handsome but notoriously spoiled, and he even declares that he'll marry no one but Qin Zhiyan! Qin Zhiyan is the head of the capital's most powerful family, aloof and abstinent, with no interest 2.8kReads9.5Score468Shelves

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    They're all great. The first one was the only one I've reread since "Chairman Chu" (a popular TV series). [Kiss][Kiss] The others are also great.

21. 21 不 Aren't You the Cool Commander? Then Why Do You Cry After One Kiss? 不是高冷指挥官吗？怎么一亲就哭 Si Jiao司皎Two Male Leads517k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Interstellar + ABO + younger man + two equally powerful leads] Shi Ji, the Federation's highest-ranking commander, is coldly beautiful, chaste, and ruthless: a lofty flower that spells death at the slightest touch. Everyone treats the commander with nothing but respect, and then more respect. Until the first day of freshman enrollment at the Royal Academy Xie Zhuo stood among the crowd in a windbreaker, his brilliant silver hair wild and untamed. He was so striking that n 65.6kReads9.7Score11.1kShelves
22. 22 伏 Vodka and Mantenin 伏特加与曼特宁 Yu Daoqiao于刀鞘Two Male Leads100k WordsCompleted [Zheng Xi and Ma Yang star in the leading roles. The radio drama adaptation of the novel of the same name, Vodka and Coffee, is now airing] [A new exclusive bonus chapter~~~] [Reserved, icy café owner Bai Qinglin VS flirtatious bar owner Zhu Jingru] [Premium fiction + two male leads + modern city life + happy ending + healing + redemption + older love interest + simmering tension + sweet romance + love at first sight] Zhu Jingru didn't know what love at first sight felt like until he was thirty- 27.2kReads9.7Score5.9kShelves

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    These are all the books on my bookshelf. I've been suffering from a reading slump for a long time now 🤦

23. 23 穿 Transmigrated into the Lowest-Ranked Omega 穿成最低等哥儿 Escape the Mortal World逃脱凡尘Two Male Leads176k WordsCompleted Zombie King Zhao Che died fighting to the death with a superpowered human at the end of the world. He thought he would go to the underworld, but the moment he opened his eyes, he saw a room full of ordinary people dressed in ancient clothing. For a moment, his mind went blank. 9.7kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves

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24. 24 病 The Sickly Little Madman Doesn’t Want to Live Anymore 病弱小疯子不活了 Head Chewing on Torn Cloth头啃烂布Two Male Leads295k WordsCompleted [Recently rated] [Two male leads] [Guiding, director-type top x gloomy little psycho] [Bottom’s POV] Song Zhihan is a notorious madman with an intense possessive streak toward Lu Mingyu. He has an unbelievably beautiful face, but he’s covered in thorns that make him painful to touch. Reborn, Lu Mingyu hugs Song Zhihan and wonders: Isn’t he all soft and fluffy? Song Zhihan is a madman who, whenever his head hurts, frantically hits the button to destroy the world. He may look weak, but he can tak 5.1kReads8.5Score652Shelves
25. 25 欲EN Boundless Utterance 欲言难止 What About the McChicken麦香鸡呢Two Male Leads363k WordsCompleted Just as life was starting to get better, Xu Ze and Lu Heyang faced a new challenge. After graduating, Xu Ze became a doctor who saved lives, while Lu Heyang became a well-known figure in the Interstellar Federation. But misfortune struck Lu Heyang, and he lost his memory. During a crucial period in his treatment, circumstances forced the two apart, and Lu Heyang completely forgot Xu Ze and the friendship they had shared. Their friendship faced an enormous test. When fate brought them together ag 71.3kReads9.7Score16.1kShelves
26. 26 穿 I've Been Transported Into a Book?? 穿进书里了？？ Escape the Mortal World逃脱凡尘Two Male Leads154k WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast + Pure Love + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] After transmigrating, he found that the person he had fallen for was a man. He could accept having feelings for him. But why did he have to be the bottom? At least he got to top him once and win back a little dignity ꒰˶>ᗜ<˶꒱​ 100Reads—Score110Shelves
27. 27 仙 After the Immortal Venerable Was Publicly Jilted, She Became the Emperor’s Wife 仙尊被当众退婚后，成了帝尊夫人 Nan Qilu南亓鹿Two Male Leads496k WordsCompleted Powerful Master of the Six Realms VS Beautiful, Cold Immortal Venerable 1: Su Wenqing was unlucky. He had just sealed the Demon Venerable and lost all his cultivation when his fiance publicly broke off their engagement. Su Wenqing was glad to be rid of the fuss. No one knew that beneath his cold heart, he had a cherished corner where, for thirty years, he had used his heart's blood and all his spiritual power to nourish a fragment of a soul. Then, on the very day his engagement was broken off, t 8.5kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves
28. 28 说 Weren’t We Supposed to Kill the Beautiful Master? 说好的，杀了美人师尊呢 Escape the Mortal World逃脱凡尘Two Male Leads123k WordsCompleted (The System has a faint presence and appears only a handful of times.) Lin Xingchen, despised by everyone in the world, died. But when he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn and transmigrated to the cultivation world. Even more absurdly, the System bound to him assigned him a mission: protect and conquer the original host's nominal master. A faint smile curved Lin Xingchen's lips. Conquest? Protection? 77Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 穿 Reborn as the Crown Prince of a Fallen Kingdom, I Throw Myself into the Enemy’s Arms 穿成亡国太子我直接投入敌军怀抱 Hu Yan.胡言.Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted Completed. Search “Fanqie Listen” for the full-cast audiobook. [Manic, unhinged, vicious beauty vs. proper, restrained, aloof Buddha-like lord] [Two male leads + equally matched + mutual secret crush + both virgins] From the start, he was on an ancient battlefield, surrounded by soldiers and generals splattered with blood. He was the crown prince of a fallen kingdom. With a sworn enemy ahead, pursuers behind, and the burden of restoring his country on his shoulders, who could stay sane? While he 13.9kReads9.6Score2.2kShelves
30. 30 穿 I Fell Into a Book and Turned Into a Man 穿进书里，还变成了男人 Escape the Mortal World逃脱凡尘Eastern Fantasy182k WordsCompleted This is fanfiction, so if it's not your thing, please steer clear. All she did was complain that the cannon fodder had died beautifully. And feel sorry for the big villain who'd been worked like an ox and a horse. How did that get her transmigrated into the book, where she became the very cannon fodder she hated most? And the absolute worst part was that she, a woman, had turned into a man with a... well, you know. Waaah (┯_┯) She didn't want this... 71Reads—Score112Shelves
31. 31 分 After the Breakup, the Boss Turns Dark and Obsessed: Wild Seduction and Spoiling 分手后大佬黑化变疯批，野撩诱宠 Lu Yin鹿吟Two Male Leads282k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Reuniting After a Breakup + Powerful CEO + Both Untouched + Possessive Takeover + Tension and Flirting + Reunion After Years Apart + Seductive Pursuit] [After He Wronged His Ex, the Big Shot Went Dark] Everyone knew the big shot was cool and dispassionate, but no one knew about the obsession hidden deep in his heart. After a carefully engineered reunion, he took the other man by force and made him move in. The darkened big shot's image crumbled: he turned wild and seductive, in 389Reads9.5Score839Shelves
32. 32 随 I Picked Up a Crown Prince and Took Him Home 随手捡了个太子回家 Ode Among the Clouds云间咏叹调Two Male Leads679k WordsCompleted [Historical fantasy + male-male romance + secondary couple + both are each other’s only one] (Revenge-minded playboy top, He Chengjiang x ruthless, sickly bottom, Ji Yanchen) A fictional setting, not historically rigorous. The twenty-third year of Taihe. On his way south, Ji Yanchen, Crown Prince of Liangxia, was ambushed. All thirty-two people accompanying him were killed, and the Crown Prince vanished without a trace. The various factions searched high and low for half a year but still couldn 3.4kReads8.9Score486Shelves

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    Books 3 and 11 (the protagonist's personality in this book is quite similar to Shen Lian's) are similar to Shen Lian's. Book 5 is also about the second male lead in the entertainment industry; he's really charming. Books 1 and 2 are ancient Chinese BL, and the second book is about a sickly beauty training a dog—it's incredibly good! Everyone should read them! I really love dog training! These books are all somewhat related to BL [shy][shy][shy][shy][shy][shy] Guaranteed sweet and no angst, my darlings! [Shy]

33. 33 清 Soberly Falling Apart [Male-Male Romance] 清醒沦陷【双男主】 Scratchy Tiger挠挠虎Two Male Leads178k WordsCompleted Hard tech, financial rivalry, and sapiosexual romance: rigorous storytelling with airtight logic. A clash between equals, a contest between worthy opponents, judgments made with careful timing, and a clear-headed surrender to love. This is a rational romance that begins with business rivalry and ends with building a System. If emotions can be modeled and trust can be governed by a protocol, how should two people who fear losing control plan their “risk management” and design the “resilience syst 2.8kReads—Score243Shelves

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    Hard technology financial game, intellectual romance, rigorous narrative, closed-loop logic, niche audience, no data.

34. 34 拿 Winning Over the Cold-Blooded Shadow Guard 拿下高冷暗卫 Escape the Mortal World逃脱凡尘Historical99k WordsCompleted (Two male leads + one-on-one romance + both are each other’s only partner) (The story focuses on love, with little emphasis on careers.) Reborn as an ordinary person, he finds himself facing a palace rife with schemes, a biased empress dowager for a mother, an unfeeling emperor for a father, and a brother who pushes him forward to take the blade in his place. Chu Lin appears calm on the surface, but inside he can barely contain his excitement. 128Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 快 Quick Transmigration: The Sickly Beauty Becomes the Mad Villain's White Moonlight Again 快穿：病美人又成疯批反派白月光 Squeezed Peach Juice榨桃汁Two Male Leads501k WordsCompleted [Completed + Quick Transmigration + Two Male Leads + Fragmented Souls, One-on-One + Bottom Protagonist + Devoted Couple, Sweet Romance] [Sly, Delicate Beauty × Dark, Crawling Madman] After Yan Ting died, he bonded with a System. His mission was to travel to three thousand worlds and collect scattered soul fragments. He’d heard his target was a world-destroying demon lord: violent, cruel, and utterly heartless, the sort to reach for a blade at the slightest provocation. To complete his mission, h 25.4kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves

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    The first book is a huge, super recommended read! Fans of strong, assertive male leads are in for a treat, and the female lead is quite intelligent, not a naive and innocent character! The only downside is that it's not finished yet, so you can save it for later. The second book is also good; it was written under another account by the same author, and I don't remember the details.

36. 36 快 Quick Transmigration: The Yandere Villain Is Always Coveting the Host 快穿：病娇反派总在觊觎宿主 Yueye Zhou月野舟Two Male Leads1.6M WordsCompleted [Delightfully unhinged beauty bottom X vicious, violent evil god top] [Two male leads + quick transmigration + two unhinged leads + satisfying power fantasy + one-on-one romance] The demon god Qin Sijiu lived for tens of thousands of years and had grown thoroughly sick of a tedious world. Eternal life had gradually become a torment to him. Then he struck a deal with the Heavenly Dao- In the end, the Heavenly Dao sent down heavenly punishment. But just as Qin Sijiu teetered on the brink of death, 16.2kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves

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    🍅🍅Check out these books!! ✅The first one is about Ji Xiao, who transmigrates into an old-fashioned melodramatic novel. In order to refuse to be a punching bag and break out of the "death or mission" predicament, she confronts the male lead and kicks her white moonlight while taking the initiative to propose to Lu Xuezhou, the evil god of Lion City and a sickly villain with a lonely fate. The two crazy people get married first and then fall in love in the entertainment industry and flirt with each other to the extreme [admiration].

37. 37 谁EN Who Says I Have It All? Forced to Love a Top E from the Start 谁有哥带派！开局就被顶E强制爱 Glutinous Rice and Pineapple Rice糯米菠萝饭Two Male Leads360k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance / Enigma-Alpha romance / forced love / both leads are devoted and powerful] [Wild, fiery, stuttering beauty of an Alpha ✖️ cruel, hard-of-hearing rich Enigma with a bad-dog streak] [Content warning: The receiving partner stutters; the pursuing partner has hearing loss and wears hearing aids every day] [No moral compass! No moral compass! No moral compass! Don't apply real-world values to this story. Readers with strong moral convictions should proceed with caution] Li Mao wil 27.2kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves

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    The first book was by the same author, and they were all so great. Every single one of them is a treasured book that I've finished reading and kept hidden away.

38. 38 恶EN The Wicked Villain Is Too Hot, and the Passionate Young Master Loves Fiercely 恶毒反派太惹火，狂情霸少狠狠爱 Bian'er, Open the Door, It's Me, Quacklin Frog辩儿开门我呱林蛙啊Two Male Leads378k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + ABO + Showbiz + Intense Push and Pull + 1v1] [Cool-headed, slow-on-the-uptake, hot-tempered straight guy vs. Unhinged, twisted heir of a powerful Beijing family] The rating is low because this is a new book and the score has only just opened. Don't let it put you off, folks! Shen Ranxin transmigrated into the body of a C-list celebrity who was notorious for endless scandals, and was also a villain. If he could just finish the plot, he'd inherit a fortune worth hundreds of billi 39.1kReads9.5Score6.9kShelves
39. 39 什EN What? The Pretty Cannon Fodder Is Coveted by a Psycho 什么？漂亮炮灰他被疯批觊觎了 Lone Boat Borrows the Moon孤舟赊月Two Male Leads328k WordsCompleted [Two male leads | Entertainment industry | Extreme push and pull | Mind-reading | Sweet romance] A naturally flirtatious, spoiled little cannon-fodder x a seemingly proper, actually unhinged and scheming big shot Nan Qing transmigrates into a book as a vicious cannon-fodder fake young master. He can only survive by completing his mission. To stay alive, he spends years humiliating the down-and-out villainous big shot throwing his underwear in the man’s face, stepping on his shoulder after a bath 7.4kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
40. 40 快 Quick Transmigration: Passing Through a World of Cliches 快穿：在狗血的全世界路过 Shen Lei沈儡Two Male Leads857k WordsCompleted [The completed audiobook adaptation, featuring a real-life cast, has the same title] [Top! Top!! TOP!!!] Pei Yu was on the verge of death when he was bound to a System belonging to an organization called “Dog-Blood Drama.” He had to take the place of the original characters in various melodramatic stories, live out their lives peacefully, and save a particular person. Pei Yu: “...” A small matter. In the body-double romance, he is the frail, unattainable white moonlight the protagonist gong can 29.9kReads9.5Score2.5kShelves

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    Shen Lian's book is so enjoyable to read! [Kissing emoji] I'm reading it recently; it's also about two strong characters, with the main character being the dominant one, and it's really good! [Cool emoji]

41. 41 病 A Frail, Obedient, Cunning Little Sweetheart? Not at All! He's Just Pretending 病弱乖乖又茶又娇？才怪！他装得 Ye Ye Xi椰椰熙Two Male Leads314k WordsCompleted [Two male leads | devoted to each other, both strong | satisfying revenge against scum | intense push and pull | beautiful, strong, and tragic, a universally adored master of seduction, Mary Sue-style level-up story] You Ran was reborn. He returned to the year he was eighteen, when the Yu family found him and brought him home as their long-lost biological son. He saw through his hypocritical family, their arrogant and spoiled scumbag accomplice, and the rats lurking in the shadows, plotting to k 1.7kReads9.2Score205Shelves
42. 42 美 The Tragic, Powerful Villainess Refuses to Follow the Plot 美惨强反派拒绝走剧情 The Moment Parallel Lines Intersect平行线交汇的瞬间Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented, dual male leads + entertainment industry + plot clashes / face-slapping revenge + band / fanfiction + ensemble cast] In his previous life, Jiang Donglin followed his father's orders and brought home his adoptive younger sister, Jiang Yunduo, from the countryside. He learned that Jiang Yunduo was the heroine of a harem-style entertainment-industry novel, adored by everyone, while he was the perverted adoptive brother who lavished resources on her, loved her without reciprocation 19.8kReads9.5Score2.4kShelves
43. 43 清 Cold and Heartless? So What If His Wife's Back Is Broken? 清冷无情？他老婆腰都折了算什么 Grapefruit葡萄柚Two Male Leads1.6M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + seme protagonist + quick transmigration + powerful, mutually faithful couple + I dare you not to find this sweet] [Calmly unhinged, robotic, icy beauty of a seme vs. a quick-tempered shou who splits into different versions] Xiao Ji was a ten-thousand-year-old block of ice who took human form and became a god. He governed the law, cared only for rules, and had no understanding of human feelings or warmth. Who would have thought that his very first mission in the mortal realm wou 45.8kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves

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    Then you should also check out Grapefruit's works; I've read these books countless times.

44. 44 清 After the Cool Beauty Marries the Unhinged Tycoon 清冷美人联姻疯批大佬后 Sang Yuan桑沅Two Male Leads1.6M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + both leads’ first love + devoted love + sweet and satisfying; cool, beautiful investigative journalist as the bottom, possessive, domineering CEO as the top] Five years after Su Shijiu returned to the Su family, his parents used the debt he owed them for raising him to pressure him into being given to Gu Shujun, the current head of the renowned Gu family in Jiangcheng. Rumor had it that Gu Shujun was twisted, tyrannical, and unruly... As a journalist who never forgets his p 4.4kReads9.4Score438Shelves
45. 45 谁 Can You Believe It? The Frail Beauty Is a Master at Luring Them In 谁懂啊！病美人他超级会钓 Shen Lei沈儡Two Male Leads1.6M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + seme protagonist + 1v1 + beautiful, powerful, and tragic + two equally matched leads] A gorgeous madman who can really act × fragmented versions of the love interest, each with a different style Song Hemian was an evil spirit who had slept underground for a thousand years. He had been sleeping quite peacefully when, one day, a glowing orb claiming to be the strongest System bound itself to him. The orb: “Look, he's the campus darling at university, but in the end everyone 22.8kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves

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    We're kindred spirits! I've also read Shen Lian's [Admiration] novel. These other books are still ongoing, but they're all really great. My favorite is the first one; the childhood sweethearts pairing is so sweet! [Kissing emojis]

46. 46 说 We Agreed to a Marriage of Convenience, but This Crazy Man Won't Let Me Go Now That He's Got Me 说好协议结婚，疯批他到手不放人 Red Bull Sweet Potato红牛地瓜Two Male Leads589k WordsCompleted [Published as Low-Temperature Flight, now available] [Powerful Beijing-circle couple] [ABO (AB romance)] [Pheromone allergy] [Secret love becomes mutual] [Difference in status] [Angsty story about powerful families] [Everyone's favorite Beta recipient has no pheromones, driving those in power insane] Xu Ke is a Beta civilian airline captain and the tool spouse of the Ji family. His husband, Ji Bochen, is an S4-level Alpha and the head of Donghe Civil Aviation. He is of noble status, but suffers 27.2kReads9.3Score3.6kShelves
47. 47 滴 Ding! A Taste of the Tycoon Life 滴！豪门体验卡 Carrot Terminator胡萝贝终结者Two Male Leads416k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + healing + everyone dotes on him + mutual devotion] Two male leads! Two male leads! Gentle, mature CEO top × sunny on the outside, depressed on the inside bottom I got rich overnight, but I'm no country bumpkin! Zhou Mo was a poor little cabbage with no parents. His only asset was his good looks, and he had to haul bricks at construction sites every day just to scrape together his college tuition. Then one day, while happily hauling bricks, he got hit on the head with 13.9kReads9.5Score2.2kShelves

    Reader note

    The first book is by the same author as Shen Lian! The other books, though different genres, are all very good. The second is a transmigration story, the third is an arranged marriage that blossoms into love, the fourth and fifth are about ambiguous and entangled relationships, and the sixth is sweet throughout.

48. 48 野 Entangled in Ambition 野心缠绕 Ying Mufeng应沐风Two Male Leads258k WordsCompleted [Gentle, Seductive Bottom vs. Cold, Soon-to-Succumb Top] [Two Male Leads + Marriage First, Love Later + Both Pure + Sweet and Cheesy Romance] Two years ago, an unexpected incident led Zhu Shuli to register his marriage to Wen Shichen, the man he had loved for six years. Everyone said Wen Shichen didn’t love him, and predicted their marriage would fail. Zhu Shuli simply smiled and let it pass. He wasn’t ambitious and didn’t ask for much: just Wen Shichen’s body and heart. When Wen Shichen first m 25.8kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
49. 49 失 Starlight Out of Control 失控星光 Si Jiao司皎Two Male Leads371k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Uncontrolled Starlight goes on sale nationwide on May 30] [Two male leads + secret love + entertainment industry + younger man + rekindled romance] Shen Jixing, a legendary movie star in the Chinese entertainment industry, is as aloof as snow on a mountaintop, noble and cold. He has long held an unshakable place at the pinnacle of the industry. Then one day, a tidal wave of vicious scandals engulfs him… His status plummets overnight. With nowhere else to go, he calmly knock 55.8kReads9.6Score8.1kShelves
50. 50 反 Villainous Boss, Your Caged Songbird Is Telling You to Send Money! 反派大佬，你的金丝雀喊你打钱！ Your Little Pineapple你的小菠萝Two Male Leads594k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it only just opened for ratings. [Two male leads + wealthy family and entertainment industry + shopping spree + face-slapping + sweet 1v1 romance] Xia Mian, an unremarkable son of a billionaire, transmigrates into a melodramatic novel as the real young master who's destined to be cannon fodder. Not only has the fake young master stolen his biological parents, but Xia Mian is left with a pitiful 500,000 yuan in his bank account. Xia Mian: I can't live a life of hardship, 13.2kReads8.6Score2.2kShelves

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    These two are pretty much the same style, and they're incredibly good! I'm starting to suspect they were written by the same author!

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