Looking for Novels With a Widowed Male Lead Whose Personality Changes Drastically After Briefly Losing the Female Lead 有没有男主是鳏夫，短暂失去女主性格大变的小说

1. 1 七 Seven Years Later, My Aloof Childhood Friend Becomes an Obsessive Daddy 七年后清冷竹马成疯批Daddy Lone Boat Borrows the Moon孤舟赊月Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted A powerful, high-ranking, unhinged tycoon x a beautiful, soft-hearted ray of sunshine - Nineteen-year-old Wen Sui vanished without a trace. When she opened her eyes again, seven years had passed. Drugged and dressed in a sexy outfit, she was pushed into a suite to be offered as a plaything to some powerful man. Inside, a man toyed with a dagger, nonchalant as his dress shoes clicked across the floor toward her, cold and cruel. Wen Sui's apricot eyes brimmed with tears. Her little face was pale a 118.8kReads8.8Score18kShelves

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   Oh my god, I highly recommend it! It's absolutely delicious! The female lead disappeared at 19 and came back after seven years. Her childhood sweetheart, the male lead, is now 26. He's an insecure, married man with a strong sense of security, and his older, more mature charm is totally appealing. The male lead is dark and genuinely sick, seducing the beautiful and radiant female lead.

2. 2 夫 My Husband Revived Me, But Found a New Love on the Way? 夫君复活我的路上有了心上人？ Running Peach奔跑的桃子Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted Mu Ran had a nightmare. She was a supporting female character in a male-oriented novel, and the male lead’s beloved wife, the moonlight in his heart. In the second year of their marriage, she would die saving him. To bring her back to life, he searched everywhere from the celestial realms above to the underworld below, gathering countless rare treasures. Five hundred years later, he finally tore through the void, reached the pinnacle of cultivation, and successfully resurrected her. It seemed li 139.6kReads9.2Score18.7kShelves

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   I highly recommend these three books. The first one, especially the part where the male and female leads reunite, I reread it repeatedly—it's so good! The second one, by author Peach, speaks for itself; I really love it. The slight bittersweet feeling when the female lead is resurrected is so sweet. The third one features a completely widower male lead who undergoes significant growth—it's absolutely fantastic!

3. 3 死 After Faking My Death, My Devoted Husband Turned into a Mad, Ruthless Powerbroker 死遁后，纯情夫君黑化成疯批权臣 The Radiance of the New and Full Moon朔望之辉Ancient Romance322k WordsCompleted [Cunning Rich Heiress x Purehearted Tragic Beauty, 1v1, Both Chaste, Healing, Bittersweet, HE, Best Friends Transmigrate Together, Not the Usual Fake-Death Plot, No Angsty Female Lead] Wei Ruowan transmigrates into the body of a wealthy merchant's only daughter in ancient times. To protect her family's fortune, she buys the freedom of a badly injured, down-on-his-luck scholar and takes him as her husband. The scholar is proud and unyielding, and will agree only to a contract: he'll play the part 18.5kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves

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   These are all very good books. You'll fall in love with the female lead while reading; they're all very charming.

4. 4 我 The Younger Man I Raised Grew Up to Be Older Than Me 我养大的年下，后来成了年上 Xi Xi Accompanied by the Moon兮兮伴月Ancient Romance614k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Nurturing Romance + One-on-One + Sweet Romance] Eighteen-year-old Su Xingcheng woke up to find herself transmigrated into an eight-year-old orphan in the bitterly cold northern frontier. She also had a five-year-old “child husband” by the name of Pei Yunzhou. Thankfully, her seaside villa had become a pocket dimension she could carry with her, and its supplies replenished endlessly! Over thirteen years, she raised that grubby little waif into a peerless eigh 16.8kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves

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   She was eight years old when she had a five-year-old foster father. They raised him with great difficulty until he became the top scholar in the imperial examination, but he died on the day he was paraded through the streets as the top scholar...

5. 5 换 After Our Marriage Swap, the Mad Crown Prince Became Obsessed With Spoiling Me Night After Night 换嫁后，被疯批太子夜夜强宠上瘾 Fourteen of Eleven十一的十四Ancient Romance706k WordsOngoing [Both leads are each other's one and only + long-planned schemes + playing the fool to outwit the enemy + fighting tooth and nail over each other + a seductive, calculating heroine + a refined yet unhinged crown prince] Crown Prince Qi Heng was noble and virtuous, gentle as jade, and had been betrothed to the Shen family's legitimate daughter since childhood. On the Lantern Festival, the Shen family's eldest daughter was kidnapped. The family substituted their second daughter in her place. Every 41.3kReads8.4Score4kShelves

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   The relationship between the male and female leads was very sweet at the beginning, but things changed in the middle. The male lead's behavior made the female lead realize the truth, and she focused solely on her career. Then, she faked her death and left, revealing the crazy personality beneath his gentle exterior.

6. 6 亲 Reborn Mom Forces the Villainous Family to Go Straight 亲妈重生，反派一家被迫从良 Four Four Five Nine肆肆伍玖Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted [Rebirth | Redemption | Happy ending] A car accident sent Yu Sheng straight ten years into the future. From the start, her eldest son nearly sent her to the afterlife by pressing a knife to her throat! At this point in time, her husband, Pei Yexing, ranked first in the country in wealth and net worth. After his wife died, he became a madman whose very name struck fear into people's hearts. Her eldest son, Pei Yu, was a college sophomore starting his own business, ruthless in his methods. Her sec 4.8kReads7.9Score356Shelves

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   In this story, the female lead dies in a car accident, and the male lead lives a numb existence, while his three sons are all destined to become villains. [Heart][heart]

7. 7 亡 The Fifth Year Since My Wife's Death, She's Back! 亡妻的第五年，老婆她回来了！ Tang Ling sally棠泠sallyModern Romance279k WordsCompleted [Sweet, adorable dream girl x gloomy, sickly, despairing widower] Shi Ying entered a conquest game. On her first day doing a mission, she passed a pavilion in the middle of a park lake and saw a man standing on a bridge amid heavy snowfall. He wore a black coat, elegant and refined, snow covering his shoulders. His eyes were fixed on her, full of grief and bewilderment. Mom! There's a creep! * Shang Cheny an and his wife had been in love since their school days, all the way to their wedding 2.5kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
8. 8 回 Back Before My Wife Took Her Own Life 回到妻子自杀前 Gazing at Mountains and Seas见山海Modern Romance741k WordsOngoing [Male lead reborn + winning back his wife + gloomy, multifaceted heroine + unconventional redemption story] [The early synopsis is the male lead’s own self-delusion] [Starting in Volume Two, flashbacks to the past life run alongside the main narrative of his rebirth] Xu Dongmu is the long-lost daughter of the Shen family, missing for twenty-three years. Not long after they find her, she marries Qin Jiu, the heir to the Qin family. Naturally, there is no love between them. They are a couple in na 22.5kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
9. 9 师 After Being Reborn, My Senior Brother Became My Mad Dog 师兄重生后成了我的疯狗 Watermelon Is So Delicious西瓜真的好好吃Ancient Romance237k WordsCompleted [Male lead reborn, 1v1, both leads' first and only love, aloof beauty goes mad for love, male lead has widower PTSD] (Summoning prodigy heroine × naturally gifted swordsman hero) Xie Ruyu still remembers the day Pei Xiangling died in his arms. Her white robes were stained with blood, and blood from her final breath stained her lips. Pei Xiangling lay motionless in his arms. His lively, energetic junior sister had never been so quiet. Later, Xie Ruyu severed ties with the Xiaoyao Sect and married 8kReads8.5Score963Shelves

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   The female lead was murdered in her previous life before marrying the male lead. The male lead guarded her corpse alone for three years, becoming a widower (there's a hidden story in the earlier plot). After being reborn, he suffers from PTSD related to the female lead's injuries and constantly tries to seduce her into liking a dark, crazy, repressed, scheming man paired with a righteous, brave, and sunny personality. [Kissing emojis] Those who enjoy this kind of story should definitely check it out!

10. 10 她 Seventeen Years After Her Death, Her CEO Husband Went Mad 她死后的十七年，霸总老公疯掉了 Nian Xiaokui年小葵Modern Romance340k WordsOngoing The rating just came in. It’ll go up. Married life + the husband’s long road to winning back his wife Radiant, high-maintenance heiress × cold-blooded tycoon * Ji Mingyao always thought her husband was a man who put profit above everything, cold-hearted and excessively controlling. The day after their wedding, he went abroad for three months. His attitude toward her was neither warm nor cold. She despised his coldness and ruthlessness. She threw tantrums and made a scene, but never managed to wi 22.6kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves

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    Highly recommended.

11. 11 自 The Mad Dog Villain's Self-Loathing, Cold-Hearted White Moonlight Is Me 自厌寡情的疯狗反派白月光竟是我 Mu La木拉Ancient Romance422k WordsCompleted [Taming the mad dog / possessiveness / healing / sinister ghost of a man / reborn] A life-loving, protective face-connoisseur × a hearing-impaired, self-loathing mad dog Ning Qimu somehow wound up in a cultivation world. No System, no missions, just a story she had to figure out for herself. So when a godlike young man casually tossed aside his chipped cleaver, hundreds of corpses strewn behind him, and asked her as he wiped away the blood, “Do you want to come with me?” Ning Qimu, with nowhere 5.1kReads8.8Score659Shelves

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    The second book is also incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly good! [Admiration]

12. 12 涅 Reborn From the Ashes, I’ve Returned to Settle Every Score 涅槃重生归来有仇报仇有怨报怨 Author Tao Yaoyao作者逃妖夭Ancient Romance627k WordsCompleted “Reborn after returning from Nirvana, she settles every score and repays every grievance. A bond from a past life becomes a fate in this one.” Eight hundred years ago, she and he vowed to be husband and wife in their next life, promising to love each other for all eternity. Centuries passed, the world changed, and the past faded like smoke. Eight hundred years later, she was reborn, but fate had other plans. It was as if she'd been born into the wrong family. Her father showed her no affection, 3.3kReads8.6Score204Shelves

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    Losing his beloved from both his past and present lives, he turned white-haired overnight. "In this life, I clearly met her first, we clearly fell in love first, how could I have lost her?" Bai Jingxuan hated himself, pounding his head in frustration. Thinking of the loving moments they shared in both lives, the longing and pain of those two lifetimes intertwined, forming a river of grief. He was heartbroken, his heart aching so much he could hardly breathe. Unable to suppress the overwhelming sorrow, he wept uncontrollably, his sobs echoing through the courtyard. The once dignified and refined young master Bai, unable to bear the blow of losing his beloved, turned white-haired overnight. He trudged through the snow-covered courtyard towards the gate, his robes fluttering, his silver hair flying, the snow swirling around him, he seemed to merge with the icy landscape, indistinguishable from it all. He left the mansion and headed directly towards the Prince of An'nan's residence, An'nan silently following not far away.

13. 13 落 You Can't Bring Back a Runaway Bride 落跑娘子追不回 Author Tao Yaoyao作者逃妖夭Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted I make my own fate, not heaven. She is no innocent little flower, no frail girl everyone can bully and trample on. If someone takes a swing at her or sets her up, she'll pay them back twice over. Su Wan, a merchant's daughter full of schemes, defies fate, plots her escape, and seeks refuge with one of the capital's most powerful families. Using their influence, she secures a good marriage prospect and gives her whole heart to her fiancé's family. But things don't go as planned. A spiteful woman 1.5kReads8.6Score101Shelves
14. 14 前 You Doted on Me in My Past Life, So Why Make Me Your Concubine in This One? 前世宠我入骨今生纳我为妾？ Author Tao Yaoyao作者逃妖夭Ancient Romance337k WordsCompleted Several hundred years later, she is reborn as a human. After more than a decade spent in a fog of madness, she returns to her own body with memories of her past life and searches among the masses for the lover she once cherished above all. But he wears a mask, consumed by a deep hatred and forced to bide his time as he seeks revenge. The lovers meet for the first time in this life, and one look spans a thousand years. She recognizes him, but he treats her as a pawn in a beauty trap. With the ene 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 宝 Be Good, Baby, I'll Give In. Proud Lord Sheng Falls for Me 宝贝乖我服软，傲娇盛爷沦陷了 Han Dabai韩大白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Delayed Heartbeats is now available. You can buy it at the Little Tomato Books flagship store!] Rumor has it that Sheng Shi is hot-tempered and ruthless. His elders hope marriage will change him and make him more mild-mannered. When Sheng Shi first met Yu Weiyi, he laid down three rules: “Don't follow me. Don't tell anyone about our relationship. Don't interfere in my personal affairs.” Later, Sheng Shi introduced her to everyone he met: “This is Yu Weiyi, my wife.” Later s 28.4kReads9.5Score4kShelves
16. 16 假 I Pretended to Seduce a Possessive Mogul, but He Took the Bait 假装勾引病娇大佬，谁知他上钩了 Sweet Xiaobei甜小贝Modern Romance299k WordsCompleted [Lovesick Obsession, Sweet Romance, Transmigrate into a Book, One-on-One and Faithful Couple] Xia Yuan transmigrates into a twisted novel and becomes the wicked supporting female character who meets a tragic end. Her only chance of survival is to cling to the deranged male lead. System: “Win over the deranged male lead, and you can go home!” Xia Yuan smiles sweetly. “I’ll make the deranged male lead the happiest person in the world!” - The deranged male lead builds a gold-wire cage with his own 25.2kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
17. 17 瞎 My Blind Husband Is a Hopeless Romantic. I Can Lie to Him and Deceive Him, but He Won’t Leave 瞎子夫君恋爱脑，欺他骗他都不跑 Deer in the Deep Forest深林的鹿Ancient Romance357k WordsCompleted Shen Zhixi only wanted to have a child with Song Lianzhou, not take responsibility for him. Men were all worthless and could never be relied on. Their only use was helping women get pregnant. Her own father taught her the first lesson in hating men. She had never met her biological father. He got her mother pregnant out of wedlock, then abandoned them, leaving mother and daughter to endure everyone’s scorn. Later, her childhood sweetheart betrayed and set her up, making her give up on men for g 7.4kReads9.1Score870Shelves

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    These two books! For the first one, just focus on the male and female leads. The female lead has a strong personality, and the male lead is also great. He's a pure, innocent puppy who cries every day, but later turns into a lewd, scheming guy! The second one is completely lewd!

18. 18 重 Reborn as His Deceased Wife in Her Youth, the Widower Acts Coy and Pretends 重生亡妻少年时，鳏夫他又茶又装 Lin Zhen'an林枕安Modern Romance733k WordsCompleted [Dark, Clingy Green Tea] [Male Lead's Perspective] [Devoted Male Lead] [Mutually Faithful 1v1] Zhu Zhiyu was strikingly beautiful and decisive, the powerful head of a wealthy conglomerate. But then disaster struck: her company was hit by one crisis after another, and before long, every business partner was shutting their doors to her. Huo Li offered a billion yuan in exchange for marrying the woman he had secretly loved since they were young, locking her into marriage with him. He had thought he 152.2kReads9.3Score26.6kShelves

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    Highly recommended! The story features the succubus-like Lili and the outstanding beauty Zhuzhu. The female lead is the most popular, followed by the male lead; they're a highly intelligent, sexually inclined, and academically gifted couple. The female lead is many people's ideal woman; she's the kind of character that makes readers fall for her even before the male lead. She's an excellent, beautiful, and academically gifted woman with a great personality. Her mother loves her, and she's wealthy—a complete princess. The male lead also loves her deeply. There are no messy romantic entanglements; she's pure in heart and mind, and her reputation is spotless (because I'm a bit averse to stories about male leads having affairs or past crushes, even if they're fictional). If you're going to read a book, you definitely want one where the male lead is pure in heart, mind, and voice! [Got it][Learned it]

19. 19 我 I'm a Spy, and I Switched Bodies with an Enemy Officer 我，奸细，和敌方军官互换身体了 Stealing Cables in the Dead of Night半夜三更偷电缆Modern Romance269k WordsCompleted [Soul swap + faked death + mild coercion + push and pull + groveling pursuit + romance-focused] Xu Lian, a conscientious spy, is diagnosed with a terminal illness and callously abandoned by her organization. To take revenge, she uncovers a secret family technique and swaps bodies with an enemy officer that very night. Song Jinze, a top commander who stands above everyone else, wakes up one morning in the body of a lowly slum dweller. After the swap, they begin a battle of wits. Xu Lian has forg 28.6kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves

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    Let's say, "When my wife disappears, I hate her; when she comes back to life, I love her." 😋 This is exactly what this book is all about.

20. 20 死 Four Years After Her Death, the Obsessive Tycoon's Beloved Returns 死后四年偏执大佬的心尖宠回来了 Enchanted Mountain Haze迷色山岚Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [Soul transmigration after death + lost and found again + obsessive powerful man + wealthy family + happy ending] Four years ago, Qi Nian’an woke up in a hospital bed. They said her parents had never loved her, and that she’d cried, screamed, and threatened suicide to win the affection of the boy she liked, nearly killing herself for real. Then she lost her memory, forgetting everything about her past. Even with amnesia, she still had to eat. She worked diligently like a beast of burden and beca 8.7kReads8.8Score863Shelves
21. 21 男 After the Male Lead Became a Powerful Minister, I Had to Fake My Death 男主成为权臣后，我被迫死遁了 Idle Cat Fishing闲猫钓鱼Ancient Romance218k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance / devoted to each other / faked death / happy ending] After Yun Ran died of illness, she transmigrated into a novel called The Famous Minister. Other people transmigrated into books as wealthy young ladies or maids. No matter what, they were living, breathing people. But Yun Ran became a ghost who flickered in and out of sight and couldn’t stray too far from the male lead. For eight years after entering the book, Yun Ran stayed by Pei Qingjue’s side, watching him rise from a 1.2kReads8.1Score133Shelves
22. 22 乱 Beauty in a Chaotic Age: A Brutal Warlord Claims Her, Step by Step 乱世美人：被粗莽枭雄步步豪夺 Baiyun Yeye白云耶耶Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Bodhisattva-like beauty × ambitious hero of a chaotic age, with an obsessive, possessive love (The rating is low because it just came out, but it should rise.) Rong Ci spent ten years with Zhao Chu as a hostage in the State of Qi. The year he returned to Qin and was made a prince, she died in childbirth, leaving him twins before she could finally rest. Who could have guessed that before long, the System would summon her back in a frenzy? This tyrant has scoured the world for your remains and pla 21.8kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves

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    Highly recommend!! These are the most charming male and female leads I've ever seen; the female lead is everyone's dream girl.

23. 23 早 The Beloved First Love Who Died Young Returns, and Why Has the Male Lead Become the Villain? 早死白月光回归，男主咋成大反派 Wei Ruo Xu未若絮Ancient Romance342k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted to each other + transmigrates into a book + the beloved returns + unhinged male lead + System + sweet romance] After transmigrating into a male-oriented novel as the frail beloved of the male lead, Li Qinghua diligently follows the plot: she dies on schedule, allowing the male lead to inherit everything and make room for his future harem. All she has to do is play the beloved from his memories and make him seem devoted. Once her task is complete, she returns to reality an 12.8kReads6.4Score1.1kShelves

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    This book is in line with

24. 24 盲 The Blind Prince Keeps Fighting, Snatching, and Playing the Victim 盲眼王爷他又争又抢又茶 April Friend四月友人Ancient Romance334k WordsCompleted (Slow-Burn Romance / Love Grows Over Time / Mutual Healing / Young Love / HE) Fleeing famine northward, Su Ying was so weak with hunger that she nearly died in the blizzard. The blind young master Pei Xiu of the Minister's residence saved her and took her in. Two years later, power changed hands, and the Pei family fell overnight. The night the family was arrested and their home confiscated, Su Ying rescued the little blind boy amid the chaos. · That year, Su Ying was sixteen, hiding from place 72kReads9.3Score14.4kShelves

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    These two are correct.

25. 25 论 How to Become the Mad Tyrant’s White Moonlight 论如何成为疯批暴君的白月光 Little Sheep Cheese小羊奶酪Ancient Romance900k WordsCompleted [Delicate, stunning noblewoman * mad, twisted boy-emperor] (Complete) [Both leads are each other’s first and only + System + redemption + heroine fakes her death and loses her memory later + hero is genuinely insane] The first time Meng Yuan met Xie Hui, she saw him order someone to feed a young palace maid to a horse. When he turned to look at her, his voice was so excited it frightened her. “You have lovely eyes. Let’s have someone dig them out and turn them into glass marbles.” Meng Yuan felt 76.9kReads9.2Score9.1kShelves

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    As soon as the female lead left, the male lead's true nature was revealed. Actually, the female lead knew from the beginning that the male lead was a tyrant, but she was able to keep him in check, which gives the impression of a saintly selfishness.

26. 26 小 In the Fifth Year of His Despair, His Late Wife Returned 小鳏夫绝望第五年，亡妻回来了 A Purple Palace一方紫台Ancient Romance344k WordsCompleted A scheming, reborn woman in a new body x a despairing young widower * After Bai Zhi was reborn, she never expected to get in touch with her young husband again. Their marriage had been absurd, after all. Wei Yu was only ten when they married, while she was ten years older than him, and he already had a childhood sweetheart to whom he was engaged. But for the sake of their interests, the cultivation family forced the match anyway. * Naturally, the two became an embittered couple. Wei Yu swore a s 20.4kReads7.1Score3.9kShelves
27. 27 死 Three Years After Faking My Death, My Nemesis Still Keeps My Belt Hidden 死遁三年，死对头还藏着我的腰带 Golden and Bright金澄澄Ancient Romance489k WordsCompleted (The rating is new and will go up) [Fake death / Both pure / Sweet romance / A woman takes the imperial exams / An intensely possessive, gloomy ghost of a man] Ming Yan had struggled through the Great Zhou Emperor’s “turn a tyrant into a pitiful little melon” makeover plan. In her own estimation, she had raised a wise ruler for Great Zhou, so she could fake her death in peace, or rather, retire and enjoy a comfortable life of her own. Who could have guessed that after faking her death, she would 5.3kReads8.8Score729Shelves

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    As the title suggests, the female lead disguises herself as a man. Initially, the male lead believes he is gay. After the female lead completes her mission and becomes a shield, she returns to her female form. The male lead, still believing she is attracted to women, tries every means to seduce her.

28. 28 夫 The Third Year After His Wife Left 夫人走的第三年 White Dog白白的狗Ancient Romance195k WordsCompleted Widower romance / bitter-sweet second chances / a touch of angst / bickering couple The heir to the Duke of Liang's household has been a widower for three years. Everyone in the capital says he has mourned his wife for three years, proof of how deeply he loved her. Only he knows the truth: he got promoted, got rich, and his wife died. What a wonderful life! From then on, he could indulge in cockfighting and dog racing, with no one to hold him back. But... the nights were cold, and strange things 13.5kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
29. 29 万 What If Uncle Is Platonic Toward the Fake Heiress? 万一小叔对假千金是柏拉图呢？ Ye Buhong叶不鸿Modern Romance451k WordsCompleted (The untouchable beauty falls from her pedestal + deliberate seduction + seven-year age gap + uncle) [Scheming, well-behaved fake heiress × powerful political heavyweight] Song Ci had a dream. In it, she was a fake heiress who had been switched at birth, while her fiancé's beloved, a poor but brilliant country girl, was the real heiress. Later, her fiancé teamed up with the real heiress, exposed Song Ci's identity, and sent her to a psychiatric hospital. Unable to bear the humiliation, she slit 198kReads9.4Score40.1kShelves

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    Widow is beautiful

30. 30 疯 The Unhinged Big Shot's Twisted Devotion Leaves His Soft Little Darling Dazed with Kisses 疯批大佬病态溺宠，小娇软被亲懵 Sparkling Little Gold闪闪小金Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Short drama now streaming | [Beautiful, soft-spoken, coy little temptress x Powerful, high-ranking, unhinged tycoon] When Jiang Yaoyao transmigrated into a book, she was perched coquettishly on the villainous tycoon’s lap, her red lips close to the side of his face. Her voice was soft and sweet, her eyes seductive. “Mr. Pei, I’ve admired you for a long time...” The man looked down at her, his eyes cold and unreadable. The next moment, he grabbed her wrist. The dagger the original character had s 44.7kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves
31. 31 没 The Brainless One and the Grumpy One Are Reborn?! 没脑子和不高兴，重生了？！ Ouyang Muyang of Devil Mountain魔鬼山的欧阳穆阳Ancient Romance257k WordsCompleted [A “profound” emperor who loves silly storybooks vs a purehearted noblewoman with astonishing martial skills] Lu Jiu was the only girl of her generation in the Duke of Zhenguo's household. Her parents and two older brothers had spoiled her rotten since childhood. Unfortunately, she lost her head over a handsome face and married the pitiful, unloved Fifth Prince, Pei Qi. The poisonous beauties in his harem made her suffer a difficult labor, and she died. Her soul did not disperse after death. Ins 2.4kReads—Score114Shelves

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    After avenging the female lead, the male lead committed suicide for love. The female lead, who worked for Meng Po in the underworld, saw him crossing the Bridge of Helplessness and immediately slapped him. [Admiration]

32. 32 多 A Paranoid Male Lead? Make Him Harvest a Few Jin of Corn and He'll Behave 多疑男主？掰几斤苞谷就老实了 Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted [Print edition publication rights secured] Marriage first, love later + comedy + amnesiac heroine + one-on-one romance + both leads are each other's first and only [Goofy, emotionally steady heiress heroine x arrogant, suspicious hero who thinks every woman is a potential mistress] Qi Wang is told one day that she is the male lead's ex-wife in an angst-filled novel. In the original story, she was born in the countryside and married the male lead because of an agreement made by the older generati 43.8kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves

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    I guess so, in my personal opinion.

33. 33 后 He Has Three Thousand Harem Women, but Loves Only His Late Wife 后宫三千他只爱亡妻 Chuan Yueyueyue川月悦玥Ancient Romance405k WordsOngoing [Childhood Friends + Devoted Love + Both Pure] They fell in love before they understood anything. Only after they understood everything did they realize that this was love. In the palace when they were young, the innocent little prince Pei Yilang was always following Yun Wan around, looking up at her with admiration. "Sister Wan, how come you're so good at everything?" As emperor, Pei Yilang would wrap his arms around Yun Wan, looking aggrieved as he murmured, "Sister Wan, I miss you." But later 1.1kReads—Score147Shelves

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    This one! You can tell from the name alone how loving they are.

34. 34 暴 The Tyrant’s Doomed White Moonlight Is… Me?! 暴君的早逝白月光竟是我自己？！ Picking a Lychee摘颗荔枝Ancient Romance259k WordsCompleted [A coy, pampered consort who pretends to be well-behaved x a deranged, possessive tyrant] [Both virgins + 1v1 + sweet romance + transmigration with her body] Wen Zhitang transmigrates into the sickly second daughter of the Wen family. Before she can enjoy a life of luxury, her entire family is slaughtered. She gets thrown into prison too. Luckily, the tyrant villain from the book personally rescues her. Unluckily, the original owner had a deep-seated grudge against this villain. To complete the 7.8kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    This is amazing! The male protagonist starts out as a widower, completely transformed into a gloomy male ghost. After finding his wife, he immediately traps her by his side, vowing never to be separated from her for all eternity.

35. 35 女 Matriarchy: The Boss's Little Daddy Tries to Use Me for Sex 女尊：老板的小爹企图对我潜规则 Bing Yuxu冰雨许Modern Romance489k WordsCompleted A beautiful heroine: a proper, principled, cool-headed yet gentle office worker × A groveling, lovesick, brooding and unhinged widower of a younger man PS: This is a matriarchal world. The male lead has been married before. Though he wields immense power, he is still insecure. After falling in love with the heroine at first sight, that insecurity turns into obsessive madness. Qin Qiuge fights her way from a small county town into the glittering metropolis of Shanghai. Diligent and capable at wo 1.7kReads—Score125Shelves

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    Modern romance, female-dominated society, superior-subordinate relationship, male lead is a divorced man, a "white lotus" (a seemingly innocent but actually manipulative woman).

36. 36 烟 The Misty River Road 烟水路 Xuanxi璇西Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted A sunny, cheerful, spirited heroine vs. a cold, untouchable, obsessive male lead who eventually loses control. “When you saved him, did you ever think he might be a devil?” Xiao Qingran fell in love with someone. His name was Duan Zhao. Cool and distant, he seemed refined and courteous. He never minded when she was rude or overstepped, and he was always there to help when she was in trouble. He had seen her cry and watched her lose her composure. “I know he doesn’t like me, but that doesn’t 43Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    This one has to be it; the reading time is...

37. 37 通 After I Cleared the Game, a Yandere NPC Haunted Me Like a Ghost 通关后病娇NPC像鬼一样缠着我 Hurricane jelly飓风jellyFantastical Romance252k WordsCompleted [Modern-day fantasy + transmigration to another world + adored by everyone + male lead starts as a loyal, beautiful puppy and gradually turns dark and yandere + mutual salvation | devoted, possessive love | devoted to each other, happy ending | time-travel paradoxes | an adventure collecting evil artifacts] Wen Zhuyue picks up a dying golden-haired boy at the execution grounds from the start. With a hairpin between his lips, he timidly calls her Master. He never fights back or talks back, and he 121Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is emotionally strong, and the male lead is prone to tears and possesses great power. Originally, he was a dutiful and loyal dog raised by his older sister, but later, because his sister was unfaithful and kept leaving him, he turned into a yandere vampire.

38. 38 不 Not the Villainous, Lovesick Demon Cult Leader, but Her Beloved 不是反派病娇魔教教主，是心上人 Full Moon Su满月苏Ancient Romance403k WordsCompleted Just started getting ratings, and who knows if they'll rise later. “Both virgins + fictional historical setting + coming-of-age romance + childhood sweethearts + sweet and doting + 1v1 + four-year age gap + a touch of wuxia” She thinks he is her master, but he is the one who belongs to her. [Pure-love yandere] Everyone knows that Hua Wuxia, leader of the Demon Cult, is a demon who clawed his way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. He is cold and callous, ruthless and cruel, decisi 4.8kReads8.3Score826Shelves
39. 39 重 I Returned to the Cold, Powerful Minister's Youth, and He Kissed Me Until I Cried! 重回清冷权臣年少时，被亲哭！ The Rose Does Not Give Itself to You玫瑰不予你Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted (Completed. Enjoy without worry!) Bright and charming heiress x a paranoid, scheming power minister Only after dying did Wen Yunwan learn that she had been living in a story, as the male lead's deceased wife, the moonlight in his heart. After her death, the male lead lived alone until one woman after another appeared, each resembling her. They all shared one name: transmigrators on a mission to win his heart. He would be moved by one of them, and after playing out a scene where he chased and she 124.2kReads9.1Score22.7kShelves

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    The obsessive male lead is so cool when he goes crazy! 😎 [Thumbs up]

40. 40 又 Again, When the Snow Stops 又见·雪停时 Uncle Lao K大叔老K14k WordsCompleted See You Again When the Snow Stops 75Reads—Score—Shelves

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    From the male protagonist's perspective, a widower, at the crematorium [almost crying]

41. 41 穿 The Laid-Back Life of a Marquis’s Bastard Son 穿成侯府庶子的摆烂生活 April Thirty-Three四月三三Historical600k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + historical setting + non-virgin male lead + ordinary protagonist with no golden finger] Chen Heyu, a fine young man of the modern age, transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing ancient playboy. He is a middle-aged widower with children, a low-ranking son born to a concubine, and not a single money-making skill to his name. He does, however, have plenty of ways to spend money and a mountain of debts from his romantic escapades. To avoid another beating from his father, 35.8kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves

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    It was a very enjoyable read. I love the character designs; I often found myself smiling while reading. Thumbs up!

42. 42 回 After Returning Home, I Found My Family Had Adopted a New Heiress 回国后，发现家人领养了新千金 Feng Ou冯藕13k WordsCompleted After Returning Home, I Found Out My Family Had Adopted a New Daughter 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one, this one, this one, this one

43. 43 浴 Rising from the Flames: The Real Heiress Takes the World by Storm 浴火归来：真千金她飒爆全球 Feng Ou冯藕6k WordsCompleted Reborn from the Flames: The Real Heiress Takes the World by Storm 13Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 大 The Powerful Man's Ex-Wife Was Reborn and Decided to Take Down the White Lotus 大佬的前妻重生了，决定打倒白莲花 Feng Ou冯藕Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted The Big Shot’s Ex-Wife Is Reborn and Decides to Take Down the White Lotus 17Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 咒 Jujutsu Kaisen: How Did You Know My Wife Is So Cute? 咒回：你怎么知道我老婆非常可爱 Mutant Arctic Hare变异北极兔Anime Fanfiction390k WordsCompleted [Spicy before sweet + gloomy, obsessive male lead + slightly dark, all-pairings vibe + not following canon + happy ending] Youthful, spicy teacher, 225 cm × powerhouse, straightforward sweet girl × older, gloomy, obsessive man, 295 cm No BL in the comments. All main characters are adults. Satoru Gojo once had a girl he really liked. She had a pair of round eyes like a little deer’s. She could wolf down eight big bowls of rice in one sitting. She could carry him around the entire school three ti 16.4kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
46. 46 女 Mind Reading in a Matriarchal World: My Insecure Husband Is a Deranged Villain 女尊读心，自卑夫郎竟是疯批反派 The Duck with the Stiffest Beak鸭子里面嘴最硬Ancient Romance324k WordsCompleted (The rating just opened) [Female supremacy + female-centered + male lead suffers + tragic love + 1v1] [Brutal, unhinged, sickly wife × timid, insecure, gloomy husband] My name is Xie Fuxue. I’m dead. A fellow called System told me my little husband dug up my grave. It kept insisting that my pathetic little husband had gone mad and wanted to destroy the whole world to bring me back to life. Ha! How could that be? How could my timid, self-deprecating little husband be an unhinged villain? After I 2.8kReads8.4Score389Shelves
47. 47 作 Surviving as the Male Lead's Younger Sister 作为男主妹妹生存 Savior of the World from Peril拯救世界于水火之人Modern Romance299k WordsCompleted During the seventh summer she has been locked at home by her useless older brother, Quan Yiai, a six-sided-all-around loser shut-in, finally realizes that the world she lives in might be one enormous male-oriented power fantasy novel, and the protagonist might be her adorable, beloved, airheaded brother. And her? She's the sacrificial little sister who gets killed off from the start. To avoid the sacrificial character's fatal ending, Quan Yiai resolutely decides to Run away from home! But... s 440Reads—Score353Shelves

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    Well, in terms of the setting, it counts as... [Original work fan][Original work fan][Original work fan]

48. 48 听 I Hear They All Hate, Hate, Hate, Hate Me to Death 听说他们都恨恨恨恨我恨得要死 Chu Shan Yao楚山杳Fantastical Romance417k WordsCompleted (The rating is low because it just opened. The cover is authorized. The first chapter has content warnings. This is not a traditional cultivation novel, and it has lots of original worldbuilding.) [One heroine, multiple male leads + all male leads are devoted to her + rivalries for her affection + tragic love + saintly men with selfish desires + widower romance + growing-together relationships + resentful lovers + romance-focused (the plot serves the romance)] The rapid development of embodied 11.2kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    It seems this book hasn't been serialized up to that point yet, because I haven't finished reading it.

49. 49 路 The Bystander Female Lead Is Loved by Everyone 路人女配她被所有人爱着 Jiangbei, Searching for Meaning in Travel寻找旅行意义的江北Modern Romance638k WordsOngoing Ordinary girl + Tomie-like, universally captivating beauty + everyone has one-sided feelings for her + turning gay men straight After accidentally transmigrating into a boys' love novel, unlucky Wen Yang has no intention of getting involved in this ridiculous plot. She even manages to spend eighteen years after transmigrating into a book as a mere background female character. After she accidentally encounters a strange woman on a moonless night, Wen Yang is cursed. The curse is called... love? W 2.9kReads—Score281Shelves
50. 50 路 After the Walk-On Character Got an Everyone-Loves-Me Aura 路人甲拥有万人迷光环后 Sprinting Down the Road to Self-Destruction在作死的路上狂奔Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A quick transmigration story. The heroine is an ordinary person with an ordinary appearance and a mild personality. She really is ordinary! All the handsome guys fall in love with her at first sight. It’s the ultimate Mary Sue story! Everyone has a one-sided crush on her, so if that’s not your thing, please don’t read. Thanks for understanding. [A lot of readers couldn’t accept the first world. You can take a look at the settings revealed in the conversation with the System in Chapter 11, then s 9.9kReads9.1Score588Shelves

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