Smart, Unhinged, and Badass Heroines, With the Second Male Lead Winning 有脑子，又癫又飒的女主，男二上位

1. 1 软 A Gentle Seduction 软诱 Jiujiu Qi久久萋Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted The print edition of Rose Crown goes on sale August 10. Available on all platforms. [Married First, Love Later + Secret Crush + He Chases His Wife After Losing Her, But She Never Looks Back + Both Are Each Other’s First] She was the Xu family’s adopted daughter, and Zhou Yuetian’s little shadow. She had followed him everywhere since childhood, until she heard him say this at the age of twenty-four: “She’s just the Xu family’s adopted daughter. Why would I actually care about her? People like us 71.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds

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   It has to be this one.

2. 2 黑 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 305.9kReads9.5Score42.1k14d adds

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   This book is really good! The plot is tight, the female lead is intelligent and cool, and the second male lead's rise to power is also reasonable. It's a very engaging read; I couldn't put it down after finishing it in one go. The structure is clear, and the details are well done. I recommend it to readers who like this style! 👍📚✨✨

3. 3 家 Homegrown Flowers Can't Match Wild Ones: The Irresistible Duke Keeps Flirting 家花哪有野花香，尤物国舅撩不停 Deer in the Deep Forest深林的鹿Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted Two years into her marriage, Liu Fuying was still a virgin. Her husband had even suggested that she go keep a handsome young lover, with only one condition: she couldn't make their affair public. He had someone else in his heart, so why should Liu Fuying keep herself chaste for him? One day, after a rainstorm, Liu Fuying fell off a cliff and met Pei Zhou Wu, a handsome nobleman who had been imprisoned on Mount Xiang for treason. He was so good-looking! The moment Liu Fuying saw him, she underst 12.4kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
4. 4 长 Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he 105.6kReads9.7Score12.2k14d adds

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   Awesome!!! The female lead is both eccentric and cool.

5. 5 快 Quick Transmigration: The Second Male Lead Is Hopelessly in Love 快穿：男二是个顶级恋爱脑 Pear Blossoms in Bloom梨花有华Modern Romance544k WordsCompleted (Complete, so enjoy!) [Quick transmigration + a new male lead in each world + sweet with a touch of angst + transmigrate into a book] The devoted second male leads in novels love in vain and die consumed by sorrow. Hua Yan enters these novels to give each second male lead the perfect ending. A clingy childhood friend, a beautiful older sister… From passerby to supporting female character to the girl of his dreams to heroine, the second male lead in every world falls helplessly in love with her. 7.5kReads8.9Score45214d adds
6. 6 快 Quick Transmigration: The Second Male Lead Is My First Choice in Love 快穿：恋爱首选男二 Six Times 7六乘7Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted A word of warning: amateur writing, mindless sweetness, and cringe. [1v1 quick transmigration + happy ending + sweet romance + no bashing the original protagonists] [Raise the second male lead’s happiness level through romance, not his affection level] I woke up and found myself inside a novel. I’m here to love the devoted second male lead! Campus heartthrob: “Yinyin, shall we get engaged as soon as we graduate?” Evil dream spirit: “Yinyin, I only want to weave sweet dreams for you.” Devoted CEO 2.6kReads9.1Score15914d adds
7. 7 快 Quick Transmigration: The Female Side Character Keeps Winning Over the Devoted Second Male Lead 快穿：女配她又在捞深情男二 Mao Yu Huahua猫瑜花花Modern Romance148k WordsCompleted There are countless couples in the world, and half of the devoted second male leads end up dead. Shen Zhixia is a soul born from the countless readers who felt sorry for those second male leads. Before any ruthless heroine can abandon one, she gets together with him, lives happily ever after, and avoids ending up as a mere plot device. (Though the heroine always has the same name, her soul is based on a real person in each story. Her personality changes with her circumstances.) 1 [Gentle, kind 370Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 8 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Ex’s Crematorium, the Second Male Lead Takes the Throne 快穿：前任火葬场后，男二上位了 Three Bowls, Please吃三碗Modern Romance246k WordsCompleted [Character snapshots!] [Ex-husband’s redemption + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] [The heroine has been married before; not both leads’ first time] [Both the male lead and second male lead involved with the heroine are inexperienced] [The ex-husband’s redemption, the male lead’s sweet romance] [Immersive quick transmigration, the heroine is the original character] [Character details are in the chapter titles] They were once abandoned, forgotten, and pushed aside. Shen Lian’s job is to give them 1.9kReads8.7Score11914d adds
9. 9 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book as the Female Supporting Character: All to Woo the Second Male Lead 穿书成女配：只为泡男二 Just One壹只只Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Wealthy Family + Top-Tier Star + HE] Everyone knows: the male lead belongs to the female lead, but the second male lead belongs to everyone! By chance, she transmigrated into a novel she had recently been reading. It was originally a domineering CEO story about the male and female leads loving and hurting each other, but the second male lead became the character she could never let go of. Ji Yan, the second male lead, was a top-tier star with an incomparable face. Dev 3.2kReads8.2Score29914d adds
10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: Spoiling the Obsessive Male Supporting Character 快穿：在偏执男配心尖肆意撒娇 Cloud Rabbit云兔子Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Sweet, flirtatious goddess of the worlds + mad, lovesick male supporting characters + love at first sight + sweet 1v1 romance] They say the male lead belongs to the heroine, while the second male lead belongs to everyone. Wen Xin, cast as the heroine of a tragic romance, threw herself into the arms of the devoted second male lead without hesitation. “Male lead over there, don’t come any closer!” Who needs sweet love when only an idiot would go looking for heartbreak! * The domineering, loyal yo 26kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
11. 11 快 Quick Transmigration: Winning Over the Second Male Lead 快穿之男二攻略日常 A Beauty in the Misty Rain烟雨美人Modern Romance140k WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration + Sweet Romance + One-on-One] Every fictional world has a devoted second male lead, and Gu Yi'an's mission is to win them over and change their fate of dying alone. At first: “Host, you need to travel to different worlds and win over the second male lead.” “I refuse.” Later, seeing the handsome man standing before her: “I can do that.” 27Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 12 我 I Don't Want the Devoted Second Male Lead to Play the Pathetic Simp 我不想让深情男二拿舔狗剧本 Gan Ming'er, Who Likes Goat-Horn Chimes喜欢羊角编钟的赶明儿Modern Romance105k WordsCompleted Lu Jia was a die-hard novel fan. After yet again seeing a devoted second male lead treated like a backup, she read the original author's feeble explanation: “I like the second male lead too, but the male and female leads are such a good match...” Lu Jia decided to stand up for her beloved second male lead. Since the comments section limited each post to two thousand characters, she sent five in a row. The line she repeated most was: “Why do devoted second male leads always get stuck with the pat 40Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 13 快 Quick Transmigration: Male Lead, Get a Grip! I'm the Second Male Lead 快穿：男主你清醒点，我男二 Chi Nanyun持南云Two Male Leads190k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, one-on-one, both devoted to each other, gong’s POV, a straight-as-a-board gong vs. a shou with character fragments] Lu Qinmo got a second male lead script, playing the second male lead in world after world. But why did all the male leads fall in love with him? World One: The devoted ghost who watches over him in silence (complete) 2.5kReads8.9Score21714d adds
14. 14 拯 Saving the Tragic, Strong Second Male Lead [Book Transmigration] 拯救美强惨男二【穿书】 Sea Salt Is Super Sweet海盐超甜Modern Romance101k WordsCompleted Ye Yao unexpectedly transmigrates into a tragic novel, and the System gives her two tasks. System: “First, save the romance between the male and female leads.” Ye Yao: “Sure! No problem.” System: “Second, win over the second male lead, who has a secret crush on the heroine, and stop him from ruining their romance.” Ye Yao: “What?! That yandere, psycho second male lead who kills without batting an eye?!” Three years later... The yandere psycho second male lead, who kills without batting an eye: “ 349Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 快 Quick Transmigration: I’m the White Moonlight After All 快穿白月光竟是我自己 Lin Jiujiu An林酒酒安Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted As an outstanding employee of the Central Bureau, Jiang Jingtan has only one mission left before she can retire with honors. But a twist of fate pulls her into the White Moonlight Self-Rescue System, where she inherits everything the white moonlights left behind and must fulfill their wishes. White moonlights are important characters in countless novels. As beautiful as the moon, they can’t escape their fate of being shattered into pieces because of the protagonist’s halo. Jiang Jingtan diligent 2.8kReads8.2Score27314d adds
16. 16 快 Quick Transmigration: Every Female Lead Ends Up With the Second Male Lead 快穿之女主都和男二he A Little Golden Bean一个小金豆Modern Romance111k WordsOngoing [Sweet Romance + Lighthearted + Hilarious] Sheng Chu was a C-list actress who died in a car accident on her way to an awards ceremony. She has to quick transmigrate into old-school angsty romance novels, save the heroine from a life of misery, face-slap the antagonistic women, and earn the male lead’s guilt and the second male lead’s affection before she can come back to life. Sheng Chu says: This’ll be a piece of cake! Just watch me make the male lead fall head over heels for me, then dump hi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 17 重 After I Was Reborn, I Found Out the School Bully Had a Crush on Me, and My Childhood Friend Regretted It 重生发现校霸暗恋我，竹马后悔了 One Upright Heart竖一心Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [Male Second Lead Takes the Lead + Secret Love Comes True + Both Reborn + Regretful Ex Pursues Her, But She Never Looks Back + Devoted to Each Other] From the age of six, Song Xingmin has been Xiao Jingchuan’s little shadow. Her love for him is passionate and unconcealed, and everyone knows it. On their wedding day, she sees him cheating with her own eyes. Only then does Song Xingmin learn that all his kindness over the years was simply because he owed her father a debt of gratitude. After an 2.6kReads9.3Score42114d adds
18. 18 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds

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    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

19. 19 偷 Stealing the Springtime of Day 偷揽昼春 A Piece of Sticky Rice Cake一块糖粘糕Modern Romance374k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's only one + The second male lead takes the girl + Long-planned romance + Entertainment-industry dating show] [Rebellious, devoted wife-obsessed man x Cool-headed, rational beauty in a cheongsam] Yu Liao was Cen Chimo's ever-ready sidekick, docile and obedient, like a silent shadow. Cen Chimo shamelessly enjoyed her devotion and never imagined that one day she might leave. They met again on a dating show. Yu Liao wore a cheongsam, cool as snow, and didn't spare him 30.8kReads9.5Score4k14d adds

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    🔥🔥🔥 [Both are virgins + Second male lead rises to power + Long-planned + Entertainment industry romance]🔥🔥 [Chai Sheng, a deeply affectionate husband-obsessed maniac × A cool and rational cheongsam beauty] Yu Liao is Cen Chi Mo's ever-present follower, obedient and docile, like a silent shadow. ✨✨✨ Cen Chi Mo enjoys her obedience without restraint, never imagining that one day she would leave. 🌈🌈🌈 Their next meeting is on a romance reality show. 🌈🌈🌈 Yu Liao, dressed in a cheongsam, is as cold and aloof as snow, and doesn't look at him again. Cen Chimo regretted his actions. He knocked on Yu Liao's door, his voice low and humble, "Liao Liao, I was wrong, please come back." The door opened, and a man in a loosely draped shirt stepped out, his eyes slightly curved, exuding a nonchalant yet aristocratic air. "Mr. Cen, this is my wife."

20. 20 求 Begging for Love 求娇 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong Heroine and Hero] [Love-Hate Relationship] [Defying Fate] [Print edition signed with a publisher] Gu Miaoyin always thought she was the pampered darling her emperor treasured most, until the Great Jin fell and the Northern Hu cavalry smashed through the palace gates. Only then did she realize how tragic her life was. Ten years of the emperor's favor could not withstand a sudden change of heart. In the end, she and her mother were trapped in the imperial city and burned alive. Reborn into 36.4kReads9.5Score4.8k14d adds

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    It's so beautiful!

21. 21 让 She Wanted Me as Her Lover, but I Had Other Plans 让她当外室，她偏要另谋高枝 Teacher Sweet Tea甜茶老师Ancient Romance344k WordsCompleted [Gentle yet clearheaded young lady + dashing young general] [Long-planned romance + sweet pampering + the hero is head over heels] Jiang Wan was the only daughter of the Jiang family, born into wealth, with money and beauty to spare. As soon as she came of age, she was engaged to the legitimate son of the Lu family. She had thought they were a match made in heaven, but at a spring banquet, she heard Lu Jingyan say with her own ears: “She’s just a merchant’s daughter. Why would I take her serious —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male lead is so good to the female lead 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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