Looking for Recommendations: The Male Lead Is a Scheming, Moody Guy Who Secretly Loves the Female Lead 男主是阴湿男，暗恋女主，超有心机 求推荐啊
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The Ice-Cold Speaker by Day, the Tempting Madman by Night 白天冷冰冰的议长，晚上诱哄疯批
Complete! Bonus chapters in progress, come on in~ [Two male leads + two powerful leads + devoted couple + sweet and angsty] Aloof beauty, dark-hearted council president alpha × powerful, unhinged plant-type experimental subject enigma Tuberose × Siberian fir Wen Yu, an S-rank alpha who clawed his way out of the slums, is hailed as a beacon of hope during the Empire’s dark age. At a banquet, Wen Yu is set up. At home, he discovers Experimental Subject 327, whose whereabouts after a mission had be
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A Straight-Talking Tough Guy Who Hates Men? One Kiss Will Fix That 直男糙汉厌同？这不亲一口就好了
Hard-bitten, homophobic, and stubborn top x scheming, sickly incubus bottom Post-apocalyptic wasteland + two male leads + both virgins + slightly bittersweet romantic tension + happy ending - Chu Jin bought the sickly Shen Yin at a market. The frail man had to stop and catch his breath after walking only a few steps, yet he never seemed to tire of teasing Chu Jin. He clung to him like an incubus, doing everything he could to tempt him into making a mistake. Shen Yin loved to play the helpless ca
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The Male Lead of a Coercive Romance? If You Don’t Want Him, I Do! 强制文男主？你不要我要！
[A gentle, healing beauty of a heroine + male leads from all kinds of coercive romance stories + tender romance + the original heroine turns dark] In some worlds, the mentally ill male leads never receive the love they want, not even by the time they die. The heroines they forced into relationships beg that in their next lives, they won’t have to meet those men again. God hears the heroines’ pleas and gives them a chance to be reborn. As for the male leads? Someone will love them. And love only
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What?! I Became the Zombie Beauty in a Top Villain’s Arms 懵！成了顶级反派怀里的丧尸美人
[A Refined Degenerate, a Pervert × A Pure and Seductive Little Temptress] [Alternate Apocalypse + Devoted Romance, Both Leads Are Each Other’s Only One + Lots of Original Worldbuilding] The rising star Pei Xiqing is transported into an apocalyptic scum-punishing novel, where she becomes a villainess with nothing but a bewitching face. Her attempts to seduce someone fail, leaving her despised by everyone. While the hero and heroine enjoy sweet romance and take down scumbags in the apocalypse, s
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The Brooding Puppy Is Mine Alone 独宠阴郁小奶狗
[Female lead reborn] [Female lead is three years older] [Male lead finds healing] [Female lead spoils male lead] [Actress X esports player] Kindhearted, gentle angel of a heroine X gloomy, reclusive, aloof hero Her wealthy husband cheated on her, and scandalous rumors were everywhere. To get revenge, Xia Wanyue also started seeing a younger guy. He was handsome and cocky, quiet and rarely smiled. Xia Wanyue thought that was just his natural temperament, until he was hit by a car and died. Then s
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Brother, I Really Wish That Were a Knife at My Back 兄弟，我真希望背后抵着我的是刀
[Full-cast audio edition now available] “What? You want me to play the villain? Sure, how should I do it?” System: [Just keep it toned down.] Yu Ci, a born menace, picked up his vicious scumbag script with practiced ease. Wait, what? The plot doesn't seem right... What the hell, how did I get *ed? Locked in a dark room, Yu Ci was completely baffled: “System! What's going on?” The System rested its chin in its hands. [Tsk... Is this what they call villains getting their comeuppance from other vil
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The Obsessed Disciple Followed Me to the Modern Era 病娇孽徒追到现代了
[A mad disciple’s forced-love story with his sweet, simple-minded master] [Female master and male disciple; forbidden romance; transmigration; obsessive male lead; worldly-naive female lead; regretful husband’s desperate pursuit] I hate the moon hanging high above, shining on everyone but me. In a nutshell, a madman falls in love with a simpleton and resorts to possessive, domineering tactics, but they still get a happy ending.
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How Can a Righteous Cultivator Be a Psycho?! 正道修士怎么是变态！
[Heroine: Lustful × Freedom-Loving × Fish Demon] VS [Hero: Feigned Coldness × Genuinely Twisted × Sect Prodigy] [Content Warning: The hero has a deeply warped worldview and is no good person] One-on-one, both leads are devoted only to each other. Recently, Yunshan Temple has become the talk of the pilgrims, all because of a fish in its pond. Why on earth was this fish so shameless? Tiaozhu wondered silently. It turned out all these people were waiting for her to slap them. Li Nu came after h
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Winning Over the Young Lord of Miaojiang 攻略苗疆少主
Chu He transmigrates into a book. [The villain will kill the male lead, cripple the female lead, and then commit suicide out of hatred for the world. This world is about to collapse, and your mission is to save it.] The lousy System vanishes after assigning the mission. Before Chu He can even figure out what to do, she is kidnapped to Miaojiang, where she becomes the perfect mother Gu for the medicine people to cultivate their Gu. Medicine people aren’t human and have no memories of their past.
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Sweet Addiction 甜味病瘾
[Mutual secret crushes + running away and reuniting after years apart + yandere + long-planned schemes + love rivals] [Quirky, sweet-natured girl × cold, calculating, obsessive boy] “Can Xiao Qiao just stay at the fountain? Stop feeding!” In a fit of rage, Qiao Huanying slammed her phone down! Before the rankings locked, Qiao Huanying opened Honor of Kings, determined to get her main, Xiao Qiao, into the top 100 in City A. Who could have guessed that on Sunday night, with just one more match nee
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Quick Transmigration: Winning Over the Fierce Villain with Honesty 快穿：靠老实拿下超凶大反派
Quick-transmigration romantic comedy [A laid-back winner + a villain who dotes on her + rival suitors in a love triangle + everyone's favorite] Apocalypse/Wasteland/Beast World/Vampires/ABO, and other exciting settings (Note: There is no fixed couple, and the male lead changes. They are not fragments of one person, nor are they the same person.) Jiang Lili is a C-rank employee of the Quick Transmigration Bureau. Timid and honest, she's just a girl who loves to daydream. Unexpectedly, the System
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Reborn in My Youth, I Cling to the Brooding Boy and Never Let Go 重生年少时，抱紧阴郁少年不撒手
“Spoiled, selfish heiress VS brooding, devoted campus heartthrob” “Mutual devotion + sweet and bittersweet angst + past and present lives” Only after Shen Xingchen died did she learn the truth: The brooding man she had feared and guarded against her whole life was the only person in the world who loved her with all his heart. He cleared every obstacle for her and gave her everything. Then, right in front of her, he leapt from the stage at a press conference. * Shen Xingchen opened her eyes and
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The Boy I Love Has Loved Me for Over Ten Years 我的少年他爱我十数年
[Rebirth + sweet romance + obsessive love] Reborn, Mu Xiyan only wants to cherish the man who gave his life for her. “Yanyan, don’t leave me.” “Yanyan, please, won’t you love me?” “Yanyan, can’t you choose me? I’ll protect you.” Hearing the humble pleas of a man who controls the economic lifeline of an entire country, Mu Xiyan feels her heart ache beyond words. After they get together, the man keeps asking, “Baby, is this real?” “Why don’t you pinch me?” Mu Xiyan’s online response: “Get lost.”
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The Little Sweetheart Pouts and Calls Him Big Brother, and the Powerful Man Can’t Stop Thinking About Her 小尤物撒娇叫哥哥，大佬日思夜想
[Brooding, insecure, obsessive young man × healing, affectionate little fairy + reborn + sweet romance + male lead has a secret crush + heroine pursues him openly + sugary-sweet, heart-fluttering romance + healing] In her previous life, Lu Wanqing was deceived into believing that Pei Yanshi had killed her family. She went to great lengths to get close to him so she could take revenge. But after they married, Pei Yanshi doted on her beyond measure, giving her every indulgence. Lu Wanqing graduall
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The Sweet Little Darling Cuddles Up to Him, and the Brooding Young Master Sees Red 小娇软往怀里钻，病娇少爷红了眼
[Both Reborn + Healing + Modern Romance + Mutual Devotion + Sweet, No-Brains Romance + Read the Blurb Carefully Before You Start! Caution] I fear the light, yet I follow yours, because it is you. Even if thousands upon thousands say there is only cause and effect, and no cycle of rebirth, so what if there is? You forget your past life in this one, and you’ll forget this life in the next. But no matter how many lifetimes Leng Siye lived, he never lost sight of his first love, because she was the
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She Seduces Him, and the Hong Kong District's Little Tyrant Turns into a Lovable Goofball 诱她，港区小霸王秒变二哈
[Secret crush x sweet romance x the second male lead wins] [Can be both cool and sweet x the little tyrant of Hong Kong] That July, Feng Wu climbed a tree to rescue a cat. Xu Xingchi happened to pass by and pulled up the hem of his T-shirt. “Awu, toss the cat down. Your big brother will catch it.” In the blink of an eye, Xu Xingchi had grown up. He gave her a cold smile. “Feng Wu, eat the mango for her, and I’ll agree to get engaged to you.” With everyone watching, Feng Wu ate the mango bite by
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This Is Crazy! My Little Guard Says He's Madly in Love With Me! 疯了！养的小侍卫说他超爱我！
(Complete) [One-on-one romance + sweet indulgence + devoted to each other + pure historical romance + no angst] "Unhinged, devoted young guard vs. sheltered, sweet, gentle illegitimate daughter" The first time Sheng Chenying met Wei Yu, he was being punished and covered in wounds. The first thing she said to him was: “I... I’ll give you some medicine to stop the bleeding. Don’t... die here...” Wei Yu thought she was a low-ranking maid from some courtyard in the Prince’s estate. It wasn’t until t
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After Losing Her Memory, the Little Troublemaker Became Even More Adorable! 失忆后，小作精更娇了！
[Amnesia + sweet romance + fake idealized first love + possessive pursuit + both leads are virgins] Spoiled, dazzling little drama queen vs. an overindulgent, possessive tycoon Yan Jiaojiao has lost her memory. Her memories are even jumbled, making her think she's living inside a book, where she's the utterly wicked villainess! Being the villainess is bad enough, but her obsessive, possessive fiancé treats her as a stand-in for someone else. The heroine, his gentle and considerate first love, di
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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
[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
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When a Person with Depression Meets a Hopeless Romantic 当抑郁症患者遇上恋爱脑
[Love-struck computer science heartthrob VS depressed literature student] Jiang Li, whose family life was deeply unhappy, thought her bleak existence would remain stagnant. But someone’s arrival upended her plans and sent her life in an entirely new direction. Tips: “ I… I wasn’t abandoning you. I was wrong. It was my fault… I shouldn’t have gotten mad at you.” Pei Yanci’s expression darkened. His eyes reddened as he rested his chin on Jiang Li’s soft, fluffy head and struggled to speak. “It w
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His Little Troublemaker 他的小难哄
[The print edition is coming soon and will be available on all platforms. See you at 7:00 p.m. on July 31!] Xie Huai, the famous young heir of the capital, fell in love at first sight with Song Nuan, the dazzling freshman representative on stage, when he was a freshman in high school. Xie Huai suffers from depression and is possessive and volatile. He won't let any boys near Song Nuan, and anyone who gets close ends up expelled. Terrified, Song Nuan is forced to transfer schools, but Xie Huai fo
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Be Good, Sweetheart! Day and Night in the Hands of a Brutal Man 娇娇乖！被暴徒盯上的日日夜夜
[🖤 Unhinged mixed-race brute x 💖 sweet, innocent doll] [Striking size difference and sexual tension + wild, rugged tough guy + school and city life + intense, coercive love + mutual salvation] The boy Sang Moli once saved lived in a world of darkness and filth. When he fought, every punch drew blood. He was violent and impossible to tame. The little princess was born in a tower. Compared to a beast like him, they were worlds apart. Moli was innocent and naive, and thought Mufasa was the best. As
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The Sickly, Love-Obsessed Crown Prince's Daily Devotion to His Wife 病娇恋爱脑太子的宠妻日常
(The manhua-style dramas Zhaozhao Meets Ning and Donggong Meets Ning are now streaming on Hongguo) [Sweet Historical Romance + Hopelessly Devoted Male Lead + First Love, Both Each Other's Only One + Lighthearted Sweet Romance + Happy Ending] Xie Changchen, Crown Prince of the Great Qian dynasty, was a peerless beauty. He became famous throughout the realm at fifteen after the Battle of Qiansheng. But his frail health meant he often coughed up blood, and the Imperial Preceptor once declared he wo
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Falling Deep in Love 陷深情
[Healing and redemption / childhood sweethearts / strong yet tragic male lead / sweet romance and growth / mutual devotion / childhood friend arrives from nowhere / reunion after a long separation / both devoted to each other] [Double-standard sweetheart who fiercely protects her precious boy VS genuinely ill, delicate little darling] Wen Xiangqing never imagined she would transmigrate into a book! And not just any book, but a melodramatic, badly concluded romance where the great villain kille
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Flirt with Him! Kiss Him! The Enemy You Force to Love You Is the Sweetest 撩他！吻他！强扭的死对头最甜啦
[Hilarious, Everyone's Favorite + Entertainment Industry + Two Top-Tier Stars + Sweet Romance + Mutual Salvation] Top-tier starlet Jiang Wannian was born with a pair of fox eyes, bright and bewitching, beautiful enough to steal anyone's soul. She has one sworn enemy she hates more than anyone: Shen Wang, a legendary top-tier star whom countless fans worship like a god. They appear together for the first time on a variety show livestream. Shen Wang loses a game, and the host makes him call the fi
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Big Sister, I’ll Be Good! The Sick, Twisted Villain Coaxes Her in a Hoarse Whisper 姐姐，我乖！病娇反派低哑缠哄
Su Meng transmigrated into a book as a sickly, ill-fated supporting woman who coughed up blood every few steps and tormented the villain early in the story. The System told her that if she helped the villain grow up, she could be reborn, so she began diligently raising him. At first, he looked distant and gloomy, like a fierce wolf cub, claws bared. “Don’t come near me.” Later, he began hoping for more and more affection. He reined in his dark, terrifying possessiveness and obsession, acted obed
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Breaking News! Young Master Fu Is on His Knees Again, Begging His Feisty Wife to Forgive Him 惊爆！傅少又跪搓衣板哄小作精了
Reborn + sweet and soft + campus + healing. Campus life in the beginning, showbiz later. A mischievous little princess vs. a cold, untouchable heartthrob. Su Duoyou was nicknamed “the henpecked one.” After repeated attempts to resist failed, she asked for a divorce. That very night, she unexpectedly became reborn in her younger years. On her first day at school, Su Duoyou was bullied by delinquents. The notorious school king happened to pass by and saved her on a whim. After driving off the bull
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The Obsessive Academic God’s Flirty Little Darling Loves to Pout and Beg for Hugs 偏执学神的小撩精惯会撒娇求抱抱
[Complete] [Both leads are reborn + mutual healing and salvation + the secondary couple also find healing and salvation] Xu Zhiyi thought she had no feelings for Liang Xizhou, until death turned her into a ghost and she followed him around. Only then did she see through her own heart. In her next life, she wants nothing but to be with him and make things work. One day, she asked him, “How much do you like me, on a scale of one to ten?” He looked her in the eyes and answered resolutely, “Like you
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Sweet Peach Oolong 甜桃乌龙
When did Qi Liang fall for Su Tao? Perhaps it was that day in the chilly alley, when Su Tao arrived wrapped in brilliant sunshine, strayed into his forbidden place, and lit up his world once more. She was flustered and at a loss. He pretended to be cold. But after one glance, no amount of mint candy could suppress his restless heart. There were too many rumors about him at school, growing more and more outrageous until he seemed utterly terrifying. But no one knew that he carried a girl in his h
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Be Good, One More Kiss 乖点，再亲一下
[Past and present lives + mutual redemption + sweet girl and cocky guy + indulgent, heart-fluttering romance + college campus + wealthy CEO] In their past lives, Ruan Tian and Jing Ye were separated by life and death. When Jing Ye returned from abroad, all that awaited him was an urn of ashes. Jing Ye took frenzied revenge on everyone who had caused her pain. After getting his revenge, he planned to follow her in death, but unexpectedly found the farewell letter she had left behind: “...Jing Ye
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His Gentle Little One 他的小温柔
[Mutual devotion, healing, and an almost dangerously high sweetness level] “Huoxi is going to kill himself in four months.” After learning this in a dream, An An immediately sets out to save the boy she has a crush on. From the very first day she sees Huoxi, An An is determined to spoil him, no matter what. At first: An An: “Just let me kiss you once, and I’ll give you anything you want, okay?” Huoxi: “Get lost.” Later: An An: “Huoxi, do your homework!” Huoxi: “Baby, I haven’t had enough
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How Could a Fairy-Tale Villain Be Everyone’s Crush? 童话反派怎么会是万人迷
[Dumb, oblivious, beloved-by-all heroine | Villains | Male leads split into fragments] You don't know when it began, or when it will end. You travel through one fairy tale after another, playing the villain and joining the other characters in bringing each story to its conclusion. That's how you imagined things would go. But aren't you supposed to be the villain? Why are all these people suddenly crowding around you? Fairy Tale One: The Mysterious Lich in The Little Mermaid You only wanted to tr
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I Reincarnated into an Infinite-Flow Novel, and the Male Lead Keeps Smashing His Head Against the Wall for Me 穿进无限流小说男主为我哐哐撞墙
[A seemingly gentle but secretly obsessive male ghost protagonist × a life-loving, calm, and rational female protagonist] If you randomly transmigrated into a novel you’d read, could you survive? Shen Zhixing didn’t want to answer. One moment she was reading a book, and the next she was inside the infinite-flow novel she’d been reading. A metal-plated hound opened its jaws at her. A bride in her wedding dress died on her wedding day. The cure for the queen’s illness turned out to be her own chil
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Shocking! My Boyfriend Turned Out to Be the Horror Dungeon Boss 震惊！男友竟是恐怖副本BOSS
[Supernatural + Two powerful leads + Horror-game instances + Lighthearted and funny + Boyfriend is the BOSS + Devoted husband + Both are virgins] On her birthday, Shen Jiahe’s boyfriend told her that the number of players entering horror-game instances had surged, and as the instance’s big BOSS, he had to work overtime and couldn’t come home. Shen Jiahe laughed in anger. He could have just said he was cheating on her! Instead, he came up with such a ridiculous excuse! She dumped the scumbag that
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The Spoiled Heiress Pretends to Be Sweet and Flirts, but the Chaste Young Master Truly Falls for Her 作精千金假软撩，禁欲少主真沦陷
Older, abstinent, scheming man X spoiled, high-maintenance sweetheart | Pretending to please X Falling in love for real | Possessiveness | An intense game of push and pull On the first day after being reborn, to stay alive, Shentu Shu softened her waist and pressed close to the powerful man. "Young Master, keep me here. There are plenty of things I can do..." Tears clung to the corners of her eyes, making her look pitiful. After her father died of illness, her stepmother had banished her to thi
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Oh No! The Male Supporting Character Keeps Turning Evil 糟糕！男配他一直在黑化
[An elegant yandere hero and a clear-headed heroine who isn't ruled by romance.] [Love triangle + campus + showbiz + sexual tension. Both leads are inexperienced. The romance develops slowly, and at first the hero is the only one in love. Please note: the heroine isn't a strong female lead, and when the hero gets jealous, he may do things that hurt her. Read with caution.] [There isn't much campus-related plot; most of the story takes place in showbiz.] Shen Huaining has no idea how diligently p
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I Pretended to Be a God’s Lover, but the Mad God Came Looking for Me 假冒神明爱人，疯批神明找上门了
Jiang Yang transmigrates into an era of fervent belief in the gods, becoming a newly born deity with no divine power. On top of owing a mountain of debt, she has no followers. To pay off her debts and gather followers, Jiang Yang starts making up stories about the gods. The next day, a livestream that shocked everyone appeared on the most popular streaming site: [Late at night, he broke into the god’s pavilion...] Thanks to a steady stream of scandalous rumors, Jiang Yang’s popularity soared and
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A Guide to Feeding the Brooding, Unhinged Demon [Western Fantasy] 阴湿疯批恶魔的食用指南【西幻】
[Dark Atmosphere, Sinister Demon Male Lead, Growing Female Lead, Western Fantasy Beastfolk, Original Western Fantasy World] Out of sympathy for the demon supporting character in a Mary Sue Western fantasy novel, Bei Li unfortunately transmigrates into the story as the vicious villainess. In this Western fantasy kingdom of magic and people with animal forms, she must not only save the demon, who seems like a shy, introverted stutterer but is actually a bloodthirsty, deranged man who loves gouging
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Sweet, Soft, and a Little Airheaded: Bad Boys Just Can't Get Enough 娇娇软软小笨蛋，坏男人喜欢死啦
A collection of short stories featuring gorgeous little darlings and all kinds of wicked men with filthy mouths Strong male lead, weak female lead | Questionable values | Dark and obsessive 1. [Childhood Friends, Three's a Crowd] Luo Yan's only memories of the time before graduation are of heat and humidity. But it wasn't Xu Yuan who made it that way. It was Shen Jingyan. The man kissed away her tears and leaned close to her ear, his voice husky and low. “Yan Yan, will you remember now?” 2. [The
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Professor Fu's Adorable Wife, the Class Dunce 傅教授的学渣小娇妻
[Sweet Romance, Mutual Firsts, Marriage Before Love, Teacher-Student Romance] [An intellectually sharp, scheming older physics professor x a lively, spirited young designer] The night before the semester began: “Fu Yanli, for the sake of our marriage, could you give me a little more time to finish my homework?” The next day: “Su Youyou didn’t write a single word of her summer homework, so she’s losing eighty percent of her grade for class participation!” That night, Fu Yanli was kicked out of th
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The Ultimate Sacrifice 终极献祭
[A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa
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I Provoked the Villain Three Times, and He Became Obsessed with Me 招惹反派三次，反派被我逼成病娇
[Mutual devotion + pure-hearted, unsettling yandere + happy ending + school life + one-on-one romance] Su Xuewei reads a tragic novel before bed, and opens her eyes inside its world. The System tells her she can return to her original world only if she turns the tragic ending into a happy one. To stop the villain, Rong Yubai, from ruining the leads’ relationship, Su Xuewei decides to keep an eye on him. The first time she transmigrates into the book, the villain is easy to approach, well-beh
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The Neighbor Is Wicked and Wild, Luring Her into His Trap 邻居又坏又野，诱她入局
[Sweet-natured Chinese translator vs. Italian mafia heir] + [Autistic genius girl vs. emotionally vivid, lovesick young master] + devoted to each other + cross-cultural romance + intense push and pull + willing to give in for love He is a wild, untamed Italian mafia heir who has never known freedom since birth. She is a well-behaved girl from an ordinary family, a foreign-language translator who is gentle on the outside but strong within. He is a foxlike young man whose emotions and conscience w
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Dolly the Sheep? A Dark, Carnivorous Wolf Who Devours Her Older Sister 多利羊？吞姐姐的食肉系阴湿狼
[Maximum sweetness] [Brooding / yandere / scheming / ravenous wolf × fighting to claim her × a hunter in sheep's clothing] >> [Dream girl of an older sister × touch-starved without realizing it × dumped and cuts ties on the spot, an incredibly cool heroine] Cui Weixi is rich, powerful, talented, and beautiful. She even made her boyfriend a top-tier star. Her only problem is the “Dolly sheep” who dropped into her life: A lunatic who copies everything about her boyfriend. To protect her boyfri
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Don't Be Afraid, Honey. I Have a Redemption System to Help Me Win You Back 老婆别怕，我有赎罪系统换我追你
“Runaway Heiress x Possessive New Money Peacock” “Mind Reading + Both Reborn + Wife-Chasing System” * In her previous life, Song Yi was an untouchable heiress who treated Jiang Lin like a plaything. She took him by force, abandoned him, then left the country without a second thought. Later, when the Song family went bankrupt, he was the only person who could save her. He trapped her in a five-year marriage, holding her captive. Everyone said Jiang Lin was a distant, untouchable flower: cold, ele
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She Fell into His Abyss 拥她入深渊
[A seemingly fragile girl who’s secretly a ruthless schemer × a gentle, doting, fatherly tycoon] [Devoted husband, age gap, love at first sight, both leads are pure and devoted, romance across borders] Everyone knows Jiang Xu, head of the Jiang family in Southeast Asia, is refined and handsome, but also cold, restrained, and uninterested in women. But one night, as the tension between them grows without restraint, the girl, bullied until her eyes are red, uses the last of her strength to prop he
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Whose Daddy-Type Boyfriend Is This Scheming, Brooding One? 谁家爹系男友这么心机阴湿啊
[A seemingly fragile but truly haughty little fox + a possessive, fatherly tycoon] [Long-planned pursuit + age gap + both leads are inexperienced and devoted + sweet romance + happy ending] Word has it that Huan Ting'an, heir to the top-tier Huan family, is refined and elegant, aloof and abstinent, and has a beloved woman he can't have whom he's searched for in vain for years. After hearing this, Sheng Wen'ying looked in the mirror, then at a photo of the woman he loved, and thought long and har
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Spoiled Without Limit! 偏宠无度！
[A gorgeous, haughty heiress × a cold, roguish foreign powerhouse] [Devoted, sweet romance with both leads’ hearts belonging only to each other + age gap + two powerful families + doting, fatherly boyfriend] Yu Nanyan, the cherished young lady of the Yu family in Hong Kong, had been spoiled rotten ever since she was a child. But after an accident, she was forced to use a wheelchair. The exasperated heiress suddenly noticed that the new bodyguard she had hired looked at her with anything but inno
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Waiting for the Camellias to Bloom 待山茶盛开
[Cool and radiant genius violinist girl x gentle, distinguished rising star in the business world] [Devoted romance with no past relationships + long-planned courtship + doting boyfriend + two wealthy families + age gap] Everyone knew that the eldest young master of the Shen family was handsome and distinguished, and had become a rising star in the business world at a young age. Who could have imagined that someone so utterly level-headed would one day be troubled by love? Shen Minghuai had nev
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A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上
[A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo
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