A Female Lead Who Acts Innocent While Crushing the Male Lead 女主很会演（扮猪吃老虎）表面虐女主其实是虐男主

1. 1 出 The Night I Left the Palace, the Mad Emperor Took Me by Force 出宫当晚，被疯批帝王强取豪夺 Clashing Gold and Flying Jade铿金霏玉Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, delicate palace maid vs. cold, ruthless, obsessive emperor] [Palace intrigue, neither lead is chaste + powerful male lead, weak female lead, and he’s completely unhinged + possessive love + a long road to winning her back] Yue Ling was a vain little palace maid. Hoping to enjoy a life of luxury and wealth, she seduced the emperor and worked tirelessly to win his favor, but still met a tragic end. After being reborn, Yue Ling saw things clearly. Rather than tread on thin ice in the de 26.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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   These are all in line, ranging from sweet to sadistic, suitable for readers who love the female protagonist. They don't abuse the female protagonist very much, but the male protagonist loves her very much [laughing][licking the screen][licking the screen]

2. 2 娇 The Clever Palace Maid and the Cold, Cruel Emperor Who Can't Resist Her 娇娇宫女手段高，冷戾帝王不经撩 Clashing Gold and Flying Jade铿金霏玉Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted [Reborn / palace intrigue, not both virgins / delicate heroine / hero is a bit of a jerk early on, loses his mind midway, and dotes on her alone in the end] Yuan Qing was just a low-ranking palace maid. But she was born alluring and beautiful. In her previous life, the Empress Dowager gave her to Prince Jing as a concubine. Who could have guessed she would become the princess consort's thorn in the side, and that a bowl of poisoned soup would end her life? Reborn, Yuan Qing set her sights on the 6.4kReads9.2Score643Shelves
3. 3 我 I Tormented the Lovesick Psycho a Thousand Times, and He Gave Me a Golden Chain 我虐病娇千百遍，病娇送我金锁链 Amidst Misty Rain on the Terrace楼台烟雨中Ancient Romance337k WordsCompleted A possessive, jealous, lovesick male lead × a gentle, sunny, principled female lead "Both virgins, confinement, mild coercion, a groveling chase for love + happy ending" Shen Wan transmigrated into The Sickly Lover's Handbook as the vicious supporting female character who brutally tormented the male lead, Xiao Yue, body and soul, only to be beheaded by him and fed to the dogs. Looking at the male lead before her, whom the original owner had seized as a slave and who had yet to conquer the world, 3.9kReads8.9Score430Shelves
4. 4 娘 The Empress Is So Charming, His Majesty Is Reborn to Bend Over Backward for Her 娘娘多娇，陛下重生为其弯眉折腰 Muzi Yingbao木子颖宝Ancient Romance591k WordsCompleted He abused her, hurt her, and kept her imprisoned. When she had lost all hope, she resolved to take revenge on him... Didn’t he want her heart? Then she would give it to him! That day, she stood amid a sea of flames, beautiful and tragic, utterly resolute... “Your Majesty, these are all things you taught me. When facing someone vastly stronger than you, the best way to lie low is to disguise yourself and act obedient. To defeat someone, first attack their heart. The greatest revenge on an enemy i 5kReads8.8Score317Shelves
5. 5 皇 The Reborn Emperor Seeks His Wife Back, and It Starts in Hell Mode 皇上重生追妻，开局就是地狱模式 Bobo Fish波波魚Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [One-on-one + Both leads are each other’s only love + Sweet romance + The chase to win her back + Shameless hero] Her father and brother had been framed and died unjustly. The culprit was the very man she had given everything to help ascend the throne. With her heart turned to ash, Song Wushuang climbed the palace wall and leaped off. ...But she didn’t die. The dog emperor caught her halfway down, and after she broke one of his legs, his personality changed completely. He tossed aside all that d 6.3kReads8.0Score336Shelves
6. 6 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 25.4kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves

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   In the early stage, the heroine is really good at acting, pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, and the male lead is really manipulated. In the later stage, it is really sweet, and the baby is also very cute.

7. 7 娇 The Reborn Darling Seeks No Love, Yet the Chaste Imperial Uncle Falls from His Pedestal 娇娇重生不谋爱，禁欲皇叔落神坛 Why Does My Heart Yearn for Mingyue12奈何我心向明悦12Ancient Romance314k WordsCompleted (Reborn + devoted couple + age gap + growing-up romance + chasing his wife to the crematorium + happy ending) (Restrained, fatherly Ninth Imperial Uncle vs. sweet, sharp-tongued young princess) In her previous life, eighteen-year-old Xu Jiaojiao was adopted by Xuan Yuan Hao when she was four. As she grew up, the young girl fell in love with him, but Xuan Yuan Hao was so cold and abstinent it bordered on the abnormal. She used despicable methods to rise in status, only to receive his cold indiffe 6.2kReads8.3Score407Shelves

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   They all look good, okay

8. 8 女 Disguised as a Man, I Play the Fool to Outsmart My Foes 女扮男装之扮猪吃老虎 Xiao Bi晓碧Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted Setting Ye Qianyu is a hardcore homebody from the 21st century. She spends her days eating, waiting to die, and imagining herself as the heroine of a novel. After staying up all night reading novels, she dies suddenly and transmigrates to the Tianling Continent, where she becomes an ugly, useless girl everyone can bully. She works hard to cultivate, grow stronger, and become beautiful. Before she knows it, she has a bunch of goofy friends by her side. Together, they laugh, go wild, grow stronge 1Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 麻 Oh No! The Little Merman Lord Ou Kept Has Run Off Pregnant 麻烦！欧爷圈养的小鲛人怀崽跑了 Ji Xueyi季雪意Modern Romance556k WordsCompleted [Two powerful leads + yandere + secret identities revealed + devoted 1v1 romance + putting scumbags in their place + mutual salvation + obsessive male lead] Ou Zun rescues a beautiful girl with merfolk blood from a restricted zone. Thinking she can’t understand human speech, he keeps her as a pampered pet. But the little thing won’t behave, and she has countless secret identities: a top hacker, a major investor, the mysterious leader of a tribe… After all her secret identities are exposed, Shi Y 5.5kReads9.3Score1kShelves

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   In both cases, the heroine is relatively weak in the early stage, but relatively strong in the later stage. The first one is that the heroine and the hero lost their memory in the later stage, but finally recognized each other, expressed their love, and pulled and tore each other. The second one is that the female protagonist was bought home by the male protagonist in the early stage. Later on, the heroine escaped again. After discovering that she was pregnant with the male protagonist's cub, the male protagonist also knew what he was thinking. He frantically searched for the heroine, and after finding the cub, he gave birth to another cub. Then they are all quite sweet. Except for the first one which is quite cruel in the early stage, the second one is quite sweet. Both books are about sharks.

10. 10 猛 Kicking a Mad, Powerful Tycoon to the Curb, the Flirty Little Charmer Hides in a Fish Tank 猛踹疯批权贵，小撩精藏身鱼缸 Drunk on Cloud-Boughs醉上云枝Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Tragic beauty and flirtatious temptress VS powerful, unhinged old monster] The gossip was all over the social scene: The mysterious Third Master of the Feng family spent fifty billion to buy a little mermaid on the high seas, only for her to run away after living with him for three months! A golden arrest warrant left her nowhere to run, so she thought fast and hid in the Feng family’s luxurious aquarium… Shen Hua, a thousand-year-old dragon mermaid, had lost her dragon pearl and her soul was d 4.3kReads9.1Score557Shelves
11. 11 穿 Transmigrated as a Sweet Little Flower, I Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger 穿成小白花扮猪吃老虎 Candy Is Super Sweet, I'm Even Sweeter糖果超甜我齁甜Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [The female lead is not pure!!! The male lead is an utterly shameless face-con!!! All the male leads are pure!!!!!! The female lead has no morals!!! No fixed CP, it's an all-out romantic free-for-all!!! Ship whoever you like!] [Please leave your clever little brains here, we're taking off~] 108Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 快 Quick Transmigration: I'm the Tragic Romance Heroine 快穿之我是虐文女主 Chi Wu魑芜Modern Romance609k WordsCompleted Yun Guo'er was so furious over abusive romance novels that she accidentally got forcibly bound to an anti-abuse-novel System. To return to the real world, she has no choice but to... use her own abilities to play the fool and catch everyone off guard. Our motto: Save the heroine, torment the male lead, and earn points through face-slapping the villainous side character! —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 当 When the Heroine of a Torment Novel Knows the Law 当虐文女主懂法时 Jun Yan筠晏8k WordsCompleted Yu Lanxu, a third-year law student, transmigrates into a modern romance novel full of angst. Yu Lanxu recalls the illegal acts in CEO romance novels and makes it her mission to teach the law within the story. One day, she discovers that the novel's male lead, Gu Yunli, is also a transmigrator, and just as unfortunate as she is. Given Gu Yunli's work as a criminal police officer, his acting skills and powers of observation are not to be underestimated. Yu Lanxu brings the theory, while Gu Yunli t —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 女 The Female Lead Torments the Male Lead, Awakening a System 女主戏虐男主觉醒系统 Lord Cangming苍冥君Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted The female lead teases and bullies the male lead, who awakens a System. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 他 The Day He Asked to Break Up, I Got a Mission to Save Him 他提分手那天，我接到了救他的任务 Dao Yue of Bei'an City北安城的道悦13k WordsCompleted The day he broke up with me, I received a mission to save him —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 白 His White Moonlight Returns Home, and Mrs. Zhou Is Done! 白月光回国，这周太太她不当了！ E E Er E婀蛾尔厄Modern Romance563k WordsCompleted [Suave but wicked, sharp-tongued daddy-type CEO] x [Spoiled, dramatic clingy flower] [Both are each other's first] [Scheming to seize someone + a long, grueling pursuit to win her back + extreme push and pull + a war of love] Ever since Jiang Yue asked Zhou Songnian for a divorce, her life has gone completely off the rails. At first, she thought she'd be dealing with the reality of a dignified catfight among wealthy wives, a cheesy TVB primetime melodrama where two women fight over one man: "She 18.3kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    At the beginning of the book, you will feel that this is a story about torturing the female protagonist, but when you read the back, you will find that the female protagonist is no longer dependent on the male protagonist, and then the male protagonist is slowly falling into decline, and then at the end, the male protagonist seems to be forced into a mental illness by the female protagonist, and he seems to be stabbed by the female protagonist.

17. 17 攀 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 201.5kReads9.6Score31.8kShelves

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    The steady and noble young man x the heroine who pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger!!!!

18. 18 本 I'm Actually a Substitute! 本王竟是替身！ Wangwang Big Plum Bun旺旺大李包吖Ancient Romance774k WordsCompleted Everyone in the capital knows that Yun Qingwan married the current Prince Regent despite knowing he had a beloved woman in his heart. Everyone thinks she loves him desperately. Even the Prince Regent thinks so. As he watches the woman persistently pursuing him, he feels nothing but disgust. When his beloved is left at death’s door, he roars that Yun Qingwan must pay with her life. Yun Qingwan’s heart finally dies. A stand-in is still only a stand-in. He can never be the one she truly loves. She 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good readers: enjoy the pleasure of the male protagonist falling from the clouds and falling in love to self-destruction ▫️ Recommended reading posture: prepare insulin (to prevent high-sweet reversal) + quick-acting heart-saving pills (to prevent critical attacks by abusive men) ▫️ Order of consumption: first watch "Pan Gaozhi" to experience the ultimate pulling, and then use "Fruit Hard Candy" to repair the trauma # heroine illustration #Abuse of men literature ceiling #She escapes him crazy and can't fly. # It is recommended that male protagonists collectively buy love brain insurance #Tweet collection

19. 19 水 Hard Candy 水果硬糖 Green Wax绿蜡Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted A Runaway Pregnancy, a Relentless Pursuit Also known as Accompanying the Crown Prince in His Studies Female Assistant vs. Silly Rich Heir At eighteen, Cui Yu was taken to a Fang family villa. “Help the young master focus on his studies. It will be the foundation for your whole life.” She didn't refuse. At nineteen, Cui Yu was sent abroad. “Help the young master with his studies, and don't let him run wild.” She refused. At twenty-five, Cui Yu became the Fang family's housekeeper. “Take care of 2.1kReads8.4Score226Shelves
20. 20 通 A Secret Concubine’s Good News Brings Blessings to the General’s Mansion 通房有喜，福满将军府 Fishing Around Again Today今天也摸鱼Ancient Romance550k WordsCompleted [Both virgins + one-on-one romance + sweet pampering + lots of children + not a strong female lead + happy ending. Friendly reminder: think carefully before having children; this novel is just for entertainment.] Bei Ci transmigrates. She becomes a little street urchin who nearly starves to death. Luckily, the kind-hearted old madam of the general’s manor buys her for two taels of silver, sparing her the fate of dying the moment she transmigrates. As time passes, she sees through the cruel truth 8.2kReads9.0Score780Shelves
21. 21 斗 The Crown of Love and Rivalry 斗爱之冠 Kids' Gang孩子帮Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted Where there are women, there is war. They each have their own cliques, judge right and wrong by their own unique standards, hold sharp opinions, and are adept at passing judgment on everything. The most outstanding boys are kings. 1kReads9.4Score216Shelves

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    It fits so well!!!

22. 22 予 A Crown for You 予你皇冠 Kids' Gang孩子帮Urban190k WordsCompleted Where there are women, there is war. Where are women most numerous? In the past, it was the imperial harem; today, it’s colleges. Colleges are full of all kinds of girls. They each have their own cliques, judge right and wrong by their own unique standards, hold sharp opinions, and are adept at passing judgment on everything. The most outstanding boys are kings. 1.4kReads9.5Score253Shelves
23. 23 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 20.3kReads9.6Score4.7kShelves

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    Ahhhhh, of course it's this, my calm, bright and always calm Huazhi!!!!

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