A Scheming Heroine Who Keeps Up Her Act for a Lifetime Without Anyone Catching On, Then Has Children and Lives Out Her Days 女主心机，装一辈子，谁也发现不了，生孩子过一辈

1. 201 深 A Desire Too Deep to Escape 深欲难渡 You Gongyu尤宫羽Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book as a black-lotus heroine + everyone is emotionally and physically jaded + adult love, lust, and grudges + fighting to win her over] Shi Shuyi transmigrates into an old-fashioned tragic romance novel as a cannon-fodder female supporting character. After the original male and female leads break up, the original Shi Shuyi steals three months of love meant for someone else, only to end up with her family destroyed. The man she once loved deeply, Fu Shiyan, watches coldly. 44.8kReads9.1Score4.8kShelves

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   All three are quite good, but the female lead isn't the type who's extremely powerful. I prefer the third one a bit; the female lead is more cheerful. I'm also looking for similar novels, preferably quick transmigration ones.

2. 202 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: I Ran Into Chen Pi Setting Up a Stall from the Start 盗笔：开局撞见陈皮在摆摊 Lauwu Pigeon拉乌鸽子Mystery993k WordsOngoing [The author is a bit of a country bumpkin who adores Mary Sue stories. Many people will fall at the female lead's feet one after another.] [Female lead: face like Guanyin, heart like a viper (the viper side isn't too obvious yet; early on, she gets by on her social skills, keeping everyone happy for now. If she's unhappy, she'll just keep score). Extremely vindictive!] Yue Mingzhu is a self-serving person. Unfortunately, she's stuck with a useless System. Fortunately, her personal motto is flexi 29.5kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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   The writing is good, it just depends on whether you can accept the level of intensity. The first part features a charming and charismatic female lead, while the second part features a cunning and manipulative female lead in Qian Sanyi's world. Both female leads appear gentle and weak but are actually quite scheming.

3. 203 白 After the White Lotus Climbs to the Top, a Charming Nanny Comes to the House 白莲花上位后，家里来了个俏保姆 Yang Basui杨八穗Modern Romance241k WordsCompleted Su Wan once thought winning Feng Yi was the perfect ending to her carefully laid plans. Then a quiet, sweet new nanny appeared. Her slender figure, clear gaze, and every casual gesture silently drew Feng Yi’s attention. When Su Wan noticed his gaze gradually drifting away, she expertly set a trap. But when the other woman stumbled into Feng Yi’s arms, the dark current surging in his eyes made Su Wan realize at once: perhaps the roles of hunter and prey in this game had been reversed from the 1.1kReads7.9Score101Shelves
4. 204 恶 Is the Wicked Supporting Heroine Hard to Kill? Only Because the Male Leads Always Take Her Side 恶毒女配难杀？只因男主们护短 Heating Grandma制热姥姥Ancient Romance353k WordsOngoing Just rated [From universally disliked to universally adored + male rivalry + melodrama + slow pace + male stand-in + amnesia + coercive love + taming men + 1vN] (Not a calculating, fake-sweet innocent who cares about nothing, but they fall for her willingly.) (The truth behind the groveling romance trope: there were never any misunderstandings, only deliberate indulgence and favoritism.) This is a new world woven from stories about men begging for forgiveness. The heroine of a rebirth story was 88Reads8.4Score—Shelves
5. 205 快 Quick Transmigration Through Film and TV: The Bewitching Peach Blossom Beauty 快穿影综：桃花美人煞 Sour Plum Candy Is Super Salty话梅超咸Female-Channel Fanfiction461k WordsOngoing A quick-transmigration journey through film and TV worlds, following Zhuohua, a peach blossom yao who feeds on love, as she seeks the affection of people blessed with great fortune to nourish herself. Empresses in the Palace: Huanbi, Guarjia Wenyuan, An Lingrong, Yu Ying'er... Schemes of a Beauty: Nie Shen'er, Empress Zhang, Jin Se... Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Gao Xiyue, Bai Ruiji, Jin Yuyan... Wei Zifu, The Legend of Xishi, My Fair Princess, Love O2O, Scarlet Heart, The Palace, Story of 6.2kReads8.4Score206Shelves
6. 206 清 A Qing Dynasty Transmigration: The Life Player 清穿之生活玩家 Cat Butterfly猫蝶Ancient Romance465k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + lots of childbirth + clear-headed, decisive black-lotus heroine + managing the harem + slow transmigration] World One: Kangxi, complete. World Two: Yongzheng, complete. She transmigrates into the Qing palace. Starting out in modern times as a hairpin maker, Jiang Mengyu puts every skill at her disposal to work. She's already started hustling, thanks! No feelings, just technique. Her intelligence stays sharp, and she's a born workaholic. Content warning: When faced with life-or 4.3kReads9.2Score317Shelves

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   In this story, the female protagonist poisoned the emperor beforehand using a blue-ringed octopus.

7. 207 整 The Scheming Plastic Surgery Heiress: A Careful Climb into High Society 整容心机女步步为营嫁入豪门 I Love Pomelos1995我爱吃柚子1995Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out, but it’ll go up! Scheming social climber + self-interest above all + villainess + money-loving fiction + gold digger rises to the top] Follow my new book: [A Scheming Villainess of the Nineties: Her Rise Among Hong Kong’s Elite] A vain, money-obsessed, calculating actress VS a cold, abstinent man on the outside, but secretly possessive and jealous. The aloof heartthrob falls from grace. Everyone said President Qiao’s kept secretary, a replacement for someone else, was 642Reads8.1Score101Shelves
8. 208 快 Quick Transmigration: She's a Professional at Flirting with Men 快穿之她专业撩男 Xu Qingshan许青山Modern Romance404k WordsOngoing [Beloved by All + Scheming Femme Fatale + Seducing Men + Brain-Dead Mary Sue + Over-the-Top Drama + Men Suffer, Not the Woman] They say she is a kiss from the snow, a pearl from the depths, a spirit of light. Everything that blooms wherever their eyes fall. Time and again, they look up at her in awe, fighting and scheming with every means at their disposal. Each one is a despicable prisoner. Jiang Rou: Um... I don't want this either. What can I do when they all love me? 22Reads8.0Score—Shelves
9. 209 不 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼，王府宠妾的内卷日常 Four Crescent Moons四弯月Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + cutthroat household competition + no slacking off + ambitious heroine] Shen Wei, a die-hard rat-race fanatic, transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in a prince’s manor. Prince Yan held a position of great prestige, but all his wives and concubines had given up trying. The princess consort, born to a prestigious family, was as aloof as a chrysanthemum. The secondary consort wanted lifelong monogamy. The reborn woman had lost all hope in Prince Yan and was content to lie fla 68.4kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves

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   Here it is, this is the one I've kept hidden my whole life! (˘･з･)📦❤️❤️❤️(◍•ᴗ•◍)

10. 210 皮 The Sin of the Flesh 皮囊之罪 My Skirt Must Stay Clean裙子不能脏Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted Luo Manman leans against the attic windowsill, teetering on the edge. Her long hair hides her expression. She was born ugly, and no matter how hard she tries, she can’t even reach the bulky size of an average person. Just as she’s beginning to consider ending it all, “Would you like to have a beautiful face? In exchange, you can live a different life.” A voice called Pandora whispers in her ear. Luo Manman curls her lips and says something unexpected: “I don’t.” “…” After Pandora offer 1.3kReads9.2Score133Shelves

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    Don't play this out loud, or you'll be ruined in no time. You won't even have enough toes to crush your villa. He placed her on the sofa, and Si Cheng carefully scanned the girl in front of him. His strange, crimson eyes gradually filled with chaos. He leaned down, burying his face in the woman's neck, and only threw out a sentence behind him: "Aren't you going to get lost?"

11. 211 女 [Film and TV Crossover] The Supporting Actress Acts Until You Cry 【综影视】女配演到你流泪 A Thousand Strawberries a Day日啖草莓一千颗Female-Channel Fanfiction448k WordsCompleted [The score will rise as more people rate it] A proper palace- and household-intrigue story. You can enjoy it even if you haven't seen the original shows. If you play a good person well enough, for long enough, then you are a good person. Immersively transmigrate through different small worlds and use superb acting to change their endings. The heroine has a black-lotus personality. Her golden finger won't be too powerful, and she doesn't compete with other women for men, relying mainly on her act 6.6kReads8.8Score232Shelves
12. 212 影 The Pretentious Heartthrob of the Dramas 影视剧里装模作样的万人迷 Green Thread绿丝线Female-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsOngoing Ruofu was a pretty, refined young woman, just a little more attractive than most. Fate seemed to favor her: one day, she suddenly became an irresistible beauty who drew everyone's attention. At first, when handsome men began showing interest in her out of nowhere, Ruofu felt a little secret thrill she couldn't put into words. But as time went on, she realized this change wasn't all good fortune. She discovered that her powerful, influential admirers always resorted to every means possible to pos 9.6kReads6.5Score256Shelves

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    💦The female lead's life was one of scheming. She became An Lingrong, faking her death to escape, and married Wen Shichu. Although she bore him a child, she had no feelings for him. Later, Prince Guo and the Fourth Prince also fell in love with her. She had three men, but none of them knew that she didn't actually love them.

13. 213 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: The Sweet, Alluring Pregnant Wife Is So Clingy 八零年代军婚，娇媚小孕妻太黏人 A Million Sips of Milk Tea亿口奶茶Modern Romance445k WordsCompleted Ratings have only just opened and will rise over time. [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + love at first sight + the husband wins back his wife + bratty, capricious young wife vs. obsessive, brooding military officer] Yun Zhi gets a second life and only then learns that the world she lives in is a period novel. She has become the vicious ex-wife who dies young, leaving the male lead behind. To highlight the transmigrator Lin Wan'er's kind and virtuous nature, Yun 2.5kReads7.2Score207Shelves

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    🍒🍒The female lead is cunning and uses her pregnancy to climb the social ladder. In her previous life, controlled by the plot, Yun Zhi acted out and made a scene to highlight the kindness and beauty of the transmigrated woman, Lin Wan'er, desperately trying to marry into the Lu family. When she was exiled, she listened to Lin Wan'er's instigation, ignoring Lu Jingnian's pleas😳😳, got pregnant🤰🏻, had an abortion, divorced, and ran away with the money. In the end, she was completely deceived by the transmigrated woman and died tragically on the street. Reborn, Yun Zhi vows to cling to Lu Jingnian's coattails in this life, striving to be a submissive and pampered wife. She plans to wait until the Lu family is exonerated before divorcing Lu Jingnian, dividing the assets, and living a peaceful life together🌞🌞.

14. 214 侯 The Marquis's Estate Forgot Its Gratitude? The Regent Backs Me, and I Won't Forgive Them 侯府忘恩义？摄政王撑腰，不原谅 Chu Diandian初点点Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve 180.6kReads9.4Score27kShelves

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    It perfectly matches the character design.

15. 215 病 The Yandere Novel’s Male Lead Is Forcing His Love on Me, and I’m Crazy About It! 病娇文男主强制爱，好疯好喜欢！ Zhuoma Loves Cold Appetizers爱吃冷盘的卓玛Modern Romance221k WordsOngoing [Love at first sight + an unconventional male lead with an obsessive devotion to love + dark original female lead] The possessive male lead everyone fears is the devoted lover Yan Xia can’t have. To save all the lovesick, obsessive male leads who were never anyone’s favorites, Yan Xia accepts the heroines’ wishes and willingly falls into the male leads’ overwhelming love, giving them a perfect ending. 1. Lonely, affection-starved CEO x down-and-out, insecure heiress The male lead falls in love w 243Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    ①: The female lead is scheming. In order to make the scumbag man go through a nightmare of trying to win her back, she pretends to be deeply in love with him on the surface, but after breaking up with him, she starts to win over his best friend. The scumbag still wants to wait for the female lead to come back, but later finds out that she doesn't, and he starts his own nightmare.

16. 216 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainess Wins Hearts With Her Tricks 快穿之恶女用套路得人心 Hou Chi, Who Loves Wild Pepper Oil爱吃山胡椒油的侯池Ancient Romance217k WordsOngoing Villainess quick transmigration: a scheming beauty coasts to victory, while the System gets carried the whole way! Susu is a pure-blooded villainess who lives by the motto, “I’ll eat anything but hardship. Playing games beats falling in love!” Fresh out of college and fretting about finding a job, she stumbles straight into the quick transmigration department’s hiring spree. She gets hired without an interview and unlocks a heroine trial run where she gets to write the plot herself! System 095 p 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That's how this book is; the male protagonist is completely fooled in every world.

17. 217 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Enchanting and Ruthless Demon Queen 综影视之妖后她人美心狠 Jiu Ci Xun九辞寻Female-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsCompleted [Qing Dynasty Setting + TV Drama Crossover + Sweet Romance + Exclusive Devotion] A sweet romance starting with Empresses in the Palace. Any deviations from the plot or history are the author’s creative license. This is a feel-good power fantasy meant to lift your spirits, with a bit of questionable logic. The characters will stay as true to form as possible. Read with an open mind, and if it’s not for you, feel free to move on. 12.9kReads7.9Score551Shelves

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    They're all pretty good. You can read them if you're looking for something to read. I have even more on my bookshelf, all of which I've carefully selected.

18. 218 综 A Multiverse Journey: Using the System to Become a Favored Consort 综穿：带着系统做宠妃 Unyielding百折不弯Female-Channel Fanfiction547k WordsCompleted (The main story is complete. The second book, Quick Transmigration: The Many Lives of the Little Worlds, is now updating.) Sun Shuya was born into a happy, harmonious family, but at a young age, she was in a car accident and died unexpectedly. After her death, she was bound to a System called the Harem Struggle System and sent to various little worlds to obtain energy and dragon aura. The heroine is gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, and the most beautiful person in every world. (The author updates r 10.2kReads9.2Score552Shelves
19. 219 快 Quick Transmigration: Steal the Male Lead in Every World 快穿：到每个世界去抢男主 Spinning Octopus旋转八爪鱼Modern Romance225k WordsOngoing Jiang Yuyu was trained by the quick transmigration world. Her mission in every world is to steal the male lead. Since she has to steal the male lead, there may be parts that portray the original female lead negatively. If you can’t handle that, consider yourself warned. My novels move at a pretty fast pace. First world: The ordinary little white flower Second world: The troublesome contract wife 2.2kReads6.7Score103Shelves

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    🌴These two books are amazing! She's a girl from the slums, but driven by vanity, she climbs the social ladder. She believes in having it all, and the male lead dotes on her, saying things like, "Baby, as long as we don't break up, you can have anything you want."

20. 220 综 Qing Dynasty Crossover: When a Femme Fatale Becomes a Cannon Fodder 综清穿：当祸水穿成炮灰后 Biology Nerds Never Give Up生物狗永不认输Ancient Romance536k WordsCompleted [This story is complete. The new story, The Frail, Bewitching Favorite with the Cannon-Fodder Heroine’s Script, is now underway.] [Everyone’s darling + alternate history + System + wish fulfillment + romantic rival showdown. This is not a pure Qing Dynasty story, and history will change!!!] After dying as Zhao Hede, beloved consort of Emperor Cheng of Han, she entered the Quick Transmigration Bureau and made deals with figures from history in hopes of bringing her elder sister back to life. Worl 16.3kReads9.3Score968Shelves
21. 221 你 Your Girlfriend Smells So Good. She's Mine Now 你女朋友好香啊，是我的了 I Want to Write Sweet Little Stories Today Too今天也想写小甜文Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted [quick transmigration+slight everyone-loves-her appeal+stealing another man's girl+green tea+love at first sight+romantic rivalry among men and women+immersive+darkening the original female lead+sweet romance] Gu Yingying is a demon that feeds on souls and emotions. After being seriously injured, she is bound by a System called “Predator” and sent to the worlds of books to take the place of female supporting characters whose love goes unrequited, and fulfill their wishes: to win the male lead's 11.2kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves

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    Recently discovered

22. 222 人 Writing a Diary in the Jie Sect, Tongtian Gets Played for a Fool 人在截教写日记，通天被玩坏了 Rampaging Portuguese Egg Tart暴走的葡式蛋挞Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted Ying Yuan woke up one day to find that he had transmigrated to Mount Kunlun in the Primordial World. He had become an evil dragon, formed from the power of wickedness at the dawn of creation. As an innate evil dragon, he was steeped in wickedness and burdened by karma. The Human Religion refused to take him in, the Chan Sect despised him and called for his death, and the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas wanted nothing to do with him. With no other choice, he joined the Jie Sect as an outer sect disc 76.3kReads9.2Score8.2kShelves

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    A textbook guide to playing the villain! The female lead, Su Wei, skillfully uses a pitiful exterior to portray a "femme fatale." In classic tropes like "body double literature" and "fake heiress's rise to power," she uses every man as a stepping stone while simultaneously winning their unwavering devotion. Highlight: "Brother, you still love me, right?" This line is the pinnacle of scheming woman dialogue.

23. 223 心 The Scheming Beauty Smiles, and Every Male Lead Takes the Bait! 心机美人她一笑，男主们全上钩！ Ling Shijiu零施酒Ancient Romance374k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + No Moral Compass + Self-Interest + Cunning Seduction + Delicate Beauty + No Fixed Pairing + All Male Leads Are Virgins] (The rating just came out, and it’ll go up.) See the author’s note for content warnings. Chanyin is a parasitic vine. In every transmigration, she finds herself in the role of a doomed cannon-fodder character. What if she has no memories? With the most captivating face and the most ruthless schemes, she can still seduce the male lead, become the woman he 7.2kReads8.9Score663Shelves
24. 224 综 Film and TV Crossover: Even the Villainous Cannon Fodder Wants to Overturn the Jade-Boned Beauty 综影视：反派炮灰都想逆袭玉骨妖 Ling Yang铃央Female-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted Everything mentioned in the blurb will be written about, but updates are irregular. If there’s a new drama or anything else you’d like to see, leave a comment. If you don’t like it, don’t read it, and please don’t leave nasty comments. The heroine is the soft, sweet, easy-to-push-around type. (It’s a Mary Sue story, so don’t read it if that’s not your thing.) The heroine doesn’t love anyone. Don’t try to force a romance onto her. If she really does fall for someone, I’ll explain in the author’s 444Reads8.5Score—Shelves
25. 225 兔 The Bunny Queen Has Arrived! The Supporting Actress Sweetens the Whole World 兔兔大王驾到！女配甜炸全世界 Here Comes the Sweet Potato番薯来了Modern Romance598k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + stunning beauty + sweet little stories + no fixed couples] System 51668, a rookie at the Quick Transmigration Bureau, had just finished training when it carefully selected an especially beautiful Host. Full of ambition, it planned to make a grand debut. It clicked on the panel to check its Host’s beauty rating. [Name: Su Ya] [Species: Angora rabbit] Right. Right?! 01 As a country girl who found the amnesiac male lead in a little fishing village, her original mission was t 4.9kReads7.5Score451Shelves
26. 226 病 The Yandere Novel's Male Lead Is Insane! If You Don't Dare, I Will 病娇强制文男主疯批！你不敢我要 The Princess Can't Wake Up公主睡不醒Two Male Leads190k WordsCompleted Love at first sight | The original heroine regrets it | Yandere, coercive love | Obsessive possessiveness | Ruthless possession | Unhinged, devoted puppy (Please add it to your reading lists, everyone!) The original heroines couldn’t stand their yandere men’s twisted possessiveness. Their madness was more than any ordinary person could handle! Who would dare get involved? So they made a contract with Song Qianjiao and exchanged lives with her. [World One: Yandere CEO vs. Unhinged Actress] · Comp 66Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ①: The female lead is willing to give the male lead, who is feared by everyone, a possessive type. She is willing to exist solely for him, even her breathing and heartbeat are for him. The original female lead returns to the day she met the male lead and tries to avoid meeting him, unaware that someone is dressed up for the occasion, just to meet him.

27. 227 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Frail White Lotus 综影视：病弱白莲花 Beautiful Years xxl韶华xxlFemale-Channel Fanfiction955k WordsCompleted (Scheming white-lotus heroine) To ascend and become a revered deity, Qing He, a white lotus flower transformed into human form, begins her tribulation journey. World 1: Love Like the Galaxy (Complete) World 2: Meteor Garden (Thai Version) (Complete) World 3: Love Between Fairy and Devil (Complete; Kakaka loves Da Qiang) World 4: One and Only (Complete) World 5: Empresses in the Palace (Complete) World 6: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (Complete; written as a continuation of Empresses in the Pal 4.2kReads8.5Score174Shelves
28. 228 综 A Journey Through TV Dramas: The Empress's Allure 综影视之娘娘娇媚 Little Tips小妙招了Female-Channel Fanfiction3.6M WordsCompleted [(The rating is low because it was just released~) Satisfying story + everyone’s favorite + quick transmigration into TV dramas + no romance] Yaoyao is a fox immortal who has cultivated for thousands of years, but lately she’s become obsessed with a new pastime: watching TV dramas. Over time, Yaoyao discovered that she could sense the characters’ feelings and thoughts. After thousands of idle years, Yaoyao was finally intrigued. She would take on their identities and give these stories a differe 5.6kReads6.8Score270Shelves
29. 229 你 Quick Transmigration: Your Wife Is Wonderful. Can I Have Her? 【快穿】你老婆很好，给我好不好 Ximi Lu西弥鹿Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration | Wild, imaginative scenarios | No-memory role immersion | Everyone's favorite | 1v1 | Rival suitors in a chaotic love triangle | Full-dive livestream | Interstellar | Showbiz] After transmigrating to the interstellar era, Yi Ning becomes a rookie actress taking part in “True Full-Dive.” True Full-Dive is livestreamed. Actors have to seal away their memories and immerse themselves in their roles, then face moral choices throughout the story. Take her younger sister's place 3.4kReads9.1Score330Shelves

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    🍒①The pampered cannon fodder's daily life as a spoiled zombie king: You lost your wife, so I'll take her back and make her mine! Obsessive savior: (fiercely) Give her back!!! ②The online con artist girl's rise to a wealthy family. Ning Ning is a clumsy online con artist who can only say sweet words to coax people; but the aloof and taciturn nobleman, the prodigal son who has returned to his lap, the cold and poor school heartthrob, and the hypocritical male high school student... Still like her.

30. 230 不 After She Stops Teasing Her Unhinged Brother-in-Law, He Kisses Her Like a Madman and Keeps Her Captive 不撩疯批夫兄后！她被疯吻囚宠 Freedom Soda自由汽水Ancient Romance691k WordsCompleted [Flirting and pampering + both leads are each other's first + reborn + the husband pursues his wife to the crematorium + pregnancy and running away] The aloof beauty bends for love / Her former husband's elder brother takes both family branches / A battlefield for her hand / A gilded cage At first, a cold, sharp-tongued hero who knows nothing of love; later, a puppy-like hero VS a foolish, wicked beauty In her previous life, when Qin Daidai learned that her childhood sweetheart and fiancé, Pei X 3.6kReads8.0Score376Shelves
31. 231 心 The Scheming Woman Crooks a Finger, and the Experts Go Wild for Her 心机女勾勾手指，大佬们死去活来 In the North Wind北风中Modern Romance475k WordsCompleted [True Villainess + Everyone Falls for Her + Taming the Guys / No Male Lead, Only Supporting Male Characters] Li Jie has always been abandoned. Her parents left her behind and never came back. Her childhood sweetheart vanished without a word when she was at her lowest. An influential tycoon broke both her hands for the sake of his younger sister, then sold her to a pervert... During the time she was held captive, she thought she was going to die, but somehow she survived. Three years later, Li Ji 804Reads9.2Score136Shelves

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    🍃There are 20 books in total, which should be enough for you to read. The main characters have reached a level of perfect mastery in their tea ceremony. Every word and action represents the language of tea. I wish I could incorporate their cunning into myself, returning to simplicity at all times!

32. 232 综 Film and TV Crossover: When a Femme Fatale Meets a Hopeless Romantic 综影视：当祸水遇上恋爱脑 Let's Have a Glass of Cilantro干一杯香菜Female-Channel Fanfiction328k WordsCompleted [Mary Sue + love at first sight + virtuous and devoted men + semi-immersive + no fixed male lead + obsessive devotion, doted on exclusively] [Everyone loves the heroine when they need something. Please don't look for logic.] At first, Yun Zhao only exchanged favors with those supporting heroines to collect their fortune. She fulfilled their wishes, and they gave her a legitimate identity. Later, in the small worlds, those people were always willing to die for her, chasing after her wherever she 5kReads8.6Score169Shelves
33. 233 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Lotus Wins Everyone’s Hearts Again 快穿：白莲花她又万人迷了 He Shiershi何十二时Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [White Lotus, Green Tea Beauty + Everyone's Darling + No Fixed Male Lead + Romantic Rivalries + Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Shen Yangyang, adored by everyone regardless of gender, is bound to a Supporting Character Comeback System and tasked with repairing small worlds on the verge of collapse due to supporting characters' overwhelming resentment. Shen Yangyang's motto: “I'm not a player. I just give everyone who loves me a home.” [World One] Everyone's Darling on a Dating Show [World Two] Everyo 46.9kReads9.1Score3.4kShelves

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    🌈 Check out these three books; the female leads are cunning, but no one can detect it. The female lead is a college student, the daughter of the male lead's nanny, temporarily staying with him. The story revolves around the male lead's rivalry with the female lead's boyfriend, and the female lead even gives birth to a lovely daughter—perfect!

34. 234 综 Film and TV Crossover: When the Femme Fatale Becomes a Cannon Fodder 综影视：当祸水穿成炮灰后 Xie Ruozhao谢若昭Female-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted A Noble Consort Who Raises Her Children with Sense in a New World What changes when the beauty who brought disaster to the realm, from Feng Huo Xi Zhu Hou's stories, transmigrates into a cannon-fodder character? World 1: Beauty Without Tears, Huang Taiji x Xiao Yu'er (Complete) World 2: Empresses in the Palace, Kangxi x Yixiu (Complete) World 3: Story of Yanxi Palace, Consort Shun (Complete) World 4: The Story of Minglan, Molan (Complete) World 5: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, Yihuan (Complet 14.3kReads8.9Score505Shelves
35. 235 快 Quick Transmigration: The Scheming Beauty Is on Her Conquest 快穿：心机美人攻略中 Black Locust刺槐Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + scheming beauty + stays in one piece] The nine-tailed fox Su Yao is bound to a System and becomes a cannon-fodder supporting character tasked with advancing the protagonists' romance. In every world, she is merely a stepping stone on the male and female leads' path to a happy ending. Her mission is to change her original fate as cannon fodder. Su Yao, a master of the art of tea, thinks the task is far too easy. Isn't this a piece of cake? Born with a pair of captivati 1.5kReads8.4Score104Shelves
36. 236 年 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 11.8kReads8.1Score708Shelves
37. 237 穿 Book Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Is Everyone's Dream Girl 穿书：炮灰她是万人迷 Li Duoer李朵儿Ancient Romance636k WordsCompleted White lotus, adored by everyone + scheming black lotus + delicate beauty + tangled romantic rivalries + peerless beauty [After transmigrating into a book, she becomes adored by everyone. Her beautiful face is her shield, but beneath it lies a deeply scheming black lotus.] 690Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    The plot is novel, and the actors used every trick in the book to create the performance you wanted. 👍

38. 238 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Beloved of All Thrives in a Battlefield of Love 综影视：万人迷在修罗场杀疯了 Si Bei Zhou思北洲Female-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing [Everyone’s Favorite × Romance Showdown × Mary Sue × 1v1 × Devoted Love × Sweet Romance × No Fixed Male Lead] Shi Wan was remembered by later generations as Xi Shi. She helped the Yue Kingdom rise again, only to be betrayed. Given a second chance, she sets out to accumulate merit and make up for her regrets. Who could have guessed that every situation would turn into a romance showdown? She’s ready to fight them all. 1. Scarlet Heart: Fourth Imperial Consort × Kangxi [Kangxi’s old flame catches 39.4kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
39. 239 快 Quick Transmigration: After Bearing Blessed Children, I Became Rich and Long-Lived 快穿好孕生子后我暴富又长命 Zhi Fan稚繁Ancient Romance438k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + childbirth + Good Fortune System] Chen Miaoyi is bound to the Good Fortune System at the brink of life and death. Can someone explain why a woman who never wants to marry or have children would be bound to a pregnancy System? If she wants to survive, she must complete missions in one world after another. The higher her mission score, the greater the rewards she receives when each mission ends. “Congratulations, Host! +5 years of life and a luxury apartment in the city cen 2.2kReads9.0Score192Shelves

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    🍀🍀🍀Yunyan, who has returned with a new face, goes by the alias Shen Zhiyi. On the surface, she is gentle and kind, but in reality, she is cunning and vicious. She fakes a pregnancy to win the emperor's favor, sows discord between the emperor and empress, and her hands are stained with the blood of her enemies, yet no one notices. The most intriguing part is that she juggles multiple men, giving birth to three sons and one daughter, all of whom recognize her as their mother.

40. 240 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Villainess Tears Apart the Cannon Fodder's Script Online 综影视：恶女在线手撕炮灰剧本 Tracing the Years溯流年Female-Channel Fanfiction252k WordsCompleted [Singled out for love (but not necessarily by the emperor) + maybe 1v1? + OOC characterizations warning + role-play + sweet and satisfying + revenge + HE (for now, all the mini-worlds have happy endings)] Li Xia was ambushed, and just before her soul scattered, a strange creature came looking for her, intent on forcibly binding itself to her. She had no interest in it, but eventually its words piqued her curiosity. Well, there was no harm in giving it a try. Li Xia made a pact with the little ye 1.1kReads8.0Score—Shelves
41. 241 心 A Scheming Woman’s Rise to the Top of High Society 心机女的豪门上位之路 Tan Hui谭徽Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted This is the story of Zhou, a scheming woman with no connections who navigates her way among the children of the rich and powerful, eventually making her way into high society. Lin Wanwan was born into a poor family that favored sons over daughters. Her father was a notorious gambling addict, and her mother was a housewife with no opinions of her own. Determined to escape the fate laid out for her, seventeen-year-old Lin Wanwan worked tirelessly and finally received an admission letter from Qiong 9.6kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
42. 242 长 Elder Sister, Your Emperor Is Mine Now 长姐，你的陛下是我的了 Yi Yi咿伊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: Tell Me, Your Majesty, Exactly How Many Men Have You Had Children With? [Palace intrigue + the male lead’s redemption arc + neither lead is chaste + three sons and one daughter + physician consort + scheming, delicate beauty] Yun Yan’s death was the unanimous decision of her entire family, made solely to use her child to pave the way for her elder sister, the empress. Five years later. Defying death, Yun Yan returns with a new face and takes the name Shen Zhiyi. On the surface, s 10.4kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
43. 243 福 The Lucky, Fertile Darling Has Arrived, and the Powerful Man Who Can Never Have Children Is Head Over Heels 福孕娇宝驾到，绝嗣大佬狠狠爱 Little Gold Sprite小金精Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration] [Birth] [Both Leads Are Pure] [No Fixed Couple] [Beautiful Female Lead] [Male Leads Unable to Have Children] The Quick Transmigration Department has all kinds of Systems, and whether a System and Host are matched is entirely up to fate. Once matched, they cannot be separated until they complete ten worlds. So everyone brave enough to join the Quick Transmigration Department is tough as nails. Jiang Wanying is one such tough woman. Then Jiang Wanying was matched with a Birt 18kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
44. 244 快 Quick Transmigration: A Handbook for the Scheming Charmer 快穿，娇娇尤物的心机修炼手册 Yu Yuan虞鸢Modern Romance155k WordsCompleted Roleplay + playgirl heroine + no romance + men competing for her in a battle royale + every man must be chaste!!! Absolutely chaste, absolutely chaste, absolutely chaste!!! (The important things are said three times.) In each world, Yu Yuan, a scheming beauty who loves to act, makes full use of her wiles to toy... with others. Punishment worlds World One: [Sheep Jiao Jiao] As the most spoiled and beautiful little lamb in Sheep Paradise, she’s eyed hungrily by a pack of wolves. World Two: [The Bl 39Reads6.0Score—Shelves
45. 245 快 Quick Transmigration: The Bewitching Beauty Who Captures Hearts 快穿之貌美妖女她勾人心魄 Pretty Girl Wants to Get Rich靓女要发财Modern Romance942k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + love at first sight + gentle beauty + romantic rivalry + a different male lead in every world] The flower spirit Yu Jiao had to transmigrate into one small world after another to help cannon-fodder supporting heroines fulfill their wishes, all to escape the Heavenly Dao's pursuit! World One: [A pitiful, captivating orphan] World Two: [A gentle, alluring beauty in a qipao] World Three: [A gentle, delicate girl-next-door] 15.3kReads8.6Score741Shelves
46. 246 心 The Scheming Beauty's Conquest Notes 心机美人的攻略手札 Drink a Little Less Milk Tea少喝1点奶茶Ancient Romance582k WordsCompleted Jiang Fu swore from a young age that she would climb the social ladder and marry into a powerful family. She was willing to use any means necessary. On the eve of the Jiang family’s legitimate daughter’s wedding, the groom’s side was rocked by a scandal of epic proportions. Jiang Ruyue, who had been pampered all her life, immediately refused to marry him. So the Jiang family secretly brought back Jiang Fu, the concubine-born daughter who had been raised far away. The Jiang family looked down on 4.8kReads9.3Score612Shelves
47. 247 穿 After I Transmigrated to the Qing Palace, I Got a Suspect-Tracking System 穿越后我竟在清宫手握嫌疑人系统 Wooden Man Who Doesn't Eat Bitter Melon不吃苦瓜的木头人Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing [Alternate Qing Dynasty + Unreliable System + Ensemble Cast + Foster Sons and Daughters] Lin Ling transmigrates for no apparent reason and runs into an unreliable System: the Suspect System. She has to earn suspicion points through various incidents, which means she keeps showing up at events big and small. The people in the imperial harem can’t help but wonder: Why are you everywhere? Lin Ling says: It’s not like I want to be. I just keep getting dragged into things for no reason… 10.6kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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    The female lead pretends to be "good" in the harem; her character design is incredibly successful! This is my first time recommending a book, and I haven't managed to get any readers because there aren't many. I'm so afraid the author will quit! I'm trying my best to promote it! [Crying]

48. 248 快 Quick Transmigration: The Alluring Beauty's Rise to the Top 快穿：钓系美人逆袭上位了 Lemon Tea Boba-chan柠檬茶啵啵酱Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s darling / male rivalry and romantic chaos / scheming women / livestreaming / variety show / a supporting female character’s rise to the top] She is a supporting female character who has broken free from the script written for her by the original world. Because she strayed from the world’s plan and refused to play the wicked supporting role meant to help the heroine’s story unfold, the world arranged for her to die. She is an acting fanatic who has played countless supporting roles, n 334Reads8.5Score—Shelves
49. 249 快 Quick Transmigration: The Scheming Woman's Rise to the Top 快穿顶级心机女上位日常 Cold Moon Sees the Mountain寒月见山Ancient Romance234k WordsOngoing Xiang Zhen gets a second chance at life and only wants to live better. She practices winning over all kinds of people, one after another. Everything she once longed for, and everyone who trampled on her, she will claim in turn. The ultimate schemer rises to the top. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 250 当 Being the Most Beautiful Supporting Actress 当女配非常貌美 Mu Xiongyi, Who Likes Cat Sharks喜欢猫鲨的木雄义Modern Romance709k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + immersive experience + self-serving heroine + period settings] Yun Shuwei died a pathetic, ridiculous death, making a “true love” story possible for a scumbag and his mistress. When she awoke, a System came to her: “Want revenge? Want to live again? The price is becoming my ‘corrector’ and traveling through countless worlds to set things right!” Her mission: find those cruelly toyed with by fate and condemned to tragic endings, then forcibly rewrite their final chapters! 934Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is a wolf in sheep's clothing; she caused the original female lead a terrible, miserable experience.

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