Books That Keep You Reading Until 4 A.M. Even When You Know You Should Sleep 让你熬夜到凌晨四点也不舍得睡的书

1. 1951 十 Lights Out at 10:30, Anyone Who Makes a Sound Dies 十点半熄灯，出声者死 Sleeping on Rainy Days雨天睡觉Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing The one and only piece of advice. Do not! Break! The rules! [No System; One Female Lead; Global Anomalies; Awakened Powers; A Touch of Horror] Also known as “I Told You Not to Break the Rules,” “Breaking the Rules Really Does Get You Killed,” and “You Die If You Talk After Lights Out, Where’s the Justice?” Rule-based incidents descend upon the entire world. This is a world where rules can kill. From household rules to the laws of the land, rules are gradually taking on physical form. Whenever a 1.2kReads7.7Score148Shelves
2. 1952 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves
3. 1953 我 How Did My Fish Tank Turn into the Ancestral Planet of Sea Beasts? 我的鱼缸怎么成海兽祖星了？ Air-Type Superhero空气系超人Sports1.7M WordsCompleted [Game Descends] [World Raised in a Fish Tank] [No Questions Asked, Just Start Killing] [A History of Developing Side-Story Mini-Worlds] [Beast Taming] What would you do if tiny miniature fishmen appeared in your fish tank? You'd think the stress was getting to you and consider seeing a psychiatrist. What if you were then told the game was about to become reality? You'd figure out how to face an invasion from another world, while worrying about how a low-level wage slave like you could survive in 5.3kReads7.0Score770Shelves
4. 1954 男 Who Needs a Man When Eunuchs Are Better? The Powerful Minister Spoils Her Rotten 男人哪有太监香！权臣大人使劲宠 Clear Skies, Clear Skies晴好晴好Ancient Romance482k WordsCompleted [Both are each other’s one and only] + [Marriage Before Love] + [Both have secret identities] + [A power couple] + [Older man] A powerful, mesmerizingly beautiful eunuch of the highest rank (a fake eunuch) × the bright, clever, wealthy only daughter of a marquis To keep her nightmares from coming true, Helan Mingzhu decides to marry as soon as possible. After kicking to the curb a seemingly easygoing Young Master Zhou, who already has a mistress, she resolutely turns to the all-powerful governor 71.3kReads9.2Score14.3kShelves

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   This historical romance novel is really interesting, with many plot twists. The male and female leads are also quite funny. The female lead is a very straightforward and quirky girl, while the male lead is endearingly cold and a bit short on money.

5. 1955 重 After We Reunited, My Ex-Boyfriend the Homicide Detective Became My Neighbor 重逢后，刑警前男友成了我邻居 Qiqi Cub柒柒崽Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation Anke is now streaming on Hongguo] [The print edition, When Your Neighbor Is Your Ex, Reunited Like Yesterday, is now available] [Reunion after a long separation] + [getting back together] + [both leads' hearts belong to each other] + [cold-faced hero does the laundry] + [happy ending] What's it like to be summoned to the police station for writing steamy stories and run into the ex you broke up with five years ago? Li An never imagined she'd see Qi Yan again under these c 32.9kReads8.3Score3.7kShelves

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   It's incredibly sweet! I was so excited reading it that I couldn't sleep at night. The authors are amazing writers! I highly recommend reading it, go read it, go read it!!!

6. 1956 氪 Burning Lifespan to Offer Incense? The One I Summoned Is the Real Evil God 氪命烧香？我请的才是真凶神 Elm in the Rain雨中榆Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [The uncanny, folk traditions, and life-burning cultivation] In a year of abundant Tai Sui, the world is seven parts evil. At the fourth watch, when yin energy is at its strongest, anyone who dares walk the roads at night is either an initiate who can light incense, or no human at all... The knife-peddlers who collect debts in blades, graves that steal lifespans, talisman water to treat the uncanny. Treasure-seekers, rice diviners, dragons drawn to dissolve fish bones. Li Zhen was reborn as the 11.3kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
7. 1957 顶 Defying the Odds 顶风作案 Wild Bodhisattva野菩萨Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted [Print edition published: The Childhood Sweethearts Paradox] It all started when Ji Yanfeng accidentally flushed Su Wenji’s pet mouse down the toilet when they were kids. From then on, they saw each other as the biggest nuisances in their lives, and regarded each other as their fiercest rival and greatest enemy. If anyone thinks they’re childhood sweethearts who make a perfect couple, this is what happens Su Wenji: “Hahahahahahaha…” Ji Yanfeng: “Hmph.” Su Wenji: “Hahahahahahaha…” They were 18.4kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves

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   The green cover is awesome! [Thumbs up]

8. 1958 救 Help! My Husband, Who Married Me for Good Luck, Is Actually My Professor! 救命！冲喜老公竟是我教授！ Ci Bu La Ha Tang Xing Xing次卜拉哈糖星星Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted [The short drama is now streaming] [Print edition forthcoming] [Both leads are each other's first and only + married first, love later + sweet romance + six-year age gap + no misunderstandings] [Ascetic university professor vs. lively surfing student] When Hua Yu was little, she met a fortune-teller. The old man told her that when she turned twenty, she had to find a partner born in the year of Ding Chou, the month of Ding Wei, and the day of Geng Xu. Otherwise, a terrible disaster would befall 24.1kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves
9. 1959 我 I’m the Most Righteous Evil God Ever! 我这个邪神可太正了！ Sleep Until I'm Well Rested睡个饱觉觉Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [This is a deranged world!] [Cthulhu-inspired] [Careful: this story contains extremely intense psychological corruption. Read at your own risk.] One day, the world underwent a cataclysmic change! Every living thing was affected by an unknown force and mutated. And it wasn’t just living things... Human civilization was forced to retreat into the last nineteen fortress cities. People prayed to all kinds of gods for protection and blessings, struggling to survive in this hopeless world. Meng Yi arr 64kReads9.0Score6.7kShelves
10. 1960 嫁 Marrying a Disabled Soldier: The Gorgeous Beauty Charms and Coaxes Him 嫁军婚残夫，娇艳美人撩他诱哄他 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Military marriage + marriage first, love later + doted on by everyone + no golden finger, your mindset determines your fate] [A cast story starring a great beauty who gets a villainess role without realizing it] In 1974, Yu Wan transmigrates into the body of an undocumented drifter, then uses her beauty to become the Qiao family’s stepdaughter. With a new identity, Yu Wan is overjoyed. The Qiao family members each have their own agendas, but they know the truth and keep quiet. Not long after Yu 25.7kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves

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    If it's not good, then I've wasted over a decade of reading novels, all of which I've read more than twice. Don't look at the ratings; they're useless.

11. 1961 重 Reborn: Flirting with My Gloomy Ex-Husband Until His Eyes Turn Red 重生，把阴郁前夫撩到眼尾发红 The Dream of a Billion Boys十亿少男梦Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [Both reborn + pursuing her husband + no romantic rivalry between women + sweet romance + both pure + happy ending] Ruan Yao died in the third week after her ex-husband’s death. In her previous life, everyone said she was lucky. Just after the Ruan family went bankrupt, she unexpectedly caught the eye of the Huo family and married Huo Yanzhi, heir to a top-tier wealthy family. For a year after their wedding, he treasured her like a precious jewel. But she feared his almost pathological possessiv 22.7kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves
12. 1962 人 Everyone's Dead, So Can't I Just Do Whatever I Want? 人都死了，那不是想干啥就干啥 Qinggui Xi青鬼玺Urban1.3M WordsCompleted The Cybertronians got a little too rough when they were screwing around, and Cui Chen ended up in another world. Well, starting over was fine. He had no one to miss, anyway. A lonely ghost from another world wandered aimlessly through this strange land. When hungry, he ate his fellow ghosts. When tired, he watched the sun. Life was peaceful and dull, enough to make Yoshikage Kira jealous. Except... “I’m so bored!” Cui Chen bit off the head of a demon god and shouted like someone dying of boredom 9.9kReads7.6Score844Shelves
13. 1963 草 The Emperor Who Rose from Nothing Covets My Beauty 草根皇帝贪恋我美色 Oxygen in the Air空气中氧气Ancient Romance414k WordsCompleted [Powerful male lead, a founding emperor + book-loving, studious, beautiful heroine + married first, love later + mostly doting with a little angst + both devoted to each other] After Emperor Zhao Mo of Great Yu and his brothers-in-arms broke through the gates of Jing, question marks popped up over all their heads. How were they supposed to get along with a group of beautiful princesses, especially princesses of a fallen kingdom? One was as cold and aloof as a nun, one was bold and beautiful and 137Reads6.8Score—Shelves
14. 1964 听 Listen to the South 听南 Parting Words诀别词Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, Xia Tingnan was in her third year of middle school, while her next-door neighbor Xu Bingran was a sophomore in high school. Both the Xia and Xu parents were busy, so Xia Tingnan, who loved sleeping in, was put in Xu Bingran's care. Xu Bingran was disciplined, sensible, a good student with dreams, and known as “Xu Bingran of No. 1 High School.” Xia Tingnan was lazy, scatterbrained, a happy slacker with decent grades, and everyone's beloved “cutie.” And so began a four-year routine: 29.2kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
15. 1965 重 After Being Reborn, I Became the Obsession of a Man with a Drug Addiction 重生后，我成了偏执大佬的药瘾 A Boat Adrift in the Distance浮舟遥Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Both leads are virgins] [Sweet romance] [Mutual healing] In her previous life, Shi Wan died a tragic death. Fu Tingchen gave his life for her and perished in a sea of flames. Reborn, Shi Wan has the advantage at every turn. She plans each step carefully, vowing to protect the person she loves most. Fu Tingchen is possessive by nature, violent and ruthless. Yet he doesn’t know that after they marry, he’ll dote on one woman without restraint, treating her with tender affection. “A Chen, why didn’ 60.8kReads9.4Score6.1kShelves
16. 1966 公 Highway Survival: She's Really a Good Person 公路求生：她真的是好人 Pancake Baboon煎饼狒狒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse729k WordsOngoing [Highway Survival + Subverting Expectations + Misunderstandings + Face-Slapping + A Touch of Ensemble Cast] The world collapsed, and everyone was thrown onto an endless highway. Along this ever-extending road were randomly appearing chests, mysterious rest stops, lost cities, and more... On the day the highway appeared, Lin Yan was riding a secondhand electric scooter to work at a kindergarten. She was a good-hearted person. If someone was short on water, she'd share hers. If someone asked for h 18.9kReads8.3Score2.5kShelves

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    The first book's female lead is a colorless, odorless, and seemingly toxic but actually kind-hearted person—I've never seen a character like that before! It's so good; I read it in one go until 3 AM, completely catching up with the second book. It's very heartwarming and healing; reading the author's words always gives me a warm feeling.

17. 1967 权 A Powerful Minister's Rise to Power 权臣强势上位手札 A Little Novice Monk一个小沙弥Ancient Romance506k WordsCompleted [Strong male lead + calculating and devious + possessive pursuit + doting romance] The male lead is not a virgin. Read with caution if that bothers you. Willows sway beside the flowing river, but youth waits for no one. Yang Qingshao never expected to open her eyes and find herself transformed into a beautiful young girl in the bloom of youth. Her parents arranged a match for her with the Zhao family, whose head was a vice minister of the Ministry of Justice. Everyone praised Zhao Lingyun, the l 6.2kReads8.5Score452Shelves
18. 1968 有 I Have a Romance I'd Like to Share with You 有个恋爱想和你谈 Watermelon Plays DJ西瓜打DJModern Romance371k WordsCompleted [Campus + Reborn + Redemption + Sweet Romance + Happy Ending] [Biker School Bully × Contrasting Desk Mate] • Jiang Jinfeng, the school bully at No. 4 High School. Handsome and tough, he’s best known for the pure-black wings tattooed on his hand, giving him an utterly intimidating look. School bully Jiang has a set of rules all his own. School Bully Rule No. 1: [If you like someone, be direct. Mute guys don’t deserve girlfriends.] School Bully Rule No. 2: [Take good care of the things your gi 10.9kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
19. 1969 京 The Ninth Master of the Capital’s Reborn Little Rose: Alluring Yet Obedient 京圈九爷的重生小玫瑰，又欲又乖 Eating Tomatoes Without Gaining Weight吃番茄不长胖Modern Romance652k WordsCompleted A short drama adapted from the author's novel Late Night, Don't Say My Name is now available. [Reborn romance + long-planned scheme + obsessive second male lead pursues his wife + the Ninth Lord takes the lead] In her previous life, Meng Mingxuan misunderstood the Ninth Lord, who doted on and loved her, believing he and her older sister were in a tragic love affair. She did everything she could to flee his side and married Yin Ting, a poor man whose profile resembled the Ninth Lord's. In the end 32.2kReads9.3Score10.3kShelves

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    I secretly read it every day at work and after get off work—this book is seriously, seriously, seriously amazing! You'll definitely regret it if you don't read it! [Rebirth Sweet Romance + Long-Planned + Crazy Second Male Lead Chasing His Wife Through a Cremation + Ninth Master's Rise to Power] In her past life, Meng Mingxuan misunderstood the love between her beloved Ninth Master and her sister, believing they were in a life-or-death romance. She desperately fled from Ninth Master's side and married Yin Ting, a poor boy who resembled him. Ultimately, she was killed by Ninth Master's enemies. Reborn, she gradually discovers the truth: Ninth Master had long been deeply in love with her, and her sister was still alive. In her past life, Ninth Master and her sister had even gone mad killing in the capital for her sake…

20. 1970 以 I Thought We Were Madly in Love, but the Good Girl Played Me 以为是热恋，却被乖乖女玩了 Er Li二厘Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted [Original title: Green on Me All You Want, But We Can't Break Up] [The heroine is turned from lesbian to straight + Both leads are each other's first and only + School days to city life + The hero is driven to madness + Extreme possessiveness + Reunion after a long separation] [Bookish, seemingly sweet girl with a hidden dark side X Arrogant young heir who can't stop falling for her] “I want you to make him fall for you, then cheat on him. I want him to know what it feels like to be cheated on!” 9.8kReads8.1Score772Shelves

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    Every novel by Erli is wonderful.

21. 1971 求 Survival Game: I Own a Lake Island 求生游戏：我有一座湖心岛 Just One Bowl of Winter Melon, Corn, and Pork Rib Soup恰一口冬瓜玉米排骨汤Fantastical Romance728k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Infrastructure Building] [Farming] [Cute Pets] [The heroine never falls behind other survivors and eventually reaches the top] While conducting field research in the mountains with her advisor, she is caught up in the global event that drags everyone into a survival world. There's no time to mourn the modern life she's lost. Jiang Lanyue zips up her sturdy shell jacket and decides to start by finding the perfect spot to place a shelter for herself. No one k 77.2kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
22. 1972 社 The Socially Anxious Sweetheart Transmigrates Into the Male Lead's Gold-Digging Ex-Girlfriend 社恐小可怜穿成男主的捞子前女友 Longjing Glutinous Rice Ball龙井糯团Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted Shu Yu is painfully antisocial. One day, she transmigrates into a novel as the male lead’s gold-digging ex-girlfriend. She dates him online and swindles a hundred million from him. In the end, unable to part with his money, she sneaks into his bed, only for him to despise her and throw her to the dogs. Shu Yu swallows hard and points at herself. “A-a gold digger? You mean, you mean me?” System: “That’s right, you. Just maintain your character and finish the ex-girlfriend storyline, and you’ll 55.4kReads8.7Score9.7kShelves

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    This book is amazing, so sweet!!! The female lead is socially awkward yet timid and adorable, and the male lead is a cunning and ruthless wolf. I won't spoil it, just read it! Everyone should read it, it's super good! I'm begging for updates every day.

23. 1973 这 This Is Showbiz! No Going Crazy in Public! 这里是娱乐圈！禁止随地大小癫！ Warm Chestnut暖栗栗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Entertainment industry] [Livestream variety show] [Comedy and memes] [Face-slapping and punishing the scum] [Real and fake heiresses] Wen Yao and the fake heiress were both reborn at the turning point of their fates. In their previous lives, Wen Yao chose a blind date, while the fake heiress chose a variety show. The fake heiress failed to ride on her washed-up brother’s coattails and instead got the whole internet hating her after one bizarre stunt after another! Wen Yao, meanwhile, met the Cr 9.7kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
24. 1974 重 Reborn in the Dragon Bed, the Beloved Consort Cries in the Emperor's Arms 重生在龙塌，宠妃抱着陛下哭 Staggering Along蹒跚行Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 100.8kReads9.2Score11.2kShelves

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    I recently read this book, and while it wasn't angsty at all, I was constantly heartbroken for their relationship. It's a purely classical Chinese story set in a rather feudal era. The female lead isn't the brightest, but she's not stupid. I finished it in one day, even though I stayed up all night. It was incredibly good! I recommend reading the epilogue first, then the main text.

25. 1975 我 I Just Wanted to Study, So How Did I Become an Esports Legend? 我只想学习，怎么就电竞封神了 1Watermelon King11西瓜大王1Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Top Student + Esports + System + Wish Fulfillment + Lighthearted Comedy + No Female Lead] Lu Ming was widely recognized as the most relentless student at Changhua No. 6 High School. He studied sixteen hours a day, yet his grade ranking stayed stubbornly stuck around seventieth or eightieth. Then he was bound to the Work-Rest Balance System. He thought it was a study system, but the System told him: “Want to improve your study efficiency? Go play Honor of Kings first.” And so the school’s most h 96.9kReads9.4Score9.8kShelves

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    I finished watching this in two days.

26. 1976 吻 Kiss of Mint 吻薄荷 Carnegie of Kindergarten幼儿园的卡耐基Modern Romance160k WordsCompleted [Mutual Secret Crush] [Sweet Romance] [Acts Cute ✖️ Pretends to Be Proper] Someone asked Xu Zhi, “Have you really liked Gu Hengzhi for a long time?” Outside, rain poured down in torrents. Xu Zhi stood at the entrance to the teaching building, feeling the biting chill of the wind, and nodded firmly. “That’s right!” A tall, straight figure came into view. Gu Hengzhi’s hair was slightly damp. He glanced at Xu Zhi, tossed her a black umbrella, and gave a faint, crooked smile. “Xu Zhizhi, did repeati 2.7kReads9.3Score461Shelves
27. 1977 槐 Locust Tree Breeze 槐风 Sweet Candy暖糖Modern Romance384k WordsCompleted (Print edition published) [Both leads are each other's first love + happy ending + roguishly handsome boy vs. unruly girl + blunt and direct, with both leads speaking their minds] He first met Tang Yi in Tongcheng. That summer, he had won first place in the physics Olympiad. He was strolling through the streets, idly exploring the unfamiliar city, the medal still warm in his pocket and everything around him feeling fresh and new. His gaze came to rest on a young girl not far ahead. In a pale yel 36.7kReads9.4Score6kShelves
28. 1978 兽 The Beastfolk Tribe Upgrade System 兽人之部落升级系统 Admiring the Cherry Blossoms in Spring春赏繁樱Two Male Leads1.3M WordsCompleted [1v1 (in bold caps) + two male leads (in bold caps!) + younger man/older man + both protagonists are pure in body and heart + Beast World + System + happy ending] A gentle, considerate younger black panther beastman x an innocent older male college student "You're dead." "Huh?" "So hurry up and bind yourself to our tribe-upgrade System! Let's conquer the continent together and become rulers of the world!" "Thanks for the offer, but I'm in the Beast World and just want to go home." Meng Yuqing is 17.7kReads9.5Score2.5kShelves

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    The first book made me feel like the protagonist was constantly busy. The second book was still quite enjoyable to read. The third book was super, super good! You can read a couple of chapters first before deciding whether to continue. The fourth book has over 200 chapters—just keep reading! It's just not finished yet... The fifth book is finished and very good; the evil cat head was won over by the hero. The sixth book is generally good, but the protagonist's way of speaking is a bit off, and the way he addresses people is a little strange.

29. 1979 诊 After a Misdiagnosis, the CEO Gets Licked by a Mad Dog 诊断失误后，总裁他被疯狗舔上了 Spicy Little Steamed Bun热辣辣的小馒头Two Male Leads410k WordsCompleted [Handsome, mature CEO shou × outwardly obedient, wicked mad-dog straight male young master gong] [Two male leads × younger top × simmering tension × age gap × sweet and angsty × rekindled love × top’s groveling pursuit × dog training × both virgins × turning a straight man gay × melodramatic hodgepodge] On his 28th birthday, Shen Jinchuan received a diagnosis of terminal illness. The doctor told him he had only three to six months left to live. He decided to leave everything behind and take a tr 19.4kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
30. 1980 他 He Comforts His Poor Little Darling 他哄他的小可怜 Xu Sui绪岁Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [University romance + both leads’ first love + possessive pursuit + coercive love + mutual secret crush + healing + reunion after years apart] Sang Yuxia did something reckless enough to risk her life: she provoked the two young masters of the Si family, one of the capital’s wealthiest clans. Especially Si Qingyan, the unruly, arrogant young master who refuses to be tamed. At school, Sang Yuxia is beautiful, gentle, and reserved, an ordinary good girl. To her classmates, s 9kReads9.2Score899Shelves
31. 1981 又 Possessed Again? I Heard He Has a Second Personality 又被顶号，听说他有第二人格 Lin Jiong林顭Two Male Leads1.4M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] Fun fact: His second personality secretly calls him “wife”! [Ensemble cast + two male leads + mystery romance + ghost hunters + black-hearted beneath a gentle exterior + tomb raiding + both leads are each other’s one and only] Before his death, Grandpa used his last chance to set a trap, drawing the Ghost King into Zhang Jizhi’s body to protect him from a deadly calamity. Zhang Jizhi had been blind from birth, but after that night, he could suddenly see white qi. An irri 96.6kReads9.5Score13.6kShelves
32. 1982 当 When She Comes of Age 当她长熟时 Huilin Ah惠林啊Modern Romance333k WordsCompleted [Beautiful and Alluring Young Bride] In this day and age, people still marry off brides to bring good fortune to the dying? A bride sent to bring good fortune, and a husband on the brink of death. Hu Juan raised her head and met her mother-in-law's eyes. "Mom, how about you discuss it with the village chief?" Li Xiuying's expression changed instantly. "The village chief? What are you getting at?" Hu Juan didn't flinch. "Mom, I know everything. About that night." Li Xiuying's face turned from red 5.5kReads7.9Score456Shelves

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    Staying up all night

33. 1983 恶 Malicious Possession [Infinite] 恶意占有【无限】 Mountain White Mountain山白山Two Male Leads692k WordsCompleted [A deranged, fragmented-personality top x a world-weary, rich-hating office worker bottom] [Contains obsessive, yandere behavior, possessiveness, skulking, topsy-turvy values, horror-game world-hopping, old-school melodrama, and more. This is fiction; please don’t apply it to real life.] [Please check the author’s notes for content warnings.] Ji Liaochuan was a numb, diligent office worker. Every day, he went to work, went home, earned money, paid off his debts, and stayed out of other people’s 6.1kReads9.3Score962Shelves

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    The first book is amazing! It's a bit short, though. The main characters are great, like a forced love story. If you like that, check it out! The second book is fantastic! The writing is so smooth, I've never seen anything like it before. The plot is also very engaging, and the tension between the main characters is strong. Every little world is delicious, and they're all the forced love stories I love! Hahaha! I absolutely adore the main character's personality, especially the "High Mountain Respect" chapter—it's so well-written, the character design is fresh, and the plot is really engaging. When Gao Shanzi leaves the worldly realm in the last few chapters, it's truly shocking! I love that writing style; this author is amazing! The third book is an absolute gem! The relationship between the two main characters is so stable, like strong liquor going down your throat—from a sweet initial taste to a bittersweet aftertaste, it's so satisfying!

34. 1984 等 Waiting for the Grapes to Ripen 等葡萄熟透 Scallion Egg Pancake葱香鸡蛋饼Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted [Upcoming Drama Adaptation] [Hong Kong Underworld Tycoon X Top-Tier Starlet] [Mutual First Love] [Sweet Romance] The first time Jiang Li met Luo Jinyan, he was sitting in the front of a Maybach, a cigar between his fingers and smoke curling around him. “You wrecked my place. How are you going to make it up to me?” Jiang Li knew who he was: Luo Jinyan, heir to Hong Kong's leading family. That year, on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, he bought her first kiss for a million yuan. He brushed her l 19.4kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
35. 1985 伏 Vodka and Mantenin 伏特加与曼特宁 Yu Daoqiao于刀鞘Two Male Leads100k WordsCompleted [Zheng Xi and Ma Yang star in the leading roles. The radio drama adaptation of the novel of the same name, Vodka and Coffee, is now airing] [A new exclusive bonus chapter~~~] [Reserved, icy café owner Bai Qinglin VS flirtatious bar owner Zhu Jingru] [Premium fiction + two male leads + modern city life + happy ending + healing + redemption + older love interest + simmering tension + sweet romance + love at first sight] Zhu Jingru didn't know what love at first sight felt like until he was thirty- 25.1kReads9.7Score5.5kShelves
36. 1986 方 Fang Xiaoxiao 方晓晓 Don't Turn Off the Light不关灯Mystery134k WordsCompleted After an impulsive moment, Fang Xiaoxiao, a girl still in eighth grade, accidentally killed a classmate who had bullied her. Terrified, she decided to hide the body. To evade the investigation, Fang Xiaoxiao was forced to cover up the traces of her crime and convince herself that it was all an accident, just a coincidence. People can choose to believe lies, but they can never escape reality. The mind can pretend nothing happened, but the rotting body is real. On the seventh day after the deat 493Reads9.2Score—Shelves
37. 1987 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 969.1kReads9.5Score83.2kShelves

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    They're all absolutely gorgeous, everyone! I've personally taken a close look at them and found them all incredibly beautiful.

38. 1988 头 The Head Is Missing App 头部已丢失APP Check Catcheck猫Two Male Leads1.3M WordsOngoing [Headless App] reminds you: The thing hanging from your neck is your head, not a ball. Don't let anyone kick it away. Please take good care of your head. · [Pinned note → No replacement trope. The male lead is just a desperate OC dad.] · 1. One-on-one romance with two male leads, devoted couple, Yong × Ci. 2. Mild horror. Anything that doesn't make sense is an alternate-universe detail I've made up. 3. The plot logic isn't rigorous. The author is illiterate, so don't take this too seriously. Thi 55kReads9.4Score11.2kShelves

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    Hehe. I stayed up until 6 a. M. Because it was so good, and finally went to sleep. Later, because I was afraid I was reading too fast, I forced myself to find other books, but I still gradually reduced the amount I read. It's so sad! [Crying][crying][crying]

39. 1989 死EN After Faking My Death and Returning, I Was Locked Away by a Yandere Villain 死遁回来后，被病娇反派小黑屋了 Zhuge Sweetheart诸葛甜心Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted Also known as The Butterfly and the Puppy [Transmigrate into a book + lovesick villain + marriage before love + faked death + one-on-one + mutual devotion + happy ending] Wen Ning transmigrated into a novel as a brainless female supporting character. In the original story, she was the male lead’s devoted fangirl. To clear the way for his future, she did everything she could to marry Bo Yan, the male lead’s greatest enemy. Bo Yan was the villainous male supporting character, cold and ruthless, a 56kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves

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    Everyone who's seen it says it's good.

40. 1990 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.7kReads9.7Score17.9kShelves
41. 1991 重 Reborn in the Third Year of Marriage 重生到结婚的第三年 Little Peach.小小桃.Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted Married life + baby Capital tycoon from Jiugang × glamorous heiress While her husband was alive, Jiang Ruo thought he was rigid and controlling, ruthless and cold, and viciously brutal in everything he did. A car accident took his life. But after he died, Jiang Ruo couldn't sleep. Night after night, she remembered the good in him: his tall figure, and the care he had shown her as her husband. On the tenth anniversary of his death, Jiang Ruo was unexpectedly reborn in the third year of their marr 370.6kReads9.2Score57.9kShelves
42. 1992 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 112.4kReads9.5Score12kShelves
43. 1993 新 On Our Wedding Night, I Was Spoiled by the Possessive, Lovesick Villain 新婚夜！我被偏执病娇反派宠上天 Mu Mur an木木燃Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + goofy fun + possessive schemer + scumbag-smiting face-slapping + System that prolongs her life] After transmigrating into a book as the short-lived villain's doomed new bride, Yu Mingming thought her life was over. As she sobbed, the cold genius villain panicked. “Did I hurt you?” Yu Mingming felt even worse. Not only had she become cannon fodder, she'd also lost the chastity she'd guarded for years. At least the powerful villain was handsome and rich. She'd come out ahead. Yu M 9.5kReads9.3Score659Shelves
44. 1994 让 You Were Told to Play a Villainess, So How Did You Become Everyone's Beloved? 让你演恶女，怎么恶成白月光了 Xiangyangyang V向阳阳VFantastical Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Jiuli was a woman of distinguished status and a born villainess. After killing a terrifying number of people in her original world, she caught the attention of the Main System. The Main System decided that someone like Yin Jiuli, who lacked empathy, was perfectly suited to this kind of heinous work. So it sent out its ace System, 007, to help her wreak havoc. 007 explained, [You have to ruin them, hurt them, torment them first... Then, just before they can ruin us, hurt us, and torment us in 11.8kReads8.7Score2kShelves
45. 1995 女 After the Female Lead Awakened, Her Hypocritical Husband Fell Completely for Her 女配觉醒后，伪善人夫彻底沦陷 Little Duckling小鸭鸭Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted The short dramas "Gentle Out of Control" and "The Cool Breeze Knows My Heart" are now available in multiple versions. (Being published) [Face-blind, spoiled heiress × Hypocritical, devoted-looking powerful man] [Marriage first, love later + Wife-adoring romantic + Dotes on her alone + Both inexperienced in love + Flirtation] After the novel's ending, An Ling regained control of her body. She was the vicious female supporting character in the novel, and her husband was the gentle second male lead 42.3kReads9.0Score4.6kShelves
46. 1996 小 The Tiny Boss Is Everyone's Favorite, and She Coddles Her Scumbag Dad Like He's Her Placenta 小小老子当团宠，把渣爹当胎盘哄 Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition of A Boat in a Single Thought is now available on all platforms. [Comedy + raising kids + everyone’s favorite + 1v1 romance + devoted couple + the adult heroine’s love interest is Lu Jinghuai] [A funny, sunny heroine who actually has eight hundred tricks up her sleeve x a saintly beauty who is really a sinister, venomous schemer] Ji Nian transmigrates into a novel where the heroine is adored by everyone, becoming the universally disliked biological daughter of the heroine’s pow 90.2kReads9.6Score11.5kShelves
47. 1997 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 8.4kReads9.1Score867Shelves

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    🌿🌿The first book, super hilarious hahaha [facepalm], the female lead is a mermaid who loves golden treasures. She finally managed to escape back to the sea with her cub, but the male lead specially made a giant fishing rod out of gold to fish for her, and then fished her out. The female lead's mother was also fished out by her father in the same way.

48. 1998 惊 The Shocking Reflection: Her Suitors Span the World 惊鸿镜：她的裙臣遍天下 Moon Dancing in the Cold Mist月舞寒烟Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + strong heroine + a battle royale of competing suitors + secret identities + the one true love + everyone’s ideal woman + all the men are devoted only to her] When Tang Xixue awoke, a transmigrator had abused her body for five years. Wearing her face, they had turned the brilliant Ninth Princess into a laughingstock across the land. She tore up the decree of fate and reclaimed her body. But when she opened her eyes, she found herself in a living hell. On the bed, the ethere 42.7kReads9.0Score9.8kShelves

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    The first book I found very enjoyable; it's full of adorable characters, and I love the female lead. There are also many male leads. The second book is a modern youth story about the female lead and her fake brother, and the series of events that unfold. I highly recommend this book as well. The third book is really something; I've been reading it for about half a year now because it's constantly being updated, but the content is excellent and very original. It's very captivating and makes you want to keep reading. These are all highly recommended books.

49. 1999 会 I Can Sweet-Talk, But I Can't Stop 会哄，不会停 Hui Shi卉诗Two Male Leads384k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + charged push-and-pull + both devoted to each other + sworn enemies + melodrama + no moral compass] On his nineteenth birthday, Ran Ting makes a wish: he wants his nemesis, Jie Zhishen, to be captivated by his charm. It was just an offhand wish, but it actually comes true. Damn it! Except the wish-granting god clearly misunderstood what he meant! He meant for Jie Zhishen to worship him and admire him, to willingly kneel at his feet and become his lackey! Not, not... not to fall 49.9kReads9.0Score8.3kShelves

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    These are all incredibly good, and not very long, mostly around two or three hundred chapters! I often stay up all night reading them 👀

50. 2000 吾 My Wife, Afu 吾妻阿福 Where Will My Beloved Go伊人何归Ancient Romance208k WordsCompleted [Reborn × Marriage First, Love Later] [Clingy, affectionate beauty vs. refined and elegant noble minister] Yuan Shujin (Yuan Afu) was lovely and charming, adored by her father and brothers from childhood, and born into a distinguished family. But one mistaken choice of lover cost her father and brothers their lives. Her sincere affection had been nothing but a tool for someone else, and in the end, she took her own life on a lonely night. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the y 2.7kReads8.9Score345Shelves

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