I Like Brooding, Twisted, Highly Intelligent Men 喜欢阴湿高智男

1. 1 你 You're a Crazy Yandere, I'm a Hopeless Romantic, We're a Perfect Match! 你疯批病娇，我恋爱脑，超配的！ Autumn Orchids as Adornment秋兰为姵Modern Romance664k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Yandere, Crazy Male Leads + Lovestruck Female Lead + Male Leads Who Behave Themselves + Semi-Immersive One-on-One + No Following the Plot] The Quick Transmigration Bureau dumped Chen Xiaomai into small worlds to take over the jobs of lovestruck characters. She was supposed to eliminate their lovesickness, but somehow she ended up doing pretty well. Chen Xiaomai had no choice but to play the part of a lovestruck woman every time, because the men she fell 16.3kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves

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   Volume 5, "The Devoted Fiancée," features a story where the male lead hypnotizes the female lead, making her love only him. The entire book is very enjoyable and avoids any angst.

2. 2 捡 After Picking Up a Mad Villain, the Cannon Fodder Keeps Trying to Save Himself 捡了疯批反派后，炮灰总想自救 Rong Zit​​ang冗子糖Two Male Leads577k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads, Transmigrated into a Comic, Two Powerful Leads, A Little Funny, Villain] A scheming, unhinged yandere villain who seems sweet but is secretly dark, with a love-struck puppy-dog side, falls for a fiercely protective, doting, powerful, universally adored top. [Modern setting in an alternate world] Xu Chi transmigrates into a comic and, without really knowing what he’s doing, takes home an unbelievably pretty boy. Only when his memories come back does he realize that the boy he pi 29.9kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves

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   These two books are truly phenomenal!!! I'm not exaggerating! They're absolutely amazing! The protagonists are both incredibly intelligent, and it's a combination of forced love and two strong characters!

3. 3 疯 The Madman's Rules: Dr. Shen, Be Good 疯子守则：沈医生乖乖 Rong Zit​​ang冗子糖Two Male Leads264k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads, a deranged, high-hormone, rabid-dog villain patient x a cool, alluring, teasingly seductive psychologist; System + two deranged leads + equally matched strength + romantic conquest + simmering tension + younger love interest] Shen Zhuoqing dies in the real world and is bound to a System, which sends him into a novel to complete missions. Each world has a different mission and a different level of difficulty. For his final mission, he encounters the hardest character to win over 9.4kReads9.5Score1.4kShelves
4. 4 被 The Scheming Crown Prince Pretended to Be a Puppy Boy in Our Online Romance and Spoiled Me Rotten 被腹黑太子爷网恋假扮奶狗狠狠宠 Mu Qingchuan木晴川Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted Lu Xi had barely started work when her direct superior, capital socialite heir Gu Tingzhou, chewed her out like a nobody. Her real life was miserable, but that didn't stop her from being wild online. Lu Xi immediately started flirting with her "puppy-like online boyfriend." [I want to sit on my puppy's abs and slide down like a playground slide. I want to bury my face in his chest and inhale deeply~] [My puppy's voice makes my bones melt. I can't even imagine how lovely it would sound to make hi 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A cunning young master, posing as a cute puppy in an online romance, uses soft words and coquettish charm to meticulously plot against her. Only after the female lead falls for him does she realize that all his gentleness is a calculated scheme; from the very beginning, his only goal was to control her completely!

5. 5 口 Oral Fixation Disorder 口欲期病症 Girl from the City of Fog雾都少女Modern Romance653k WordsCompleted A lively, down-to-earth heroine versus a highly intelligent male lead with antisocial personality disorder. (Devoted one-on-one couple, possessive love, cross-cultural romance, the male lead is mixed-race and a complete psychopath. A complete psychopath. A complete psychopath.) Blurb One: A coworker told Li Li that a handsome, black-haired, green-eyed mixed-race man lived in the villa across the river. Li Li delivered meals there every day for three months, but never once saw any handsome mixed- 59.9kReads9.2Score8.4kShelves

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   You should read these two. The male lead is intelligent and perceptive, and the female lead is also intelligent, but the male lead's perceptiveness is frightening; you really can't outwit him. It's a crazy, forceful, cunning, and highly intelligent story.

6. 6 枪 Shooting the Moonlight 枪杀月光 Misty Peach Pastry雾桃酥酥Modern Romance89k WordsOngoing Both leads are pure / Fake siblings / Rekindled romance / Mutual salvation / Happy ending “Gorgeous, pampered celebrity vs. aloof, secretly seductive investment banking mogul” - Ten years ago. Shen Zhijin was the queen bee at the foreign language school: gorgeous, arrogant, and someone nobody dared to mess with. Chen Yue was a top student from another school: cold, quiet, and surrounded by countless admirers. Two people from different worlds crossed paths on a rainy night. When her admirers corn 104Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 怎 How Could Anyone Resist Her? 怎敌她动人 Biyou彼呦Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted [Physical book goes on sale September 19 at 7:30 p.m.] [Reborn in school + healing + secret crush from the male lead + both leads have no past relationships, happy ending] Bright, charming sweetheart x obsessive, restrained man * In the eyes of outsiders, Xu Jiqing was refined and aloof, a dazzling new elite from a wealthy family and a self-made miracle who had risen from poverty. Su Xia was unbelievably lucky to marry him at her most desperate. Only Su Xia knew that Xu Jiqing was a madman. She 197.4kReads9.5Score29.4kShelves

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   The first book features a completely perverted male lead and a female lead with very strong and clear-headed values, but those who are attracted to female leads should avoid it. It has a happy ending with a wife-chasing plot. The second book is completely erotic with a puppy-like happy ending.

8. 8 恶 After the Villainess Learned Her Lesson, the Brooding Big Shot Became Addicted to Her 恶毒女配学乖后，阴湿大佬上瘾了 Sanyingli三樱里Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Mutual Purity + Transmigrate into a Book + Female Supporting Character + True Heiress] [Transmigrated Female Supporting Character × Brooding Mogul | First Marriage, Then Love × Forced Love] When Ruan Yang was making the male lead's older brother help stretch her legs, she awakened to the plot. She was the vicious ex-girlfriend in a wealthy-family novel. Relying on the fact that she had once saved his life, she clung to the male lead and ordered his entire family around, ending u 79.3kReads8.5Score9.6kShelves

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   With 600,000 readers, the story revolves around a male lead who is the female lead's brother (not by blood). He snatches her away from the second male lead, and he's highly intelligent, managing to revive his company.

9. 9 无 The Affliction of Silence 无言之症 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads287k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] His Love Is Deafening Dual rebirth + mutual salvation + realism + happy ending + extreme madness Antisocial, cold and aloof heartthrob vs. beautiful, quirky little troublemaker After being imprisoned for three months, Xu Mi was killed by Chen Huangnian over a single breakup. Only in his final moments did he realize that the boyfriend he had spent every day with had an antisocial personality. When he opened his eyes again, he was back ten years ago, at the time whe 14.9kReads9.6Score2.5kShelves

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   The second book by Cha Cha is simply amazing [currently being drafted]. Chen Huangnian is exceptionally clever.

10. 10 偏 Obsessive Madmen Fight to Claim Me, and the Reborn Scumbag Ends Up on His Knees 偏执疯批又挣又抢，重生渣男全跪 Gaze at the Golden Mountain照照金山Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted 388Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I don't recommend books easily, but when I do, it's always one of my own. [Kissing emoji]

11. 11 庸 A Vile, Vulgar Thing 庸俗卑劣物 Poisoned by a Devil Mushroom魔鬼蘑菇中毒Two Male Leads364k WordsCompleted (An audio drama featuring the original cast is out!) [Locked-room confinement + obsessive love + male ghost + unhinged + melodrama + wall-papering + both leads sexually and romantically inexperienced] Original title: The Vulgar, Vile Creature Obsessive, clingy, gloomy “male ghost” top × short-tempered, arrogant, max-strength bottom (He's not actually a ghost. It's just a figure of speech.) A year into his relationship with Wei Xianyu, Ning Tiao decides to clean up his act and dump the rich secon 22.5kReads9.5Score2.6kShelves

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    I have a lot of bookshelves (oh my god!), But I can set up a separate table for three books.

12. 12 漂 The Beautiful Darling Is Driven Mad by the Villain’s Obsession 漂亮宝贝被疯批反派觊觎疯了 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads432k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, Frail Bottom + Dark, Scheming, Obsessive Wife-Guy Top] [Two Male Leads + Forced Romance + Scheming Top + Confinement + Unhinged Top + Perverted, Yandere Top + Both Pure + Beautiful Bottom + Showbiz + Delicate Bottom + Older, Fatherly Top] A little cannon-fodder who only wants to complete his missions is targeted by a sasaeng fan. Toys he receives have hidden cameras, love letters mysteriously appear at home, and there are all kinds of messages professing love, along with countless ph 41.9kReads9.5Score5.2kShelves

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    Even though I can't write book reviews, I guarantee with my seven years of reading experience that I'll go and read this book—it's absolutely amazing!!!

13. 13 折 Broken Coolness 折凉 Wowo Home窝窝居Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's first] | [Happy Ending] | [Dominance] | [Submission] | [Extreme emotions] | [Mutual salvation] I will love you until the boundary between us blurs, until your flesh and blood become my nourishment, until you drown completely in me. We will become one, and at the end of destruction, we will be each other's shore. From the day his mother disappeared, Xie Zhe's world began to quietly fall apart. He needed someone to be completely his, not just for companionship, but for 1.9kReads8.8Score198Shelves
14. 14 不 The Room You Can't Leave Unless You Love Each Other 不两情相悦就出不去的房间 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads317k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Forced Love + Locked-Room Captivity + System + Deranged, Sadistic Top + Beautiful, Delicate, Sickly Beauty + Nonhuman + Mild Horror + Gloomy Male Ghost] Qi En dies of an illness, binds himself to a System, and takes on missions with special instructions. After pursuing the villain relentlessly for half a year, he and the villain, his lover, are locked in a room they can leave only if they love each other. But when he grabs the doorknob, it won’t open. Confused, he turns around 19.6kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
15. 15 疯 A Mad Tycoon’s Cross-Border Possession: Where Do You Think You’re Running? 疯批大佬跨国占有：你还要逃去哪 Her Eyes Shine她眼睛有光Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted [Taking by Force; Passion and Desire; Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger; The Powerful Bends] Original title: The Crazy Tycoon’s Cross-Border Possession: Where Do You Think You’re Running? A gentle, resilient beauty from the East vs. a ruthless, obsessive foreign tycoon [The rating is low because it hasn’t gotten much traffic. It’s actually so good!] * The last thing Yu Xinyue ever should have done was look at Xi Jinzhou one more time. She never imagined that would bring this brutish, uncouth man 2.2kReads8.7Score222Shelves
16. 16 宝 Behave, Baby: Sit Still, and Your Bad Husband Will Kiss You to Tears 宝贝乖乖坐好，坏坏老公亲哭你 Can I Add Cilantro?可以放香菜嘛Fantastical Romance250k WordsOngoing Late-Night Short Story Collection The female leads are delicate and soft, while the male leads are domineering and fierce. 1. [Little Erotic Fiction Writer × Hormonal Neighbor] 2. [Cool and Aloof Senior Disciple × Obsessive, Overpowered Dragon-Ao Protagonist] 3. [Confused, Clueless D-Lister × Beast in Fine Clothing Movie Emperor] 4. [娇软 Reborn Noblewoman × Scheming Regent] 5. [Timid on the Outside, Lecherous on the Inside Childhood Friend × Cold-Faced, Fatherly Childhood Friend] 6. [娇气 Mute Fema 349.8kReads8.1Score28.6kShelves
17. 17 被 [Quick Transmigration] The Beautiful Treasure Kept Hidden Away 【快穿】被私藏的漂亮尤物 Lujiu泸酒Two Male Leads844k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Bewitching beauty x deranged, twisted villain] Feng Yao dies at the hands of a robber. In order to come back to life, she accidentally binds herself to a System. System: [Your mission is to seduce the irredeemable villains and bring all their unspoken, dark sides to the surface.] Feng Yao hadn't realized before just how literal “irredeemable” was. She must seduce the villains, draw out the filth and twisted desires in their hearts, and then toy with them as she pleases. Ho 12kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves

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    The male lead is the real gloomy, ghostly type, and there are many unexpected plot twists that will give you a real chill down your spine.

18. 18 蓄 Deliberate Seduction 蓄意诱夺 Chiyu Yu赤鲤玉Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted [Second Chances After a Breakup + Possessive Pursuit + Coercive Love + Powerful Man Chases His Wife + Older, Daddy-Type Hero] The biggest regret of Bai Qingying’s life was getting involved with Bo Si, the all-powerful god of Jing City. He was just like his name: lacking in virtue and restraint, doing whatever he pleased. - When she first met him, she was still dating Xu Wangchuan, one of Bo Si’s subordinates. Back then, she had politely raised her glass to him, and he had smiled and nodded. She 25.3kReads8.7Score2kShelves

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    Sisters, this male lead is a true high-IQ yandere!

19. 19 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Keeps Running into Yandere Obsessives 快穿：炮灰她总遇到病娇偏执狂 Yu Wanwan虞婉婉Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + yandere + devoted couple + possessive love + delicate, soft-hearted, airheaded beauty heroine + one-on-one romance] Yun Wu is the Host of a Quick Transmigration Cannon-Fodder System. She becomes cannon fodder in the novels of various worlds, but then she suddenly realizes that the male lead in every world seems to be that same person... The orphaned cannon-fodder girl in an ancient romance, the villainous supporting character in a school story, the cannon-fodder wife in a 70.7kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves

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    I absolutely adore the female lead in this story! She's both obedient and a little rebellious, her switching between brave and cowardly is so adorable, and she has such strong morals—it's like raising a daughter! The lack of misunderstandings or the instant resolution of them is so endearing! When she's imprisoned by the yandere male lead, she cries out that she won't run away at the slightest threat—so adorably cowardly! Watching the male lead trick her into a trap from his omniscient perspective is so exciting, it's such a sweet and adorable story! 😆

20. 20 老 After an Honest Ghost Got Tangled Up with a Brooding Cultivator 老实鬼被阴湿修士缠上了之后 San Mu三慕Ancient Romance110k WordsOngoing [Metaphysics + Mystery Solving + Stealing a Wife + Deliberate Flirting + Size Difference] Honest, somewhat dim-witted female ghost versus gloomy, lustful cultivator In a nutshell: Kind people get bullied, and kind ghosts become other people's wives. After Song Liuniang dies, she becomes an honest ghost with an empty stomach. Until one day, she hears another ghost say that finding a "husband" in the world of the living will let her absorb yang energy and fill her belly. Trembling, she slips into 6.8kReads—Score1.1kShelves

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    The female lead is a ghost, and the male lead is a man with dampness.

21. 21 把 Lock the Door 把门锁上 Girl from the City of Fog雾都少女Modern Romance412k WordsCompleted A plump, adorable secretary vs. an aloof, abstinent boss (This is a story about someone who seems to control everything from a position of power, only to be knocked from his pedestal in the end.) Meng Han is a self-disciplined gentleman who keeps his distance from women, a lofty, untouchable flower. He has mastered self-control to the extreme, and rumors say that his abstinence is really because he is impotent. Yu Huan is Meng Han’s executive secretary. She doesn’t know whether her boss is impo 23.5kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    Just go for it! [I highly recommend it too]

22. 22 恶 The Villainous Cannon Fodder, Yet a Darling Everyone Loves 恶毒炮灰，但娇气万人迷 Tutuerr涂涂errTwo Male Leads518k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + beautiful airhead + everyone's darling] [A catty, spoiled bottom who thinks he's fierce × a possessive, obsessive, fatherly top] Yu Deng transmigrated into a minor world and became the male lead's boyfriend. But he wasn't the protagonist. He was a cannon-fodder character. He tricked the male lead into working to pay his tuition, put him through college, and rent him an apartment, buy him a fan and a television, all while spending money recklessly. When the male lead had money, 13.3kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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    🍅The male lead is a possessive father figure, controlling his baby!! He feeds the baby, dresses him, and carries him around. The baby bullies him with a self-righteous demand for money, throws tantrums, is spoiled and incompetent, and then says, "You raised him terribly, he can't do anything right," yet the baby is a heartthrob!! He never suffers a single injustice.

23. 23 直 The Straight Guy Everyone Loves! Every Twisted Psychopath Came in for a Kiss 直男万人迷！变态疯批全吻了上来 Wait Three Autumns等三秋Two Male Leads440k WordsCompleted [Straight male heartthrob + coercion + melodrama + imprisonment + love-triangle chaos + slow-transmigration episodic story] Beautiful straight male bottom vs. crazy, twisted top Also known as: After the Straight Male Cannon Fodder Gets Targeted by a Twisted Madman Shen Tangqing transmigrates into a novel about a crazed man’s coercive romance, as the vicious cannon-fodder character who bullies the protagonist, Xiao Yu. Follow the script to the end, and he’ll walk away with a hundred billion. He t 11.2kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
24. 24 学 Still Won’t Behave? Run Again and I’ll Lock You Up 学不乖？再跑关起来 Endless Days and Nights朝暮漫漫Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted [Possessiveness + Coercive Love + Pure Love on Both Sides + HE] [Fake Gentle, Actually a Sick, Twisted, Obsessive Mad Dog × Soft, Beautiful Amnesiac Darling] After a car accident, Shi Ling lost her memory, forgetting every last thing about her past. She woke up in a hospital. The man sitting beside her bed wore a finely tailored suit and had a handsome face. Half of his striking features were hidden in shadow. "You're awake." Shi Ling stared at his handsome, refined face, her mind completely bla 99.1kReads8.8Score11.9kShelves

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    Mr. Qu, come and say hello.

25. 25 温 My Gentle Cousin Turned Into a Madman? Cancel the Wedding, Now! 温润表兄变疯批？退退退退婚！ Layer Upon Layer, Like a Painting重重似画Ancient Romance246k WordsCompleted [Possessive pursuit + male lead is reborn] When Shen Lichu first arrives in Yanjing, she falls at first sight for the brilliant, refined Heir Ning, a man as bright and aloof as the moon. She hears that he is disciplined and courteous, gentle yet distant, like snow atop a lofty mountain: beautiful to behold but impossible to reach. Fortunately, her aunt does everything she can to bring them together, and Shen Lichu makes a careful effort to win him over. She gets her wish: Lu Shiji falls for her, 29kReads8.1Score3kShelves
26. 26 攻 After My Conquest Failed and I Switched Targets, He Turned Dark and Fell in Love with Me 攻略失败切换目标后，他黑化了，爱我了 Rao Yue娆月13k WordsCompleted After My Conquest Failed, I Switched Targets. He Went Dark and Fell in Love with Me 5.3kReads—Score100Shelves

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    A male ghost, driven by a cold, gloomy nature, willingly submits to love and is tamed! A fiercely competitive arena of intrigue and excitement! A once-lofty beauty falls from grace, a succubus fox spirit descends into darkness and forces love, while a scheming, aggrieved, and manipulative man, a green tea b*tch, vies for power! The status of the empress versus the behavior of the mistress... Hehehe! The first book features multiple male leads; let's make the most of our lives together! A fantasy romance filled with a wife-chasing-after-the-crime scenario, incredibly captivating! A fiercely competitive arena of intrigue! Top-tier yandere characters! Both the male lead and the second male lead are incredibly charismatic! The male lead also has various alluring facets! Both the male lead and the second male lead are jealous and manipulative! The empress's status versus the mistress's behavior! A cold, aloof immortal falls from grace for love, while a monstrous demon lord is beautiful, powerful, tragic, and insane! A top-tier fantasy novel! The second book features a horror-themed dungeon where the male lead, a younger, seemingly innocent but actually cunning wolf-dog, becomes the dungeon's big boss, transforming into various facets of the female lead—yes, he seduces her and takes her away. In reality, it was a long-planned scheme; skilled hunters often appear as prey.

27. 27 误 I Wandered into a Horror Instance, but Insisted It Was an Otome Game 误入恐怖副本，我却坚称这是乙游 Rao Yue娆月17k WordsCompleted I Got Trapped in a Horror Game, but I Insisted It Was a Dating Sim 1.7kReads—Score100Shelves
28. 28 没 Guess What? She Really Does Have Two Axes! 没想到吧？她还真有两把斧子！ And Halfway Up the Mountain, Mist Like a Sash而半山居雾若带然Ancient Romance121k WordsOngoing [A cast full of lovable weirdos + the male lead falling for her on his own + an outrageously powerful heroine + male lead reborn + heroine transmigrates + lighthearted laughs + a true-love romantic + super-sweet everyday romance] Shen Xiaoxi had just won a million yuan when she got hit by a car? When she woke up, she found she had transmigrated and become a poor country girl with nothing to her name, constantly bullied by everyone? Never mind, her unhinged antics would carry on as usual!!! Whoev 394Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book 🥰🥰🥰

29. 29 穿 Transmigrated as the Villainess, I Bind Myself to the Brooding Villain Before He Turns Evil 穿成恶女配，绑定阴湿反派黑化前 Sugar-Free Preserved Plum无糖话梅Sci-Fi & Apocalypse599k WordsCompleted [Romance, Not a Strong Female Lead] A lightly Lovecraftian apocalypse: a sinister, twisted villain x a resilient, brave ray of sunshine The villain, Xie Yanhan, was born wicked: cold and merciless, brutal and bloodthirsty. He nearly destroyed the world single-handedly. But the villain who now stands invincible across the land once had a vicious, cruel fiancée. She left him with a broken leg, sold his flesh and blood, then threw him into the hellish prison of a research institute, where people re 55.6kReads9.1Score7.3kShelves

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    These three!!! I've arranged them in this order based on my personal preference; the first one has over 600,000 reads. Hmm.

30. 30 暗 Her Secret Crush Is Wicked and Flirtatious, and She Can't Handle Him 暗恋对象又坏又撩，她招架不住 Cranes Part from Green Mountains鹤别青山Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Short drama now available A cash-strapped, gentle, resilient good girl × a rich, aloof, wicked young master [The heroine’s secret crush comes true + a fake playboy reforms + dating before falling in love] Lin Wu stumbled upon scenes she shouldn’t have seen, twice. The first time, in a torrential downpour, He Jingzhou sat in his car, watching indifferently as a bodyguard beat someone half to death. The second time was at a party, where she saw him get dumped on the spot as his White Moonlight ann 64kReads9.3Score6.8kShelves

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    These three! I'll just list them in this order because I like them; the first one has over 600,000 reads. Hmm.

31. 31 邻 Could My Neighbor Really Be a Creepy, Clingy Guy? 邻居竟是阴湿男吗 A Laugh Across the Vast Sea That’ll Make You Die Laughing沧海一声笑死人12k WordsCompleted Is the Neighbor Really a Creepy, Brooding Guy? 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist in this book is a purely effeminate man, always twisted. The female protagonist is a detached person. At first, the male protagonist patiently pretends to be normal, but after being repeatedly rejected by the female protagonist, he goes crazy and begins to forcibly imprison her.

32. 32 穿 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Heroine, I Was Imprisoned and Spoiled by the Mad Male Lead 穿成炮灰女配后被疯批男主囚宠了 Little Sheep Cheese小羊奶酪Modern Romance816k WordsOngoing [Both Are Each Other's First Love + Forced Love + Transmigrate into a Book + Redemption + System + Over-the-Top Drama (The Female Lead Fakes Her Death, Loses Her Memory, and Runs Away While Pregnant) + Happy Ending] Content warning: The author's tastes are pretty twisted, and this gets quite dark. The male lead is a pervert and a thoroughly rotten person. A crazy, unhinged Southeast Asian kingpin * a pretty, resilient, honest girl Ning Sui transmigrates into a book and gets the role of a cannon- 98kReads9.2Score14.2kShelves

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    The male lead constantly monitors the female lead's every word and action. He feels a sense of satisfaction even when she hits or scolds him, and he's always scheming against everyone around him. You could say he's a truly despicable person. The female lead isn't naive; she manages to survive even under such pressure. However, this isn't a female-centric story; the female lead currently depends on the male lead for survival. She's wary of both bad guys and the male lead.

33. 33 小 Little Cannon Fodder [Quick Transmigration] 小炮灰【快穿】 Mom of Zhao Gouqu赵沟渠妈妈Modern Romance993k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration | ordinary-looking girl adored by everyone] A chronicle of a fishpond owner: Yuan Jing is utterly ordinary and has no redeeming qualities. She’s just a pitiful little piece of cannon fodder, desperate for other people to like her but with no special advantages to help her. So she can only hide behind the internet to deceive people, use force and manipulation, pester them relentlessly, and threaten them... Then, once she gets what she wants, she plans to run. The men she d 25.9kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    One of the psychiatrists in this first chapter has a slightly sinister and intellectually stimulating feel. The writing style and descriptions are absolutely fantastic! Everyone should read it; it's so good I read it from lying down until I sat up.

34. 34 京 Spoiled in the Capital 京娇宠溺 Floating Bamboo Boat浮竹舟Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Reserved, Restrained, Fatherly Hero × Scatterbrained, Straightforward Sweetheart (Seven-Year Age Gap)] Lin Chaoque had lived with the Zhou family since she was little. She couldn't help falling for the cold, desireless man of the Zhou family, as immovable as a snow-covered mountain. She wanted to make that mountain crumble. The day she learned that Zhou Guanji was getting engaged, Lin Chaoque kissed the corner of his lips on tiptoe, where no one could see, and asked timidly, “Brother.” “Didn't 14.3kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    ① This book!! The male lead is a dominant, controlling figure, while the female lead is someone who craves love and wants to be controlled. She can't help but call the male lead "daddy," wanting him to tease her, hold her, and stay in his arms forever!!! Absolutely amazing!! ② The male lead appears to be a gentle, guiding "daddy," but secretly he's a crazy, dark, twisted, and pretentious character, especially later on when he becomes increasingly insane—just a whole creepy male ghost.

35. 35 病 The Yandere Hero Dotes on Me Like a Treasure, and the Original Heroine Regrets It 病娇男主宠我如宝，原女主后悔了 Jin Yuyan锦钰颜Ancient Romance790k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration, obsessive male leads, stunning female lead, love at first sight, forced possession, sweet romance, original female leads regret it] In some small worlds, the female leads couldn’t bear their obsessive male leads’ relentless pursuit and imprisonment, and their love turned into mutual destruction. Xie Lanyin, however, has a special fondness for these powerful yet tragic, obsessive male leads, so she came along. But once all the obsessive male leads fell in love with her, the 26.4kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves

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    The male leads are all yandere, highly intelligent, and cunning. They fall in love with the female lead at first sight. The original female lead wants both of them and can't accept the yandere male lead, but someone else comes to love him. What I particularly like is that the male lead treats the female lead differently than the original female lead.

36. 36 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 17.9kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
37. 37 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s to Be a Soft, Gold-Digging Green Tea 穿到七零当软饭绿茶 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The main story is complete. You can read the bonus chapters first and then the main story, or read them in order. [Marriage first, love later + fussy heroine + devoted relationship + both leads are each other's only ones + previous marriage and hidden hang-ups, don't read if that bothers you. An extremely imperfect cast! Definitely not a romance-obsessed heroine!] Clearheaded, beautiful, delicate woman + rugged, scheming man with off-the-charts EQ and IQ She loves putting on a show, he loves mak 6.1kReads8.9Score542Shelves

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    The male lead is genuinely intelligent and emotionally intelligent, and his possessiveness is incredibly strong; I'd say he's effeminate.

38. 38 假 The Fake Heiress Goes Wild with Her Illness, and the Young Master She Saved Clings to Her 假千金持病发癫，救的真少爷求贴 Fragrant Green Night青夜息香Modern Romance74k WordsOngoing [Short-Tempered, Sexually Cold-Hot Pepper X Lovesick, Pretty Peacock, Poor Little Thing] In her previous life, Zhen Daiyu was nicknamed the powder keg. She died after her scheming boss smashed her over the head with an ashtray for ruining his plans. When she opened her eyes again, she was in an unfamiliar world, a fake heiress who had been thrown out of a psychiatric hospital and swallowed a whole bottle of sleeping pills in a rented apartment. Reborn and already crazy from the start, Zhen Daiyu 576Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 漂 Pretty Fools Were Born to Be Spoiled by Their Husbands 漂亮蠢货天生就是要被老公宠坏的 De Wan德万Two Male Leads303k WordsCompleted Original title: Pretty Idiots Are Born to Be Their Husband's... [Reincarnated Shou + Awakening Gong + Romantic, Supernatural Mystery + Ages 27/19 + Heights 193/176 + Both Inexperienced + Semi-Period Setting] Stupid, “vicious,” bitter-melon sweetie shou X frustrated, scheming, dirty-talking, bad-dog, fatherly gong Gong's perspective: Zhou Gangxun has a dream in which his wife is the vicious shou in a novel, while he is the novel's villainous gong. His wife is only with him to latch onto a rich s 72.3kReads9.5Score8.3kShelves

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    A vicious, silly wife and a gloomy, male ghost named Da Zhou. He often says his wife is dirty (smelly) but he protects her very much. He can really settle things with a single click when something happens. It's very sweet. This is the real older man/younger woman dynamic. [Already added to my bookshelf] Xiao Ruan just left the beginner village and encountered this top succubus from the Demon King's castle. [I also highly recommend it] Warning: Xiao Ruan is a bit silly (literally).

40. 40 末 Sick Love in the Apocalypse: After Dying a Horrible Death, I Welcome the Mad Demon King Out of Prison 末世病宠，惨死后接阴疯魔王出狱 Sweetness in the Mortal World人间天糖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Self-serving green-tea heroine x deranged, obsessive zombie king] [Two drama queens acting against each other] [Realistic approach, lots of romance, a grim ensemble story about the apocalypse] “Yanyan, food is running low. Take out your emergency rations so we can share them.” “Yanyan, Xiaorou was bitten by a zombie. Give her your vaccine first.” “Yanyan, the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled should go first. We'll hold them off...” After Chen Muzhou's relentless do-gooder routine, Xia Yan rea 11.5kReads7.8Score1.1kShelves

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    I've been following this for so long!! I always thought apocalypse and romance could never coexist, but this book completely changed my mind!! I opened the first chapter out of curiosity and instantly fell in love!! The yandere trope is absolutely wildly popular in the apocalypse!! The female lead initially wanted to be a kept woman, but she suddenly became completely devoted after the male lead got into trouble!!

41. 41 分 Break Up? Only If I'm Dead 分手？除非我死了 Which Star哪一颗星Modern Romance477k WordsCompleted A timid, sweet-tempered girl ✖️ a nasty, possessive, scheming guy [One-on-one, both are devoted to each other ➕ forced love ➕ sweet fluff] Because Yu Shubao's grades are poor, her homeroom teacher seats her next to Chen Jinnan, the top student in the year. But he's nasty and loves to tease her. Chen Jinnan is always ordering Yu Shubao around, whether it's to do his homework, fetch water, or buy food. Yu Shubao has always been obedient and never gets into arguments with anyone, so she just silent 55.4kReads8.2Score3.7kShelves

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    The male lead is incredibly intelligent; he spoils the female lead from every angle, leaving her unsure whether to break up with him (of course, they don't). This book is amazing; I actually read this fatherly, obsessive-compulsive male lead trope from beginning to end with great enjoyment.

42. 42 你 You Don’t Want That Yandere Male Lead? I’ll Take Him! 你不要的病娇男主？归我了！ Cha Xirao茶夕娆Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted The rating was just posted, and it will rise later. [Quick Transmigration, Stunning Female Lead, Yandere, Evil Original Female Lead, Original Female Lead Regrets Her Choices] In certain small worlds, the yandere, obsessive male lead gradually drives the world to collapse when he fails to win the female lead's love. To keep the worlds from falling apart because of these yandere male leads, Xia Yinhe accepts a mission to save them. World One: The brilliant top student with skin hunger just wants h 17.7kReads6.7Score1.6kShelves

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    The yandere, effeminate male protagonist only likes the female protagonist.

43. 43 野EN A Wild Dog Catches a Butterfly 野犬抓蝴蝶 Recovered from a Cold伤风好了Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted [Sweet, timid girl × gloomy, unhinged troublemaker] [Childhood friends + forced love + reunion after years apart + both pure + happy ending] (Original title: The Wild Dog Catches the Butterfly) Xi Jin was born into a wealthy family. With his striking looks and cool, otherworldly air, he was the picture of perfection. At eighteen, he won the world championship in the 10-meter air pistol, making a name for himself overnight. To his teachers, he was a top student. To his countless fans, he was a bo 26.2kReads8.6Score2.4kShelves

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    Childhood sweethearts tend to force marriage.

44. 44 穿 I Entered a Forced-Love Novel and Became the Beloved Good Kid of the Main Couple 穿进强制爱文成了主角最爱的乖崽 Dark Qiu暗楸Two Male Leads223k WordsCompleted Tan Muyu transmigrates into a book, landing in a novel about forced love as the tragic protagonist who gets targeted by every powerful big shot with even a halfway impressive background, all eager to force their love on him for kicks. Tan Muyu sees through the central conceit of that forced-love novel. Do those big shots love the protagonist? No. They just love his unbending backbone. After transmigrating, Tan Muyu finds the only way out: bend that backbone. He has no other talents, but his bone 7.2kReads9.3Score795Shelves

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    [Shy][shy]

45. 45 被 After a Deranged Fan Spied on Me, I Turned the Tables and Seduced Him 被变态粉丝偷窥后我进行了反勾引 Mrs. Hockcliffe霍克利夫人Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted Sweet-on-the-Outside, Dark-Within Seductress and Obsessive Female Lead ✘ Brooding, Sickly, Dissociative Male Lead [Double Purity + Sweet Romance + Seductive Push and Pull + Temptation and Countertemptation + Made for Each Other + The Male Lead Is Truly a Pervert, While the Female Lead Has Extremely Rose-Tinted Glasses and Is Truly Head Over Heels] Zeng Qin was probably a bit of a masochist. She came to this conclusion after reading a novel. The heroine, also named Zeng Qin, was talented and be 16.8kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves

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    It's so beautiful!!!

46. 46 被 The Fourth Year of Being Loved Against My Will 被强制爱的第四年 Crane Song yyyy鹤音yyyyModern Romance329k WordsCompleted [Short drama now streaming] [Forced Love + Both Leads Reborn + Obsessive Male Lead + Died for Love in Their Past Life + HE] In the fourth year of being effectively imprisoned by Shen Huaixu, Qiao Qiao asked him for a divorce. Shen Huaixu had quietly stripped her of every freedom, taken control of her entire life, and imprisoned her in a cage built in the name of love. Shen Huaixu was possessive, cool-headed, and fiercely jealous. He commanded the business world and built his own commercial empir 13.6kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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    The male lead is highly intelligent, wealthy, and only loves the female lead. He only listens to her and doesn't want to live without her.

47. 47 温 A Tender Rose Becomes His Cherished Favorite in the Apocalypse 温软玫瑰沦为他心尖偏宠【末世】 Fallen Today落今朝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse360k WordsCompleted [A post-apocalyptic setting + a trash man’s regret + the arch-enemy villain takes the lead + love triangle drama + mutual salvation + swoony romance + romantic aesthetics + both leads are devoted to each other] [Gentle, steadfast beacon of righteousness x refined, unhinged smiling schemer (irresistibly wicked)] Even as she lay dying, Wen Yao couldn’t understand what she had ever liked about Shen Yichuan. Was it his coldheartedness, or his selfishness? As his partner, she had risked her life for 43.8kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves

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    In the face of death, she saw the face of her nemesis, Ji Mingchen—that gentle face with his captivating peach blossom eyes, breathtakingly beautiful, yet a ruthless killer who never blinked an eye. The man used his blood-stained fingers to lift her chin, his smile alluring: "I saved you? How will you repay me?"

48. 48 狗 The Caged Canary in a Trashy Romance 狗血文里被囚禁的金丝雀 The Snoring Cat打呼噜的猫Two Male Leads286k WordsCompleted Fourth escape attempt: failed. A black metal collar now encircled Jiang Ye’s neck, fitted with a tracker. The moment he stepped outside the villa, an electric shock would knock him unconscious. Everyone knew that Young Master Bo kept a canary, pampering him like a treasure and never bringing him out in public. While people gossiped and even started betting on how much longer the canary would last, news broke that the Bo family heir was getting married. That canary stood fearlessly beside the hea 11.5kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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    Go watch it, I think it'll be incredibly fun for six hours straight!

49. 49 被 Inuyasha: A Brooding Half-Demon Has Become Obsessively Attached to Me 【犬夜叉】被阴湿半妖缠上了 Yue Fuguang越浮光Anime Fanfiction485k WordsCompleted [Male lead: Naraku] [Content warnings are in Chapter 1. Please don’t skip them.] [Cool, stunning otherworldly shrine maiden x gloomy, obsessive half-demon BOSS] Yaoguang played a game with the same name, then transmigrated into the world of Inuyasha, where war and demons run rampant. System mission: Win over the characters and achieve a happy ending. But she soon realizes that every blade of grass and every tree here is utterly real. Treating living people as NPCs isn’t just absurd, it’s sacril 5.1kReads8.9Score556Shelves

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    These two articles are absolutely essential; you can't miss them, or you'll regret it for the rest of your life.

50. 50 在 Winning Over Ma Wencai in the Butterfly Lovers World 在梁祝世界攻略马文才 Bao Bao Man Man褒褒曼曼Female-Channel Fanfiction231k WordsOngoing After entering the world of Butterfly Lovers, the System pointed to a cold-faced villain: [See him? That’s Ma Wencai.] [He’s the biggest obstacle to a happy ending for Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.] Xie Qingyan nodded. Since he was the main villain, she would just have to... [Take him out?] [Win him over!] Xie Qingyan boldly said what she was thinking, startling the System: [Host, that’s a very dangerous idea!] [Can’t you just stick to winning the villain over?] But Ma Wencai’s gaze grew more 3.1kReads9.3Score271Shelves

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