Scheming Male Lead, Clear-Headed Female Lead, Adult Romance 男主腹黑，女主清醒 成年人文

1. 1 藏 After Hiding My Pregnancy, the Capital's Powerful Men Begged on Their Knees 藏起孕肚后，京圈大佬们红眼下跪 Mr. Wuyin五音先生Modern Romance425k WordsCompleted A host interviewed four powerful men from Beijing’s elite circles. When asked what their exes were like, each man reacted differently. Sheng Jingshi stubbed out his cigarette with a hard press. “Her? A vulgar woman. I was the only one who could put up with her.” Shen S ren said expressionlessly, “No comment.” Jiang Suizhou smiled, but the amusement didn’t reach his eyes. “Whenever something happened, all she could do was cry. She can’t live without me.” Lou Fan spoke with confidence. “She wa 6.7kReads9.2Score768Shelves

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   This is amazing! It's really, really beautiful! There is the beautiful first love Bai Yueguang, the guide lover, the little milk dog and the paranoid boss! The heroine is sober and strong

2. 2 终 The Ultimate Sacrifice 终极献祭 Clouds of Rough Noodles Again又见糙面云Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 34.4kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves

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   A unique and wealthy novel, the absolute best in modern writing, not a cool novel but a great plot. The business war and the apotheosis of the gods, the love between two powerful people is very touching, it is only suitable for old bookworms, and the supporting characters are all brilliant. I really want a meal replacement.

3. 3 新 A Fiery Newlywed: The Cold-Faced Officer Can't Hold Back 新婚惹火，冷面军官不节制 Green Leaves in Clusters青叶朵朵Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama Xu Xu is now streaming [Marriage first, love later + a husband’s long road to winning his wife back + sweet romance + both leads’ first love + age gap + contrasting personalities] [Scheming, cold-hearted big bad wolf vs. charming, soft, adorable little white rabbit] At a certain hospital, in the urology department, a serious medical misdiagnosis occurred. A man’s gritted, furious growl rang out from the consultation room. “Woman, are you asking to die?” Behind her mask, the yo 28.8kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
4. 4 追 Pursuing You Is Like Taming a Hawk 追你跟熬鹰似的 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [Sweet and Satisfying] [Brooding Boy x Martial Arts Girl] [Happy Ending] [Male Lead Is Crazy and Possessive] [Original title: Chasing You Is Like Taming a Wild Falcon] Quan Zhishui couldn’t understand why people from other schools beat up Wei Shixu every day, forcing her to rush in and save him from danger time and again. Later, she discovered that those people were being paid to do it. By Wei Shixu. “I’m done with you!” she said sternly, drawing a clear line between them. Wei Shixu grinned, utt 53.7kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves

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   The game between the male and female protagonists is super cool! You can also understand some principles of life here

5. 5 媳 After His Wife Ran Away, He Wept 媳妇跑后，他哭了 The Princess Has Run Away from Home格格离家出走了Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Younger man, obsessive, twisted, puppy-like wolf, told in reverse, one reborn couple, one-on-one, both leads have clean romantic pasts] She'd pin him down and beat him to a pulp. They'd scratch and claw at each other until the pampered young master bawled. She had no idea that when he grew up, she'd have to pay him emotional damages. She was mean, arrogant, and looked down on everyone. With a shamelessly pretty face, she could sweet-talk anyone. She knew how to pout and act cute, but her fists 2.9kReads9.1Score197Shelves

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   This book is very good, with a strong male and female protagonist!

6. 6 陛 The Emperor Broke His Promise and Made Me Empress, So I Ran Away and Lost My Memory 陛下毁诺封我为后，我逃跑又失忆 You Gongyu尤宫羽Ancient Romance406k WordsCompleted [Unhinged emperor × clear-eyed beauty | powerful man, gentle woman | forced love | white moonlight | imprisonment | amnesia | chasing his wife] In a dream, Mu Zhuohua glimpsed her own life. Her childhood sweetheart, Crown Prince Xiao Junyi, who had promised to marry her, would send her away to marry another kingdom. Helian Xiao, the emperor of Ziyuan whom she would marry, would go on to unite the realm. After waking, she resolved to stop being the girl who waited in vain for her childhood sweeth 5.7kReads8.9Score725Shelves

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   The male protagonist is super scheming and very crazy, the female protagonist is weak, but not silly and sweet, she is very sober, the writing is very good, and the content is relatively novel, you can't even imagine some plot twists. After reading this novel, it is difficult for me to read other novels. I highly recommend everyone to read it.

7. 7 八 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 North to South由北向南Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 72.2kReads9.3Score6.1kShelves

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   Zhao Jinshu, who was in her sixties, was reborn and returned to the time when she first entered the city. She no longer felt inferior, became sober and decisive, and determined to change the wrongful fate of her previous life. Her husband Lu Jintai has a dark belly, but he never leaves her. The two's relationship heats up as they test each other, face the challenges of family and career together, and embark on a journey of counterattack. It's very interesting, the female protagonist is very sober and the male protagonist is very sinister!!!

8. 8 路 Never Rescue a Man on the Roadside, Especially One Holding a Gun 路边的男人不能救，可他手里有枪 Sisters Yiyi姐妹花一一Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On a bitter winter day in 1975, Jiang Yu, director of the Revolutionary Committee in Hancheng County, was knocked unconscious with a brick on his way to work. When he woke up, all his belongings had been stolen: his service pistol, wallet, watch, and belt. Not a thing was left. The robbers were two high school sophomores, Xu Aiguo and Xu Xiuyun. The cousins worked together: he carried Jiang Yu to the hospital, while she stripped him bare as he lay unconscious. Xu Xiuyun stuffed the pistol into 3.4kReads6.2Score335Shelves

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   The male protagonist is a thief and knows that the female protagonist is faking it, but he doesn't expose it. He just watches her act, and then cooperates with her to let her step into his trap step by step. He is still stupidly happy. The female protagonist is smart and bold, and can run away quickly when encountering problems. The male protagonist has power over others, while the female protagonist has no power. The combination of the two complements each other to the extreme.

9. 9 结 We Haven't Seen Each Other in Two Years of Marriage, and Now My Military Doctor Husband Is Back 结婚两年未见面，军医老公回来了 Miss Fan范氏女子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in a past era + pocket dimension + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + cozy daily life] Su He wakes up one morning to find that she has transmigrated into a book as the villain's wicked mother. In the story, her villainous son eventually dies in a fire, while her villainous daughter is sold overseas. Both children meet tragic ends. Their mother, meanwhile, is a wicked woman whose name never even appears in the book. Looking at her current obese b 7.1kReads8.9Score639Shelves
10. 10 夫 My Lady Is Hard to Please: Stop Acting Up, You Mad Warlord 夫人难哄，疯批督军你别作 A Pot of Smoke and Wine一壶烟酒Modern Romance605k WordsCompleted Jiang Ning is the young proprietress of Yixin Restaurant. Her cooking skills are extraordinary, and she herself is even more delicious-looking than the food she makes. The moment Commander Lu lays eyes on her, he decides to claim her as his wife, even though she's engaged to someone else. He says, “Be with me, and you'll have everything.” Then he adds, “If you refuse, you'll have nothing.” She still slaps him across the face again and again, mocks his manly pride with cold words, and even presse 326Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Jiang Ning, the young owner of Yixin Restaurant, has superb cooking skills, and she herself is even more beautiful than the food she cooks. Governor Lu fell in love with her at first sight. She was someone else's fiancée, and he wanted to snatch her to be his wife. He said: "If you follow me, you have everything." Then he said: "If you don't follow me, you have nothing." She slapped him again and again, spoke coldly about his dignity as a man, and put a cold gun to his head. But he just couldn't put it down. Even though he was hungry for nine meals a day, he always missed her...

11. 11 酒 When I Sobbed Up, I Found a Marriage Certificate in My Hand 酒醒后，发现手里多了本结婚证 Good Little Guai乖小乖Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted [The short drama is now streaming] [Sweet, adorable composer x scheming, dark-hearted CEO] [Marriage before love, both untouched, seven-year age gap, male lead has secretly loved the female lead for ten years] Jing Yi woke up after a night of heavy drinking and found a marriage certificate clutched in her hand. Help, it seemed she had gotten drunk and married herself off... She opened the little red booklet and saw that her “husband” was devastatingly handsome, with refined features and an elega 4.6kReads9.4Score694Shelves

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    ①🔥[Long-planned sinister boss VS cute composer] The heroine married herself after being drunk in a bar💍. The object was her brother whom she had known since childhood. Before marriage, the hero was elegant, dignified, cold and distant. After marriage, the heroine felt that the hero's fox tail should not be exposed too fast [face covering]. ②💥 [Long-planned+Beijing Circle] The female protagonist thought that the eavesdropping was just for the male protagonist to let her see clearly the face of the scumbag. The heroine backhands the scumbag man and ruins his reputation, but the hero loves the heroine to the core of her heart. ③😻[Long-planned + Male protagonist's fierce flirtation + High sweetness] The male protagonist takes advantage of the female protagonist's vampire physique🎀 to lure her into sinking and only sucking his own blood, making her addicted to him? 🎈

12. 12 欲 Lust, Obsession 欲，痴狂 Jiuke九柯Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of His Obsession is now streaming. [Beijing social scene ✚ two flirtatious leads ✚ long-laid plans ✚ both leads have had no previous partners · sweet romance] Zhou Jin is notorious in Beijing for being an incorrigible rascal. Rumor has it he’s especially picky about women, and ordinary ones don’t catch his eye. The night Chi Zui finds out she’s been treated as a replacement, she decides to take a chance and asks Zhou Jin out. - After that night, Chi Zui discovers that 5.7kReads9.2Score703Shelves
13. 13 荔 The First Book of Liyuan 荔园的第一本书 Liyuan荔园Modern Romance374k WordsCompleted [Super sweet, no angst + the male lead has been plotting to win the heroine's heart for ages + the male lead is incredibly flirtatious!] Chi Wan, a C-list actress, only wants to be a hardworking, ordinary actress. Who could have guessed that one night, unable to resist, she'd accidentally provoke a big bad wolf? She takes a step back, and he closes in another step. He saves all his tenderness, affection, patience, and indulgence for her, waiting only for her to fall. Xie Sui: Sis, you can't get 1.3kReads9.3Score214Shelves
14. 14 明 A Secret Marriage? Goodbye! Take Your Divorce Papers 明招暗娶？再见吧！离婚本请拿好 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The female lead pursues a career in government, and the two leads each have their own stories. Don’t worry about their romance! Blurb: Everyone says Ning Qing was born lucky. She was an unwanted child with no one to care for, yet someone adopted her. It’s just that her marriage prospects aren’t great. Her adoptive mother tries every trick in the book to match Ning Qing with her second son! Too bad the two of them can’t stand each other! The brave get to enjoy life first. She secretly sets he 4.1kReads8.2Score323Shelves

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    In this book, the heroine is in politics and becomes mayor in the end. The heroine is very sober from the beginning to the ending.

15. 15 绮 Splendor 绮靡 Chu Diandian初点点Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, “Qi Mi,” is available by searching on Tomato. Ning Zhen is forced to marry the warlord Sheng Changyu. Sheng Changyu has a beloved first love, as well as two concubines, and the Sheng household is rife with danger. Ning Zhen is a young heiress who has returned from studying abroad. She can’t adapt to the infighting in the household, and everyone is waiting to see her make a fool of herself. Less than three years later, just as everyone predicted, Ning Zhen wants 79.6kReads9.5Score9.1kShelves

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    This plot of the Republic of China is amazing! Marriage first, love later! The female protagonist is super strong inside and the male protagonist is affectionate

16. 16 跪 After Begging Me to Switch Marriages, My Cousin Cried Herself to Death in the Slums 跪求我换亲后，堂妹哭死在贫民窟 Chai Bao柴宝Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.3kReads9.2Score298Shelves

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    The male protagonist is sinister, the female protagonist is reborn, the male protagonist and the female protagonist are trying to make a fortune by eating black hair and getting rich [already planted]

17. 17 从 From Maid to Magistrate’s Wife: A Native Woman’s Journey 从丫鬟到官夫人，土著女子奋斗史 Zhuang Sheng Mi庄生迷Ancient Romance769k WordsCompleted [Native-born leads, no space, no System, no golden finger] Strong, beautiful maid Ren Qingmiao x unlucky, sickly, handsome scholar Lin Yanchu Ren Qingmiao's hometown was struck by disaster when she was young, and she was sold into slavery. Her intelligence and strength won her master's favor. By chance, she saved the unlucky scholar Lin Yanchu, and the two became entangled from then on. She learns a trade and trains her body, becoming self-reliant and strong. After leaving the manor, Ren Qingmia 6.5kReads8.9Score764Shelves

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    The plot of the novel is ups and downs, fascinating, the writing is like flowing clouds, and every word and sentence is gripping, reflecting the appeal of the story. The vivid creation of the characters is particularly brilliant, and emotions quietly arise, highlighting the characters and emotional resonance.

18. 18 追 I Don't Dare Turn Down My Wife's Pursuit 追妻不敢拒 Zhang Pengmai张芃麦Ancient Romance409k WordsCompleted [Childhood Friends + Forced Marriage + Corruption + Coercion] Yu Hou of the capital and the lovely daughter of the Luo family are both haunted by the same nightmare. Is it fate, or a karmic bond from a past life? The virtuous Yu Hou turns out to have two faces. In public, he keeps his distance from women; in private, all he wants is a houseful of children. But fate has decreed that he will remain alone for the rest of his life, and he has already resigned himself to growing old in solitude. Then 76Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The bamboo horse could not withstand the fall from the sky, her fiancé was robbed, and she was forced to get married. The male protagonist fights and fights over tea, and his fiancé turns evil...

19. 19 在 Surviving Among Thorns 在荆棘中生存 Eggs Mixed with Tangerines鸡蛋拌橘子8k WordsCompleted Surviving Among Thorns 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let's write a short story

20. 20 重 Reborn with Twins at Three: Lord Huo's Darling Wants No Responsibility 重生三年抱俩：霍爷的心肝不想负责 Roast Chicken烧鸡Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Revenge + secret identities + face-slapping + over-the-top devotion + reborn + real and fake heiress + doted on by everyone] In her previous life, the real heiress Chi Wan was brought back from the countryside, but mistakenly thought her parents and three older brothers only loved the fake heiress. It wasn't until she believed the lies of a scumbag and a wicked woman and brought her family to ruin that she finally learned how deeply her parents and brothers loved her. Reborn into a new life, sh 5.1kReads8.2Score599Shelves

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    Strong man and strong woman + scheming CEO + wealthy daughter Chi Wan

21. 21 顶 I Can't Take It Anymore! My Former Boss Pins Me Against the Wall and Kisses Me Every Day 顶不住了！前上司天天把我按在墙上亲 Meow Little Rabbit喵小兔Modern Romance426k WordsCompleted Qin Shinian stayed by Zhou Tingye's side for three years. By day, she was his secretary. By night, she was his lover. She followed his every word and cared for him devotedly, giving him her whole heart. Then his fiancée came back. When Shinian learned they were going to marry, she slowly let go of her love for him and prepared to leave this game of pursuit. But one disaster after another followed: his relentless pursuit, his fiancée's humiliation, and her father, stepmother, and stepsister cling 11.8kReads7.4Score715Shelves

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