A Sickly Beauty With a High IQ. No Thanks to Poor Writing That Can't Support the Character's Intelligence 高智商病弱美人 文笔差剧情撑不起智商的拒了哈

1. 1 林 Lin Meimei, Instant All-Around Ace 林妹妹，秒变全能ACE Zi An梓安Two Male Leads439k WordsCompleted (Happy ending + both chaste + younger love interest) Disheveled and loud, the rugged, straight-laced criminal investigation captain Fu Chuji mistakes Shi Yu, a catlike man who has to catch his breath every few steps, for a suspect turning himself in. He locks him up for a whole day. The next day, Fu Chuji gets chewed out by the bureau chief. The man he locked up was the top criminal psychology expert the police station had gone to great lengths to recruit! “You graduated from the police academ 9.8kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves

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   Hehe, just by looking at the subject matter, you can tell it's high-IQ, right? [Smirk] It's not the cliché sickly type. In the first book, the seme locks up the uke as a suspect the moment they first meet, and their relationship is more like that of mortal enemies. Later, they become very affectionate. [Shy] In the second book, the seme falls in love at first sight with the uke and even accidentally takes off the uke's hearing aid as if it were an earphone. [Crying with laughter] The seme is a very love-obsessed character, very adorable, and his heart and eyes are full of his little fox Momo.

2. 2 尸 The Language of the Dead [Crime Investigation] 尸语【刑侦】 Lu Lufa Fa路路法法Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Alternate Universe + Flirty Contrast + Case-of-the-Week Investigations + Healing + HE + Two Powerful Leads, Both Pure + Ensemble Cast + Some Dark Content] [Roguish, handsome, sharp-tongued, talkative team captain Qi Yan × deaf, frail but tough “living corpse” genius forensic doctor Mo Wen] Twenty-four-year-old genius forensic doctor Mo Wen is assigned to the squad out of the blue. Qi Yan strongly objects, convinced the “genius” has come to coast on the team's reputation. Geniuses only cause 23.8kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
3. 3 我 I'm Dying, Yet the Paranoid Young Marshal Begs Every God and Buddha with Red Eyes 我快死了，偏执少帅红眼求遍神佛 A Sword Drawn, Wind Rises引剑风生Two Male Leads293k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Warlord + Devoted Love + Angsty and Satisfying + Regret and Redemption + Both Pure] [Obsessive, Violent, Devoted Warlord Top x Resilient, Gentle, Kind Beggar Bottom] Jiang Yushu was a fraud who had carefully plotted his way into the governor’s mansion in disguise. Shen Changye had always known that the fraud pretending to be his younger brother was a lowly beggar. At first, he treated the beggar like a puppet on strings, tormenting him at will. But when Jiang Yushu truly gave u 4.8kReads9.4Score530Shelves
4. 4 开 Coughing Up Blood from the Start, My Four Powerful Brothers Beg Me Not to Die 开局吐血，四个大佬弟弟求我别死 Liu Lian, Who Loves Razor Clams爱吃竹蛏子的刘帘Urban306k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, the Ji family was wiped out. Ji Yanci paid with years of his life and broken bones to perform a forbidden mystic arts ritual, sending his four younger brothers away. Ten years later, afflicted with a deadly poison and gradually losing his senses, he opened a restaurant and teahouse in the city. The frail owner coughed up blood every day. The four brothers who escaped back then had grown into a powerful business magnate, an esports god, a ruthless miracle doctor, and the king of th 1.6kReads—Score243Shelves
5. 5 你 Your Mystery Novels Make You Better at Solving Cases Than the Police? 你写悬疑小说比警察还会查案？ Ju Jiuzhi桔九织Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (No System, no female lead, not invincible, mostly everyday life, Conan-like bad luck, cases both big and small.) (Warning: The protagonist does everything for himself and is no conventional good guy. Don’t read if that bothers you. Also, no female lead doesn’t mean no female characters; it just means there are no romantic scenes. Don’t read if you don’t want women to appear.) Other people transmigrate and find opportunities and connections waiting for them. When Lu Ci transmigrates, the only th 7kReads8.9Score846Shelves
6. 6 重 Reborn as the Beloved Sickly Little Fish 重生后我成了团宠小病鱼 Little You小小犹Modern Romance305k WordsCompleted [No romance + family angst + friendship + sickly, beautiful, strong, tragic male lead + a little melodrama] (A cute, cold-faced, sweet-on-the-inside, black-bellied little fish who only pretends to be icy! Don't miss out, readers! The rating is low because it just opened.) The spoiled third son of a wealthy merchant family is reborn at fifteen, before anything has happened. In his previous life, he fought and skipped class to compete for his parents' affection with his sickly younger brother, Lu 14.8kReads8.7Score2kShelves
7. 7 从 Starting Out as a Full-Time Undercover Agent in Northern Myanmar 从缅北开始做全职卧底 Moonlight Before My Bed床前明月光Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing “Perhaps the beings created in darkness can also defeat the darkness.” After being kidnapped, Mu Guang, born with a personality disorder, is trafficked to northern Myanmar. Faced with death and threats, he stays calm, decisive, and ruthless, earning the admiration of a drug lord. But no one knows that this antisocial man has long been an undercover police officer... Five years later, a new police officer named Mu Guang reports for duty at the Shun'an Municipal Public Security Bureau, only to be 10.3kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves

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   Except for the third book where the sickly condition wasn't as obvious, the others fit the description perfectly.

8. 8 名 Detective Conan: I Really Just Want to Go Home 名柯：我真的只想回家啊 Bamboo Grove Without Bamboo竹林没有竹子Anime Fanfiction667k WordsOngoing [Main story complete, Detective Conan, fake angst plus wild fan theories and turning him into a saint, no CP, saving the five-man squad from their tragic fate, Red Faction, apologies for out-of-character portrayals, fast-paced] Shingo Akamatsu was trapped in the game Red vs. Black when his gaming pod malfunctioned. From then on, he became a man of mystery in Beika City. With the System's save-and-load feature to rely on, he did whatever he pleased, constantly finding ways to get himself hurt. Bu 48.2kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves
9. 9 我 I Reached the Pinnacle of Superpowers Through a Comics Forum 我靠漫画论坛登顶异能之巅 Dare Not Act Recklessly不敢放肆Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Comic / Superpowers / Forum posts / Slightly glorified character / No CP / Ensemble cast] After An Luo awakens to his true nature, he discovers he’s in a comic book world and is a cannon-fodder character who dies from the start. The consciousness of the comic tells him that the author will eventually ruin the ending, and only he can change it. To stay alive, An Luo agrees. He walks up to the protagonist. “Excuse me, coming through.” He bends down, picks up a female corpse, and begins stitching 69.1kReads9.3Score13.3kShelves
10. 10 悲 The Tragic Author Is Forced to Ship Couples in a Comic Book World 悲情作者被迫在漫画世界炒cp Orchid Bunny兰花某兔Two Male Leads724k WordsOngoing Follow the ongoing story, and you might become a forum NPC in the novel [Main story has no official couple / chaotic pairing buffet / the protagonist has a ton of secret identities / leans toward indulgent, feel-good fanservice / a little forum-style narration / beautiful but tragic characters / includes some dark fan content, but they suffer physically, not emotionally] Gu Wujin is a web-novel author with dismal traffic, partly because he adores tragic scenarios. His characters die, and then th 33.2kReads9.2Score4kShelves
11. 11 迟 The Lovable Airhead Became Everyone’s Too-Early Lost Love Again 迟钝万人迷又成了早逝白月光 Barbecue Fangirl烤串梦女Two Male Leads269k WordsCompleted [No CP (?) + two male leads (?) + universally adored + the white moonlight + beautiful, powerful, and miserable + lots of battle injuries and illness] A game called Saving Transmigrators appeared on Shen Zhao's phone. Game mission: Save the transmigrators in another world. … Transmigrator No. 1 landed in a cultivation world centered on a male protagonist's rise to power and became a villain who was destined to be humiliated. According to the original plot, he was supposed to die without a whole 7.7kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
12. 12 时 How Am I Supposed to Survive Around Conan When I Keep Coughing Up Blood 时不时吐血的我在柯南身边怎么活 Moonlight Tea明月茶Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [Detective Conan + No Romance + Little Sister Ai + Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Hero] Feng Jianhe transmigrates and gets a buff from the start: his constitution is permanently set to -1… Also known as: “How Do I Survive Beside the Grim Reaper When I Keep Coughing Up Blood?”, “The Hospital Is My Home, and Everyone Helps Me Get Back There,” and “There’s No Need to Worry About Me, I’m Really Fine. The Important Thing Is That I Didn’t Kill Anyone.” Shipping fans, keep to your own corner~ 13.7kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
13. 13 斩 Slay the Gods: With Two Accounts, I Have Slay the Gods in the Palm of My Hand 斩神：双号在手，拿捏斩神 Chocolate Crispy Black Shark巧克力脆脆黑鲨Two Male Leads657k WordsOngoing It's not a substitute, it's not a substitute!! The main and alt accounts are the same person. [Two male leads, female-oriented novel + slight harem appeal + lots of one-sided crushes + beautiful, powerful, tragic protagonist with extreme emotional obliviousness + switching between main and alt accounts + breaking up the canon pairing + no romance in the main story] Jiang Yuan'en's friend kept pestering him to play a game, the full-dive online game Nightwatchers. He diligently built up his main a 6.4kReads8.4Score517Shelves
14. 14 诡 Eerie Game NPC: I Carry the Fate of All Humanity 诡异游戏NPC，我背负了全人类 Moonlight Tea明月茶Mystery855k WordsCompleted [Contains many scenes of illness and frailty. Proceed with caution.] Gu Heqing transmigrates one day and discovers he has become an NPC in a horror game. Humans keep entering the game world, while the real world is gradually being dragged into it. The livestreams show people dying horribly, and he is somehow connected to a “god” whose nature he cannot begin to understand… He has no idea where to go from here. But when he finally comes to his senses, he seems to have... become humanity’s onl 4.6kReads9.0Score554Shelves
15. 15 病 The Frail Consultant Goes on a Rampage, and the Wolfish Captain Would Give His Life for Him 病弱顾问杀疯了，狼狗队长命给他 Doudou from Zhongyue Province中月省的逗逗Two Male Leads1.8M WordsOngoing The main story is complete. [Crime investigation and suspense | Two formidable partners | Criminal psychology | High-IQ mind games | Passionate ensemble cast] Five years ago, Yan Guici left without a word. Five years later, at the scene of a bizarre murder, He Wenxiao finally came face-to-face with the person who owed him an explanation. In an art gallery, a woman in a red dress hung above the display platform, while white lisianthus covered the scene. Everyone was searching for the killer, but 8kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves

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    [A proud, protective, and loyal wolf-dog × A cold, aloof, and sickly beauty; strong and mutually doting, a broken mirror mended] Five years ago, Yan Guici, the most renowned genius scholar at C University, left without a word. Five years later, he returns as a top-tier specially appointed consultant, still aloof and aloof, his intelligence still overwhelming everyone, but he's unfortunately afflicted with a "sickly beauty" constitution, prone to fainting from a gust of wind and suffering from stomach aches at any moment. And coincidentally, his partner is none other than his old acquaintance whom he cruelly abandoned years ago—now the decisive and hot-tempered captain, He Wenxiao. Upon their first meeting, Captain He is sarcastic and cynical, but Yan Guici ignores him completely. Everyone in the department assumes these two are irreconcilable enemies. Until one day, after working overtime—everyone witnessed the usually volatile Captain He, who had vowed to be "business as usual," wrap a heavy coat around Consultant Yan's thin shoulders, his face dark, while holding a cup of freshly made warm honey water, coaxing him in a low voice, "Darling, can you take your stomach medicine before looking at the documents?" What was supposed to be a misunderstanding had turned into intimate care. What was supposed to be impartiality had become endless favoritism and protection. Yan Guici thought he would have to navigate the mysteries alone, but he never expected that the seemingly wild and untamed man had actually been waiting for him for five years, barging back into his world without explanation, facing all the storms together. This was a long-awaited reunion of equals, and a warm and healing display of absolute favoritism. No matter how many times it's been, as long as it's you, my heart will flutter again.

16. 16 孤 The Aloof, Reclusive Strategist Refuses to Fall in Love 孤僻高冷谋士拒绝谈恋爱 anzawaTwo Male Leads454k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Everyone is flirtatious, but there's no official couple. Their comradeship and collegial bonds are moving enough to make you cry. The protagonist is a hopelessly straight, thick-headed man, yet he charms men and women, young and old. The world is vast and the protagonist doesn't suffer, but some of the worldbuilding is a little unusual... The more I write, the more it feels like ABO.] Zhuge Cong is a man who has lived through three lifetimes. In his first life, he finally 7.2kReads9.4Score909Shelves

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    A pretty good story. The first book features a protagonist with high intelligence but who is sickly; the second book features a protagonist with a broken leg; the third book is similar to the first; and the fourth book features a protagonist with a sickly character in some parts of the world.

17. 17 全EN Global Survival: The Witch of the Tower with an E-Rank Talent 全民求生：E级天赋的塔之魔女 Xiaoyi夏小乙Sports2.8M WordsOngoing [Farming, no romance, strong female lead, witch, alchemy, magic, golems, adorable pets, survival, natural disasters] Lan Qingyou had lost both her parents and her legs in a car accident, leaving her confined to bed and waiting to die. Then she was forcibly transmigrated to a different world ravaged by magic, where she struggled to survive. Survive? Not a chance. From the start, she had only an E-rank talent and a tree hollow for shelter, but Lan Qingyou refused to lose heart. She studied al 21.6kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
18. 18 病 A Sickly Beauty's Struggle to Survive in a Horror Game 病弱美人在恐怖游戏艰难求生 One Time, Three Appearances时一现三Mystery712k WordsCompleted [Fragile beauty + infinite-game genre + split male lead + devoted couple + female protagonist + mild horror] As a delicate beauty in poor health, Yu Tangzhi had only wanted to get a sweet little dopamine rush from a dating game~ Instead, she entered the horror puzzle game Black Mire and was forced to experience a whole lot of adrenaline! Damn it! And right from the start, the world’s unluckiest player landed a buff: [All dark souls will fall in love with you] Faced with countless instance b 1.2kReads9.1Score161Shelves
19. 19 快 Quick Transmigration: Every World Starts in Hell 快穿：每次都是地狱开局 Yin Binger音冰儿Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance pairings / alternate history / nation and family] [Please don't use AI to generate the heroine. The author commissioned the illustrations at personal expense.] Yin Lingyu is one unlucky girl. In her quick transmigration missions, she always gets the most hellish start and has to roll up her sleeves and climb her way up, becoming the beautiful, tragic woman everyone admires. World One: The top scholar's younger sister, sold into a brothel. (Setting: Li Shimin of the Tang dynasty) Worl 20.4kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
20. 20 清 My Cool, Beautiful Archrival Lost Her Memory and Clings to Me, So I Kiss Her 清冷漂亮死对头，失忆黏糊亲一口 A Fish Swimming Thirty Thousand Miles游鱼三万里Two Male Leads289k WordsCompleted Cool, sensitive, vulnerable bottom × loyal top who breaks into his home to rob him A secret crush comes true, love at first sight An unexpected guest appeared at the bar: fair-skinned and beautiful, cool and refined, with an air that warned everyone to keep their distance. Everyone kept stealing glances at him, wondering how a man could be so beautiful. This beauty went to the bar looking for someone twice, only to be dragged into an alley outside and struck on the head with a brick. Lu Jingzho 1.3kReads9.0Score106Shelves

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    I definitely need a place in this list. Uh, these are just a few random recommendations; I don't even know which one is weak. Anyway, they're all intellectually stimulating. Go look through my bookshelf; I've read so many I've forgotten they're all strong in both areas, and their intelligence is always on point.

21. 21 前 My Ex, Now an E, Claims Me by Force 前任分化成E后对我强取豪夺 Gu Gedeng顾咯噔Two Male Leads335k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + EA + Forced Pursuit + Reconciliation + Confinement + School Life] Flirtatious, reckless rich-kid Alpha × Tough, taciturn, devoted Enigma Xiao Chuchen was born into a wealthy family. After coming of age, he presented as an SSS-rank Alpha with the scent of red wine, and he had every reason to be a playboy. As long as someone was good-looking, he never turned away an Omega or a beta. But he never stayed interested for more than three minutes. Once he got bored, he would walk away 3.2kReads9.2Score399Shelves
22. 22 蝴 The Butterfly and the Bad Dog 蝴蝶与坏犬 Little Youngster稚子小Two Male Leads324k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + unrequited love + dog-like, seductive top + self-conscious, sensitive butterfly bottom + happy ending + both are each other’s first] Shi Yang has been in love with someone for seven years. One day, the man he loves falls from the heights of power into the gutter. Just before he is to be executed by firing squad, he is kidnapped and taken abroad, where he is auctioned off like merchandise. To save him, Shi Yang throws caution to the wind and climbs to the top floor of a hotel. U 4.8kReads9.5Score656Shelves
23. 23 分 After Six Years Apart, the One I Secretly Loved Has Returned 分别六年后，我暗恋的人回来了 Yang Tongyi阳佟屹Two Male Leads458k WordsCompleted [Male-Male Romance + Secret Crush Comes True + Sweet Pampering + Passionate Romance] [Mature, rational, gentle, emotionally steady, and good at communicating top X Outwardly calm and mild, inwardly timid, gloomy, and devoted bottom] [Xi Zhongqian X Muzi] Muzi had loved Xi Zhongqian for nearly ten years, but had never wanted him to find out. Muzi had always thought his luck was pretty lousy. As a child, he expected to grow up loved just like the other kids, but then disaster struck, and he spent 9.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
24. 24 不 Aren’t You a Big Shot? Why Are You Such a Crybaby? 不是大佬吗，怎么这么爱哭啊 Ting Nanzhou听南舟Two Male Leads357k WordsCompleted [Younger man, melodrama, misunderstandings, hopeless romantic, rekindled love, happy ending.] Yan Shen × Yan Wendi A lovesick, clingy, dramatic doctor on top × a powerful man who spoils him without limits on the bottom Before returning to Shencheng, Yan Shen swore he would make Yan Wendi, the ungrateful traitor who had once betrayed him, pay. But after making his threats, Yan Shen promptly forgot all about them and clung to Yan Wendi, calling him “big brother” every other breath. Yan Wendi, the 1.5kReads8.4Score178Shelves
25. 25 课 My One-Night Stand Stood Up During Class Roll Call 课堂点名时，一夜情对象站起来了 Ninety-Three Flower Shop九叁花店Two Male Leads295k WordsCompleted (Completed) [1v1 | Younger possessive puppy-like top × Depressed, beautiful yet tragic bottom | Healing and possessiveness | Six-year age gap] The night Su Yu regretted most in his life was the night he approached a stranger under the dim lights of a bar. He had wanted to end his twenty-eight years of living by the rules with one reckless encounter, but never expected... to run into that man again the next day. Zhou Si'an, the young master of the Zhou family in Lishi, had gotten everything h 1.9kReads8.4Score261Shelves
26. 26 白 The White Moonlight Coaxes Him With Tenderness, and the Top Alpha Gets Possessive and Won't Let Go 白月光心软诱哄，顶级A偏执撩缠 I Love Licking Milk Foam我爱舔奶盖Two Male Leads236k WordsCompleted [EA + reunion after years apart + mutual devotion] Fiery heiress Alpha x gentle, devoted Enigma Pei Shiwang is the top Alpha in the capital. Handsome, wealthy, and carefree are the words that define him. Every Omega is infatuated with this golden boy, but everyone in the capital knows that Young Master Pei keeps a certain untouchable first love hidden in his heart. No one can get close to Pei Shiwang. When that first love appears before him, Pei Shiwang, drunk, looks at him with scorn. “So you f 3kReads9.2Score301Shelves
27. 27 联 After Our Arranged Marriage, I’m Forced to Play Happy Couple with My Archrival 联姻后被迫和死对头上演恩爱日常 Shen Jing沈惊Two Male Leads375k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Two Strong Leads + Rivals + Marriage First, Love Later + Monogamous and Pure + HE + Sweet Romance] The stubborn, sharp-tongued top × the teasing instigator bottom (PS: They really are sworn enemies, and then fall hard. The romance is a slow burn. Both are capitalists. The top falls first, and neither remembers their original purpose as a couple.) He Chunian and Song Yuheng had been sworn enemies since childhood. They could never be civil when they met, and had been at each othe 2.8kReads8.3Score353Shelves
28. 28 b A Beta Differentiates into an Epsilon, and the Puppy Is Kissed to Tears beta分化成E，小狗被亲哭了 Northern Mountain Wasteland北山荒Two Male Leads400k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads · ABOE · Both Each Other’s First · Equally Matched · Angsty · Beta Turns into Enigma Later] The Ex-Winning-His-Wife Back Arc (Reserved beta with an intense need for control × hotheaded alpha stray dog) A street thug who made a living by cornering people and extorting protection money fell for the cool, aloof owner of a flower shop. The owner was so cool and ethereal, like a piece of cold jade just waiting for him to warm it up. After asking around and learning he was a beta, Mu 4.5kReads9.0Score720Shelves
29. 29 直EN After I Showed My Face on Stream, Everyone Changed Their Tune 直播间露脸后，所有人对我真香了 Ancient City Traces古城迹Two Male Leads370k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Size Difference + Food Livestream] Completed. Shen Rui'an had been frail and sickly since childhood, keeping his family constantly worried. Shortly after his twentieth birthday, he suddenly fell seriously ill, throwing his family into a panic. The Shen family invited a master to tell his fortune. After taking his pulse, the master said only that Shen Rui'an lacked yang energy and needed a benefactor with abundant yang energy to accompany him while he recuperated in a quiet pla 29kReads9.0Score4.9kShelves
30. 30 怪 The Monster's Howling, and You're Flirting? 怪物在嗷嗷叫，你们调什么情啊？ Little Youngster稚子小Two Male Leads352k WordsCompleted [EA; push and pull between a sharp-tongued oddball and a tsundere; beast ears and a beast world; both are each other’s first] Sharp-tongued, devoted Enigma × tsundere catlike Alpha (only turns into an Omega in the ending extra, and remains a powerful fighter; don’t read if you can’t accept that) (The EA setting has original elements, personal headcanons, and beast forms) . Shen Qi is a top-tier Alpha. The idol of 99% of the little Omegas in the city. When people mention this top-tier Alpha, all 2.6kReads9.5Score518Shelves
31. 31 错 A Mistaken Kiss Leads to Marriage: My Powerful Husband Takes It Slow 错吻成婚：联姻大佬轻点宠 Let Me Think What to Eat我想想吃什么Two Male Leads399k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out!! Don't go!) Lu Yu: “Cold, abstinent on the surface, but a love-addled obsessive underneath” seme vs. Lin Che: “Gentle, world-weary, pitiful doctor” uke The abstinent CEO's slow-boil trap X The gentle doctor's diary of falling in love [Two male leads + mutual secret crush + marriage first, love later] Lin Che, an overlooked “little doctor” in the Lin family, was of 2.8kReads8.8Score361Shelves
32. 32 这 This Sentinel Is Crazy and Fierce, but Stunningly Beautiful! 这个哨兵，他又疯又凶，但极美！ Coffee Keeps Me Alive喝咖啡保命Two Male Leads496k WordsCompleted [Sentinel-guide + devoted to one another + interstellar setting + extensive original worldbuilding] In everyone's eyes, Qu Nanxiao was the fake young master switched at birth with the top Sentinel family, the Chengs. He was a useless joke. But no one knew that after awakening for a second time, Qu Nanxiao had become a rare Guide. One day, he met the S-class Sentinel Meng Shang. The man everyone called a madman clung to him after a guidance session that had nearly cost him his life. Qu Nanxiao ha 2.7kReads8.5Score383Shelves
33. 33 离EN Seriously, What Alpha Eats Little Cakes? 离谱，谁家Alpha吃小蛋糕啊 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads479k WordsCompleted [This book has been acquired for publication. Tap the author’s profile for more details] [Two powerful leads + chasing his lover + scheming + intense romantic tension + ABO] Ji Chi was a top-tier Alpha, the son of Jiangcheng’s richest man and a born favorite of fortune. Everyone assumed he would marry an Omega from an equally powerful family. He thought so too. That was before this top-tier Alpha started avoiding an Omega with no pheromones day after day. Things took a strange turn. Friend 1: “Y 40.4kReads9.6Score5.2kShelves
34. 34 说 You Said You'd Be My Sugar Daddy, So Why Have You Had a Crush on Me for Seven Years? 说好的金主爸爸，你暗恋我七年啊 Wu Zhi邬枝Two Male Leads347k WordsCompleted (Original title: You Said You'd Be My Sugar Daddy, So Why Have You Had a Crush on Me for Seven Years?) [Double Male Leads + Both Pure + 1v1 + Rekindled Romance + Dramatic Angst + Bittersweet + Mild Coercion] With a single check, Duan Jinnian bought Qi Suqing's freedom, and bought back the man who had abandoned him three years ago. He tossed Qi Suqing a contract, then gently lifted his pale, jade-like chin with a fingertip. "From now on, don't hide from me or hold back when we're together." "If 6.8kReads9.1Score958Shelves
35. 35 清 A Cool Beauty? No, He's a Top-Tier Charm Demon 清冷美人？不，他是顶级魅魔 Meizi Went Blind梅子瞎了Two Male Leads395k WordsCompleted [1V1, Both Leads Are Virgins + Rekindled Romance + Cool and Well-Behaved x Sharp-Tongued Bad Boy + Happy Ending] (Main story complete) Four years ago, Sheng Yiguang learned from the on-screen comments that he was a villain in a novel, doomed to love someone who would never love him back. His only purpose was to show how deep and true the official couple's love was. So he broke up with Pei Du, said every cruel thing he could think of, and prepared for them to become enemies and never see each oth 56.6kReads9.3Score8.3kShelves
36. 36 病 Sickly: The Real Young Master Is Once Again Imagined by His Whole Family 病弱：真少爷叒被全家脑补了 Zhu Chu竺储Modern Romance280k WordsOngoing [No romance, focused on family bonds and daily life, sickly protagonist, no romance for any characters, slice of life, so the fake young master exits early] Liu Huaizhi transmigrated into a book and became the real young master, who had been switched at birth and had only just returned to his wealthy family. The good news: His father and three older brothers were all big shots. The bad news: His body suffered from multiple congenital illnesses. He coughed up blood after just a few steps, and eve 28.5kReads8.6Score3.3kShelves

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    This is pretty good, but it's not finished yet.

37. 37 癫EN What the Heck! Everyone Around Me Is Completely Nuts! 癫！孤身边全是神经病！ Wen Yuan Party文元党Ancient Romance764k WordsCompleted Born a crown prince, Qi Yuanzuo was convinced that he was the only normal person in the imperial family. Little did he know what the Crown Prince looked like to outsiders: At seven, he shot a tiger and won nine hundred kilometers of territory in the Qilian Mountains. At thirteen, he cut through the great clans of Jiangnan and personally orchestrated the Case of the Ninety-Seven Mourning Robes, stepping over piles of corpses to claim the throne. At fifteen, he gambled on the Qilian Mountains once 53.5kReads9.5Score6.9kShelves

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    The main plot is intricately linked, which fits perfectly.

38. 38 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves

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    Fully meets the requirements

39. 39 灰 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 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 37.7kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves

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    A must-read contemporary romance novel! The male lead is gentle, the female lead is highly intelligent, the emotions are incredibly nuanced, and the career storyline is exceptionally sophisticated. It leans towards realistic themes, making it hard to put down. Suitable for discerning readers, it has a long run, and there's nothing similar on any other platform—it's simply outstanding.

40. 40 炮 The Cannon Fodder Awakens and Trains the Cold, Beautiful Protagonist into a Dog 炮灰觉醒，把冷艳主角训成狗了 Taro Lava芋泥熔岩Two Male Leads371k WordsCompleted Main story complete [Two male leads + dog-training romance + forced possession + faked death + winning back his lover + mutually devoted + happy ending] A wicked beauty of an emperor, the bottom, × a heroic warlord who starts out an aloof mountain flower and later becomes a dark, crazed dog, the top Shen Chaoqing, Emperor of Jin, was tyrannical and cruel, a despot in the eyes of the world. He didn't care what people thought and devoted himself to pleasure, until one day he had a dream. He was li 3.2kReads8.9Score544Shelves

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    High-IQ texts must be like this; you can't understand them after just one page.

41. 41 来 The Bad Woman from Prison 来自监狱的坏女人 Who Could Be My Match谁与为偶Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: The Chaste Police Commissioner: I've Locked Away Your Heart Workplace romance + suspenseful romance + soul swapping + unhinged villainess forces her love + forbidden cop-and-criminal romance + the queen returns I'm Su Yu. The “Goddess of Finance” admired by everyone in the business world. A meticulously planned car accident sent me tumbling from the clouds into the mud. I became the “suspect” everyone cursed and was personally delivered to a detention center. My best friend betra 830Reads9.2Score114Shelves

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    This is important, so I'll say it three times: Don't trust her, don't fall in love with her! As a suspect, she's dangerous! [High-IQ female suspect vs. Male lead, senior police inspector] A dangerous yet passionate relationship between cops and robbers, full of twists and turns! Is what we have in our lives love, or sinful love?

42. 42 锁 Locked at the Waist: The Wolf Cub I Raised Keeps Defying Me Every Night 锁腰：亲手养大的狼崽夜夜犯上 Beiyinl北音lTwo Male Leads223k WordsOngoing [Male-male romance + two equally powerful leads + both devoted only to each other + mutual pampering + not a tragic romance (the tags were added by the author)] [Pure-hearted general seme × beautiful, strong, tragic invalid uke] He was once a dazzling crown prince, brilliant beyond compare. But after being poisoned and crippled in a plot against him, he was confined to the depths of the palace. The world lamented that fate had robbed the empire of a prodigy. The Crown Prince, once revered by t 357Reads—Score119Shelves
43. 43 惊 Jing Yu Xun Jin 惊予浔槿 The Rabbit's Corner兔子的角落Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Marriage first, love later | Older man | Sweet romance | 1v1, both leads are each other's only partner | Slow burn] [The rating just came out, but it'll go up later] In Beijing's elite circles, everyone said the eldest daughter of the Luo family was cold and indifferent. Luo Jin thought so too, and figured she was perfectly suited to being a pawn in a marriage alliance. So when the “smiling King of Hell” proposed to her in front of everyone at a banquet, she asked only six words: “When are we r 11.8kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves

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    The female lead is beautiful, strong, and tragically pitiful; it's a really captivating story.

44. 44 朋 My Friend 朋友呀 Hot-Tempered Wind Who Loves Lufengosaurus喜欢禄丰龙的火气风Urban1.1M WordsOngoing The rating has only just come in. It'll go up later, so don't let it scare you off! Stick with it until Chapter 7 and there'll be a surprise [Youthful Campus Life + Friendship + Dark Humor + Antihero + Philosophical Reflection + Slow-Burn, Richly Detailed] The night before last, I had dinner with a buddy I'd known for more than twenty years. We hadn't seen each other in over three years, but he seemed to be doing unbelievably well. We talked about work and life, and he even said he wanted to 236Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    That matches perfectly; the plot hasn't progressed to the main storyline yet.

45. 45 黑 The Allure of Darkness 黑色之诱惑 Qiu Zimo秋子末Urban442k WordsCompleted By chance, Xia Xue’er steps into a casino and catches a fleeting glimpse of Chen Feng, the underworld boss. It proves to be a trap laid by fate. From then on, she is seized by the demon of gambling and takes one step after another toward the abyss of crime. The curtain rises on her tragic life… 11.7kReads9.4Score994Shelves

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    The male lead is highly intelligent, extremely sickly, but also incredibly handsome.

46. 46 深 A Master Plan 深度布局 Mist-Shrouded Mystery雾锁谜局Mystery215k WordsCompleted A High-IQ Revenge With a single move, the “Soul-Severing Meridian Needle,” he can kill without a trace. On a crowded bus, he makes his target die silently, without anyone noticing. Police captain Zhao Gang sees everything clearly on the surveillance footage, yet is powerless to act. This is the third unsolved case, and every clue points to his own older brother, missing for twenty years... When the person closest to him becomes the prime suspect, how will he choose between the law and blood ties 887Reads6.4Score100Shelves

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    This is supposed to be a high-IQ revenge story, very entertaining.

47. 47 谋 The Murder Effect: The Innocent Sinner 谋杀效应：无罪的罪人 The Mysterious Elephant God大象神秘莫测Two Male Leads272k WordsOngoing [Two male leads+Crime investigation+Case-of-the-week format+Parallel storylines+Mystery+Deduction+Slow burn] Isaiah Byrne is a detective in the gang investigations unit. His best friend in the city, who is also something of an informant, has made a new friend. Meanwhile, someone has made himself the judge of sinners, using blood as ink. Isaiah finally realizes that the killer who claims to deliver justice in Heaven's name has been close to him all along. Multiple POVs and characters, with a c 53Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended crime and mystery novels

48. 48 疯 Madcap Fantasia 疯批家的狂想曲 Black and White Images黑白画映Fantastical Romance467k WordsCompleted Modern Arc: This world’s fate was decided long ago. Every choice we make leads to an ending already written. And I, Shu Yue, was the one who tore open every prelude with my own hands. Ji Hua’s ten years on the run began because of me; Chen Songhan’s two thousand years of waiting were for me; My older sister, Shu Wen, fell into the time of the Qin Dynasty because I got her involved; Ancient divine beasts, underworld generals, and a phoenix’s true form all gathered in the same storm because of me. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This world is a net. Each person is a struggling node, tightly bound by their own desires, fears, loves, and beliefs. They pull at each other, hurt each other, and support each other. This is not a war; it is a collective symptom of "existence." In each of them, you can see a bit of yourself: Gui Xu's idealism and madness; Chen Songhan's responsibility and weariness; Shu Yue's search and resistance; Jian Rui's obsession and protection; Chu Ji's loyalty and emptiness; He Feng's obsession and indifference; Zhang Zhibai's disillusionment and longing; Hong Li's purity and sacrifice; the demons' struggle and cries; Nezha's indifference and execution. Opening this book, you are not reading a story. You are witnessing a grand and cruel exhibition of souls. Below each exhibit, there is no price tag. Only a line of small print: "This is how I lived, this is how I chose, this is how I endured." And which one will you take away?

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