Any Novels with a Poker-Faced Protagonist Who Seems Calm on the Outside but Is in Turmoil Inside? 有没有主角是个面瘫表面平静如水其内心已波涛汹涌

1. 101 柯 Detective Conan: Cash Rules in the Science-Obsessed World 柯南：柯学世界加钱真菌 CopperAnime Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing [Detective Conan fan fiction / Slice of life / No romance / Black Organization side] The daily life of a pathetic sniper trying to stay alive in the liquor factory. What should you do when a ghost starts haunting you after you become Black Liquor? What if the undercover ghost keeps trying to convince you to betray the organization? Yeah, yeah, you’re right. I’m still not listening! Tune in for the daily life of a timid, put-upon, stingy little Black Liquor, slacking off while trying to stay aliv 26.4kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves

   Reader note

   Both are interesting (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡

2. 102 穿EN Transmigrating into a Novel About the Real and Fake Young Masters, I Became a Dating Show Background Character 穿进真假少爷文，我成恋综背景板 The Canned Food Tastes Bad罐头不好吃Two Male Leads660k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Dating Show + Livestreaming + Wealthy Families + Melodrama + Slight Social Anxiety + Transmigrated from Ancient Times to the Modern Day + Sharp-Tongued] I became a background character on a dating show, then turned into the ultimate background character. Synopsis 1: After transmigrating from ancient times to the modern day, Xie Zhuzhou finds himself in the body of a doomed cannon-fodder character and is forced to become a background character on a dating show. In his previous 13kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
3. 103 惊 In the Horror Game, I Refuse to Share the Same Sky with That Overthinker 惊悚游戏我与脑补侠不共戴天 Wind, Angelica, and Begonias风芷海棠Mystery273k WordsOngoing If you like speed-reading, you can skip straight to the main story of Volume Two. (No CP + a little character misinterpretation + mild horror + a disguised tragic beauty + third-person narration + protagonist’s own efforts + a little angst + slow burn + ensemble cast focus early on) I transmigrated into the horror novel I’d just been reading and got bound to the defective System 0443. “Appearance Modification” makes me get injured at any moment, while “Affection Check” is always delayed. Inside 837Reads8.4Score—Shelves
4. 104 快 Quick Transmigration: From the Start, I Rely on My Persona to Save Myself in the Apocalypse 快穿：开局末世，我靠人设自救 Clouds Follow the Wind云终向风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing [No romance + one male lead + character growth + slow transmigration + a talented actor] [The protagonist transmigrates into different novels and changes the fate of cannon fodder characters. The first three worlds are apocalyptic.] [Please note: The protagonist grows over time and is relatively weak at first. He starts to grow around Chapter 9. If that doesn’t appeal to you, feel free to leave.] World One: Gloomy and Jealous Persona (ensemble storyline, original protagonist is a sunny fire-wiel 515Reads8.8Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   A slow-paced post-apocalyptic world where each world has its own unique character. The protagonist possesses water-based superpowers. The first world features a character development arc, concluding in 100 chapters. The battle scenes are exceptionally well-written, showcasing the author's unique style—able to be serious and tense, free and unrestrained, and incorporating distinctive character dialogue, ensuring the battles flow smoothly and naturally. The character descriptions are incredibly detailed, with well-developed character arcs. There are numerous side stories, occasionally featuring crossovers between side worlds. The first world is truly a gem, with many well-developed characters such as the cheerful, savior-like captain in the apocalypse, the college student with zero pollution but a mad scientist, the rational mercenary, and the protagonist's cold exterior but warm heart and arrogant nature. The second world features a rational, almost superhuman, protagonist, a proud young master, a healing-type superpowered world protagonist, a world-destroying researcher, and a free-spirited, wild wind-type mercenary older sister. The third world is currently underway, featuring a protagonist who is an egoistic big shot, and his nephew, both protagonists in a world with a spiritual spring space and mental abilities. There are no toxic elements or plot holes; once you get past the initial awkwardness stemming from the author's early development, it becomes incredibly enjoyable.

5. 105 我 My Future CEO Self Can Read Minds. What's the Big Deal? 我未来霸总，会点读心术怎么了？ Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted This is a female-oriented novel!!! [An outwardly aloof, gentlemanly male lead who’s a complainer on the inside x a beautiful, poker-faced female lead who’s actually a goofball] When people transmigrate into a book, they usually become either a wicked supporting character or a pretty extra. Shi Liaoliao transmigrates into a book as the male lead’s personal servant. “It’s been so long since I’ve seen the young master smile so happily.” “This is the first time the young master has brought a woman h 12kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves

   Reader note

   This book is hilarious; even I, with my low threshold for laughter, laughed non-stop. The main character is a female servant (disguised as a man) of a wealthy young master. She seems expressionless, but her inner world is anything but calm. I recommend it to people who are feeling down. [Learned something new]

6. 106 像 My Pixel Game Became Reality, but I’m Number One on the Most Wanted List 像素游戏成真了，但我是通缉榜一 Thoughts in the Mirror Night镜夜思Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [Game Invasion] [Group Transmigration] [No CP] Yang Yixie has recently become obsessed with a pixel game called Wasteland Era. As a mechanic, he lives by one creed: If an RPG can't solve the problem, add another round of machine-gun fire. And so he became hooked on using the art of explosions to write his personal manifesto across the pixelated wasteland, having the time of his life without a care in the world. At the same time, the news reported tearful accounts from other playe 37.4kReads9.1Score5kShelves

   Reader note

   The "expressionless" look is actually kind of cute! ☝️🤓

7. 107 塑 A Plastic Person Seeking Redemption in a Comic-Book World 塑料的我在漫画世界搞救赎 Seven Is Seventy-Seven七是七十七Urban580k WordsOngoing Female-oriented No romance + manga + supernatural powers + comedy + ensemble cast + a chaotic mess, so drink up while you can Lin Yi'an feels helpless: Guys, does anyone get it? Who wouldn't feel helpless after waking up to find they'd transmigrated into a world made of plastic building blocks? (Only the protagonist's perspective is plastic.) Liang Qiuyang feels helpless: Guys, does anyone get it? What's wrong with worrying about a new classmate's future? Why did he have to take his head off 11.5kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
8. 108 十 Eleven Madmen 十一个疯子 Lu Ban Banban鲁班班班Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted (Not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Please read with that in mind.) From the day you were born until now, have you ever had doubts like these? “Do I really exist?” “Does the world really exist?” “Why do I exist?” “And why does the world exist?” “Is my existence inevitable? If I die, will the world keep existing?” “At the moment m 38.7kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

   Reader note

   Not exactly expressionless, but people who strategize and plan meticulously usually have no facial expression, though they have a lot of inner thoughts. However, I'm mainly explaining in great detail so that readers won't understand.

9. 109 我 I Called Them a Bunch of Amateurs, but They Said They Were Unbeatable 我说草台班子，他们说天下无敌 Heyan鹤言Two Male Leads746k WordsCompleted Game streamer Zhou Zhou has just paid off his mortgage when he scores a transmigration jackpot. After the System binds itself to him, it orders him to build the greatest sect under heaven. The sect's name can be anything. Its buildings are just textures. And its powerful members can't leave the sect. The entire sect's only hope, Zhou Zhou: Let me go home, waaah! I can't live like this! Keeping his secret identity hidden, Zhou Zhou frantically completes missions and unlocks sect buildings. To him 621Reads8.7Score100Shelves

   Reader note

   A novel with two male protagonists, where one of the male protagonists fits the description.

10. 110 我 My Years Cultivating Immortality in a Male-Oriented Novel 我在男频修仙那些年 Half-Sleeve Breeze半袖风Ancient Romance1.6M WordsOngoing Jiang Chan transmigrated into a male-oriented cultivation power fantasy, but she arrived too late: the original owner had already gotten herself killed. Now Jiang Chan has no choice but to agree to a duel with the male lead over their engagement. System? Doesn't exist. The original owner of this body was vicious and wicked beyond measure. She killed her master, destroyed her own sect, and caused trouble everywhere until the male lead tore out her tendons and crushed her bones, leaving not even h 9.7kReads9.1Score880Shelves

    Reader note

    Is it okay if it's either the male or female lead? (*ﾉｼ´･ω･)ﾉｼ

11. 111 先 The Prophet’s Guide to Building a World-Saving Organization 先知的救世组织养成计划 I Can't Do Anything, Ahhh什么都不会啊啊啊Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Slow-paced, no female lead, not invincible, ensemble cast, not a wish-fulfillment story, not action-packed. The author would rather introduce this world. Also, the author is really bad at writing fight scenes, so there are as few as possible. Please go easy on me (screams).] The world as he knew it fell apart, and Chen Zihong unexpectedly arrived in a world both familiar and strange. When he learned he possessed the ability to foresee the future, he concealed his name and called himself the “Pr 135Reads9.0Score—Shelves
12. 112 全 After the Whole Sect’s Cannon Fodder Read My Mind, the Plot Went Completely Off the Rails 全宗门炮灰读我心后，剧情真崩啦 Cold Mountain Verse寒山词Ancient Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Wacky cultivation + mind-reading in both directions + everyone dotes on her, no romance] “Setting the facts aside, this cultivation world is so absurd. Are you really saying you have nothing to do with it?” “?” “Guards, drag her out and execute her! Anyone who dares to point out my faults to my face deserves the harshest punishment!” * Bad news: I died. Good news: I transmigrated. Bad news: I landed in a nest of cannon-fodder villains. Good news: Everyone here has cheat powers, and I'm the stro 9.6kReads9.3Score840Shelves

    Reader note

    Hahahahahahaha

13. 113 无 The Unconsciously Alluring Villain 无意识钓系反派 Bu Zhi Yun KK不知云KKTwo Male Leads615k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + apocalyptic infinite-flow] The comic Jiang Ziqing was reading descended into reality. A higher dimension arrived, and the trial began. He shared a name with the comic’s villain. He thought it was just a coincidence, until… he met the comic’s protagonist. Oh no, he really is the villain? But… wait, why does everyone keep trying to imprison him, the villain?! The day the higher dimension arrived, a memory appeared in Ying Zhou’s mind. He learned that someone named Jiang Ziqing w 2.5kReads9.1Score426Shelves
14. 114 在 I Am a Female Sorcerer 在下女术师 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted The night Bai Zhou returned home to inherit the funeral-clothing shop, someone tried to murder her... From the moment she came back from the dead, she was swept up in one eerie, chilling case after another. A dead old woman wandering through a funeral hall; vengeful spirits who died violent deaths scrambling to find substitutes; a sinister temple in the mountains where people are killed; evil spirits crying out for justice during a performance of Judge Bao... Watch Bai Zhou learn the Taoist Five 17.6kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves

    Reader note

    That must be the book "Demon Eater"! It's all about subtly showing off. [Cool]

Other lists with Detective Conan: Cash Rules in the Science-Obsessed World