Male-Male Romance with a Sickly Beauty Who Coughs Every Other Step, Wheezes Every Few Steps, and Occasionally Gets Dizzy and Coughs Up Blood 病美人，两步一咳三步一喘时不时头晕吐个血 男男

1. 1 留 Keep Him by My Side, Year After Year 留他岁岁年年 Ninety-Three Flower Shop九叁花店Two Male Leads277k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Older man + both each other's first and only + happy ending + reborn + groveling pursuit + clingy, sickly beauty bottom × sharp-tongued, irresistible man in power top] Qing Yuan wouldn't live past twenty-five. With his life running out, he did the most reckless thing he'd ever done. He used his debt of gratitude to force a marriage, marrying He Jingxian, the powerful man of Zhaojing whom he'd secretly loved for years. He Jingxian's eyes were full of icy disgust. “You're dying, and yo 4.9kReads8.9Score51414d adds

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   They're all so beautiful! [Crying][crying]

2. 2 病 The Frail Beauty Pants After Three Steps, and Her Childhood Friend Carries Her Home 病美人三步一喘！竹马摇尾抱回家 Sui Wang随望Two Male Leads539k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + childhood friends growing up together + brotherly affection turns into something more + wooing a big puppy] [Cool, aloof, long-haired beauty with a sickly constitution who knows how to reel them in × silver-haired, handsome, wolfish athlete who turns into a loyal puppy; genius painter × archer; sweet romance, one-on-one!] Yun Wulian had been sickly since childhood. He was out of breath after three steps and coughing after five, and would suddenly faint or come down with a fever 33.7kReads9.5Score5.1k14d adds

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   They all look great 😢😢

3. 3 男 The Beautiful, Sweet Young Husband Has the God of War General Smitten! 男妻又美又娇，战神将军他超爱！ Xiaofei Wu晓非雾Two Male Leads308k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Winning Back His Wife + Devoted Puppy Love + One-on-One, Both Pure] Complete Gentle, sickly, and beautiful wife on the receiving end, and a wife-worshipping, love-struck general on the pursuing end Shen Chu thought Pei Yunchao would never betray him, until he had a dream. In the dream, he was the pitiful spouse in a scumbag-top story. Their marriage began beautifully but ended in sorrow, and Pei Yunchao had used him and discarded him. After waking up, Shen Chu decided to divor 11.9kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds

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   It fits perfectly, it looks really good!

4. 4 周 Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了 Ten-Line Que十行阙Two Male Leads219k WordsCompleted [Fragile, ill bottom VS cold, aloof top] [Heart-wrenching angst + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + bad ending + extreme bottom fans, beware] Wen Ci had terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said he had at most thirty days left, and Wen Ci could live those thirty days for Zhou Ying. But Wen Ci died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, Wen Ci left behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf. 19.7kReads9.3Score3k14d adds
5. 5 春 A Secret Crush Hidden in Spring 春日藏欢喜 Wen Daidai文黛黛Two Male Leads233k WordsCompleted [Reunion after a long separation + slow-burn romance + sweet little moments + entirely fictional + a story within a story within a story + pure fiction, with no real-life inspiration] Aloof, taciturn, and sexually frigid (gong) ☆ Lu Xingheng × emotionally steady and always cold (shou) ☆ Jiang Wan This story is set in a fictional world, and every chapter is entirely made up and unrelated to real life. It is a work of pure fiction based on hearsay, written in an irrational state and containing 238.3kReads8.0Score5.4k14d adds
6. 6 传 Passing on Longing 传思慕 Wen Daidai文黛黛Two Male Leads220k WordsCompleted [Reunion after years apart + two male leads + sweet romance + complete + a story within a story + entirely fictional + no real-life inspiration] World-weary, sickly beauty Jiang Qi (bottom) × carefree, moon-bright gentleman Chu Huaizhi (top). One day. Jiang Qi asked, “I thought you couldn't fight?” Chu Huaizhi carefully wiped the blood from his hands with a handkerchief, answering rather casually. “Who started that rumor?” “Me,” Jiang Qi said. “You look so delicate and frail.” Chu Huaizhi: “...” 36.6kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
7. 7 小 The Little Troublemaker Doesn't Have Long to Live 小坏蛋他命不久矣 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads273k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled love + the pursuit of a former lover + happy ending] School bully, sickly bottom Academic superstar, top On Xiao Yu's birthday, his father locked him up in a conversion camp. From that day on, he lost Fu Zechen, the person who loved him most. By the time he escaped that living hell, battered and bruised, Fu Zechen had discarded him without a moment's hesitation. When they met again, his eyes held no trace of affection, only indifference and estrangement. “You're not w 15.5kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
8. 8 哥 My Brother Fainted Again 哥哥又晕倒了 Chu Rong初茸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse214k WordsOngoing Sword Immortal Gu Yichen fell in the final battle against the world-destroying Demon Lord, only to unexpectedly crash into a garbage city called Orpheus. His younger sister, Gu Nian'an, rescued him from the mire. To cover their steep tuition and living expenses at an aristocratic school, he starts out in the lowest-ranked body, the “Blade,” and repeatedly challenges mutated humans corrupted by “Heart Demon Essence,” known as “Sinners.” Every narrow escape from death leaves him with grievous wou 378Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Everyone in the school knows that Gu Yichen is the top-tier sickly beauty at St. Freya Academy: stunningly beautiful, with phenomenal grades, yet always pale, weak, coughing up blood, and fainting every few days. No one knows that this genius senior by day is, by night, the executive officer of the secret organization "Lighthouse." He fought his way out of the garbage city, all to give his younger sister a stable future. Stomach bleeding, a ruptured spleen—old wounds haven't healed before new ones appear. But when his sister is also caught up in a conspiracy, can this young man who never complains still hold onto his last glimmer of light? [Full text revised] Faster pacing, upgraded plot! #SicklyMaleLead #BeautifulAndTragicMaleLead #SicklyBeautySenior #GeniusAcademic #HiddenMaster #MaleLeadWithContrast #SiblingAffection #Cyberpunk #FutureScienceFiction #AcademySuperpowers #MonsterHunting #SuspenseAdventure #FullTextRevision

9. 9 眼 The Blind Fake Young Master Is Weary of Life, but the Tycoon Insists on Spoiling Him 眼盲假少爷厌世，大佬求着宠 Riding Past打马而过Two Male Leads369k WordsCompleted The first line's written now. Can you see it? There are extras! Check my profile! [Two male leads + both sexually inexperienced + love at first sight based on looks + instant attraction + mild coercion + bittersweet romance + HE] [World-weary, aloof bottom Lin Qing + top Fu Yuming, who looks down on him at first but later can't stop seeking him out and asking for punishment] At ten, the young genius Lin Qing is kidnapped and left blind in both eyes. From then on, his standing in the family plum 7.2kReads9.3Score95814d adds
10. 10 重 Reborn, I Spoiled My Reclusive Wife Into My Most Precious Treasure 重生后把自闭老婆宠成心尖宝 Fermented Black Bean Fish豆豉鱼Two Male Leads493k WordsCompleted [Main story complete; bonus chapters still being added] In his previous life, Gu Yanchen was framed, disgraced, and sentenced to ten years in prison. His friends betrayed him and his lover left. The only one who stayed by his side was the omega wife he had neglected for years. Given another chance at life, Gu Yanchen, the scumbag Alpha of old, turns into a devoted husband and dotes on his shy, soft-spoken little wife as if he were his whole world. Su Tang suffers from aphasia due to psychologica 11.3kReads8.6Score1.3k14d adds
11. 11 盲 A Blind Substitute Bride: How Did I Become the Mad Tyrant's Beloved? 盲眼替嫁，怎么成疯批暴君白月光 You Still Don't Have a Girlfriend你还没有女朋友Two Male Leads606k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + devoted and exclusive relationship + tyrant's sole favorite + dominant gong and submissive shou + a touch of ensemble cast] [Fragile, blind, sweet and innocent shou X double-standard, unhinged tyrant gong] Su Ruan is a blind prince living in the cold palace, sent to marry into a foreign land in place of his elder brother. In the enemy ruler's bedchamber, he's stripped down to his underclothes and hung on a torture frame to await death. The tyrant's sword points straight at his 11.3kReads8.7Score2.5k14d adds
12. 12 暗 After His Secret Guard Broke Down, the Crown Prince Regretted Everything 暗卫崩溃后，太子追悔莫及 Laughing at the Dreamers in This Fleeting Life浮生却笑梦中人Two Male Leads366k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + ABO + childhood friends + equally matched leads + a groveling pursuit] Free-spirited, unruly crown prince gong vs. cool, devoted shadow guard shou He was the crown prince's study companion, his personal bodyguard, the brother who had grown up by his side, and his most loyal subordinate. But when the crown prince's constitution unexpectedly changed, a bond formed between the shadow guard and his master. The shadow guard who had been at the crown prince's side since childhood act 4.4kReads9.1Score50114d adds
13. 13 柔 The Frail Young Husband Is Doted on by the Regent King 柔弱小夫郎被摄政王宠飘了 Bu Yu Cheng Shang不予程上Two Male Leads691k WordsCompleted Gu Tingwei transmigrated to an unknown dynasty, becoming a frail, unloved man and striking a deal with the regent. When Regent Lian Yinchi first met Gu Tingwei, he asked, "You're a man?" Gu Tingwei: ? Shouldn't he be asking whether I'm a man? He patted himself, then patted himself so hard he started coughing. "That's right, I am." Lian Yinchi: ... As a prince consort, Gu Tingwei had only three wishes. Get rich! Get even richer! Then take his money south and find a handsome young man to spend hi 13.3kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
14. 14 玄 After a Metaphysics Master Became a Substitute Bride, She Was Held in His Arms and Spoiled 玄学大佬替嫁后，被抱在怀里诱宠 Startled Bird Enters a Dream惊鸟入梦Two Male Leads353k WordsCompleted [The rating has just appeared and will rise] Cool, long-haired, sickly beauty and metaphysical expert bottom x smooth-talking, cunning, cocky beauty top [Past and present lives + Supernatural + Two powerful leads, both devoted and faithful + Loving husband + Seductive type] [1v1, happy ending] The year Shen Tingzhi was born, his biological parents sent him to a small Taoist temple in a remote mountain village. After he had lived there for nineteen years, the biological parents he had never met c 5.2kReads9.1Score95114d adds

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    These are all books about illness and weakness. The first one is about early-stage illness and weakness.

15. 15 病 The Frail Beauty Is Delicate and Soft, and the Regent Falls for Him Step by Step 病美人身娇体软，摄政王步步沦陷 It's Xi, Not Shi是西不是施Two Male Leads370k WordsCompleted (Main story complete, safe to start reading) [Two male leads & deliberate seduction & love at first sight & the gong is a hopeless romantic & happy ending] [Sickly beauty assassin shou & gentle, devoted prince regent gong] You haven’t been fooled; you just haven’t encountered the right scam Wei Junlin, the powerful prince regent who held sway over the court, fell into a tender trap carefully laid just for him. His beautiful wife, usually gentle, obedient, and sickly, suddenly turned on him at th 37.7kReads9.3Score7.3k14d adds

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    Highly recommend!!!

16. 16 疯 Are You Insane? The Mad Emperor’s Character Falls Apart Right After I’m Reborn 疯了吧，才重生疯批帝王就崩人设 Hmph Hmph Ji哼哼唧Two Male Leads279k WordsCompleted An early shameful work, written back when I was just in it for the laughs. I’ve since realized some plot points were off. Readers who are too particular about the relationship dynamics, please don’t read. [Double Rebirth + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + Devoted to Each Other + Happy Ending] A seductive, sickly beauty on the receiving end × an impotent, rage-filled mad dog on the pursuing end 7.5kReads9.2Score54814d adds
17. 17 摄 The Regent Plots to Seize the Throne 摄政王他谋权夺位 A Guest Among the Clouds, Lost in Ink墨语云间客Two Male Leads556k WordsCompleted Regent Xie Jinxu (bottom) ✘ Emperor Song Zelin (top) [Two male leads, alternate history, System, two lifetimes, devoted one-on-one romance] A ruthless, hypocritical, profit-driven, sickly beauty of a regent / A hopeless romantic emperor who often acts on a whim First Lifetime At first, A minister urged the emperor: “Your Majesty, the regent’s power has grown too great. I fear...” Song Zelin: “If the regent truly intends to rebel, I will kill him myself.” A friend urged the regent: “Jinxu, it’s 130Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 18 王 The Sickly Beauty in the Prince's Arms Is a Max-Level Assassin 王爷怀里的病美人是满级刺客 Cotton Candy Machine棉花糖机Two Male Leads376k WordsCompleted Is this frail young man actually a max-level assassin??? In the eyes of the world, Wen Xuqing is: The illegitimate son of the Prime Minister’s household, who gets out of breath after walking a few steps; A sickly medicine jar abandoned at a country estate, ignored by everyone; A fragile little white rabbit that Prince Lin, Gu Jingyu, brought home to keep. The real Wen Xuqing is: The master of Shattered Moon Tower, the greatest assassin organization in the martial world; A blade capable of taking 1.2kReads6.7Score22514d adds
19. 19 小 Has the Little Troublemaker Made Up with Her Ex Today? 小作精今天哄好前男友了吗 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads368k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled romance + chasing his husband + some angst + melodrama] The thing Pei Heng regretted most in his life was taking Shi Jin's drunken words seriously. Shi Jin said they should break up, and Pei Heng left without a second thought. Shi Jin wanted to get back together, but Pei Heng blocked him, deleted him, and cut off every way back. Shi Jin wouldn't stop pursuing him, but Pei Heng ignored him and rejected him time and again. Only when the Pei family announced his engageme 10.7kReads8.4Score74614d adds

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    These are the books I absolutely have to read!!! They're incredibly good!!!

20. 20 谁 Who Still Cares Whether Their Ex Lives or Dies After a Breakup? 谁家分手后还管前男友死活啊 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads360k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + seductive, treacherous shou + devoted, fatherly gong + rekindled romance + a groveling pursuit] The biggest mistakes Song Qingyan ever made were acting on his own, making the first move, exposing their relationship, breaking up, and then trying to get back together without asking! He successfully drove himself to the brink of death over and over. The first time, his heart stopped for five minutes. The second time, his heart stopped for ten minutes. The third time, he nearly die 8.5kReads9.4Score67014d adds
21. 21 甘 Willing to Fall 甘心沉沦 Ying Mufeng应沐风Two Male Leads262k WordsCompleted [Blunt bottom x devoted top] [Two male leads + mutual exclusivity + sweet romance + unrequited love turns mutual + both pursue each other] Lin Xuran is the overlooked second son of the Lin family. Frail and sickly since childhood, he is quiet and reserved. The first time he sees the refined, distinguished Huo Qichen, he is captivated and finds himself longing for someone for the first time. Later, Lin Xuran works up the courage to get closer to Huo Qichen, only to be driven away by the man’s off 56.4kReads9.5Score7.4k14d adds
22. 22 眼 A Sea of Tears 眼泪微海 Tutu Who Loves Little Scoundrels爱吃小淘气的图图Two Male Leads237k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + pursuing and pampering his husband + mutual devotion + equally matched leads + happy ending] Ji Weichen is a workaholic. A fussy workaholic, prone to bad moods and afflicted with one ailment after another. He’s an acclaimed actor, a wealthy young master, and a sickly invalid. Then one day, he meets Chi Beihai. Chi Beihai is a celebrated director who rose from nothing to become a legendary, fearsome tyrant no one dares cross. Everyone thinks he’s cold and heartless, never gives a 3.7kReads9.2Score42214d adds
23. 23 病 Sickly, Yet Wanted 病秧子，有人要 Tuan Tuan, Nothing Special团团无奇Two Male Leads417k WordsCompleted Two Male Leads | Both Strong | 1v1 | Both Chaste | Mutual Devotion Occasional bonus chapters The sickly young man, whom everyone in the capital avoided like the plague, met a young general newly returned from the border. At a flower banquet, he declared in front of everyone, "As if I would ever fall for him!" But later, in the dead of night at an inn, he crouched down and laid his outer robe beneath the other man's bare feet. One quiet, "The ground is cold," left the man who had spent half h 12.3kReads8.6Score1.8k14d adds
24. 24 太 The Crown Prince Is Spoiling His Second Brother Again Today 太子殿下今天也在宠他二哥 Tipsy Night y微醺夜yTwo Male Leads845k WordsCompleted My new story is out! You can read my works on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 4.9kReads8.2Score91614d adds
25. 25 病 After the Sickly Beauty's Wrongful Conviction Was Overturned 病美人沉冤昭雪后 Three Flying Birds三只飞鸟Two Male Leads208k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + both devoted to each other + poor health + bittersweet romance + equally powerful + a touch of political intrigue + happy ending] [Devoted, gentle, powerful emperor (top) Lu Yuanju * cold, sickly marquis with little will to live (bottom) Xiao Ming] 1. No one knew Lu Yuanju had lost his memory. Xiao Ming knew, because Lu Yuanju had forgotten only him. Even so, Lu Yuanju would still climb through his window in the middle of the night. Xiao Ming: “Your Majesty, you're going to bre 1kReads8.9Score16114d adds
26. 26 独 Exclusive Devotion: The Unhinged, Lovesick Big Shot Is Irresistible 独宠：疯批病娇大佬惹人怜 Jiang Jiang Bao姜姜寳Two Male Leads557k WordsCompleted [ABO + two male leads + two strong leads + opposites attract + healing + sickly character + physical angst] A ruthless yet frail, unhinged big shot Omega x a rebellious, straight male Alpha school bully - Gu Siye, 26, is a ruthless, unhinged big shot who rules both the legal and underworld sides of Nancheng. The heir to the Gu Group has a powerful underground network backing him, and no one can match his brutal methods. But no one knows that beneath his tough exterior lies a frail body and a sha 6.4kReads9.2Score60114d adds
27. 27 帝 The Emperor Is Addicted! The Frail Empress Raised Two Children 帝王太上瘾！病弱男后养了两个崽 Snow-Colored Moon After the Storm雪色月霁Two Male Leads546k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Love at First Sight + Seme Dotes on Uke + Pure Love on Both Sides, HE] Su Huaiyu awakened to the truth: he was a frail, doomed supporting character in a book. As the real young master of the marquis's household, he was ignored by his parents and older brother. Meanwhile, the story's protagonist, the fake young master, was charming everyone and had become the darling of all. According to the plot, a gentle imperial physician, a young general, a sinister top scholar, and a mad pr 178.7kReads9.4Score28.2k14d adds
28. 28 穿EN After Transmigrating into a Novel and Marrying the Male Lead, I Became a Variety Show Sensation 穿书和男主结婚后我上综艺爆红了 Tianyue Zhou天月舟Two Male Leads367k WordsCompleted [Both are each other's one and only + mutual devotion + healing each other + happy ending + bittersweet romance + no angst in the love story] Gu Nian'an transmigrates into a novel about wealthy families fighting for power, becoming a little-known, universally disliked celebrity who has a contract marriage with the male lead. During a slice-of-life variety show, everyone realizes that the supposedly arrogant, diva-like pretty face who looks down on her teammates seems to have become a different 17.8kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds

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    She truly is a sickly beauty, and the second book is really good!

29. 29 谁EN Whose Simp of a Male Supporting Character Gets Held and Kissed by the Male Lead? 谁家舔狗男配被男主抱在怀里亲啊 Dreaming of Night Plays夜戏梦Two Male Leads377k WordsCompleted [Irresistible bottom, bittersweet romance, angst first and sweetness later, livestream variety show, a chaotic love polygon, two male leads, both virgins, happy ending] Wen Yanyu, a universally hated supporting character who hounded the male lead relentlessly and dragged himself into a storm of public outrage, suddenly awakens to his own consciousness. The System binds him and sends him off on missions. After countless cycles of torment leave him exhausted in body and mind, Wen Yanyu returns wit 56.6kReads9.5Score7.3k14d adds

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    Those who love seeing beautiful women in medical settings should definitely consider buying this! [Note][Note]

30. 30 穿EN After Becoming Everyone's Most Hated, I Slayed with My Peerless Beauty 穿成万人嫌后我靠盛世美颜杀疯了 Frost Pavilion寒霜榭Two Male Leads370k WordsCompleted [Irresistible Beauty That Kills / Live-Streaming Dog Training / Love Triangle Drama] Shen Shuangjian transmigrated into the body of a man hated by the entire world, someone everyone despised. Because he was an illegitimate son, his powerful, wealthy older brother ignored him. Because he had a crush on the capital’s heir apparent, everyone in their circle openly mocked and targeted him. And because he was frail and sickly, the show he was supposed to appear on had been postponed, earning him onli 25.2kReads9.2Score2.9k14d adds
31. 31 商 The Business World's Young Master Is in Tears: Why Did His Wife Stop Flirting? 商圈太子哭唧唧：老婆怎么不钓了 Mr. Gemini双子先生Two Male Leads360k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, low self-esteem and depression, a guiding lover, bittersweet and heartwarming] [Cool, composed, and unknowingly flirtatious receiver × aloof, double-standard, pouty love interest] (Author’s tip: I personally don’t think it’s angsty! There’s really no angst!) The dead cannot come back to life, but Shi Ling was reborn. In his previous life, he was the real young master of a wealthy family, unwanted and constantly targeted. In this life, he would take back everything that belonged to 29.3kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds
32. 32 暗 Joy Blossoms in a Dark Alley 暗巷生欢 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads274k WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed: @Youyu Ru Zhou] [Healing + Devoted Couple + Intense Push and Pull + Bittersweet, Over-the-Top Drama + Major Twists] [Cold-Blooded Big Shot × Frail Beauty, A Clawed Cat Toying with a Tiger] Xia Xunqian was sickly and had depended on others since childhood. Even as an adult, he still had nowhere of his own. When his father sent him to live with Feng Lin, Xia Xunqian chose to obey. He was docile and compliant, and knew every trick in the book when it came to staying aliv 15kReads9.6Score2k14d adds
33. 33 零 Pain at Minus 7 Degrees Celsius 零下7摄氏度的疼痛 The Crane Dances in the Clear Shadow鹤舞弄清影Two Male Leads257k WordsCompleted He missed him, then missed him again. He was a flirt who couldn't stay away from beautiful women. Their meeting was accidental, yet tinged with a sense of fate. A love that isn't accepted always runs into endless obstacles in real life. Is he willing to open his heart and love again? Can he let go of the heartbreak and the person he left behind? The pain of seven degrees below zero: may brighter days come after it. 893Reads8.9Score14014d adds

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    I'm a professional when it comes to sickly beauties [cool], and my ratings are all pretty high (just don't read the seventh book, then no one will be competing with me for it!).

34. 34 爆 An Upset Victory: A Top-Tier Star Gets Swept Away by a Nobody 爆冷：顶流被小糊咖拐跑了 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads369k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled love + showbiz + happy ending] A doting, top-tier-star seme, A little-known, sickly uke. Lu Qing lost Gu Zhiyan, the person who loved him most, so he nearly gave his life for another chance to meet him. But the Gu Zhiyan he meets again is no longer the poor kid he was a year ago. He has transformed into a top-tier star with tens of millions of fans and the sole heir to the Gu family, the foremost clan in Beijing’s elite circles. Gu Zhiyan shuts Lu Qing out completely. 8.8kReads9.3Score75014d adds
35. 35 他 He Is My Husband 他是我先生 Moss Blossoms, Silken Threads苔花丝丝Two Male Leads257k WordsCompleted Two male leads + reunion after years apart + divorce reality show + happy ending + one-on-one Refined, scholarly top with a wicked streak, Jiang Yuchen × gentle, easygoing art student bottom, Qi Xin “Is that medicine… something you brought especially for Xiao Qi?” Jiang Yuchen: “I didn’t know he had a cold when I left.” 5.6kReads9.3Score52614d adds
36. 36 病 The Frail Darling Everyone Loves Keeps Getting Trapped in Love Triangles 病弱万人迷总身陷修罗场 Honey Date and Mandarin Fish蜜枣桂鱼Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted After Lin Qingci died, he was bound to a cannon-fodder passerby System tasked with giving the male lead experience points. Dragging his sickly body from one small world to another, he dutifully played all the cannon-fodder characters who fed the male lead kills and experience. But as he played his roles, why was the plot going off the rails?! And why had the protagonists started looking at him so strangely... The cold, indifferent Imperial Preceptor in an ancient revenge story. “You are the cold 11.2kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
37. 37 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 4.8kReads9.4Score53014d adds

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    Trust me, it's incredibly good, and the characters are portrayed as sickly and weak.

38. 38 和 I Lost My Cover After Online Dating the School Bully 和校霸网恋后我掉马了 It's Aurora!是Aurora啦Two Male Leads294k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + chasing his husband + two equally powerful players in an online game + college (all adults!) + online romance and a secret identity exposed / things going wrong + rekindled love + a touch of bittersweetness + 1v1 happy ending] Scheming, tsundere, pure-hearted campus tough guy gong × sweet, sickly, flirtatious beauty shou who pretends to be well-behaved Jiang Shao and Cen Mian's encounter was like a carefully woven trap of sweetness, and also the most romantic joke fate could pl 1.1kReads—Score10014d adds

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    "…Rubbing…stomach, it hurts…" Cen Mian's voice was muffled, as if it were still inside the oxygen mask, tinged with the nasal tone of someone who had been crying. Her nose and eyes were red, twitching with each sob, like a small animal caught in the rain and unable to find its way home, so pitiful it could break your heart. "Jiang…Jiang Shao…" ▲ Jiang Shao wouldn't dare to lay a hand on her, let alone actually rub her. The thought of her fragile body after surgery, the layers of gauze covering the wounds, made his heart tremble. "Bear with it," he said softly, gently coaxing her, "The pump is already on, the medicine will take effect soon, just bear with it a little longer…"

39. 39 病 The Sickly Beauty Is His Majesty’s Beloved 病美人他是陛下白月光 This Fish Master这个鱼大人Two Male Leads515k WordsCompleted Fragile Health + System + Older Man Raises Younger Man + Reborn + Love at First Sight + Mutual Firsts When Shen Ji was young, he once believed in someone with all his heart. He went through fire and water for him and burned the midnight oil for seven years, only to end up sickly, with his family executed and himself exiled to the northern frontier. As he lay dying, someone took him in and taught him to let go of resentment, give up self-pity, start over and change his ways, stop clinging to what 8.1kReads8.2Score89414d adds
40. 40 乖 A Good Wife's Guide to Playing Bad 乖老婆装坏指南 Shun Jiu舜九Two Male Leads369k WordsCompleted Help: Last night, I got drunk and made a scene at a hot pot restaurant, then ordered a male escort. Now he wants me to be his wife. What should I do? After waking up with a hangover, Sheng Minyi felt like his world had collapsed! In his previous life, he was the cannon-fodder foil in a story about a real and a fake young master, the one whose place had been stolen. His family despised him, and he died horribly in the wilderness, with no one even claiming his body. Reborn, he decided that whoever 24.2kReads8.8Score47114d adds

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    Min-il is in poor health, but he's afraid of being looked down upon, so he pretends to be a normal person. [Almost crying]

41. 41 摄 The Regent’s Frail Dark Moonlight 摄政王的病弱黑月光 Water, Bamboo, and Salt水竹盐Two Male Leads152k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + stand-in trope + angst for the bottom + groveling pursuit + physical and emotional torment + tragic love + two endings] A sickly, stoic, lying, seductive bottom VS a violent, ruthless, devoted, obsessive top Shen Zhao felt as if he had never truly lived. For the first part of his life, he grew up in the muddy countryside, sheltered from the cold rain and saddled with the name “ill-fated loner.” Then his older brother died, and he entered a world that had never belonged to him, 384Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A blend of "stunt double" fiction and "frail aesthetics"! A powerful minister, obsessed with a past lover, finds himself trapped by a beautiful woman who looks exactly like him but is frail and sickly. He suffers from a chronic illness, is reserved, gentle, and vulnerable. Living together day and night, the minister can no longer distinguish whether his obsession is with the person or with this sickly, gentle figure.

42. 42 欺 Picking on My Senior Brother? This Junior Sister Will Topple the Sect! 欺负我大师兄？小师妹掀翻宗门！ Mountain Bears Snow山负雪Fantastical Romance585k WordsOngoing [A junior sister with her head full of her eldest senior brother × a frail, gentle, motherly eldest senior brother] [Male lead angst + doting on her husband + plenty of scenes featuring illness and frailty] Until she was twenty-one, Shen Nianzhao always thought she was Heaven's favorite. Born into a cultivation family, she was chosen as an infant by Changming Immortal Venerable, the greatest swordsman alive, and taken as his personal disciple. Her four senior brothers were all different in tempe 4.3kReads8.8Score32714d adds
43. 43 杀 He's Gone Wild! The Sickly Beauty Transmigrates into a Book and Drops the Act 杀疯了！病美人穿书后他不装了 Li Qibai栗七白Two Male Leads234k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Dual Male Leads + Transmigrate Into a Book + Face-Slapping, Sweet and Satisfying + Mutual Firsts + Mutual Healing + Lighthearted and Lively + 1v1] [A sickly beauty who doesn’t overthink and only gets stronger when challenged, as the recipient × A scheming, seasoned, deeply devoted top, always faithful] Su An had heart disease and knew he wouldn’t live long. His motto was to make the most of each day, but he never expected to transmigrate into a book. The good news: He was alive agai 14.5kReads9.3Score2k14d adds

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    The sickly beauty absolutely loves this character setting!!

44. 44 病 After the Sickly Beauty Became a Substitute Bride to a Madman 病美人替嫁疯批后 Ye Yichen页依辰Two Male Leads255k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] Xia Zhenyun took his younger brother's place and married into the Song family, a place people regarded as a haunted house. That very night, Song Yicheng grabbed him by the throat and nearly killed him. Xia Zhenyun fled in a panic. He thought he would spend the rest of his life living in fear, but Song Yicheng never hurt him again. Xia Zhenyun even received a level of consideration he'd never experienced before. When Song Yicheng had an episode, he would try to smash Xia Zhenyun' 1.8kReads9.1Score24014d adds
45. 45 溺 Drowned: The Unexpected Charm of a Depressed Boyfriend 溺亡【抑郁小男友的反差萌】 Three Flying Birds三只飞鸟Two Male Leads170k WordsCompleted [Rekindled love, reunion after years apart, reunited from the very first chapter, depression, bittersweet romance, contrast, powerful leads, equally matched, no angst between the couple, both each other’s first and only, happy ending] Tender, devoted CEO Jiang Xu (top) × depressed, aloof yet unexpectedly adorable Gu Chong (bottom) A story about a comic artist and a pianist. (The author would rather not get flamed, so extreme top- and bottom-focused readers should proceed with caution.) Five year 2.5kReads9.1Score30714d adds
46. 46 薄 Thin Snow Over Farewell 薄雪覆辞 TeerpTwo Male Leads283k WordsCompleted Also known as: Snow Over the Farewell [A CEO with alexithymia × a beautiful, depressed man with a disability]| [Devoted couple · Marriage first, love later · A little groveling · Bitter before sweet · Angsty romance] [*There will be angst in the early and middle parts. The characters’ personalities make it unavoidable.] A business marriage binds them together. With a lame leg and a heart as lifeless as a grave, Fu Ci marries the lofty Bo Jinyan. On their wedding night, Bo Jinyan warns him coldly 6.6kReads9.0Score84214d adds
47. 47 厌 My World-Weary Wife Is So Well-Fed and Soft!! 厌世老婆养得白白嫩嫩！！ Xiao Sui小绥Two Male Leads111k WordsCompleted [Two male leads / Marriage Before Love / both pure / guiding partner / healing / mutual devotion] (Complete) Mu Xu (top) x Lin Jin (bottom) [Marriage Before Love] [Gentle, insecure top VS world-weary, long-haired beauty bottom] Lin Jin couldn’t find interest in anything. On the night he decided to end his life, he ran into Mu Xu, a classmate from high school. They entered a fake marriage. The timid Mu Xu had been in love with someone for years. When they met again, that person was about to jump 25.3kReads9.4Score4.8k14d adds
48. 48 九 The Merciless, Mad Eunuch Is Truly Beautiful 九千岁狠毒疯批，却实在美丽 Rice-Loving Dumpling爱干饭的团子Two Male Leads264k WordsCompleted [A print edition has been signed for publication] [Self-directed conquest x emotionally detached recipient + equally matched, devoted couple + reunited after a breakup, happy ending] Xie Yu, the most beautiful man under heaven, is frail and sickly, with weaknesses all over. Every prince and noble sees him as the ultimate plaything. The newly appointed top scholar can harass him, but will be dead by the next day. The imperial concubine can frame him, but her entire clan will be executed for it. A 12.6kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
49. 49 小 After the Spoiled Darling Faked Their Death, the Devoted Lover Regretted It 小作精死遁后，真香攻后悔了 Fairy's Little Garden神仙菜园子Two Male Leads116k WordsCompleted [Male-Male Romance + Regretful Pursuit + Faked Death + Top Is Pure, Bottom Is Not + Happy Ending] A Mischievous Little Tease × A Blind, Heartless Bastard When Ruan Shishi pursued Fu Luobai, everyone said she had no chance. Who was Fu Luobai? Born out of wedlock, he had built his success from nothing and was cold-hearted and unfeeling. Ruan Shishi refused to believe it. She pursued Fu Luobai for two years and made a scene for two years, until she finally managed to marry into the Fu family. For t 829Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I think this one is quite sickly.

50. 50 我 As I Lay Dying 我弥留之际 Moss Blossoms, Silken Threads苔花丝丝Two Male Leads132k WordsCompleted Dual male leads + older man + happy ending + one-on-one romance + a touch of the supernatural + very short story Then: the lively, outgoing, clingy little ray of sunshine, the bottom (Zhou Yike) × the possessive King of the Underworld, the top (Pei Qi), who hates misunderstandings and insists on settling things as soon as they happen Gentle master and innocent kitten Pei Qi: “Zhou Yike, you don’t even act cute with me anymore.” “I’ve grown up,” Zhou Yike said. “I’m a big cat now.” Pei Qi rea 636Reads—Score10014d adds

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    A sickly beauty, suffering from stomach aches, leg aches, and various other pains.

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