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Call Me Big Brother 叫哥
[Audio drama now available] I’ve been trying to figure out how to write this blurb, but maybe we should keep it simple. It’s the story of a little hoodlum forced to raise a child. Then add a little spark, a little drama, a little help from the side, and some background music. Naturally, the ending is exactly the sort of thing the hoodlum would love: he gets pinned down in a ridiculously melodramatic, utterly predictable way. A coming-of-age story, but not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. A brot
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If You Love, Then Love 要爱就爱
It was one of the more than twenty Spring Festivals Chen Ci had lived through, and many years later, he could still feel the restlessness of that time. He had been so young then, and Liang Zhen even younger. Youth was so beautiful. You could be fearless and do whatever you pleased, letting your desires swell until they burst, getting hurt, and stumbling your way toward learning how to love and cherish someone. Back then, they didn't understand what it meant to part. They thought that liking some
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- 3 Transmigrated to the 1970s, the Rustic Young Man Spoils the Educated Youth 穿越七零，小知青被糙汉宠上天！ [Love at first sight + sweet romance + golden finger + two male leads + both pure] A young educated youth has arrived in the village. They say he’s even more handsome than a girl! The team leader: “Don’t ever marry an educated youth. They can’t be trusted!” Xue Fengnian: “You’re right, Uncle. I absolutely won’t marry a female educated youth!” Behind everyone’s backs, though, he brings the young educated youth food and drink. “Come to me if you need anything. I’ll protect you around here!” Lin Y 14.1kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
- 4 Live with Me, and You'll Never Go Hungry 跟我住，管饱 A super-sweet, slice-of-life food story. [Two men + both have no past relationships + cozy, sweet romance + mutual devotion + fast-paced + no angst + not a story about the rich] Qu Xiang is a private chef who cooks in people's homes. Before meeting his love, all he wanted was a simple life. As it turns out, fate takes pity on him and gives him a wonderfully dependable, caring partner who pulls him along as they build a better life together, one steady step at a time. Cheng Yijian is an ordinary 7.2kReads9.1Score1kShelves
- 5 The Way Home 归途 [Tao Dongling vs. Chen Zhaolai] [Top-Tier Novel + Two Male Leads + Urban Life + Everyday People + Hard Work + Happy Ending + Sweet Romance + Realistic] There’s a little shop along the route Tao Dongling has been driving lately, where you can park, eat, and stay the night. It’s pretty cheap and clean, and the owner is quiet, handling all the work inside and out by himself. Then one day, Tao Dongling said to the owner, “Brother Lai, every time I come here, I don’t want to leave.” Chen Zhaolai took 28kReads9.6Score3kShelves
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The Little Troublemaker Doesn't Have Long to Live 小坏蛋他命不久矣
[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
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- 7 An Upset Victory: A Top-Tier Star Gets Swept Away by a Nobody 爆冷：顶流被小糊咖拐跑了 [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. 8.8kReads9.3Score750Shelves
- 8 My Ex Is a Top-Tier Star, So I’ll Ride His Coattails, Hard! 前男友是顶流，我蹭，我硬蹭！ [Two male leads + rebirth + entertainment industry + rekindled romance] A beautiful, strong, tragic, sickly bottom-tier actor. A superstar idol top. The day Lin Ran was diagnosed with cancer, he held his final livestream. He thought it was goodbye, but never expected to receive an invitation to appear on a variety show. When they meet again, his ex-boyfriend has become a top-tier star with tens of millions of followers. He says, “Lin Ran, you're so shameless!” He says, “Lin Ran, are you sick?” H 11.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
- 9 That Little Trouble-Maker Is Absolutely Unhinged 小作精他超疯的 [Male-male romance + rekindled love + entertainment industry + happy ending] A volatile, depressed, troublesome, sickly bottom in public and in private, A top who is emotionally impaired but an outstanding actor. Jiang Li is a madman. During a sugar-baby arrangement, he was the first to fall in love and become obsessed. He knew Yi Zhen didn't love him, yet he kept clinging to him, his body covered in wounds. He said, “I supported you for two years. Now it's your turn to support me for two years! 10.8kReads9.3Score849Shelves
- 10 The Frail, Well-Behaved Darling Who Gets Spoiled Rotten 病弱小乖乖持宠而娇 [Two Male Leads + Everyone’s Darling + Devoted to Each Other + Marriage Allowed + Complete] [Adorable, sweet, well-behaved bottom (Ji Ning) × stern, fatherly top who is gentle only with him (Chu Xinmo)] Everyone in high society knew the Ji family had a young master they treasured dearly. Nobody had ever seen him, but they all knew one thing: you could offend anyone, but never the Ji family’s young master. Then one day, they saw the Chu family heir treating the young man in his arms with the utm 2.6kReads8.8Score222Shelves
- 11 A Dog with No Home 丧家之犬 Also known as Chu Tian’s Vast Horizons. Chu Tian loved Xu Chenyang for five years, giving him his whole heart, but that still couldn’t compete with Xu Chenyang’s first love saying, “Let’s start over.” He tried to make Xu Chenyang stay, but was betrayed all the same. After grieving, he let go without hesitation. At the lowest point in his life, Chu Tian met the man who would change everything: Zhou Mo. Mature and gentle, Zhou Mo carefully drew Chu Tian into his world, step by step. He understood 10kReads9.5Score1kShelves
- 12 The Aloof Tattoo Artist and His Soft, Adorable Tenant 高冷刺青师和他的软萌小房客 [Two male leads + slice of life + one-on-one romance + both are each other’s first + sweet romance + tattoo artist + older, doting love interest] [Cool, handsome tattoo artist VS soft, adorable, resilient tenant] The first time Fu Jie went to look for a rental himself, he met Zhao Xiaoliang. The slender young man had a resilience that was impossible to overlook. Whenever they met after that, the young man was always busy and full of drive, rushing from one task to the next with a sunny smile tha 876Reads9.0Score145Shelves
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I Only Meant to Hire a Chef, but I Ended Up Picking Up a Husband 本想雇个厨师，结果捡了个男老婆
CEO gong × chef shou, happy ending The aloof CEO Qin Lang develops a strange illness: without a bowl of golden fried rice from a street stall, he can't stomach anything. He decides to “acquire” the source of the fried rice: its owner, Lu Chen. “Come be my personal chef. I'll pay you well, and I'll support your two younger brothers!” With his livelihood on the line, Lu Chen grits his teeth and agrees. And so, in the CEO's top-of-the-line kitchen, spatulas clang and smoke billows. The cold, aloo
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- 14 Qiao Qiao Is Right 桥桥说的对 Two male leads + love at first sight + everyday street life + older man/younger man + mutual devotion Gentle, reserved, nurturing bottom + fiery, puppy-like top Hey, everyone! New promotion: Set up a stall and get a boyfriend! Qiao Qiao diligently and carefully tends his bun stall. But why is this guy who keeps coming over so... so... nice to him? Hey, everyone, who can relate? I stopped by the night market for a bun and came away with a husband! Zhao Jialang passes through the night market afte 133Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Toward the Wildfire 向野火 [Two Male Leads + Forced Love + Unhinged + Cunning + Devoted to Each Other + One-on-One] Seven-year-old Lu Zhuo brought a little boy home. The boy couldn't hear or speak. Lu Zhuo hid him in the sheep pen and treated him like a precious treasure. But as time went by, Lu Zhuo changed. He no longer liked the boy. He threw away the wooden doll the boy had carved for him with his own hands, and he never treated the boy kindly. Many years later, Jiang Ye, now a grown man, grabbed Lu Zhuo by the throat 378Reads8.8Score103Shelves
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Go Left at the Light, Right at the Crossing 左灯右行
“Who are you in my eyes? Who do you want me to stand in for? We trade each other’s joys and sorrows, and the one who loves more is always the first to cry.” “Embracing you wears you out. The one who loves more is always the first to turn false.” Liao Juntao, “Who” “I love you, and it’s like driving against the lights.” Tanya Chua, “Red High Heels” So, if two people aren’t right for each other, they shouldn’t get together in the first place. You agree, Gu Xiangbei? Character setup: A street-c
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- 17 The Tea Stall 茶摊 [No domineering CEO, no melodrama + slice of life + two male leads + first love + both are each other's first] A closeted programmer meets an unusual boss on an otherwise ordinary day. Over a bowl of wontons, the two gradually get to know each other, harboring secret crushes and feeling each other out. They sat by the door for a long time. The sun was nearly setting, its dusky light barely embracing the earth. Even the unruly weeds looked beautiful in the sunset, veiled in a thin haze like one 1.4kReads9.3Score227Shelves
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I Time-Traveled to the Late 1960s and Got a Membership Superstore 穿到60年代末我有会员大超市
A dual-male-lead period novel with a pocket dimension. Cheng Yan is a frail, frequently ill code monkey from the 21st century. After saving a child from beneath the wheels of a Cullinan, he transmigrates, bringing along the commercial street where the crash happened and a membership-only mega-supermarket? Cheng Yan thinks he’s got this: spend his modern-day paycheck in the past, and he’s got a car full of cash to boot! Then he runs into a top-tier, broad-shouldered period-drama hunk, and life ju
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He Is the Boy’s First Love 他是少年的喜欢
[School Romance with Two Male Leads | Sickly Obsessive Love | Forced Imprisonment | Memory Manipulation | Tragic BE] Everyone thought Jiang Chen, the rebellious campus king, was just fooling around. Only he knew the truth: from the first moment he saw Liu Yue, he was already crazy about him. The aloof, solitary top student had stumbled into his desolate youth, becoming an obsession he couldn't quit and a weakness he couldn't let go of. He drew closer, coaxing the boy gently and cherishing him wi
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Stop! You Little Brat! I'm Your Uncle! 住手！小兔崽子！我是你叔叔！
The main story is complete, so feel free to dive in. [Sharp-tongued bickering] [Love and hate] [Realistic, everyday life] [Mutual devotion] [1v1, HE] [Loyal top VS straight bottom] Lin Qi is a bachelor well past his prime. After being entrusted, and conned, by a friend, he is forced to take over a hot potato. Not only is it scorching, it's prickly, too. He has always believed that when kids misbehave, it's usually because they've been spoiled. A good beating should set them straight. Wen Yuzhou
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An Older Brother Is Just an Older Brother! 哥哥就是哥哥啊！
Song Zhou × Yan Xin [Younger man, mutual healing, ten-year age gap, scheming younger brother x kind-hearted older brother] After his parents died one after the other, Yan Xin felt he no longer had a place to call home, and didn't know where he belonged. He longed for family and the company of loved ones, and was afraid of being alone. As a child, Song Zhou wanted a stable life. When he grew up, he wanted the person who gave him that stability to belong to him forever. [A slice-of-life story abou
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Hiring This Lookalike Was a Huge Mistake 雇上这种替身算是踢到钢筋了
[A substitute who’s straighter than a steel bar × a boss with an atypical form of OCD] [Switch couple, not the soft and clingy kind of story] [A warm, healing romance] The substitute doesn’t know what OCD is, so he looks it up: “fussy,” “germaphobic,” “everything has to be arranged neatly” Right. He thinks he gets it. Isn’t it just being a housekeeper for someone who makes a fuss about everything? He can do that job! Until One night, this man, who’s usually capable of handling anything at work,
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That Red Land 那片红色的土地
[Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr
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- 24 The Little White Dog and the Big Yellow Pigeon 小白狗与大黄鸽 [Slow Burn] [Realistic] [Two Male Leads] [Ensemble Cast] A gentle, naive finance newbie fresh out of college A veteran salesman, warm on the outside and cool within, nicknamed Big Yellow An unexpected roommate arrangement, and an unexpected start at the same company in different departments Clashes at work, feelings quietly taking root in private Love and work, and the choices each person makes No golden finger, just the everyday necessities of life and sincerity met with sincerity 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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The General’s Husband 将门男后
In Changping City, everyone knew the little ditty about the Xie family’s young marquis: even dogs couldn’t stand him. At five, he dared to provoke the emperor, tugging at His Majesty’s beard in front of the civil and military officials. At eight, he used the Second Prince as a horse at his birthday banquet. At ten, he was cockfighting and bird-walking around Changping City. By fourteen, he’d made a name for himself in every brothel and pleasure house. He lived a carefree, happy life. Yet few kne
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- 26 The Prince I Married in Someone Else’s Place Is a Little Crazy 代嫁王爷有点疯 The Prince Consort by Proxy Is a Little Crazy 2.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Reunited Three Years Later 重逢在三年之后 Reunited Three Years Later 3.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 28 My Lord, Don't Be Difficult... 主上，别闹…… My Lord, don't mess around... 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Doctor and the Boxer 医生与拳手 The Doctor and the Boxer 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Little Secrets of Mr. Gu's Staged Encounters 顾总制造偶遇的那些小秘密 The Little Secrets Behind Mr. Gu's Staged Encounters 279Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 A Cold Blade Meets Its Master 寒刃逢君 When the Cold Blade Meets You 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Eye Sacrifice 眼祭 Eye Sacrifice 93Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Plum Blossoms and Snow Should Never Meet, Yet We’ll Grow Old Together 梅雪不相逢，偏要共白头 Plum Blossoms and Snow Never Meet, Yet They Insist on Growing Old Together 509Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Daily Life at the Baozi Shop 包子铺的日常生活 Daily Life at the Baozi Shop 612Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 A Distant Place I Can't Reach, a Home I Can't Return To 到不了的远方，回不去的家 A Distant Place I Can Never Reach, a Home I Can Never Return To 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Return to the Harbor 归·港 Return to the Harbor 191Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Azure Mist Before Nightfall 青岚未晚 Qing Lan, Not Too Late 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 After My Son Died by Suicide, I Transmigrated! 儿子自杀后，我穿越了！ After My Son Died by Suicide, I Transmigrated! 3.2kReads—Score—Shelves
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I Got Targeted Right After the Breakup? 刚分手就被盯上了？
A story about an ordinary man moving on to a new partner! Wei Zishu and Yue Yang, a single father, were together for three years. Wei looked after both father and son… Even though he knew Yue Yang still carried the memory of a first love he couldn’t forget, Wei respected his past and never brought it up. But all he got in return was a breakup… He thought he was finally single again, only to discover someone had had their eye on him for a long time… Yang Lingxiao has been single since birth for t
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Rejected After Confessing to My Roommate? Just Watch Me Train Him Myself 表白室友被拒？看我亲自调教
[Two male leads + both inexperienced in love + everyday school life + first love for both + nurturing a secret crush + equally matched leads + a little romantic push and pull] It wasn’t love at first sight, but he favored him in every way. Xiao Mingzhao looked down at Lan Yibai beneath him. Before he knew what he was doing, he bent down and kissed him. Their eyes met: one gaze full of affection, the other full of alarm. “Lao Liu, what’s wrong with you? You didn’t just… kiss me, did you?” Lan
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- 41 I Brought a Man Home: Like Stars Falling into My Eyes 捡个男人回家：恰似星子落进眼眸 [Two male leads + younger man + coming of age + mutual healing + contrast + doting on each other + happy ending] As a child, Cheng Cheng suffered trauma. Fortunately, while he was still in school, he met the person he cherished most, who stayed by his side through those bleak days. But their ten-year relationship eventually came to an end. Cheng Cheng moves far away on his own. On a freezing Spring Festival night, Zhang Tongfei, a migrant worker, finds him and takes him home. From an unexpect 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
- 43 Slay the Gods: Winning Over the Protagonist Squad with My Tragic Charm 斩神，我靠美强惨攻略主角团 Tags: transmigration into a book + Slay the Gods + no female lead + beautiful, strong, and tragic + blunt and direct + AI protagonist + no fixed pairing + master of keeping everyone happy Yan Shu transmigrated into a book. The good news was that he’d entered the Slay the Gods world, where he’d planned to write fanfiction and introduce a lineup of male heartthrobs. The bad news was that he’d been writing fanfiction just for himself, fueled by love and pure dedication, and had only finished the 6.2kReads8.9Score900Shelves
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Testing the Boundaries 边缘试探
(Cool, devoted seme × worldly, avoidant uke) Zhou Li'an was just an ordinary man. Like most people, he got married and had children... until he met Ji Hanzhou. It was as if a door to a whole new world had opened. Drawn to the other man, Zhou Li'an gradually grew closer to him, until one kiss brought him abruptly to his senses. He couldn't wait to draw a clear line between them. He thought getting married would put him back on his old path, but that was just an excuse to deceive himself...
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- 45 You Ordinary People 平凡的你们 Ordinary You 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Rhythm of Morse Code 摩尔斯电码的节奏 The Rhythm of Morse Code 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 I Am a God of War Among the Stars 我在星际当战神 I Become a War God Among the Stars 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Clingy CEO’s Mad Pursuit of His Husband 粘人总裁疯狂追夫记 Also known as Dusty Days, Dream Designs Clingy, domineering CEO and sunny, handsome designer The domineering CEO falls for the sunny designer at first sight And begins pursuing him relentlessly Dinner dates, confessions, flowers, career opportunities… What if he still won’t say yes? Then, of course, you have to move him with all your might! Author: And what if he still won’t say yes? CEO Li: Impossible! Impossible! If he really says no, it’s your fault. Author: Facepalm 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Ties of Silence 沉嚣缘 "Beneath violet lamps, I mend white bones; amid the sound of opera, I guide ordinary souls across. Nothing is warmer than an embrace, and red beans bloom beside the urn of ashes." In the fields of life and death, we glimpse the warmth of the human world. Fan Chen carved the sign "The Crying and Laughing Hall." Lin Xiao slipped him a lovesick bean coated in chili powder From "a death with the wrong name carved on it" to "the spicy sweetness of carving out a new life together," they find dual rede 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Police Station Chronicles: My Boyfriend Is One of the Top Ten Undercover Agents 派出所纪实之男友竟是十佳卧底 Huang Yu, a community police officer at a local police station, VS Cheng Houjing, a big shot returning from an undercover assignment A small ensemble cast, told in episodic arcs. The main story follows the hard, hectic daily life of a local police station. The cases are grounded in reality rather than baffling mysteries, though there are twists. For reference, see the Bilibili documentary Defending Jiefangxi. Read with caution if that's not your thing. Rich kid Huang Yu dreams of becoming a pro 626Reads8.8Score104Shelves
