Avoid: Poorly Developed Characters and Romance-Obsessed Leads 避雷人设没立住，恋爱脑男女主

1. 1 大 Boss, Remember to Pretend We Don't Know Each Other When You Go Out 大佬，出门记得装不熟 Lu Xiaojiu卢小久Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted The short drama A Proper Match with Zhao Ran is now streaming [Upright, proper senior leader & beautiful, clear-eyed university lecturer] "Powerful man bows his head 11-year age gap Sweet romance Both leads are devoted to each other" With an uncaring father and mother, Xu Weizhao’s plan for her life was simple: stay unnoticed, buy a little house, and remain unmarried and childless for peace of mind. It was supposed to be an easy plan, but in a single night, everything was thrown into disarray. S 30.6kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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   The love-brained male protagonist woke up and the female protagonist once had a big argument and said they wanted to break up. Later, the male protagonist couldn't help but look at the female protagonist and said he wanted to go and get her luggage. Unexpectedly, he found that the female protagonist was sick and so she comforted him. He also went to find pajamas in the packed luggage.

2. 2 挺 Pregnant and Proud! Kissing a Spoiled Rich Kid! Didn’t You Hate Him? 挺孕肚！亲纨绔！不是讨厌他？ Blondie the Lop-Eared Bunny with Tiny Feet黄毛小脚立耳兔Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted Wife, Baby, and a Warm Kang Bed [Shotgun wedding + love after pregnancy + sweet romance + everyday sweetness + raising a child + the male lead's secret crush comes true] [A seemingly soft and obedient beauty who's rebellious to the core VS a cool, flirtatious romantic who only pretends to be a spoiled playboy] In her previous life, she believed her stepmother and younger sister, mistakenly thinking Zhou Jibai had drugged her because he lusted after her looks, leaving her pregnant and forcing her 9.8kReads8.9Score945Shelves

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   🌈🌈💐🍂The male protagonist has a love brain. He was a playboy before he met the heroine. After meeting the heroine, he was a strict wife. He was still a playboy in front of his brothers👬, but the heroine instantly turned into a little bitch. [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

3. 3 穿 Reborn as the Mad Villain's Own Daughter 穿成疯批反派的亲闺女 You and Lan君与岚Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + sweet doting + transmigrate into a book + goofy comedy] Shen Wenjiao and her younger brother’s lives have fallen apart. Literally. But what she never expected was that she’d transmigrate into a book. And here’s the thing: her adopted younger brother came along too. The curse that they’d be real siblings in their next life has come true... This is a fictional world. Don’t ask how she knows that. Shen Wenjiao stared at the cat ears in the mirror and freaked out. She did like 3.2kReads9.1Score338Shelves

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   It's finished. The male protagonist is a love brain, and the female protagonist is a very funny sand sculpture in the book.

4. 4 清 Qing Transmigration: The Career-Driven Actress Climbs Her Way to Empress Dowager! 清穿：事业咖靠演技卷上太后！ Jing Fulai景福来Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Fourth Prince's household + enjoying the good life without hardship + a System that only provides support, with the heroine in control + slice of life, eventually becoming Empress Dowager] Workplace warrior Song Man transmigrates to the Qing dynasty with a half-broken little System and becomes a concubine in the Fourth Prince’s household, having just lost her daughter. From the start, the servants bully their mistress, and she nearly can’t get a meal. The Fourth Prince has all but forgotten her 32.1kReads9.2Score4kShelves

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   I think this book fits the title quite well. It's not romantic at all. The female protagonist traveled through time and space to be a concubine of the male protagonist. She tried her best to make her life better, but she didn't love the male protagonist. In her heart, she regarded the male protagonist as her boss. To please her boss = to gain money, wealth and status.

5. 5 不 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼，王府宠妾的内卷日常 Four Crescent Moons四弯月Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + cutthroat household competition + no slacking off + ambitious heroine] Shen Wei, a die-hard rat-race fanatic, transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in a prince’s manor. Prince Yan held a position of great prestige, but all his wives and concubines had given up trying. The princess consort, born to a prestigious family, was as aloof as a chrysanthemum. The secondary consort wanted lifelong monogamy. The reborn woman had lost all hope in Prince Yan and was content to lie fla 60.9kReads9.4Score8.6kShelves

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   This book is very good. The heroine travels through time from modern times and develops her strength step by step from a concubine. She doesn't have much love for the male protagonist. She regards it as a job. She treats the male protagonist well in order to get a promotion and a salary increase. The heroine is very self-disciplined [Bird Food Masterpiece] [Bird Food Masterpiece] [Bird Food Masterpiece]

6. 6 重 After I Was Reborn, I Excelled in Both Love and Studies 重生后我爱情学业双丰收 Yan He晏何Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Reborn + Two Top Students + A Crush Comes True + From School Uniforms to Wedding Dress] Just after graduating from college, Jiang Qingyan is hit by a car while saving a little boy. As she dies, she is still haunted by the crush she kept secret for years. When she opens her eyes again, she is back in high school, with time to make up for every regret. This time, she will have both love and academics. She will live the life she wants, and she will win Liang Yan'an's heart! Later, 6.4kReads9.3Score659Shelves

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   It's so sweet. They are both super academics and like each other. In the end, when they confessed, they went directly from school uniforms to wedding dresses. They were sober and ambiguous. The pulling feeling was really addictive.

7. 7 听 Listen to the South 听南 Parting Words诀别词Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, Xia Tingnan was in her third year of middle school, while her next-door neighbor Xu Bingran was a sophomore in high school. Both the Xia and Xu parents were busy, so Xia Tingnan, who loved sleeping in, was put in Xu Bingran's care. Xu Bingran was disciplined, sensible, a good student with dreams, and known as “Xu Bingran of No. 1 High School.” Xia Tingnan was lazy, scatterbrained, a happy slacker with decent grades, and everyone's beloved “cutie.” And so began a four-year routine: 34kReads9.6Score5.2kShelves

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   Childhood sweethearts reunited after a long separation, their secret love came true 💘 On the bus in midsummer, librarian Xia Tingnan secretly photographed the handsome guy in the peaked cap and posted to his best friend: "Looks very handsome!" But she was caught off guard when her childhood sweetheart Xu Bingran turned his head - the brother next door who had twisted his neck and raised his head for her since childhood was quietly transferred back to the local area for two years! ✨ **Sweet pet scene** ✨ - She raised a book to cover her face and instantly turned into an ostrich. He stared at the familiar yellow-covered book with red letters in her hand and raised his eyebrows and smiled secretly. - Walking into the old corridor one after another, he deliberately slowed down, and she tiptoed to chase the shadow like she was when she was young. - When her mother exposed "haven't you always been very good", the tip of Nan's ears turned red: Why is this person silent even when he comes back! 📚"Xu Bingran, is your neck sore?" "Yes." The author uses delicate brushstrokes to outline the most touching reunion of childhood sweethearts - he will always be the shore that she can see when she looks up when she is tired. #Childhood sweetheart literature #secret love comes true #sweet to the point of twisting the neck #N ways of running in both directions

8. 8 妹 Little Sister, You Can’t Handle This Crazy Man. Let Me Take Over 妹妹，这疯批你驾驭不了，换我来 Zhi Zhi之知Ancient Romance648k WordsCompleted Now published under the title Through the Years Like Jade, available on all platforms. The moment she opened her eyes, Jiang Fei had transmigrated into the book as a scheming but hopelessly incompetent minor villainess. In the original story, the entire Jiang family was brutally killed. Even the old watchdog at the gate was spared nothing. And it was all thanks to Pei Jing, the power-mad, unhinged prince who held sway over the court. The System's task for her was simple: follow the original 63kReads9.1Score8.9kShelves

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   1. "Sister, you can't control this crazy thing, let me do it" The crazy prince x the female partner who committed suicide | Reverse strategy "Scolding him for drugging and marrying his enemy → The prince excitedly handed over the knife: 'Keep doing it!'" 9.6 Points. A cool article, a record of the self-defeat strategy of the black male protagonist! 2. "Listen to the South" Childhood sweetheart + secret love comes true | The sweet and sour young god of learning thinks she is annoying, but collects all the games she has played..." From brown candy to peek-a-boo, the ten-year ambiguity finally breaks the ice! 3. "The big boss in the system is willing to be a backer" The age difference is 11 years + the person in charge bows his head | Shuang Jie sweet pet "After the drug accident, the cold boss begs for fame with red eyes! "Sober female teacher × abstinence-based supporter, adult love

9. 9 先 Married First, Loved Deeply: Mr. Fu Dotes on His Sweet Young Wife 先婚厚爱：傅总独宠小娇妻 Cai Cai Cat才才猫Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Domineering CEO x Gentle, Sweet Wife] [Marriage First, Love Later + Both Have No Previous Partners] Ten years ago, the male lead narrowly escaped death and met the person who saved his life. He developed special feelings for his savior, but when he returned to find them, they were already gone. His only clue was a white jade safety pendant... Ten years later, on a night of torrential rain, the male lead rescued a young woman. She signed a marriage contract, never imagining that her husband woul 14.8kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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   ## Yama Luo in the business world favors you >On a rainy night in the suburbs of Beijing, the car of the leader of the Fu family ran over a puddle and came to a sudden stop. >The driver reported in a trembling voice: "President, there is... A girl on the ground." >Fu Jingyan lowered his eyes, and the lonely figure in the rain curtain was as pale as paper. >"Take them back." He ordered coldly, breaking the iron rule of never accepting outsiders. >The whole city knew that the young master of the Fu family was a coldhearted person, but they saw him wiping the rain from her forehead with his own hands when she was unconscious. >After she woke up, she became the most special guest of Fu's house. She was as gentle as water, but could turn his anger away. >"Mr. Fu, the medicine is hot..." She held the jade spoon between her fingertips and blew lightly. >He actually leaned over and drank from her hand, his Adam's apple twitching slightly: "You blew it, it's not hot." >Yam Luo, who was killing everyone in the turbulent waves of the business world, was alone in the small kitchen where she was making soup, hugging her slim waist from behind. >"Don't move," he put his chin on the top of her hair, "let my queen... Take a rest." (Text of tweet) **The ancient charm is lingering, sweet to the bone! A cold rain bound the heart of Yama in the business world. ** It was raining heavily at night in Gyeonggi Province, and the Fu family's powerful car crushed the silence. Where the water splashed, there was a lonely figure lying down in the cold. The driver was shocked: "President, there is... A girl on the ground." The bead curtain moved slightly, and Fu Jingyan lowered his eyes - the rain curtain was like weaving, and the little face was paler than snow, but it inexplicably pierced his frozen heart. "Take it back." The three words were golden, breaking his iron rule of staying away from strangers. Since then, Senyan Fu's house has broken into a clear spring. She was as gentle as a willow in the south of the Yangtze River, timidly holding the medicine in front of his frost-stained eyebrows: "Mr. Fu, the medicine is hot..." She blew lightly with her jade fingers, her breath was like orchid. While everyone was holding their breath, they saw him leaning forward, drinking up the bitterness with the jade spoon in her hand with his thin lips, rolling in his throat, whispering into the heart: "You blew it, it's not hot." The business world in the court was changing, and he was the cold-faced Yama that everyone feared. Only when he stepped into the small kitchen filled with the sweet aroma of soup, hugged her unbearable slender waist from behind, and put his chin on the top of her soft hair, could the heavy burden be relieved in a moment. "Don't move," a low-pitched sigh shattered the warm light in the room, "Let my queen... Rest for a moment." The palm of her hand, which held all the power in the world, finally turned into spring rain around her fingers. **Yam Luo touches everyone's heart and sinks as soon as he looks at it. See how she uses gentleness as a blade to break through the nine layers of ice and monopolize the supreme pampering. **

10. 10 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery3.9M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural + Chinese Folklore + Unorthodox Trading + Tales of Evil Objects] No romantic pairing This is a strange pawnshop that only accepts sinister objects with special value! Coins placed in the mouths of the dead, executioners' swords, grave-top mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! Once they pass through the pawnshop's hands, being pawned and sold, evil can be transformed into treasure! They can bring promotions 246.7kReads9.4Score19.9kShelves

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    I love this book so much. I recommend reading it if you like the supernatural genre.

11. 11 六 Marrying into a Powerful Family in the 1960s: The Lucky, Lovely Soldier 六零嫁高门：天生好命俏女兵 Fish in the Woods00林中鱼00Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa 35.4kReads9.1Score3kShelves

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    This is what I read recently. It's a high-level novel, but it's very enjoyable. The male and female protagonists stand up well. It's finished and can be eaten.

12. 12 暗 Stealing Kisses in the Dead of Night 暗夜偷欢 Young Master Ximen西门少爷Modern Romance839k WordsCompleted [One-on-one, angst before sweetness, a mad and obsessive domineering CEO] In her previous life, she did everything she could to escape Nanchuan and marry his uncle, Gong Ye. In the end, her heart and eyes were cut out, and she died a gruesome death. Reborn on the night they broke up, she vows never to leave him again in this life, and to make him pay! But Gong Ye suddenly falls hopelessly in love with her. The more she hurts him, the more he loves her... Nanchuan: “You're mine. Let him die!” Gon 22.6kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves

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    1. The standard configuration of torturing first and then sweetening: He is the leader of a group who is indifferent to the core, and she is a poor little person who accidentally breaks into his world. When they first meet, she is troubled, misunderstood, and severely pushed away, until one day he discovers that even the air is cold in the days without her. From then on, he starts the "wife-chasing crematorium" mode and doubles the tenderness he owed before. 2. Contractual marriage routine: "Sign it and you will be my wife for one year and I will pay to save your company." He threw out a piece of agreement and his tone was cold. She had no choice but to sign her name, thinking she was just getting what she wanted, but she didn't expect that this man who only talked about interests would stand in front of her when she was being challenged, warm a glass of milk for her late at night, and finally said with red eyes: "The agreement is void, I want you to be my woman for the rest of my life." 3. Marriage first, love later + vest exposure: Outsiders laughed at her for marrying into a wealthy family but not being favored, and being a CEO's wife in name only. It wasn't until one day that she easily solved the technical problem that had troubled the group for half a year, or amazed the audience at an international conference with her fluent eight languages, that he discovered that the person he married was actually a hidden boss. "Madam, I was blind before, please give me another chance?" 4. Overlord-like protection of his wife: "She is mine, who dares to touch her?" He stood in front of her, with full aura and eyes that could freeze someone to death. No matter whether she was tripped up by a love rival or made things difficult for her by family relatives, he would always appear at the first moment, declare his sovereignty with absolute strength, and protect her without leakage. He would be as cold as ice to the outside world, but he would lower his head and coax her internally: "Don't be angry, whatever you want, the whole world will give you." 5. Reversal of running with the ball: She unexpectedly became pregnant with his child, but left her home due to misunderstanding. Five years later, when he returned with a cute baby, the little girl rushed directly to him: "Uncle, you look just like me!" He looked at the child who was carved out of the same mold as himself, and then looked at the woman he had been looking for for five years, and his eyes suddenly turned red: "Woman, you took my seed and ran away for five years, how are you going to compensate?"

13. 13 强 Possessive Obsession: The Sweet, Obedient Girl Is Always Kissed to Tears by a Madman 强势侵占：娇软乖乖总被疯批亲哭 Green Grass, Cool as It Enters the Curtain草涩入帘青Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [International romance + mixed-race + coercive love + off-the-charts sexual tension + happy ending] In a bloody encounter in a foreign land, the moment Kou Li sees Jiang Yiqiao, he wants her. Jiang Yiqiao: “I have a boyfriend.” Kou Li orders, “Break up with him.” Jiang Yiqiao: “Impossible. I love him.” Kou Li: “There's nothing in this world I can't take.” Only later does he realize that claiming this one thing nearly cost him his life. He takes her captive and keeps her close, wearing her down d 21.2kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
14. 14 强 Forced Love! The Scheming Mr. Qin Turns into a Soaked Puppy 强制爱！腹黑秦总变身淋雨小狗 It's Menglu是梦鹿Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted [Powerful heir x heroine living under someone else’s roof] [Forced romance + the powerful one bows his head + five-year age gap + both virgins and faithful] Everyone knew that Qin Zhan, the heir, couldn’t stand Jiang Yuxi, who lived under his family’s roof. But no one knew that on the night he returned from abroad, this refined young man couldn’t resist sneaking into the room across the hall to steal a kiss from her. * When he found out she had given a love letter to some pretty boy, he stumbled 3.5kReads9.0Score280Shelves
15. 15 冷 Three Years of a Cold Marriage, Then the CEO Turns into a Clingy Puppy and Begs Me Every Night 冷婚三年，霸总突变舔狗夜夜求 Cowherd Niu Niu牧童牛牛Modern Romance224k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love] [The husband chases his wife through the gates of hell] [Mutually faithful] Gu Yucheng is every bit the favored child of heaven, the person Qianqian secretly adored throughout her youth. After an accident left Qianqian's father brain-dead from drowning while saving Gu Yucheng's younger sister, the matriarch of the Gu family arranged for Gu Yucheng to marry Qianqian. When Qianqian learned who he was, she allowed herself to hope. But he fled their wedding and went abroad wit 9.3kReads8.3Score930Shelves
16. 16 欲 Desire Runs Wild 欲念疯长 Whispers of Wind and Enchanting Thoughts风吟绮念18k WordsCompleted Desire Runs Wild 2Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 修 The Cultivation World’s Sickly Number One 修真界第一病秧子 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 317.5kReads9.7Score30.8kShelves

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    Interesting love brain novels

18. 18 夫 Madam, Please Don't Divorce Me. The Young Lord Is Crying Again 夫人，别离婚了，少领主他又哭了 Feng Tian Xiaoxu风天小叙Two Male Leads589k WordsCompleted [Main story and extras complete] [Marriage first, love later + long-planned scheme + ABO + interstellar] The Empire’s First Fleet was defeated. Shen Que, the beautiful and composed First Commander who had never lost a battle, was severely injured and became a frail invalid. An even more shocking announcement followed: The Empress issued an order, betrothing the commander to the Empire’s most arrogant and overbearing Archduke General, Pei Ji, according to their matching results from the central c 12.3kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
19. 19 正 Who Seriously Dates These Days? 正经人谁谈恋爱啊 I Don't Eat Sweet Tomato Sauce不吃甜酱西红柿Urban42k WordsCompleted By middle age, Chen Nian had become an exemplary employee, well versed in the ways of the corporate grind. After yet another all-nighter rushing a manuscript, he finally died of exhaustion! When he opened his eyes again, Chen Nian felt his skin burning. The young woman in front of him was chattering nonstop. Hmm, she's so noisy. Could he slap her until she cried? As the girl stared at him in confusion and shock, Chen Nian took the envelope and laid it flat. He swiftly wrote two lines on —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 昼 The Relationship Between Day and Night 昼夜关系 Lan Sheng澜笙Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Nan Zhi saw Fu Hanzhou again at her boyfriend’s party. What began between them was reckless, and what kept them together was surrender. A game for adults, a duel between two players. A dark game where no one makes it out alive. "Day and Night" 39.1kReads9.4Score4.6kShelves
21. 21 步 Falling for You, Step by Step: I’m Done Being Your Substitute 步步沦陷，这替身我不当了 Bright, Gentle Laughter笑语晏晏Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted The Shen family’s heir is notorious for being picky about women, but Xiang Nuan got picked thanks to a face that bore a passing resemblance to his ideal woman. She played the sweet, sensible, innocent girl to perfection, doing her best to fulfill her role as a substitute. Shen Yanshi treated her generously, too. In the two years they were together, she landed plenty of great opportunities, going from an unknown extra to a fairly well-known second-tier actress. Then his one true love came back. X 37kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves
22. 22 京 A Young Love Returned to the Capital by Night 京夜归稚 White Jade Robe白玉衫Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted *A top Beijing family’s tyrannical king of a man X a popular actress famous for her beauty and mastery of traditional crafts *A refined, devoted Chinese-style CEO X a charming, proud beauty from Jiangnan [Ten-year age gap, daddy-type hero, kept woman rises to the top, both leads are each other’s first and only, sweet romance, traditional crafts, younger uncle, ensemble cast of Beijing society] Jing Zhi grew up poor, but had glossy black hair, snow-white skin, and a tall, curvy figure. At twenty- 56.1kReads9.2Score7.3kShelves
23. 23 宝 Baby, Be Good! The Business Tycoon Coaxes Her into Making Their Relationship Public 宝贝，乖！商界霸总哄她官宣了 Cherry Blossom Yaoyao樱桃妖妖Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance between two devoted lovers + celibate CEO + growing-up romance + top-tier starlet + husband who dotes on his wife] A car accident takes Gu Han's parents. The culprit is sent to prison, and she is entrusted to the Mo family, her parents' close friends. Mo Tingchen is eight years older than her, and she's been in love with him for eight years! When she sees another woman holding his arm and taking over the headlines, she decides to go abroad for further studies. When she returns, sh 3.2kReads9.2Score322Shelves

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