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1. 401 京 The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水 Stars Fill My Eyes满眼星宸Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable 59.1kReads9.3Score7.2kShelves
2. 402 低 Whisper It! Darling, I Only Want You 低声哄！宝贝，我只要你 Clear and Pure澈净Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication / Short drama of the same name now streaming] [Gentle, insecure top student x arrogant, carefree rich playboy] [College romance + Both leads are inexperienced + Fake playboy + Mutual pining becomes real + He’s never loved anyone else + Sweet and flirty] Fu Ciyu had always been a star at Jingcheng University. Born into one of the capital’s top wealthy families, he was unruly and hard to tame. Girls were always around him, but he had never given anyone his heart. Everyone 47.9kReads9.5Score6.1kShelves
3. 403 爷 When Grandpa Died, Dragons Lifted His Coffin and Ghosts Wept at His Grave 爷爷死时，龙抬棺，鬼哭坟 Big Brother Shuiyue水月大哥Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted My grandfather was tragically caught up in a thousand-year-old feng shui plot. When he died, a dragon lifted his coffin and ghosts wailed at his grave. As for me, I was born wrapped in snake scales. They all called me a monster, but the Five Immortals willingly became my babysitters. They secretly sent me to Dragon Pool, where eight old men took me on as their disciple. When I grew up, I punched demons and monsters and kicked spirits and fiends aside. Practicing both Buddhist and Daoist arts, I 11.5kReads8.5Score961Shelves

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4. 404 大 The Great Sage Returns: Sun Wukong Vows to Slaughter Every God and Buddha! 大圣归来，我孙悟空誓必屠尽神佛！ Heaven-Mandated Mayfly天命蜉蝣Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted As the four disciples of Tang Sanzang received their titles on Spirit Mountain, a man who looked like a beggar stood at its foot, disdain in his eyes. He muttered bitterly, “Tathagata, I, Old Sun, will be back.” A different Journey to the West, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's journey of revenge. 28.4kReads9.1Score6.3kShelves
5. 405 开 Suspended from the Start? I Join the Discipline Inspection Team Instead 开局停职？我转投纪委调查组 Second Master Jiangmen江门二爷Urban7.5M WordsOngoing His superior was investigated, his girlfriend cheated on him, and petty people conspired against him, forcing him to take a leave of absence. Yang Dong faced the darkest moment of his life from the start, but he was not nervous in the slightest, because he had already experienced it in his previous life. Having returned to 2008, he could deal with all of this more calmly. What he never expected was that the course of his life would change because of a single phone call. To save his superior, he 532.9kReads9.3Score26.6kShelves
6. 406 八 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 North to South由北向南Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 69.3kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves
7. 407 不 I'm Done Being a Doormat: Reborn, I Marry a Rough-He​​wn Military Officer 不做冤种了，重生后转嫁糙汉军官 Yue Huasheng月桦笙Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Reborn face-slapping + military marriage + no golden finger + ensemble cast + sweet romance] [Delicate yet resilient sweetheart vs. devoted, lovesick warrior] After being reborn, the first thing she did was retrieve her marriage application, get the IOU from “Third Sister,” then go to the Lu family to break off her engagement with the scumbag. In her previous life, she married a scumbag and lived as if she were a servant in his family. She bore the entire burden of caring for her sickly fath 14.1kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
8. 408 恶 My Wicked Mother-in-Law Went on a Rampage After Being Reborn, So I Took Her Place and Won by Doing Nothing 恶婆婆重生后杀疯了，我替嫁躺赢 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted [70s setting + military marriage + period drama + substitute marriage + family life + face-slapping + transmigration and rebirth] Su Qing was dazzlingly beautiful. Her friends jokingly called her a “strong, whiny monster.” She had countless admirers, and had beaten up countless scumbags. She never imagined she’d transmigrate into the body of a pushover. The pushover had been worked like a beast at her parents’ home, and even her marriage had been used as a pawn. Since her family refused to retur 16.3kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
9. 409 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 40kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
10. 410 灾 You Want to Trade Me for Money in a Famine Year? I'll Run Off With Dad Tonight 灾年嫁我换钱？随爹入赘连夜跑 I Want to Swing a Hoe我要挥锄头Ancient Romance2.9M WordsOngoing After a moment's carelessness leaves her caught in a scheme, seven-year-old Fang Nanzhi is forced to take her cousin's place in an arranged marriage? Before the little girl can even show what she's made of, her father refuses to go along with it. He takes his daughter and marries into another family instead, getting them both away from that nest of awful relatives. Everyone says poor Zhizhi has become a burden and won't have an easy life from now on. But her father dotes on her, her stepmother c 6.9kReads8.6Score594Shelves
11. 411 因 I Feared Pain, So I Forged Myself into the Toughest Woman 因为怕痛，我把自己炼成最硬女人 The Shrimp Invited Me for Tea虾子请我去吃茶Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance, though the bonus chapters may have a romantic subplot] Chu Jiao was walking along minding her own business when someone who jumped from a building hit her, leaving her covered in blood. She died on the spot. When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated into a xianxia novel as a plot device. In the novel, Chu Jiao was a diligent human shield. Whenever the female lead was in mortal danger, she would show up right on cue and take every blow for her, like a walking shield. Th 25.5kReads8.2Score3.3kShelves
12. 412 洪 Honghuang: I’ll Come Clean, I’m the Ancestor of Wisdom! 洪荒：摊牌了，我就是智慧祖巫！ Duo Lai Dreams哆来做梦Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted [Primordial World + Investiture of the Gods + Journey to the West + invincible + comedy + scheming + play the pig to eat the tiger] Wu Tian transmigrates into the Primordial World and becomes a member of the Wu Clan. Unlike the others, he has no interest in fighting and killing. He just wants to stay behind the Ancestral Shamans, occasionally offer them advice, cultivate cautiously, and attain the Great Dao. Why fear the Calamity of the Wu and Yaoguang Clans? As long as he can hang on until the 116.3kReads8.9Score18.8kShelves
13. 413 表 The Cousin Is Going on a Matchmaking Date, and the Heir Is Panicking 表姑娘要去相看，世子他慌了 Yu Yu禹予Ancient Romance492k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] [Both Leads Are Each Other’s First] [Happy Ending] [Both Leads Are Natives of the Era] [Gentle, Refined Heir Apparent × Cool, Elegant Cousin] Orphaned and without anyone to rely on, with wolves circling all around her, young Shi Jianli had no choice but to travel to the capital and seek refuge with her aunt. She became the second branch’s cousin, staying as a guest at the Duke of Anguo’s residence. When she came of age, her aunt found her a match. But the second branch’s concubin 40.9kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves
14. 414 渣 My Scumbag Ex Dumped Me, but the Nation Dotes on Me 渣男抛弃我，被国家爸爸宠翻了 True Samadhi Fire三昧真火Modern Romance634k WordsCompleted [System + offering it all to the country + growth-oriented heroine + slow burn] Long Yuanyuan supported her boyfriend for three years, worked herself to the bone, and became terminally ill. The first thing she did after making it was cut ties with the man she loved. After Long Yuanyuan was cruelly dumped, she thought she might as well die and be done with it. But when she opened her eyes, she found herself facing mountains of garbage and a fantastical city in the sky. [Ding! System successfully 6.2kReads8.8Score610Shelves
15. 415 洪 Primordial World: I Build a Sacred Land of Merit in the Sea of Blood! 洪荒，我在血海打造功德圣地！ Glimmering Mayfly皎皎蜉蝣Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (New book! Primordial World: I Am Yuanshi, and I Absolutely Refuse to Split Up! If you're interested, come give it a try!) He had only been reading a novel about the Primordial World when he cursed Minghe for being such a spineless loser. The next moment, his vision went black, and he became Minghe, who had just taken physical form in the Primordial World. Faced with the churning waters of the sea of blood, Minghe decided to abandon the path of slaughter and cultivate the Great Dao of Blood inst 6.2kReads7.5Score314Shelves
16. 416 我 I Strive for My Country’s Prosperity! [System] 我，为祖国富强而奋斗！【系统】 Little Red-Crisp Hands红酥小手Modern Romance3.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn + System + top student + patriotism + positive energy + feel-good story + no awful relatives] Su Xing was always on her own, the aloof goddess in everyone else's eyes. It seemed everyone took it for granted that beautiful women should keep their distance and remain unapproachable. Only Su Xing knew she was pretending to be aloof. In truth, she had severe social anxiety! She hated dealing with people and being noticed. All she wanted was to hide in the shell she thought was safe and coast 40kReads9.6Score3.6kShelves
17. 417 军 Military Marriage: A 1970s Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor in the Great Northern Wilderness, Cuddling Giant Cats 军婚：七零国医在北大荒撸大猫 Beyond the Twilight Clouds暮云边Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Mountain Adventures + All Kinds of Fluffy Animals + Golden Finger and Space + Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads] [Early on: Sent to the Countryside. Midway: Builds a Factory and Joins the Military Region. Later: Enlists.] With her powerful psychic abilities, Qin Miaomiao survived for ten whole years in the apocalypse! She had no regrets about leaving that world behind. But as she lay dying, she couldn’t help thinking of the big cat that had kept her company for so many years. 4.6kReads8.9Score735Shelves
18. 418 文 Showbiz: Who Are You Calling a Fox? Call Me Your Idol 文娱：骂谁狐狸精呢，喊我偶像 Armstrong Mortar阿姆斯特朗迫击炮Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Laid-Back Daily Life + Campus + Copycat Talent + Idol + Succubus Protagonist] A poor man has no lofty ambitions, and a scrawny horse grows a shaggy coat. Lu Qingfeng spent his whole life broke. All he wanted was a job that was easy and paid well. After dying and transmigrating, he ended up with an even more dramatic background: a gambling-addicted father, a mother who remarried, and four years of training before making his idol debut. But before he could earn a cent, his disastrous te 25.6kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
19. 419 洪 Honghuang: Wholesale Immortal Pills, but You Didn’t Mention the Side Effects 洪荒：仙丹批发商，副作用你不说 Dummy and Cat笨比与猫Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the primordial world, he unexpectedly becomes the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir refined by Taiqing, coveted by every living creature in the land! Fortunately, he becomes Taiqing's disciple and awakens the Good Deeds System. Every elixir he makes becomes ten times more potent. Giving one to someone else earns him a random reward, but could also trigger a random side effect? Xuandu eats an elixir and turns into a little girl? Winged Immortal eats one, his wings grow ten times l 11.5kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
20. 420 盛 The Emperor's Cherished Consort Nian: Her Majesty Only Wants to Be Empress Dowager 盛宠年贵妃：娘娘她只想当太后 Xuan Bao暄宝Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Not a clean romance, devoted-to-one-only story. Reader discretion advised] On the first day Nian Xiyue arrived in the Qing dynasty, she knew she was the famous Consort Nian from history. She was destined to become a secondary consort in Prince Yong’s residence, bear Yinzhen three sons and a daughter, and be his sole favorite. If her son Fuhui hadn’t died, how could Hongli have inherited the throne? But Nian Xiyue wanted none of that. To escape her fate of dying young at twenty-eight, she studie 3.3kReads8.3Score300Shelves
21. 421 植 The Little Plant Sprite Takes the Internet by Storm with Her Gardening 植物小精灵，靠种植爆火全网 Lu Lela鹿了了Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Farming + interstellar + elves + business management + livestreaming] Si Yao, a max-level wood-type ability user in the apocalypse, dies unexpectedly. When she wakes up, she has transmigrated to the interstellar era, where she is now a good-for-nothing with E-grade mental power. In this interstellar age, where planters hold a lofty status, E-grade mental power means there is absolutely no chance of becoming a planter. She will only be abandoned by her family. Just as Si Yao arrives, her family 13.6kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
22. 422 修 The Cultivation Ancestor Raises Kids in the Interstellar Age: As Long as We’re Alive 修真老祖在星际带崽，活着就好 Jun Xianxian君纤纤Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Desolate planet + everyday life + gathering resources + raising kids] Qing Li was an ordinary college student from Huaxia, until she transmigrated into the body of an old ancestor in the cultivation world. After lying low for ten years, she died saving that world. Heaven left her a slim chance of survival. By a twist of fate, she made a deal with Jiang Qingli, a woman from the interstellar era: Qing Li would take over her body and keep Jiang Qingli's two children safe as they grew up. Qing Li t 17.5kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
23. 423 孕 The Commander Was Heirless Until a Cute Baby Brought Their Mom to Join the Military Camp 孕信被截？软萌崽崽带亲妈随军了 Green Ink Song青墨歌Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted The short drama Finding My Husband Across a Thousand Miles in the 1980s and the animated series Round Round’s Story in the 1980s are now available. Search for them on Fanqie or Hongguo. Su Yuanyuan transmigrates and becomes a military wife in the 1980s. Her husband is unable to have children and is away on military missions for years at a time. Her in-laws mistreat her and hide the fact that she has given birth to two children. They write to her husband, telling him he is infertile and that the 3.5kReads8.0Score370Shelves
24. 424 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the Seventies with a System, Only to Find Out I'm the Beloved One 穿书七零有了系统团宠竟是我自己 A Big Little Shell一颗大壳子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Setting + System + Transmigrate Into a Book + Educated Youth + Daily Gossip + Little Southern Potato + Northeast China + Beloved by All + Overachiever + Beautiful Female Friendship] Everything seemed to change after that “possessed” house appeared. Lu Xi woke up one day as the only girl in several generations of the Lu family in Qingshan Village in the 1970s. On the train taking her to the countryside, she discovered that she was the victim in a novel, destined to be bullied to dea 12.5kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
25. 425 观 Watching The Blood of Youth: Making Up for Past Regrets 观影少年歌行，平憾 Like Male and Female类牝牡Female-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing The characters from Dashing Youth watch The Blood of Youth (mainly the TV adaptation, with the original novel as a supplement; for parts heavily cut from the show, the original novel takes priority). The characters from The Blood of Youth watch The Blood of Youth, with the Dashing Youth cast as the main viewers. The author’s update habits are unpredictable. All couples follow the original canon; no breaking them up. 192Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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26. 426 没 I Can't Watch! Brother Heng Is Spoiling His Desk Mate Again! 没眼看！珩哥又在宠同桌！ Yu Fan f喻繁fTwo Male Leads391k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, Campus Romance, Sunny Ray of Sunshine and Cool, Aloof Hunk] "I, Shu Heng, like my classmate Su Zexu, and Su Zexu and I are dating!" "I was the one who pursued Su Zexu. I like him so, so much." Shu Heng took Su Zexu's hand. "Can I hug you?" The sunlight was dazzling. Su Zexu squinted at Shu Heng, who raised a hand to shield him from the sun. Su Zexu hugged Shu Heng tightly. "Classmate Shu Heng, I like you so, so much." "You didn't pursue me. We fell for each other and confessed a 399Reads9.4Score117Shelves

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    Double male protagonist + top student + sweet pet + HE + double cleansing For Shu Heng, the first acquaintance of the boy started with a cup of milk tea. In his not-so-good life, Su Zexu was the only gift the world gave him. For Su Zexu, on the first day of transferring to another school, he was "forced" to be the same deskmate as Shu Heng, who seemed to be untouchable, but unexpectedly started the road to being favored. A noisy story about a group of cute classmates.

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