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1. 201 癫 What the Heck! Everyone Around Me Is Completely Nuts! 癫！孤身边全是神经病！ Wen Yuan Party文元党Ancient Romance764k WordsCompleted Born a crown prince, Qi Yuanzuo was convinced that he was the only normal person in the imperial family. Little did he know what the Crown Prince looked like to outsiders: At seven, he shot a tiger and won nine hundred kilometers of territory in the Qilian Mountains. At thirteen, he cut through the great clans of Jiangnan and personally orchestrated the Case of the Ninety-Seven Mourning Robes, stepping over piles of corpses to claim the throne. At fifteen, he gambled on the Qilian Mountains once 93.4kReads9.5Score19kShelves
2. 202 绝 The Royal Family Is Doomed to Die Out, Your Chubby Baby Is Here 绝嗣皇室要灭亡，你们的胖崽来啦 Duo Fu多馥Ancient Romance766k WordsCompleted Three-year-old Tuantuan is a chubby little girl whose mother ran away while pregnant with her. Her beautiful, capable mother built up a great fortune for Tuantuan! But her uncle wanted to take her mother's wealth for himself, so he pushed her mother off a cliff and then tried to kill Tuantuan, too. Just as Tuantuan is near death after enduring so much torment, the most cruel and unpredictable tyrant emperor in Great Yu arrives in person. He gathers her into his arms and comforts her: “Tuantua 8kReads9.0Score905Shelves
3. 203 我 I Wish to Taint the Divine 我欲染神明 Pineapple Year菠萝年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Flirtatious, steamy, and sweet! Possessive yandere! Pseudo-transmigration from ancient times to the modern era! Showbiz romance] [Alluring cheongsam-loving little vixen VS ascetic, possessive husband-loving fake monk] _ Liang Xi is the ultimate beauty, with striking, seductive features, skin like ice and bones like jade. She loves cheongsams, and her graceful figure is a rare sight in this world. Song Heqing is a cold-faced Buddha, revered and avoided by the powerful. His hands are stained with 11.7kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
4. 204 记 The Memory Trial: The Moment the Nation Wept for Him 记忆审判：那一刻，全国为他痛哭 Big Fish, Ah大鱼呀Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Narcotics Police] [Anti-Drug Campaign] [Narcotics Officer] [Sacrifice] A scarecrow stands in the wilderness, shielding the endless expanse behind it. In early autumn, ten years after he left home, he asked someone to place his final wish in your hands. The fire he lit never went out. Only the one who kept watch has gone. The national emblem on his cap is like his name: “Please bury it with me.” Birds sweep across the blank spaces of time, like a long story waking from beneath the dust. His eyes 6.3kReads9.2Score723Shelves
5. 205 女 I Saw My Girlfriend Cheat with a College Guy, and I Snapped 女友出轨男大后，我怒了 Just a Laughingstock只是笑柄罢了9k WordsCompleted I Got Mad When My Girlfriend Cheated on Me with a College Guy 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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6. 206 坑 Luring Ghosts and Catching Criminals: A Low-Ranking County Magistrate 坑鬼捉凶，一品小县令 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted When Chu Ling opened her eyes, she had become the novel's number-one female side character, a troublemaker who ultimately got herself killed when the heroine shot an arrow through her heart. Knowing how the plot would unfold, Chu Ling spat in disdain, broke free of the story's control, and threw herself into building a career. But being a county magistrate is no easy job. One day, a ghostly maid comes to air her grievances; the next, a ghostly tutor shows up to reprimand her. Even stepping outsi 7.1kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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7. 207 被 Demoted, I Rose Through the Ranks with Metaphysics 被贬后我靠玄学一路升官 Li Hua璃华Ancient Romance926k WordsCompleted Originally titled The Official Has Been Demoted Again On the day the Left Chancellor's daughter was to be married, she was dismembered inside her bridal sedan in full view of the crowd. Everyone said the crime had to be beyond human capability. So the most famous Master He in Chang'an was thrown into jail. He Jingxin: ...But I'm not really a master of the occult! I'm just a con artist! He Jingxin couldn't tell fortunes. She'd never read the Book of Changes and didn't know how to read faces. Song 26kReads9.4Score3.5kShelves
8. 208 荒 In the Famine, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark, but My System Fills My Storeroom with Meat 荒年全村啃树皮，我有系统满仓肉 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 84.7kReads9.4Score10.8kShelves
9. 209 满 A Family of Loyal Martyrs Forced into a Second Marriage, and the Comment Section Goes Wild 满门忠烈被逼当填房，弹幕杀疯了 Peach Blossoms Flourish桃之泱泱Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Past and present connected + two storylines running in parallel + women supporting women] It begins when Shen Shuangyu is branded a homewrecker for supposedly seducing her brother-in-law before her sister's death, then marries into a marquis's household as his second wife. She pours her heart and soul into managing the household, supporting her husband, and raising her stepson and stepdaughter, never uttering a single complaint. In the end, all she gets in return is: “She's doing this to atone. 86kReads9.1Score13.6kShelves
10. 210 桃 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 June六月Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 20.3kReads9.5Score6kShelves
11. 211 京 A Seductive Romance in Jinggang 京港诱欢 Feng Jinrui Xue风瑾睿雪Modern Romance470k WordsCompleted [A dazzling, uninhibited enchantress × a refined, aloof, seductive CEO] Xun Yuan was a beautiful woman with a world of stories in her eyes: cool, sensual, alluring, laid-back, and endlessly fascinating. One day, bored out of her mind, she took over a private club in Hong Kong. She never expected to meet Zuo Tingyue, Hong Kong’s most eligible heir, on opening day. He was naturally cold-hearted, with an aristocratic, imposing air. He was the kind of man who passed through a field of flowers with 18.4kReads9.0Score3kShelves

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12. 212 开 From the Start in the Cold Palace, I Rise to Become the Beloved Little Prince 开局冷宫，逆袭成团宠小皇子 LonelinerAncient Romance502k WordsCompleted Baby boy! Baby boy! Baby boy! [Note: This story mainly follows the little prince as he grows up, adored by everyone. The female lead appears much later and doesn’t get many scenes!] Shang Heyu transmigrated into a book. His father was the revered Emperor of Great Qi. His mother was the daughter of Jiangnan’s richest man, Consort Rou in the palace. His older brother was the Crown Prince of Great Qi, second only to the emperor and above everyone else, The Outcast. Unfortunately, from the moment Sh 13.1kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
13. 213 哎 Hehe! Didn't See That Coming! My Companion Is Every Kind of Weapon 哎嘿！没想到吧！我伴生是全武器 Si Si汜巳Fantastical Romance632k WordsCompleted [Complete! Enjoy with confidence!] [No CP, but feel free to ship whoever you like!] [Lots of slice-of-life] [Aimed more at female readers] [Lots of catlike character portrayal] [Important: The male lead will gradually grow up. He's just a little kid at the beginning, and his development is a bit delayed because he's a picky eater. (╬•̀皿•́)] Twelve-year-old Ning Yizhou is the most bizarre psychic power awakener in the entire galaxy. While everyone else awakens a bonded weapon at sixteen, he awak 6.5kReads9.3Score971Shelves
14. 214 夫 The Madam’s Contagion Spreads Too Fast, So the Nanny Gives Up Treating It 夫人传染太快，嬷嬷摆烂不治了 Miao Zhu妙竹Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Genuinely mentally ill heroine, mysticism, causing trouble to people’s faces, doted on by everyone, irresistible charm] Lin Yu'er is a mental patient who suddenly transmigrates into the role of the Marchioness of Zhaoping! Everyone in Shengjing knows that Lin Yu'er is crazy! She screams herself hoarse, talks to thin air, contorts her face with rage, and hits anyone she sees! Even the entire Imperial Medical Bureau was helpless, but then word suddenly spread that the Marquis of Zhaoping said his 12kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
15. 215 游 Game Invasion: Stealing the Male and Female Leads’ Opportunities Is Addictive 游戏入侵 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 1.2MReads9.5Score105.5kShelves
16. 216 向 Guide and Sentinel: The Heartthrob Is Still Seriously Purifying Today 向哨：万人迷今天也在认真净化 Cabbage Kitty菜吉猫Modern Romance634k WordsCompleted [Animated drama + full-cast audio + overseas rights sold] Luo Jia transmigrates to a post-apocalyptic sentinel-and-guide world, successfully gets hired, and becomes the only purification-type guide at the White Tower of the Southern Theater Command. At first, it's her office-worker instincts: happily petting fluffy creatures on the clock. Later, she wants to help the sentinels and guides who have given everything for her, or who deserve respect. And then, little by little, she comes to understan 12.2kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
17. 217 爆 Breaking News! The Little Rose Is Doted on by Powerful Men! 爆！小玫瑰被大佬们团宠了！ Zhe Yin折洇Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Villainous Cast + Marriage First, Love Later + Everyone’s Favorite + Real and Fake Heiress + Long-Planned Schemes + Healing + Devoted, Sweet Romance] A dazzling genius rose × an aloof, refined man in power Tong Yu was adopted by a wealthy family. Twenty years later, their biological daughter returned, and overnight Tong Yu became the laughingstock of high society. But at a banquet, she appeared in a custom-made gown and a priceless necklace, boldly announcing that she was breaking off her engag 3.7kReads9.4Score511Shelves
18. 218 谁 What Kind of Demon King Goes Out of His Way to Pick a Fight? 谁家魔王上赶着讨打 Nuomi Doesn't Eat Chicken糯米不吃鸡Two Male Leads462k WordsOngoing [Purely a Master-Disciple Relationship, the Cool, Arrogant Demon King and His Ferocious Master Who Just Descended to the Mortal Realm] Xie Heng, a Heavenly Dao Divine Lord, botched a demon-slaying mission and was punished by being sent to the mortal realm to suffer a hard life. Sure enough, it wasn't long before he ran into a stubborn guy who wouldn't leave him alone. Xiao Yan gazed at his face, which was on the verge of a furious outburst, his eyes twinkling like stars. “Are you angry, immortal 755Reads9.2Score136Shelves

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19. 219 烬 True Fire in the Ashes 烬里真火 You Duo Yizhan Ke由多一占可Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Embers of True Fire tells a Jiang Ziya story unlike traditional mythology. At thirty-two, Jiang Ziya bids farewell to his mother and wife, Yu Qinqing, and heads to Kunlun Mountain to seek the Dao, only to become embroiled in conflicts among immortal sects and a plot from the Nine Hells. As he merges with the earth's ley lines beneath Qilin Cliff to protect a city's people from the Nine Hells' Demon Lord, his wife Yu Qinqing suffers the loss of their unborn child in Chaoge. Forty years on Kunlun, —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 220 深 Deep-Sea Queen: The Jade Arm 深海女王：翡翠之臂 You Duo Yizhan Ke由多一占可Urban1.0M WordsCompleted The Deep-Sea Queen: The Jade Arm: She was once the “Fruit Beauty” in a corner of the market, running a tiny shop and struggling to get by amid the bustle of everyday life. A sudden disaster changed everything: her husband's cleaver took not only her left arm, but her ordinary life as well. Before the pain of losing her arm could fade, life's blows kept coming: Liu Yangsheng, a clumsy supermarket warehouse manager, awkwardly approaches her; the mysterious wealthy woman Fan Yijin offers her a life —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 221 青 The Azure Blade Rises in Chaoge 青锋起朝歌 You Duo Yizhan Ke由多一占可Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted In the final years of the Yin-Shang dynasty, demons run rampant and court factions scheme against one another. This is not the story of an elderly Jiang Shang fishing by the Wei River, but the blazing legend of **Jiang Ziya, a twenty-seven-year-old man**! Born in Yong County in the northern frontier, he witnesses a Rong raid as a boy, leaving the snowy plains stained with blood. After studying the Dao under a master on Kunlun for three years, he enters the world carrying a short sword for vanqu —Reads—Score—Shelves

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