Looking for Two Highly Intelligent Male Leads, Both Powerful and Unhinged 求高智商双男主，双强疯批

1. 1 美 The Tragic, Powerful Villainess Refuses to Follow the Plot 美惨强反派拒绝走剧情 The Moment Parallel Lines Intersect平行线交汇的瞬间Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented, dual male leads + entertainment industry + plot clashes / face-slapping revenge + band / fanfiction + ensemble cast] In his previous life, Jiang Donglin followed his father's orders and brought home his adoptive younger sister, Jiang Yunduo, from the countryside. He learned that Jiang Yunduo was the heroine of a harem-style entertainment-industry novel, adored by everyone, while he was the perverted adoptive brother who lavished resources on her, loved her without reciprocation 19.8kReads9.5Score2.4kShelves

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   Both are big shots

2. 2 你EN You Go Crazy, I Go Crazier, Side by Side on a Dating Show 你发癫，我更癫，恋综上面肩并肩 Six-Six Fruit六六果Two Male Leads640k WordsCompleted [Audio drama now available~~~] [Dual Male Leads + One-on-One Romance + Dating Reality Show, Hilarious, Sweet, and Satisfying] [Unhinged Young Heartthrob VS Even More Unhinged CEO] He transmigrates into a book and immediately gets pressured by a scumbag into breaking off their engagement? Shen Yan goes berserk on the spot: “If you want to save face, you have to give some too. Having a mistress doesn’t make you right. Pay me four million, or I’ll see you outside the proctology clinic!” Early i 25.3kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves

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   Very beautiful and innovative, highly recommended! 🥰🥰

3. 3 顶 The Top-Tier Star and the Best Actor Are Sneaking Kisses Behind the Cameras Again 顶流和影帝又背着镜头亲亲了 Wind from Offshore离岸之风Two Male Leads385k WordsCompleted [The awful ex is out of the picture, so read in peace] [Two male leads + devoted to each other + secret marriage + healing + sweet everyday moments] [On the surface, a restrained, proper, quietly flirtatious and gentle actor top, VS an apparently elegant and icy, openly flirtatious, seductive top-tier star bottom] [Strangers in public, affectionate kissers in private] Xie Wei is a top-tier star in showbiz, with a stunningly cold beauty often hailed as the pinnacle of looks in the industry. Pei Y 16.4kReads9.5Score2.5kShelves

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   High intelligence, [Brain sacrifice to the heavens, boundless power!] [Kidneys galore, endless charm!] [Brain storage location ++++++]

4. 4 跟 After Seventeen Stalkings, He Finally Let Me Bite Him 跟踪十七次后，他终于肯咬我了 A Suspicious Question Mark狐疑的问号Two Male Leads858k WordsCompleted A crazy stalker has pursued a hitman 17 times, and finally gets the hitman to press a gun barrel to his forehead “Follow me again and I'll kill you.” But when he smiles and says, “That's exactly what I want,” the cold muzzle suddenly turns into a kiss carrying the scent of gunpowder. Their deadly entanglement as two crazed men begins with this dangerous game of taming. Crazy stalker × aloof hitman, mutual taming, HE. [Reading Guide] 1. Both are crazy! The bottom is a beautiful, strong, tragic h 267Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   Absolutely delicious 😋😋 The author is also a very kind and gentle person. I personally felt the plot was good with no angst.

5. 5 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 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

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   😁😁The entire story is highly intelligent, not mindless, not a harem story, and not featuring invincible characters.

6. 6 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5kShelves
7. 7 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves

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   A novel featuring a high-IQ male protagonist and an ensemble cast.

8. 8 疯 The Crazy Cannon Fodder Beckons, and the Brooding Villain Turns into a Good Puppy 疯批炮灰勾勾手，阴湿反派乖成狗 Su Zhong宿衷Two Male Leads388k WordsCompleted [Villainous Couple + Both Pure and Powerful + Transmigrate into a Book HE + A Little Coercion] [Arrogant, Unhinged Beauty Bottom × Gloomy, Devoted Villain Top] [Dog-Training Romance] Li Miao transmigrates into a novel about a wealthy, melodramatic noble family, becoming a vicious cannon-fodder character. In the book, all four members of the F4 fall hopelessly in love with Jiang Luo, a student admitted through a special program. The original character grows jealous of Jiang Luo, constantly making 20kReads9.4Score3.6kShelves

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   Highly recommend! It's really good. The main characters are intelligent, and it's a strong pair of leads. I love it!

9. 9 捡 After Picking Up a Mad Villain, the Cannon Fodder Keeps Trying to Save Himself 捡了疯批反派后，炮灰总想自救 Rong Zit​​ang冗子糖Two Male Leads577k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads, Transmigrated into a Comic, Two Powerful Leads, A Little Funny, Villain] A scheming, unhinged yandere villain who seems sweet but is secretly dark, with a love-struck puppy-dog side, falls for a fiercely protective, doting, powerful, universally adored top. [Modern setting in an alternate world] Xu Chi transmigrates into a comic and, without really knowing what he’s doing, takes home an unbelievably pretty boy. Only when his memories come back does he realize that the boy he pi 29.9kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
10. 10 谁 Who Takes Whom Seriously? 谁把谁当真 Shui Qiancheng水千丞Two Male Leads363k WordsCompleted One is a fickle playboy who lives life as he pleases. The other has been through countless trials and puts reason before emotion. A relationship that began with “living in the moment” gradually turned into a bloodless battle of wits, where each tried to win the other’s heart. They distrust each other, yet feel drawn to one another, constantly testing each other’s limits with suspicion and probing. They knowingly fall into the trap, surrendering to feelings in confusion, until they’re caught in a 39.1kReads9.5Score8kShelves

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    You'll fall in love with the 188 boy band! 👍

11. 11 你 Yet You Love Someone Else 你却爱着一个他 Shui Qiancheng水千丞Two Male Leads339k WordsCompleted Proud and self-assured, Jian Suiying loves fiercely and hates fiercely. He relentlessly pursues Li Yu, his younger brother Jian Suilin's classmate. But his arrogant, domineering attitude makes Li Yu feel deeply humiliated and provoked, awakening the beastly, frenzied side of this pampered young heir. Desire and affection become hopelessly entangled, impossible to separate. What seems to be nothing more than a pursuit and contest between the two gradually spirals out of control because of Jian Su 85.3kReads9.4Score15.8kShelves
12. 12 1 The Sissy of the 188 Club 188男团娘娘腔 Shui Qiancheng水千丞Two Male Leads365k WordsCompleted Li Chengxiu was timid and taciturn, and ostracized throughout his school years. Shao Qun’s passing whim gave him the only warmth he had ever known, but it also pushed him, while still young, into even deeper darkness. More than a decade later, they meet again. To Shao Qun, Li Chengxiu is a sweet treat he never dared taste back then, so he deliberately draws close. Will this be a chance to redeem the past, or the beginning of another disaster? 28.6kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
13. 13 沉 Secretly Falling in Love with Myself: Am I Her Little Brother? No, I’m Her Husband 沉浸式暗恋自己，当弟弟？是老公 Clear Broth Fish Balls and Buckwheat Noodles清汤鱼丸荞麦面Two Male Leads2.5M WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads, Mutual Pursuit and Devotion + FPS Esports + Reborn Narcissism] Xie Wuzheng is reborn: at 32, he returns as an 18-year-old lad. This time, he’s going to take back everything he lost! (Angry voice) But can someone tell him why things are getting stranger and stranger...? ★★★ Xie Wuzheng’s Troubles ★★★ - Why is paying off debt the first thing I have to do after being reborn?! - Can someone tell me why my younger self is so adorable! - I want him to win so badly. What do I do?! - H 7.2kReads9.5Score984Shelves

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    It's definitely a story with two strong leads, because both characters are themselves. It's a pure love story by Narcissus, incredibly sweet, and the first novel that got me hooked.

14. 14 这 Such a Cute Little Blue Mermaid, I Might as Well Kiss Him to Death 这么萌的蓝色小人鱼，亲死算了 A Fish Swimming Thirty Thousand Miles游鱼三万里Two Male Leads225k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + sweet romance + domineering CEO + mermaid + mutual devotion + each other’s first and only + pure love + happy ending] A sweet, adorably naive young mermaid who grows into himself × a gentle, guiding, possessive human man An Nian had never seen his parents from the moment he emerged from a mermaid pearl. All the other little mermaids had parents, while people called him a freak and a bastard. During a mermaid migration, An Nian was badly injured by other mermaids and driven out 1.5kReads8.2Score299Shelves
15. 15 A ABO: A Record of the Aloof School Heartthrob's Secret Love ABO高冷校草暗恋实录 Shuo Ju烁桔Two Male Leads364k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Two male leads + ABO + healing] Lu Xu was a blond troublemaker who pretended to be an Alpha. He was famous for being hard to deal with, and everyone at the university gave him a wide berth and called him Brother Lu. But only Lu Xu knew the truth: he was a little Omega. Lu Xu thought he could keep up the act and stay on top forever. Then one day, his aloof, handsome classmate pinned him to his dorm bed and confessed his feelings. The pressure was intense. Jiang Shubai: “Lu, please give 13.9kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    It's good-looking, I love watching it, and I want to watch it more.

16. 16 无 The Invincible Villain: I Can Instantly Kill Anyone, No Matter Their Cultivation Level! 无敌反派，什么境界都能秒杀！ Mo Beihan墨北寒Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Invincible villain + ruthless and decisive + no saintly protagonist + immensely satisfying + unstoppable] [The animated series ‘Lingyun: The Supreme, Invincible Immortal’ is now live!] After transmigrating into a fantasy novel, Lin Chen finds himself the fourth prince of the Great Yu Sacred Dynasty, whose emperor is his father. Who would have thought he’d be a lovesick lackey for the Chosen One? At her request, he even offered up his Supreme Bone with both hands. In the end, he brought about th 27.4kReads6.7Score2.8kShelves

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    This book is really good. It's invincible from the start, the protagonist isn't stupid, and he can defeat anything instantly.

17. 17 信 The Pheromone-Free Zone 信息素无效区 Big Zz大ZzTwo Male Leads317k WordsCompleted He Siyan is one of a kind. A natural-born emotionless person, he follows only his own conscience and pursues the truth to the very end in a secret case, untouched by outside influence. Yu An lurks deep in the mist, a formidable top-tier S-class powerhouse with a chilling presence. His overwhelming abilities put him above everyone else, and no one can preserve their own will under his influence and control. Yet, for some reason, this invincible ability has absolutely no effect on He Siyan. With 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one! A tale of two strong protagonists plus suspense! It's incredibly thought-provoking!! Plus, it's a series of episodic cases, one case per volume.

18. 18 逆 Reverse Love (Chi Cheng · Wu Suowei) 逆爱（池骋·吴所谓） Five Shidian People from Linghai City凌海市的五士典人Male-Channel Fanfiction14k WordsCompleted Love, Reversed (Chi Cheng · Wu Suowei) 413Reads—Score141Shelves

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    For fans of books with two male protagonists, I highly recommend these two—they're incredibly good! [Sparrow's Delight][Sparrow's Delight]

19. 19 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 525.3kReads9.5Score41.9kShelves

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    A slow start followed by a strong finish – a series of exciting moments.

20. 20 无 Infinite Flow: The Savior Has Thrown in the Towel 无限流：救世主他撂挑子不干了 Purehearted Little Waxberry纯情小杨梅Two Male Leads300k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + infinite flow + narcissism] [A falsely good, unjustly kind man. A reborn, deranged, corrupted savior] “Ding-dong! Your game time is starting~” A horror game descended upon the world, and Rong Xiangwan awakened a special ability: feeding himself to ghosts. His flesh and blood were the perfect bait. No monster could resist its temptation. His savior-like power pushed Rong Xiangwan to the top. He became humanity’s leader, enduring the pain and struggling to survive, only to be to 2.3kReads9.4Score417Shelves
21. 21 雨 Hunting a Killer on a Rainy Night 雨夜缉凶 Earthen Cave土窑洞Mystery176k WordsCompleted Rainy Night Manhunt is a gripping crime mystery about the West Sea City Criminal Investigation Team as they unravel a series of bizarre cases. Beginning with the city-shocking “9.28 Li Hui Cement-Body Dumping Case,” the novel draws readers into a world of mysteries and conspiracies. In this world, any character could be the next victim or a crucial witness. Zhou Yan, an experienced captain of the criminal investigation team, faces unprecedented challenges alongside his team. From internal feuds 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Decisive and ruthless, the male lead is intelligent and quick-witted, and the plot twists and turns are endless. Highly recommended!!!

22. 22 渣 After Dumping a Psychotic Alpha, He Turned Dark and Begged Me to Take Responsibility 渣了疯批A后，他黑化求负责 Boozy Little Bread Roll酒心小面包Two Male Leads548k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + both virgins + sweet romance + healing + unhinged villain + confinement + lovers reunited] Chi Yuan transmigrated into a dogblood novel as a cannon-fodder omega pretending to be an alpha. The moment he opened his eyes, he found his villainous roommate throttling him. He had two choices: get strangled to death or clear the villain’s corruption score and redeem him. Chi Yuan: Was there even a choice? To stay alive and get home, Chi Yuan worked diligently all year round, successfu 19.1kReads9.5Score3kShelves

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    It's so good, I'm insane!

23. 23 暗 Plans in the Dark 暗夜谋划 The King Loves to Focus大王爱聚精会神Two Male Leads216k WordsOngoing [Two male leads] + [Crime investigation] + [Two powerful leads] A cold, elite criminal investigator × a scheming surgeon. They test each other at every turn as they join forces to hunt down a killer. Shadows lurk in the dark, layer upon layer of old cases are reopened, and everyone around them is hiding a secret. When the truth tears away its gentle disguise, she realizes she has long been trapped in the game, with no way out. Everyone is hiding their schemes | Twists keep coming | Two powerful —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to give my own recommendation: the logic is clear, the suspense is thrilling, the romance is just a finishing touch, the plot is well-structured, and it definitely doesn't make you stupid.

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