Bring on the Tragic Stories With Two Male Leads 双男主虐文来
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Captive Love, Ashes of the Past: The Obsessive CEO Has No Way to Win Back His Wife 囚宠归烬:偏执总裁追妻无门
Prisoner, Returned to Ashes: The Obsessive CEO Has No Way to Win Back His Wife
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The Fat Bear Boss’s Belt Strangled My Soul 胖熊上司的皮带,勒住了我的魂
Lin City’s business world has two famous chubby bear CEOs, Zhou Zhengyuan and Fang Guodong. Outwardly, they’ve been bitter rivals for twenty years; in private, they’re each other’s only weakness. Beneath their double-breasted and single-breasted suits are two hearts weathered by business battles, yet burning only for one another. Then Xia Mingyuan, a refined new star in private equity, makes a forceful entrance. He openly declares his love, presses them at every turn, and vows to “take one of th
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The Fat Bear’s Substitute Trap 胖熊的替身陷阱
The Chubby Bear’s Replacement Trap
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The Fat Bear Emperor Wants to Be Fed 胖熊帝君求投喂
There are two famously chubby immortals in the celestial realm. One is Emperor Xuancheng, who governs the laws of the Nine Heavens: solemn and imposing, yet devoted to candied fruit and pastries. Built like a mountain, he is known throughout the Three Realms as the “Iron Tower” Immortal Lord. The other is the little immortal Qingfeng, who tends the celestial herbs in the Jade Pool. Fair, plump, and endearingly goofy, he is nicknamed “Dumpling” by the other immortals for his round belly and absen
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A Bromance in the Great Tang 大唐基友记
In the Tianbao era, Chang’an was a city of dazzling splendor, with undercurrents churning beneath the surface. Forty-year-old Pei Yuanshao was a renowned spice merchant in the Eastern Market. He was tall and powerfully built, with a resolute face, silver at his temples, and a pair of broad, strong hands. His whole bearing spoke of a steady, bold man who had seen much of the world. Thirty-eight-year-old Qin Huaiyuan was a constable in Chang’an County. Broad-backed and burly, he had a square face,
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Forbidden Embrace 禁忌的拥抱
Forty-five-year-old Lu Zhenhai is the city’s quietest “giant”: weighing 320 jin, with a broad back and shoulders like a wall. Once a dockworker, he now runs an auto repair shop beside the secondhand market that nobody ever visits. His life is like a scrapped engine: heavy, greasy, and forgotten by everyone. Twenty-five-year-old Shen Du is the city’s brightest “lie.” A graduate of a prestigious university’s architecture program, he was disgraced by a plagiarism scandal and blacklisted by the enti
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Transmigrating Through the Crowd, Gazing at You 穿越人群凝视你
Gazing at You Through the Crowd
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A Tough Man’s Weakness 硬汉的软肋
On the rainy night I was scammed while trying to rent a room, I had nowhere else to go. I was shoved into an old alley, an aging house, and the life of a strange man. Xiong Yue was thirty-eight, built like a mountain, quiet, and as punctual as a clock. I thought living under someone else’s roof would be hard to bear. But he left a light on when I came home late from overtime, came to pick me up with his umbrella tilted against the rain, and would sigh alone in the middle of the night, silentl
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After I Was Bullied, the Gang Boss Treated Me Like His Own Child 被霸凌后黑社会大哥待我视如己出
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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E's Golden Cage: A Love Prison for a Broken Old Beta E的黄金笼囚爱老Beta残鸟
[Complete] The groveling pursuit begins in earnest from Chapter 61 [Entertainment industry | EABO | Younger man | Status gap | Rivals in love | Raising a child] Main story, EB | Qin Jian × Mu Yansheng (amnesiac, cold-hearted, crazy, controlling top-tier star enigma seme | honest, domestic older beta uke, disfigured) At nineteen, Mu Yansheng was disfigured in a fire while saving Qin Jian. His dream of becoming an actor was shattered, so he could only do odd jobs and work as a script supervisor on
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The Rake Who Couldn’t Be Tamed 痞夫难驯
★ A torture chamber in the name of love, a life-or-death game so cruel it makes your heart tremble ★ [Angst + melodrama + physical abuse + real and fake young masters + everyone gets a bad ending] Three years ago, Gong Mingyou was forced to marry Shen Zhiyu. Everyone said Shen Zhiyu had schemed to make that night happen. Once the rumor spread, Shen Zhiyu’s reputation was ruined. The Lin family’s stock, the company owned by Shen Zhiyu’s biological parents, plummeted. To save their company, Shen Z
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The Little Emperor Imprisoned by the Left and Right Chancellors 被左相右相囚禁的小皇帝
After the Beijing Rebellion, the imperial family of the Yu Dynasty was handed over to the Northern Barbarians, who subjected them to every kind of humiliation. The only survivor was a ten-year-old prince. The capital was moved to Nanjing, and the boy ascended the throne at ten, with the two chief ministers doing their utmost to support him. But the young emperor was unable to have children. Little by little, he fell into another abyss. He said he loved him deeply, yet their struggle was a fight
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After His Bones Were Torn Out, My Wayward Disciple Went Mad 抽筋剥骨后,逆徒他疯了
[Master and disciple + two male leads + angst + younger male lead + both leads inexperienced + a groveling redemption arc] Master Feng Binglan foresaw that his disciple, Fu Lingtian, would die at twenty, so he made up a fake System to make the boy hate him. He had his tendons torn out, his bones stripped away, and his heart cut open. His dragon body was shattered as he took the full force of the heavenly tribulation for his disciple. When Feng Binglan's soul was finally scattered, Fu Lingtian
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An Engineering PhD Transmigrates Into a Prince's Household as a Servant 工科博士穿越成王府家奴
[Dual male leads! Both chaste! Lighthearted and funny with some angst, read with caution!!] He was a PhD in engineering, but woke up as a sickly servant in ancient times. Luckily, his loving mother protected him with her life, but she was gone too. Just as he was utterly despairing, the “page” he'd met when he first transmigrated, after trying to rob him with a broom, traveled a thousand miles to find him and willingly became his servant, all to keep him safe. From Western Shu to Ba, from tu
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The Road of Remembrance 念归路
Xia Guilu was once the only light in Xiao Nianlu's world. Xiao Nianlu was gloomy and insecure, living like a speck of dust. Xia Guilu protected him, fought for him, and paved the way for him, convinced that love could overcome the circumstances of one's birth. Then Xia Guilu's family went bankrupt, and his halo shattered. He sank into a life of wine, women, and vanity, counting every last coin and even setting his sights on Xiao Nianlu. By then, Xiao Nianlu had long since risen above the dust.
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The CEO Falls Hard: Where Can His Sweet Canary Run? 霸总沦陷,软萌金丝雀哪里逃
On a stormy, freezing night, Lu Linyuan, a man of immense power, found Shen Zhiyu beneath the Lu Group building. The boy was wandering like a dying sparrow, burning with fever and gravely ill. Lu Linyuan built a cage of obsessive, suffocating love around him, cutting off the boy's freedom to socialize. Only when Shen Zhiyu began coughing up blood and his condition worsened did Lu Linyuan finally come to his senses, but by then it was too late to undo the damage. Misunderstandings and the crushin
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Brother, Wouldn’t It Be Nice If You Liked Me? 哥哥,喜欢我不好吗
The rating just came out. [Dual male leads + one-on-one, both chaste + showbiz + secret crush + supporting ensemble] Waking from a nightmare, Chi Yu finally remembers that he and his younger brother, Jiang Ziyi, are two cannon-fodder characters in a showbiz novel. In the original story, they trusted the wrong people and fell for the wrong ones. They did everything they could to help the protagonist couple, only to meet tragic ends. He was ruined, while his younger brother lost his life. After aw
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My Childhood Friend Comes to Collect on His Debts, and Mr. Sui Loses Control 竹马讨要风流债,隋总玩脱了
[Two strong leads + childhood sweethearts + mature men with unresolved tension + rivals in love + turning a straight man gay] [No loss of intelligence / direct approach / both die in the BE! Read with caution!!] [Flirtatious, philandering, cold-hearted bottom vs. cool, abstinent, unhinged top] The most cruel words in the world aren't “I don't like you.” They're “If only you were a girl.” Xu Er'an had heard those words for twelve years. The good news: Sui Yu fell in love with Xu Er'an. The bad ne
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After Being Dumped, the Regent King Turned Dark 被甩后,摄政王黑化了
(Just got its rating) [Two male leads + mutually faithful + two equally strong leads + tsundere, hopelessly devoted regent top + mischievous young marquis bottom + rekindled love + angst before sweetness] Seven years ago, on the day Shen Jinghan left the capital, he never looked back. Seven years later, he returned to the capital covered in wounds, and went to the Prince Regent's residence on his very first night back. He begged Xiao Che to save the Shen family and the supply route to the northe
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Heartbroken to Pieces, I Smile as the Boyfriend I Searched for Ten Years Becomes My Brother-in-Law 心碎成渣,笑着看我找了十年的男友成了我姐夫
My heart was shattered to pieces, yet I smiled as I watched the boyfriend I'd searched for for ten years become my brother-in-law.
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I Am a Viper 吾为毒蛇
I Am a Viper
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A Heartbreak on an Autumn Night, the Words He Hid Until His Death 秋夜伤真情,他瞒到死的那句话
On an autumn night, a wound to the heart revealed his true feelings: the words he kept hidden until he died.
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After the Cold War, When He Finally Thought of Me, I Was Already Married 冷战之后,当他想起我时,我已经结婚了
After the Cold War, by the time he thought of me, I was already married.
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Reborn, I’m No Longer My Twin Brother’s Stepping Stone 重生后,我不再是双胞胎弟弟的垫脚石
After being reborn, I will no longer be the stepping stone for my twin brother
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The Weepy Minister Fakes His Death, and the Emperor Goes Mad 哭包尚书死遁,皇帝疯了
The Weepy Minister Faked His Death, and the Emperor Went Mad
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After He Threw Me Off a Cliff, I Became the Progenitor Vampire He Could Never Have 被他扔下悬崖后,我成了他求而不得的始祖血族
After he threw me off a cliff, I became the Progenitor Vampire he could never have
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After the Little Fool Was Reborn, I Became His Dog 小傻子重生后,我成了他的狗
After the Little Fool Was Reborn, I Became His Dog
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My Name Is Zhaomei, and I Don't Have a Golden Finger 我叫招妹,没有金手指
My name is Zhaomei, and I have no golden finger.
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The Tomato's Gone Bad, But That's Okay 番茄烂了,没关系
At the very top of a prestigious law firm’s hierarchy, Xiao Jue is an untouchable iceberg, the embodiment of the rules. Cool-headed and flawless, he keeps everyone at arm’s length and is widely hailed as a “legal icon.” Qiao Yansheng is exceptionally talented, but his unconventional methods have earned him a mixed reputation. To everyone else, he is a formidable opponent. To Xiao Jue alone, he is a secret pilgrim. For years, Qiao Yansheng gazed at the moon... His close friend couldn’t understand
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Lost in Your Allure 沉迷慕色
League of Legends Global League Dawn narrowly lost to South Korea's TenG by a single point, missing out on the World Championship. It was the year Chinese League of Legends fans thought they had the best chance of winning it all. That year, five spirited young men fell from the mountaintop into the abyss. As online abuse poured in from every direction, investors pulled out, and the team's beloved gaming base was put up for sale in public. With no support staff or tactical analysts, and their tea
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Sunshine in the North, Tang Blossoms in the South 北方有阳,南方有棠
Song Xi died, in Paris, in an ordinary apartment. But Song Xi came back to life, on a stormy night, in Paris, about 9,200 kilometers from Shanghai...
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The Musclebound Gym Bro Fell First 他一个健身猛男先动心了
Yang Shuheng has lived for eighteen years and has never doubted that he is straight as an arrow. He has had girlfriends, is obsessed with working out, and has built a nicely defined body with a layer of soft muscle. His life has always been mapped out: Go to college, date, graduate, get a job, and follow the usual path through life. That is, until the first day of school. Outside the dorm building, he runs into Bao Yuhuai, wearing a white tank top. Sunlight falls across his firm, graceful muscle
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He Didn't Comfort Him 他没哄他
[Two male leads + campus + lighthearted + unrequited love + a touch of bittersweetness + BE + short story] (Soothing someone = comforting them = deceiving them) Gloomy top student [Mu Qi] × doomed delinquent [Ling Shu] Every relationship needs someone to make the first move. That's inevitable. So Ling Shu spent two years preparing before stepping back into Mu Qi's life. Liking someone doesn't guarantee you'll end up together, and love doesn't have to be earth-shattering. So Mu Qi kept watch ove
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Young President Pei Regrets It 小裴总他后悔了
[Two male leads + groveling redemption + forced love + younger man + unhinged pursuer] [Happy ending in the main story, tragic ending in the extras] Because of a misunderstanding, Pei Qi tormented Pei Wang and sent him to a conversion therapy center. Three years later, Pei Qi accidentally learned the truth. He wanted to make amends, but his Wangwang no longer wanted to love him. When his wife tried to escape, he locked him inside a villa. Pei Wang, you're as tenacious as wild grass. Pei Qi, you
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The Saline Soil and the Lychee Honey 盐碱地与荔枝蜜
Two male leads | Realistic fiction | Spanning ten years | Second-chance romance | Slow-burn tension | North and South | Happy ending Conservative Shandong native × bold Chaoshan native · restrained and traditional × poised and self-possessed [The ultimate push and pull between mature men: whoever gives in first loses] In the eyes of outsiders, Zhao En is the only son in nine generations, with a stable job and a reputation for being obedient and sensible. So seeing him hold another man's hand in
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He Died in the Seventh Year He Loved Me 他死了,死在了他爱我的第七年
He died in the seventh year of loving me.
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My Name Is Chunsheng. This Is My Life. I Fell into the Arms of the One I Love 我叫春生,这是我的一生,我坠入了爱人的怀抱
My name is Chunsheng. This is my life, and I fell into the arms of the one I love.
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The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊
[The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro
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Blade and Heart 刃与心
An affection-starved, possessive young master × a long-suffering bodyguard and undercover spy Shen Yan is the eldest legitimate son of the Shen family. On the day he takes power, his father personally sends him an informant. Xie Xun, a handsome, stern personal bodyguard, is nothing but the old master’s most obedient dog in everyone else’s eyes. “I don’t keep dogs in my home.” He makes Xie Xun stand in the rain all night and sleep by the door, humiliating and tormenting him in every way, all to
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My Ex Is Back for Another Shot! 前男友,他吃回头草了!
My Ex-Boyfriend Is Back for Another Shot!
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After I Played the Miaojiang Boy, He Planted a Love Gu in Me 渣了苗疆少年后,我被种情蛊了
[Complete + Miaojiang seme + Two male leads + Obsessive love + Alternate-universe supernatural setting + Happy ending] [Pure-hearted, aloof, unhinged, possessive Miaojiang seme x researcher with an emotional disorder] Everyone said the people of Miaojiang were skilled in gu, but Shen Jue refused to believe it. To uncover the secret behind the villagers of Jiteng Village’s longevity, Shen Jue, a researcher at the Tower, disguised himself as part of a documentary crew and entered the Miao village
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Maple and Jade Resign 枫瑾辞
Feng Jin Ci
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Looking Back, Autumn Has Fallen Across the Land 回首山河已是秋
When I Look Back, Autumn Has Fallen Across the Land
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Snow over the Old Pass, as the Wild Geese Return 雁归故关雪
The Geese Return to Their Old Pass in the Snow
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Though the Blade Lies Buried, a Hidden Fragrance Still Drifts 锋沉犹有暗香浮
The Blade Lies Still, Yet a Faint Fragrance Drifts
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The Old Track 故辙
The Old Road
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The Apocalypse? No Problem, I’ve Got Cheats! 末世?不怕,我有外挂!
[Two male leads + ensemble cast + apocalypse + natural disasters + multiple couples + past lives and present] [Pure-hearted powerhouse bottom × younger wolf-dog top] “I want to go out and see the world.” Lu Yuan, newly arrived in another world, stunned everyone with his words. “Are you kidding? It's the apocalypse, man!” “The apocalypse? No worries! I've got a cheat!” “Then let's go together. We'll brave this world side by side.” Even if death seems certain, they'll face life and death togeth
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The Price of Favoritism 偏爱的代价
In the fifth year of his escape, Shi Fengyu returned to the country. He knew the price he would pay for coming back, but for that person, he had no choice. Two male leads, modern fantasy, powerful leads, plot twists, and a touch of angst.
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Haunted by the Five Hungry Ghosts 五鬼馋身
#Unhinged #Forced Love #Supernatural #Multiple Male Leads #Love Triangle Mayhem Lin Qing, an ordinary office worker brimming with yang energy, suddenly discovers that she has become irresistible “Tang Monk flesh” to five top-tier malevolent spirits.
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My Strict Teacher Became My Scheming Boss 双面严师成了我的腹黑上司
A wolf who loves to discipline people with his hands, has a fiery temper, is overbearing and fiercely protective, and is all bark with a soft heart meets a poor, kind puppy who is ordinary, obedient, patient, and cries when wronged... Lu Linchuan is both an adjunct professor and the heir to Luqi Media. Ran Mingyang is a student Lu Linchuan thinks highly of, and after graduation becomes his assistant. Their backgrounds, family circumstances, and personalities are as different as fire and ice. One
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