I Want a Story with a Mischievous Male Lead and a Gentle, Soft-Spoken Female Lead 想看男主痞痞的 女主温温柔柔

1. 1 白 The White Moonlight Returns to the Capital, and the Crown Prince Kisses Her Until She Blushes Every Night 白月光回京，夜夜被太子爷亲红温 Wildfire Never Dies野火不熄Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet! Doting! Steamy! Flirty! Satisfying! Both are inexperienced! Strong possessive streak!] He Yutang is pure and obedient; Zhou Yanze is wild and uninhibited. They were like two parallel lines, destined never to meet. In a dimly lit bar, she pretended to stumble and felt his chest muscles. She flirted and ran, but his powerful hand, veins bulging, clamped around her slender waist. “Just one little touch was enough for you? Want to play something more exciting with me?” They fell passionately 35.6kReads9.2Score4k14d adds

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   The extreme contrast and appeal of the characters: the male lead seems unreliable, but whenever the female lead encounters difficulties or is bullied, he's the first to stand up for her and protect her with unwavering strength. This possessiveness and protectiveness—"only good to you"—is hard not to love. 😏

2. 2 暗 The Top Student I Had a Secret Crush on Wasn't Sweet, So I Switched to Openly Loving a Bad-Boy Bro 暗恋的学霸不甜，换混子哥明恋 Sweetness in the Mortal World人间天糖Modern Romance394k WordsCompleted The print edition of Warm Embrace is now available [Mutual secret crushes + the second male lead takes the spotlight + hilarious campus antics + bickering couple + mutual healing] [Sweet girl with a ruthless streak ✖️ cocky dog-like bad boy] “For Lin Shu, Xie Buchen would do anything, even study.” After seven years of secret love, their relationship finally came to fruition, but Lin Shu still decided to divorce Ji Xingshen. Everyone said marrying Ji Xingshen was a blessing Lin Shu had been lucky 32.6kReads8.8Score6.1k14d adds
3. 3 他 His Bite Marks 他的咬痕 Mi Xiaoxi咪小汐Modern Romance281k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed and awaiting release] [Short drama now streaming] [Rekindled Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Devotion + Mutual Salvation + Sweet Youthful Romance] In high school, Wen Shumiao had a passionate romance that ended in the most humiliating way possible. They meet again six years later. He's the owner of a tattoo shop, and she's become his employee. He treats her with the cold indifference of a stranger. But when Xie Jin sees Wen Shumiao carrying a suitcase, he final 61.6kReads9.5Score5.5k14d adds
4. 4 娇 Be Good, Sweetheart! Day and Night in the Hands of a Brutal Man 娇娇乖！被暴徒盯上的日日夜夜 Rose in the Mist薄雾玫瑰Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted [🖤 Unhinged mixed-race brute x 💖 sweet, innocent doll] [Striking size difference and sexual tension + wild, rugged tough guy + school and city life + intense, coercive love + mutual salvation] The boy Sang Moli once saved lived in a world of darkness and filth. When he fought, every punch drew blood. He was violent and impossible to tame. The little princess was born in a tower. Compared to a beast like him, they were worlds apart. Moli was innocent and naive, and thought Mufasa was the best. As 5.5kReads9.0Score55314d adds

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   Sisters, we all love this quirky yet sweet novel! It's absolutely amazing, the best in the universe! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

5. 5 野 Wild Desire! The Powerful Tycoon Kisses His Little Wife Until She Cries 野欲！小娇妻被强权大佬亲哭了 Rose in the Mist薄雾玫瑰Modern Romance681k WordsCompleted [🔥Power Above All: A Ruthless, Rotten Heir to a Foreign Throne x 🌸 A Sweet-Talking, Delicate Little Fairy] [Supreme Control + A False Gentleman, a True Lunatic + Height and Build Contrast with Sexual Tension + High Libido and Coercive Love] An incarnation of a god, worshipped by madmen. His honorific: Evil Spirit. A man with a honeyed tongue and a venomous heart, his features rough, roguish, and cruel, enough to make anyone's heart skip a beat. Chen Zhi is a pretty little fairy, blessed with a f 9.2kReads9.1Score69414d adds
6. 6 野 Wildly Entwined 野蛮缠绵 Xiangqiao香巧Modern Romance644k WordsCompleted Also known as Wild and Unrelenting [Mutual first love + sweet romance + top-tier wealthy family + obsessive pursuit + foreign romance + cross-border love + size difference + blue-eyed foreign tycoon + sharp-tongued and flirtatious + redemption + a touch of groveling + no blood relation] In a foreign land, just as Wen Ran is falling into despair, a man saves her in the bloodiest way possible. But moments later, she is mistaken for a spy. With her eyes about to be gouged out and her skin peeled 70.3kReads9.3Score8.8k14d adds
7. 7 强 Forced to Submit: The Unhinged Tycoon Begs Me to Spare Him 强迫臣服：疯批大佬求放过 Mu Tingyangyang木汀央央Modern Romance625k WordsCompleted [An arrogant, unhinged villain × a timid little rabbit who still dares to fight back; possessive obsession; love by force; a groveling pursuit; cross-cultural romance; both leads are sexually inexperienced] Huang Momo first meets Fu Yungui in Thailand, where she’s attending a friend’s wedding. He’s the bride’s uncle, and Momo accidentally ruins his plans. The fierce man scares her half to death. She thinks they’ll never meet again after she returns home. But how could this unhinged man possibly 7.1kReads9.1Score59114d adds
8. 8 他 His Little Darling 他的小祖宗 A Grain of White Sand一粒沙白Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted [Bad-boy, sharp-tongued young master X unruly, scheming beauty] [Sweet campus romance] After the new transfer student Xi Yu moved into the Lu family home, Lu Jiachen discovered that the clever, well-behaved girl who seemed like a model student was actually a hopelessly bad student who got her parents called to school every other day. Lu Jiachen: Xi Yu, if you pass your final exams, big brother will let you beat him up. Xi Yu: Really? Then just wait until I beat you to your knees and make you cal 6.7kReads9.4Score86214d adds
9. 9 时 Miss Shi Is Being Naughty Again Today 时小姐今天也不乖 Han Dabai韩大白Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Three Parts Sweet is now available. You can buy it at the Little Tomato Books Flagship Store.] Han Zhan is a notorious playboy in Beijing's elite circles. His trademarks are womanizing and having fun, and his byword is idleness. To rein in his wild ways, his parents pressure him into marriage. Young Master Han has just one requirement: "She has to be sweet and obedient." Shi Yin is the most well-behaved person Han Zhan has ever met. Born with the face of a perfect young lad 20.5kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds

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   All three fit the description: the female lead is someone with psychological trauma but is exceptionally gentle, and the male lead is the seemingly irresponsible playboy who actually only loves the female lead. ① The male and female leads are secretly married, and the male lead has no rumored affairs. ② (They are actually divorced) and ③ (They shouldn't be divorced; I read them a while ago and don't remember exactly if they were), the male lead has rumored affairs and there's a "wife-chasing-after-the-wife" plot. ③ The male lead mistakenly believes the female lead likes his brother.

10. 10 婚 Marital Passion 婚色 Er Xi二喜Modern Romance970k WordsCompleted When Xu Yan and Qin Lie divorced, someone asked Qin Lie, “You're really going through with it? You won't regret it?” Wearing a black shirt and trousers, hands in his pockets, Qin Lie replied in a languid, casual tone, “It was a marriage arranged by our families. There's nothing to regret.” Not long afterward, at a party, someone saw Qin Lie use the alcohol as an excuse to pin her against a hotel balcony and demand a kiss. His large hand slid down Xu Yan's waist, guiding her long legs to hook aro 26.3kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds
11. 11 深 A Deeply Devoted Temptation 深情诱引 Bird Pine Rice鸟松米Modern Romance676k WordsCompleted A novel in the Niaosongmi Universe: Deep Affection and Allure. The short drama The Height of Summer, a special story about the eldest brother and sister-in-law, is now online. [Love after an arranged marriage, a regretful husband’s pursuit of his wife, one-on-one romance, both devoted only to each other] [Gentle, cool-headed ophthalmologist vs. devoted, wayward young master] Lin Yuxi used to think Zhou Yanjing was a carefree playboy with a fickle heart. Only after they married did she learn just 90.9kReads9.2Score7.8k14d adds
12. 12 娇 Cherished by Him! The Business Tycoon Throws Himself into Love 娇宠！商总为爱自投罗网 Heaven Opens to Delusions天开妄想Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted The print edition of Beloved is now available. [Power Couple & Sweet Romance & Everyone's Darling + A Touch of Business Warfare and Military Life] [Retired, Proud Young Lady & Kyoto's Mastermind in Power] Jiang Yun is the youngest daughter of a prominent political family in Kyoto, a carefree retired soldier and an untouchable heiress in the capital's elite circles. She bows to no one and fears no one. Shang Yan is the head of Kyoto's foremost financial conglomerate, the Shang Group. Ruthless and 22.1kReads9.4Score2.9k14d adds

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    I think these two are okay.

13. 13 千 After the Heiress Returned, the Whole City Doted on Her 千金归来后被全城团宠 Heaven Opens to Delusions天开妄想Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Retired soldier and heiress of a gambling king’s family × refined young master of a scholarly family] [Long-planned scheme × marriage first, love later × both are devious] Sheng Lanyin, the gambling king’s heiress from the Sheng family of Aocheng, was a vain, beautiful, willful young lady. She was also a retired soldier, bold and commanding. Her reason for retiring was: [Go home, deal with my scumbag father and his string of mistresses, and inherit the family fortune on the way.] Xie Yanci, the 15.9kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds
14. 14 姐 Her Sister-Obsessed Boyfriend, Her Darling Little Sister, and the Breakup That's Always Looming: What a Mess 姐控的妹宝，随时被分手的他，惨 Qiong Yu on the Branch琼予枝头Modern Romance327k WordsCompleted Complete [Sister-Con + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Love That Grows Over Time] Sui Mo was raised by her older sister, Sui Yuan, and is utterly devoted to her. But even so, she secretly harbors a years-long crush on her sister’s suitor, Song Qingci, the boy next door who grew up with them. Only when her sister agrees to a contract marriage with Jiang Yanli, Kyoto’s most powerful heir, to save her company does Sui Mo finally confess her feelings. When Sui Yuan finds out, she says little at the 12.8kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds

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    This one is actually quite pretty 😄

15. 15 怕 Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕！双胎体质，被糙汉掐腰猛宠！ Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai 81.2kReads9.4Score5.3k14d adds

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    The female lead has high emotional intelligence, the male lead dotes on her, and they live a sweet life.

16. 16 哥 My Brother’s Friends Are Trouble 哥哥的兄弟不好惹 A Grain of White Sand一粒沙白Modern Romance465k WordsCompleted [Age gap] [Sweet campus romance] [Deeply devoted, scheming bad boy × goofy, straightforward sweetheart] What does it feel like to find out your buddy is dating your little sister? Lu Yi was unfazed. “What could she possibly lose? She weighs a hundred pounds, and ninety-nine of them are schemes. I’m worried you’ll get fooled out of your underwear!” Lu Qingyue: “Relax, I’ll definitely leave you your underwear.” Cheng Xingye: “???” 28.3kReads9.4Score2.9k14d adds

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    The female lead's character is so down-to-earth, and the male lead is incredibly attentive to every little detail; their interactions are very sweet.

17. 17 软 The Soft and Irresistible Little Sweetheart 软诱小娇包 Ming Yueyun明月云Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Daddy type + super sweet + age gap; obedient, soft, adorably airheaded doll-like girl x abstinent, scheming, obsessive big shot] The day before his wedding, Fu Cheny an finally learns that he’s getting married. His bride is the doll-like girl who once bumped into him and burst into tears... On their wedding day, she runs away. Fu Cheny an stops the car with a dark expression and lifts the soft little crybaby out of it. The girl clings to his neck, crying, her tears soaking his clothe 10.8kReads8.9Score79314d adds

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    The story revolves around a seemingly sweet and innocent female protagonist with a pure and resilient heart, and a seemingly roguish and domineering male protagonist. The male protagonist is attracted to the female protagonist's unique charm and uses various domineering and ambiguous methods (such as deliberately teasing her, forcefully protecting her, and cutting off all her potential romantic partners) to gradually "seduce" her, making her accustomed to his presence and fall in love with him.

18. 18 宝 Be a Good Baby. You're Mine 宝宝乖一点，你是我的 Coconut and Taro Cream Pie奶椰香芋派Modern Romance297k WordsCompleted [Mutual Devotion + University Campus + Forced Love + Obsessive + Yandere + Imprisonment + HE] Fu Linfeng fell in love with Yu Qingyao at first sight and claimed her by any means necessary. When she tried to run away just once, he decided to lock her up. He thought that way she would behave and wouldn’t disappear. - Fu Linfeng’s birthday wish when he turned nineteen was to have Yu Qingyao. As it happened, she was his nineteenth birthday present. It was the best birthday present he could have aske 11.2kReads7.7Score77114d adds
19. 19 穿 I Became the Male Lead's Vicious Ex-Girlfriend 穿成男主的恶毒前女友 Milk Tea Drinks Fruit Tea奶茶喝果茶Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted [Angst, childhood sweethearts, physical and emotional torment, groveling for a second chance] Lin Zhizhi discovered that she had transmigrated into a romance novel called The Years of Secret Love. It was bad enough that she hadn’t become the heroine, but she’d ended up as the male lead’s beautiful yet wicked ex-girlfriend. At first, this ex-girlfriend put on a convincing act. At school, everyone adored her, though only the boys. She appeared just twice in the novel: first, when she suddenly show 20.4kReads8.7Score1k14d adds

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    Highly recommend! 😘😘😘

20. 20 身 Transported to a Bygone Era, I Caught the Eye of a Cunning Bad Boy 身穿年代后，被腹黑拽哥盯上了 Dissolving Tides溶解潮汐Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted Historical era + sweet romance + transmigration + transmigration into a book + no household registration + everyday life + love at first sight + 1v1, both leads are virgins Bad boy x sweet girl (a roguishly handsome, cunning truck driver x a gorgeous, spoiled rich girl who’s a bit of a drama queen) Love at first sight from the male lead’s perspective, love that grows over time from the heroine’s … Yun Wanwan had never lifted a finger around the house, and life had gone smoothly for years. Then 1.8kReads7.1Score13114d adds
21. 21 甜 So Sweet! The Villainous Big Shot Kissed His Soft, Well-Behaved Darling to Tears 甜爆！娇软乖乖被反派大佬亲哭 Clouds Disperse, Feathers Clear云销羽霁Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted (The rating was just posted and will rise later) [Beautiful, sweet, and gentle girl x devoted, doting, unhinged big shot] [One-on-one, both leads inexperienced, deliberate seduction, male lead takes the initiative] When Shi Nian’s consciousness awakened, she was straddling the villainous big shot in a bold pose, tugging fiercely at the sash around his waist. Still reeling with shock, she stammered out an excuse for what she was doing. “This belt is really good quality. Send me the link later.” S 369Reads8.7Score—14d adds
22. 22 玫 The Rose Tames Him 玫瑰驯服他 Lord Sea Dumpling海饺大人Modern Romance298k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other’s only ones | Pure romance | Taming a dog] [The male lead has plenty of flaws at first and is far from perfect, but the female lead will train him into shape] [Plot-driven, with the dog-training coming later] Jiang Xueheng and Xie Ran got together. He was a spoiled, arrogant, uneducated rich kid with a permanent scowl. She used every ounce of patience she had to coddle and humor this man-child and absolute drama queen like an empress dowager, until she finally could 698Reads7.3Score—14d adds

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