Who Gets Female and Male Leads on Opposing Sides? Especially When Neither Is a Soft Touch! 对抗路男女主谁懂？特别还是俩个都非善茬的那种！

1. 51 公 The Princess's First Sword Upon Returning to the Palace Strikes the Cold Imperial Preceptor's Robe 公主回宫第一剑先斩清冷国师袍 Yi Chang'an翊长安Ancient Romance692k WordsCompleted [Unhinged princess & abstinent Imperial Preceptor] [Forced love] [Devoted to each other] [Love and hate] [A battle of wills] [Possessive love] Si Chen, the Imperial Preceptor of Great Chu, is as pure as snow atop the nine heavens, an immortal sent down to the mortal world. He has guided the stars and the fate of the nation for four hundred years. A secret divination reveals that the Ninth Princess he raised, Chu Qingyue, is destined to become a black dragon and bring calamity. If she takes the t 4.6kReads9.0Score46514d adds

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   Investing is a sure win. (The following is a separate section): He divined the future, blocking her path to the throne; she then used the political strategies he personally taught her, turning the tables step by step, her plans flawless. Until he once again saved the person she was about to kill, completely enraging her. She turned and chained him to a brocade tent, his silver hair disheveled, his purple robes falling to the ground. A night of deep conversation ensued, a banished immortal falling to earth. She whispered in his ear, "Do you hate me?" His gaze was fixed, his voice hoarse: "Yes." "Hate me for... Why I saved you back then." "-Hate me for willingly accompanying you, falling into the mortal world..."

2. 52 渣 My Scumbag Husband Forced Me to Drink Birth Control Soup? The New Emperor's Child Is in My Womb 渣夫灌我避子汤？新帝骨肉在腹中 He Jiujiu河酒酒Ancient Romance422k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Chu Yi wooed Li Xiyin with a lavish wedding procession stretching ten miles. After they married, however, he fell for her half-sister. When the half-sister took her own life, he hated Li Xiyin to the core. He forced her to drink a fertility-blocking potion, drove her from the household, and even caused her to die a miserable death on the road away from the capital. Living her life over again, Chu Yi couldn’t wait to bring the woman he loved into his household. He deliberate 1.1kReads8.8Score19014d adds

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   In the battle against villains, these three must have a place.

3. 53 毒 The Poison Consort Takes Power: I’ll Teach the Tyrant to Destroy His Kingdom 毒妃掌权：我教暴君灭故国 jlaylsAncient Romance282k WordsCompleted “Su Jinxiu, you know too many royal secrets. I can’t let you live. Consider this cup of wine a way to honor the bond we’ve shared as master and servant all these years.” Su Jinxiu looked at the man before her, the one she had personally helped ascend the throne, and drank the poisoned wine, full of hatred. All her life, she had taken knives meant for others, tested poison, and wielded power. She had raised three worthless princes and princesses to the highest heights, only to end up without even 5.1kReads8.7Score87914d adds
4. 54 成 After Becoming the Cool, Unattainable White Moonlight of the Dragon-Slaying Hero 成为龙傲天男主的清冷白月光后 Cui Xiaoman崔小满Modern Romance124k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, both leads are pure, campus life, cohabitation, slice of life] A heroine who pretends to be aloof but is actually a needy drama queen × a carnivorous hero Meng Yunwan is the aloof campus beauty of Jing University, famous as an ice-cold beauty. Pei Zhan is the son of a Jing University trustee, famous for his rebellious, unruly nature. Then one day, students at Jing University discovered that these two, whose styles were total opposites, had gotten together. Meng Yunwan made t 15.8kReads8.8Score1.7k14d adds

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   There isn't a single good guy among them; they're all couples from opposing sides.

5. 55 备 Waking Up on the Night of Trying to Conceive! The Male Lead's Evil Ex-Wife Awakens 备孕夜睁眼！男主的恶毒前妻觉醒 Shallow Words, Thin Meaning文浅意薄Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted "Bold, willful beauty vs. cold-faced, sharp-tongued husband" "Both devoted to each other + everyday life + spoiled brat wakes up + childhood friends + imperfect, not a wish-fulfillment story + misleading female lead perspective + interspersed flashbacks" Shen Ting used to be cruel, foolish, brash, willful, selfish, and greedy. The Fu family adopted her and doted on her endlessly, but that still wasn't enough. During her most outrageous school years, she took over Fu Yunche's bedroom, spread rum 78.7kReads9.0Score10.9k14d adds
6. 56 怀 Three Months Pregnant, Her Dead Husband Returns with Amnesia 怀孕三月，死去的丈夫失忆回来了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted On the day the catastrophic floods struck, Liao Qing killed her husband of six months, Zhou Mingshan, somewhere no one would ever find out about. She watched as his figure sank beneath the water and disappeared for good. She had never been a good woman. Spoiled by her privileged upbringing, she was arrogant and overbearing, and had done every sort of wicked thing. She always had her own reasoning and excuses for everything. Even being sent by her own family to this remote place to reform herself 12.3kReads8.4Score1.7k14d adds
7. 57 她 She Isn't Well-Behaved 她不乖 Bala La Chen巴啦啦晨Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Willful, rebellious problem girl & carefree, brash, straightforward boy] (Bickering couple + sweet romance and healing + lighthearted everyday life) If you asked Qiao Xi what her first impression of Chi Yan was, her answer would definitely be: show-off, shameless flirt, smart mouth. From their unpleasant first meeting to trading insults as deskmates, the two never stopped pursuing their goal of becoming each other's dad. Their classmates all thought these two sworn enemies were bound to come to 1.4kReads9.3Score25914d adds

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   The campus romance novel featuring a couple on opposite sides of the street is hilarious, quite good!

8. 58 疯 She's Gone Mad! The Day She Transmigrated, the Sickly Young Lord Vowed to Give Himself to Her! 疯了!穿越当天，病娇世子爷他要以身相许! Han Mianmian韩绵绵Ancient Romance868k WordsCompleted Original title: After the Heir’s Consort Turns Dark, All the Gods Fall at Her Feet [Transmigration + two scheming minds locked in a battle of wits + obsession + political intrigue + bickering couple] Yun Jincheng transmigrates and, the moment she opens her eyes, strips the sickly heir of his clothes and stumbles upon a secret he has kept hidden for years. Rumor has it that the heir of the Prince of Zhennan, who has been frail for years and gasps for breath after just a few steps, isn’t sick at a 2kReads9.3Score52914d adds

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   Both of these books feature intelligent and skilled male and female leads, highly recommended! [Thumbs up] 1. After transmigrating, the female lead engages in verbal and martial arts battles with the prince. Both are ruthless, but due to a conspiracy, they are bound together and become the prince's consorts. They appear loving and affectionate in public, but turn their backs on each other in an instant. It's a love-hate relationship, a battle of wits and courage between the two, very entertaining. 2. This book has been adapted into a TV series. The female lead suffers a qi deviation during her martial arts practice and needs a medicinal catalyst. She seeks out her powerful fiancé, a minister, and they scheme against each other. In the early stages, the female lead's martial arts skills are revealed and she is somewhat restrained, but the male lead falls more and more in love with her. Later, there's a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" moment.

9. 59 奸 The Treacherous Minister Wants to Kill Me Every Day 奸臣每天都想弄死我 Qian Ran Jun Xiao千苒君笑Ancient Romance2.6M WordsCompleted Su Huai is a powerful court official, and everyone fears him. He only likes playing power games and scheming against others. He has no interest in women. Then one day, a young woman shows up at his door, claiming to be his fiancée. Su Huai: Want to date me? Lu Yao: What kind of date? Su Huai: The kind that could cost you your life. Lu Yao: ... Later, Lu Yao bitterly regrets her impulsive decision to show up and claim him as her fiancé. When she tries to call it quits, everyone urges her to recon 13.5kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds
10. 60 渣 After I Dumped the Merman Demon King, I Faked My Death 渣了鲛人魔王后我死遁了 Iced Cola加冰阔乐Fantastical Romance832k WordsCompleted This is a BG romance! The rating has just come out, so it’ll rise! [Love and hatred, adversarial chemistry, jealous hero, romantic rivalry, yandere] In the cultivation novel Sealing the Heavens, Wen Guanlan is just an unlucky cannon-fodder character who gets wiped out along with the immortal sect when the domineering heroine destroys it with a single sword strike. The System promises that if she wins over the “venomous beauty heroine” and steals her most precious treasure, she can go home. Wen G 10.1kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds

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    The second one is more novel.

11. 61 顶 Ultimate Restraint 顶级克制 Bodhisattva Ye菩萨野Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted Rain poured outside the window, and the air was heavy and damp. The room was silent except for the soft rustle of Zhaoming Ji wiping her hair with a towel. Lu Daiqing sat on the sofa, watching her. She smiled, then padded slowly toward him on her wet, bare feet, and stepped on his white sneakers. - The air was hot and humid, the gloom unending, the tension thick with the scent of gunpowder, and the unspoken intimacy impossible to ignore. Under the same roof, she and he held themselves back, each 19.1kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds

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    This is beautiful, not because it's a double clean (meaning it's clean), but it's really beautiful.

12. 62 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds

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    Little Salt, your soldiers have arrived; the package contains these two books.

13. 63 追 Pursuing You Is Like Taming a Hawk 追你跟熬鹰似的 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [Sweet and Satisfying] [Brooding Boy x Martial Arts Girl] [Happy Ending] [Male Lead Is Crazy and Possessive] [Original title: Chasing You Is Like Taming a Wild Falcon] Quan Zhishui couldn’t understand why people from other schools beat up Wei Shixu every day, forcing her to rush in and save him from danger time and again. Later, she discovered that those people were being paid to do it. By Wei Shixu. “I’m done with you!” she said sternly, drawing a clear line between them. Wei Shixu grinned, utt 49.4kReads9.5Score7.5k14d adds

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    These two books, especially the second one, are just so good.

14. 64 惧 Afraid of Her 惧她 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance145k WordsCompleted [Villainous heiress × younger loyal puppy × unhinged fiancé] [Modern romance + premium novel + sweet romance + devoted boyfriend + satisfying read + happy ending + strong heroine] If you met Qiu Ji for the first time, you'd never imagine she was a madwoman. She's a demon wearing a saint's face, a ruin built with money, a monster who takes pleasure in tormenting others. Even when she stands smiling brightly in the sunlight, she's like a sinister ghost, using false light to drag you into bottomles 17kReads9.4Score2.4k14d adds
15. 65 猎 Miss Witcher, I'm Really Not a Vampire 猎魔人小姐，我真不是血族 The Bird Who Loves Collecting Stamps爱收集邮票的飞鸟Urban499k WordsOngoing [Single Female Lead + Villain Protagonist + Action-Packed Battles] After transmigrating as a vampire, Lu Zhou discovered he was different from his fellow vampires. He wasn’t afraid of sunlight, silver weapons, or holy water. He was truly immortal and indestructible. Growing overconfident, he made a vow: “One day, I’ll unite the vampire race.” “One day, the Blood Moon will hang in the sky forever!” “One day, the vampire race will be great again!” But that could all wait. First, he had to figure o 539.8kReads8.5Score89.8k14d adds

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    I originally came here looking for books to read, but I really can't help but recommend this one. It's a male-oriented novel with a single female lead, and the male and female leads are currently on a purely adversarial path.

16. 66 矜 The Proud Rose and Her Possessive Lord 矜娇玫瑰与她的偏执爷 Xi Muye西木夜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The first time she saw him, his looks caught her eye, and she fell deeper with every step. Some say Sheng Jing’s love for Meng Yanyi is just an act, put on for the sake of his brotherly bond with Meng Yu. Others say there are no feelings between them, and theirs is nothing but a business deal between wealthy families. Then a reporter asks, “Master Sheng, are you serious about Miss Meng?” Sheng Jing turns to the camera and grins wickedly. “You should ask her when she’s going to make me official.” 1.1kReads9.3Score13314d adds

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    A bit mixed up, but these are super beautiful.

17. 67 假 Fake Heiress? She Has Countless Secret Identities and Will Crush You All 假千金？她马甲无数拉爆你们 Su Nianli苏念离Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted She is the strongest queen of the world's top mercenary corps, a legend who has dominated the world of assassins! After returning home, she transforms into the brightest star in the capital's elite social circles. Representing China at an international Go tournament, she claims the world's top spot, crushes competitors from other countries, and becomes the youngest world champion, famous at home and abroad! At the world's top shooting competitions, she is an unstoppable force, utterly trouncing 4.9kReads9.0Score71814d adds
18. 68 震 Shocking: The Big Shot Came from a Village 震惊：大佬她从村里来的 Eat Your Fill Today今天吃饱饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong leads of both genders + secret identities + face-slapping + punishing scumbags + sweet romance + satisfying revenge] Li Zhi grew up in the countryside, with parents who neither loved nor cared for her. Every day, all she got was beatings, insults, and leftovers to eat. She slept wrapped in a torn straw mat in a drafty shack. A kidnapping left her missing for eight years. Eight years later, she returned, covered in blood! Top universities Qing University and Jing University both competed 1.8kReads8.1Score22114d adds
19. 69 假 Fake Heiress? The Real Powerhouse! The Hidden-Marriage Beijing Tycoon Calls Her His Darling 假千金？真大佬！隐婚京爷叫乖宝 A Sweet Orange一颗甜橙Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted Low initial rating is normal. Complete. [Secret-identity ensemble favorite / equally matched leads, devoted to each other / real and fake heiresses / marriage first, love later / sweet, satisfying revenge romance / jealous, doting husband versus a seemingly obedient sweetheart who's secretly bold and domineering] The Wen family, a top-tier dynasty of the capital's elite, comes looking for their biological daughter. Considering how much her adoptive parents raised her, Wen Nian, formerly Su Nian, 212Reads8.2Score—14d adds
20. 70 偷 Stealing a Kiss in the Moonlight 偷吻风月 Snow Chestnut Tea雪栗茶Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted [Both leads are inexperienced + long-planned scheme + marriage before love + sweet, flirtatious provocation + revenge] [Sweet-looking but secretly calculating femme fatale VS seemingly proper, refined scoundrel] After three years of a marriage of convenience, Shen Yansheng and Yu Jin part on good terms, having treated each other with courtesy. He simply couldn’t muster any interest in a beauty as dull as a block of wood. Then he ran into her at a bar. The Yu Jin he remembered as utterly unremark 13.3kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
21. 71 大 The Big Shot Is Always Digging into the Mad Heiress's Secret Identity 大佬每天都在扒疯批大小姐的马甲 Shu Nian Is Susu舒念是苏苏Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [Unhinged Young Lady x Sickly Nobleman, Both Reborn + Secret Identities + Strong Female Lead + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Redemption + Everyone’s Favorite] Who in their circle doesn’t know that the eldest daughter of the Yu family was unloved by both parents from childhood, abandoned in a small county town to fend for herself, and is a useless nobody who can’t do anything? Rumor has it she never even went to college. And yet this good-for-nothing is actually getting engaged to that big sh 5.2kReads9.1Score59514d adds
22. 72 诱 A Tempting, Piercing Passion 诱引刺情 He Ruan Yu何阮与Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted Rekindled love / reunion after a long separation / HE “A cunning beauty from the voice-acting world × a rough-hewn tattoo artist” Duan Jingci was trapped in prison for six years, while Qi Zhi spent those same six years keeping herself imprisoned outside its walls. When they meet again, she is his client, sitting alone in the tattoo studio in nothing but a CK camisole, bold and aloof. Duan Jingci’s gaze darkens, and he says hoarsely, “Qi Zhi, you’re even wilder than you were back then.” Qi Zhi’s 6.8kReads9.2Score68414d adds
23. 73 做 I Was His Stand-In for Two Years. When We Divorced, He Cried Until His Eyes Were Red 做替身两年，离婚时他哭红了眼 Han Dabai韩大白Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [President Lu talks himself into love vs. Miss Shi, who's focused on making money] [Mutual firsts + the heroine is the hero's first love] Shi Qi was a stand-in. Her job was to be Lu Huainian's wife. During her two years on the job, or married, she diligently saved up enough to buy a detached villa downtown outright, while a cozy 200 million sat in her bank account. As a model contract bride, Shi Qi always maintained the highest professional standards. She did whatever Lu Huainian asked and agree 3.1kReads8.9Score24814d adds
24. 74 弹 The Comments Are Going Wild! This Couple United by Pure Hatred Can Do Anything! 弹幕！纯恨夫妻联手百事顺！ Purple Rice Fortune Ball紫米福团Ancient Romance636k WordsCompleted [Both Virgins + Black Dragon and Wicked Phoenix + Love Grows Over Time] Unhinged beauty vs. scheming prince Wen Suining came across a badly injured man. He wore fine clothes and a jade crown, clearly not from an ordinary family. As she hesitated over whether to help him, lines of text suddenly appeared before her eyes. [Don’t pick up strange men on the roadside~] [Silly supporting heroine, this is the Fifth Prince Fu Yucong, who’s spent years in his fief on the frontier. He’ll be emperor one day 8.6kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds
25. 75 天 Genius Cultivators Forced to Team Up, Then Reported for Fighting After the Tournament 天骄强制组队，赛后互殴被举报了 Whatever, I'm Out of Ideas不管了没招了Ancient Romance485k WordsCompleted [They act like an antagonistic couple, but it’s a happy ending] [Two powerful leads] [Younger man with devoted puppy energy] [Come try something fresh] [Chocolate novel] Fu Yisu, the cultivation world’s famously indifferent prodigy and queen of overachievers. Lu Jue, the cultivation world’s newest dark horse (mad dog), the most relentless overachiever of them all. They were the trump cards of rival sects, and the only blemishes on each other’s records. In their battle ten years ago, Lu Jue won b 1.7kReads8.2Score42014d adds
26. 76 互 After We Tried to Kill Each Other, My Pure-Hatred Archrival Went Crazy Begging for Love 互杀后，纯恨宿敌他求爱求疯了 Light Ink Wash水墨浅浅Ancient Romance606k WordsCompleted Dual Rebirth + Past and Present Lives + Love and Hate (Fake affection mixed with real feelings, sworn enemies break up the canon couple) Song Tingyao is a wicked supporting woman who cannot win the male lead's love, while Xie Xuan is a yandere villain devoted to protecting the female lead. In their previous lives, resentment brought them together as a couple. They hated each other so much they could have torn each other apart with their teeth. At last, they died together at her birthday banqu 4.1kReads8.2Score49314d adds

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    Nobody's recommending this?!

27. 77 权 The Powerful Minister’s Daily Question: Is Sister-in-Law Dead Yet? 权臣每日一问：嫂嫂死了吗 Mo Ning漠宁Ancient Romance616k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Younger Brother Steals His Elder Brother’s Wife + The Powerful Bow Their Heads + Later They Fight Over Her + Mutual First Love] A royal decree arranging her marriage forces Ning Yu, who has transmigrated into this world, to wed the heir of the Xie family, whose fate on the battlefield is unknown. The marriage is meant to bring him good luck. When word arrives that the heir has died in battle, she goes to a temple to pray for her late husband and enjoy some peace and quiet, only 13.6kReads8.0Score1.6k14d adds

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    The story revolves around a couple on opposite sides of the road. The female lead is trying to save her younger brother, the male lead. After achieving her goal, she wants to back out, but her husband returns. The male lead then orchestrates her fake death to escape and imprison her in a separate courtyard. The chase is relentless, a real-life "fireworks" scenario where he relentlessly pursues her, making escape impossible. It's incredibly engaging and addictive, you just can't stop watching!

28. 78 心 The Art of Scheming: A Perfect Performance by the Cannon Fodder 心机美学：炮灰的完美出演 Sleepy Island Diary眠岛日记Ancient Romance393k WordsCompleted (One-on-one romance + small worlds + pseudo-coercion + past and present lives + comeback) When the supporting heroines in a story dream of the endings already written for them, will they still willingly follow the paths fate laid out? One: The daughter of a minor official, married off to a young nobleman through a family alliance [Female lead’s perspective + extensive introspection + romantic push and pull + marriage before love + she falls for him first + pseudo-coercion] Two: An ordinary girl 2.3kReads8.2Score14614d adds

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    See the Third World

29. 79 灰 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 Clouds of Rough Noodles Again又见糙面云Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 37.7kReads9.4Score4.5k14d adds

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    Tomato's most thrilling contemporary romance novel featuring two strong, intelligent, and homoerotic characters. The writing is superb, and both the business battles and romance are incredibly exciting and engaging. Not suitable for younger readers; better suited for seasoned readers with discerning tastes and high expectations. The author has an impressive background and extensive experience. However, there are no substitutes; you'll become picky after reading it. Enter at your own risk.

30. 80 手 After Getting the Black Moonlight Script, I Won Him Over 手拿黑月光剧本后，我攻略成功了 Bu Zhifujin不知芙锦Modern Romance538k WordsCompleted [Game-focused + hammy heroine + unscrupulous methods + torturing the male lead] [A happy-ever-after ending for herself alone] Want to get rich? Yes! The overworked corporate drone Zhou Linyu dreams of it! For the sake of a happy future, she enters a gaming challenge developed by Huanyu Games. If she can clear the final boss, [Pei Yu], she’ll win five million yuan! Zhou Linyu enters the game full of confidence: The first time, she’s Pei Yu’s childhood sweetheart, and she’s poisoned to death. 19.2kReads9.1Score3k14d adds

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    In a true battle of wits, both characters harbored hatred for each other to the point of 100%. In the end, the female lead shot the male lead, and she emerged victorious alone.

31. 81 哦 Oh No! After Going on a Killing Spree, She Becomes the Villain’s Dark Moonlight! 哦豁！杀疯后她成了反派黑月光！ Shan Qianqiu山千秋Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Two strong leads + love and hate + a groveling chase to win her back + woman disguised as a man] Ye Xingshu never imagined she'd transmigrate into a book one day, let alone become a deranged female villain. She arrived right in the middle of a killing spree. She looked at the male villain's beloved white moonlight in her hands, then at the sinister, terrifying villain, and immediately decided to keep killing! The plot had her and the male villain meeting gruesome ends: the hero would cut out hi 7.2kReads8.9Score80614d adds

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    I've seen this and I want to watch it again!!! Don't miss it!!! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

32. 82 顶 Over-the-Top Devotion: I'm Just His Plaything 顶级狂爱：我只是他的掌中玩物 Yin Shuyi尹姝伊Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing A godlike Western male lead × a resilient, delicate Chinese heroine The main story is complete. [Dominant daddy type + transnational forced romance + wild and unhinged + mature man who takes the lead + devoted husband + jealous of everything + height and build difference + eight-year age gap + heroine is vulnerable early on] A carefully planned scheme gets Qiao Yimo kidnapped and sold on the black market. She can't speak the language, has no one to rely on, and is put through hell. Only one for 132.5kReads9.0Score12.8k14d adds

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    This one's pretty good; the female lead bombards the male lead with a cannon, hahaha!

33. 83 花 The Courtesan's Blade, the Prince's Waist 花魁的刀，王爷的腰 Totally Bewitched可迷可迷了Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted [A short drama and comic adaptation with the same title are now available] [Secret Identities / Devoted to Each Other / Happy Ending / Scheming Prince x Cold, Elegant Pavilion Master] Sworn enemies become spouses, uncovering each other's secret identities and flirting their way into a sweet romance! The Prince of Lingyuan x the Azure Bone Sect: a carefully orchestrated descent into madness. She is the mysterious master of the Pig Bone Pavilion, as well as the most famous courtesan in the capita 9.6kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds

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    This is really beautiful! Highly recommended!

34. 84 不 Impossible! My Arrogant Husband Is Actually the Big Bad 不可能！傲娇夫君竟是大反派 Persimmon Blossom Blue柿子花蓝Ancient Romance833k WordsOngoing [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] [Daughter of a Cultivation Clan × Proud Young Master of the Demon Clan] Jiang Zhitang is the pampered, spoiled daughter of a prominent cultivation family. Liu Xiaoman is destined to become the demon clan’s commander. The first cultivation family he will wipe out is Jiang Zhitang’s. When they first meet, Jiang Zhitang has no idea that this boy, with a smile on his lips and delicate features, is the story’s greatest villain. After she falls for him, Liu Xiaoman smile 912Reads9.1Score—14d adds

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    The female lead is a spoiled and willful young lady from a family of cultivators. The male lead will become the future leader of the demon race, and the first family he will destroy is the female lead's family. At their first meeting, the female lead has no idea that this smiling young man is actually the biggest villain. After she falls for him, the male lead smiles and says, "Demons have no hearts."

35. 85 疯 After the Mad Big Shot Forced His Sickly White Moonlight to Be His Wife 疯批大佬强制白月光病娇老婆后 Xin Tutu鑫土土Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted Short drama now available [Both leads are each other’s first and only love + happy ending + top-tier wealthy families + unhinged vs. yandere + mutual coercion + marriage first, love later + sizzling chemistry + black-hearted heroine + male lead grovels for forgiveness] Original title: Tear Her Clothes, Grab Her by the Throat: The Unhinged Tycoon Regrets It A blend of exquisite beauty and madness, with a combative yandere couple saving each other The heroine loves courting death, while the male l 2.5kReads9.3Score31214d adds
36. 86 求 Begging for Love 求娇 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong Heroine and Hero] [Love-Hate Relationship] [Defying Fate] [Print edition signed with a publisher] Gu Miaoyin always thought she was the pampered darling her emperor treasured most, until the Great Jin fell and the Northern Hu cavalry smashed through the palace gates. Only then did she realize how tragic her life was. Ten years of the emperor's favor could not withstand a sudden change of heart. In the end, she and her mother were trapped in the imperial city and burned alive. Reborn into 36.4kReads9.5Score4.8k14d adds

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    This book!!! Trust me! I never read fantasy romance novels before!!! This one is truly a masterpiece! The author's writing is incredibly good, and the male and female leads are genuinely on the opposite side, both wanting to kill each other at the beginning!!

37. 87 交 A Game of Deals: He Falls First 交易游戏，他先沉沦 A Piece of Young Ginger一颗仔姜Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted [Brothers competing for her + possessive pursuit + layered secret identities + love and hate + revenge] [Seemingly sweet but secretly ruthless × playboy Crown Prince who only pretends not to care] 1. What does it feel like to watch the person you have a crush on fall for someone else? Years ago, Meng Jiuyi confessed her feelings to Xu Yanzhi. He politely turned her down, and later word got out that he had a girlfriend. Meng Jiuyi quietly wished him well and made up her mind to move on. Years 9.9kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds

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    The books by Yi Zi Jiang are authoritative; I highly recommend them!

38. 88 除 You Can’t Marry Anyone but Me 除了我，你谁也嫁不了 A Piece of Young Ginger一颗仔姜Modern Romance265k WordsCompleted Just received a score, slowly climbing [Rekindled love + reunion after years apart + husband's desperate pursuit + rivals competing for her + devoted couple + love and hate] [A sweet-looking schemer who only wants to kill the male lead x a seemingly flirtatious but secretly calculating crown prince] * Seven years later, You Zhen sees Han Zeye again. By then, she's his brother's woman. He's been in a car accident and has long since forgotten her. The look he gives her is completely unfamiliar. H 6.2kReads9.0Score66614d adds
39. 89 无 No Official Relationship 无实名关系 Three Three Days三三日Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted New rating just in: [Brooding, insecure sweetheart vs. aloof on the outside, warm-hearted young master] [Rekindled romance | School life first, then city life | Each other's first love | Happy ending] * Cheng Zhike witnessed a farcical debt-collection scene in a dead-end alley. He was just an onlooker enjoying the spectacle, but somehow ended up taking home the filthy schoolmate who was being hounded for money. The schoolmate was beautiful, with sparkling, limpid almond eyes that seemed able t 17.8kReads8.1Score1.7k14d adds

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    The early stages are entirely a battle of wills, with a cool and aloof beauty and a boy with a youthful, fatherly charm. They initially dislike each other, leading to a lot of bickering [winking face][winking face]. The female lead has to repay a favor to the male lead after being saved, but he finds her troublesome and keeps making excuses until he gradually becomes attracted to her. Admit it, young master, you're smitten too, aren't you? Hhhh [kissing face][kissing face][kissing face]

40. 90 宠 He Spoiled His Concubine and Neglected His Wife. Reborn, I Broke Off My Engagement to the Scumbag and Married the Prince 宠妾灭妻，重生我退婚渣男嫁王爷 Zhi Zhi之知Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 87.6kReads9.5Score12k14d adds

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    Is that right? I saw it a long time ago.

41. 91 梦 Yearning for You 梦寐渴求 Fragrance of Ink and Bamboo Flute水墨笙香Modern Romance431k WordsCompleted [Infinite Dream Dungeons + He's in Every World + A Sweet Girl on the Surface, a Master of Running Away in Reality] Yan Jin is an academic ace who's popular in real life but has never been in a relationship. She can solve advanced calculus problems by day, but can't figure out her own romantic luck at night. Until she discovers that her dreams are ten thousand times more exciting than reality. Tonight, he's the head of a financial dynasty that controls the global economy, kneeling inside a glass 35Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Volume Four, set in the Republican era, is a thrilling tale of love and hate! A love story between a warlord and a singer, both equally matched.

42. 92 带 Reborn in 2007 with a Phone 带着手机重生2007 Southeast Branch, Ah东南枝呀Modern Romance723k WordsCompleted On her way to deliver her boss’s phone, Ji Shumiao missed a step. When she woke up, she was back in 2007. That year, Ji Shumiao was ten. Her father was still alive, her mother’s health hadn’t yet failed, and housing prices hadn’t skyrocketed… And in her hands… in her hands was a Huawei Mate 60! Even better, the Mate 60 still showed the time from before she transmigrated, and she could still use it to access the internet… Ji Shumiao rubbed her hands together. “First, I’ll look up the lottery numb 1.4kReads8.5Score17314d adds
43. 93 拜 I’ll Bow to You 拜下风 Hot Water热白水Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted There are only two kinds of people Jiang He hates: the arrogant, and the arrogant ones who get right in her face. By sheer bad luck, Qi Yan is both. When they first met, Qi Yan took Jiang He's food delivery by mistake, leaving her hungry that night, and didn't even apologize. The next day at the flag-raising ceremony, he was outrageously cocky, claiming he could take first place in their grade from Jiang He next time. Jiang He frowned, thinking he had no limits. Qi Yan challenged her to a bet: w 1.3kReads9.1Score17514d adds
44. 94 爆 Hilarious! After the Dark Moonlight Beauty Took Her Child Cultivating Immortality, the Six Realms Bowed 爆笑！黑月光带崽修仙后，六界皆跪 Long Yue San龙月三Ancient Romance446k WordsCompleted The Goddess Ji Liuyu awakens unexpectedly on her wedding day and discovers she's a vicious supporting character about to be sacrificed to heaven. The insipid white lotus she can't stand is the treasured beloved of the powerful figures of the Six Realms, the heroine adored by everyone. In the end, the heroine's pack of suitors will kill Ji Liuyu until not even her ashes remain. Faced with this idiotic plot, Ji Liuyu laughs. “Is it because I don't get angry that you all think I'm an idiot?” She p 955Reads9.1Score12514d adds

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    Early game top lane 😄 But it's really fun to play.

45. 95 京 Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮 Midsummer Rain仲夏雨Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on 178.3kReads9.6Score27.8k14d adds

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    The male and female leads are initially on opposing sides; both are intelligent and resilient, initially using and sparring with each other, but later joining forces to overcome their differences.

46. 96 群 The Stars’ Decree: A Distant Promise 群星令：遥遥有期 Little Year Wine小岁酒Anime Fanfiction341k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + couples + fate + beloved by all + System + boisterous youths saving the world] [An antagonistic couple who bicker constantly: a cold-faced, stoic woman × a stubborn man who hides his feelings] The Seventh Squad of the Chang'an Demon-Extermination Bureau was a constellation of shining stars, every member a peerless prodigy. Yet the six who returned to Chang'an that day were all corpses. The one who prized dignity and cleanliness above all came back drenched in blood, his face sla 6.3kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds

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    In the rivalry group, Yao and Xing are really great to ship.

47. 97 重 Reborn, I Become My Arch-Enemy's Living Widow Sister-in-Law 重生后，我成了死敌的活寡嫂子 Two Times Four Means Prosperity二四得发Ancient Romance517k WordsCompleted [Both leads are reborn + sister-in-law and brother-in-law + an aloof beauty brought down from her pedestal + emotional push and pull + winning her heart and her body + devoted couple] The Eastern Palace has no crown prince, and the princes are locked in a fierce struggle for the throne. Ning Miao and Yan Mobai are the top strategists of their generation, each serving a different master. They cross paths over a map of iron mines and kill each other. Only after her death does Ning Miao learn tha 39kReads9.4Score5.8k14d adds

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    That has to be this one, "Two Strong Rivals".

48. 98 从 After Escaping the Brooding Crown Prince, He Went Mad 从阴鸷太子身边潜逃后，他发疯了 Jia Ling袈灵Ancient Romance427k WordsCompleted [A clever, sly little fox × a calculating, composed crown prince] Song Lingyi transmigrated into the body of a fallen noblewoman whose parents had both died. To protect herself and stay alive, she had no choice but to give herself to a bandit chief while traveling to the capital to seek out her relatives. This bandit chief was no ordinary man. He was handsome and distinguished, with the bearing of a gentleman, and was skilled in both letters and arms. He was simply too cold and unpredictable. P 6.3kReads8.3Score86814d adds

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    They're a love-hate relationship, neither of them are easy to deal with.

49. 99 娘 The Empress Has Had Enough and Flips the Table: Why Are You Crying, Tyrant? 娘娘掀桌不干了，暴君你哭什么 Mo Ning漠宁Ancient Romance583k WordsCompleted [Both leads are pure + Later forced possession and obsessive pursuit + Love and hate + Transmigration + The powerful one bows down] Resilient beauty vs. brooding crown prince The Crown Prince, Dongling Jing, is of noble birth and the highest-ranking commander of the Su Bei Army. But fate is cruel: after he is left with a leg injury in the war against Nan Yue, his position as crown prince hangs by a thread. An imperial decree arranges a marriage, and Su Jin, who has transmigrated here, is chosen 4.4kReads8.7Score42814d adds
50. 100 长 The Grand Princess Encouraged Her Treacherous Husband to Rebel After Their Marriage 长公主嫁给奸臣后鼓动他造反了 Mo Ning漠宁Ancient Romance597k WordsCompleted (A story about a scheming beauty bringing an aloof, untouchable man down from his pedestal.) Mad dog + marriage first, love later + later, an obsessive abduction and a desperate pursuit of his wife + both leads have only ever been with each other + lovers who are also enemies She transmigrates into a book as the most esteemed Princess Jinling of the Southern Dynasty, only to nearly be killed by her husband with a sword on their wedding night. To stay alive, she pretends to humor him, asks for a 4.2kReads8.9Score30514d adds

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