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The Down-and-Out Second Male Lead in a Redemption Romance 救赎言情文里的落魄反派男二
[Two male leads + healing + two strong leads + devoted to each other] [Easygoing, straight-laced bottom x gentle, dark, and calculating top] [The top is frail early on and mentally unstable] Xu Wen transmigrates into an early-era domineering CEO novel, as the assistant to the doomed second male lead. An unreliable System tells him he can only survive by redeeming the villainous second male lead. Unfortunately, the story is already near its end. The sweet, innocent heroine and the scandal-ridden
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- 2 EN OMG! What Nobody Actor Kisses the Unhinged Villain Right Away? 天！谁家糊咖上来就亲疯批反派 Highlight: The secondary couple's story is concentrated in the extras. If they appear in the main story, it is only to serve the plot, and they occupy very little space. Readers who dislike this should proceed with caution. [Double male leads + entertainment industry + face-slapping + a vicious, ruthless, indulgent top with a hidden perverted side versus an all-around, dazzlingly talented bottom who openly flirts] Shen Lian was a top-tier star, but when he opened his eyes, he had become a nobody 134kReads9.7Score15.5k14d adds
- 3 Weren't You Supposed to Be a Cool Beauty? Why Do You Blush Whenever I Tease You? 说好的清冷美人，怎么一逗就脸红 [One-on-one romance with two male leads, both each other’s only partners; a dirty-talking, devoted top and a cool, beautiful bottom; reborn pursuit of his wife + showbiz + ridiculous comedy + everyone’s favorite + healing + intense push and pull + face-slapping feel-good story + mostly everyday life, and once you get through the first chapter, it’s sweet romance] After his beloved dies, Young Master Zhou is consumed by despair. By a twist of fate, he is reborn and wastes no time setting out to w 62kReads9.6Score9.9k14d adds
- 4 Bound by a Madman's Grudge 怨骨疯缠 Publication rights have been signed. Originally titled Grudgebound Bones [Double madness + a truly ghostly male lead + twisted love + forced confinement romance + lovers bound by pure hatred + happy ending] “We're better off hating each other. Never tell me you love me, or I'll kill you.” The two had been inseparable friends at the orphanage, once linking pinkies and promising never to part for the rest of their lives. Then one year, a wealthy couple came to adopt a child. They took a liking to 174.6kReads9.6Score38.9k14d adds
- 5 After Disappearing from the True Young Master's Body, He Went Mad! 从真少爷身体里消失后，他疯了！ [A true young master who gets accused of having schizophrenia, infuriates everyone, and really does become ill later + a sunny, cheerful recipient who pretends to be his second personality] [Contains pseudo-selfcest elements] [Main story and bonus chapters are complete] [Dedicated to two lovers reunited across time and space] Wen Jiaran had a secret. Every time he fell asleep, he would enter the body of a major villain in some novel he had read. The villain, Lu Yanze, was the true young master. 23.9kReads9.4Score4.5k14d adds
- 6 After Becoming the Fake Young Master, I Redeemed the Reborn Real One 穿成假少爷后救赎重生真少爷 Yan Yu, heir to a top-tier wealthy family, transmigrates into a book: a pure-love, angst-filled power fantasy disguised as a story about fake and real young masters. Before he can figure out what’s going on, he rescues an unconscious boy collapsed in a dark alley. The late-arriving System: “...” Listening to the shrill electrical squeals in his mind, Yan Yu calmly says, “Hello, System. Please send me back. I have no interest in transmigrating into a book.” The System’s electrical voice grows fra 4.1kReads8.8Score66814d adds
- 7 I Heard You Have a Crush on Me? What a Coincidence! 听说你暗恋我？好巧哦！ [Ruthless, composed, and flirtatious top × powerful, reserved, cool bottom + two male leads + mutual pining] When they were young, Qin Wangye was dazzling, while Song Que was practically a nobody. Or perhaps the ugly rumors had reached Qin Wangye's ears, but he simply hadn't cared. Song Que's secret love was a long wind blowing through the dead of night. He was the only one who knew. Years later, they meet again. After an accident, Song Que wakes up with Qin Wangye beside him and has no idea wha 17kReads9.4Score2.4k14d adds
- 8 The System Wants Me to Win Over the Male Lead, but I'd Rather Be with the Villain 系统让我攻略男主，我偏和反派好 [Two Male Leads] [Mutual Devotion] [Satisfying Romance] [Intense Push and Pull] [Marriage Before Love] [Showbiz] [Spoiled, Unhinged Bottom x Possessive Top Even More Unhinged Than Him] Ji Xiao transmigrates into a book. It's an old-school, melodramatic angst novel, crammed with tired tropes: real and fake young masters, a substitute for the beloved first love, and a torturous romance. When the original male lead bottom runs away, the System makes him take over the role and continue pursuing the 24.4kReads9.2Score3.7k14d adds
- 9 EN Oh, Help! The Mind-Reading Villain Won't Stop Clinging to the Romance Hero 要命！读心反派对言情男主猛贴贴 [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + silly comedy + mind reading] A fake domineering CEO who's actually a goofball, the recipient, vs. a real domineering CEO and mind-reading powerhouse, the pursuer Ji Hanxing transmigrated into a book. The good news: he was the male lead of a romance novel, destined to overcome countless hardships with the sweet, innocent heroine and live happily ever after. The bad news: Ji Hanxing didn't like women. He was forced to bind himself to a C 5kReads9.3Score81414d adds
- 10 I Brought My Past Self Home, and Now I Spoil Them Rotten 把过去的自己捡回家，宠就完事了 [Narcissistic romance + two male leads + devoted to each other] Lin Ji died on the cold, hard floor of a damp rental apartment, in agony from late-stage stomach cancer, without anyone to see him off. As he hovered on the brink of death, the System bound itself to him. The System said that if he completed eighteen high-risk missions, he could exchange them for a new life. Once he had enough points, he could trade them for a chance to be reborn. With nothing left to lose, Lin Ji took the gamble. H 3.8kReads9.2Score73514d adds
- 11 Reborn to Save My Cold, Tea-Drinking Self 重生后拯救高冷茶味的自己 Gentle, dark, and seductive without realizing it ✘ aloof, restrained, and sweetly calculating (proud cat ✘ younger wolfdog, narcissistic romance) In his previous life, Xiang Nansheng was exploited and tortured in the apocalypse, spending years in a daze as an experimental subject. It wasn’t until he became the Zombie Emperor that he finally escaped their control. After an explosion, he transmigrated ten years into the past and met his younger self. In this life, Xiang Nansheng refuses to let him 2kReads9.4Score35214d adds
- 12 Born Guilty 天生罪过 [Two male leads, 1v1; both are pure in their past and present lives. Originally titled Born in Sin] [Obsessive, devoted younger seme X gentle, devoted CEO uke] [Reborn to win back his lover + mutual pampering + both hearts beating as one + made for each other + redemption] A lover who breaks into your home to rob you: the seme is reborn. Chu Li became Luo Wensheng’s kept lover for three years for money, then suggested they part on good terms just before graduating from college. He was certain he 302.2kReads9.5Score52.7k14d adds
- 13 I Can’t Keep My Omega Identity a Secret Anymore 我是omega的事瞒不住了 ABO star-crossed romance | Disguised Alpha beauty bottom x devoted CEO Alpha top Imprisoned in E Country for six years by the obsessive Alpha Fonck. After a car accident left his enemy in a coma, Lu Xinglan seized his only chance to escape. Using the other man's pheromone perfume, he disguised himself and fled back to Z Country, hiding away in an art studio, wanting only to steal a little peace and freedom. A painting titled Isologue brought him and Meng Lingchang together in a fated reunion. 132Reads—Score—14d adds
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Tides of the Political Sea 宦海浮沉
No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but
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- 15 The Minister of Personnel's First Book 吏部尚书的第一本书 Lin Feiyang, an elite member of the Wolf Fang Brigade with a bright future ahead of him, comes home on leave and accidentally discovers that Meng Xueqing, the girlfriend he’s been putting through university, is cheating on him! In a fit of rage, Lin Feiyang leaves the military and enters politics! He wants revenge! He wants Meng Xueqing to regret it! But he never imagined that on his very first day as the newly appointed town Party secretary, he’d be stripped of all authority and constantly give 7.7kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 16 The Official's Secret! 官秘！ When you work as a secretary to a leader, the most frightening thing isn’t having too much to do. It’s knowing too much. Keeping your mouth shut is the most basic requirement. Yuan Youhua served two leaders, and each one treated him as a trusted confidant. Loyalty and discretion were his greatest strengths. 5.7kReads8.5Score47514d adds
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Transmigrating to the Beast World: Raising Cubs with a Black Panther 穿越兽世之和黑豹养崽子
[Cozy Romance + Raising Cubs + Food + A Slow-Build Story + Sweet Romance] Mo (black panther, top) × Bai Ze (lynx, bottom), monogamous 1v1 [Full-cast audio version now available] Bai Ze transmigrated, and even got the premium version: transmigration of the soul. He woke up in a cave in a primeval forest, with not only a mate but also a cub. Unfortunately, his predecessor had treated his mate badly and behaved even worse toward the cub. But transmigrated Bai Ze looked at the two black panthers bef
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- 18 Don't Call Him Useless, He's the Tiger Lord's Beloved Marten 别叫废物，他是虎君心尖貂 [Hot-tempered, Unhinged Tiger Clan Heir VS Deathly Afraid of Dying, Melodramatic Little Weakling Transmigrated into a Snow Marten] [Beast World + Sweet Romance + Fluffy + Comedy + One-on-One Romance + Transmigration to Another World + Devoted Couple] The biggest mistake Jiang Li made in his previous life was stopping to watch a commotion by the roadside. A vicious thug killed him with a single stab, and just like that, his life was cut short. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated 10.6kReads8.8Score2.2k14d adds
- 19 Aren't You the Enemy Emperor? How Did You Become My Dog? 不是敌国陛下？怎么成了朕的狗？ [Two male leads + love at first sight + forced love + both each other's first and only + happy ending] Also known as: After Being Used and Abused, I Ran Away with the Enemy Emperor's Baby // After being injured in an accident and falling unconscious, Chu Junci, emperor of the Yong Kingdom, was found by the emperor of an enemy state. The good news: The enemy emperor didn't know his true identity and fell in love with him at first sight. The bad news: He had lost his sight and his memory. With bot 33.9kReads9.3Score7.1k14d adds
- 20 I Just Want to Live Off Others and Wait to Die, but My Dad Tricked Me Onto the Dragon Throne 只想混吃等死，却被亲爹坑上龙床 [Two male leads x both virgins x 1v1 x mostly serious x older man x ruler and subject x forced love] [Content warnings: 1. The top is a real tyrant who kills people. 2. This is not a palace-intrigue story. 3. Try reading ten chapters first. If it's not for you, we can move on.] Word has it in the capital that the third son of Minister Lin was born with extraordinary wisdom, possesses peerless grace, and is the most dazzling man in the city. Unfortunately, he is rarely seen because of his frail h 40.8kReads9.0Score6.1k14d adds
- 21 I Became a Cold Palace Prince and Accidentally Flirted with the Regent 穿成冷宫皇子，错撩摄政王 [Two Male Leads + System + Transmigrate into a Book + The Pursuit of His Wife Is a Road to Ruin + Both Leads Strong and Devoted + 1v1] [Unknowingly Flirtatious, Innocent Bottom x Score-Controlling, Cunning Top] [Lin Wei x Xiao Jinglan] Lin Wei’s parents made him swear to heaven. They said that if he ever liked men, he’d be struck by thunder and lightning. Wait, swear that on a stormy day? Lin Wei suspected he’d been adopted. Then he got struck by lightning. When he opened his eyes, he fou 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 I Transmigrated into a Man and Was Spoiled by a Rugged Hunter 穿成哥儿被糙汉猎户宠上天 Li Yun’an transmigrates and becomes a young man. On the first day after transmigrating, he’s at death’s door. On the second day, he’s carried off to marry a disfigured hunter from the village. On the third day, he discovers that the hunter is actually pretty nice. He calls a doctor to treat him, and cooks and does the laundry for him. The hunter may be disfigured and a little frightening to look at, but he’s capable, too. He earns money hunting, and their life gets better and better. The only pr 2.5kReads8.2Score31214d adds
- 23 The Husband I Took In Loves Me with All His Heart 捡来的小夫郎爱我如命 Not a power fantasy, but a warm, everyday story Two male leads + farming + Gourmet + a slow, steady romance (There are everyday squabbles and trivialities, but no major upheavals. Just a heartwarming story about family life.) Shen Yi × Gu Qing Gu Qing lost his mother at three. When he was six, his stepmother entered the household, and his own father turned into a stepfather. At ten, he was sold to a wealthy family as a servant. He thought he would spend his whole life serving others as a sla 1.8kReads9.1Score18014d adds
- 24 A Young Man Transmigrates and Gets Carried Off by a Black Panther 小哥儿穿越被黑豹叼走了 Healing + mostly everyday life + redemption + gourmet food + raising kids + sweet romance Note: This is not a brainless wish-fulfillment novel, and there are no golden fingers. Read with that in mind. Li Xiaohe, a male Omega, and Mo Yuan, a black leopard Alpha. A devoted, faithful one-on-one pairing. The day Li Xiaohe learns he's going to be sold, he escapes into the mountains. After getting lost, he wakes up in a world of beasts. The black leopard who finds him is named Mo Yuan, the most handso 6.4kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 25 The Sweet Little Husband Won the Whole Town Over with His Craft 娇娇小夫郎，靠手艺红遍全镇 [Two male leads + sweet romance + both are pure + family life + locals] Xie Jinhuan is a ge'er who is neglected by his family. When he grows up, his biological father bundles him off and sends him to become someone's concubine. On the day of the forced marriage, he gathers his courage and flees home in the middle of the night. But his luck is terrible. He not only breaks his leg as soon as he leaves, but also becomes a beggar. On the way, refugees rob him of his travel money, and after a long 1.2kReads8.8Score16814d adds
- 26 The Poor Little Thing Was Forced to Be an Antidote, but Can't Escape Now 小可怜被迫当解药后逃不掉了 [Two Male Leads + Age Gap + Size Difference + Sweet Romance + Falling Hard + Healing] Lu Yuchuan, a partner at a top-tier law firm, was cool and aloof, with a gaze so commanding it could make anyone feel the pressure. Jiang Li had never imagined that this man would be the one he shared a passionate night with, let alone that he would become his direct boss. “What happened last time was an accident. From now on, we’re just ordinary colleagues,” Lu Yuchuan said to Jiang Li in an even tone. Jiang L 12.5kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds
- 27 Cutting Spring 斩春 ༆ Original title: "Slaying Spring", courtesy title: "Three Thousand Miles of Floating Light", also known as "A Little Bookshop in Chang'an" . "The audiobook is now available. Give it a listen!" . [Historical fantasy, farming, ancient romance, healing, opening a bookshop, romance, with a strong focus on the love story.] · [Heroine: Xu Jiang ★ Hero: Lou Yunchun] · [Other characters: Hu Xu ★ Song Li, Zeng Zhui ★ Lin Hongchu, Lin Qinnian ★ Madam Lin, Lou Jing ★ Madam Lou. Du Hui, Yuan Zuzu, Wu Zhi, 19.7kReads9.5Score3k14d adds
- 28 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi 35.4kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
- 29 Back Then, I Refused to Marry the East Wind (A Companion to A Spring Rain on a Night in a Small Tower, a Historical Pride and Prejudice) 当年不肯嫁东风（《小楼一夜听春雨》姊妹篇，古代版傲慢与偏见) [Sisters united + rekindled romance + historical ensemble cast] The Ye sisters’ battle to protect their romantic prospects: a long-planned, romantic counterattack. With sisters sticking together, nothing is too difficult! After their mother died, the three Ye sisters broke with their father, who favored his concubine and neglected his wife. They lived in a separate residence and took in A Cuo, the adopted daughter of their late maternal aunt, relying on one another to get by. Four years ago, the 16.8kReads9.6Score2.8k14d adds
- 30 Lucky to Have Found Love on a Blind Date 有幸得之，相亲遇到爱 [Age gap, mutual devotion and support, doting romance with no angst] Twenty-six-year-old Jiang Xuerong met Xie Mingyu through a coworker. They were like parallel lines that should never have crossed, but after one chance encounter after another, they were drawn to each other and came together. Everyone said Jiang Xuerong was a flower planted in a pile of cow dung when she married Xie Mingyu. Only she knew that choosing him was the best decision she had ever made. His tolerant nature and steady t 12.6kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 31 The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎 When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their 10.4kReads9.6Score1.6k14d adds
- 32 The Best Lyricist 最佳词作 [Film and TV rights sold] One is a heroine, the other a pampered youngest son who’s always smiling. They work together seamlessly to resolve an unexpected crisis the first time they meet. The second time, she warns her younger cousin not to fall for someone like him. Then comes the Nth meeting, and with it, a lifetime together. 24.3kReads9.6Score3.2k14d adds
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After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Became an Investor Everyone Wanted to Win Over 退婚后，她成了万人追捧的投资人
[Medical skills + transmigrated supporting villainess + political intrigue + strong heroine + secret identities + satisfying read] Bai Jiu'er, a doctor, transmigrates into the body of a vicious supporting character with a truly tragic ending. In her previous life, she was the male lead's wife, only to end up as a miserable prostitute. After transmigrating, she has nothing but money. At least she isn't married yet. First step, obviously, is to break off the engagement! What? The male lead went cr
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- 34 The Empress Is Alluring and Bewitching, and the Emperor Gives In to Pleasure 娘娘撩人魅惑，帝王纵情堕落 The Tomato short drama Kun Yi is now streaming~ [Transmigrate into a book, male lead is not a virgin but female lead is, palace intrigue, psychological games, happy ending] The Crown Prince, Jun Zechen, has seen his fair share of calculating women, and loves only those who are pure and kind. While campaigning beyond the frontier, he meets Ling Yue and is captivated by her free-spirited kindness. He promises to spend his life with her alone. But two years pass, and the Crown Princess has yet to c 120.1kReads9.5Score11.3k14d adds
- 35 The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script and Lazily Gives Up 假千金手撕剧本，沙雕摆烂躺麻了 The short drama, The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script, is now streaming [Showbiz + absurd humor and memes + everyone’s favorite + wild imagination + gossip + going off the rails] Chi Qian failed her tribulation and returned to the real world, only to discover she was the villainous fake heiress in a novel! The plot had already reached the point where the real heiress came back, and Chi Qian was about to be kicked out of the family home. A broken engagement, a wave of online hate, and a grueso 125.9kReads9.6Score13.5k14d adds
- 36 Third Master Li Is Pathetically Desperate to Win Back His Wife 厉三爷追妻超级卑微 [Hilarious, doted-on-by-everyone heroine | Yandere | No angst | One-on-one romance, both leads faithful in body and heart] Fu Beixuan's mother died young, and her father was cold-blooded. He raised her from childhood to be an all-rounder. Unfortunately, she was a quirky goofball with a bizarre way of thinking... ╭( ′• o •′ )╭☞ Yep, that's her! At five, Li Tingxiao was kidnapped while trying to save his older brothers and accidentally ended up at a training camp for assassins, where he fought fo 22kReads9.3Score2.2k14d adds
- 37 Susu, I’m Spoiled and Blessed with Pregnancy Thanks to the Baby-Making System 宿宿我啊，靠生子系统好孕独宠捏 Short drama: Bound to a Good Luck System, the Tyrant Dotes on Me Alone [Quick transmigration + stunning heroine + no fixed couple + exclusive, super-sweet romance + living out a full lifetime in each small world + heroine's first world is not chaste, both leads are chaste in all the others] Only after Tea Jiu castrated her target did she realize she'd been bound to a childbearing System. System: "I'm heartbroken. Real heartbreak isn't about making a scene..." Tea Jiu: "My mistake, System. Let me 31.1kReads9.3Score2.7k14d adds
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A Song Dynasty Civil Servant’s Guide to Slacking Off 北宋文官摸鱼手册
This is a laugh-out-loud history of the Song dynasty. It's hilarious, but meticulously researched, packed with solid material from official histories. And although it's rigorous, it's never dull: it brings the real Northern Song to life in the most humorous, funny, down-to-earth language. How could people from humble backgrounds turn their lives around? What wisdom can we draw from the turbulent careers of top-tier star scholar-officials? What was it really like to be a civil official in the Nor
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