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1. 251 给 I Get Rebates for Spending on Men, Turning an Ordinary Girl into a Rich Heiress! 给男人花钱就返利，普女变豪门！ Jin Feifei金斐斐Modern Romance969k WordsOngoing The rating’s low for now, but it’ll go up. [Riches System + ordinary girl becomes an ultra-rich beauty + livestream gifts + multiple men + all male leads are virgins + everyday spending and showing off] Fan-girl Su Jiayi is reborn, and the first thing she does is dump Gu Zi, her former idol, who will later be exposed for sleeping with his fans. At the same time, a Super-Rich System falls from the sky! As long as she gives money to men, she’ll get ten times the amount back. And once she unlock 2.4kReads6.6Score304Shelves

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   Super good! She's just an ordinary girl, so what?! Super good! So captivating! I'll stay up all night to watch it!!!

2. 252 浮 A Glorious Dream, Mountains and Rivers Far Away 浮华梦山河远 Angelica Grows by the Southern Shore白芷生南浦Ancient Romance521k WordsOngoing Is marrying up into a noble family a ladder to the clouds, or a blade at your throat? Everyone envies a merchant’s daughter who marries into a marquis’s household. But after a torrential rain in Huazhou, everything changes. Her husband gets caught up in the succession struggle, and she’s abducted by human traffickers... Even her family thinks she’ll never come back. But she not only returns, she also becomes the owner of Baoxing Trading House. Every time you think she’s finally found her foo 87Reads—Score—Shelves

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   No rebirth or transmigration, no system or cheat codes—is that ordinary enough?

3. 253 普 After an Average Girl Binds to a Billionaire System 普女绑定神豪系统以后 Let the Spring Breeze Carry Three Mountains Away蓬州吹取三山去Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted The arrival of her boyfriend’s parents made Chen Zhao see through this family’s schemes. She quickly broke up with him and fled the cesspool. Her roommate broke their agreement and brought a man back to the dorm again. Unwilling to waste the rent she had just paid, Chen Zhao was about to swallow her anger when a cold, mechanical voice rang in her mind: “Ta-da! Tycoon System loading...” P.S. The heroine loves money and good looks. She dates but never marries. She’s flawed and not clever, so do 4.2kReads8.2Score556Shelves
4. 254 反 Reverse Tycoon: The More I Spend, the More I Get Back 反向神豪：捞多少返多少 Gale Egg Tart疾风蛋挞Modern Romance444k WordsCompleted [Money-Making System + Beauty Transformation + Multiple Male Leads + Male Rivals] # A shameless woman with no moral compass # Starts grounded in reality; she doesn't immediately cut ties with her family, but gradually comes to her senses # Some men are chaste, some aren't, and their character varies widely Su Qing is a poor, plain-looking girl whose luckiest moment in life was getting together with the most handsome guy in her department. Then she unexpectedly awakened a tycoon System: every gi 26.1kReads8.2Score2kShelves
5. 255 我 I'm a Top-Tier Tea-Selling Scammer, So What's Wrong with Catfishing a Tycoon? 我顶级卖茶女网骗个财阀不过分吧 Qingzhou Wanzhong青州万重Modern Romance216k WordsOngoing Transmigrate into a book, online romance, domineering CEO, mutually faithful leads, wealthy family, running away with a baby, After transmigrating into a book, Jiang Cha becomes the cannon-fodder fish-feeder destined to be sacrificed in the opening chapter. She doesn't want to die, so she plays along and works for the male lead to pay off her debt. Only, something's off about the way she's paying it back. A kiss takes thirty thousand off the bill... And the male lead keeps taking little sips fro —Reads—Score—Shelves

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6. 256 帅 A Handsome Woman and Her Good Person System 帅女多蓝颜之好人系统 CUTE SisiCUTE司司Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted [A very assertive female lead, but a conventional boy-girl romance] Su Yue was reborn as an obese woman who loved bullying others, and bound to a Good Deeds System. From then on, she never looked back as she did good deeds, namely, flirted with men. 4.2kReads8.8Score511Shelves
7. 257 快 Quick Transmigration: An Average Girl Is Forced into a Romance with a Celestial Dragon Again 快穿：普女又被天龙人强制爱了 No Brain at All没有脑代Fantastical Romance281k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration x ordinary girl x 1VN/1V1 x love-triangle battlefield x chaste men x forced love] Read chapter 3 first if you like, and check the content warnings in chapter 1. Lu Yinxi is just an ordinary person, so why is she attracting countless clingy, creepy stares and provoking so many lunatics and shameless dogs? Some even cry as they say, “This hurts so much. You’re the one who made me love you.” 1. The Online Friend Who Craves Love A clumsy gamer girl who never misses a daily logi 105Reads—Score111Shelves
8. 258 普 An Average Girl's Quick Transmigration: The Background Character Gets Seduced by the Protagonist Again 普女快穿，背景板又被主角勾引了 The Coriander Spirit Fell for the Fish Mint香菜成精爱上了折耳根Fantastical Romance323k WordsOngoing [Male leads who pursue the protagonist, multiple male leads, love at first sight, all male leads are sexually inexperienced, obsessive, thrilling, a touch of everyone-loves-the-protagonist, includes criminals, not entirely wholesome, male leads are no good] Zhong Yan was watching the excitement when a mentally ill person killed her. Just as she floated out of her corpse, she ran into a System that called itself a background-character system. It could send her to different worlds to play a protag 104Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 259 快 Quick Transmigration: When the Passing Extra Becomes Everyone’s Favorite 快穿：当路人甲变成万人迷后 Endless Good Fortune漫漫福气Ancient Romance311k WordsCompleted Ordinary-looking girl becomes everyone's dream girl + Mary Sue Chen Yuan is a passerby in a small world, someone others try to possess by force. She's the variable in a collapsing plane, an utterly ordinary girl whose peaceful life comes to an abrupt end after she starts university, when powerful big shots pursue her and fall in love with her... She thought everything would change when she went to other worlds, but will it really? (Don't read the blurb, it's not good. Just read the story, hehe~) 6.9kReads8.0Score273Shelves

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10. 260 穿 Transmigrate to a Beastfolk Academy and Match with Top-Tier Beastmen 穿越兽世学院，匹配顶级兽人 5185Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [My Take on the Beast World] [A Slightly Upgradable Harem] [Fluff-Obsessed Heroine Sweeps the Top Beastmen] [1vN, All Male Leads Are Virgins] (Additional note: The story is unfinished, so please don't jump to conclusions about the plot. Nobody dies, and everyone gets a happy ending.) After being knocked by a sheep, she transmigrates into a beastman world and is matched with a top-tier beastman. Su Yang, an animal lover, is delighted by one surprise after another and begins enjoying a blissful li 76.9kReads9.2Score12.1kShelves

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    She should be an ordinary girl, right?

11. 261 听 Obedience Necklace! Is Your Love Real or Fake? 听话项链！你们的爱是真是假？ Wangshu Never Loses望舒不会输Modern Romance318k WordsOngoing [Ordinary girl with irresistible charm + men and women alike fall for her + love rivals everywhere + multiple male leads + all male leads are pure + includes forum posts + the heroine loves herself most] [Career comes first, men come second] [Calculating little white lotus x geniuses blessed by heaven from every walk of life] On the first day Si Yu scraped through the admissions cutoff to get into this elite university for the wealthy, she lived in fear. Then, late one night, she inexplicably 29Reads—Score155Shelves

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    [Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss]

12. 262 一 A Room With the Lights Dimmed 一室暗灯 Diving into the Sea to Dodge Fish跳海躲鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing That day, I groveled before a billionaire, wagging my tail for his approval. I thought he was my salvation when I had nowhere else to turn. All I got was one humiliation after another. I became the biggest joke in his circle. Later, I accidentally stumbled upon his secret, peeling back layer after layer of his heart until grief brought me to tears. And he peeled mine open too, only to stab it viciously, once, twice... countless times. Ruan Qing, who brought me into the industry, was once an inn 483Reads8.7Score163Shelves

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    Welcome, Your Highnesses!

13. 263 星 Interstellar: The Female Doctor Isn't Looking for Love, So the Beastmen Better Behave 星际：雌医不恋爱，兽人自己乖 Exquisitely Clear玲笼剔透Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted Completed | Interstellar Beast World, 1vN The heroine is completely ordinary: no psychic power, no special abilities, no rank, no special physique, and not a single advantage. She doesn’t rely on a golden finger. It’s all down to her own charm, which makes all the beast-world male leads fall for her. Spoiler warning: the ending includes a male-male secondary couple. If that’s not your thing, proceed with caution! Lin Nan grew up in a family that favored boys over girls. Her family endlessly too 904Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A fantasy world set in interstellar space, 1v many, female protagonist transmigrates to another world, without any special abilities or cheat codes, relying on her own skills and charm to make all the male leads fall for her. It gets better and better as it goes on, so addictive! [Admiration]

14. 264 普 After an Average Girl Won Over Her Target, He Fell in Love with Her Against Her Will 普女攻略任务对象后被强制爱了 L–scorpioModern Romance216k WordsCompleted [Ordinary-looking girl adored by all | 1Vn, all male leads are virgins] Tang Yujia was born in a village in northern China. Her family was poor, and her parents made their living farming. She studied hard, all so that one day she could escape her poverty-stricken fate. Then she got into a car accident and unexpectedly acquired a System. To be reborn, she had to complete a series of tasks. Tang Yujia treasured her life too much to let such a rare opportunity slip away, so she proceeded with utmos 526Reads8.4Score105Shelves
15. 265 恶 Wicked Cultivator: I Hold the True, Good, and Beautiful System and Become the Demon Emperor 恶女修仙，手握真善美系统成魔帝 You Lianqing犹怜青Ancient Romance725k WordsOngoing [Lone-wolf cultivation + no romance + System + native-born underdog + villainess + dual mastery of medicine and formations] Li Li has always been sharp-tongued and ruthless, with a fierce grudge against anyone who crosses her. She has been beaten countless times for it, yet she never learns her lesson. When she was ten, a monster calling itself the “Truth, Goodness, and Beauty System” came to her, back when she was still called Ding Er Ya, and forced her to do good deeds. Guided by the principle 18.9kReads9.2Score2kShelves

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    Does "average appearance" count?

16. 266 我 I Don't Want to Be the Male Lead's Childhood Friend Either 我也不想是男主的青梅啊 Mixed-Breed Bear混血熊Modern Romance337k WordsOngoing [A cocky guy who's actually a sincere sweetheart later on x a clearheaded childhood friend who sometimes bucks the rules + lighthearted school ensemble + family bonds] Foreword: A coming-of-age story with a realistic bent. The heroine is a supporting character who awakens to her role by accident. She was born into an ordinary family in a county town, as was the male lead. There's little scheming, and everyone gets to live their own life. (The romance develops over time) (Mutual healing) (Fractur 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Even with an ordinary female lead, the story is still enjoyable. [Shy]

17. 267 天 A Disaster from the Start, and Now I’m an Evil Female? 天崩开局，我成恶毒雌性了？ Ding Xihe丁夕禾Fantastical Romance931k WordsOngoing [Beast World]+ [1VN]+ [male rivalry]+ [feel-good power fantasy] The moment Luo Yutang opened her eyes, she discovered that she had transmigrated to the Beast World after a car accident and become a wicked, utterly awful female? What a disastrous start: the original owner had done countless evil deeds, been exiled to the sinful star system, possessed only low-level psychic abilities, and abused her seven top-tier beast husbands so badly that they wanted to crush her to death. It was a truly disas 25.7kReads8.3Score2.9kShelves

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    I initially thought it would be a typical sweet fantasy novel set in a beast world, but the beginning was surprisingly heart-wrenching. The female lead suffers countless misunderstandings and walks cautiously with every step. Watching her turn the tables against all odds is incredibly satisfying. Highly recommended!

18. 268 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book, and the Male Lead Fell for Me, the Sick One 穿书之男主爱上有病的我 Yan Liu雁柳Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted Reborn in the womb, transmigrate into a book, wealthy family, domineering CEO, jealous and insecure male lead, healing, overprotective brother, play the pig to eat the tiger, female supporting character, possessive, jealous Rong Jin thought this was all life would ever be: half a lifetime struggling through the mire, living at the very bottom, with a life that would always be bleak. After an accident, at the moment of her greatest pain and despair, she transmigrated into a book and gained a life 12.3kReads8.1Score1.4kShelves

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    The female protagonist was an ordinary girl before she was reborn, but she became very interesting after transmigrating into the book. Does that count?

19. 269 丑 From Ugly Duckling to Heartthrob: Stealing the Psycho's Love 丑女变美成万人迷，抢走疯批的爱 Niu Baibai牛白白Modern Romance625k WordsCompleted [Beloved by all + Love at first sight + Male rivals vying for her + Mary Sue + Aristocratic Academy + Powerful men bowing to love] Ming Hua was the younger sister of the campus novel’s heroine, the girl adored by the male lead and his rivals. To preserve her sister’s flawless character, the story bound Ming Hua and her sister together. From then on, every good thing went to her sister, while Ming Hua had to bear all the bad. As a result, she became a huge, ugly, fat girl. In her previous life, M 24kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves

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    I have too many books on my bookshelf, dozens of books. I just randomly picked a few to put on my shelf.

20. 270 全 The Whole Internet Calls Me a Gold Digger? My Husband Is a Billion-Dollar Soccer Star 全网黑我拜金？我老公是千亿球星 Silent Light光光无声Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Flirtatious Self-Serving Campus Beauty x Wolfish, Love-Struck, Obsessive School Bully] (Foreseeing the Future + Push and Pull + College Campus + Devoted to Each Other) Because of a misunderstanding, You Qingshui publicly crushed the heartfelt confession Shi Qingnian had offered her. Back then, he was a poor student she looked down on, while she was the untouchable beauty everyone adored. Later, he became a dazzling CBA star and the heir to a top-tier wealthy family. Meanwhile, You Qingshui lost 34.1kReads8.7Score3.9kShelves
21. 271 公 The Young Master Moves to the Countryside 公子落乡间 Chang'an Is in the North长安在北Ancient Romance647k WordsCompleted A pure-love, 1v1 sweet romance | Cold-faced imperial censor x orphaned herb-gatherer While investigating a case away from home, Imperial Censor Lu Heng accidentally falls in a remote countryside area. He’s lucky to be rescued by Shen Suxin, an orphan who gathers medicinal herbs. To rest and recover in peace, he simply pretends to have lost his memory and stays in her little farmhouse. Once a stern, imposing official at court, he now has to rely on someone else’s hospitality. The heroine even lay 413Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Awkward laugh][awkward laugh][awkward laugh] I think it looks good.

22. 272 女 The Husbands' No-Holds-Barred Seduction in a Matriarchal World 女尊夫郎们的硬核勾引 Riding a Pig Off to Wander骑猪流浪去Ancient Romance469k WordsCompleted [Strong male lead and weaker female lead + a battlefield of rival men + transmigration with the body intact + all male leads are virgins + not a strong female lead + everyone is captivated by her] Feng Jueqing transmigrated into a matriarchal country. Most people who transmigrated kept their heads down and quietly built up their lives. She, on the other hand, landed right on top of someone, so there was no hiding that she had transmigrated. She ruined a general’s son’s virtue as soon as she arri 6.5kReads6.8Score647Shelves
23. 273 月 Moonset in Warm Embrace 月落温怀 Chang'an Is in the North长安在北Ancient Romance259k WordsCompleted Wen Lin and Song Changyue have been married for ten years, and theirs is a loving marriage. Still, whenever Wen Lin looks at Song Changyue, he can't help wondering whether she regrets it. After all, he was the one who ruined her match back then. She said she didn't like living in a grand, secluded household, yet in the end, she still has to devote herself to its affairs. 50Reads—Score130Shelves
24. 274 剧 Trapped in the Script's World, I Become an NPC 剧本人间，沦陷NPC Snow Drifting Through the Borderlands边城飘雪10k WordsCompleted Trapped in the World of the Play, Falling for an NPC 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She initially thought he was just a fleeting encounter in the play, but he unexpectedly became the female lead's most unforgettable love. The thirty-year-old female lead appears cheerful and quirky on the outside, but is sensitive and timid on the inside. She rereads the script three times, hoping to repeatedly encounter the captivating NPC father-in-law. He disregards all game logic, actively showing her affection and tenderness. However, when the female lead learns that he is actually the real wealthy owner of the scriptwriting agency, the immense disappointment leads her to choose to back down and give up.

25. 275 撬 Stealing My Roommate’s Sweet, Innocent, Seductive Girlfriend 撬走室友的，清纯钓系女友 Early Summer In Half The City半城的初夏Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Qian Nainai was born with a sweet, clear voice and an innocent allure. A seductive beauty who knew how to turn sweet talk into favors, she put a price on every bit of her tenderness. Pei Si, the noble young heir of the capital's elite, had never known what it was like to want something he couldn't have. Until one day, a childhood friend shared a voice message with him. That soft, flirtatious, coquettish voice gave him his first urge to make someone his own. Knowing full well she was a whirlpool 2.2kReads6.7Score215Shelves
26. 276 她 She Cries Easily, but He Makes It Rain Money to Cheer Her Up 她爱哭，但他会爆金币哄 Xia Qing's Little Universe夏晴的小宇宙Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted Tense push and pull, first love, devoted to one another, age gap. I originally wanted to call it “I’ll Raise Someone Else’s Wife.” Lu Zhiyu: A broke web-novel writer who earns only single-digit sums. Twenty years old, a sheltered young woman just entering the workforce. Obedient and compliant, she’s used to answering questions with unrelated replies, yet casually manages to get the hero hooked. A crybaby who speaks her mind, she grows over the course of the story. Zhan Hansheng: CEO of a publicl 1.2kReads—Score100Shelves

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    This third-ranked story is really good! I watched it all in one go – the ordinary girl didn't rise to the top overnight, she worked hard and grew up, and was loved and cared for by a very, very good person.

27. 277 记 Youth Through the Lens of Memory 记忆下的青春 This Is Shuangshuang这是双双Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush + Coming of Age] (A coming-of-age story about an ordinary girl. The writing is simple, and the story takes its time, so please be patient as you read.) The dazzling will always shine, while ordinary people strive to catch up to where they began. Xia Qiao is unfortunate. In a childhood that should have been full of childish innocence, her elders rob her of the joy and carefree spirit a child should have. All that remains is a dull, joyless girl who rarely smiles. Yet she considers 410Reads8.1Score101Shelves

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    This is about an ordinary girl, without stunning looks or a remarkable personality, but she strives for her future. Even though she secretly admires the male lead, a prodigy, she doesn't let herself feel inferior. It's a coming-of-age story, highly recommended!

28. 278 那 That Summer, the Gears of Fate Began to Turn 那个夏天，命运的齿轮开始转动 Early Summer In Half The City半城的初夏Modern Romance181k WordsOngoing Lin Xia was shopping at the supermarket when a figure suddenly appeared on the giant screen, making her clutch her shopping bag tightly. Lu Shiye, her ex-boyfriend from five years ago, had returned to the country as a financial tycoon. He had always been the pride of heaven and the campus heartthrob, the center of attention wherever he went. When they first got together, she thought the man she loved came from an ordinary family but was a once-in-a-generation genius. She had earned her place at 22Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 279 黑 An Ordinary Girl's Dark, Alluring Harem: How Could It Be Me? 【普女】黑泥万人迷怎么可能是我 Suoyasi索亚斯Modern Romance126k WordsOngoing [Dark, toxic obsession + everyone’s favorite + female adoration + forbidden desire] One day, Ning Li realizes something is wrong with this world. For instance, the overworked wage slave next door wears a different formal outfit every day. Ning Li searches on her phone and discovers that even one of his ties costs a fortune. Her aloof stepbrother hates her. His greatest pleasure is locking her in his room to study, but Ning Li notices that he sneaks into her room every night. There’s also the tra 77Reads—Score—Shelves

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30. 280 攻 I Tried to Win Over the Campus Hunk, but He Rejected Me. Then All His Best Friends Fell for Me 攻略校草被拒，他好兄弟全都沦陷了 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted I Tried to Win the Campus Heartthrob, but He Rejected Me. Then All His Best Friends Fell for Me 330Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An ordinary girl harbors a secret crush. Loving someone is so difficult, but what if many people love you? Multiple men vie for your affections. What should she do if she knew about this fierce competition? She desperately wants someone to give her advice. Should she keep her crush a secret forever, or muster the courage to confess? What if she's rejected? Should she confess first, or be cruelly rejected? It seems that unrequited love is best kept hidden forever, at least avoiding the pain of rejection. Living in a fantasy, pretending to be happy, loving him is a wonderful thing. Her bittersweet feelings are indescribable, yet six of his best friends have confessed to her one after another. She doesn't know what's going on. Who should she accept? Still grieving the rejection of her crush, she went on a trip with seven male classmates, including the boy she had a crush on. She never expected him to come. During a game of Truth or Dare, when asked who he liked and if anyone was present, he said yes. Her heart skipped a beat; who would be so lucky? She was still being pestered and didn't dare to express her feelings. Finally, the seven of them confronted each other, all demanding recognition. Who should she give her recognition to? The boy she had a crush on, or one of his six best friends?

31. 281 救 Help! An Older Ordinary Spinster Has Gotten a Cool, Quiet Puppy Boy Clinging to Her 救命！大龄普通剩女被清冷小奶狗黏上啦 Leng Yan of the Tianyue Tower天月楼的冷滟14k WordsCompleted Help! An ordinary woman past her prime has been latched onto by a cool, sweet puppy of a guy! 773Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An older, ordinary woman is here!

32. 282 听 They Say Everyone Rumored to Be Involved with This Maid Gets Promoted 听说和这丫鬟有绯闻的都升官了 Tears in the Heart of the Tree树心有泪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrated Maid + Ensemble Cast + Political Schemes and Twists + Hilarious Chaos] One-sentence summary: A maid and two minor officials are brought together by a wastrel marquis to resolve crises and crack bizarre cases. Zhuxin transmigrated into the body of a maid in a Duke's manor. She thought her future would involve either household intrigue or farming, but then the manor was confiscated and she landed in the Imperial Prison. Zhuxin felt like she was doomed. They were all picking on her j 16.8kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    How do we define an "ordinary woman"? The first book's female lead is a maid with a round face. She doesn't have any special skills, but her acting is superb. She gains a large following with her Oscar-worthy performance, and the legend of Sister Zhu spreads throughout the Great Qi Dynasty. The second book's female lead is slightly chubby, a girl who grew up pampered and loved. Originally a CEO's secretary, she becomes a successful businesswoman through her own abilities. Later, she starts her own business and becomes a big boss, and the former CEO falls in love with her.

33. 283 邱 Secretary Qiu's Marriage 邱秘书的婚事 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name is available on Hongguo and Fanqie. The animated drama Help, My Boss Says One Thing and Means Another is available on Hongguo. Qiu Yu is the secretary to Ji Xiangdong, the owner of a real estate company. She’s a chubby little foodie who’s both hardworking and has a hearty appetite. Her parents have always hoped their daughter would marry a son-in-law who enjoys good food and won’t judge her. Though the road to love has been full of twists and turns, she eventuall 52kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves
34. 284 万 A Wedding with a One-in-Ten-Thousand Chance 万分之一概率的婚礼 The Not-So-Cool Moon不太酷的月亮Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted An Yushu never imagined she would get married one day, much less that an ordinary employee like her would marry a CEO, and not just any CEO, but the head of the Xiao Group. Xiao Yechen never imagined he would get married either, much less to an ordinary employee, especially one who had absolutely no desire to marry him. Neither An Yushu nor Xiao Yechen had ever expected to get married. They each had their own reasons for wanting to stay single, and marriage had never been part of their plans. So 637Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    From a photograph to a lifelong commitment, it begins absurdly and ends with deep affection.

35. 285 万 Everyone's Darling, but a Plain Girl with a Dark Side 万人迷，但阴暗普女 Miao Beneath the Moon月下苗Modern Romance128k WordsOngoing [Ordinary Girl, Everyone’s Favorite + Low-Morality Rich Heirs + All Male Leads Are Virgins + Love Rival Drama] Chi Weiwan is an ordinary person lost in the crowd. Ordinary looks, an ordinary job, an ordinary daily routine. Yet this honest, unremarkable woman has a dark, twisted heart with absolutely no moral limits. Bound by her real-life circumstances, she can only wrap herself in a mask of honesty and propriety as she goes about her days. Then one day, her world turns upside down. The rich 41Reads—Score111Shelves
36. 286 普 An Average Girl Begs the Rich Heir to Spare Her 普女求天龙人放过 Spring Branch Arrives春枝来Modern Romance251k WordsCompleted [Plain Jane / sweet, delicate beauty × arrogant elite] [Coercive love / short story collection × yandere × abduction and forced possession × madman × gloomy, sinister ghostly man × favored son of heaven × imprisonment × love triangle × possessive and controlling] A work made for my personal tastes The essence of coercive love is this: the lofty male lead gives you everything, yet still can't win your love. Story One: Your first love wants to give you a good life, but you betray him. Story Two: A 11.3kReads—Score586Shelves

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37. 287 趋 Courting Beauty and Climbing Power 趋妍附势 Ostrich Shengsheng鸵鸟笙笙Modern Romance374k WordsOngoing [Villainess + older woman and younger man + a terrible man's sincere love + both sexually experienced + tragic romance + forced love] A scheming social climber x a devilish playboy Qu Yan was a crafty peasant shaped by a harsh land. The moment she laid eyes on Fu Shi, she knew her chance to rise in the world had arrived. She thought, So this is the sign that the village preacher lady talked about! Their names together were practically a divine message: “fawning over the powerful” (Qu Yan Fu Shi) 1.7kReads—Score108Shelves

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    An ordinary, poor girl with no self-respect is fiercely fought over by the male lead and the second male lead.

38. 288 普 A Plain Girl Transmigrates into a Cannon-Fodder Heroine in a Male-Oriented Novel 普女穿书成男频文里的炮灰女配 Zong Shiyi粽时一Modern Romance305k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead, Multiple Male Leads + Ordinary Girl + Love Rival Drama + Strong Inner World + All Male Leads Are Virgins + Everything Handmade] For no apparent reason, Lu Li transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder female character in a male-oriented novel, then gets bound to an equally inexplicable System. Every day, it wakes her before dawn and orders her to win over the male lead, promising she can return to her original world if she succeeds. As if! Why would she bother pursuing some w 91Reads—Score100Shelves
39. 289 重 After I Was Reborn, the Billionaire Young Master Became Obsessed with My Scent 重生后，千亿少爷迷恋我的体香 Mu Zeyou Chen沐泽宥辰Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted The rating has only just opened, so it'll go up later. In her previous life, she thought her boyfriend, a taxi driver, was poor. She stormed out and threw herself into the arms of a real estate tycoon, thinking she could marry into a wealthy family and rise to the top overnight. She never expected that the poor guy was actually the heir to Shanghai's top dynasty, the Maya Group, who had gone missing more than twenty years ago. When she opens her eyes again, she's back before their breakup. The c 22kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves

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    This book is super sweet

40. 290 位 Blind Boxes from Other Worlds Exposed, Foreigners Beg to Enter Huaxia 位面盲盒被曝光，老外哭求入华夏 Hehe Huohuo禾禾火火Modern Romance957k WordsOngoing No CP! No CP! No CP! Version One: Ling Xiaoyue was bound to a System that called itself the Interplane Trading System. She had to trade across different planes to earn System Coins and compete in the System World's league. The prize for first place was a whole galaxy. Ling Xiaoyue, on her deathbed, suddenly sat bolt upright and immediately handed it over to the country. Ling Xiaoyue: “One person can't make money as fast as an entire country.” The Americans and the French were stunned to discover 223Reads7.1Score108Shelves
41. 291 普 I'm Just an Average Girl, So Why Do I Feel Like Someone's Watching Me? 普女之我好像被盯上了 Cool and Refreshing Ice Cream清清凉凉冰淇淋Modern Romance550k WordsOngoing Ordinary female lead [1Vn] + [forced marriage and possessive pursuit] + [love rival showdown] All male leads are virgins! Not a strong female lead story! Lu Zhi was only filling in for someone at Hengdian when she ran into Shen Junchi, a top-tier star. Using his "skin hunger" as an excuse, he gripped her wrist and rubbed the graphite from her fingertips one by one. Only later did she realize how dangerous his "favor" was. Zou Shuyan, a rising political star, took her by force and locked her away 308Reads—Score113Shelves
42. 292 阴 Dark, Plain Girls Are Catnip for Perverts 阴暗普女最招变态喜欢了 Cui Xiaoman崔小满Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, mutual devotion, unconventional coercive romance, intense push and pull] [Brooding plain girl vs. gentleman in public, true psychopath in private] Meng Nanzhi was adopted by the Meng family. Shen Qingli was adopted by the neighboring Shen family. Both had been adopted, but Meng Nanzhi was ordinary-looking, of average intelligence, and ordinary in every way. Shen Qingli, on the other hand, was exceptionally handsome and intelligent, with a gentle personality. He was known in 16.2kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves
43. 293 在 Working as a Dorm Matron in a World with Only Men 在只有男人的世界，当宿管阿姨 Zombie Meeting僵尸开会Modern Romance296k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s-favorite heroine + multiple male leads + transmigrated in her original body + slightly vulgar humor + beastfolk + humans] Jiang Da went downstairs to throw out the trash, and in the blink of an eye, she found herself in the interstellar age. There are no women here, only men, and they’re all impossibly handsome. So Jiang Da, as a woman, does her best to protect her secret identity and survive in this all-male world. But why are they looking at her more and more strangely? A tsundere 8.9kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
44. 294 被 The Whole School Bullied Me as a Fat Pig. Then I Was Reunited with My Rich Family, and the Former School Hunk Tricked Me into Marriage. Now He's Dead for Good 被全校霸凌是肥猪，认回豪门前校草骗婚我，他死透了 Tangerine Sand桔沙10k WordsCompleted The whole school bullied me for being a fat pig. Before I was acknowledged by my wealthy family, the campus heartthrob tricked me into marrying him. He’s dead now. 108Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An ordinary girl, insecure, overweight, and unattractive, never expected to be loved by the school heartthrob, tricked into marriage, and having children. When she learns the truth, she's devastated. Then, a second male lead appears, seemingly sealing her heart and locking her love. Will she still love him after this ending?

45. 295 穿 Trapped in a Cultivation Love Triangle, the Powerful Men All Want to Play Me 穿进修仙修罗场大佬们都想套路我 Anzai Xiao Baibai安仔小白白Fantastical Romance562k WordsOngoing Content warnings: Not a strong female lead, not a power fantasy, slow burn, male lead-focused, romance (inspired by old-school Taiwanese idol dramas), otome [Serious cultivation story + ordinary-looking heroine + multiple male leads + romantic rivalries + love growing over time] Yu Sulan, a conscientious ordinary office worker, unexpectedly transmigrated to another world and spent fifteen years in a daze. She had planned to keep her head down and muddle through life, but one day, a prodigy of t 446Reads—Score102Shelves
46. 296 他 He Kisses Roses in the Northwest 他在西北吻玫瑰 Bu Erzhi不二之Modern Romance214k WordsCompleted Blurb: “Cang Ke, they all say roses can’t grow in the deserts of the northwest.” “Mm. You’re the only one.” Genre: Road novel, rough man and wild woman Tags: Human trafficking // Travel // Road trip // City romance Character setup: Sculpture restorer VS tavern owner BE 449Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    I read these books around 2023. They're realistic, incredibly good, and they significantly influenced my attitude towards life. The female characters are amazing, and the overall writing style is quite healing. So good!!!

47. 297 走 After Entering the Wrong Room, I Was Spoiled Every Day by a Handsome Younger Guy 走错房间后，我被帅弟弟日日宠 Lu Egg Tart鲁蛋挞Modern Romance105k WordsOngoing Lin Wanyu was set up by her scumbag boyfriend and her poisonous best friend, then sold to a dirt-poor mountain village to be the wife of a family with a dim-witted son. The wicked trafficker known as her “vicious mother-in-law” beat her mercilessly, tormenting her until she wanted to end it all. She seized every chance to escape, but each time she was caught and beaten again. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't escape the clutches of this family of fools. The trafficker insisted that 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

48. 298 末 Apocalypse Sisters: The Evil Gemini 末日姐妹花：邪恶双子星 Head Forward赴前Sci-Fi & Apocalypse243k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + twins + powerful female lead + supernatural invasion + divinely granted abilities + base-building + seemingly innocent but secretly ruthless + comedy + child of destiny + no romance] A thunderous crash splits the sky, and Shi Tang makes her dazzling entrance! She’d planned to stand on a tree amid the celestial omens, staging a dramatic scene of the apocalypse beginning and the heroine making her entrance, just to show off in spectacular fashion. She never imagined the thunder overh 2.1kReads—Score483Shelves

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    Please, everyone, take a look at mine! [Bump][Bump][Bump]

49. 299 男 The Wild and Irresistible College Guy Who Spoils His Big Sister Every Day 男大学生又野又欲，每天狂宠姐姐 Lu Egg Tart鲁蛋挞Modern Romance181k WordsCompleted Sweet, doting older-woman/younger-man romance + both leads’ first love + no angst + nonstop sparks + seductive and steamy Independent, cool-headed, stunning career woman VS needy, seductive heir to a wealthy family Drunk and barely conscious, Shen Ai collapsed against a college student five years younger than her. Afterward, the clear-headed and independent Shen Ai didn’t take the young man seriously at all. It was just a consensual fling between two adults, nothing more. She never expected t 6.6kReads—Score236Shelves
50. 300 每 Every Tree Has a Name 每棵树都有名字 Bu Erzhi不二之Modern Romance128k WordsCompleted Theme: Protect the environment and prevent pollution. Tags: mature leads // intense push and pull // reunion after a long separation Character setup: a taciturn, ruthless, rugged man who keeps his feelings bottled up VS a gentle, unassuming female artist Blurb 1: Among all the trees in the world, with their lush branches and leaves, there must be one that knows my name. I buried my ashes there, and it helped me grow strong, standing through scorching heat and wind. Blurb 2: "In this life, ever 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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