Any Novels with a Devoted Male Lead Who Keeps Himself Chaste? 有没有男主洁 守男德的？

1. 1 高 A Match Between Equals: My Officer Husband Is a Hopeless Romantic 高门对高门，军官丈夫是个恋爱脑 Lin Miansui林绵穗Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Gentle, Ethereal Su Embroidery Beauty x Handsome, Irreverent Military Heir] [Two Prestigious Families] [Military Marriage] [Lighthearted, Funny Everyday Life] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Adorable Kids] [Family and Country] [Passing on Traditional Culture] [The Pocket Dimension Is Rarely Used] Lin Renzhi stayed up embroidering and worked herself to death. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the only daughter of a senior officer in the 1970s. She had a top-tier family background and loo 171.1kReads9.1Score26.7kShelves
2. 2 重 Reborn: The Capital's Crown Prince and His Whole Family Beg Me to Marry Him 重生后，京圈太子全家求我嫁他 Fan Mili范米粒儿Modern Romance777k WordsCompleted Rebirth story | Radiant, gentle beauty × domineering, hopelessly love-struck heir (The rating just came in and will go up, so don’t worry, folks. Jump right in!) In her previous life, Su Xiao was the family’s cheapest servant: At 26, the money she’d saved to become beautiful was forced out of her so her younger brother could buy a house. At 30, she was forced to marry a security guard. At 38, her son despised her, and her husband was cheating. Only at the moment of her death did she realiz 70.9kReads8.9Score11.7kShelves
3. 3 守 On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天，我被众嫂嫂推上皇位 Kitchen God of the Wood Stove柴火灶王爷Historical724k WordsOngoing [Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak 4.6kReads8.8Score183Shelves

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4. 4 大 The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】 Tang Renzu of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors三皇五帝唐仁祖Historical973k WordsCompleted [Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He 5.5kReads—Score494Shelves

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   Yes! The male protagonist, Li Ke, never messed around! "Emperor Renzu of Tang," a nearly million-word novel completed in mid-September, is highly recommended. I suggest reading the comments section of the last chapter first, where the author summarizes the entire novel. The protagonist, Li Ke, begins by concealing his true abilities and self-deprecatingly rescuing Qin Shubao, then joins forces with Li Daozong when his talent is tarnished, cleverly presenting a composite bow, horse tack, telescope, and sand table. He uses both civil and military means to win the heart of Shen Luoli, and uses water magic to move Changsun Pinting's heart. In court, his campaigns emphasize military strength over civil affairs, while his victorious return reflects a policy of prioritizing civil over military governance. His campaigns against Xueyantuo feature his innovative "trapping horses in a trough" tactic, replicating the "Four Crossings of the Chishui River" and the four crossings of Langjuxu Mountain, employing the theory of contradictions, and retaining elements from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He also embodies Xue Rengui's feats: pacifying the Tianshan Mountains with three arrows, subjugating Bohai and Liaodong, conquering Goguryeo, and even kicking a horse cart wheel during a campaign against the Japanese… The list of memorable scenes is endless. It's truly a captivating story! There's even a complete love letter inside! 😂 Most authors write storybooks, but the author of *Emperor Renzu of Tang* is a true novelist. The author's writing style, word choice, plot structure, imperial strategies, political maneuvering, emotional nuances, military campaigns, court intrigue, and governance are all top-notch. His writing is astonishing, his scope grand, his themes lofty, his thoughts profound, his knowledge solid, his cultural background deep, and his political maneuvering top-notch. If you don't like it after reading it, you can slap me! It's not a mindless system-crushing story; it focuses on political intrigue, large-scale ancient warfare, Shen Luoli's romantic storyline running throughout, and multiple parallel storylines including court intrigue and governance. It blends historical figures from the Zhenguan era with characters from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, adding modern military and philosophical elements for a disruptive effect, showcasing modern thought and educational achievements as an experiment in the evolution of civilization in the Tang Dynasty.

5. 5 沦 Falling in Love Before the Rain Stops 沦陷在雨停之前 Tangyuan with Sticky Rice Balls糖不甩汤圆Modern Romance305k WordsCompleted [School life and rebirth + one-on-one romance, the second male lead rises to the top + mutual healing] [A cool-headed girl who goes wild  A loyal, arrogant, cold-hearted young master] Xu Yang fell for Pei Jingchen during the summer she returned to Beicheng from her second year of high school. From high school to college, she finally became his girlfriend, and eventually, Mrs. Pei. Xu Yang thought she had finally gotten lucky enough to be loved. Until the night of their wedding anniversary, 24.6kReads8.8Score3kShelves

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   The male and female protagonists redeem each other, always believing in and steadfastly committing to one another. They guide and support each other, drawing strength from one another—it's incredibly moving. The author's writing is superb, very delicate, and the female protagonist bravely stays true to herself.

6. 6 穿 I Was Reborn as a Discarded Consort and Wanted to Lie Flat, but the Regent Set His Sights on Me 穿成废妃想躺平，我被摄政王盯上 Jun Yue Feng Xi君悦风兮Ancient Romance255k WordsCompleted Shen Zhiwan transmigrates. She becomes an obscure concubine in the late emperor’s harem. No favor, no family connections, no children. She lives in the most remote side hall in the entire palace, so far out of the way that even the palace cleaners can’t be bothered to come by. Someone else might have wailed and cried, but Shen Zhiwan just wants to set off firecrackers in celebration. A thirty-year-old overworked office drone drops dead from exhaustion, then wakes up to free meals and lodging, no 11Reads—Score194Shelves

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   This book perfectly fits the description. The male lead is a powerful regent, a cold and aloof minister who descends from his pedestal for love. He is very virtuous and pure. Initially, the male lead suspects and tests the female lead because of her undercover identity, but he is gradually attracted to her. Because of their opposing identities, the female lead is very wary of him and tries to distance herself from him. The male lead silently devotes himself to the female lead, secretly jealous, and loves her but cannot have her. Until the female lead fakes her death, escapes the palace, and marries the second male lead, the male lead goes to steal her away. It's an extremely agonizing and sweet story, highly recommended!

7. 7 差 I Almost Touched the Moon 差一点我就碰到月亮 Swiftwind Across the Field全场疾风步Modern Romance2.9M WordsCompleted The novel is complete. [Younger Puppy-Like Man x Older Cool and Composed Woman, Strong Female Lead, Happy Ending, Reunited After a Breakup, Both Each Other’s First and Only, Mutual Redemption] Male lead: professional skier x Female lead: PhD in astrophysics * When they first met seven years ago, she thought that if she were Pluto, Cheng Che would be her Charon. They were tidally locked to one another, keeping each other company in the Kuiper Belt, where almost no sunlight could penetrate. Six ye 198Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   The older, more mature male lead is incredibly cute and perfect! He's so pure! He's pure from beginning to end, never showing any attraction to anyone else! He respects women so much, his personality is so perfect it's almost unrealistic. His adherence to traditional male virtues includes, but is not limited to: only ever loving the female lead, only ever dating her, and only ever having a physical relationship with her. He'll speak up for innocent victims when strangers create other women like Huang Yao, help the female lead establish a women's foundation and donate money, and even proactively suggest the child take the mother's surname. His exact words are: "I can't have children, only Songsong (the female lead) can, so only she can decide the child's surname." In an interview, when asked when he plans to have children, he says: "I'm not a woman and can't have children, so as a child who can't give birth to a man, I have no right to answer this question. Only my wife can decide whether we want children and when we want to have them." I've been reading novels since middle school, and I've never seen a male lead more virtuous than Cheng Che! 💕 The female lead is very independent, initially cold, but later becomes kind and compassionate after being influenced by the male lead—a true role model for women. Not only is there a sweet romance between the male and female leads, but there's also a compelling growth arc for them, especially the female lead's career arc, which is exceptionally well-written. Starting from Volume 2, the male and female leads have a daughter (their only child). Watching the male lead with his daughter is incredibly sweet and adorable.

8. 8 将 The General's Wife Goes All Out, Leaving the Enemy in Tears 将军夫人操作太飙，敌军全部泪飘 Chaotic Jade乱玉Ancient Romance580k WordsCompleted [A radiant, spirited woman army medic × a rugged, steady general] [Married first, love later + sweet romance + medical skills + adorable baby] Li Qingshu had been single her entire life, and at an age when most people had settled down, she transmigrated and immediately found herself with a man. He was handsome, fit, responsible, and a general to boot. Since she’d never even held a man’s hand in her modern life, Li Qingshu decided to give this marriage-first, love-later arrangement a try. If they 8.5kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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   The male protagonist upholds traditional male virtues and takes responsibility; the female protagonist is a time traveler.

9. 9 向 How Can a Guide Turn Down a Sentinel’s Broad Chest? 向导要如何拒绝哨兵的大胸肌 Blueberries, Strawberries, and Cherries蓝莓草莓车厘子Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Main story complete, bonus chapters ongoing [My take on the Sentinel-Guide genre + Multiple Male Leads + Healing + Mostly Slice of Life + Gradual Power Growth + Xu Yunzhi Above All (The Absolute Center of This Book)] Xu Yun unexpectedly transmigrates and becomes a Guide who has been kept in stasis. The day she wakes up, she's aboard a starship bound for the Eastern Military District. The Central White Tower fleet is in hot pursuit behind them. She takes things as they come and becomes the Guide 57.9kReads9.1Score7.2kShelves
10. 10 女 I've Cleared Every Man in the Empress's Harem 女帝后宫的男人都被我刷通关了 Plenty of Qingfu Coins青蚨多多Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Female-dominated world + conquest-focused + clear-the-levels format + multiple male leads + men competing for her + "evil" men fighting one another] [All the men are pure! The rating just went up, so it'll keep rising!] Ji Qingchu was a top student who loved clearing every level of every game she played. Then one day, she came across an immersive historical romance game touted as the hardest to beat: [The Men in the Empress's Harem] Behind the sleeping empress stood a dignified imperial con 22.5kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
11. 11 炮 Stealing the Heroine's F4: They All Come to Regret It 炮灰截胡：女主的F4为我火葬场 Jun Yang Dong Dong君阳东东Modern Romance761k WordsCompleted School life first, city life later + heroine turns the tables against the odds + romantic tension + face-slapping and falling hard + all male leads are emotionally devoted + boomerang-style storytelling [The title is a hook; the story itself is highly original, with plenty of changing settings. The heroine shines on her own! A realistic, universally adored heroine. The male lead doesn't fall for her at first sight; he gradually develops feelings.] A traitorous envoy placed the “protagonist hal 38.5kReads9.3Score8kShelves
12. 12 贤 My Worthy Husband Helps Me Reach for the Stars, and My Young Lover Gives Me Ten Thousand Taels of Gold 贤夫扶我青云志，小郎赠我万两金 Sprinkle Salt in the Air空中撒把盐Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [In a world where women reign supreme, the heroine is an honest, down-to-earth woman!] [Matriarchal society | Devoted husband | Winning back his love | A battlefield of competing suitors] Tan Yuzheng was honest and dependable. She thought that marrying a gorgeous, virtuous husband would bring her a peaceful life. But he wouldn’t let her touch him. On their wedding night, her new husband kicked her out of bed and made her sleep on the cold floor all night. From then on, she slept on the small day 11kReads7.6Score1.5kShelves
13. 13 可 Damn! Why Is the Crown Princess Surrounded by Suitors Everywhere? 可恶！怎么到处都是长公主的鱼！ What Did I Do Today今天我干嘛了Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Short drama of the same name] [The Princess's World of Flowers] Now streaming [Content warning: The female lead is not exclusive, but all the men are, so read with caution] [Schrodinger's playgirl × a whole lot of men] [Lighthearted, not a serious historical drama] [Original title]: Too Many Men Are Such a Hassle. Who Should I Spoil? Wen Yu transmigrates into the Great Sheng Dynasty as its beautiful, useless, brainless eldest princess. After learning that the original owner drowned by accident 47.6kReads9.5Score6.4kShelves
14. 14 恋 Dating Show: The Catfish Guest Is Back to Break Up Couples 恋综：鲶鱼女嘉宾又来拆CP了 Seed03Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted [On-screen comments + System + reality-dating-show love triangle + taming men + multiple loops + multiple kinds of dating shows + increasingly fierce competition among the men as the story progresses] To escape the loop, I'm forced to pursue different male contestants on the very same dating show. In my first loop, I enter as the wildcard contestant. My mission is to break up an already established couple and win over the extremely rational man in that couple, who wants to end the show with dign 2.9kReads8.8Score297Shelves
15. 15 穿 Transmigrating as a Spoiled Young Master: The Rest of My Life in Qingyan 穿越纨绔，余生渡清晏 My Name Really Is Wang Yang我真的叫王杨Urban644k WordsOngoing [Fate across two lifetimes + soul swap + mutual healing + comeback in the entertainment industry] When only half of your heart remains, it turns out the other half was already yours all along... 3kReads—Score103Shelves

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    This one has a devoted male lead who only writes songs for the female lead. The writing is really good, I love it! A different kind of entertainment, definitely worth reading.

16. 16 封 The Feudal Tycoon Goes Wild Across the City After His Divorce 封建大佬离婚后，发疯全城 May You Stay Curious and Hopeful你有趣有盼Modern Romance559k WordsOngoing A powerful military, political, and business tycoon with a strong appetite + a delicate beauty in frail health + mutual devotion Jiang Qingwu was born with a special constitution. After marrying Gu Yunzhou, she was gentle and obedient, but she never dared to share a bed or get close to him. The mighty tycoon of the military, political, and business worlds had married a young wife, yet they could only treat each other with icy courtesy. At last, Gu Yunzhou could take it no longer and arranged for 25.3kReads5.6Score1.1kShelves

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    A powerful and influential man, and a beautiful but frail female protagonist! Jiang Qingwu followed Gu Yunzhou back to Z City from her small town. Because of her sensitive body, she refused to let him touch her, and the two were unable to consummate their marriage. The man then arranged for her to move to another city. The next time she saw him was when he came to her door with divorce papers...

17. 17 六 The Sixties Villainess Wants a New Husband, and Her Rugged Army Officer Is Getting Anxious 六零女配要改嫁，糙汉军官他急了 Little Cat Doesn't Eat Lychees小猫不吃荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Rural army-family third generation + dazzling beauty of a painter + no pocket dimension + slow-burn romance + both are each other's first and only love + ensemble cast in the latter half] Jiang Xizhu stays up all night painting, then opens her eyes to find herself in a period novel as the country fiancée of the male lead, who dies young. Her former fiancé is already married. By a twist of fate, she also ends up marrying a grubby, scruffy husband. They say she's shameless, 78.3kReads9.0Score10.1kShelves

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    I recommend this time-travel military romance novel. It has no cheat codes, no spatial abilities, and no magical springs. The author is the female lead's real mother [Sparrow's Masterpiece]. The male lead's dialogue is hilarious, and he's incredibly good at self-conquering a boy 🤭 The male lead's parents are also a really great couple.

18. 18 钱 The Moneylender Was Reborn Seven Days Before Me 钱庄先生早我七天重生 Ghost of the Deep Sea Gazing at Moonlight深海的幽灵啊注视月光Modern Romance295k WordsOngoing [Career-Focused Female Lead + Supportive Male Lead] + [Beautiful, Unhinged Second Female Lead + Sharp-Tongued, Proud Second Male Lead] + [Sincere Romance] "Boss Chen, my eldest sister doesn't like having her picture taken. She looks about the same as my second younger sister. You've met her, after all." With that one sentence, Hu Lingyi became Boss Chen's second wife. Boss Chen thought she looked ordinary, but he had to admit she had a gift with numbers. Not a single transaction in the Chen fami 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    After witnessing her brother Ling Heng's brutal murder, Hu Lingxian's first reaction was, "I don't want to eat meat today." While seemingly absurd, this is actually a microcosm of her extreme numbness and distorted personality resulting from long-term mental control. First, it's a manifestation of extreme emotional detachment. Under Ling Heng's shadow, Lingxian had long become a "puppet," completely desensitized to violence and death. Faced with the carnage, her voice was "empty," devoid of fear or screams, showing no basic emotional fluctuation, as if she were observing trivial matters unrelated to herself. Second, "meat" has a distorted symbolic meaning. Ling Heng's daily coercion of her to eat meat was a means of controlling her will. When she saw the bloody scene, her subconscious associated the carnage with the "meat" her brother forced her to eat, creating a conditioned reflex of rejection. Thus, she subconsciously expressed this distorted, weak aversion by saying "I don't want to eat meat." On a deeper level, this exposes her loss of self and moral judgment. Her world consisted only of Ling Heng; she didn't see the consequences of murder and had lost her independent personality. She neither ran away nor cried for help; instead, after her brother committed murder, she gave a puppet-like response about "what to eat today." Ultimately, this became the norm in their morbid interaction. Ling Heng needed a mindless puppet, and Ling Xian's absurd answer was precisely the only "expression" she could make in this relationship. Ling Heng wasn't surprised at all; instead, he comforted her, telling her "don't be afraid," indicating that this distorted dialogue had become the norm. This sentence encapsulates Ling Xian's tragedy: she didn't know how to be afraid, nor did she know what else she could say besides the imposed daily responses.

19. 19 禾 Autumn Passes Over Jing Mountain 禾过璟山秋 Apricot At Ease杏闲闲Ancient Romance242k WordsOngoing [Modern siblings transmigrate together + two equally matched political players + nation-building + imaginative historical romance + devoted couples with happy endings] After a car accident, modern siblings Rui He and Rui Zheng both transmigrate into a political intrigue novel, only to find themselves bound to a doomed, unfinished story set in a chaotic age. In the original, Emperor Murong Jing is isolated and outmatched, hemmed in by powerful aristocratic families and ministers, as well as the a 82Reads—Score538Shelves

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    The male lead is an emperor, and the female lead is a time traveler. The female lead doesn't really care about anything, while the male lead always wants to be with her forever. He even gets jealous and angry because she ruins his reputation, haha. I really enjoyed the later chapters of this book!!!

20. 20 带 I Married the Sickly Chief Minister with a Farming System, and He Flirts with Me Every Day 带种田系统嫁病娇首辅，日日被撩 Jiang Qiuqiu姜秋秋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + putting scumbags in their place + strong heroine + sweet romance + devoted couple] Lu Zhaozhao, head of a family of merchants, accidentally gets bound to a farming System that brings her into a lucky-charm farming novel called The Imperial Consort of the Peasant Household. There, she becomes a cannon-fodder supporting female character who dies as soon as she appears. When she opens her eyes, she has to choose between two newlywed husbands. She faces a greedy, vicious mother-in-law, th 38.6kReads9.3Score3.6kShelves
21. 21 继 After My Stepsister Was Reborn, She Insisted We Swap Betrothals 继妹重生后非要跟我换亲 Ning Nanyi宁南衣Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Mystic spring space + marriage first, love later + sweet romance + the hero rises steadily through the ranks + the heroine makes money to become the richest woman] Gu Yao transmigrated. In a daze, she learned about her new identity: her mother had died young, her father had remarried, and she was the least favored child in the family. Recently, an old woman had been using an old letter and a jade pendant to force the Gu family to marry their daughter to her grandson. Her stepmother didn't want 10.9kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
22. 22 被 After Being Forced to Win Over the Unhinged Demon Lord, I Turned the Whole Story Into a Happy Ending 被迫攻略疯批魔尊后，全书HE了 Not Sweet不甜啊Ancient Romance550k WordsCompleted Wen Ruan transmigrated into a cultivation novel as an insignificant cannon-fodder character. The moment the original character appeared, the villainous Demon Lord snapped her neck. Wen Ruan: No way. I have to run! System: No way. There’s a villainous Demon Lord here who needs you to win him over. Do your best to make him fall in love with you~ Wen Ruan: In your dreams. Mu Zhe: In your dreams. And yet On her 101st day undercover in the demon realm, she carried the gravely wounded, dying young Dem 13.2kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves
23. 23 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 23.3kReads8.7Score3kShelves

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    The female lead in this book was beautiful and a bit of a drama queen in her past life, but regrets it and keeps chasing after her husband after being reborn 😄. The male lead is fit, athletic, and loves to fall in love; he dotes on and adores the female lead, and is obsessed with her scent. However, he's not brainless; he's quite intelligent in public. It's incredibly sweet!

24. 24 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Told the System: I Want to Go Home 穿越后我告诉系统：我想回家 Listening to the Wind on the Great Dao大道听风Eastern Fantasy154k WordsOngoing After a car accident, Chen Yue unexpectedly transmigrated to the Xuan Yin Continent. This is a world where music is the path to cultivation. A singing contest? I’m a walking encyclopedia of Chinese pop songs. What? I can’t return to my original world unless I complete the mission? Whoever wants to transmigrate can do it. I’m going home to be with my wife and kids. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Haha, I wrote this myself. It's a time-travel novel. My writing is so-so. The initial premise was that the male lead had to uphold male virtues and there was no harem.

25. 25 长 The Dead Cross the River at Chang’an 长安尸渡 Brown Sugar Zongzi红糖粽子Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted A detective story whose heroine can perform autopsies and solve cases. Once her period of mourning was over, Wen Qingning packed her bags and returned to Chang’an, only to find that her fiancé, Shen Muhuai, had not only taken a concubine but also married a new wife. His household was practically a garden in full bloom. Shen Muhuai gazed at Wen Qingning tenderly. “A Ning, I took a concubine for your sake and married a new wife for your sake! A Ning, I did it all for you!” Wen Qingning looked at S 19.5kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves

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    Worth watching repeatedly! These are all great books whose titles don't do them justice!!

26. 26 清 The Cool, Scheming Secretary: The Commander Can’t Get Away 清冷侍郎芝麻馅，指挥使他跑不掉 One Jin of Salted Fish, Five Jin of Salt一斤咸鱼五斤盐Two Male Leads651k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + pure sweetness, no angst + happy ending + long-planned scheming + two strong leads + multiple couples + both are pure] In the eyes of the world, Wei Shuangge was the dreaded and despised commander of the Imperial Guard, while Gu Chibai, born into the Jiangnan Gu family, was an upright official with an unblemished reputation. The emperor decreed that Wei Shuangge and Gu Chibai should marry. Wei Shuangge immediately flopped onto the floor. “I refuse to marry!” He kicked his legs 16.2kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
27. 27 大 The Happy Daily Life of the Court Judge's Daughter 大理寺少卿之女的快乐日常 Scallion Pancake with an Extra Egg手抓饼要加鸡蛋Ancient Romance659k WordsCompleted [An imaginary ancient setting + mind-reading + everyday life + comedy] [There is a male lead, both leads are each other’s only partners, happy ending. The romance is a slow burn, but sweet, so dive in without worry.] [This isn’t a fast-paced wish-fulfillment story, but I promise there’s no angst!!! The heroine can read minds, but only under certain conditions. Her golden finger isn’t all that powerful, so don’t read if that’s not your thing.] [Read the title! This is a warm, everyday-life story. 41.6kReads9.2Score16.8kShelves
28. 28 倾 The Alluring Female Coroner 倾城女仵作 Yue Mo月莫Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Comic adaptation of The Beautiful Coroner now available) (Print edition of The Beautiful Coroner now on sale) After the mysterious death of her father, a coroner, Ye Caitang was saddled with a huge debt of fifty taels of silver. She had no choice but to sell herself to the Six Doors and work like a beast of burden for her creditor, Xia Yue, a renowned detective. Fortunately, Ye Caitang possessed the soul of an experienced modern forensic pathologist. Using modern forensic science, she deciphere 21.6kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
29. 29 一 Out of Control All the Way 一路失控 Silent Words默默無文Two Male Leads286k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, powerful families, turning a straight man gay, mature men and a natural progression of romance, both sexually inexperienced, simmering tension, mutual flirtation, realistic, no melodrama, happy ending, multiple couples] [A calculating pursuer who falls in love at first sight but doesn't realize it × an honest, carefree straight man who willingly falls] [There is a short role-reversal scene later on. If that bothers you, don't read!] Jiang Muzhou couldn't understand how simply ma 20.2kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
30. 30 惹 Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo 254.1kReads9.7Score29.8kShelves
31. 31 红 Red and White Wedding 红白囍 AyeAyeCaptainTwo Male Leads186k WordsCompleted [Republican-era nostalgia + supernatural + two male leads + equally matched powerhouses + pure-hearted madmen] [Brilliant and passionate young diviner Tian Suanzi, Mu Geshen X cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside heir to a family of physicians, the saintly doctor Chai Shuxin] A funeral is mournful, a wedding joyful, I travel from the world of the living to the Yellow Springs, Prepare incense, candles, paper horses, and a bridal sedan, Lady Meng offers us the nuptial wine. White paper, red rob 50kReads9.7Score11.9kShelves
32. 32 纸 The Paper Effigy Shop Owner Is a Powerful Occultist 纸扎店老板娘她是玄门大佬 A Xia, Beautiful and Talented阿夏貌美且有才Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The second installment, Gods Cannot Save Themselves 2, is now available! Strong female lead, no CP (a monk with unrequited feelings approaches the heroine with an ulterior motive) + wish fulfillment + plot-driven. The heroine isn't a self-sacrificing saint, so if you like that type of heroine, please look elsewhere. The heroine, Chen Zhaoyuan, owns a paper offerings shop. She's a “person” who has lived for a very, very long time. Some of her memories are missing. She's no good at music, chess, c 31.6kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves
33. 33 山 No Boat to Ferry Across These Mountains and Rivers 山河无舟渡 Peace and Great Fortune平安大福Two Male Leads381k WordsCompleted Zhao Lingzhou seized power by any means necessary and became the new emperor, only to die on the very day of his coronation. After being reborn, he lost all desire to fight for the throne again. He planned to shut himself away in his manor and live as a carefree, wealthy idler, but his mentor was thrown into prison. To repay his debt of gratitude, he had no choice but to return to court and clear his mentor’s name. Yet soon, students across the realm were singing his praises as a brilliant man w 2.2kReads9.3Score275Shelves
34. 34 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
35. 35 回 The Spring Renewal Pharmacy 回春药铺 The Coldest Days Are Coming小寒将至Ancient Romance432k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance + no rebirth or transmigration + revenge + political intrigue] Every thrilling tale begins in a little apothecary. After a chance encounter, a master and apprentice who have both suffered the slaughter of their families and endured countless hardships find themselves facing powerful enemies. They have no choice but to assume secret identities and disappear into the bustling streets of the capital, plotting carefully and advancing step by step as they seek revenge, stirri 19kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
36. 36 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
37. 37 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17kShelves
38. 38 在 In the Height of August Summer 在八月盛夏 Shi Chang适常Modern Romance389k WordsCompleted [Rekindled love + reunion after years apart + both devoted to each other] Eight years after they last saw each other, Jiang Nanshan was seeing patients in a white coat, while He Beizheng brought another woman in for an appointment. The easy intimacy between them fell into Jiang Nanshan’s eyes. She looked away, suddenly remembering the night she and He Beizheng broke up. His voice had been controlled and calm, but his words carried heartbreak and resolve. He said, “Jiang Nanshan, think carefully. 23.4kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
39. 39 乖 The Sweet, Obedient Girl Is Reborn, and the Capital's Young Master Falls for Her 乖乖妹宝重生，京圈太子爷沦陷了 Tong, Just One Tong桐一个桐Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Rebirth × sweet romance × six-year age gap × wealthy family × long-planned romance × faithful couple × happy ending × adored by the whole family] [Sweet, gentle heroine × bad-boy heir with a sharp tongue] [Pessimistic, earth-sign Virgo heroine vs. a man who never overthinks, kills whoever crosses him, and can’t be driven away] Yan Buyu was reborn, and swore she would change the miserable fate she’d suffered in her previous life. As long as she stayed close to her powerful backers, she had nothi 29.7kReads8.8Score3.5kShelves
40. 40 炙 Burning Desire 炙热贪欢 Snake Too蛇也Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted [1v1 | Marriage Before Love | Off-the-Charts Sexual Tension | Flirtatious, Both Leads Pure | Entertainment Industry | Ensemble Cast of Beijing’s Elite] [A poised, dazzling heiress × a powerful, influential tycoon] * Qin Yan, the daughter of the Jiang family of the capital, appeared refined and proper, but she was formidable and untamable beneath the surface. She called the shots in the entertainment industry. The top-tier stars feared her, even as they depended on her. She had both the best reso 28.7kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
41. 41 太 Madam, Sir Is at It Again: Crying, Throwing a Tantrum, and Threatening to Hang Himself! 太太，先生又在一哭二闹三上吊！ A Family of Good Food饭香门第Modern Romance371k WordsCompleted A cool, aloof beauty with a sharp mind x a shameless, clingy flirt who wears his heart on his sleeve [Angst and regret, both leads are sexually inexperienced, happy ending / Star-crossed love / Bittersweet] Xie Suidong was a rakish thug, while Xu Jingqiao was cool and indifferent. They were worlds apart in every way. After they married, someone asked why he had married Xu Jingqiao. With a cigarette dangling from his lips, Xie Suidong replied with a mix of swagger and solemnity, "My family told m 51.3kReads8.8Score4.9kShelves
42. 42 母 Becoming Empress of the Realm by Pretending to Be the Chancellor's Widowed Sister-in-Law 母仪天下，从冒充丞相寡嫂开始 Luo Chunshui洛春水Ancient Romance630k WordsCompleted [Revenge + Face-Slapping the Scum + Lighthearted + Sweet Romance] When you’re out in the world, you can choose your own identity. To infiltrate high society and avenge the massacre of her sister’s family, Feng Qingsui decides to pose as the distant cousin of a prestigious household. But just as she’s about to seek their help, the household she picked is raided by the Imperial Guards. She tries another family. Raided. Then another. Raided again. At her wit’s end, she knocks on the door of the “Pr 23.9kReads9.4Score4kShelves

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    #AncientRomance# I highly recommend this one! Both the male and female leads are witty and charming. The male lead is both scholarly and martial, a perfect gentleman and a skilled cook, haha. Of course, the female lead is also decisive and intelligent. Ahhh, I love it so much! [Masterpiece by Que Shi][Masterpiece by Que Shi]

43. 43 溯EN Letters Tracing the Rain 溯雨信笺 Milky Candy Puff奶糖酥Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted [The physical book is now available. Its published title is Letters in the Rain] [Small-Town Literature | Bittersweet Slow Burn | Mutual Healing | 1v1 | Happy Ending] [Gentle and Resilient x Jaded and World-Weary] When Pu Yu was seventeen, she transferred to a remote town in southern China. There, she met Yuan Su. He had once been the town's brightest star, a prodigy destined for greatness. Now he had fallen from grace, and everyone avoided him. Everyone except Pu Yu. - An old street. A repair s 253.2kReads9.6Score51kShelves

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44. 44 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. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5kShelves
45. 45 重 Reborn and Awakened: This Time, I Won’t Be a Love-Struck Fool 重生觉醒，这次我不做恋爱脑 Xing Ci杏词Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Both leads reborn + school life + gloomy, manipulative green-tea male lead + healing] Only after Lin Wu died did she learn that she was the villainess in a campus romance novel. Born into a wealthy family and blessed with a pretty face, she was still nothing more than a stepping stone in the sweet love story of the hero and heroine. Even though she and Xie Yanhui had grown up together and were engaged. Xie Yanhui only ever had eyes for the pure, poor Xia Ruoruo. Sadly, she was too obsessed to l 114.9kReads9.1Score23.2kShelves
46. 46 穿 The Villainess Who Became the Fake Girlfriend of an Amnesiac Big Shot 穿成假冒失忆大佬女友的恶毒女配 Wen Qi闻栖Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Everyday life / A slow-burn romance / Cohabitation before love / Both leads have no other romantic partners / Sweet romance] After transmigrating, Song Yunfei becomes the villainess who pretends to be the girlfriend of an amnesiac CEO. In the original novel, the villainess accidentally hit the CEO of Yanjin Group with her car. Afraid of going to jail, she pretended to be his girlfriend while he had amnesia. She even lied that he was a poor nobody, then took him to a remot 67kReads9.2Score8.6kShelves
47. 47 堕 Fallen 堕 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted That year, I was twenty-nine, and Mo Huai was thirteen. When I, someone who no longer wanted to live, met him, someone else who no longer wanted to live, we somehow found the strength to keep going, at least for a little while. So we decided to rely on each other and make it through together. 45.5kReads9.6Score5.3kShelves
48. 48 谁 Who Can Pluck the Bright Moon? 谁可摘明月 One Big Fish Head一条大鱼头Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted [Unruly, Obsessive, Coldhearted, Aloof, and a Rising Lawyer] X [Gentle, Quiet, Mature, Fatherly, Restrained, and a Second-Generation Entrepreneurial CEO] Ten-year age gap · The remorseful pursuit of a wife · Mutual salvation The heroine is not a virgin, but the hero is. Do not read if this bothers you! Lian Qi isn't easy to like. She never had a father, and her mother hated her for being withdrawn and introverted. After her grandmother died, her mother abandoned her with her aunt and never con 37.4kReads9.0Score5kShelves
49. 49 攻 Winning Over the Young Lord of Miaojiang 攻略苗疆少主 Running Peach奔跑的桃子Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted Chu He transmigrates into a book. [The villain will kill the male lead, cripple the female lead, and then commit suicide out of hatred for the world. This world is about to collapse, and your mission is to save it.] The lousy System vanishes after assigning the mission. Before Chu He can even figure out what to do, she is kidnapped to Miaojiang, where she becomes the perfect mother Gu for the medicine people to cultivate their Gu. Medicine people aren’t human and have no memories of their past. 142kReads9.5Score14.6kShelves
50. 50 强 After Forcing Her to Be His, the Mad Emperor Became a Substitute 强取豪夺后，疯批帝王成了替身 Riding the Moon on a Long Wind长风揽月Ancient Romance630k WordsOngoing [Yandere] + [Steals His Wife] + [Substitute] + [Coercion] + [Love Gu] + [Memory Alteration] + [Abuse of Power] A paranoid, self-effacing substitute emperor × a pure-hearted, resilient, clear-eyed noblewoman × her gentle, patient, deeply devoted adoptive brother, a physician Male lead has no sexual experience | Female lead does not In her first life, Shen Shu loved him deeply. He treated her as a pawn, and she died taking an arrow meant for him. In the end, he followed her in death. Reborn, Xia 77Reads—Score110Shelves

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