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1. 51 时 Miss Shi Is Being Naughty Again Today 时小姐今天也不乖 Han Dabai韩大白Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted Han Zhan is a notorious playboy in Beijing’s elite circles. His reputation is built on womanizing and having fun, while doing nothing productive is practically his other name. To rein in his personality, his parents pressure him to get married. Young Master Han has just one requirement: “She has to be obedient.” Shi Yin is the most well-behaved person Han Zhan has ever met. She was born with the face of a perfect good girl, gentle and harmless as a little lamb. They first met at a banquet hosted 17.9kReads9.0Score2kShelves
2. 52 我 I Wear the Stars to Come See the Sun and Moon 我披星辰，来见日月 Zhang Paopaopao张泡泡泡Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn, System, making money, working hard! Not a romance. There are no romantic scenes in the main story. This is a story about a strong female lead, but she grows over time and isn't invincible from the very beginning. After returning to the time she graduated from junior high, Su Shiyi decides to break free from her heartless family for good. She'll study hard and train in combat, with one goal: to become a better version of herself, learn to protect herself, and never be manipulated again! D 16.3kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
3. 53 养 I Raised a Cold, Touch-Starved Villain, and the Catgirl Was Kissed to Tears 养到冷脸渴肤反派，猫猫被他亲哭 A Piece of Sticky Rice Cake一块糖粘糕Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + redemption + sweet campus romance + both leads are virgins + male lead has skin hunger + female lead is a long-haired calico cat] [Black-hearted, obsessive villain x sweet, pampered little cat spirit] The little cat spirit Shi Miao transmigrated into a book. Perched on a wall, she watched the book’s great villain take on ten opponents while covered in wounds. The future villain, ruthless and calculating, was still just a slender high school student. His washed-out uni 17.9kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
4. 54 窝 I'm Pathetic, But Somehow Everyone Loves Me, Haha! 窝囊吧，但还是成万人迷了哈哈！ Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance592k WordsCompleted The print edition of The Side Character Could Never Be a Doormat is now available on all platforms [Outwardly meek but secretly hilarious heroine x violent, untamed hero whose rough edges are eventually worn smooth] Xu Nuo transmigrates into the role of a famously spineless supporting female character, then foolishly sets about seducing every male lead. When her secret comes to light, the male leads join forces to condemn her. Then she is dumped by her fiancé, setting her on the path to a deadly 42kReads9.5Score6.1kShelves
5. 55 开 From the Start, Disguised as a Man, I Rose to First Rank Through the Imperial Exams 开局女扮男装，我靠科举官居一品 I Want to Make Money爷要赚钱Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Disguised as a man + imperial examinations and court intrigue + rises to the highest office + one heroine, focused on her career] When Xie Qingfeng opens her eyes, she's handed a nightmare of a life: a house with bare walls, and a woman forced to disguise herself as a man. In an age when everything is considered inferior to scholarship, if she doesn't fight for her place, she'll be crushed to pieces. Since she's here, she'll give it everything she's got! As a woman, she enters the imperial cour 98.4kReads9.3Score13.7kShelves
6. 56 黑 The Black Heiress 黑千金 Song Xiangbai宋象白Modern Romance682k WordsCompleted Zhou Zhizhi was born a wealthy heiress, but she was abandoned in a remote county and taken in by a man who had just been released from prison after serving time for a serious crime. At just five years old, she was already able to save her father. Later, she also brought home an old scholar and former examination candidate, and the three of them began building a life together. The hardened criminal turned into a coal magnate, while the abandoned girl became a true heiress of the underworld. How w 36.9kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves
7. 57 娱 A Pretty Face in Showbiz? Please, She's the Top Scorer on the College Entrance Exam 娱乐圈花瓶？拜托她是高考状元 Qi Zhouzhou祈舟舟Modern Romance280k WordsCompleted [Top-tier succubus and top-tier jealous boyfriend] [Top-tier starlet in the entertainment industry x lovesick CEO from the capital's elite circles] [Power fantasy + entertainment industry + transmigration into a book + face-slapping + variety shows + two equally strong leads + ultra-sweet romance] Xu Tingyu, the top scorer in the national college entrance exams, was struck by a large truck on her way to the celebration banquet. When she woke up, she had become the wicked side character in an ear 91.9kReads8.9Score17.1kShelves
8. 58 拿 I Got the Underachiever Script, Then Went on a Rampage 拿到学渣剧本后，我杀疯了 Pig-Holding Kid捧猪小童Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No System, no golden finger] + [An exam-prep story where the heroine really studies, with a realistic tone and a healing theme] Xiao Xiao drifted through the fourth-dimensional space as a spirit for many years. While trying to save someone, she transmigrated into the body of a high school student named Wen Yue. The moment she entered the original host’s body, she regained all her memories of studying, but only in the sciences. [Holy crap, Yue-jie, you’re first in science in the citywide mock ex 6.1kReads9.2Score902Shelves
9. 59 你 Why Mess with Her? My Junior Sister Cultivates the Path of Shamelessness 你惹她干嘛？小师妹她修缺德道 Zhouzhou Is Zhouzhou粥粥是周周Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted What do you do when you open your eyes and find yourself a cannon-fodder female supporting character in a cultivation novel where everyone is obsessed with the heroine? Xie Ying says, “Don't panic. Just outwork everyone!” Her sect is destined to be wiped out by the universally adored heroine? No problem. Everyone just needs to work harder. Her fellow disciples plead, “Stop working so hard! We really can't keep up!” Her fifth junior brother is destined to become the future big bad? No problem 11.8kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
10. 60 说 I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b 140.2kReads9.5Score21.9kShelves
11. 61 豪 My Heiress Bestie Brought Me Home, and Now My Unhinged Antics Make Me Everyone’s Favorite 豪门闺蜜带进门，发癫还能当团宠 Mu Tianyu木甜玉Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Silly memes + wish fulfillment + face-slapping + wealthy family] Chi Tingxia has been poor for all 23 years of her life. One day, she transmigrates into a book and discovers she’s become the sidekick of the Pei family’s second young lady! She goes shopping with the second young lady, who immediately gives her a designer handbag! She has afternoon tea with her, and the second young lady transfers her 30,000 as a thank-you for her trouble! After the second young lady gets her heart bro 7.5kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
12. 62 边 Back from the Border, the Little Heiress Is Everyone’s Darling 边境归来，小千金成团宠啦 Mountain Queen女山大王Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance + strong female lead + coming-of-age + genius top student + tough and taciturn] Ye Qing saves a group of wealthy heirs. After coming back from the border with the resolve to become a good person, she accidentally discovers that she's the An family's true daughter, who went missing years ago. A status-obsessed father, a biased mother, a sister vying for attention, and a quiet girl. She doesn't care about Grandpa's hundreds of millions in inheritance: she can win that much in a hacki 16.5kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
13. 63 宝 Baby, Isn’t It Better to Like Me? 宝宝，喜欢我不好吗 Cranes Part from Green Mountains鹤别青山Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Short drama now available A cash-strapped, gentle, resilient good girl × a rich, aloof, wicked young master [The heroine’s secret crush comes true + a fake playboy reforms + dating before falling in love] Lin Wu stumbled upon scenes she shouldn’t have seen, twice. The first time, in a torrential downpour, He Jingzhou sat in his car, watching indifferently as a bodyguard beat someone half to death. The second time was at a party, where she saw him get dumped on the spot as his White Moonlight ann 93.4kReads9.3Score9.7kShelves
14. 64 死 Seventeen Years After His Death, the Big Shot Returns to Set Things Right 死后十七年：大佬归来专治不服 Cang Xuanyue of Floating Stone Island浮石岛的苍玄月Modern Romance336k WordsCompleted Seventeen years ago, Shen Zhilu, one of the country's leading scientific talents, plunged into an abyss with her car during a classified experimental accident while protecting crucial data. No trace of her remained. At the time, she had been married to Lu Wanzhou, the head of a powerful conglomerate, for just five years, and left behind their four-year-old son, Lu Zhizhou, and their one-year-old son, Lu Songqing. Seventeen years later, Shen Zhilu miraculously comes back to life in a youthful, 28 —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's super good-looking. The heroine is a scientific researcher. I won't lose money if I invest in it.

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