Promising Hidden Gems from 2025 25年好看的幼苗（小众）

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This is a pseudo-drama of love and hate, with the premise that the female lead's father is a treacherous official who killed the male lead's parents, leading to her imprisonment and physical humiliation by the male lead. However, the female lead transmigrates and doesn't fall for this, while the male lead, a righteous and shy man, can't really torment her... Then, it turns out all of the above is a misunderstanding, and they end up investigating the mastermind together. It's like a sweet romance novel, not too melodramatic, with fewer conflicts, and all the supporting characters are very kind... It's similar to "Eternal Night Star River," the plot isn't particularly gripping, but it's readable for almost everyone, somewhat like those high-rated campus romance novels from years ago—accessible to a wide audience, not my favorite, but everyone can enjoy it. If it gets enough exposure, many people should like this kind of story.

2 博 Game Theory Paradox 博弈悖论 Some Old Man某翁Romance349k WordsCompleted [Main story complete. Dive in!] Coming next: Fake Nice Guy Scheming woman x wealthy young gentleman Chen Yizhou discovered a secret. Qin Lang's girlfriend was a gold digger. She begged him not to reveal her true nature to Qin Lang. Chen Yizhou looked at the disheveled woman before him, open contempt in his eyes. "There's no shortcut in this world, at least not for someone like you. Any shortcut you take will come with a price you can't afford." His casual gaze swept over Lin Yu from head t 12.7kFavorites16.8kClicks/ch698Gifts

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It started strong but ended weakly. A scheming woman and a wealthy young man, the powerful bowing their heads—the beginning was very interesting, the female lead was a gold digger, but she became quite erratic later on. Overall, it's probably a worthwhile investment.

3 被 After the Transmigrated Novel's Heroine Stole My Body 被穿书女主夺舍后 Chang Sheng长湦Romance401k WordsCompleted [Main Story and Extras Complete!] Synopsis: Possessive pursuit | Old-school melodrama | A harem-style battle for the heroine's affections Everyone who knew Bai Niao knew she was a pretty idiot. She was spoiled, willful, stupid, and nasty, and a hopeless romantic besides. She'd do anything for her fiance, who didn't love her, without a shred of decency. Bai Niao was a lau 7.2kFavorites11.4kClicks/ch6.7kGifts

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As the title suggests, everyone hates the melodramatic and chaotic love triangle, so I haven't watched "The Magnificent Competition" yet.

4 我 I Became a King by Grinding Through Turmoil 我在乱世卷成王 Hu Zhaozhao虎昭昭Romance201k WordsCompleted Before transmigrating, Xia Wenjun was a driven overachiever. She went from being a small-town exam ace to an executive at a major internet company. Her subordinates adored her, her bosses valued her, and her career prospects were bright. After transmigrating in a car accident, Xia Wenjun became the youngest daughter of the poor Xia family. It was obvious that an age of chaos was coming, and ordinary people would be left destitute, yet her family still lounged around, doing nothing. Xia Wenjun 2.9kFavorites3.1kClicks/ch3.1kGifts

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The story involves a female protagonist who travels to ancient times and takes her whole family with her. She was once a bandit leader and also funded a rebel army. I didn't continue reading; it suddenly ended. The comments say the data wasn't good, though it wasn't exactly a bad ending, which is a shame. I feel like if it had continued, the data would have been much better.

5 恋 Hopeless Romantics Aren't Allowed to Be Villains! 恋爱脑不许当反派！ Jiangshan Canglan江山沧澜Romance204k WordsCompleted Li Chongjing is exceptionally handsome, excels both academically and morally, and has a cool, aloof personality. He also has a stingy, money-loving side that nobody knows about. He is the school's aloof academic god. Then one day, he suddenly receives a mysterious letter claiming that in the future, he will become a vicious female antagonist's number-one simp, going crazy for her, losing his mind for her, emptying his pockets for her, and even dying for her. Li Chongjing: Heh. Not long afterwar 55.8kFavorites66.5kClicks/ch41.4kGifts

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It's an old-school setting, the original female lead is reborn, the female lead is a vicious supporting character, a pure and innocent rich girl with a simp villain, and the male lead is super-loving and super-obsessed, it's a mutual redemption story! The mother's character is also very good, and there's a puppy-like ex-boyfriend who's been waiting for her for many years. However, recently the author has received a lot of writing instructions, from the same group that ruined many authors' comment sections. Their demands for male characters are rather formulaic, inexplicably asking for revisions. I don't know if they'll revise it. If they don't, I might end up like many authors, having my mentality ruined by these people. If they do revise it, it might become bland and lose its flavor. I'll have to wait and see.

6 我 I Really Didn't Mean to Get Married 我真没想结婚啊 Mo An魔安Romance365k WordsCompleted Si Nian had been Lu Shuyan's girlfriend since their university days: sweet, well-behaved, innocent, and always by his side, tender and devoted. Still, no one thought things between Si Nian and Lu Shuyan would ever work out. Lu Shuyan came from a prestigious family and had been raised in luxury. After graduation, he swept aside his rivals and became president of the Lu Group, with a bright future ahead of him. Si Nian came from a modest family and had never seen much of the world. Her biggest 203.5kFavorites281.6kClicks/ch99.8kGifts

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I haven't read it yet, but it looks like a sweet romance novel, with the trope of wanting to get a breakup fee.

7 奉 Palace Attendant to the Imperial Household (Qing Dynasty Transmigration) 奉御女官（清穿） Jin Amiao金阿淼Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Next Book: A Half-Retired Tang Dynasty Handbook / The First Secretary (Qing Dynasty), please add them to your reading lists!] Fang He, the front desk manager at a hotel, was settling a dispute when a drunken guest smashed a bottle over her head and sent her straight into the Forbidden City in the twenty-third year of the Kangxi reign. She transmigrated into Fang He, a palace maid who boiled water in the Qianqing Palace tea room. She was twenty-two, plain-looking, honest and quiet. In her ten ye 87.4kFavorites144.7kClicks/ch142.4kGifts

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This is basically a long article, and I've only written the beginning. It's an article by Emperor Kangxi.

8 康 Kangxi's Fierce Commoner Wife (A Qing Dynasty Time-Travel Romance) 康熙的平民悍妻（清穿） Shu Qingqing梳清青Romance279k WordsCompleted The 70% anti-piracy setting is now enabled. Completed. A chance encounter brought them together. One fell for the other's looks at first sight, while the other accepted a marriage arranged by their parents. Two people who had nothing to do with each other became husband and wife. Shi Huaying: That year, when I was being pressured into marriage at the gate, you said you were my child bridegroom? Kangxi: ... The kind-hearted neighbor: I think... I said that. Shi Huaying: That year, when my famil 3.1kFavorites9.8kClicks/ch715Gifts

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This collection is quite good, the only downside is that it was left unfinished.

9 风 Love's Passage 风月不渡 Mang Li芒厘Romance562k WordsCompleted [Bonus epilogue updated. The full novel has been thoroughly revised. [New novel The Nightingale in Hiding is now underway! Please add the companion novel Night of Lost Ways to your library] *Age gap / groveling arc / mistaken identity heiresses *Power player from Beijing’s elite circle × ambitious, alluring temptress Blurb: When Ming Yang was desperate, someone gave her a tip: approach the most powerful man at a dinner party. But she knew there could never b 117.3kFavorites110.9kClicks/ch222kGifts

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I haven't even seen the seedlings yet; they're fake sugar daddies, and they'll be in a crematorium.

10 这 I’m Done Being a Strategist! 这谋士我不当也罢！ Zombie Slayer打僵尸Danmei (BL)471k WordsCompleted The complete story is finished! Sending you a heart! My next story will be The Foolish Guy Can Bloom, with a flower growing on the protagonist’s head. [A bottom who just wants to lie flat but keeps getting mistaken for a wizard and forced to kill kings x a rebellious top who pretends to be honest while playing the pig to eat the tiger] [A company can’t have two rebellious employees, or it’ll go bankrupt] What’s so bad about serving three masters? Ever since a fortune-teller declared me the great 113.8kFavorites103.9kClicks/ch165.4kGifts

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The story is about a male protagonist who goes bankrupt with several bosses, but doesn't manage to go bankrupt with the last one. I haven't read it yet, it's a pure romance.

11 不 Don't Trust Gentle Beauties 不要相信温柔美人 Star Thorn星棘Romance383k WordsCompleted Jiang Heng transmigrated, becoming an orphan with no one to love or care for her. She had barely enjoyed a few peaceful days before she was sent up the sacred mountain. Legend said an ancient monster lived on the mountain. Jiang Heng was to be offered as a sacrifice, her flesh and blood given to the monster in exchange for peace in the mortal world. Jiang Heng: What terrible luck. To keep herself alive, Jiang Heng proceeded cautiously on the mountain. Even when she ate, she asked the empty ai 113.1kFavorites116.1kClicks/ch43.8kGifts

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A story about a human-animal romance; the male lead is a little snake (haven't read it yet).

12 笼 The Blue Sparrow in the Cage (Reborn) 笼中青雀（重生） Ming Chun Yuan明春鸢Romance662k WordsCompleted #The End, thank you for supporting the official release~ Qing Que began as the young lady’s companion maid, then became her lady-in-waiting when she married. After the young lady remained childless for years, Qing Que was promoted to her husband’s concubine. The young lady clasped her hand and said, “Qing Que, trust me. One day, your children will be my children, and I will never treat you unfairly.” Qing Que believed her. She gave birth to a daughter and a son, both of whom were raised by th 59.2kFavorites72.1kClicks/ch60.6kGifts

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I haven't read it yet. It's about a maid who became a concubine and was killed along with her two children by the mistress. She was reborn pregnant and climbed the social ladder to become the empress.

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I haven't watched it yet, but it seems to be a threesome!! Hehe

14 疯 Spring Locked in the Mad Mountain 疯山锁春 Mu Qianqing木芊晴Romance539k WordsCompleted [Gentle reminder: the blurb gets intense] Ji Huan was born into the prestigious Qinghe clan. For years, he strictly upheld propriety and conducted himself with impeccable decorum. Until, at a spring banquet, he was tricked into marrying a woman of humble birth. Xin Yi was that woman. Though their marriage came about through a twist of fate, only Xin Yi knew that she had long yearned for it. For two years after their wedding, she and Ji Huan treated each other with icy courtesy. Whenever she saw 28.5kFavorites15.6kClicks/ch1.6kGifts

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I haven't watched it. It's a forced marriage where the female lead fakes her death and marries someone else and has children, I think.

15 耽 The Danmei Novel Supporting Character System Wants Me to Become Everyone's Favorite 耽美文女配系统让我做万人迷 Jin Zijing金子衿Romance4.2M WordsOngoing [Mainly an all-around love-interest story with a captivating heroine, a rivalry-filled love triangle, multiple romance routes, awakening consciousness, no woman-on-woman competition, and no fawning over men] Zhizhi has a dream. In it, her current boyfriend only approached her for ulterior motives. He pursued her so she would become his girlfriend and keep her unrelated-by-blood younger brother from having improper feelings for her. In the dream, her younger brother deliberately pursues her and t 21.4kFavorites37.1kClicks/ch17.9kGifts

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The "Man-Magnet" novel, which involves turning gay men straight, is my type, but I haven't read it yet.

16 快 Come Get My Childhood Friend! 快把我竹马带走！ Spring Breeze, Pomegranate Fire春风榴火Romance251k WordsCompleted Xia Zhu had two childhood friends: Shang Yao, the pampered young heir of a wealthy family, proud, unruly, and arrogant. Shen Yibai, an autistic genius, quiet and aloof, who had won countless top prizes in math and science competitions since childhood. Despite being such outstanding young men, the two had competed for more than a decade and still couldn't win their childhood sweetheart's heart. After starting college, they finally changed their approach. If they kept competing, both would lose 19.4kFavorites24.2kClicks/ch8.5kGifts

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A common trope in PO (posts/articles): childhood sweethearts and two male leads, a rivalry between two powerful men, those who know, know (haven't watched it yet).

17 晚 The Evening Breeze Falls for Me [Marriage Before Love] 晚风沦陷[先婚后爱] Li Ying梨莹Romance325k WordsCompleted 80% of the novel is locked for early access for 72 hours. Thanks for supporting the official release! A pampered, rebellious heiress x a steady, reserved, fatherly man #Marriage first, love later / Rekindled romance [The abstinent one falls / Five-year age gap / Push and pull / Adversarial fake-marriage couple] 1. As the adored heire 19.4kFavorites23.8kClicks/ch2.5kGifts

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I didn't watch the reunion after the breakup.

18 豪 After My Rich Husband Faked His Death, I Quit Pretending 豪门老公假死后我不演了 Glorious Age, Pure Song盛世清歌Romance541k WordsCompleted [Please follow the author's profile in the upper-right corner! Completed work: My Frail Stepmother Pulled Out a Willow Tree] Ren Lu is an ambitious woman with the means to get what she wants. In three years, she went from being a domineering CEO's secretary to a wealthy family's lady of the house. Her in-laws adore her, she gets along with her sisters-in-law, and she's the picture of an upper-class lady. No one can ruin her perfect image. That is, until her husband, Lu Sinian, disappears at sea. 18.5kFavorites34.6kClicks/ch12.5kGifts

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The male lead is a tragic figure who has been cannon fodder in countless novels, an all-powerful and domineering CEO. The female lead is well-versed in the plot, and her secretary is just waiting to inherit the fortune. The story begins in a romance reality show. I wonder if anyone should avoid this genre?

19 小 The Little Empress Is Such a Tease 小皇嫂也太茶了吧 Curly Cat卷卷猫Romance250k WordsCompleted Deng Jiao transmigrated into the body of a ruinous empress. The moment she opened her eyes, the emperor had been assassinated and died. She was about to be sent to the grave to accompany him in death. The person in power in Great Qi was the Prince of Yan, a god of war who had driven back the Xiongnu and subdued Baiyue. In unofficial histories, he was also the young imperial uncle who had spent night and day getting intimate with Deng Jiao. She needed to grab hold of this powerful ally immediatel 16.2kFavorites21.5kClicks/ch9.3kGifts

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Haven't read it yet. The female lead transmigrates into the body of a femme fatale who brings ruin to the country, a regent empress dowager, and is still immature. She's supposed to be buried alive with her husband at the beginning. It's an uncle-sister romance novel.

20 煊 Xuanhe Gate 煊赫门 Hao Duomi郝多米Romance564k WordsCompleted [Complete] This novel has undergone extensive revisions. The best comments on each chapter can only be found on Jinjiang, and I only take responsibility for the official version. My next novel will be "Rainy Day." ◎ Capital City tycoon X female student | Foster care | Pseudo uncle and niece + pseudo brother and sister | 13-year age gap | Uncle and nephew fight over her in a love-triangle showdown | Three-way push and pull | A little bit of wall-papering and chasing-the-wife-to-the-crematorium 1 14.9kFavorites15kClicks/ch3.3kGifts

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Haven't read it yet. It's a foster care story; the female lead and the male lead's nephew were together before.

21 在 Making a Comeback as the Sweet Romance Heroine on a Dating Show 在恋综逆袭成甜文女主 A Kun阿堃Romance667k WordsCompleted Xu Qinghu opened her eyes and found herself sitting in a beautiful restaurant. After a brief spell of dizziness, she realized that the world she lived in was a novel. And she was the universally hated catfish character on the dating reality show Love Diary. In the novel, she broke up a popular couple and was met with fierce backlash from countless viewers, who called her a scheming bitch and a homewrecker... Because of her, the female lead failed to end up with the second male lead. The male a 11.2kFavorites19kClicks/ch13kGifts

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Romance novel, haven't read it yet.

22 我 I'm a Student, Give Me the Throne 我是学生，皇位给我 Orange Juice Thanks橙汁感谢No CP662k WordsCompleted This novel is also known as I Got 13 Kills in a Succession Struggle Story. Li Muge transmigrates into a political intrigue novel about a succession struggle, becoming the fourteenth daughter of Emperor Zhuang Kang. Her entire description in the book is just one sentence: "The fourteenth daughter is gentle, clever, and kind. I love her, but alas, she died young." A princess who dies before the story begins, setting off the first battle in the succession struggle. Now, Li Muge, a modern college s 8.5kFavorites9.3kClicks/ch7.3kGifts

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As the title suggests, it's about the Empress and infrastructure, but I haven't watched it yet.

23 我 I Refuse to Be the Empress 我才不要当皇后呢 Shi Acuo石阿措Romance190k WordsCompleted [Completed. The entire novel costs just three yuan.] Bai Zhi is an assassin: highly skilled in combat, devoid of emotion, and concerned only with eating, drinking, and living freely and carefree. That is, until she meets Murong Yu, a calculating and crafty man with a deep mind. He is the crown prince of the empire, a bright moon in the heavens, nothing like people such as her, who lurk in the shadows, hidden from the light. After she is ordered to kidnap him, her life turns miserable. Not onl 6.5kFavorites7.4kClicks/ch1.7kGifts

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It's still the same stupid beauty, the shark, and the prince; I haven't watched it.

24 漂 The Gorgeous Drama Queen Binds to a Dress-Up System [Quick Transmigration] 漂亮作精绑定换装系统后［快穿］ Jiu Qing酒青Romance72k WordsOngoing Cai Ning is a gorgeous, high-maintenance beauty, with a radiant face, a sexy figure, and a coquettish voice. She's best at making her boyfriends work like beasts of burden for her. Every ex-boyfriend who's been dumped has wailed and begged her to stay: "Ningning, who else could put up with your awful personality besides me?" She gives a disdainful little snort. "Plenty of people." But before she can find her next boyfriend, she's inexplicably bound to a dress-up System. The System says it will 5.4kFavorites8.3kClicks/ch670Gifts

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Jiu Qing's stories are known for their clever plots and exciting moments, but they tend to have rushed and unsatisfactory endings.

25 清 Qing Dynasty: The Years I Tried to Assassinate the Crown Prince 清穿之刺杀太子那些年 Yi Cui倚脆Romance306k WordsCompleted One day, university student Zhang Qingdong transmigrates and becomes a young palace maid during the Kangxi era. She thinks she's in for a cozy farming-life story, until one day she receives a note: Everything is ready. Prepare to assassinate him. Zhang Qingdong: Huh??? To save her life, she has no choice but to agree. That night, when she meets the young eunuch who is her contact, Zhang Qingdong hurries forward, eager to get this over with. "The stuff to assassinate that bastard Crown Prince is 4.3kFavorites10.4kClicks/ch1.3kGifts

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This is a sweet and slightly naive romance novel. The prince in the story is portrayed as very human; he gives you the best if he likes you. It's truly heartwarming and doting, as if someone who grew up surrounded by love is better at loving others.

26 清 A Qing-Era Concubine Noble Consort Forced into Romance 清穿之贵妃她被迫恋爱脑 Blank Meow空白喵Romance514k WordsCompleted The main story is complete!!! A frank announcement: The author is terrible at naming things, so please don't be put off by the title. The overall style is an old-fashioned palace and household intrigue drama, but it also has a sweet romance that subverts expectations... It's not a typical Qing dynasty transmigration story... The heroine feels no love from beginning to end... and she is not really a lovesick fool! If this sounds interesting, please give the main story a chance... Read a few c 3.7kFavorites8.6kClicks/ch6.8kGifts

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This is a pretty good collection; those who like dramatic plots should consider it, especially since it's from the Qianlong era.

27 贫 [19th Century] The Slum Socialite [19世纪]贫民窟交际花 Zheng Xiwen郑希文Romance388k WordsOngoing My next novel: "The 99 Essential Dream of the Red Chamber Questions for the College Entrance Exam." Synopsis at the very bottom. In the painter's quarter of Soho, Rebecca was a well-known figure. Before she was even sixteen, she had already displayed a gift for socializing and earned the title "the slum's social butterfly." But in a place full of poor people, being a social butterfly offered no financial prospects. To make the most of her beauty and intelligence, she had to claw her way up. 3kFavorites760Clicks/ch1.8kGifts

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Haven't watched it yet, but I like the name.

28 万 The Fan Favorite Plays Spectator NPC in a Conquest Novel 万人迷在攻略文里当吃瓜NPC Zhi Zhou枳舟Romance285k WordsCompleted A preview of my upcoming novel, We Villainesses Have No Heart. Scroll down to the blurb to find it. Su Ranran transmigrates to the Great Xia Kingdom, where she gets plenty of juicy gossip every day. There is just one downside: the gossip always ends up being about her. Last month, as she passed along a path, she overheard a transmigrator and the System talking about using a little trick to spend a night of passion with Prince Chen. Su Ranran was 3kFavorites5.8kClicks/ch865Gifts

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A novel that captivates everyone, a love triangle.

29 让 Let Her Descend [Interstellar] 让她降临[星际] ClaudeCloud克劳德CloudRomance137k WordsOngoing Synopsis [Interstellar + strong female lead + comedy + adventure + power fantasy] ◆ L431 is a parasitic organism that survives by invading people’s minds and controlling their bodies. In other words, an account thief. The professor studying her died as soon as she was born, but fortunately, he left her a superpower before he passed away: She’s weak, but has a great attitude... an utterly useless ability. Isn’t mind-controlling people what villains do? She doesn’t want to be a villain. That sou 1.5kFavorites848Clicks/ch258Gifts

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I haven't read it, but the copywriting is very interesting!

30 结 My Ex-Boyfriend Came Back to Life After I Got Married 结婚后前男友复活了 You Xi又息Romance273k WordsCompleted Huo Xin vanished unexpectedly for three years. When he returned, he discovered that his first love, Lin Nianhe, had already married someone else. The bad news: Her family life was happy and fulfilling. She hadn't been forced into marriage as he'd imagined. The good news: Her husband in name had cancer and was lying in the ICU, barely clinging to life. His good education told him that getting involved in someone else's marriage was shameful. The love growing wildly in his heart told him he cou 1.5kFavorites2.3kClicks/ch1.1kGifts

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The female lead gets married, and her deceased ex-boyfriend and her 18-year-old ex-boyfriend who time-traveled from another era both appear. The three male leads have very interesting and exciting characters.

31 妄 Wang Huaiyue 妄淮月 Chi Zhaozhao炽朝朝Romance85k WordsOngoing Please don't subscribe anymore, darlings. After the weekend, I'll apply to remove the novel from paid access. Writing has become something that leaves me anxious and drained, with no positive returns. I've tried hard, but it still feels meaningless. The cost is too high, and my passion and love for it have worn away, so I need to take a break. I won't write again until I'm in a better place. Thank you for loving my work. I broke my promise. Perhaps we'll meet again someday. I wish you all the be 447Favorites567Clicks/ch6Gifts

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I haven't read the recently popular hate-themed articles yet.

32 贵 The F4 of Noble Academy Are Pretending Again 贵族学院F4又在演我 Li Yanchao李言朝Romance78k WordsOngoing [Coming soon: I Become a Fake Heartthrob in a Wasteland World and My Black-Lotus Ex-Husband Gets the Second Male Lead] Blurbs at the very end Wu Mengying, a new employee in the Book Transmigration Department, transmigrated into an old-fashioned novel set in a prestigious academy. She became the pure, innocent heroine and had to follow the plot. But she had little experience... and accidentally put her own spin on things. In the plot, she was supposed to be pinned in a corner and forcefully ki 316Favorites377Clicks/ch285Gifts

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A silly strategy guide, haven't read it yet.

33 穿 Transmigrating to the Interstellar Era, but I'm a Powerful Cultivator 穿星际，但修仙大佬 Sui Yan岁砚Romance62k WordsOngoing [Seeking Collection] After the Female Side Character in an Affair Novel Sees the Comments Long Ling, a Dragon Clan war god, was ambushed by enemies while exploring an ancient secret realm. On the verge of death, she decisively chose to blow up her demon core and take her attackers down with her. But when she opened her eyes again, Long Ling discovered that she was not only alive, but had also arrived in another world. She had possessed Ao Ling, a spoiled rich second-generation girl who was abo 153Favorites304Clicks/ch244Gifts

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I haven't read it. It's a common space-themed military academy novel on Jinjiang Literature City, but I've added it to my favorites.

34 军EN A Military Academy Cadet, but Obsessed with Farming 军校生但沉迷种田 Long Qi龙柒Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Li Yang was accepted into the top military academy in Huaxia and was about to choose her department. Everyone around her watched eagerly, assuming she would choose one of the highest-ranked combat departments. But then she said, “I want to go to the Agricultural Department.” Her classmates: “???” Her teachers: “???” Why would a genius combat student choose that desolate Agricultural Department? 195.5kFavorites240.7kClicks/ch1.6MGifts

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It's set in a futuristic world, common on Jinjiang Literature City, with military academies and a premise somewhat similar to a male-oriented cultivation simulator. It's a global martial arts extravaganza – exactly my type! It's really good! Five stars! Five stars! Five stars!

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The old house caught fire. Before the female lead got together with the emperor, she had a child with the emperor's brother-in-law, and later the child was given to the crown prince. Five-star review.

36 女 A Woman Mogul's Guide to Rising to the Top 女枭上位手册 Yan Ju闫桔Romance595k WordsCompleted Chen Jiao transmigrates. She arrives in the darkest days at the end of a dynasty. The good news: She's in the south, where things are peaceful for now. The bad news: Her birth mother is a prostitute from the lowest social class. Hell mode from the start. A gang of thugs targets a widowed mother and her daughter, breaks into their home in the middle of the night, and attempts to assault them. Chen Jiao accidentally kills one of them and is charged with murder. The mother and daughter have no cho 68.3kFavorites70.8kClicks/ch56.6kGifts

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Pure evil woman, guaranteed to be satisfying, five-star review

37 被 Bound to the Beloved Wife System (Qing Dynasty) 被娇妻系统绑定后（清穿） Bright, Bright Moon姣姣月明Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Blurb] Manluo is a lily of the valley that took human form. Its flowers are shaped like little bells, its fragrance is like that of orchids, and its white blossoms give off a captivating scent. They taste sweet and appear delicate, yet the entire plant is poisonous. Just as her cultivation reached a bottleneck, she was bound to a Wife System. The newly created System had only just come into the world when it encountered Manluo, a stunning beauty who was genuinely poisonous. It saw her looks a 49.2kFavorites84.4kClicks/ch68.2kGifts

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Interesting, it has a bit of a "po and tomato" feel to it, a story about conquering Kangxi, with the female lead appearing as the prey.

38 末 Doomsday Descends: I Reach the Top of the Rankings by Collecting Trash 末日降临：我靠收垃圾飞升榜一 Yu Weizhi余微之Romance965k WordsCompleted (Apocalypse + survival for all + stockpiling supplies + base-building and upgrades) Yun Luohe is putting a trash bag over the bin when, in the blink of an eye, she appears on a massive reef, with the waves crashing right at her feet. [Welcome to the deluxe package of surviving the ocean apocalypse] She opens the System starter pack: One tattered fishing net, so worn that a single tug might tear it apart, Two steamed buns that can be used to grow penicillin, And... five pieces of rotten wood, 29kFavorites46.5kClicks/ch37.3kGifts

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The survival stories of the entire population are verifiable, so it's somewhat reassuring.

39 贵 The Playgirl Campus Belle of the Noble Academy 贵族学院海王校花 Unknown Bald Creature未知秃头生物Romance551k WordsCompleted [Recommended: My completed novel of a similar genre, The Background Girl at the Elite Academy] 1. The Secret Romance at Tokugawa High is a dark love story that crosses class boundaries. Male Lead One: Heir to a wealthy family, an arrogant, overbearing rich playboy. Male Lead Two: A powerful tycoon, an aloof top student admired by all. Male Leads Three and Four: Mischievous, devilish twin brothers. An Man transmigrates into the story as its wicked campus beauty. She seems innocent, but is actual 17.9kFavorites22.1kClicks/ch13kGifts

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Those who know, know. Aristocratic academy setting, a romance novel, a melodramatic love triangle—I'll always love it!!!

40 康 A Survival Handbook for Kangxi's Harem (Qing Transmigration) 康熙后宫生存手札（清穿） Carrying the Moon on a Spring Night春夜载月Romance336k WordsCompleted Youning transmigrated into the Kangxi Emperor's harem and became an insignificant palace woman. With such a low status, even surviving was a problem, let alone lying flat and enjoying the gossip. Fortunately, transmigrating came with a golden finger. A check-in System designed to encourage people to live actively. [Eat healthily five times in total! Receive one "Random Small Silver Ingot Gift Pack"!] [Put together the perfect outfit fifty times in total! Receive one "Semi-Permanent Makeup Buf 13.3kFavorites29.8kClicks/ch6.2kGifts

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It has a check-in system and a comfortable writing style, but the downside is that updates are slow.

41 剥 Stripped of My Golden Finger (Qing Dynasty Transmigration) 剥夺金手指(清穿) Giant Planet大行星Romance2.5M WordsCompleted They were all cannon fodder in harem novels. Some were as high-ranking as empresses, others as lowly as court ladies... Whatever their status, their fates had long been decided in the novels: they would become cannon fodder and leave this life full of regrets. But Lan Qingqing refused to accept that. Even if their countless regrets were buried among the background characters in the palace, she would dig them out and help them find another path in life. [World One: Consort Qi, Lady Li x Emperor 9.9kFavorites21.2kClicks/ch19.4kGifts

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The author is quite amusing, somewhat similar to Tomato's style. She gives the male lead a harem-building strategy, creating a power struggle among the princes. Every woman the male lead touches becomes pregnant, sometimes even twins, and abortion pills can't abort them… This makes Emperor Yongzheng afraid to touch the women in his harem. She wins effortlessly thanks to her daughter.

42 分 After We Broke Up, I Hooked Up with My Boyfriend's Stepbrother 分手后，钓上了男友继兄 Chu Yang褚羊Romance161k WordsCompleted [Free to read in full, and all plot threads are resolved] [Beautiful, honest sweetheart x genuinely scheming, fake-proper, secretly flirtatious man] In the fifth year of the apocalypse, small bases were collapsing one after another. Qiao Qiao fled with her boyfriend, enduring countless hardships before finally reaching a southern base. There, she received one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news: her boyfriend's stepbrother was the base's strongest fighter. The bad n 6.2kFavorites4kClicks/ch5.1kGifts

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In this post-apocalyptic novel, the female protagonist is captured by zombies while trying to save her handsome boyfriend. She awakens a system and can extend her life by touching her boyfriend's stepbrother.

43 打 The Office Worker Reloads, Exhausting Emperor Kangxi to Death [Qing Transmigration] 打工人读档，累死康熙[清穿] Recent Sunshine近日光Romance223k WordsOngoing Wen Ran, an incurable overachiever, transmigrates into the body of a palace maid in Kangxi’s harem! She even comes with a save-and-reload System that lets her loop through time! To achieve her career goal of becoming a senior palace maid, she has to keep grinding! She must get a perfect score in etiquette, so she reloads thirty times! Her tea-making skills have to reach master level, so she reloads fifty times! As she keeps grinding, Wen Ran finds herself taking on more and more jobs: tea-serv 5.1kFavorites7.9kClicks/ch2.2kGifts

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I like stories that combine elements of historical fiction and time-travel novels. The Kangxi Emperor is a bit dim-witted and also quite spoiled, which makes me feel very safe.

44 宁 The Daily Rise of a Guilty Consort in Ningguta (Qing Dynasty Transmigration) 宁古塔罪妃上位日常（清穿） Xi Yu晞渔Romance500k WordsCompleted [Complete] Jian Yao transmigrated to the Qing Dynasty, but things went disastrously wrong from the start. She became the illegitimate daughter of a disgraced official and his mistress, and was being sent into exile in the bitterly cold Ningguta, where she would be enslaved by bannermen. The young and beautiful female convict attracted the lustful attention of all kinds of powerful people. With no other choice, she pretended to be in love and set her sights on the famous Emperor Yongzheng... Whe 2kFavorites3.5kClicks/ch857Gifts

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It's a good read. The female lead starts out in exile, forced into prostitution with armored soldiers—even worse than official prostitutes. Then she meets the Fourth Prince, and the story surprisingly portrays a pure and innocent love between the two. It's better than I expected, a pleasant surprise!