Mixed Bag of BG Romance, No Female Lead 大杂烩bg，女无

1 星 A Survival Guide to the Starsea World [Infinite] 星海世界生存指南[无限] Tea Brewed with Thin Snow薄雪煎茶Romance615k WordsOngoing Ge Mi had been a corporate wage slave for ages. When she opened her eyes, she found herself back in her high school classroom. A cold System prompt sounded in her ear: [Welcome to the “Dream Mock Exam”! We see this is your first time entering a dungeon, so we’ve prepared a beginner’s gift pack for you...] She looked around. The other examinees were a strange bunch: a cat-eared girl with blue-to-purple gradient hair, a silver-haired elf with pointed ears, an undead girl wearing a bridal veil, a b 1.3kFavorites1.1kClicks/ch6kGifts

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The story is quite engaging and focuses on the plot. However, the author's writing skills are limited, resulting in repetitive environmental descriptions and rushed fight scenes.

2 十 After Leaving the Entertainment Industry, I Opened a Funeral Home 十八线退圈开殡葬店后 A Letter for March寄三月Romance725k WordsCompleted Coming Soon: After Trading One Thing for Another, I Become a Legend in the Apocalypse After one misstep, Sang Qiqi ended up working herself to the bone in the underworld for twenty years, yet she never once met her monthly performance targets. Sang Qiqi: I really can't even. :) To improve her performance, she volunteered for a business trip to the human world, possessing the body of an obscure, scandal-plagued actress from the entertainment industry who had died in an accident. Now she worrie 52.4kFavorites68.8kClicks/ch76.2kGifts

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This is a metaphysical story, and I can accept the corny, face-slapping moments. The plot flows quite smoothly, but I don't know why I stopped watching it halfway through both times. There weren't any major flaws, and I'm including it here because the first half is pretty good after watching it twice. I'll savor the second half later.

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This is a very new story, I couldn't resist adding it. The pace is quite fast, it's already been updated for 18 days with over 30,000 words. However, some settings are not clearly explained and may lead to misunderstandings.

4 二 Half a Spoiler 二分之一剧透 Tianze Shiruò天泽时若Romance657k WordsCompleted As a game addict who transmigrated into a game, Wen Yanran has a unique advantage that countless other transmigrators lack. First, she starts at the top: she’s the emperor from the start. Second, she comes with a game-assistance System, a standard feature for any protagonist. * Just as Wen Yanran was fretting over her ability to manage a large team, the World Will that had helped her transmigrate offered a friendly reminder: to prevent the current world from restarting over and over, the transmi 164.9kFavorites283kClicks/ch317.8kGifts

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The political intrigue is quite interesting, but there are a lot of names and official titles, so I can't remember them all [lying down]. There are many scenes where the female lead "makes a mess of things" and also "does good deeds but ends up doing bad things." Overall, the excuses for the female lead mistakenly becoming a wise ruler are not too simplistic, so it doesn't affect the viewing experience. There's a stereotype that the female lead is a science student who doesn't understand history.

5 我 I Read Animals' Thoughts and Livestream Their Checkups 我读动物心声直播看诊 Xian Sanqian弦三千Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Wen Youning is a renowned veterinarian in the animal world who befriends fierce beasts and has an innate affinity with animals. By accident, she transmigrates into a novel about a real heiress and a fake one, becoming the real heiress whose birth parents don’t love her and whose adoptive parents don’t want her. Thinking of the marvelous future plot where she’ll be abused in body and spirit and have her kidneys harvested, Wen Youning decisively makes a run for it. As livestreaming takes off, oth 139.3kFavorites218.9kClicks/ch323.5kGifts

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Animals are cute

6 猫 The Cat Hotline Is Here to Help 猫猫热线为你服务 Mu Anqian暮安浅Romance641k WordsCompleted After graduating, Chen Xinian found a job as a hotline operator through the community. On her first day at work, she discovered that all her colleagues were cats. Her job was to take calls from big and little cats, handling their complaints and questions, then helping coordinate a response. “Complaint: A human poured water into a cat's home. That's so mean!” After receiving the complaint, staff immediately went to investigate. They found that the location was actually an abandoned drainpipe. 52.2kFavorites63.5kClicks/ch160.8kGifts

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The cats are incredibly cute, but the female lead is more of a plot device; proceed with caution if you're sensitive to this. There are quite a few examples of domestic cats causing trouble, and it's a bit tiring to project human characters onto them.

7 警 I’m a Police Officer, But I Have the Criminal Master System (Crime Investigation) 警察，但犯罪大师系统[刑侦] The Rabbit Who Learns to Cook学做饭的兔子Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Jiang Xia closed her eyes, opened them again, and found herself in the 1980s. She had become a police officer at a local station, fresh out of police vocational school and newly assigned to her post, with a Master Criminal System bound to her. As long as she kept committing crimes and making a name for herself, the System would reward her with all sorts of criminal skills. Looking at the master-level pickpocketing skill the System had granted her, Jiang Xia fell apart. What am I supposed to do w 121.2kFavorites133.4kClicks/ch496.3kGifts

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The cheat codes are pretty fun.

8 协 The President I Have a Contractual Relationship With Has An Amnesia 协议恋爱，但大佬失忆了 Lin Mianmian林绵绵Romance411k WordsCompleted [Main story complete, extras ongoing] Ning Zhen is a scheming supporting female character in a wealthy-family romance. But her awakening came too late. The male lead’s older brother, Meng Xianwen, got hold of something he could use against her, forcing her to become his girlfriend in name only. After a year, she would take the money and leave. Three months into their contractual relationship, Meng Xianwen was in a car accident and lost his memory. At first, Ning Zhen was delighted. “What goes 86.7kFavorites106.9kClicks/ch113.2kGifts

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An ordinary sweet romance novel

9 导 The Director Comes with Her Own Hype 导演她自带流量 Apple, Slightly Sweet苹果微甜Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Feel-good entertainment industry story] *[Includes screenplay worlds]* *[Multiple men compete for the heroine, all are virgins]* After transmigrating, Su Qi became a universally hated actress and found herself competing in a director reality show. Audience: [This pretty face can't act. She should quit the show already.] Su Qi: Congratulations, you've found a film genius! Su Qi passed the written exam, taught her teammates, expertly edited terrible movies, and built a team, advancing all the wa 29.9kFavorites24.2kClicks/ch114.2kGifts

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The main plot is a bit cheesy, but I like the world of the script. The romantic subplots have too many multiple partners and feel inexplicable [vomiting blood]. I only like the script version; reality is always full of misunderstandings. The female lead and male lead's breakup is based on a misunderstanding, which is unsatisfying. The reversals are also unsatisfying, and the timelines are too long. In the end, the male lead has to point out the female lead's strength to prove her worth. I only read the script version!!!

10 惊 Shocking! The Broke Campus Heartthrob Is My Child’s Father 惊！清贫校草是孩子他爸 Lin Mianmian林绵绵Romance466k WordsCompleted [For details about the print edition, follow Weibo @KengKengMianQAQ] In the novel Marry You and Spoil You, two characters attracted more discussion than the male and female leads. Jiang Ruoqiao was the male lead’s calculating first love, who abandoned him before he made it big. Beneath her pure, harmless appearance, she was snobbish and vain, and her behavior was appalling. 288.2kFavorites572.5kClicks/ch309.8kGifts

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The female lead is capable, the male lead is responsible, and the child is adorable.

11 重 Back to My Boss’s Youth 重回老板年少时 Lin Mianmian林绵绵Romance397k WordsCompleted When Zhang Yunyi woke up, she had returned to the year she was seventeen. She went to class weighed down by her memories, only to run into her class monitor, Chen Kuo, in the hallway outside the classroom. She nearly blurted out, “Boss!” At this point, Chen Kuo was still an awkward young man, with none of the steady presence of the tech mogul he would become ten years later. Zhang Yunyi rubbed her hands together eagerly: Starting now, I’ll stick with the boss and save myself ten years of detou 245.1kFavorites313.9kClicks/ch348.7kGifts

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A very pure and sweet high school romance. After the female lead is reborn, her main task is to study. She doesn't fawn over the male lead as much as the synopsis suggests; they just interact more. Enjoy the sweeter story by reading the comments section! [Kissing emoji]

12 海 Stockpiling Supplies and Surviving in a Seaside Safehouse 海上安全屋囤货生存 Graceful Evening Glow翩翩晚照Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [Welcome to The God Game: Raft Survival] [New player quest: The extreme heat disaster, Scorching Season, is approaching. Upgrade your safe house as soon as possible.] He Ni, who can't swim, wakes up to find herself floating on a raft. Surrounded by an endless sea, she casts a line beneath the blazing sun and, from the start, reels in ten garbage bags in a row. Just as she's on the verge of despair, a notification appears: [You excel at and love collecting garbage. The Sea God approves of your 239.3kFavorites243.5kClicks/ch2.7MGifts

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The female lead is intelligent, and the supporting characters are intelligent too; the later parts are boring. Friendly reminder: Please close the comment section before the content goes live.

13 开 Spend a Hundred Million from the Start [Entertainment Industry] 开局先花一个亿[娱乐圈] Cat in the Sugar糖中猫Romance651k WordsCompleted [My new female-led wish-fulfillment novel, Cultivating Immortality in a Catastrophe-Ravaged World, is now available. Please come take a look!] Sheng Quan transmigrated into a book, landing in an entertainment-industry novel she'd once read. She also acquired a System. The System said, [Sorry, I'm a newbie System. Apart from money, I can't give you anything.] Sheng Quan looked at the balance in her account, enough to make her the richest person in the world in an instant. [ ... You're being ver 220.5kFavorites495kClicks/ch876.3kGifts

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It's a redemption-themed, feel-good novel, though the female lead has a rather limited role. It's one of only two books in recent years that I've reread four or five times. The story flows very smoothly, the satisfying moments are satisfying, and it's not awkward at all. Overall, it's about building a large and powerful empire.

14 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Became a God by Becoming an Intelligence Dealer 穿书后我靠当情报贩子成神了 Jiangshan Canglan江山沧澜Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Jing Pei is a bestselling author who has written many hit novels, but she has a habit of abandoning them, leaving her readers furious. After a car accident, she unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of her own works, which have all merged together into one chaotic setting. The fusion of multiple worlds has turned this into a high-risk place where ordinary people struggle to survive: murderous maniacs who appear out of nowhere at night, their faces unknown; terrorist attacks that could happe 209.5kFavorites346.2kClicks/ch431.3kGifts

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Good plot

15 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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The beginning was a bit awkward, with cheesy face-slapping plots, but it got better in the writing section, and the storyline was actually quite good.

16 漫 The Manga Pariah’s Guide to Self-Salvation 漫画万人嫌自救指南 Milk Tea with Just a Little Sugar奶茶只喝微糖No CP1.2M WordsCompleted (The print edition has been published under the title A Comic Heroine's Guide to Self-Rescue. If you're interested, follow Weibo account Jinjiang - Milk Tea With Just a Little Sugar.) (Please don't start shipping wars or drama. Let's all get along.) After the healing Saintess Ye Zheng saves a team of superpowered fighters, the System suddenly informs her that this world is a comic. Good news: She's the comic's heroine. Bad news: She's a universally hated heroine whom countless readers have peti 191.4kFavorites196kClicks/ch729.9kGifts

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I really liked the forum format, but the ending was a bit messy.

17 山 Mountain Lord 山君 Zhi Youjiu枝呦九Romance471k WordsCompleted Lan Shanjun was an orphan raised in Huailing, growing up on the kindness of neighbors and learning the trade of a butcher. She was planning to open a slaughterhouse, but fate had other ideas. At sixteen, she was brought back to Luoyang and told she was the legitimate second daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, lost to the family years ago. At first, she thought Heaven was rewarding her for the hardship of being a butcher. But after another ten years of anxiously trying to please her family and desp 161.4kFavorites175.3kClicks/ch139.5kGifts

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The narrative unfolds gently, depicting the mutual redemption between the male and female protagonists.

18 降 The Day of Arrival [Apocalypse] 降临日[末世] Yan Fu艳扶Romance793k WordsCompleted [Preorders for "The Day of Descent" open July 11 at 7 p.m. If you’re interested, follow vb@Yan Fufu] After dying one day, Liang Ran transmigrated to an apocalyptic world overrun by alien creatures. But she hadn’t become a powerful esper. Instead, she was a third-class citizen in the worst physical condition. On top of that, she was a researcher who had to spend every day alongside stinking, slimy alien cre 117.3kFavorites110kClicks/ch208.2kGifts

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It mainly describes dungeons and mutants; I haven't finished reading it because it's too tragic [vomiting blood].

19 极 Extreme Cold Disaster: Hot Spring Town Management Simulator 极寒天灾温泉街模拟经营 Leaning on the Rail, Listening to the Universe凭栏听宇Romance826k WordsCompleted [Next up: The Billionaire Investor Who Makes Ten Million a Day [Showbiz], a feel-good power fantasy. Blurb below] Shu Mo was transported to a frozen apocalypse and bound to a business simulation System. At the start, the System asked her to choose a type of shop to run. Shu Mo, who was freezing her tail off: ...Do I really have to choose? Shivering, she typed in “Hot Spring Town.” The entire world was dragged into a bizarre survival game. Temperatures plummeted, monsters invaded from all sides, 112.3kFavorites204.7kClicks/ch182.2kGifts

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This is a business simulation game, and the ending is a bit abrupt. The opening scene shows a woman concerned about her appearance after soaking in a hot spring; if this bothers you, please don't read it.

20 神 Sign-In Tycoon: Spending Money Full-Time 神豪签到，全职花钱 Strawberry Pearl Cake草莓珍珠蛋糕Romance751k WordsCompleted *The main story is complete. Liu Yue, a recent graduate at a loss about what to do next, suddenly received a job offer from the Spending System. System: Host, check in every day to claim a spending allowance. You must spend all of it that same day, or it will expire. Liu Yue glanced at the daily sign-in reward. Only ten thousand yuan a day? That would be a piece of cake. System: Ten thousand yuan is just the base reward. Each daily sign-in also comes with a multiplier, ranging from one to a 80.3kFavorites114.7kClicks/ch307.6kGifts

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The female lead reconciled with herself, and the supporting female character was very strong. I saw comments saying the later episodes suffered from severe homogenization.

21 黑 The Dark Moonlight Only Wants Power 黑月光她只想夺权 Yuan Yu元余Romance739k WordsCompleted Shi Yuanxi has a terrible reputation in the capital. That is because she once resorted to every means at her disposal to arrange three marriages for herself. Determined to marry into a powerful family, she schemed and plotted from morning to night: first targeting a notorious playboy, then the heir to a prestigious marquis's estate, and finally nearly ensnaring a powerful court official. But the higher she climbed, the harder 77.7kFavorites96kClicks/ch130kGifts

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On my second read, I found the political intrigue plot a bit weak, but the epilogue included some romance. The female lead's difficult journey was well-written. On my third read, I noticed the author had quite a few verbal tics.

22 绑 After Binding with the Domestic Entertainment Sister-in-Law System 绑定内娱嫂子系统后 Strawberry Pearl Cake草莓珍珠蛋糕Romance1.5M WordsCompleted *The main story is complete. *An entertainment-industry novel about an actress. The heroine is fiercely ambitious and focused on her career. [Do you want to become the girlfriend of a male celebrity?] Ling Suisui transmigrates and gets bound to an entertainment-industry girlfriend System. The System says her goal is to become the ideal girlfriend coveted by the fans of male celebrities. [The perfect celebrity girlfriend gets to enjoy the male lead’s most devoted love, and a harem of admirers 69.8kFavorites118.3kClicks/ch211.3kGifts

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The "Male Dominance System" is the tool the female protagonist uses to reach the top.

23 回 Go Back to Before the Zombie Outbreak and Open a Survival School 回到丧尸爆发前开办生存学校 Leaning on the Rail, Listening to the Universe凭栏听宇Romance792k WordsCompleted In the fifth year of the zombie outbreak, humanity was wiped out. Fu Qing, the last person left alive, died in despair, only to open her eyes and find herself back before the disaster began. The city was bright and peaceful, the weather beautiful. Just as Fu Qing was getting ready to make the most of her life, a voice suddenly rang out in her mind. [Campus Simulation Management System successfully bound!] [Mission objective: Teach survival skills, train elite fighters, establish a fully equippe 69.1kFavorites72.7kClicks/ch169.7kGifts

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A group portrait, but it felt like there were a few familiar students.

24 满 The Max-Level Heavenly Master Is a Cat [Metaphysics] 满级天师是猫咪[玄学] Sweet Bamboo甜竹Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Yu Jinjing, a nine-tailed cat demon, failed her tribulation and found herself in the body of a human girl whose fate had been stolen and who had been brutally murdered. To uncover her origins, she opened a shop offering incense and spiritual services, hoping to accumulate merit. Her business was helping vulnerable humans tell fortunes and catch ghosts, and seeking justice for spirits who had died unjustly. For a while after opening, no one came to the shop. Yu Jinjing rubbed her rumbling stom 40.6kFavorites72kClicks/ch73.3kGifts

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The individual stories were good, but the last part had too much theoretical content, making it hard to continue. The main plot about the real and fake heiresses felt pointless.

25 敢 If You Show Me Your Health Bar, I’ll Kill You 敢亮血条就杀给你看 Wei Wo Wu Jiu薇我无酒No CP1.1M WordsCompleted [Signed for a print edition. For updates on the exact progress, follow @WeiWoJiu59] Xue Wuyi is transported into a wasteland world rife with contamination. Humanity must venture into contaminated zones to deal with all kinds of bizarre entities. Xue Wuyi: I’ve seen this episode before. As long as I awaken an ability, I can become the protagonist who slaughters everyone in my path. So she struggled for seven years and finally got into the First Military Academy. Just like every protagonist, she 131.2kFavorites115.7kClicks/ch430.7kGifts

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Different people have different opinions.