Experienced Female Lead and Brooding, Obsessive Male Lead (Mostly Historical Romance) 女处上位男偏阴湿男鬼（多为古言

1. 1 你 Your Wife Doesn’t Want You Anymore 你老婆不要你了喔 Green Velvet青绒Romance384k WordsCompleted After her boyfriend broke up with her for being too clingy, Jian Nian stormed out of the house and walked straight into a truck. When she woke up again, seven years had passed. Penniless and starving, she crouched by the roadside late at night, barely able to see straight. The fallen young heiress had no choice but to swallow her pride and call her ex-boyfriend. She would pretend to be an old classmate and borrow money from him. Luckily, her ex was an old-fashioned engineering type who hadn't 139.9kFavorites139.8kClicks/ch66kGifts

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   I haven't finished watching it yet, so I can't give it a perfect score. I'll give it two stars for now to make sure I can post it. The guy who lost his wife seven years ago was already a cunning and skilled pretender, and after seven years he's turned into a creepy male ghost, okay? [Doge emoji] The female lead is a cute, innocent, and straightforward girl, so adorable! [Droopy-eared bunny emoji] Both of them seem a bit abnormal. The female lead is emotionally deprived, and the male lead, without a wife, is experiencing hallucinations.

2. 2 满 The Max-Level Green Tea Becomes a Pitiful Little One 满级绿茶穿成小可怜 Spring Knife Cold春刀寒Romance425k WordsCompleted Lin Feilu was nicknamed the Green Tea Princess. The scheming queen of green tea, an Oscar-winning actress in the eyes of the public. She could act cute, throw punches, feign innocence, and play the pure, white lotus. In short, she was not a good person. Eventually, she paid for her actions: she died on her twenty-seventh birthday. As she lay dying, Lin Feilu reflected on her two decades of playing the green tea, and felt deep remorse and regret. She swore that if she got another life, she would 802kFavorites1.4MClicks/ch861.6kGifts

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   I watched it a long time ago, it was quite sweet, and the male lead had a cunning and manipulative personality.

3. 3 月 The Moon Shines for a Thousand Miles 月明千里 Luo Qingmei罗青梅Romance1.0M WordsCompleted … The original title was "Married to a Monk". If you’ve read the whole novel, please leave a rating, dear readers. "Bows" Thank you~ [Han Chinese princess X eminent monk from the Western Regions] The blurb is silly, but the novel itself is more serious. A swoony romance. Yao Ying transmigrates into a book. The world is in chaos, with warlords vying for power. Her father happens to lead the strongest faction, and her brothe 490.8kFavorites652.1kClicks/ch510.7kGifts

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   Five stars. This is a female protagonist growth story. It's not a story about a male ghost/evil protagonist. I really like the female protagonist; she's resolute, intelligent, and has a lot of love in her.

4. 4 我 My Husband Is a World-Destroying Demon 我夫君是灭世魔头 Fu Meng扶梦Romance545k WordsCompleted [The print edition is out, with a new bonus chapter. Available on all platforms!] Qin Yingran is the daughter of a tutor, and she marries a scholar. After they marry, the scholar gives her everything she asks for. They aren’t rich, and they argue now and then, but their life is peaceful enough. Yingran thinks they’ll go on living a quiet, ordinary life forever. Until one day, a group of people storms into their home, shouting, “We’ve found that demon Xu Liling’s hideout!” Yingran hides at a di 489.6kFavorites569.3kClicks/ch540.9kGifts

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   I give it five stars [crying emoji], but JJ (the platform) won't allow super sweet slice-of-life stories!!! The male lead is quite gloomy [doge emoji], but the female lead is amazing! Whoever ends up with her is guaranteed happiness. The female lead is straightforward in matters of the heart, knows how to love, and is incredibly cute! The male lead (Xu Lili) is a seemingly ruthless but actually gloomy and wicked character, but he dotes on the female lead immensely—a truly rare find in real life [doge emoji with rose emoji]. The male and female leads have feelings for each other, get married, and gradually fall in love. The opening is filled with the sweet, everyday moments of a young couple in love [doge emoji with rose emoji].

5. 5 我 I Am the Supporting Female Character in an Explicit Novel 我是限制文的女配 Jun Zi Sheng君子生Romance747k WordsCompleted [The physical book has been retitled Listen to Ling and is now available for preorder. For details, follow Weibo @Jun Zi Sheng JZS] Lin Ting transmigrated into a book, specifically, an explicit novel. She became the female supporting character who secretly loved the male lead but was fated never to have him. In the original story, the supporting character hated the female lead for taking the male lead away from her. By association, she also hated the female lead's elder brother, Duan Ling. Over 409.5kFavorites422kClicks/ch563kGifts

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   The male lead is a typical gloomy, ghostly character with a sex addiction [doge emoji with rose in hand]. The female lead is very straightforward and has a system. Their relationship develops almost entirely through system tasks; it's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, but the marriage happens midway through the story. After realizing her feelings for the male lead, the female lead is incredibly proactive and not at all coy. After marriage, the male lead becomes like a puppy needing his owner's affection [doge emoji].

6. 6 一 An Old-School, Over-the-Top Angsty Romance 一篇古早狗血虐文 Shu Ning黍宁Romance643k WordsCompleted [The print edition has been published under the title "To My Peach Branch, Spring Arrives with a Start". Available from Taobao, JD.com, and Pinduoduo.] Warning: This has the flavor of an old-school, melodramatic angst novel! Expect a scummy man and a shameless woman! The heroine throws herself at the hero, who loves someone else, before he suddenly realizes his mist 200.2kFavorites228.3kClicks/ch121.8kGifts

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   I give the ending five stars (but JJ won't allow it). It's a tragic ending (I think there's a version with a happy ending). I didn't finish watching it, and I can't remember the main characters' personalities, but I rewatch the ending every time, and I cry every time I watch it. So satisfying! [Doge emoji]

7. 7 难 Love Beneath the Phoenix Canopy 难为鸾帐恩 Osmanthus in the Mirror桂花添镜Romance526k WordsCompleted Hu Shen grew up on the grasslands. Her elder brother was favored by the khan, and her own life was fairly comfortable. Until one day, after her brother launched a campaign into the Central Plains, he returned with a captive from there. They said the man was the legitimate heir of a powerful Central Plains family, of noble birth. They said that though he was a civil official, he fought with great courage and had tremendous potential. The khan wanted to bring him into his service, but the man w 167.9kFavorites145.8kClicks/ch87.8kGifts

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   Enough said! It's another romance novel where the female lead is the one who wins! I love the female lead's naive yet wise and unpretentious personality!! She's genuine, sincere, cute, and kind!! [Sprinkling flowers] The male lead has a rather awkward personality, a bit arrogant, jealous, and prone to overthinking, but the female lead is quite straightforward and emotionally oblivious, so the male lead really can't handle her at all [doge]. The male lead is very responsible and a good man!

8. 8 小 Little Swallow 小燕尔 Electricity Princess发电姬Romance533k WordsCompleted The simplified Chinese edition is now available for preorder. For details, visit Weibo @Jinjiang Fadianji~~ Yun Qin had steamed five buns. Her husband, Lu Zhi, was still at school and hadn't come home, so she secretly ate three, leaving two. When Lu Zhi returned, the weather was cold, but sweat dotted his handsome, fair face, and his cheeks were faintly flushed from running. Yun Qin suddenly felt guilty. If only she'd eaten two instead of three. She brought the buns over. Lu Zhi was hungry too 140.3kFavorites137.2kClicks/ch177.2kGifts

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   The early chapters are more slice-of-life with a lighthearted writing style. There are a few domestic power struggles in the beginning, but the characters in these struggles are quite numerous and rather endearing. The female lead's character is fantastic; she's similar to the female lead in "My Husband is the Demon Lord of Destruction"—both are skilled at loving and living well, and possess a straightforward and clever personality. [Milk tea emoji] The male lead is incredibly lucky to have married her, but he's also quite ambitious and gentle. [Doge emoji]

9. 9 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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   I give it four stars. I like the male lead's character; he's a beautiful and powerful snake demon, gentle yet dangerous! The female lead is very emotionally stable and intelligent. [Doge emoji]

10. 10 今21+ How Well-Done Are You Today? 今日几分熟 Two Different Concepts两个概念Romance215k WordsCompleted 54.2kFavorites59.4kClicks/ch28.4kGifts

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    This is a contemporary romance novel (I don't want to add any more books to my reading list, so I'm just putting them all here). I haven't found a replacement for the male lead's character yet, so I'm giving it five stars. The male lead is really pathological and obsessive. He's an actor, so he loves acting (this dark, sickly, and ghostly male lead is so satisfying). He has to follow his own script when interacting with the female lead, and if things don't go his way, he goes slightly insane. The male lead is emotionally detached and doesn't really understand what love is. He also likes to dissociate himself. The part where he confesses to the female lead after his act is exposed is so satisfying. "Aren't you coming with me?" His faint smile while leaning against the door is so creepy. Even after being chased away by the female lead, he still clings to her like a ghost, and is even prepared to be the third party for love. [Doge] After reading it, I personally think that although the male lead is very narcissistic, he also has a serious tendency towards self-destruction. The ending is a bit rushed, and the epilogue is a bit short. The female lead is the type who will just walk away if you mess with her. She's a super straight woman, but also very perceptive and often sees through the essence of things. She also often sees through the male lead's pretense (but she falls for it [doge]). However, the female lead is the kind of person who's afraid of getting entangled with others, so when someone infringes on her rights, she might choose to suppress her feelings and cut off all contact with them. Some people might not like this, thinking she's a bit of a "saint" and "indifferent as a chrysanthemum." But I think her character is quite realistic, and I think it's alright; the flaws don't detract from the overall appeal. [Doge emoji with rose in hand] (The male lead's character is so captivating; it would be even more enjoyable if there were more entanglements later on.)

11. 11 法 A Showcase of Mages' Baffling Behavior 法师迷惑行为大赏 Yan Wu严午Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Archmage Sweet, eldest daughter of the Sweet family, an elegant and haughty red rose. Archmage Browning, a magic prodigy from humble beginnings, a witty and charming emerald. These two legendary figures of the magical world must surely have been impressive even as apprentices... "The first time they had a class together, Senior Sweet blew up Senior Browning's cauldron with firewhisky." "The second time they had a class together, Senior Browning ruined Senior Sweet's quill with a yellow screami 46.5kFavorites63.4kClicks/ch119.9kGifts

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    This doesn't match the title; it's a two-dimensional romance novel with a strong female lead [poor face]. The poster hasn't read many BL novels before, and this is the only two-dimensional romance novel the poster can actually read and really enjoys. Lawson is a completely tsundere knight, beautiful, strong, and tragic, while Annabelle is a tsundere young lady with a charming contrast. She appears noble and aloof on the surface, but inside she's a sweet little girl, though she only occasionally reveals this trait with Lawson. She has no magical talent but is incredibly hardworking [throws confetti].

12. 12 嫡 The Imperial Princess 嫡公主 Yao Yao Zi要要子Romance450k WordsCompleted [Complete] Chao Jian is the emperor's legitimate daughter, destined to have everything from the moment she is born. A grand carriage with scarlet wheels, painted halls with red curtains, every kind of favor. Her younger brother is the crown prince, and she can take her pick of noble young men. Chao Jian has never known what it feels like to come second. She's always been number one. Until one winter, at the year-end banquet, her emperor father announced to the assembled officials that he would 9kFavorites14.6kClicks/ch1.9kGifts

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    I'm giving it five stars because I couldn't find a substitute. The male lead initially seems like a sunny, cheerful puppy, but he's actually a deeply insecure, gloomy, and obsessive character. He initially approaches the female lead with ulterior motives but accidentally becomes her loyal follower. The female lead is a legitimate princess, of noble birth, and possesses both courage and wisdom. It's not very long. One aspect that really resonated with me was the interaction and relationship between the female lead and her younger brother (the crown prince, who later inherits the throne). Her brother is her life; I won't spoil why. He doesn't appear much, but he leaves a very strong impression. He's a super sister-obsessed brother, and he inherits the throne for his sister's sake.

13. 13 竹 My Childhood Friend Has Ulterior Motives 竹马他心怀不轨 Wei Lian卫练Romance188k WordsCompleted The fake Gu family young lady: petite and delicate, gentle, kind, respectful, and yielding. The real Gu family young lady: a hot-tempered big sister who'll fight anyone who crosses her. The fake Yan family young master: refined and elegant, a peerless gentleman. The real Yan family young master: shamelessly persistent, with a terminal case of lovesickness. * The Gu family is a renowned scholarly household in the capital. The old master dotes on his youngest daughter, but she is determined to be 5kFavorites11.1kClicks/ch711Gifts

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    This is a sweet romance novel. I read it a long time ago. You can read it when you're bored. The male lead in the extra chapters has a strong yandere personality. The main story is about the daily life of childhood sweethearts in love.

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