A Lifetime of Giving Up on Tragic Love 戒玻璃的一辈子

1. 1 上 A Guide to Marrying Up 上嫁指南 I Don't Eat Ginger Candy不吃姜糖Multi-Orientation469k WordsCompleted My rich, handsome roommate, whom I've secretly loved for ages, finally broke up with his boyfriend. Now's my chance. *First-person narration, bottom's perspective / pampered bottom *A beautiful, bisexual Cinderella bottom chases after a handsome young master top, marries into a wealthy family, and wins the guy. *No groveling arc *The top is not a virgin Theme: Work hard and build a happy life. 1.1kFavorites1.2kClicks/ch3.8kGifts

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   This is a must-read for readers who love the "husband-brain-obsessed, doting wife" trope. The author's writing style is also gradually improving. It's a mutually pampering story, and the seme (top) has reciprocated, but he's a bit arrogant [doge emoji]. Although it's called "The Guide to Marrying Up," the uke (bottom) is incredibly devoted and only puts the seme (top) first. Here, I'm going to harshly criticize a certain trashy novel about a materialistic, hypocritical, and pretentious uke who marries into a wealthy family.

2. 2 隆 A Letter in Deep Winter 隆冬来信 Xia Xiao Is Writing夏小正在写Danmei (BL)132k WordsOngoing An alternate ABO world. Alpha top, omega bottom. Not for readers with strict character preferences. Tsundere top x white-tea bottom The first half takes place at school, the second half is about marriage. Includes childbirth. New story. Reuses the names of the leads from Cherry Shoots in Spring. It can be read as a parallel world to Cherry Shoots in Spring. The top has a nasty personality and there is a little dominance and submission. Read with caution. Theme: A match made in heaven. 23.3kFavorites15.2kClicks/ch19.3kGifts

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   If you treat this as an erotic story, my tolerance level is incredibly high. I can handle a bite of the seemingly cold but actually warm-hearted sadistic top * arrogant and infatuated bottom; the top is really swoon-worthy. I just hope the author doesn't end up having the bottom enjoy himself and then ruin the top's character by turning him into a greasy, domineering, henpecked husband or the infatuated bottom into a queen-like bottom. If I'm right, I'll delete this book [vomiting blood].

3. 3 变 After I Became a Cool-Hearted Rival's Husky 变成清冷情敌的二哈后 Sagawa Chuan佐川川Danmei (BL)171k WordsCompleted The next book I'm opening is "Monsters Got Me Pregnant [Anthology]". Please add it to your reading list! It goes VIP on Thursday. Blurb: The person Yu Ting hates most in this life is undoubtedly his industry rival and love rival, Gu Jingjie. When they first debuted, they were both idols who relied on their looks. But Gu Jingjie quietly worked his way up to become an award-winning actor, and never even gave Yu Ting the time of day. Even Yu Ting 9.4kFavorites14.7kClicks/ch3.6kGifts

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   A story of mutual pampering and silly sweetness, which I quite like.

4. 4 真 I Truly Love You 真的爱你 Gui Chou鬼丑Danmei (BL)228k WordsCompleted Meng Nong's life is a pool of mud. He's willing to give up an Alpha's dignity to pay off the enormous debt he carries. He can never achieve Ning Chizhi's accomplishments in his lifetime, but this lone mud-legged man, above all, doesn't want that person to look down on him. Ning Chizhi has always been waiting for Meng Nong to grow up. But by the time that person grew up, he was already old. His approach would only hurt Meng Nong more than anything else. Gentle, rational, powerful bottom x wild, 5.2kFavorites6.8kClicks/ch5.6kGifts

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   This article does not reflect the author's true skill level. All of the older articles are readable; my favorite is "Dear and His Cat," it's incredibly popular.

5. 5 我 Unfastening the Cult Leader’s Robe with Him 我与教主解睡袍 Someone Without Class有人无品Danmei (BL)10k WordsCompleted The Fourth Sleepwear Removal I Remove the Cult Leader's Sleepwear A birthday story written for myself First-person POV, top A top with twisted morals x a bottom with twisted morals Follow me on Weibo: You Ren Wu Pin Theme: 1.3kFavorites32.8kClicks/ch29Gifts

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   The "Undressing in a Bathrobe" series is all worth watching; they're funny and silly little treats. (Hey, someone's got no taste, come back here.)

6. 6 和 After Divorcing the Zerg General by Contract 和虫族上将协议离婚后 Peach and Plum Speak for Themselves桃李自言Danmei (BL)537k WordsCompleted [Coming soon: [Quick Transmigration] The Scum Top Tries to Redeem Himself. Click through from my profile~] As a son-in-law who married into the powerful Bobs family, Wei Miao did his job exceptionally well. In public, he and his female spouse treated each other with respect. To the media and online observers, they were one of the rare “model couples.” He had no concubines, steadfastly supported his spouse’s career, and cheered him on every time he went into battle. They had even raised a lovel 77.8kFavorites114.3kClicks/ch73.8kGifts

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   Top-notch. The male lead is so devoted that the later parts of the main story feel a bit frustrating, but I tolerated it because of his charm. The "what if" side stories are even more delicious.

7. 7 在 Before He Is Crowned King 在他加冕为王前 Oh, Right and Wrong是非非啊Danmei (BL)374k WordsCompleted [A seme-focused, plot-driven series. All three books are complete, totaling 1.2 million Chinese characters, with 200,000 characters of free chapters. Visit the author’s page and add it to your collection so you don’t miss updates.] Xien transmigrates into the body of a viscount whom the nobles call both disabled and ugly. His title is something he inherited by chance, his family affection is something he inherited by chance, and even his love is something he inherited by chance. All of it was 25.9kFavorites41.2kClicks/ch14.3kGifts

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   It's a story about a man who's superior to others. I watched it 20 years ago and have almost forgotten everything, but the swoon-worthy charm of the male lead is still etched in my mind. I won't rewatch it because the first season was the best, the latter two were just average, and they weren't pure romance.

8. 8 本 I'm Not Happy 本尊不开心 Cang Zai Sheng苍在笙Danmei (BL)641k WordsCompleted I am the male lead of a rebirth novel. I was supposed to be reborn, slap faces, turn my life around, take revenge, unlock a golden finger, and win the beauty of my dreams. But it was all a lie! A lie! Villain, shouldn't you be coveting my throne? Since when did you start coveting my body? Serious synopsis: The greatest cultivator in the Immortal Dao Realm was betrayed by his most beloved disciple and died, his soul extinguished. When he awoke, the traitor who had betrayed his master and anc 15kFavorites46.8kClicks/ch5.1kGifts

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   Great! It's an unconventional story, I love it. Even beginners will find the writing style a minor issue once you get into it.

9. 9 标 After Marking a Bipolar Omega 标记了躁郁症omega后 No Nine没有九Danmei (BL)351k WordsCompleted [Completed] To make Xie Zhitang want to live again, his parents spent a ten-figure sum to hire an overbearing CEO Alpha to mark him. Xie Zhitang: I thought overbearing CEOs were supposed to consider money beneath them? Mother Xie: There's also a five percent stake in the Xie family business. Lu Jinsen didn't think of himself as a good person, but he was a professional. If he was hired as Xie Zhitang's caregiver, then so be it. It was only a temporary mark; biting his neck once in a while wasn 11.5kFavorites33.3kClicks/ch4.7kGifts

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   Top-notch. I love AO pairings; the seme is very charming, and the uke's doting on the seme is tolerable because the seme is a patient. The author's writing is very reasonable and touched me.

10. 10 狂 Mad Laughter in Chang'an 狂笑长安 Exile流亡Danmei (BL)828k WordsCompleted Couple: Li Shen X Geng Yan (upright, feral, domineering top X scheming, handsome, doting bottom) Li Shen: I was the destined protagonist, a true winner in life, with brothers on my left and beautiful women on my right, destined to unify the world and swagger through life. But the author made me get together with a guy... I have nothing to say. Geng Yan: I’m tremendously powerful, domineering, devoted, and loyal. I may be a little devious (No, you’re rotten to the core), but I’m still a top-tier 11.4kFavorites8kClicks/ch5.6kGifts

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    Top-tier. The sheer amount of melodrama is both its strength and its weakness. The male lead is incredibly charming and handsome, but also incredibly tragic and heartbreaking. As someone who loves male leads, I dare not reread it.

11. 11 奸 The Treacherous Chancellor's Guide to Clearing His Name 奸相洗白手册 Peach and Plum Speak for Themselves桃李自言Danmei (BL)397k WordsOngoing [Coming soon: [Quick transmigration] The Scum Dom Tries to Redeem Himself. Visit my homepage to check it out~] In his tenth year after transmigrating to ancient times, Chen Bai was finally imprisoned, as required by the tasks issued by the Corrupt Chancellor Training System. Over the past ten years, he had risen from a country bumpkin to the emperor's court, diligently deceiving the emperor, building factions and purging his rivals, humiliating the crown prince and slaughtering loyal ministers 10kFavorites7.6kClicks/ch27.5kGifts

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    No need to say more. Every piece of writing by this author hits my sweet spot.

12. 12 渣 The Scum Gong Tries to Redeem Himself [Quick Transmigration] 渣攻试图洗白[快穿] Peach and Plum Speak for Themselves桃李自言Danmei (BL)127k WordsOngoing Chu Zhe's job is playing scummy tops. He plays a love cheat, luring and deceiving powerful men in one world after another, letting them sink into the abyss before throwing them to the wolves. He lives without a shred of conscience. After he finished in so many worlds, the System turned around and made him go back and do them all over again. He must not alter the major plotlines, and he must also do his best to earn a happy ending with the people he wronged. No one should have to do this. At 7.8kFavorites7kClicks/ch5.8kGifts

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    Top-notch. Too thin, the author's fault.

13. 13 疯 Madness 疯魔 Eye of the Hurricane飓风眼Danmei (BL)365k WordsCompleted Li Xingyue accidentally learns that his world is an erotic novel, and that he is a minor cannon-fodder villain gong who appears early in the story. The protagonist shou is someone he casually picked up to use as a test subject for alchemy. He’ll develop a distorted possessiveness toward the shou, getting jealous over him every day until he eventually falls into demonic cultivation. Zhou Jue, the eldest disciple he had high hopes for and personally raised, is the protagonist gong. He’ll rescue 6.1kFavorites5.5kClicks/ch7.1kGifts

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    NPC. After reading it, I felt very empty, not knowing what the author was writing about or what they wanted to express. The pacing and the protagonist's emotional changes were strange and somewhat chaotic. I feel like I've seen similar settings elsewhere. Zz

14. 14 第 The Third Year of Wandering Eyes 第三年的见异思迁 Lamp Without Buckwheat灯无荞麦Danmei (BL)46k WordsCompleted Top-focused. Happy ending. Complete. A story about a bottom who keeps making trouble until he finally gets the point, while the top just watches and says, “I'll sit here and let you make a mess.” A melodramatic short story. The characters and plot won't suit everyone's preferences. The full story is free. The author will delete personal attacks and unjustified negative reviews. Please keep things civil, and thank you for reading. Theme: Love and peace 6.1kFavorites31kClicks/ch787Gifts

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    NPC. A short, slightly antagonistic story with no major flaws, it's in a comfortable zone and not melodramatic, so it's a bit boring.

15. 15 您 Your Boyfriend Has Starved to Death 您的男友已饿死 Vegetable and Shrimp Soup青菜虾仁汤Danmei (BL)202k WordsCompleted Theme: 2.1kFavorites10.5kClicks/ch681Gifts

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    "Superior People." A story with a very interesting premise; the tags and everything are practically a microcosm of BL (Boys' Love) novels. I've read it several times; the romance is pretty much mutual pampering.

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