Dark, Twisted Female Leads: For Those of Us Who Love the Gloomy 黑泥向女主控 致喜欢阴湿的我们

1. 1 淮 The Marquis of Huaiyin Is Ready to Go on a Rampage 淮阴侯她准备发癫 Master of the Wok颠勺大师Multi-Orientation454k WordsCompleted (Full text undergoing revisions...) Among the many founding generals of the Dafeng Dynasty was the valiant and extraordinary Marquis of Huaiyin. She had fought in countless battles, her whole being steeped in the blood and fury of war. For more than a decade, she had ranged across the battlefield, skilled at deploying troops and fond of killing with a smile. The powerful Marquis of Huaiyin carried herself with imposing dignity and unmatched beauty. Even surrounded by an aura of menace, she was 75.1kFavorites124.5kClicks/ch98kGifts

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   I really don't like reading GB, but I put up with it for this book. This book is incredibly good. It contains a lot of derogatory language about women, but I don't really care about that, since that's the mainstream now, and it will take many years to change. But it does have male-female couples, and even a "sandwich" (a term used to describe a romantic relationship between two people), this story is amazing! And the male lead is completely devoted to the original female lead. Don't worry about who the male lead is, there isn't a male lead, it's an "n" (or "p") [yellow heart].

2. 2 前 My Ex-Boyfriend Keeps Stalking My Secret Account 前男友总偷看我小号 Daydreaming Sheep白日梦羊Romance438k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication. Follow @Bai Ri Meng Yang Mie for updates.] *Gentle on the surface, lonely and dark inside, young master x girl who dares to love and let go *Powerful man breaks down and pursues his ex / possessive pursuit / redemption / yandere romance *Set on a college campus, with plenty of class disparity [Blurb] 2023/3/2: “My boyfriend’s lips are so soft, and he has such a gentle smile.” 2023/4/5: “Every single day with him is so, so, so, so happy.” 2023/5/29: “He sai 157.5kFavorites159.3kClicks/ch57.8kGifts

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   There are very few contemporary romance novels on this list because I'm not a big fan and I'm picky. I vaguely remember this book; the ex-boyfriend was a tsundere type, but that's not so appealing anymore—everyone's probably just another guy who's automatically captivated. But! The tsundere character in this book isn't the kind that makes you want other men to take your place; it's the kind that makes you wonder, "Can men cry this convincingly?" [Winking emoji]

3. 3 穿21+ Transmigrated into the Adoptive Sister of the Male Lead Who Called Off the Engagement 穿越成退婚流男主的养妹 Cloud Mountain at Noon云山昼Romance606k WordsCompleted 65.2kFavorites52.3kClicks/ch42kGifts

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   So beautiful! [Sprinkling flowers]

4. 4 只 A Cultivation World with Only Male Rivals 只有男竞存在的修真界 Ye Yuli叶余里Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Li Zhenzhen spent ten years slaughtering pigs at an abattoir. Her heart had grown as cold as her knife. That was until she transmigrated into an absurd novel and became a disposable passerby, Character A. The novel’s male lead was the Supreme Immortal Venerable Taiqing, breathtakingly beautiful and transcendent, born with immortal bones. The consciousness of the entire world was forcing him to fall in love with the female lead. But he remained completely unmoved, and the female lead was still 62.4kFavorites62.7kClicks/ch61.8kGifts

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   It's really good, highly recommended. I hope there will be more stories like this with well-written, low-morality female protagonists. There are still many harem stories, but the female protagonist's growth experience is very bitter. I don't know if everyone can handle it.

5. 5 蜘 [Inuyasha] The Spider's Thread [犬夜叉]蜘蛛之丝 Chu Zhi Kong初之空Romance215k WordsCompleted In my eighteenth year since transmigrating to the Warring States period, I picked up a partner. Though he was gloomy, stayed home all year, and had to go into confinement now and then, and seemed to go along with me only because he coveted my abilities, and our species weren't even compatible, his face was exactly my type. I was very satisfied with him, until his white moonlight came back from the dead. I discovered he had another woman in his heart, so I promptly broke up with him. ·Before Yo 60.6kFavorites154.9kClicks/ch29.5kGifts

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   Even without having read the original work, I can understand that the author's writing style is very skillful.

6. 6 外 Alien Species Taming Manual (Non-Human) 外星异种驯化手册[人外] Dull Scholar钝书生Romance199k WordsCompleted Inhuman monster with no conscience X timid coward 1. Cheng Molly is what her parents call a “leftover woman.” She’s introverted, unremarkable, and works as a clerk at a small company. At twenty-nine, pressured by her family, she married her current husband in a whirlwind wedding. To be honest, her husband is handsome and generous with money. For an ordinary woman like her, it’s a pretty good deal. But Molly feels something about her husband has changed since they got married. His movements are 242.9kFavorites238.4kClicks/ch198.9kGifts

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   This was also delicious, but the ending was a bit strange; I just couldn't accept it.

7. 7 顶 The Top-Tier Star Ex-Husband Is a Yandere 顶流前夫是病娇 Left and Right Extreme左右极Romance824k WordsCompleted ◆Next up: "After Dumping the Crazy Top A", please add it to your reading list 💗 ◆Signed for print publication. For publication updates, see xhs/wb@Zuoyouji ◆Self-indulgent, lovesick, stunning actor X gentle, honest researcher who turns dark ◆Blurb: Scroll down for content warnings! The main story is 680,000 words. [Female Lead's Version] The day Jiang Minyun's ex-girlfriend dumped him and left the country, he was devastated. He glanced coldly at Li Shihui, wh 97.5kFavorites103.7kClicks/ch84.5kGifts

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   In the end, they actually got together. The author likes to use flashbacks, and many people were talking about it back then. Actually, I think it's okay. I originally thought it would end badly, but it turned out to be a happy ending.

8. 8 师 My Master Is Cultivating the Heartless Dao 师尊在修无情道 Shui Dangdang水凼凼Romance600k WordsCompleted (Complete) Blurb: (Chapter comments are enabled.) After transmigrating one day, Chi Yu inexplicably becomes the first disciple of the Golden Core Master Yan Zening. She waits and waits, but even after two years, her convenient master still hasn't come to claim her. Chi Yu's inner monologue: You ignore me today, and tomorrow I'll be someone you can't afford to offend. Three years later, Chi Yu's cultivation level: first tier of Qi Refining. But it doesn't matter. Her convenient master's Golden 93.8kFavorites73.9kClicks/ch56.8kGifts

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   The second male lead is impure; I simply couldn't tolerate him being with the female lead. Thankfully they didn't, otherwise I would have dropped the story. The female lead is great, and the male lead is a scumbag.

9. 9 信 Rules for Observing Carrier Pigeons 信鸽观察守则 Qiao Family's Little Bridge乔家小桥Romance806k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication; updates are posted on Weibo @Q Qiao Jia Xiaoqiao] [The text has undergone extensive revisions; only the Jinjiang version is authoritative] Xia Songluo discovered that she was being watched by a flock of pigeons. Should she call the police, or see a psychiatrist? Reader's Guide (Potential Spoilers): 1. A lovable airhead versus a lunatic. The heroine is a wealthy beauty, a poor student, and gloriously oblivious. The main storyline is romance and travel abroad. This is no 101.8kFavorites104.3kClicks/ch271.6kGifts

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   Could you please stop writing about the parents' love story? Could the side couple be given their own story? This is a free novel, and the writing is excellent, plus the male lead is a lunatic and very appealing. But I really just want to read the side stories featuring the main couple.

10. 10 渡21+ Borrowing Yang Energy 渡阳气 Sing of the Wind and Go风歌且行Romance275k WordsCompleted 261.9kFavorites279kClicks/ch131.9kGifts

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    I plan to watch

11. 11 跟21+ You Just Don’t Get It, Rich People 跟你们天龙人说不明白 Call Me Su the Third叫我苏三少Romance1.2M WordsOngoing 192.9kFavorites214.2kClicks/ch767.8kGifts

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    It was delicious, but then I suddenly lost interest. These kinds of female NPs are really popular lately, but it's really like finding gold in the trash. I prefer female leads who have both strengths and weaknesses, who have a living, breathing personality, and who are of normal intelligence.

12. 12 在 Before the Villain is Born (Quick Transmigration) 在反派出生前（快穿） Are You Not Coming Home Tonight?今晚不回家吗Romance899k WordsCompleted [Completed. After An Jin dies young from illness, she is bound to a System and becomes the villain’s doomed mother in different small worlds. The System wants her to give the villains a warm home and change the miserable childhoods caused by their families of origin. But now… the villains haven’t even been born yet. World One: Young Lady from an Embroidery House x Lonely Swordsman [Historical] The mother of 153.5kFavorites229.6kClicks/ch249.7kGifts

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    It has a bit of a "spoiled wife" vibe, but! I love to eat it, and I don't remember it being a black mud sculpture.

13. 13 皎 Jiaojiao, You Wouldn't Want To... 皎皎，你也不想…… Call Me Su the Third叫我苏三少Romance918k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication. Details: wb@Call Me Su San Shao] [Complete. The upcoming novel blurb is at the bottom.] “Wen Zhijiao belongs to Jiang Yuancheng.” It was an unspoken secret among the social elite of City A. They had never seen her, but they knew Jiang Yuancheng kept a canary he treasured like the apple of his eye, and that he had even broken half his leg for her. Later, Jiang Yuancheng became a vegetative patient. It was in his hospital room that the people in his circle finally 119.5kFavorites216.3kClicks/ch145.7kGifts

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    Many men just act like dogs.

14. 14 和 My Wife and I Were Reborn Before Our Engagement Was Broken 和妻子重生回退婚前 Spring Branch Dawn春枝晓Romance544k WordsCompleted A younger guy who's all smiles on the surface, but a sensitive, gloomy, damp little ghost × A gentle big sister who trains people without even realizing it Lu Xingze transmigrates into an unfamiliar era and discovers he's been handed the classic overpowered hero's broken-engagement plot. At his first glimpse of his fiancée, he notices how impossibly tall the Yun family's buildings are, casting her in unending shadow. Silent, old-fashioned, and lifeless, his fiancée is just like this ancient, 97.5kFavorites95.8kClicks/ch97.2kGifts

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    It's delicious, but the plot hasn't really developed much yet. The romance though, it's very engaging.

15. 15 清 The Pure, Poor Girl Is Reloading Her Save [Noble Academy] 清纯贫穷女读档中[贵族学院] Jiu Qing酒青Romance572k WordsCompleted Pei Jiayuan is a thoroughly vain gold digger. She splits the bill on fancy afternoon tea, pays for designer bags in installments, flaunts her wealth nonstop on social media, and pretends to be a rich heiress, all to make others envy her. After opening a Korean webcomic rated H, she got bound to a System. The comic is set in a gritty elite academy where class divisions are stark. According to the plot, the heroine comes from a poor family but is as tough as a weed. With her pure, innocent look 85.9kFavorites109.6kClicks/ch76.3kGifts

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    The author has a history of poor writing and a terrible track record, but unfortunately, readers love to cleanse their inner library (referring to the author's personal blog/website).

16. 16 云 Joyful Clouds 云欢 Sing of the Wind and Go风歌且行Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Yunhuan was once the foremost disciple of Xianlang Sect, a genius sword cultivator praised by everyone. Then one day, she lost all her spiritual power and became a cripple. A girl who appeared out of nowhere took her place as the foremost disciple, while Chen Yunhuan was kicked down the mountain and left to fend for herself. That night, Chen Yunhuan sat at the foot of the mountain and saw brilliant spiritual light shining from its peak. She knew it was the light of Xue Chiyao practicing he 82.5kFavorites60.2kClicks/ch93.3kGifts

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    Delicious! The female lead is the best in the world!

17. 17 我 This Is How It Is for Those of Us with Pure Yin Bodies 我们纯阴之体是这样的 Five Mushrooms五朵蘑菇Romance1.0M WordsCompleted My new story, Picking Up Trash Is Better Than Cultivating Immortality, is now open. Come check it out~~ Shao Yin transmigrates into a harem novel aimed at male readers. She is the female side character who breaks off her engagement to the male lead, only to get face-slapped and crushed, see her entire sect uprooted, and watch her clan wiped off the face of the earth. What’s so terrible about breaking off an engagement? After the engagement is over, he’s a fine, upstanding man, with a bright 60.2kFavorites86.3kClicks/ch63.6kGifts

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    This one probably looks good too.

18. 18 公 The Princess's Plight 公主难为 Leisurely Wine and Flowers闲酒载花Romance439k WordsCompleted *Heroine: I often feel out of place in my family because I’m just too normal. *First-person, all-route wish-fulfillment story. Lots of one-sided crushes. *The heroine is useless and timid, her whole family is messed up, and her father really is a tyrant. *Please read the full list of content warnings at the bottom of the synopsis before opening the book. Thank you. *All romantic relationships in this story happen after the family ties are severed. Nothing inappropriate happens before then. *The 57kFavorites63.2kClicks/ch91.4kGifts

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    Tasty

19. 19 金21+ Golden Wisteria 金丝藤 Dongshi Niang东施娘Romance430k WordsOngoing 49.5kFavorites92.5kClicks/ch30.9kGifts

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    May your soul return! Second part: Dong Shi's mother is really funny. I asked her if she had written anything today or finished writing it. She said breaking it is more enjoyable

20. 20 修 Cultivation World Dating Simulator 修真界恋爱模拟器 Han Qingxing寒青星Romance216k WordsOngoing (Crossover prequel: Any idea why the Sawada family keeps producing deadbeats?) (Completed wuxia crossover of the same type: Everyone Says It’s Not a Dating Sim (Wuxia Crossover)) (A shout-out to a friend’s derivative story: a player harem, a full cast of twisted characters, and a cheerful, sunny, evil plush girl as the heroine: You Opened the Zoldyck Maid Simulator by Ju Ling) A player buys a newly released, highly customizable, full-dive cultivation romance game. Your identity at the start is 45.4kFavorites44.5kClicks/ch47.5kGifts

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    Extremely poor quality

21. 21 恋 Romance Conquest, but I'm the Villainess 恋爱攻略，但恶毒女配 Zhangzhang Catches the Moon章章捉月Romance473k WordsCompleted It was an ordinary day. You spent 9.99 on a full-dive romance game called Villainess, Charge Ahead. [Game Description]: Players enter different story scenarios in different levels, play the villainess, win over a variety of targets, and experience sweet romance plots. You entered the game. [Welcome] You dressed yourself up. [Beauty +1] You sexually harassed a handsome NPC. [Reputation -1000] You unlocked the NPC’s romance ending. [Temperament -500] [Reputation -1000] … You did not comple 44.3kFavorites43.1kClicks/ch43.3kGifts

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    It's delicious!

22. 22 道 Her Dao Companion Ascended as an Evil God, So She Tearfully Inherited the Sect 道侣飞升邪神，她含泪继承宗门 Dreams Born in the Dead of Night沉夜生梦Romance858k WordsCompleted Jiang Zaiyue had no spiritual roots or aptitude for cultivation. She heard that the Stargazing Sect was the only sect in the cultivation world that accepted disciples without spiritual roots, so she immediately signed up for its entrance test. The test was simple. Everyone had to look up at the stars and say what they saw. After noticing that every disciple who passed the test told a horror story, Jiang Zaiyue suddenly understood. So they just had to make up a horror story? As a horror-story e 34.8kFavorites40.9kClicks/ch22.8kGifts

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    Forgot

23. 23 男 Men's Tears Make for Far Too Warming a Drink 男人的眼泪作为下酒菜还是太暖胃了 Nan Shiliu Xiang南十六湘Romance668k WordsCompleted [The main story is only 600,000 characters, so you don't need to read the original to enjoy it] [The male lead is unhinged, the female lead is crazy, and neither of them is especially healthy. The title tells you this isn't pure romance.] Naoya hated one woman: Hayakawa Miyano. He'd hated her ever since they were children. He hated the way her voice rose at the end of a sentence, the beauty mark at the corner of her eye, the way her gaze swept up and down his body, and the corners of her lips 30.4kFavorites25.3kClicks/ch27.2kGifts

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    It's delicious! Even if you haven't read the original work, you can still enjoy it. I probably just like this kind of foul-mouthed character who gets tortured to tears. It's my wicked side. It's probably a story about a foul-mouthed guy raised in a feudal family getting humiliated by the female lead.

24. 24 舞 As a Dance Cultivator, I Really Can Save the World! 舞修的我是真的能拯救世界！ Shui Dangdang水凼凼Romance984k WordsOngoing As the girl chosen by the System to save the Kunze Continent, Shi Ran thinks the System has an excellent eye. Ever since eighth grade, she’s believed she has what it takes to save the world. After waiting six years, that long-overdue responsibility has finally fallen on her shoulders. System: First I’ll make you a body, then set you up with a dance cultivation system, and then send you in. Shi Ran: What? I’ve never learned to dance! Give me a different golden finger… Wait… Why is dance cultiva 20.1kFavorites16.5kClicks/ch130.3kGifts

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    Tasty Shui Dandan's writing is super reliable. The male leads aren't all-powerful; they each have their own wickedness, which I won't go into detail about here. Anyway, it's delicious!

25. 25 博 The Loving Childhood Friend Takes Long Aotian’s Place and Reaches the Pinnacle of Life 博爱青梅代替龙傲天走上人生巅峰 Prisoner Tiger囚虎Romance1.5M WordsOngoing I’d like to recommend my friend Jinchuan Rong’s nearly finished serialized novel, Pearls in the Mirage! Cheng Baozhou came across a soft-rice-eater novel with a truly unusual premise. At first glance, it seemed like a classic male-led power-progression story. In reality, the male lead’s greatest cheat was his childhood friend, who wasn’t his love interest at all, but a flirtatious little sister who was good at sweet-talking men. The villain picks a fight? Childhood friend handles it. A rich, 18kFavorites23.2kClicks/ch89.8kGifts

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    Tasty

26. 26 古 Ancient Romance Simulator 古代恋爱模拟器 Soy Milk Beats Dark Chocolate豆奶揍黑巧Romance886k WordsOngoing What does Yuan Lu represent to everyone? Obsession, carnal desire, a sea of sin. Life and death, grudges and vengeance, defiance. She is the first light of a new day, hanging high in the heavens, enough to bring tears to your eyes. To give everything up for her, raise the nine heavens for her and then descend the celestial steps: beyond one's control, beyond forgiveness. But to Yuan Lu, life is: plot twists, game start, log in again. She's just an ordinary player who likes dramatic, angsty 15.1kFavorites16.5kClicks/ch31.1kGifts

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    Forgot

27. 27 如 How to Become a Good Woman (Matriarchy) 如何变成好女人（女尊） Yue Chan月趻Romance661k WordsOngoing Completed works: Tamed Wildfire (Matriarchy), about a person with bipolar disorder and a paranoid person falling in love; She Is the Moon in the Clouds (Matriarchy), an ancient-era story with a universally adored heroine; Taming the Wild Rose (Matriarchy), a story about a cool, aloof guy washing underwear. Blurb: (World One: cross-dressing general, complete. World Two: aloof, heartless master of the Unfeeling Dao, complete. World Three: fierce, irascible enemy commander, complete. World Four: ge 11.5kFavorites14.3kClicks/ch9.6kGifts

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    GB text, but I can still eat it. It hasn't been updated in a while, but the BL (Boys' Love) stuff is still being updated at the same time. Sigh. To each their own, I guess.

28. 28 被 The Brother Whose Engagement Was Called Off 被退婚的哥哥 A Hundred Thousand Oranges十万橙Romance199k WordsCompleted Yes, I've finished it ^-* The beautiful, distinguished older brother who was jilted returns home and starts taking care of Lin Youmo. He handles all the housework and cooking. He makes meals for her, gets things ready for her dates, and when Lin Youmo comes home from work covered in blood, he has already run her a bath. He gently wipes her face, lowering his eyes with concern as he asks if she's in pain. Lin Youmo didn't think much of it at first. Until the person she was dating said jealousl 10.6kFavorites9.9kClicks/ch6.2kGifts

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    It was delicious, but we finished it rather hastily.

29. 29 非 An Unconventional Genius Simulator 非典型天才模拟器 PanaPoRomance654k WordsCompleted - (Pure wish fulfillment. Please don't take it seriously.) PS: There will be lots of romance! The player has no morals! Competitions are mixed-gender. PSS: The author will be lurking in the comments. [No human is perfect. Geniuses are complicated creatures, outstanding in their abilities, with all kinds of messy private lives, and sometimes utterly despicable. Some people worship them like gods, while others hate them to the bone. At some point, haven't you wanted to become a genius in other pe 31.8kFavorites36.1kClicks/ch77.7kGifts

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    I want to kiss this little bird heroine hard! It's a genius simulation game. The author seems to be a beginner, but the writing is quite good. I want to see more romance! Second part: I couldn't continue reading. Maybe it's because I, as a real student, projected reality onto the story. I felt it was too absurd. But if you don't care about that, you can definitely read it. Countless men will be at your disposal. I always give up halfway through reading this author's works. It's a curse...

30. 30 女 Female Lead Opportunity Simulator 女主机遇模拟器 Xing Yi Du Shui姓一度水Romance511k WordsCompleted [Coming Soon: Ancient-Era Concubine Simulator. Blurb at the very end] Blurb: The Life and Opportunity Simulator is a simulation game that combines romance and career. Players can choose to pursue both or focus on one. But take note: your romantic life will inevitably affect your career, and vice versa. In short, find a balance between romance and your career! At first, player Xiong Duoying didn't pay much attention to the husband she got for free after loading into the game. Then, on the ver 1.2kFavorites1.5kClicks/ch2.5kGifts

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    Husband swapping play

31. 31 男 My Boyfriend Is a Beauty Blogger 男友是美妆博主 Wu Zhao唔昭Romance312k WordsCompleted 47.4kFavorites50.9kClicks/ch42.9kGifts

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    Could we have more male leads like this? I really love the male lead character who does the hair and makeup for the female lead.

32. 32 我 I Was Born to Hate Villains Most 我生来最恨反派 Good Umbrella好伞Romance424k WordsCompleted He Zhuoming transmigrated into Wen Dao, a sprawling xianxia novel with no romance that she hadn't finished reading, and got her wish: she met her favorite character, the young villain who was born evil. Then the villain she'd singled out as her favorite tricked her and sold her off. After a miserable life of going hungry, freezing, and finally being forced into a ghost marriage, He Zhuoming even began to think that dying might not be so bad. Maybe she would wake up back home after she died. J 41.6kFavorites34.8kClicks/ch40.1kGifts

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    Xiaohe, I really want to give you a big kiss!

33. 33 宝21+ Bao'e, Bao'e, You're Kindhearted [Journey to the West] 宝娥宝娥，心肠不坏[西游] Cloud Mountain at Noon云山昼Romance203k WordsCompleted 40.8kFavorites44.3kClicks/ch39.6kGifts

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    Cute little girl

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