Brother Hotpot 兄弟丼

1. 1 旷 Crossing the Wilderness 旷野之渡 Jin Bing金丙Romance338k WordsCompleted The print edition of Across the Wilderness goes on pre-sale at 7:00 p.m. on February 4. Follow me on Weibo for details! Blurb: 1. After Lin Wen’s boyfriend disappeared, his best friend couldn’t wait to show up at her door. Zhou Li was a loyal man, especially when it came to his buddies. When his best friend vanished and his buddy’s girlfriend became an ex, he still treated her as a friend and looked after her. When she needed a date, he played matchmaker. When she hurt her foot 161.4kFavorites240.4kClicks/ch64.2kGifts

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   In modern novels, the second male lead, who's just a plot device, isn't actually a brother.

2. 2 国21+ Springtime Tales from the Duke's Estate 国公府春闺小韵事 The Queen Is Not Home女王不在家Romance566k WordsCompleted 157.4kFavorites172.9kClicks/ch141.7kGifts

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   The most classic part is the passage in the article details, where the male protagonist wants to give the female protagonist a formal title, but she refuses. Then, the male protagonist angrily asks her, "You've been keeping watch for him all this time, even ending up in my bed?"

3. 3 当 As I Began to Lose You 当我开始失去你 Bread Is Toxic面包有毒Romance493k WordsCompleted The print edition is now available at major online bookstores. For details, follow Weibo @MianbaoYouDuDuDuDu. [The new novel, The Storm Has Arrived, is complete. If you’re interested, visit the author’s page to save it to your favorites!] #Secret Crush #Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium Zhu Yiyi is an ordinary, unremarkable girl, the kind who could disappear into a crowd. The only extraordinary thing in her life had to do with Xue Pei. She liked him, and they had grown up together. As chil 147.1kFavorites219.2kClicks/ch50.9kGifts

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   The second male lead was the male lead's good friend whom he once wanted to introduce to the female lead as a boyfriend. The more trust they placed in each other, the more tragic the ending became. The second male lead in this story is truly a source of regret; he was too good.

4. 4 怀 Pregnant with My Ex's Older Brother's Baby 怀上前夫他哥的崽 Master Grass Lamp草灯大人Romance483k WordsCompleted [The new novel, Became the Concubine of a Cold and Aloof Powerful Official, is now open for reading!] A powerful man lowers his head | Both leads are each other's first Strong-willed, vibrant beauty x icy, abstinent noble gentleman Su Li and Cui Ming, the second young master of a prestigious family, were betrothed as children. Because of this marriage tie, Su Li often visited the Cui clan, one of the great aristocratic families. Clever and adorable, Su Li is loved by everyone. She wins over t 126.9kFavorites127.5kClicks/ch64.6kGifts

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   Those in positions of power bow their heads. After her younger brother's death, the male protagonist agreed to inherit both the male and female protagonist's families. The female protagonist lied about being pregnant and tried to escape, but was caught and brought back. She was unaware that the male protagonist had taken a contraceptive medicine.

5. 5 珠 A Gem by My Side 珠玉在侧 A Huge Ingot of Silver好大一锭银Romance770k WordsCompleted [Revising in progress. An additional ten thousand words of interaction between Zhan and Rong, and Tan and Rong. Pirated copies are chaotic and incomplete, with major plot points missing and too many typos. Please support the official version. I am not responsible for errors or omissions in pirated copies. Be sure to read the content warnings below the blurb before starting.] Lin Zhan did not like his sister-in-law. She was the woman his older brother had married while posted to the borderlands. 91.4kFavorites68.2kClicks/ch38.9kGifts

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   The younger brother didn't like his sister-in-law, but she was always in his dreams.

6. 6 故 A Friend's Wife 故人之妻 First Kitten第一只喵Romance589k WordsCompleted The Great General Huan Xuan rushed back from a thousand miles away to see his gravely ill close friend one last time. They had been companions since youth, bound by deep affection. His friend clasped his hand and said haltingly: "My betrothed has no one to rely on and is so pitiful. After I die, please take good care of her." Huan Xuan looked up and saw a woman with snow-white skin and raven hair hidden behind a curtain, her eyes swollen red from crying. Fu Yunwan had endured a lonely life, and 61.7kFavorites76.4kClicks/ch7.5kGifts

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   He took care of his friend's wife to the point of bedriddenness. Later, the second male lead returned, leading to a chaotic scene.

7. 7 隔 Overnight Tea 隔夜茶 Bread Is Toxic面包有毒Romance312k WordsCompleted Wei Han finally broke up with Jian Yi. He was the one who ended it. His friends threw him a particularly grand singles party at the biggest bar in town. Everyone went wild at the bar, and Wei Han got more than a little drunk. His flirtatious eyes grew hazy with alcohol when someone suddenly mentioned that Jian Yi seemed to have a new boyfriend. "I happened to see them after class that day, and her boyfriend was pretty handsome. He picked her up outside the school in a Porsche Cayenne." As so 38.4kFavorites46.9kClicks/ch6kGifts

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   It's not a brother's bowl, but a nephew's and uncle's bowl, which is still pretty fun. He absolutely adores the male lead.

8. 8 男 Buy One Boyfriend, Get One Free 男朋友买一送一 White Peach and Green Salt白桃青盐Romance212k WordsCompleted Qin Yunban had recently started dating a man. Her boyfriend was a handsome, wealthy young man of mixed heritage, generous with his money and gentle in nature. Although crime was rampant and public safety was terrible in the city where she lived, she was an ordinary person who still led a peaceful, happy life. That was until one day at work, when her boss was shot in the head by a bullet that came flying out of nowhere, and she happened to stumble upon the culprit, fiddling with a sniper rifle. 25.8kFavorites21.3kClicks/ch32.1kGifts

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   A modern alternate history story featuring twins and a mistaken identity trope. It features a cold, aloof man and a gloomy, ghostly brother.

9. 9 借 Borrowed Spring Tide 借春潮 I Want to Change My Name我要变匆名Romance383k WordsCompleted At dawn, Suihe finished burning the paper offerings for the seventh day after her husband's death and returned home. A group of soldiers stood around the earthen house, and in the courtyard stood a noble young man so handsome he looked like an immortal. He bore some resemblance to the man who had just died. But his gaze was icy when he looked at her, and he spoke in such refined language that it took her a long while to understand one sentence: her husband was his third younger brother, who had 10.6kFavorites13.6kClicks/ch4.3kGifts

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   Honest village girl x aloof older brother. The classic scene is when the male lead holds the female lead's hand in the bathtub and makes her compare the length of herself and her brother. The male lead was initially unwilling, and the female lead didn't know that the man she was having sex with was her brother-in-law. By the time she found out, it was too late to run away.

10. 10 被 After My Two Powerful Younger Brothers Took an Interest in Me 被两个权臣弟弟觊觎后 Spring Crabapple Blossoms春棠许许Romance884k WordsCompleted [Delicate beauty x brooding, sinister powerbroker x carefree, passionate young wolf] After her father died, the Qi family fell into trouble. Qi Zhaoye and his young brother were turned out by their relatives. When they had nowhere else to turn, Qing Luan took them in. She had been his father's mistress. She was cold-hearted and greedy, but she gave the brothers a home, caring for them as their elder sister and seeing to their every need. She became his whole world, and the object of his innocen 10.5kFavorites8.7kClicks/ch5.4kGifts

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    Incomplete The female lead was originally the mistress of the male leads' father. After the male leads' family suffered a disaster, the two male leads became beggars, and the female lead took them in.

11. 11 花 A Pot of Wine Among the Flowers 花间一壶酒 Flying Little Frank飞天小弗朗Romance363k WordsCompleted [World-weary male ghost brother x innocent, guileless orphan girl x arrogant, fierce younger brother] They were the most dazzling twins in the capital, one a scholar and the other a warrior, unrivaled in the world. Tian Jiu was a tea-picking girl who had never even left her town, but when they fell on hard times, she boldly bought them. Jiming hated Tian Jiu, and Jialu did too. Jiming said they were only staying at Tian Jiu’s home temporarily. He called her a woman who fawned on the powerful, 6.7kFavorites5.1kClicks/ch5kGifts

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    The twin male leads are so satisfying. A fierce battleground for heroes.

12. 12 渣 After I Betrayed My Husband's Friend 渣了夫君好友后 Garlic Vermicelli Soup蒜蓉粉丝汤Romance296k WordsCompleted [Possessive Pursuit] Scheming Innocent-Acting Girl x Brooding, Obsessive Man Zhaozhao had finally managed to get close to Wei Jiayan, heir to the Marquis of Yong'an, but was forced to stay at the home of his friend, Song Yanxue. The Song family was poor and had no spare rooms, so Zhaozhao had to live on the other side of a wall from Song Yanxue. But he was proper and restrained, and though they shared a roof, they kept to themselves. One day, she came down with a high fever and was barely luc 2.8kFavorites2.9kClicks/ch351Gifts

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    A scheming innocent girl x a lewd and obsessive man who forcefully takes advantage of her. The male lead later resorts to all sorts of dark and sinister methods to help the female lead.

13. 13 隐 The Desire Beneath the Hidden Shirt 隐衫之欲 Purely False Mask纯真假面Romance475k WordsCompleted [Complete] Ye Qingxi has only one boyfriend. But her boyfriend has a twin brother who just won't leave him alone. Her boyfriend clings to her, and his brother clings to him, so whenever Ye Qingxi dates, it's always a three-person affair. Awkward moments are inevitable. Sometimes she really does call one by the other's name. Sometimes, while hugging one of them, she has a moment of doubt. Can you blame her? Ye Qingxi feels guilty. Her boyfriend, however, is very understanding. He says, "My brot 2.5kFavorites3.3kClicks/ch1.2kGifts

    Curator note

    Modern novels feature twin male protagonists who mistakenly identify their boyfriends.

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