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- 1 After My Conquest Failed, the System Erased Me, and I Gave Up 攻略失败，我被系统抹杀后死心了 After the Strategy Mission Failed and the System Erased Me, I Gave Up 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 After My Capture Mission Failed, the Yandere Only Wants to Take My Place 攻略任务失败后，病娇他只想上位 [Transmigrate into a book + cousins + pure love on both sides + nine-year age gap + long-planned scheme + possessive, obsessive male lead] Everyone knew that the Cui household had taken in Jiang Yue after she lost her parents at the age of six, and had raised her for ten years. The aloof and dignified Chief Councillor doted on her, taught her every skill she might need, and always cleaned up the messes she left behind. Everyone sighed in admiration. The Chief Councillor was surely the most devot 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 On Their Wedding Day, the Bride's Sister Fell Ill, and the Groom Left With Her in Front of Everyone 婚礼当天，妹妹生病，新郎当着所有人的面带着她离开 On the day of the wedding, the younger sister fell ill, and the groom left with her in front of everyone. 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 After I Changed My Target, the Regent Started Crying 更换攻略对象后，摄政王他哭了 (The rating just came out, so it’s low. It’ll go up later!) [The Ex’s Regret | Everyone’s Favorite | A Love Triangle Rivalry | Double Systems] Everyone in the capital knows that the prime minister’s daughter is the devoted admirer of Regent Wang Xie Yanci. She pursued him for three whole years, but never won his heart. In the end, she met an untimely death. Following the System’s instructions, Yu Wan spent three years providing Xie Yanci with attentive, devoted service, only to earn a big fat ze 104Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 5 After Seven Failed Conquests, the System Helped Me Make a Getaway 攻略失败七次后系统帮我跑路了 Wen Ruonuan is the heroine of a novel, and she gets bound to a System that makes her win over the male lead. This is completely unnecessary. Does a heroine really need to win over the male lead? If they’re destined to be together and the author has arranged their happy ending, why does she need to work for it? Miracle feels like a useless extra who’s so unnecessary she might as well not even be there. But after the first, second, and third times... watching the heroine die in all kinds of ways f 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 After My Mission Failed, I Faked My Death and the Villains Went Mad 任务失败我死遁后，反派们疯了 He Qinghe transmigrates into a book and becomes a man, all so the villain can turn evil and the plot can stay on track. The villainous Immortal Venerable stabs her straight through for the one he loves. She dies, and the Immortal Venerable goes mad. The Demon Venerable dotes on her in every way while treating her as a substitute. When his first love returns, he fears a misunderstanding and promptly throws her into the Ten Thousand Demon Cave to fend for herself. With the System’s help, she fakes 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 After Failing to Win Over the Second Male Lead, I Choose to Ascend 攻略男二失败后，我选择飞升 The moment the heroine appeared, the second male lead, whose affections she had successfully won, still stood by her side, even going so far as to push her forward as a human shield. A satisfying rebirth story Reborn in an instant, I have such outstanding talent, so why should I let romantic entanglements hold me back? This time, Qin Liuhua chooses to live for herself. She wants power, and she wants to ascend to immortality. 86Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 8 After My Transmigration into a Book Fails, the Tyrant Wants My Life 穿书攻略失败后暴君要我小命 [Lighthearted and Funny] [The Heroine Chases Her Husband After Losing Him] [Imprisonment Later On] Funny beauty × troubled, obsessive young man After years of biding her time, Meng Huai finally succeeds in twisting the male lead, who was supposed to be a noble, moonlit gentleman, into a full-blown mad tyrant. And then... Mission accomplished. Time for this wage slave to clock out. So, under the System's threats and inducements, Meng Huai leaps from the city wall in front of tens of thousands of 120Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 9 After Failing My Mission to Win Him Over, the Villain Spoiled Me Rotten 攻略任务失败后，我被反派宠疯了 [Mutual healing, possessive love, sweet romance] Lin Meiyan takes on a mission to win over a villain. If she succeeds, she can return to her original world. To complete the mission, Lin Meiyan showers him with kindness in public and shields him from danger behind the scenes. Whenever she spots a troublemaker, she gets rid of them right away; whenever she senses he's in a bad mood, she rushes to cheer him up. Thanks to her tireless efforts, the villain becomes psychologically healthy and develops 34Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 10 After Failing to Win Over the Villain, I Faked My Death and Escaped 攻略反派失败后我死遁了 [One True Pairing | Transmigrate into a Book | Villain | Strange Tales, Episodic] A girl who seems lazy but is secretly hilarious × a great fiend who seems cold and unhinged but is actually head over heels for her Yu Tang transmigrates into a cultivation novel, arriving just in time to witness a bullying scene. Yu Tang: How thrilling. System: Stop getting excited. You’re the ringleader. Yu Tang: ? System: See that junior brother surrounded and beaten by everyone? He’s the future villain. You nee 64Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 11 After I Gave Up Winning Him Over, My Deranged Disciple Suddenly Turned Yandere 放弃攻略后，疯批孽徒突然病娇了 [Female Master and Male Disciple + Falling for Her on His Own + Transmigrate into a Book + Everyone's Favorite + Lighthearted + Meme References + Slightly Unhinged Plot] [Cool and aloof on the outside, a hammy goofball on the inside: a female master VS. a sweet-looking-but-dark, arrogant, crazy, lovesick ghost-master disciple] Bai Yuan transmigrated into the male-oriented cultivation power fantasy she had written herself. She had even become the hapless villainous master, at the very moment th 56Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 12 Quick Transmigration: How Can We Stop the Male Lead from Getting Bullied Again? 快穿：男主又被虐哭了怎么破？ Not a Strong Female Lead!!! + Clearheaded Heroine + Hero Who Falls for His Own Schemes + Male Rivals Competing for Her + Love Triangle Drama World One: Shi Xu plays a cold, ruthless, arrogant crown prince who secretly loves the male lead but cannot have him, and ultimately dies a gruesome death on the battlefield. (Disguised as a man.) On the battlefield, the enemy army bears down, and the earth is soaked in blood. Shi Xu stands amid the carnage, covered in blood. “Now that the empire has fallen 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 He Chose His One True Love, and Now He Has the Nerve to Ask Me to Stay? 他选择白月光，还有脸求我别离开？ I am the adopted daughter of the Lin family, Jinghai's wealthiest family, and the fiancée of Lin Han, the Lin family's eldest son. Ten years ago, both my parents died, and I was adopted by Lin Zhendong, my father's best friend. Lin Zhendong adored me. In front of everyone, he announced that he would hold a wedding for Lin Han and me on my twentieth birthday, one that would dazzle the whole world. But I knew that day would never come. Because Lin Han's one true love, Zheng Qian, had returned to t 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 After I Played Four Tycoons, I Faked My Death 渣了四个大佬后我死遁了 [A lazy, food-loving heroine who works hard to complete her missions x a hero with a shattered Dao heart, a dark-hearted little glutinous-rice-ball spirit, gentle and attentive, arrogant and narcissistic] “Being good to you doesn't mean I'm only good to you.” “With enough effort, even cannon fodder can rise again.” The heroine's life lessons After dying from overwork, Si Yao transmigrated into a cultivation world formed by the fusion of four different worlds. She became an insignificant cannon-f 445Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 15 I Failed to Protect My Husband's Beauty, So He Wants Me Put to Death 只因没护住夫君美妾，夫君要将我处死 My Husband Wants Me Executed Just Because I Failed to Protect His Beloved Concubine 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 My Brother Wants Me to Treat His Entire Class for His Birthday 弟弟生日，让我请全班吃饭 My younger brother's birthday: I'm expected to treat his entire class to dinner 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 After Five Years Together, My Boyfriend Became a Gigolo to Earn My Bride Price 恋爱五年，男友当鸭挣彩礼钱 After Five Years Together, My Boyfriend Became a Gigolo to Earn My Bride Price —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Sold Paintings to Put My Husband Through School 我靠卖画供夫君读书 I Support My Husband's Studies by Selling Paintings 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 When Daylight First Breaks 乍破天光遇 When Daybreak Breaks Through 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 At Our Engagement Party, My Fiancé Confessed His Love to His One True Love 订婚宴上，未婚夫示爱白月光 At their engagement party, her fiancé professes his love for his first love 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 So I Fell in Love with My Mortal Enemy 所以和宿敌相亲相爱了 So I Ended Up Falling for My Archrival 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 My Lover Abandoned Me in the Mountains, So What If I Become His Uncle's Wife? 情郎丢我入深山，我当他舅妈怎么了 My Lover Abandoned Me in the Mountains. So What If I Become His Aunt? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 May You Be the Star, and I the Moon 愿君如星我如月 May You Be the Star, and I the Moon 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I Joined the Army in My Husband's Place, Then He Asked Me to Hand Over My Merits 替夫从军后，夫君让我将军功拱手相让 After I Took My Husband's Place in the Army, He Asked Me to Hand Over My Military Merit 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 You Call That Tea Boy Your Brother, So What's Wrong with Me Marrying Your Brother? 你跟汉子茶称兄道弟，我嫁你哥怎么了 You Treat That Pick-Me Girl Like a Brother, So What's Wrong With Me Marrying Your Brother? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 My Husband Faked an Illness and Vanished, Then Took Another Woman to Antarctica 老公装病失联，转头带妹游南极 Her husband fakes an illness and goes missing, then takes another woman on a trip to Antarctica —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Our Daughter's Fever Won't Break, but My Husband Only Cares About Mahjong 女儿高烧不退，老公只顾着打麻将 Their daughter has a stubborn high fever, but her husband only cares about playing mahjong 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 After My Plans Failed, I Gave Up 攻略失败后我开始摆烂 [Everyone's favorite / seme-focused perspective / quick transmigration / redemption / angst] Li Mu is an unlucky transmigrator with a flawed personality. Trapped in a novel's world, he is told by someone claiming to be a System that he must complete ten devoted-lover missions to return home. No matter how hard he tries, every mission fails. After starting over one last time, Li Mu no longer wants to win anyone over. That's when he discovers the System has been deceiving him all along: the transm 565Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 29 After Her Mission Failed, She Faked Her Death, and Mr. Mu Went Mad 攻略失败假死后，慕先生疯了 After three years of pursuing him, his affection suddenly started plummeting. It was about to fall below the critical threshold, leaving An Ruzhi with only three months. She decided to let loose. If she couldn’t move a man even after giving it her all, then she’d stop trying, fake her death, and run away. Whatever happened after that was none of her concern. But her “death” was fake, while his madness was real. After she disappeared, the man who had always treated her as a replacement lost his m 427Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 30 The Fox Demon Wiped Out My Family, Yet My Husband Asked Me to Spare Her 狐妖灭我满门，夫君却让我饶了她 The Fox Demon Slaughtered My Entire Family, Yet My Husband Asked Me to Spare Her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Sun Shines Just Right 此时骄阳正正好 The Sun Is Just Right at This Moment 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Love and Hate Drift Away, Deep Feelings Fade 爱恨随风，深情已逝 Love and hate drift away with the wind. Deep love is gone. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 For Whom Do the Apricot Blossoms Bloom in Solitude? 杏花寂寂为谁开 For Whom Do the Apricot Blossoms Bloom in Solitude? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Jujubes Fall Softly Onto My Clothes 簌簌枣花落衣襟 Jujube Blossoms Rustle Down onto My Clothes 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Who Promised Her a Long and Lasting Chang'an? 谁许她长安长见 Who Promised Her an Endless Chang’an? 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 If We Could Share a Snowfall in This Life, We Should Grow Old Together in the Next 此生若能同淋雪，来世应当共白头 If we could share a snowfall in this life, surely we’ll grow old together in the next. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The White Moonlight Has Left, So Why Are Your Eyes Red Now? 白月光退场，再见怎么红了眼 [Rekindled Romance | The Ex Wins Her Back at Any Cost | The Male Lead Fights for Her and Won’t Let Go | Both Pure | She Leaves While Pregnant | Happy Ending] [A seemingly gentle, refined heir who is actually an obsessive, unhinged prince] & [A gentle, cultured female artist] When he loses it, he’s a little rabid puppy. When he behaves, he’s a little lapdog. Lu Qian, Yun City’s golden boy, went to Chaoyin Temple every week to pray for his beloved Su to wake up. The wishing tree at Chaoyin Temple 225Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 38 Ten Years After Dying in a Failed Romance 在攻略失败死亡十年以后 It's a new book with few readers, and the rating is low for now. It'll gradually go up. (Not recommended for readers who are attached to the male lead. Groveling to win her back, a broken mirror that can't be mended, reborn, and putting scumbags in their place.) After dying, the female lead Lin Miao wakes up in another world, inhabiting someone else's body. But the System tells her she must win over this world's male lead before her time runs out if she wants to survive. In the end, she fails. Y 3.5kReads6.6Score11014d adds
- 39 After My Husband Cheated, I Left Him Without Hesitation and Married a Divorcé 老公出轨后，果断离开嫁二婚 [Second male lead wins her heart + husband’s pursuit and regret + male lead is chaste, female lead is not + taking down scumbags] After He Wan died, she transmigrated. She spent eight years redeeming this world’s great villain, and eventually married him. She thought that was the happy ending, but in their third year of marriage, the villain cheated on her. Only later did she learn that the other woman had also transmigrated here. She was a player on a mission to win him over. “Mu Huaian, I want 214Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 40 The Villain Who Wanted Me Dead Cried After I Faked My Death 死遁后，想让我死的反派哭了 [Quick Transmigration + Conquest of Villains + Bittersweet Endings in Each World + Happy Ending Overall] World One: An emperor who can read minds... World Two: A split-personality vampire duke... World Three: A calculating CEO who’s a master of pretense... Everyone knows the Conquest Department is the most generously rewarded department at System HQ. Hoping to earn enough to quit early and live a lazy life, Fan Xi, a powerhouse from the logistics department, sets off on the road to conquerin 733Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 41 After My Failed Conquest, I Faked My Death, and the Big Shot Went into a Panic 攻略失败后我死遁了，大佬急疯了 [Regret and redemption + romantic rivalry + over-the-top drama] Qin Qianqian spent five years trying to win over Xiao Tingyun, but never managed to reach his heart. When she was lying in a hospital bed with her leg in a cast after a car accident, he was looking after his so-called “sworn sister,” not caring whether she lived or died. At that moment, Qin Qianqian knew her mission could never succeed. If she failed, the System would erase her, yet by some strange twist, she was given a second chan 1.6kReads6.6Score10114d adds
- 42 Contractual Stand-In: After the Divorce, President Gu Goes Mad and Begs Me Night After Night 合约替身：离婚后顾总发疯夜夜求 [Stand-in contract + mind-reading + marriage first, love later + running away while pregnant + regretful pursuit + rekindled romance + bittersweet sweetness + happy ending] The male lead can read minds × the female lead is a snarky commentator. A high-stakes battle of inner thoughts from start to finish. [At first, he hears her cursing him but treats her even more cruelly. Later, her heart goes cold, and he goes mad trying to win her back.] When I was forced to sign a stand-in contract, Gu Chen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 A Love for a Lifetime 执爱一生 The heroine has more than one man. Don’t read this if that bothers you. The writing is average, so feel free to drop it if it’s not to your taste. An Siyue goes to the capital of H Country to seek refuge and meets three men who will be entangled with her for the rest of her life. One is gentle and refined, yet goes mad for her. One is domineering and forceful, yet becomes obsessed with her. One is carefree and flirtatious, yet devoted to her alone. After loving, hating, and suffering, where shou 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Forced to Donate Bone Marrow While Pregnant, We Both Died 怀孕后被迫捐献骨髓，一尸两命 Jiang Nuan never imagined that her love with Gu Fengmian was all part of a scheme, designed to make her willingly donate bone marrow to Gu Fengmian’s first love. When she learned the truth, she wanted to fight back, but she had no power or influence. In the end, she died on the operating table, taking two lives with her. Three years later, a woman named An An stirred up the waters in Jing City. In the end, she chose the most brutal way to take her enemies down with her. 399Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 A Deadly Game: If You Want Me Dead, Then Let's Fall Together 生死局，让我去死，那就一起堕落 [Adapted from a novel I love. The story will go wherever I want it to!] [Both leads are each other’s only one] A domineering, arrogant jerk who likes forcing people into love; a cool, stubborn, unhinged woman who refuses to be controlled. Neither is a good person. They’re both masters of talking tough and hurting each other. At first, the heroine has no one to rely on, and the hero schemes against her until she’s left with nothing. Later, she returns in triumph, proving that the so-called favore 369Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 46 Tell Him, “I Only See You as a Little Sister,” and Make Him Suffer! 一句我只把你当妹妹，虐死他！ Volume 1: “I Only See You as a Little Sister”: He'll Suffer for It! [Both virgins] [Rekindled love] [Unhinged, unstable heroine] [A little melodramatic] [Hero: hides his love] Lu Chen: She runs, he chases. She can't get away even if she grows wings. Lu Simi: Which one of us is the prey? Volume 2: The Missing Lover [Both virgins] [Angsty romance] [Tragic ending] He fell in love with her at first sight and promised to marry her after she graduated. But instead of waiting for her, he watched her g 243Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Years Rekindle: A Second Chance at Redemption for Siblings 岁序重燃：兄妹的二次救赎 A Second Chance to Save Each Other: A Brother and Sister’s Redemption 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 A Piece of Cake, Even Running the Gangsters 古惑仔扛把子什么的，拿捏 [Inspired by the setting and characters of the Young and Dangerous movies. This is a fictional story! It may be a little absurd, so just have fun reading and don't take it too seriously!] [Strong Female Lead] [Male Lead Is Not Chaste] [The Heroine Has Been Kissed and Hugged by Others] [Twelve-Year Age Gap] Jiang Tiansheng, head of the Hongxing Society, brings home a strange woman, setting off a storm of bloodshed and chaos. She is highly intelligent and well educated, yet swears like a sailor an 504Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 You Are All I See 目光所至都是你 After three years of marriage, Huo Mingxuan repeatedly hurt Qin Qianmo, the woman who truly loved him, for the sake of the woman he held dear in his heart. It wasn't until someone cut out her heart that he suddenly realized his own heart had gone empty too. Years after their separation, at a grand banquet hosted by the He family of the imperial capital, the woman he couldn't bear to see even in his dreams arrives beneath the starlight. Huo Mingxuan loses control on the spot and rushes to her lik 291Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 50 Back at Eighteen, I Missed Every Chance to Meet Him 重回十八，错过与他的每一次相遇 (Powerful CEO + both leads’ first love + sweet romance + second male lead chases his wife to the crematorium) Shi Yu fell in love with He Xizhou at eighteen. At twenty-two, she married him. But barely two years into their marriage, the strange feelings between He Xizhou and his widowed sister-in-law put their relationship on the rocks. One day, after an argument, she found his complaints about her on his old phone. [She’s turned into a shrew, always at home, suspicious of everything and conv 3.5kReads8.5Score39914d adds
