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- 1 Rain Falls Behind the Beaded Curtain 惊落珠帘雨 [From universally hated to universally adored + love triangle showdown + tragic romance + HE] The universally hated one makes a decision: to elope with the one he loves. Zhuzi is a eunuch. Everyone treats him like cannon fodder, a joke, the first speck of dust to be crushed beneath the weight of imperial power. He struggles and weeps in a lightless mire, battering himself until he is covered in blood. But then, one day, high above the palace's countless halls, someone brushes the frost from his 30Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 2 The Scorned One Is Reborn, and Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance! 万人嫌重生，全员火葬！ [Slow burn + Powerful leads + Fated love] [This story focuses not on face-slapping, but on character development and plot. The protagonist is genuinely selfless, not brainless wish fulfillment or fast food fiction. It is a male-lead-centered story with a large ensemble cast.] Yun Yi has been reborn. In his previous life, he was controlled by the System and became obsessively infatuated with Immortal Venerable Yaoguang. He ended up trapped in a tiny place for his entire life, had his spiritual ro 75Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 3 After the Person Everyone Hated Died, They All Regretted It 万人嫌死后他们都追悔莫及 As a wage-earning office drone, Yu An finds the whole transmigrating-into-a-book business utterly ridiculous. She’s supposed to get paid tomorrow, for crying out loud! She’s transmigrated into the role of the most hated person in her sect, and the System demands she get rid of everyone’s hatred for her?? Yu An: Whatever. I’ll handle it. And so begins her long, grueling plan to get rid of their hatred, until the people in her sect start looking at her in a very strange way. Even now, Yu An is sti 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 You Don't Regret Misjudging Me, You're Just Afraid to Die 你们不是后悔误会我，只是怕死了 Shen Feng ultimately failed to escape the pursuit of the Holy Land’s powerful cultivators and was thrown into an alchemy furnace: “Who would believe that inside the Tianyuan Holy Land, which claims to uphold the righteous path, evil cultivators are treating us like crops ready to be harvested...” In his previous life, to keep his fellow disciples from being slaughtered, Shen Feng risked his life time and again to rescue them and secretly tried to warn them. Instead, he earned a reputation as a n 404Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 5 After the Fake Young Master Ran Away, the Real One Was Cruelly Abused 假少爷出逃后，真少爷被虐惨了 I was the genuine young master of a wealthy family, but by the time they found me, my family had already accepted the impostor who had taken my place. When he saw me return, he fled overseas in tears, and from then on, I became the one my family blamed for driving him away. 314Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 After Everyone's Least Favorite Person Collapsed, They Panicked 万人嫌倒下后，他们慌了 A melodramatic, somewhat angsty story with two male leads. It has a happy ending!!!!!!! Jiang Huai’s mother died when he was too young to remember much. His father remarried, his grandmother hated him, and he had no friends or money. He had never known what it meant to be loved. Some children invited him to play, and Jiang Huai went happily. Then an accident broke his leg, leaving him lame for life. Like a blade of grass, he fought to grow between the cracks in the bricks, but not a ray of sunli 6.5kReads8.8Score45214d adds
- 7 The Stand-In Young Master Cuts Ties and Gives Up? His Whole Family Begs for Forgiveness 替身少爷断亲摆烂？全家哭求原谅 [Stand-In Young Master + Angst Before Triumph + Everyone Regrets It + Slow-Burn Ensemble] “Big sisters, you don’t have to kick me out. I’ll leave on my own!” For five years, Jiang Che had treated his three big sisters with genuine affection as their stand-in. He thought sincerity would be returned in kind, but he never expected what would happen on the day the real young master came back. His family turned against him. His three big sisters told him to “get out” of the Jiang family and kicked hi 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After the Beauty Everyone Hated Gave Up, They All Regretted It 万人嫌美人死心后，他们都后悔了 Shen Xingzhi was foolish all his life, chasing after his senior brother and doing all sorts of stupid things just to get him to look his way. When he heard his senior brother had returned from his travels, he was overjoyed, only to see him holding a beautiful, delicate young man who had fainted in his arms. He was jealous and furious. He saw how everyone in the sect, the people he had cared for so sincerely, adored someone else, and he relentlessly targeted that young man. In the end, his senior 3kReads8.2Score20214d adds
- 9 The Hated Cannon Fodder’s Heart Dies at Last 万人嫌炮灰心死以后 Lin Chi went missing as a child and wasn’t found until he was eighteen. After returning to his biological family, Lin Chi tried every way he could think of to win over his parents and brothers, but in their eyes, everything he did was driven by ulterior motives. It wasn’t until he was twenty-four, after falling into the water and being rescued, that he realized he was nothing more than a cannon-fodder character in a wealthy-family wish-fulfillment novel. The novel’s protagonist was the adopted s 1.3kReads8.9Score10014d adds
- 10 Reborn: The Scorned Young Master Rises 重生归来：被厌弃的小少爷崛起了 Content warning: This isn't a wish-fulfillment story. [Fake and real young masters + rebirth + sweet romance + wealthy CEO] A case of switched identities turned Xiao Jin, who should have been the treasured darling of a wealthy family, into an illegitimate son. His status made him the target of contempt and scorn from childhood. When he was eighteen, his “mother” took her own life, and the Xiao family brought him back. Unable to accept the life that had been stolen from him, Xiao Jin revealed the 3.2kReads8.4Score23114d adds
- 11 After Reincarnating as the Villain Everyone Hates, He Has a Hundred Lives 穿成万人嫌反派后，他有一百条命 Two male leads + equally matched strength + unhinged × yandere Xie Yu: They fear me, hate me, and dread me, yet they still want to possess me. But Xiao Jue, I belong only to you. Xiao Jue: Senior Brother, so you've been lying to me all along... Xie Yu: Dances on the brink of death every day but just won't die Xiao Jue: King of overthinking “I'd die for you.” The unwavering conviction in Xie Yu's eyes and his fearless, absolute love made Xiao Jue's frozen heart pound violently. - “I'd die for y 990Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 12 The Villainess Has No Will to Survive, So She Watches the Powerful Lose Their Minds 女配没有求生欲，大佬发疯她看戏 [A naturally irresistible heroine who has no idea] Yu Jiao has “liked” A Yuan since they were children, and their families approve. All that’s left is to make it public. Then one day, A Yuan says they should keep their distance because he doesn’t want the person he likes to get the wrong idea. And then she awakens. It turns out she’s the supporting female character in a stock-picking romance, while A Yuan is one of the male leads who deeply loves the original heroine. The supporting character’s 436Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 13 After Cutting Ties, My Biological Parents’ Whole Family Panicked 断绝关系后，亲生父母一家都慌了 [Regret Story]+ [The Family Begs Their Younger Brother to Return]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Reborn]+ [Power Fantasy]+ [No Going Back to an Ex]+ [Romance] In his previous life, Lu Jiangli was reunited with the wealthy Lu family at the age of thirteen. Longing for family affection, he did everything he could to please them, believing that if he sincerely treated them well, they would accept him as one of their own. But in the end, four years of effort went to waste: the Lu family never cared for him at 9.1kReads8.0Score49414d adds
- 14 After the Universally Hated One Faked Their Death, Everyone Regretted It 万人嫌死遁后他们都后悔了 Yu Xinghe had never been liked by anyone, even as a child. His own friend called him a disgusting stalker in front of everyone and led the bullying. After he grew up and joined the company, his father threw the proposal he'd stayed up all night working on at his head, calling him an ambitious, delusional ingrate. At a banquet, his eldest brother watched coldly as someone drenched him in wine, then made him walk for hours all alone from the suburbs to get home. His second brother spent his nights 1.4kReads8.6Score10114d adds
- 15 I, the Most Hated One, Died. What Are You Crying For? 我一个万人嫌死了，你们哭什么？ [Dual Male Leads + Angsty, Over-the-Top Romance + Everyone’s Least Favorite + Everyone Gets Their Redemption] Ye Sui knew from childhood that he was an illegitimate son, and that illegitimate sons were guilty by nature. So his father treated him like he didn’t exist. His mother sold him off to pay her debts. His eldest brother hated him because his mother had indirectly caused the death of his brother’s mother, who had been his father’s mistress. His second brother had been the demon in his nigh 6.3kReads7.9Score50114d adds
- 16 The White-Haired God of War, Hated by All, Can No Longer Hide His True Self 万人嫌的白发战神藏不住了 #ABO #Interstellar Era #Scorned by All, Revenge on the Trash #Secret Identity Revealed Powerful, protective, fatherly Alpha top × beautiful, strong yet tragic, sickly Omega bottom #He is the Yun family’s most shameful good-for-nothing eldest son, and the most formidable weapon on the battlefield against the alien species When Yun Ji crawls back from the abyss with a broken body, he is full of fury and has a head of white hair. On the battlefield, he is the famous “Immortal” general. Not wanting 5.1kReads8.9Score74014d adds
- 17 After I Wanted to Die, Everyone Started Loving Me 想死后，所有人都开始爱我 [Yandere + regret and redemption] Shi Chuyi is an orphan. He dreams of having a family more than anything. In his previous life, after going through hell to return home, he found a fake young master already living there. The fake young master was gentle and refined, perfect in every way, and everyone loved him. But it was all an act. He showed his vicious true colors only to Shi Chuyi, framing and slandering him at every turn and turning everyone around him against him. His four biological broth 3.3kReads8.6Score22714d adds
- 18 The Aloof Beauty Becomes the Most Hated Student at an Elite Academy 清冷美人穿成贵族学院万人嫌 [Dual Male Leads + Irresistible Male Lead + Rivalry for His Attention + Aristocratic Academy Life + Forum Posts + Everyone’s Regret] Shen Qingchuan woke up to find he’d become a universally hated cannon-fodder character at an elite academy. The universally despised character was not only vain, but also wore a mask at all times. Rumor had it that beneath it was a hideous face, so everyone avoided him. Others had heard that Shen Qingchuan used to be the young master of the Shen family and should h 1.9kReads8.2Score26414d adds
- 19 Reborn as the Empire’s Cherished Darling 重生后我成了帝国的掌心宠 [Completed] It was only when Ji Ye was on the verge of death that he realized that no matter how hard he tried, his family had always seen him as a lowly person with inferior blood. He existed as a stand-in to soothe his adoptive mother's fragile mental state. Now that the Ji family had found their real missing child, there was no longer any need for the stand-in. The love and affection he had spent ten years trying to earn all belonged to someone else. When he opened his eyes again, he had retu 6.5kReads9.0Score79514d adds
- 20 The Most Hated One Leapt to Their Death, and All the Powerful Figures Wept Until Their Eyes Were Red 万人嫌纵身一跃，大佬全员哭红眼 [No Second Chances After a Broken Relationship + Everyone Faces Their Comeuppance + Face-Slapping + Pure Satisfaction] To win over the male lead, Li Xiang pretended not to know what was happening and drank the spiked water, watching helplessly as one of her kidneys was transplanted into the sweet, innocent female lead. Afterward, the male lead promised to marry her to make it up to her. But on the wedding day, the female lead deliberately disappeared to ruin the ceremony, sending one powerful fi 10.1kReads5.8Score1k14d adds
- 21 The Most Hated One Goes Viral After Being Reborn 万人嫌重生后火爆全网 [The comic adaptation of the same name is now available on platforms including Kuaikan, Bilibili Comics, and Tencent Animation and Comics] Lin Qingyan was born without the ability to feel pain. Lord Gu was terrified that his precious boy might get hurt without realizing it, so every day he used that as an excuse to check him over from head to toe. Both are virgins / sweet romance Cool, well-behaved beauty bottom x cold, domineering business tycoon top (P.S. The bottom was born without the abilit 883Reads9.0Score12414d adds
- 22 The Blind Fake Young Master Is Weary of Life, but the Tycoon Insists on Spoiling Him 眼盲假少爷厌世，大佬求着宠 The first line's written now. Can you see it? There are extras! Check my profile! [Two male leads + both sexually inexperienced + love at first sight based on looks + instant attraction + mild coercion + bittersweet romance + HE] [World-weary, aloof bottom Lin Qing + top Fu Yuming, who looks down on him at first but later can't stop seeking him out and asking for punishment] At ten, the young genius Lin Qing is kidnapped and left blind in both eyes. From then on, his standing in the family plum 7.2kReads9.3Score96714d adds
- 23 The Business World's Young Master Is in Tears: Why Did His Wife Stop Flirting? 商圈太子哭唧唧：老婆怎么不钓了 [Rebirth, low self-esteem and depression, a guiding lover, bittersweet and heartwarming] [Cool, composed, and unknowingly flirtatious receiver × aloof, double-standard, pouty love interest] (Author’s tip: I personally don’t think it’s angsty! There’s really no angst!) The dead cannot come back to life, but Shi Ling was reborn. In his previous life, he was the real young master of a wealthy family, unwanted and constantly targeted. In this life, he would take back everything that belonged to 29.3kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds
- 24 The Universally Hated Young Master Reborn 万人嫌小少爷重生以后 Gu Xingqiao is a little simple-minded. He was born after a difficult labor that cost Lady Gu her life, and a few years later, his older brother and father abandoned him. The unwanted Gu Xingqiao met the powerful, gentle Lin Xiujin. Lin Xiujin was a ray of light in his miserable childhood, and as time passed, that light reached into his heart. Lin Xiujin came across a little bundle of misery with nowhere to go. He took him home, doted on him, and protected him. But he never expected the little on 7.4kReads8.1Score41114d adds
- 25 The Young Master Is Reborn and Wants Nothing but to Wait for Death 小少爷重生后一心等死 [Reborn + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + happy ending][Goofy, fatherly big shot x sickly young master] When Wen Yinuo was five, he got lost while out on a family trip. He wasn’t found until he was sixteen. But in the second year after he went missing, his family had adopted another child to take his place. Even after Wen Yinuo returned, his parents and relatives gave all their tenderness and love to the adopted child, without sparing a bit for him. Everything Wen Yinuo did was even bran 16.9kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 26 Adopted by a Foreign Billionaire, the Frail Little One Is Spoiled Rotten 被国外富豪认养，病弱崽受宠了 [Raising a Child + Rescued and Spoiled by an Old-Money American Family + Frail Child + Everyone’s Darling] [There will be a romance after the child comes of age. Two male leads. Proceed with caution if this bothers you.] Throughout his short twelve years of life, Wutu had always envied other people’s happiness. He couldn’t understand why his parents loved only his little brother and not him. His parents would rather drive for more than ten hours to take his brother to buy a limited-edition game 28.5kReads8.2Score3.6k14d adds
- 27 Reborn, the Villain's Older Brother Is Doted on Like a King 重生后反派哥哥被宠上天 [Two male leads + CEO + everyone reborn + atypical everyone’s least favorite becomes everyone’s darling + redemption arc + sweet, loving daily life + happy ending] (Main story complete, bonus chapters updating slowly) [The gong seems like a scumbag but isn’t really one. 1v1 redemption arc, no replacing the gong. Please mind the tags and don’t read if this isn’t for you. Don’t leave bad reviews to threaten me.] Jiang Mingsheng believed he was a failure at everything. Because of the way his parent 28.4kReads9.3Score3.3k14d adds
- 28 Reborn: The Hated Real Heir Wants Only to Die 重生：万人嫌真少爷一心等死 Lin Xi was the true young master of a wealthy family, but he was accidentally switched at birth. He grew up abused, and the Ye family found him when he was eighteen. He thought he would finally have a loving family and a peaceful life, but instead he was misunderstood and neglected. The Ye family favored the impostor young master, and their cold indifference made Lin Xi lose hope little by little. Then he was kidnapped and abandoned, and poisoned. His heart died, and he left for a distant land. 8.7kReads8.9Score76914d adds
- 29 The Most Hated Guy Is Seriously Fierce 万人嫌他超凶的 [Two male leads + rekindled romance + everyone faces their comeuppance + happy ending] A sickly, universally disliked bottom, a top who’s an esports superstar. After receiving a diagnosis, Shen Ning cruelly abandoned Qin Jiu, the only person he had to rely on. Two years later, they met again. The penniless boy from back then had become a rising esports superstar. Shen Ning tried to explain, but a single stab ended all hope. Dragging his battered body along, he watched his beloved take the stage 7.7kReads9.2Score62814d adds
- 30 After Being Abandoned, I Got My Happy Ending with the Perfect Man 被抛弃后我跟天花板HE了 A scheming, doting seme who spoils his beloved (Qin Zhao) vs. a gentle, insecure, sensible, kind uke (Shen Heqing) A sweet romance. The seme is only sharp-tongued in the opening scene; he's a devoted wife-slave, and this story is so sweet. Come on! Open wide and enjoy some sugar! Synopsis: 1. Shen Heqing has had a rough life since childhood, always being the one left behind. His friend said, “You're so capable. Missing one opportunity won't hurt you. Just let him have it.” His biological parents 37.8kReads9.3Score5.2k14d adds
- 31 EN After Becoming Everyone's Most Hated, I Slayed with My Peerless Beauty 穿成万人嫌后我靠盛世美颜杀疯了 [Irresistible Beauty That Kills / Live-Streaming Dog Training / Love Triangle Drama] Shen Shuangjian transmigrated into the body of a man hated by the entire world, someone everyone despised. Because he was an illegitimate son, his powerful, wealthy older brother ignored him. Because he had a crush on the capital’s heir apparent, everyone in their circle openly mocked and targeted him. And because he was frail and sickly, the show he was supposed to appear on had been postponed, earning him onli 25.2kReads9.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 32 The Cool Beta Is Forced into Love by a Psycho Alpha 清冷Beta，被疯批A强制爱了 [ABO Two Male Leads + Both Pure + Healing + Younger Man + Forced Love] [Avoidant Beta Bottom × Possessive, Competing, and Unhinged Alpha Top] Everyone said it was such a shame that Jiang Yubai was a Beta. He was destined to be looked down on, destined to be the one abandoned in any relationship, and that was exactly what happened. Until he met Ji Yezhou. Ji Yezhou declared his love for him with burning, fierce passion. With someone suddenly barging into his life, Jiang Yubai only wanted to run. 42.8kReads9.3Score4.8k14d adds
- 33 I'm a Coder, I'm the Universe 我是码农，我是宇宙 This is a high-concept novel that combines realism, business, science fiction, and the intellectual thrill of a power fantasy. It’s a new kind of web fiction, unlike traditional stories that rely on emotional wish fulfillment! Zhang Wei uses SAP as his System to cultivate immortality and attain the Dao! Yes, you read that right! The same SAP as the German ERP system! Zhang Wei’s System! This sly guy actually built a cultivation path around SAP, from Foundation Establishment to Core Formation, Na 117Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 34 Pretty Darling, You’re Too Good at Flirting! Are You Trying to Get Yourself Killed? 漂亮宝贝这么会钓，不要命啦！ [Two male leads + satisfying face-slapping + intense push and pull + both devoted only to each other] [An alluring, hot-tempered flirt of a bottom X a celibate powerhouse top with an overwhelming possessive streak] In his past life, Lin Que was framed maliciously and eventually died a miserable death from severe bipolar disorder. Only after his death did he learn that he was the true young master of a wealthy family, his identity maliciously switched at birth. The one who framed him was the fake 26.4kReads9.5Score3.7k14d adds
- 35 Starlight Out of Control 失控星光 [The print edition of Uncontrolled Starlight goes on sale nationwide on May 30] [Two male leads + secret love + entertainment industry + younger man + rekindled romance] Shen Jixing, a legendary movie star in the Chinese entertainment industry, is as aloof as snow on a mountaintop, noble and cold. He has long held an unshakable place at the pinnacle of the industry. Then one day, a tidal wave of vicious scandals engulfs him… His status plummets overnight. With nowhere else to go, he calmly knock 55.3kReads9.6Score8k14d adds
- 36 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊 [The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro 100.9kReads9.7Score19.5k14d adds
