Novels like The Darling Beauty’s Thoughts Are Exposed, and the Brooding Lunatic Flirts with Her in Plain Sight
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Darling Beauty’s Thoughts Are Exposed, and the Brooding Lunatic Flirts with Her in Plain Sight, best match first.
- 51 A Love That Never Fades: Mr. Gu's Beloved 情深不悔：顾总的心尖宠 [Obsessive love | Coercive possession | Pregnancy and childbirth | The male lead loves only the heroine] On her deathbed, Lin Manqing's mother entrusted her to Gu Haoxuan, her first love. Little did she know she was pushing Lin Manqing into a huge conspiracy. Gu Haoxuan's only son was Gu Sibai. His mother died after giving birth to him, following a difficult labor. At first, Gu Sibai was hostile toward Lin Manqing. But as they spent time together, he came to see her innocence and goodness. Grad 847Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Good Grief, He Keeps Acting Cute With Me 要命，他总对我撒娇 The boy who was forced to be her summer-only groom for one whole summer when they were kids, Ying Yunzhou, has come knocking to make her take responsibility! Childhood innocence looks like a full-blown social death sentence when you look back on it! What a disaster. Wen Ruo never should have set her sights on him! Ying Yunzhou grabbed her hand and squeezed it tightly, looking ready to settle the score and making it clear she wasn’t getting away. “You stole the two most precious months of my life 215Reads9.1Score10314d adds
- 53 After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Male Lead Who Couldn’t Have the One He Loved Went Mad 穿书后，爱而不得的男主成了疯批 [Transmigrate into a book + tormenting the male lead + genuinely mentally ill + obsessive and twisted] Female lead's perspective: A car accident sends Chao An into a brainless CEO romance novel, where she becomes an insignificant substitute cannon-fodder character who dies after ten chapters. To survive, she throws herself into the role, climbing higher and higher by leveraging the male lead. Just as she’s about to kick him to the curb, she loses her memory. Mu Chuan falls in love with a heartle 959Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 54 Five Years Later, My Ex-Husband Blocks My Way, Eyes Red 五年后，前夫他红着眼堵我 Five Years Later, My Ex-Husband Blocks My Way with Red-Rimmed Eyes 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Does the Aloof Top Student Have a Crush on Me? 高冷学神暗恋我？ [Secret Crush] [Sweet Youthful Romance] [Happy Ending] [One-on-One] The male lead talks himself into falling in love, and knows exactly how he feels. He has a secret crush on the female lead, and this story is packed with sweetness. After they get together… Lin Yijing reached out with both hands and started squishing Gu Qingshi’s cheeks. “You know I can’t resist your looks, and you still try to tempt me? You’re so wicked!” Gu Qingshi let her pinch his face, his eyes full of amusement. “How are y 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 While It's Raining, I'll Feel Up My Archenemy First and Ask Questions Later 趁下雨，先把死对头豆腐吃了再说 The novel has only just started, so a low rating is normal. [A sweet everyday-life romance, no rivalry between women and no scheming green tea.] [A buff that makes you appear in the other person's bed 100% of the time whenever it rains] [Both each other's first + sworn rivals + sweet romance + romantic tension + secret crushes] The biggest obstacle in Mu Qingzhao's entrepreneurial journey is Shen Yuci. He steals her clients, her employees, and her business. Today Mu Qingzhao kills Shen Yuci's co 1.5kReads8.8Score18214d adds
- 57 Sweetly Surrendered: My Sickly, Possessive Husband Wants to Spoil Me Every Day 甜蜜沦陷：病娇老公想天天宠坏我 [Heiress of a top-tier wealthy family vs. powerful, dark, and obsessive tycoon] [Love at first sight + obsessive love + adored by everyone] Nan Zhishu is a refined young lady from a prominent family in the capital. She plays the guzheng beautifully, and her face is as clear and radiant as the new moon, so beautiful it's beyond reach. But... One dark and stormy night, she is kidnapped and imprisoned by a powerful, sinister, obsessive tycoon. In the dim room, Nan Zhishu's slender, jade-white wrist 424Reads7.5Score10114d adds
- 58 The Scumbag CEO Treats Me Like a Dog, but His One True Love Has Been My Biggest Fan for Twenty Years 渣总把我当狗养，可他的白月光是我二十年死忠粉 The Scumbag CEO Treated Me Like a Dog, But His White Moonlight Has Been My Devoted Fan for Twenty Years —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Cool and Reserved Dr. Jiang Is Held by the Waist and Kissed by an Obsessive Mogul 清冷江医生被偏执大佬搂腰缠吻 [1v1 + both virgins + possessive pursuit + forced love + male lead is a wolf in sheep’s clothing + born wicked] Pei Yanzhi is the heir to the Pei family. He is exceptionally handsome, comes from an illustrious family, and appears gentle and refined, a man of integrity and grace. In truth, he is hypocritical and cold-hearted, a wicked man through and through. He has never been able to feel what people call affection. He cannot cry or smile, and he survived only because he tore through his twin br 3.1kReads8.6Score47314d adds
- 60 Caught Escaping in the Dead of Night, the Powerful One Falls for Me 深夜出逃被抓，上位者低头沦陷 (Just received a rating, so it’ll go up) Wen He x Huo Yanci [Cold, obsessive family patriarch × soft but stubborn art student] [One-on-one romance / five-year age gap / possessive love / long-laid plans / powerful man learns to yield / devoted couple] Wen He went home with her best friend for the New Year. When she first met Huo Yanci, she obediently called him “Uncle.” She had no idea that this refined, aloof man had already been waiting for her for thirteen whole years. Every time she ran, he 10.1kReads7.4Score96114d adds
- 61 After Courting the Wrong Villain, I Can’t Get Away 攻略错反派后我跑不掉了 I Courted the Wrong Villain, and Now I Can’t Get Away 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 My Husband Is Crazy. Is Yours? 我老公有病，你老公有吗 [Older sister-younger man romance + sweet one-on-one love + comedy + secret crush + slightly yandere + marriage first, love later + slow-burn romance + devoted couple] After a car accident, Mr. Lu, the powerful head of a prominent family, suffers unexpected brain damage. The entire upper crust is thrown into an uproar. At times, he becomes a cold, domineering CEO, his icy gaze forcing her into a passionate love-hate entanglement; At others, he turns into a poor college student, forced into an ob 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Night Rain Over Tide Harbor 潮港夜雨 [Soft, sweet, resilient Jiangnan girl × sharp-tongued, soft-hearted, cocky Hong Kong bad boy / self-deluding pure-love warrior] [Both inexperienced, 1v1, happy ending, cohabitation and everyday romance, male lead is from Hong Kong and speaks Cantonese, leopard-and-cat duo] On her first day as an exchange student at the University of Hong Kong, Li Jiamin dragged an impossibly heavy suitcase into the luxurious Mid-Levels home of her mother's best friend. Everything about the mansion was lovely, ex 12.9kReads8.8Score2.2k14d adds
- 64 Premeditated Possession 预谋侵占 Just started posting, so who knows if the ratings will go up~ [Forced love | Possessive | Male lead is no good guy | Seize her by force | Strong male lead, weak female lead | Both leads are each other's first and only] The first time Ning Yanzhou saw Wen You, only one blunt, obsessive thought remained in his mind. “I want to devour her.” He wanted to peel away that soft outer layer with his own hands and consume every last bit of the sweet, tender fruit within. He would claim all of her for hims 6.7kReads6.6Score20214d adds
- 65 Taken by Force, the Madman's Canary Tries to Escape Again! 强娶豪夺，疯批的金丝雀又想逃！ [Taking by force + forced love + groveling pursuit + male lead becomes a dangerously unhinged, twisted tycoon for love + humble, captive love + love at first sight + not a strong female lead + obsessive love] Nan Ruoyan rescued a man by the roadside, only for him to force himself on her. Furious, she stabbed him afterward! She wanted to teach him a lesson and thought she’d never see him again. But it turned out the man was her fiancé’s uncle! The dangerously unhinged tycoon who struck terror int 537Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 66 His Canary Wants Out, and CEO Pei Begs Her to Stay with Red-Rimmed Eyes 金丝雀要解约，裴总猩红眼低头哄 [Debt repayment + top-tier wealthy family + possessive pursuit + obsessive love + both leads are romantically inexperienced] “Please, let my father go. I’ll pay for his sins in his place.” “Do you know what that will cost you?” Wherever Mu Qingrou looked, the sight was shocking. It was obvious what kind of drug the man had been given. But she had no choice. Her father was the one who had drugged him. One night of pleasure, and once the punishment was over, their debts were settled. For days afte 1.7kReads8.6Score11314d adds
- 67 I Pretended to Be Poor for Three Years and Got Cheated On. My Ex Pretended Not to Know Me at Her Engagement Party. Then She Went Bankrupt 装穷三年被绿，前女友订婚宴上装不认我，后来她破产了 I pretended to be poor for three years and got cheated on. At my ex-girlfriend's engagement banquet, she pretended not to know me. Then she went bankrupt. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Blood Seeps Through the Wall of Room 802 Every Night. My Mad Neighbor Yells, “Stop Wiping It. Your Sister Is Smiling.” 802那堵墙每晚渗血，疯邻居却骂我：别擦了，你妹在笑 Blood seeps through the wall of Room 802 every night, but my insane neighbor yells at me: “Stop wiping it. Your sister is smiling.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 After My Ex-Boyfriend Came Back 当前男友回来后 [1] The news that Yan Huai Xiao, the second son of Nancheng’s richest Yan family, is about to marry movie queen Jiang Yuqi causes an uproar as soon as it breaks. In Jiang Yuqi’s eyes, her fiancé may have a rotten temper and be a bit of a jerk, but at least they grew up together, and he always protects her when it matters. When she learns that he has secretly loved her for years, she is not only shocked, but also surprised to discover that she is actually quite happy about it. [2] Yan Huai Xiao, 265Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 70 After Three Years as a Political Bride, I Made All of Beili Bury Me 和亲三年，我让整个北历给我陪葬 After three years as a political bride, I made all of Beili die with me. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 While He Was Stealing My Girlfriend, I Was Handing Him Bricks 他挖墙脚时，我在递砖 While he was trying to steal my girl, I was handing him bricks. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 I Bought a Man for Twenty Taels of Silver, and He Later Became the Marquis of Zhenbei 我花二十两买了个男人，他后来成了镇北侯 I spent twenty taels of silver to buy a man. He later became the Marquis of Zhenbei. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Hold Your Hammer! He Coughed Up Blood and Collapsed Into My Arms 锤下留人？他咳血往我怀里倒 Put the Hammer Down! He Coughs Up Blood and Collapses into My Arms —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Nine to Five 朝九晚五 [New Novel, The Glass Cage, Now Serializing] He once sheltered me from wind and rain. He once braved every obstacle for me. He once plunged into hell for me. Now he has come to claim his reward. And I can’t possibly repay him. 1.6kReads8.5Score20814d adds
- 75 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Heroine, I Was Imprisoned and Spoiled by the Mad Male Lead 穿成炮灰女配后被疯批男主囚宠了 [Both Are Each Other's First Love + Forced Love + Transmigrate into a Book + Redemption + System + Over-the-Top Drama (The Female Lead Fakes Her Death, Loses Her Memory, and Runs Away While Pregnant) + Happy Ending] Content warning: The author's tastes are pretty twisted, and this gets quite dark. The male lead is a pervert and a thoroughly rotten person. A crazy, unhinged Southeast Asian kingpin * a pretty, resilient, honest girl Ning Sui transmigrates into a book and gets the role of a cannon- 98.2kReads9.2Score14k14d adds
- 76 After I Stopped Wanting His Body, Abstinent Mr. Li Got Desperate 不馋他身子后，禁欲厉总急红眼了 [Secret Marriage] [Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] [Eight-Year Age Gap] [Angsty Push and Pull] [Resilient, Stubborn Doctor VS Ascetic, Obsessive Tycoon] Li Tingyu is a top tycoon in Haicheng, an untouchable flower on a high peak. People say he has no interest in women. Only Qiao Anran knows that he really is abstinent. After five years of secret marriage, her only goal has been to get him naked! When he roughly threw her out of the bathroom and she heard that he was taking care of himself w 2.8kReads5.1Score11614d adds
- 77 Brooding CEO, Don't Turn Evil: Your Wicked Ex-Wife Is Back to Cling to You 阴湿霸总别黑化，恶毒前妻来贴贴 [Rental-apartment fiction + a bankrupt heiress making money + a gloomy puppy with a secret crush] Bankrupt from the start, with tens of millions in debt. Cornered in an alley, Zhang Yue thinks she's done for, but Jiang Yuanci, the poor boy she once trampled underfoot, rushes out and takes three vicious blows for her! As the distance between them closes to a meter, glowing comments suddenly flash wildly above his head: [Poor thing! The future trillionaire will be left lame tonight and turn compl 31kReads8.8Score3.3k14d adds
- 78 After Winning Over the Obsessed, Mad Villain, I Ran Away! 攻略病娇疯批反派后我跑了！ Bright, straightforward little ray of sunshine × sickly, unhinged villain Xu Qingzhi transmigrated into a book, becoming a minor female character in a novel about a possessive love interest. To return to the real world, she had no choice but to follow the System’s instructions and win over the novel’s obsessive villainous big shot. They first met in a rainy alley. Xu Qingzhi held an umbrella and wore a white dress as she crouched down to look at Xie Huaizhi. The young man was covered in injuries 573Reads8.9Score11514d adds
- 79 Back in the Modern World, My Chief Minister Husband Is a Powerful Figure in the Capital 穿回现代，首辅夫君成了京圈大佬 [CEO of a wealthy family + return to the modern era + forced love + the whole family gets its comeuppance] Wen Fu sees with her own eyes the warm family scene of her husband with his first love and their child. After an unexpected car accident, she transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the daughter of a merchant family. Later, while trying to save her father and brother, who are trapped in a desperate situation, she turns to the minister of the Court of Judicial Review for help and is force 567Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 80 Deep Behind the Red Silk Curtains 红纱帐深 Deep Within the Red Gauze Curtains 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 My Wife Ran Off with Someone Else. So What If I’m a Green Tea? 老婆跟人跑了，我就绿茶怎么了 [Self-made female CEO vs. only son of the richest man, one-on-one, both virgins, sweet romance, mutual feelings off the charts!!!] To Mo Feibai, Luo Nanxi is the moonlight of his youth, the rib God took from him, his very life. He went to great lengths to win her over, only to lose her because he was young, hotheaded, and immature. When they meet again, he’s the brooding, unpredictable heir of the imperial capital. Watching her smile brightly at another man nearly drives him insane. Just as ever 2.6kReads7.9Score15614d adds
- 82 The Bad Girl Chases Her Husband: Love Me One More Time 渣女追夫，再爱我一次 [He has to win her back! Heads-up: The heroine is a player at first, then deeply devoted. The hero is a gentle, restrained, devoted aloof beauty ✖️ The heroine is a spoiled, playful woman who looks elegant and refined but is rotten inside.] Gong Xingchen knew Shen Jingyan liked her. But when he returned from abroad, he already had a girlfriend, and she was someone Gong Xingchen couldn’t stand. Gong Xingchen couldn’t understand why Shen Jingyan would choose to like someone like that instead of co 1.1kReads8.1Score—14d adds
- 83 The Male Lead of a Coercive Romance Made a Move on Me? That's Only Human 强制文男主对我犯了错？人之常情 [A peerlessly beautiful female lead who is tender-hearted and skilled at drawing men in, but only toward the male lead + various male leads from forced-romance stories who can't help but wrong her + love at first sight and mutual devotion + the original female leads regret everything] In countless little worlds, the female leads couldn't bear the dark, obsessive love of male leads whose possessiveness was extreme. After a series of actions they called playing hard to get but that were really jus 752Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 84 Obsessed to the Bone: The Unhinged Tycoon Is Madly in Love with the Poor Little Thing 偏执入骨：疯批大佬爱惨了小可怜 [Yandere Hero + Obsessive Lunatic + Taking by Force + Forced Love + Healing + Bittersweet Push and Pull + Getting What They Want] A violently obsessive man. In high school, she fell into the abyss at first sight. When they meet again, he forces his love on her, locking the poor little thing up in handcuffs. He’s crazy, ruthless, and deeply devoted. Jump right in... When they were young, Fu Yu was Xu Yang’s nightmare. He would lie in wait every day along the routes she took to and from school, ob 300Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 85 Plain Jane, But a Succubus 普女，但魅魔体质 [Class divide + powerful man humbles himself for love + 1VN + male rivalry + tangled love polygon + glow-up] Xu Zhimiao had been single her whole life when she went with her best friend to see a male revue. During an audience interaction, she touched one of the performers' lips and awakened the succubus nature that had been sealed away for years. Overwhelmed by unfamiliar desire, she slept with Ning Qingshi, heir to the wealthy Ning family of the capital. She thought it would be a brief encounte 5kReads6.2Score43414d adds
- 86 The Marquis Brought His Benefactor Home and Tried to Make Me Take Her as a Concubine. I Smiled, Handed Him Divorce Papers, and Left Him in Agony 侯爷带恩人回府逼我纳妾，我笑着递上和离书让他悔断肠 The Marquis brought his benefactor home and tried to make me accept her as a concubine. I smiled, handed him our divorce papers, and let him regret it until his heart broke. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 On My First Day After Transmigrating, I Was Sold as a Dog. By the Third, I Was the One Person My Master Couldn't Live Without 穿越第一天被当狗卖，第三天我成了主人最离不开的人 Sold as a dog on my first day after transmigrating, I became the person my master couldn't live without by the third. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 After the Princess-Sick Prince Clung to Her, the Little Maid Finally Got It 被公主病王爷缠上后，小丫鬟悟了 Bai Mingtang accidentally rescued a handsome man with amnesia, and he mistook her for his wife. Knowing full well that “you should never pick up a man on the roadside,” Bai Mingtang tried again and again to send him away, but never succeeded. All she could do was grit her teeth and bring him along to live with her in the countryside. When the man’s subordinates finally managed to track him down, Bai Mingtang learned his true identity: he was none other than Lu Jingci, the Eighth Prince of the cu 450Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Why Are You Running, Sis? You’re the One Who Raised This Mad Dog 姐姐跑什么？疯狗也是你养的 [Transmigrate into a book + yandere + forced love + imprisonment + younger man + mutually devoted] [Brooding yandere puppy vs. outwardly vicious, inwardly hilarious heroine] My name is Shen An’an, and I transmigrated into a book as the villainess. I have to wreck the relationship between the hero and heroine, and bully the villain until he turns evil. When I found out the leads were dating, I locked the hero up. “See that, puppy? If you like someone, you take them. Once you’ve got them, they’re 5.9kReads8.8Score57114d adds
- 90 Dark Clouds, Dark Clouds 乌云，乌云 [Taking what he wants by force, imprisonment, groveling for love, more suffering for the heroine and even more for the hero, love at first sight, she runs and he chases, a crazy psychopath] [The hero pretends to be gentle at first, then reveals his true nature] “She was born to be my wife.” Everyone in Qingcheng knew the Wu family's precious daughter would marry the Cheng family's only son. The two families were not formally engaged, but every family in Qingcheng took it as a given: Cheng Duy 1.9kReads8.5Score10414d adds
- 91 Her Enigma Is a Vicious Hound 她的恶犬是Enigma [Wealthy-family dog training + dominant female Alpha and submissive male Enigma + two powerful leads + the regretful pursuit of a wife, ashes-scattered edition + everyone is evil + ABO] “I hear President Shen is the only Enigma, born at the top of the food chain and able to mark every Alpha?” Yun Zhuo idly swirls her glass of red wine, looking down at the red-eyed man by her feet. “Is that right? Shen Ci, why don’t you say it for me?” Shen Ci, head of the SC Group, is the mad king of the capit 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 My Ex-Wife Is in My Bed and Wants to Remarry? No Way! 睡我床的前妻，想复婚？没门！ My Ex-Wife Slept in My Bed and Wants to Remarry? No Way! 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 An Honest Woman Transmigrates as the Male Lead's Socially Anxious, Gold-Digging Ex-Girlfriend 老实人穿成男主的社恐拜金前女友 [Shy, honest, timid, adorable sweet girl x stern, reserved, secretly passionate older CEO] [Transmigrate into a book | devoted couple | shared dreams | cohabitation | sweet romance] [Poor girl with no money x rich young master with plenty of money, snake-and-rabbit couple] Ran Tang, a shy and honest person, transmigrates into a book. [You are the male lead's gold-digging ex-girlfriend: greedy, lustful, sinister, and cunning. You play the pig to eat the tiger and trick the male lead out of ten mi 100.5kReads9.1Score20.6k14d adds
- 94 Creepy Matchmaking: The Ghost Emperor Is Actually a Henpecked Husband 诡异婚配：诡帝大人竟然是妻管严 [Just got a rating, it’ll rise later] [Childhood Sweethearts + Long-Laid Plans + Mutual Devotion + Protective Husband Who Plays the Pig to Eat the Tiger + A Tiny Bit of Horror + Livestreaming + Slightly Ensemble Cast] In this world, everyone is chosen by a supernatural realm for marriage upon turning eighteen, and every human’s marriage partner is a supernatural being. Fang Li’s match is a low-level supernatural being wearing a pig’s head mask. He looks frail and needs her protection. But ever s 3kReads8.0Score33414d adds
- 95 The Powerful Minister Killed My Mother? Perfect, I Specialize in Sending Villains to Hell 权臣杀我娘？巧了，我专送恶人下黄泉 A Powerful Minister Killed My Mother? Perfect, I Specialize in Sending Villains to Their Doom 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 My Entire Family Was Sentenced to Death, but the Crown Prince Kept Me Alive 满门抄斩，太子留我当活口 My Entire Family Was Sentenced to Death, but the Crown Prince Kept Me Alive —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 You Want a Divorce? Pay Back the Twelve Installments on the Rolex I Bought You First! 离婚是吧？把我买劳力士的12期分期先还了！ You Want a Divorce? Then Pay Me Back for the 12 Installments on the Rolex I Bought! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Day He Gave Me Diamonds, I Sent Him to Prison 他送我钻石那天，我把他送进监狱 The day he gave me diamonds, I sent him to prison. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Regretting Breaking Up with the Campus Heartthrob, We Keep Getting Divorced and Remarried for Three Days Straight 与校草分手后悔，三天反复结离婚 Regretting the breakup with the campus heartthrob, they go through three rounds of divorce in three days 400Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 A Beauty Mark Beneath His Lip and a Little Pear-Dimpled Smile 唇下痣和小梨涡 Sunshine boy × cries at the drop of a hat Everyone knew that the young master of the Ji family had been the center of attention since childhood, a darling of heaven who was out of everyone's league. He received so many love letters he could barely hold them, but never opened a single one. - One night, six years later, Zhu Guan'er was tipsy when Ji Zhao found her and took her home. Ji Zhao took his time winning her over, and Zhu Guan'er fell for him step by step. When she learned he had a first l 4kReads9.3Score70514d adds
