Novels like I Refuse to Be the Backup, and Embrace My One True Love
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- 151 Three Years Ago, He Said His Sister Was the Best. Three Years Later, He Asked, ‘Are You Trying to Drive Me to My Death?’ 三年前他说姐姐最好了，三年后他说你要逼死我吗 Three years ago, he said, “My big sister is the best.” Three years later, he said, “Are you trying to drive me to my death?” 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 In This Life, I'll Be Your Little Sidekick 这一世，我来做你的小跟班 "Urban Everyday Life"+ "High School"+ "One Heroine" If a car accident hadn't taken his life, perhaps he would never have realized just how lonely his life had been. Chu Fan was dead. He had spent half his life striving. He'd once called the shots in conference rooms and sung his heart out at karaoke. But only after his death did he discover how deserted his funeral could be, a stark contrast to the lively life he'd led. Chu Fan quietly watched his funeral from beginning to end, as if he were wat 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 After Meeting 20 Matchmaking Prospects, I Got Married in a Flash 见了20个相亲对象后，我闪婚了 Before the New Year holiday, Su Tiantian was lured home with the promise of 200,000 yuan. The village really was handing out money from the sale of land, and they really did want to trick her into coming home early. Waiting for her was a steady stream of blind dates. There are all kinds of people in the world, and her parade of prospective matches left her laughing and crying in equal measure. She saw all sorts of human behavior, then got married on a whim. The blind dates were a beginning, and 2.3kReads8.6Score17014d adds
- 154 Spiritual Qi Revival: My Girlfriend Is the Campus Belle! 灵气复苏：我的女友是校花！ [System + one heroine + sweet romance] A thousand years ago, monsters invaded Blue Star, throwing humanity into crisis. At the crucial moment, the Chosen Ones emerged, and humanity won a narrow victory. Now spiritual qi is reviving on Blue Star, and the monsters have returned. In humanity’s hour of peril, a monster-hunting System appears on Blue Star, searching for its master. Su Yiming is lucky enough to be chosen, unlocking a life of cheats: he can level up by slaying monsters! [Ding! This Sys 266Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 155 My Online Gaming Buddy Is My Homeroom Teacher? 线上游戏搭子，是我班主任？ [Multiple Female Leads] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Everyday Campus Life] Lu Anping discovers something strange. Why can only he see the posts his homeroom teacher shares on Moments? And why do they seem to be posted just for him? What are the odds? Are they set to “visible to me only”? Or did she simply forget to block me? Could she hear my thoughts, like in that novel I’ve been reading lately? During class, Lu Anping stares at his homeroom teacher and thinks with a sneer: Stop pretending, teach. I 1.5kReads8.4Score10414d adds
- 156 Reborn: I Can Hear the Sweet Thoughts of the School Beauty, My Wife 重生：我听到校花老婆的甜蜜心声 Original title: Reborn: Sweet Inner Thoughts, A Love for You Through All My Days [Reborn + campus beauty + doting romance + System + one heroine] In their past life: Luo Yiran died for Su Qi! In this life: Su Qi was reborn for Luo Yiran! Su Qi: I can hear her inner thoughts? Luo Yiran: My first kiss just got stolen by a pig? Su Qi: My future wife is so sweet! Luo Yiran: Why are you so good to me? Su Qi: Can I really tell her I was reborn? Luo Yiran: I don’t want to live with you! Su Qi: I just w 19Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 157 What Happened to the Frail Little Bunny You Promised Me? 说好的娇弱小白兔呢？ [Apocalyptic survival + powerful heroine power fantasy + decisive and ruthless + eerie mutations + supernatural powers to fight monsters + mutated animals and plants + no romance] Sickly Zhu Shi’an made it to adulthood, but she didn’t survive the apocalypse. That day, darkness swallowed the world for twenty-four hours. After that… Zombies roamed everywhere, animals mutated into bizarre creatures, and plants sprouted man-eating mouths. While everyone else fled for their lives, Zhu Shi’an stared 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Reborn: My Sweet Romance with the Campus Beauty 重生：我与校花女友的恋爱超甜 [Reborn + System + Single heroine + Sweet romance] A tooth-achingly sweet everyday romance that takes you back to your school days! In his previous life, amid the screech of brakes, Duan Jiayi disappeared from Shen Yixun's life. The last glimmer of light in Shen Yixun's world went out. Then, when he awoke again, he had returned to seven years earlier. To make up for the regret of his previous life, Shen Yixun worked hard and met his girl again. This time, I'll be the one to protect you! 105Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 159 Immortals, Please Take a Number: The Everything Goes Right Agency 神仙请接单万事灵事务所 [Urban Imagination, Modern Mythology, Light Comedy, Urban Fantasy, Mystery and Twists] Sun Wukong, Nezha, Yang Jian, and Xiao Tian, all “downsized” by the Heavenly Court, open an agency in the mortal world that takes on every kind of bizarre case. They hope to earn back merit and dignity by solving ordinary people's problems, only to discover that every outrageous request is gathering samples of human nature for a wish-granting algorithm called “Lingying One.” Its ultimate plan is to ensure that 41Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 160 From Online Dating to Meeting in Person: My Girlfriend’s Older Sister Is My First Love 网恋奔现：女友她姐竟是我初恋 The Meet You Milk Tea Shop in Jiangcheng. Fang Yuan had arranged to meet his online girlfriend in person, and Chu Yingying was supposed to meet him there. But when Fang Yuan arrived, he discovered that the person sitting beside his online girlfriend was his first love, Chu Xueqing. The most absurd part was that Chu Xueqing was Chu Yingying’s biological older sister. Chu Xueqing: “You said you weren’t dating anyone!” Chu Yingying: “Mister, what’s your relationship with my sister?” Fang Yuan: “??? 63Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 161 Zhao Tang’s Ghost Marriage 照棠冥婚 Zhaotang’s Ghost Marriage 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 I Became an Elder in the Siheyuan 四合院我成了我长辈 Jin Man is a stay-at-home freelancer in 2023 and the author of a string of failed novels. Her family tree lists her as a descendant of the Aisin-Gioro clan, though she has no idea which branch she belongs to. She only heard it from her unreliable father, whom she is supposed to address respectfully at home because her grandfather told her to. A brand-new little System had barely gained awareness when its main System dad tossed it out, and then it went and caused trouble. A flash of white light l 662Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 163 Furry: Error Sequence Furry：错误序列 [Wild imagination + no System + young beastman + slow-burn opening + another world + intricate worldbuilding + Lovecraftian style + sequences + two male leads + debut author] I’m Mikael, a dragon beastman who’s determined to lie low, yet on my very first day in this world, I became a bug. After transmigrating to another world, I unexpectedly unlocked the incredible ability to “create errors.” Sequence magic? Superpowers? They’re all child’s play before my authority. But trouble keeps piling up 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 One Meal Decides a Lifetime 一餐定一生 Keep reading, and you’re sure to find yourself laughing with joy one moment and crying with emotion the next. At Haifeng Institute of Technology, Chen Xinze, a freshman who looks good only in the eyes of girls, meets Li Wenyi, a junior renowned as the campus belle. Li Wenyi’s odd, carefree antics give Chen Xinze the idea of inviting her out for a late-night snack. After they finish eating, Chen Xinze boldly reaches out his right hand, and, as if possessed, Li Wenyi takes it. While they are both 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 After I Died, My Corpse Began Cultivating on the Cliff of Certain Death 我死后，尸体在绝命崖自动修炼 [Corpse Cultivation] [Wild Premise] [Leveling Up] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Revenge] Betrayed by his fiancee and senior fellow disciple, Jiang Ye had his innate spiritual root ripped out and was thrown into the Deadly Abyss. Everyone believed Jiang Ye was dead. But his soul was trapped in his corpse, which could absorb baleful energy and cultivate on its own. He could not attack on his own, but whenever an enemy struck his body, it triggered a retaliatory corpse fiend attack, harvesting the enemy 187Reads—Score26314d adds
- 166 Searching for Love in the Mortal World 尘世寻爱 At the end of the twentieth century, Momo always looked at the reasonable and unreasonable aspects of the world from the perspective of a bystander, living carelessly like a rogue. It wasn't until she met Li Fan, a married woman, and Duoduo that she truly entered the real world. But the cruelty of reality, and the enormous gulf between it and her inner world, made it impossible for her to adapt... 4.8kReads—Score20714d adds
- 167 He Refused to Repay His Debt, So He Offered His School Beauty's Little Sister as Collateral 欠钱不还，竟拿校花妹妹来抵债 (Sweet romance + one female lead + campus belle + both leads reborn) Su Ze died suddenly from overwork, but unexpectedly got reborn and acquired a System. During a meal out, he lent his best friend 1,000 yuan. The next morning, Su Ze heard the doorbell and went to answer it, only to find a sweet, adorable girl standing outside. And she was someone he knew! Su Ze: “Xue’er, what are you doing here?” Mu Xue’er: “A debt must be repaid. Xue’er is here to settle it with herself.” Su Ze: “???” As Su Ze 27Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 168 My Tenth Year as a Simp 我当舔狗的第十年 Mo Ziyan screamed because Yang Dun had knocked her to the ground, and the fall hurt. Yang Dun screamed because he had accidentally pressed his hand against Mo Ziyan’s chest... Embarrassed, Yang Dun quickly scrambled to his feet, then awkwardly helped Mo Ziyan up. But Mo Ziyan thought Yang Dun had knocked her down on purpose. “Team Leader Yang, how could you be so naughty? You told me to stand right here and not move, but it turns out you were lining me up so you could knock me over!?” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 My Tsundere Childhood Friend Got Jealous Again Today 傲娇青梅今天又吃醋了 (Everyday life) (Sweet romance) (One female lead) (Healing) (Extra sweet) In his previous life, Lu Yu spent twelve years pursuing Ning Xiyun. When her first love returned to the country, he finally realized he had only ever been her backup plan. Given a second chance at life, the first thing Lu Yu did was stay away from that woman. Love could get lost, for all he cared! Little did he know that someone had secretly been in love with him all along... “Lu Yu, you’re not allowed to like any other gi 1.1kReads7.4Score10514d adds
- 171 In the Palworld, Why Can’t I Be King? 到帕鲁世界，怎就不能当王 [Business Warfare] [War] [Pokemon Battles] [Palworld] [Multiple Heroines] [Can Pals Cultivate Immortality Too?] [Multiple Transmigrators] This is a strange Palworld, where people from all kinds of eras have arrived. They have to explore it little by little before discovering that this world is completely different from what they expected. Go conquer it and rule it! Make the trip count! 270Reads—Score36714d adds
- 172 I Picked Up a Snack-Loving Junior, So Why Is She Both Socially Awkward and So Forward? 捡个小吃货学妹，怎么社恐又白给 [Everyday Romance] [One Female Lead] [Mutual Healing] [Childhood Friend Who Arrives Out of the Blue] [Pure-Hearted, Oblivious Girl] “Jiang Li… come on in…” “?!?” Jiang Li stared at the wide-open door, his eyelid twitching. She was as shy as a little rabbit, yet still insisting on throwing herself at him? It all began when he found this silly junior student in an alley… From then on, An He strayed further and further down the path of convincing herself that he liked her. “Jiang Li, you’ve caught 39Reads—Score10414d adds
- 173 Together Beneath the Clock Flowers 时钟花的相伴 [No System, No Rebirth] + [Everyday Cohabitation] + [One Female Lead] + [Childhood Sweethearts] + [Multiple Perspectives, Ensemble Cast, and Romance] + [Grounded in Reality] Related by blood? Sure, we're a little close, but the Marriage Law allows it!!! Xiang Gu turned twenty-two, and the very next day, on Tong Mengmeng's twenty-second birthday, they got their marriage licenses. Love between childhood sweethearts isn't a matter of falling for each other over time. It's love at first sight, with 13Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 174 I Cursed Out My Boss from the Start, and the System Rewarded Me with a Million 开局怒骂老板，系统奖励一百万 (Everyone who comes in must make a fortune every day) [Lighthearted, slice of life, System, everyday life, no showing off and face-slapping] When Xia Yang's idiotic boss forced him to work overtime yet again, he quit without hesitation, then immediately started berating his boss. He thought he'd have to slowly look for another job, but then he awakened the Life Enjoyment System. What? Insulting his boss from the start earned him a million yuan? What? He could also get a hundred thousand yuan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 I'm a Priest at a Church, but I'm a Death-Row Inmate 我在教堂当神父，可我是死刑犯啊 [Light Novel] [Slow Pace at First, Takes Off Later] [Not a Transmigration, but a Body-Snatching Rebirth] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Ivan Reinhardt, a death-row inmate convicted in a massacre, crawls back out of a river and wakes up as Sabol, a priest in a frontier town. He doesn't want to admit it, but the priest's final act of saving him moved him. So he decides to stay in town for now, finishing the priest's unfinished prayers, hearing confessions, and performing exorcisms. But he's bette 402Reads—Score13114d adds
- 176 Ancestor Xin 辛祖 [30,000 words posted daily] [Gets better as it goes] [Three heroines] [Classic xianxia] [Rags-to-riches rise] [Power fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] [Passionate] [Fast-paced] Life is as brief as an ant's, a fate as insubstantial as dust. If Heaven won't let me climb high, I'll shatter these nine celestial heavens! If fate won't let me rule supreme, I'll forge the laws of all worlds anew! Only then will all beings across the myriad worlds learn that there is always a heaven beyond h 292Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 My Master Is Way Too Laid-Back 我家师尊太佛系 [Goofy Female Protagonist + No Romance + Pure Master-Disciple Relationship + BE Ending + HE Bonus Ending] First-person narration + asides + omniscient-perspective bonus chapters [Enter at your own risk if you dislike these] The heroine's life motto: “If you have any shame, you suffer yourself. If you have none, you make others suffer. No matter how hard life gets, never make yourself suffer!!” After an accident, Yang Tianzhao ended up owing the immortals a huge debt. To help her complete her mis 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Lock the Sane People In 把清醒的人关进来 Lock the Clear-Headed Inside 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 The Hilarious Life of a Rich Girl Married to a Fake Rich Guy 富家女嫁假富公子的搞笑生活 The Hilarious Married Life of a Rich Girl and a Fake Rich Heir 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 我想娶你表妹，你却先当我爹 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 The Hidden-Edge Son-in-Law 藏锋赘婿 The Hidden-Edge Live-In Son-in-Law 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Traveling Together on Misty Island 雾岛同行 Companions on Misty Island 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 深山祖宅惊魂 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Good Lord, the Mad Homeless Man I Picked Up Is the Missing Trillionaire Tycoon Everyone Online Has Been Searching For 天，我捡的疯癫流浪汉，竟是全网失踪的千亿首富 Oh My God, the Deranged Homeless Man I Picked Up Is Actually the Trillionaire Who Vanished from the Internet 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 A Chilling Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 惊悚悬疑故事：第七个收件人 A Gripping Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Women Who Have Fallen into Pit Toilets Have Especially Keen Noses 掉过茅坑的女人，鼻子都比较灵 Women Who’ve Fallen into a Pit Toilet Have Especially Sharp Noses 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 After the Fake Heiress Dies, My Family Forces Me to Keep Vigil for Her 假千金死后，全家逼我替她守灵 After the fake heiress dies, my whole family forces me to keep vigil for her —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Apocalypse! A Good-for-Nothing? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 末世！废物？回收！我能成为这片区域的神！！！ Apocalypse! Useless? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 I Went Undercover in a Scam Compound 我在诈骗园区当卧底 I'm an Undercover Agent in a Scam Compound 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Reborn: The Campus Belle Really Did Like Me 重生之校花原来真的喜欢我 Synopsis: (Reborn) + (single heroine) + (no System) + (sweet everyday romance) The saddest thing in the world is when two people both hide their love deep in their hearts, and by the time you finally gather the courage to confess, that person is already gone. Yu Ji finally worked up the courage to confess, but Gu Fei got into an accident on the way. Gu Fei's mother's diary revealed that Gu Fei had secretly loved Yu Ji all these years. The final words, “Gu Fei loves Yu Ji,” became a pain he would 269Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 191 On the First Day of School, My Childhood Sweetheart Boldly Confessed to Me 开学当天，我被青梅竹马强势告白 [System + one heroine + childhood friends + college life + super sweet!] Rejected after confessing on the first day of college, he’s instead swept off his feet by his childhood friend’s bold confession! “Hey, little guy, want me to be your girlfriend?” “Baby, your clothes are torn. Let me mend them for you!!” “Darling, it’s raining too hard for me to get back to the dorm!!!” Watching Su Qinghan, who was determined to stick by his side, Nan Xin looked utterly puzzled. Wasn’t she supposed to 865Reads8.8Score10914d adds
- 192 A Summoner? No, My Power Is Summoning Players 召唤系？不，我的能力是召唤玩家 [The Fourth Calamity]+ [Xuanhuan Brainstorming]+ [System]+ [Xuanhuan]+ [Cutting-Edge Technology]+ [Transmigration] [A very long setup, a huge amount of text, and an extremely lengthy outline. The story proper doesn't begin until Chapter 3. The first 300-plus chapters are all setup and explanations of the world. Slow burn! Slow burn!] The ratings are in! A 6.0 at the start is already pretty good! Thanks for all your support! It'll go up! Fu Sheng transmigrates to another world and gets a golden 2.7kReads6.2Score27014d adds
- 193 Rebooting 1985: My Life as a Literary Giant 重启一九八五：我的文豪人生 [Literary Master], [College Entrance Exams], [Single Female Lead], [University Lecturer], [Happy Everyday Life], [Literary Author], [Academically Inclined Girlfriend], [Everyday Academic Discussions] (Other titles for this book: Restarting 1985: My Life as a Literary Master, The 1980s: My Girlfriend Is an Academic Superstar, The 1980s: I Become a Literary Master at Peking University) Use worldly experience to shape an otherworldly spirit, and ultimately follow the path to literary greatness! Fr 1.2kReads6.3Score10714d adds
- 194 Summer Tangerine Through the Seasons 夏橘的春夏秋冬 On a bright morning, a girl named Xia Ju transferred to a new school. Teacher: “Gu Bei, she’ll be your new deskmate from now on.” The boy nodded. Xia Ju looked at him. He was an exceptionally handsome boy. From that day on, the two of them were never apart again. A sweet romance from school days to the wedding aisle. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 A Different Kind of Youth 不一样的青春味道 Everything came so suddenly, as brief as dew... But she had to learn to accept the unexpected losses life brings: spilled milk, a lost wallet, a friendship broken, a lover gone astray... Overnight, her stable career was swept into a tangled struggle of competing interests, and she nearly lost her job... In a single day, the boyfriend she had loved for years turned and walked away, with a reason that sounded so noble... In an instant, one look seemed to last a lifetime. You suddenly appeared befo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 A True-Love Warrior's Adventures in Society 纯爱战神社会历险记 Beijing suburbs, 2006. A beat-up van, a guy at the wheel, the school beauty in the front seat, and 17-year-old Chen Mo in the back. He didn't dare look at her. All he could do was breathe in the scent of cream-cake shampoo in her hair. Whenever the van jolted, her hair brushed his face, and he sat rigid, afraid to move. Back then, he thought liking someone was enough. Then the school beauty pulled out a brand-new tarot deck and asked him to read her love fortune. He thought she was finally looki 13Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 197 Godly Rich Sweet Romance: Daily Life with My Goddess Wife 神豪甜宠文：和女神老婆的日常 [Rich Protagonist] [System] [Everyday Life with One Female Lead] [Sweet Romance] Qin Yang is a Black Swan delivery guy, 1.82 meters tall and ridiculously handsome. By chance, he goes on a blind date, and the mature, beautiful CEO Su Fei takes a liking to him. "The Goddess Conquest System has arrived!" "Play the goddess 'Für Elise' and earn a 30% stake in the Black Swan Delivery Group!" "Bring the goddess brown sugar water during her period and earn chef-level cooking skills!" "Someone spread rum 1.9kReads8.8Score10914d adds
- 198 A Good Match Has Yet to Be Found 良辰未许人 On her thirty-second birthday, Liang Chen met Chen Qian in person after chatting online for three days. She expected another case of someone looking better in photos, but her ideal type was sitting right across from her: a year younger, tall and handsome, romantic and funny. Even the curve of his smile was exactly to her taste. They fell passionately in love in no time. But amid all the sweetness, they both found themselves wondering: One of us is beautiful and clever, the other is gentle and ha 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Soul Transmigration to Primordial Times 魂穿原始 Shi Ming transmigrates to a primitive tribe, but instead of feeling dejected, his mind is full of thoughts about getting a wife and having children. Shi Ming knows that in any era, power and strength are necessary to maintain the life one wants. With no sense of security in this savage world, he can only raise a lion as his mount and lead the Shi tribe to greatness. 1.1kReads7.5Score10314d adds
- 200 A Meaningless Journey 无意义的旅行 “No heroine,” “ensemble cast,” “alchemy,” “another world.” Travel itself has no meaning; it is merely a journey from the starting point back to the starting point. But for the things you might see along the way, would you be willing to set off on a meaningless journey? In this world shrouded in mysterious forces, alchemical formulae have become a means of advancing civilization. One day, a young man wakes with no memories and begins the ordinary life he longs for. “Is this world really this absu 3Reads—Score—14d adds
