Novels like I Became a Scholar and Fell for the Little Tyrant
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- 101 The Farmer’s Contracted Husband: The Bully Learns to Farm 农家契哥儿，恶霸乖乖种田 After transmigrating to ancient times, Lin Liusheng, a man, is sold by his family to a tyrant...to be his contract brother? What is going on?! With a sickly body, even staying alive is a struggle. And that tyrant? He gambles, fights, and drinks. He has land but won’t farm it, spending all day roaming around like a bandit. Even the county constables go out of their way to avoid him. Lin Liusheng leans weakly against the wall. “Get out there and work the fields!” The hulking tyrant pouts. “Can I g 11.8kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds
- 102 I Flirted with My Rival, Then They Kissed Me 贩剑后被死对头亲了 [A tough-guy top who pretends to hate it but comes around X a wicked, wild, openly flirtatious bottom; self-delusion, a melodramatic mix of tropes, two strong and devoted leads] Why did the latecomer get ahead? Because Xie Yu fought tooth and nail for him. Xie Yu, heir to Huasheng Venture Capital Group, was rebellious and unruly, and considered himself both completely straight and homophobic. Born into a good family, handsome, and blessed with nineteen years of smooth sailing, he had an easy roa 13.4kReads9.4Score2.1k14d adds
- 103 After Getting Burned by a Fish, This Kitty Faked Its Death and Left 被鱼渣后，猫猫我选择了死遁 An audiobook adaptation is available [Dual Male Leads, Faked Death, Win-Him-Back Chase, Dramatic Angst, No Switching Partners, Happy Ending] Li Fugui was a cat. One day, he picked up a fish who could transform into a stunning beauty with fair skin, a slim waist, and long legs. Not only was Li Fugui a cat, he was also a hopeless admirer of pretty faces, and he was instantly smitten with the handsome man. But on the day of their wedding, the beauty left him with one sentence, saying he had never l 6.5kReads9.3Score79714d adds
- 104 You Flirt and Then Run? The Hero’s Had a Taste and Wants More! 20 Incredibly Sweet BL Stories 撩完就想跑？男主他食髓知味了！20个甜到爆炸的双男主故事 [Episodic stories + dual male leads + secret crushes + sweet romance + bickering couple.] What’s wrong with marrying the brother I raised from childhood? When Jing Bo woke up, he felt like the sky had fallen. Not only was there a man lying next to him, but it was his good friend, Gu Sheng. Jing Bo was furious and wanted to beat Gu Sheng up, berating him for his shameless behavior. Gu Sheng simply said, “You made the first move.” Ji Ningyuan thought of Jiang Li as a good friend, but Jiang Li only 28.3kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
- 105 Spoiled Beyond Measure: President Li's Cherished Darling 盛宠之下：厉总的掌心娇宠 [Two male leads + cold-faced financial tycoon seme x devoted affection magnet uke + both leads are each other's first and only + no substitute trope + rekindled love + happy ending + multiple couples] Any resemblance between the characters, locations, names, plot, and anything else in this story and real people or places is purely coincidental. This story is entirely fictional! Li Xiuchen, the richest man in S City, is cold, handsome, and wealthy, with power to turn the world upside down. But th 710Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Cool, Scheming Secretary: The Commander Can’t Get Away 清冷侍郎芝麻馅，指挥使他跑不掉 [Two male leads + pure sweetness, no angst + happy ending + long-planned scheming + two strong leads + multiple couples + both are pure] In the eyes of the world, Wei Shuangge was the dreaded and despised commander of the Imperial Guard, while Gu Chibai, born into the Jiangnan Gu family, was an upright official with an unblemished reputation. The emperor decreed that Wei Shuangge and Gu Chibai should marry. Wei Shuangge immediately flopped onto the floor. “I refuse to marry!” He kicked his legs 16.2kReads9.4Score2.4k14d adds
- 107 The Rhythm of Morse Code 摩尔斯电码的节奏 The Rhythm of Morse Code 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The Trouble-Making Disciple 惹祸的徒弟 Because of natural disasters, the people of Liangcheng in Tianguo suffer from severe hunger. With no choice but to leave their hometown to survive, they head for the prosperous capital. A mother and son cling to each other as they make the arduous journey of a thousand li. By the time they reach the outskirts of the capital, the unfortunate mother is on the verge of death from hunger. Looking at her young son, she hopes some kindhearted person will take him in so he won’t starve to death. After 1.6kReads6.9Score10314d adds
- 109 Don't Be Mean! The Pretty Little Mute Is So Delicate 别凶！漂亮小哑巴他超娇气 [Ratings on the Rise] [Two Male Leads] [Age Gap + Sweet Romance + Both Pure + Rugged Hero] Well-behaved, sweet, obedient little mute x fiercely rugged man who spoils his wife The story of a silly little mute who is taken in and pampered by a cold, rugged man. - A little mute suddenly appeared in the east of the city, and no one knew where he came from. The little mute wandered timidly around the area until the stern owner of a repair shop took pity on him and gave him a home. Once cleaned up, th 26.7kReads9.4Score4k14d adds
- 110 After Provoking a Top Big Shot, the Pitiful One Is Pampered 招惹顶级大佬后，小可怜被娇宠了 [ABO + male/male romance + marriage first, love later + plenty of original worldbuilding] [Gentle, fatherly Alpha & not-too-bright Omega + ten-year age gap] Fu Changjin was an S-rank Alpha of noble status and immense power. By a bizarre twist of fate, he somehow ended up **ing a stranger Omega?!! Luckily, the Omega was silly but obedient. So he married him with a marriage contract and brought him home, embarking on a life as both husband and father to his pampered treasure. [Another sweet little 10.3kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 111 Ling Jinchuan 泠瑾川 [Two male leads + ancient fantasy + devoted love + both leads are each other's only partners + one-on-one romance] Thirty thousand years ago, the human, immortal, and demon realms joined forces and drove the demon realm to the far edge of Cangman, to the Abandoned City. The battle left the demon race severely weakened, and they dared not invade the three realms again for a thousand years. Later generations called it the Battle of Cangman. The three realms then lived in peace and supported one an 369Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 After I Was Bullied, the Gang Boss Treated Me Like His Own Child 被霸凌后黑社会大哥待我视如己出 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Retired Shadow Guard Goes Off to Farm 暗卫他退休去种田了 A story about a secret guard who doesn't know he has a special constitution, accidentally retires early, and takes up farming... [Both are each other's only one! Both are each other's only one!] (Original title: The Secret Guard Retires to Farm) Content warnings: melodrama + running away while pregnant + an imaginary dynasty A maxed-out fighter who's a little goofy vs. a calculating, proud big shot who's a little narcissistic Both are each other's only one + raising a child + farming in the earl 10.1kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 114 Those Days I Spent Reborn as a Cat 重生做猫的那些日子 [Two Male Leads + Devoted Love + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Healing] What should you do after being reborn as a fluffy little creature? Fall in love, of course! Lu Yu was reborn as a tabby cat. That’s right, a Chinese tabby, famously fierce in a fight. But the world is so beautiful that he doesn’t want to fight. He just wants to be a lazy cat who enjoys life, and help his human attract viewers during livestreams along the way. Then one day, a mighty black cat blocked his path and declared d 6.3kReads9.5Score77614d adds
- 115 A Tough Man’s Weakness 硬汉的软肋 On the rainy night I was scammed while trying to rent a room, I had nowhere else to go. I was shoved into an old alley, an aging house, and the life of a strange man. Xiong Yue was thirty-eight, built like a mountain, quiet, and as punctual as a clock. I thought living under someone else’s roof would be hard to bear. But he left a light on when I came home late from overtime, came to pick me up with his umbrella tilted against the rain, and would sigh alone in the middle of the night, silentl 1.3kReads—Score11214d adds
- 116 A Bromance in the Great Tang 大唐基友记 In the Tianbao era, Chang’an was a city of dazzling splendor, with undercurrents churning beneath the surface. Forty-year-old Pei Yuanshao was a renowned spice merchant in the Eastern Market. He was tall and powerfully built, with a resolute face, silver at his temples, and a pair of broad, strong hands. His whole bearing spoke of a steady, bold man who had seen much of the world. Thirty-eight-year-old Qin Huaiyuan was a constable in Chang’an County. Broad-backed and burly, he had a square face, 48Reads—Score10014d adds
- 117 My Ex Regretted Our Arranged Marriage, While I Fell for His Cousin 联姻前男友悔哭，我和他表哥热恋了 My Ex-Boyfriend Regrets Our Arranged Marriage, but I’m Madly in Love with His Cousin 862Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Reborn as a Fake Young Master, I Make It Big Across the Stars with Card Crafting 穿成假少爷后，我靠制卡爆红星际 [Dual male leads + interstellar + transmigrate into a book + cannon fodder + card crafting + mental power + special abilities + mechas + campus life + livestreaming] Blurb One: After transmigrating into a book as a cannon-fodder character with F-rank mental power, a reputation for doing every manner of evil, and a record of coming last in class, who was hated by everyone and had even been dumped by his fiance, Qi Shu checked his terminal and found himself 30 billion star coins in debt from the s 19.4kReads9.2Score3.4k14d adds
- 119 The Elite CEO Gets Clingy with a “Puppy” 精英总裁粘上“修狗” The Elite CEO Gets Attached to a Puppy 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 120 A Cold Blade Meets Its Master 寒刃逢君 When the Cold Blade Meets You 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Forbidden Embrace 禁忌的拥抱 Forty-five-year-old Lu Zhenhai is the city’s quietest “giant”: weighing 320 jin, with a broad back and shoulders like a wall. Once a dockworker, he now runs an auto repair shop beside the secondhand market that nobody ever visits. His life is like a scrapped engine: heavy, greasy, and forgotten by everyone. Twenty-five-year-old Shen Du is the city’s brightest “lie.” A graduate of a prestigious university’s architecture program, he was disgraced by a plagiarism scandal and blacklisted by the enti 1.9kReads—Score10214d adds
- 122 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Runaway Good Disciple of a Lovesick Master 穿书后成了病娇师尊的在逃乖徒 [A genuinely unhinged, not-so-good master x a crafty disciple who bullies the weak] Qin Yu transmigrates into a cultivation power fantasy as a cannon-fodder simp. The System tells him the novel's male lead is no good, and orders him to make a comeback and strip away the lead's halo, or his account will be deleted and he'll have to start over?! Strip it away? Absolutely. If I don't, I'm no man! The male lead has supposedly become the disciple of a late-stage Soul Formation bigwig? Then Qin Yu wil 3.6kReads9.2Score72014d adds
- 123 Plum Blossoms and Snow Should Never Meet, Yet We’ll Grow Old Together 梅雪不相逢，偏要共白头 Plum Blossoms and Snow Never Meet, Yet They Insist on Growing Old Together 509Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The Moment After I Reincarnated as the Dowry Bride 穿成陪嫁下一秒 Two men + mutually faithful + domestic life + dual career struggles + imperial examinations and court politics After a fire, Meng Wan transmigrated to a dynasty he had never heard of and became a male companion to a young lady from a duke's household. Before he could figure out where he was, the next moment he was bound hand and foot and sold off by the young lady. Meng Wan: “? ... Mmmph!!!!!!!” Song Tingzhou lost his father as a child, and his mother raised him alone. Defying everyone's obje 30.2kReads9.5Score4.3k14d adds
- 125 Eye Sacrifice 眼祭 Eye Sacrifice 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 ABO: A Record of the Aloof School Heartthrob's Secret Love ABO高冷校草暗恋实录 Synopsis: [Two male leads + ABO + healing] Lu Xu was a blond troublemaker who pretended to be an Alpha. He was famous for being hard to deal with, and everyone at the university gave him a wide berth and called him Brother Lu. But only Lu Xu knew the truth: he was a little Omega. Lu Xu thought he could keep up the act and stay on top forever. Then one day, his aloof, handsome classmate pinned him to his dorm bed and confessed his feelings. The pressure was intense. Jiang Shubai: “Lu, please give 14kReads9.2Score3.1k14d adds
- 127 Reunited Three Years Later 重逢在三年之后 Reunited Three Years Later 3.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Prince I Married in Someone Else’s Place Is a Little Crazy 代嫁王爷有点疯 The Prince Consort by Proxy Is a Little Crazy 2.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The Beloved One: After Transmigrating, I Was Raised by an Endless Stream of NPCs 团宠：穿越后被无限NPC养大了 [If you have questions about Xie Ji, please turn to Chapter 99. There's also a discussion thread, and it's easy to find since it's been pinned.] [(I don't know why the tags say romance, ahhhhh!! It's two male leads, two male leads, two male leads! I'm saying it three times because it's important!) Also known as The Daily Life of an Infinite-World Boss Raising Kids in a Dungeon. Content warnings: This isn't an infinite-flow story in the traditional sense. It has two male leads, but the romance co 5.2kReads9.3Score65614d adds
- 130 To Avoid Planting Rice, I Work Hard to Pass the Imperial Exams 为了不插秧，努力考科举 [The short drama adaptation is now streaming] A modern SSS-rank researcher dies suddenly and transmigrates to the Great Xing Dynasty. His health is so poor that he's not allowed to pick rice in the fields until he's six. Sunstruck and light-headed, Li Jing decides that farming with this body is a risky business, so he immediately resolves to study for the imperial examinations. That's what he's good at; the transplanting can be left to the professionals! The following year, now named Li Yiqing, 22.8kReads9.3Score2.2k14d adds
- 131 Unbelievable! The Little Highness Was Kidnapped Right After Coming Home! 离谱！小殿下刚回家就被拐跑了！ [Sentinel/Guide + Interstellar + Everyone’s favorite + Older love interest + Both virgins + Spirit beasts + Power couple] Shi Mian lived on a barren planet in the Federation for eighteen whole years. On the day he came of age, he awakened as a Guide. To escape capture by the Federation, his spirit beast, a nine-tailed white fox, appeared at his side and killed the Federation’s lackeys. Then Shi Mian stole a Federation starship. So, newly of age and without a license, Shi Mian went on a wild joyr 33.7kReads9.3Score5.4k14d adds
- 132 Return to the Harbor 归·港 Return to the Harbor 191Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 I'm a Pure-Hearted College Guy, and I'm Falling in Love After a Marriage of Convenience with a Crazy Villain 我清纯男大，和疯批反派先婚后爱 36.5kReads9.4Score4.8k14d adds
- 134 The Azure Mist Before Nightfall 青岚未晚 Qing Lan, Not Too Late 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Ding! A Taste of the Tycoon Life 滴！豪门体验卡 [Transmigrate into a book + healing + everyone dotes on him + mutual devotion] Two male leads! Two male leads! Gentle, mature CEO top × sunny on the outside, depressed on the inside bottom I got rich overnight, but I'm no country bumpkin! Zhou Mo was a poor little cabbage with no parents. His only asset was his good looks, and he had to haul bricks at construction sites every day just to scrape together his college tuition. Then one day, while happily hauling bricks, he got hit on the head with 14.5kReads9.5Score2.4k14d adds
- 136 The Scheming Adopted Son Is Raising a Puppy Again Today 心机义子今天也在养小狗 [Complete] [Younger top, two male leads, one-on-one romance, ancient military setting, alternate history, happy ending] [Nameless orphan × (supposed) bandit's adopted son] [The young master is always right] × [I've worked hard for years and don't want to do this anymore. I need to find a sucker to take over my job.] Sincere, passionate gong × gentle, scheming shou Their tangled love and hatred twists and turns, until it all comes to nothing, like flowers reflected in a mirror and the moon in wat 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 A Distant Place I Can't Reach, a Home I Can't Return To 到不了的远方，回不去的家 A Distant Place I Can Never Reach, a Home I Can Never Return To 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 After My Son Died by Suicide, I Transmigrated! 儿子自杀后，我穿越了！ After My Son Died by Suicide, I Transmigrated! 3.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 139 My Lord, Don't Be Difficult... 主上，别闹…… My Lord, don't mess around... 2.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Royal Husband Sent as a Hostage: Imprisoned, He Keeps Getting Cornered on the Emperor's Bed 和亲男后：囚禁后总被皇帝堵床上 [Two Male Leads: Dominant Emperor Top and Consort Prince Bottom. Older, Fatherly Top, Ten-Year Age Gap. Love at First Sight, Unscrupulous Tactics, Taking by Force, Intense Push and Pull, Imprisonment, Forced Love in a Dark Room.] Chu Zhao was Great He's most beautiful man and its greatest general. He had gone to battle ten times and crushed the grassland enemies each time. But on his eleventh campaign, Chu Zhao was defeated by the grassland king, Huyan Lie, and driven to the city gates. Below th 34.1kReads7.0Score4.3k14d adds
- 141 The Little Secrets of Mr. Gu's Staged Encounters 顾总制造偶遇的那些小秘密 The Little Secrets Behind Mr. Gu's Staged Encounters 279Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 108 Ways to Die at the Hands of Your Zombie Love Rival 被丧尸情敌咬死的108种方式 [Apocalypse + time loop + no female lead, straight man vs. yandere zombie] [Early: time loop; middle: development; late: unification; very late: interstellar] When the Apocalypse arrives, Shen Bai gains the ability to loop back in time. His rival in love, Lu Shijiu, becomes a zombie and spends all day thinking about how to bite him to death. To stay alive, Shen Bai has no choice but to distance himself from the campus beauty. But Lu Shijiu seems to have gone crazy and insists on sticking close t 2.6kReads9.4Score45414d adds
- 143 Daily Life at the Baozi Shop 包子铺的日常生活 Daily Life at the Baozi Shop 612Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Wait, What Kind of Royal Guard Would Dare Bully the Emperor? 不是，谁家暗卫敢欺皇上呀？ [Two male leads + exclusive 1v1 romance + emperor and bodyguard + emperor switches from top to bottom, bodyguard switches from bottom to top + System + transmigration + sweet romance + light physical angst, no emotional angst! Both leads are powerful!] Two male leads, an emperor and his bodyguard, transmigration, a System, and missions. The emperor switches from top to bottom, while the bodyguard switches from bottom to top. One side couple has a crybaby top and a burly bottom, while another sid 20.8kReads9.5Score3k14d adds
- 145 After Saving My Childhood Friend, the Chosen One, He Started Treating Me Like His Wife 拯救龙傲天竹马后，他拿我当老婆 (Audio drama released, complete) [Two Male Leads] [Childhood Friends] [Transmigrate into a Book] [Cultivation] [Mutual Devotion, HE] [An Overpowered Hero in Public, a Mature and Devoted Guard Dog in Private: Top × A Stunning Beauty to Others, Actually a Funny and Carefree Bottom] You Yu transmigrated into a book, a cultivation novel about an overpowered hero, and got a three-piece starter kit: He arrived at the wrong point in the timeline, got assigned the wrong character card, and even had his 56.9kReads9.5Score9.6k14d adds
- 146 We Agreed to a Marriage of Convenience, but This Crazy Man Won't Let Me Go Now That He's Got Me 说好协议结婚，疯批他到手不放人 [Published as Low-Temperature Flight, now available] [Powerful Beijing-circle couple] [ABO (AB romance)] [Pheromone allergy] [Secret love becomes mutual] [Difference in status] [Angsty story about powerful families] [Everyone's favorite Beta recipient has no pheromones, driving those in power insane] Xu Ke is a Beta civilian airline captain and the tool spouse of the Ji family. His husband, Ji Bochen, is an S4-level Alpha and the head of Donghe Civil Aviation. He is of noble status, but suffers 27kReads9.3Score3.5k14d adds
- 147 The Doctor and the Boxer 医生与拳手 The Doctor and the Boxer 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Hunted Across the Globe 全球追杀 [Two male leads, one-on-one, infinite-flow, evenly matched, devoted to each other, supernatural, sweet romance, feel-good power fantasy, big shots, a light ensemble cast, the protagonist's personality changes with each level, strongest fighter × stubborn master bluffer] [Chasing the Past once ranked in the top three for infinite-flow novels, top three for sweet romance, top three for System novels, fifteenth on the high-scoring list, and top ten overall. If you're interested, please read Chasing 3.6kReads9.4Score47014d adds
- 149 The Rival Lane? My Stone-Faced Junior Brother Won't Stop Pouting 对抗路？臭脸师弟他不停不哄 [Signed for print publication] [Two male leads + younger seme + aloof uke + shameless seme + bickering enemies-to-lovers] A shameless, unruly junior disciple who knows no bounds vs. his aloof, solitary beauty of a senior disciple The Seal Keeper of the Mingdao Sect has two gifted disciples. His senior disciple, Song Mingxue, is the most outstanding disciple of his generation: aloof and proud, like a distant mountain covered in snow. His junior disciple, Xie Qi, is the last surviving scion of the 99.2kReads8.5Score9.3k14d adds
- 150 After Disappearing from the True Young Master's Body, He Went Mad! 从真少爷身体里消失后，他疯了！ [A true young master who gets accused of having schizophrenia, infuriates everyone, and really does become ill later + a sunny, cheerful recipient who pretends to be his second personality] [Contains pseudo-selfcest elements] [Main story and bonus chapters are complete] [Dedicated to two lovers reunited across time and space] Wen Jiaran had a secret. Every time he fell asleep, he would enter the body of a major villain in some novel he had read. The villain, Lu Yanze, was the true young master. 23.5kReads9.4Score4.4k14d adds
