Novels like Darling [Xie Yan]
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- 51 You Find Me Annoying? Then Why Are You on Your Knees Crying Now That I’m Really Gone? 嫌麻烦？真死遁了你又跪着哭 [Male-male leads + reborn + marriage before love + older top + adored by all + both virgins + happy ending + family-reconciliation arc] In his previous life, Wen Qiaoying had something wrong with his head. Though he was the family's real son, he bent over backward to please the fake son. In the end, he died of illness in a rented room, with no one knowing what had happened. In this life, after getting his head on straight, the first thing he did upon waking was make life difficult for the fake s 5.9kReads8.7Score1k14d adds
- 52 Chasing My Wife with a Thousand Faces: Yu Chao's Complete Guide to the Ashes-of-Love Gauntlet 千面追妻：逾朝的火葬场通关实录 The moment Jiang Yuchao opened his eyes, he was thrown into one “win back your lover” story after another. He was the lover left utterly shattered, while the person who had once treated him like trash would meet him again in a different role, hurt him all over again, and finally suffer for him all over again. “Who are you? You think you’re worthy of touching him?” The movie star coldly swatted away the water Jiang Yuchao offered beneath the flashing cameras. “Jiang Yuchao, don’t push your luck. 589Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 I Became the Prince’s Foolish Bride in a Substitute Marriage 替嫁成为王爷的小傻妻 Chen Jinxiu was a thoroughly unscrupulous official, with a perverse and sinister temperament and a murderous nature. His favorite pastime was torturing people for fun. At the emperor’s command, Shen Yanzhi, the youngest daughter of the Duke’s household, was betrothed to Chen Jinxiu. There was no way Shen Yanzhi would marry him, so in the end, the Duke’s household sent out the foolish second young master to take her place. Everyone waited to laugh at the Duke’s household, convinced that the sec 687Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 54 He Doesn't Want to Die 他不想死 Wen Yan transmigrated into a comic full of scummy tops and became a cannon-fodder character who committed every kind of evil before being tortured to death. To survive, Wen Yan did everything he could to leave the protagonist's group and avoid meeting the original character's fate. At the beginning of the story, everyone looked down on him and treated him like dirt. Tang Beichen: “He's just a disobedient dog. Bring him back, break his spine and teeth, and he'll be trained in no time.” So he crip 2.5kReads8.7Score—14d adds
- 55 After I Gave Up Hope of Surviving My Terminal Illness, They Begged Me to Live 绝症死心后，他们求我活下去 [Two male leads + angst + groveling pursuit + ancient-style ABO] A love-starved, suspicious scum gong vs. a cold, heartbroken, frail shou The Chu family had two sons: the elder was stunningly handsome, while the younger knew both the past and the present. Rong Yong once thought he would grow old hand in hand with the elder Chu son, and become a peerless ruler and subject with the younger. But a marriage substitution shattered everything. The one he loved most became his younger brother’s fiancée 2.3kReads8.5Score25014d adds
- 56 Two Branches 两枝桠头 [Two male leads + salvation + tragic romance + tragic ending] Before meeting Li Chu, Jiang Ge planned to live until he was twenty, then end his own life. They were each other's only reason to keep living. From a narrow crack, they fought desperately to catch a glimpse of the light. But just as their lives were getting back on track, the arrival of their adoptive father shattered their fragile peace. The night Jiang Ge was struck in a vital spot, he whispered in Li Chu's right ear, “Chuchu, I 142Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 57 After Being Forced into Love by a Madman 被疯子强制爱后 Probably best not to read this one early on [forced love + two male leads + benefactor + bad ending + amnesia] Heaven relentlessly beats me down, so I bow my head and go along with it. There’s no way out. There’s no escape. Mo Yeqin didn’t understand love, so he worked hard to learn what it meant. It wasn’t until the day Xie Cheng died that he finally understood. Love means respect, understanding, acceptance, and wanting the other person to be happy. 534Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 58 Your Grace Is a Prison 君恩如狱 Sorry the rating is a little low right after it came out 🥰 Forced love | Taking by force | Emperor gong | Gentle general gong | Strategist shou | Deeply angsty romance | Physical and emotional trauma | Rekindled romance | Ancient political intrigue | Extreme push and pull | Three male leads | All for the shou | Beautiful, strong, and tragic To save his mother, the once brilliant top scholar was branded a traitor for colluding with the enemy and personally reduced by the emperor to a plaything fo 3.3kReads8.6Score24814d adds
- 59 I Went Crazy After Falling for You 喜欢你后我疯了 For the sake of his first love, Luo Jinxuan breaks Shen Yuning’s leg. The servants of the Luo family find one cruel way after another to torment him. Shen Yuning goes from silent endurance to a complete breakdown, but Luo Jinxuan doesn’t care. He tells him, “You really are crazy.” Later, his first love causes Shen Yuning to fall off a cliff. Shen Yuning nearly dies, and at last Luo Jinxuan pays attention to him. He even says, “If you can get better this time, I’ll marry you. How’s that?” When Sh 302Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 60 The Hated Young Master Is Reborn and Just Wants to Die 万人嫌小少爷重生后，一心等死 [Extremely possessive, goofy seme x sickly uke everyone despises] [Two male leads + both reborn + sweet romance + both pure + groveling chase + happy ending] Shu Yuan was taken away by an enemy of the Song family shortly after he was born. After failing to find him despite years of searching, the Songs adopted a child to take his place. When Shu Yuan was fifteen, the Song family finally found him. But who could have guessed they only wanted him back so they could take his kidney and save thei 527Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 61 After I Transmigrated, I Became the Scum Emperor’s Male Consort 穿越后，我成了渣皇的男妃 The rating is low because this just came out. It’ll go up later~ Original title: After I Transmigrated, I Became the Scum Emperor’s Male Consort Also known as: The Canary’s Life of Being Doted On [Double male leads + transmigration + everyone’s favorite + possessive love + controlling nature] A single imperial decree destroyed Lou Zhongyu’s family and turned him into a bird in a cage, stripped of his freedom... When Lou Zhongyu woke up, he discovered he had become a male consort forcibly taken b 1.5kReads8.1Score11114d adds
- 62 At Last, I Realize What I Owe You 终觉亏欠 Young Liang Anxian will never forgive the person he becomes as an adult. Cheating scum-gong story! Enter at your own risk! Bad ending! Bad ending! Bad ending! Realistic setting, no rebirth, and no golden finger. 929Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 I Owe You an Apology 欠君句抱歉 [Two male leads + one-on-one true love + heart-wrenching + mutual devotion + tragic ending] (Sorry, I used the wrong tags!) A Nian, two years ago, I promised to give you a sea of flowers. I opened a flower shop. When will you come by... It was my fault. I lost you. The call had lasted a full minute. Mu Chixing stared at it for a long time, as if making sure it was real. Then, with fingertips trembling slightly, he pressed answer. His voice was almost too hoarse to make a sound as he spoke: “ 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Ephemeral Blossoms in My Dreams, A Tribute to You 梦里昙花奠与卿 [A devoted, mute opera performer on the bottom × a short-tempered warlord with a possessive streak on top] Republican-era China / Tragedy / Male-Male Romance / Monogamous, devoted relationship / Happy ending (Love knows no gender; all that matters is whether two people understand each other. But in the end, they lose because they do not.) Shen Qing is a renowned opera performer. For the sake of a promise of deep love, he willingly takes off his costume and marries the warlord Nie Mingze. But 275Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Emperor Dotes Only on His Rebellious Minister 皇上独宠谋逆之臣 Shen Jue had loved him for years and only wanted to stay quietly by his side. Who could have guessed that once the man ascended the throne, he would not only destroy Shen Jue's family, but also bind him to his side, take his body, and strip him of his dignity? Misunderstandings will eventually be cleared up. But even an emperor can no longer make a heart that has died start beating again! “Do you think you're still the high and mighty emperor here? Let me tell you, you're nothing in my eyes! We 439Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 66 After I Returned Home, the Big Shot Begged Me to Love Him Again 回国后大佬求我再爱他一次 [Two male leads + rekindled love + groveling to win back his lover + face-slapping] [Important: The protagonist grows over time. The bottom suffers in the first half, and the top suffers in the second. The top grovels to win his lover back, and everyone gets their comeuppance. If you can endure the bottom’s suffering at first, the top will be on his knees chasing after him later.] Everyone in S City knows that business tycoon Lu Qichuan has a lover he never speaks of, a designer named Shen Zhiy 510Reads7.1Score10314d adds
- 67 Didn't You Say We Shouldn't Keep in Touch? Why Are You Crying When I Find Someone Else? 不是说以后不要联系吗？我找别人你怎么还哭了？ Didn't You Say We Shouldn't Keep in Touch Anymore? Why Are You Crying Now That I've Found Someone Else? 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 After I Cured Him, I Was Forced 治疗好他之后被强制了 He Forced Himself on Me After I Cured Him 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 After He Died, Jiang Siyu No Longer Existed in This World 他死后世上再无江岁逾 After his death, Jiang Suiyu ceased to exist in this world. 228Reads—Score114d adds
- 70 Forced to Submit 被迫顺从 [Two male leads + angsty forced love + groveling-to-win-him-back + irresistible charmer] Emotionally cold scum gong × stubborn, down-on-his-luck beauty shou “Five million. Marry Fu Yan.” Caught in a scheme, Shen Mu was sold into the Fu family by his own mother. Fu Yan hated him to the core, simply because Shen Mu had taken the place of the person Fu Yan held dearest in his heart. “Fu Yan, how did your dad pick such a piece of junk for you?” Shen Mu became a laughingstock throughout Rongcheng. Fo 2.1kReads8.0Score10514d adds
- 71 After Curing the Tyrant, I Was Imprisoned by Him 治愈暴君后，被他囚禁了 [Unhinged emperor top × psychology expert bottom | forced love + redemption + devoted to each other] [Cold-faced prince top × teary-eyed little prince bottom] Shen Mu uses psychology to pull the tyrant Xiao Xuan out of the abyss. He teaches the tyrant what love is, but the tyrant uses chains to teach him what desire is. He treats the tyrant’s heart ailment with medicine, while the tyrant uses forced love to cure his coldness. 1.2kReads8.7Score10514d adds
- 72 The Airheaded Wife Falls for Her Aloof CEO Husband After Their Marriage 笨蛋老婆被高冷霸总先婚后爱了 The rating has only just come out, so it’s low. [Two male leads + marriage first, love later + sweet romance + age gap + both virgins] Sharp-tongued, aloof, fatherly top & spoiled, silly bottom A fortune-teller says Zhan Jinghe is cursed and needs a male spouse to ward off disaster. So in just one day, Li Gu is kidnapped and married. But he’s only nineteen! How can he marry an older man he barely knows? No! Absolutely not! A bright red marriage certificate sits on the table. Li Gu stares at it, 796Reads8.7Score11014d adds
- 73 The Sick Omega Dares Not Even Cry, While the Scumbag Alpha Begs for Forgiveness 病O连哭都不敢，渣A追妻火葬场 [The low rating is only because it just came out] [Reading Guide] ◆ A scumbag gong’s road to regret and win back his love is a long one ◆ Sickly, humble shou × flirtatious, cold-hearted gong ◆ The shou suffers physically and emotionally at first, then gets spoiled into a pampered little omega ◆ ABO setting, arranged marriage to love ◆ A little angst, then all sweetness. HE guaranteed--- A marriage contract binds together two people from different worlds. He is a carefree, womanizing heir to a we 9.4kReads8.4Score76014d adds
- 74 When the Tears Run Dry 清泪尽 He never imagined that his gentle, loyal little guard could be as savage as a wolf. Not only did he seize his kingdom and slaughter his subjects, he also imprisoned and humiliated him. He knows the past is like smoke, but how could a love this deep simply be cast aside? 70Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 75 The Deposed Emperor, Spoiled Rotten 强宠废帝 [Complete, 1v1, both pure, groveling pursuit, both reborn] Before rebirth, it was all tragedy. After rebirth, it all ends happily. If you love tragic endings, you can read only the part before the rebirth. He was a young general in red, his cloak snapping as he made ruthless decisions on the battlefield. He was the dazzling, brilliant Crown Prince of the Mu Kingdom, the pride of the court. He was also a young emperor who could calm the realm with a stroke of his brush and secure it from horsebac 2.5kReads8.6Score34214d adds
- 76 What? The Gloomy, Hated One Is the True Bittersweet White Moonlight 什么？阴郁万人嫌才是be白月光 The rating just came out, so it’s low [A seemingly universally hated but actually beloved protagonist + Rebirth + School life first, entertainment industry later + A groveling pursuit after humiliation + Angsty + Not a brainless power fantasy] In his previous life, Ji Zhao was kidnapped as a child. After being passed from one place to another, he was finally reunited with the Cheng family at eighteen. But by then, the Cheng family already had a young master in his place, raised in comfort and sh 28.9kReads8.5Score4.2k14d adds
- 77 Mr. Duan, Stop Tormenting Him. He Doesn't Have Long to Live 段先生别虐了，他命不久矣 [One-on-one, both sexually inexperienced + male-male romance + second chance love + devoted and ruthless x frail and pitiful + happy ending] Duan Lin hated Wen Yu'an with all his heart. He hated him for turning against him when he had nowhere left to go, and for exposing his whereabouts, nearly costing him his life. He swore to make the traitor pay, never knowing that the earth-shattering betrayal had been a life-for-life gambit from beginning to end. When they met again after years apart, the s 12.3kReads7.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 78 Back to the Moment We Met 重回我们的相遇 [Dual Male Leads, 1v1] [Scheming, Masked Top × Love-Struck Superstar Bottom] [Interwoven Memories + Mutual Redemption + Showbiz + Bittersweet Romance + Unrequited Love + Rekindled Romance] Li Yushi had been a top-tier star in T Nation for half his life, unmatched in his career. But he was hopelessly in love, unable to forget his first love from college, Fang Zhongjin. Li Yushi remembered Fang Zhongjin’s confession at the music festival for the rest of his life. Unfortunately, Fang Zhongjin wa 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 After the Little Blind One Loses All Hope 小瞎子心灰意冷后 [Proud, high-and-mighty bottom who suffers in silence × scumbag top who loves him deeply at first, then falls out of love] ❤️ It’s been renamed. The original title was He Once Loved Me. Don’t go looking for the wrong one, dear readers~ Qiu Jin is a Beta, yet during college he is passionately pursued by the Alpha Yang Chen. Everyone says Yang Chen will eventually fall in love with an Omega, but throughout their three years together at university, Yang Chen turns down every flirtation and cherish 854Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 80 Married Off to the Enemy General 代嫁敌将 “Turning a general with such overwhelming pride into one of my people would be a pleasure in itself. It would be the greatest humiliation I could inflict on you…” Su Qinghan, a great general, is forced to take his country's princess's place in a political marriage and become the enemy kingdom's crown prince consort, enduring one humiliation after another. The crown prince initially treats Su Qinghan as nothing more than a play 743Reads8.4Score10614d adds
- 81 Forbidden Love in the Marquis's Household 侯府孽情 Lord Liu Chenyuan has taken a fourth wife into the Liu estate. Pity the principal wife, running herself ragged with all the household work while the lord hasn’t looked at him in ages. In the eyes of the servants at the Marquis of Liu’s residence, the new Fourth Lady seems to have claimed all of the lord’s affection. The servants can’t help wondering, “How is Madam doing now?” Han Fengyou is always so calm and gentle, helping others prepare for their weddings as he watches his husband take a new 1kReads6.1Score14514d adds
- 82 The Tyrant Is Reborn, and the Regent Kneels by His Bed Night After Night, Begging to Be Killed 暴君重生，摄政王夜夜跪床头求杀 [Bottom’s POV + Reborn + Groveling Chase + Heartbreaking Angst] Overbearing, unhinged, frail emperor as the bottom vs. obsessive, brooding prince as the top, whose mind was addled by love in their previous life In his previous life, the tyrant Hua Jiuyao is reborn in a good-for-nothing’s body and receives a mission to assassinate his own empress. He thinks the world has finally gone mad, but then… Huo Qingci, who once stabbed him on their wedding night, now sits alone every night, clutching his 2.2kReads8.1Score21914d adds
- 83 Transmigrated as the General's Beloved Substitute Bride 穿成将军的替嫁宠妻 After transmigrating into a book, Tang Anle finds himself in the body of a man who was married off in someone else’s place. His new husband is a spy who plans to poison him on their wedding day. Tang Anle can’t even lift a hand or shoulder a burden. What’s he supposed to do?! Of course, he’ll pout, cling, and grab onto his husband’s leg! The barbarian general, famed for drinking blood and devouring flesh: Why is he clinging to me? Why is he kissing me? Never mind. He’s an empty-headed fool, so I 937Reads9.1Score12114d adds
- 84 The Man Captain Cheng Wants to Pursue: Tough, Cold, and Impossible to Win Over 程队要追的男人：又刚又冷超难追 [Two male leads, both strong + extremely angsty at the start, sweet romance in the middle and later parts] Ten years of obsession without awakening, always staying true to his original intentions. After ten years of devotion, he finally got what he had always wanted. For him, he could give up everything, even his life: “You don’t want to?” Che Chenfeng felt a chill run down his back. “I don’t!” Cheng Feiyang smiled happily. He could do anything, as long as it made him happy. “I do. For you, I’d 43Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 85 He's So Upset 他好难过 (Don't read this. It's not good.) Fu Yi'an fell in love with Jiang Yan. When he first realized it, he was overjoyed. He wanted to tell Jiang Yan, but was pushed away and rejected time and again. Heartbroken, Fu Yi'an couldn't bring himself to say a word as he looked into Jiang Yan's cold eyes. After enduring a year of bullying, he was finally found out by Jiang Yan and driven from the house. The next time they met, Fu Yi'an was picking up a drunk Jiang Yan to take him home. The two of them made 1.4kReads8.2Score10514d adds
- 86 He Went to Bury Him 他去葬他 He wanted to leave with his beloved, but they only smiled and brushed their nose against his. When he opened his eyes again, he had hit his head against his beloved's gravestone. Letters lay scattered across the ground in front of it. He gazed at the white snow and the yellowed tombstone. Afraid his beloved would be too lonely on the journey, he brought a vast sweep of periwinkles to bury them. [The romance is mutual, with neither side being coy] [Chapters 1 and 2 are terrible. I'll come back an 204Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Countdown to a Simp’s Diary 舔狗日记倒计时 Dual Male Leads, Flirt and Run + Bittersweet Romance + Mild Angst + A Groveling Chase to Win His Wife Back + Rekindled Love After a Breakup Obsessive, Dark Top × Selfish, Slightly Scummy Bottom In his junior year of college, Mu Mu made a decision: He would choose the hardest-to-handle rich kid on campus and play the lovesick puppy, just to experience what it felt like to love someone with humiliating devotion, so he could write it into his novel. He memorized all his habits. He acted so convi 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Man Everyone Hated Has Finally Let Go 万人嫌受他想开了 [A melodramatic story. The love interest is Gu.] No one loves me. Everyone despises me. Even my husband of seven years wants me dead. I'm the real young master of the Bian family, yet everyone loves the fake young master, including my husband. So I died by suicide. When I opened my eyes again, I was reborn as a boy. In this life, I've come to my senses. I no longer crave family or love. I just want to live my own life in peace. Strangely, everything around me is no longer unfolding the way it di 9.2kReads8.0Score64714d adds
- 89 The Crane in the Cage: Torture in the Name of Love 笼中鹤：以爱为名的凌迟 [A tragic romance + a chase to win back his wife + love that imprisons and destroys] A deranged tycoon keeps a crane captive; a cool, aloof singer’s wings are clipped. To pay for his grandfather’s surgery, Shen He enters Longchao and becomes the club’s top star, cherished by its owner, Jin Yu. That is, until one night, when Xie Zhi singles him out: “Three months. Be with me.” From then on, snow falls around them, and the crane is trapped in a cage. Xie Zhi only wants to keep him as his own priva 113Reads—Score714d adds
- 90 The Seductive Beauty: Winning the Young Master as My Cultivation Partner 钓系美人：拐个少主当道侣 [Two male leads + fake relationship turns real + flirt gets outplayed + 1v1 happy ending, both inexperienced and each other's first love + both unhinged and putting on an act, dual power types] Unhinged beauty bottom X frail, possessive top (but incredibly powerful) Xie Lian had a face so stunning it could outshine the Three Realms. He wandered from place to place, flirting and leaving without a care or a tie to anyone. That was until he set his sights on Tan Rugui, the young master of the Tan 961Reads—Score12014d adds
- 91 A Life Offered in Sacrifice 以身唯祭 Severe physical torment | Severe heartbreak | Possessive love | Happy ending | A love born of hatred | He’ll regret losing him | One-on-one | True love | Love rekindled after heartbreak | Political scheming and misunderstandings | Both leads are each other’s first Only then did Xiao Jingyan finally understand: he had taught Jing Heng the art of war, but Jing Heng had learned how to offer himself as a sacrifice for love. Xiao Jingyan had once believed that Jing Heng’s betrayal was the greatest sh 7.5kReads8.5Score72114d adds
- 92 I Became the Villainous Husband and Survive by Spoiling My Wife! 穿成反派夫君，我靠宠老婆苟命！ [Dual Male Leads + Transmigrate into a Book + Men Who Can Bear Children + Marriage First, Love Later + Mutual Pampering + Younger Man, Both Pure] Xie Jiyuan wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into an old-school melodramatic romance novel he had just complained about. His original character shares his name and is a disposable cannon-fodder character, while the story's biggest villain is none other than the legal spouse he was forced to marry. As Xie Jiyuan looks at the bridal chamber befo 19.9kReads8.5Score3.3k14d adds
- 93 Salvation in the Deep 救赎深陷 [Anthology + BL + pure love + possessiveness + angst + mental illness + healing + protagonists with psychological disorders] An anthology of four stories Story One: A repressed, obsessive, manic puppy-like top VS a gentle, slow-to-realize bunny-like bottom (Li Zize and Shen Luochen). Complete. First the top suffers, then the bottom. A calculating man edges closer step by step, driving away everyone around him so he can keep his love all to himself. Story Two: A bottom with severe mental illness 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Locked in Love, Broken by Sorrow 锁爱成殇 He was his master’s loyal shadow, a blade that could be discarded at any moment. Cheng Mu, Shen Yi’s personal bodyguard, was exceptionally skilled, reserved, and taciturn. He had no name, no family, and no regrets. He had only one conviction: protect his master, even if it cost him his life. Shen Yi was a noble young master, high above the rest, handsome and cold, with everything under his control. He had countless favored companions at his beck and call, yet he always treated Cheng Mu as if he 1.2kReads8.7Score—14d adds
- 95 Forced Devotion. Think It's Disgusting? I Could Die Without Loving You 强制痴情，嫌恶心？我不爱你会死 [One-on-one, mutually devoted, seme-focused, devoted and protective but cold seme, stubborn-on-the-outside and soft-on-the-inside regretful uke, uke chases seme to win him back, sweet and angsty, happy ending] “Lu He, I don’t love you. You’re a CEO, for crying out loud. Don’t you think it’s disgusting to cling to me day in and day out?” Lu He bound himself to a System and pursued Jiang Si, an obscure nobody from the bottom of the industry, spoiling him until he became a top-tier star. Lu He’s lo 8Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 96 After Landing a Zombie King, This Little Troublemaker Gets Even Worse!! 小作精摊上丧尸王后更加作了！！ The Little Brat Gets Even More Mischievous After Hooking Up with the Zombie King!! 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 I’d Rather Die So You Can Follow Me in Death 用死换你殉情也好 He was once the Supreme Emperor, yet he personally killed the only person he ever loved. There were no bones left at the mass grave. In the inner palace, he dreamed of her more than two thousand times over six years. His empire fell, and all its splendor came to nothing. He gave his life to atone, hoping only to reunite with her in another life. Dynasties changed and years passed. The world had long since become a different place. On a bustling street, two little children came hand in hand. The 779Reads—Score10214d adds
- 98 One Day as the Emperor's Consort, Never Bowing Low: The Cuckoo's Blood-Tinged Cry 一朝侍帝未折腰，杜鹃啼血 The final book in the series about Han Zigao and Emperor Wen of Chen as its two male leads. This story is heartbreaking from beginning to end, detailing the tragic ending of both protagonists. The third male lead is Chen Xu, Prince of Ancheng. The execution of Hou Andu finally made him resolve to stop being the weapon used to kill others. He resolutely abandoned him, leaving him truly alone in Taicheng. When was it that the gray-white moonlight revealed the bone-deep chill of the palace walls, w 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Reduced to My Childhood Friend’s Canary 沦为竹马的金丝雀 To keep his childhood sweetheart alive, Lin Qianmo “betrayed” Xiao Yuan and chose to stay by the enemy emperor's side, enduring humiliation and hardship. At last, Xiao Yuan became emperor and conquered the enemy capital. Lin Qianmo thought his savior had finally arrived, but what came instead was Xiao Yuan's merciless revenge. Xiao Yuan had long been consumed by hatred over his former lover's betrayal. So Lin Qianmo was imprisoned deep in the palace like a caged songbird, humiliated and tortured 2.4kReads7.1Score15114d adds
- 100 Forever Lost in the Dark River 永坠暗河 [Two male leads + bittersweet angst + reunion after years apart + pure love + love and hate intertwined + BE] I brought you home. I gave you your life and chose your name, so you'll belong to me for the rest of your life. We were two maggots in a heap of rotten mud. We should have rotted together in the mire of the dark river, locked in an endless struggle. But I love you... 461Reads8.1Score—14d adds
