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- 101 My Qingdao Girl 我的青岛姑娘 [Celebrities] + [Female TV host] + [First love] + [Tenant] + [Older sister] + [Bad man] + [Super Big Tank Kobe] “I seriously can’t figure it out. With all these gorgeous women around, why do they have to like a guy like you?” My buddies are always asking me that. They all think I’m one of those men who believe women love a bad boy, but I’m really not a bad man! The truth is simple: we see women differently. They see a current starlet, the most beautiful woman in the entertainment industry. I see 33.2kReads9.4Score4.2k14d adds
- 102 Training the Apocalypse: No Morals, I Do Whatever I Want 调教末世：没有道德，我为所欲为 [Dark Summoning + Decisive Killing + Self-Interest + Absolutely No Saintly Heroics + Pure Darkness + Violent Aesthetics] After enduring countless hardships in the apocalypse, Gu Cheng was reborn. More valuable than his memories of the future and his survival experience was what he had learned about embracing the darkness! “Weakness is a sin. In this world, only killing and strength can rule over everything!” Just as in his previous life, Gu Cheng awakened as a Dark Summoner. With blood sacrifice 2.4kReads7.7Score19514d adds
- 103 Martial World Villain: Huang Rong Became My Master's Wife 宗武反派：黄蓉成了我师娘 [Beautiful author + lifestyle photos] [Comprehensive wuxia + multiple heroines + nuanced romance + ruthless combat + not a saint + villain] The Yue Maiden Sword is drawn, and I save Huang Rong, my master’s wife, right from the start! Other experts spend ten years honing a single sword. I gain attributes every time I fight! Hitting an enemy boosts my attack, getting hit boosts my defense, and a successful dodge boosts my speed. The fiercer the fight, the stronger I get! A rain of arrows? The 22.4kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 104 The Villainous Master’s Memories Are Revealed, and His Empress Disciple Breaks Down in Tears 反派师尊记忆曝光，女帝徒弟泪崩 The great villain Xiao Fan was surrounded and attacked by his seven disciples. His eldest disciple shouted, “Demon, the vengeance for my father's death can never be forgiven! Today is the day you die!” His second disciple shouted, “Demon, I kindly saved you back then, but you coveted my Supreme Yin Divine Physique and slaughtered my entire village. Today, I'll hack you into a thousand pieces to comfort the souls of my people in heaven!” Listening to his disciples denounce him, Xiao Fan re 10.8kReads9.0Score98814d adds
- 105 EN Villain: Master and Senior Sister, I Beg You 反派：师尊师姐求你们了 [Multiple heroines] [Humor] [Plenty of romance] [Sweet later on] [Inner thoughts] Lin Heng transmigrates into the book A Record of Beauties as a cannon-fodder villain. As long as he follows the proper villain or hero plotline and keeps his head down until the end, he can become an unrivaled powerhouse. But then the heroines somehow start hearing his inner thoughts. No matter how the story transitions between hero and villain arcs, he now risks being killed by the protagonist! [That airheaded mas 51.7kReads8.3Score4.7k14d adds
- 106 Reborn, the Fake Heiress Panics, but I'm Done Pretending! 重生后假千金她慌了，我不装了！ After Being Reborn, the Fake Heiress Panics: I’m Done Pretending! 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Love Makes No Promises, and My Beloved Never Comes Home 爱不期许，良人不归 Love Makes No Promises, and My Beloved Never Came Back 165Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 You Rejected My Confession, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Gone? 表白你不接受，我走你哭啥？ Bai Mo was reborn on the night after the 2004 college entrance exams. Looking at the campus belle, Jiang Luohan, passed out drunk on the bed, he knew better than to entertain any improper thoughts this time. In his previous life, her father had caught him red-handed while he was trying to steal, ruining his reputation and costing him his chance to go to college. He had no intention of making the same mistake again. This time, he would simply focus on starting a business and making money. When Ji 43.9kReads9.2Score4.2k14d adds
- 109 I Completely Succumbed to the Gentle CEO's Advances 温柔女总裁攻势下，我彻底沦陷 Lin Mushi is a wealthy heiress, the very picture of beauty and privilege. Unfortunately, she is still single at twenty-five and dreams of finding a romantic love of her own. While moving, she finds a notebook and meets Zhaosheng, a kind and upright firefighter. While preparing an animated film, she also meets Yu Chenghua, a handsome, aloof artist. The two men have completely different personalities and give her two entirely different experiences. The thrill of dating them both is beyond most peo 14.6kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 110 You're Supposed to Be the Strategist, So Why Are You Dating the Enemy's? 让你当军师，你和女方军师好上了 (Romantic slice of life) + (One female lead) + (Not reborn) + (No System, no golden finger) Gu Xing helps his roommate add a girl on WeChat, and all the guys in Dorm 301 pitch in with advice. “Guys, what should I send as my first message?” “Do you even have to ask? Just send, ‘You there?’...” Gu Xing says, “Opening with ‘Hey, are you there?’ is guaranteed to make you look like a clown.” Under his roommates’ watchful eyes, Gu Xing becomes their romance coach. He sends, “The other person is typing 1.7kReads9.5Score31314d adds
- 111 Villain: You Asked to Break Off the Engagement, So Why Are You Crying Now? 反派：退婚你提的，现在你哭什么 [The hottest high-martial-arts villain novel of 2026! Collected by millions! A smash-hit completed book with as many as 2.47 million readers at its peak!] Heir to one of the world’s top martial sage families! His father is the Dragon Kingdom’s strongest fighter, a Ninth-Rank Grandmaster! His grandfather is one of Blue Star’s transcendent martial sages! Su Yu transmigrates into an urban fantasy novel. But instead of becoming the protagonist, he ends up as the female lead’s villainous, groveling c 31.9kReads8.7Score2.6k14d adds
- 112 With Only Two Months to Live, They Finally Break Down and Repent 命剩最后两月，他们终于崩溃忏悔 [Tearjerker]+ [Heartbreaking]+ [Bad Ending]+ [No Clichés, Realistic Story] The world beneath the neon lights is dazzling, but it has never shone for just one person. Lonely souls are always searching for comfort, but the medicine that could heal their wounds died long ago in childhood. When the stories they left behind finally become known, all that awaits them is a corpse that has long since grown cold. His parents spend their entire lives mired in a failed marriage, treating Bai Mo like a garb 11.8kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 113 Jia Erhu's Extraordinary Life 贾二虎的妖孽人生 The original story of The Invincible Jia Erhu: Abandoned as a baby 24 years ago, he grew up tough, struggling at the bottom of society. Now he has returned as a king, entering the world that once abandoned him with a towering rage. He shows no mercy to his enemies, killing any god or demon that stands in his way. Powerful figures beg for mercy, while his enemies tremble at his name. In the end, he stands at the pinnacle of power, becoming a legendary warlord! 45.6kReads9.2Score4.5k14d adds
- 114 School Beauty, Don't Cry. You Don't Deserve My Devotion 校花别哭了，我的深情你不配 [A good horse doesn't return to old pastures + one heroine + not a BL story] [A light reborn romance with no System or golden finger, just an ordinary, everyday love story. Don't read if that's not your thing.] (Originally titled “Campus Belle, Don't Cry. You Don't Deserve My Devotion.” Note: The campus belle gets more page time early on, and the heroine appears a little late. The sweeter romantic scenes come in the middle and later portions. Please skip if that bothers you.) Everyone knew Gu Ch 14.2kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 115 My Girlfriend Has a Cheat, and Seven Divine Songs Take the Music World by Storm 我有外挂女友，七首神曲横扫乐坛 Tang Yiao is a minor celebrity in the entertainment industry, stuck in a career rut and going nowhere. His company sends him to compete on a talent show for newcomers. After his former rumored girlfriend publicly announces her relationship with a popular young star, he becomes a laughingstock, enduring ridicule and mockery. Setbacks in both his career and love life send him to the lowest point of his life. By chance, while watching a livestream on his phone, Tang Yiao reunites with Jiang Xinyue, 8.1kReads9.6Score89114d adds
- 116 All Eight Empresses Betrayed Me: Reborn to Die of Regret 八女帝全背叛，重生悔到肠断 [Reborn]+ [Wife-Chasing Crematorium]+ [Deep Regret]+ [Ridiculously Satisfying]+ [Absolutely No Reconciliation]+ [Commentary That’ll Make You Die Laughing]+ [Comedy] In his previous life, everyone envied Lu Ye, the Nine-Lives Heavenly Venerable. Not only did he have nine lives, he also had eight stunningly beautiful confidantes. Who could have imagined that when Lu Ye attempted to become a Heavenly Dao Saint, all eight of his confidantes would join forces to strike him down? Nine Heavens Sword 21.6kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 117 I Used the Myriad Worlds Exchange System to Redeem Myself 我用万界兑换系统兑换我自己 [System + mastermind behind the scenes + multiple worlds + apocalypse + no saintly hero] Yang Tian acquired a strange System. The items in its shop turned out to be attributes he had "lost" himself? [Looks +10]? I lost that! [Intelligence +20]? I lost that too! [Protective Astral Energy]? That's my passive skill! Yang Tian: "Hey, System bro, aren't you just making me pay to buy myself back?!" The world changed. The Gray Realm descended, and reality merged with the mysterious and uncanny. Wit 198Reads—Score1414d adds
- 118 Team Up to Go Home for the New Year: Why Are All My Teammates Goddesses? 组队回家过年：队友竟然全是女神 [Urban + System + multiple women + lighthearted + feel-good power fantasy + mostly everyday life] “Yang Tian, if you don’t bring home a girlfriend this New Year, you’re sleeping in the pigsty!” Faced with his mother’s ultimatum, penniless Yang Tian suddenly obtains the [Instance Party System]. As long as he posts a mission, all kinds of goddesses will accept it and “team up” with him to go home and conquer every obstacle. New Year’s Eve, family reunion dinner. Uncle: “I heard Yang Tian lost his 2.4kReads6.0Score25814d adds
- 119 You Want to Split 60,000 with Me? I Started Out Worth 50 Million! 分我六万？我开局身价五千万！ You Only Want to Give Me Sixty Thousand? I'm Worth Fifty Million from the Start! 509Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Let's Divorce! You Really Think I'm Some Kind of Toad? 离婚吧！真当我是癞蛤蟆？ Not a power fantasy. Please read with caution if that bothers you. Chu Yuxuan has been married to Xia Zhu for two years. He thought there was no heart in the world that couldn’t be warmed, until her old flame returns and Xia Zhu rushes to him without a second thought… After the divorce, Chu Yuxuan returns to the Chu family and transforms into a wealthy, spoiled playboy. At his family’s arrangement, he marries the icy beauty Zhao Yanan. On the surface, he’s a good-for-nothing wastrel, but behind 48.7kReads9.4Score4.6k14d adds
- 121 You Thought I Was Too Weak, So My Cultivation Technique Went Dark Overnight 嫌我太弱，我的功法连夜黑化了 [Lighthearted + Misunderstandings + Chat Group + Fully Automated Training + Overpowered Power Fantasy] Yang Tian transmigrates into a high-martial-arts world. With mediocre talent, he only wants to lie flat. But who could have guessed that the cultivation techniques inside him would think he was too weak and turn sentient overnight! And that’s not all. His techniques even set up a chat group: [Iron Shirt] left the group and wrote: “The Host is too fragile. I went for a soak at the nuclear power 764Reads—Score10214d adds
- 122 Dumped from the Start, Then Spoiled by the Handsome Lu! 开局被退婚，亲亲陆少宠上天！ From the Start, I’m Dumped by My Fiancée, but Doting Lu Won’t Let Me Go! 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 A Sweet Contract Romance: I’m Mr. Lu’s Most Precious Treasure! 契约甜宠，我是陆总的心尖尖！ A Sweet Contract Romance: I’m Mr. Lu’s Apple of His Eye! 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Transmigrated to 1997 as a Fake Heiress, I Took My Butcher Husband’s Place at the Altar! Now They’re All Regretting It! 穿越1997假千金，替嫁我的杀猪老公！他们悔疯了！ I Transmigrated to 1997 as a Fake Heiress and Married Off to My Butcher Husband! Now They’re Regretting It Like Crazy! 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 My Childhood Friend Set a Trap, and I Personally Got My Husband to Sign the Share Transfer Agreement! 竹马设局，我亲手送老公签了股权转让书！ My childhood friend set a trap, and I personally handed my husband the equity transfer agreement to sign! 147Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The CEO’s First Love Returns, So I Leave. Then He Goes Insane! 总裁老公白月光归来，我退场，他却疯了！ My CEO Husband’s First Love Is Back, So I Step Aside, but He Goes Crazy! 200Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 I Taught the Heroine to Be Shameless, but Not to Have No Shame at All 教女主厚脸皮，可没教她不要脸啊 The result of staying up all night reading novels is that one night you pull an all-nighter, close your eyes, open them again, and discover you’ve transmigrated into the body of a villainous male supporting character. Readers of urban wish-fulfillment novels know that the villainous supporting character has to keep courting death for the plot between the male and female leads to move forward. As the villainous supporting character, Long Aotian has to bully the female lead, harass the second fema 23.3kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 128 Rejected 99 Times for Proposing, I Get Aggressively Pursued by the Aloof Campus Belle 求婚99次被拒，高冷校花强撩我 [Campus beauty + sweet romance + System + urban wish-fulfillment] After Jiang Muye was rejected 99 times while proposing to the campus beauty, he received the Anti-Freeloading System. “Ding! Congratulations, Host! You've gained +99 Charisma and a reward of ten million yuan!” Everyone at school was waiting for Jiang Muye to propose to his fiancee for the hundredth time. Instead, she showed up wearing a ring and proposed to him. “Jiang Muye, I'll bring a 300,000-yuan dowry and a Maserati. All you 8.6kReads9.0Score87314d adds
- 129 Reincarnated as a Villain: I’m Really Not a Lo*icon 转生反派：我真的不是萝莉控 Ye Wangchuan had spent eighteen years reincarnated in a fantasy world. Only on his birthday did he discover that he was actually a villain! And he had no System, no rebirth, no golden finger, just some “insignificant” family connections. Sigh... This was rough. To avoid getting taken down by the Chosen One, Ye Wangchuan began paying attention to the unusual people around him. And the first Chosen One he met... Huh? Why was she a little girl? And this little girl even had a System! He could take 69.8kReads9.3Score6.2k14d adds
- 130 A Scumbag? I Just Want to Fall in Love! 渣男？我单纯只想谈个恋爱啊！ If the spring breeze had a heart for flowers, would it grant me my youth again? Jiang Chen returned to the summer when he was eighteen. In his previous life, he had nothing but money. He focused all his hopes on finding a soulmate, missing out on so many of life's joys. He spent his days alone in an empty mansion, lonely and cold. But now... He had been given another chance by fate. Wealth and status, a life lived to the fullest, and sweet romance: he wanted it all! 59.1kReads9.3Score4.8k14d adds
- 131 Genshin Impact: Storytelling in Liyue Harbor Leaves Hu Tao in Tears 原神：璃月港说书，胡桃泪目 [A hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, bringing Hu Tao to tears] There were no twin [Raiden sisters]. It was only a cliched story made up by the dying Thunder Demon. There was no free-spirited [bards]. It was merely the wind becoming a boy's eyes, seeing the world beyond the tower for him. There was no immortal [zombie Qiqi]. It was just the dying old man's humble plea, heard by a god. Li Mo had lived a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation in Genshin Impact. He only had one final life's task left 6.4kReads9.5Score90814d adds
- 132 You Were Supposed to Conquer Goddesses, So How Did You Become a Succubus?! 让你攻略女神，你怎么成魅魔了！ [Transmigration + playboy + Goddess System + jaw-dropping looks + male succubus + satisfying comeback + exes groveling for him] Shen Qingling is top-tier handsome and meticulous. He can play aloof or act innocent, combining the best of every approach to become the ultimate playboy. Who could have guessed that after dying one day, he would be bound to a System and transmigrate into the tragic real son in a story about a fake and real young master? In the original story, his childhood sweetheart t 65.8kReads9.2Score6.9k14d adds
- 133 When You Finally Look Up 等到你抬起头时 [School life + no System + cozy daily life + healing + one heroine + sweet romance] “Why is your voice so flat?” “Why is your fringe so long? I can't even see your eyes.” “Can you be a little smarter? Don't believe everything I tell you.” Shen Yuerou finally reacted and raised her head. “I can't.” “Then, do you like me?” “I do.” Shen Yuerou's voice was still as flat as ever. The person in front of her was about to lose their mind! This is a story about redemption and healing. There a 17kReads9.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 134 You Turned Away, So I Learned Not to Love You! 你选择转身，我学会不爱！ You chose to walk away, so I learned how not to love you! 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Love Isn't Gentle, and I Won't Lick My Wounds 爱不温柔，我不舔舐伤口 Love isn't gentle, and I won't lick my wounds. 449Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 I’ve Been Reborn—Why Would I Still Chase After Her? 都重生了谁还追她啊 [Publication rights acquired] [Short drama released] [Comic drama released] One argument made Jiang Feng realize that his life had already been ruined. Just then, he was reborn in the 2014 college entrance exam hall. He was eighteen that year, and he and Gu Mengyao had yet to become a couple… 243.2kReads9.1Score17.5k14d adds
- 137 Tycoon: I'm Really the Big Villain 神豪：我真的是大反派啊 Qin Lang transmigrated into a world where several web novels had merged. His grandfather was one of the few remaining decorated veterans! His father was a government official with immense power! His mother was a businesswoman worth a fortune! And he was the Qin family’s sole heir! How could someone with such an all-powerful, wealthy background be the original story’s great villain? Was he destined to be relentlessly face-slapped by the protagonist, with his family reduced to a stepping stone for 36.3kReads9.3Score2.9k14d adds
- 138 Xuanhuan: I'm the Ultimate Villain 玄幻：我是超级大反派 Lu Wuchen transmigrates and becomes a prince of the Shanhai Immortal Dynasty in the Great Thousand Dao Domain. He possesses a Dao Bone, exceptional talent, and a handsome face. By all appearances, he's someone blessed with incredible fortune. But after absorbing his memories, he discovers that things are completely different from what he expected. At three, he stole someone else's Dao Bone. At eight, he seized a dynasty's fortune. At thirteen, he crippled the protagonist's father... This is 12.7kReads9.0Score96314d adds
- 139 If You Love Your First Love So Much, Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Gone? 既爱白月光，我走了你哭啥？ If you love your first love so much, why are you crying now that I've left? 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 140 You Chose Your First Love, So I Let You Go on the Spot (Late Love Won't Save You) 你选白月光，我当场成全（晚情不渡） You chose your first love, so I let you have him right then and there (Late Love Finds No Ferry). 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Reborn, My Goddess Counselor Wants to Have My Baby 重生后，女神辅导员要给我生孩子 Chen Jianghe leaped from the 89th floor and, against all odds, was reborn. It was 2006. The stock market was booming, the property market was thriving, the economy was hot, and opportunities were everywhere. That year, Chen Jianghe had just started his freshman year of college. “Chen Jianghe, your courage in confessing your feelings last night was admirable. But you’ve only just started college, and it’s too soon to be dating. I hope you’ll focus your energy on your studies. Once you enter the 35.1kReads9.3Score2.8k14d adds
- 142 The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 妻子藏在收据里的地狱 The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 519Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up with This! 备胎？老子不伺候了！ A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up With This! 366Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Top-Tier Star 顶流巨星 [Print edition signed and available] [Short drama released] [Animated series in production] [Entertainment industry + sweet romance + daily life + one heroine] After dating for five years, Shao Yang’s girlfriend dumped him without a second thought so she could break into the entertainment industry. After a night of heavy drinking, the heartbroken ‘Shao Yang’ woke up and read the chat history between ‘himself’ and his girlfriend, fuming with indignation. But when the memories of two parallel worl 72.9kReads9.1Score5.6k14d adds
- 145 My Brother Ran Away from His Wedding to See His First Love, So This Fatty Took His Place 兄弟逃婚见初恋，胖子我接盘了 Tian Bohao, a three-hundred-jin man, looked at his bride, Xiao Yingxue, who stood before him with tears in her eyes and not a word to say. Ring, ring! Wasn't that a phone call? It had to be the newlyweds having a spat and calling me for help. He answered and deliberately turned on the speaker. “Elephant?” Cao Xiang's voice came through the phone, frantic but deliberately hushed, begging for help: “Haizi! Haizi! I've landed in serious trouble this time. It's an emergency, and you've got to 11.6kReads6.1Score43014d adds
- 146 Falling into His Trap 落入他的圈套 The short drama adaptation, “Caught in His Trap,” is now streaming. Rugged man x sweet girl [sweet romance] Auto mechanic and a little rich girl returning to her hometown After Su Yuan returned to her hometown, she happened to rent a place from Chen Lie. From that day on, the man forcefully pushed his way into her life. Su Yuan thought Chen Lie was a little rough around the edges, but he really knew how to treat a woman well. It was also the first time she had ever fallen so madly for a man. Wha 17.1kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 147 My Wife Insisted on Staying with Her First Love, So I Buried Our Marriage with My Own Hands 妻子执意陪白月光，我亲手埋葬了婚姻 My wife insisted on staying by her first love's side, so I buried our marriage with my own hands. 6.5kReads—Score12214d adds
- 148 I Read a Love Letter at the Podium, and the Cold School Beauty Regretted It 我上讲台念情书，高冷校花后悔了 [Cool-and-distant sweetheart, lovesick older beauty, gentle but deadly younger woman, beautiful vanguard commander, angel investor] Chen Sheng returns to the day his love letter is put on trial, ten days before the college entrance exams. Because he’s shameless, the aloof campus beauty turns into a clingy, whimpering sweetheart. The possessive older beauty loves him and gets jealous, but is also generous, and becomes the family’s chief steward. 83.2kReads9.4Score7.4k14d adds
- 149 After She Cheated, She Lost the Love of Her Life Forever 她出轨后永失所爱 After She Cheated, She Lost the One She Loved Forever 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 150 You Wretched Disciple, Stop! I’m Your Master! 孽徒快住手，我可是你师尊啊！ [Protagonist with no System] [Powerful golden finger] Lin Tianqi transmigrates to another world, thinking he’ll top the imperial exams, marry a rich beauty, and reach the pinnacle of life. Unexpectedly, he turns out to be a legendary cultivation prodigy with a Pure Yang Sacred Body. At the age of five, his beautiful master brings him back to her sect, and from then on, his life as a wicked disciple begins! “Heh heh heh~ Master, your disciple has a sleepwalking condition, you know~” 18.8kReads8.5Score1.5k14d adds
