Novels like You Were Supposed to Play the Cannon Fodder, Not Win Over the Main Character!
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- 1 Quick Transmigration: The Resilient Madman Has the Vicious Cannon Fodder in His Grip 快穿之恶毒炮灰被隐忍疯批拿捏了 [The rating just came out, but it'll go up later ^3^ Quick transmigration + System + playing dumb while hiding one's strength + unhinged + lovesick + falling to darkness + forced love + confinement + both leads untouched ▲ The bottom is breathtakingly beautiful, pampered, wicked, and full of nasty tricks, but the top knows just how to handle him ▲ The top has multiple incarnations in some worlds, and every incarnation loves only the bottom ▲ Every world has a happy ending, 1v1 ▲ In some worlds, 728Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 2 After Awakening, the Villainous Cannon Fodder Gets the Protagonist’s Script 觉醒后，反派炮灰拿了主角剧本 [No female lead + entertainment industry + villain + doomed side character’s comeback + everyone’s darling] Pei Yutang awakened to the truth when, for what he’d lost count of, he went after the young master the Pei family had recently taken back, only for his eldest brother to accidentally shove him to the ground. Only then did he realize he was nothing more than a villainous side character in a book. He would keep targeting the protagonist, get humiliated by the protagonist’s admirers, and even 708Reads9.1Score10914d adds
- 3 The Host with a Twisted Script Gets Punished by the Props Again 拿变态剧本的宿主又被道具制裁了 [Two male leads + top's POV + powerful leads + dark and obsessive] In minor worlds, male leads with special physiques always seem to encounter one or two abnormal cannon-fodder characters. Wen Muyan was assigned to play one of them, but he never expected his terrible luck to get in the way of his mission. 1 Wen Muyan got a voyeur's script and went blind. Thinking he had completed his mission perfectly by relying on his other senses, he discovered that the male lead had been watching him the whol 11.1kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 4 The Villainous Cannon Fodder Is Forbidden from Playing the Beauty 恶毒炮灰禁止美人扮演 [Stoic, devoted wife-obsessed gong x playful, theatrical, pampered shou; villain x disposable character; they belong to each other in body and soul from beginning to end; both are each other’s first and only (many people asked, so I’ve put it here)] Everyone knows how it goes with disposable characters: the more they show off early on, the harder they get slapped down later. And vicious disposable characters always meet tragic ends. But then, for some reason, the Disposable Character Department 6.9kReads9.3Score95614d adds
- 5 Quick Transmigration: The Pretty Sacrificial Pawn Broke the Plot, Then Faked Her Death 快穿：漂亮炮灰搞崩剧情后死遁了 [Two male leads + quick transmigration + split fragments + everyone dotes on him + adored by all + love at first sight + delicate shou + faked death] Lu Jin'an loses his memory while drifting through space. Apart from his extraordinarily beautiful face, he has no special talents. Hoping to recover his memories, he signs a contract with the System to play cannon fodder in various worlds, wreak havoc, and die miserably. Reborn as a vicious male supporting character with heart disease, he despises 64.1kReads9.3Score5.6k14d adds
- 6 Transmigrated as Everyone’s Favorite Lovesick Fool, I’m in a Love-Triangle Nightmare Every Day 穿成万人迷舔狗，每天都在修罗场 [Two male leads + Everyone’s favorite + Bottom protagonist + Split personalities + Transmigrate into a book / Infinite flow] Original title: Transmigrated into a Beloved Simp, Stuck in a Shura Field Every Day Yan Xun had only just woken up when he discovered that he was bound to a System and had transmigrated into an infinite-flow novel starring two male leads, both of whom were adored by everyone. In the novel, he played a straight man who looked down on the beautiful, brainless protagonist, w 33.6kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds
- 7 I Was Just Putting on an Act, So How Did I Become Everyone's Crush? 我就随便装一下，怎么成万人迷了 [Fast/Slow Transmigration + Everyone’s Favorite Bottom + Everyone Has One-Sided Feelings for Him + An Unconventional Straight Guy] All the minor worlds have no CP. Synopsis: World One: The Apocalypse Arc (Complete) [This time, you not only have to play a supporting character, but also change the character’s fate of dying immediately.] About to be sent to a punishment world, 137 is in a panic, afraid that Cheng Wangyan will get himself killed if he lets his guard down for even a moment. But the m 19.1kReads9.5Score1.8k14d adds
- 8 The Lovely Cannon Fodder Beckons, and the Darkened Male Lead Goes Mad 漂亮炮灰勾勾手，黑化男主疯成狗 [Audiobook Available] [Two Male Leads + Quick Transmigration + One-on-One Romance + Love Triangle Drama + Captivity Fiction + Vicious Cannon Fodder vs. Villainous Male Leads] Good news: After flirting with a bunch of male leads, Wen Ci finally passed the succubus exam. Bad news: His very first internship assignment is to go back and reduce the male leads' villainy levels. Wen Ci: “…” I have a bad feeling something's about to become permanently unusable. System 8848: “I know this one. It's the p 41.5kReads9.1Score4.9k14d adds
- 9 A Cool Beauty? No, He's a Top-Tier Charm Demon 清冷美人？不，他是顶级魅魔 [1V1, Both Leads Are Virgins + Rekindled Romance + Cool and Well-Behaved x Sharp-Tongued Bad Boy + Happy Ending] (Main story complete) Four years ago, Sheng Yiguang learned from the on-screen comments that he was a villain in a novel, doomed to love someone who would never love him back. His only purpose was to show how deep and true the official couple's love was. So he broke up with Pei Du, said every cruel thing he could think of, and prepared for them to become enemies and never see each oth 56.6kReads9.3Score8.3k14d adds
- 10 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Character, the Whole World Is Enchanted by Me 穿成炮灰后全世界为我神魂颠倒 [Male leads] [Stunning protagonist] [Quick transmigration] [Fragmented personalities] [Everyone loves him, with rivals battling for his attention] A gorgeous, sleepy dimwit with a wildly unconventional way of thinking. After Qiao Yu died, the System recruited him into the Quick Transmigration Department as a member of the cannon-fodder team. Faced with plots full of face-slapping and physical and emotional abuse, Qiao Yu, who was too sick to go on living, flatly refused: “No.” System: “Stick clo 15.9kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 11 Pretty Darling, You’re Too Good at Flirting! Are You Trying to Get Yourself Killed? 漂亮宝贝这么会钓，不要命啦！ [Two male leads + satisfying face-slapping + intense push and pull + both devoted only to each other] [An alluring, hot-tempered flirt of a bottom X a celibate powerhouse top with an overwhelming possessive streak] In his past life, Lin Que was framed maliciously and eventually died a miserable death from severe bipolar disorder. Only after his death did he learn that he was the true young master of a wealthy family, his identity maliciously switched at birth. The one who framed him was the fake 26.4kReads9.5Score3.7k14d adds
- 12 EN Whose Simp of a Male Supporting Character Gets Held and Kissed by the Male Lead? 谁家舔狗男配被男主抱在怀里亲啊 [Irresistible bottom, bittersweet romance, angst first and sweetness later, livestream variety show, a chaotic love polygon, two male leads, both virgins, happy ending] Wen Yanyu, a universally hated supporting character who hounded the male lead relentlessly and dragged himself into a storm of public outrage, suddenly awakens to his own consciousness. The System binds him and sends him off on missions. After countless cycles of torment leave him exhausted in body and mind, Wen Yanyu returns wit 56.6kReads9.5Score7.3k14d adds
- 13 EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5k14d adds
- 14 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3k14d adds
