Novels like The Peerless Mute Empress
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- 151 After They Called Him a Faker, the Sickly Boy Pulled Out His Life Support 被骂装病后，小病秧子他拔管了 [Two male couples + Pure love + Reconciliation after a breakup + Happy endings for both couples] [Cold, determined, action-oriented pursuer & Broken, self-destructive assault team member] [Earnest, conspicuous techie pursuer & Gentle, heartbroken doctor pursued] The night their campsite came under attack, Shen Zhiyan took a knife meant for Lu Xing. Blood soaked through his jacket, and pain radiated from his abdomen and lower back, but he refused medical attention, saying it was “just a small wou 5.2kReads8.6Score44614d adds
- 152 Half Sincere, Half False 真心半假 Four short stories, four different endings: ① The groveling ex wins him back, happy ending ② They love each other but cannot stay together, tragic ending ③ A new love interest ④ Hell for everyone. “Half Sincere”, Groveling ex, happy ending Amnesiac pianist × cold-blooded guardian He raised him into a vine that clung to him, only to be caught in its grasp first. “If We Were Both Caught in the Snow Someday”, Bittersweet tragic ending If someday we were caught in the snow together, then at least in 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Through Wind and Sand, Toward the Heart 风沙向心行 The Sandstorm Turns Toward the Heart 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 A Thousand Years of Waiting: I'd Become a Tree for You 千年守候，我愿为你化作一棵树 After a thousand years of waiting, I would become a tree for you. 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 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
- 156 The Plaything Beauty Is Actually the Powerful Elite's Most Cherished Darling 玩物美人其实是权贵们的心尖宠 (The new book’s rating just came out. If you’re enjoying it, dear readers, please leave a rating!) ( ╹▽╹ ) Crawling through the snow was his first step toward rising to the top. [Alluring, Cool Bottom X Powerful Top] [Everyone is a stepping stone on Yu Shu’s path to power] [Ex-Chasing Crematorium + Shura Scenes + Forced Love] Shen Yushu knelt beneath the windblown snow in the Yongchang Marquis Estate’s covered walkway, all for the chance to study. He was the lowliest branch of the Yongchang Marq 43.2kReads9.0Score4.2k14d adds
- 157 I Work Hard to Support My Family, Only to Be Forced Into a Twisted Romance 努力养家，反被变态强制爱 [Dual male leads + coercive love + imprisonment + faked death + groveling redemption] Domineering, unhinged patron gong × ordinary, dull-witted, miserable shou In Qi Yan’s eyes, Lin Qiao was a toy he could control with ease. A gambling-addicted father, a paralyzed mother, a younger sister in school, and a broken family. Lin Qiao could only survive by living at his mercy. But why couldn’t Qi Yan bear to let this dull goose leave him? He couldn’t figure it out. To Lin Qiao, Qi Yan was a madman, a 1.3kReads8.6Score10614d adds
- 158 General Guo's Physician Jiang 郭将军的姜大夫 [Guo Chengyu x Jiang Xiaoshuai] Even if I lived another life, I would still find you. “Maybe I didn't love you enough in my last life.” “I want Doctor Jiang to love me willingly, not just be carried away by passion. I'll wait as long as it takes.” “Don't be afraid. I'll always be here.” “From now on, I'll be by your side.” “Guo Huaijin, I love you.” 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Sweet, Soft Crybaby Omega Is the Boss 甜软的哭包小O他才是老大 The Sweet, Softhearted Crybaby Little O Is the Boss 241Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 After the Cold War, When He Finally Thought of Me, I Was Already Married 冷战之后，当他想起我时，我已经结婚了 After the Cold War, by the time he thought of me, I was already married. 897Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 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
- 162 The Long Dream's Command 长梦令 [Historical romance※two male leads※brilliant minds※court intrigue※bad ending] During the Chenghua era of the Ming dynasty, the child prodigy Li Chang'an from the capital and the Huizhou scholar Cheng Menghui both served at the Hanlin Academy. Both were exceptionally gifted and brilliant. They felt an instant kinship upon meeting and became close friends. Menghui's outstanding talent caught the attention of Grand Secretary Gu Xian, who chose him as his son-in-law. But Menghui's heart was wholly d 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 163 My Husband’s So Stubborn: Two Kisses and He Melts 老公的嘴太硬？亲两次就软了 [One-on-one romance + both leads are each other's first and only + happy ending + mutual salvation] Pei Yunqiao somehow ended up saving someone. Before dawn, the man had already fled far away. At the recording of the first round of the audition show, he clutched his sore waist and stared from afar at the aloof, ascetic man seated among the judges. His vision went black, then black again. After the performance, Producer Shen pulled him into a corner and gave him three warnings in a row. - Put awa 9.3kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 164 Bowing as a Subject 屈身为臣 In public, he is a ruthless business tycoon, feared like the King of Hell. In private, he is the most obedient dog at his feet. In public, he is the sweet, harmless national little brother. In private, he is the only god above his head. Jiang Ci and Lu Zhi are lovers whose public and private personas are worlds apart. Then Lu Zhi takes an interest in an unfinished script, To Serve as a Subject. On the first day of filming, a car accident strikes. When Jiang Ci opens his eyes again, he is in the 556Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Nurturing Evil Spirits 养煞 Raising Fiends 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Lord Shadow Guard, His Majesty Knows He Was Wrong. Go Easy on Him 影卫大人，君上知错了，轻点罚 He is the current ruler’s Shadow Guard, yet also the master of Mingqing Pavilion, which exists to keep the ruler in check. He was forced to accept the throne in his youth, yet depends deeply on his Shadow Guard. To him, the other is his ruler, his master, and his beloved. Their love runs deep, tender and devoted. To the other, he is a subordinate, an overseer, and a beloved. He stays by his side and protects him, his heart unwavering. 1.8kReads8.6Score19714d adds
- 167 Giving Up Depression Along With Love 把抑郁症和爱一起戒掉 Tags: BE | Tragic Romance | Two Male Leads | Campus | Mutual Salvation Note: The main story is about 20 chapters, with the rest consisting of extras. [Cold and aloof Lu Yu] x [Insecure Lin Qi] Lin Qi's world is a deep blue that cannot be mixed away on a painter's palette. Lu Yu's world is a desolate place, forever weightless between the lines. Two boys, trapped for years in the depths of their emotions, secretly build a spiritual utopia just for each other in a glass room in an old building. 270Reads8.8Score18214d adds
- 168 You Want Me Dead? Why Beg Me to Live After My Terminal Illness Is Revealed? 恨不得我死？绝症曝光怎么求我活 [Two male leads + from universally hated to universally adored + everyone faces a redemption arc, heartbreaking, 1v1] In his previous life, Ye Shuran learned he had a terminal illness, and was kidnapped not long afterward. No one came to save him, and he was eventually tortured to death. Unexpectedly, he was bound to a System, and only then learned that he was the real young master everyone hated in the book, while his younger brother was the fake young master everyone adored. After being reborn 126.7kReads8.8Score25.2k14d adds
- 169 Seven Years of Old Wounds 七年陈伤 Devoted, brilliant, and tragic academic bottom x CEO who must grovel to win him back Two strong leads + love at first sight + deeply painful romance + groveling pursuit + reunion after a long separation + a broken relationship that cannot be mended + healing pets + self-redemption Chu Ye Han gave his whole heart to the favored son of heaven, Han Yu, and saw him as the light that would save him. He loved him devotedly for seven whole years! He thought he would receive love and promises in return 731Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Trapped in a Cage 困于樊笼 [Two male leads + old-school melodrama + deranged, sickly Alpha seme + forced love in a locked room + ABO + chasing his wife to the crematorium + elite heir and tycoon CEO] Deranged, possessive Alpha seme x unfortunate, pitiful beta uke P.S. This story involves a beta becoming an omega. Please take note if that isn’t your thing. Both leads remain faithful to each other. The seme’s issues are explained in chapters 50-something, and the problems that came up have since been corrected. “Pei Sichen, 6.3kReads8.3Score72614d adds
- 171 I Transform Twelve Times in My Notebook 我在笔记中12变 The story begins with a notebook. The protagonists, Zhu Huai’an and Su Jianshan, transmigrate into it by different means and experience different stories and different lives. They fall in love within the stories, and part ways within them... No one knows whether the ending will be happy or sad. 14Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 172 Seven Years of Obsession: The Possessive Young Master Loses His Sincere Little Houseboy 七年执念，偏执少爷弄丢真心小家奴 Seven Years of Obsession: The Possessive Young Master Loses His True-Hearted House Slave 395Reads—Score514d adds
- 173 Reborn, I’m No Longer My Twin Brother’s Stepping Stone 重生后，我不再是双胞胎弟弟的垫脚石 After being reborn, I will no longer be the stepping stone for my twin brother 241Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Unable to Love 无法去爱 A collection of short, angsty stories about two male leads. Loving someone is easy, but finding happiness in that love is impossible. The tragic song of a chaotic age is destined to be sung, and all we can do is watch, unable to love each other. A love that cuts to the bone will last forever. I hope their stories leave you with a sense of loyalty amid the sorrow. There are many people in this world who cannot love each other, yet in truth, they have already found redemption. 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 The Beautiful Young Master Is Targeted by a Mad Dog 漂亮小少爷被疯批恶狗盯上了 (Dual male leads + faking his death + a harem of male admirers fighting over him) With a father who runs a publicly traded company worth hundreds of billions, a mother who is the eldest daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon, and five exceptionally gifted older brothers who dote on him, Yun Liang was born with the role of the family darling. He thought he could coast through life without a care. Who could have guessed that one day a madman would kidnap him, blindfold him, chain his ankles, and lock him 14kReads7.0Score1.7k14d adds
- 176 The CEO’s Long Road to Winning Back His Wife 总裁追妻路很长 (The hero's long road to win back his love ✘ revenge on scoundrels ✘ first-love steals the lover ✘ substitute trope ✘ amnesia trope) In Volume One, the protagonist is constantly pushed around. In Volume Two, he starts standing up for himself, so if you don't want to read about him being mistreated, you can jump straight to Volume Two. There's a bit of business warfare later on. The relationship between the top and the bottom develops gradually: at first, the top only sees the bottom as someone t 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Inferior Overflow 下等泛滥 [Two Male Leads] [Heavy Angst] [Not for Bottom-Lovers] Content warning: The top isn't faithful. Huo Wenqing * Gu Yunzhi At eighteen, after an upheaval, Gu Yunzhi is brought back to the Shen family. His father then treats him like a pawn, using him to secure benefits for the family. Seven years of beatings teach him that obedience is the only way to get by. Long years of repression lead him to meet Huo Wenqing. Thinking at last that he has found love, Gu Yunzhi feels light enter his pitch-black 5.7kReads8.7Score38614d adds
- 178 An Unequal Master-Slave Relationship 主奴不对等关系 We stand on opposite sides of an uncrossable chasm, one bending down in compassion, the other looking up in gratitude. We turn the distance between life and death into the deepest bond. This is a newly started modern-day master-and-servant story. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing. 1.8kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 179 A Madman’s Absolute Control Over His Sweet, Obedient Darling 疯批对乖软宝贝的绝对掌控 This is a two-male-lead “wallpaper” story. Calm, sweet bottom x emotionally detached top Lin Yan carefully plans every step and gently guides Pei Shen, eventually healing his emotional detachment. Their love is full of schemes and pain, but they find happiness in the end. 2.5kReads8.2Score14614d adds
- 180 His Majesty Always Says the Chancellor Is Plotting Rebellion 陛下总说丞相谋逆 His Majesty Always Says the Chancellor Is Plotting Rebellion 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Captive Love, Ashes of the Past: The Obsessive CEO Has No Way to Win Back His Wife 囚宠归烬：偏执总裁追妻无门 Prisoner, Returned to Ashes: The Obsessive CEO Has No Way to Win Back His Wife 910Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Surrender to the Light 臣服于光 “If you were a commoner, I would be the dust beneath your feet.” “If you were a star, I would be the fool who gazed up at you until I died.” “My love is a sin, but my devotion to you will never waver, even in death.” 1.2kReads8.2Score—14d adds
- 183 After Faking My Death, the Scumbag Movie Emperor Spoils Me Relentlessly 假死后，被渣男影帝强势宠爱 [Main Story Complete]“Lu Yichao, if you want to save the Lu family, you have to marry me.” He used every means at his disposal to marry the alpha he had secretly loved for seven years. Qi Yanqing knew that Lu Yichao’s heart belonged to someone else: his twin brother, Qi Chuxing. Whether through force or deception, he still made Lu Yichao marry him. In public, they were a loving, sweet couple. Behind closed doors, they could barely stand the sight of each other. After three years together, Qi Yan 3.7kReads8.6Score36114d adds
- 184 You Are the Sunshine of My World 你是我世界的骄阳 [Heartbreaking + Bad Ending] Blurb One: Shi Fan was born on Children's Day, yet grew up in the mire. He longed for a glimmer of light, for someone to free him from the shackles of fate, for someone to heal his shattered heart. Blurb Two: Would you let me carve out the cinnabar mole in your heart and take its place? ----- Jiang Chenrui When a sunny school bully meets a boy whose heart is in pieces, can he lead him out of the abyss? 64Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 185 A Straight Guy? Marry Him First, Chase Him Later 直男？先娶了，追妻以后再说 (Just started posting, currently in progress) [Two male leads + everyone is secretly ruthless + sinister, snake-like beauty top + younger long-haired lover + training a dog + forced love + regretful pursuit + happy ending] College student Jiang Ning joined the Cloud Snake stronghold for money. Pretending to be gentle, he tricked a young man into handing over a statue of a deity. But on the mountain road back to the city, the young man took him back to the stronghold and forced him into marriage! 1.5kReads8.4Score14114d adds
- 186 The Final Seventy Days 最后七十天 [Two male leads + tragic ending + unrequited love + healing + quiet everyday life] [Gentle older brother Shen Qingzhou & Huang Yixing, who has albinism] After growing up wild and free in the countryside for twelve years, he was suddenly told he was an illegitimate child. Less than two days after his mother died, Shen Qingzhou was taken to live in the city by his biological father. Six years later, he was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. His final wish in life was to return to the pla 220Reads8.1Score10014d adds
- 187 Was the Supreme God System Forcefully Loved by a Subordinate? 主神系统被下属强制爱了？ Was the Supreme God System Forced into a Love Affair by Its Subordinate? 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Darling [Xie Yan] 宠儿【谢宴】 I went mad, craving the love of someone powerful and influential. [World-weary, gloomy, affection-starved bottom × aloof, proud crown prince top] With no father to care for me and no mother to raise me, I scraped by for over a decade before finally meeting the one who treated me well. Just when I thought everything would end happily, I was framed and forced to marry the crown prince. The prince’s heart belongs to my enemy. He despises me, ignores me, and keeps me imprisoned in the Eastern Palace 911Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 189 I Promise You a Love as Deep as the Sea 许你深情深似海 Luo Ji was a ray of light in Shen Yi’s dark childhood. But after Shen Ge ruthlessly stole that light away, it became the arrow that wounded him most deeply. One misunderstanding, three years of torment, and everyone took their turn trampling him until he was utterly ruined. When Luo Ji finally learned the truth, he held his battered heart close and stopped believing in love. Shen Yi: “Once you’re dead, I won’t love you anymore.” 404Reads8.4Score10414d adds
- 190 Still Waters, Cold as Death 死水薄凉 [Scumbag Top x World-Weary Bottom] [Mad Dog x Mad Dog] [Forced Love] [Tragedy] The world had never been so dull. It all began when Xu Yanzhi picked up the countdown. Xu Yanzhi, a rich second-generation layabout who did nothing but coast through life and wait to die, encountered Li Yan after he returned to the country ten years later. Forced to tear open his wounds, Xu Yanzhi gradually let his true nature show. I’m done pretending. I actually hate this world. I set fires, hurt people, and framed 797Reads8.7Score11014d adds
- 191 Defective Omega 劣质omgea Their marriage was in name only, and it lasted four years. “Your pheromones disgust me.” Four years together couldn’t melt the ice between them. What was the point of desperately trying to save the relationship? The seeds of their separation had taken root long ago. Correction: The novel’s actual title is “Inferior Omega.” It can’t be changed after signing the contract, but feel free to dive into the story! 5.5kReads8.2Score53314d adds
- 192 After I Lost All Hope, My White Moonlight Wouldn't Leave Me Alone 心灰意冷后白月光对朕死缠烂打 [Upcoming novel] A beautiful, strong, and tragic obsessive, sinister top x a cold, heartless bottom with a wretched fate Qing Ling was haunted by a vicious ghost of unknown origin. From then on, his life, once as still as a dead pond, was swept up in stormy waves. A marriage contract bound him to a destiny already laid out for him. He couldn’t escape or hide, and no matter how unwilling he was, he could only endure abuse and humiliation. Some people are born with lives as fragile as paper. The g 4.4kReads9.3Score60714d adds
- 193 May the Bright Moon Shine Upon Us 愿明月高照 A love triangle, a heartbreaking romance: two people fighting over one person's love. One wants to preserve everything about him, while the other wants to possess him completely. Will he choose his lover or his childhood friend? One is He Bai, a genius painter. The other is Fu Yan, a business tycoon. He Bai gives up his life for Lian Yiran, while Fu Yan is driven mad for him. Lian Yiran, meanwhile, lies in a hospital bed, reduced to a vegetative state. The love and hate entangling the three of t 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 I Want to Leave 我想走 After ten years of marriage on paper, Yu Shuyi still couldn’t make it to the end of the contract. At first, he begged his husband to look at him, just once. Later, he begged his husband to come home and have a meal with him. In the end, he begged him to let him go. He said there was a saying: Better a brief pain than a long one. So I’ve let myself go. Please let go of me, too. I’m not asking you to love me or forgive me. I’m only asking you to let me go. Don’t save me anymore… Setting: Same-sex 4.2kReads8.4Score39914d adds
- 195 The Mad Tycoon Forces His Love on Her, While the Aloof Beauty Flees Night After Night 疯批大佬强制宠，清冷美人夜夜逃 [EA Wallpaper Love + Hate-Filled Romance + Both Pure and Powerful, One-on-One + Both Physically and Emotionally Tormented + The Bottom Is Tormented First, Then the Top + The Top Chases His Love at the Crematorium + Not All Entangled Feelings, Later Focuses on Revenge] [Mad, Icy Beauty, Fondant Artist Alpha × Obsessive, Dark, and Overbearingly Possessive Enigma] When his younger brother commits a terrible crime, Fang Lingchuan is forced into the fray, offering himself to the wolf. Everyone says F 1.8kReads8.7Score11414d adds
- 196 My Strict Teacher Became My Scheming Boss 双面严师成了我的腹黑上司 A wolf who loves to discipline people with his hands, has a fiery temper, is overbearing and fiercely protective, and is all bark with a soft heart meets a poor, kind puppy who is ordinary, obedient, patient, and cries when wronged... Lu Linchuan is both an adjunct professor and the heir to Luqi Media. Ran Mingyang is a student Lu Linchuan thinks highly of, and after graduation becomes his assistant. Their backgrounds, family circumstances, and personalities are as different as fire and ice. One 5.2kReads7.4Score33714d adds
- 197 Soul Transmigration into the Regent’s White Moonlight 魂穿摄政王的白月光 [Two male leads + equally powerful leads + tragic romance + older top + heart-wrenching + chasing his wife to the crematorium + white moonlight romance + toxic love + depressing + happy ending] Emergency room doctor Shen Shi'an died suddenly before the operating table. When he opened his eyes again, he was lying on an unfamiliar jade bed. The man before him held power over the entire court. He gently stroked Shen Shi'an's cheek, but in his eyes was the reflection of someone else. “Jinghe,” Xie 794Reads8.2Score16214d adds
- 198 Go Easy on the Punishment, Prince: Your Sweet Beauty Bites When Hurt 王爷轻点罚，乖软美人疼了会咬人 The ratings have just come in [Two male leads + angst before sweetness + physical abuse + taming a dog + outspoken characters + happy ending] Scheming, devoted, and crazed regent top × sweet, wild, delicate crybaby bottom On the very first day Song Hemian was presented to Regent Xie Heng, he learned what a madman was. Xie Heng punished him, then personally applied medicine to his wounds; made him cry, then adored his reddened eyes. Everyone in the capital thought Song Hemian was the most docile 6.6kReads8.4Score80014d adds
- 199 The Weepy Minister Fakes His Death, and the Emperor Goes Mad 哭包尚书死遁，皇帝疯了 The Weepy Minister Faked His Death, and the Emperor Went Mad 568Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Imprisoned by a Mistaken Favor 误恩囚 [Two Male Leads + Mutual Devotion + Angsty Romance + Physical Abuse + Alternate World + Unequal Status + Happy Ending] [Not for Bottom-Leading Fans] Synopsis: After an accident, Ning Huairu, the young lady of Wangyue Manor, saves Wen Jinchuan, who has been poisoned. When he wakes, however, he mistakenly believes that Shiqi (Ning Huaizhi) saved him. And so he begins to indulge and favor Shiqi. He forgives Shiqi's methods, his cruelty, and his selfishness. Having never received such affection befo 4.7kReads9.1Score32014d adds
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