Novels like My Ex Is a Top-Tier Star, So I’ll Ride His Coattails, Hard!
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- 1 After the Spoiled Darling Faked Their Death, the Devoted Lover Regretted It 小作精死遁后，真香攻后悔了 [Male-Male Romance + Regretful Pursuit + Faked Death + Top Is Pure, Bottom Is Not + Happy Ending] A Mischievous Little Tease × A Blind, Heartless Bastard When Ruan Shishi pursued Fu Luobai, everyone said she had no chance. Who was Fu Luobai? Born out of wedlock, he had built his success from nothing and was cold-hearted and unfeeling. Ruan Shishi refused to believe it. She pursued Fu Luobai for two years and made a scene for two years, until she finally managed to marry into the Fu family. For t 821Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 After His Frail Sweetheart Returns Home, the Movie Star Takes His Revenge 病弱心肝儿回国后，影帝疯狂报复 [Two male leads + showbiz + rekindled romance + bittersweet + both leads are virgins] [Sickly lamb × fragile wolf-dog] “I was only with you because dating a man seemed novel. It was just for fun, so don't take it seriously.” Shen Sibai dreamed again of that night three years ago. Breaking up with Wen Yi was a pain he'd never forget. He had abandoned Wen Yi at the most difficult time of his life. Consumed by guilt day and night, he knew there was no future for him and Wen Yi. After all, there was 4.7kReads8.1Score368Shelves
- 3 Keep Him by My Side, Year After Year 留他岁岁年年 (Complete) [Older man + both each other's first and only + happy ending + reborn + groveling pursuit + clingy, sickly beauty bottom × sharp-tongued, irresistible man in power top] Qing Yuan wouldn't live past twenty-five. With his life running out, he did the most reckless thing he'd ever done. He used his debt of gratitude to force a marriage, marrying He Jingxian, the powerful man of Zhaojing whom he'd secretly loved for years. He Jingxian's eyes were full of icy disgust. “You're dying, and yo 4.8kReads8.9Score501Shelves
- 4 My Ex Is a Killer, Fierce, Ruthless, and Violent 前男友是杀手，又凶又狠还打人 [Dual male leads + groveling pursuit + happy ending] A beautiful, strong, tragic assassin uke, A ruthless, cold-blooded CEO seme. Xiao You'en has died three times. The first time, he was seven and nearly beaten to death fighting over a steamed bun. The second time, he was locked up and nearly starved to death by the person he trusted most. The third time, he simply didn’t want to live anymore. The pain of bullets tearing through his body seemed to rip his soul to pieces. One shot, two shots, thr 5.6kReads8.9Score540Shelves
- 5 I Dumped My Ex-Husband, and Now He Won't Leave Me Alone 踹了前夫后，他开始死缠烂打 [Two Male Leads + Love After Marriage + Second Chance at Love] A sweet-faced but scheming bottom, and a fatherly top who's a little lovesick, but not too much. No one knew that Shang Jingchuan had carried a secret love for ten years. The moment he first saw his sister-in-law, he fell in love at first sight, and even went so far as to marry a stand-in who looked eighty percent like her. Chen Nuo was the illegitimate son of the Chen family. He carefully schemed his way into Shang Jingchuan's heart 13.4kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
- 6 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 11.8kReads7.4Score1.4kShelves
- 7 Listening to Yan, I Find My Way Home 听晏入怀 Albino tiger beastman × top-tier snow leopard singer [Rekindled romance | Severe depression, second personality | Equally matched leads | A love pursued from both sides | The top suffers first, then the bottom | Happy ending | Older man | Age gap] His name is Qi Yanshen, a top-tier star in the voice-acting world. No one knows that this silver-haired voice actor is missing part of his left ear, that his tiger tail will never sway again, or that his wrists are covered in scars from cutting himself 287Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Healing the Heart 疗心 [Steadfast, cool-headed top who’s warm at heart x manic-depressive bottom with bipolar disorder] Mo Yu’s version: “You got handsy with me the first time we met, and now you want to run away?!” Xi Yang’s version: “I felt up the abs of the ex I broke up with four years ago. How am I supposed to escape?” … Xi Yang, manic: “Kisses and cuddles, pick me up and carry me! Harder, big brother, don’t stop…” Xi Yang, depressed: “Shutting myself away. Don’t message me…” … A literary take: Xi Yang lives up t 143Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 9 The Wild Little Tea-Green Psycho Can't Keep It Up Anymore 绿茶小疯子他野不动了 [Dual Male Leads, Happy Ending] A handsome, bad-boy school bully as the pursuer, A sickly recipient who plays the pig to eat the tiger. When Wen Mo was nineteen, his parents brought him back home. His mother gave him his very first gift. He wore it with delight. A year later, a confirmed diagnosis made him realize it was his mother's death warrant for him! A genetic mutation, organ failure, and paralysis on one side of his body. In just two short months, he'd gone from full of life to nearly at 3.6kReads9.3Score319Shelves
- 10 After the Little Fool Ran Away, the Big Shot Went Mad 小傻子逃跑后，大佬他疯了 [Two male leads, ultra-pampering] A silly bottom who thought he was pretending to be dumb, only to discover he really was dumb, and a fatherly CEO top who thought he was aloof but turned out to be hopelessly in love. Chi Tang died, and then Chi Tang came back to life! There was a pileup on the highway. Chi Tang’s last memory was being crushed between two cars and dying a gruesome death. He closed his eyes, opened them again, and discovered that he had been reborn in the body of a fool with the s 3.1kReads8.6Score340Shelves
- 11 The CEO Panicked When the Little Tyrant Became Critically Ill 小霸王病危后总裁他慌了 [Dual male leads, reconciliation after a breakup, sickly, regret and pursuit, happy ending!] Cool CEO gong × depressed, sickly shou Mu Ning was once the most doted-on young master of the wealthy Mu family, as well as a notorious little tyrant in their social circle. But falling in love with Gu Yanchu changed the course of his life forever. His own father personally sent him to hell. After that, he became insecure and sensitive, burdened with injuries and illness. When he finally fought his way o 2.8kReads8.2Score191Shelves
- 12 Archived Embrace, Past Its Expiration 过期拥抱存档 The score was just posted and will go up later. Don’t let it scare you away. Two male leads, frail protagonist, mutually devoted, a little unhinged, doted on by one person. Song Chengyi: “Don’t talk nonsense. You’re a little menace. It’s just a fever. Why would the King of Hell come for you?” … The thing Song Chengyi regretted most in his life was not believing Shen Tang when he came clean and said he was really ill, thinking he was just talking nonsense, until he saw Shen Tang coughing up bloo 1.3kReads6.5Score102Shelves
- 13 A Frail Body That Can’t Bear the Burden 病骨难承 Two Male Leads + Poor Health Wen Xiaoqi’s life is a fall from blazing warmth into desolation. When he is gravely ill, he sleeps with Dai Yichen, severs his attachment, and runs away. He returns to the “home” he had longed for, only to discover that this so-called home is not as simple as it appears; He fights his way out, with nowhere to go, and is taken in like a stray cat by the lover he once had. He thinks he has found salvation, but it turns out to be another abyss. His health is spent, his 2.2kReads6.3Score304Shelves
- 14 Crazy Boss, Stop Torturing Him! The Sickly Little One Is Dying 疯批大佬别虐了！小病秧子快死了 [Newly rated, and the score may still rise] [Two male leads + pure love + the groveling ex seeks his lover’s forgiveness + both are each other’s only one + rekindled romance + HE] [Unhinged top + frail bottom] Pei Wang loved Su Jiu for ten years and hated him for eight. Eight years ago, the Pei family was massacred overnight, and all the evidence pointed to the Su family. Eight years later, Pei Wang clawed his way back from hell and unleashed all his hatred on Su Jiu. The once-gentle, pampered s 4.4kReads8.4Score419Shelves
- 15 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 5.1kReads8.6Score429Shelves
- 16 Has the Jungle King Taken His Medicine Today? 野王今天吃药了吗 [Wildly talented jungler with bipolar disorder × heart-condition analyst | Second chance romance | Esports | Two male leads] Xie Huai hated Chi Xuesheng for two whole years. His online girlfriend, whose ID was Snow, had vanished without a trace when he was at his lowest. Two years later, a new analyst joined team EG. Pale and frail. Male. ID: SnowSound. Xie Huai looked at that familiar face and sneered. “A guy? My ex-girlfriend was called Snow, too.” Then he discovered: SnowSound knew all of his 500Reads—Score100Shelves
- 17 I'm Frail, Yet Somehow I'm a Top-Tier Star 病弱的我竟然是顶流 Su Chen is a top-tier star, at both the beginning and the end of the rankings. His fame and popularity are first-rate, but his physical fitness is dead last. First and last, a perfect match. For the sake of his life, Su Chen has no choice but to go home and recuperate. Who knew he'd pick up an aloof doctor along the way? Su Chen: “I, young master, have sworn off love for good… Hey, Doctor Xu, look at me! Look at me! Here's a little heart just for you.” Xu Yiwen: “I spent my life searching for a 500Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 18 The Disabled Tycoon’s Ex-Boyfriend Is Seriously Unwell 残疾大佬的前男友他是真有病啊 [Two male leads + rekindled romance + melodramatic angst] After an accidental kidnapping, Huo Zhiye loses the use of both legs and is cruelly abandoned by the man he has loved for four years. They began by choosing to love each other despite their families’ bitter feud, but it all ends with them leaving battered and broken. Reunited three years later: Qiao Xi knows he has committed unforgivable sins and tries every possible way to make amends. Naively, he thinks that if he hurts himself enough, 19.1kReads8.8Score2kShelves
- 19 After Leaving His CEO Job, He Changed Careers to Become a Bodyguard for Love 总裁离职后，为爱转行做保镖 [Gentle, refined, scheming rescuer top x younger, hot-tempered, cocky, affection-starved bottom] ["Angst first, sweetness later" "Chasing his wife to the crematorium" "Sickly top" *Amnesia] “Fifty million! Be my bodyguard, kid. I guarantee Donghe won’t go under.” Shen Ting'an was preparing to sell his company when he got word about the kid he hadn’t seen in three years. It suited him perfectly, so Mr. Shen became bodyguard Shen overnight. President Gu says: “You’re still just as annoying after t 377Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 20 After I Was Diagnosed With a Terminal Illness, My White Moonlight Held Me and Wept 得绝症后，白月光抱着我哭 [Two Male Leads + Sickly Top + Pursuing His Husband (The Top Loves Him Too Much for Much Pursuit) + Entertainment Industry + Bittersweet Romance + Both Leads Have No Past Relationships + Happy Ending] [A Crazy, Sickly Beauty Top Who’s Sweet-Talking and Gentle Only to One Person & A Loyal Actor Bottom Who Makes Bad Decisions at First, Then Pursues His Husband] Shen Tinglan has loved someone since childhood. He’s loved him for years, with a deep, consuming desire to make him his own... He’s always 4.2kReads8.7Score454Shelves
- 21 Who Still Cares Whether Their Ex Lives or Dies After a Breakup? 谁家分手后还管前男友死活啊 [Two male leads + seductive, treacherous shou + devoted, fatherly gong + rekindled romance + a groveling pursuit] The biggest mistakes Song Qingyan ever made were acting on his own, making the first move, exposing their relationship, breaking up, and then trying to get back together without asking! He successfully drove himself to the brink of death over and over. The first time, his heart stopped for five minutes. The second time, his heart stopped for ten minutes. The third time, he nearly die 8.5kReads9.3Score671Shelves
- 22 After Being Forced to Become a Caged Canary 被迫沦为金丝雀后 [ABO + Groveling Chase to Win Back His Love + Dual Male Leads + Coercive Love + Older Top + Mutual Firsts + Fictional Setting + Two Endings] [Sharp-tongued, soft-hearted, ruthless top × resilient, steady, kind bottom] Fang Shining was the Fang family’s heir, but a villain framed him, accusing him of causing his fiancée’s younger brother’s death just before the wedding. His longtime lover unilaterally called off their engagement. No matter how much Fang Shining tried to explain, the man coldly th 531Reads6.9Score100Shelves
- 23 I Called You After We Broke Up 分手后我打了你的电话 Two male leads + older man/younger man + one-on-one romance + reunion after a long separation + happy ending A CEO who says the opposite of what he means (seme), Lu Xuexiao, x Chen Zui, a young man full of youthful spirit but suffering from severe depression after a tragic turn of events Lu Xuexiao lowered his head. Though he was smiling, his words were laced with irony. "I told you back then that I would protect you." Chen Zui paused, his feelings tangled. "After all these years, do you... stil 5.6kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
- 24 The Most Hated Guy Is Seriously Fierce 万人嫌他超凶的 [Two male leads + rekindled romance + everyone faces their comeuppance + happy ending] A sickly, universally disliked bottom, a top who’s an esports superstar. After receiving a diagnosis, Shen Ning cruelly abandoned Qin Jiu, the only person he had to rely on. Two years later, they met again. The penniless boy from back then had become a rising esports superstar. Shen Ning tried to explain, but a single stab ended all hope. Dragging his battered body along, he watched his beloved take the stage 7.9kReads9.2Score647Shelves
- 25 Warm Sunlight Shines on the Cold River 暖阳照寒江 Content warning: two male leads, with a nine-year age gap. The professor is frail throughout and frequently ends up in the hospital. He's deeply insecure, even to the point of being self-conscious. Official synopsis: Jiang Han is a professor of information engineering at Capital University. He's also the university's youngest professor, having earned the title at the age of 32. Jiang Han is handsome, highly educated, and a good person, but he's always been alone. Every day, he deals with all ki 976Reads8.7Score105Shelves
- 26 Whisper Sweetly! Young Master, You're the Only One for Me 低声哄！小少爷，我非你不可 [Main story complete] [Four-year age gap + childhood betrothal + wife-chasing crematorium + mutual firsts + angst and sweetness] Innocent, naive, sickly young master VS cool-headed, steady, secretly passionate CEO Jiang Qi’an, the young master of the wealthy Jiang family, was deceived by a scumbag and cut ties with his family. One day, after learning the truth, he decisively dumped the scumbag and resolved to cut off all ties with love. But his mother packed him off to live with the man he was 53Reads6.3Score108Shelves
- 27 Has the Little Troublemaker Made Up with Her Ex Today? 小作精今天哄好前男友了吗 [Two male leads + rekindled romance + chasing his husband + some angst + melodrama] The thing Pei Heng regretted most in his life was taking Shi Jin's drunken words seriously. Shi Jin said they should break up, and Pei Heng left without a second thought. Shi Jin wanted to get back together, but Pei Heng blocked him, deleted him, and cut off every way back. Shi Jin wouldn't stop pursuing him, but Pei Heng ignored him and rejected him time and again. Only when the Pei family announced his engageme 10.8kReads8.4Score752Shelves
- 28 The Realm Becomes a Map of War 江山入战图 ✨Revenge and putting scum in their place × father-son angst × chasing after husband and child all the way to the crematorium ✨A sickly, universally loathed top who seems ruthless but is kindhearted beneath it × a scummy bottom who seems to hate evil but is secretly twisted and sneaky, an actor who’s convinced himself his own performance is real Everyone says that Prince Yan, Nan Jing, cruelly harmed his younger brother, led troops to force the palace, colluded with the enemy, and committed treas 465Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I'm Practically Dying of Sickness, Could You Cut Me Some Slack? 我都快病死了，你让让我怎么了 [Two Male Leads + Quick Transmigration + Bottom Protagonist + Face-Slapping + Sweet Romance, One-on-One] Shen Tang'an was frail and sickly from childhood. The ceilings of his home and the hospital were what he saw most. Just before he turned twenty, his condition finally began to improve. He was also given special permission to go out for his birthday, but got into a car accident on the way. As his soul floated in the air, Shen Tang'an actually felt a little relieved. At last, he wouldn't have t 364Reads6.5Score100Shelves
- 30 The Stars Fell Away into Paleness 星星落尽苍白里 [Two Male Leads + Sickly Top + Pure Love + Mutual Firsts + HE] An extremely possessive, sickly CEO top × a sunny, cheerful, clingy designer bottom Mutual firsts! Mutual firsts! Mutual firsts! They fall in love at first sight. The top has heart disease, a blood-clotting disorder, and a perforated stomach. He's in poor health. Xie Linzhou had planned to drag his broken body down with the Xie Group, then put an end to his dull life. He never expected to meet his own star at the age of twenty-eight. 236Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 31 My Brother's Stomach Hurts 哥哥肚子疼 Chengzi: A sunny college guy who seems carefree and a little clueless, but is actually easygoing, worry-free, and blunt. Yichen: He seems like a cool, polished, well-to-do gentleman, but in truth, he’s a pitiful kid with no father or mother to rely on. Chengzi: My mission is to warm big brother’s tummy, warm his heart, and bring him home!! 1.7kReads8.4Score109Shelves
- 32 That Little Trouble-Maker Is Absolutely Unhinged 小作精他超疯的 [Male-male romance + rekindled love + entertainment industry + happy ending] A volatile, depressed, troublesome, sickly bottom in public and in private, A top who is emotionally impaired but an outstanding actor. Jiang Li is a madman. During a sugar-baby arrangement, he was the first to fall in love and become obsessed. He knew Yi Zhen didn't love him, yet he kept clinging to him, his body covered in wounds. He said, “I supported you for two years. Now it's your turn to support me for two years! 10.9kReads9.3Score847Shelves
- 33 Snowfall in the Dark Alley 雪落暗巷 (The main story is complete) [One-on-one pure romance, not your typical angsty love story] Xie Fusang × Pei Yiliu/Ruan Yue Bottom with a psychological disorder × psychiatrist top Original title: Drowned At three in the morning after the first snow, there were not only plum blossoms ready to bloom, but also a notebook beneath the thin snow, holding memories and love. It snowed for three days and three nights, and the thin layer of snow grew deep. Strange. The notebook had no water on it, so why 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Carving Clouds 琢云 (A little angst + happy ending + rekindled romance) Lin Zhuoxun x Xiao Yunshen A seemingly cheerful but secretly depressed bottom x a devoted, innocent top The first stirrings of love in youth are pure and passionate. I was once barren earth, but your arrival brought me back to life. 957Reads8.6Score150Shelves
- 35 Everyone Hated Her, Then She Showed Her Face and Took the Internet by Storm 万人嫌露脸后全网爆火 [Dual male leads] A sickly, universally despised bottom; A seemingly cold and heartless top who has fallen deeply in love. A year ago, Xu Mian was rumored to have thrown matches, and was boycotted by the entire internet. He retired early. With his mother seriously ill and his right hand partially disabled, he became the target of abuse from everyone in the esports scene, like a rat crossing the street, and endured it for an entire year. Caught between life and death, he struggled to stay alive: 12.6kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
- 36 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 9.7kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 37 The White Moonlight Wants Nothing More Than to Die 白月光一心想要求死 A depressed, suicidal bottom × a gentle, attentive top Lu Xi × Jiang Yan Jiang Yan... or Jiang Yan? It's hard to tell. After a car accident, Lu Xi thought he had transmigrated into a book, but in reality, he was only imagining the book's plot and casting himself in it. Jiang Yan happened to meet Lu Xi after he was brought to the hospital. He personally cared for him while waiting for him to wake up, only to find that the awakened Lu Xi was afraid of him. But when Lu Xi saw the name he had writte 644Reads8.8Score105Shelves
- 38 Ding! Your Frail, Unhinged Beauty Has Arrived 叮！您的病弱疯批美人已上线 Just after arriving in China, Qi Jue got into a minor car accident. Seeing the man step out of the Maybach opposite, he raised his striking brows. “I'm sorry, we were at fault today. How would you like us to compensate you?” Gu Huaiyan, CEO of Senlian Group and heir to the Gu family of the capital, was disciplined and proper, stiff and dull, like a lofty flower set apart from the world. As luck would have it, Qi Jue really liked that face. “Hey, handsome, you can forget the compensation. How abo 956Reads8.9Score156Shelves
- 39 I Died After Getting Caught Stealing a Kiss From the Big Shot 偷亲大佬被发现后，我死了 [Dual Male Leads, Extra Sweet!!] A ruthless, deadly bodyguard who can take on a hundred men, but sneaks kisses from his boss in private and gets incredibly jealous, as the bottom. A very rich, unbelievably rich, No. 1-ranked tycoon as the top. Jian Xingyi fell in love with Li Tingshen at first sight. He spent five years quietly working his way into the man's life, becoming his personal bodyguard and lifestyle assistant. Every night, while his boss slept, he would sneak through the window into hi 6.9kReads9.1Score684Shelves
- 40 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 121kReads8.8Score23.8kShelves
- 41 Has the Scumbag Gong Been Burned at the Crematorium Yet? 渣攻今天火葬场了吗 [Two male leads + regret and redemption + villainous bottom] A refined scoundrel who finally sees the light, top x a sharp-tongued, vindictive villainous bottom Qi Xu hated his sanctimonious younger brother, Qi Yun. Just because Qi Yun was born out of wedlock, he was always framing Qi Xu, openly and behind his back. One time, when no one was looking, Qi Xu shoved him down the stairs. The very next day, Shen Zichi showed up with his men and broke Qi Xu’s leg. Every time Qi Xu caused trouble for Q 2.8kReads6.4Score156Shelves
- 42 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 9.3kReads8.4Score743Shelves
- 43 An Upset Victory: A Top-Tier Star Gets Swept Away by a Nobody 爆冷：顶流被小糊咖拐跑了 [Two male leads + rekindled love + showbiz + happy ending] A doting, top-tier-star seme, A little-known, sickly uke. Lu Qing lost Gu Zhiyan, the person who loved him most, so he nearly gave his life for another chance to meet him. But the Gu Zhiyan he meets again is no longer the poor kid he was a year ago. He has transformed into a top-tier star with tens of millions of fans and the sole heir to the Gu family, the foremost clan in Beijing’s elite circles. Gu Zhiyan shuts Lu Qing out completely. 8.9kReads9.3Score745Shelves
- 44 Autumn Ears Stir Longing 秋穗起慕意 [Dual Male Leads + Mutual Firsts + Happy Ending + Unrequited Love + Sweet Romance + Half School Life, Half City Life] Content warning right up front: The bottom is sickly, sickly, sickly. He’s in poor health. Don’t ask again how someone this sick can survive. If I say he can, then he can. If this character setup is a dealbreaker for you, there’s no need to read it. Thank you! Blurb: Sui Sui liked Qu Yi. It was a shallow but earnest kind of love, and he kept the fact that he liked Qu Yi a secret 849Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 45 Fake Friends, Rumors Debunked Live 塑料队友，在线辟谣 [Unconventional Win-Back Romance + Rekindled Love + Comeback in the Entertainment Industry + Idol Survival Show + Boy Band + Rivals to Lovers] A sickly beauty with a dark side and a façade that doesn’t match his true self × A clueless, sheltered rich heir who’s as dumb as a puppy Visual vs. ACE “I didn’t! It wasn’t me! Don’t make things up!” At eighteen, Jin He became the visual of a hugely popular boy band and was suddenly living the high life. Wherever he went, he was surrounded by a whole cro 901Reads8.2Score118Shelves
- 46 After the Chancellor Left, the Emperor Knelt and Begged for Forgiveness 丞相走后，皇帝他跪地求原谅 Excruciating physical and emotional torment, with plenty of thrills! A volatile, twisted emperor / a stubborn, haughty, and formidable court official! Extreme angst at first, then lots of sweetness! Both are virgins, one-on-one. Three years ago, during a palace coup, Du Yuzhang abandoned his family to save the life of the one he loved. But when his beloved ascended the throne as emperor, he showed him not the slightest tenderness. From then on, by day he was Lord Du, the powerful Left Chancellor 924Reads6.1Score103Shelves
- 47 Imprisoned by Love: Wildfire Scorches the Stars 囚爱：野火灼星 [Two male leads + forced love + two powerful leads + heartbreakingly angsty and sickeningly sweet] A love fated across three lifetimes, a tragic romance spanning two. He is the sharpest blade of the Six Fan Gate; I am the coldest bandit of Blackwind Stronghold. When I locked this jade-faced constable in a stone cell, all I wanted was to break his pride. The torture devices couldn’t make him talk, but they made me addicted. “Shangguan Xingyang,” I licked the blood from the corner of his lips. “T 176Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Frail Movie Star's Career Collapsed, and He Had Little Time Left. She Regretted It 病弱影帝塌房后命不久矣她后悔了 [Angsty romance, male lead is ill and injured, misunderstood by everyone, never had a single good day, over-the-top melodrama, angst for angst's sake, niche story, please stop reading if it's not for you. Thanks.] Three years ago. A fatal car accident took the two people closest to Ling Qianran: the ones she loved most. Her father, who loved her dearly. Shen Ziyan, whom she loved. All the evidence pointed to the man she loved, accusing him of taking her father's life. Three years later. The “mur 1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 49 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. 922Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Lost My Cover After Online Dating the School Bully 和校霸网恋后我掉马了 [Two male leads + chasing his husband + two equally powerful players in an online game + college (all adults!) + online romance and a secret identity exposed / things going wrong + rekindled love + a touch of bittersweetness + 1v1 happy ending] Scheming, tsundere, pure-hearted campus tough guy gong × sweet, sickly, flirtatious beauty shou who pretends to be well-behaved Jiang Shao and Cen Mian's encounter was like a carefully woven trap of sweetness, and also the most romantic joke fate could pl 968Reads—Score107Shelves
