Novels like Mr. Li’s Darling Is Such a Handful
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- 51 Sir, Don't Hurt Him Anymore, He's Learned to Obey 先生别虐了，他已乖乖听话 A twisted obsessive x a beautiful, strong, tragic man The Jiang family was wiped out overnight. “Let's grow up together.” As a child, Jiang Que followed Zhou Wang around, his face full of hope. “You can't stand by my side.” Zhou Wang teased him, amused. But standing behind Zhou Wang was still better than being looked down on by everyone else. When they were alone, Zhou Wang taught him the rules. At first, Jiang Que couldn't remember them and was beaten several times. After that, he never forgot. 5.1kReads8.4Score51314d adds
- 52 The CEO Regretted It After His Poor Little Darling Left 小可怜离开后总裁后悔了 [Heartless, domineering scumbag top x gentle, down-on-his-luck young master and mute bottom] Si Jinhan thought the most humiliating thing in his life was that his family had found him a mute wife. The little mute had no idea how much he hated him and gave him his whole heart, while Si Jinhan went out of his way to bully him. “You think I'd marry you? I could have anyone at my side, anyone but a mute like you!” The little mute was foolish, but he had a good memory. He remembered every word Si Jin 1kReads5.8Score10014d adds
- 53 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 5kReads8.9Score51714d adds
- 54 Mr. Fu Is Pretending to Be Sick Again to Trick His Little Treasure Into Coming Home 傅总今天又在装病骗小祖宗回家 A stunning, chronically ill control freak of an older top × a prickly, pampered young bottom who's desperate to escape (Rating just released, expected to rise) [Male-male leads + sickly top + five-year age gap + both become lovesick later on] After hiding overseas for three years, Jiang Xunqing suddenly realizes one late-night when he's feeling down that he's secretly started thinking of Fu Yuan, the “enemy” he'd once hated with all his heart, as the one he loves. With his heart in turmoil, he 1.1kReads7.0Score10114d adds
- 55 As I Lay Dying 我弥留之际 Dual male leads + older man + happy ending + one-on-one romance + a touch of the supernatural + very short story Then: the lively, outgoing, clingy little ray of sunshine, the bottom (Zhou Yike) × the possessive King of the Underworld, the top (Pei Qi), who hates misunderstandings and insists on settling things as soon as they happen Gentle master and innocent kitten Pei Qi: “Zhou Yike, you don’t even act cute with me anymore.” “I’ve grown up,” Zhou Yike said. “I’m a big cat now.” Pei Qi rea 651Reads—Score10014d adds
- 56 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 6kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 57 The Frail Beauty Is Everyone's Darling 病弱美人是团宠 [Dual Male Leads, Obsessive and Cold-Blooded Tycoon vs. Cunning, Sickly Beauty, 1v1, Extra Sweet, Happy Ending, Same-Sex Marriage Legalized] As the Lin family’s only child, Lin Yu has been doted on by everyone since he was little. But because of certain childhood events, he has always been frail and sickly. Then disaster struck: a car accident left him physically and emotionally drained. After spending some time recovering in the hospital, his cousin persuaded him to join a family reality show 236Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 58 The Peerless Mute Empress 倾世哑后 [The groveling pursuit begins] A stunningly beautiful, soft-spoken mute × a domineering, cruel, violent emperor, a beast worse than an animal * Xie Chaoge was raised as a girl from childhood, dressed in pretty skirts and given beautiful hairstyles. After entering the palace as a consort, Xiao Jin orders him to wear the gorgeous dresses he bestows on him, holding him close as he coaxes him in a low, seductive voice: “Chaochao is the darling of my heart.” But later, Xie Chaoge finally understands 299Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 59 A Bone-Devouring Guardian: The Wolfish Villain Is Forceful and Clingy 噬骨守护，狼系反派强势又粘人 A gorgeous, tragic wolf-like young man guards a wealthy heiress caught up in a cold case with bone-deep devotion. He suffers one wound after another to protect the woman he loves, enduring it all in silence. His broken, fragile side is impossible to miss! Chu Yaoxi picked up a pretty boy. He’s handsome and rakish, with a wild streak, but he’s also an untamed wolf who refuses to be anyone’s kept man, and won’t even let her touch him. What’s she supposed to do? Can this wolf even be tamed? Xiao 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Has the Shadow Guard Learned His Lesson? His Master Has Already Gone Mad 暗卫他知错了吗？主人他已经疯了 For the extra chapters, see the author’s comment in the comments section of the final chapter. Updates are slow. [Devoted bottom / Two male leads / Physical and emotional angst / Average writing / Angst for angst’s sake / Physical abuse warning / Jianghu setting / They can’t communicate / Hard to mend a broken relationship / Both have only ever been with each other] On the day Jiudu was accused of betraying his master, he never imagined he would see Zhong Shangshi again in this life. Every bone 4.2kReads8.5Score47414d adds
- 61 Has Young Master Qin Gone Through His Chasing-His-Husband-Burning-His-Bridge Arc Today? 覃少爷今天也追夫火葬场了吗 [A cold, scheming rich second-generation heir, a wolfish younger man * a charming, refined university math professor] [Younger seme, sickly uke, angst first then sweetness, a groveling chase to win back his love, happy ending] Professor Song is charming and refined, blessed with both looks and talent. He's known as Yun University's campus beauty. Who could have imagined he would one day get tangled up with that little brat, Qin Yu? From then on, he became a free tutor, a cook and housekeeper, a 524Reads7.4Score10814d adds
- 62 After Meeting a Powerful CEO, the Frail Beauty Becomes More and More Adorable 遇到霸总后，病弱美人越来越娇了 Sickly beauty bottom x scheming top who is gentle to only one person Everyone thinks Gu Zhan is an ice sculpture. You don’t even need to get close; one glance is enough to freeze you to death. No one knows that his heart and soul have long belonged to someone else. Twelve years of secret love, carefully planned step by step and woven into a gentle net. When Gu Zhan was abandoned by his family and lost in those helpless days, Cheng Que was the one who made him want to keep living. But one day, he 313Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 63 Mr. Huo, Your Wife Seems to Be at Death’s Door 霍总，夫人好像要不行了 HE Huo Zeyun vs. Lin Yu Lin Yu did one thing wrong, and it haunted him for the rest of his life. He lived without distinction, plagued by illness, yet never dared to say no. Huo Zeyun had seen all the ways life could unfold. He hated Lin Yu for repaying kindness with betrayal, and he hated that he hadn’t been able to stay with Yan Qing. He and Lin Yu were entangled for a lifetime, unable to part or escape. (A different kind of forced love in an unconventional family? Well… maybe there’s no love. 13.2kReads7.4Score63414d adds
- 64 His Freesia 他的Freesia Cold, refined, gentle, and powerful mixed-race top (Jin Ci) X soft-hearted, physically and emotionally frail bottom (Qiao Sheng) (Reunion after years apart / Both virgins / Art / Sweet romance / CEO / Prestigious families / Age gap) “A crack opened in his heart, and a tide surged in. Long-hidden longing, heartache, and vulnerability crumbled inside him, flooding his every limb. Qiao Sheng wanted to press closer, closer still, and sink into that broad chest without a shadow. This was his whole wo 2.3kReads8.9Score32014d adds
- 65 The Frail Second Young Master Is So Appealing, and the Wolf Cub Can't Stop Kissing Him 病弱二爷惹人怜，狼崽子他亲亲亲 An aloof, proud, obsessive, sickly top × a wolf cub who doesn’t realize he’s in love and thinks he has a cold heart (The rating just came out and will rise) [Older man, five years older] + [He chases his husband] + [An adversarial couple] Rumors in the business world had it that the second son of the Si family, Si Qin, was a “sickly man.” His back and legs hurt so badly he couldn’t get around without a cane. His stomach was so weak even a sip of cold water gave him acid reflux. His poor immune s 2.8kReads8.7Score24314d adds
- 66 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 471Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 67 I Fell Ill After Leaving the Conversion Camp 从戒同所出来后，我病了 Content warning: A major red flag. This is an early work by an extremely immature author, written as practice with romance, but the result isn't ideal and doesn't hold up to scrutiny. Please think carefully before reading! [Two Male Leads] [Angst] [Bittersweet] [Happy Ending] [Trauma] [Healing] [Mutual Firsts] [Chasing His Wife] Jiang Qiu saw that person's figure again. For a moment, he even wondered if he'd spent so long in hell that the faint light was finally going to pierce his eyes and leav 1.3kReads—Score12114d adds
- 68 President Pei, Your Wife Is Trying to Kill Himself Again 裴总，夫人他又要自杀 Beneath the polished facade of an illustrious family, Lu Yu’an is a broken soul on the verge of going dark. Severe depression and emotional disorders imprison him in endless darkness, and every outside stimulus drives him to inflict pain on himself in secret. His family sees him as defective, and a marriage arrangement pushes him toward Pei Yanzhi, the business world’s most sought-after and celebrated CEO. To Lu Yu’an, this marriage is an inescapable cage, but also a long-buried hope he doesn’t 192Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 69 Calculating the Day of Return 算归期 The Gu family of Jiangnan, a silk-trading dynasty of three generations, fell overnight. Gu Wantang was the useless young master everyone in the city knew, spending his days amusing himself with birds and listening to stories. His greatest dream was to leave with his sworn elder brother, Xie Yanting, once Xie took over the family business. On the night his father died suddenly, a cup of “poisoned tea” sent Xie Yanting down the doomed road to exile three thousand li away. Gu Wantang crawled out of 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 A Final Act for the Land 一折戏终付山河 The rating was just posted, so it'll go up later~ [Possessive Love + Anguished Romance + Too Late for Regrets + The Aesthetics of a Bad Ending] Shen Le, the famed performer who had taken the capital by storm, caught the eye of the young Emperor Yin Junluo at first sight. The emperor had come to hear him sing while concealing his identity. 192Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 71 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 2.3kReads8.5Score25714d adds
- 72 The Ugly Doctor 丑医 [A Manhua Adaptation Is Coming Soon, Stay Tuned!] [Hopelessly Ugly, Devoted Miracle Doctor Bottom × Incomparably Handsome, Scheming Prince Top] [A Companion Novel to The Mute Slave] His master said that everyone should have a useful skill. So he taught Bai Jingchen the miraculous art of bringing the dead back to life and restoring flesh to bone. Then his master said that a handsome face was the root of all evil. So he made Bai Jingchen take medicinal decoctions every day. Bai Jingchen has dark, 217Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 73 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 929Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 74 After Breaking Up With My Jerk Boyfriend, I Had a Flash Marriage With His Uncle 和渣男分手后，我和他小叔闪婚了 [Two male leads + winning back his lover + the second male lead takes the crown + tragic romance] Cheng Xiaoxiao’s boyfriend married his younger brother. Cheng Xiaoxiao was emo for a few seconds, then turned around and threw himself into the arms of his boyfriend’s uncle. As the saying goes, when you’re young, you don’t appreciate an older man’s charms. He’s got money, looks, and social security. Older men are great, older men are wonderful: they talk little, have plenty of money, and even after 300Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 75 Is Guai Guai Frail and Socially Anxious? Raise Her Right, and She Could Be My Wife 乖乖是病弱社恐？养养能当我老婆 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 139Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 76 Don't You Hate Me? Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Leaving? 不是讨厌我吗？我走了你哭什么 54,000 words for the main story, with 16,000 words of extras. Thank you for reading. [Two male leads + the regretful pursuit of a wife + forced love + bittersweet angst + devoted to each other + happy ending + rating slowly climbing...] [A possessive bottom who becomes very much a domestic spouse later on, and a scumbag top who eventually falls deeply in love but remains shameless] * In college, Jiang Zhi had a secret no one knew: he was in love with his friend Lu Huaibei. He had hoped to stay b 2.4kReads8.4Score22614d adds
- 77 Moon-Lending Teahouse 借月茶馆 Moonlit Teahouse 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 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 2.1kReads8.0Score10414d adds
- 79 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 854Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 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 129.4kReads8.8Score26k14d adds
- 81 After Everyone's Least Favorite Person Collapsed, They Panicked 万人嫌倒下后，他们慌了 A melodramatic, somewhat angsty story with two male leads. It has a happy ending!!!!!!! Jiang Huai’s mother died when he was too young to remember much. His father remarried, his grandmother hated him, and he had no friends or money. He had never known what it meant to be loved. Some children invited him to play, and Jiang Huai went happily. Then an accident broke his leg, leaving him lame for life. Like a blade of grass, he fought to grow between the cracks in the bricks, but not a ray of sunli 6.4kReads8.8Score46214d adds
- 82 After the Washed-Up King of Pop Joined a Parenting Show, He Reconciled with His Ex 过气歌王上娃综后破镜重圆了 [ABO, Two Male Leads + Parenting Variety Show + Rekindled Romance + Mutual Devotion + Both Pure, 1v1 + Older Top + Melodrama] [Heaven’s Favorite Alpha Yan Chi + Gentle Beauty Beta Chu Kai] (ABO setting with many personal additions. Please don’t overthink it.) (Side couple: Resilient, Ruthless Alpha Yan Zuo + Meticulous, Reserved Beta Pretending to Be an Omega, Qiu Yuanming) Yan Chi is a top-tier Alpha. He debuted right after graduating high school and reached the peak of his career at once, winn 197Reads8.4Score12314d adds
- 83 I Became Mrs. Meng During Surgery 手术中成了孟夫人 [Rekindled Love ➕ Childhood Friends Beat Sudden Romance ➕ Frail and Sickly ➕ Equally Matched ➕ Only Ever Loved Each Other ➕ Slight Everyone-Loves-Them Vibes ➕ Happy Ending ➕ A Sweet-and-Sour Romance of “Winning Yourself Over”] He is deaf in his left ear, yet the brightest rising star in Chinese pop music. Ever since his debut, all his fans have known that he has always kept someone he loves deeply in his heart. But no one knows who that person is. He is a leading figure in the new generation 229Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 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 53Reads6.3Score10814d adds
- 85 The CEO Becomes a Lame Little Man, and the Younger Movie Emperor Takes Him Home 总裁沦落小瘸子，年下影帝抱回家 [Two male leads + partly set in the entertainment industry + mutual salvation + happy ending + mild angst] Qin Chuan = company president + elite professional + calm and rational – (a real person with extreme paranoid schizophrenia). Shen Shi = beautiful pursuer + irresistible charmer + younger wolfdog who confesses every day + endless public displays of affection – (an extremely stubborn hardhead). Qin Chuan is the president of a game technology company. Though he’s always been a workaholic, he 705Reads8.5Score12014d adds
- 86 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 2.4kReads6.3Score33214d adds
- 87 After Flirting with His Boss, He Was Forced into Love 招惹顶头上司后，他被强制爱了 [Two male leads + coercive love + confinement + yandere + younger love interest + modern setting + cold-faced cutie + green tea + groveling to win back his lover] “I was wrong, Mr. Ji. Please... let me go...” Song Jinchi curled up in the corner of the bed, his voice faltering, his carefully affected whimper laced with just the right amount of trembling. A crimson tie bound his wrists, leaving a glaring red mark. He had been trapped in this windowless suite for a full day and night. The room was 1.6kReads8.2Score11314d adds
- 88 The Mute Little Darling His Enemy Keeps as a Pet Is So Well-Behaved 被仇家圈养的失语小可怜乖透了 Jiang Yan discovers a mute beauty in the basement of his late father’s house. Years spent in a place without sunlight have damaged the beauty’s eyesight. He can’t speak, and even walking is difficult for him. Jiang Yan takes pity on him and saves him, only to discover that he is the mistress who broke up his family years ago. So Jiang Yan changes his mind. He keeps the beauty by his side, using every means at his disposal to torment and exact revenge on him. - In the seventh year of Shen Cishu’s 326Reads6.2Score3414d adds
- 89 My Best Friend Had Me Committed to a Conversion Therapy Center 我最好的兄弟把我进了戒同所 [This story is entirely fictional and set in an imagined world. The countries, cities, institutions, and people in the story have no connection to reality and are not intended to allude to anything. It contains no harmful guidance. Please do not take the story as a reflection on the author personally.] [Two male leads + conversion therapy facility + tragic romance + redemption + merciless revenge + two endings] We grew up together. He would stand up for me and protect me, and somewhere along the 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Ex-Wife Chase: Too Late, I’m Almost Dead 追妻火葬场？晚了，我快死了 Groveling to Win Back My “Wife”? Too Late, I’m About to Die 779Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Reborn, the CEO Spoils His Canary 重生后总裁他被金丝雀娇养了 [Younger, stunning black-lotus actor seme × aloof, proud, sickly CEO uke] [Frailty, both reborn, angst before sweetness, a wife-chasing crematorium] Su Yanzheng confidently made a bet with the young man who despised him. “Give me four years, and I’ll make you fall in love with me!” “If I fail, I’ll give you back the company your parents founded.” He threw money, people, and his heart into turning the poor boy into a top-tier star. In the end, not only did he fail to win even the slightest affect 426Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 92 After Turning My Younger Brother into a Cultivation Furnace, He Went Mad 将弟弟变成炉鼎后，他疯了 [Two Male Leads, One-on-One, Sweet Romance with a Little Angst, Avoid if That's Not Your Thing] Yin Jin ascended to immortality. But he could never forget the furnace cauldron he'd had during his mortal cultivation days. That cauldron had been smashed to pieces, without a single scrap left. After decades of twists and turns, he finally met the aloof Immortal Venerable Juhua. Yin Jin: “Immortal Venerable, do you need an immortal attendant?” Immortal Venerable Juhua: “Get lost.” Yin Jin: “Immortal 110Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 93 Your Highness, Crown Prince, Stop Hitting Me. Han Zhi Doesn’t Want to Love Anymore 太子殿下别打了，寒止不想爱了 Torture the shou! Torture the shou! Torture the shou! Shou fans, don’t read! [Two male leads + physical abuse + emotional abuse + both virgins + happy ending + the shou fakes his death] [Just started getting ratings] A foolish-dog beauty with a sadistic streak gong x a cool, resilient, lowly shou To save her younger sister, Han Zhi is given by his mother to Chang Yuan, the Crown Prince of Hanxu and son of the Water God. At first, because of Han Zhi’s parents, Chi Changyuan bullies him without re 4.8kReads8.2Score40014d adds
- 94 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 2.6kReads8.7Score10714d adds
- 95 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 357Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 96 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 13.4kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 97 The Poison Doctor's Puppy 毒医的小奶狗 A cold, quiet, doting seme × a poison-treating, older ge'er uke; a pretty, soft, sweet little puppy seme Yan Qing had thought he would never get married. Then heaven sent him someone obedient and adorable, all soft and sweet, who wormed his way right into Yan Qing's heart. What else can Yan Qing do but spoil him? ╮(‵▽′)╭! Su Bugui is adorably sweet and only 170 centimeters tall, a whole head shorter than Yan Qing. That means he can't fulfill his wish of always protecting Yan Qing, much to his di 816Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 98 I'm Already a God, Why Be Your Brain-Dead Fan? 我已是神明何必做你的脑残粉 Original title: I'm Already a God, Why Be Your Brain-Dead Fan? (Complete, enjoy without worry) This is an angst-filled story! Don't be fooled by the title! Kind, sincere, and beautiful sickly angel bottom x emotionally oblivious domineering CEO top Two male leads, each other's first love, equally matched, devoted to each other, one-on-one romance. Two dreams in one life, one pair destined for each other. [Physical and emotional suffering + a mountain of personal worldbuilding + nothing beats bei 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 After Successfully Quitting Homosexuality, My Ex Went Crazy 戒同成功后，前任急疯了 Fu Liangsheng bet his buddies that even if Zhou Chuxi were sent to a conversion camp, he would still be hopelessly devoted to him. But when Zhou Chuxi came out, he discovered that he was straight. That sent Fu Liangsheng into a panic. 11.9kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 100 After We Made Up, My Ex-Boyfriend’s Personality Changed Completely 破镜重圆后，前男友他性情大变 [Two male leads + reunited after years apart + rekindled romance + each other’s first love] Long-haired beauty, troubled bottom VS devoted, awkward, troubled top Guan Jiu left Qin Zaizhou with three marks in all. The first time, he took the initiative, hooking Qin Zaizhou’s neck like a hunter. “Dare you?” Qin Zaizhou did exactly as he wished. On the eve of their second separation, Guan Jiu nestled against Qin Zaizhou’s neck and gazed at the bead of blood at the corner of his mouth. The sweet-an 586Reads8.7Score10414d adds
