Novels like You Said You Wanted Me Dead, but Now You’re Upset That I’m Really Dead
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- 51 The General Is Breathtakingly Beautiful 将军他倾国倾城 [Two Powerful Leads + Enemy-Nation General vs. Imperial Grandson + Man Disguised as a Woman] Tan Jidao, a great general of the Jing Kingdom, disguises himself as a woman and infiltrates the Cangyou Kingdom. There, the irreverent, roguish imperial grandson Xiao An falls in love with him at first sight. Tan Jidao thinks Xiao An is so lovestruck because he doesn't know he's a man in disguise. Little does he know that Xiao An has already seen through his identity, and that is precisely why he loves 128Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 52 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 2.5kReads8.7Score—14d adds
- 53 Shadow Guard, Kneel and Beg Your Master to Spare You 影卫乖乖跪下，求主子放过 [Dual male leads + prince as the pursuer + shadow guard as the pursued + plenty of physical angst, little emotional angst + mutual devotion + series] Every story has a happy ending!!! Golden Arches vibes: plenty of physical angst, little emotional angst, prince vs. shadow guard Volume One: Powerful, high-ranking pursuer vs. loyal, stoic pursued Volume Two: Cool, arrogant pursuer vs. sunny, vivacious pursued Volume Three: Unhinged, brooding pursuer vs. clueless-about-romance pursued Volume Four: 2.4kReads8.6Score19814d adds
- 54 Warhorse at the Frontier 戎马关山 [Two Male Leads + Historical Romance + Two Equally Matched Leads + Political Intrigue + Intelligent Characters + Devoted Love] In the final years of the Great Jin Dynasty, warlords across the realm built up their own armies, and conflict spread everywhere, leaving ordinary people homeless and displaced. Xu Fengming was born into a family of merchants and carried the hopes of generations of his family with him when he successfully enrolled at the greatest academy in the land. He wanted nothing mo 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 I Owe You an Apology 欠君句抱歉 [Two male leads + one-on-one true love + heart-wrenching + mutual devotion + tragic ending] (Sorry, I used the wrong tags!) A Nian, two years ago, I promised to give you a sea of flowers. I opened a flower shop. When will you come by... It was my fault. I lost you. The call had lasted a full minute. Mu Chixing stared at it for a long time, as if making sure it was real. Then, with fingertips trembling slightly, he pressed answer. His voice was almost too hoarse to make a sound as he spoke: “ 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Quick Transmigration: I’m the Protagonist in Torture Novels 快穿：我在虐文里当主角 [Two male leads] [Angsty story, angsty story. If you cry easily, proceed with caution!] In every world, I was always one step ahead of you. Have you ever regretted not truly trusting me, just once? 341Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 57 The Crane in the Cage: Torture in the Name of Love 笼中鹤：以爱为名的凌迟 [A tragic romance + a chase to win back his wife + love that imprisons and destroys] A deranged tycoon keeps a crane captive; a cool, aloof singer’s wings are clipped. To pay for his grandfather’s surgery, Shen He enters Longchao and becomes the club’s top star, cherished by its owner, Jin Yu. That is, until one night, when Xie Zhi singles him out: “Three months. Be with me.” From then on, snow falls around them, and the crane is trapped in a cage. Xie Zhi only wants to keep him as his own priva 113Reads—Score714d adds
- 58 The Prince Becomes a Slave, and the Regent Goes Too Far 皇子为奴，摄政王他欺人太甚 [Male/male romance + ancient political intrigue + physical and emotional angst + equally matched leads] Cold, ruthless, and suspicious Regent, devoted in love x a patient, seemingly obedient prince with ambitions Xiao Chengjing treated Chi Yan'an, the young prince sent to him as a slave, like a plaything and ground him into the dirt. He watched him crawl meekly and hold his tongue, yet failed to see the ambition and cunning beneath those clear eyes. As a spy, he had to tread carefully. One wron 1.7kReads6.5Score14314d adds
- 59 Prisoner Slave: Your Highness, Please Go Easy on the Punishment 囚奴：求殿下轻点罚 (Just rated, no negative reviews so far) [Physical Abuse + Emotional Abuse + Every Kind of Suffering + Two Male Leads + Both Pure + Two Powerful Leads + Happy Ending] There will be sweet moments, but there's more suffering. Their statuses are worlds apart, and the bottom is very lowly. [Suspicious, Sadistic, and Ruthless Top × Unhinged, Scheming, and Humble Bottom] The empress sends the spy A Yan (the bottom) to the residence of the third prince, Xiao Jue. Suspicious by nature, Xiao Jue (the t 2.2kReads8.8Score21014d adds
- 60 Locked in Love, Broken by Sorrow 锁爱成殇 He was his master’s loyal shadow, a blade that could be discarded at any moment. Cheng Mu, Shen Yi’s personal bodyguard, was exceptionally skilled, reserved, and taciturn. He had no name, no family, and no regrets. He had only one conviction: protect his master, even if it cost him his life. Shen Yi was a noble young master, high above the rest, handsome and cold, with everything under his control. He had countless favored companions at his beck and call, yet he always treated Cheng Mu as if he 1.2kReads8.7Score—14d adds
- 61 The Eastern Palace's Inkstone 东宫砚 [Male/male romance + transmigration + political intrigue] Lin Yan, a modern historian, accidentally transmigrates into the body of Lin Yan, an ancient convict-slave, and is sent to the Eastern Palace as its lowest-ranking page. With the stern, austere Crown Prince Su Chen caught in a whirlpool of political intrigue, Lin Yan has to tread carefully. Using his modern knowledge and historical insight, Lin Yan distinguishes himself through one crisis after another, rising from the dust to become the 487Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 62 The Spoiled Heir Was Forced to Become a Concubine! 纨绔世子被逼当妾后！ The Spoiled Young Lord Is Forced to Become a Concubine! 541Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Mr. Grim Reaper, Is It My Turn Today? 死神先生，今天轮到我了吗？ Mr. Reaper, is it my turn today? 96Reads—Score214d adds
- 64 Fake Smile Diary 假笑日记 I'm Xu Yiwen. Just as I was about to enter the world, I met Chang Jiayou. He took me in, though he said that wasn't what he was doing. I have no family, and he said he could be my family. So he loved me in the name of family. But love can't be hidden. I discovered that his feelings for me were more than ordinary. Countless times, he wanted to come closer, but in the end he never did. So I decided to confess. I wanted to be his lover. I don't understand what kind of feeling this is. I only know i 30Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 65 After Faking Their Deaths in Every World, the Male Leads Went Mad 每个世界死遁后，男主都疯了 (It was just rated, so the score is low) [Two male leads + a little sweetness and angst + the shou fakes his death and leaves; the smaller worlds have bad endings, but the overall ending is happy] Shi Yan died and accidentally became bound to a System. To stay alive, he had no choice but to complete one mission after another. 1. Blind CEO vs. real young master Shi Yan used his influence to force the CEO into marriage. The CEO despised him: “You’re only relying on your family background. You’ll n 375Reads6.3Score10314d adds
- 66 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 12.3kReads7.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 67 Married Off to the Enemy General 代嫁敌将 “Turning a general with such overwhelming pride into one of my people would be a pleasure in itself. It would be the greatest humiliation I could inflict on you…” Su Qinghan, a great general, is forced to take his country's princess's place in a political marriage and become the enemy kingdom's crown prince consort, enduring one humiliation after another. The crown prince initially treats Su Qinghan as nothing more than a play 743Reads8.4Score10614d adds
- 68 Where the Clouds Rest, I’ve Forgotten Those Days 云栖处，不记当年 A cunning, sunny, two-faced straight man. The Black Armor Army’s handsome commander Xiao Tianyi is blind, mute, and unable to walk in the early stages. Later, he becomes Song Lingyi. ✘ Obsessive, cold, sinister, and aloof. Xiao Ziyu in the early stages, later Gongsun Yu. (They are not related by blood.) Xiao Tianyi, the brilliant commander of the Northern Kingdom’s Black Armor Army, was returning home after fighting a war against the Southern Kingdom when he was ambushed. His fate was unknown, a 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Emperor's Regent Boyfriend 皇帝的摄政男友 Seven years ago, he was the regent, and he was the crown prince. Seven years later, he was a powerful minister, and he was the new emperor. He said, "I want to rule in my own right. This is where we part." But the other man pinned him against the imperial throne, laughing in a husky voice: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten who taught you all this?" 2.2kReads7.0Score16714d adds
- 70 The Runaway Mermaid of the Capital's Princeling 京圈太子爷的落跑人鱼 The Runaway Mermaid of the Capital's Elite Circle 197Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 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
- 72 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
- 73 The Deposed Prince Takes the Throne 废子临朝 Male-male romance. [Cunning, bewitching fox bottom x ferocious Tibetan Mastiff top] After his father and brothers are brutally killed and the nation faces disaster, Jing Yu, burdened with a blood feud, discovers that unlike him, the exceptionally talented Qing Hezhu was deliberately raised as a good-for-nothing under the late emperor's scheme. Jing Yu, whose family had someone in power, had chosen to live as a pleasure-loving playboy because of his frail health. Qing Hezhu, however, had no such 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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
- 75 After We Broke Up, My Psychotic CEO Locked Me by His Side and Spoiled Me 分手后，疯批总裁把我锁在身边宠 After the breakup, my obsessive CEO kept me by his side and spoiled me rotten. 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Frail Beauty Is Actually a Brutal, Bloodthirsty Regent 病弱美人竟是残暴嗜血的摄政王 It took Xiahou Xi ten years to go from a fallen prince to a regent with power over all under heaven. It took only one month to go from regent to a gravely ill, amnesiac loner with nothing left. His heart turned to ashes. All he wanted was to be a couch potato, living off what he had until he died. But nobody would agree. They all came looking for him, each more enthusiastic than the last. The young and handsome Prince of Zhennan said, “Ziyuan, don’t be afraid. I’ll protect you. Let’s see who dar 2.5kReads8.9Score31714d adds
- 77 After Landing a Zombie King, This Little Troublemaker Gets Even Worse!! 小作精摊上丧尸王后更加作了！！ The Little Brat Gets Even More Mischievous After Hooking Up with the Zombie King!! 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 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
- 79 The Tormented Beta 受尽折磨的beta Synopsis: Forced love, ex-wife-chasing crematorium warning ⚠️ Qin Chiye, alpha gong × Fang Xiaodou, beta shou Fang Xiaodou grew up with only his grandmother, and they were very close. To save her life, he sold himself to Qin Chiye, a devil of a man. He takes pleasure in watching Fang Xiaodou suffer and struggle, using mental control to dictate his every move and gradually reduce him to a possession. Any sign of resistance is violently suppressed and punished with particular cruelty. Driven to se 2.4kReads6.9Score14314d adds
- 80 The General’s Husband Backs Him Up Every Day 将军家的内君每天都在给他撑腰 [Household Intrigue + Mutual Devotion + Older Partner + Smart, Satisfying Romance] If you object to a male consort in the inner household, please don't click. I don't want to explain. Straight-laced general gong × charming and resourceful noble-born shou Today, Pei Yuening did something big: he took half a tiger tally to summon reinforcements and put down a palace coup. When the rewards were handed out, everyone else asked for power, but he asked for a person. “Your Majesty, could you grant me t 1.4kReads8.8Score19514d adds
- 81 Stop Pretending, I Know You Want to Rebel! 别装了，朕知道你想造反！ [Dual Male Leads + Two Powerful Leads + Love Grows Over Time + Beautiful, Strong, Tragic, Hopeless Romantic × Cool, Compassionate Emperor + Emotional Push and Pull] After Pei Hengyu was reborn, he died again! And this time, he died alongside his nemesis! Pei Hengyu was reborn again! Now he has to take his nemesis in and keep him well fed and comfortable. While Pei Hengyu does his utmost to demonstrate how to be a wise ruler, Yuwen Jun’an, whom he keeps by his side, is secretly demonstrating how 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Your Highness, Your Beloved White Moonlight Is Both Badass and Wild 殿下，你的白月光又A又野 Two male leads, both each other's first and only love. A libertine prince versus a cool and aloof Hanlin Academy scholar. [Flirtatious prince seme + cool scholar uke + winning back his love + comeback + role reversal] “Your Highness, there's a beauty…” “Kidnap them.” “The scholar is even prettier!” “Kidnap him too!” Nangong Jin, the notorious playboy Third Prince famed throughout the capital, unexpectedly abducts a stunningly beautiful, cool-headed scholar and keeps him imprisoned in his manor. 318Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 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. 929Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Two Emperors: Willingly Submitting 双帝：甘愿臣服 This place is barren. Please leave. Thank you. This place is barren. Please leave. Thank you. This place is barren. Please leave. Thank you. 174Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 85 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
- 86 My Boyfriend Is the Ultimate Boss of a Horror Game!! 我的男友是诡异游戏的终极boss！！ My Boyfriend Is the Final Boss of a Horror Game!! 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Reborn: The Frail Husband of a Cold and Ruthless Tyrant 重生：冷厉暴君的病弱男后 A stern, ruthless tyrant who prays to Buddha with a blade in hand x a male consort who looks beautiful when he cries (Li Mushou x Cheng You) Cheng You drinks the wine offered by the young marquis and enters the palace as a matter of course, where he is made Lord Cheng. He is both nervous and pleased, acting like the petty schemer he is. Later, the cold emperor touches his beautiful, sweat-damp face, a faint smile appearing in his eyes. In the twenty-second year of Qinghe, his father and brothers 2.7kReads7.9Score20414d adds
- 88 Zhou Jingchuan, You're Too Late 周敬川，你来迟了 [Two male leads + terminal illness + chasing your husband back + angsty romance] The thing Pei You regretted most in his life was following someone into an alley that night. He lost the prayer beads his older brother had given him, saved a girl, and then caught the attention of her brother, Zhou Jingchuan. Zhou Jingchuan was gentle and considerate, maneuvering closer one step at a time. Pei You thought it was love, until he saw the prayer beads bearing his own name fall from Zhou Jingchuan. 6.9kReads8.3Score58914d adds
- 89 Love Came Too Late and Too Strong, but I Can Never Have It Again 迟来的爱太深重，可惜再也要不了 (Two male leads + angsty story + heartbreaking + urban) How could you fall in love with me? “I tried to hold myself back.” (It wasn't that I fell in love with you. You were the one who put an end to my reason.) When I realized you loved me, it was already too late. I could no longer accept it. The person you love most is right beside you, yet you can't feel his love for you. What you thought was devotion is actually separated by an intangible, impassable chasm. 578Reads—Score10114d adds
- 90 A Twisted, Tormenting Love 变态虐恋 A twisted, sadistic top × a gentle, kind-hearted bottom [Two male leads + twisted and sadistic + groveling redemption + HE] Angst! Lots of angst! Read with caution! (The author has a very sound moral compass, so you can rest assured.) Because of his family circumstances, Shao Wenyu's personality grows more and more twisted. He hates anything he can't control. Yet he can reserve all his tenderness for the one person he loves, his white moonlight. But he never expected that one day he would be re 4.3kReads8.2Score26214d adds
- 91 A Life Offered in Sacrifice 以身唯祭 Severe physical torment | Severe heartbreak | Possessive love | Happy ending | A love born of hatred | He’ll regret losing him | One-on-one | True love | Love rekindled after heartbreak | Political scheming and misunderstandings | Both leads are each other’s first Only then did Xiao Jingyan finally understand: he had taught Jing Heng the art of war, but Jing Heng had learned how to offer himself as a sacrifice for love. Xiao Jingyan had once believed that Jing Heng’s betrayal was the greatest sh 7.5kReads8.5Score72114d adds
- 92 The Emperor’s Marriage: To Rule the World for You 帝王嫁：为君临天下 [Two male leads] There was a beauty in the imperial palace, born delicate and precious. Everyone said he wouldn’t live to see ten more springs. For peace among the four kingdoms and stability throughout the realm, the ministers all urged the emperor to act. “Your Majesty, the Imperial Lord has been ill for many years. For the sake of peace throughout the realm, we hope Your Majesty will not…” Before he could finish, someone hurried in from outside the hall. “Grand Tutor, the latrine at the resid 5.3kReads9.2Score56814d adds
- 93 Thirteenth Floor 十叁楼 [Two male leads + equally matched leads + salvation + human nature + sweet and angsty romance + one-on-one + both virgins] [Three years ago, the Special Investigation Bureau paid in blood to destroy the assassin organization Thirteenth Floor. Three years later, the Grim Reaper has returned to the world] Wei Nanxiao, captain of the Special Investigation Bureau's First Squad, was as sharp and cold as a blade, haunted by the deaths of his comrades. The mysterious young man Mo Zhiqiu was neither who 29Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 94 Your Highness, Keep Being Stubborn and You’ll End Up Without a Wife 王爷，你再嘴硬就没有媳妇了 Just started getting ratings Warning: Lots of physical abuse. Don’t read if that’s not for you! A little angst 1v1 Both pure HE Tsundere prince top × lowly shadow guard bottom After Xiao Beichen was drugged one day, a shadow guard climbed into his bed. He was furious, but then he was told that the head of the shadow guards couldn’t be executed unless he betrayed his master. Seriously? He climbed into his master’s bed, and he still can’t be executed? Xiao Beichen wanted to argue with someone, but 6.3kReads8.3Score82314d adds
- 95 After Being Reborn, My Little Shadow Guard Wants to Quit 重生后，小暗卫想离职了 Meng Qi transmigrates to an alternate era and becomes the crown prince's secret guard. Gradually, he falls in love with his master, and in the end, he loses his life saving the man he loves. Reborn, Meng Qi decides to live for himself. He's spent both his lives working for others, and he's exhausted. But this time around, the crown prince seems a little different. Dual male leads, HE, mildly angsty 1.1kReads6.2Score10214d adds
- 96 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
- 97 How Could He Ever Escape When He’s This Well-Behaved? 他乖成这样怎么逃得掉 [Mad, Possessive Powerhouse × Beautiful, Strong but Tragic, Broken Beauty | Intensely Angsty Romance · The Groveling Ex’s Redemption Arc Ahead] He crushed his legs bone by bone with his own hands, yet when he learned that Han Bei had jumped off a cliff, he brought the whole city of Haicheng to its knees. Everyone in Haicheng knew Zuo Hang was a rabid dog. To avenge his younger brother’s brutal death, he dragged Han Bei, once the golden boy admired by all, down to hell and locked him in a dark c 7.5kReads8.7Score85614d adds
- 98 Reborn: I'm No Spoiled Rich Kid 重生之我不是纨绔 [Two powerful leads + Both pure + Both reborn + Mutual devotion + Unrequited love becomes requited + Long-laid plans + Play the pig to eat the tiger + Political intrigue + Happy Ending] Proud, flirtatious beauty of a cat-like bottom × Jealous, lovesick, loyal-dog top Older, fatherly top, seven years older than the bottom. After Zhong Xinian died, Xiao Chengqian lost all hope. He lived out his days alone, then unexpectedly was reborn and immediately set out to win his beloved back. At their first 474Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 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
- 100 Huihu 晦昒 [On the outside: ruthless, scheming, beautiful and tragic, but inwardly fragile and sensitive, a husband-tormenting menace] X [A decisive and carefree prince in public, but a lovesick, doting puppy in private] (Powerful leads / love and hate / a touch of dominance and submission / angst / ensemble cast) P.S. These character traits only apply when they're dressed to the nines... The two of them get pretty kinky... Yuan Hui: “Your Highness only has to seize the throne. I, your humble servant, have 13Reads—Score114d adds
