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- 101 The Diary of the Man Who Belongs to Him 属于他的先生日记 (This is a story about the secondary couple. The main couple’s story, Pretending to Be a Couple, Becoming True Love, has a bonus ending where everyone gets a happy ending.) Mo Lie x Bai Ren [Two male leads + unrequited love + tragic ending + angst] Mo Jia x Mu Qingzhou To Mo Jia, falling for someone was a wonderful thing. But... The person he loved was a man. A man he was not allowed to love. If unrequited love was bitter, then for Mo Jia, it was something very, very sweet. What was the meaning 241Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 102 Piercing Through Time: The Old Era, Stealing Fire, No Return 刺穿异时光：旧纪元，盗火，无归 Earth is dead. From the Solar System to Laniakea, this corner of the universe has finally found peace. Lin Qi’s legendary life begins in its final ten chapters. Only then will his little universe erupt. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Academy's Cannon Fodder Is Surprisingly Dazzling 学院炮灰竟如此耀眼 [No CP] [Lighthearted Comedy] [System] [Love Rival Showdowns] [Beloved by Everyone Later On] [More Slice of Life] They're all drawn to Su Mo's charm. Su Mo accidentally got himself angered to death and transmigrated into a melodramatic novel, becoming a nobody at an elite school. He also got bound to a straight-A System that let him score perfect marks without studying. His only task was to graduate successfully, so Su Mo was full of confidence. But from the start, a hot-tempered young master ha 1.4kReads—Score20814d adds
- 104 EN The True Heir's Thoughts Were Overheard, and the Original Plot Fell Apart 真少爷心声被偷听，原剧情崩塌了 A short drama adaptation of this novel is titled Who Can Hear My Thoughts? Lu Chi is a minor celebrity who has finally landed a chance to appear on a dating show and meet his goddess face-to-face. But on the way to the TV station, he gets so excited that he dies. When he wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated into a novel titled The Fake Young Master Is Reborn and Goes on a Killing Spree. The good news: he's the real young master, the first heir to a wealthy family's fortune, and desti 1.9kReads6.8Score10514d adds
- 105 After Divorcing the Female CEO, I Wound Up in the Arms of a Stunning Doctor 和女总裁离婚后，误入绝色女医怀 [Complete. The animated adaptation is out. Click the author's profile for the new novel.] Original title: Divorced in the Late Stages of Cancer, Then Everyone Started Loving Me [Everyday life + slow burn + one heroine + no System or golden finger + no turning back + occasional madness] In their four years of marriage, Song Yilang thought he was lucky to have a beautiful wife and a happy family. So he worked himself to the bone, hoping to stand side by side with Lin Su. But when he got cancer and 8.1kReads9.1Score39614d adds
- 106 Matriarchy: On the Day of My Divorce, I Bound Myself to the Heartbreak System 女尊：离婚当日，我绑定虐心系统 [Male-Oriented Novel + Masochist + Sadist + Painful Romance + Concubine-Taking Chronicle] What does it mean to have the worst possible start? He transmigrates into the body of a short, ugly, poor, sickly young man and, from the start, his wife divorces him and demands a separation. To top it off, this is a matriarchal world where women are strong and men are weak! Fortunately, the transmigrator’s perks may be late, but they do arrive. Jiang Yu binds himself to the [Being-Tortured System], and so 382Reads—Score714d adds
- 107 After I Died, the Empress Turned Gray Overnight 我死后，女帝一夜白头 [Male-oriented + traditional fantasy + a heart sealed in stone, never looking back] Jiang Huai loved Ye Hongyu for sixteen years, but she regarded him as a cultivation vessel. When her sacred body matured, Ye Hongyu, who cared only about cultivation, personally cut the Divine Bone from him, leaving him to die a miserable death in the mountains. When Ye Hongyu saw Jiang Huai's skeleton, she went mad. When he awoke again, Jiang Huai had become the useless live-in son-in-law of a princess of the Gr 2.2kReads5.4Score13914d adds
- 108 After My Cancer Diagnosis, I Cut Ties with You. Why Are You Crying? 癌症后，我断绝关系你们哭啥？ [Male-Oriented] [Cancer + Rebirth + One Wealthy Heroine with Strong Possessiveness + Regret and Redemption + Entrepreneurship] Switched at birth, the impostor stole eighteen years of his life! After going through hell to find his way home, he thought things would finally get better. But his parents thought he was inferior to the fake son! His sisters despised and misunderstood him, his parents favored the impostor, and the fake son strutted around like he owned the place. Reborn, he looks at the 425Reads6.5Score10114d adds
- 109 I Save Her, but She Won’t Save Me: From the Start, I Fell into Demonic Cultivation 渡我不渡她，开局入魔 (It begins with “I Cross Over, But I Won’t Save Her.” No transmigration, no System. A tragic soul, a cruel fate.) Mountains upon mountains, autumn chill upon the waters, blue waves and sky reflected in the heart. Thought upon thought, words left unspoken, the waning moon lingers in my heart. To think or not to think, eyes closed, a bitter shadow circles through my dreams. Step after step along a lonely, cold road, I never look back at beauty and splendor. Longing to meet again, a hundred so 547Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 110 Reunion: A Dream Ten Years in the Making 相见欢之十年一梦 In this life, we will all face heartbreak, regret, and waiting. But there will always be someone who crosses a sea of people, carrying a heart full of tenderness, to love you. I want to write about all the deep love and redemption in this world, hoping that within these stories, you will find your own light. The book Meet Again tells the story of Zhang Yifan as he enters the working world, starting with a street stall, moving on to a fast-food restaurant, and eventually joining a real estate co 7Reads—Score314d adds
- 111 Hello, Mr. Doraemon 你好，哆啦A梦先生 I had only wanted to live an easy, carefree life as an ordinary person. But when my childhood sweetheart and first CEO girlfriend married someone else for the sake of profit, and my beautiful second girlfriend, a painter, sacrificed herself for power, I realized I couldn't keep being a pushover. I had to fight back! When I finally stood at the top of the pyramid, I gave life a resounding shout... 1.8kReads8.7Score19714d adds
- 112 The Divine Mage of Another World 异世法神 The protagonist's soul transmigrates into a world of magic and battle qi, only to find himself possessing a corpse that has been dead for three days… Many people know that the body is dead, so someone immediately informs on him… News that the dead body of the Farah family's genius young master has come back to life quickly spreads across the world… The protagonist, possessing this corpse, must keep the truth hidden. Otherwise, his family, his country, and the Church will all burn him alive as a 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 A Tragic Death in His Past Life: The Villainous Male Side Character Is Reborn and Learns His Lesson 前世惨死，恶毒男配重生学乖了 Huo Jinya met a gruesome end in his previous life, and he had it coming. He was playing the part of the innocent, sweet-talking schemer and nearly destroyed Feng Fuming's family. In the end, karma caught up with him: he was sent to prison, died by the roadside, and no one even claimed his body... Reborn, he knows he was wrong. After being hurt so badly, he doesn't dare to love again. Even when a scumbag cherishes him as if he might break, he can't bring himself to accept it. He's developed serio 3.1kReads8.3Score25814d adds
- 114 After Prison, I Made My Girlfriend Pay for Framing Me 出狱后，我让害我入狱的女友付出代价 After getting out of prison, I made the girlfriend who had me sent there pay the price 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 My Girl from Zhaoqing 我的肇庆姑娘 [Childhood Sweethearts]+ [Older Sister]+ [Girlfriend Appears Out of Nowhere] Most people think Shanghai is an oppressive city because they walk along the Bund or down Nanjing West Road, crowded with foreigners, and see all the glittering bustle around them, yet feel they have no part in it. This is the story of a drifting man who escapes Shanghai and eventually finds his happy ending. 498Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 I'll Wait for You at the End of the World 在世间的尽头等你 (Urban legends + xianxia romance + traditional culture + past and present lives + reborn + tragic love between human and ghost) You lie beneath the spring, your bones turned to dust. I remain in the human world, my hair white with snow! Death is not the end. Being forgotten is! If, when I leave this world, a long-missed loved one or beloved comes to receive me, I would gladly and peacefully depart with a smile. If such a miracle truly happened, then death would not be a sorrow to me, but a reuni 31Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 117 My Wife Doesn’t Love Me After All 我的老婆居然不爱我 Fang Yuan discovers that his wife has a lover on the side. If you don’t love someone, don’t hurt them, so Fang Yuan decisively divorces Xu Ya. Xu Ya soon announces that she’s marrying the man and invites Fang Yuan and their child to the wedding... Xu Ya’s lover keeps pushing Fang Yuan’s limits, until at last he can’t take it anymore. 1.7kReads6.2Score10014d adds
- 118 My Nanjing Years 我的南京往事 [Older Woman]+ [Rich Heiress]+ [Returnee CEO] What is love? Perhaps it is a past one cannot revisit, or perhaps it is the confusion of struggling and wavering only to end up with nothing. It is not here, and nowhere can it be found. 463Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 119 How Many Years Has the Moon Shone on My Heart? 明月何年照我心 (Not a feel-good story. This is angsty. If you want a feel-good story, you may want to skip this one. The low ratings have been getting me down.) Yan Mingchuan said, “Anran, I love you.” Anran was unimpressed, and utterly repulsed by him. The man before her was the nightmare of her life. Later, Anran stood before him, timidly gazing at his face with greedy longing. But he said, “Anran, there can never be anything between us.” Later still. The moon shone especially brightly that day. Yan Mingchua 2.5kReads7.1Score10014d adds
- 120 Is It Really So Wrong for a Terminally Ill Patient Like Me to Slay a God? 我一个绝症患者屠个神很过分吗？ “I really am terminally ill with heart disease!” A global fog descends. The great powers fight for supremacy, and humanity is surrounded by wolves and tigers on all sides. Lin Xiao has terminal heart disease and isn't fit to shed blood defending the borders, so he plans to spend what little time he has left traveling around the country. Then he awakens an ability that makes him stronger whenever his heart condition flares up! To stay alive, Lin Xiao deliberately pushes himself until his heart ac 140Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 121 My Fiancée Planned to Marry Her Male Best Friend. After I Left, She Panicked 未婚妻要跟男闺蜜办婚礼，我走后，她却慌了 My Fiancée Is Marrying Her Male Best Friend. But After I Leave, She Panics 1.4kReads—Score914d adds
- 122 Matriarchy: The Enemy General’s Canary 女尊：敌城将军的金丝雀 [Read with caution: angst; strong female lead, weak male lead] They say the Crown Prince Rong of Nanzhao is peerlessly beautiful, a beauty who could topple kingdoms. Yuanzhou is a barbarous land where the people defy the natural order and exalt women. One day, its army invaded, Nanzhao fell, and the Crown Prince became the female general's caged bird. “My little nightingale, your stubbornness is breaking the hearts of Nanzhao's people.” 100Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 123 I Earn Merit by Reporting Cultivation Powerhouses 我靠举报修仙大佬攒功德 The Heavenly Dao has undergone a transformation, and a cultivation civilization has invaded reality. While everyone else begs powerful cultivators to take them as disciples, Lin Mo obtains a strange System: reporting cultivators who violate the rules earns him merit points. The senior showing off on the athletic field, the hunting group stealing people’s spiritual energy, and the underground forces offering a bounty for his assassination are all just experience packs for him. Until one day, the 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Cycle of Killing Intent 杀意轮回 “Loli heroine, redemption angst, multiple reincarnation dreams, multiple endings, fragments of memory, and a hunt for the culprit” A helpless girl is cast into the depths of despair again and again. When someone reaches out to help her, is it salvation, or another form of torment? As fragments of her memories are unlocked through her dreams, the unexpected truth gradually comes together. What does the future hold for this girl? Even if I fail countless times, I’ll find the one way to keep you al 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Take It, But Never Let It Go 可夺不可舍 “Yay!” At Ye Xiaowan’s cheer, Zou Chu was enveloped in a tight hug as his little sister rushed into his arms. He felt a deep sense of relief, though a faint confusion still lingered in his heart. After all, Zou Chu didn’t belong here. He was just a lowlife who had taken over someone’s body and infiltrated the Ye family, enjoying a wonderful life he had stolen. But now that he had a good life, he ought to cherish it. There were more important things to take care of for his family right now. As fo 632Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 My Ex-Girlfriends Beg for Forgiveness After My Diary Exposes What a Jerk I Was 渣男日记被曝光，前女友哭求原谅 Lin Luoxue, the only queen of the entertainment industry in Daxia! In four years since her debut, she released ninety-nine songs, and all ninety-nine became massive hits. Her many musical styles were even praised for having advanced Daxia’s music scene by nearly a century! But at the launch of her hundredth new song, Lin Luoxue suddenly changed the subject and revealed that she once had a scumbag ex-boyfriend who made her life a living hell! He was a vile man who cheated her out of money, used h 665Reads8.4Score10214d adds
- 127 After I Divorced Her, My Ex-Wife Went Crazy with Regret 跟我离婚后，前妻后悔疯了 After Divorcing Me, My Ex-Wife Went Crazy with Regret 549Reads—Score214d adds
- 128 I Transmigrated into a Book as the Villain, Then Turned the Sickly Female Lead into My Own Creation 穿书反派，反手养成病娇女主 He was just 10% away from being able to go home. Ye Qi transmigrated into a tragic romance novel, and the System told him: win over the sickly, obsessive heroine. Fail, and you'll have to lick her high heels. Succeed, and you can go home. He stayed by her side for seven years, from the time she was nine until she turned seventeen. He taught her to eat, helped her grow vegetables, and carried her through snowy nights. The System said: Her corruption level is still at 20%. You can go home now. But 1.2kReads—Score10214d adds
- 129 Villain: Memories Exposed, the Heroine Begs for Forgiveness 反派：记忆曝光，女主跪求原谅 Demon Emperor Ji Chen, the strongest villain on the Xuanling Continent! He slaughtered countless people, built formations with blood, and brought destruction to heaven and earth and the Nine Provinces! He betrayed those closest to him and committed every imaginable evil! In the end, the male lead and his heroines joined forces to attack him and sealed him inside a formation! Just as he was about to be refined, his memories came to light! It turned out that everything he had done was only to prot 167Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 130 Nuclear Weapon Skill 核武技能 A modern nuclear physicist transmigrates to a world of immortals and cultivators, awakening a unique nuclear martial physique. He turns concepts such as nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, and radiation into cultivation abilities, using the “Nuclear Path” to smash his way through the road to immortality in a world where immortals and demons vie for supremacy. Nuclear Weapons Analysis System: Bound to the protagonist after his transmigration, it can analyze cultivation techniques, immortal material 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Nine Cycles of Reincarnation: After I Die, the Female Emperor Is Consumed by Regret 九世轮回，我死后，女帝悔恨不已 Chu Changge transmigrated to a fantasy world and, after much hardship, attained the Dao and became an Immortal Emperor. But the protagonist led nine female Immortal Emperors in an attack that killed him. At the moment of his death, he awakened the Heavenly Dao Editing System. By editing the defining scenes from his nine lifetimes, he made all nine Empresses weep. Empress Liuli: We were wrong to blame you. Empress Chiyan: It wasn’t your fault. Empress Baihua: We were the ones who wronged you. Pro 31Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 132 Apocalypse: The Villain Doesn't Want to Live Off the Protagonist 末世：反派不想吃主角软饭 [Light and breezy, not invincible + Game + Fake villain + One heroine (truly one heroine) + Protagonist suffers + A tiny bit of heartbreak + Hypocritical kindness (the male lead isn't cold-hearted)] I'm writing too badly, so I'm giving up. 92Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 133 After I Trained Them as Slaves, They All Wanted to Repay Me 奴隶养成后，她们都想要报答我 After transmigrating to another world, Bright became a slave trader. But even Bright never expected that the slaves he sold would all become famous figures in the future! Among them were: The Forest God's favorite, the one who ended centuries of civil war among the elves and became their only queen in a thousand years. The child of an angel and a human, founder of the Holy Empire and empress of a nation. The only great mage in the world, creator of the Tower of Eternity, and the great witch who 52.8kReads9.1Score7.2k14d adds
- 134 My Sweet Girl Desk Mate 我的乖乖女同桌 [Pure-love school romance + one heroine + no melodrama + sweet] “Hi, I’m He Pingxing. I can grant you one wish.” “I... I’m Xiao Qingting.” In B-Robo Kabutack, the Dragonfly Captain decides who gets the Peace Star. When they were seventeen, they became deskmates in a new class. Seventeen years later, he made a wish upon the Peace Star: to hear the sorrow in your breath. 3.8kReads9.4Score53114d adds
- 135 After Four Years Together, She Rejected My Proposal. On Our Wedding Day, Her Whole Family Begged Me Not to Marry Her 恋爱四年求婚被拒，婚礼当天她全家跪求我别娶 After four years together, she turned down his proposal. On their wedding day, her entire family knelt and begged me not to marry her. 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 I Was Diagnosed with Cancer, and My Girlfriend Said She Wanted to Break Up 我查出癌症，女友说要分手 I Was Diagnosed with Cancer, and My Girlfriend Said She Wanted to Break Up 194Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Ice-Cold CEO Seeks Advice on Winning Back Her Husband 追夫火葬场，冰山女总裁求支招 [Complete] “Wife, let me come in and sleep.” Chu Hang is enduring his wife’s cold shoulder and has been kicked out of their bedroom. Silence fills the room. As always, his icy CEO wife refuses to let him in. It’s all because her best friend once told her never to be too good to your man, or you’ll end up at a disadvantage in the marriage. The years of cold treatment have worn away the couple’s love completely. Then one day, Chu Hang accidentally falls off a cliff, and only then does Su Ruolan re 6.2kReads6.2Score29514d adds
- 138 My Life Is on a Countdown, and I'm Done Being a Simp 生命开启倒计时，我不想再做舔狗 Ye Qingfeng had pursued his girlfriend, Zhou Jinyu, for years, only to discover that she was a gold-digging, two-faced woman. He decisively broke things off with Zhou Jinyu, but never imagined he would become Chi Yutong's live-in son-in-law. Just as Ye Qingfeng fell in love with Chi Yutong, the man she had always cherished appeared, 186Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 139 Reborn in Ancient Times: I Turned the Tables in Desperation with My Five Daughters 魂穿古代：带着五个闺女绝境翻盘 "Daddy, I'm hungry!" Shen Tiancheng stares in confusion. What kind of place is this? He was just killing time in the bathroom while working overtime when his mind suddenly went black, and he ended up here! A father in a flash, and not just of one child: five times over! He starts out with five daughters, every one of them sallow and skin and bones. There's no System. This is a dark ancient world, where the authorities levy crushing taxes and the landlords throw their weight around. Watch me turn 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 A Vicious Male Lead from the Start, the Empress Weeps Until Her Heart Breaks for Me 开局恶毒男配，女帝为我哭断肠 Su Quan, who studied acting in his previous life, accidentally transmigrates to another world where female cultivators are powerful and male cultivators are frail. Born with the fate of a vicious male villain, he is on the verge of a tragic death when he fortunately awakens the “Ultimate Regret System.” To stay alive, Su Quan has no choice but to embark on a path of self-redemption. The Supreme Female Emperor, decisive and ruthless, who controls the lives of countless millions, drops trembling t 4.9kReads8.8Score42814d adds
- 141 To My High School Love 致高中的Ta [Not a power fantasy + Slow-paced + Character growth] [The first two volumes conclude with one heroine. The third volume is a standalone alternate-timeline story with multiple heroines. Readers who prefer a single heroine can stop after the end of Volume Two.] This is the story of Wang Yang's growth from a cowardly, academically struggling student who runs away from trouble into someone who works hard and can shelter the people he loves from life's storms. By chance, Wang Yang, a struggling soph 12.1kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 142 Both My Moonlight and My Cinnabar Mole Want Me Dead 白月光与朱砂痣都要我死 (Nobody is a saint. Sweet and angsty, genuine groveling, genuine love-triangle drama, everyday life, and emotional relationships.) Obsessive heiress * revenge-seeking black lotus * mad dog When Jiang Shaoyou was seven, Xiao Hongli rescued him from the abyss and became a ray of light in his life. So he became her mad dog. At eight, Jiang Shaoyou dragged Yan Ruoxi into the abyss to save Xiao Hongli from being kidnapped. With an icy expression, Xiao Hongli plants her foot on Shen Lincheng’s head as 6.1kReads8.5Score32014d adds
- 143 My Wife Neglected Me for Three Years for Her Attendant. After I Chose to Divorce Her, She Went Mad 妻子为侍君而冷落我三年，我选择和离后，她却疯了 My wife neglected me for three years for the sake of her favored consort. When I chose to divorce her, she went mad. 235Reads—Score214d adds
- 144 After Her Heart Dies and She Leaves Home, They Regret It 心死离家后，她们却后悔了 [Sweet romance] + [Gentle, understanding big sister] + [Regret] + [Redemption] + [A remorseful family chasing after the younger brother] In his previous life, Qin Yi was the lost child of a prominent family. He endured years of abuse outside the family, but after being found, he was still unwanted by his relatives. A replacement mercilessly stole the life that should have been his. In the end, he died a lonely and tragic death after undergoing surgery. In this life, Qin Yi no longer expects anyt 2.8kReads8.8Score18114d adds
- 145 My Ex-Wife Wants to Come Back, but I Just Want to Run 前妻要回来，可我只想逃 His wife divorces him from the start and goes off with someone else. How could any man put up with that? The male lead seizes his chance and rises to success. His ex-wife regrets it and begs him to take her back. But by then, he already has too many women around him. How could he possibly go back to the way things were with his ex? Yet she keeps clinging to him. What should he do? A real dilemma. 1.1kReads6.6Score—14d adds
- 146 The Negative-Equity Lovers 负资产恋人 (A work of realism. The story starts slowly, but its impact builds.) A middle-class man in his thirties is hit by the property bubble’s collapse. With his assets shrinking and his marriage all but over, I had planned to give up and lie flat in this city. Until one day, Lin Shu, a fragile-looking college girl full of contradictions, barged into my chaotic life under the guise of a mysterious tenant. She’s sensitive and vulnerable, yet has an instinct for influencer culture that runs deep. To put 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Zither Plays Without Cause, and the Emperor and His Consort Bleed Along the Road 锦瑟无端，帝妃喋血路 The Zither’s Strings Ring for No Reason, and Emperor and Consort Spill Blood Along the Road 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 With 99 Days Left to Live, the Stunning Queen of Pop Pursues Her Husband, Weeping Her Heart Out 命剩99天，绝美天后追夫哭断肠 [Healing + Bittersweet Romance + Husband-Chasing and Reconciliation + Not Wish Fulfillment + For All Readers + Entertainment Industry + Heartbreaking Love Songs] (This is a healing story, and both leads are ill. Please don't approach it as a conventional story about a bad woman chasing her husband.) To avoid an arranged marriage, Su Qingyan, a young heiress from Beijing's elite circle, asked Jiang Yang, a bar singer, to become her husband under a contract. Jiang Yang unexpectedly discovered that 4.9kReads7.8Score35714d adds
- 149 After My Childhood Friend Got Glue in My Hair, He Regretted It Like Crazy 竹马摸我头发上胶水后，他悔疯了 After my childhood friend got glue in my hair, he regretted it like crazy 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 After Losing a Game, My Girlfriend Registered Her Marriage to Someone Else 玩游戏输了后，女友和别人领了证 After losing a game, my girlfriend got married to someone else. 1.2kReads—Score514d adds
