Novels like I’m the Second Male Lead, Yandere Hero, Stay Away from Me!
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I’m the Second Male Lead, Yandere Hero, Stay Away from Me!, best match first.
- 1 Forced Love! Falling for My Boss in a Quick Transmigration World 强制爱！在快穿世界和老板谈恋爱 [Quick transmigration + two male leads + top + one-on-one + both leads' first time + yandere + mildly perverted + coercive love] Pei Xia works for a quick transmigration company. After an accident, he starts dating his boss. No, that's not right: his boss forces him into a relationship. His boss is a madman who loves a thrill. One careless move, and he gets himself killed. The quick transmigration company falls into chaos, and the company decides Pei Xia has to find his boss. Pei Xia refuses, so 1.5kReads7.4Score13314d adds
- 2 Feeding Love with Punishment 以罚饲爱 Original title: Brother, Please Punish Me, But Love Me Too [Two male leads, happy ending, older top, roleplay, guidance, mutual secret crush, modern setting, both pure] [Calculating, secretly passionate top + dramatic, awkward bottom] When Jiang Yuhuai was fourteen, his parents left this world because of their debts. His relatives avoided him like the plague, his house was auctioned off, and he had nowhere to go. Chen Sijin pulled Jiang Yuhuai out of the darkness. His discipline was nearly stric 1.6kReads9.1Score10914d adds
- 3 Saving the Poor Little One, the Host Gets Locked Away Again 拯救小可怜，宿主又被锁小黑屋了 [Male-male leads + quick transmigration + sweet and cathartic with a touch of angst + devoted to one another + 1v1 + bottom protagonist + redemption] Lu Ye won twenty thousand yuan in the lottery. He got robbed the moment he stepped outside, then was hit by a car while chasing the thief. He fell into a river and drowned. Then he was dragged into a novel world and ordered to save a poor, pitiable soul. He had to win him over with love. When he arrived in the first world, the original host had alr 12kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 4 He's Shamelessly Flirtatious and Gorgeous, and the Dark, Yandere Beauty Is Hooked 他乱撩又貌美，阴湿病娇被钓成狗 [Two male leads + quick transmigration + mildly coercive romance + yandere + possessive pursuit + confinement] Yu Yao is timid, but loves to flirt, then run away as soon as he's done. So what happens? Naturally, the male supporting characters who have turned dark catch him, drag him back, and have their way with him. Yu Yao is an intern in the quick transmigration department. Once he completes his internship missions to save the male supporting characters, he can become a full-time employee. 27.3kReads9.0Score3.8k14d adds
- 5 Born Bad, She Charms the Sickly Genius Scholar 天生坏种撩到病娇学神后 The mantis stalks the cicada, only to be devoured by the “cicada.” [One-on-one, both leads’ first relationship + campus romance + a rotten-to-the-core guy and a yandere + confinement and forced love (IMPORTANT: read only if you’re okay with this) + HE] Song Yi is rotten to the core. A sociopath fresh out of a psychiatric hospital, he’s always been happy to hurt others for his own gain. One day, a handsome, cold-faced guy shows up at the bar. As it happens, he’s the top student and academic geniu 19.4kReads9.2Score4k14d adds
- 6 You Like Dogs, Don't You? Well, Now You Can Be One, So Why Are You Complaining? 不是喜欢狗？真给你当又不乐意 [Male-Male Romance + Two Strong Leads + Mutual Firsts + Urban Fantasy + Younger Top + Master and Servant + Crossing the Line + Consensual] [Gloomy, Devoted Mad Dog Top 1 × Ruthless, Cold-Blooded Power Bottom 0] “You said you like obedient dogs, so I’ll be your best-behaved puppy.” Good dog × Master Chu Yu transmigrated into a book. The good news: he was the leader of an organization, with everything he could ever want at his fingertips. The bad news: he was a villainous boss who would be taken d 59.4kReads9.3Score14k14d adds
- 7 Quick Transmigration: The Second Male Lead of a Wish-Fulfillment Novel Is Desired by All, Then Can’t Escape 快穿：爽文男二被觊觎后逃不掉了 Lu Zhiyan was bound to a quick transmigration System and assigned to play the male second lead in different worlds. Only… The male lead in each little world seemed to have gone mad. He was supposed to be passionately in love with the female lead, enduring a tortured romance, but instead he had his eyes on the second male lead… Lu Zhiyan: ? From then on, the poor straight male second lead was forced to become the male lead's wife, while still having to follow the System's missions and keep faw 2.1kReads7.6Score27314d adds
- 8 Quick Transmigration: The Oblivious Straight Man Is Always Desired by Sickly Male Ghosts 快穿：迟钝直男总被病娇男鬼觊觎 [BL Quick Transmigration + Comeback Feel-Good Story + Sweet Romance + Both Leads Unattached, One-on-One] [Clearheaded, rational, radiant beauty on the bottom × Chosen-by-fate, lovesick, gloomy ghost on top] As an S-rank tasker in the Comeback Group of the Cannon Fodder Division at the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Yu Li was a tragic cannon-fodder character who met a bad end in every mission world, determined to turn his life around through his own abilities. He never got involved in the novel's p 9kReads9.1Score85114d adds
- 9 Shock! The Villain Has Turned the Male Lead Into a Yandere Madman Again 惊！反派又把男主撩成病娇疯批了 After transmigrating into a doomed little villain who bullies the male lead, picks on him, and competes with him for the female lead, Zhou Ze was terrified. He bullied the male lead with tears in his eyes, cursed him with a stammer, and timidly tried to steal the female lead. Sure enough, he watched the male lead grow more and more powerful and frightening, his expression ever darker and more obsessive. But why was the male lead pulling him into his arms, speaking softly and ominously? “Zhouzhou 5.5kReads9.5Score67214d adds
- 10 Can You Believe It? The Frail Beauty Is a Master at Luring Them In 谁懂啊！病美人他超级会钓 [Quick transmigration + seme protagonist + 1v1 + beautiful, powerful, and tragic + two equally matched leads] A gorgeous madman who can really act × fragmented versions of the love interest, each with a different style Song Hemian was an evil spirit who had slept underground for a thousand years. He had been sleeping quite peacefully when, one day, a glowing orb claiming to be the strongest System bound itself to him. The orb: “Look, he's the campus darling at university, but in the end everyone 23kReads9.4Score2.4k14d adds
- 11 After Transmigrating Into a Book and Being Reborn, My Yandere Senior Brother Tied Up My Hands 穿书重生后，病娇师兄绑我手 [Two male leads + yandere + locked away in a little black room] [Cold iron chains bind your hands. Locked in a little black room, there’s no escape!] [The rating is low because it was just posted, so feel free to give it a try~] Kan Xingci transmigrates into a book at the very end of the story. Before he can change the plot, the male lead’s senior brother hunts him down! While escaping, he loses his footing and falls off a cliff. Just as he finishes lamenting how short life is, he’ 12.6kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 12 The Male Lead Keeps Giving Up, So the Dedicated Host Goes on a Rampage 男主又双叒摆烂，敬业宿主杀疯了 [Quick transmigration, one-on-one, fragmented versions, two male leads, both virgins, sweet romance and flirtation, slight Mary Sue elements] [Both top and bottom transmigrate into the worlds] Su Muyou died of congenital heart disease. After being bound to the System, he got a chance to extend his life. The System required him to maintain his assigned persona and, as a supporting character, cannon fodder, or villain, drive the plot forward and serve as a stepping stone for the male lead of eac 18.1kReads9.4Score2.1k14d adds
- 13 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is a Crazed Maniac, and He’s Been Targeted by a Yandere Again 快穿：疯批宿主他又被病娇盯上了 [Completed] [Two Male Leads + Quick Transmigration + One-on-One, Both Devoted and Powerful + Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [Original Title: Quick Transmigration: The Mad Host Is Being Targeted by a Yandere Again] Ci Ying was once a madman who slaughtered entire minor worlds and ground the Heavenly Dao into the dirt. After becoming a book spirit, he began carrying out missions in various minor worlds. One day, an unfamiliar name suddenly appeared in his soul. From then on, every mission came w 32kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds
- 14 Possessed Again? I Heard He Has a Second Personality 又被顶号，听说他有第二人格 [Signed for publication] Fun fact: His second personality secretly calls him “wife”! [Ensemble cast + two male leads + mystery romance + ghost hunters + black-hearted beneath a gentle exterior + tomb raiding + both leads are each other’s one and only] Before his death, Grandpa used his last chance to set a trap, drawing the Ghost King into Zhang Jizhi’s body to protect him from a deadly calamity. Zhang Jizhi had been blind from birth, but after that night, he could suddenly see white qi. An irri 98.6kReads9.5Score13.9k14d adds
- 15 Quick Transmigration: The Charismatic Flirt Gets Outplayed by the Male Lead 快穿：万人迷钓系被男主反攻略了 Quick transmigration + two male leads + top pursuing bottom + no fixed couple + mild love-triangle drama On his first day at work, Xie Xingchen was transferred from the Romance Department to the Scumbag Top and Doormat Bottom Department. He was a random cannon-fodder character, the sort who only appeared for a few episodes. For the sake of the job, straight man Xie Xingchen took the position with tears in his eyes. His mission was to reform the bottoms in the small worlds and cure them of their 14.4kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 16 Quick Transmigration: The God Has Been Forced by a Yandere Host Again 快穿：神明又被疯批宿主强迫了 [Two Male Leads + Unhinged, Coercive Romance + Villain Protagonist + Face-Slapping and Punishing Scumbags + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment + 1v1, Both Powerful and Devoted] To repair damaged worldlines, quick transmigration System 9958 takes its Host, Qiu Ye, through three thousand worlds to complete missions. But Qiu Ye is unhinged. He's ruthless, and his combat strength is off the charts. First, he grabs the collar of the empire's God of War Alpha, his gaze dangerous: "Behave yourself. Don't make 11kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 17 A Pretty Cannon-Fodder, Forced into Submission by a Truly Deranged Yandere 漂亮炮灰，被真病娇疯批强制了 [Two Male Leads, Quick Transmigration, Coercive Love, Unhinged Yandere, Putting Scumbags in Their Place, Sweet Romance, Two Powerful Leads] (A Pretty Boy Who’s Forced to Lie Flat VS a Yandere Who Won’t Stop Pursuing Him) Su Yang, an SSS-rank wanted criminal, escaped from prison and even kidnapped the System that guarded it. The Three Thousand Worlds sounded the alarm: Danger! Danger! Capture him and eliminate him immediately. Su Yang: “…” This is ridiculous, everyone. I’m out. See ya! Su Yang t 24.5kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
- 18 Quick Transmigration: After Redeeming the Villain, I Couldn't Shake Him 快穿：救赎反派后，我被赖上了 [Top + Madman + Two Powerful Leads + Redemption + System + Episodic] Holding their mission briefing, System 002 of the Time-Space Bureau roars at the group of recruited souls before it: “There’s a kind of person in this world who is breathtakingly elegant and brilliantly gifted! They’re the best of the best, the villains in everyone’s stories! They’re the protagonists who fell into darkness, the once-cherished prodigies cast down from their altars! And yet they suffer endless humiliation and di 18.1kReads9.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 19 Quick Transmigration: The Yandere Villain Is Always Coveting the Host 快穿：病娇反派总在觊觎宿主 [Delightfully unhinged beauty bottom X vicious, violent evil god top] [Two male leads + quick transmigration + two unhinged leads + satisfying power fantasy + one-on-one romance] The demon god Qin Sijiu lived for tens of thousands of years and had grown thoroughly sick of a tedious world. Eternal life had gradually become a torment to him. Then he struck a deal with the Heavenly Dao- In the end, the Heavenly Dao sent down heavenly punishment. But just as Qin Sijiu teetered on the brink of death, 16.2kReads9.5Score2.1k14d adds
- 20 Quick Transmigration: I Became a Scumbag, Yet Everyone Fell for Me 快穿：穿成渣男的我却成了万人迷 [Two male leads! Quick transmigration! Bottom protagonist! Everyone's favorite! Split personalities!] Original title: Quick Transmigration: I Became Everyone's Favorite After Turning into a Scumbag On his first day at the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Cen Yu is assigned to play all kinds of scumbags! The kind so awful that the protagonist bottom leaves him for a whole crowd of handsome men. The protagonist bottom is supposed to go through a long, remorseful pursuit, but never take the scumbag ba 33.9kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds
- 21 Quick Transmigration: The Cold, Aloof Host Is Pinned to the Wall and Loved by a Madman 快穿：清冷宿主被疯批壁咚强制爱 [Two male leads, coercive love, yandere obsession, two powerful leads taking down scumbags, sweet and flirtatious romance, 1v1 devoted couple] To dispel the resentment of evil spirits, the ghost reaper Shuang Yu travels to three thousand small worlds to face-slap scumbags. But can someone tell him why there's a crazy man forcing his love on him in every world? The domineering CEO smiles wickedly and gently strokes the reddened corners of his eyes on the screen. “You must look even more tempting 49.6kReads9.5Score5.1k14d adds
- 22 EN OMG! What Nobody Actor Kisses the Unhinged Villain Right Away? 天！谁家糊咖上来就亲疯批反派 Highlight: The secondary couple's story is concentrated in the extras. If they appear in the main story, it is only to serve the plot, and they occupy very little space. Readers who dislike this should proceed with caution. [Double male leads + entertainment industry + face-slapping + a vicious, ruthless, indulgent top with a hidden perverted side versus an all-around, dazzlingly talented bottom who openly flirts] Shen Lian was a top-tier star, but when he opened his eyes, he had become a nobody 134kReads9.7Score15.5k14d adds
