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- 51 Reborn, He Won’t Be Anyone’s Moonlight Substitute 重生后，白月光替身他不当了 The dual male-lead novel Pure Puppy Love: A Tempting, Flirtatious Good Boy and the Goofy Beauty Who Has Him Wrapped Around His Finger is complete. Happy reading! After a car accident, Li Xia died on the day Gu Tingyan got engaged. Reborn, all he wanted was to stay as far away from that dog, Yan, as possible. But reality turned out to be nothing like he’d imagined. Li Xia was supposed to be in Class Two of the university’s special training program, but by sheer coincidence, he ended up in the sam 264Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 52 A Deranged Hunter Meets His Deadly Prey 疯批猎手撞上致命猎物 Ouyang Zhanyang is a ruthless, unhinged young master who will stop at nothing to get what he wants~ His feelings are fractured, and his particular taste is for “the sorrow of deep devotion.” Cold and merciless, he leaves plenty of people hurt, yet he happens to meet Du Aojun, an elite lawyer who holds himself above everyone else. When neither gentleness nor force can win Du Aojun over, Ouyang Zhanyang is willing to set aside his pride and humble himself for love... In this hunt, full of love and 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Discarded Stand-In Has Had Enough 废弃替身想开了 [No female lead, 1v1, seriously angsty drama + stand-in for the unattainable first love + winning him back at any cost + mutual healing + rekindled romance + 80% angst, 20% sweetness + happy ending] Cen Yu had known Gu Yanting for ten years. For the first five, he was Gu Yanting's sidekick, his underling. In the sixth year, Gu Yanting said, “Your profile looks like Qi Anyi's,” and Cen Yu became a stand-in for Gu Yanting's unattainable first love. In the tenth year, Qi Anyi came back. Gu Yanting 5.3kReads8.8Score30814d adds
- 54 Quick Transmigration: Who Says Being a Substitute Is Bad? 快穿：谁说替身不好当 [1v1, two male leads, quick transmigration, sweet and angsty, a seemingly innocent but secretly wild bottom] The individual worlds have bad endings, but the overall story has a happy ending. Content warning: The top is a scumbag, and the bottom gets split into multiple versions of him. Some worlds involve the bottom being abused, and in a few worlds there are several versions of the scumbag top. He Ye begins playing the cannon-fodder substitute in each small world. He must stay in character and 91Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 55 A Gambling Dad, a Sick Mom, and a Broken Him 赌博的爹，生病的妈，破碎的他 [Male-Male Romance]+ [The Pursuit After Losing Her]+ [Substitute Romance]+ [Substitute Marriage]+ [Love Triangle Showdown]+ [Age Gap]+ [Size Difference] A gambling father, a sick mother, a useless first love, a broken-hearted him, a husband who bullies him, and now he has to be the stepmother to a younger brat. Life for Li Yuanjin is a constant struggle: he can neither live nor die. Born after his father’s death, he moved with his mother into his stepfather’s home, where he endured years of beat 371Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 56 Showbiz: I Heard I'm a Stand-In? 娱乐圈：听说我是替身？ [Sweet romance, 1v1] When Wen Yan met Yin Shiyi, everyone said he had only been chosen because he looked like Yin Shiyi’s first love. They all warned him not to get too attached, because the real deal would eventually come back. But Wen Yan boldly confessed his feelings, and the man pulled him into his arms, saying with tender affection, “I’ve never treated love as a game. I don’t do stand-ins or white moonlights. You’re my darling, my one and only.” In a nutshell: A stand-in? Not a chance. Don’ 543Reads9.4Score10114d adds
- 57 What Brings Joy to Life 何生欢喜 Two male leads + body-double romance + BE aesthetic “So, Xu Linxun, what am I to you? A tool you summon whenever you want and discard whenever you're done?” “Say something!” Xu Linxun's eyes were just as cold, their depths impossible to fathom, as if the feelings they had shared over the past three years had never meant a thing to him. “Say something... Tell me, even if you have to lie...” Yu Chensheng dug his fingernails into his palms, the pain cutting to the bone. Still, he forced a smile and 608Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 58 Sleeping Peacefully Beneath the Sophora Tree 顾枕槐安 Younger man + substitute + love grows over time + regretful pursuit of the ex + putting scumbags in their place + angst, angst, and more angst!!! Before he turned eighteen, Du Huai’an had no father in his life. The year he turned eighteen, his mother, who had raised him alone, was diagnosed with stomach cancer. So she took him to meet the man who was supposedly his father. That was when he learned his father was the head of the prestigious Zhu family in Jingyuan. He entered the Zhu family as the 1.5kReads8.4Score14014d adds
- 59 The Dignified Stand-In Drops the Act! He’s the Real Mad Dog! 矜持替身不装啦！他才是真疯狗！ [Both leads are each other's first and only + sweet, indulgent romance + aloof, secretly passionate CEO seme x stand-in for the young heir uke] Tan Jin kept a well-behaved stand-in by his side, and all his friends knew about it. The stand-in was handsome, had a great figure, and was sweet-natured. He ticked all of Tan Jin's boxes, and Tan Jin would even take him to parties and such from time to time. Nothing ever went wrong. Then one day, Tan Jin spotted a familiar figure in a bar. The man's arr 2.1kReads9.2Score24014d adds
- 60 You Punk, Stop Right There! 痞子，你给我站住！ [Double Male Leads + Rekindled Love + Childhood Friends + Devoted Top + Bottom Who Thinks He's the Top] Roguish, shameless, energetic bottom VS devoted, gentle, beautiful top His childhood friend, dead for many years, appears in a border town. Could the notorious local troublemaker really be the legendary painter who vanished years ago? Ling Shumo couldn't help but embrace him. “Do you know what I'd be like without you in this world?” Before the promise, one man answered with a calm expression. 360Reads—Score10514d adds
- 61 The Substitute’s Acting Is Explosive, and Mr. Song Stumbles into a Trap 替身演技炸裂，宋总阴沟里翻船 The person Mr. Song loved went abroad, so he kept a poor student, Chu Yanyi, by his side as a stand-in for two whole years. Mr. Song knew Chu Yanyi was hopelessly in love with him. Those eyes full of affection alone gave him away. When the real thing returned, Mr. Song prepared to send the stand-in away, but the stand-in killed himself. Just as Mr. Song thought Chu Yanyi was dead, he discovered that the man’s parents had been paid to pretend to be his parents, and the urn supposedly holding his 8.5kReads9.2Score98714d adds
- 62 The Substitute Is So Sweet and Obedient! The Chaste White Moonlight Spoils Her Endlessly 替身茶又乖！禁欲白月光无限宠溺 What do you do when you discover your scumbag boyfriend has been using you as a substitute? The best revenge is to dump him and steal his white moonlight! [+ Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + punish the scumbag + sweet and satisfying romance + dating show + showbiz + older man/younger man] Jiang Qingzhou wakes up one day to find himself inside a substitute romance novel, as the tragic, same-name-and-surname love interest whom the scumbag drove to suicide. To stop his white moonlight fr 3.5kReads9.3Score46814d adds
- 63 To Save My Child, I Became a Scumbag Collector 为救娃，我成了渣男收割机 How many steps does it take to go from an innocent, harmless little bunny to a cold, flirtatious little fox? Fate will ask you the same question again and again until you give the best answer. A jerk? Who hasn't run into a few in their life? Ruan Song is beautiful and highly educated. Her only flaw is being hopelessly love-struck. Then she picks up a miraculous child. To save the child, she not only cures her love sickness, but also becomes a “player” who punishes jerks. 174Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Where Does Angelica Return? 当归知何处 [Transmigration | Push and Pull | Mutual Healing | False Replacement] [Transmigrated Impostor Physician vs. Cold-Faced General] A modern-day chef unexpectedly transmigrates and finds himself appointed by imperial decree as the physician to a great general in the northern frontier. With no System or golden finger to help him, he still manages to quietly win the cold-faced general's heart. But the court is in turmoil and danger lurks everywhere: spies sow discord, his achievements threaten the thr 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 After Being Cherished by a Top-Tier Daddy Alpha 被顶级爹系Alpha大佬娇养后 [ABO | Age Gap | Beta to Omega | Both Pure | Sweet Romance] From the moment Ning Jingle was born, he could never beat his twin brother. His brother was exceptionally clever from a young age and had a dazzlingly beautiful face. As an adult, he lived up to everyone’s expectations and presented as an S-rank Omega. Ning Jingle, on the other hand, was plain in both looks and talent, and a delicate, sickly sort. His family poured fortunes into him, only for him to present as a useless Beta. Later, the 209.9kReads8.6Score43.3k14d adds
- 66 President Gu, Your Canary’s Cover Is Blown. Why Are You Still Kneeling? 顾总，金丝雀掉马了您还跪着呢 [Both Pure + Equally Powerful + Intense Push and Pull + Secret Identities + Sweet, Flirtatious Romance] [A proud, jealous, catlike pursuer × a master of secret identities, a captivating, flirtatious target Two Alphas flirting, pushing and pulling to the limit] Everyone in the capital knew that Gu Minghe, president of Tianhe Group, kept a stunning canary named Shi Qingzhi. His sweet, obedient manner as he tied Gu’s tie made everyone else unbearably jealous. With his arm around the beauty, Preside 16kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds
- 67 Kicked Out of the Tycoon’s Family, I Became His Creditor 被金主赶出豪门后我成了他的债主 How do you express love? A luxury car and fine food? Or designer gifts? Qin Huan has never known a father’s love or a mother’s love. Just getting through life without being hurt by them is a stroke of luck! Sharp-minded and astute at investing, he helps everyone around him succeed. When the moonlight-like ideal is tarnished, political powerhouses and heaven’s favored sons... Who could fail to love Qin Huan? He could even turn a straight man gay. Confused? You would be too. Who could resist getti 3kReads8.0Score14714d adds
- 68 A Forced-Love Angsty Romance 一篇强制爱狗血虐文 Male-male romance + forced love + melodrama + groveling redemption + unhinged characters + physical and emotional torment + angst with a sweet payoff + confinement + happy ending The pursuer knows he’s a scumbag. He’s inhuman at first, then goes mad chasing his love, even stabbing himself. * To get revenge on Chen Jing, Duan Jinyan personally sent him to prison, leaving him disfigured, deaf, and covered in ugly scars. After his release, Chen Jing ran into Duan Jinyan again. He begged Duan to lea 2.9kReads6.3Score16714d adds
- 69 Longing Unanswered 念念不忘，再无回响 [Two Male Leads \ ABO \ Angst Novel \ Substitute \ Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] Important warning ❤️ The main love interest gets a bad ending; the second male lead ends up with him~ Yu Moyi had a white moonlight in his heart, but they couldn’t be together because their pheromones were naturally incompatible. So he found an Omega who looked a lot like his white moonlight: Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was obedient and devoted to him. No matter how badly Yu Moyi treated him, he never got angry. Yu 5.9kReads9.2Score50114d adds
- 70 Spoiled Beyond Measure: President Li's Cherished Darling 盛宠之下：厉总的掌心娇宠 [Two male leads + cold-faced financial tycoon seme x devoted affection magnet uke + both leads are each other's first and only + no substitute trope + rekindled love + happy ending + multiple couples] Any resemblance between the characters, locations, names, plot, and anything else in this story and real people or places is purely coincidental. This story is entirely fictional! Li Xiuchen, the richest man in S City, is cold, handsome, and wealthy, with power to turn the world upside down. But th 710Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 After I Gave Up, My Rich Ex Begged Me to Come Back 死心后，豪门前任跪求我回头 [Win back your husband at all costs, no changing the male lead, entertainment industry, no female lead] Jiang Su was once a sensation, but retired from the spotlight for Huo Qingyan. For two years, Huo Qingyan treated him with indifference. Heartbroken, Jiang Su announced his comeback. He shed his old, low-key image and threw himself into street racing, drinking, endorsements, and variety shows. Huo Qingyan couldn't sit still any longer and came to him of his own accord. “When are you coming bac 3.4kReads9.2Score34814d adds
- 72 You Scumbag Ex, Your White Moonlight Has Her Eye on Me 渣男前任，你的白月光对我虎视眈眈 [Showbiz + Stand-In + Everyone's Darling] ACK's heartthrob Tong Yang became an instant sensation when he debuted. He was adored by everyone in his group, but outside it, scandals followed him everywhere. Only after being kidnapped one day did he realize that all that tender, devoted affection actually belonged to someone else. Given another chance at life, he refuses to be anyone's stand-in. He just wants to live as himself. He thought he would have to walk the road ahead alone, but unexpectedly 2.3kReads9.4Score45614d adds
- 73 This Is Ridiculous! After Eight Years as a Stand-In, I Find Out I Entered the Wrong Book 别太离谱！替身八年告诉我穿错书 [Male-male leads + possessive, lovesick seme + occult master + fortune-telling + sweet romance with no angst + equally powerful leads + supernatural atmosphere + ghosts in the book] Shi Yin, the top master of a secluded occult sect, is short on money. He even has to sew his own underwear, stitch by stitch. Furious, he curses the heavens, and a bolt of lightning immediately strikes him. He transmigrates into a novel’s world and becomes a disabled tycoon’s substitute. From then on, he lives a comf 8.6kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 74 E's Golden Cage: A Love Prison for a Broken Old Beta E的黄金笼囚爱老Beta残鸟 [Complete] The groveling pursuit begins in earnest from Chapter 61 [Entertainment industry | EABO | Younger man | Status gap | Rivals in love | Raising a child] Main story, EB | Qin Jian × Mu Yansheng (amnesiac, cold-hearted, crazy, controlling top-tier star enigma seme | honest, domestic older beta uke, disfigured) At nineteen, Mu Yansheng was disfigured in a fire while saving Qin Jian. His dream of becoming an actor was shattered, so he could only do odd jobs and work as a script supervisor on 3kReads—Score20014d adds
- 75 Delusion of Being Loved 被爱妄想 [Signed for print publication] Sister-in-law, open the door. It’s your brother-in-law Powerful coercion + unconventional happy ending + ultimate love triangle drama + unhinged characters + groveling redemption + melodrama galore + substitute romance A cruel, unhinged, sickly scumbag top VS a cool, ruthless bottom who delusionally believes he’s loved I catered to his every whim and granted his every request. He mocked and tormented me at every turn. But I stayed by his side, never leaving no 5.3kReads9.4Score69414d adds
- 76 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Useless Substitute Tames the Cultivation World 穿书后，废物替身驯服了修真界 [Male lead focused, no female lead + master and disciple + from most hated to most adored + 1v1] [Carefree, powerful disciple who plays the pig to eat the tiger vs. seemingly aloof, secretly tsundere and devoted master] Feng Shi transmigrated into a novel from Huashi and became the stand-in for Shen Songhe, the cultivation world's beloved ideal. According to the rumors, Feng Shi was a useless fool, a bootlicking counterfeit with low cultivation, no sense of his place, and the audacity to try to 13.6kReads9.5Score3.7k14d adds
- 77 Falling for You, Step by Step: I’m Done Being Your Substitute 步步沦陷，这替身我不当了 The Shen family’s heir is notorious for being picky about women, but Xiang Nuan got picked thanks to a face that bore a passing resemblance to his ideal woman. She played the sweet, sensible, innocent girl to perfection, doing her best to fulfill her role as a substitute. Shen Yanshi treated her generously, too. In the two years they were together, she landed plenty of great opportunities, going from an unknown extra to a fairly well-known second-tier actress. Then his one true love came back. X 36.5kReads9.1Score4k14d adds
- 78 EN Fortune-Telling? My Life Is Yours! The Aloof, Alluring Best Actor's Sweet Pampering and Clinging Coaxing 算命？命给你！冷欲影帝甜宠缠哄 [Two Powerful Leads + Male-Male Romance + Yandere + Metaphysics + Showbiz + Comedy + Sweet Romance] After dying in a car accident, the deranged top-tier star and metaphysics master Jian Ran is bound to a System, and transmigrates into a melodramatic romance novel as a disposable stand-in. So... CEO A: “He's back. I suggest you pack your bags and leave tonight. Fill in whatever amount you want on the check.” Jian Ran: “?” I've been catching ghosts and protecting houses for ages. Is he finally pay 8.2kReads9.5Score1.4k14d adds
- 79 Beautiful Girls Pout, and Their Sugar Daddies' Souls Take Flight 美人会撒娇，金主魂会飘 [Clear-headed, sweet-natured lover bottom VS wealthy, indulgent sugar daddy top] [Mutually devoted + love grows over time + lovers become spouses + rustic, sugary romance] Mu Qingtang is pretty, sweet, and good at getting along with everyone. He’s determined to focus on his career, and thanks to his winning personality and the resources of his wealthy sugar daddy, he has made a name for himself in entertainment in just two years, winning fame, fortune, and a good reputation. But after spending 29.6kReads9.5Score3.5k14d adds
- 80 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.3kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 81 EN Seriously, What Alpha Eats Little Cakes? 离谱，谁家Alpha吃小蛋糕啊 [This book has been acquired for publication. Tap the author’s profile for more details] [Two powerful leads + chasing his lover + scheming + intense romantic tension + ABO] Ji Chi was a top-tier Alpha, the son of Jiangcheng’s richest man and a born favorite of fortune. Everyone assumed he would marry an Omega from an equally powerful family. He thought so too. That was before this top-tier Alpha started avoiding an Omega with no pheromones day after day. Things took a strange turn. Friend 1: “Y 40.4kReads9.6Score5.2k14d adds
