Novels like The Coldhearted Doctor and the Mermaid Desperately in Love
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- 51 Puppy Care Guide 小狗饲养守则 [Gender Bender | Strong Female Lead | Mild Male-Lead Angst | Light, Sweet Fluff] (The low rating is just because not many people have read it.) Two hundred years ago, Jiang Xuyue never imagined she would toss the little dog she raised into a seal as a sacrifice. Just as two hundred years later, Jiang Xuyue never imagined that the little dog thrown into the seal would crawl back out, eyes red with tears. Face-to-face with Yu Zhiwan, who looks ready to take revenge, Jiang Xuyue can only bring out 531Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 52 Your Majesty, Go Easy on the Punishment. The Emperor Is on His Knees, Weeping 娘娘轻点罚,陛下跪地哭红眼眶了 [An honest little coroner who wants to coast through life vs. a gloomy, needy, clingy, and self-effacing Crown Prince] He Youyou only wants to take it easy and be an ordinary little coroner. Unfortunately, she’s forced to marry a husband. She means to refuse, but the moment she sees the young man’s handsome face, she immediately declares that she’ll marry him! Unexpectedly, she ends up taking in a needy, unloved Crown Prince. At first, the Crown Prince says, “Who would like someone so shallow?” 4.2kReads8.7Score39514d adds
- 53 I Begged the Demoness Through Tears to Spare Me 我哭着求女魔头放过 [Strong heroine + matriarchy + protagonist suffering + training + groveling to win her back + unhinged] Lu Xiao was once a demonic cultivator, until one day, the arrival of a female demon rewrote his fate. His nightmare began... 30Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 54 Cherishing the Gloomy Cat-Beast Boy 疼爱那个阴戾的猫兽少年 [Female-led romance, male lead gets put through the wringer, healing, male lead has a secret crush, abandoned-cat syndrome, both are each other’s first, stand-in] A sweet-looking, scheming little princess with a dark heart × a volatile, possessive, gloomy cat-beast boy At seventeen, Wen Nian received a text message from the future. To save her future self, she took matters into her own hands. Stay away from scumbags and live an honest, respectable life. Following the messages’ instructions, she 58Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 55 Reborn, the Aloof Immortal Lord Is Willingly Becoming a Cultivation Furnace 重生后,清冷仙君竟甘为炉鼎 The rating was just added, so it'll go up later. A few warnings: 1. This is the most traditional kind of boy-girl romance. It's not a gender-bender romance or a four-way relationship. The author genuinely doesn't know how to write those. If that's a dealbreaker, readers can just imagine it as a gender-bender romance themselves. I really can't write that, sorry (T⌓T). 2. The male lead is strong, but the female lead is even stronger. Although the story is told from the male lead's perspective, man 1.4kReads8.7Score11614d adds
- 56 Don't Go, Sis! Be a Good Puppy and Listen 姐姐别走!小狗乖乖听话 [Gorgeous, clear-headed heiress vs. humble, devoted little husband] [Humble male lead + long-laid plans + teary-eyed puppy + both are each other's first] Xie Shuhe had always thought of Shen Zhengran as a shameless playboy with plenty of tricks up his sleeve. He was the marriage partner her parents had chosen for her, the sole heir to the Shen family. The Shen and Xie families were a perfect match, and a marriage certificate would benefit both companies, so Xie Shuhe had no reason to refuse. But 5.5kReads8.4Score45314d adds
- 57 I Made the Tyrant Cry in Anger 我把暴君气哭了 [Empress #Male Lead Suffering#Disfigured Tyrant#Angst#False Redemption#Sunny Heroine Who Plays the Pig to Eat the Tiger vs. Aloof, Sinister Buddha-Faced Asura#Wild Twists] After transmigrating into the body of a princess of the Great Yong dynasty, she was hunted down by the Seventh Prince and spent five years surviving in a Taoist temple. From the start, she was bound to the Villain Redemption System. The System said: Torment the tyrant, humiliate the hostage prince, and make him love you enoug 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Abandoned Monster Boss Has Its Eye on Me 被弃养的怪物boss盯上了 [A timid, death-fearing, cautious transmigrated woman X a blank-slate monster with superhuman strength] [Both leads are each other's only partners. The male lead starts out blank and childlike, dependent on the female lead. Later, he becomes a devoted, shameless cling-on.] I summoned a monster. He was my bargaining chip for surviving after I transmigrated into this absurd game. I gave him a place to stay and food to eat. In return, he killed people and protected me in this world, full of dangers 51.9kReads9.3Score10.6k14d adds
- 59 Lord Jin, Don't Cry. The Wife's Dead First Love Is Alive 烬爷别哭,夫人死去的白月光活了 Jiang Yuan grew up following Liang Ting around, and her greatest wish was to marry him. When Jiang Yuan was eighteen and preparing to confess her feelings, Liang Ting died. The young girl's heart shattered, and Qin Xiao Jin's heart broke right along with it. Qin Xiao Jin had always had a question. “Everyone says childhood sweethearts are a perfect match. But what if a girl has two childhood sweetheart boys?” -- Qin Xiao Jin had secretly loved Jiang Yuan for eighteen years, but that silly girl ha 5.7kReads8.6Score43614d adds
- 60 Bad Kid 坏崽 [The comic adaptation is coming soon to Hongguo] At eighteen, I lost my best friend to a difficult childbirth, and she left me with a baby. The child was lively and cheerful. As the days passed, he grew into a tall, considerate, well-behaved young man. I thought I was happy. Until I found several videos on his phone, and finally understood... He wasn't as obedient as he seemed. 6.7kReads8.4Score57914d adds
- 61 Heartless 狠心 [Cold and aloof heiress + devoted male lead who watches over her in silence + he chases her after she leaves + both are inexperienced + angsty romance] Mu Xian has only ever loved Qiao An. He begged to marry into her family, cooked for her, planned everything for her, and did all he could to keep her safe, but she didn’t love him. Even after she gave birth to his child, she still didn’t love him. When Mu Xian learned she was pregnant, he was overjoyed. But she coldly made him kneel in the pourin 4.4kReads8.2Score21814d adds
- 62 I Took the Act Too Far, and the CEO Really Thinks I’m Madly in Love with Him 演过头了,霸总真以为我爱惨了他 Also known as The Gold Digger's Guide to the Top The heroine is a gold digger, polished and self-serving. A fake-sweet, money-hungry woman vs. the heir to a top conglomerate. As soon as Shi Weixu graduated, she used the money she'd saved over the years to enroll in a finishing school for socialites. It even came with aftercare. After graduating successfully, she used the school's invitation to attend all kinds of banquets, where a series of chance encounters introduced her to the elite of every —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 I Was Supposed to Be Cannon Fodder, So Why Is the Male Lead Clinging to Me? 说好我是炮灰,男主怎么缠上我了 [Myth and folklore + fated romance + mutual devotion + adventure + reincarnation + transmigration] If bringing your lover back to life meant you could never love them again, would you still save them? Yue Jian had read the entire book and knew all too well how the young Yun Sheng’s story would end. For now, he was gentle and clingy, calling her “Big Sis” every other breath. But one day, he would kill her without hesitation for the heroine destined for him by fate. To rewrite her fate as a do 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 A Love Story with Nonhumans 人外恋爱物语 A monster’s feelings are always more intense and genuine than a human’s. Compared to the twists and turns of human relationships, Nie Ningxu prefers the monsters’ genuine, straightforward possessiveness, greed, lust, and hunger. She’s obsessed with the monsters in literary works, so she resolves to create a program that can generate countless little worlds, along with a “monster boyfriend” made just for her. She encounters all kinds of versions of him. Sometimes he’s an object resting in the pal 378Reads8.1Score10314d adds
- 65 After Reuniting with His Wife, the Puppy Boy Cried Again and Again 和老婆重逢后,小狗他又又又哭了 [Mutually devoted couple + happy ending + rekindled romance + puppy love + mutual healing + younger man] No rivalry between women, no over-the-top drama A wronged puppy, a jealous puppy, a needy puppy Radiant beauty of an agent VS cool, aloof puppy of a doctor After reuniting with Ming Zailin, Xu Xuyan, who had gotten back what he thought he’d lost, would burst into tears at the slightest disagreement. “Where have you been all these years?” “Ming Zailin, am I trash to you, too? When you’re in a 4.8kReads—Score35214d adds
- 66 The Wife-Taming Lord 饲妻君 [Male Substitute, Gentle Husband Material] Heng Xi had lost her memory. All she knew was that she had a gentle husband, Su Jinwu. He was considerate, beautiful, and good at taking care of people. Apart from being blind, he was perfect. Unfortunately, Heng Xi didn't like perfect things. So she tore his clothes, made him drink strong liquor, and deliberately praised other men in front of him... but all she got in return was a soft laugh and, "As long as my wife is happy." Until she discovered that 2.2kReads8.8Score28214d adds
- 67 We Agreed It Was Just a Contract, but Mr. Shang Cried Until His Eyes Turned Red When It Wasn't Renewed 说好只是合约不续商总却哭红了眼 [Young dance prodigy x lovesick CEO] [Heroine focused on her career] [Both leads are each other's biggest fans] [Both are pure] [Happy ending] [Ladies who like female-led stories with no CP, please don't read] Three years ago, after a family upheaval, Ying Changhuan resigned from her position as principal dancer at the Imperial Capital National Song and Dance Troupe and returned to Jiangcheng, where she became the contract lover of the city's powerful businessman, Shang Jingheng. When their thre 1kReads8.6Score10914d adds
- 68 Striving to Survive in a Matriarchal World 我在女尊世界努力活着 Plane 1: The CEO’s Sweet Little Flower Plane 2: The Emperor’s Little Eunuch Plane 3: The Class Monitor’s Stutterer Plane 4: The Vampire’s Ancestor Plane 5: The Cockroach’s Overalls Plane 6: The Dragon King’s Live-in Wife Plane 7: The Young Master’s Personal Bodyguard Plane 8: The Disciple’s Beautiful Master Plane 9: The Dominating CEO Falls for a Maid with Stinky Feet Plane 10: The Yandere’s Canary Plane 11: Jiaxin’s Jiahao Plane 12: The Wife in the Wife Cakes Plane 13: My Doll Wife [Mild Horror 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Loyal Hound Among the Stars: A Collection of Sweet and Angsty Historical Fantasies 星河忠犬录:古言幻想甜虐集 Classic historical fantasy | Devoted male leads | Angst for him, sweetness for you | A happy ending in every story Across a boundless sea of stars, only the devoted never fail to return your love. There is no mundane world here, only immortals, demons, gods, and devils, along with power struggles, fated destinies, and the most intense romance. He is the White Snake Immortal Lord, who bears the lightning tribulation for her and endures a thousand years without regret; He is the Fox Sovereign of 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Wicked Heartthrob: Every Male Lead Is a Dog at My Feet 恶毒万人迷:男主都是我脚边的狗 (The rating will rise now that the book has just started.) [True Villainess + Stunning, Irresistible Beauty + Multiple Male Leads, All Chaste + Male Leads Suffer + Male Rivalry] Qing He was born cold-hearted and aloof, selfish and self-serving. Blessed with breathtaking beauty, she plays the villainess in world after world. [World One: Debauched Grand Princess vs. Gloomy, Sadistic Hostage Prince] She humiliates and torments him, training him to be her most obedient dog. But he’s a mad dog. When 2.3kReads8.2Score18914d adds
- 71 The Abstinent, Powerful Official You Imagined Is a Mad Dog Beneath My Skirts 你以为的禁欲权臣,是我裙下疯狗 [A seductive, alluring, clear-eyed villainess + a male lead who seems abstinent but is actually possessive, obsessive, and completely unhinged] Torturing the aloof beauty and powerful minister male lead She seduces him, uses him, even kills him. She has no sincere feelings for him at all, yet he loves her. Winter snow, a plum grove, a stunningly beautiful young woman… When Lu Xuan first saw her, he took her for a demon or a spirit, and loathed and despised her. Later: Lu Xuan suddenly lifted 2.3kReads8.8Score23314d adds
- 72 I Took an NPC Quest, So Why Am I Being Hounded by a Fox Spirit? 做npc任务,怎么被狐妖缠上了 [A task-focused, wooden-hearted girl vs. a clingy, weepy little fox who just wants cuddles and hugs] [1v1 + Both leads are inexperienced + Everyday-life focus + A clingy, crybaby male lead] [One-line summary: A fox boy wants to repay his savior by offering himself, but she just doesn't get it.] [Content warning: The male lead cries easily and loves to act cute. The female lead travels to multiple worlds for her missions.] Qi Rong is an ordinary NPC task worker who travels through various fic 1.8kReads—Score27614d adds
- 73 My Childhood Betrothed, Your Persona Has Crumbled 童养夫,你的人设崩了 My Childhood Betrothed’s Character Has Fallen Apart 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Will My Master Become Her Prisoner in Bed? I'll Break His Pride! 师尊沦为她榻上囚?折他傲骨! [Female Tortures Male / Imprisonment / Female Dominant / Love and Hate Entwined] (Unhinged Demon Queen x Cold, Aloof Immortal Master) The day Mu Chenshuang was taken in as Xie Ciyu's disciple, she fell in love with her beautiful master and developed a fierce desire to possess him. But after she gave him her heart, her father and clan were all slaughtered by her master. That was the price she paid! She imprisoned her master, tormented and humiliated him, subjected him to brutal torture, and chain 3.9kReads8.0Score42514d adds
- 75 My Wife Is the Protagonist of a Female-Led Novel 我家娘子是大女主文里的主角 [Angst for the Male Lead + Reunited Lovers + Woman Torments Man + He Chases Her After the Breakup] Mo Qingyu, the young madam of the Qi family, was chosen by the Strong Female Lead System. After Qi Heyun, the young master of the Qi family, humiliated her and threw her out of the Qi residence for the sake of his favored concubine, she relied on her own intelligence to become the Great Zhou Kingdom’s foremost female merchant. She supplied porcelain to the royal family and the lands beyond, and eve 291Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 I Bought the Sharp-Tongued Male Courtesan's Freedom: This Lady's Heart Aches 赎了刻薄男花魁:奴家心口疼 [Male Courtesan + Male Lead Will Become the Other Woman for Love] Everyone says Jiang Wuyou, head of the Jiang family of Liyang, has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a devil, and never makes a deal at a loss. Yet she spent a fortune to buy the freedom of Liu Se, a flamboyant and sharp-tongued male courtesan. He was beautiful, but mean, greedy, arrogant, and contemptuous of the poor. When they first met, he sneered at her: "Dressed that shabbily, even if you're a maid, you must be the o 10.3kReads9.0Score1.5k14d adds
- 77 The Sickly True Crown Prince Loves Waiting on the Troublemaking Fake Heiress 病娇真太子最爱伺候作精假千金了 [Yandere romance, face-slapping, sweet indulgence, forced love and a groveling chase, rivals competing for her] After Shen Qianxu discovered she was the fake heiress, she decided to break off her engagement to the second son of the Meng family. She planned to find herself a new lover. When she walked into a male escort club, she recognized its top attraction: campus heartthrob Yin Fengqi. “What are you doing working in a place like this?” “If you’re really that broke, why not be mine?” “Would a 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 A Lovesick Playboy Meets a Heartless Good Girl 痴情浪子遇见绝情乖乖女 A Lovestruck Rogue Meets an Ice-Cold Good Girl 3.9kReads—Score7914d adds
- 79 Get Down on Your Knees! Look Up! 跪下!抬起头! Strong female lead + humble puppy-like butler + devoted love story + possessiveness Jump right in without overthinking it!!! A love story between a strong female lawyer and a puppy-like butler, set in an imaginary parallel world! Not vulgar, and no padding! 2.7kReads6.0Score16014d adds
- 80 Playing with Fire, Burning Him 玩火焚他 [Sinister, Insatiable Madman x Sweet, Unhinged Little Devil | Male Lead Is a Virgin, Female Lead Is Not | Obsessive Possessiveness | An Extreme Push and Pull | Forced Love] Two villains, no moral compass, no redemption arc - At eighteen, Shi Luan treated her tutor, Chen Xun, like a dog, playing with him for fun. When she got bored, she dumped him in the rain and left the country with someone else. She had no idea he nearly died in the hospital that night. Three years later, Chen Xun had become J 10.4kReads8.7Score90714d adds
- 81 Apocalypse: Me and My Male Servant, This Lunatic Is Kind of Sweet 末世之我和男仆,这个疯批有点乖 [Younger puppy-like male lead + beautiful yet tragic leads + devoted to each other + unhinged + equally matched leads + loyal boyfriend + apocalypse + pure-love champion + strong female lead] [Content warning: The male lead is rather submissive. There are some scenes of him suffering in the middle, but things get sweet later. He's devoted to her, and she's the only light in his life. Neither lead is reborn or transmigrates.] Nie Xingluo was sold to a shadowy organization as a child. After lying 266Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 82 A Drunken Flirt Leads to a Forced Kiss from My Brooding Younger Brother, Until I Beg for Mercy 酒后错撩,被阴湿弟弟强吻到求饶 [1v2 romantic rivalry, brothers turning against each other, two obsessive men forcing their love on her, powerful men bowing their heads] [Obsessive, gloomy younger man vs. vain, self-serving fake good girl vs. abstinent, wealthy older man] [Before you read: No one is reborn or transmigrates, lots of cooking, a must-read for foodies] With a bankrupt father and a sick mother, Sang Ning's first twenty years begin in hell. Yet she happens to be stunningly beautiful, gets selected for a dating show, 4.5kReads—Score23414d adds
- 83 I Love It When My Wife Craves Physical Affection Only from Me 好喜欢,老婆只对我渴肤呢 [Pretty Little Darling and Nasty Jerk | Size Difference + She Falls for Him + He Wins Himself Over] The day Ming Zhi was diagnosed as asexual, she met Liang Xu. When she met the man's dark, icy gaze, the young woman trembled all over. Her fingertips curled restlessly, and a strange, intense urge suddenly rose within her: She wanted him to touch her again. Thankfully, staying away from him would make this perverted thought disappear. But the bad news: she owed him a favor, so she couldn't stay aw 3.4kReads8.9Score50814d adds
- 84 Utterly Humble, I Only Want to Be Her Dog 极致卑微,只想做她身边的一条狗 Back when Xiao Weiwei was living under someone else’s roof, she treated Xiao Moxun like a dog and ordered him around. Later, Xiao Moxun rose to immense power, drove her family into bankruptcy, and kept her by his side. Someone said to Xiao Weiwei, “He’s still treating you well? Isn’t he pathetic? Just wait, he’ll torture you to death!” But now the all-powerful Xiao Moxun was fretting. “Baby, what will it take for you to eat?” “Get down on your knees and let me use your back as a dining table. Th 3.7kReads7.9Score19814d adds
- 85 Taming the Scumbag Prince, Then Making Him Kneel Every Night After Marriage 驯服渣男王爷,婚后叫他夜夜罚跪 Set in a fictional era: the art of managing a husband in the Sugar Dynasty! Wei Wei transmigrates into the only daughter of the Sugar Dynasty's richest man and discovers that her fiancé, Li Mao, is the reincarnation of a modern-day scumbag. With the motto “ridding the people of harm,” she drags the prince, who looks just like her enemy from her previous life, into her home right in the middle of the street. On their wedding night, Wei Wei props up her feet and munches on melon seeds. “My lord, w 62Reads—Score314d adds
- 86 GB: Begging for Mercy! The Demon Lord Keeps Me With a Baby GB卑微求怜!魔尊用崽留住我 The rating just came out, so it’ll go up [Male Lead Gets Tortured / Sickly Hero’s Redemption / Female-Dominant] (Lots of painful scenes: flogging, needle torture, lightning punishment, soul-locking nails, and more) (The male lead is paralyzed from the waist down, but he will recover.) Good news: I’ve transmigrated into the heroine! Bad news: it’s a story where the heroine is abused, the kind where the male lead digs out her core and heart and brutally tortures her! Rong Xi kicks the trash of a m 3.4kReads8.7Score35414d adds
- 87 After I Was Forced to Fall in Love with My Senior Sister 被迫和师姐两情相悦后 [Cool, graceful, and straightforward senior apprentice sister × gentle, beautiful, and sickly young master] [Conquer her, or die.] That's what the System said. Li Xingzhi wasn't afraid of dying, but he still wanted to live. So he dragged his ailing body up the mountain, making careful moves at every turn as he schemed to win her heart. - Countless people came to pay their respects to her, but Song Qiuliang found them all dull. The last person who had interested her died under mysterious circumst 1.2kReads—Score19414d adds
- 88 Stop Hitting Me! Any More and I’ll Be Done For 别打了再打要废了 I love you so much I'd let you beat me to death. I lost you. What would be the point of living without you? Heaven took pity on me, and we met again, only for me to lose you once more. We met again, and all I have left in this life is making amends. Please, don't leave me. I'll do anything. Make me kneel, beat me to death, torture me to death, anything, just give me a chance to make things right. I can't live without you. Everyone, novels are fiction and reality is reality. This is not meant to 625Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 89 I'm Twisted, and the Slave I Picked Up Turned Out to Be a Psycho Tycoon 我阴湿,捡的奴隶竟是疯批大佬 Dog training + gloomy, obsessive medical student heroine VS unhinged male lead + powerful man on his knees + light redemption + two crazies in a sweet, indulgent, feel-good romance + love rivalry + one-on-one, both chaste Heroine: A good girl in public, gloomy and obsessive in private Hero: Pretends to be obedient and well-behaved around the heroine at first, then becomes a seductive, unhinged big shot Xia Wanyuan was unloved by both her father and mother, so she took in a handsome amnesiac man 857Reads8.3Score12914d adds
- 90 Sis, Be Nice to Me! The Tycoon Is on His Knees Pampering His Wife Again 姐姐疼我!豪门大佬又跪地宠妻了 Secret Love Turns Real / Mutual Healing / Both Pure / Clear-Headed, Gentle Heroine and Obsessive, Humble Hero Who Knows Only How to Love Her Li Yang wakes up after a car accident with no memory of the past three years. Her longtime crush hands her divorce papers, his voice low. “Stop making a scene. I’m letting you go.” Li Yang’s mind goes blank. The fragments of memory she pieces together show her adamantly demanding a divorce, while the man kneels before her in humiliation, his broad shoulders 1.3kReads8.7Score10814d adds
- 91 Deep Love, Fated to Part: I Turned Around to Find Everything Changed 情深缘浅,转身已是物是人非 [An intensely angsty tearjerker + the aesthetics of a tragic ending + love and hate intertwined + the second male lead wins + a devoted male lead who doesn’t understand love] “Mo, why are you taking her as your concubine?” “Rou’er is the one I love most. You’re nothing but a plaything to amuse me!” So it had all been a lie! But he didn’t know she was already carrying his child. In her previous life, she was Lin Jingxi, the noble princess of the peerless Wushuang Kingdom. When a treacherous minis 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Reborn: The Obsessive CEO Fu Gets on His Knees for Baby 重生:偏执傅总乖乖给宝宝跪下 Husband-dominated relationship + Humble male lead + A groveling pursuit + Male lead begs on his knees + Male lead gets beaten + A little angst for the heroine + Over-the-top devotion + Infinite rebirth + Shapeshifting + Gods + Lord of the Underworld + Male lead sacrifices everything for the heroine, even his life + Crazy and unhinged + A little playful spice “Zhi Zhi, sweetheart, eat your dinner.” “No.” “Be good. I’ll feed you.” “No, I won’t eat.” “Be good, okay?” Xia Zhizhi went back to her roo 1.4kReads8.6Score10714d adds
- 93 The Good Girl Took Dog Training Too Far: She Slapped Him and Made Him Lick Her Palm 乖乖女驯狗过火了,扇他舔我手心 [Complete] [Two-faced, self-serving woman × gloomy, obsessive, withdrawn man] Xun Mi left the countryside for university and moved into the Zhong family home with her aunt, who had married a billionaire. Her aunt’s exact words were: “How much you can get out of this is up to you.” But when Xun Mi met the Zhong family’s only son, for the first time in her life she wanted to run away before she even began. Because the young master of the Zhong family, sitting in a wheelchair, had lost the use of h 5.2kReads8.8Score62314d adds
- 94 The White Moonlight Falls, and Junior Sister Is Still Mending Things Today 白月光坠落,小师妹今天也在修补 1v1, happy ending, gender-bender, both leads are virgins [The male lead suffers physically and emotionally: flogging, humiliation, ice picks, restraints and suffocation, silver needles, stomach problems…] [An outwardly aloof but decisive and determined junior sister who cultivates the sword vs. a gentle, long-suffering and restrained senior brother, the unattainable first love] I am Ji Lan, the youngest cultivator to reach the Divine Transformation stage in Meishan Sword Sect, born with a sword 36Reads—Score1014d adds
- 95 GB: After I Got Entangled with the Yandere Regent GB:惹上病娇摄政王之后 [Completed] [Reborn + romance + political intrigue + devoted, possessive love] Note: The male lead only turns clingy when he's in love. The heroine is a master strategist, but she's not especially strong physically. The heroine also gives other men official status besides the male lead. [Beautiful, sharp-witted, dominant princess heroine X humble, possessive, devoted male lead] (The heroine pursues her ambitions, so the political intrigue takes up quite a bit of the later story.) [The author lov 981Reads9.0Score11714d adds
- 96 Jade Lock, Glorious Love: The Wife-Lord's Beloved Husband 玉锁昭华:妻主的掌心夫 [Matriarchal society + confinement + obsessive devotion + stealing a spouse + political scheming + sorcery] In the Zhaoyue Dynasty, women held power, while men were subordinate. Su Yuai, the legitimate son of the Su family, was once a prestigious prince’s betrothed. But after a power struggle plunged the realm into war, he fell from a cliff and lost his memory. When he opened his eyes again, he was Chunliu, a courtesan whose price was set by others. Just as he had lost all hope, the beggar gi 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Marshal Says: The Sword Venerable’s Husband Is Impossible to Keep 元帅说:剑尊正夫他超难养 [GB / Female-Dominant World / Strong Female Lead / Strong Male Lead / Wife-Chasing Crematorium / Torture of the Male Lead in Body and Mind / Punishment in the Inner Court / Slave Training / Divine Consciousness Clones / Xianxia World / Reincarnation] Xiao Chen: "Chu Qing, don't tell me this is how you've been training your male soldiers all these years. What do you take men for?!" Chu Qing: "They're just playthings. And playthings... should naturally be put to full use." "Xiao Chen, if you can 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Reborn: His Highness Prince Rui Has a Secret Crush on Me 重生之瑞王殿下暗恋我 [An aloof, fallen noblewoman + an ambitious man madly in love] [Devoted to each other + simmering romantic tension + equally matched leads + court intrigue + happy ending + a powerful man humbles himself for love] Xu Lingyi is the eldest daughter of the Ningyuan Earl’s household, raised in the countryside. In her previous life, after her mother supposedly took her own life, she clung to the Earl’s household as her last hope of survival. But on the road back to the capital, she was ambushed and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Sword Venerable Says: Let Him Be the Wife in the Next Life 剑尊说:下辈子换他当老婆 [Gender Bender] [Women-Ruled Society] [Strong Female Lead] [Strong Male Lead] [Sweet and Angsty] [Male Lead Suffers Physically and Emotionally] [The Chase Is on After the Breakup] [She Chases, He Runs] [Spirit Pet Possession] [Gender-Swap Elements] [Lighthearted Elements] [Xianxia World] [Reincarnation] Chu Qing: "Xiao Chen, I've loved you for two lifetimes! I don't want to wait anymore." "Just pretend I've fallen under a demonic influence. You have to save me with your own body... Aren't you t 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Listen to Her Play Paganini Once More 听她再奏一曲帕格尼尼 Listen to her play Paganini once more 13Reads—Score—14d adds

















































