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- 1 Dear Movie Queen, Please Watch Your Public Image! 亲爱的影后小姐请注意你的人设！ [Two heroines + younger wolf-like lover x alluring, sexy older woman + slice-of-life] Photographer x superstar actress Lin You always thought red was a blazing firework, fiery and scorching, swallowing her up and winding her in its burning allure. Little by little, the fireworks congealed into a cinnabar mole in her heart, carved there forever by a woman named Song Qinghuan… 1.3kReads9.1Score15214d adds
- 2 President Ji's Possessive Pampering: Remember to Come Home for Dinner on Time 季总偏执宠：记得按时回家吃饭 [Two Female Leads] [A CEO who seems perfect in public but is close to breaking in private × a timid yet bold, cunning little ray of sunshine] -A big bad wolf doesn't know how to love a little white rabbit, so all it can do is lay everything it has before her. Jiang Ning was sold by her own father to Ji Chen to settle a debt. Ji was the eldest daughter of the Ji family, renowned for her cold-hearted cruelty and feared by everyone. Jiang Ning thought she wouldn't live through the winter. After all 4.1kReads9.1Score81614d adds
- 3 After I Handed My Boss a Love Letter as My Resignation 把情书当辞职信交给上司后 [Two Female Leads: Younger Intern × Gorgeous Female Boss] What do you do when you mistake a love letter for a resignation letter and hand it to the boss you hate most? Intern Jiang Xiaoning had the misfortune of doing exactly that. What happened next was like a butterfly effect, spiraling in a direction she could no longer control... 12.8kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 4 The Fairy Senior's Inescapable Web 妖精学姐的天罗地网 [Two female leads!!! One-on-one romance!!!] [Deranged, sinister senior who pursues her VS unlucky, deadpan junior with yin-yang eyes] (The senior isn’t human, the romance is coercive and a little twisted. If that’s not your thing, please don’t yell at the author. Thank you!) After transmigrating into Urban Tales of the Uncanny, Jiang Huai is unlucky enough to have yin-yang eyes and a “jinxed” constitution. To stay alive, she shrinks into a quail, carefully avoiding the “uncanny incidents” lurkin 16.1kReads9.4Score2.8k14d adds
- 5 I Got Trapped in a Fanfic About the Screen Queen's Rival 穿进与影后对家的同人文 Sheng Mingluo is a D-list celebrity whom everyone online loves to hate. Netizens despise her wildly inconsistent acting and scandal-ridden reputation, yet they can't help loving her fair skin and stunning looks. Qin Zhi, meanwhile, is the aloof, untouchable Best Actress of the entertainment industry. Every story about her says she's the daughter of an aristocratic family. In her few years since debuting, she's had no scandals and no bad reviews, and she's won so many awards she's lost count. One 1.6kReads9.2Score21614d adds
- 6 After Her Inner Thoughts Were Exposed, the Villainess and the Heroine Got Their Happy Ending 心声泄露后恶毒女配和女主HE了 [Dual Female Leads + Fake and Real Heiresses + Mind Reading + Funny, Sweet Romance] A hot-tempered, tsundere fake heiress who transmigrates into a book x a reborn real heiress who starts out dark and brooding, then gets trained into a puppy, sweet on the outside and scheming underneath / Xia Wei transmigrated into a novel about a fake and real heiress as the vicious supporting character. In the original story, she constantly made things difficult for the real heiress, the sweet and innocent fem 6.6kReads8.9Score80314d adds
- 7 Playing the Yandere: The Ice-Cold Heroine Is Crazier Than This Cannon-Fodder Character 扮演病娇，冰山女主比本炮灰还疯 [Two female leads + one-on-one romance + both inexperienced in love + playing a lovesick obsessive] The novel’s world was about to collapse. Wen Jinyan was forced to bind herself to the System and take her comatose brother’s place, playing an “obsessive lover” who clung to the aloof, icy female lead! Wen Jinyan was utterly miserable, with tears streaming down her face! On the first day, to avoid being electrocuted by the System, Wen Jinyan dutifully played her role. She brazenly took the female 9.2kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 8 The Princess Wife I Transmigrated to Hits Really Hard! 穿越之公主老婆打人超疼的！ [Two female leads + mutual first love] [Bold, petty princess vs. goofy, pitiful Fang Yuanqi] Fourth Princess Mu Lingshuang is a renowned female general. Before meeting Fang Yuanqi, her greatest hobbies were fighting wars and beating... people. From the crown prince down to... well, she could beat anyone with ease. Then she met a goofy, timid girl, and Mu Lingshuang decided she'd be happy to beat just her from now on!!! Fang Yuanqi was a top student at a modern university. After accidentally 4.2kReads9.2Score42014d adds
- 9 The Heiress and Her Celebrity Sister 大小姐和她的明星姐姐 This novel shifted from a rich-family power fantasy to a dual-female-lead story in response to overwhelming reader demand. The beginning is a slow burn. Since it was originally written as a rich-family power fantasy, it may seem a little silly and awkward at first, but that passes later on. After that, it's all about two beautiful women being sweet together. [Important! If the beginning feels frustrating and you can't keep reading, feel free to skip ahead to Chapter 50!] Synopsis: Su Yan is th 1.9kReads9.3Score22614d adds
- 10 Weren’t You Supposed to Be My Cold, Disabled Wife? How Did You Kiss Me into Submission? 说好冷漠残疾妻？怎么把她亲折腰 [Two female leads + both reborn + both disabled in the legs + wife-chasing crematorium] (A cool, possessive wife with a disability × a spoiled, domineering but genuinely adorable wife) Su Qianyue is reborn, and the person who risked her life to save her was her cold, disabled wife, whom she'd married for business with no love between them! In her previous life, Su Qianyue's parents forced her to marry Wen Zhiyu, but she didn't love this woman, who was disabled and never smiled. So she hit things 11.5kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 11 Transmigrating as the Princess’s Frail Female Consort 穿越之公主的柔弱女驸马 Two female leads! The author is terrible at coming up with names, so any similarities are purely coincidental. The setting is a fictional dynasty. Don’t nitpick the background details; read the blurb before deciding whether to click. Modern-day assassin Su Tang transmigrates one day into the body of a “young master,” a female-dressed-as-male Minister of Justice who shares her exact name. By a twist of fate, she also becomes one of the three thousand male favorites of Princess Qi Yuning of Dongqi 3.3kReads9.2Score39014d adds
- 12 After Transmigrating Into a Secret Identity Novel, She and the Female Lead Got Their Happy Ending 穿进马甲文后，她和女主he了 [Two female leads + transmigration into a book + secret identities + sweet romance] [Cool-headed, scheming, all-round powerhouse × gentle, resilient musical genius posing as cannon fodder] After a car accident, Chi Wantang transmigrates into a book as the most miserable wicked second female lead in a secret-identity wish-fulfillment novel. Thinking of the original owner’s fate, dying miserably in the street, Chi Wantang nervously decides that from now on she’ll become Xie Ran’s most loyal fangir 4.5kReads9.1Score62714d adds
- 13 The Cool-Headed Senior Sister Goes Crazy, While the Furnace Cauldron Junior Sister Won't Stop Flirting 清冷师姐变疯批，炉鼎师妹撩不停 [Dual Female Leads · 1v1 · Happy Ending · Both Each Other’s First] The rating is new, so it’ll go up later. Transmigrated into a cultivation novel as a villainous cannon-fodder character, Ji Lanyan sees only two possible fates: be raised as a human cauldron and drained dry, or be hacked to death by the heroine. At the immortal sect’s disciple-selection ceremony, Ji Lanyan draws everyone’s attention with her “Heaven-grade Water Spiritual Root,” while inside, she’s panicking like crazy. Seeing the 18.7kReads9.3Score3.4k14d adds
- 14 This Doomed Cannon Fodder Is Going to Save the Down-and-Out, Brooding Villain? 本作死炮灰拯救落难阴湿反派？ [Two female leads + obsessive and unsettling + possessive + unequal relationship + amnesia trope, reader discretion advised] Jiang Jianxue awakens to the truth and discovers, to her dismay, that she is a villainous cannon-fodder character in a CEO romance novel, tormenting the not-yet-evil, obsessive antagonist without mercy! She has done it all: dousing her with red wine, slapping her, stepping on her hand, and making her act like a dog. She’s a downright villain, pure evil through and through. 7kReads8.8Score92314d adds
- 15 Trying to Win Over the Ruthless Senior Sister? Leave It to the Little Fox! 攻略无情道大师姐？看小狐狸的！ Tomato Changting has real voice actors, and they’re so cute~ Cool, aloof master-disciple senior sister who follows the heartless path x soft, clingy fox-demon junior sister Also known as: The Little Fox’s Guide to Breaking a Heartless Daoist’s Resolve Two female leads + cultivation + lighthearted everyday life + mutually devoted Ming Zhao is a little fox on the verge of death. An ice-cold immortal pinched the scruff of her neck, holding her fate in her hands. With shameless persistence, she mana 5.4kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 16 I Joined a Talent Show, but My Reputation Crashed Before I Could Debut 参加选秀，还没出道就塌房了 [Pure Yuri, 1v1] [Two powerful leads. Older woman. Feel-good story] [Variety show competition] [Everyday life] [A slow, steady romance. Very sweet, a dependable happiness] See the main text for details 8.3kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 17 I Made the Heroine Fall for Me, Then Ran Away, Only to Be Forced Into Her Love 撩懵女主跑路后被强制爱了 A fake ice queen who keeps pretending to be a domineering CEO × a twisted, dark-hearted heroine who seems innocent on the surface He Roushuang transmigrates into the book as the domineering CEO's evil older sister, the biggest obstacle to the male lead falling for the heroine who is a stand-in. Every day, she wakes up either bullying the heroine or on her way to bully her. In the end, the male lead holds a grudge against her and marries her off to an old man in a marriage of convenience between 9kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 18 It's All for My Own Selfish Desires 是一己私欲 Two heroines, two heroines, two heroines! Transmigrate into a book / 1v1 Si Yu transmigrated into a book. It was both a tired old trope and a strange new experience. After meeting the heroine, she thought of all the scenes where the heroine would suffer, body and soul, and took pity on her. Again and again, she stepped in to protect her. The scumbag wants to lure the heroine into bed? Dream on! Then, after all that protecting, one bright morning she looked at the heroine in her own bed and fell 5.1kReads9.4Score90914d adds
- 19 She Flirts on Purpose, and the Chaste Older Sister Coaxes Me in a Whisper 蓄意撩拨，禁欲姐姐低声诱哄 Sharp-tongued but softhearted, chaste older sister X sweet and resilient little writer (two female leads, devoted to each other, reunited after a breakup~) On a rainy night four years ago, destitute Shen Zhen found an extraordinarily handsome mute girl. She cared for her tenderly and teased her every night. Shen Zhen thought she would finally have someone by her side. It wasn’t until the Gu family patriarch came looking for her that she realized the mute girl was worth so much. Without a moment’ 5.8kReads9.3Score70714d adds
- 20 Does the Real Heiress Really Need Saving by a Villainous Side Character Like Me? 真千金需要本恶毒女炮灰拯救？ Before she was bound to the System, Gu Xia was a vicious female supporting character, the kind who was evil to the extreme and did everything she could to bully the heroine! After binding to the Vicious Supporting Character Self-Salvation System, Gu Xia awakened! She stopped doing things that would get her killed by continuing to bully the heroine, and turned over a new leaf. When the heroine got caught in the rain, she held an umbrella over her; when the heroine was in trouble, she rescued her! 15.8kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
- 21 Reborn as the CEO's First Love and White Moonlight 重生之我竟是霸总初恋的白月光 [Two female leads / entertainment industry / livestream variety show / meme humor / fluffy romance / both reborn] Shen Youran is reborn on the day she gets engaged to a domineering CEO with a screw loose. In her previous life, that engagement tied her to him. She shed tears, suffered heartbreak, and was dragged through the mud by the entire internet. This time, she’ll take back everything she lost and kick every last enemy to the curb. First on her list are the CEO and his first love, but Shen Y 9.1kReads9.5Score1.4k14d adds
- 22 Your Majesty the Empress, Forgive My Offense 皇后娘娘，臣妾冒犯 [Dual female leads + palace intrigue + ensemble cast with multiple couples + mutually devoted] Dignified, imposing, powerful Empress × scheming, beautiful, flirtatious palace consort who loves putting on an act At their first meeting, the Empress was dignified and solemn, elegant and refined. Her eyes were sharp and cold whenever she looked at anyone. Qu Yan pretended to be weak and pitiful, putting on a tearful act to make the Empress worry for her and feel sorry for her, so the Empress would s 10.2kReads9.5Score1.5k14d adds
- 23 The Student Council President Has Been Plotting to Win Me Over for Ages 会长姐姐对我蓄谋已久 (The final chapter’s bonus story takes a different turn. If you haven’t read it, feel free to take a look ✌︎' ֊') [Two female leads + devoted to each other + college campus + reunion years later + everyday life] [Being a woman gave me every advantage in getting close to you, yet it also gave me the greatest disadvantage: I couldn’t kiss you.] (Everyone’s playing matchmaker! Every couple gets together!) Jiang Ji’s story: Jiang Ji once thought she’d have a conventional arranged marriage, until she 9.5kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 24 I Keep My Distance from the Beloved Junior Sister: This Cannon Fodder Only Wants to Save Her Senior Sister 远离团宠小师妹，炮灰只想救师姐 [Two female leads; the protagonist only wants to slack off, survive, and save her senior sister; both are domineering; angsty setup early on, both become powerful later, neither outshines the other] This isn't a feel-good power fantasy. If that's not for you, move along. The focus is on the romance. [Gentle, cultured, icy beauty with a soft exterior and a sharp edge x fiery, world-weary, frank and passionate woman who transmigrated into a book] Ji Banxi transmigrates into a book, ending up in a 9.6kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 25 The Ice-Cold Professor’s Secret Plan 蓄谋冰山教授 Qiao Nongxi, who has been single since birth, is determined to have a passionate romance before graduating from college. But the boys at her university are either overconfident or greasy, and she has no interest in any of them. By the time she reaches her senior year, Qiao Nongxi finally meets a decent guy. He dresses simply and neatly, reads widely, knows how to respect women, and always smells fresh and clean. Qiao Nongxi thinks she likes him, but something is missing. Her heart just doesn't 42.4kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
- 26 She's Such a Flirt, Her Sister Can't Help Blushing and Losing Her Heartbeat 娇娇太会撩，姐姐她脸红心跳 [Two heroines + both pure + flirtatious push and pull + 1v1] This is a story about a little white rabbit relentlessly pursuing a big bad wolf. Gu Anjin is the apple of everyone’s eye in the Gu family: obedient, clever, and spoiled. The first time she saw the refined and stunning Lu Qingheng, she found herself entertaining forbidden thoughts. After that, Gu Anjin did everything she could to get close to her moon. Lu Qingheng is the head of the Lu family, gorgeous and ruthless, and used to having 11.3kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 27 Transmigrated as the Villainess? I'll Win Over the Heroine! 穿成恶毒女配？我攻略女主！ [HE, 1v1 ‖ Two Female Leads + Transmigrate Into a Book + Mind-Reading + Mutual Flirting + Slightly Unhinged + Sweet Romance] Possessive, world-weary beauty top × soft, sweet, spoiled heiress bottom She transmigrated into a book as the vicious female supporting character, doomed to repeatedly harm the heroine out of unrequited love for the male lead, then lose her whole family? Tang Yuan's eyes rolled back when she heard the news. Tang Yuan trembled as she 6.8kReads9.5Score96614d adds
- 28 The Cold-Blooded Villainess Is So Cool, and I Love the Cannon Fodder Girl 冷血反派她超帅，炮灰女配我超爱 A cold-blooded, hypocritical villainess VS a goofy, love-chasing little maniac [Two female leads + transmigrate into a book + villainess + world of superpowers + extreme contrast] Yun Ran transmigrates into the book she had been ranting about just a second ago, a sanctimonious novel! The most outrageous part? She transmigrates into the body of an idiot side character?! Even the System she gets bound to seems to have something seriously wrong with it... And wouldn't you know it, the moment she a 15.8kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 29 Report: The Noble Consort Eloped with the Empress, Guidebook in Hand 报告，贵妃带着攻略和皇后私奔了 [Dual Rebirth + No Male Lead + Sweet Romance, One-on-One] Two female leads, both devoted, with mutual trust and a love that goes both ways. Neither heroine is a saint. If you like silly, sweet heroines, this isn't for you. There are scenes involving manipulation, so if you can't stand that, move along. A calculating empress who hides her dark side versus a tea-talking consort on quick-transmigration missions When Jiang Qingwu first transmigrated into a book, she thought she could rely on her gol 7.3kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 30 My Brooding, Unhinged Master Is Drooling Over Me 阴郁疯批师尊，对我垂涎欲滴 [Two female leads!!! Please note, 1v1!] What does Yu Mian think about becoming a villainess? Yu Mian: I don't even want to think about it! Transmigrations can be niche, but they absolutely cannot be downright bizarre! One moment she transmigrates into the body of a villainess, and Yu Mian bursts into tears, sobbing her heart out! Luckily, the story won't begin for another three years. She avoids the sects of the first, second, and third male leads, and is carried off by a breathtakingly beautifu 38.1kReads9.6Score5.2k14d adds
