Novels like From the Start, I Was a Con Artist, and the Empire Runs on Card Draws
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as From the Start, I Was a Con Artist, and the Empire Runs on Card Draws, best match first.
- 51 Doesn't This Count as True Love? 这难道不算纯爱吗？ A stomach-nurturing top with a bit of every kink × a naturally clingy, lustful bottom Lu Yuxi (top) × Yan Jia (bottom) Bottom's POV: Yan Jia had always thought he and Lu Yuxi were made for each other. As it turned out, they were a perfect match in and out of bed, and Yan Jia was sure they would end up together for good. But Lu Yuxi only held him close and said, in a matter-of-fact tone, as if he had already weighed the options: “You can’t do anything. You’re not suited to being Mrs. Lu.” “Then w 1.2kReads8.5Score10714d adds
- 52 Slender Waist: The Darling in His Palm 细腰:宝贝掌心宠 A Slender Waist: The Darling in His Palm 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 [BL] Only After Meeting You Did I Learn the Joy of a Long-Awaited Reunion [双男主]遇你方知相见欢 [Boys' Love] Only After Meeting You Did I Learn the Joy of Meeting Someone 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 From the Start, I Was Doomed to Die: After Death, I Was Bound to a Survival System 开局就死：死后被求生系统绑定了 [Full-Dive Game + Two Male Leads + Short, Simple Instances + Both Pure + Happy Ending] He thought he was trapped in a desperate full-dive survival battlefield, but it turned out to be a romance instance where fate had brought him his soulmate. At twenty-two, Lin Chaoyang died of illness with all the reckless energy of youth still pent up inside him. When he opened his eyes again, he hadn't walked the Yellow Springs Road or entered the gates of paradise. Instead, he'd become a player in a surviva 266Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Bro, Keep Acting Like a Dog and I'll Make Your Archrival My Top 哥你再当狗！我就给你死对头当0 [Main story complete] [The rating is slowly climbing! Keep it up] Male-male romance + turning a straight man gay + mutual firsts + pure love Lin Yanqing is a flop writer who lies flat, living off the pocket money his older brother gives him. Lately, he keeps having dreams. In them, his brother, Lin Zhaoyuan, is a pathetic lovesick puppy chasing the campus belle, Jiang Tang. As the saying goes online, if you’re going to fawn over someone, you have to fawn over her boyfriend, too. Sure enough, his 15.2kReads8.9Score3k14d adds
- 56 The Obsessive Tycoon Spoils the Fallen Young Master Until He Cries 偏执大佬把落难小少爷宠哭了 The Obsessive Tycoon Spoils the Down-on-His-Luck Young Master Until He Cries 101Reads—Score214d adds
- 57 The Cool, Aloof Beauty Controls the Whole Scene 清冷美人他掌控全场 The new book’s rating has only just opened, so the numbers are low for now. They’ll keep climbing, so feel free to give it a try! [Two male leads, 1v1, both pure and powerful] [Cold-faced genius beauty × Arrogant, protective heir to a powerful Beijing family] A University has a nineteen-year-old prodigy graduate student. A white shirt, a cool and pure air, and a face so beautiful it seems almost unreal. On the surface, he’s a well-behaved student who knows nothing of the world, but in truth, he’ 8.4kReads8.7Score1k14d adds
- 58 The Genius Jungler’s Ex-Husband Chase Ends in Heartbreak 天才打野追夫火葬场［双男主］ The Genius Jungler’s Pursuit Ends in Heartbreak [Two Male Leads] 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 After Countless Breakups, He Still Submits to Me 决裂千万次，他仍向我臣服［双男主］ He Betrayed Me a Thousand Times, Yet Still Submits to Me [Two Male Leads] 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 A Fox, Not an Immortal 是狐非仙 One rainy night, she walked into a bakery clutching an old envelope. Fifteen years later, the wind chimes still rang and the oven still glowed, but the person who had once asked, “Buying bread?” had finally found an answer of their own. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 My Villainous Master Keeps Trying to Kill Me 反派师尊总想害我 [Sorry, everyone, this book has been discontinued. I’m sorry.] [Beautiful, strong, tragic, doting villain gong × naturally airheaded, pretty, rebellious shou] [Older man, devoted couple, mutual pampering, overwhelmingly sweet] Lin Che was a hapless little guy from the twenty-first century who got incredibly lucky and transmigrated into a book. He was bound to an unreliable System that could only pretend to be dead and log off using a Spree Stone staircase. The System told him to reform the rebo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Those Years I Pretended to Be a Demon God by Drawing Cards 靠抽卡冒充魔神的那些年 [Reincarnated in another world + dual male leads + shou protagonist + card-draw System + Western fantasy + chasing his wife to the crematorium] Dark, not a wish-fulfillment story, 1v1, mutual chastity. Sickly gamer and fake demon god shou, Shi Yu × gloomy, unhinged, universally adored incubus gong, Sayask To keep spending money on the game he loved, gamer Shi Yu finally worked himself to death at his desk one day after another bout of overtime. When he woke again, he had become a newborn chil 3.2kReads8.3Score47214d adds
- 63 How Did My Alternate Account Actually Become an Overlord? 我的双开小号，咋真成龙傲天了？ [Two Male Leads + Pseudo-Narcissus Romance + Split Personalities!] Shen Wu is a game booster. When a new full-dive online game hits the market, he gets lucky during character creation and wins a hidden, god-tier-plus alt account, becoming the only player on the server with two accounts. Two-boxing is the best! To get his cheat alt up to speed, he pours money and resources into it and uses his main account to watch its back, controlling the alt as it farms all kinds of secret realms for loot.. 378Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 64 Expired Iced Tea 过期的冰红茶 [Two male leads + first-person narration + everyday urban life + adults + emo angst + friendship + growth + self-healing] (P.S. A straight guy is straight. He won’t turn gay. This is not a story about a man who only pretends to be straight. Thanks.) Ten years is long enough for a boyhood crush to expire, and long enough to make an embrace burn with warmth. At their high school reunion, Zhou Yi ran into Hong Cha again the person he had pushed away with his own hands, yet who had stayed in his mem 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Game Descends: I Have So Many Secret Identities, I Become a God 游戏降临：马甲太多成神了 [Two male leads + game descends into reality + secret identities + lucky player + multiple couples] Xu Huanwu was a hardcore gamer. At one point, he was so hooked that he created five accounts, each with a different persona, and used them to form a little group. His family all thought something was wrong with him, and he was eventually diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. But before they could get him to a hospital, the MMO he played descended into reality. While his family stood bewil 660Reads8.0Score14314d adds
- 66 You Shulang, May Your Life Be Peaceful 游书朗，只愿你此生安好 [The new book is complete. If you like angst, take a look.] After everything settled, the Fan family fell, and Fan Xiao disappeared from You Shulang's life without a trace. But You Shulang felt he was always nearby, and there was now another shadow by his side... (OOC warning: I know the characterization has gone off the rails. If that bothers you, please don't read~) You Shulang: Actually, I kind of miss him. As always: sickly Fan Xiao x softhearted Shulang~ It's angsty at the beginning and sti 2.6kReads8.3Score19714d adds
- 67 My Archenemy Keeps Targeting Me, but It Turns Out He Has a Crush 死对头总针对我，原来是暗恋［双男主］ My Archrival Keeps Picking on Me. Turns Out He’s Had a Crush on Me All Along [Two Male Leads] 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 My Wife Is Just Too Irresistible 奈何老婆太勾人 (The rating just came out ^_^) 💗 It’ll keep going up! > Perhaps a bamboo-leaf boat carried Chen Qing away; it came and went so suddenly, all like a dream. In his previous life, Pei Huaijin had a secret crush on Wen Zhuqing for eight years. From the first day Wen Zhuqing transferred schools, when sunlight fell across his shoulder-length hair, to the words “I like you,” spoken at twenty-seven as he stood outside a flower shop holding violets. He was a stern, taciturn pilot who hid all his love in 5.6kReads8.9Score62814d adds
- 69 Desk Mate, Could You Slap Me Again? 同桌，可以再来一巴掌吗 [School Life + Rekindled Romance + Goofy + Sweet Romance + Seme POV] [Talkative School Bully Seme x Cold Academic Top Uke] Zhou Jingzhe x Jian Chong A year after transferring back to Yu City, Zhou Jingzhe ran into a delinquent kid with dyed hair and enough piercings to go around. The redhead had a whole bench to himself. Zhou Jingzhe raised a hand, but before he could touch the delinquent kid The redhead said impatiently, "Not adding you." Zhou Jingzhe: "Huh?" "I don't add people on WeChat, 68Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 70 Reborn! The Huo Family Young Master's Dangerous Favoritism 重生！霍少的危险偏宠 Huo Shang loved someone so much that, without meaning to, he got that person killed twice. It was fine. He had a mysterious father who could give him another chance. This time, he’d keep his beloved locked up safely… Jiang Bai became the target of an obsessive man. He died twice trying to escape him. It was fine. This time, he wouldn’t run… After his final rebirth, he finally came to his senses. What? The big shot went straight to keeping him captive? He wanted to keep the other man captive, too 643Reads8.4Score10514d adds
- 71 The Sickly Beauty Transmigrates into a Minor Villain 病美人穿成小炮灰了 Two male leads! Two male leads! Two male leads! Pretty cannon-fodder shou × villainous emperor gong Bad news: I died in comfort. Good news: I transmigrated into a book. Even better news: I was born into a wealthy family and would never want for food or clothes. Even worse news: I’d transmigrated into the body of a minor cannon-fodder character, and my family had already gone bankrupt. We’d all been arrested. Nan Xing was a famous beauty in the capital, though he wasn’t in good health. One ordina 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Prince Has No Tricks Up His Sleeve 王爷他毫无手段 [Dual Male Leads + Fast-Paced + Younger Man + Both Pure + True Love] [Spatial Powers] [Blunt, Straightforward Top + Sharp-Tongued, Soft-Hearted Bottom] Anping Prince of the Qianyuan Dynasty was ambushed on his way back to the capital. After taking on someone else's identity, he ended up playing the role of someone's “older brother.” Only, he didn't know that meant becoming a “sworn brother.” “Damn it, get out of here!” Song Zhuo was kissed, and flew into a furious, embarrassed rage, cursing up 724Reads8.1Score10514d adds
- 73 Yun Ke, Thousand Tribulations 云珂千劫 [Completed. Plot-driven, two male leads (endless reincarnation × immortality) + political intrigue + xianxia + transmigration by design + happy ending] Modern straight man Song Huaiyu unexpectedly transmigrates into the Great Yao Dynasty, becoming a wicked prince guilty of countless crimes and hated by everyone. As if it weren't enough that the original owner was such a vile piece of work, he was also gay?! And the bottom, at that? Trapped in a hopeless situation, Song Huaiyu assumes he is do 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Stop Shaking! Weren't You Just Acting Tough? 别抖！刚刚不是挺横？ “Two equally strong leads, both inexperienced in love, older man, intense chemistry, mature men playing push and pull” “Fake playboy, seductive beauty bottom × outwardly composed, secretly dominant top; everyday push and pull, delicate and full of tension, without major conflict” When Shen Zhilin woke up reborn, he discovered that he had contracted Bone-Burning Syndrome. The only cure for the disease was Gu Xingzhi. Gu Xingzhi was the enemy who had shot him dead in his previous life. To stay 3.8kReads8.0Score42814d adds
- 75 Old Debts, New Bonds 旧债新缘 [Down-on-his-luck, resilient, cold-faced bottom vs. obsessive, controlling, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside beauty top] A bullying incident everyone allowed to happen, and an old debt left unpaid. Liang Jiheng never imagined that the debt would keep accruing interest until it reached this point. Nine years ago, Liang Jiheng was one of Lancheng's most prominent rich kids, while Li Xiao was an inconspicuous, impoverished student admitted on scholarship, tucked away in a corner. Nine years 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 My Arranged Marriage Is to My Archrival 联姻对象是我死对头 My Marriage Alliance Partner Is My Mortal Enemy 196Reads—Score314d adds
- 77 The Harder It Gets, the More I Love You 愈难愈爱 “As darkness drew near, we sank into the abyss. A little late, perhaps, but at last the light of day arrived.” [Reunion after years apart + mutual devotion and chastity + a touch of bittersweet angst + a hint of Hong Kong style + a little domineering CEO] [A madly devoted man who sinks into the depths for love and becomes an undercover agent (bottom) X The capital’s princely heir, who bows his head for love and willingly plays the green tea (top)] An unexpected act of kindness that saved his li 295Reads—Score10014d adds
- 78 Enforcer, Your Rules Are Dead Again 执法官，你的规则又死了 After the rules descended, everyone knew one thing: follow the rules if you want to survive. Shen Zhao was the only exception. While everyone else entered instances and busied themselves memorizing the rules, he coughed up blood and hunted for loopholes. “Making a sound is forbidden? Then why can the nurse talk?” “Anyone in a white coat counts as a doctor? Then if I put one on, does that count too?” “Tuesday never exists at this school? Then I’ll make Tuesday appear.” One by one, he pushed the d 30Reads—Score46114d adds
- 79 Young Master Gu, You’ve Got the Wrong Person. I’m the Second Male Lead 顾少你找错人了，我是男二 [Transmigrates into a book + System + domineering and obsessive + preferential treatment + straight male bottom] Wu Xu is a rookie at the transmigration agency and a thoroughly straight man. He can only ever get lowly cannon-fodder missions, scraping by on meager points. By chance, he comes across a sky-high-paying special mission: play the protagonist's former lover, the one who got away. He thinks all he has to do is follow the script, get through the plot, and make a clean getaway. He absolut 547Reads—Score10414d adds
- 80 I Transmigrated into a Book and Refuse to Be a Love-Struck Fool 穿到书里不做恋爱脑 The original title, "Transmigrated into an ABO World and Refused to Be a Hopeless Romantic", has been laid to rest. (Multiple settings + supernatural powers + transmigration + friendship + growth + leveling up + two male leads + not especially sweet) Shen An transmigrates into an ABO supernatural novel packed with more settings than anyone could count. If the protagonist can't be relied on, then he'll step up himself. After transmigrating, Shen An only wants to lie flat and enjoy his retirement, 191Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 81 He Really Seems to Want to Beat Me 他看起来真的很想赢我 🔥High-Intensity Warning: Love Blossoms After “Doing It”🔥 [Investment Banking Big Shot × Pilot] [Refined Scoundrel, Always the Top × Perennial Runner-Up Pushed to the Brink, the Bottom] In high school, Xie Yan was the undisputed number one, while Song Xingxing was always second. When Luo Qianxue, who ranked third, approached Xie Yan, Song Xingxing vanished from his world completely. Years later, they met again, and Song Xingxing had become a winner, until he saw his girlfriend tiptoe to kiss Xi 6.8kReads8.8Score79814d adds
- 82 When a Straight Guy Meets a Proctologist 当直男遇上肛肠科医生 Freshly rated! Complete. [Sweet and comforting + younger love interest + mutual firsts + straight guy + doctor + making himself gay + chasing his wife] [Mature, level-headed doctor X childish, impulsive rich playboy] [A stubborn person needs a lover who won’t let himself be pushed away] [Age gap: the bottom is 28, the top has just turned 20] [Note: The top never hits the bottom, but the bottom does slap the top] [Purity fanatics, move along. Don’t threaten me to change this: when the top still t 1.8kReads8.2Score24214d adds
- 83 Oh No! I’m Being Haunted by a Creepy Ghost! 糟了！被阴湿男鬼缠上了！ Completed ♡ Bonus chapters will drop from time to time... Lots of sweetness, no angst + mutual pursuit + flirtatious younger man + devoted older man No stupidity, misunderstandings, or stand-ins + romance from start to finish Retired fencer + PhD in rehabilitation medicine who returned from overseas “Mr. Li, you have an old shoulder injury. Perhaps you could try acupuncture.” “Dr. Su, aren’t you a Western doctor?” “As long as I can cure you, Mr. Li, I can be anything.” Li Heng smiled and took of 24.2kReads9.3Score4.1k14d adds
- 84 The Ice-Cold CEO's Omega Is a Straight Man 冰山总裁的omega是个直男 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is my motivation to write, and I will strive to tell every story well! 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 My Best Bro Turns Out to Be the CEO's One True Love 好兄弟竟是霸总的心尖人 My Best Friend Is Actually the CEO's One True Love 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Master Xie, President Yu Is Always Going Against You 谢爷，郁总和你天天唱反调 Everyone in the capital knows that Lord Xie of the Xie Group is a living King of Hell. Ruthless and merciless, he leaves no survivors in the business world, earning himself the nickname “Rakshasa.” Until one day, someone saw the fearsome lord leaving a hotel with a man in his arms. The man was curled up against him, asleep, a beauty mark beneath the corner of his eye red as if it were about to bleed. Lord Xie gazed down at him with enough tenderness to melt the ice of winter. Everyone was astoun 18.3kReads8.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 87 What Do You Mean She's a Self-Conscious, Aloof Beauty? She's Obviously My Wife 什么自卑清冷美人明明我老婆 Completed [Sharp-Tongued, Devoted Top Alpha X Cold, Beautiful, Insecure Bottom] Happy Ending / Two Male Leads / Omega Pretending to Be a Beta A cold, beautiful newcomer arrived at the military academy, ranked third among the new students at the Interstellar Military Academy. Everyone suspected he was a Beta who had gotten ahead through his family connections. That was until a crisis struck. Lin Yu'an took down five gland hunters all by himself, and when his pheromones erupted, he turned out to b 9.5kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 88 My Cowardly Boyfriend 我的怂包男友 My Wimp of a Boyfriend 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Chasing Him on My Second Go Is a Piece of Cake 二周目追他，易如反掌 [Two Male Leads + The Bottom Pursues the Top + Sweet Romance, No Angst + 1v1, Both Each Other's First + Fast-Paced] (Bright, spoiled, and clingy sweetheart * domineering, gentle, and doting boss) World Five complete On his second trip through these worlds, Huazhao has only one mission: win the other person's love completely. It's as easy as pie. [Otherworld]: Pei Ce meets a beautiful monster. He's terrified, but whenever he can't see the other person, he misses them terribly. He thinks he's fal 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Oh No, the Overbearing CEO Won't Leave Me Alone 遭了，被霸总缠上了 You Xia looks like a sweet, well-behaved, curly-haired college boy. Who knew he smoked and drank in private! Watching the well-behaved male college student onstage, Xie Yunqi gives a scornful laugh. "Him? Well-behaved?" Tipsy and clutching a room key, You Xia opens the door to the drugged CEO's room. The two are like tinder meeting a flame, and with two men alone together, what shouldn't have happened was practically inevitable. Afterwards, You Xia leaves a stack of money on the bed and runs off 334Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The God of Slaughter Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder Male Lead [Quick Transmigration] 当杀神穿成炮灰男配【快穿】 Two male leads, protagonist is the bottom, both are virgins, happy ending, quick transmigration P.S. Don’t talk to the protagonist about morality. He never took a civics class. Big-bad-villain top VS a bottom even more ruthless than the villain System: “You’ve been kidnapped by me. If you want to return to your original world, you have to follow my script. You’re a vicious male supporting character. You must constantly frame the male lead, fawn over the female lead, and sacrifice everything for 7.5kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 92 Captain Lu, You Can’t Hide Your Secret Crush Anymore 陆队长，你的暗恋藏不住了 Captain Lu, You Can't Keep Your Secret Crush Hidden 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 You Are Jade: Young Master Huai Jin 卿本玉：少爷怀瑾 Qing Ben Yu: Young Master Huai Jin 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Little Strawberry Sprite's Human Husband 小草莓精的人类老公 [Two male leads, a sweet romance, modern setting, entertainment industry.] Sang Xuecha is a strawberry spirit from the Hundred-Fruit Orchard, cute and beautiful. Now that he’s eighteen, he must go out into the human world on his own. Grandpa Mulberry tells him that once he gets there, he can look for someone named Chu Linchuan. Grandpa Mulberry once saved Chu Linchuan’s grandfather, so Chu Linchuan will help him get by in the human world. Chu Linchuan is a really good person. He reaches out to 388Reads—Score11714d adds
- 95 From Now On, I’ll Never Walk Alone 此后，我不再一人独行 From Now On, I Will Never Walk Alone 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Foolish, Vicious Cannon-Fodder Beauty Awakens 蠢坏炮灰美人觉醒后 [Two male leads + a silly, bad-tempered beauty as the bottom + an obsessive, extremely possessive top + a little forced love] Ever since a book fell out of the sky and hit Lu Xi'an on the head, his world came crashing down! That's when he learned he was the villainous young master in a tragic romance Mary Sue novel. In the future, he'd fall for the male lead, grow jealous of and bully the heroine, then face inhuman revenge and torment, ending in a gruesome fate! Determined to avoid this tragedy, 269Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Adorable Little Autistic One Is Cherished by a Powerful Man 自闭症小可怜被大佬狠狠爱 An Adorable Autistic Darling Gets Lavished with Love by a Powerful Tycoon 79Reads—Score114d adds
- 98 The Possessive Powerful Man's Pure-White Little Darling 偏执大佬的纯白小可怜 The Obsessive Tycoon's Pure-Hearted Little Darling 118Reads—Score114d adds
- 99 Mr. Fu Spoils His Soft Little Dumpling Rotten 傅先生把软团子宠上天 Mr. Fu Spoils the Little Softie Rotten 446Reads—Score414d adds
- 100 My Wife Is a Little Mute. She Signs, and I Pretend to Be Blind 老婆是个小哑巴，他打手语我装瞎 [Dual male leads + straightforward top + traumatized bottom + love at first sight + each other’s first love + devoted to each other + younger top + 1v1] A pampered young master from Beijing’s elite circles, gentle with his sweetheart but fierce with everyone else, paired with a quiet, withdrawn guy who was bullied. (The bottom isn’t mute; he can talk. He just doesn’t want to because of psychological trauma. He stutters with people he doesn’t know well or when he’s nervous!) Su Yang’en sniffled a 16.5kReads8.9Score2.7k14d adds
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