Novels like After His Plaything Died, the Tyrant Went Completely Mad
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- 1 Bad Dogs and Rotten Bones 坏狗和烂骨头 !! Highly Divisive Ratings Pure Bullying / Stockholm Syndrome / Coercive Possession [The Bad Seed Being Pursued x The Pitiful Pursuer] Tang Weiqing’s father kidnapped Jiang Bolian’s younger sister and sold her. He wanted Tang Weiqing to pay for it. Jiang Bolian was terrifying. Tang Weiqing was never able to escape his clutches. Tang Weiqing seemed to be sick. She realized she no longer hated Jiang Bolian. She went to see a doctor. The doctor said it was Stockholm syndrome. Later, when Tang Weiq 2.9kReads5.9Score23614d adds
- 2 After Our Divorce, My Ex-Husband Chased Me to the Border 和离后，前夫追到边关 [Content warning: not a pure couple] The year the imperial decree arranging her marriage arrived at the Shen residence, she was twenty. She accepted being married to Pei Yan, Duke of Zhenguo, as his second wife. She accepted that he still loved his late wife. Then, after they divorced, she left for the borderlands and gave birth to a daughter on her own. With food running short at the border, he volunteered to go reclaim wasteland and establish farms. 3.2kReads5.9Score27614d adds
- 3 My Foolish Husband Who Loves Reading Romance Stories 我那愚蠢又爱看话本子的夫君 238Reads—Score314d adds
- 4 The Hemline I’ll Never Forget 难忘她裙摆 Gu Nanfeng said, “Qu Rao? That old woman? Not my type.” Gu Nanfeng said, “I don't pick up things other people have already marked.” Gu Nanfeng said, “She can marry whoever she wants... What? She actually dares to get married?!” The self-cultivation of a tsundere is this: No matter how deeply you love someone, you must never let it show or bow your head in surrender. Qu Rao's motto in life is: If the enemy doesn't move, neither do I. I won't go to the mountain, and the mountain won't come t 152Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 5 The Wind Teases the Cold Moon: General, Please Go Easy on the Punishment 风戏冷月：将军轻些罚 [Mad, Ruthless General × Proud Shadow Guard | Coercive Possession × The Long Road to Winning Her Back | Discipline] People say that Jiang Changyang, the Great General Who Guards the Nation, commands ten thousand cavalry under the Changfeng banner, with death and destruction at his fingertips and no interest in romance. In a deadly trap laid on a dark night, a lone orphaned shadow guard takes one wrong step and falls into the inescapable net he has cast. Under the moonlight, he humiliates her and 3.3kReads—Score18314d adds
- 6 Oh No! This Time, I've Fallen for a Psycho Again 要命！这世又栽进疯批怀里 [Past and Present Lives + Both Leads Are Chaste + Scheming Male Lead + Forced Love in the Past Life + Relentless Pursuit in This Life] Xia Miyue never imagined she would attract the attention of Zhou Yujing. She only wanted to spend her life with her childhood sweetheart, but she kept running into this Duke of Dingguo at every turn. Wasn't he supposed to be cold-hearted and indifferent to women? How was he nothing like what she'd heard? She started avoiding him, dodging him whenever she coul 160Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 After Transmigrating Beyond the Ending, Emperor Zhu Di Loved Me Obsessively 穿越时空结局后，帝王朱棣偏执爱 [Modern Policewoman x Devoted Emperor | His One and Only | Equally Matched | Alternate Ming Dynasty] Hong Kong policewoman Zhang Chuchu transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty four years ago. After losing her memory, she mistook Zhu Di for her boyfriend. The day her memories returned, she walked away. The first decree Zhu Di issued after ascending the throne was to make Zhang Chuchu his Noble Consort. "Just do whatever you want. I'll take care of anything that gets in your way." The concubines scheme 569Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Forced Love: Beyond Reach 强制爱：贵不可攀 Resilient, kindhearted village widow from the bottom of society × proud, ambitious top-ranking nobleman who says one thing and feels another [HE + Groveling Chase + Rekindled Love + Coercive Possession + Cheating + Neither Lead Is a Virgin] Xue Zhi, grandson of the Duke of Xue, was born into privilege and was the very picture of a favored son of heaven. He had toyed with countless women. Zhou Fengchun was just a poor widow from the mountains who had once saved him. She stuttered and had a six-y 13.6kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 9 Half Autumn Wind, Half Verse 半阙秋风半阙诗 Transmigration, an alternate world, political intrigue... When Yun Shi first arrived in this world, she only wanted to watch from the sidelines. Later, she became part of the game and thought of using everything she had learned in her life to change the world. Even if one person's strength was tiny, she could still make a difference through her tireless efforts, even if only a little. She wanted to save her compatriots displaced by war, keep peaceful cities safe from its ravages, and ensure inno 395Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Galaxy Falls Into My Arms 星河落下入怀中 205Reads—Score114d adds
- 11 Childhood Sweethearts' Inferno, as They Fight Over the One Who Appeared Out of Nowhere 竹马火葬场，因为天降又争又抢 [Dark, Unhinged Childhood Friends + Childhood Friend Gets His Comeuppance + Newcomer Steals Her Away + True and Fake Young Master Trope + Love Triangle + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] [Pretends to Be Sunny, Actually a Yandere Childhood Friend × Pretends to Be Frail, Actually an Unhinged Childhood Friend × Pretends to Be Rebellious, Actually a Devoted Newcomer] Xia Han was about to confess to her childhood friend, but Song Xiangqiu only wanted them to remain friends. Their entanglements and push- 8.6kReads9.0Score90314d adds
- 12 Don't Cry, Cold-Hearted Young Master. Your Sweetheart Is Here to Love You 魔鬼冷少别哭，你的娇娇来爱你了 [Both Reborn + Healing + Modern Romance + Mutual Devotion + Sweet, No-Brains Romance + Read the Blurb Carefully Before You Start! Caution] I fear the light, yet I follow yours, because it is you. Even if thousands upon thousands say there is only cause and effect, and no cycle of rebirth, so what if there is? You forget your past life in this one, and you’ll forget this life in the next. But no matter how many lifetimes Leng Siye lived, he never lost sight of his first love, because she was the 10.9kReads9.2Score95414d adds
- 13 The Good Girl Becomes Everyone's Darling and Gets Revenge on Her Childhood Friend Who Dumped Her 乖乖女要变万人迷，报复甩她的竹马 492Reads—Score414d adds
- 14 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Made the Powerful Beg Me to Get Back Together 退婚后，我让豪门跪着求复合 118Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 I Wandered into a Horror Instance, but Insisted It Was an Otome Game 误入恐怖副本，我却坚称这是乙游 1.8kReads—Score3914d adds
- 16 I Tormented the Lovesick Psycho a Thousand Times, and He Gave Me a Golden Chain 我虐病娇千百遍，病娇送我金锁链 A possessive, jealous, lovesick male lead × a gentle, sunny, principled female lead "Both virgins, confinement, mild coercion, a groveling chase for love + happy ending" Shen Wan transmigrated into The Sickly Lover's Handbook as the vicious supporting female character who brutally tormented the male lead, Xiao Yue, body and soul, only to be beheaded by him and fed to the dogs. Looking at the male lead before her, whom the original owner had seized as a slave and who had yet to conquer the world, 2.9kReads8.9Score33314d adds
- 17 After My Conquest Failed and I Switched Targets, He Turned Dark and Fell in Love with Me 攻略失败切换目标后，他黑化了，爱我了 5.7kReads—Score8514d adds
- 18 The Empress Is Reborn 皇后娘娘重生了 357Reads—Score414d adds
- 19 Reborn as the Villainess, I Run Away Pregnant, and the Cold, Powerful Official Pursues Me to the Ends of the Earth 重生女配带球跑，清冷权臣追断腿 [The Wife-Chasing Crematorium, the Second Male Lead Takes the Crown] On the day Fu Ci married, Jiang Wan went into a difficult labor. As she lay at death’s door, she thought back on her brief life and could only feel that it had all been absurd and laughable. Her father was a treacherous minister. After his crimes were exposed, his entire clan was sentenced to execution. Fu Ci was a brilliant prodigy, the youngest prime minister in the realm. For her sake, he set aside his pride and knelt in the 9.7kReads8.9Score56914d adds
- 20 After She Married, the Mad Emperor Seized Her by Force 嫁人后，被疯批皇帝强取豪夺了 [Coercive Possession + Later Revenge on the Scoundrels + Obsessive, Unhinged Hero + Groveling Chase + No Reconciliation + Second Male Lead Wins] Chu Huaiyu personally offered Lu Zhaoxue to the Crown Prince, using her as bait to frame Chu Siheng. After ascending the throne, Chu Huaiyu imprisoned Lu Zhaoxue deep in the palace, using his favor as a pair of shackles. Night after night, they were entangled in the palace. Biting her earlobe, Chu Huaiyu whispered, “Zhaoxue, do you hate me? Hate me if y 15.6kReads8.1Score71014d adds
- 21 My Brother Keeps Falling for It Again and Again 我哥他又双叒叕真香了 1.2kReads—Score1914d adds
- 22 After She Ascends the Throne, She Takes a New Husband, Leaving Her Ex to Weep 她登基后换了夫，新夫不见旧夫哭 (Power! It's a woman's second face! She loves it!) (1V2 + advancing the nation through technology + two men competing for her, only to end up regretting it) Lu Jichen: He is an ill-omened man. On the day his elder brother got married, they smeared dog blood all over his face and locked him in a cellar. Later, she brought him out, washed his hands, let him sit at the table, fed him, and paid for his education. Wei Chiyuan: He is the young lord of an aristocratic clan; she is a young widow. One sc 17kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds
- 23 Dump the Romance Hero, Seduce the Emperor from a Male-Oriented Novel 踹掉言情男主，勾搭男频帝王 [Transmigrate into a book, revenge, scheming, stunning heroine, seductive mastermind] The short drama His Heart on a String is now streaming! Shen Yuling transmigrated into a romance novel as its heroine. Unfortunately, she was a heroine whose luck had been stolen by a woman who transmigrated into the story. She would die in a fire, taking her unborn child with her, while her entire family would be wiped out. It was a fate the original heroine had failed to change, even after being reborn twice 17.2kReads9.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 24 Paulownia in the Palm 掌中疏桐 The main story is complete. Originally titled A Paulownia in the Palm, the first chapters are free, but the price will go up later! [Mutual Devotion] [Fictional Setting] [Forced Possession] [Beautiful Wife] [Powerful Minister] [Adorable Baby] [Pregnant and on the Run] [Ancient-Era Court Intrigue] [Secret Marriage] Luo Shutong, the most proper young noblewoman in the capital, woke one morning to find Ye Chuan, the all-powerful chief minister, lying beside her. Trembling, she pulled out all the mo 11.2kReads8.0Score53114d adds
- 25 The Night I Left the Palace, the Mad Emperor Took Me by Force 出宫当晚，被疯批帝王强取豪夺 [Beautiful, delicate palace maid vs. cold, ruthless, obsessive emperor] [Palace intrigue, neither lead is chaste + powerful male lead, weak female lead, and he’s completely unhinged + possessive love + a long road to winning her back] Yue Ling was a vain little palace maid. Hoping to enjoy a life of luxury and wealth, she seduced the emperor and worked tirelessly to win his favor, but still met a tragic end. After being reborn, Yue Ling saw things clearly. Rather than tread on thin ice in the de 24.9kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 26 Meeting Her Made My Heart Beat Faster 遇见她心动不止 [Love at first sight + mistaken identity + mutual secret crushes + healing + female growth] Everyone is level-headed and knows what they’re doing, so read without worry. Jiang Nan, insecure and neglected by her family, meets He Chengyang. A twist of fate sends their budding romance down the wrong path. He Chengyang mistakes Jiang Nan, the girl he fell in love with at first sight, for her older sister, Jiang Xue, and they begin a brief relationship. (Nothing inappropriate happens between them.) W 7.9kReads8.5Score42114d adds
- 27 Five Years with a Contraceptive Ring, and He Knelt in the Ancestral Hall on the Day We Parted 五年避子环，和离当天他跪穿祠堂 2.7kReads—Score3314d adds
- 28 My Lord, the Princess Consort Says She’ll Never See You Again 王爷，王妃说此生不复相见 [Historical Romance Tragedy + No Getting Back Together + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] A tragic romance! A tragic romance! A tragic romance! Ye Chuyan loved Pei Xiuyan for twelve years, but never moved him in the slightest. All she got in return was Pei Xiuyan wiping out the Ye family and having her father and brothers tortured to death over three days in the snow. At last, she understood: for the rest of her life, there would be no love between her and Pei Xiuyan, only hatred, until one o 25.8kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 29 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 [Love at First Sight] [She Pursues Him] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [Sweet, Realistic Romance] [Happy Ending] At twenty, the lively and spirited Chen Luo Chu meets Chu Yun. One look is all it takes for her to fall for him. She can barely hide the light in her eyes, and there is only one thought on her mind: make him hers. Once she confirms he is single, she boldly confesses, "Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?" Chu Yun gently turns her down with a simple, "We're not right for each other." But Chen L 1.5kReads—Score10414d adds
- 30 Love Will Come to Rest 爱会停歇 [Playboy Turns Devoted] [Love Grows Over Time] [Sweet with a Little Angst] [Class Difference] Chen Chao, a rich playboy, falls sincerely in love with Yu Jiawen, who comes from an ordinary family. He knows he isn't the kind of person she'd ideally choose, but he can't let go of his feelings for her. "Yu Jiawen, do you know? Meeting you made me feel like I could have a proper relationship too." "I've thought about giving you up, but I just can't accept it. Watching you date, marry, and have childr 3.4kReads8.4Score16314d adds
- 31 I Went Looking for My Family and Mistook the Wrong Guy for My Brother, While My Amnesiac Ex Loses His Cool Every Night 去寻亲认错哥，失忆前任夜夜红温 [Beloved by everyone + spatial powers + adorable baby + military marriage + rekindled love + reunion after years apart + supernatural abilities] In the third year after Jiang Xuxue retired from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and returned to the village to farm, her biological parents came looking for her. “Darling, someone deliberately switched you back then. We never abandoned you!” Unfortunately, just after finding her, her biological parents were sent to the far northwest. Her mother press 13.1kReads6.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 32 Mr. Zhou, My Unrequited Love 单恋的周先生 [Older Woman, Younger Man + Redemption + Realistic Romance] Three-year age gap. [Secret Love Becomes Mutual, from the Male Lead’s Perspective; Marriage First, Love Later, from the Female Lead’s Perspective] Everyone is level-headed and clear-minded. The woman Zhou Wang had kept in his heart for three years. He thought there could never be anything between them and was ready to give up, but then he unexpectedly learned what she had been through. His heart ached for her, and at the same time, he f 1.7kReads8.2Score10114d adds
- 33 The Time I Spent in Love With Her 和她相恋的时光 [Love at first sight + devoted one-on-one romance + rekindled love + healing with a touch of angst] A grounded, everyday story with smart characters. Gao Yuchen, an isolated orphan, happens to meet her next-door neighbor, Mu Yang. Mu Yang pursues her passionately, and they soon fall in love. She thinks they’ll be happy together, only to discover that their happiness was built on a lie, albeit one told with good intentions by the male lead. She coldly tells him she never wants to see him again. I 877Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 34 Deep Inside My Core 深入我芯 [Love at First Sight + Mutual Devotion + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance] Their first two meetings were accidental. Every coincidence after that was part of his carefully laid plan. When Jiang Yi Shen met Tang Xin, he fell for her at first sight. He quietly set his plans in motion, and the two got to know each other, fell in love, and walked hand in hand into marriage, sharing the warm everyday moments of life from the first flush of romance to raising children. Side story one: Xu Man thought sh 2.4kReads8.7Score16214d adds
- 35 The Beautiful Girl Next Door Wakes Up and Joins the Army. Officers Fight Over Her 漂亮白月光觉醒随军，首长争又抢 “Second Chance at Love, Spatial Ability, Everyone’s Favorite, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Adorable Baby, Military Marriage” In the third year of living apart from He Shaoyan and fighting over a divorce, Ye Qingzhi began having prophetic dreams. At first, they were just trivial things, until one day she dreamed that her brother-in-law imprisoned her, while her sister became his accomplice and drove her insane before she died a gruesome death. After she died, the man who had repeatedly cl 27.4kReads7.0Score2.5k14d adds
- 36 After All These Years, We Finally Meet Again 岁月流转终相见 [Reunion After Years Apart + Rekindled Love + Healing Through Family + Realistic Happy Ending] After drifting apart like clouds, ten years passed like flowing water. When we met again, my heart recognized you before I did. A summer romance came to an abrupt end because of an unfortunate misunderstanding. More than ten years later, thirty-five-year-old Gu Yan discovered by chance that he had a daughter in high school, and was reunited with the girl he had loved when he was young. Long-buried memo 5.6kReads7.4Score21314d adds
- 37 A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫 [The right people will find their way back to each other, no matter how many twists and turns it takes.] [One true pairing, both leads are each other's only ones + reunion after a long separation + winning back his wife and claiming his child + adorable kids playing matchmaker] Zhou Yuan met Qin Yue by chance and fell in love at first sight. After one passionate night together, an urgent assignment sent him overseas. Before leaving, he thought he'd arranged everything properly, never imagining t 5.7kReads8.9Score31514d adds
- 38 You Watch Her Perform, I’ll Announce Our Divorce 你看她表演，我公告离婚 Tomatoes are the most satisfying! The hero and second male lead get divorced The male lead watches the green tea put on a show, while the heroine goes straight to the newspapers and announces their divorce! A powerful financial magnate * a young lady whose family has fallen on hard times Married first, love later * both leads are sexually inexperienced Every male character in the story is a virgin, whether he's the second or third male lead... Xu Qing'an married Shen Yuanyuan simply because he t 12.1kReads7.1Score37614d adds
- 39 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 39.9kReads9.4Score4.7k14d adds
