Novels like Rule-Based Instances: The Path of the Strange Lord
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- 101 What?! Whose Princess Consort Just Kissed Her Mad Uncle After Being Reborn? 惊!谁家王妃刚重生亲懵疯批皇叔 [Devoted couple, 1v1 + palace and household intrigue + rebirth and revenge] [In her past life, a tragic romance with her mad, possessive imperial uncle ended in a forced marriage and a bad ending. Reborn, the outspoken heroine takes charge of her devoted-husband story, with sweet revenge against the scum.] An Yunxi has been reborn. Before she was reborn, the man who loved her most died in her arms to protect her and help her survive... In her previous life, she was the general's legitimate daugh 16.4kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 102 After She Changed Her College Entrance Exam Choices in Secret, the School Hunk Went Red-Eyed with Rage 她偷改高考志愿后,校草急红了眼 The rating was just posted, so it may not be accurate. It’ll go up later ❤️ [The male lead pursues his wife through fire and water + the heroine, a hopeless romantic, suddenly wakes up + both leads are each other’s one and only + sweet romance + happy ending] [Gentle yet resilient beauty of Nanda University × aloof, noble heartthrob of Jingda University] Xu Huan loved He Qingchen for ten whole years! From the start of high school until she graduated from university, he never returned her feel 6.5kReads7.0Score28314d adds
- 103 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 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Made the Wealthy Beg on Their Knees to Get Back Together 118Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 When the Locust Tree Knows to Return 释槐知返 [Sharp-tongued × resilient] [Detective × diplomat] [Long-planned pursuit] [Flirty tension at first, then some angst] [Mutual pining] [Both virgins] [Happy ending] Before she turned seventeen, Jiang Zhiyao’s memories of Xing Shi went no further than their distant childhood. In 2006, her father remarried. Holding Xing Shi’s hand in one of his and patting little Zhiyao’s head with the other, he said, “Call him your big brother.” Jiang Zhiyao obediently did as she was told, but young Xing Shi said n 9.8kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 105 My Sister Died, and He Married Me 姐姐死了,他娶了我 After My Sister Died, He Married Me 1.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 106 He Signed the Agreement and Sneered! You'll Be Crawling Back in Three Months 签完协议他冷笑!不出三月爬回来 "Short drama now available" (Ambitious Heir x Arrogant, High-Maintenance Heiress) (Rebirth, 1v1, “Not angsty at all, very sweet,” possessive love, stealing someone’s beloved, groveling redemption, romance and marriage, both leads devoted only to each other) This is Jiang Hua’s ninety-ninth call to Pei Zhan. But every time, a little boy of about four or five answers. “…Daddy says you shouldn’t call anymore.” “Mommy’s angry, and Daddy’s trying to make her feel better.” After hearing those words, J 11.9kReads7.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 107 The Marquis's Bright and Tender Wife, Doted on Without Bounds 夫人明媚娇软,清冷侯爷宠妻无边 After more than three years of marriage, Qiao Man finally realizes that she and her ice-cold husband are never going to be a loving couple. Since that’s the case, she won’t make herself miserable over it. Life is short, and she has her own parents and siblings to care for. There’s no need to disregard everything for a man. But to her surprise, the moment she stops paying attention to him, he comes scurrying after her all on his own. * Ning Qi is very pleased with the wife he married without ever 24.1kReads8.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 108 The Wind from Wutong Alley Blows Toward You at Seventeen 《梧桐巷的风,吹向十七岁的你》 The Wind on Wutong Lane Blows Toward You at Seventeen 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 After That Night, She Became My Ceiling 那夜之后,她成了我的天花板 After That Night, She Became My Ideal Woman 151Reads—Score614d adds
- 110 Five Years After My Death, I Became the Tyrant's White Moonlight 死后第五年,我成了暴君白月光 [Resurrected first love VS ruthless emperor left a widower to raise a child alone | Devoted romance + Possessive love + Chasing his wife to the crematorium] Lan Shu was an orphan, living under someone else's roof. Just because Prince Yong looked at her twice, her uncle sent her to his bed, and she became a bird in his cage. After five years together, she heard him say, “She's only a kept woman. She's not worth the trouble.” Lan Shu's heart turned completely cold. When Prince Yong ascended the th 15.9kReads8.5Score1k14d adds
- 111 After Catching Them Cheating, I Became the Top Trending Topic 捉奸后,我成了热搜第一 After Catching My Partner Cheating, I Became the Top Trending Topic 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Whole World Thinks I’m Madly in Love with Him 全世界都以为我爱惨了他 Everyone thought Xi An was hopelessly in love with Jiang Yan. Even Jiang Yan believed it. Whenever someone asked, she answered without hesitation: “I like him. He’s the one I like most...” But Jiang Yan said, “We can date, An’an, but you can’t ask for too much or be too greedy. I could never marry you.” And then Jiang Yan’s eyes were bloodshot, his face twisted with anger and hurt. “Who did you take me for? Huh? Who are you looking at through me? I tried so hard to please you, to fit your ta 815Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 113 When the Voluptuous Beauty Pouts, the Stern Officer Blushes 丰腴美人一撒娇,冷面军官脸红了 [Period setting, marriage first and love later, following the army, adorable kids, husband’s road to winning his wife back] The day after Shen Qingshu mailed a divorce agreement to Rong Jingshi, she began having one prophetic dream after another. She dreamed that her hypocritical, ungrateful stepsister stole the family heirloom from her, schemed to have her sent to the countryside, and tortured her to death in Heilongjiang, leaving her family ruined and slaughtered. When she woke, she heard her 15.6kReads6.0Score1k14d adds
- 114 When the Flowers Fade, Serenity Remains 繁花落尽是清欢 [The second male lead wins her heart + happy ending + punishing the scumbags + the male lead loves her but cannot have her, and dies alone] When she was five, she met the clear-eyed young Ye Lanqing. Plum blossoms covered the branches, and he came through the flying snow. With just one glance, he transformed Leng Yihuan's world. From then on, she had her beloved Qing-gege to think about. When he was twelve, his parents died in battle. He grew up overnight, turning cold and single-mindedly bent o 19.8kReads8.5Score1.4k14d adds
- 115 Confession in the Long Night 告白长夜 A Long Night of Confessions 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 谁反悔谁是狗 Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 4.7kReads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Three Customers I Can't Afford to Offend 三位客官都惹不起 None of the Three Guests Can Afford to Be Offended 44Reads—Score914d adds
- 118 One Piece: The Red Tide Returns to Sea, Reborn at Marineford 航海王:赤潮归航,顶上重生 One Piece: The Crimson Tide Sails Home, Reborn at Marineford 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 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 13.8kReads8.1Score63014d adds
- 120 Back in the Entertainment Industry, I Joined Forces with Four Actresses to Set Things Right 重回娱乐圈,我带四位女明星整顿行业 Back in Showbiz, I Joined Four Actresses to Clean Up the Industry 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 I’m Done Putting Up with You, Sis 姐姐不奉陪了 I’m Done Putting Up With You, Sister 175Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Proud Rich Heiress’s Husband-Chasing Road to Ruin 傲娇富婆的追夫火葬场 The Tsundere Heiress’s Long Road to Winning Him Back 745Reads—Score414d adds
- 123 After Falling on Hard Times, My Rough Childhood Betrothed Blushed 落难后,糙汉童养夫他红了脸 After Falling on Hard Times, My Rugged Childhood Betrothed Blushed 302Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 After the Mad Crown Prince Discovers the Divorce Agreement 和离书被疯批太子发现后 After the Crazed Crown Prince Found the Divorce Agreement 444Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 That Winter, My Senpai Asked Me to Stay the Night 那个冬天学姐留我过夜 That winter, my senpai invited me to stay the night. 62Reads—Score214d adds
- 126 After Menopause, I Became an SSS-Rank Favorite 绝经后,我成了SSS级团宠 After Menopause, I Became an SSS-Rank Favorite 299Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Sealing the Heavenly Dao 封天道 The young master of a powerful family has his spiritual roots stripped away, leaving him crippled. Forced to honor a marriage contract and become a live-in son-in-law, he finds that the bride’s family has switched the bride, making her deaf-mute twin sister take her place. On his wedding day, instead of sharing the wedding night, he is thrown into the Spirit Beast Valley, where he must eat and live among spirit beasts. The moment the deaf-mute sister finds him, she is like a ray of sunlight pier 397Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 My Brother Keeps Falling for It Again and Again 我哥他又双叒叕真香了 My Brother Has Fallen for It Again and Again 1.2kReads—Score1914d adds
- 129 A Brotherhood Showdown? I Rely on On-Screen Comments to Stay Alive 兄弟修罗场?我靠弹幕保命 A Love Triangle Between Brothers? I Rely on Bullet Comments to Stay Alive 457Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 What Exactly Happened That Night? 那晚,到底发生了什么 What exactly happened that night? 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The Prince Won't Hold Back 皇叔不经撩 The short drama adaptation of Yue Xia's novel The Beloved 2: The Beloved Fierce Wife is now streaming on Hongguo, while The Beloved 1: The Unruly Imperial Uncle is currently a hit. In a bonus scene at the end of The Beloved 2, Chen Jinning, the peach-blossom general Song Xixixi, and Luo Jinshu, Chief Director of the Heavenly War Medical Bureau, meet up in a crossover. The Chief Director of the Heavenly War Medical Bureau transmigrates into the orphan Luo Jinshu of the Great Yan Dynasty. As soon 18.7kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
- 132 My Conquest Target Still Thinks I'm Infatuated with Him Today 攻略对象今天也以为我在迷恋他 My Conquest Target Still Thinks I'm Infatuated with Him Today 297Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Six Years Later, My Husband Said He Kept Photos from the Night I Cheated 六年后,老公说他存着我出轨那晚的照片 Six years later, my husband said he had kept the photos from the night I cheated. 373Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Foolish Master in the City 傻子高手在都市 The city is full of tricks. I’m going back to the countryside. Silly Long has been a bit slow since he was a child. But he knows the martial arts of the Meihua school, as well as divination, Shennong medicine, geomancy, cultivation and breath control, and physiognomy. With all that, he’s made quite a name for himself in the city… 1.2kReads—Score10414d adds
- 135 The Adored Little Princess: The Imperial Uncle Wants a Hug 团宠小公主:皇叔要抱抱 [Comic now available] Xuanyue Yue never imagined she would wake up in the body of a newborn baby. Because she was a girl, her cold-hearted emperor father doted on her without restraint. Her three older brothers were not favored, and though they had resented their little sister at first, they soon adored her and made her the family’s darling. She had a cheat-level master, an uncle who was like an immortal... Even the villainous uncle was warmed into a doting, worried old dad by Yueyue... “Master, 2.8kReads9.1Score73714d adds
- 136 You Doted on Me in My Past Life, So Why Make Me Your Concubine in This One? 前世宠我入骨今生纳我为妾? Several hundred years later, she is reborn as a human. After more than a decade spent in a fog of madness, she returns to her own body with memories of her past life and searches among the masses for the lover she once cherished above all. But he wears a mask, consumed by a deep hatred and forced to bide his time as he seeks revenge. The lovers meet for the first time in this life, and one look spans a thousand years. She recognizes him, but he treats her as a pawn in a beauty trap. With the ene 1.1kReads—Score6814d adds
- 137 The Day We Signed the Divorce Papers, She Knelt and Begged Me to Give Us One More Chance 离婚协议签好那天,她跪着求我再试一次 The day we signed the divorce papers, she knelt and begged me to give us one more try 7.5kReads—Score5114d adds
- 138 Sis, You've Got Quite a Few Darling Boys 姐姐,宝儿挺多啊 Sis, You’ve Got Quite a Few Treasures 123Reads—Score214d adds
- 139 She Thought She Had Married for Love 她以为她嫁给了爱情 She Thought She Had Married for Love 525Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Runaway Princess with Unmatched Strength 逃婚郡主,武力爆表 The Runaway Princess Consort, Unmatched in Combat 95Reads—Score914d adds
- 141 A Miniature Version of Him Calls Out “Daddy” in a Baby Voice 缩小版的他,奶声奶气喊爸爸 A Miniature Version of Him Calls Out to Daddy in a Babyish Voice 810Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 After She Stopped Loving Him, Wen Yanqi Regretted Everything and Begged to Get Back Together 她不爱后,温言祁疯狂后悔求复合 [Both Pure + Imprisonment + Forced Love + Amnesia + Woman Pursues Man + Coercive Possession + Scheming and Obsessive + Love Grows Over Time + Playing Hard to Get + Angst Before Sweetness + Relentless Pursuit] Between her and him, one of them is always forcing the issue. When Shen Shuhe loved Wen Yanqi, he brushed her off with contempt and cold indifference. After accumulating enough disappointment, Shen Shuhe finally signed the divorce papers on a sunny day. She thought it meant freedom, never r 13.9kReads8.0Score51614d adds
- 143 Eight Years of Chasing You: Please Sign Here 追妻八年,请签收 Chasing My Wife for Eight Years: Please Sign Here 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 144 We Met After Two Days of Online Dating, and She Sent Me 200 Yuan 网恋两天奔现,她转我二百块 We met in person after two days of online dating, and she transferred me 200 yuan. 270Reads—Score214d adds
- 145 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Is as Merciless as a Blade 离婚后,前夫他绝情似刀 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Was as Ruthless as a Blade 1.8kReads—Score1814d adds
- 146 A Border Guard's Blade Shatters the Firmament 边关小兵刀破苍穹 The frigid wind sweeps sand through Blackrock Pass. Lin Que wraps himself in a patched military uniform and runs his fingers over the rusty ancestral blade, “Windbreaker”... A border guard armed with a battered blade, Lin Que awakens the bloodline of a magical beast. He slays foreign tribes, foils political schemes, defeats the Buddhist and Daoist sects, and challenges the Heavenly Court. Together with the women who love him, he brings order to the world! 679Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Reborn Noble Daughter, Refusing to Be My Brother-in-Law's Caged Bird 重生嫡女,拒做姐夫的笼中雀 Reborn as the Legitimate Daughter, I Refuse to Be My Brother-in-Law's Caged Bird 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Prince Consort Is at His Breaking Point 驸马他撑不住了 The Prince Consort Can't Hold On Anymore 295Reads—Score414d adds
- 149 Remarry? Maybe in My Next Life 复婚?下辈子吧 Remarry? Maybe in Your Next Life 358Reads—Score714d adds
- 150 President Fu, Your Wife Has Signed the Divorce Agreement 傅总,夫人已签离婚协议 [Heartbreakingly tragic + intensely satisfying + stand-in + contract marriage + groveling pursuit of his wife] Powerful CEO of a wealthy family × coldhearted designer who has shut her heart away After three years of marriage, Lin Xi is Fu Hanzhou's most dutiful ornament and his beloved's personal blood bank. On the night she miscarries, he coldly signs the papers. “You're not worthy of bearing my child.” The day her heart dies, she leaves a blood-written note saying, “May we never meet again,” 5.7kReads—Score27914d adds

















































