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- 1 Max-Level Expert Forced to Raise Demons at the Zoo 满级大佬，被迫在动物园养妖 This is a new book, so the rating will gradually rise. Cool, abstinent big shot X green-tea, scheming snake demon. Shen Qingyue, an occult expert, fails to ascend and transmigrates into the body of a bankrupt zoo director with twenty million in debt. Looking at the hungry demons in the yard, he falls into deep thought. He can raise them all, but they can't eat for free! So the mighty Northeast tiger learns to draw talismans through tears, and the national treasure giant panda is forced to become 157Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 To Honor 予荣 · Powerful leads | Redemption | Rekindled love | Ensemble coming-of-age · Musical prodigy × sprinter · “Love is compassion, and it is also a trial.” · “You’ve been part of my music for a long time.” · “Love is a world vast and boundless.” “To have won your favor is the greatest honor of my life, the most extraordinary honor.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 My Roommate Is Way Too Good at Flirting 合租室友太会撩 [Two male leads + urban roommates + bickering enemies + mutual flirting with contrasting personalities + sweet romance] He Ran is a newly certified fitness coach, sharp-tongued and flirtatious, and convinced he's straight as an arrow. Shen Zhili is a fastidious dance teacher with a cool demeanor and a sharp tongue. All he wants is a quiet roommate arrangement. One plops down on the sofa, drenched in sweat; the other blocks the door with disinfectant spray. One flirts and runs off every day; the 17Reads—Score105Shelves
- 4 Is the Straight Guy Hard to Win Over? Just Feed Him More Good Food! 直男难攻略？多喂美食就行了！ Time Isle and You has been renamed I'm a Pure Straight Man. Time Isle and You 2 has been renamed Who Told You to Kiss Me? Time Isle and You 3 has been renamed Straight Men Are Hard to Bend, Just Kiss Them a Few More Times. Time Isle and You 4 has been renamed Straight Men Are Hard to Win Over, Just Feed Them More Good Food. Time Isle and You 5 has been renamed The Overbearing CEO Falls for the Male Housekeeper. This book has no synopsis. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Why Does This Assassin Blush the Moment I Flirt with Her? 这杀手怎么一撩就脸红？ Two male leads, one-on-one romance, happy ending What happens when a naturally scatterbrained, goofy, bluntly affectionate straight man meets a handsome, powerful, tragic assassin whose words say one thing and whose heart says another? Chen Man: "Honey, stop hitting me! You'll ruin your pretty face!" Xiuluo: "Shut up! Who's your honey?!" * And what happens when a scheming flirt meets a cool, devoted hunk raised on emotional manipulation? Chen Man (looking innocent): "I only wanted to help you de 235Reads8.0Score104Shelves
- 6 My Sister Asked Me to Vet Her Crush, but He Was in Love With... 妹妹让我把关暗恋学长，结果他恋的是…… My sister asked me to vet the senior she has a crush on, but it turns out he’s in love with... 256Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Is the Straight Guy Hard to Turn? Just Kiss Him a Few More Times! 直男难掰弯？多亲几次就好了！ This book has no synopsis. My work Time Isle and You has been renamed I'm a Pure Straight Man. Time Isle and You 2 has been renamed Who Told You to Kiss Me? Time Isle and You 3 has been renamed Straight Men Are Hard to Bend, Just Kiss Them a Few More Times. Time Isle and You 4 has been renamed Straight Men Are Hard to Win Over, Just Feed Them More Good Food. Time Isle and You 5 has been renamed The Overbearing CEO Falls for the Male Housekeeper. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Our Shore: The Bond 吾岸：纽带 You can think of this book as a parallel world to Fan You. You Shulang and Fan Xiao accidentally rescue a child, setting off a series of everyday adventures raising a little one. Fan Xiao dreams of all the moments he and You Shulang shared, of things that might have happened, of those... mistakes. In that case, all he has to do is avoid them. Fan Xiao: “You Shulang, I won’t treat you that way again this time.” You Shulang: “From now on, your name is You Zijing. Your nickname is Suisui.” Fan Xiao 1.5kReads8.1Score197Shelves
- 9 Who Told You to Kiss Me? 谁让你亲我的 This book is part of the Time Isle and You series. Dual male leads. Main characters: Qin Yu and Xie Zhishi. And let me say this important thing three times! If it's not your thing, don't read it... The story follows college student Xie Zhishi, who gets caught up in a series of events after Qin Yu kisses him... Later, the two make films, including Time Isle and You and My Isle, Time, and Dust Together... and more. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I’m a Totally Straight Guy 老子是纯直男 My works on Fanqie: Time Isle and You has been renamed I'm a Pure Straight Man. Time Isle and You 2 has been renamed Who Told You to Kiss Me? Time Isle and You 3 has been renamed Straight Men Are Hard to Bend, Just Kiss Them a Few More Times. Time Isle and You 4 has been renamed Straight Men Are Hard to Win Over, Just Feed Them More Good Food. Time Isle and You 5 has been renamed The Overbearing CEO Falls for the Male Housekeeper. Come check them out! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Two Years Apart, the Obsessive Tycoon Clings to His Former Love 一别两年，偏执大佬缠上昔日心上人 After two years apart, an obsessive big shot sets his sights on his former beloved again. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Who Says This Kind of Writing Is Bad? It’s Absolutely Wonderful 谁说这码字不好，这码字可太好了 [Two male leads + quick transmigration + devoted love + both pure + bottom-focused + sweet romance + healing + 1v1] Gentle, melancholic psychiatrist top vs. lively, sunshine-like writer bottom You Yubai was a moderately famous danmei author. One morning, he woke up to find he had transmigrated into his own novel and been bound to a System. The System informed him: He had to win over the top in every world to return home. You Yubai was secretly delighted. “Why would I go home? I get to live in a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 My Online Crush Is Amazing, But I Won’t Be Laughing When Their Identity Is Revealed 网恋对象太妙了，掉马我就不笑了 [A gorgeous techie x an athletic, top-student jock, no angst, extra sweet, secret identity exposed] Qiu Ran has fallen in love! What he never expected was that his online sweetheart was right there in front of him. By day: best friends, hand in hand. By night: a sweet little couple. So how did this secret identity get exposed? Probably only after the whole world knew who his online sweetheart was did Qiu Ran finally find out. When Mu Linfeng looked at Qiu Ran with a blushing, beaming smile… Qiu 4Reads—Score135Shelves
- 14 My Boyfriend Is a Max-Level, Fatherly Old Cadre 我的男友是满级爹系老干部 My Boyfriend Is a Max-Level, Fatherly Old-School Official 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Three Centimeters Off Target 枪口偏离三厘米 Seven years ago, Jiang Lin, top student at the police academy, infiltrated the transnational criminal syndicate White Tower under the codename H-07. His identity was erased, and his fate became unknown. Seven years later, criminal investigation captain Zhou Yanchuan faced him at gunpoint at Pier Seventeen. A bullet missed by three centimeters, allowing Zhou Yanchuan to recognize the dangerous man wanted across the city: the same classmate who had refused to cross the line all those years ago. On 21Reads—Score127Shelves
- 16 After Binding to the System, I Wooed That Alpha 绑定系统后攻略了那个Alpha [Two Male Leads + ABO + Conquest System + Married First, Love Later] Tsundere, sharp-tongued top who overthinks himself into falling in love + a laid-back bottom who just wants to slack off (?) The very first mission is an adult one. What’s a Host who just wants to slack off supposed to do?! “Just drug him.” The System bought a packet of powder on credit to encourage Lin Qinghui to take the initiative. The Host, who just wanted to slack off, said, “I haven’t even drugged him yet. How did I succe 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 President Shen, Your Goldfish Has Escaped Again! 沈总，您的金鱼又越狱了！ Talkative art student x aloof tech CEO VS gentle doctor x hot-tempered boxing champion Jin Yu: “Shen Yan! I’ll agree to the arranged marriage, but the study is becoming my sculpture studio!” Shen Yan: “Fine. Then I’m burning all those ripped jeans, and the fish in the Jin family are banned from skinny-dipping!” The side couple is even better: Lin Ji: “My champion, your medal is right here.” Zhou Chi: “What are you looking at? Never seen a licensed doctor get fresh with someone?” 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 I Left My Arch-Enemy Behind Ten Years Ago 我把死对头留在了十年前 I Left My Archrival Behind Ten Years Ago 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 After the Thread System Binds Me to My Nemesis 线系统绑定宿敌之后 Shen Yi and Jiang Ye are natural enemies in their second-year high school class, as if their auras repel each other. Jiang Ye is unruly and brash, bristling with sharp edges. He repeatedly makes a name for himself with his disciplinary violations, and his grades are always among the bottom ten. Shen Yi is cool-headed and disciplined, consistently at the top of the grade. Calm and composed, he always follows the rules, making him a model student in the teachers' eyes. From the moment they first m 89Reads—Score207Shelves
- 20 After Streaming in a Maid's Outfit, I Got a Private Message from My Boss 穿男仆装直播后，被老板私信了 (The rating just came out, so it'll go up later ●v●) [1v1, mutually devoted, Honor of Kings, sweet romance, esports, gaming streamer, happy ending] A flirtatious Honor of Kings streamer with incredible skills as the pursuer x a CEO who seems aloof but is actually scatterbrained as the pursued He Zhiyou x Si Bai The first time Si Bai saw He Zhiyou, he happened to come across him while browsing the platform. He Zhiyou was the first account recommended on the homepage. He Zhiyou was wearing the bla 587Reads8.2Score115Shelves
- 21 Obsessive Love: After We Reunite 偏执的爱：重逢之后 [Dual male leads + reunion + amnesia + stand-in + both are each other's first and only love + happy ending] Six-year-old Geng Lele enters an orphanage after his family falls apart, where he meets Xiao Jiaxuan. After two years together, they are forced apart. For the next seventeen years, Xiao Jiaxuan runs the Xiao Group, yet the same dream haunts him over and over. At Director Zhang's memorial service, he reunites with Geng Lele, and the past they had buried for so long suddenly comes rushing ba 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Book Transmigration: The Smiling Girl Everyone Loves Is Hard to Win Over? Make Him Cry Instead 穿书：爱笑的万人迷难追？整哭他 No romance | The male lead and villains all fall for him | Not brainless | Transmigrate into a book | Male supporting character’s perspective | Twists | Secret identities | Everyone’s favorite | Comeback Su Xihang, a handsome comedian, accidentally transmigrates into the body of a pitiful, lovesick male supporting character in an old-school campus novel. The school bully and male lead blushes for once, awkwardly sneaking him a bar of chocolate. The wrapper is made of gold, so the money-loving Su 3Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 23 Gu Beici and Lu Nanwang: Sequel 顾北辞与路南望.续集 Gu Beici and Lu Nanwang: The Sequel 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 How Did You Know My Wife Was the One Who Seduced Me? 你怎么知道是我老婆主动勾引我的 [Dual male leads + cherished by the whole group + older man/younger man + childhood friends + long-planned romance + both are each other's first and only] [Handsome, fatherly, hopelessly lovesick ghost top × spoiled young master with an emperor's temperament bottom] Qi Huaiyue realizes he likes Lu Xing. Young Master Qi never overthinks things, so he decides to pursue Lu Xing. After years of being spoiled by Lu Xing, Qi Huaiyue has no idea how to court someone. So, at the urging of his scheming b 6.8kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
- 25 My Shore: If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them! 吾岸：打不过就加入！ The main story is complete. Extra chapters will appear from time to time in the Book Circle. Ning Chu was staying up late reading Wu An when she suddenly found herself inside the drama. Ning Chu became Ning Chu and grew up alongside You Shulang. She no longer had to spend her whole life healing from her childhood. Whether it was childhood or everything that came after, all that mattered was that you were happy. Fan Xiao: Bury it! Bury it! Bury it, bury it, bury it! Ning Chu: You sneaky little ba 1.2kReads7.1Score111Shelves
- 26 Ghost King, Don’t Steal My Senior Brother. He Already Killed Himself for Me 鬼王别抢我师兄，他都为我自刎了 The System's tags are a little off, but that doesn't matter. “Brother, come with me. I'll treat you well.” Aji held out his hand to Bai Shuang, his eyes red. I'm the Ghost King now. I can protect you. Bai Shuang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his words pleading. “Aji, you said I was the light of your youth, but wasn't he my light, too? Give him back to me.” 7Reads—Score163Shelves
- 27 Reborn, He Returns to Protect Me as I Slay My Way Across the World! 重生归来，他护我大杀四方！ [Reborn] [Mutual Firsts] [Sweet Romance] “What exactly are you making such a fuss about? Money, power, status: which of those could I not give you?” Even though Pei Yu's voice was nearly out of control, he didn't dare lay a hand on the man before him. Even when he grabbed his wrist to stop him from leaving, he was careful not to squeeze. Bai Xingche's eyes were bloodshot, and tears blurred his vision. Only when they slid down from the corners of his eyes did the scene before him gradually com 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Rules of Falling in Love as an Adult 成年人的心动准则 (The rating was just posted and is gradually rising.) [Two strong leads + workplace romance + romantic push and pull + bittersweet happy ending] Hotheaded heir to a wealthy family × sharp-tongued elite lawyer Pei Jingnian: “You don't know who I am?” He Baichuan: “Didn't your parents tell you? Go ask them who you are instead of asking me.” Pei Jingnian: “...” Pei Jingnian: “He Baichuan, I love you.” He Baichuan: “Got it.” Pei Jingnian: “Why don't you ever say you love me?” He Baichuan: “Listeni 4.8kReads8.8Score581Shelves
- 29 Hey, Handsome, Help Me Change My Fate 帅哥，帮我改个命 [Cool, rational lawyer gong * unlucky, goofy, arrogant shou] Xing Yan has been having a run of bad luck lately. Nothing he does goes right, so, at a friend's suggestion, he heads to a temple to pray for good fortune! Lin Buliao is hospitalized after someone injures his head. He loses his memories and becomes a patient in a vegetative state. Lin Buliao's soul drifts to the temple, where he hears a master outside telling the worshippers, “Your fate is in your own hands. You can change it! Doing go 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Ghostly Record 鬼浅记 [Male-male romance] + [ensemble cast] + [pure love] + [martial arts] + [general] + [cultivation] + [invincible] “Jun Xian, the great general who guards the north, found a dying infant in a ruined temple. He entrusted the child to the Ghost Doctor, Old Ghost Venerable, who raised him and named him Gui Qian. Gui Qian mastered the art of bringing the dead back to life and restoring flesh to bones, as well as martial skills unmatched beneath the heavens. He came down from the mountain to attend the 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 I Mistook My Roommate for a Snake, and Now I Live Like a Creep 误会室友是蛇，我每天活得像变态 The rating just came out and will rise later! Hurry and check it out! [Two male leads + college campus + bickering rivals + sweet romance + mutual firsts] [Cold, scheming campus heartthrob on top vs. chuunibyou gaming addict on the bottom] During his entire first year, Yue Qi exchanged fewer than ten words with his aloof roommate, Song Heyu. Yue Qi disliked Song Heyu, one-sidedly. Because his snobbish older sister wouldn’t stop praising Song Heyu as her dream guy, while calling Yue Qi trash. Unt 4kReads8.7Score644Shelves
- 32 That Night, I Hypnotized My Omega Brother 那晚，我催眠了Omega哥哥 Two male leads | ABO setting | Both are each other's first and only partner, so read with confidence | A highly nearsighted, scheming Alpha younger brother | An Omega older brother like a soaring eagle From the first time Cheng Yan saw Wen Bai, he knew he'd finally found something that belonged to him alone. 325Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 33 Painted into Poetry 《画入诗》 Painted into Poetry 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 My Wife Wants to Break Up. What Should I Do? Cry Until He Gives In! 老婆想分手怎么办，哭到他心软！ [Two male leads + pure love + both devoted to each other, 1V1 + gentle, aloof beauty VS handsome, sunny boy + regretful pursuit + intense push and pull + clear-headed leads + some angst] Official Synopsis Two years after their breakup, the two meet again at a business karaoke lounge. The man mistakenly assumes that he has fallen into depravity and become an escort, and is both angry and heartbroken. “Ji Shichuan.” The man’s eyes instantly redden, his voice turning cold. “Why are you here?” Ji Sh 102Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 You Old Pervert! You Don't Want the Gorgeous Campus Beauty, You Want Me, a Man? 老色胚！漂亮校花你不爱，目标居然是我一个男人？ You Old Lech! You’re Not Interested in the Pretty Campus Belle, but Your Target Is a Man Like Me? 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Gu Beici and Lu Nanwang 顾北辞与路南望 Gu Beici and Lu Nanwang 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Wife I Raised with My Own Hands 亲手养大的老婆 The Wife I Raised Myself 870Reads—Score103Shelves
- 38 Falling for Someone Else's Male Favorite at First Sight 对别人的男宠一见钟情 At first: Tsundere top × sweet, adorable bottom Later: Devoted top × outstanding bottom [Two male leads + sweet romance + wealthy family + flirtatious pursuit + healing + a touch of fatherly devotion + mutual devotion] A clever top from the start: Jing Yunxi is the second son of the wealthy Jing family in Jincheng. After six years abroad, he returns in triumph with two PhDs. His family all think Jing Yunxi is an unsophisticated bookworm, but during those six years, the investment firm he ran hi 252Reads8.1Score103Shelves
- 39 Reunited After Years Apart, My Actor Ex Begs Me to Take Him Back 久别重逢后影帝前男友疯狂求和 [Reunion after a long separation + rekindled love + an established couple] A singer who can't bring himself to say what he means × a gentle, scheming actor Feng Jin unexpectedly runs into his actor ex-boyfriend on a lifestyle variety show. The man who was once mild-mannered and reserved has become even more mature and gentle. As Sheng Younian draws closer step by step, trying to pry open his closed heart, Feng Jin hears his own heart beat as his love rekindles. When you like someone, even if you 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Ice-Cold Boss Has a Hopeless Romantic Living in His Heart 冷面上司心里住着恋爱脑 My Stone-Faced Boss Has a Hopeless Romantic Living in His Heart 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Good Hope Tower 好望楼 Zhen, a senior clerk reborn with memories of his previous life, put his architectural expertise to use, building the elegant Hopeview Lodge among the cliffs at the end of a bustling street. He took in handsome young wanderers and brought the stories of the lodge to life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 If You Don't Know Me, I'll Beat You Up 不认识我就揍你 [Devoted Beauty Top × Aloof Campus Heartthrob Bottom] [Two Male Leads + Redemption + Mutual Pampering + A Touch of Angst + Rekindled Love + Happy Ending] The year they first met, the brash, proud young Sheng Yang gave all his tenderness to the cool and reserved Zhao Lin. Their secret days together were passionate yet cautious, but the disparity in their backgrounds and pressure from Zhao Lin's mother crushed their young love. Zhao Lin endured the pain and severed every tie with Sheng Yang himsel 3.1kReads8.7Score360Shelves
- 43 No Conquest! The Apocalypse Big Shot Gets Face-Slapped, Then Falls Hard 拒绝攻略！末世大佬打脸现场真香 Refusing to Be Romanced! The Doomsday Big Shot’s Face-Slapping Moment, and Now They’re All Begging for More 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 A Toast to the East Wind, Just for You 予你把酒祝东风 Raise a cup to the east wind: life is unpredictable. His love is dazzling, whoever he gives it to... Story setup: An older, gentle and refined top who guides his lover, paired with a younger, academically gifted bottom who dotes on him. Content warnings: 1. No groveling or redemption arc! 2. The top is not a virgin, and the bottom changes. 3. A realistic story with no intense emotional highs and lows. The early part is bittersweet and repressed, while the later part is sweet. 4. Age gap: 1 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Ice God, Your Fox Is Fluffing Up Again 冰神，你家狐狸又炸毛啦 [The main story is complete, and the bonus chapters have been updated] [Two male leads + 1v1 + xianxia + ensemble cast + pure love + secondary couple] An icy-and-fiery pairing: the tsundere, loud little sunshine bottom and the thousand-year ice-cold, scheming top. So fluffy! He’s gentle to just one person! The top has a secret identity from the start, because... who would guess the Ice God was using tribulation as an excuse, only for even the lightning to refuse to strike him? The thousand-year- 374Reads—Score133Shelves
- 46 After a Psychologist Was Haunted by a Vengeful Ghost, They Couldn't Get Enough 心理医生被厉鬼缠上后，真香了 After a Psychologist Is Haunted by a Vengeful Ghost, He’s Won Over 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 You Waited Until We Were Online Dating to Tell Me You're a Guy? 都网恋了才告诉我你是男的？ [Male/male] [Sunny, cheerful boy (not) gamer streamer gong + leg-disabled, lowbrow fiction-writer shou] [Content warning: no moral compass! Readers who are uncomfortable with the shou having a disability affecting both legs, please proceed with caution!] Gu Liu's hands trembled when he got a photo of the pure-and-sultry female cockroach's ID card. He'd been pursuing this pure-and-sultry female cockroach for a whole month, and it turned out he was a man! And this guy had the nerve to dump him?! 14Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 48 Bro, You Stole My Clothes to Use as Medicine? 兄弟，偷我衣服当药？ [Two male leads + mutual secret crushes + pursuing each other + mutual salvation + school life] Meng Qianchen was an art student and the heartthrob of Jiang University’s art department. He had suffered from insomnia since childhood. After being bullied by Shen Rui, a rich second-generation heir, he was moved into the dorm room of Song Mingduo, the leader of the athletes. By chance, he discovered that the sweat-soaked clothes Song Mingduo wore had a hypnotic effect on him. To cure the insomnia th 465Reads—Score100Shelves
- 49 Forbidden Love: Chi Weizhi Runs, He Chases, and There's No Escape 逆爱池畏之他逃他追，他插翅难飞 [Transmigrating Through Three Lives to Escape an Arranged Marriage: Historical Romance + Pirates + Showbiz] Because Chi Cheng’s libido is far too strong, Wu Suowei is utterly miserable and prays to Heaven to help him escape Chi Cheng. The Matchmaker appears and gives Wu Suowei three chances. He can choose a setting and enter a virtual world. If he manages to get away from Chi Cheng in any one of those worlds, the Matchmaker will sever his fated bond in the real world and grant his wish to escape 345Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 We Agreed to Be Bros, So Why Are You Using My Stinky Socks for a Ritual? 说好做兄弟，你拿我臭袜子做法？ Two male leads + comedy Lu Yan, a muscular guy from the mechanical engineering department, discovers that his aloof roommate, Gu Chen, has something seriously wrong with him. Gu Chen actually vacuum-seals the sweat-soaked clothes Lu Yan wore after playing basketball and hangs them by his bed. With a perfectly straight face, he says, “This is pure yang energy. I’m borrowing it to protect my home and ward off evil.” Lu Yan: “I thought we were brothers. Why are you using my unwashed clothes in a ri 12Reads—Score335Shelves
