Novels like Acting Out Delusions
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- 101 The Powerful Man's Long-Laid Plans: Addicted to Shi An 顶级上位者的蓄谋已久：嗜安成瘾 [Multiple Male Leads] [M/M] [All Pure] [Long-Planned] [Pure Love] [Powerful Love Interests] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within] [Childhood Friends] Yi Li'an has known since childhood that he is the treasured darling of his four childhood friends from top-tier wealthy families. His mixed-race looks often get him mistaken for a foreigner, but the moment he opens his mouth, his English is even more painful to hear than a foreigner's Chinese. A childhood accident sent him overseas, and his friends, 3.6kReads8.8Score298Shelves
- 102 Hey! How Could My Sweet Wife Possibly Be Mentally Ill? 别闹！老婆那么乖怎么会是精神病 (The rating has only just come out, so it’ll go up.) ABO + intense push and pull + marriage before love + equally matched leads + sweet romance + both virgins + mutual flirting Proud, aloof, secretly passionate White-Zephyr-fox bottom VS domineering, unhinged, jealous husband Gray-Wolf top - Everyone said Gu Zhen was a born wolf, his eyes gleaming green at the sight of power. When he heard that the noble families’ prized white magnolia was choosing a marriage partner, the wolf’s nose twitched. H 8.8kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
- 103 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. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 What? Those Two Demons of the Martial World Are Lovers? 什么？江湖上那俩魔头居然是相好 Complete [Two male leads + martial world + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + sweet romance, happy ending] Cruel and wicked demon cult leader bottom × cold-blooded, vicious assassin chief top (PS: Neither lead is a good person. High fantasy, low martial arts. One is a passionate flirt, the other a cold-faced flirt. The romance is the main focus.) Helian Xu is the head of the martial world’s greatest assassin organization, a notorious villain in his own right. But he isn’t the only great fiend ar 16.1kReads8.9Score5.3kShelves
- 105 After the Breakup, the Tycoon Spoiled Me Rotten 分手后被大佬宠上天 After Jin Xiao caught her boyfriend cheating with her own eyes, she went to a bar to drink herself into a stupor and somehow accepted a stranger’s marriage proposal. When she woke up, Jin Xiao discovered that the man was her ex-boyfriend’s uncle, rumored to be a vicious, ruthless scoundrel who’d done every wicked thing imaginable. Jin Xiao panicked and ran off with her pants in hand. Years later, Jin Xiao watched a business tycoon on TV who seemed to be on top of the world, shaking her leg with 3.2kReads9.2Score391Shelves
- 106 My Assistant Is Shy and Adorable, and the Movie Emperor Gets More Possessive by the Day 小助理又怂又萌，大影帝越宠越凶 (Completed) #TwoMaleLeads #MutualFirstLove #TransmigrateIntoABook #Showbiz #ABO #SweetRomance #GapMoe #BluntBottom #LaterLove-StruckTop #VarietyShow #TheWholeInternetShipsThemLikeCrazy #OriginalVillainDefiesFate [Fraillittle Cowardly Beta with an Omega Heart Bottom VS Picky Villainous S-Rank Alpha Top] Xu Mian, a sickly little Omega who died young, transmigrates into a book. He becomes an insignificant assistant with no name, doing all the dirty and exhausting work for Fu Qihan, the great villai 34.3kReads9.0Score8.3kShelves
- 107 I'm Just a Substitute Bride, I Never Planned to Take Power! 我就一替嫁，真没打算上位！ [Complete] One-on-one, both leads are each other's only ones, slow burn, everyday romance, turning a straight man gay Ning Buzheng has an identical twin sister. His sister was sickly from birth, so their parents named him “Buzheng,” hoping he'd never compete or fight for anything, and would always yield to others. The Ning family is on the brink of bankruptcy. They want to protect their delicate daughter and marry into the most powerful family, so they use both threats and persuasion to force Ni 5.4kReads8.6Score700Shelves
- 108 Back to the Other Shore 重回彼岸 [Main story complete; occasional bonus chapters] The day after his wedding, You Shulang opened his eyes to find himself back in his old car, crashing into Fan Xiao’s car. Everything had gone back to the day their paths first crossed. This time, You Shulang smiled and held out his hand. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Fan.” He knew the script and could anticipate every trap, yet he deliberately walked right into them. He offered kindness, then coolly withdrew; gave Fan Xiao a taste of sweetness 227Reads8.8Score119Shelves
- 109 Quick Transmigration: The Obsessive Main God Keeps Trying to Lock Me Away 快穿：偏执主神总想关我小黑屋 [Two male leads, feel-good power fantasy, romance-focused] This novel is complete, so dig in! Shen Ling is an excellent quick transmigration agent, and every small world he has visited has given him glowing reviews from beginning to end. That is, until one day his System tells him to go back and bring someone some warmth. “Is this really bringing them warmth, or are you sending me to my death?!” Shen Ling mutters darkly. The System laughs awkwardly. World One: Formerly pampered, now yandere Alph 773Reads8.4Score102Shelves
- 110 I Meant to Woo a Rich Second-Generation Heir, but His Brother Stole Me Away 本想勾搭富二代，谁知被他哥截胡 Slow burn + realistic + both leads' first love + romantic tension + 1v1 + sweet romance + a built-in college student survival guide + an intern takes down a sleazy harasser + the complete guide to rich-kid startup pitfalls + earthy, earnest networking that brings big results + the legitimate heiress takes on the illegitimate son Chen Pu is exactly what his name suggests: an ordinary, clear-eyed college student. On his first day at college, he becomes the rich second-generation's roommate and liv 21Reads—Score100Shelves
- 111 Help! I Fell in Love With That Dorky Coworker 救命！我居然爱上了那个憨憨同事 Help! I actually fell in love with that goofy coworker of mine 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 I Accidentally Got Involved with a Top-Ranked Alpha, and the Laid-Back Idol Went Viral on a Dating Show 误惹顶E，咸鱼爱豆上恋综爆红了 [Two male leads + ABO + ensemble cast + transmigration + dating show + sweet romance + no golden finger] The moment Shen Du opens his eyes, he finds himself in a hellish scene where someone is trying to force him into a casting couch. He retaliates with a knockout blow, puts them to sleep the old-fashioned way, flees the scene, and barges into someone else’s room. After taking what he wants and making a run for it, he’s threatened by his company and sent to appear on a dating show. Shen Du: “Wha 105.6kReads9.2Score18.4kShelves
- 113 I Clashed with My Mortal Enemy 我和死对头杠上了 I Got into It with My Archrival 72Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 After Twinning with a Top-Tier Star, Our Ship Took the Internet by Storm 和顶流撞衫后，我俩cp爆火全网 After ten years of struggling, Zhang Chi is still a no-name actor barely making ends meet. He accidentally bumps into someone outside a hotel. As luck would have it, they're wearing the same outfit. What he doesn't expect is that the other person is Jiang Xubai, a top-tier star in the entertainment industry! Weibo explodes overnight, and #JiangXubaiDating tops the trending list. Fans are desperate to dig up every last detail about the handsome guy wearing a matching outfit with Jiang Xubai! Neti 1.6kReads8.8Score197Shelves
- 115 Transmigrating into a Life of Fleeing Famine 穿越之从逃荒开始 (Two male leads, no System, slow burn, the leads’ interactions are mainly in Volume Two) A stern general who secretly loves sweets, seme × a clever, sharp-witted uke In his previous life, Xiao Nuo was the next heir to Blue Star in the interstellar age. For reasons unknown, he transmigrated into the body of a twelve-year-old boy. As soon as he regained consciousness, he nearly drowned. He struggled to shore, only to nearly freeze to death in the biting wind. Fortunately, Qi Mingxiao happened to p 667Reads8.5Score106Shelves
- 116 Shanhai Flower Shop 山海花铺 Qin Wuhan only wanted a job at a flower shop. Who could have guessed that one moment of poor judgment would land him in a den of thieves, making every day a nerve-racking ordeal? Ghosts crawling out of flowers, a giant unknown creature crouched outside the window in the middle of the night, and all sorts of oddballs coming in to buy houseplants... Every day, he was either rebuilding his own worldview or rescuing someone else's. He was swamped. But what gave him the biggest headache was his boss, 500Reads8.6Score118Shelves
- 117 Painted into Poetry 《画入诗》 Painted into Poetry 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 School for Disciplining Boys 男子管教学校 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 The Next Stop: Superstar 下一站天王 He is a cheap model, shabby and out of step with the times. He is a stunning fashion photographer from a wealthy family. Their parallel lives meet at a turn in the road. He thinks the two of them are like a drop of oil falling into water: they can embrace, but never blend. He knows he must stand among the clouds to meet his gaze as an equal. 269Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 120 My New Director Is Only Mine on Weekends 我和新总监是周末限定 My Relationship with the New Director Is Weekend-Only 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 After Reading My Mind, My Archrival Actually Calls Me His Wife 读心后，死对头竟然管我叫老婆 [The score is still new and will go up~] [Dual male leads + school life + mutual devotion + falling for each other on their own + tsundere + secret love comes true + mind-reading + shared dreams + prickly, tsundere mind-reader bottom + cold, aloof, secretly passionate campus heartthrob] Yan Qizhi thought there was something wrong with him. Why else would a straight guy dream about the same man for three days in a row, and have that kind of dream?! Who am I? Where am I? Am I gay?! That irritating 3.4kReads8.9Score917Shelves
- 122 My Shore: Married-Life Bonus Story 吾岸：婚后番外 Writing a few sweet little bonus stories ૮₍˃̶ꇴ˂̶₎ა Little glimpses of Director You and President Fan's married life. Inspired by the two of them raising a child together, with all the sweetness turned up to the max. Pure sweetness / raising a child is the main storyline On April Fools' Day, You Shulang slapped a report down on the coffee table. Fan Xiao believed him, went crazy, and said with red-rimmed eyes, “You lied to me!” Then he punished him by not letting him out of bed for two days. The 3kReads6.9Score188Shelves
- 123 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
- 124 Gu Beici and Lu Nanwang 顾北辞与路南望 Gu Beici and Lu Nanwang 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Quick Transmigration: A Dog in My Past Life, an A in This One 快穿：上辈子当狗，这辈子做A [Quick Transmigration] + [Top] + [Standalone stories] + [One-on-one, both leads are each other's only partner] The whole internet is shipping me with the movie star, but all I want is to stop being a dog and become human. In his previous life, Jin Jiazhen was a golden retriever who lived to a ripe old age. He had a spiritual root, but since animals couldn't cultivate into humans after the founding of the country, he never managed to become human. Unexpectedly, death brought a new opportunity: a 192Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Buried with the Mountains 与山同葬 [Devoted Couple | Folk Horror | Feudal Superstition | Brainwashing | Anti-Human] Childlike mountain god seme × deadpan geologist uke In Huaman Village, there is no word for death. They only speak of returning to the mountain. When Wen Qiwei first heard this, he thought it was a funeral custom. That is, until he followed a subterranean cave that should not have existed up into the mountains and heard a clear young man's voice coming from deep within the rock: "Mountain Lord, have a steamed bun. 14.4kReads8.9Score3.1kShelves
- 127 After Binding a Healing System, My Partner and I Slaughtered Our Way Through the Apocalypse 绑定治愈系统后我和搭档杀穿末世 [Two Male Leads] [Apocalypse] [Tsundere, Scheming Bottom and Cold, Secretly Delighted Top] [Cthulhu Mythos] [Power Couple] [Sharp-Tongued System] [Ensemble Adventure] [Everyday Survival] Plenty of subtle sweetness, no saintly protagonist, and a very satisfying couple. Action-packed from start to finish! Not a single dull moment! Bonus scene: Chu Qi kicks the zombie at his feet off a cliff. "Up you go!" "Host, you really do have serious issues." "You're stating the obvious. My physical fitness an 30Reads—Score206Shelves
- 128 Poison Thorn 毒刺 Ruan Zhiqing was adopted, with a mysterious background and no roots or home, a wanderer in the mortal world. She meets Cen Yan, a playboy skilled at hiding his true self, whose tragic childhood left him with emotional scars and mild antisocial tendencies. As they grow closer, she learns about his past and draws him out of its darkness. Together, they face the hardships of the present and ultimately find happiness. This is a story of two people warming and redeeming each other, bound together by 594Reads9.5Score105Shelves
- 129 Crawling All Over the Infinite Game 在无限游戏里到处乱爬 [The rating just came out and isn't a reliable guide] [Two male leads + one-on-one + main cast + main plot + infinite worlds + item-based powers + both leads are players + comment-stream format] Zhu Yao is a rich second-generation heir whose dream is to coast through life until he dies. At last, he managed to make that dream come true: he died. A bizarre game forcefully went live, and his death countdown started immediately. Want to stay alive? Fine, we'll assign you some teammates. Form a team 1.7kReads8.8Score215Shelves
- 130 Young Master, Your Custom Guide Has Run Away 少爷，您的定制向导逃跑啦 [Complete] "Two male leads + Sentinel-guide + Both leads devoted and powerful + Death and rebirth + Livestreaming (some early sections serve the plot) + Love after fleeing an arranged marriage + Plenty of original worldbuilding" (The rating will rise once more votes come in!) A cold, doting sentinel who spoils his wife in private x an irritable guide who just wants to lie flat ###No writing advice, please### #The custom-made guide is a plot point. Don't rush to criticize it (ducking for cover)# 5.4kReads9.0Score859Shelves
- 131 Disciplining My Husband with Family Rules 家法管教男妻 [Power imbalance] [Discipline] [Captivity] Ning An comes from a humble family. In a single stroke, she marries into the powerful Shen clan, becoming the talk of the capital. She thought she had found a good match and would finally live a peaceful life, but beneath the grand gates and within the deep courtyards, undercurrents were stirring... 611Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Infinite Flow: I Started Dating My Unhinged Big Brother, and Now I’m Hooked 无限流：和疯批哥谈上了，真香 In the little black room, Tang Xian turned to Du Sheng and asked: "Want to team up?" "Why?" "You're pretty." "...Let's talk if we run into each other in a dungeon." Tang Xian immediately sang Du Sheng a love song. ...Du Sheng thought the heavens must be blind. In the first dungeon, the very first player Du Sheng met was Tang Xian. "The heavens really do have eyes," Tang Xian exclaimed. Escape from the academy? Let's start by setting a fire and livening things up. Gain power? Then let's rebel! Th 16Reads—Score233Shelves
- 133 After Getting Drunk 醉酒之后 A tender, aristocratic doctor who’s a romantic at heart * a cool-headed CEO who likes data more than people Also known as “I Kidnapped My Love Rival’s Subordinate” and “If You Don’t Love Me, I Won’t Let You See the Reports” What do you do when your CEO boyfriend loves data more than he loves you? Who understands the pain of having to compete with spreadsheets for his attention every day? A doctor who isn’t more charming than a report isn’t a good doctor. The doctor is heartbroken: “Will you d 497Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 134 Reborn and Done with the Scumbags, I Was Imprisoned in Turn by My Brooding Younger Brother 重生虐渣后，被阴郁弟弟反向囚禁 [Soul Transmigration + Dark, Possessive Yandere Top + Gentle, Healing Bottom + Mutual Devotion] Gentle healing in the beginning, obsessive love in the later chapters. Sweetness and angst in equal measure! Shen Zhibai thought he'd adopted a sweet, obedient puppy, never imagining that the boy was really a wild wolf who wanted to devour him whole. When Shen Zhibai went to a bar, Lu Ci followed him. When Shen Zhibai got close to someone else, Lu Ci went crazy. Then Shen Zhibai found the diary full 1.6kReads8.7Score214Shelves
- 135 Reborn: The Powerful Young Master's Comeback 重生之逆袭权少 Feng Xuan was a famed playboy among Beijing's powerful young elite. A carefully calculated conspiracy cut short his young life. Now reborn, he is determined to turn the tables and avenge the regrets of his past. Lei Ting is the crown prince among Beijing's powerful young elite. The night he returns from overseas, his childhood friend brings the reborn Feng Xuan to him. A famous playboy, Feng Xuan is like a poppy blooming in the wind: he won't take your life, but he carries a deadly poison. [The 3kReads7.6Score365Shelves
- 136 My Secret Crush Keeps Me in Line 暗恋对象管教我 [Punishment] Shen Qinghe has had a crush on his dormmate, campus heartthrob Xie Linzhou, for two and a half years. Shy and sensitive, he doesn’t dare confess his feelings. All he can do is use the name “A-Zhi” on an anonymous forum, follow the rules he and Xie Linzhou agreed on, and be the only person to obey him. He hides all the love he can’t bring himself to voice in every act of submission. But the confession letter he finally musters the courage to send is stolen by his spoiled roommate, Ji 133Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 137 When a Stalker Hears His Crush's Inner Thoughts 当痴汉听到暗恋对象的心声后 6.4kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 138 I Drove the Top Alpha Insane 我把顶级Alpha整疯了 I Drove the Top Alpha Insane 248Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Emperor, Your Favorite Son Is Gay 皇帝，你最宠的儿子是GAY [Ensemble Cast + Two Male Leads + Political Intrigue + Palace Struggles + Transmigration + Bottom + Nation-Building + Fight for the Throne + Supporting Couple + Romance Comes Later + For content warnings, see the author's note in Chapter One (updated regularly)] Liang Jining x Xie You The Great Xuan's number-one playboy: a sunny, cheerful bottom who's also a smiling schemer with at least eight hundred tricks up his sleeve × A skilled actor with many faces, a quick learner who's cool and aloof 14.3kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
- 140 You Were Supposed to Pretend to Be an Illegitimate Son, So How Did You Reel in a Hong Kong Tycoon? 让你装私生子，咋把港爷钓翘嘴了 [Hong Kong vibes | Two male leads | Devoted couple | Beloved shou | Wealthy-family business wars] Pei Xinian is a poor student who can barely afford to eat. But his talent catches the eye of Hong Kong’s real estate tycoon, who offers him a deal. The tycoon will fund his education and help him fulfill his wish. In return, Pei Xinian will pose as the tycoon’s illegitimate son and play the catfish in the catfish effect, making the tycoon’s naturally rebellious son, Pei Yingheng, feel threatened eno 5.4kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
- 141 Surprisingly, Kind of Adorable 居然有点萌 [School life + pure romance + mutual devotion + gap moe + ensemble cast] Petite, moonlike beauty top [Xu Ji] × cold-faced, adorable powerhouse bottom [Li Juran] How many people can make your springtime youth unforgettable... “This is a story about a group of strong, ambitious teenagers...” Li Juran clearly believed, “If you don't dare to say you love someone, you'll lose them forever.” Yet every time Xu Ji grew anxious, Li Juran bravely... slapped him across the face. He said, “The fact that I l 69Reads—Score276Shelves
- 142 You Beyond the Tracks of Fate 命轨之上是你 [Transmigrate into a Book + Mutual Salvation + Raising a Villain + Defying Fate] Lu Jin’an transmigrates into a book, coming for him and defying fate to change his destiny. She personally raises the villain, watching him grow from an isolated boy into a powerful man who shelters her from every storm. Lu Yanzhou was born with demonic bones, destined in the original story to fall into demonic ways and perish in a heavenly calamity. When the whole world fears you because of your “demonic bones,” o 116Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 The First Lady 第一夫人 [The story takes place in a parallel world where everything is the same as in the real world...] What do you do if you meet a rude, savage man with the swagger of a bandit? What do you do? Wrap him up and drag him to XX! What if you're on the verge of death, but happen to have a brilliant future ahead of you? What do you do? Drag him to XX anyway! [Any resemblance to real place names is purely fictional] 234Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 144 It's Not My Fault. My Ex Won't Let Me Die 我也没办法啊，前男友不让我死 (The rating just came out~) [Alpha/Omega + Rekindled Love + Reunion After Years Apart + A Little Bittersweet + The Top Is Reborn + Redemption + Happy Ending] [Same setting as Jasmine Peach] Shen Chiyan × Wen Xubai Executive × Researcher Reluctantly forthright, scheming top × Adorably absent-minded bottom who seems half-dead while still alive In the fourth year after splitting up with Shen Chiyan, Wen Xubai decides for various reasons to turn to Ling Jiang. But while making arrangements for what 7.5kReads8.9Score876Shelves
- 145 A Sweet, Soft Wife? He's the Top Alpha, a Bewitching Incubus 乖萌软老婆？他是顶A大魅魔 The story is complete. [ABO, two alphas become an Enigma, everyone loves them, the pursuer becomes the pursued, melodramatic chaos, happy ending] The omega pursues the alpha at first, then the alpha pursues the omega. Zhong Ruolai is Young Master Lu's personal bodyguard. He's also Lu Shengzhuo's secret lover. But Zhong Ruolai and Lu Shengzhuo are both alphas, and Lu Shengzhuo is the Lu family's only son. Their relationship is doomed from the start. Zhong Ruolai just never expected that day to c 1.1kReads8.7Score154Shelves
- 146 How to Make a Bottom-Tier Omega Chase a Top Alpha: Guaranteed Not to Teach You 扣一发劣O追顶A教程，包教不会 The rating just opened, so it's low for now. [Two Male Leads + Both Pure + Omegaverse + On-Screen Comments + Happy Ending + Two Alluring Leads + Unrequited Love + Angsty Satisfaction] [Insecure, Pretty Omega vs. The Chosen One, Top Alpha] [Content Warning: The Omega is extremely submissive] [Content Warning: The Omega loves the Alpha deeply and will do whatever he asks] Chensi is a low-status, defective Omega. In the most painful year of his life, on-screen comments appeared before his eyes. T 31.6kReads9.1Score7kShelves
- 147 Reborn for Revenge: And While I'm at It, I'll Marry My Mortal Enemy 重生复仇：顺便和我死对头复个婚 The rating has only just opened, so it will slowly rise. “Fu Xuanjin...” “I owe you my life, young master. I'll repay you.” The gun's muzzle presses against his heart. In a daze, he hears Fu Xuanjin's voice: “Achen, come home.” Ye Chenfeng closes his eyes. Without you, how could I have a home? Three gunshots. A year ago, you took three bullets for me. Today, we're even. He opens his eyes again. Fu Xuanjin pushes a divorce certificate toward him. “Ye Chenfeng, you're free.” Ye Chenfeng goes rigid 256.2kReads9.1Score50.8kShelves
- 148 What's Wrong with Being a 1 or a 0? 可1可0怎么了 What's wrong with being either a top or a bottom? 2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 149 After Moving in with My Tough-Guy Roommate, Love Came Too Fast 和硬汉室友同住后，爱情来得太快 Love came far too quickly after I moved in with my tough-guy roommate 166Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 Call Me Hubby, and I’ll Let You Train to Your Heart’s Content 叫老公就让你练个够 Call me hubby and I’ll let you practice as much as you want 548Reads—Score—Shelves
