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- 1 The Noble Hostage Only Wants to Be Buried with the Emperor 质子大人他只想殉葬 Two male leads ✖️ master and servant ✖️ two powerful characters As the emperor who unified the realm, Qin Yan has many servants and ministers, but only one slave. Su Yu longs so desperately for a place to belong that he'd even accept being buried alive with his master. That way, it would feel as if someone wanted him, as if he were needed. Their love is a tragic romance filled with hatred and passion. Su Yu: “You think I submit to you, but really, I submit to love𓆩♡𓆪!” The author's writing is av 476Reads—Score108Shelves
- 2 Qichi: He Waited in the Dust for the Light 栖迟：他于尘埃等光来 [Father and Son; Angsty Family Bonds; Retaliation; No Romance; Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic; Shadow Guard] This story has some over-the-top angst. Please skip it if that’s not your thing~ He was once the most honored young master of the Su family. At twelve, he was sent to the Dark Hall, where he lost his name and became nothing more than a codename: Lingli. He was the youngest person ever to hold power in the Dark Hall, and the Su family’s most obedient weapon. His father treated him like a t 5.2kReads7.5Score376Shelves
- 3 The Breeze Never Reaches Mozi Mountain 清风不至莫子山 Between father and son, and between master and disciple, there is physical and emotional torment, as well as sternness and tenderness. The conflicts between Meng Buzhi and his son, Meng Xubai, and the mutual salvation between Meng Buzhi and his disciple, Mo Zishan, make this a story about food, growing up, and love~ The breeze may be gone, but it lives on. 3kReads—Score236Shelves
- 4 The Tyrant Is Reborn, and the Regent Kneels by His Bed Night After Night, Begging to Be Killed 暴君重生，摄政王夜夜跪床头求杀 [Bottom’s POV + Reborn + Groveling Chase + Heartbreaking Angst] Overbearing, unhinged, frail emperor as the bottom vs. obsessive, brooding prince as the top, whose mind was addled by love in their previous life In his previous life, the tyrant Hua Jiuyao is reborn in a good-for-nothing’s body and receives a mission to assassinate his own empress. He thinks the world has finally gone mad, but then… Huo Qingci, who once stabbed him on their wedding night, now sits alone every night, clutching his 2.2kReads8.1Score217Shelves
- 5 Knowing the Powerful One Won't Stay, I Still Lower My Eyes and Yearn for Him 明知大攻留不住，低眉仍做痴人慕 [Power imbalance + revenge + angst before sweetness] [Content warning: Angsty story, and the bottom is love-brained. Bottom fans, stay away.] [Revenge-driven, ruthless top x obedient, insecure bottom] [Lu Jingyuan x Shen Yan] As the illegitimate son the Shen family looked down on, Shen Yan's days were spent either working or carrying out missions. Fail, and punishment was waiting for him. He thought he would rot in the mud until Lu Jingyuan forcefully entered his world. Not only did Lu Jingyua 13.6kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
- 6 I, the Most Hated One, Died. What Are You Crying For? 我一个万人嫌死了，你们哭什么？ [Dual Male Leads + Angsty, Over-the-Top Romance + Everyone’s Least Favorite + Everyone Gets Their Redemption] Ye Sui knew from childhood that he was an illegitimate son, and that illegitimate sons were guilty by nature. So his father treated him like he didn’t exist. His mother sold him off to pay her debts. His eldest brother hated him because his mother had indirectly caused the death of his brother’s mother, who had been his father’s mistress. His second brother had been the demon in his nigh 6.4kReads7.9Score508Shelves
- 7 The Enemy Nation's Crown Prince, My Captive Phoenix 敌国太子，朕的囚凰 Everyone says that Xiao Heqing, crown prince of Great Yong, has a face capable of captivating the world. But no one knows that on the day his kingdom fell, he donned armor and took up his sword, fighting alongside the last three hundred soldiers until sundown. The world loved his beauty. Only one man insisted on shattering his unyielding spirit. After fighting to the last moment, he snapped his sword and tried to die for his country. But Xuan Ling, the new emperor of the enemy state, pulled him 59Reads—Score128Shelves
- 8 Wither Them, Let Them Bloom 与之枯萎，予之盛放 [Two male leads + older man/younger man + devoted to each other + regret and pursuit] [Cold, strict, ruthless scheming top × frail, disillusioned bottom] Ruan Hanlin once thought Ruan Yushu was a lonely weed growing in the wilderness. Only after he left did he suddenly realize that Ruan Yushu was a tree, a tree that bloomed in the sunlight. The years they spent tangled together had nearly buried him. Ruan Hanlin was willing to wither alongside him, and let him bloom. 3.3kReads8.7Score249Shelves
- 9 The Price of Favoritism 偏爱的代价 In the fifth year of his escape, Shi Fengyu returned to the country. He knew the price he would pay for coming back, but for that person, he had no choice. Two male leads, modern fantasy, powerful leads, plot twists, and a touch of angst. 1.2kReads6.7Score106Shelves
- 10 Imprisoned by a Mistaken Favor 误恩囚 [Two Male Leads + Mutual Devotion + Angsty Romance + Physical Abuse + Alternate World + Unequal Status + Happy Ending] [Not for Bottom-Leading Fans] Synopsis: After an accident, Ning Huairu, the young lady of Wangyue Manor, saves Wen Jinchuan, who has been poisoned. When he wakes, however, he mistakenly believes that Shiqi (Ning Huaizhi) saved him. And so he begins to indulge and favor Shiqi. He forgives Shiqi's methods, his cruelty, and his selfishness. Having never received such affection befo 4.8kReads9.1Score319Shelves
- 11 I Risked My Life to Transmigrate into a Book, and the Whole Internet Begged Me Not to Die 用命穿书后，全网发弹幕求我别死 On-screen comments + System + true young master + sweet on the outside, dark on the inside + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite + intense push and pull + seductive beauty A frail, ill, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside true young master VS the obsessive, volatile heir to a powerful Beijing family Xiao Qingye was a powerful young master with a terrible reputation. Almost nobody liked him, and his parents treated him like a thorn in their side. Everyone told him to be kind, but 12.2kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
- 12 The Little Troublemaker Doesn't Have Long to Live 小坏蛋他命不久矣 [Two male leads + rekindled love + the pursuit of a former lover + happy ending] School bully, sickly bottom Academic superstar, top On Xiao Yu's birthday, his father locked him up in a conversion camp. From that day on, he lost Fu Zechen, the person who loved him most. By the time he escaped that living hell, battered and bruised, Fu Zechen had discarded him without a moment's hesitation. When they met again, his eyes held no trace of affection, only indifference and estrangement. “You're not w 15.9kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
- 13 Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊 Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die 23kReads8.1Score4kShelves
- 14 Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了 [Fragile, ill bottom VS cold, aloof top] [Heart-wrenching angst + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + bad ending + extreme bottom fans, beware] Wen Ci had terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said he had at most thirty days left, and Wen Ci could live those thirty days for Zhou Ying. But Wen Ci died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, Wen Ci left behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf. 19.8kReads9.3Score3kShelves
- 15 EN Whose Simp of a Male Supporting Character Gets Held and Kissed by the Male Lead? 谁家舔狗男配被男主抱在怀里亲啊 [Irresistible bottom, bittersweet romance, angst first and sweetness later, livestream variety show, a chaotic love polygon, two male leads, both virgins, happy ending] Wen Yanyu, a universally hated supporting character who hounded the male lead relentlessly and dragged himself into a storm of public outrage, suddenly awakens to his own consciousness. The System binds him and sends him off on missions. After countless cycles of torment leave him exhausted in body and mind, Wen Yanyu returns wit 57.3kReads9.5Score7.4kShelves
